On the third day of June, Su Jingyang, the commander of Huguang, brought the war report to the Governor's Office early in the morning to ask for instructions, begging Chen Xi to lead his troops to fight and eradicate the rebellion in Huguang at one time.

"... Lord Shen, the two departments of Huguang, plus the local inspection department, the number of troops is about 200,000, and the most rebellious thieves is only seven or eight hundred, which is almost the same as thieves. If you let them go to justice, it will really shame the Ming army. As the governor who controls military affairs of the two provinces, you cannot sit idly by!"

Chen Xi looked at Su Jingyang and thought to himself: "This is a light saying. Suppressing rebellion is a matter of the local government's office and the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry

Chen Xi asked back: "How can I sit back and see? Should I let me lead my troops to the place to quell the rebellion?"

Now Su Jingyang doesn't know what to say.

The Dusi Yamen is mainly responsible for garrisoning cities and local areas, and Xingdusi is specialized in targeting the military organs of local tribal forces. Chen Xi has sent people to Xingdusi to convey orders, sending more troops to the western and southern part of Huguang to suppress the rebellion, and also allocate a large number of military rations and materials to supply the military needs.

As for where the money and grain were finally used, Chen Xi was not sure, but judging by local corruption, it is very likely that officials at all levels would be plucked by geese. The number of them could be used in the army was less than half of the total. This is the most magical "drift" in the Ming Dynasty officialdom.

The Chenxi whip is beyond the reach of this.

The corruption in the Ming Dynasty's officialdom has reached the point of corrupting the foundation. It is not a problem of one or two people, but the general trend. The world is as dark as a crow, and Chen Xi cannot replace the entire Huguang civil servants and military generals in one round, so he has to deal with it by chance. Many things that are not under his nose can only turn a blind eye and wait for it to be resolved slowly.

Chen Xi sighed: "The 200,000 official troops in Huguang were beaten by a small number of tribal armed forces, and it was embarrassing to say it out, but what can I do?"

"Now I am staying in Wuchang Prefecture, with the heavy responsibilities entrusted by the imperial court, how can I easily leave everything behind and go to the front line to lead the army to fight? Now that I want to quell the local rebellion, it is best to focus on recruiting and supplement with military strikes. I am going to send people to appease the ethnic minorities. Can General Su have a good candidate for details?"

Su Jingyang was stunned for a moment, feeling that what he said to Chen Xi was not the same thing.

He clearly came to invite troops, but Chen Xi said that he would not send troops, but sent people to "persuade surrender". In the eyes of military generals like Su Jingyang, the ethnic minorities living in the mountains were not kingly people, but were born and soldiered. Barbarians must use force to suppress them. Where can I reason with them?

Su Jingyang quickly explained: "Sir, the foreign people do not know how to educate, so it is better to send troops to conquer. The officers and soldiers are all looking at you and obey your orders at any time!"

To put it bluntly, most of the garrisons are responsible for farming and farming. The world has been peaceful for a long time. It is basically difficult to encounter wars in the mainland in the deep areas of each garrison. They have very little training on weekdays. Compared with the border troops, their combat effectiveness is much more simple. These soldiers and horses even destroy bandits in normal times, and it is even more difficult to deal with large-scale rebellion wars.

Chen Xi never expected to make any achievements on Huguang's local soldiers. Even if he was the nominal commander-in-chief of the military forces of Huguang and Jiangjiang provinces, he did not want to get involved in local ethnic minority rebellions.

As the scorching heat arrives, Huguang will usher in abundant precipitation. The most important thing in summer between the southern rivers is flood control. This is an errand that Chenxi has never contacted before. The governor's office has sent letters to the Governor's Office many times, hoping to apply for flood control funds from the court as soon as possible.

Under such circumstances, Chen Xi did not want to risk the high temperature and took his troops to western and southern Huguang to fight in places where the Ming Dynasty was still wilderness.

