Hong Chengchou deployed heavy troops in Cizhou, and Sun Chuanting arrived in Kaifeng via Huaiqing Mansion. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Huaiqing Mansion is ostensibly the territory of the White Lotus Sect, but seeing that so many leading figures have come to Kaifeng Mansion to assist the White Lotus Sect in managing government affairs and training soldiers and horses, who would not know that this is General Li's territory?

After seeing with his own eyes that these two mansions were in order, and seeing the city wall defense of Kaifeng Mansion, Sun Chuanting nodded secretly, and was very emotional in his heart.

Li Xiuwen's talent now is so much that even he has to admire, how can Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others compare to it?

Sun Chuanting has been in turmoil for many years, and naturally knows what the virtues of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and other cadres are, saying that they only rob the gentry and nobles, but in fact, every time they break through a city, they will set troops and loot it, and the military discipline is very lax, how can there be no oppression of the people?

These people are under the banner of an uprising, but in fact they are not much different from the bandits and robbers. They kill people and set fires, and do all kinds of evil, which is completely a scourge and a cancer of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Xiuwen is also a thief, but what they do is very different. Even his cruel methods of suppressing the scholars who made trouble, Sun Chuanting did not feel that there was anything wrong.

Although he was born as a literati, he has also led soldiers for many years, so he naturally knows that most of these scholars are empty talkers, and they like to follow and coax when they have nothing to do.

The appearance of so many displaced people in the Ming Dynasty led to the fact that once they were encouraged by well-intentioned people, they were able to gather more than 100,000 or 200,000 people, which was actually closely related to the fact that the gentry class was too serious in annexing land.

These Sun Chuanting knew very well in his heart, but he was working for the imperial court before, so he didn't pay attention to these things. If he dares to talk about such remarks, he must not let the civil officials in the DPRK tear them up?

What he has seen and heard in recent days, as well as his own experience, has made Sun Chuanting's heart change a lot, and he can't help but think about such a question: "If Li Xiuwen can really succeed in the future, it can be regarded as a blessing for the people, right?" ”

Such an idea may be a bit rebellious, especially for a person like Sun Chuanting, who has read the books of sages and sages, it is simply a great disloyalty!

But is such a court really worthy of serving loyally?

The monarch is deaf and often listens to the slanderous words of the villain, resulting in the tragic death of those who are loyal to the country, how can he not be defeated?

But most of the people who have some talents are a little arrogant in their bones, especially those who read. Sun Chuanting is a very capable person, so he is also a little disobedient. He has been dismissed many times and offered many strategies, but because of his disagreement with Yang Sichang, he was not adopted by Zhu Youzhen, and he was already a little resentful in his heart.

But even so, Sun Chuanting did not plan to completely join Li Xiuwen, but just wanted to avoid trouble in Kaifeng for the time being.

The car stopped in front of a courtyard, and a group of maids and servants were already waiting in front of the door.

Zhao Yuanliang got out of the carriage, got off the car and came to Sun Chuanting's car, and respectfully asked Sun Chuanting to get off.

Sun Chuanting got out of the carriage, and when he saw the mansion, he couldn't help but be stunned, and asked, "What does this mean?" ”

Just looking at this mansion from the outside, you know that it must not be small, at least it is also a courtyard with four entrances.

However, this is only the surface, and you have to look at the courtyard behind it to know how big it is. Just by looking at the lintel and the stone steps in front of the door, you can know that it must have been the residence of a certain high-ranking official in the past, no matter how small it was, how small could it be?

The Ming Dynasty had strict regulations on construction, and many people did not dare to trespass, but most of the backyards were unique.

If it was Sun Chuanting in the past, living in such a courtyard would be in line with his identity, but now he has already become a prisoner of the imperial court, why should he be so courteous?

"This is the general's order, the courtyard is not big, it is not quite in line with Lord Sun's identity, I hope you don't mind."

Zhao Yuanliang replied with a smile. Seeing Sun Chuanting's reaction, he didn't think it was strange, this mansion was originally lived by the eunuchs of Kaifeng Mansion, and it was the courtyard of the Li family, which was not as large as here.

Li Xiuwen gave such a house to Sun Chuanting to live in, which was really courteous to him.

