Chapter 115 North Guangdong and South Jiangxi

Wang Shouren fully mobilized the solid backing of the people.

The officers and soldiers are climbing the cliff; the officers and soldiers are crossing the stream; the local people are guiding the way to the officers and soldiers; some people have sent dry food and water to the officers and soldiers; the officers and militiamen are searching the mountains. ......

The officers and soldiers were chasing and killing the remnants of the bandits; the bandits knelt down and surrendered; the officers and soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, and the bandit prisoners were taken down.

The main book of the government, the book office and other small officials are registering the list of bandits who surrendered sincerely. County lieutenants and arresters are collecting the weapons of the bandits.

The hunter tiger head rushed back to his hometown in the mountains with his mother. Some mountain people returned to their hometowns and entered their old houses with tears and tears. ......

That's it, but in just three months, Wang Shouren won the first victory in his military career to calm down the thieves in Tingzhou and Zhangzhou.

A few months later, he was in the governor's office of Ganzhou.

Wang Shouren is discussing with several generals in the lobby. Wang Dayong, a military reserve in Guangdong, said: "Your excellency has moved to northern Guangdong, and the largest bandit leaders in northern Guangdong are mainly three: Lechang's Golden Nest, Ye Fang, Weng Yuan's Liu Han, Xian Xinneng, and Xinfeng's Lu Ke and Zheng Zhigao. Each of them has more than 3,000 people and horses; the rest of the small bandits are countless. I don't know what strategy adults will use to calm it down?

Wang Shouren said: "If you can touch it, you can touch it. If you can't touch it, you can suppress it. Both hands should be prepared. As far as I know..."

At this moment, a voice suddenly shouted outside: "The imperial edict is coming! Wang Shouren took the order. Before the words fell, an eunuch led three or four brocade guards in with high morale. Wang Shouren hurriedly knelt down to receive the order.

The eunuch read the imperial edict and said, "According to the emperor's edict: King Shouren, the governor of Zier, Gan, Ting and Zhang, has been diligent and worried, and properly divided it. Within March, the thief bandits of Tingzhou and Zhangzhou have been eliminated in one fell swoop, which is indispensable. At your request, he appointed you as the military governor of Jiangxi, Guangdong and Fujian, and still serves as the governor. However, he listens to the cheap plan and gives the special order flag tokens to the Ministry of War. All prefectures and counties under their jurisdiction have the right to temporarily transfer troops and does not need to be reported in advance. Wanger continues to be loyal to the country, Jingning, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Fujian. "This is my admiration!"

Wang Shouren kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Lord Long's kindness!" After saying that, he said to Lei Ji, the staff around him, "Please invite this father-in-law to the wing room for tea and rest." The eunuch and the brocade guard left accompanied by Lei Ji.

Several generals smiled and said hello to Wang Shouren. Yang Zhang, deputy envoy of Jiangxi Military Reserve, said, "Congratulations, Lord Wang. It's time to call you Governor Wang in the future. You are no longer a civilian commander-in-chief, but our direct superior."

Xu Qing, the commander of Jiangxi, said, "Actually, Lord Wang has been exercising the authority of the governor for a long time, but now it is worthy of his name. Alas, several governors in the past knew how to huddle in the government and remotely command. Which one like Wang Dudu personally braved the wind and rain to the front line to supervise the battle? No wonder Wang Dudu can quickly destroy the bandits in Fujian, but they can't!"

Wang Shouren said calmly, "Actually, this is thanks to the kind acquaintance of Lord Wang Qiong, the minister of the Ministry of War. Without his strong recommendation, he would not have come to Gannan, and it would be impossible to change from a civilian governor to a civilian and military admiral. Wei Qian," Wang Shouren turned around and said to Ji Yuanheng, "Please help me draft a draft and write in the words of Lord Wang Qiong."

Ji Yuanheng said, "Yes, teacher. I'll draft it right away."

At this time, Long Guang, an elderly staff member, came in and reported, "Your Excellency, the four governors of Guangdong have arrived."

Wang Shouren said, "Please invite them in for discussion."

For a moment, several officials with four-grade civilian clothes came in from outside. Several people introduced themselves to Wang Shouren: "Chen Xiang, the governor of Huizhou, Li Ji, the governor of Nanxiong, Yao Peng, the governor of Shaozhou, and Zhang Jingtao, the governor of Chaozhou, see the governor."

Wang Da said with a smile, "Six magistrate's, they are wrong. Now they should be called Wang Dudu."

