[208] Li Luohuo and 1

How did Song Youliang know that Chongzhen was only shocked at this time, but not happy, because a large-scale plague broke out in the Gyeonggi area.

"History of the Ming Dynasty" records: In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the epidemic in Beijing lasted from February to September. Bao Yangsheng mentioned the city of Beijing in February of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen in volume 6 of "Jiashen Dynasty Affairs", "The great epidemic, people and ghosts are mixed. Twilight screen is not good. Traders get more paper money, put water into it, sound money, silent paper. They even walked on the walls and roofs during the day, teasing the inhabitants. Every night they weep and roar, hear the sound and chase the shadow." There are so many dead people that you can already see ghosts everywhere in the city during the day, which is really creepy.

Almost at the same time, there was also an epidemic of pneumonic plague in Tianjin, and a Qing Dynasty file says: "Heaven sent a disaster, and the plague was prevalent, and since August, it has been contagious." There are those who die in one or two days, there are those who die in the morning and evening, there are no less than hundreds of people every day, and there are even those whose entire families die without leaving a single person, and none of them are saved. ”…… One man was infected with the plague, and it spread to his family, and he died in two months, and it has turned blazing to this day, and it is everywhere outside the city, and especially in the city, so that the coffin is full of artemisia, and the road is full of wailing."

Song Youliang had to cancel his trip to Beijing, and at the same time worried about the safety of his family in Beijing

In July, Song Youliang returned to Liaoyang, but unexpectedly found that Luo Yangxing, the commander of Jinyiwei, had secretly come to Liaoyang with his entire family in Beijing

"Brother Luo~You are~" Song Youliang was surprised

Luo Yangxing said with a bitter face: "The Great Plague of the Beijing Division, the death pillow, ten rooms and nine emptiness, and even some people have their entire families destroyed, and no one has collected the corpses. The capital is like a ghost town~~ No, Luo has come to join you. ”

"Then Your Majesty is there~~ How do you explain Brother Luo?" Song Youliang asked

Luo Yangxing laughed and said, "I said that I went to Liaoyang to spy on you!" ”

"Huh? Hahaha~" Song Youliang also smiled, although his expression was very affectionate with Luo Yangxing, but he kept a distance from him

Luo Yangxing is also a well-behaved person, where can he not see Song Youliang's thoughts? He said, "Master Hou, are you afraid that I will also be infected with the plague for you? Luo Yangxing smiled, "After the first person who died of the plague was found in the capital, I immediately set off, and after arriving in Liaoyang, a subordinate official named Wu Youxing also locked us up in an annex on the outskirts for a whole month before letting us into the city. ”

"Oh, I see~!" Song Youliang smiled, there was a check on Wu Youxing, who was very interested in plague diseases, and Song Youliang was relieved, "Isn't that wronged Brother Luo?" ”

Luo Yangxing smiled: "I, Luo, am a rough person, I have no grievances, I have wine and meat every day, I sleep when I am full, and I am comfortable." It's your father-in-law, they and your county lord's wife, who hate the food all day long, and the soup is too bitter, and scold a few servants in the annex every day. ”

Song Youliang sent someone to settle Luo Yangxing and others, and immediately went to see his parents, father-in-law, and mother-in-law

Song Qianjin and his son rarely saw each other, this time they just escaped the great plague, this time they met, like a meeting after nine deaths, the couple and Song Youliang hugged their heads and cried. King De and several sons came with Luo Yangxing all the way to eat and sleep, and suffered a lot, and saw a lot of people's sufferings along the way.

