Early in the morning, the soldiers, under the leadership of several demoted officers, divided into several groups, went from house to house to inform the people that after lunch, men above the age of young and strong must go to the training ground for a meeting to announce important matters, and women and children can also go to join in the fun. Fastest updates

The four city gates have been opened, there are soldiers on duty at the gates, and no one is allowed to enter or leave, and now it is close to Xinyuan, and there is no need to play with the farmland at all, and there should be no problem in surviving in such a relatively closed environment as the city.

The people began to commotion, but if you think about it carefully, the Mandate of Heaven Army is not like a collective massacre of people, the people are unarmed, and the Mandate of Heaven Army wants to slaughter, and when it is notified from door to door, it will be killed directly, and there is no need to be so laborious, besides, the Mandate of Heaven Army has not disturbed the people during this period of time when it entered the city......

After lunch, among the officials who were originally demoted in the city, the judge Wu Qining, the deputy of the salt department raised the ancestral whistle, and the tax department envoy Shan Chengxiong came to the training ground early, and with the assistance of the soldiers, they moved three square tables and three wooden chairs, and placed them neatly in the south of the training ground, near the edge.

They did not take their seats, but greeted the people around them with uneasy expressions.

Although the people were trembling, there were still many people who came to the training ground, they didn't know what meeting the Mandate of Heaven Army was going to hold in the training ground, most of them came to see the excitement, in addition to men, there were also many old women and children.

Before the time was over, Li Zicheng came to the training ground with a large number of personal soldiers, the sunlight in winter was soft, but a large number of bright light armor still reflected a dazzling brilliance, the soldiers were full of armor, and every step was a clanging sound.

The people were even more frightened, and some old women hurriedly covered the children's mouths, lest they be ignorant and say words that angered the soldiers.

Zheng Guodong came out of the crowd and greeted Li Zicheng, "Governor, the people are almost here." ”

Li Zicheng swept around, there were at least thousands of people, as well as a small number of women and children, there must be more than these Ding men in the city, the rest of the people, just as if some of them abstained.

He whispered a few words to Zheng Guodong, Zheng Guodong nodded vigorously, and then faced the people, asking all the adult men to go to the training ground to line up, and the women and children could only watch from a distance outside the training ground.

The soldiers set up a forbidden area around the training ground, and the men, with the assistance of the soldiers, lined up in the restricted area, while the women and children could only stay outside the restricted area, as long as there was no loud noise, the soldiers would not drive away, and in order to prevent a stampede, there were soldiers patrolling inside and outside the restricted area.

On the periphery of the forbidden area, there were some men in the distance who cowered, they all listened to the words of the women in the family, hid to the side and watched, if the Mandate of Heaven distributed supplies or something, they would come out.

So far, except for Li Zicheng, no one knows what meeting to hold, even the host of the meeting, Zheng Guodong, and the protagonists of the meeting, Wu Qining, Zu Xiandian, and Shan Chengxiong, are all confused, what will happen next, except for being at the mercy of Li Zicheng, can only be resigned to fate.

These Heavenly Mandate Army, they didn't know before, and they can't see through it today!

Some people secretly asked the soldiers, and the answers they received were surprisingly unanimous: listen to the governor, and don't talk nonsense.

The training ground is very large, covering an area of dozens of acres, which can carry the training of thousands of soldiers, but at this moment, it has been occupied by dozens of rows of crooked columns.

The crowd began to whisper, what is this for? Do you distribute soybeans to the people? How much can each person share with this little soybean......

When the Mandate of Heaven Army notified the people to go to the training ground to concentrate, they did not explain the reason, nor did they say what to do, some family men did not dare to attend the meeting, but sent women and children to come to watch, at this time, the women regretted a little, the Mandate of Heaven Army concentrated the men in the training ground, and moved out of the soybeans, obviously to distribute to the people, although the number of soybeans is not much, it is also good to bring back to make bean seeds.

At this time, the whole team on the training ground had ended, and Li Zicheng visually observed that there were at least thousands of men in the training ground team.

Zheng Guodong returned to the square table and shouted at the periphery of the penalty area: "Is there anyone else coming to stand in line?" Come on ......."

In the crowd outside the forbidden area, dozens of men crossed the forbidden area set up by the Heavenly Mandate Army, entered the training ground, stood at the end of the team, and glanced at the basket from time to time, not knowing what was on their minds.

Li Zicheng nodded at He Xiaomi, He Xiaomi ran to the line of the forbidden area and shouted loudly at the periphery: "From now on, no one is allowed to enter the training ground, nor is it allowed to make loud noises until the end of the meeting!" ”

Meeting?

The people have been looking forward to it for a long time, is today's meeting just a distribution of soybeans? Will the Providenta distribute some food? Some women stopped their men from attending the meeting, and now they regret it, they knew that it was not a bad thing, they should have let the dead ghosts in the family participate, and they could get some food, but unfortunately it was too late, the Mandate of Heaven Army had already announced, and now no one was allowed to enter the training ground, so they could only watch others divide the soybeans......

