Chapter 2226 Prediction of Gui Zi Juan, connected

Feng Ziying's face turned gloomy and she couldn't help but stand up and walk around. If someone from the White Lotus Sect was planning inside the Zijin Liang Department, then everything would make sense.

He has always suspected that the White Lotus Sect in China and the Fengzhou White Lotus on the grassland are connected. This is consistent with various discoveries he made when he was the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture.

However, although news from Fengzhou White Lotus came back from time to time, they were all insignificant news. However, the White Lotus Sect in Beizhi, Shanxi, and Shandong remained dormant, even hiding in its own palace in Beijing. Qingwen's "parents" behaved very low-key and made no other changes, but the more they were like this, it showed that the other party's plans were bigger.

If the White Lotus Sect wants to take action, or even take action together with Fengzhou Bailian, then the border area between Shanxi Town and Datong Town will be a bit dangerous, especially the Shanxi Town side.

Although Yang Yuan in Datong Town took office not long ago, and most of the Datong frontier troops were taken away by Sun Shaozu, Datong Town itself is much stronger than Shanxi Town, and the conditions of its guard posts are also better than those in Shanxi Town. The side is strong, so the recovery situation is much better. The Shanxi Town side is really weak.

Feng Ziying still knows something about Fengzhou Bailian. Ever since he learned that Fengzhou Bailian was connected to Beizhi Bailian, he began to inquire through various channels.

Fengzhou Bailian is entrenched in the territory of the Tumut people, and it is inevitable to deal with the Tumut people. Zhao Quan and Li Zixin, the two leaders of Bailian who escaped from the border wall in the past, have been dead for many years. Now, the two major forces of Fengzhou Bailian have been separated. It was controlled by Zhao Chongwu, the grandson of Zhao Quan, and Li Feiren, the grandnephew of Li Zixin. There was also another force formed by the White Lotus believers who had fled from Shanxi to the outside of the border wall in the later period, headed by Qiu Jian, a native of Baodian.

Over the years, the Han people like Fengzhou Bailian have also become severely barbarized. At the same time, they have also absorbed many poor Mongolian herdsmen on the grasslands and have them Hanized. Therefore, such a group has actually transformed into a group that is somewhere between nomadic and farming. Although the armed group has a population of only tens of thousands, there are many strong men who can be mobilized to fight.

According to various intelligence assessments, there are at least more than 10,000 people, and the combat effectiveness is really not bad. Both cavalry and infantry are of a certain level. They are much stronger than these White Lotus cultists in Han Dynasty. .

In Feng Ziying's view, this group of troops can no longer be completely regarded as members of the White Lotus Cult. They have the characteristics of a border village rebellious army similar to Boyan Village and Baitang Village. When they enter, they serve the people and when they leave, they serve as soldiers. .

If they get the support of the Tumuts and Ordos people, and there may even be other forces working together behind the scenes to launch an attack together, then the pressure on Xuanda will be greater.

Use the Zijin Liang tribe to attract Shanxi Town's border troops to go south and weaken Shanxi Town's defense at the border. Then the Tumutes and Fengzhou White Lotus invade the border, and even the internal White Lotus cultists will cooperate internally and externally. Feng Ziying shudders at the thought of this. a feeling of.

If this is the case, this game of chess is too big. It should not be operated by a group of White Lotus cultists. To unite the Tumut people, the White Lotus cult, and maybe even the Chahar people, this It's too difficult. Maybe Nurhachi has this ambition, but he can't do it by threading the needle and connecting all the parties.

Perhaps there is also Jinling? Feng Ziying is not sure either.

It was at this time that he realized that after he left the capital, many information situations were not as well-informed and timely as before.

Whether it is Long Jinwei, or the various channels of the Ministry of War's Staff Department and Pingren Department, he is far away in Shaanxi, and it is difficult to contact him. Secondly, even if he writes and inquires through personal relationships, the time it takes to get back and forth is I also missed it, and all parties have no obligation to proactively inform you of these situations.

You just work hard as the governor of Shaanxi when you are in Shaanxi. Do you really think that without you, the court will not be able to operate normally?

In the past year or so, I have indeed worked very smoothly in Shaanxi, and I have almost cleaned up the mess in Shaanxi. However, from another perspective, my influence in the center has also weakened. I want to understand the overall situation and exert influence. The role of has also been downplayed, which will become more obvious in the future.

 I can only know many things through correspondence with Qi Yongtai, Qiao Yingjia, and Guan Yingzhen, and it is very difficult to convince anyone with just a piece of correspondence.

Just like the situation with the White Lotus Sect, although we gave instructions to the Ministry of Punishment and Shuntian Mansion before leaving, and also specifically greeted Captain Long, we have not seen much results after more than a year.

The reconstruction of Xuanda San Town is still difficult and slow. If you can still make suggestions for the court from time to time in the capital, you can also give advice to Zhang Huaichang. But after leaving the capital city, you have to dictate many things. , it seems like the hand is stretched too far.

Similarly, the court seemed a little hesitant about the situation in Jiangnan and Wang Ziteng's Denglai army, which made Feng Ziying feel a little anxious.

 Just in his own position, he really couldn't be too proactive.

