Chapter 6 Chapter Five Supervisor Yangzhou

The temple of the central government of Nanming was finally completed, and the Bodhisattva (i.e. Jian Guo) was also placed on the main hall. The rest of the work was left to the monks (i.e. Baiguan) to do the work! After intense deliberations and heated discussions, the monks (i.e. officials) agreed that the most important task at present is to establish a leadership core (i.e. the cabinet) that is united, harmonious, able to fight, dare to fight, get things done, and avoid accidents. . After a successful, united, and professional Congress of Representatives of Hundred Officials (the administrative term in Ming Dynasty is "Tingtui"), Comrade Shi Kefa was unanimously elected in view of Shi Kefa's original position and popularity as "the number one minister in the southeast". The chief minister of the cabinet.

At the same time, the meeting also elected Jiang Riguang, the former Zhan Shifu Zhan Shifu, as the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, a scholar of the Dongge University, and a member of the cabinet; Zhang Shenyan was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, a member of the cabinet;At first glance, except for Shi Kefa, the first assistant, the rest of the members are all "Donglin Party", so the current cabinet is honored as "Donglin Cabinet". In addition to the cabinet, important members of the Donglin Party, such as Lu Daqi, Liu Zongzhou, and Li Qing, took up important government positions one after another. The public opinion generally believed that this was the second large-scale "all positive and prosperous dynasty" since the early years of Emperor Tianqi.

The Donglin Party has no achievements in "political establishment", but one by one, it has promoted officials to the ranks. This angered the noble and military regiments that won the "collective special merit" in the Fuwang election. The serious dissatisfaction with reality made The two factions who had never met before quickly moved together and worked hard to change the current unfair treatment. Under the planning of Ma Shiying's "chief director", Liu Kongzhao, who is good at performing "wonderful performances", made another appearance on stage.At a "Ting Tui" meeting, Liu Kongzhao urgently proposed: "Because of my merits in 'making policies', there is an urgent need for organizational arrangements to give political treatment to cabinet members."

Liu Kongzhao's proposal was quickly vetoed by the ministers of the Donglin Party. The reason for the veto was: "According to the Basic Law (ancestral system) of this dynasty, honorable persons are not allowed to serve as cabinet members." With this attitude, Liu Kongzhao's second round of games will begin soon. "If I can't, can't Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying do it?" Liu Kongzhao continued to recite his lines. It is difficult to reject this proposal. Governor Ma wants credit for merit and gun barrels for guns. In the future, whether it is "defending the south of the Yangtze River" or "expedition to the Central Plains in the north", it cannot do without the full support of this military leader.

Shi Shoufu then played Zhu Jianguo with an open mind and a sincere attitude, promoted Comrade Ma Shiying to a bachelor, joined the cabinet, and took the position of second assistant. Next, other noble groups and military groups were also awarded or rewarded. Everyone is happy, and the Nanming court is full of joy and joy in the founding of the country. The organization is sound, the employees are satisfied, and the leaders are very supportive. Then, "grasp the revolution and promote production"! This is what Shi Shoufu thought and did. This is the first time for him to stand on such a big career stage.

Shi Shoufu's piercing eyes put the focus of administration on improving people's livelihood. He knew that if a few major concerns of the common people were not resolved quickly, the popularity of the Ming government would decline again. At present, the issues that the people are most concerned about are land and taxation. To put it bluntly, the land problem is the serious unevenness of land ownership. In the south of Daming, that is, the area under the jurisdiction of the Nanming government, 90% of the land resources are in the hands of 10% of the people. In addition to the prince's grandson and grandson, there are also civil servants at all levels and landlords big and small.

Concentration of land ownership is not a problem. Landless farmers can rent land to cultivate. The problem lies in this. The land is concentrated in the hands of a small number of people, and they have the possibility of monopoly. In fact, these "evil" landlords The classes uniformly increased the rent of land to more than 60% of the total grain output of the land.For example, if you rent an acre of land from the landlord Laocai, after hard work in spring sowing, Xia Yun and autumn harvest, you get 100 kilograms of grain, and more than 60 kilograms will be handed over to the landlord Laocai.

