Heng Wangfu is located in the west side of the south gate of Qingzhou City, Ming Xian Zong Chenghua 23 years (AD the fifth son Zhu Youhui is the king of Heng. In the twelfth year of Hongzhi (1499 AD), King Heng was in Qingzhou. Before Zhu Youhui arrived in Qingzhou, Qingzhou City built a magnificent palace for him. The architectural style of the palace is trying to imitate the imperial palace in Beijing, and the furnishings, institutional settings and the equipment of the entourage are also similar to the imperial palace, and it is like a country within a country.

Now, this beautiful and magnificent building has been caught in a hail of bullets. The guards who retreated to the palace relied on different buildings to block the attack. The Tiger Ben army that attacked the palace fought with the enemy one by one, and chased after each other. No matter how glorious it is, there are only bullets flying sideways and a crowd of people who have fallen to the ground. Of course, the last thing that is lacking is blood.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Whoosh!"

"Ding, ding, ding!"

Whether it is the attacking Tiger Army or the defending Royal Guards, there are constant gunshots. In the midst of the gunfire, there was another sound of whizzing bows and arrows breaking through the air, as if someone was using a bow and arrow. There was also the sound of clanging weapons colliding, as if the two sides had started hand-to-hand combat. In the midst of the noise, there were constant screams and moans of people, or the sound of the collapse of the complex. It seems that this is not the Hengwang Mansion at all, but the Shura Hell.

Inside the Hengwang Mansion, the garden is everywhere and the scenery is picturesque. At this time, it is March, and a lot of flowers have been in full bloom, among which the peach blossoms are the most brilliant, and the entire Hengwang Mansion is decorated very brightly. Street fighting takes place in a flowery environment. The passing bullets knocked the flowers into the air, and the pieces fluttered in the wind. Those blooming flower clusters were swept by strings of bullets, and they were all scattered on the ground, and the ground suddenly turned red.

The two warring sides are not in the mood to enjoy the beauty around them, and they are bent on killing each other. At this point, the guards of the Hengwang Mansion can only resist desperately, because they have no way to retreat. However, even if they resist desperately, they are no match for the Tiger Army. When Zhang Zhun attacked Tianheng Island, there were only a few hundred people. Now there are thousands. The guards of the Hengwang Mansion, no matter how powerful they are, cannot be compared with Tian Hengdao's godson.

Hengwang Zhu Youqu was shocked and angry, but there was no way at all. Even the guards of the Heng Palace's mansion were not Zhang Zhun's opponents, let alone other Ming troops. There was no way, he had to find a place to hide and wait for the counterattack of the Ming army in Jinan Prefecture. As long as you survive until that time, there may be a glimmer of life.

"Withdraw!"

"Retreat to the Underground Palace!"

Zhu Yuqu hurriedly said to his confidants.

Soon, Zhu Youqu's figure disappeared on the ground of King Heng's mansion

After an hour or so of fierce fighting, the battle was basically over. The guards of the Hengwang Mansion were either killed and wounded, or they surrendered with their hands raised and became prisoners of the Tiger Ben Army. The Tiger Ben Army completely controlled the entire Hengwang Mansion, and a small part of the troops inspected one by one, while the rest of the troops went to the streets to support the battle. Outside, there are still some sporadic group exercises and family members, who are stubbornly resisting.

Zhang Zhun then also came to the Hengwang Mansion.

The beautiful Hengwang Mansion really opened Zhang Zhun's eyes, and it was quite a bit of a feeling of entering the Forbidden City in later generations. Everything here, compared with the Forbidden City in later generations, is only a little bit more patterned, and the rooms may not be as many as 9,999 rooms, and the other decorations are the same. Although King Heng is the prince of the side branch, he is still the prince after all, and the specifications of the palace are definitely the highest.

According to relevant historical data, when the Hengwang Mansion was built, it cost a lot of silver. Such a gorgeous palace could not be built without three million taels of silver. If it is placed in the future generations, such a palace, circled up, divided into scenic spots, charged tickets every day, and collected tens of millions of yuan in a year, there is no problem at all.

It's a pity that Zhang Zhun came for the silver. Therefore, these real estate properties are not in his eyes at all. The top priority is to find the treasury of King Heng's Mansion. It is a pity that there has been no trace of King Heng in the Tiger Army, and all the bones and thousands of characters in King Heng's Mansion have not appeared. It is speculated that he was hiding in a so-called underground cavern.

According to the intelligence information provided by Yuan Xinyong, in a corner of King Heng's mansion, King Heng built an underground palace as a refuge. After the battle, the warriors of the Tiger Ben Army searched for traces of the underground palace. At the same time, the people, slaves, and maidservants of the royal palace who were caught were also carefully questioned to find out about the underground palace.

