"The words of the sage, the highest ideal of Chinese culture is Confucian humanism, it is the unity of moral spirit and religious spirit, China has been established for thousands of years, the etiquette outline, the cloud is the gain and loss, all follow the scriptures of Confucius, if you abandon it, then everyone has no master, right and wrong do not know what to determine, advance and retreat do not know what to keep, the body has no body, the family has no home, it is the way of chaos, my generation should risk thousands of deaths to protect the old customs, save the etiquette and religion and protect the soul of the country."

Li Xiangqian nodded with a smile, but the killing intent in his heart gradually faded: "If you send them to the African savannah to educate the blacks, the scene must be very beautiful." ”

Zhu Cai is only in his forties, he is very rich, of course, he is only a little rich, and he has not yet reached the same level as King Fu of Luoyang, although he is also a relative of the emperor, but compared to King Fu, he looks much shabby.

He is the tenth grandson of Ming Taizu, belongs to a partial branch of the imperial family, now after more than 200 years, the surname Zhu can be said to be as many as a cow in various parts of the country, it is said that there are hundreds of thousands, like him can still carry a vassal king title, but there are very few, even if it is not as prominent as King Fu, at least in the area of Dangshan County, he is still a mountain king, and his life is still quite extravagant.

It's just that now the world is not quiet, the chaos is terrible, and now several uncles and nephews are fighting each other, but Zhang Xianzhong in the west is very arrogant.

When the news of Zhang Xianzhong's killing was transmitted to Dangshan County, Zhu Cai was squinting and sitting on the soft couch, enjoying the two beautiful maids beating his legs, he didn't know what had happened outside the city at this time, his only concern was this year's harvest in his field this year, how much rent could be collected, although the east and west were lively and lively, but in the past few years, haven't they all come over like this, as long as there is an emperor above, for him, the bandit is just a disease of ringworm, a great Ming Dynasty, How can we not deal with such a plague? Sooner or later, the world will have to be cleaned up!

It is nothing more than a holy decree, and naturally the mountain calls long live, and everything is fine.

has been raised as a pig for hundreds of years, and has long lost its basic logic and judgment.

Just when he was enjoying himself leisurely, a eunuch trotted all the way into the palace and said to Zhu Cai urgently: "Lord Qizhuo, Wuzhi County took a few officials in the city to say that there is an urgent matter to ask to see His Highness!" ”

Zhu Cai was comfortably drowsy at this moment, thinking about which girl to catch to warm the bed below, when he was suddenly very unhappy to be disturbed, so he glared at the little eunuch and said lazily: "What are they looking for me?" It's good that I didn't look for them, they are the officials of the land guard, and now the imperial village outside the royal city has been repeatedly harassed by thieves, but they can't be pacified, but how about looking for me? Missing! ”

The little eunuch knelt on the ground with a panicked face, and said to Zhu Cai: "Your Highness, this time they are looking for His Highness, there is really something important!" A gang of bandits has suddenly appeared in our Dangshan County and rushed towards the county seat! Wuzhi County, they are looking for His Highness to discuss the matter of defending the city! ”

After Zhu Cai heard this, he sat up straight, waved his hand to let the two beautiful maids retreat, and asked the little eunuch, "Oh? What bandits? Aren't they just poor ghosts who can't afford to pay their rent? They haven't been entrenched in this area for a year and a half, where are the bandits coming from? Could it be a crockpot? Hum! What if they come? Why do you consult me about this kind of thing? ”

"It's not! It's not those poor ghosts, but Zhang Xianzhong, who just came from Sichuan, compared to those bandits, this Zhang Xianzhong is ten times more powerful! That's why Wuzhi County came to discuss countermeasures with His Highness! "This little eunuch has obviously heard the situation from Wuzhi County, so he looks very nervous.

Zhu Cai nodded helplessly and let Wu Dalie and other local officials come in to talk.

Wu Dalie walked into Zhu Cai's palace in a panic, no matter what, this Zhu Cai had the name of a vassal king, so after he entered the palace, he immediately knelt down and saluted Zhu Cai.

