President Wei ordered a bowl of clear soup, Wu Xuexia and Wu Sanfu ordered Yangchun noodles, Xiong Zhaoqi and Li Yan originally refused to eat it, and at Wei Bao's request, the two of them also came with a bowl of clear soup.

Eating and eating, there are more and more people, it really seems that the whole capital is pouring people here, originally the pen pipe alley was very lively, but now it is even more lively, this is what President Wei did not expect.

It stands to reason that so many people come to eat and drink, if you don't keep an eye on it, I'm afraid that those snack stall owners will falsely report their accounts, and if they eat and drink for 5 people, they may report 50.

There are still many people waiting in line to eat and drink, and the food stall owners have come to ask, does Wei Gongzi want to treat these people?

"Please? Why not please? Didn't I just say that? Today, one counts as one, and I'm invited! Wei Bao laughed.

The people who heard the news cheered again, urging the food stall owners to eat.

The food stall owners asked, "Then, Master Wei, how can you settle the bill for us later?" Do we say as much as we want? ”

This problem is also the concern of Li Yan, Xiong Zhaoqi, Wu Xuexia and Wu Sanfu, is it not easy to keep accounts, right? What if some food stall owners only make a few bowls of clear soup or Yangchun noodles and lie that they have no materials, and close the stalls, will they also come to receive as much silver as the food stall owners who make more?

"Isn't that simple? You let the diners eat a serving, and they sign a name, remember, the year, month and day are indicated next to the name! Well, eat until the end of the hour, right? Although there is no curfew in the capital, when it comes to E, there are usually no people on the streets, so don't affect the security of the capital because of my treats. I'll leave someone to reconcile with you! When eating, let everyone line up, and those who don't line up won't be eaten! After eating a bowl, if you want to eat again, you have to queue up again, and you are not allowed to queue up while eating. Wei Bao said concisely and came up with a solution at once.

The rules are concise and easy to understand.

In fact, this little thing is too simple for Wei Bao, under the rule of the Heaven and Earth Society, it is originally engaged in the capitalist system, it is all employment relations, and this kind of temporary work is everywhere.

Isn't this the method used to build walls, build reservoirs, roads, bridges, river embankments, seawalls, including the reclamation of fields?

The stall owners understood as soon as they heard it, and the diners also understood it when they heard it, and everyone praised Wei Gongzi for his cleverness, and praised Wei Gongzi one after another.

Indeed, other people's soup porridge and steamed buns are all regular versions, and it is the first time that President Wei invites the whole city to eat clear soup, eat Yangchun noodles, and eat food stalls.

In fact, Wei Bao has already secretly calculated this account, and there are not a million people in the capital, even if they all come, one person eats ten bowls, and there are at most ten million bowls.

That's impossible, because at this time, from the end, that is, an hour, you still have to queue up, and everyone has to eat again after eating a bowl, and it is basically not your turn.

So, not to mention 10 million bowls, 100 bowls are impossible.

How much silver is a million Yangchun noodles and clear soup? can't pass five thousand taels of silver, for President Wei, it's really a drizzle.

Good guy, when Niu Jinxing returned to the inn to get the silver, the crowd waiting for snacks had already crowded several nearby streets, and he squeezed for a long time, and kept explaining that he was not here to join the team, not to eat, so he could squeeze forward.

But even so, it still can't move.

In the end, Niu Jinxing's brain was active, and he shouted, "Get out of the way, get out of the way, I'm Wei Gongzi's person, and I have something important to do with Wei Gongzi!" ”

The people in line are all waiting to eat Wei Gongzi's treat, where do they dare to stop Wei Gongzi's people? Suddenly, automatically, he kept giving way to Niu Venus.

In this way, it took Niu Jinxing half an hour to find Wei Gongzi and Li Yan and others again.

At this time, Wei Gongzi had already drunk a bowl of clear soup and eaten a bowl of Yangchun noodles, although it was very simple, he ate very fragrantly, and was chatting with Li Yan and Xiong Zhaoqi with great interest.

"Hello Wei Gongzi, the silver has been taken, ten taels of silver." Niu Jinxing respectfully held the silver in his hands and said to President Wei.

President Wei smiled slightly, "Okay, let's give Brother Xiong a stage." ”

Niu Jinxing didn't dare to slack off, and respectfully turned to Xiong Zhaoqi, who was selling brushes just now, "Brother Xiong, here are ten taels of silver, you can order a little." ”

It's all broken silver, Xiong Zhaoqi because it is a windfall that flew in, looked at it, it was almost, and he was embarrassed to be fine, and even more embarrassed to weigh it with a weighing pole, so he said: "Thank you Brother Niu." ”

"No, no, you should thank Mr. Wei."

