Yipin Farmer

It is said that Ting Shuang read Baoqi's love letter and ordered the sender to be taken down. The sender shouted: "Your friend asked you to give me 3000 taels of silver as a thank you gift after receiving the letter. Why are you doing this to me?"

Chen Guang used his fists and kicks, and took down the businessman who delivered the letter several times.

Ting Shuang had a frightened smile on his face after catching the enemy: "He couldn't get out in Yunnan, but you could. How dare you say that you are not a spy of the King of Wu?"

The sender fainted, how did this person know his identity?

But he was not afraid, and said: "I am from the King of Wu. That's right. The King of Wu ordered me to go to the capital to deliver tribute to the emperor. If you dare to offend me, you are deceiving the emperor."

Ting Shuang kicked him and said, "Your grandfather, King Wu tried to rebel and blocked the whole of Yunnan. You think I don't know."

Seeing that the other party turned pale with shock, Ting Shuang said again: "I know, naturally the emperor will know too. My policy is to be lenient when confessing, and strict when resisting. You, if you don't tell the truth, you will die."

The spies who delivered the letter would not be fooled out by him and refused to confess.Chen Guang raised his fist, ready to give him some color.

Ting Shuang stopped him, took a kitchen knife, then took a branch, and then used the knife to make a gesture on the prisoner's face, then cut off the branch, and looked at the prisoner while cutting it. In a blink of an eye, the branch was cut into a stick. It is a method of psychologically extorting a confession provided free of charge by the hero Jin Yong, which is very deterrent.Sure enough, the messenger was terrified by his gaze: "What are you going to do?"

Ting Shuang gestured at him with a kitchen knife: "Do you know what a human stick is? It means to cut you into a stick, first cut your arms and then your legs, then cut your penis, and then protrude all of your body If everything is cut off, it is called a stick."

The prisoner's face was ashen, and his whole body was shaking like chaff.

Ting Shuang said again: "You don't have to admire my amazing intelligence and imagination, this is Wei Xiaobao's first creation. If you don't tell the truth, I will start to cut it, um, what's the best way to cut it first?"

The captive looked at him beggingly.

"Don't look at me with your little watery eyes. My hands will shake when I get sick. If I make a cut in the wrong place, I will lose face."

The prisoner swallowed: "I will confess, I will confess."

According to the confession of the captives, after receiving the order to withdraw the vassal, the King of Wu expressed his support for the withdrawal of the vassal, while delaying the time, he sent many spies to move around. The Nanwang in Guangxi, the Shangwang in Guangdong, and the Luwang in Fujian were all instigated by him. Objects, also sent letters to the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, the Governor of Guizhou, the General Soldier of Qianxi, the Governor of Sichuan and other senior officials, as well as relatives and friends everywhere, encouraging them to respond.

This prisoner was in charge of activities near Changping County, but Ting Shuang saw through it unexpectedly.

Ting Shuang continued to gesticulate on his head with a kitchen knife: "Have you gone to the Changping County Government to encourage County Magistrate Yang?"

"Yes."

"He promised to respond when King Wu raised an incident?" Ting Shuang asked nervously.

"Yes."

"Bastard." Chen Guang and Ting Zhi scolded angrily.

"Put this guy under strict surveillance first, and I will deal with him at Magistrate Yang's side." Ting Shuang waved his hand and ordered the prisoner to be taken down and held in secret.Then unfold the piece of silk and satin, and there are rows of English cursive letters sandwiched in the complicated butterfly flowers, which are difficult to recognize.

Ting Shuang stayed up all night, translating this information into Chinese, which showed that the situation was urgent.

"Send this letter to the capital as soon as possible and present it to the emperor." Chen Guang volunteered. "I go."

"No, I'll go." Tingzhi also volunteered, "Brother Chenguang, you stay here and help Brother protect the village."

Ting Shuang looked at him, meaning you can do it.

"Brother, you trust me." Ting Zhi was eager to do ideological work, "Didn't you say that scholars can't just study hard, can't just be knowledgeable and not do things? Give me a chance, and I will find a way to send the letter to the emperor." hand."

Ting Shuang thought about it. Ting Zhi had matured a lot after the setback of failing last year. He also has vision and strategy, so he should be given a chance to exercise.

Tingzhi put away the letter and left overnight.

Ting Shuang is here to deal with Yang Sanli, the county magistrate.

Yang Sanli didn't want to see him at first, but Ting Shuang slammed the grievance drum, saying that there was an urgent matter to report, and Yang Sanli had to meet him in a remote flower hall.

Ting Shuang went straight to the topic and said, "Yesterday I met a man who said he was a spy of the King of Wu. He sneaked into the interior to instigate rebellion against the imperial court officials and act as an internal response when the King of Wu rebelled."

