November 20, Huguang Wuchang, Zuozhen Station. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Zuo Liangyu was lying in the military tent at this time, and he had been sick for many days. At this time, after learning about the changes in Nandu, he was very worried.

Since a few months ago, he was crowned the crown prince and the hereditary commander, and opened the domain of Wuchang. Zizuo Mengeng was the governor of the capital, and since he hung the seal of the thief general, it can be described as a glory. However, he knew that the court was very suspicious of him. Just because he is a "member of the Donglin Party".

Zuo Liangyu was in the army in Liaodong, was convicted and died, and was rescued by Hou Sui, a member of the Donglin Party who was the governor at the time, and was single-handedly promoted. He was promoted from a sergeant to a lieutenant general. Then he was ordered to enter the house to fight against the thieves, promoted the general army with merit, awarded the general of the thief, and sealed Ning Nanbo. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he was promoted to marquis. When Huang Shu was arrested by the decree, Zuo Liangyu sheltered him in the camp and disobeyed the decree; Gu Gao, Chen Zhenhui, Yushi Zuo Guangxian's two nephews, Zuo Guozhu, Zuo Guoqi and others, also came to him because of the "Shun case" and the "rebellion case" - his camp concentrated many criminals from the Donglin Restoration Society. After some encouragement by these people, most of Zuo Liangyu's subordinates were also dissatisfied with the government.

There are ten battalion leaders under Zuo Liangyu, with a total of more than 30,000 battalion soldiers, known as "800,000". The first five battalions are pro-army, and the last five battalions are descending troops.

Every spring and autumn training Wuchang mountains, a mountain banner and a color, the valley is full, extraordinarily magnificent. The horse's feet moved like thunder, and the sound was heard for miles.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the tent.

Zuo Liangyu was waiting to call his own soldiers out to inquire. Suddenly, his son Zuo Mengeng and the prison guard Huang Shu hurriedly walked into the tent.

As soon as Zuo Mengeng saw him, he said: "Father, all the generals outside the tent said that the Son of Heaven killed Zhongliang and persecuted the prince, and wanted to raise troops to clear the king's side." ”

When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he reprimanded sharply: "Nonsense! How can you do such a disobedient thing? ”

He was so excited that he couldn't help but cough violently.

Zuo Mengeng hurriedly stepped forward to beat his back.

After a while, Zuo Liangyufang relieved his breath, and then said: "My family received the grace of the first emperor, and it should be repaid with death." The matter of raising troops will never be mentioned again! ”

Zuo Mengeng knelt down and said: "Father, now the southern capital is rumored and chaotic, the gentlemen are involved in rebellion, they have been imprisoned and killed, we are also implicated, and the text of the Son of Heaven's crusade will soon come!"

Besides, Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng and others have always regarded our family as a mustard, and have repeatedly cut our army's food and salary. They were one day, and our army was suppressed for one day. One day the food will run out and the people will rebel, and I will die without a place to be buried! ”

When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he bowed his head and was silent.

Seeing this, Huang Shu took the opportunity to step forward and said, "Commander, let's raise troops." Rather than sit and wait for death, it is better to raise troops, and besides, the southeast is a rich land, and our army will go east, so we will not worry about the lack of food and grass. ”

Zuo Liangyu shook his head and said, "No, it's still not good." All the battalions of our army are chaotic and surrendered, and on weekdays, they all rely on the prestige of the imperial court to restrain and restrain them. I'm afraid that once it goes east, it will disperse and disturb the people, and it can't be controlled! ”

Huang Shu said: "The handsome man can rest assured. The generals of the 36th battalion have all sworn an oath, and the name of the division is set as "the side of the Qing monarch, except for the traitorous ministers, and the position of the reserve." ”

Zuo Liangyu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Qingjun side, how easy is it to talk about?" After this thousand years, there is no escape from the word 'anti' after all! ”

Huang Shu said eagerly: "Dashuai, since ancient times, the victors, princes, and losers, history books have always been written for the winners. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhao Jianzi Xing Jinyang Jia, destroyed the Zhongxing clan. Who has said of him through the ages? What's more, the name of our teacher is only on the side of the Qing monarch, except for the traitorous ministers, how can we be complicit in rebellion? ”

Zhao Jianzi, i.e. Zhao Martingale (?) -458), one of the six secretaries of the Jin State in the late Spring and Autumn Period. In the name of the Qing monarch's side, the "armor of Jinyang" was raised, and the Fan family and the Zhongxing clan were defeated, laying the foundation for the later "three families divided into Jin".

Zuo Liangyu lowered his head and groaned, silent for a long time.

Huang Shu was secretly happy, and hurriedly took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it over: "Dashuai, please look!" ”

Zuo Liangyu took it, and it turned out to be a document from raising troops to fight against Ma Shiying. But see it says:

Ma Shiying is ignorant, greedy and perverse. blackmailing strangers as strange goods, and poisoning them to adultery; Bullying shrimp and toads do not listen, and deer and horses are arbitrary. It was not difficult to slaughter the emperor, so he dared to torture the prince. In the name of Hu Wei, he visited the sloppy, neither let it go into the wilderness; Qian Ningzhi is the news of Daqian, and he is not allowed to die in the deep palace.