Chen Xi thought to himself: "Don't wait until the war is halfway through. I will fall down first because of snakes, insects, rats and ants, or poisoning from the miasma in the mountains and forests. That would be too unwise. Now the court has not forced me to quell the rebellion. I just need remote control and command. If the court orders me to command the troops, I will take another step at that time."

Because the ethnic minority rebellion in the western and southern part of Huguang did not affect the core interests of the Ming Dynasty, there would be no trouble as long as the local government quelled the war as soon as possible.

As the governor of Huguang and Jiangjiang provinces, Chen Xi had to do was to dispatch troops and generals to ensure logistics supplies. He was sophisticated in dealing with people and affairs, and of course he would not lead troops for a little ethnic dispute.

Such wars will not be recorded even if the court wins, and will also suppress the infamy of the executioner of the national uprising in history. If they lose, it will be even more embarrassing and may be infamous for thousands of years.

No matter what Su Jingyang said, Chen Xi was always unmoved and said he would not lead the troops... He could just ask me to dispatch the troops, but he wanted me to go into battle himself, but there was no way!

I am still waiting for my wife and children to come to Huguang to reunite with me!

Chen Xi told Su Jingyang: "After General Su returns, study more about the topography maps of the Huguang area. If you have any good maps, I will also send some to my official. I am good at studying. I am new to the new, but I don't know much about the place. It is very dangerous to send troops rashly. Knowing yourself and the other is the best way to know yourself. Moreover, the rainy season in summer is approaching, so I should focus on flood control and have no intention of military affairs!"

Su Jingyang said nervously: "Sir, isn't it more important to have a stable place than flood control?"

Chen Xi raised his face: "The place is stable, and only involves one or two prefectures in the western and southern parts of Huguang. There are still tens of thousands of troops guarding the area, and the rebels will never go north to the hinterland of Huguang. Huguang is my Ming granary. There have been several heavy rains this summer. If the subsequent rain continues, there will inevitably be floods. Huguang is affected by disasters, grain production or no harvest, what should the people in the world do?"

When the Ming Dynasty was first established, there was still a saying that "Su Changshu is the best in the world".

However, with the increasing development of industry and commerce in Jiangnan, the expansion of cities has eroded the development space of agriculture. At the same time, a large amount of fertile land is used to plant mulberry trees, tea and cotton to obtain higher economic benefits, resulting in a sharp decline in grain planting in the Yangtze River Delta region. Huguang has gradually become the main production area of ​​grain in the country due to continuous development.

After the Jingnan Campaign, the South-to-North Diversion of grain gradually became a tradition, but because the middle reaches of the Yangtze River have been suffering from floods, whether the region can be well-off depends on the will of heaven. Once Huguang is affected by disasters and food cannot be dispatched, the people in many parts of the country may not be able to eat.

When Su Jingyang heard Chen Xi's meaning, he did not want to lead the troops to fight in person. He did not dare to talk too much. He quickly asked people to prepare some pictures, prefectures and county annals of the western and southern part of Huguang, so that Chen Xi could fully understand the customs and customs of the area. By the way, according to Chen Xi's instructions, he arranged local garrisons and thousand households to station and train troops on a daily basis.

Su Jingyang was very cognitive. He knew that civil servants were the first in this era, and it was not wise to compete with Chen Xi... Chen Xi could help him too many places, so he would write a memorial at will, praising the proper work of the local government office, and the court would remember Su Jingyang's contributions.

Like other local generals, Su Jingyang was determined to follow Chen Xi to make achievements.

Before this, only the border army system could cultivate princes and nobles. Because the local commander was not hereditary, Su Jingyang wanted to win over Duke Shiqing for his descendants, so he was extremely eager to lead troops to fight, so that he could benefit from it.

Chen Xi intends to form a army directly under the Governor's Office. Su Jingyang thought to himself that since the new governor of the two provinces is not so concerned about quelling local chaos, he might as well help the Governor's Office form an army.
Chapter completed!