Several magistrates were stunned for a moment, so they changed their words with a smile and said, "See the governor of the king."

Wang Shouren humbly returned the salute, and then said, "Your Excellency, because you may have to use knives in the territory under your jurisdiction, I would like to consult you. Ladies and gentlemen, do you believe that the domestic bandits have the possibility of recruitment?

Several magistles were stunned and did not expect Wang Shouren to put forward such an idea. Yao Peng, the governor of Shaozhou, pondered for a moment and stepped forward and said, "In my personal opinion, it is possible to recruit the golden nest and Ye Fang's department operating in the area of Lechang, Shaozhou. In the past, Beizhen had contact with Golden Nest and Ye Fang and prepared to recruit them and their subordinates. However, after Lord Chen Jin, the governor of the capital, came to the local governor, he scolded Beizhen for being too tolerant of bandits and did not believe that Huang and Ye could change evil and good. As a result, this matter was delayed. Today, Wang Dudu mentioned this matter again. I think that while Wang Dudu quickly wiped out the prestige of the bandits in western Fujian, he knew about Huang and Ye with great righteousness and said that they were likely to obey the court.

Chen Xiang, the governor of Huizhou, said: "According to Xinfeng's Lu Ke and Zheng Zhigao, they were originally cousins. In fact, they used to be large households in the area of Jiulian Mountain. As a result, they lost the lawsuit and thought that it was unfair for the local county to cut the case, so they took advantage of the troubled times to pull up the pole and become a grassroots bandit. If you really want to say it, these two have been studying for a few days and have a little knowledge of morality, so they have not been divided into harming the countryside after the uprising. They are just self-respecting the soldiers and dominating one side. Therefore, the humble position thinks that there is also a possibility for the two of them to accept recruitment.

Li Ji, the governor of Nanxiong, said, "Liu Han and Xixi Neng Department in Wengyuan are different. Ten years ago, these two were Jiangyang thieves captured by the government. Later, they took advantage of the chaos to hide in the mountains around Nanling and entangled the ignorant and foolish people in the mountains. The number of them was as many as 3,000 or 4,000. The people were burned, killed, plundered and did evil all day long, and the people were extremely angry. For such stubborn bandits, if they think they can be really touched, they can't agree with their humble position.

Wang Shouren said, "The information provided by the magistrate is similar to what the governor has learned. Therefore, the governor decided that it is appropriate to treat the thieves in northern Guangdong differently. Anyone who is sincerely naturalized will not be blamed for the past; anyone who wants to muddle through and preserve his strength will not be recruited. Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of this?

Zhang Jingyan, the governor of Chaozhou, came forward and said, "Since the governor of the king's last expedition to suppress western Fujian, he also wiped out all my bandits in eastern Guangdong after returning to the division. Now, the prestige of Governor Wang has been widely spread in Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces, and some bandits have called them Grandpa Wang. Therefore, adults can suppress and treat them differently, which is the most appropriate. The key to the problem now is to be able to send eloquent people to adopt offensive tactics against bandits, and to use simple and clear principles to persuade the bandits, lay down their weapons and naturalize the court.

Wang Shouren said, "Zhang Zhifu said it well. This governor is going to personally draft a letter of persuasion to the bandit ministries in northern Guangdong, and then send eloquents to Zhao'an. At the same time, all officers and soldiers should still be ready for war, order them, and go out immediately. If these bandits can listen to the advice, then they may make Li Shu live and suffer less from sword soldiers.

Chen Xiang, the governor of Huizhou, said with some doubts: "The adult's article is famous all over the world, but does it still need adults to personally draft the recruitment of these bandits who can't read a few words? It's better to give it to the bookstores in the government to write it.

Wang Shouren said with a smile, "Lord Chen, don't worry too much. I know you are worried about the forty or sixty of the rhyme of my essays. The whole eight-strand essay for the exam made the bandits dizzy. I don't know what to say, right? Don't worry, I only use folk slang to ensure that people who have studied Mongolian for three years can understand it. Lord Chen, are you relieved?"

"Hahaha..." The civil and military officials present couldn't help laughing

Wang Shouren is drafting a letter of persuasion to the bandits. He finished writing the last word and is proofreading it. Staff Lei Ji and Long Guang came in and said, "Your Excellency, the two Mr. Xiao Yu and Gao Rui we recommended to you are here."

Wang Shouren said, "Please come quickly." After saying that, an old man who was 60 years old and a young officer in his 30s came in and saluted Wang Shouren respectively. Wang Shouren said, "Look, sit down."