Zhu Cai waved his hand impatiently and said, "Excuse me!" Get up and speak! Tell me what you are going to do today when you look for this king? ”

So Wu Dalie told Zhu Cai about the entry of the Great Western Army into Dangshan County, and heard that there were as many as 10,000 thieves this time, Zhu Cai was a little panicked, and hurriedly said: "Since the thieves are menacing, why don't you quickly gather the defenders and the townsmen to go to the city to defend the city, go to the court to invite the soldiers, and what are you doing here with me?" ”

Wu Dalie looked at Zhu Cai's posture of staying out of the matter, and couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart, what time is it now, even if you are a prince, you can't sit back and watch like this!

So Wu Dalie hurriedly said to Zhu Cai: "Lord, it's not that the lowly officials have to come to you to discuss this matter, I, as an official of the imperial court, although I have the responsibility of guarding the land, but the lowly post just took office two months ago, and now the county treasury in the county is already empty, but now in the county, the city wall has long been dilapidated, and there are no weapons in the arsenal at all, and the soldiers and generals in the city have not been paid for four months, so they have been making trouble last month!"

Now, if they are forced to go to the city to defend against the enemy, and if they are not paid, they will never contribute! What's more, there are only less than 600 defenders in the city now, but there are nearly 10,000 bandits from outside the city, and the disparity in strength is so huge, how can they hold the county seat!

So this time, I waited to see the prince, just to ask the prince to take out some silver for the time being, send the salary first, and then take out a part to quickly recruit some villagers to defend the city, otherwise, in the current situation, the county will not be able to hold it!

Then there are still some guards in the palace, and now the prince is also asked to order him to go to the city to strengthen the garrison of the city wall, if not, Dangshan County is in danger, as the saying goes, there are eggs under the nest, the prince is also in the city, once the city is broken, the prince will not be spared! ”

After Zhu Cai listened, his face suddenly changed greatly, the descendants of the Zhu family passed to their area, there is a common characteristic, that is, everyone cherishes money as their lives, as soon as they heard that he let him take the silver out to reward the army for salary, Zhu Cai's heart jumped suddenly, and another characteristic, of course, is ignorance and does not learn, just look at the response of King Fu, King Lu, King Tang, King Lu, King Gui, maybe there is no shame in dying, but his political ability is really a little low.

"Nonsense! The military salary should be allocated by the imperial court, how can there be any talk of letting the vassal king pay the military salary? In the past few years, the king's fields have also been affected by disasters one after another, and you people can't even hold the territory, and the king's imperial village outside the city has been attacked again and again, so that in the past few years, the king's income has not been able to make ends meet! I haven't settled this account for you, but now it's good, but you have come to me for money, how can it be true!

But since you have come to me today, then I will also make a statement, there are still 500 guards in my palace, and I can leave 100 people to watch the house for the time being, and the remaining 400 people can let them go to the city to guard the palace, as for the salary of the defenders in the city, I will not take out the money!

My palace is not the only one in this city, and there are many rich families in the city! They always deserve the money too! ”

Even if Zhu Caidang categorically rejected Wu Dalie's request, this is worth it, and if the thief comes, he will let me take the money out, if there are many bandits in the future, will I have to pay for it every time? Therefore, this opening must not be opened easily, otherwise, it will not be easy to handle in the future.

Wu Da was angry and jumped straight to his feet, when is it now, this king of the Ming Dynasty, but he still holds on to the money in the family and refuses to let go, there are several big families in the city, but if he does not take the lead in helping the blood, how can other people take the money out?

Therefore, after Wu Dalie and several officials in the county government heard this, they all begged bitterly, stated the stakes, and begged Zhu Cai to find a way to come up with some silver to help the county get through this difficulty, even if it was a loan to the county government, speaking of which, Zhu Cai finally reluctantly agreed to give Wu Dalie five thousand taels of silver to them, which was used to pay the garrison generals in the city, and recruit the city and countryside to help in the war.

Five thousand taels of silver is a lot, but when it comes to the county office, even if Wu Dalie knows the stakes and does not dare to take more, it is also under the embarrassment of many officials and masters, everyone stretched out their hands, and in the hands of the hundreds of defenders, it was just one tael of silver per person, plus a bag of grain. Of course, the defenders who finally got the lack of pay and began to climb the city wall under the slogan of defending their homeland, looking nervously out of the city, while Wu Dalie immediately sent fast horse messengers to report to the surroundings for help, praying for reinforcements that were almost impossible to come.

