On October 10, the Eight Families Alliance.

"My lord, the heads of the eight great imperial merchants have all started their journey to Songming Lake!" Cheng Luxuan, the deputy of the anti-traitor team, said to Chen Mingyu.

Cheng Luxuan is from Jinyiwei, and he has a good set of news detection, and he was asked by Chen Mingyu to be his deputy in his early years, specializing in the intelligence work of the anti-traitor team.

"Hmph, the eight families really know how to choose a place, Songming Lake has beautiful mountains and clear waters, a good place, just burying the bones for the eight Han families!" Chen Mingyu sneered.

Songming Lake is located ten miles outside Taiyuan City, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, it is usually a good place for sightseeing, and the Eight Great League was selected in that place, and went with such fanfare, there is no doubt that it is not afraid of being known at all.

There are 3,000 dead soldiers in the eight families, protecting Songming Lake, and they are blatantly there, which is rampant, making Chen Mingyu's eyes flash.

"Pass the order, everyone get moving!"

In this mission, the strength of the anti-traitor team has been enhanced, reaching nearly 500 people, originally if all these 500 people entered the city, it would be easy to be noticed, but when the eight families chose to meet the alliance outside the city, it was in line with Chen Mingyu's intentions, and nearly 500 anti-traitor teams could all be dispatched, and they would definitely be able to succeed in one fell swoop.

The eight families will meet today, if nothing else, as Chen Mingyu expected, in order to fight against the Ming Northern Expedition.

"Brother Fan, you're right, the Ming Dynasty is about to go on a Northern Expedition, and we can't just hope that the Manchurians can win and do nothing." Wang Dengku, one of the eight families, said.

"Yes, the Ming Dynasty is powerful, and only a few days ago he wiped out Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in one fell swoop, just like the sun is in the sky, the power is pressing, and the Manchurians may not be able to win, and we must plan for ourselves for the eight families." Tian Shenglan of the Eight Families said.

"It's a pity that I was canonized by the Manchurians back then, and I was already an imperial businessman, and I was put on the bright side, and the world knew it, otherwise I could still sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but now I can only follow the Manchurians, the Manchurians are good, I just wait, the Manchurians are defeated, and we are destined to have no good end!" Huang Yunfa of the Eight Families sighed and said regretfully.

In fact, the eight families didn't want such a canonization back then, but the Manchurians were not stupid, and they couldn't shirk it if they insisted on giving it.

"It's not in the dark, a lot of things are not easy to do." Jin Liangyu from the Eight Families sighed and said.

At that time, the Eight Families relied on operating in the shadows to get to where they are today, and as long as many things have not been put on the surface, they can eat both ends, that is, secretly provide military information for the Manchus, and nominally keep in touch with various Han forces, what a good situation. It's a pity that the Manchus entered the customs, broke all this, and made them the emperors of the Qing Dynasty with great fanfare, putting them on the bright side, and now the Han people regard them as traitors, and the Manchus also look down on them, after all, the people who made a fortune by selling their country and nation, although the Manchus respect them on the surface, they despise them in their hearts.

"It is said that the Ming Dynasty has been established for nearly three hundred years, the luck has failed, the number of qi has been exhausted, and the continuous natural disasters and epidemics during the Chongzhen period are the best omen, and some folk scholars say that crape myrtle originated in the Northeast, and the world should be full of people, Zhu Ci hesitated and wanted to disobey the mandate of heaven, and there will definitely be no good end!" Fan Yongdou said.

The other seven people all nodded, in fact, all of them knew that the so-called Fangshi did not exist at all, and Ziwei was born in the northeast and said that they were instructed by Huang Taiji back then, and they sent people to secretly spread the legend in the territory of Daming.

All in all, the Eight Families are just trying to give themselves a reasonable reason to rebel against the Ming Dynasty.

is so shameless, worthy of being a traitor among traitors, even if Da Ming is really out of luck, as Han people, they shouldn't say anything like the world is of different races.

"I have already spoken to the regent, and I have obtained the consent of the regent, allowing the eight of us to build a large army on our own to resist the Ming Dynasty, and there is no limit to the number of people!" Fan Yongdou suddenly threw a boulder.

The other seven were shocked at the same time.

"What! The regent allowed us to raise a large army of our own, which, this "someone was speechless."

This is amazing, all dynasties, the most taboo is military power, although the eight of them have money, but each family only dares to raise three hundred dead soldiers, more afraid of the opportunity to offend the person in power, they are so cautious, and now they even tell them that Dolgon allowed their eight families to form a large army by themselves, such a good thing, how not to shock them.

"That's a good thing!" Wang Dengku said in surprise: "Maybe the Manchu people feel that their number is too small, and it is not necessary to set up a few princes to help them control the world. ”

The total population of Manchu was less than one million, and the heads of the eight families were full of fantasies for a while.

"In this way, once we repel the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, or even take the opportunity to kill the Ming Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, the eight of us may be one of the princes in the future!" As soon as he said this, the head of the eight families was excited.

The eight families originally relied on the chaos to get millet, and they survived in the Ming Dynasty but relied on selling the family of the Ming Dynasty, they were like gamblers, as long as there was any opportunity for development, they dared to fight for their lives, and now Dolgon actually allowed them to form a large army by themselves, which has to be said to be too tempting.

You must know that although the eight of them are imperial merchants and have an imperial character on their names, no one dares to underestimate them, but in the end they are still merchants, and their self-protection power is insufficient, but once they have their own army, it will be different, and the Manchurians are likely to train them to become princes and control one side in the future.

The fire in the hearts of the eight families burned their blood boiling, and the princes of one side represented strength and power.

"! We can't miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Jin Liangyu gritted his teeth and said.

The other seven people nodded in agreement, and then looked at Fan Yongdou together.

Fan Yongdou is the most senior person among the eight families, and his prestige is very high, when the eight families relied on the rise of the Manchurians, it was Fan Yongdou's suggestion, and now the condition of forming an army was put forward by Fan Yongdou, and the other seven naturally hoped that Fan Yongdou would be the first to come up with an idea.

Fan Yongdou enjoyed the respect of the other seven families, and the position of the head of the Eight Great Emperors was as stable as Mount Tai under his seat.

"Since everyone agrees, then I suggest that each of our eight families take out 500,000 taels of silver to recruit troops and horses, and the army formed, each of the eight families will send a part of their children to serve as generals in it, so that the formation of the army will have a share in the eight families, and the eight families will be in the same breath, I believe you can rest assured." Fan Yongdou proposed.

"Well, what Brother Fan said is extremely true." The Seven nodded approvingly.

"But who should be the supreme commander of this army?" Zhai Tang asked suddenly.

"Brother Zhai said that, the position of the governor of the capital, naturally Brother Fan is in charge, is it possible that Brother Zhai wants to be himself?" Tian Lansheng said.

Immediately, including Fan Yongdou, they all looked at Zhai Tang.

Zhai Tang smiled awkwardly and said: "Naturally, Brother Fan, Brother Fan, I said too much." ”

Although Zhai Tang wanted to be himself, he also knew that he didn't have that strength at all, nor did he have that prestige.

At the same time that the eight families were discussing the formation of an army to fight against the Ming Dynasty, outside Songming Lake, Chen Mingyu had already led nearly 500 anti-traitor teams to ambush around, and only waited for Chen Mingyu to give an order to attack with thunder.

The Eight Families did not expect that in the suburbs of their old nest, Taiyuan City, under the protection of their three thousand dead soldiers, someone would dare to hit their attention, and they planned to wipe them all out, and they also wanted their heads.

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