Yang Sanli shook his hands when he heard this, and splashed the tea all over his body: "You, you said..."

Ting Shuang took the tea bowl from his hand and put it on the small table, with a half-smile on his face and said, "Master Yang, do you know how I replied?"

Yang Sanli calmed down: "Brother Meng, a loyal and filial man, naturally refute such rebellious remarks."

Ting Shuang shook his head: "I really refute him, but not for loyalty or anything. I'm just a farmer, I just want my family to eat a bowl of stable food and make a lot of money. I don't understand righteousness. To rebel with troops is bound to be defeated, ruined reputation and the calamity of killing one's body and family."

Yang Sanli sneered: "Sure enough, it's the ignorant words of the small peasants. The king of Wu has a large army in his hands. He himself has experienced many battles and is familiar with military affairs. The 50 troops under his command are all elite soldiers and strong generals. How could he be defeated?"

Ting Shuang laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Yang Sanli asked angrily.

"Your Excellency only knows that King Wu's soldiers and horses are good at fighting, but he doesn't know that even an army that is good at fighting has to eat."

"What do you mean?"

Ting Shuang gave him an analysis: "For a large army to fight, the supply of food and grass is a problem. The battle between the two sides is not so much a fight for combat power, but rather a fight for overall strength. The so-called, this is the reason why the soldiers and horses have not moved the food and grass first. Back, it’s not that he’s not smart enough, or that he doesn’t know how to fight, but that the supply in the rear is insufficient, and the overall national strength of the Shu Kingdom is not enough to support the great campaign of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. Please think about it, my lord. To supply the army with land for the battle, what we are facing is the power of the entire imperial court, after all, the imperial court is an orthodox force, and when the time comes to mobilize all resources to fight with the Wu army, the consumption will also exhaust the Wu army."

Ting Shuang didn't know how to explain the principle that long-term wars are about resources. Whoever can mobilize the most resources for war will win the final victory.Mao Zedong's "On Protracted War" said that although the Japanese devils have advanced weapons and strong military power, they lack resources. To put it bluntly, you are a country with small resources, and I am a country with large resources. The consumption will kill you.

Sure enough, the Japanese devils couldn't stand the consumption of long-term wars, and they were eager to win, so they fell into the ocean of war and couldn't get their feet out, until they perished.

But how to let the ancients understand the spirit of "On Protracted War"?

He is too worried about this. Yang Sanli is also a well-educated student who is proficient in history. In history, as long as the central government still has control over the country, local governments generally have no good results in rebelling against the central government.A closer look at the reason is also because it cannot afford long-term consumption, such as the Anshi Rebellion.

Yang Sanli still refused to accept it: "You can also imagine the deep and far-sighted strategy of the King of Wu you mentioned. He won the battle quickly, did not waste money and sent his troops to the north to attack the capital, and decided the world in one fell swoop. What can the court do?"

"Ha." Ting Shuang disagreed. "Master Yang, do you know where the most elite army of the imperial court is?"

"Of course it is the Shenwu army stationed in the important area of ​​Gyeonggi, defending the capital and defending the emperor." This question is very simple, any country will deploy the most elite troops in the heart area.

"No matter how powerful King Wu's army is, it was exhausted all the way from Yunnan to the north. Every time he conquered a new place, he would lose his troops and divide his troops to protect them. When he arrived at the capital, it was at the end of his strength. Do you think this tired army will go north to the capital? What will be the result of going to the most elite Shenwu army in the country?"

This result is also conceivable. When Qian Tingshuang was studying history, he learned that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom sent an army of 2 troops to the north after Nanjing was established as its capital. The heart of the court, the more this place is, the stronger the defense force will be.In the final analysis, he was still greedy for the results of the immediate battle, and did not dare to send all his troops to the north to confront the Qing court. He lacked strategic vision, and ended up burying an elite soldier in vain.

Yang Sanli began to waver after hearing his analysis.

Ting Shuang said again: "I have already captured that spy and locked him in a secret place. He actually said that he had encouraged the Lord to respond when the King of Wu raised troops. The descendants of Lord Zaixing, who are loyal to the imperial court, would do such rebellious things to shame their ancestors? Besides, Mr. Yang is a well-learned man with a strategy in mind, so how could he not see that the Wu army is not successful, and how could he be encouraged by you Do the thing of ransacking the family? What good is that doing?"

"Yes, yes." Yang Sanli wiped his sweat, unable to speak.

"That's right, I don't think Master Yang would do such a thing." Ting Shuang was very satisfied with the results of his ideological work, "So, let me tell you, remind you to be vigilant and prepare early."

"What preparations?" With the witness card in his hands, Yang Sanli was flustered and could only follow his instructions.