I am already too arrogant now. I am a fourth-level official in my early twenties, and now I am the governor of Shaanxi Province. There have been several in the past, but there has not been one in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Besides, the talent is amazing. Could it be that you, Feng Ziying, are the only one in the Great Zhou Dynasty? Can one person do anything?

If you still interrupt everything, I'm afraid it will really arouse the hatred of many people.

Now Feng Ziying can only endure and wait, or in other words, she can only do what she can in Shaanxi.

The summer harvest has begun. Although this year is not a good year, it is much better than last year. With the promotion of potatoes and sweet potatoes, we do not seek a bumper harvest, but we seek to completely stabilize the problem of hungry people. Feng Ziying felt that even if she succeeded, it would not turn into a refugee disorder again, and she would be able to give a satisfactory account to the court.

All Feng Ziying could do was write a letter to Zhang Huaichang of the Ministry of War, reminding him to immediately pay attention to the Tumut people, Ordos people and Fengzhou Bailian outside the border walls of Shanxi Town and Datong Town. At the same time, he also asked him to communicate with the Ministry of Punishment and Long Jinwei to pay attention The activities of the White Lotus Sect in Northern Zhili and Shanxi are to prevent being caught off guard.

In fact, it doesn't stop there. The Chahar people outside the border wall of Ji Town in Xuanfu and the Jianzhou Jurchens in Liaodong may take this opportunity to launch an attack. However, it seems too general and lacks the focus. The Har people and the Jianzhou Jurchens have always been the targets of precautions, but no one would care if they were reminded specifically at this time.

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 Zhang Huaichang still paid some attention to Feng Ziying's letter when he received it. After all, Feng Ziying could write to him specifically for this matter, which meant that there must be conclusive evidence.

"Fengzhou Bailian has a connection with our mainland Bailian. I remember that last year when Ziying was still in Shuntian Mansion, she negotiated with the Ministry of Punishment and Long Jinwei. The Ministry of Punishment should have an investigation team specifically for this matter, but later There seems to be no news.”

Zhang Huaichang motioned to Sun Chengzong, who had made a special trip to Beijing, to take a seat, "Zhisheng, what do you think?"

At present, the position of left minister of the Ministry of War is vacant. It became vacant after Xu Dahua resigned. However, there are three right ministers. Of course, these three are additional titles, so they are not limited in number.

One is Xiong Tingbi, who serves as the governor of Yunyang and is appointed as the right minister of the Ministry of War. The other is Feng Ziying, who is appointed as the governor of Shaanxi and is appointed as the right minister of the Ministry of War. The other is Sun Chengzong, who is the right minister of the Ministry of War and leads the Northern Army Corps to garrison Shanhaiguan and Liaoxi.

This time Sun Chengzong came to Beijing, on the one hand to demand food and wages, and on the other hand Zhang Huaichang recruited him for discussion.

The Big Armed Forces, he was still a book, and the candidates for the left and right servants were not determined. He was also a little anxious, but if it was not a suitable candidate, Zhang Huaichang would not be very willing.

"Since Ziying wrote specifically, she must have noticed something." Sun Chengzong muttered, stroking his beard, "The Feng Duan family is a wealthy family in the border area, and they have internal contacts with the Tumote and Chahar people. Fengzhou Bailian Being on the territory of the Tumut people, it was impossible to avoid the Tumut people when making any moves. Ziying probably got some inside information through the Tumut people. Su Nang had always been dissatisfied with the court because of the dispute over the Shunyi throne. If It's normal to be bribed, and Chai Guozhu doesn't have many available troops at the moment, and some of them have been sent south, so we must guard against this."

Zhang Huaichang frowned: "But if Shanxi Town does not send troops, the rebellion in southern Shanxi will become more rampant. Fenzhou and Qinzhou have already been invaded, which will be a crisis for Taiyuan. There will be reports from Shanxi three times a day, and the imperial court will not be able to take action now." , Yang Yuan over in Datong Town has also been complaining, refusing to send troops, Zhisheng, in your hands..."

"Sir, if you want to mobilize these tens of thousands of people from the Northern Front Army, you can certainly mobilize them, but Ziying and I share the same concerns, we are afraid that this will be a long-term series of events, Su Nang, Fengzhou Bailian, Chahar People, the Jianzhou Jurchens, the White Lotus Sect and the Shanxi rebel army in the mainland are like an invisible thread strung together. This does not include the situation in the south. The northern front army is stationed in western Liaoning to prevent Nurhachi from causing trouble. We kept writing letters saying that Cao Wenzhao acted recklessly and could not convince the public. If something happens in Liaodong, we have no reserve team."

Sun Chengzong expressed his worries. This time he came to talk to Zhang Huaichang about his worries about the situation in Liaodong.

Cao Wenzhao and Zhao Lijiao have become incompatible with each other. Zhao Lijiao has the support of Du Song, Liu Wei and Zujia, the local generals in Liaodong. It is already very difficult for Cao Wenzhao to serve as the commander-in-chief. If the internal strife continues like this, Internal strife, once the Jianzhou Jurchens attack, it will be a big disaster.

Sun Chengzong hoped to persuade Zhang Huaichang to make internal adjustments in Liaodong Town as soon as possible before the situation worsened. Either Cao Wenzhao would be transferred away, or the local warriors such as Zhao Lijiao and Du Song would be dispersed and transferred away.

 (End of this chapter)