The guys with land have collected land rent, so it stands to reason that they should pay taxes to the country according to law!But whether to pay taxes or not depends on the identity!The prince Longsun of Lao Zhu's family does not pay taxes (except for the marginalized "common people"), and civil servants at all levels pay little or no taxes.Only those powerless small and medium-sized landlords and honest self-cultivating farmers are the main force of tax payment. Now, the problem facing the Ming Dynasty government is: large landowners are increasingly occupying land, and pay less and less taxes to the government, so the government can only collect more and more taxes from small and medium landlords and self-cultivating farmers.As a result, the small and medium-sized landlords and self-cultivating farmers went bankrupt more and more, and the government collected less and less tax.

The best way to untangle this mess is to redistribute the land equally. But Shi Shoufu could not do this, because he himself was a knowledgeable and cultured landlord, and as a member of the landlord class, he could not do things like poaching the corners of his own class. If the land problem cannot be solved for the time being, let’s reduce the tax. At any rate, the vast number of small and medium-sized landlords and self-cultivating farmers in Nanming will have some hope. Shi Shoufu launched a tax reduction plan as follows: 1. After the twelfth year of Chongzhen (that is, 1639), all regular taxes, miscellaneous taxes and surcharges that have not been paid to the government will not be handed over;

2. The current taxation standard is implemented according to the standard of the third year of Chongzhen (that is, 1630); 3. In addition to the regular tax, additional taxes (such as "three rates") will be cancelled. As soon as the tax reduction policy was announced, the Ministry of Household Affairs wrote to Li Qing in the matter, and made a detailed report to Shi Shoufu on the serious problems brought about by the tax reduction. He said: 1. According to the old taxation standard, the Nanming government expects fiscal revenue to be 4.5 million taels (silver, the same below).

2. Military expenses of the Southern Ming Dynasty: 600,000 taels per town for Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing, 1.08 million taels for Zuo Liangyu, 2.4 million taels for Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Cai, Huang Binqing and other eight generals, and 1 million taels for administrative expenses and royal funds. The expenditure was 6.88 million taels. 3. In this way, Nanming's estimated fiscal deficit for this year is 2.38 million taels. (not including necessary social relief expenses) Li added that he was not opposed to tax cuts, but after the tax cuts, the Nanming government would not be able to maintain normal operations. Tax cuts must be carried out, but the government must also operate normally. Shi Shoufu fell into deep thought. Two days later, he came up with an idea to solve the problem. 1. Since the total military expenditure has far exceeded the total financial expenditure, let's start by reducing military expenditure. 2. The successful case of reducing military expenditure is undoubtedly the "military settlement" of Zhu Yuanzhang, the great ancestor of this dynasty. His old man let the soldiers hold guns in one hand and hoes in the other. They fought in wartime and cultivated land in peacetime. Not only did they not spend a penny of national finance , and can also hand over surplus grain to the country.On this point, the old man Zhu Yuanzhang also proudly said: "I raise millions of troops without costing the country a penny." 3. However, two conditions are required for the establishment of "military settlements". One is the army, and the other is wasteland. These two conditions are not available in the south, but in the north of the Yangtze River. Gao Jie, Huang Degong and others have troops. It is suitable for carrying out the work of "military settlements", and it can also be used for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and the restoration of Ming Dynasty! Shi Shoufu decided to break out of the jedi and go to Jiangbei.There, there is a vast world, and there is a lot to do; there, there are gold and iron horses, swallowing thousands of miles. At this moment, two more things happened, which further strengthened the determination of Jiang Bei, the assistant supervisor of Shi Shou. The first thing is that Xu Hongji (after Xu Da), the backbone of the honorary regiment, once impeached him, saying that Shi Kefaqin had no meritorious service and failed to rescue Emperor Chongzhen in time. The second thing is that Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing, the two generals stationed in Jiangbei, wrote to the central government, asking to send important officials to supervise Jiangbei to protect the sacred territory of Ming Dynasty from being violated. Looking at the Yangtze River, Shi Kefa looked up to the sky and roared loudly, with a strong heart, he thought he had to leave the court and make contributions outside the territory.Personally, this is to fight a bloody road for the new country in Jiangbei; as far as the situation is concerned, it is also the aspiration of the people and the trend of major events. Besides, there are precedents for the chief assistant as a supervisor. For