Of course, it is impossible for such an underground palace not to leave a trace at all. Yuan Xinyong was originally a very intelligent person, and based on all aspects of intelligence, he quickly determined the general location of the underground palace: in the courtyard northwest of the Hengwang Mansion, under a rockery.

Zhang Zhun and the others immediately rushed to this courtyard and launched a careful search. Sure enough, there is indeed a lone rockery here. Judging from the footprints around the rockery, there are indeed traces of people escaping from here. Around the rockery, there are still some scattered gold, silver and jewelry, which should have been left behind when they were evacuated in a hurry. However, from the outside of the rockery, there is no obvious mechanism.

After Yuan Xinyong carefully checked the intelligence information, he said affirmatively: "Lord Governor, it should be here." ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said slowly, "Is there a way to open it?" ”

Yuan Xinyong thought for a while and said, "Sun Shu can." ”

Immediately called an old man and asked him to open the mechanism of the rockery. This old man, whose name is Sun Ge, turned out to be a tomb robber, that is, the legendary captain of the school.

Ma Yi's Cat's Eye Division, as well as the Mouse's Intelligence Division, are actually mixed, and there are all kinds of people. A serious person will not be able to do intelligence work at all. Therefore, as long as the intelligence work is efficient, Zhang Zhun only asks who is inside. Whether it's a formal establishment or a paid service, as long as you can do it. This Sun Zhen should belong to the kind of people who take money to do things.

Sun Ge carefully examined the surrounding terrain and determined the location of the opening mechanism. Sure enough, the mechanism of the rockery is very ingenious, and it is on a very inconspicuous eye-sized pattern, if it weren't for the special gold captain, it wouldn't be noticeable at all. However, although the mechanism was found, it was now sealed and could not be opened from the outside. To get in, you have to bulldoze the entire rockery.

Zhang Zhun immediately arranged a team of Tiger Ben soldiers to help bulldoze the rockery. Fearing damage, Zhang Zhun did not use explosives. It's not very difficult for dozens of fighters to do it together. They found hoes, pry bars, shovels, sledgehammers, ropes, and after more than an hour of ping-pong, the rockery was razed.

After the rockery was bulldozed, there was indeed a staircase that sloped down below, presumably leading to the underground palace. Upon closer inspection, there are scattered pearls on the top of the stairs, which should have been unintentionally dropped by the fugitives. As you go down the stairs, the light gradually dims. Xie Zhiyou and the others walked in front with torches, carefully pinching the rope.

Soon, a heavy stone door appeared.

The stone door was locked from the inside, and Sun Wei couldn't open it.

"Fried!"

Zhang Zhun said without hesitation.

As a result, hundreds of catties of black gunpowder were piled up again.

Everything is ready, and everyone is far away from the rockery, so as not to cause accidental injury.

"Boom!"

A moment later, in Qingzhou City, there was a loud noise again.

After the explosion, the stone gate was blown down, and the surrounding area was in shambles. The strong smell of gunsmoke makes people cough constantly. The power of hundreds of pounds of black explosives is extraordinary. When the smoke gradually dissipated, Xie Zhiyou and the others covered their noses with wet towels and took the soldiers in to slowly dial the rope. After a while, Xie Zhiyou came out to report: "Lord Dudu, the people inside have all been shocked to death. ”

Zhang Zhun frowned and said, "Look at the back!" There shouldn't be anyone who hasn't died. ”

After the smoke continued to dissipate, Xie Zhiyou continued to enter and carefully pinched the innermost part of the underground palace. Sure enough, in the innermost part of the underground palace, there were still some living people, all of whom were stunned. These people's gorgeous clothes must be Hengwang Zhu Youqu and others.

"Catch them all!"

Zhang Zhun said lightly.

Soon, these living people were brought up and placed in the open space of the courtyard. In total, more than thirty people. Everyone's clothing and accessories are quite exquisite, it should be Zhu Youqu and his nephews, concubines, etc. One of them, who was so fat that he could barely walk, had at least three hundred catties of fat on his body, and it took four warriors for the Tiger Army to lift him out, presumably King Heng. The warriors brought basins of clean water and poured it directly on their bodies, and those people naturally woke up quickly.

Zhang Zhun looked at the fat man in yellow clothes and said quietly: "King Heng? The grass people Zhang Zhun saluted the prince. ”

This person is Zhu Youqui, the king of Heng, he was suddenly woken up by cold water, frightened to see everything in front of him, and then looked at the person in front of him, so frightened that he couldn't help but take two steps back, and stammered: "You, what are you going to do?" ”

Zhang Zhun said casually: "What do you say, prince? ”

Zhu Youqu was even more shocked, and said incoherently: "Don't kill me." ”

Zhang Zhun said lightly: "Then it depends on the prince, whether you will do it." ”

Zhu Yuqu hurriedly said: "I, I, I'll give you everything,"

Zhang Zhun nodded indifferently and said slowly: "What can you give me, Lord Wang?" ”