The elderly Xiao Yu (Jisheng) said, "Wang Dudu, I was an old friend of Mr. Xiaoliang. I have traveled south and north for many years and are very familiar with the geographical customs of southern Jiangxi and northern Guangdong. Speaking of Lechang's Golden Nest and Ye Fanglai, we still had a little friendship in those years. We sold private salt together for a few days, hehe... So this time Mr. Long specially came to me and asked me to surrender to the Golden Nest and Ye Fang. This is a good thing to protect the people inside and outside the mountain from the suffering of swords and soldiers. The old man has also studied for a few days, so he is willing to bear this. As for whether the task can live up to the trust of adults, the old man dares not say it.

Gao Rui (character Sitong), a young officer, said: "The humble position is currently in a thousand households. Lu Ke and I used to know Lu Ke of Xinfeng, and we studied together for a few days when we were children. Because we couldn't study well, we switched to martial arts. Later, I passed the martial arts examination, but he didn't pass the exam, so he was indignant. Later, somehow, he pulled up the pole, which was really unexpected. Before Wang Dudu came, I didn't dare to talk about this past for fear that others would frame me as a bandit. Now I find that Wang Du's reward and punishment are clear, invincible, humble and sincere, so I came to ask the governor to persuade Lu Ke to make northern Guangdong suffer less.

Wang Shouren said, "Okay! Thank you for your deep righteousness and shouldering the first responsibility of persuading the bandits to surrender. The governor wrote a relatively popular statement. Let's listen to it first. If there is anything wrong, I hope you can put it forward in time so that it can be revised as soon as possible. With that, he picked up a manuscript that had just been written from the table, and Lei Ji said, "Your excellency, let's read it from your humble position." After saying that, he picked up the original manuscript and read it--

"All the cottage leaders and subordinates listened carefully:

The bandits of Ting and Zhang have been destroyed, and the army has pointed directly to northern Guangdong and southern Jiangxi. This governor has the virtue of a good life, and I am especially willing to recruit you for the people to avoid the suffering of war. Wang Er and others quickly handed over their weapons, destroyed the cottages, listened to the local government to arrange livelihoods, and redo the good people.

You and others used to be bandits, either forced by corrupt officials, or bullied by large households. For a moment, they had a wrong idea and strayed into it. Later, the quagmire became deeper and deeper. Such bitterness is also very pitiful. When you were a thief, you were looking for a dead man, and you still had to go. Now if you want to change evil and follow good, it is the way for the dead to survive. How can they not engage in it decisively? If you are willing to make up your mind to change evil and turn from good, is it necessary for our government to kill you?

For example, if a parent has ten children, eight people are good, and two people are stubborn and want to harm eight people; the heart of parents must go to two people, and then eight people can live in peace. They are all sons of human beings and the hearts of their parents. Why do they have to kill their two sons? I am the same as you. If these two sons repent of evil and change good deeds, they will cry and surrender to their parents, they will also feel sorry for them. Why? Those who can't bear to kill their children are the hearts of their parents.

I heard that you and others are thieves, and they don't suffer much. During this period, there are still people who don't have enough food and don't warm clothes. Why not use the hard work of being a thief, but use it for farming and transporting it to merchants, so that you can sit and become rich and enjoy happiness. Today, if you go out, you will be afraid of the officials to avoid revenge, and if you enter, you will be afraid of being killed. In the end, you will still die. What's the benefit of being scolded after death?

If you can listen to me and change your behavior to good deeds, the governor will regard you as a good people, let alone pursue your old evils, and you can return home with wealth, focus on the people of the household, and the township officials will not discriminate against you. If the habit has been formed, it is difficult to change it, and you will do it arbitrarily. I will personally lead the army of Jiangxi, Guangdong and Fujian provinces, and surround the nest. One year is endless, as far as two years; two years is endless, as far as three years. You have limited financial resources, and my military food is endless. You are all winged tigers, and you can't escape from heaven and earth.

Wow! My compatriots, you and others are all naked sons of the court. If I can't recruit you in the end, and as for killing them, how painful is their hearts! At this point, I didn't feel tears. The special order of the military governor of the imperial history.

After reading it, Wang Shouren asked, "Guys, what do you think of this notice?"

Xiao Yu said, "Your Excellency, this article is vulgar, and the conditions are tolerant and powerful. I believe that every illiterate bandit or a bandit who has heard others read this article must not think twice."