The group of small weaves are deeper than the swallow's peck; is a secluded prisoner, and it is even more miserable to see the sparrows. Li Zhanwei tortured, how could Cui Jishu be beaten; Wang Duo shouted tricks, and Zhu You slandered him! The first emperor was not enough to retain the seeds, and he both sank his brother and destroyed his brother; The small dynasty has its own people, both cutting its ministers and its masters. Whew!

If An Jinzang doesn't do it, Bingdinghou is dead! Attached to the group, who dares to say "the son of my king"? According to his desires, he called it "someone else". Linjiang should be a chaotic tiger, it is tolerable! When the public is poisoned, what is there to say!

Liangyu was favored by the late lord, and the marquis of Jue Xitong; Rather than have the thought of eating stamen, and forget the retribution of the grass. May we be righteous and seek revenge together!

Yan Hubao is urgent, and the wind and clouds are angry; The eagle and the eagle will be chased, and the sun and the moon will be bright. Yiwu is abundant, and there should be a disaster of the umbilicus; Gradually, it is difficult to escape the disaster of cutting the tongue.

Zuo Liangyu looked at it and seemed to be moved, but he still hesitated.

Zuo Mengeng urged: "Father, let's start the army!" The soldiers are fast, and it will be too late for the imperial court to mobilize the army of the towns! Moreover, all the generals want to raise troops, and they may be able to settle the world with one labor, remove the traitorous ministers, and determine the storage position, which will be the luck of the Ming Dynasty. Soon, the generals will be waiting outside the tent! ”

When Zuo Liangyu, who was pale, heard this, he struggled to get up. Zuo Mengeng and Huang Shu hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.

With the joint support of his son and the prison army, as soon as he stepped out of the tent, he saw a large number of people kneeling down in the dark outside the tent, and shouted in unison: "Please give an order, clear the king's side, except for the traitorous ministers, and set the storage position!" ”

The former battalion generals Lu Guangzu, Li Guoying, Xu Yong, Hao Xiaozhong, Wu Xueli, Zhang Yingxiang, Xu Ensheng, Chang Deng, Zhang Yingyuan, and Xu Yuxian ......

The rear battalion generals Daniel Zhang, Ma Shixiu, Ma Jinzhong, Wang Yuncheng, Jin Shengheng, and Wang Deren......

The generals of the thirty-sixth battalion knelt in front of him one by one. Some of them are tall and some are short, some are handsome and some are ugly; Some are his confidants and generals who have followed him for many years from birth to death, and some are generals from the camp; There are not only veteran generals who gallop on the battlefield, but also young generals who are wise and brave......

Zuo Liangyu was waiting to comfort them. Suddenly, the voices of the soldiers in the distance came with the wind: "Qingjun's side, get rid of the traitorous ministers!" On the side of the Qing monarch, remove the traitorous ministers ......"

His mouth was open for a long time, unable to speak. Suddenly, a fainting spell almost caused him to fall......

Zuo Mengeng, who was standing next to him, was shocked when he saw this, hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and shouted anxiously: "Father, father!" ”

The generals exclaimed, "Da Shuai", and they all stood up and gathered around, looking at him with concern.

Huang Shu anxiously shouted, "Quickly pass on the military doctor!" ”

Zuo Liangyu suddenly opened his eyes again and waved his hand.

He breathed a sigh of relief, pushed Zuo Mengeng and Huang Shu away, and struggled to stand up. Then he stood firm and looked north in the direction of Beijing City......

After a long time, he sighed, raised his hand suddenly, and two lines of tears immediately burst out of his eyes: "First Emperor, First Emperor, Zuo Liangyu has failed you today!" ”

The night before departure, the left soldiers robbed everywhere, *** women, and the people in Wuchang City woke up in their sleep and fled for their lives in chaos. The property and food of the family were looted, and the men who dared to resist were killed, and the women were raped. After dawn, Zuo Liangyu took his son Zuo Mengeng, Huang Shu and others, led more than 30,000 land and water troops out of Wuchang, and went east by boat......

When the news of Zuo Liangyu's army reached Nanjing, Zhu Youhua was not nervous because he had been mentally prepared in advance, and the raiding operation at this time was almost coming to an end, and dozens of warehouses in the inner warehouse were full of gold, silver and jewelry worth more than 25 million taels of silver, as well as more than 2 million stone grain, tens of thousands of silks, high-grade Songjiang cloth, and so on. The treasury of the Ming Imperial Palace has never been so abundant since the Apocalypse Dynasty!

Zhu Youhua was shocked, he knew that the gentry and businessmen in Jiangnan were so rich, but he didn't expect to be so rich! Just by copying 100 gentry and merchants in Nanzhili, he got 30 million taels worth of money, grain, and property, which is four or five times the total amount of taxes paid in seven or eight southern provinces in a year!

No wonder those warlords and thieves like to rob, their own hard work is not only time-consuming and laborious, but also has little early income, far less than robbing to make money, more money!

Emperor Chongzhen, the cheap cousin of this world, has increased his salary and apportionment for more than ten years, and he only got more than 20 million taels of silver from the people, but as a result, the people's hearts were scattered, and the smoke was everywhere, which was simply a pit!

Even if Li Chuang found out, he probably cried, tortured thousands of bureaucrats in the entire city of Beijing, and only then did he get more than 70 million taels of silver, in exchange for the people's hearts and minds, and became the public enemy of the entire gentry class.