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Chapter 217 Use Rumors to Squeeze Rumors
In order to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from becoming more emotionally unstable, frantically fleeing and massacring the people, Shen Shuren also had to stay in Changsha for a few days, while sorting out the work of appeasement, while thinking of strategies to stabilize the opponent.

Of course, in the past few days, he has not been completely idle in the military. At least after only one night, Shen Shuren figured out a truth, and made some targeted deployments:

He realized that the rapid fall of Changsha was mainly due to the fact that Yin Xianmin, the chief soldier, didn't know that the imperial court's reinforcements were coming. As long as he persisted for ten days and a half months, he would definitely be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, so he made a wrong step.

Later, He Yide's surrender was affected by the chain reaction of Yin Xianmin, coupled with the blind command of King Gui, who did not take the lives of the soldiers for the sake of breaking out of the siege of the palace.However, He Yide's ignorance of the advancing situation of the army in the north was also an important reason.

Zhang Xianzhong succeeded twice in a row by advancing quickly and blocking news of reinforcements to intimidate the local guards. In this case, Shen Shuren must of course learn a lesson and make sure that nothing happens.

Therefore, after being fully aware of the corruption of the officers and soldiers in the southern part of Huguang, Shen Shuren chose to stand still in Changsha while dispatching a part of the elite cavalry troops under Zhu Wenzhen's command as messengers and scouts.
Detour around Hengshanwei and Hengzhou and other places, and report the news to the southern and western border counties of Huguang to let the local magistrates know:

"The main force of imperial reinforcements has recovered Changsha. If you are attacked by Zhang Xianzhong, don't panic. Surrender is not allowed. As long as you hold out for five to ten days, the imperial reinforcements will arrive. If you surrender before ten days, the imperial court will surely surrender to the officials and clans! "

Shen Shuren believes that as long as sufficient information is sent to the prefects and guards in places such as Yongzhou Prefecture and Chenzhou Prefecture, they will have confidence in their hearts.

In addition, these southern state capitals are already close to the borders of Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Jiangxi, and the terrain is complex and easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if Zhang Xianzhong turns his guns to attack, he can ensure that he will not lose it within ten days, so that Shen Shuren can catch up. Stop him.

If Zhang Xianzhong found that he couldn't capture the city and chose to go around the city and simply flee, at least the damage to productivity and wealth could be minimized.
At most, some grains stored in the wild and rural areas would be robbed and some houses in the wild and rural areas would be burned, so as not to be like Changsha, where the entire prefectural city would be brutally massacred and burned.

In Shen Shuren's eyes, these populations, materials, and production facilities were already the people and wealth under his rule. How could they be allowed to be destroyed by Zhang Xianzhong before he left!

Not to mention, Shen Shuren's trick took effect very quickly. In just three or four days, Zhu Wenzhen helped him start notifying from neighboring prefectures and counties, and quickly rebuilt his confidence. After the report, he summoned up the fighting spirit of resolute defense,

Later, when they were harassed by a small group of troops sent by Zhang Xianzhong to burn, kill and loot, these county towns also chose to hold on until Zhu Wenzhen's fast mobile cavalry reinforcements arrived, repelling and defeating Zhang Xianzhong's small group of Caogu troops.

After several small-scale sabotage battles, the wings of Zhang Xianzhong's men, ranging from hundreds to over a thousand, were cut off one after another, and the morale of Zhang Xianzhong's army, which had been fighting so well recently, was slightly suppressed.

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Sending messengers to return letters to encourage all the prefectures to strengthen their walls and clean up the wilderness is only Shen Shuren's first move.

The day after this move was arranged, Shen Shuren thought of a new move, which could be used as a supplement.

No way, who made him not have Zhang Liang and Zhuge Liang by his side? This kind of diplomatic and strategic things that require brains can only be done by yourself.

If you don't have enough brains, just take a nap, take a bath, maybe you will be inspired again.He likes to plan in his dreams, and often wakes up and thinks of a poisonous plan.

Early in the morning, after he finished handling the basic daily routine, he immediately called in his aide, Gu Yanwu.

Gu Yanwu's knowledge is good, his writing style is beautiful, and his political philosophy is also solid, but his tricks are not so good.