example, Comrade Yang Sichang, an advanced element of the landlord class and a model of learning from officials of the Ming Dynasty, once served as a supervisor in the capacity of the chief assistant, and was honored in the post of supervisor. He died in the line of duty. There are always some people in the world who are pure in heart and pure in heart. If they live in a high place in a temple, they worry about their people, and if they live far away, they worry about their king. Everyone enjoys their leisure, and I only serve their work. Shi Kefa is such a person ! On May 12th, ten days after King Fu supervised the country, Shi Kefa asked himself to supervise Jiangbei. Before the supervisor Jiangbei set off, Shi Kefa worked overtime to do some finishing work for Zhu Jianguo and himself. On the 15th, under the leadership of Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying, all officials came to the table to persuade them to enter.Fu Jianguo ascended the throne after "concession and humility" and became the first emperor of Nanming and the seventeenth emperor of Ming Dynasty.The year name Hongguang, Hongguang, means to inherit the great cause of the ancestors of Everbright. On the 16th, Shi Kefa resigned from the position of minister of the Ministry of War, and recommended Ma Shiying, the second assistant, to serve concurrently. On the 17th, His Majesty Shi Kefa resigned from Beijing and began his arduous and bumpy journey of being a supervisor! Before talking about Shi Kefa's supervisor, let me introduce the current situation of the Nanming armed forces. After the disintegration of the Ming Dynasty, only Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry remained among the established armed forces in the north. In the south, there are still some important armed forces, mainly the five first-line frontier defense forces led by Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Zuo Liangyu, and there are also a few established second-line troops led by Fang Guoan and Huang Binqing. In addition, what Nanming is proud of, and what Qing Dashun can't match, is that Nanming also has a navy (namely navy) capable of conscripting and fighting. It is currently under the command of Zheng Hongkui, stationed in Pukou, and defending Nanjing. As early as the eighth day of May, Shi Kefa submitted a memorial to Zhu Jianguo at the time of "the first urgent affairs to respect Chen Chen", opposing the plan of "divide the river to govern and establish the Southern and Northern Dynasties", and advocated that "the river must be guarded by the Huaihe River", that is, The army was stationed between the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River, and a "defense buffer zone" was established, making it the first barrier to defend the south of the Yangtze River. Under the joint coordination of him and Ma Shiying, the first-line national defense plan of establishing the "Five Jiangbei Towns" was finally realized. Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Zuo Liangyu, who were originally subordinate to Ma Shiying, served as the commanders (commanders) of each town respectively. Now, Shi Kefa, the supervisor of Jiangbei, legally has the military command over the "five towns in Jiangbei". Next, let’s introduce the basic situation of the “five towns” one by one. The first town: Huang Degong Department Resident: Chuzhou, Hezhou area Troop strength: about 35,000 people Commander's work experience: Comrade Huang Degong, a native of Kaiyuan, Liaoning, was born in a professional military household. He joined the army in Liaoyang since he was a child. He is a "Liao Army" with a glorious historical tradition. , Gezuo Fifth Battalion and other anti-government armed forces fought, and after gaining military exploits, they were promoted to Luzhou General Army.Before the fall of the Ming Dynasty, he followed Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying to put down Liu Chao's rebellion in Yongcheng, Henan, and was named Jingnan Bo. Personal characteristics of the commander: 1. Among the five towns, the soldiers have the highest quality and the strongest combat effectiveness; 2. Because Emperor Hongguang once took refuge in his jurisdiction, the two had the most friendship, and Huang was the most loyal to Emperor Hongguang.The second town: Gaojie Department Resident: Xuzhou, Sizhou area Troop strength: about 30,000 people Commander's work experience: Comrade Gao Jie, a native of Mizhi, Shaanxi (a fellow villager with Li Zicheng), first joined Li Zicheng's anti-government armed forces for packaging, and then became a full-time member of the government's armed forces.Since the anti-government armed forces "turned gorgeously", he started as a small guerrilla general, continued to grow bigger, and now he has been upgraded to a vassal in charge of one side, a "new star" in the military circle of the Ming Dynasty. Commander's personal characteristics: Nicknamed Fanshan Harrier, he dared to break ground on the head of the Tai Sui, and "stealed" the two most precious things in his life. One is "stealing a wife" (not a regular wife, but a concubine). Gao SiLing took advantage of his position to fall in love with Li's wife Xing Shi at first sight. Run away with your life" and seek refuge with the Ming government to protect "freedom of marriage"; The second is "stolen name". Commander Gao stole Li Zicheng's