This time it was Tingshuang's turn to wipe his sweat, and he had no idea what to do next, and he didn't know whether the officials in the province were successfully instigated by King Wu. Drag it in and rebel against King Wu, what's the next step...

Of course, you have to put on a confident look and stock up on food and medicine first.

Ting Zhi hurried all the way to the capital with Ting Shuang's translated letter.

The capital is still bustling, the general examination has passed, and the examinees are preparing for the next imperial examination. Tingzhi directly finds Qinshu and discusses with him what to do. Qinshu also feels that the matter is urgent, but how to send the information to the emperor is still a problem. The king of a country is not a butcher on the street, and he is not someone who can be seen whenever he wants to.

Tingzhi asked anxiously, "Where is your lord?"

"My father was sent by the emperor to Fujian to confer the honor of Lu Zhixiao, the king of Fujian." Qin Shu was terrified. Then Shen Zaisi went to Fujian to declare the decree at this time, and he would never come back. He might have been detained, or he might have been killed.

Tingzhi didn't know how to comfort him, so she patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Where is Master Ruan Ying?"

"He is the examiner for this exam."

Tingzhi's face collapsed, and being an examiner meant being quarantined within a few months.There are no more high-ranking officials who know each other to meet the emperor.

"I have a solution, just wait for the news." Qin Shu said confidently.

Ting Zhi was puzzled, wondering how a student of him would meet the emperor in the deep palace.

Qinshu naturally has a way.The general examination has ended, he is in high school again, and then he will be qualified for the palace examination.

The Palace Examination is a grand examination held in the palace, and the emperor personally takes the exam.The grand gate of the palace was opened, and the examinees entered the Palace of Preserving Harmony in front of the palace with nervousness, and then the emperor ascended to accept the candidates' bowing.

Just as he was about to prepare for the exam, Qin Shu suddenly came out and kowtowed: "Chen Shen Qin Shu has an urgent military situation in the southwest, I beg the emperor to call for a pair alone."

"You are so brave, you dare to make trouble in this place, come here..." The minister accompanying the examination scolded.

The emperor wondered, as soon as he heard that there was a military situation, he should call in a separate party at his request.

After Qin Shu told the story, the emperor frowned and asked, "You said your friend brought information to Beijing?"

"Yes, because the exam is not allowed to bring a piece of paper, so I didn't bring it, please ask the emperor to summon him to ask."

The emperor urgently ordered his guards to go to the Shen residence to summon Tingzhi into the palace.

Ting Zhi reported his family and name, and presented the military situation translated by Ting Shuang. The more the emperor looked at it, the more dignified his face became. The King of Wu had already assembled his soldiers and horses, stockpiled food and grass, and put the governor of Yunnan under house arrest, killing court officials who opposed him. , Blocked the whole territory, all the news of safety is fake news that he sent spies disguised as businessmen to release.

"Since the King of Wu has blocked the entire territory of Yunnan, how did you get this news?"

Tingzhi replied calmly: "It was Hou Baoqi from Jinxiang who ventured into Yunnan, and the caravan of an English businessman was covering him. He found out that the news could not be delivered, so he asked the barbarian to translate it into foreign language and embroider it on the brocade. My eldest brother received the brocade and then translated it back into Chinese, which is what the emperor sees now."

"Your eldest brother can actually speak foreign language?" The emperor was very surprised.

"Yes." Ting Zhi was also very strange, unable to explain why Ting Shuang would do these weird things.

The emperor believed the source of the news, pondered for a while, and calmly said: "I see, Shen Qinshu, you can go back and take the exam."

Qin Shu and Ting Zhi looked at each other in blank dismay, not understanding what the emperor was up to. At this point, the emperor still had the mind to preside over the exam?

The emperor turned to Tingzhi again, and asked kindly: "You can speak clearly and have a quick mind. Have you ever read a book?"

Tingzhi replied: "Caomin studied since childhood, and when he was 14 years old, he passed the three examinations of the government and became a scholar."

"Then you are well educated and have taken the provincial examination?"

"Unfortunately, Caomin was unwell during the township exam, and he didn't finish the papers for the last exam." Ting Zhi wanted to cry when he said that, if he hadn't seized the opportunity, he would be able to take the palace exam now.

Zhang Tingjing next to him said, "It's his bad luck, he just needs to take the exam three years later."

He could see that the emperor wanted to break the rules, but he failed the Tingzhi Township Examination and did not participate in the General Examination. It is difficult to convince people to directly participate in the Palace Examination. This example cannot be opened.

The emperor really wanted to make an exception for Tingzhi, but seeing Zaifu's objection, he had to give up and return to the hall to hold the exam.