Here Zhu Bojiu is scheming, and Wu Zhenchang, who is preparing to go north with the whole army outside the city, also has his own little abacus.

Wu Zhenchang actually did not distribute all the goods to the soldiers, he was a scholar, but he was not a fool, and he made people ship the most precious night pearl ivory bed to Jinling overnight.

The so-called equal distribution of goods and goods is actually to take out the money made of cloth and silk and distribute it to the generals who lead the troops of each battalion and the lieutenants below. Wu Zhenchang also knew that it was unrealistic to divide the property here equally among 200,000 people, so it was better to use it to entrap the generals and colonels of each battalion, so that they would be more loyal to him.

These people who received the reward were not stupid, and when they got the benefits, they naturally put aside the things that Pharmacist Zhu explained before leaving. First, the law does not blame the public, and second, if something happens, it will all be blamed on Wu Zhenchang. After all, Wu Zhenchang kept the edict and didn't pick up Zhong Zhiming out, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that he wanted to be the marshal of the expedition to the north by himself.

Wu Zhenchang was replaced by Qiu Xingzhi, who was even a veteran, and now he took the position of a captured general, in their opinion, it was just a sentence from Emperor Zhu Yaoshi. What's more, following Wu Zhenchang, Wu Zhenchang has to use benefits to envelop them if he wins the battle, for Zhong Zhiming, I just heard how this person is, but it is not as good as real money.

Wu Zhenchang's plan is to cook raw rice into rice, buy the generals, let everyone recognize him as the actual commander, send the treasures to Jinling to report the victory, and please Zhu Yaoshi. When the time came, it was just an edict, and Wu Zhenchang became the marshal of the expedition to the north and the secretary of the five soldiers.

It's a pity that this is just Wu Zhenchang's own calculation. Zhu Yaoshi even forced Qiu Xingzhi, who fought the country together, to blind his eyes and cultivate the Tao, and Wu Zhenchang was nothing to invest halfway. suppressed Qiu Xingzhi and them because they represented the hero group under Pharmacist Zhu, and the world was undecided, so they couldn't use the hero group to open the knife, they could only beat the leader. Now letting Wu Zhenchang command 230,000 horses is just a transition, and choosing Wu Zhenchang is also to believe that this scholar can't control these hundreds of thousands of troops and those arrogant generals.

However, since Wu Zhenchang recruited troops within the time limit, he cut and belittled some of Zhu Yaoshi's old subordinates. When he arrived in Liyang, half of the generals were newly promoted by Wu Zhenchang, and at this time, Pharmacist Zhu was already a little vigilant. Coupled with the fact that Liyang's old ministry kept secretly reporting Wu Zhenchang's news to Pharmacist Zhu, Pharmacist Zhu was already a little worried, what did this Wu Zhenchang want to do?

Zhu Bojiu's secret letter and Wu Zhenchang's good news and treasures were sent to Jinling at the same time, but Zhu Yaoshi took the secret letter and good news to the court for public discussion.

The atmosphere in the court suddenly became tense, and Song Huafu was the first to stand up: "Your Majesty, the minister is not speaking for Wu Shangshu, the battle ahead is changing rapidly, Wu Shangshu may have a last resort reason to lead the troops to retreat from the enemy first, and then report the victory." But he is loyal to His Majesty, and the secret letter says that he is not subordinate, and the minister thinks that it needs to be verified! ”

Pharmacist Zhu didn't speak but looked at Jia Yuanen, and Jia Yuanen was blunt: "The minister thinks that this Wu Shangshu is a scholar, and he can defeat the enemy because of the soldiers' lives, and this Wu Shangshu is just a meritorious service." His Majesty issued an edict to order him to return to the court! ”

Pharmacist Zhu smiled: "He dares to hold my edict, what's the use of issuing another edict?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is better to send a senior officer to verify the situation in Liyang City, according to this secret letter and the good news document, Wu Shangshu is afraid that he has lost peace with the officials of Liyang City. If you don't send important ministers to rectify it, I'm afraid it will change over time! The left servant shot Sun Yun and stood up to suggest

Zhu Yaoshi glanced at everyone again, in his heart, these selected Wenchen had already begun to form a party, but his old department had returned to seclusion, and there was no one available for a while.

"I am willing to go to Liyang and find out everything for Your Majesty!" Zhao Wei took the initiative to take this task, he felt that he was Zhu Yaoshi's old department, and he was close to these ministers, and he would definitely be able to be a peacemaker.