As for Zhu Huanting, she was pregnant with Liujia, with a big belly, and came to Liaoyang in a carriage, and she also suffered a lot along the way. However, now that I am reunited with my husband and family, my heart is also warm

"Madam~" Song Youliang bent down and put his ear on Zhu Huanting's stomach to listen, "Thank you for your hard work~" Song Youliang gently hugged Zhu Huanting's back with his hand

"It's all a good thing done by you as a thief, do you know that I don't dare to sit or stand now, I'm afraid of moving the fetus~" Zhu Huanting gently slapped Song Youliang's head in disgust

Song Youliang raised his head and looked at Zhu Huanting warmly, "I am a dignified marquis, how did I become a thief?" Song Youliang said with a smile

"Hmph~~ I'm still the lord of the Ming Dynasty, I said you are, you are, dare to talk back, be careful that I send you to the frontier~" Zhu Huanting raised her hand and pretended to fight

Song Youliang smiled: "Liaodong is not enough frontier? Are you going to send me to the Western Regions? ”

"Not to mention the Western Regions, this palace is going to send you to the country of Franco~" Zhu Huanting laughed

The husband and wife were laughing, and suddenly a servant came to report, saying that the second lady was vomiting and called Lang Zhong to diagnose the pulse, which turned out to be a happy pulse.

"Sister Wanling is also happy?" Zhu Huanting held her big belly, took a big step and walked towards the inner courtyard, "Let's go, take a look~"

Song Youliang hurriedly followed behind, "My little aunt and grandmother, you slow down~~Slow down~~"

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Song Youliang and his family share a family in Liaoyang, and the situation in the customs is changing day by day

First of all, Li Zicheng killed Luo Rucai

Luo Rucai, nicknamed Cao Cao, thinks he is smart, can fight well, and can be compared with a generation of traitorous male Cao Cao. After Luo Rucai broke up with Zhang Xianzhong, in the early days of cooperation with Li Zicheng, the two did achieve a lot of brilliant results together.

However, after Li Zicheng established power in Xiangyang, Luo Rucai claimed to be the general of Weide on behalf of the heavens, and the power was not under Li Zicheng. The so-called heaven has no two days and no two people, and Li Zicheng naturally cannot still be made big by Luo Rucai. Moreover, Li Zicheng's style of life is relatively simple, and the history records that "it is not good for wine, and it is rough and rough, and it shares the joys and sorrows with his subordinates". But Luo Rucai is greedy for money and lustful, and his wives and concubines are in groups, and his wives and concubines dress up every day, wearing silk and satin, and follow the army. He also raised a troupe and dancers in the army for his entertainment. Li Zicheng looked very unpleasant, thinking that Luo Rucai was dominating the rogue and it was difficult to achieve a big thing

Luo Rucai also knew that he followed Li Zicheng, and in the end he could only be Li Zicheng's follower, so he secretly contacted Yuan Shizhong, the leader of the small Yuan camp who had just joined Li Zicheng, and planned to cooperate with him and pull the team to work alone. This kind of splitting behavior of digging into the wall has exacerbated Li Zicheng's dissatisfaction with him

In the end, the most fatal blow did come from the treacherous and cunning Hou Sui. Hou Sui sent one of his protégés, Chen Rui, a member of Huangzhou, to lobby between Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai. In the words of Chen Rui, who thinks highly of himself, it is: Order the two thieves to plot with their tongues, but they can be destroyed together.

After Chen Rui pretended to surrender to Li Zicheng, he first said to Li Zicheng: "Luo Rucai is not a willing person, if he is not removed as soon as possible, he will be a disaster in the future." Although Li Zicheng was already dissatisfied with Luo Rucai at that time, he didn't plan to kill him, at most, he just broke up in two shots, so he didn't listen to Chen Rui

Chen Rui came to Luo Rucai and said to him: "I see that there are many war horses in the general's army, and it must be very difficult to control them in peacetime, right?" ”

Luo Rucai said with a smile: "Yes, from time to time, soldiers from his nearby battalion secretly exchange sick horses and injured horses for my good horses. ”

Chen Rui said: "Isn't that simple? As long as you put a brand on the horse's buttocks, won't it be able to identify? ”

Luo Rucai nodded and said with a smile: "This is a good idea, then Mr. Lao will help me do this." ”

Chen Rui replied: "The ancient generals had the front and back of the left and right guards, I think it is the four kinds of marks on the front and back, the left and right!" ”

Luo Rucai didn't know what the plan was, so he agreed

So, Chen Rui asked people to brand a large number of military horses as "left", and then sent someone to report to Li Zicheng, saying that Luo Rucai secretly communicated with Zuo Liangyu, and Zuo Liangyu funded him with 3,000 good horses

Let's say that at this time, Li Zicheng was feasting on the leaders of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, and during the banquet, he asked Song Xiance to calculate his fortune and calculate his fortune.