"You're welcome," President Wei suddenly remembered something and asked Xiong Zhaoqi: "By the way, Brother Xiong, I just heard what you said about the people of the Wang family, is there anyone looking for trouble with you?" You can tell me about it. ”

"Don't dare to work Wei Gongzi." Xiong Zhaoqi hurriedly said: "Wei Gongzi helped me like this today, Xiao Ke is already deeply disturbed. ”

"It's okay, can you tell me?" Wei Bao smiled: "I want to know something, there is nothing I can't know, didn't you let me know you, I want to know about you, I have to send someone to inquire, right?" ”

Xiong Zhaoqi was very embarrassed when he heard Wei Bao say this, and at the same time his heart was very warm, he felt that Wei Gongzi was really a good person who was unparalleled in the world, and with the financial resources shown by Wei Gongzi, indeed, if Wei Gongzi wanted to know, there was almost nothing that he couldn't know.

Money can make ghosts grind.

Xiong Zhaoqi then said respectfully: "Don't hide it, the Wang family is the famous Wang Huazhen family, and Xiao Ke is Xiong Tingbi's son." Many people know about the festival between our Xiong family and the Wang family. ”

President Wei was taken aback, Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen's Daming were very familiar with him, a person who knew a little about the history of the late Ming Dynasty.

Because Wang Huazhen and Mao Wenlong have a very close relationship.

Wang Huazhen can almost be said to be Mao Wenlong's benefactor, and pointed out a developed path for Mao Wenlong.

Mao Wenlong was recommended by Wang Huazhen, and he took 200 people to go deep behind enemy lines to build Dongjiang Town. And Wang Huazhen is a member of the Donglin Party, and after the defeat of Guangning, Wang Huazhen was imprisoned as the spearhead of the eunuch party's attack on the Donglin Party, Mao Wenlong wrote to the court many times to ask for all his military achievements to protect Wang Huazhen.

Therefore, it is actually very simple to distinguish who is and what party.

Like Wang Huazhen is the Donglin Party, Mao Wenlong is following Wang Huazhen, it can be regarded as the Donglin Party, otherwise, at least it can be regarded as a peripheral member of the Donglin Party, there are inextricable relationships, compared with the Eunuch Party, it must be a little more biased towards the Donglin Party, because there is this origin.

And Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen are mortal enemies, so Xiong Tingbi must not be regarded as a Donglin party, even if it is not a eunuch party, at least it is a neutral like Sun Chengzong.

By analogy, Yuan Chonghuan in history killed Mao Wenlong, and Yuan Chonghuan cannot be regarded as the Donglin Party, and both him and Sun Chengzong should be regarded as neutrals.

So, if you do the math, there are a lot of neutrals.

Although Wei Zhongxian's power is now leaning towards the government and the opposition, the eunuch party is bigger, and the power of the Donglin Party is still deep-rooted, and the two families together have passed two-thirds of the Ming officialdom, but at least thirty percent of the people are neutral.

Party politics can never be black and white, and gray centrists must make up a huge proportion, as it always is.

Wang Huazhen is the forty-first year of Wanli Jinshi and the first, the head of the household department, the right senator, an important member of the Donglin Party, the first assistant of the cabinet Ye Xianggao's disciple. Divided troops to garrison Guangning, served as the governor of Liaodong, and was at odds with Xiong Tingbi. betrayed the Donglin Party and defected to Wei Zhongxian. After the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Quang Ninh, he was convicted and imprisoned.

Xiong Tingbi, a native of Huguang Jiangxia, a general in the late Ming Dynasty, and a Wanli Jinshi, if it is divided according to the region, it can be regarded as the Chu Party. The official promoted the imperial history and patrolled Liaodong.

In the thirty-sixth year of Wanli (1608), Xiong Tingbi was ordered to patrol Liaodong.

In the forty-seventh year of Wanli (1619), Yang Hao, the right attendant of the military department, passed through Liaodong, recruited exiles, rectified military orders, built chariots, firearms, dredging trenches to repair the city, and garrisoned Dagu.

Xizong ascended the throne, and in the first year of the Apocalypse (1621), Houjin Heavenly Mandate Khan Nurhachi attacked Liaoyang and served as Liaodong Economic Strategy again. He had a discord with Wang Huazhen, the governor of Guangning (now Beizhen, Liaoning), and finally the army was defeated and retreated, and Guangning was lost. Although he was a Chu party before, he had a close relationship with the Donglin Party and also had a close relationship with the six gentlemen of Donglin.

It is also rumored that Yang Lian's impeachment of the eunuch party came from Xiong Tingbi. Later, he was killed by the eunuchs, and was killed in the fifth year of the Apocalypse (1625), and passed on the head of the nine sides.

This is all a historical thing, President Wei secretly thought, if you count it, the fifth year of the apocalypse is this year, and it won't be long before Xiong Tingbi will be killed.

Before Xiong Tingbi came to power, Yuan Yingtai died, and Xue Guoyong was the manager, and Xue Guoyong was unable to do anything due to illness.

