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Behind Zhu Youzhen, the celebrant eunuchs Wang Chengen and Wang Dehua were tiptoeing to peek at the music on Zhu Youzhen's hand, and the expressions on their faces were a little nervous.

The piece was brought by Wang Chengen, but this piece was too important, Wang Chengen didn't dare to peek at it on the road, and ran all the way to the Son of Heaven. If he was watching the concert today, Wang Chengen also wanted to know what was written on the concerto.

What Xingguo Bo Li Zhi has done recently is really shocking.

Li Zhi collected taxes on the gentry in Tianjin, and as a result, the gentry of the world blocked Li Zhi's products and raw materials under the call of Zhang Pu of the Fushe. It stands to reason that since Li Zhi blocked the gentry in the world, he should obediently admit defeat and change course and abandon the plan to collect taxes on the gentry. Even the commercial tax levied in Tianjin should be stopped and obediently begged for mercy from the gentry of the world.

When the Son of Heaven and Wang Chengen heard the news that Zhang Pu had banned Li Zhi's industry, they thought that things would end like this.

The Son of Heaven was still happy in the past few days, thinking that Li Zhi had been planted now. Li Zhi's industry is finished, and maybe he won't be able to raise soldiers in the future. In the future, I can only ask the Son of Heaven to allocate money every day, and become a loyal dog of the Son of Heaven.

But Li Zhi was not like this, Li Zhi not only did not admit defeat, but rose against the trend, sent troops to Xiangyang, Jinan and Suzhou, and defeated the three capital cities of the Ming Dynasty. He killed the prefect and governor who cut off his raw materials, and also killed Zhang Pu, Zhang Cai and Chen Zilong, who called on the people of the world to ban him.

The three great cities of Xiangyang, Jinan and Suzhou were all captured by Li Zhi. In the Ming Dynasty, no one had ever crossed thousands of miles to attack the city because of personal matters. Attacking the imperial court's city, what is the difference between that and rebellion?

No one has ever captured a city thousands of miles away and killed the governor of a province or the governor of a prefecture. It was the Jinyi guard of the Son of Heaven who went to Jiangnan to get people, and sometimes he was besieged by the local people. However, Li Zhi went on a hunt in Xiangyang, Jinan, and Suzhou, killing hundreds of people. Almost all the gentry and officials who participated in the activities of blocking Li Zhi were killed by Li Zhi.

What Li Zhi did can no longer be understood by the concept of Renchen.

These days, the outer court is in a lot of trouble.

At the beginning, when they heard the news that Xiangyang had been defeated, those civil officials were very angry, saying that Li Zhi was a rebellion, saying that they would attack Li Zhi with the most severe means and send troops to crusade against Li Zhi. But the court argued for a few days, and they couldn't say which reliable troops and horses to deploy to attack Li Zhi.

Jiliao's soldiers and horses were restrained by Dongnu, and most of them were untouchable. Henan's 50,000 officers and troops encircled and suppressed Li Zicheng in the mountains, and if he withdrew his troops at such a critical moment, Li Zicheng would definitely resurrect from the ashes, and he would not be able to move, and at most a part of it would be withdrawn. The ministers discussed and found that the Ming Dynasty could not gather 100,000 soldiers and horses to attack Li Zhi.

With the combat power of Li Zhihu's brother Chongzhen in Fanjiazhuang in the eleventh year, and with the combat power of the Ming official army, at least 100,000 officers and troops were needed to encircle and suppress Li Zhi in order to really put pressure on Li Zhi. Without 100,000 officers and soldiers, he was not Li Zhi's opponent at all.

Li Zhi's cavalry in Xiangyang could quickly maneuver back to Fanjiazhuang, and the soldiers and horses in Jinan were close to Tianjin, and they could return to Tianjin in a few days. The soldiers and horses in Suzhou went by steamer, and it took ten days to take the ship back to Tianjin. If the imperial court levies a large army to crusade against Li Zhi, as soon as the news leaks out, Li Zhi's soldiers and horses will probably immediately assemble in Tianjin.