Song Xiance took out the hexagram board and threw it, then shook his head and looked at it, and said, "The hexagram is a good hexagram!" ascended to the throne soon. But there was a small bump in the middle, and the throne was delayed for three years and five years. ”

Li Zicheng hurriedly asked: "What stumbling?" ”

Song Xiance shook his head and said: "Judging from the hexagram, there is a person who violates the king's order and acts in the opposite style. If you want to do great things, you must get rid of this person. ”

Li Zicheng was silent, thinking to himself, and at this time, someone came to report that Luo Rucai had secretly communicated with Zuo Liangyu and had already received thousands of military horses from him

"What?" Li Zicheng was shocked, "Can you find out?" ”

"The little ones have seen with their own eyes, and the horses with the left character brand are thousands at least."

"Luo Rucai, Luo Rucai~~" Li Zicheng sighed, Li Zicheng made up his mind to kill Luo Rucai. At this moment, another extraneous incident happened.

It turned out that Li Zicheng's old subordinate Hao Shaoqi and He Yilong, one of the leaders of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, had a dispute after drinking, He Yilong laughed at Hao Shaoqi and said: "You are just a flag bearer, and you deserve to talk to me like this?" ”

Hao Shaoqi laughed and said: "The name is Hao Shaoqi, which is naturally the life of the flag." It's you Ge Liyan, who turned out to be one of the leaders of the 'Five Battalions of Ge Zuo', and now Liu Xiyao, the king of the reincarnation, has become a general, and you have become the general of the battalion. Who are you worthy of being called He Yilong? Just change the name to He Yiworm. ”

Hao Shaoqi which pot is not open to mention which pot, a remark just said in He Yilong's sore spot, He Yilong was furious, rushed over and knocked Hao Shaoqi down with a punch, stepped on Hao Shaoqi, and scolded: "The tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, and the dragon was played by shrimp in the shallows." Hmph, there is no place to stay here, there is a place to stay here. I He Yilong will set up another mountain sooner or later, and let you kneel down and call me grandpa! ”

Everyone hurriedly came up to persuade the fight, and finally pulled the two apart, Hao Shaoqi came back to complain to Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng pondered again.

From the summer of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen's reign, the rebel armies, which had been fighting for a long time and at different times, finally gradually moved towards unification around Li Zicheng. When Kaifeng was captured, Li Zicheng had been promoted to the "General of the Civil and Military Forces of the Fengtian Righteous Battalion". When he went south to Huguang, Xiangyang and other areas, Li Zicheng's prestige was further enhanced, and he was promoted to the "generalissimo of the Fengtian Righteous Battalion and the Civilian-Military Army", thus a prosperous situation in which all rivers were diverted and returned to the sea together. At that time, except for Zhang Xianzhong's troops, all the rebel armies obeyed Li Zicheng's orders. Luo Rucai was second only to Li Zicheng in strength and prestige, and was promoted to the "General Dewei on behalf of the heavens and the people", but he was not allowed to issue orders to the whole army. The leaders of the battalions, who had long been accustomed to holding their own plates, and who had made their own decisions in the event of an incident, were now to turn to obey orders; Originally, it was a comrade-in-arms relationship of equal equality, and the battalions stayed if they cooperated, and left if they did not, maintaining complete freedom of action, but now it has to be changed to a strict subordinate relationship between superiors and subordinates. This is quite difficult for peasant leaders with the narrowness of small producers. Especially for the strongest leaders like Luo Rucai, Ge, Ma Shouying and He Yilong in the Fifth Battalion of the Left, it is even more difficult to put down the shelf and obey others. From the titles of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, it indicates that there are irreconcilable contradictions: one is called "Fengtian" and the other is called "Daitian", which is almost equal, but how can one mountain accommodate two tigers?