Chapter 10 Silver Enters Beijing and Plans to Save People

When Li Jing told Liu Yun the authentic news, it only took Liu Yun and Li Zhi two days to buy the mansion that Dong Jichang and their family sold at twice the price. Then Liu Yun and Li Zhi slowly gathered their people in this courtyard. According to Dong Jichang's instructions, Liu Yun and the others soon found the entrance to the tunnel. Although the tunnel was filled by the Dong family, the entire tunnel could not be filled with soil when filling, and the tunnel was well dug intermittently. Besides, one of the elite soldiers in this courtyard knew that it was to rescue Zhang Zhimu, so it was hard work to dig up the soil. These people are divided into multiple shifts, and they work in shifts, day and night.

During this time, Li Zhi also sent someone to contact Wang Shichang and others in accordance with Zhang Zhimu's instructions. In fact, Wang Shichang also knew about Zhang Zhimu for a long time, but he was also a petty official in the capital, so this kind of thing was not effective at all, but he could inform Li Zhi's people of some of the information he obtained. For example, the court has sent out a messenger appointed by the emperor to take people straight to the kiln. Liu Yun sent someone to inform the kiln gang before them.

The father-in-law Li, who was better than a monkey, after completing the handover procedures for the silver and kiln coins, Ouyang He led the team to follow them on the road. Seeing that Ouyang He was also carrying a lot of things, Gonggong Li asked, "I said, Mr. Ouyang." You're protecting our silver cart, and you're going to have so many things to carry? ”

Ouyang He said: "It's a pity, Mr. Zhang still treats you as a friend." Mr. Zhang is staying in Beijing, can't we bring something to Mr. Zhang? ”

"Oops, you see I'm still damned. I was because the emperor handed over such a big matter of escorting the silver car to me, and my mind was all on this. In fact, it's not that I don't care about Zhang Dongjia, Zhang Dongjia is the emperor's guest, and there is nothing missing. Gonggong Li said curtly.

However, Gonggong Li knew that Zhang Zhimu insisted on letting the emperor stay in Beijing, and the kiln people would not ignore it, he really knew the kiln people too well. Therefore, he was a little uneasy about what Ouyang He brought.

But since Ouyang He said so, he didn't want to make trouble, and it was the top priority to send the 500,000 taels of silver and 5 million yuan to the capital safely. I heard that the military salaries of the officers and soldiers in the north will make trouble if they can't pay them.

Along the way, there were the brocade guards and the musketeers of the kiln gang carried by Gonggong Li, and the silver convoy arrived in Beijing without incident, Ouyang He broke up with Gonggong Li outside the city, and said: "Gonggong Li, we are carrying muskets, it is inconvenient to go further, the front is the capital, if someone says that we are unfavorable, it will also have a bad impact on our Zhang Dongjia." ”

Gonggong Li also thanked him and said: "With Mr. Ouyang all the way, we have also had a smooth journey, thank you." ”

After the two separated with the team, Gonggong Li felt that something was wrong, Ouyang He brought so many things, didn't he want to give them to Zhang Zhimu? Did they just bring it back? Carefully, Gonggong Li was a natural master of intelligence, and he immediately sent people back to Tumen Pass, told them to remain quiet, and saw if the kiln people had brought things back, and then informed him.

Of course, Ouyang He would not bring things back to Yaogang, he followed the guidance of the two people sent back by Li Jing, and after a circle, he came to the inn where Meng Si'er was staying.

Liu Yun and Li Zhi reported the recent situation to Ouyang He, and Ouyang He instructed that the matter of digging tunnels should continue, but the work of secrecy should be done well, because this place is too close to the courtyard where Zhang Zhimu lives, and if the wind is tight, the Imperial Forest Army may come to check, so the surface masking work must be done well, and the excavated soil must also be dealt with; The second Li Zhi's people wanted to go out and let out the wind and publicize Zhang Zhimu's arrival in Beijing. This time, the latest "Yaogang Weekly" is printed in lead, and the printing quality is very good, and the newspaper has already reported that Mr. Zhang should be recruited into Beijing, and you can send out these "Yaogang Weekly" as much as possible. Make things as big as possible.

Gonggong Li escorted the silver car directly to the palace first, and after Emperor Chongzhen saw the silver car, he asked Gonggong Li to pull the silver car to the Taichang Warehouse. At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was in a good mood again, and said in his heart, let me see what else you people can say? But what Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect was that after the silver car came back, it caused another trouble.