"You give me a retreat, what I want is not to investigate anyone, but to stabilize the army's heart and recover Hebei, you Zhao Wei don't have this ability, you should retreat!" Pharmacist Zhu refuted Zhao Wei in public

"The minister recommends a person, who is familiar with the situation in Liyang, and will be able to lead the realization of His Majesty's expectations!" Guanglu Temple Qing Lu Huaiguang stood up

Pharmacist Zhu was a little surprised, this Guanglu Siqing has always been an idle position, how can he also think of getting involved in this military affairs today, could it be that he really formed a party.

"Okay, even Guanglu Siqing is going to recommend people, do you want to recommend Song Shangshu, or do you want to recommend Taiwei Jia?" Pharmacist Zhu looked at Lu Huaiguang with an angry face

Lu Huaiguang smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, the minister neither recommends Song Shangshu nor Jia Taiwei"

Without waiting for Lu Huaiguang to finish speaking, Pharmacist Zhu also sneered and said, "Then you don't want to transfer He Wuji to go?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister recommended it is Your Majesty's friend Li Xiaofei!" Lu Huaiguang's answer attracted everyone's attention

Pharmacist Zhu was also stunned, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in this Lu Huaiguang gourd.

"Your Majesty, this Li Xiaofei stayed in the Wuji Hall for alchemy, and there were rumors outside, which damaged His Majesty's prestige. Why didn't Your Majesty send him to Liyang, where there are all His Majesty's officials and soldiers, can Li Xiaofei still be able to turn the sky upside down? Lu Huaiguang saw that Pharmacist Zhu didn't answer, so he spoke again

Pharmacist Zhu glanced at this Lu Huaiguang a few more times, and he was a little disgusted in his heart, he didn't like to be seen through his mind.

"Guanglu Siqing, do you think I will send someone who is not at ease to the front line?" Pharmacist Zhu asked Lu Huaiguang rhetorically to see how he answered

"If Your Majesty is at ease with Wu Shangshu and them, there will be no court discussion today, please forgive the ministers for speaking straighter!" Lu Huaiguang was fearless

The rest of the people looked at Lu Huaiguang, worried about him, this Guanglu Siqing didn't speak for half a year, and when he spoke, it was so thrilling.

"Haha, you are a direct minister, I am not at ease, but there is no way, I am already suspicious of Wu Shangshu and Liyang's people, so I must be replaced." Pharmacist Zhu finally put his attitude out, in fact, Pharmacist Zhu was also very distressed, before he became the emperor, he was very relieved to everyone, since he became the emperor, he was suspicious that this one wanted to support the army and stand on his own, and the other wanted to conspire to seize the throne.

Song Huafu and the others felt that this was not a good sign at this time, the front-line war was not over, and the emperor was already suspicious of the leading generals, so there would be chaos. But at this time, he was afraid of being charged with forming a party, so he had to remain silent and wait for Pharmacist Zhu to make a decision.

Pharmacist Zhu's words had already been spoken, and at this time, he had to send someone to Liyang to replace Wu Zhenchang and Zhu Bojiu and others.

Pharmacist Zhu stood up and looked at it again, and pointed at Lu Huaiguang: "Since it is a good idea you proposed, then you and Li Xiaofei will go to Liyang together, and you will be the Taishou of Liyang, let Zhu Bojiu return to the court to serve as Guanglu Siqing, Li Xiaofei will be the supervisor of the army, and assist Zhong Zhiming to lead the army to continue to recover Hebei, and let Wu Zhenchang return to the court to report on his work."

The stone in the hearts of the ministers finally landed, and they called the emperor to the sage.

Pharmacist Zhu took Lu Huaiguang to the Wuji Hall to find Li Xiaofei, who was reading "Zhuangzi" with all the Taoists.

Seeing Pharmacist Zhu coming, Li Xiaofei and the others all knelt down and bowed, only Qiu Xingzhi meditated in the corner.

Pharmacist Zhu didn't pay attention to the others, but teased Li Xiaofei: "Daoist Li, when will this elixir be refined?" ”

"Your Majesty, this elixir can be refined tomorrow!"

"You are guilty of deceiving the king, if you can't take out the elixir tomorrow, I will cut you" Pharmacist Zhu pretended to be serious

"Haha, Your Majesty, just come tomorrow, tomorrow will also be refined into an elixir tomorrow, haha" Li Xiaofei laughed

Pharmacist Zhu also reacted, and reached out to pat Li Xiaofei's head: "You slippery head, dare to tease me!" Someone! ”

Li Xiaofei held his hand: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, if you kill me, there will really be no one to help you refine this elixir!" ”

"Haha, you're still afraid of death, I'm going to send you to Liyang to get some medicinal herbs back, and I'll leave today!"

"Okay, Your Majesty says where to go, Xiao Fei will go!"

Pharmacist Zhu laughed and joked on the surface, but in his heart he wished that Li Xiaofei and Lu Huaiguang would hurry to Liyang to take over and stabilize the situation.