Wang Huazhen then deployed generals and set up six military camps along the river, each battalion set up a staff general and a garrison, each drawing a place to guard. Xiping, Zhenwu, Liuhe, Panshan and other key places set up outposts.

After this proposal was reported, Xiong Tingbi disagreed, and wrote: "The river is narrow and unreliable, and the castle is too small to accommodate the garrison, so now we should only firmly hold Quang Ninh." If the division of troops is stationed on the river, the troops will be scattered and weak. The enemy secretly crossed the river with light cavalry and specialized in one barracks, and our army was bound to be overwhelmed. If one battalion is defeated, all the other battalions will be defeated, and the outposts in Xiping cannot be defended. The riverside is only suitable for setting up guerrilla units, taking turns to enter and exit, so that the enemy does not know the depths of the shallow and shallow, and should not gather in one place, so as to give the enemy the opportunity to attack through the gap. ”

After the chapter was handed in, Ming Xizong issued an edict to praise him. It just so happened that the imperial historian Fang Zhenru also said that there were six unreliable places in the river, and Wang Huazhen's suggestion was stopped.

And Wang Huazhen hated it because her plan was not adopted, and blamed the military on Xiong Tingbi.

Xiong Tingbi then asked the court to warn Wang Huazhen that he must not use the excuse of moderation and miss the fight. Previously, the Quartet came to aid Liao's army, Wang Huazhenquan changed its name to "Pingliao", and the Liao people were very unhappy. Xiong Tingbi said: "The Liao people have not rebelled, please change it to 'Pingdong' or 'Zhengdong' to comfort the hearts of the Liao people." Since then, Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi have had contradictions, and rumors of disharmony between the strategy and the governor have spread.

On the first day of the eighth month of the first year of the Apocalypse (1621), Xiong Tingbi wrote: "The implementation of the strategy arranged in three directions must contact Korea. Please hurry up and send envoys to visit the kings and ministers of Korea, and ask them to levy all the troops of the Eight Provinces and set up companies and battalions on the river to help the prestige of our army. He also recommended Liang Zhiyuan, the deputy envoy of the supervising army, saying that he grew up on the seashore and was familiar with the affairs of North Korea, so he could serve as an envoy to the Imperial Mission. Ming Xizong immediately agreed, and according to the practice of pedestrians, he gave a first-rank official to show his favor.

Liang Zhiyuan then wrote to put forward eight requirements such as strengthening their authority and determining their own responsibilities, and Ming Xizong also agreed.

Liang Zhiyuan was discussing the matter of military salaries with the relevant departments, and Mao Wenlong, the capital secretary sent by Wang Huazhen, had already attacked Zhenjiang and had good news.

The Manchu Dynasty was overjoyed by this, and immediately ordered Deng, Lai, and Tianjin to send 20,000 sailors to meet Mao Wenlong, and Wang Huazhen led 40,000 Guangning troops to enter the river, and the Mongol army took the opportunity to advance together, and Xiong Tingbi dispatched in the middle.

After the order was issued, the military towns under the jurisdiction of the governor and the governor watched each other, but in the end they did not send troops.

Soon after, Wang Huazhen wrote a detailed account of the situation on the east and west sides, saying: "The enemy abandoned Liaoyang without garrison, and the soldiers in the occupied area of Hedong waited day and night for the arrival of the official army, so they captured the enemy and surrendered. And the Hudun Rabbit and Fried Flower in the west are willing to help me with soldiers. The enemy's garrison in Haizhou was only 2,000 men, and there were only 3,000 Liaodi soldiers on the river. If you send an army to sneak over and attack at night, it is imperative. The enemy troops in the south defense learned that Liaoyang was lost and must return to the north, and our army could be annihilated in one fell swoop by relying on the dangerous terrain to attack their lazy army. ”

Zhang Heming, the secretary of the Ministry of War, thinks that it is right, and the book says that the opportunity cannot be lost.

Xu Qingbo, the imperial historian, promoted this matter again, and asked Tingbi to be stationed in Guangning, and Wang Xiangqian, the governor of Jiliao, to move to Shanhai.

It happened that Wang Huazhen flew to the chapter and said: "Because the enemy regained Zhenjiang by the official army, he drove and robbed the surrounding Siwei Tun people. The tunmin now occupy the Iron Mountain, killing and wounding three or four thousand enemy soldiers, and the enemy has besieged them even tighter, and should go to the rescue immediately. So the military department urged the troops more and more. Wang Huazhen crossed the river in this month. Xiong Tingbi had no choice but to give up Shanhaiguan and garrison the right tun, and Feizhang said that Haizhou was easy to defend and difficult to defend, and should not act rashly. Wang Huazhen finally returned in vain.