After they stood still, they watched with anxiety that those thieves were resting in the village, and someone shouted: "Thieves are officials, officials are thieves, and the Ming Dynasty is dark." Bone foreskin, skin and bones, Onishi will soon have a new gentleman out. ”

"Listen to the people in the city, you quickly open the city and surrender, we will not commit any crime against the people, only kill the officials and gentry, and do not harm the people."

"Whoever opens the city gate will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!"

At this time, in a lobby in the city, a man was talking eloquently to a few old guys who were rich and fat, but had changed into coarse cloth clothes: "A protection order for business partners in the imperial capital, after the matter is completed, you can go to the imperial capital to apply for a franchise, only 200,000 taels, you can buy your family to settle down, it's just worth it, don't you think about it, can you recharge the elders." ”

"This is also too expensive, my family era of poetry and books heirloom, there is not so much money, besides, Your Excellency just came over and said that he is from the imperial capital, this is too child's play, it is better for Your Excellency to help my family keep the family family, after the matter is completed, I will have a reward."

As for what the return is, it is naturally the Spring and Autumn penmanship, and it all depends on the master of this year, and giving one or two pieces of silver is also my big return.

"Then I wish you that when you enter the labor camp of the Great Western Army, you can still reunite with your family, I don't know where your young lady is, hey, the imperial capital has a chance......"

"Sir, don't go, but this money, you really can't make a mistake, please slow down, there will be a reward, I can privately subsidize Mr. part of it as a reward."

"Not to mention anything else, in the cellar under the ancestral hall of your family, isn't there a lot of silver ingots, and those inner libraries or something, really when we are investigating in vain, and want to survive the Great Western Army entering the city, we signed the contract, of course, you can also try it, tear up the contract, or run away with your family, let you run out of twenty miles and count me as losing!"

"Sir, let me think about it again, my family has been an official for generations, and that Zhang Xianzhong dare not ......"

"Then I'll change the next one, it's okay, you guys are slowly grinding, maybe in a few days, I can spend a few taels of silver to buy your family, I heard that Zunjia likes Yangzhou thin horses, there are quite a lot of beauties in the family."

"Please, I'll sign it."

This Imperial Capital Business Partner Protection Order is not a simple blank piece of paper, but fluorescent paper from the Imperial Capital printer, which can shine, but cannot be imitated.

In fact, the Great Western Army besieging the city was just a real rabble, the core was led by 300 people of the Great Western Army, and it was followed by thieves and thieves from all walks of life in nearby states and counties.

Of course, although there were not ten thousand people, there were two or three thousand, and at this time they were all gearing up, but they were screaming and charging.

The city wall has long been in disrepair, and many places are about to collapse, especially after the death of the imperial capital Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty perished, and many places in the Southern Ming Dynasty have already given up their responsibilities and run away with money.

Wu Dalie is also unlucky, he just spent money to buy this county official, and he encountered the matter of being besieged.

A few hours later, of course.

"Happy cooperation, these are the arms for you this time, they are the latest products of North Industries, and there are some good things, all of them are good things, everyone is welcome, they are all divided, in short, in the future, everyone is good to cooperate sincerely, the rich families in the south of the Yangtze River are very rich, especially those Confucian students, you are welcome, the rich families, rob them all."

"Well, let's have a good time working together next time."

For the business representative, the next thing is to see how he peels off these rich families.

This is a catastrophe, if it is true for traditional culture.

Those who have been praised by countless literati, such as wrapping small feet, opening ancestral halls, dipping pig cages, disciple rules, etc., have been targeted and slaughtered under deliberate guidance, but they are often treated in a friendly manner to the people at the bottom.

Under the rolling red dust, although the strength of the Great Western Army is like a big pie, it has been apportioned a lot, and it is also a lot of loss to fight against the forces of King Fu, King Lu, King Tang, King Lu, King Gui and others.

But after all, he is much stronger than these kings, and the army he left behind in history has lasted for 20 years, which is much better than the situation that King Fu, King Lu, King Tang, King Lu, and King Gui can't withstand a single round at all.

(End of chapter)