However, as Shen Shuren's "core secretary", no matter whether he could play a role as a staff member during the war, he had to follow Shen Shuren around anytime and anywhere. If there were any official documents that needed to be written by him, he could complete them in one go, so that he had no sense of presence.

When he was called this time, he thought that the boss had some written account of his daily work, but Shen Shuren discussed some rumor-level strategies with him.

"Brother Ting Lin, I came up with a strategy yesterday, and I need to use some gossip tricks, just give me your words, and help me to go into details." Shen Shuren said straight to the business.

Gu Yanwu was slightly taken aback: "Rumours? Are you trying to instigate the trust of Zhang Xianzhong and his son again? Or are you trying to frame one of his generals for wanting to surrender to the court?"

Shen Shuren shook his head: "It's not, it's a rumor that framed 'me'—at least on the surface, it's a rumor that framed me."

Gu Yanwu was shocked: "It was Zhang Xianzhong who wanted to frame you, so do you need to deal with it? What kind of despicable means did this guy use? I remember last year he spread rumors everywhere, saying that he indiscriminately killed the feudal lords for the sake of Mr. Yang Ge, If Yang Ge could die sooner, he wouldn't have to kill so many feudal lords."

Shen Shuren was amused. He knew that Gu Yanwu couldn't react well, so he couldn't blame him. It was because his strategy was too unimaginable.

Shen Shuren laughed at himself for a while, and said clearly in one breath: "I didn't say that Zhang Xianzhong came to frame me again! It was I who wanted to frame me!

You think of a way, organize your wording, and make some "The reason why Zhang Xianzhong killed the vassal king indiscriminately was because he had reached a tacit agreement with Shen Futai to share the spoils."

Shen Futai also has a separatist heart like Zuo Liangyu. He thinks that the surrounding vassals are too much in the way. Now Shen Futai is only the governor of Wan, not the governor of Huguang. He came to Huguang to help the suppression. It's none of his business. In the future, the court will hand over these lands to him to manage, and the vassal king will have less constraints.

Zhang Xianzhong knew this very well, so he helped to kill the vassal kings indiscriminately, so that Shen Futai could never catch up, and did not attack. Gold and Silver Jewelry'.

Zhang Xianzhong hated me to the bone. If he heard the rumors and knew that killing many people in Huguang would not harm me, but would help me, would he still be so active in running around and killing indiscriminately?
I know Zhang Xianzhong very well. Although he is brave and not afraid of death, he is also restrained by the petty mind of revenge.At the beginning, he hated Elder Yang Ge, and he would do everything he could to harm him.Now he hates me to the bone, as long as it hurts me, even if it hurts him at the same time, 'hurts others and hurts himself', he will not hesitate to do it! "

After hearing this, Gu Yanwu was immediately shocked.

He pondered for a while, and of course he realized that "if this rumor spreads, it will be very helpful to the decision-making choices of disgusting Zhang Xianzhong and restraining and inducing Zhang Xianzhong".

However, the backlash effect of this gossip trick is absolutely terrifying!

With Gu Yanwu's political wisdom, he can see it at a glance, and he has to remind him: "Be careful with the platform! Although this strategy has miraculous effects, backlash is also very dangerous!

Just imagine that His Majesty is already suspicious, mean and unkind, if in the future he hears such rumors about the collusion between the local governor and the bandit chieftain, each taking what he needs, and the murder of at least three vassal kings, Wouldn't His Majesty punish you for the murder of three state capitals?

Even if His Majesty forbears for the time being and wants to pretend to be deaf and dumb, how can those bastard speech officials in the court give up the opportunity to bite the local governor for fame and fortune?Even if they have no grievances against you, impeach you for a few books, and ask your family to send money to relieve the disaster, they will be happy to see it!

Who in the world today does not know that the Shen family is rich, second only to the Zheng family, and no one will let go of the opportunity to cause trouble at His Majesty's place and blackmail the Shen family a lot of money!Even if Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia tried their best to protect you, it would be difficult to be kind. "

Gu Yanwu is not a person who is good at making money, he belongs to the kind who is indifferent to fame and fortune, and even Gu Yanwu can see the dirty and dangerous officialdom, of course Shen Shuren has already thought of it.