When Emperor Chongzhen had already transported the silver and kiln coins, those ministers had another reason. One stood up and said: "The kiln gang people printing kiln gang coins privately is a great rebellion, it is a rebellion, just by virtue of this, the emperor and the court should condemn them." ”

Emperor Chongzhen said very calmly this time: "It seems that this time you have made up your mind, whether this Zhang Zhimu is guilty or not, you will condemn him." If I hadn't borrowed money from them, and the kiln coins were only for their own convenience, would they have lent them out in order to lend me more money? I don't think you want to relieve the worries of the court, so you will be restrained everywhere. Then let me ask you, now that the military salary at the border pass can't be paid, you can think of a way, if you don't come up with it, you don't care about Zhang Zhimu's affairs. ”

Emperor Chongzhen is so angry, I think if I don't fight back, I, the emperor, can't do it.

These ministers knelt down together again and said, "Your Majesty, we are for the sake of the country, regardless of the emperor's dissatisfaction, and what we say is all loyalty." ”

Chongzhen didn't get angry this time, and said, "Get up, and think about what I ordered." ”

After taking a sip of tea, Chongzhen saw that these people didn't mean to get up, so he said: "Okay, you all get up and think about what I have ordered, what, if you don't get up, you will kneel here, kneel to death, and carry one out." Don't think that if you use this method to force me, I can't help it. ”

After saying that, he put down the water glass, got up and commanded: "If there is anyone who kneels to death, carry it out directly!" ”

None of these people really have the gas to insist on kneeling. Seeing that the emperor was really leaving, they all got up after looking at each other. They were really afraid of provoking the emperor, so they released Zhang Zhimu at once.

Huang Zongfang, the first minister, said: "Your Majesty, it's a good thing to send this silver back, which also shows that it is right to leave Zhang Zhimu here." Now the people we sent are probably about to arrive at the kiln, can we find out about Zhang Zhimu's rebellion, we have to wait for them to come back, and we can't let Zhang Zhimu go back yet. Besides, we use the kiln gang coin to pay the border army, which can solve the urgent need, but it is also equivalent to the imperial court approving the kiln gang coin, and we can't cheapen the kiln gang people in vain. At least wait until the second batch of silver promised by Zhang Zhimu arrives. If we find out that Zhang Zhimu does have the intention of rebellion, then there is no need to wait for this, everything in the kiln gang must be collected by the imperial court, and the silver for the thieves may be enough. ”

Emperor Chongzhen also didn't want to get into too much trouble with the ministers, and if Huang Zongfang said it, it wasn't that he didn't say anything about moving Emperor Chongzhen, but the silver in the kiln gang was very tempting if it could solve the silver of the imperial court.

Chongzhen said: "Okay! I'll rely on you again, and I'll be the one to do the wicked anyway. Let Zhang Zhimu stay in the capital for a few more days. ”

Zhang Zhimu felt strange that after the silver from the kiln arrived, why didn't the emperor move. However, through the news that Wang Shichang brought to hear, he knew that Emperor Chongzhen was facing the criticism of the ministers. This time, the emperor was embarrassed to see himself.

Due to the work of Li Zhi, Wang Shichang and others, there is now talk of Yaogang and Zhang Zhimu everywhere in Beijing. In particular, the "Yaogang Weekly" printed in lead is something that everyone is after, and those who get this "Yaogang Weekly" often have a full house full of people, and they all come to see the newspaper. These people even read every word carefully. The people in the capital, both officials and ordinary people, complained about the emperor for leaving Zhang Zhimu in the capital and not letting them go back. In private, many people are saying that the emperor has taken a fancy to the silver of the kiln gang people, and wants to take Zhang Zhimu as a hostage and ask for more silver. Some people said that this Zhang Zhimu was too revealing, why did he lend money to the court, and the silver lent to the court, if he didn't come back, he would be annoyed by revealing his wealth.

In Beijing, where the east and west fields are all over the place, these words quickly spread to Emperor Chongzhen. After Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he didn't say a word, but just threw a jade cup in his hand to the ground.

