The elimination of bandits is not just a military issue, but involves political strategy, strategy and other aspects. Otherwise, bandits in various places will not be destroyed and will fall into an endless situation.

Lin Chunhong decided to implement large-scale forced immigration. The key reason for the chaos in the north is natural disasters and conflicts between people and land. As long as the population in the turbulent places is reduced to a certain level, it will not be chaotic no matter what.

What's more, Lin Chunhong is missing a lot of strong labor in Qiongzhou and Hong Kong Island, and swallowing millions is not a problem at all.

This coincides with Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou is by no means a simple military leader, and his political vision is also very outstanding. Hong Chengchou's strategy against the bandits is very simple and effective. He attacked the enemy violently. After arresting, he would never consider any resettlement issues and kill them all. Even if he surrendered, he would still kill them. He would kill them all and nothing would happen.

At that time, if Chen Qiyu had half of Hong Chengchou's ruthlessness, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong had been dead for many years.

Compared to Hong Butcher’s ruthlessness, what is the mere forced immigration?

The strategic direction has been determined, and other corners are easy to talk about. The Donglin Party has severely plotted against the Bangtai Group this time and must retaliate against it.

The Donglin Party’s intention of forcing the anti-Bangtai Group was not to eliminate a separatist force for the Ming Dynasty, but to force Wen Tiren to resign.

Of course, rushing Wen Tiren to step down is not the ultimate goal, and the ultimate goal is to rise to power. Lin Chunhong estimated that the Donglin Party will certainly come up with a complete set of strategies to attack the Bangtai Group in the future, hoping to be taken by Zhu Youjian and take charge of the government again.

Recalling the report from the Security Department, it said that Qu Shixi secretly sent people to spy on the transfer centers and money shops in various places, the Donglin Party's plan was called out. This was the most deadly for Lin Chunhong. Once Zhu Youjian accepted his strategy, Bangtai had no other way except to resist by force.

In order to retaliate against the Donglin Party, Lin Chunhong decided to take the Donglin Party's ulterior motives to the point of being in front of Zhu Youjian, so that Zhu Youjian completely lost confidence in the Donglin Party and would never use it again.

At the same time, Lin Chunhong also decided to organize a group of scholars to attack the Donglin Party in the scholars, and declare to the world with strict logic and detailed evidence that the Donglin Party is by no means a hypocritical gentleman, but a group of hypocrites who can betray the court for their own interests, completely corrupt the reputation of the Donglin Party and make it a rat crossing the street.

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When the warship sent Lin Chunhong back to Guangzhou, all kinds of response strategies were already very mature. I immediately turned into Lin Chunhong's orders through Zhang Jief's hands and passed them to all directions...

"Appoint Zhang Zhao as Maritime Governor and immediately go to Guangzhou to take office..."

"Let Zhou Wang eliminate all evil and use Zuo Liangyu's head to pay tribute to the dead warriors and the people..."

"Lingzheng Propaganda Department draws effective personnel to counterattack the Donglin Party..."

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After giving the order, Lin Chunhong arranged the matter in Guangdong again, and just took five craftsmen and, under the protection of more than a hundred guards, rode their horses to Jingzhou...

Let’s talk about Zhou Wang’s journey day and night toward Xiangyang. When he arrived at Nanzhao County, he heard that Zuo Liangyu was defeated and fled to Yunyang. After receiving the report, Zhou Wang felt at ease, and then immediately rushed to the southwest to try to attack Zuo Liangyu with Lin Chunyi, completely destroy Zuo Liangyu to shock the whole night.

Zhou Wang advanced lightly and finally blocked Zuo Liangyu, who was as anxious as a dog in Yunxi.

Just as Zhou Wang and Lin Chunyi were preparing to complete the final attack on Zuo Liangyu, Lu Xiangsheng arrived in the army and tried his best to stop Zhou Wang from advancing.

Zhou Wang was anxious and sneered: "Mr. Lu is very accurate in grasping the timing. When the left thief was in trouble with Tongbai, Xinye, Tang County, Lord Lu was not there; when the attack on Xiangyang Prefecture, Lord Lu was not there; when the left thief was in the end, Lord Lu arrived..."

Lu Xiangsheng was arrogant and always said in the army that he could withstand Zhou Wang's insults. He was so angry that he trembled all over. His right hand couldn't help but touch the hilt of the knife, and he cut Zhou Wang's head straight down.

Zhou Wang was not as scruple as Lu Xiangsheng. Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng was about to use force, he pulled out his waist knife with a silence and shouted: "Where did you get the courage to use force in my Jingzhou army?"

The guards on both sides drew out their weapons, seized the favorable terrain, and surrounded Zhou Wang and Lu Xiangsheng.

I saw the tent full of swords and swords, and the situation was about to break out.

A dull running sound came from outside the tent, and the door of the tent was lifted open, and crossbow arrows pointed at Lu Xiangsheng and the guards in a cold light.

Wei Yuexiang's loud shout came: "Don't move, throw down your weapons!"

Lu Xiangsheng's chest kept rising and falling, obviously he was extremely angry. He finally suppressed the anger in his heart, left the hilt of the knife with his right hand, and ordered his guard: "Cut the knife!"

The guards looked at each other, a little hesitant, and Lu Xiangsheng suddenly shouted: "Did you hear it? Take the knife!"

The guards were startled and inserted the knife into the scabbard without hesitation, slowly surrounding Lu Xiangsheng.

Zhou Wang laughed, inserted his waist knife into the scabbard, and ordered: "Get back!"

In a blink of an eye, the crossbowmen disappeared from their sight, and even the guards in the tent returned to their original position, standing like wooden stakes.