Wang Huazhen usually does not study military affairs, despises the great enemy, and is good at talking big. The civil and military generals did not listen to the advice at all, and they were especially resistant to Xiong Tingbi. He delusionally hoped that Li Yongfang of Jin would be his internal response after surrendering, and believed the words of the Mongols, saying that Hudun Rabbit would send 400,000 reinforcements, so he wanted to win a complete victory without a fight. All affairs, such as soldiers and horses, armor battles, grain and grass, and barracks, were put aside without asking any questions, and they were bent on talking big to deceive the court.

Shangshu Zhang Heming believed in him very much, and he agreed to all his requests, so Xiong Tingbi could not realize his wish. Guangning has 140,000 troops, but Xiong Tingbi's Shanhai Pass does not have a single soldier, but there is just a false name.

The troops transferred from Yansui could not fight, Xiong Tingbi asked the coach Du Wenhuan to punish him, but Zhang Heming let him forgive.

Xiong Tingbi asked for the appointment of Tong Bunian, and Zhang Heming handed over a piece of opposition to it. Xiong Tingbi asked Liang Zhiyuan to be sent to North Korea, and Zhang Heming deliberately withheld his salary. So the two resented each other and quarreled over everything.

Xiong Tingbi is also a small person, stubborn and self-serving, and his anger is about to erupt, and he is domineering, and most of the courtiers dislike him.

Mao Wenlong Zhenjiang Jie, Wang Huazhen thought that he had made a miraculous achievement. Xiong Tingbi said: "The forces of the three sides have not yet been assembled, and Wenlong launched it too early, causing the enemy to hate the people of Liaodi, slaughtering the soldiers and civilians of the surrounding four guards, discouraged the soldiers and people of Dongshan, making the Korean monarchs and ministers frightened, discouraged the Hexi army, disrupting the plan of the tripartite advance, delaying the plan to contact Korea, and regarded it as a miracle, but in fact it was a miracle." "Send a letter to the capital and try his best to criticize Huazhen. The courtiers were seeing the battle of Zhenjiang as a great victory, and when they heard his words, they were unconvinced. Xiong Tingbi obviously attacked Zhang Heming again, saying: "Since I am in charge of the strategy, the reinforcements from all directions should be at my disposal, and Heming will start on his own and not let me know." In July, I asked the Ministry of War about the number of troops, but it has been two months now, and there has been no answer. I have the name of Jingluo, but in fact, the war in Liaozuo was all done by Zhang Shumi and Wang Fuchen. Zhang Heming hated him even more now.

By September, Wang Huazhen also said that Huduntu's 400,000 troops were coming soon, so please send troops quickly. Xiong Tingbi said: "Fuchen relied on the Mongols, and wanted to reap the war exploits without worry. I dare not despise the enemy, I dare not say that I can win without a fight. ”

Later, the Mongol army finally did not come, and Wang Huazhen did not dare to enter the army.

At that time, Xiong Tingbi advocated defense, believing that the Liaodi people could not be trusted, the Mongols could not rely on the enemy, Li Yongfang and his people could not be trusted, and there were many spies in Guangning that people were worried.

Wang Huazhen did the opposite, never mentioning defense, saying that as soon as we cross the river, the people of Hedong will be the internal response.

And Feishu reported to the imperial court, saying that you can sleep soundly in August, and receive my good news. Knowledgeable people know that he must be bad, because the situation is very important, and no one dares to say that he is bad.

By October, the river was frozen, and the people of Quang Ninh thought that Houjin must have crossed the river and wanted to escape from Quang Ninh. Wang Huazhen then discussed with Fang Zhenru and divided his troops to guard Zhenwu, Xiping, Luyang, Zhenning and other castles, and stationed Guangning with the main force. Zhang Heming also thought that Guangning was worth worrying, and asked Ming Xizong to order Xiong Tingbi to leave the customs.

Xiong Tingbi then went out of Shanhaiguan again, arrived at Youtun, considered using heavy troops to protect Guangning inside, and strangled Zhenwu and Luyang outside, so he sent Liu Qu to garrison Zhenwu with 20,000 people, and Qi Bingzhong to garrison Luyang with 10,000 people. He also sent Luo to guard Xiping with 3,000 men. He also reiterated his order, saying: "When the enemy comes, whoever takes a step out of the town will be killed." The same is true for the enemy who arrives in Quang Ninh and does not send troops to attack Zhenwu and Luyang, and if the enemy robs the right tun road and does not rescue the soldiers and horses of the three routes. ”

Xiong Tingbi had just finished deploying, and Wang Huazhen believed the words of the spy again, so he suddenly sent troops to attack Haizhou, and soon retreated.

Tingbi then wrote and said: "Fuchen has entered the army five times now. The troops advanced and retreated repeatedly, and the enemy had already seen through our plan, and my false name was also damaged by the ease with which I sent troops. I hope that His Majesty will clearly instruct his ministers to be cautious about their actions and not to ridicule the enemy. ”

Wang Huazhen was very unhappy when he saw his letter, and he played a chapter to defend himself, and said: "I ask to give me 60,000 soldiers, and I promise to wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop." Even if it is unsatisfactory, it will definitely be able to achieve equal casualties, so that the enemy will be slumped, and it will no longer be a worry in Hexi! "And allow him to do it cheaply.