Chongzhen knew that this was all a ghost done by the Yaogang people outside, which made Emperor Chongzhen very unhappy. You shouldn't, you shouldn't, you shouldn't shake out the matter of the court borrowing silver, which makes the court lose face. But thinking about it again, isn't Zhang Zhimu in the kiln gang more depressed? He lent the silver to himself, but he was detained here for no reason, on the grounds that he might have a desire to rebel, and this reason is unjustifiable, but those ministers can use this as a reason to force themselves. They can see that the Ming Dynasty is in danger, and now they can't do without them. But what Zhang Zhimu asked was also right, "Can these people complete the great task of suppressing thieves and restoring national strength?" But now that the crisis is lurking, it is not possible to rely on them, Chongzhen suddenly felt that his emperor was a little guilty.

Emperor Chongzhen thought, no matter what he said this time, he also offended Zhang Zhimu, this Zhang Zhimu is a powerful person, if he is not satisfied, will he have a different heart after he goes back? If that's the case, this person is even more difficult to deal with than Li Chuang's thief. However, Chongzhen thought about it again, according to the latest issue of "Kiln Gang Weekly", these kiln gang people still pointed the finger at Li Chuang's thief, just with the article "Does Li Zicheng really not pay grain?" The subtitle is "The Hypocrisy of Chuang Wang Coming and Not Paying Food", this article really refers to poking Li Zicheng's sore spot, and it makes people feel relieved when they read it, this is to cut Li Zicheng's flesh with a soft knife. When Li Zicheng saw this, he would definitely grit his teeth in anger. This is clearly a declaration of war against Li Zicheng, how can there be rebellion?

But now, how can you tell Zhang Zhimu to let him stay in Beijing any longer, do you say that you will be released when the ministers have finished investigating in Yaogang and have not found evidence of your rebellion?

One of Emperor Chongzhen's weaknesses is that he is suspicious by nature, which also causes his capricious personality, which is related to the fact that he was born in such a deceitful royal family.

Liu Yun's tunnel will soon be dug through. Because when the tunnels were built in the past, they were all made of bricks, and many places were not removed. The floating soil filled in is very easy to clean, and the excavated soil is spread out in the pond in the yard, which is not easy for outsiders to see.

Ouyang He is now facing the problem, how to get out of the city after Zhang Zhimu comes out of the tunnel. Because Zhang Zhimu left the courtyard, he would soon be easy to be discovered, so after coming out, he had to go out of the city immediately. Then the time should be set for the second half of the night to come out, and as soon as the day dawns and the gates of the city are opened, they should leave the city immediately. It's much easier to get out of town. There are already more than 1,000 musketeers before and after, and if you don't fight hard, it will be no big problem to escort Mr. Zhang back to Yaogang. Now five hundred men have entered the city and hid themselves in several places. In order to be afraid of trouble when going out of the city, the worst plan to do is that it really can't be done, Liu Yun led 300 musketeers to occupy Chongwenmen, and the other 200 people covered Zhang Zhimu to rush out, and then rushed out of Yongding Gate together, as long as the action is fast, when the officers and soldiers have no time to mobilize the brigade, the 500 musketeers still have a certain combat effectiveness, and if it is really not good, they will blow up the city gate and rush out, and there will be 500 musketeers outside to respond, there should be no big problem.

Ouyang He was not worried about the five hundred musketeers who had entered the city, and he was afraid that it would be easy to attract the attention of others after a long time. Because the food of these horses is a big problem.

Ouyang He and Liu Yun carefully checked the retreat route over and over again, and formulated different response plans in detail at each step.

In the command center of Chen Yufeng in Yaogang, Chen Yufeng, Yan Boju, and Lu Chengxiang were studying how to deal with the imperial court Qincha who was about to arrive.

After Chen Yufeng got the letter from the Qin Mission, he was a little difficult, and this Qin Messenger was not easy to deal with. It should be that I don't know what they want to do, it's too hard, because Zhang Zhimu is still in Beijing; It's not okay if it's too weak, if it's too weak, let them get involved in the kiln gang, Zhang Zhimu has explained that it is absolutely not allowed.

In the end, the three of them agreed that the Qin messenger would come and treat each other politely, but they were not allowed to touch the accounts of the kiln gang, and they were not allowed to touch the silver treasury. Factory tours are allowed, but they must be accompanied by our people. Let's just say that this is what the owner confessed when he left, if they pressed us with the holy decree of the Qincha, we would pretend to be stupid and carry it with them, if not, it would be okay to threaten them appropriately, and after threatening them, we would not admit it without evidence. In short, we just didn't have Zhang Dongjia's instructions and didn't listen to anyone.