But after all, it was still a step too late, and Song Huafu flew a pigeon to send a letter to Wu Zhenchang, persuading Wu Zhenchang to take the initiative to take Zhong Zhiming to hand over the army and return to Jinling.

But Wu Zhenchang refused to give up, he always felt that he was going to be a foreign monarch, and he had won a new battle, as long as he found an opportunity to make Zhong Zhiming disappear, and then sent someone to deal with Li Xiaofei halfway, he would have peace of mind.

Zhu Bojiu also got the news that he was going to be replaced, and he could finally leave this place of right and wrong, but before leaving, he wanted to make Wu Zhenchang uneasy. So he sent someone to Wu Zhenchang's camp and shouted that Wu Zhenchang was going back to Jinling, which caused a lot of discussion in Wu Zhenchang's camp.

Wu Zhenchang forbade the army to discuss this matter at first, but how could hundreds of thousands of people's mouths be blocked, and he joined the army to persuade him to lead the army to Liyang to get rid of those officials, and then lead the troops back to Jinling to have a Qingjun side.

"Are you trying to make me rebel?" Wu Zhenchang was shocked

"Adults are dead, is there a better way now? The emperor has already become suspicious of adults, and he will inevitably die when the time comes! What's more, Pharmacist Zhu is a pariah who digs herbs, he can be called the Son of Heaven, an adult who reads poetry and books, and wins the hearts of the people, with an army of more than 200,000 people, can't he achieve a great cause? ”

"This? How could these generals follow me to do something that lost their heads? This is still unacceptable! Can't rebel! Wu Zhenchang still didn't dare to take risks

"My lord, you just need to tell the generals that someone is rumoring to send someone to remove them, tie them up to Jinling for interrogation, and then lead them to break Liyang together, and cook raw rice and rice, there is no way out, isn't it? What's more, most of the generals under your command were hand-picked by you, and there were no family members to be hostages in Jinling. Those old departments of Zhu Yaoshi, adults can also quickly remove, let the new people replace the old people, such a big thing can be done! ”

Wu Zhenchang turned his face to look at the army: "What are you trying to instigate me to rebel?" ”

"My lord, follow you to rebel, and maybe you will dominate the world, and at that time I will be mixed with the three princes and nine kings, but it will be easy for me to retreat and divide one side, and I can also follow the adults to get a good position. It's better than joining the army now, it's really not a secret, if the adults go back to Jinling and are convicted, I can't escape from joining the army. Now we are grasshoppers on a rope, and there is no other way! ”

Wu Zhenchang looked at the army for a long time: "I have another way to go, come here!" Zheng Yuanhe, who joined the army, plotted to rebel and pulled out and beheaded! ”

Immediately, a soldier came in and pulled Zheng Yuanhe, who had joined the army, out, and Zheng Yuanhe laughed: "Nerd, if you don't listen to me, you will regret it!" ”

beheaded Zheng Yuanhe, Wu Zhenchang ordered someone to send Zheng Yuanhe's head to Liyang City, and wrote a letter to Zhu Bojiu, in which he frankly told him that he was about to be dismissed, and now he did not bring a large army, but only brought a few followers into the city to ask Zhong Zhiming to hand over the letter of soldiers and horses.

Zhu Bojiu looked at Zheng Yuanhe's head and letter and was quite proud: "It seems that this nerd is really a loyal minister, no matter what, I went back and was promoted to Jiuqing, whether he can save his life when he goes back is a matter of words." Let him in. ”

Han Ruling, who was originally prepared, went to Wu Zhenchang, but now he can't use it. So he went to pick up Zhong Zhiming according to Zhu Bojiu's instructions and waited for Wu Zhenchang to enter the city to hand over the soldiers and horses.

Wu Zhenchang slowly entered the city in a carriage dressed in plain clothes, followed by only twenty cavalry guards. Zhu Bojiu was still cautious in the end, and asked people to line up on both sides of the street to greet him, just in case of accidents.

Zhu Bojiu waited for Wu Zhenchang at the gate of the government with several guards, and Wu Zhenchang got off the carriage and saluted when he arrived at the gate of the palace.

Zhu Bojiu couldn't help but sympathize when he saw Wu Zhenchang dressed like this: "Lord Wu, why don't you even wear official clothes, you are a member of the imperial court, I have to worship Lord Wu first according to the imperial court system!" ”

Wu Zhenchang smiled: "No need! Do it! ”

Wu Zhenchang stepped back, and three sword-wielding people rushed out of the car and stabbed Zhu Bojiu together, Zhu Bojiu couldn't dodge, the soldiers around him just pulled out their knives, and Zhu Bojiu had been pierced in the chest!