At that time, Ye Xianggao was in charge, and he was the chief examiner when Wang Huazhen became a jinshi, and he was very biased towards Wang Huazhen.

When Wang Huazhen asked to sweep the Houjin army in one fell swoop, Xiong Tingbi wrote and said: "Please do what the ministers agreed, and I should dismiss my official as soon as possible in order to boost morale." ”

At this time, both Chinese and foreign countries knew that the discord between the two was bound to ruin the major affairs of the frontier, and the ministers discussed this matter every day. And Zhang Heming believed in Wang Huazhen, so he wanted to take Xiong Tingbi out.

In the first month of the second year of the Apocalypse (1622), Xu Dahua, a member of the foreign court, accepted his intention to impeach Xiong Tingbi for deceiving the world, jealous of his merits, and if he was not dismissed, it would be harmful to the war in Liaodi. Their recitals were sent to the ministries, and Zhang Heming summoned the ministers to discuss them. There are a few people who say that Xiong Tingbi will be dismissed, and most of the rest advocate letting the two of them do their jobs and conspire to succeed. Just as the Houjin army approached Xiping at this time, they stopped the controversy, still used both of them, and ordered them to work together to achieve one merit and crime.

It didn't take long for the siege of Xiping to tighten.

Wang Huazhen believed in the strategy of Sun Degong of the Chinese army, mobilized all the forces of Guangning, and asked Sun Degong and Zu Dashou to go to meet Qi Bingzhong, and then go forward to fight.

Xiong Tingbi also ordered Liu Qu to pull out the camp to help.

On the 22nd of the first month, the Houjin army encountered the Houjin army at the Pingyang Bridge, just after the confrontation, Sun Degong and the general Bao Chengxian and other leaders fled, and the forces of Zhenwu and Luyang were also defeated, Liu Qu and Qi Bingzhong were killed in the battle of Shaling, and Zu Dashou fled to Juehua Island. Xiping guard general Luo has always been unable to wait for help, and he and the general Hei Yunhe also died in battle.

Xiong Tingbi had already left Youtun at that time and garrisoned Luyang. Senator Xing Shenyan persuaded him to rescue Guangning urgently, but was blocked by Han Chu's order, so Xiong Tingbi retreated. At that time, the Houjin army stopped at Shaling and stopped coming forward.

Wang Huazhen usually regarded Sun Degong as a confidant, and Sun Degong had secretly surrendered to Houjin, and he wanted to capture Wang Huazhen alive as his own credit, so he falsely claimed that the Houjin army had arrived at the edge of the city.

There was a great chaos in the city, and people fled, and Gao Bangzuo, who participated in politics, couldn't stop it.

Wang Huazhen was handling the military documents behind closed doors, and she didn't know anything. The general Jiang Chaodong pushed the door and broke in, and Wang Huazhen reprimanded him loudly. Jiang Chaodong shouted loudly: "Things are dangerous, please leave quickly!" ”

Wang Huazhen didn't know what was going on, so Chao Dong helped him out and fled on horseback, and the two servants behind him followed on foot, so he lost Guangning City and fled in panic.

When he met Xiong Tingbi in the Daling River, Xiong Tingbi smiled and said, "60,000 troops can wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop, what will happen in the end?" ”

Wang Huazhen felt ashamed and suggested that Ningyuan and Qiantun be stationed. Xiong Tingbi said: "It's too late. Now there is only one way to protect the people from entering the customs! So he handed over the 5,000 men he had received to Wang Huazhen to the palace, and set fire to all his savings.

On the 26th day of the first month, Xiong Tingbi and Han Chuming escorted the refugees into the customs together, Wang Huazhen, Gao Chu, and Hu Jiadong also entered the customs one after another, and only Gao Bangzuo committed suicide and died. When Sun Dequan led the rebel generals of Guangning City to welcome the Houjin army into Guangning, Wang Huazhen had fled for two days. The Houjin army chased them for 200 miles, but they went back because they had no food to eat on the way.

When the news of the defeat reached the imperial court, the capital was shocked. Zhang Heming was frightened and invited himself to inspect the army.

In February of the second year of the Apocalypse (1622), the imperial court arrested Wang Huazhen, dismissed Xiong Tingbi's officials, and asked him to wait for investigation.

In April, Wang Ji, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Zou Yuanbiao, the imperial historian of Zuodu, and Zhou Yingqiu, the secretary of Dali Temple, reported the verdicts, and Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen were sentenced to death.

Later, when the execution was approaching, Xiong Tingbi asked Wang Wenyan to bribe the inner court with 40,000 taels of gold to ask for a suspended execution, but later violated the promise of 40,000 gold.

