In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, on the ninth day of the first month, the White Lotus Sect in Jinan Prefecture revolted, with about 5,000 people.

With lightning speed, the rebel army entered the Jinan Mansion and the Yamen of the Shandong Political Envoy, killed several court officials, and then robbed the granary, opened the warehouse and released grain.

Overnight, the number of people who responded to the mission soared to more than 20,000, and the officers and soldiers of the local health centers were rushed to Jinan, and when the officers and soldiers arrived in Jinan, the people had already run out.

At the same time, the soldiers of the other five provinces were empty, and the White Lotus Sect bandits responded one after another, and the number of people in the five provinces increased to more than 40,000 people combined.

In the entire Shandong territory, the number of uprisings has exceeded 60,000, which is a sensation.

When the news reached the capital, the government and the opposition were shaken!

Everyone didn't expect that after the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect during the Apocalypse, more than ten years later, Shandong would actually gather so many remnants of the cult and make such a big move.

Zhu Youzhen is really anxious this time, the Qing army has just finished scourging Shanxi, and it is estimated that he is planning to march into Shandong, but he didn't expect the White Lotus Sect to rebel in Shandong.

If you continue to toss like this, when will you be the leader?

It's really a bad year!

The culprit of the matter, Li Xiuwen is now holding the child at home.

After receiving the news, Li Xiuwen immediately entered the palace and took the initiative to ask Ying.

He really didn't think that he would overthrow the Ming Dynasty by himself. That would be burdened with too much infamy, not to mention, and it would not be easy to do. The imperial court is now only powerless to quell the rebellion, and it is far from the point of collapse.

The reason why Li Xiuwen did this was to divert Zhu Youzhen's attention and prevent the other party from staring at him. Later, after hearing that Sun Chuanting was imprisoned, he was even more prepared to use this to negotiate conditions with Zhu Youzhen, hoping to rescue Sun Chuanting.

In this way, it can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

Of course, if Zhu Youzhen does not agree to his conditions, then he can only release Sun Chuanting, so that someone can lead troops to quell the chaos.

But then there are a lot of risks.

In case this Sun Chuanting really beat the chicken blood and wiped out the White Lotus Sect at once, he would have no place to cry.

Therefore, he must strive for the important task of suppressing bandits this time as quickly as possible.

As long as he comes forward by himself, he can completely implement the strategy of appeasement, Zhang Xianzhong can dig up the ancestral grave of his old Zhu family, and he can still get Zhao'an, and the White Lotus Sect has not done anything lacking in virtue, why can't he do the same?

Besides, in addition to recruiting An, does the Ming Dynasty still have enough troops and food to suppress bandits?

There is absolutely no harm in the White Lotus Sect accepting Zhao'an, look at the person Zhang Xianzhong, Zhao'an still retains people and horses in his hands, and when the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are transferred away, they will rise up again, it is simply a business without capital!

Such a deal is in one word - value!

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Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but be a little stunned when he saw Li Xiuwen, who took the initiative to ask for help.

Every time this kind of thing happened, except for those generals who could fight, no one else dared to take the initiative to ask for help. Those ministers, all of them are afraid of death!

But when he thought about it, he didn't think it was strange anymore.

This Li Xiuwen, without the order to transfer troops, can lead people to kill and reinforce by himself, which shows that he is enthusiastic.

This is really a hot pot in the snow, Zhu Youzhen is very happy.

Before he could make a decision, Li Xiuwen suddenly said: "Your Majesty, Weichen heard that Master Sun is now being locked up in prison. The minister felt that Lord Sun had served the country for many years, and he had no merit and hard work. Even if they accidentally make a small mistake, they should be given a chance to mend their ways. And now it is an eventful time, the court is at the time of employing people, if Your Majesty can be magnanimous, he will be able to solve the danger of the world and save the people of Li from fire and water. ”

"Hmph-"

Zhu Youzhen understood that Li Xiuwen was making conditions to himself. He was clever enough to see the right moment to blackmail himself.

Li Xiuwen saw that he just sneered and didn't say anything, so he continued: "The minister admires Lord Sun's talent as a general, and he happened to have time to go to the prison a few days ago and visited Lord Sun. The minister also made an assertion and ordered someone to hire a doctor to go to the prison to pass over to Lord Sun, who did have a recurrence of ear disease, and did not deliberately shirk it. ”

When Li Xiuwen said this, he knelt down and kowtowed: "Here, I implore Your Majesty to be aware and give Lord Sun a chance to atone for his sins!" ”

After Zhu Youzhen heard these words, his brows furrowed deeply, and he said in his heart: "Is it really that I wronged Sun Chuanting?" If what Li Xiuwen said is true, it is not impossible to let him go. ”

After pondering for a while, Zhu Youzhen nodded and said, "In this case, then I will release him." ”

"Your Majesty—"

Li Xiuwen bowed down again and added the yard again: "Your Majesty, the minister heard from Lord Sun that the Shaanxi rebellion may resurge, and Lord Sun hopes to be able to garrison Shaanxi and calm the chaos for the imperial court, Your Majesty, you ...... it."

"Li Xiuwen, don't go too far!"

Zhu Youzhen "swooped" and fought, pointed at him and asked sharply: "Serving the country and bargaining, are you a businessman or a courtier who eats the king?" ”

Li Xiuwen was cheeky and continued to say earnestly: "Your Majesty, the minister is not bargaining, but really for the sake of the country and the society, Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Youzhen was speechless for a while, people kept saying that the left one was "for the country" and the right one was "for the society", and the tone was extremely sincere, how do you scold him?

Scolding him for being hypocritical and full of nonsense?

But people do what they say, and it seems that they have never shirked their errands, and this time they also took the initiative to ask for help.

Scolding him for being a scoundrel, every time he does something, he always wants to get some benefits from himself?

But he was born in a merchant family, so it is inevitable that he will have some philistine spirit!

Zhu Youzhen thought about it, this Sun Chuanting is indeed unwilling to stay in Jingshi, even if he doesn't let it out, his thousands of people don't seem to have a great effect without his leadership, so why don't you just let him go?

Now that the White Lotus Sect is revolting in Shandong, it is necessary to quell the chaos as soon as possible, and we have to be wary of whether the Shaanxi side will be affected and rebel again.

At that time, this court will really be in shambles.

After thinking about it, Zhu Youzhen finally compromised. He immediately ordered the release of Sun Chuanting, who still served as the governor of Shaanxi, and immediately returned to Shaanxi.

As for Sun Chuanting, he really didn't even want to look at it now, so he hurriedly let him go back.

But the question comes again, how many people does Li Xiuwen have to bring with him when he goes out to suppress bandits?

It doesn't seem to be enough to bring that little bit of people from the Shenji Battalion, more than 10,000 people fight 60,000, can he really do it?

Li Xiuwen saw that he had not given the order for a long time, so he spoke: "Your Majesty, please allow the minister to bring the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, and he will be able to quell the rebellion in Shandong!" ”

"Really?"