name many times on the way to withdraw his troops to the south to form a "shanzhai version" of the Dashun Army. city ​​gate.After coaxing the gates of the city to enter the city, first gather the troops and publicly announce that they are the "Chuangwang troops" and will strictly implement the military order of not robbing public or private property, not killing people, and not setting fire. Let's go and carry out the "work" of robbing, killing, and setting fire to.This practice seriously violated Chuangwang's right of reputation and caused a bad influence among the masses.In view of this, Commander Gao became a hardcore anti-Shun faction, vowing to fight to the death with the Dashun regime. The third town: Liu Liangzuo Department Resident: Fengyang, Shouzhou area (Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown) Troop strength: about 30,000 people Commander's work experience: Comrade Liu Liangzuo, a native of Northern Zhili, commanded troops to fight against the anti-government forces in Susong, Luzhou, and Guang'an during the Chongzhen period.After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, at the invitation of Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying, he led his troops into Nanzhili. Personal characteristics of the commander: 1. Because he often rides a variegated horse, he is known as the flower horse Liu; 2. Among the five towns, the combat effectiveness is the worst.How bad is it?As evidenced by an example, when retreating to the south, the Liu army "struggled along the way". In Linhuai, the army and the people closed the city gate and refused to enter the city. But Lin Zhun said, "I stand still." 3 Overseas relations are complicated, and his younger brother Liu Liangchen surrendered to the Qing Dynasty after the Battle of Songshan, so this comrade has been identified as a key "united front target" by the relevant departments of the Qing Dynasty. The Fourth Town: Liu Zeqing's Ministry Resident: Huaian area Forces: nearly 30,000 Commander's work experience: Comrade Liu Zeqing, a native of Shandong, was involved in the suppression of Kong Youde's rebellion in Dengzhou during the Chongzhen period. Personal characteristics of the commander: 1. Good at performing "time travel drama". After receiving the order of "King Qin" from Emperor Chongzhen, he actually traveled to the Han Dynasty in one fell swoop, played the role of "Son of Sai Weng", and staged a "falling horse" in a splendid manner. "Broken Leg" play; 2. The person is very beautiful, with a white face and a bright face, looking like the person in the painting, but he is extremely cruel, and usually likes to drink with the hearts and livers of prisoners on death row. As a small complaint, he assassinates his relatives and uncles; 3. It is a typical wall-scratcher. In the general election for the throne, the "Protecting Lu faction" first turned to the "Protecting Blessing faction". 4. Good at real estate development, and successfully developed the "Nanming's No. 1 Mansion - Liu Family (Liu Zeqing's Family) Compound" in Zhun'an. The above four towns are the "four towns in Jiangbei" mentioned before, and they are also Comrade Ma Shiying's decisive force in the election of the emperor. Fifth Town: Zuo Liangyu Department Resident: Wuchang area Troop strength: nearly 200,000 people Since "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" has already given a detailed introduction to this comrade, I will not repeat it here, and only emphasize here: 1. This comrade has a very strong ability to regenerate. Although he is often beaten by Li Zicheng or Zhang Xianzhong, two "rebel tycoons" who almost wiped out his entire army, he can "completely regenerate" in a blink of an eye. At present, the government's rated number of people is 50,000 , but because Comrade Zuo Liangyu likes "Han Xin leads the army, the more the better", and at the same time, in order to solve the problem of social re-employment, he recruited a large number of troops, making it the town with the largest number of soldiers in the Nanming government; 2. This comrade is a special talent who "takes both ends". Although he has repeatedly made military exploits in building anti-military forces, he has always had no organization and discipline, despises the superiors, and loves to engage in pseudo-achievement projects of "killing the good and pretending to be meritorious". After Renzong came to power in the Ming Dynasty, the country implemented the national project of "peaceful construction and prosperity". The warriors with heavy armies became the emperor's key targets of prevention, and civil servants who were deeply influenced by Confucianism generally would not "raise troops to commit crimes" , so it is favored, and gradually formed a management model of "restraining generals with civilian officials" in the military. The military management regulations of the Ming Dynasty stipulated that the civilian governor was the superior leader of the military commander-in-chief.Especially during the reign of Zhang Juzheng, the number one political leader of the Ming Dynasty, Tan Lun, Qi Jiguang, and Li Chengliang, the "first-class and first-class" military generals of the Ming Dynasty, all saluted the chief minister of civil servants, calling themselves "under the door" or "little ones", This greatly increased the "prestige" of civil servants and dampened the "spirit" of generals. However, since the early years of Chongzhen, under the internal and external pressure of the two anti-government forces of the "Manchu Qing Dynasty and laid-off peasants", the situation has reversed. To resist foreign enemies and suppress internal strife requires military commanders to lead troops to fight and kill in front.The "Wei Suo System" created by the ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang has long existed in name only and is not functioning well, so the "recruitment system" can only be used as an emergency. Under the "recruitment system", the recruitment, training, combat, wages, and even life of soldiers are all in the hands of the generals who command the troops, and the indirect leaders and civil servants have no way to intervene. In this way, in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, groups of military generals were formed one after another. The days of the generals finally came, and the civil servants found that their batons were not working. However, during Comrade Chongzhen's administration, this problem was not very prominent, because the central government had not yet gone bankrupt, and the deterrent force of the law was still there. , During their time as supervisors, the generals and soldiers were obedient in most cases. However, with the end of the central government of Ming Dynasty on March 18, what Daming lost was not only half of the country, but also the supreme deterrent power of the law! At the same time, through the successful operation of the Fu Wang campaign, the generals of the Ming Dynasty, especially the first four towns in Jiangbei introduced earlier, felt their considerable "hard power". "The emperor was pushed up by us, what can I do in the world?", the four towns are now bragging, talking big! Under such an unfavorable environment, the poor and unlucky civil servant Shi Shoufu embarked on a new job. Shi Kefa first formed a "preaching group", and when the "preaching group" came to the barracks of the towns to carry out "preaching and educational activities" with the imperial decree, Commander Gao was unhappy and confronted him face to face: "Decree, decree, decree, what imperial decree, I dare to be here." Horse racing in the palace hall, the imperial decree is nothing to me!" The fifth town, Zuo Liangyu, was even more extreme. Because he failed to fulfill the sacred right to vote in the imperial election, he had a very strong sense of rights protection. Under the persuasion of Bing Lu Ding and others, he reluctantly allowed the preaching group to open the ceremony. The bad attitude and the seriousness of the situation made Master Shi shudder. But what kind of person is Shi Dushi? After more than 20 years of ups and downs in the officialdom, he has already tempered his "copper winding beans" tenacity.After wandering around for several times, he quickly found a new method. The "core" of this new method is "power". First of all, he played Emperor Hongguang and made meritorious service in "Celiing". Zuo Liangyu was conferred the title of Ningnan Marquis by Ning Nanbo for his meritorious service in "defending the soil and resisting the war".And tell these five soldiers accurately, what we are sealing is not a short-term meal ticket "flow" job, but a long-term meal ticket "world" job, work hard for the new boss, hard work for you, happiness will last forever . Secondly, the five towns were given the "four freedoms" of free tax collection, free land reclamation, free mining, and free appointment of officials within their jurisdictions, and each jurisdiction completely became a "special administrative region and free trade zone" under Nanming. Finally, it stipulates that if the five towns can march northward and regain their territory, then "recover one area and govern one area", and the newly recovered territory will be completely used by the towns to build "special administrative regions and free trade zones". "Brothers from all towns, let's take a chance! The world belongs to us as well as yours, but in the final analysis it is still yours. You are like the sun at eight or nine o'clock, and you will surely be able to illuminate the bleak sky of Daming!" Shi The supervisor thought confidently. Has Shidushi's "powerful" policy made the towns determined to enter the Central Plains? I regret to tell you that the answer is: no. Why not, the unanimous answer of the soldiers in all towns is: no money. Shi Kefa was puzzled, isn't the money drawn at twenty-two strokes per soldier per year?Isn't the policy allowing you soldiers to get rich first?Why is there no money? The answers of the soldiers in the towns are plausible: the money has been removed, but only a part of it has been removed. Besides, we have carried out a large number of "enrollment expansion" work for the "Northern Expedition to the Central Plains" and to solve the severe "social employment problem". In addition, the policy of allowing us to collect taxes to open up wasteland and mines is good, but the implementation of these three policies requires time and manpower.In view of the above practical difficulties, please be patient and wait patiently. Shi Kefa was speechless to ask the sky, so he had no choice but to play, and asked the second assistant, Comrade Ma Shiying, to extend his magical hands and raise funds quickly. Before the results came out, something