Wei Zhongxian was so angry that he vowed to kill Xiong Tingbi as soon as possible.

Li Yan and Niu Jinxing have both heard about Xiong Tingbi, including many ordinary people, who know about Xiong Tingbi, and everyone is biased towards the Xiong family for arresting Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi at the same time.

"Brother Xiong, I'm really embarrassed, I just ate sesame seeds and made my eyes dirty, so I'm embarrassed for you." Niu Jinxing hurriedly apologized.

Li Yan also said: "Lord Ling Zun Xiong is a rare general in the Ming Dynasty, we all admire it very much, I really shouldn't offend Brother Xiong, please don't be surprised by Brother Xiong." ”

Xiong Zhaoqi hurriedly said that he didn't dare to be, he was fine, he was fine.

Wei Bao secretly thought that Xiong Tingbi was really an unlucky ghost, first he was dragged down by Wang Huazhen, and then, he was not a member of the Donglin Party, Wei Zhongxian should not have dealt with him, but he just said that he was talking about a bribe of 40,000 taels of silver, and he couldn't take it out after he promised it, isn't that looking for death? You promise 10,000 taels of silver, and then let relatives and friends find a way to get together, maybe Wei Zhongxian thinks that you really don't have money, maybe he will be moved by compassion, let you go, and get you a haircut, even if it is a permanent distribution, you can keep your head, and you will have a chance to turn over in the future.

As long as his life is saved, President Wei still has a little research on these officialdom things in history, and the people who distribute them will be recruited back and reused in a blink of an eye, isn't it everywhere?

It's no wonder that this old bear makes every move.

Looking at Li Yan and Niu Jinxing, who were talking to Xiong Zhaoqi, President Wei suddenly remembered something?

This Li Yan and Niu Jinxing can't be the strategists behind Li Zicheng, right?

yes, why did I forget about it?

Hehe, I went out shopping casually today, and I actually met these two, and it was really fate.

However, President Wei didn't know how to ask them if they were Li Zicheng's advisers, after all, history has not happened yet? I can't ask.

Li Yan was an important general of Li Zicheng's rebel army in the late Ming Dynasty. In the history of the late Ming Dynasty, Li Yan was an important figure. He is a native of Qi County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Province, and a person in the year of the Apocalypse. The Li family is one of the top squires and wealthy people in Qi County.

Li Yan studied very hard, and he was promoted at a young age, and it was said in the "Ming Ji Beiluo" that he was "talented in civil and military affairs", but judging from the military practice activities he later engaged, it was not a lie. Such a talented and strategic young man was probably very rare at that time. He was generous and bold by nature, and often gave to the poor; He also loves to fight grievances and uphold justice. His personality is like a chivalrous warrior, he likes to make friends, he has a good reputation in Qi County, and the people call him "Li Gongzi".

He later became a family and married Tang, who was born in a wealthy family in Qixian County, knowledgeable, virtuous, virtuous, and virtuous, and a beautiful lady.

During the Chongzhen period, the Ming Empire was already in the twilight of the day, the harsh government was better than the tiger, and the drought in the world made the people unable to survive, so they took risks and rose up. Under the blow of continuous natural and man-made disasters, the people of Henan are struggling on the death line, even so, Song Mou, the county commander of Qixian County, is still constantly urging money and food, and the people are miserable. The tragic situation of the people made Li Yan, who was kind-hearted by nature, unable to sit idly by, and he resolutely went to see Song and asked for his life for the people of Qixian County. But Song County Ling only needs to be responsible for the upper authorities and keep his black yarn, and he will not care about the life or death of the people.

Li Yan had no choice but to go home and take out more than 300 stones of grain stored at home to help the victims. The Li family only lives on rent collection, and in that kind of disaster year with locust drought, it is obviously just a drop in the bucket.

Soon after the disaster relief, a sensational miracle occurred in Qixian County, which was recorded in the "History of the Ming Dynasty: Biography No. 197": "The red lady will be rebellious, take the letter, and commit herself strongly." ”

After Li Yan joined the gang, he persuaded Li Zicheng to "respect the virtuous and courteous, eliminate the mob and show compassion to the people", "pretend to practice benevolence and righteousness, prohibit soldiers from fornicating and killing, and win people's hearts in order to achieve great things".

It is particularly worth mentioning that Li Yan knows the mystery of some public opinion propaganda very well, and he sent people to pretend to be businessmen and spread rumors among the people: "Break into the king's benevolent and righteous teacher, do not kill or plunder"; He also made up nursery rhymes for children to sing everywhere: "Open the gate to welcome the king, and when the king comes, he will not pay food", "Open the door early to worship the king, and discipline everyone to be happy".