The two sides were at the point of drawing swords toward each other. Lu Xiangsheng knew that Zuo Liangyu would definitely not be spared, and no longer asked Zhou Wang to stop advancing. He just said to Zhou Wang coldly: "So powerful! So evil! I don't know what the court is in the eyes of Deputy General Zhou!"

Zhou Wang was reluctant to give in and retorted: "More than 10,000 soldiers from Jingzhou fought bloody battles with the bandits in Henan, but their fellow villagers, wives and children were poisoned by the left thieves. This is how the court treated the soldiers who worked hard and made great contributions? If they were not rewarded for their merits and were not punished for their crimes, how can they convince the soldiers?"

Zhou Wang suddenly raised his voice and said sternly: "Today I will take the head of the left thief and give more than 10,000 soldiers an explanation!"

Lu Xiangsheng had completely calmed down and sighed quietly, saying, "You will be trapped in Lin Chunhong's unfaithfulness and unrighteousness by doing this. Why not wait for a few days? Let's see what Lin Chunhong's plans are?"

Lu Xiangsheng completely lost confidence in persuading Zhou Wang. In his mind, Lin Chunhong knew at least the general idea, and was not comparable to Zhou Wang's, so he proposed a delaying plan.

Sure enough, Zhou Wang hesitated. Although he knew Lin Chunhong very well and knew that he would never tolerate Zuo Liangyu's rebellious actions, what if Lin Chunhong had other plans, wouldn't he fall into a passive position?

As the saying goes, no coincidence can be written. When Zhou Wang was hesitant, he came forward and whispered a few words in his ear, conveying Lin Chunhong's order to "eliminate evil affairs."

Zhou Wang was overjoyed and said proudly: "You can't take the head of a thief, you are an unfaithful person!"

Seeing that things were no longer possible, Lu Xiangsheng sighed and left Zhou Wang's army sadly, with a look of bleakness...

After Lu Xiangsheng left, Zhou Wang immediately ordered the soldiers of Jingzhou Army to launch an attack. Zuo Liangyu's elite fighter fought back to death, rather than surrender. In the end, the entire army was full of Mo, and the rioters died, and the surrendered, and in the end, only six or seven thousand survived.

Zuo Liangyu died in the chaos of the army. After being beheaded by the Jingzhou army, she hung it on Xiangyang City for ten days. She was then dealt with and sent to the capital. Lin Chunhong also specially made a special report to boast about the achievements of the Jingzhou army in extermination of the rebels.

Let’s talk about Lu Xiangsheng’s departure from Zhou Wang’s army, shook his head and sighed all the way, almost forgetting the soldiers who were still fighting bravely in Chuzhou.

Lu Xiangsheng believed that the provocation of the Donglin Party was only one of the reasons, and Zuo Liangyu coveted Xiangyang, Jingzhou and Yiling, and tried to occupy the three places and gained troops and became independent. This was the main reason. Furthermore, Lu Xiangsheng thought of Lin Chunhong holding heavy troops, obeying the command and not the announcement, and he couldn't help but worry about the abusing of power by the generals.

"It is not a blessing for the country to have such a arrogant soldier!"

Lu Xiangsheng was familiar with history books and had long understood one truth: after facing a long period of war, his ultimate fate was either destroyed or played with by powerful generals, and there was almost no good ending.

For example, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Eastern Han Dynasty was in name only and was destroyed by Cao Cao to command the princes; after the Huang Chao Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty was replaced by Zhu Wen...

How similar is the Ming Dynasty!

The Guanliao Group was divided by the Zu family and Wu family, showing a certain tendency to be transformed. However, its land was small and needed to be supported by the court before it could be followed. Needless to say, Zheng Zhilong had never really followed the command of the court. Lin Chunhong was more loyal than anyone else on the surface, but he had any ideas in his heart, just like Sima Zhao's heart.

Are there any exceptions in history? Some! For example, the Southern Song Dynasty!

After experiencing the initial war, the Southern Song Dynasty took ruthlessly to destroy the Great Wall and execute Yue Fei. It lasted for more than a hundred years and was eventually destroyed by the Mongols. However, the reason why the Southern Song Dynasty was able to successfully kill Yue Fei was related to the Song Dynasty's favorable treatment of the scholars and officials, and the power of the scholars and officials was unprecedentedly powerful. However, the current Ming court seems to have a bad relationship with the scholars and officials, and the phenomenon of the scholars and officials being disunited is very serious.

Besides, even if we can get rid of arrogant soldiers and generals such as Lin Chunhong, would such a small court be needed by the Ming Dynasty?

Lu Xiangsheng felt very keen. He had already realized that since the Zuo Liangyu incident, the court's ability to control the generals would have been unprecedentedly reduced!

Lu Xiangsheng has been in military service for many years and knows the psychology of military generals well.

The status of the Ming generals is probably unique in history. On the one hand, these generals are extremely resentful to civil officials, but on the other hand, they have to rely on civil officials to fight. Their psychology is more or less distorted. Deng Yan and Zuo Liangyu burn and kill Yin and loot as usual are all proof of psychological distortion.

Moreover, Lu Xiangsheng also knew that the abolition of power by military generals during wars was almost impossible. If the court needed to win a battle, it would inevitably gradually expand the autonomy of military generals. The final result would inevitably be that the power of military generals is becoming increasingly greater and uncontrollable. If the court treats military generals as thieves, such a court may not last long for many years and should be destroyed!

As he thought about it, Lu Xiangsheng suddenly had an idea: Lin Chunhong had already reached the point where he abusing power, only one step away from Cao Cao. If Lin Chunhong really mastered the government like Cao Cao and governed the Ming Dynasty like Jingzhou, wouldn’t the Ming Dynasty be so powerful that it was beyond reinforcing?
Chapter completed!