happened in Yangzhou. The person who caused the accident in Yangzhou was Commander Gao Jie who committed the unforgivable crime of "stealing his wife and name" against King Chuang. The reasons for the accident are as follows: Commander Gao Jie is actually the poorest of the five towns. Over the years, he has continued to expand the number of recruits, and the burden on the soldiers and family members is heavy. The Xuzhou and Sizhou where he is stationed this time are economically underdeveloped areas, with insufficient support, and life is tight. Lack of money, isn't it possible to develop northward?But going north means meeting Dashun or Daqing swordsmen, and Commander Gao, who has a full understanding of his own strength, obviously lacks self-confidence. "If the east is not bright, the west is bright, and if the north is dark, there is the south." Commander Gao positioned the goal of sustainable development on Yangzhou, a megacity in Nanming. Yangzhou, since the Tang Dynasty, has entered the ranks of the most developed regions in the world and the cities most suitable for human (rich) consumption. A Tang poet once said: "Three parts of the world are bright moonlit nights, and two parts are rascals are Yangzhou." The crane goes down to Yangzhou".Although the years have changed, Yangzhou still has a romantic style. By the end of Ming Dynasty, Yangzhou had become one of the ten cities in the world with a population of more than 500,000. The commodity economy was developed and capitalism sprouted. ". Commander Gao knew that if he got Yangzhou, money would flow in and the poor would become rich.But now that he is the Earl of Daming, and he is squeezed into the upper class, he will lose his status if he robs and grabs twice. After thinking about it, he decided to use a "civilized and polite" way to acquire Yangzhou. Commander Gao sent a letter to Huang Jiaduan, the governor of Yangzhou, requesting that the families of soldiers who had made great contributions to the War of Resistance be placed in the city.The governor was still hesitating. Seeing that Commander Gao's troops violated military discipline and burned, killed and looted villages near Yangzhou, the people of Yangzhou went on strike one after another and formed a "self-defense force". The army enters the city. Commander Gao simply kept going and ordered the siege on the seventh day of June.At this time, a caring volunteer who wanted to "do something for the people" appeared.He is Zheng Yuanxun, a Jinshi in Yangzhou. The volunteer volunteered to go out of the city on behalf of the people to hold peace negotiations with Commander Gao, and reached a two-point agreement that "only military members should be allowed to enter the city, and troops should not be allowed to enter the city." But when "Ambassador Zheng Heping" came to the city to announce the peace agreement, the excited people immediately suspected that there was a big conspiracy in it. died. Now that the negotiation was hopeless, Commander Gao issued another siege order. In such a hurry, Governor Huang of Yangzhou saw that the situation was not good, so he rubbed the soles of his feet with oil - slipped away! The people of Yangzhou had no choice but to seek help from the Nanming central government while guarding the city. Commander Gao's approach, in the Chongzhen era, 10,000 heads would not be enough to cut off. Back then, Chongzhen dealt with Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chuanting, and a few royal guards could solve the problem with an imperial decree.But at this moment and at that moment, the old method is hopeless.After urgent consultations at the cabinet meeting of the central government of the Ming Dynasty, the result was that the governor could only be asked to come forward to resolve the violent conflict in a peaceful manner. Human life was at stake, and Shi Du's division did not dare to stay for a moment, and led his troops to rush towards Commander Gao's camp.This made Commander Gao very nervous, and he hurriedly lined up to wait. But after meeting the Master Superintendent and his party, Commander Gao realized that he was like an anti-aircraft gun to shoot mosquitoes—too talented and useless. It is true that the Master Superintendent brought troops here, but the soldiers he brought were too few. The three hundred soldiers in Sichuan are less than one percent of the high commander's army. But even so, Commander Gao was still a hundred worried.A few years ago, Yuan Chonghuan played the classic play "Four or Two Pulling a Thousand Gold, Cleaning Up Mao Wenlong" which cast a huge psychological shadow on him. He enthusiastically welcomed the Master Superintendent to the tent of the Chinese Army, and left behind many "service personnel" to provide "personal butler service" for him. Master Shi adhered to the service tenet of "guiding people with morality and uniting people with emotion". Seeing that Commander Gao was so nervous, he set aside 200 of the 300 Sichuan soldiers who were about to bring and handed over to Commander Gao. Baichuan soldiers. Commander Gao's worries were finally dispelled, and some "service personnel" were removed, but he still took the measure of "residential surveillance" on the supervisor, and volunteered to serve as the supervisor's confidential secretary. The semi-literate "Secretary Gao" had to go over the teacher's confidential documents