It was in this year that the hungry people in Henan who were waiting to be fed were like the hope of a great drought, "fearing that they would not be able to become self-sufficient", and "tens of thousands of people from self-fulfillment"; Since then, Li Zicheng has walked out of the trough and danger when he was lurking in the middle of the Shang Mountain, and he has shown a bright turn in front of him. It can be said that Li Yan has made many achievements and made great contributions to the glory of the peasant rebel army after 13 years of Chongzhen.

Unfortunately, after entering Beijing, Li Zicheng "didn't mind" Li Yan's admonition. His style of "being able to accept people's kind words" and "conspiring with everyone in everything" is also gone. Just when Niu Jinxing, Liu Zongmin, and others were intoxicated by the sound of gongs and drums of victory, Li Yan gave advice on four things and put forward different opinions, among which were two important suggestions: strict military discipline and appeasement of Wu Sangui's father and son. This was originally a good medicine and a sobering agent, but what is Li Zicheng's attitude? "Since the prejudice is sparse, I don't like it, that is, I criticize the sparse and say "I know", and I don't implement it, and finally it becomes an irreparable mistake.

Because of Li Yan's foresight, he made many enemies in the army, and Li Zicheng ordered someone to kill Li Yan.

Regarding Li Yan's ending, it is recorded in the "Suikou Chronicles": After the defeat of Dingzhou, some people say that the entire territory of Henan surrendered to the Ming Dynasty army. Li Zicheng was shocked and discussed countermeasures with his subordinates. Li Yan took the initiative to ask Ying, and was willing to personally lead 20,000 elite soldiers to Zhongzhou, and the nearby counties would not dare to act rashly, even if there were those who dared to riot, they could also pacify it as soon as possible.

Another strategist, Niu Jinxing, asked King Chuang to agree to Li Yan's request, but King Chuang did not answer at that time. Soon, King Chuang was afraid that Li Yan had other plans, and at this time, Niu Jinxing made a statement to King Chuang that he wanted to find an opportunity to get rid of Li Yan and get King Chuang's approval. The next day, Niu Jinxing summoned Li Yan to the barracks to drink in the name of Li Zicheng, and arranged an ambush in a hidden place in the camp, and Li Yan and his younger brother Li Nian were captured and killed at the same time.

If this person is Li Yan, then this one called Niu Venus should be the Bull Venus in history, right?

Otherwise, things wouldn't have been so coincidental, would they?

Wei Bao couldn't help but look at this person named Niu Jinxing, who was already enslaved by himself.

Niu Jinxing is a native of Baofeng County, Henan Province.

In the seventh year of the Apocalypse (1627), he raised people and was good at scheming.

Therefore, at this time, it was the fifth year of the Apocalypse, and Niu Jinxing was not a lifter, but only accompanied Li Yan, who was already a lifter, to the capital to take the exam.

President Wei knew that in the original history, around the tenth year of Chongzhen (1637), Niu Jinxing was falsely accused of resisting taxes and forcibly occupying 18 women because of a provocation with relatives surnamed Wang.

In the winter of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen (1640), Li Yan introduced him to Li Zicheng, and suggested that "less punishment and killing, relief of the hungry, and collection of people's hearts", making important contributions to the construction of Li Zicheng's regime.

In the first month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), Li Zicheng established the Dashun regime in Xi'an, and Niu Jinxing was appointed as a scholar of Tianyu Temple, which was a rare literati in the army.

Niu Jinxing is narrow-minded, after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he used the prime minister to gain power, Niu Jinxing was keen on the etiquette of ascending the pole, taught the etiquette of ascending the pole, and constantly persuaded Li Zicheng to enter, creating an excuse for Wu Sangui to lead the Qing troops into the customs.

On April 26, 1644, Li Zicheng led the remnants of the army back to Beijing and ordered the killing of more than 30 members of Wu Xiang's family. On the 29th, under the planning of Niu Jinxing and others, Li Zicheng was the emperor in the Wuying Hall of the Ming Palace, and Niu Jinxing sacrificed to the Temple of Heaven on behalf of Li Zicheng. The next day, he fled Beijing.

On the way, Niu Jinxing slandered and killed Li Yan, causing the rebel army to be disheartened, and Song Xiance fled as a result.

In the summer of the second year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1645), Niu Jinxing and his son Niu Yan defected to the Qing court as officials, and Niu Yan was appointed as the prefect of Huangzhou. Niu Jinxing had a very bad reputation among the officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty, and it was inconvenient for the Qing court to arrange his duties, and in the ninth year of Shunzhi (1652), he died in the Niu Yan official office. Before he died, he told Niu Yan: "Lai Mi is skillful, and he has not anointed thorns, fortunately." Yes, don't be afraid, if I die, I will be buried in the sun of Xiangshan, and I will teach my son behind closed doors, and don't come out again." Buried in the sun of Xiangshan.

