Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 641 Hong Chengchou's Plan (Part [-])
In response to Ye Tinggui's rough plan, Hong Chengchou nodded slightly, and now he can only do so.

Before sending people out, they were all interrogated in the hammer bandit's territory.

If you are a refugee, you will be taken away directly. There can be no unrelated people in the village. It is almost difficult to run back to Shaanxi.

As for Jinnan Gaochuang's territory, it is unimpeded. They are scattered in the county according to the size of the kings, and they are easy to cut off when they do evil.

These people are like the thieves in Qin, most of their heads are military exploits of the officers and soldiers.

Unlike Hammer Bandit He Jinchao, he occupied a vast area of ​​Northwest Shanxi, but he did not openly occupy many counties, and his military discipline was much better than other rebels, even the officers and soldiers.

It is difficult for ordinary spies to enter their territory, and they have to ask the peasant association where they are, whether there is any way to open the way.

Those who didn't have them were all treated as "street sneakers", so many spies were taken to interrogate, and it was said that they went to dig coal.

Now that he has a way to infiltrate the Hammer bandit's territory openly, Hong Chengchou has to make a good plan.

"How many people are appropriate?"

"What kind of person is suitable to send?"

"How do they communicate with each other?"

"Governor Hong." Ye Tinggui clasped his hands again and said, "In my opinion, we will choose from the surrendered thieves, and then choose a few confidantes from the army to mix with the refugees.

Some of them have the experience of being thieves, and their behavior must be more in line with the hammer bandits, and they can't stand the rules of the hammer bandits. Besides, we have the status of officers and soldiers. From the heart, we will feel that they are higher than thieves, and they will definitely give it to us with all our hearts. Let's tip off. "

"Ah."

Hong Chengchou squeezed his beard and nodded. In many wars, the traitors among the rebels were used by the officers and soldiers on a large scale.

Among them, the best performer was Bai Guangen, he killed the rebels without mercy.

"Call him here, ask him to send out 20 people, and find 80 people separately, let them think that he was the only one sent, and spread into Shanxi one after another. I don't believe that no one can pass the news back."

"clear."

Ye Tinggui handled the thieves with ease, and those who wanted to resist were dragged out by Hong Chengchou and slaughtered. These people also became honest and wanted to go with the officers and soldiers.

Because they found that they really couldn't beat the officers and soldiers.

"Governor Hong, there is one more thing. When I was dealing with the backlog of cases, I found many corrupt officials. As the saying goes, the soldiers and horses move before the food and grass are used. We need to investigate one or two."

After Ye Tinggui finished speaking, he handed over the memorial in his sleeve.

Hong Chengchou didn't have much thought about investigating and punishing corrupt officials, because His Majesty's focus was on quelling the rebellion.

When he opened the memorial, he found that there were more than ten corrupt officials who had embezzled the military pay, but not many, but the content behind it made Hong Chengchou unable to sit still.

Based on the clues he had, Ye Tinggui estimated that he could trace up to 50 shi of grain and rice, and up to 50 taels of payment.

If there is sufficient money and food, the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers will only increase.

Thinking that he, Hong Chengchou, had to cry with the emperor for pay, and begged in every possible way to withhold taxes from Shaanxi, he only managed to collect 40 taels of military pay. Now as long as there are less than 20 people found, it will far exceed this figure.

How could such a great deal not be done!

As long as the hammer bandits can be wiped out, the forces behind these people may not be able to pour dirty water on themselves in front of His Majesty.

Because of Chongzhen's distrust of the Donglin Party members, more and more people from the Northwest took high positions in the imperial court.

Hong Chengchou closed the memorial, exhaled, stared at him and said, "The clues are reliable?"

"Naturally reliable."

"Unexpectedly, there are so many corrupt officials in Ming Dynasty." Hong Chengchou said with a straight face: "I will send someone to help you investigate them immediately."

"Yes."

After Ye Tinggui left, a smile finally appeared on Hong Chengchou's face. He was having a headache because he didn't have enough money and food for next year.

In the end, isn't this just delivered to your door?
Now he somewhat understands why the rebels want to rob wealthy households, because the money is really fast!

This time, kill him ten or eight first, and wait until the next time there is no money and food, and then kill him ten or eight more.

With the support of Hong Chengchou, Ye Tinggui found out that the money and food were all above 60/shi.

"Guangxian, you have been following me since Yansui, and you have the most credit for coaching firearms."

"The governor praised it absurdly, and the subordinate officials were terrified."

Hong Chengchou also likes to promote capable people from the grassroots, he said with a smile, "What difficulties did you encounter?"

"Governor." Zuo Guang thought for a while: "I heard that the hammer bandits also have a firecracker team, and our army also needs to be expanded by one or two.

But the quality of the firecrackers is not very good, it needs to be newly made, and it is best to cast cannons to bombard the cavalry of the rebels, otherwise we will definitely suffer in future battles. "

Zuo Guangxian was from Yulin, Shaanxi. When he returned home, he heard that the Hammer bandits had an organization of only 1 people, but they were all elite, including guns, artillery, cavalry, and everything.

"Okay." The rich and powerful Hong Chengchou agreed at once: "First build him two thousand guns and one hundred cannons, and then go to Shanxi next year to bombard their hammer bandit cavalry."

Zuo Guang was stunned for a moment, and then he said happily, "Thank you Governor."

"The quality of this cannon is up to you to control, lest the craftsmen under your hands cheat and play tricks, and waste time and not get a good cannon. I can only ask."

"The subordinates must go all out."

And Bai Guangen directly sent his confidant Yang Xiutou, telling him to lead twenty brothers to become refugees and lurk into Shanxi.

Yang Xiutou is a general who doesn't get dirty. At that time, He Jinchao was the captain of the ninth team, and Yang Xiutou was just a young man, not worthy of a seat.

"Brother, shall I go?" Yang Xiu was a little apprehensive.

"Yes, you go." Bai Guangen pointed to himself and said, "If I hadn't met him before, I would have gone there by myself. The governor Zhang has rewarded us generously. It’s all about you.”

"But."

"Come on, think about the people who are secretly lurking under Wang Jiayin's subordinates. Both of them have been promoted and made a fortune. Is it possible that you don't want to be famous all your life?"

Bai Guangen patted him heavily on the shoulder: "If you don't take certain actions, how can you enjoy the glory and wealth? Besides, you are only asked to inquire about the news, but you are not asked to assassinate He Jinzhao.

If you are lucky enough to sneak into his team, there may be greater benefits, but don't forget me, brother. "

Yang Xiutou was bewitched by Bai Guangen for a while, so he nodded heavily immediately, and made up his mind to go to Shanxi to have a look.

It's not a loss anyway!
Bai Guangen saw that Yang Xiu's head responded, and then he became beaming: "My good brother, I'll find some beautiful girls for you to have sex with tonight. Tomorrow, my legs just go out, so I look like a refugee."

"Thank you, Brother Bai."

Yang Xiutou was full of energy all of a sudden.

(End of this chapter)