Sun Chuanting sighed secretly in his heart, this Li Xiuwen said that he would not force himself, but he treated himself so politely, if he didn't work for him, how could he be happy in his heart?

Sure enough, following Zhao Yuanliang into the front yard, until he walked behind the fifth courtyard, Sun Chuanting understood that this was definitely the largest mansion in the entire Kaifeng Mansion at present.

Except, of course, the Zhou Palace.

This house is very luxuriously decorated, the style is extraordinary, the front hall is three rooms wide, the back hall is five rooms wide, there are dozens of houses, and it belongs to the residence system of the Ming Dynasty three-grade officials.

The Ming Dynasty had such a rule: "Where there are officials, they are not allowed to buy a field house at the disposal of the appointment, and the violator will be punished with fifty lashes, dismissed, and the field house will be an official." ”

This means that officials are not allowed to purchase land and houses in the local area during their term of office, and those who violate them will be punished with 50 boards, dismissed from their posts, and their own land and houses will be confiscated.

Therefore, officials usually do not buy land and property in the place where they are in office, but choose to buy land and build houses in their hometowns, and when they return to their hometowns in the future, they can also become big landowners, live in large houses, and live a very comfortable life.

"The water is too cold" Qian Qianyi, now living such a life.

However, this phenomenon cannot be completely banned, some people just buy a small courtyard in the local area, which is not very public, and if they don't offend anyone, no one will care about this.

Although the imperial court kept a very close watch over local officials, there were many exceptions, such as these eunuchs in various places, and no one dared to care about them.

These people are all the emperor's domestic slaves, and they are far away from the capital and guarding one side, which can be said to be monstrous, even if the inspectors of the imperial history know such a thing, they do not dare to impeach them at will, and it is not surprising that they live in such a house.

Sun Chuanting stood in front of the back hall and was silent for a long time, and finally just let out a deep sigh and instructed the lady beside him: "If you come, you will be safe, let's stay for the time being." ”

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Zhang Xianzhong received Li Xiuwen's request for an alliance and agreed to cooperate with each other. But it's useless to say this now, Li Xiuwen is busy resisting Hong Chengchou, and he is busy running away.

There is no way, after hearing that Yang Sichang personally supervised the teacher and had come to Huguang, Zhang Xianzhong felt that if he didn't run, it would be too late.

Xiong Wencan, the boss of Huguang before, this guy was a wreck, and he could still loot everywhere, but now that Yang Sichang is here, the situation is a little different.

It can be said that Zhang Xianzhong was able to be so arrogant before, completely because Xiong Wencan was afraid of death, so he didn't dare to compete with him at all, and those generals didn't plan to fight with him at all, so that his tens of thousands of people could run rampant.

Zhang Xianzhong knew very well in his heart that Yang Sichang was here to play with himself. Once the officers and soldiers of the imperial court are more serious, it will be really difficult for them to win. Although he promised to form an alliance with Li Xiuwen, it was only a verbal agreement, and Li Xiuwen was too busy to take care of himself now, how could he send troops over to help him resist?

Thinking about this, Zhang Xianzhong decided to run immediately, immediately, and spread his legs.

However, Zhang Xianzhong ran desperately, but Zuo Liangyu also chased desperately. Since he was named the general of the Ping Thief, Zuo Liangyu fought very hard, and he couldn't wait to intercept Zhang Xianzhong immediately and perform well in front of Inspector Yang.

Zuo Liangyu calculated that Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses would enter the 41 River, so he rushed in front of the enemy, and together with the other two general soldiers, he set up an ambush in Kuizhou Mansion. Sure enough, Zhang Xianzhong's men soon came.

The two sides fought, and Zuo Liangyu took the lead and severely defeated the enemy.

The terrain in Shuzhong is dangerous, there are mountains everywhere, Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses were defeated, and there were many people who fell into the ravine under the escape. Zuo Liangyu took advantage of the victory to pursue, chased dozens of miles, and killed more than ten leaders of the enemy army, and even Zhang Xianzhong's sidearms, along with his family, were captured by him and presented to Yang Sichang.

Yang Sichang was naturally very happy when he heard the good news, and verbally praised him, and ordered him to continue to pursue Zhang Xianzhong and completely eliminate him. (To be continued.) )