Li Zicheng has been wondering about Tang Qitai's thoughts in his heart all the way, what kind of official is this Tang Qitai, is he suitable to serve as the new Yiyang magistrate, and if so, how can he convince him?

There is no special agency in the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion to persuade the officials of the Ming Dynasty, Li Ji, Li Xin, and Liu Zongmin are all out on the expedition, although Li Wan is in the name of the deputy envoy of the Lile Division, but after all, he is too young and not at the same level as Li Xin, so it is difficult to deal with such strange people and strange people.

Entering the county office, the soldiers stationed rushed to salute Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng nodded, and asked them to bring Tang Qitai over, he wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of person Tang Qitai was, and whether it was worth spending time on him.

Li Zicheng went directly to the small hall of the second hall, and after a while, a soldier brought Tang Qitai, who was tied up with five flowers, and he sat on the main seat, looking at Tang Qitai by himself.

Tang Qitai was locked up for most of the night, and now he has not entered a drop of water, and he is tied up like a zongzi, feeling uncomfortable, at this time, seeing his usual position, he was occupied by the unknown officer of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and he wanted to scold a few words, but after glancing at Li Zicheng, his heart was throbbing.

The person on the seat hid a breathtaking spirit, and Tang Qitai seemed to be covered by an invisible force from the leader, and he was uncomfortable all over.

Facing Li Ji last night, Tang Qitai could still talk eloquently, completely treating Li Ji as the little leader of the rogues, and today in front of this stranger, he really felt what it means not to be angry and self-righteous!

Who is this stranger?

Tang Qitai felt that the invisible pressure was great, he avoided Li Zicheng's gaze, lowered his head to adjust his mood, and then bravely raised his head, facing the person he faced, Ling Ran was inviolable!

But Tang Qitai was quickly defeated, he really didn't understand why he was not confident in front of this young rogue leader, and he was obviously ready to die......

Li Zicheng understood that Tang Qitai's heart must be anxious at the moment, his body was twisting and restless, and he inadvertently betrayed Tang Qitai's heart, so he didn't speak, just looked directly at Tang Qitai, as if he was going to dissect Tang Qitai's internal organs.

Tang Qitai's face turned pale, barely stabilized his mind, and said coldly: "Who are you?" ”

"Under Li Zicheng, the Governor of the Heavenly Mandate Army," Li Zicheng finally waited for Tang Qitai to speak, his face was relieved, and he smiled faintly: "Tang Zhixian, did you sleep well this half night?" Do you have any insights? ”

Tang Qitai frowned slightly, "Perception? ”

Li Zicheng had no choice but to enlighten him, "Tang Zhixian still thinks that the Heavenly Mandate Army is a rogue? ”

Tang Qitai's face changed, but he raised his head and narrowed his eyes slightly, "Is this any different?" ”

"Literally, the Liukou is focused on 'flowing', but not all of them are driven by the Ming army to move everywhere," Li Zicheng said: "For the Heavenly Mandate Army, there is no essential difference between whether it is a Liukou or not, the same is against the imperial court, but for Tang Zhixian, it is very different, the Liukou enters the city, and he must be greatly killed, the officials of the Zhixian and Yamen bear the brunt, and the gentry in the city are also difficult to be spared," he stared at Tang Qitai's eyes, almost word for word, "Maybe these people died in vain, 'The husband is not guilty." , harboring its sins' ......"

Tang Qitai smiled coldly and said, "This official has not taken life and death to heart for a long time, Yiyang City is broken, and this official has no intention of living!" ”

"The governor of Pontus knows that Tang Zhixian is not afraid of life and death, and there are no family members in Yiyang County who are persecuted," Li Zicheng's face was completely a warm spring breeze, just like having a family affair with a friend who had not seen him for many years, "However, Lord Tang is an official in Yiyang, is there nothing to cherish and remember in Yiyang?" For example, the gentry who are in love with each other, and the people who are suffering ......"

Tang Qitai hesitated for a while, but still shook his head, "Since the official has made a mortal heart, the official can't control these future affairs, I hope you will treat the gentry and people in the city well......"

"Tang Zhixian reads the book of sages, even if he doesn't care about the people, doesn't he have curiosity?" Li Zicheng said lightly: "Yiyang City is broken, Tang Zhixian has failed after all, what kind of army is the Mandate of Heaven Army that defeated you?" Why don't we admit to being rogues? Also, the firearms of the Mandate of Heaven are sharper than those of the imperial court, are they made by themselves or purchased from overseas? Since such sharp firearms have appeared in the world, what impact does it have on the imperial court? Can it be used by the imperial court......

Li Zicheng's series of questions reminded Tang Qitai of last night's questions, but he knew in his heart that pies would not fall from the sky, and this young man would definitely have an attempt, so he shook his head, "What curiosity will a dying person have?" ”

"It's always beautiful to be alive, it's always beautiful to be alive, to be dead, to die a hundred, life is over, and the aftermath can only be discussed and commented on by future generations," Li Zicheng has always been light-hearted, "Even if Tang Zhixian doesn't care about the people on the ground, what about your four guards?" There are also family members who are far away in Beijing, do you think the imperial court will treat them well? ”

Tang Qitai's face changed color, and he said angrily: "What did you say?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just a reminder to Tang Zhixian," Li Zicheng felt that he had pry Tang Qitai's heart, so he said leisurely: "Do you think that as soon as you die, the imperial court will treat your family members fairly and appease your subordinates?" ”

"What do you mean?"

