Walking out of the Imperial Palace, Zhu Youzhen thought thoughtfully and slowly walked towards the Qianqing Palace. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Wang Chengen trotted to Chongzhen's side, looked at Chongzhen's face, and asked, "Shengshang, the Duke of Jin Guogong slaughtered in Nanzhili this time and killed more than 600 gentry. It is said that more than 300 households were raided just by raiding homes. I heard Wang Dehua's Dongchang fan say that I am afraid that the Duke of Jin Guogong will have at least 8 million taels or more in the account this time. ”

Zhu Youzhen walked forward without speaking.

Wang Chengen said: "Just now Fan Jingwen said that he wanted the Jinguo Bus to pay the silver, why didn't the saint take advantage of the situation and use Fan Jingwen's words to make the Jinguo Bus give the silver?" ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "Even if this silver comes out of the Jinguo bus, it won't fall into the Tai Warehouse, let alone enter my inner warehouse." ”

Wang Chengen was stunned and asked, "Emperor, why is this?" ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Chengen and said: "The silver copied from these Jiangnan gentry is bloody silver with severed heads. Even if I and the Donglin Party stand together to intercept this silver and let Jin Guogong spit out some of it, can the Donglin Party watch me and Li Zhi divide up the severed silver of these Jiangnan gentry? ”

"When the time comes, I and Li Zhi have a lot of trouble, and it is not easy for Li Zhi to hand over some silver. Needless to say, the Donglin Party will definitely say that the silver in Jiangnan should be used in Jiangnan, and that I can't drink the blood of the gentry in Jiangnan, and I can't swallow this silver privately. ”

"When the civil servants collectively attack, how can I keep this silver?"

Wang Chengen took a breath and said, "Emperor Shengming! The slave and the maid are really foolish, and the slave and the maid are blindfolded with silver! ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the Qianqing Palace not far away, and said: "And with the temperament of Jin Guogong who bites good things and doesn't let go, it is really not easy to ask Jin Guogong to spit out this silver." At that time, I fell out with the Duke of Jinguo, but all the benefits were taken away by the Donglin Party, wouldn't I be the biggest wrongdoer? ”

Wang Chengen bowed his hand to Zhu Youzhen, bowed his head and said, "Emperor Shengming!" ”

Zhu Youzhen walked into the Qianqing Palace.

On the imperial case of the Qianqing Palace, the concerts sent by the provinces were piled up very high. Zhu Youzhen was diligent in his administration, and Zhu Youzhen had to read the concert after the cabinet ticket was drafted, and carefully considered the gains and losses of the policy before Wang Chengen approved it. Therefore, the speed of processing the recitals in the Qianqing Palace was not fast, and Zhu Youzhen was slightly delayed, and the recitals sent to the Qianqing Palace were about to be piled up.

Zhu Youzhen sat down in front of the imperial case, and instead of looking at the piled up pieces, he picked up Li Zhi's pieces that he had read several times.

Wang Chengen said: "Emperor, the Duke of Jin Guogong is going to play in Huai'an Juntian Fu and hold a court this time, why is this?" Could it be that it was the people of Huai'an who begged bitterly? ”

Zhu Youzhen put down the recital and said, "I'm afraid it's true." ”

"Even if I live in the deep palace and listen to the reports of Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi every day, I also know that Tianjin and Shandong are rich and prosperous under the rule of Jinguo Gong, and the people have enough food and clothing. The powerful did not dare to rely on the power to bully others, and the gentry did not dare to evade taxes, which can be described as a happy land. Huai'an borders Shandong, and after a long time, it is natural to envy the people of Shandong who live and work in peace and contentment. It is very likely that the people will collectively ask for the life of the Jinguo Gong. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the gate of the Qianqing Palace and thought for a while, and said: "If you can let the rule of Tianjin of the Duke of Jin cover the whole world, but the Duke of Jin Guo does not garrison the army and does not run a newspaper, does not increase the power of the Duke of Jin, and does not form a trend of not falling down, it is also a good thing." At least the people will not be forced by the gentry to be attached to the thieves and thieves! ”

Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son Zhang Dingguo changed his surname back to Li Dingguo after Zhang Xianzhong's death. He made more and more trouble in Huguang and Sichuan, and now the court has made Li Dingguo a thief, alongside the thief.

