"I have heard of the Yuyuan bandits. They started rebelling as early as the 13th year of our dynasty, and the imperial court has failed to suppress them. If they were willing to surrender, they would have surrendered to the imperial court long ago and would not have rebelled until now!" Gao Wengui said to Li Dingguo.
"The issue of recruiting is not our responsibility. We are only responsible for fighting," said Li Dingguo.
"It's not our responsibility?" Gao Wengui was a little puzzled. "Then who is responsible for recruiting them?"
"Wang Fuzhi, the magistrate of Qingfeng!"
"Wang Fuzhi?" After hearing this name, Gao Wengui shook his head, "Why do I feel that this name sounds familiar?"
"Of course he sounds familiar. He was the top scholar in our dynasty for 19 years!"
"That's not right," Gao Wengui shook his head again. "As far as I know, the top scholar in the Ming Dynasty usually served as a compiler in the Hanlin Academy, which was a sixth-rank official! The county magistrate was a seventh-rank official, and Wang Fuzhi was a seventh-rank county magistrate, but now four or five years have passed, how come he is still a county magistrate?"
"That's not clear. Maybe he was suppressed." Li Dingguo shook his head helplessly.
Li Dingguo was not wrong in his guess, Wang Fuzhi was indeed suppressed.
The one who suppressed him was the Ming Emperor Chongzhen.
The reason for suppression is to enable better promotion in the future.
After all...sometimes starting too high is not a good thing.
"Let's not get involved in the affairs of scholars becoming officials. We just need to think about how to fight the war!" Li Dingguo continued, "As for recruiting, success or failure depends on fate."
Li Dingguo had no hope of being recruited.
Unlike Li Dingguo, Chongzhen was full of confidence in recruiting the amnesty.
Why?
Because most of the Yuyuan Army are from Shandong!
What are Shandong people obsessed with?
prepared by!
What was compilation in ancient times?
Be an official!
In the most famous criminal investigation novel "Water Margin", Song Jiang's position is the bailiff of Yuncheng County.
The Yasi in the Song Dynasty was not an official, but a clerk!
Responsible for handling clerical work and managing case files. Once you anger the county magistrate, you will be immediately kicked out of the bureaucracy.
There is no stability at all!
According to modern terms, Song Jiang was just a temporary worker without a regular salary.
In order to be included in the army, Song Jiang first led a group of Liangshan heroes to grow bigger and stronger.
After successfully attracting the attention of the court, he immediately began to negotiate with the court about recruiting him.
Finally successfully included!
Due to the obsession with organization, Shandong has produced almost no emperors.
Even if there were, most of them were emperors in troubled times during the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and there were no emperors of a unified dynasty.
Of course, the exception is Emperor Shun, who was born in Shandong.
Half a day later.
After Li Dingguo had finished his preparations, he divided his troops into two groups.
Go directly north to Cao County.
Li Dingguo personally led another group of troops from Henan Province to the west of Puzhou.
The troops heading north to Cao County stopped after a day's march.
Guide Prefecture was less than a hundred miles away from Cao County, and the troops had abandoned some of their baggage, so it took only one day to reach the city.
Although the two cities are only a hundred miles apart, one belongs to Henan and the other belongs to Shandong.
Without the imperial court's order, Li Dingguo's troops could not even expand their activities, let alone leave the province.
The army did not besiege the city, but set up camp ten miles south of the city and waited for Li Dingguo's military order.
Li Dingguo marched while waiting for news from Wang Fuzhi.
If the rebels accepted the amnesty, he would remain in place.
If the rebels did not accept the amnesty, he would immediately order an attack.
Outside Qingfeng County.
Wang Fuzhi was saying goodbye to his wife Zheng, "Madam, please go back. I will be back soon!"
(Wang Fuzhi's wife was Zheng from Xiangyang, and had nothing to do with Zheng Zhilong or Zheng Chenggong.)
"Master, I'm worried about you..." Zheng had a bitter face, giving people the feeling that she would cry at any time.
"Why should I worry about this?" Wang Fuzhi laughed and said, "The court asked me to go and recruit the rebels. If that doesn't work, there are still large armies to suppress the rebellion."
"I'm worried because I'm afraid that the surrender won't work!" Zheng's eyes began to moisten, "Master, why don't you just send two trusted people to Puzhou? Why do you have to go there in person?"
"Those rioters kill people without blinking an eye. If the negotiation of surrender fails, you...you will be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth, won't you?"
"Why are you crying?" Wang Fuzhi reached out his hand to wipe away the tears from Zheng's eyes. "The imperial court's order is for me to go and offer amnesty, not for me to send someone to do so! Besides, even if I can send someone, I can't. Only if I go there in person can I show my sincerity."
It would have been better if Wang Fuzhi didn't wipe Zheng's tears. After he wiped them, Zheng's tears changed from drops to columns and began to flow.
"Okay," Wang Fuzhi said emphatically, "How can you cry in front of so many people?"
Zheng looked around and found many unfamiliar faces.
She asked in a low voice: "Master, these people look unfamiliar, they should not be from the government, right?"
"Of course not, they are all Jinyiwei sent by His Majesty."
"Jinyiwei?" Hearing these three words, Zheng's face turned pale. "Are they... going to take you to Puzhou?"
"Don't worry, they are here to escort me!" Wang Fuzhi wiped the tears from Zheng's face again, "Go back and wait for my good news."
After saying this, Wang Fuzhi jumped on his horse.
Zheng wanted to say something but was interrupted by the sound of a whip.
"Gee!" Wang Fuzhi waved his whip and rode away.
Looking at the receding figure, Zheng shed tears of worry again.
After walking for a while, Deng Yue, a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, urged his horse forward and walked side by side with Wang Fuzhi.
"Sir," Deng Yue clasped his hands together, "what are your plans for recruiting the amnesty? Just tell us if you can help us. We will go through fire and water without hesitation."
"What kind of plan do we need?" Wang Fuzhi smiled faintly, "Just go there directly! It would be best if they are willing to accept the amnesty. If not, immediately send a letter to Li Dingguo and ask him to send troops to quell the rebellion."
"No," Deng Yue was frightened by Wang Fuzhi's courage, "Sir, are you going to go outside Puzhou City and discuss the matter of recruiting the bandits from Yuyuan?"
"What else?" Wang Fuzhi asked back.
"You are the imperial envoy in charge of recruiting the rebels. You only need to tell us the conditions for recruiting the rebels. We will send people to negotiate with the rebels. You don't have to put yourself in danger!" Deng Yue reminded.
"No need to go to such trouble. It would be better for me to go there in person." Wang Fuzhi said righteously, "Your lives are also lives."
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