He also sighed, and consolingly said: "Brother Ting Lin, don't worry about it. I will bear all the risks. What are you afraid of? As far as I am concerned, personal honor and disgrace and risks are not worth it. What? As long as I can save the people of Huguang and stop being deliberately fleeing and slaughtering the city by Zhang Xianzhong, I will temporarily bear a little suspicion and infamy!
Moreover, the situation in the world is so chaotic today, and this kind of rumor is deliberately spread by us, and it is easy to control the scope at first.There are only a few days left in June, and this time, plus the first and middle days of July, I can guarantee that this kind of rumor will only spread in the southern Shonan area!It won't spread out!
And when the time comes, as long as our army defeats Zhang Xianzhong, forces Zhang Xianzhong out of Huguang, or even annihilates him, this kind of rumor will be self-defeating, and it will stay dormant for at least a month or two.Even if it is noticed and promoted by interested people in the future, it will be at least in late autumn and early winter of this year.

If there is no rush for ordinary imperial palace newspapers, it may take a month to travel hundreds of miles a day to spread from southern Hunan to the capital.The spread of folk rumors is definitely much slower than that reported by the imperial court. It will be at least the turn of spring and summer next year before it spreads to the capital and is noticed by the troublesome censor!At that time, we will be successful and famous, so don't worry about these! "

However, Gu Yanwu didn't know why Shen Shuren dared to be so sure - even if this matter could be buried for half a year, so what?It's nothing more than a powder keg whose detonation is delayed.

With Chongzhen being so mean, ungrateful and suspicious, won't he pursue this matter after half a year?As long as Chongzhen is alive, the situation will not be so severe in the future, and sooner or later he will still find fault!

But Shen Shuren didn't explain this to him, so he couldn't keep pestering him for questioning.

Shen Shuren couldn't tell him, "I know this suspicious, mean and ungrateful emperor will not live long. Even if he knows next summer, he won't be able to deal with me. Instead, he has to stabilize me."

Taking a ten thousand step back, even if Chongzhen still wanted to make troubles in the local area in the last half a year before his death, Shen Shuren could take the opportunity to force his generals to stand in line—of course, Shen Shuren would not raise the flag to rebel, otherwise the previous drama would be in vain. It has been done, but it is absolutely possible to say a few words, "The officials and censors in the court are all treacherous and blackmailing, and they deceive the saints."

Given the current situation that the Huguang Army has been paid by Lijin from Shen Futai for more than two years, and occasionally has to be subsidized by the Shen family's own business, it is self-evident who the Shen family army should listen to.Even if Shen Shuren said this at that time, he doesn't need to go north to 'work on Wang Qingjun's side', as long as he 'don't accept random orders and protect the locality' is enough.

But Gu Yanwu didn't know this, in order to help his master think about it, he had to think of a way to polish it a little: "Futai, if this matter is really going to be done, the student thinks, can it be modified a little bit.

For example, the rumors that spread, let alone that Zhang Xianzhong colluded with you, are half true and false, and give some other choices.For example, Zhang Xianzhong hated Mr. Yang Ge deeply, and even Huguang Fang Futai deeply.

After all, Futai is the real governor of Huguang right now, and you are just a foreign reinforcement.In other words, Fang Futai has always felt that there are too many domineering vassal kings in southern Hunan, which is not conducive to his governance, so he is stationed in Jingzhou, focusing on the north and the south, and sits and watches all this..."

When Shen Shuren heard it, his face immediately became serious: "Be cautious about what you say! Let's use gossip strategy, just gossip about yourself. If you use others as a shield, wouldn't it be framed for your colleagues? The key is that they may not be like me. With all the precautions like this, maybe something will happen.”

Even if Shen Shuren wanted Yang Sichang and Fang Kongxuan to share the public opinion pressure of "Zhang Xianzhong running around", he couldn't let him say that, that would be too insincere.

Gu Yanwu's eyes rolled wildly, and he didn't know whether Shen Shuren was embarrassed, or if he was really righteous, but he still took the order to go, and soon began to arrange rumors to run on Zhang Xianzhong, forming several versions.

(End of this chapter)