I'm afraid that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court have not yet gathered, and Li Zhi's 20,000 troops are already waiting in Tianjin.

After a few days of discussion, the ministers in the court were all wilted one by one. Everyone found a bleak fact, the Ming Dynasty could not crusade against Li Zhi at all. This is not a question of whether to fight or not, but whether or not you have the ability to fight.

Although Dongnu did not enter the customs, although Li Zicheng had fled into the mountains, Dongnu and the thieves still contained the main force of the Ming Dynasty. To fight Li Zhi is to create a terrible enemy in addition to Dongnu and the thieves. The body of the Ming Dynasty can hardly withstand this third enemy.

In the end, the result of the ministers' discussion: if you want to fight Li Zhi, I am afraid that you will have to give up the Guanning defense line, abandon the land for 500 miles, and transfer the Jiliao border army to crusade. This is not enough, but also to risk Li Zicheng's resurgence and draw troops from the Central Plains to suppress thieves.

The consequences of such a transfer of troops are unbearable for the Ming Dynasty.

Then, when the ministers were helpless, bad news came one after another. Li Zhi not only captured Xiangyang, but also conquered Jinan, and even the richest city of Suzhou in the south of the Yangtze River.

Li Zhi went on a killing spree in three large cities, killing hundreds of gentry and officials. Li Zhi's soldiers and horses raided the gentry and exterminated the clan, and their heinous and evil deeds were difficult to write.

The civil officials suddenly jumped to their feet collectively and confronted the Son of Heaven on the spot at the court meeting. It is said that it is the connivance of the Son of Heaven to Li Zhi over the years that has given Li Zhi the capital to rebel today, and it is the Son of Heaven who has cultivated such a thief. The civil officials swarmed to attack the Son of Heaven, and they almost scolded him.

These days, Zhu Youzhen, the son of heaven, has trouble sleeping and eating. Zhu Youzhen really couldn't imagine that Li Zhi really rebelled. The Son of Heaven originally thought that Li Zhi would be suppressed by the gentry, gradually lose his strength, and shrink into a small local army. Unexpectedly, Li Zhi killed Zhang Pu with iron-blooded means and beat the gentry of the world down.

Li Zhi not only succeeded in controlling the raw material production area of the industry, but also defeated the gentry of the world, so that the gentry who smashed Fanjiazhuang's goods were afraid.

Zhu Youzhen sent three batches of eunuchs to Tianjin these days, asking Li Zhi to stop and quickly withdraw the army. But Li Zhi couldn't see these eunuchs at all.

A few days ago, the news came again that Li Zhi had killed Li Jizhen, the governor of Tianjin.

Zhu Youzhen was already desperate, and he could only give up all the land north of Shanhaiguan and only guard Shanhaiguan. When most of the Guanning army was transferred into the pass, and at the same time, 50,000 soldiers and horses from Henan were transferred north to fight against Li Zhi together, and Li Zhi suddenly received this letter.

Zhu Youzhen's hand holding the piece was trembling all the time, and he finally finished reading the piece.

After reading the recital, Zhu Youzhen couldn't react for a while.

Wang Chengen stood on tiptoe behind the Son of Heaven and finished reading Li Zhi's recital. After watching the recital, Wang Chengen knelt on the ground with a smile on his face, and sang: "Congratulations to the saint, Li Zhi didn't fight back!" ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Chengen, his face was cloudy, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

Wang Chengen sang: "Holy Lord, Li Zhi said that he would give the Son of Heaven 1.31 million taels of silver obtained by the 42 gentry, two governors and two prefects in Xiangyang, Jinan, Suzhou and Tianjin to the Son of Heaven as internal money, Li Zhi is to be a loyal minister!" ”

Zhu Youzhen put the chapter on the imperial case, put his trembling hand on the armrest of the throne, and said in a trembling voice: "Loyal minister? Is there such a loyal minister in the world? ”