Zheng Guodong is better, he already knows that he will become a thousand-household official, because he has more acquaintances in the city, so he was invited by the metropolitan governor to preside over the meeting, but what the content of the meeting is should not have much to do with him.

However, Wu Qining, Zu Xiandian, and Shan Chengxiong have been suspicious in their hearts, they have taken refuge in the Heavenly Mandate Army, but they have not been given a new position, and they were notified to attend the meeting today, but they don't know the content of the meeting, there are three square tables and three wooden chairs in the venue, is it the seat of the three of them?

The three of them are all prisoners of war of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and they have not made half of the credit for the Heavenly Mandate Army, these three wooden chairs are definitely not the credit given to them by the Heavenly Mandate Army, maybe Li Zicheng wants the people to judge them publicly......

Compared with the expectations of the people, the three of them were uneasy, and before the mystery was revealed, they were silent on the surface, but they were extremely tormented inside!

He Xiaomi coughed, suppressed the discussion slightly, and then said loudly: "All of you, you can watch and watch the content of the meeting, but you must not make loud noises and affect the process of the meeting, otherwise, the Mandate of Heaven Army will be severely punished......

Li Zicheng took out a folded white paper from his arms, handed it to Zheng Guodong's hand, and whispered a few words, Zheng Guodong's face was surprised and dazed at first, and after a while, his face eased up, and he nodded at Li Zicheng.

On the training ground, all the people were quiet, they knew that the blank piece of paper just now must be related to the content of today's meeting, and perhaps the number of soybeans received by each person on it.

Zheng Guodong held the white paper in both hands, feeling very heavy, walked to the square table, faced the people in the training ground, glanced at the people, and then read out: "Fathers, the people, the court has no way, the taxes are too heavy, and the people have no livelihood...... The Mandate of Heaven Army came to Shangzhou to save all the people in Shangzhou, and I was originally a general, but under the persecution of the imperial court, I also did something sorry for the people...... This general has abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, and served as the official of a thousand households in the Mandate of Heaven Army......"

The crowd discussed again, it turned out that it was not the distribution of soybeans, it seems that this general is right, the imperial court is too harsh on taxes, the taxes are paid, there is almost no surplus food at home, in winter, you can only dig wild vegetables in the wild to satisfy hunger, but the people who dig wild vegetables, almost more than wild vegetables, all the grass that can be eaten, almost all have been dug up, but the belly is always hungry, I heard that there are anti-thieves everywhere, and the Mandate of Heaven Army is also a gang of anti-thieves?

It seems that the Heavenly Mandate Army is better than the legendary anti-thieves, at least in Shangzhou City, they have not plundered the people...... In fact, his family is so poor that he only has a thatched hut left, and there is nothing to rob, can he still rob people...... Hey, be quiet, it seems that the rogues elsewhere have caught strong men as soldiers, and they must not fall on their heads......

The voices of the people were not loud, Zheng Guodong didn't care, and continued: "Zhizhou, who has always oppressed the people, heard that the Heavenly Mandate Army was coming to rescue the people, and he had already rolled up and ran, and I, and them," he pointed to Wu Qining, Zu Xuandian, and Shan Chengxiong behind the square table, "We know that the Heavenly Mandate Army is dedicated to the people, so I stayed!" ”

When Zheng Guodong read this, his face turned red, he did not take the initiative to stay to benefit the people, but became a prisoner of war of the Mandate of Heaven Army! But the people didn't know about it, they were just a little skeptical.

I'd rather believe in a dog than an official!

Although Zheng Guodong made an impassioned statement, there was not much excitement on the faces of the people, and even the women and children on the periphery of the forbidden area were still used to the methods of the government and had no tangible benefits, so how could they believe the words of the officials?

Li Zicheng was by Zheng Guodong's side, his eyes swept away, and he saw the faces of the people in his eyes, but he didn't say a word.

Zheng Guodong didn't get a response from the people, he was a little embarrassed, glanced at Li Zicheng, and saw Li Zicheng nodding, so he continued: "This time, let you come to the training ground for a meeting, just let you elect a new Zhizhou," he stretched out his hand to Wu Qining, Zu Xiandian, and Shan Chengxiong, and quickly said before the people talked loudly: "The three of them, who will become the Zhizhou, is completely up to you to decide!" ”

As expected, the crowd really exploded, and even Wu Qining, Zu Xiandian, and Shan Chengxiong were still surprised, Li Zicheng asked them to come to the training ground for a meeting, and did not tell them that they would decide on the candidate for Zhizhou today.

What they didn't expect was that the people still had to decide the candidate for this governor...... If I knew this, I should have been kind to the people on weekdays, and the people who attended the meeting today would also have a sense of closeness to themselves......

If I had known about this earlier, even if I had said a few good words to the people in advance, I would have thought that I would have been elected...... No wonder the Grand Governor didn't reveal anything beforehand......

Now, there is no way to undo it, everything can only be left to fate!

I don't know if the future Zhizhou will be decided by the people...... The expressions on the faces of the three were a little solemn, as if they were not candidates, but cattle and sheep to be slaughtered.