This time the envoy was also elected by those ministers, in fact, none of them wanted to be this envoy, these people were all lip service, and they really let them come out to do something, so they all hid. They also all know that Yaogang is not a place to be messed with, those Mongolian cavalry and the Manchu iron cavalry that the official army can not resist have been defeated by them, and the Li Chuang thief water army that defeated the Ming Dynasty water army was wiped out without a single face-to-face with the Yaogang people. These people are not something that anyone can subdue. However, now that Zhang Zhimu is trapped in Beijing, they will have some scruples, and they will not dare to do anything to Qincha.

This Qin Cha who was elected had no choice but to go to the kiln. By the time Lord Qincha arrived at the kiln along the way, it had been a month and a half since Zhang Zhimu left the kiln.

This Lord Qincha went to Xiurong to rest first, and Xiurong Zhixian sent someone to inform the people of Yaogang to welcome the arrival of Qincha the next day.

Chen Yufeng discussed with Yan Boju and Lu Chengxiang and decided to put on a posture to meet Qincha. As soon as the morning dawned, Chen Yufeng ordered Liu Chenghuang to lead five hundred musketeers to set up a line at the post to meet Qincha.

This Qincha was well received by Xiurong Zhi County in Xiurong, and in the morning, accompanied by Xiurong Zhi County, Benyao Gang came. Before leaving Beijing this time, he took 20 Jinyi guards and 100 officers and soldiers with him. Qin Cha felt that he was already majestic.

When they came to the kiln, they saw a group of people facing them from a distance, but at this time, how could their self-confidence suddenly disappear, their hearts seemed very empty, their backs were slightly sweating, and their mouths were a little dry. This Qincha wanted to pinch himself secretly, and secretly scolded himself for being unproductive.

When they came closer, those brocade guards and officers and soldiers also felt that their momentum was weakened, although they were usually majestic, but they were facing a team that really rushed out of the bloody rain, and that kind of murderous aura could be felt by them as soon as they looked at them.

After Qincha got off the sedan chair, Xiurong knew the county and told Chen Yufeng and others that this was Lord Qincha Song.

Chen Yufeng and the others hurriedly knelt down to give a salute, Chen Yufeng said: "Welcome Lord Qincha, Lord Qincha has worked hard all the way!" ”

Seeing Chen Yufeng and the others respectfully greeting him, Lord Qincha found his confidence again and said, "You are setting up a team and holding weapons in your hands, are you threatening Ben Qincha?" Are you organizing an army to rebel? ”

Chen Yufeng looked at the people who were not good, and said: "My lord has misunderstood, we are here to greet your lordship, our army cannot repel the Mongolian cavalry and Manchu iron cavalry without weapons, and we can't defeat the army of Li Chuang's thief." Our army has been rewarded by the emperor, how can it rebel? Adults are discerning. ”

This Qincha originally wanted to be majestic, but he didn't expect to hit a nail that was neither soft nor hard. Lu Chengxiang looked at this Qin Cha on the side, and said in his heart that the imperial court has made some people come out to be officials, such a person is an official, can the Ming Dynasty not be a yellow shop?

Xiurong Zhixian saw that Qin Cha couldn't get off the stage, so he hurriedly came to the round and said: "Lord Qin sent Song, you are here by order, you must cooperate with Lord Song." ”

At this time, Qin Cha relieved himself and said: "Someone went to the imperial court to accuse you of the kiln gang people to rebel, and Ben Qin Cha was ordered to investigate and deal with it. You are all to be subject to the investigation at all times. ”

After Chen Yufeng and the others got up, they asked, "If you want to live in Yaogang, we will arrange a place for you to live." As for what you said about someone accusing us of rebellion, you have to investigate it before you can do it. My lord, do you say yes? ”

What Chen Yufeng means is that you keep saying that you want to investigate, but if you can't find evidence, you can't talk about it.

Of course, Qin Cha understood the meaning of Chen Yufeng's words, and he shouted angrily: "Dare to Diao Min, dare to talk to Qin Cha like this." ”

Chen Yufeng also did not show weakness and said: "My courage is not small, because I have killed countless people, can I be small?" But I'm not a Diaomin, because I've killed a lot of people for the emperor. ”

Looking at Chen Yufeng's eyes and listening to Chen Yufeng's words, Qin Cha felt a sudden chill all over his body.