one by one before sending them to the supervisor's desk. "It's tolerable, whichever is more tolerable." The Master Supervisor actually endured it too!Every day, the supervisor, who is almost imprisoned, lives with poor clothing and bad food, and works on the ground without sleeping. This self-reliant self-cultivation shocked Commander Gao, and he no longer insisted on stationing in Yangzhou.The governor Shi also took into account Commander Gao's "practical life difficulties". After playing the Emperor Hongguang, he took Guazhou near Jingkou as another place for Commander Gao's army to settle down. "One wave of unrest, another wave of resurgence", Shi Kefa, who had dealt with the Yangzhou incident peacefully, just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, when Commander Gao got into trouble again, but this time it was not the common people who were unlucky, but another big name in the five towns - Jing South Hou Huang Degong. The second Commander Huang Gao has one "well water" and one "river water". The bad thing is that Commander Huang's mouth. He has the courage to fight privately and is timid to fight in public, so Commander Huang despises Commander Gao very much. He often makes remarks in the military and political circles that Commander Gao is a "bandit who eats the emperor's food". When a person has been despised by another person for a long time, dissatisfaction and hatred will naturally arise. Commander Huang's account is firmly remembered by Commander Gao. Just at this time, Commander Huang led his army northward from Luzhou. Commander Gao suspected that it was Shi Dushi who persuaded him to evacuate Yangzhou and hand over the city to Commander Huang.So the attack was launched on the earth bridge that Commander Huang passed by. In fact, Commander Huang went north this time to pick up people, and he only brought 300 people with him. As a result, when the battle broke out, all 300 people "sacrificed with honor". Under the desperate cover of his subordinates, Commander Huang managed to escape from death . How could Commander Huang, who had suffered a great loss, give up? As soon as he returned to the station, he immediately reorganized his troops and horses, preparing to fight to the death with Commander Gao, and a civil war was imminent. Still Shi Tushi, he once again played the role of "mediator" without hesitation. After the liaison and coordination of the supervisor, he tried his best to persuade him, and took out his own money to pay Commander Huang in the name of Commander Gao. Finally, this civil war was eliminated. The two sides reached an "out-of-court settlement agreement" and temporarily reconciled. . Because Shi Dushi went around in many ways and made great contributions to the peaceful cause of Nanming, the people in Jiangbei gave him a kind and appropriate nickname-"Old Matchmaker", which was popular in popular songs at that time. Singing: "Who called Fanshan kite to come (Gao Jie's nickname), Chuangzi (Huang Degong's nickname) is not in harmony, fights on the ground, kills the old matchmaker (Shi Kefa), and walks the river and the Huaihe River..." "Those who know me say I am worried, and those who don't know me say what I want." The hard-working, wronged, and helpless Master Shi is still persisting, waiting, and hoping that his efforts will one day move God. I don't know if God was moved, but two people were moved, and they voluntarily joined the "United Front" camp of Shi Dushi. One person was the one who abandoned Li Zicheng back then and resolutely "eloped" with Commander Gao. The current Mrs. Xing, who is the real guard of Commander Gao, has a weak heart. He often advises Commander Gao to "correct evil and return to righteousness", respect leaders more, and communicate with leaders more.Although Commander Gao is rebellious, he is afraid of Mrs. Xing because he loves him; he is obedient because he is afraid, so his attitude towards Mr. Supervisor has changed greatly.Shi Kefa also felt this, reciprocated, and gave up his mansion in Yangzhou to Mrs. Xing to live in. The other person is Gao Siling's psychological counselor, Dezong, a monk.This monk has a unique skill, that is, "talking about misfortunes and fortunes", and he was a first-class expert in Buddhism, divination, operations research and psychology at that time.Even Gao Commander, the murderous big devil, respectfully and respectfully called him "Master".Monk Dezong admired Shi Kefa's loyalty very much, so he took the opportunity of lecturing to give Gao Siling individual psychological counseling and hint education.He said to Commander Gao: "Master Shi Du is a sage in Confucianism, and a Bodhisattva in our Dharma. Laymen can become Buddhas if they agree with him." Finally, when the water came to the water and the flowers bloomed and the fruits ripened, Commander Gao began to respect Shi Kefa, became well-behaved, and became obedient. The "United Front" work had achieved results, and Governor Shi was also very happy. Wu said happily: "I can finally get Uncle Xingping's help. To regain the Central Plains, great things can be expected, and success is expected!" In July 1644, Governor Shi sat in Yangzhou and was actively preparing for Gao Jie's Northern Expedition. But at this time, the central government sent the emperor's decree: "Teacher, please rest, the government is going to hold the North-South peace talks!"