Chapter 654: Self-respect

After Zhang Xianzhong rebelled again, he immediately got a large number of people to follow, and there was no food to eat, so it was better to fight for his life than to starve to death.

At the critical moment, Zuo Liangyu and Luo Dai, the two second goods, pursued Zhang Xianzhong and Ma Yingshou, but the food was short, and they were ambushed again, and they were defeated!

Without the threat of these two armies, Zhang and Ma immediately became like fish in water, crisscrossing the two provinces of Huguang and Henan, and all localities did not dare to fight.

Chongzhen was shocked when he heard the news, how could a good situation become like this in an instant?

While Zhang Xianzhong rebelled, he did not forget to be humorous, put on a list of the people he had bribed, and made an announcement.

Who, who, how much I sent. I haven't let go of any of them, this product is too inauthentic.

Chongzhen, who was angry, immediately held a meeting, first set the person responsible, Xiong Wencan, and arrested him and sent it to Jingshi before saying anything else. Then it is how to solve the problem of thieves, who will lead the troops at this time?

Hong Chengchou is being the governor of Jiliao, Sun Chuanting was summoned to prison because he talked back to Chongzhen, Chen Qiyu is also in prison with some ability, anyway, many ministers of the Chongzhen Dynasty have been in prison, as if they have not been in prison are embarrassed to greet people.

It stands to reason that it should be the turn of Xie Baoqing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to do this work, and by the way, he fooled Wang Yue again, but Chongzhen remembered one person, that is, Yang Sichang.

Because of his failure to deal with Wang Yue, Yang Sichang was used as a scapegoat by Chongzhen, relieved of all official positions, and returned to his hometown.

Yang Sichang was personally raised by Chongzhen, and Chongzhen promoted Yang Sichang from a small soldier to a scholar of Wuyingdian University, and entered the cabinet to be crowned minister. How many officials attacked Yang Sichang, Chongzhen defended him wholeheartedly and unconditionally supported Yang Sichang's various praises.

Whether it is to increase troops and thieves, or to increase taxes and taxes, Yang Sichang's policy, Chongzhen agrees.

In history, even Lu Xiangsheng, who is respected in the world, Chongzhen listened to Yang Sichang and forced him to death, which shows Chongzhen's favor for Yang Sichang.

Yang Sichang's strategy of "four positive and six corners, ten sides of the net" was deeply agreed by Chongzhen, believing that it was a wonderful plan to eradicate the liukou.

The Tiance Army will not necessarily send troops, and Chongzhen does not want to easily hand over the governors of the five provinces to Wang Yue, Wang Yue's influence is getting bigger and bigger, do you want to let the starting point city spread to the whole country?

The key is that the officials and armies in various places must make some achievements, and it is impossible to hand everything over to the Tiance army, only by exterminating the rogues can the imperial court integrate the forces of various places and block the spread of Wang Yue's power. Chongzhen expects the Tiance Army to do the Manchu Qing Dynasty the most, and that is the right thing.

This is Chongzhen's inner thoughts, and it is also the thoughts of most courtiers, so the operation of Yang Sichang's recovery has become the primary task of the current imperial court.

No courtier is willing to do this kind of work, because too many people have fallen in this position, and it has become everyone's consensus to let Yang Sichang come back to do this work.

Of course, Chongzhen couldn't mention this matter himself, but hinted at the first assistant Zhou Yanru, Zhou Yanru understood that he was cunning and cunning, and sent a little shrimp to provoke the conversation.

"The thief can't be appeased for a long time, and Mr. Wen is not weak (Yang Sichang's character) can't do all the work. For the sake of long-term planning, the minister recommended Mr. Wen Weak to serve as the supervisor. The official said to the waiter.

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

……。

Chongzhen waved his hand: "Quasi!" ”

Yang Sichang, who is idle at home, has no choice, his fame is extremely heavy, although he knows that this job is not easy to do, he can only bite the bullet, this is his chance to make a comeback.

Wang Yue received the news of Yang Sichang's recovery, and just smiled, Yang Sichang went to suppress the bandits can only be another Ma Yan, and there will only be his grave.

When the Central Plains is in turmoil again, one person has to be mentioned. This person is naturally Li Zicheng, a laid-off worker.

In October last year, Li Zicheng was joined by Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting to attend classes, and dozens of people were beaten and left, and his wives and concubines were scattered.

Li Zicheng ran to Gucheng, Zhang Xianzhong wanted him to follow him, but Li Zicheng refused. Take the men and horses that the leaders of each family have helped and return to the mountains to live a wild life.

In this way, he also read and studied, and watched the sky at night. He said to his subordinates: "According to my night observation of the sky, I have come to a conclusion that as long as I survive the hardships of June, I can become the emperor." ”

The brother-in-law snickered.

Li Zicheng said: "Does Liu Bang know? Defeated so many times, and finally won the world. ”

What do you mean? In the tone of praise, it is the spirit of revolutionary optimism. In derogatory terms, although I am very diaomy now, I always feel that I am the next Liu Bang. Anyway, Li Zicheng is indeed a very bullish guy, he is mixed up like this, and he still thinks about being the emperor.

The problem is, this guy did it in history, and I can't help but say that he is really fierce.

Zhang Xianzhong rebelled, Li Zicheng also raised the anti-flag again, and Zheng Chongjian, the governor of Shaanxi, was not polite at all, and directly surrounded the goods.

Li Zicheng led his troops to break through and defected to Zhang Xianzhong, this time Zhang Xianzhong couldn't tolerate him, the last time he asked him to follow his brother and didn't agree, this time, you still fend for yourself. Li Zicheng was also tough, he really took people away, and began his legendary life!

Chongzhen gave Shang Fang the sword to Yang Sichang, and added the military department to supervise the bandits, after he took office as governor, he held a meeting first, and the criticism meeting or something must be held. The head of the head was killed, and the dismissal of the dismissed was dealt with a large number of people who did not work hard in the war.

But Zuo Liangyu was not dealt with, not only was he not dealt with, but he was also promoted.

Why should you treat Zuo Liangyu well, it's very simple, there is no one who can fight in your hands. Zuo Liangyu is a variety of bastards, and his military discipline is corrupt, but he is really a good one on the battlefield of suppressing thieves.

There are no cards in the hand, so you can only use him. Zuo Liangyu was also interesting enough, and led the army to pursue Zhang Xianzhong and went to him for his life. Zhang Xianzhong saw that Zuo Liangyu was coming to play with his life, and ran away after falling his buttocks.

However, the matter of running away depends on the level of the opponent who is pursuing.

Zhang Xianzhong did not run Zuo Liangyu, but was caught up in Sichuan, with a hammer and more than 10,000 casualties.

Good guys, his wife and children, plus the military advisor Pan Duao, were all arrested.

Zuo Liangyu sent these exploits to Xiangyang, Yang Sichang was very happy, reported to the Beijing Division, and the whole country rejoiced, it seemed that Zhang Xianzhong's end was not far away.

But after more than ten days, Zuo Liangyu reported that Zhang Xianzhong ran away.

This is a very funny thing, Yang Sichang was very angry, but he couldn't do anything, so he ordered to continue the pursuit.

So, why did Zhang Xianzhong run away? It's very simple, four words "raising thieves with self-respect".

The person who did this in the Ming Dynasty was not Zuo Liangyu, a long time ago, there was a person named Li Chengliang, who had 8,000 soldiers under his command, all of whom were cavalrymen, and they could fight in a mess. He did just that, and he got a knighthood, and even raised a wild boar, Pinurhachi.