It's Xiurong Zhixian again, "You can arrange a place for Lord Song." Adults will have to stay here for a few more days. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "My lord, come with me." ”

Then Chen Yufeng arranged for Lord Qincha and his party to rest in the guest room. This Qincha Da's pedigree is not small, all the subordinates are brought by themselves, and there is no need for people from the kiln at all. As a result, they inevitably made a lot of jokes. Fortunately, Xiurong knew the county and told them how to use tap water, how to use the flush toilet, and so on.

As soon as the Lord Chincha moved in, he liked it, the large glass windows here made the room extraordinarily bright, and the sofa sat on it, like a cloud driving through the fog. In short, everything here makes this Qincha like it very much. The heart said, "No wonder some people say that the kiln gang is like heaven, this place is really amazing." If it weren't for the fact that the mission of this time was to kill this Zhang Zhimu, it would be great to have a good relationship with this Zhang Zhimu and get some good things to go back to Beijing. But this time, I can't go back empty-handed, there are so many good things here. ”

After Chen Yufeng, Yan Boju, and Lu Chengxiang went back, they all felt that this Qin cha was not good. Chen Yufeng said: "The letter sent back by Zhimu from Beijing said that these people were here to find trouble, and it was true when I saw it today. In this case, the more polite we are, the more majestic they will be. Find an opportunity for me to meet this adult alone, and explain everything that should be said, but it really can't be done, so I won't let go of any of them and destroy them all. Just buy a little time and bring Zhimu back. ”

Yan Boju also said with a gloomy face: "This person, I think he has a weak heart and a hard mouth, and it is good to scare and scare." Let him know what he should do, if they go too far, they won't be able to go back. ”

Not to mention, this Qincha is still a person with an anxious personality, and after he was fresh in the inn for a while, he asked people to inform the bookkeeper of Yaogang and bring the account book to meet him.

Chen Yufeng said: "Mr. Lu, don't go first, I'll go and meet him first." ”

Chen Yufeng followed the people to see Lord Qincha. In one of the living rooms of the guest room, Qin Cha saw Chen Yufeng coming, and he came empty-handed, and he felt very uncomfortable. From the moment he saw Chen Yufeng, he didn't like Chen Yufeng, because Chen Yufeng's eyes made him very uncomfortable.

Chen Yufeng, who entered the house, hurriedly saluted and said, "Chen Yufeng has seen Lord Qincha!" ”

"Uh-huh! You are Chen Yufeng, why didn't you bring the account book? Chin Cha asked, holding a shelf.

Chen Yufeng said: "When our boss left, he ordered that no one was allowed to show the account book to others when he was away. ”

"Bold, this is Ben Qin's order to take out the account book, you are resisting the order, you know?" Chincha was angry.

Chen Yufeng smiled and asked, "My lord, can I talk to you alone?" This will be very beneficial for you to complete this royal mission. ”

As soon as Qin Cha heard that there was a door, maybe this person who wanted to talk to the court could say something useful, so he hurriedly said: "Stand down left and right." ”

Seeing that there were only two people left in the living room, Chen Yufeng was not polite, and with a big grin, he found a seat and sat down. Qin Cha was a little dissatisfied, and before he could speak, Chen Yufeng said: "My lord, I know, what is the purpose of your visit this time, in the city of Beijing, we don't care what you do with the emperor." But if you come to Yaogang today to complete your mission, we will cooperate with you, if you don't know how to do it, we will let none of you go to Beijing. ”

Qin Cha angrily patted the case and said: "Bold, you are threatening Ben Qin Cha, you you, you are rebelling." ”

"Come on! Don't bluff. Do you know what the relationship between our owner and the emperor is, how many people like you die, will the emperor fall out with our boss for you? You don't want to think about it, the emperor promised you to come to Yaogang, just to give your family a little face. Just because you go back and say that our boss has rebelled, the emperor will be able to believe that our boss has rebelled, don't be too naïve. You were calculated by someone and sent as a scapegoat, and it is useless for you to find out that our owner has rebelled, and it is a sin of incompetence if you can't find out and go back. If you make too much trouble here, we won't clean you up here, and on the way back thousands of miles, there are places where you will be picked up by wild dogs on the road, and maybe your dog-gnawed head will be sent to your home. More likely, your family, wife and children will also be gnawed by dogs. ”

"Bold! You are a threat to Benchincha. Qin Cha's fingers trembled and pointed at Chen Yunfeng or those few words.

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