"I don't have any special meaning," Li Zicheng said: "Tang Zhixian wants to die, the governor of Pontus will fulfill you, and he will not embarrass a person who is about to die, but before executing Tang Zhixian, I want to ask Tang Zhixian to take a final look at the people of Yiyang County, as well as your former subordinates, I wonder if Tang Zhixian is interested?" ”

Tang Qitai thought for a moment, and finally nodded him, he was not even afraid of death, would he be afraid of what tricks this young metropolitan governor would play?

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The entire Henan Mansion seems to have changed overnight, there are rogues everywhere, except for Luoyang, many prefectures and counties have directly felt the strong pressure, Yongning Zhi County Wu Dalie, on the one hand to Luoyang for help, on the other hand to organize manpower, strengthen the city defense.

There was only one soldier of a hundred households in the city, and Wu Dalie found Sun Shiying, the official of a hundred households, but Sun Shiying was struggling, although he supported the anti-thief, but the soldiers and horses in his hands, he knew it himself.

Wu Dalie knew that Sun Shiying was tired, in fact, it was no secret, the imperial court's food and salary were insufficient, and it could not be distributed in time, if the soldiers were full, the final result would be that all the soldiers would starve to death, and the method of eating empty salaries would be used to defraud some food and salary from the imperial court, and at least the establishment of sixty or seventy people could be maintained.

Now is not the time to pursue responsibility, to investigate responsibility, but also to investigate the responsibility of the imperial court arrears, Wu Dalie gritted his teeth, allocated silver from the county treasury, and asked Sun Shiying to find the fleeing soldiers, the previous arrears will not be ignored for the time being, from today on, it is guaranteed that there will be no arrears of food and wages.

This is far from enough, only a hundred households of the defenders, even if full, can not deal with the crowd tactics of the rogues, Wu Dalie will be in the city to capture the government quickly, the gentry of the house to organize the staff, and recruit some strong men from the city, barely a thousand households.

In addition to the gentry's house, the respective gentry issued food and salary, and the strong men who were arrested and recruited by the government officials all needed Wu Dalie to pay food and salary, but the county treasury was basically empty, and Wu Dalie had to embezzle the taxes he paid.

Wu Dalie's self-protection measures were supported by the gentry in the city, and everywhere he went, he killed people and set fires, raped #, and plundered, and the big families were ten rooms and nine empty, and defending the city was to protect themselves.

Zhang Dingyan, the director of the seal inspection department of the Ming Nanjing Ministry of Officials, who retreated to the township, gave Wu Dalie the greatest support, and all the mansions in the family took out and donated 3,000 taels of silver to the county government.

The civil and military officials of the county government are also the same enemy, they do not necessarily really support Wu Dalie, but they are afraid of the rogue, the enemy is current, the officials and gentry in the city must unite around the county Wu Dalie, only by holding together for warmth, it is possible to repel the rogues and save Yongning City from being slaughtered.

With the unanimous support of the city, Wu Dalie was full of ambition, for the defense of Yongning City, he was originally only 30% sure, but now it has increased sharply to 60%, if the people inside and outside the city are mobilized, it is entirely possible to let Yongning City escape a catastrophe.

He arranged for the young people inside and outside the city to go outside the city to cut down trees, carry stones, and use them as defensive equipment, and asked the people to contribute the limited vegetable oil at home, which had been registered, and as long as Yongning City was not lost, the government would be responsible for repaying it in the future.

The prerequisite is to keep Yongning City, and the interests of the people are also tied to the chariot of the government, and if you want to protect your own interests, you must use all possible ways to assist the government to defend the city, and when necessary, the government will also requisition the people to help carry the equipment to defend the city.

Wu Dalie personally garrisoned the north city, Zhang Ding Yan guarded the south city, Du Sima Youyi guarded the east city, and the garrison Wang Zheng had already guarded the west city, each city gate had two hundred soldiers of one hundred households, and the other two hundred households, left for preparation, in case there was a danger on that side of the city gate, they would send reinforcements in which direction.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Liukou had not yet come to Yongning County, Wu Dalie asked the commanders guarding the city gate to seize the time to train the soldiers, sharpen their guns in battle, and if they are not happy, they will only be happy, and if they train for one more day, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers will increase by one point!

Someone suggested to Wu Dalie that there was Wan'an Wangfu in the city, and there were many guards in the palace who could assist in defending the city, and with the wealth of the palace, he should be able to take out some money and food to reward the soldiers who defended the city.

Wu Dalie thinks it is good, if the king of Wan'an dedicates the guards of the palace, plus the possibility of using money and food to reward the soldiers who defend the city, and keeps the Yongning City without losing, it will increase by two points, even if the king of Wan'an is unwilling to reward the soldiers who defend the city, at least the palace guards must be contributed.

He handed over the task of training the soldiers to the new Baihu official, and personally took several personal guards to visit Zhu Caiwei, the king of Wan'an, but, contrary to the attitude of the gentry in the city, the palace refused to provide any support.

Zhu Caiwei believes that the palace guards exist to protect the palace, belong to the private guards of the palace, and defend the city is the business of the local government.

As for the money and grain, Zhu Caiwei even refused, the palace relied on land rent, barely maintaining its operation, and it was already stretched to feed the population of the palace, where is there any surplus grain?

Under the nest, Ann has finished eggs? If Yongning City can't be saved, how can Wan'an Wangfu escape the nightmare of being ransacked? Wu Dalie prepared a stomach of words, but failed to convince Zhu Caiwei, and left Wan'an Mansion in extreme disappointment, he was faintly worried about Yongning City for the first time.