Unlike Li Zicheng, Li Dingguo is better at uniting and uniting rebel armies from all walks of life. The four battalions of the left side of the revolution were all attached to Li Dingguo, advancing and retreating together, and they were very cunning. Zhu Youzhen repeatedly sent troops and horses from all walks of life to encircle and suppress, but Li Dingguo was not afraid at all, and fought with the officials and soldiers.

The existence of the peasant rebel army increased Zhu Youzhen's dependence on Li Zhi by another percent. If it weren't for Li Zhi's disaster relief in Shandong in the 16th year of Chongzhen's reign, I am afraid that Shandong would have become a base camp for thieves by now.

Zhu Youzhen also knew that the reason why the good people became thieves was because they had no food to eat, and in the final analysis, it was the oppression of the layers of land, the tax evasion of the gentry, and the collapse of order at the grassroots level, and no one built water conservancy to expand cultivated land. So this time Li Zhi said that he would run a court in Huai'an Juntianfu, and Zhu Youzhen did not have a bad feeling.

"Let Jin Guogong do it, at least then Huai'an won't be messed up."

Wang Chengen was stunned and asked, "Do you want to approve the concert of the Duke of Jinguo?" ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "If it is accurate, I can't say that Li Zhi will win Longwangshu." Stay in the middle and don't send it! ”

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Outside Kaifeng City, Li Zicheng wore a felt hat and a scarlet coat, dressed like a simple old peasant. But his tall figure and the divine horse riding under his crotch show the unusual identity of this middle-aged man.

On Li Zicheng's right, Liu Zongmin, Hao Shaoqi, Li Guo and others were all dressed in fine fish scale armor and riding high-headed horses. Compared with the bandit-like dress in the past, today's generals can be described as brightly armored and angry.

On the left side of Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing, Li Yan and other strategists also rode war horses, and their eyes were shining and looking at the outside of Kaifeng City in the distance.

This time, it was Li Zicheng's fourth siege of Kaifeng City.

In the original history, Li Zicheng besieged Kaifeng three times and finally gave up. But after Li Zhi's crossing, history has undergone some changes. Li Zicheng stayed in Henan for a longer time.

This time, almost all of Henan's Fuzhou counties have been looted by Li Zicheng. Except for Guidefu, where the official army is located, other places can be said to be all the spheres of influence of the Chuang army. After accumulating great strength, Li Zicheng launched a fourth attack on Kaifeng City.

This time, Li Zicheng is bound to win.

Li Yan rode on a horse and said to Li Zicheng reservedly: "The tax set by Emperor Taizu Gao is extremely thin. The unscrupulous gentry evaded taxes and put heavy taxes on the small peasants, not knowing that they were digging their own graves. Now our army is playing the slogan in Henan, 'Don't pay for it, don't pay for it', and the people are moved when they hear the wind. I broke into a county, and before the city was attacked, the people grabbed the county order to vote for us! ”

Not paying for impropriety is a slogan put forward by Li Yan, which was spread to all directions by the army as a political slogan, which greatly helped Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng nodded, he felt that Li Yan had put forward this slogan again at this time, which was a bit self-boasting. The most important ability in the righteous army, pay attention to the capable, Li Yan elevated his own credit is to elevate his status.

But at this time, it is the time to employ people, even if Li Yan is such an arrogant scholar, Li Zicheng can only be enveloped.

With a wave of his hand, Li Zicheng shouted: "Siege!" ”

The banner was unfurled, and Li Zicheng's order was transmitted to the whole army.

At the forefront are hundreds of thousands of cannon fodder starving people. These cannon fodder starving people had no more than a sickle or spear in their hands, and not a single piece of cotton armor on their bodies. But standing at the forefront of the intrusion, these hungry people had an indescribable excitement. It was the excitement of finding hope, finding hope to live.

The gentry who were full of benevolence, righteousness and morality did not give the peasants of Henan any hope of survival, but Li Zicheng, who burned and looted, did.

The earth-shattering ballad sounded.

"it! it! There is no such thing as eating! Not bad! No food! ”

"it! it! There is no such thing as eating! Not bad! No food! ”

"it! it! There is no such thing as eating! Not bad! No food! ”

Hundreds of thousands of hungry people shouted this ballad, like a flock of boundless ants, holding a rudimentary wooden ladder, rushing towards Kaifeng.