President Wei thought about it, so he asked, "You two are already married, right?" What are the names of the lady and the child? ”

Although Li Yan and Niu Jinxing were very strange why Wei Gongzi suddenly asked this, they both answered.

"My wife's surname is Tang, and my husband and wife have not yet had children." Li Yan replied.

"My wife's surname is Ma, and I have a son named Niu Yan." Niu Jinxing replied.

President Wei actually didn't know what the names of the wives and children of the two of them were, so he asked so casually, I thought that Li Yan could tell him a red lady or something, but it seems that it will be a matter of the future? I don't know if it will change history because of my arrival?

"Do you have a friend named Song Xiance? I seem to know one of those people, it's from your side, right? President Wei asked tentatively again.

Song Xiance was a native of Yongcheng at the end of the Ming Dynasty. He used to be a diviner, and later Li Zicheng was a strategist and military advisor, nicknamed "Song Shorty" or "Song Child".

Later, he withdrew with the rebel army to the vicinity of Wuchang, and was captured by the Qing army with Liu Zongmin, Liu Zongmin was killed, and Song Xiance did not know what happened.

He studied hard, was knowledgeable, especially proficient in "magic", made a living as a "warlock", traveled all over the world for a long time, and divined good fortune and evil fortune for people.

In April of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty (1641), Song Xiance was recommended by Baofeng to raise people Niu Jinxing to Li Zicheng's peasant army. He made suggestions and was extremely intelligent, and was deeply respected by Li Zicheng, and he must first ask for advice on any campaign and battle plan.

Once, Song said to Li: "It flows into the dry of the Shunhe River and falls into the Eighteen Beaches." If you want to go to the clouds, start from Yanmen Pass. When the general began the uprising, he immediately proclaimed himself king and named the country Chuang, which has verified this statement. Now according to the phrase 'from Yanmen Pass', the general's uprising will start from now on! ”

Li Zicheng was overjoyed when he heard about it and worshipped him as a military advisor.

Song Jing in Qimen Dunjia and Tu Yu and other techniques, Li Zicheng believes in gods.

According to the political corruption of the Ming Dynasty, the Song Dynasty pointed out that its "national fortune will end" by means of mathematics. In order to establish the peasant political power more quickly and establish Li Zicheng's prestige, he put forward the slogan of "Eighteen children should be the main artifact".

The proposition and propaganda of this slogan played a great role in mobilizing and winning over the masses, boosting the morale of the peasants, and isolating the rulers of the Ming Dynasty.

In November of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen (1641), the peasant army captured Nanyang. Li Zicheng followed the Song Dynasty's strategy and adopted roundabout tactics to make the Ming general Yang Wenyue exhausted.

In the first month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an and established the Dashun regime. Song Xiance helped Li Zicheng agree on a strategy, set up officials to defend the land, eliminate violence and peace, and was named the "Founding Army Division". In February, Li Zicheng crossed the Yellow River eastward and marched to Beijing. At this time, Song Xiance dedicated his proverb to Li Zicheng: "The children's army is the children's soldiers, and the children's attacks on the city and the city are won." Only the children's array was eliminated, and the children seized the city of Beijing. Li Zicheng then ordered 5,000 strong boys and sent weapons to participate in the siege. There are many ladders around the city, and the child soldiers are armed with short knives, like apes ascending the city on all sides, and they are unstoppable, and the officers and soldiers defending the city are panicked.

After entering Beijing, Niu Jinxing, Liu Zongmin and others reveled in the temporary victory. Niu Jinxing did not listen to Song Xiance's persuasion, and appointed a large number of officials. Liu Zongmin carried out a policy of torture and looting to recover stolen goods from demoted officials. Song also used the celestial phenomena to warn Li Zicheng and said: "The celestial phenomena are tragic, the sun is dark, and the sentence should be suspended urgently." Li Zicheng adopted his suggestion and was pardoned by more than 1,000 people.

Later, Wu Sangui led the Qing troops into the pass, and the peasant army was defeated by Dolgon's iron cavalry. Li Zicheng left Beijing and retreated to Xi'an, first defeated in Dingzhou, and then defeated in Zhending, losing troops and soldiers. Song Xiance sighed, "I'm afraid this is not Allah, the eighteen children have someone else." Then his heart turned to Li Yan, and Niu Jinxing, the prime minister of the Dashun Dynasty, framed Li Yan to return to Henan to be independent and king.

In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), Li Yan was unjustly killed, and the history records that "Venus and Yan drank and killed him".

Wei Bao originally thought that Li Yan and Niu Jinxing, especially Niu Jinxing, should know such a person.

But Niu Jinxing was very dazed: "Song Xiance? Son, I haven't heard of this name. ”

President Wei snorted and didn't care, because whether they knew Song Xiance or not, President Wei could basically conclude that these two people should be Li Yan and Niu Jinxing, who followed Li Zicheng's rebellion in the later stage!

Otherwise, it's too much of a coincidence, right?