Zhu Yuqu cried and mournfully said: "I will give you everything, the entire palace will be given to you, as long as I have it, I will give it all to you, and the women around me will also give it to you, please don't kill me. Don't kill me! ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said with satisfaction: "Mo Yu, have a good chat with the prince." ”

Mo Yu said excitedly: "Okay! ”

Zhang Zhun glanced at everyone behind him, and said thoughtfully: "The prince usually eats too much fish and meat, which is not good for his health, from now on, don't eat it for the time being, just give him water to clean up his stomach." ”

Mo Yu smiled and said, "Okay! ”

He understood what Zhang Zhun meant, which was to scrape out all the assets of Hengwangfu. As long as it is possible to hide assets, King Heng will not be allowed to eat. The pampered King Heng, where can he endure such torture, naturally every penny of silver will be spit out. The huge Hengwang Mansion can't be moved back to Laizhou Mansion, but we have to take all the things that can be moved here.

When King Heng heard Zhang Zhun's words, he fainted again.

Not being able to eat is worse than killing him.

"Count the supplies!"

"Ship it back!"

Zhang Zhun, who was sitting in the Hengwang Mansion, Xun Bu ordered.

The purpose of his coming to Qingzhou City was to loot goods, not to kill people, so it was a task to pinch and scrape the valuable materials in it. The government of Qingzhou Mansion is naturally going to be raided, and the ten libraries are also going to be looted. The gold, silver, jewelry, food and materials in the palace of King Heng will be looted. After rough statistics, the Tiger Ben army seized a total of more than 230,000 taels of silver, as well as about 100 stone of grain, and other various materials, countless others.

For a royal house, such a harvest is indeed a bit small. Of course, considering that the Hengwang Mansion is only a branch prince and does not have too many assets, it is also possible. What's more, there should be some assets that have not been dug up by King Heng. Zhang Zhun believed that Mo Yu would definitely be able to pull out all the last copper plates of King Heng.

The quantity of gold and silver treasures is not very large, but the quantity of black gunpowder is quite a lot, which is more than 100,000 catties, and the quality is not bad, which can just meet the combat needs of the tiger army. Qingzhou Mansion has always been a strategic location, with a lot of garrisons in peacetime, all kinds of weapons and equipment, and the amount of gunpowder is sufficient. However, as the old saying goes, the decisive factor in war is people. People can't do it, no matter how good other factors are, they are all in vain.

In addition, the number of captured arquebuses, there are also thousands, all of which are left behind by the fleeing Ming army. As for weapons like swords, spears, bows and arrows, there are even more. Although these weapons are not available to the Tiger Army, they are good weapons for all the people, and Zhang Zhun is ready to pull them back and use them for the people of Changle County, and organize an outpost battle in Changle County to counter the attack of the imperial army.

After bombarding the city of Nanjing, Zhang Zhun also picked the Hengwang Mansion, no need to ask, the court must be thunderous and angry. It is impossible to say that the Ming army that is fighting in the Central Plains must all be transferred back to deal with themselves. At the same time, the main force of the Ming army in Dongjiang Town should also be dispatched. The storm is coming soon. However, it doesn't matter, the soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover the earth, and I'm afraid of a bird!

All the materials were quickly loaded into the car and transported back to Laizhou Prefecture.

Zhang Zhun himself naturally continued to dig in Qingzhou City. I finally came here, if I didn't dig Qingzhou City upside down, Zhang Zhun would never leave. In addition to the Hengwang Mansion, there are many big water fish in Qingzhou City. These big water fish are naturally these big families in Qingzhou City. Their personal assets, although not as large as Hengwangfu, but the number of people, scattered and scattered, add up to a lot, and it is also a good number.

Under the escort of the Tiger Ben Army, these big families were all concentrated on the guard training ground of the Hengwang Mansion. Zhang Zhun stood on the high platform, looking at everyone expressionlessly. Around the training ground, all of them were tiger armies eyeing each other. As long as Zhang Zhun gives an order, all of them will be killed here in the training ground.

"I believe everyone knows who I am."

"I'm sure you know why I'm looking for you."

"I'm here to ask for money, hand over your money, land deeds, and house deeds, and you can leave."

"If you want money, you want your life, you choose. If you want money, I'll give you a free bullet. If it's fatal, just do what I say. ”

Zhang Zhun said coldly, and there was no room for turning in circles in his words.

The big family below, look at me, in addition to being frightened, I also secretly feel surprised. Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhun was willing to let them live. Even if you say that all the money must be handed over, there is no way to do it. There is a way to live, which is already a blessing in misfortune. If they don't hand it over, they believe that Zhang Zhun will never be stingy with such a bullet. Soon, they handed over all the floating wealth, land deeds, land deeds, and house deeds.

Zhang Zhun's robbery was definitely a success. From these people, extortion amounted to more than 500,000 taels of silver, as well as various gold and silver ornaments that could not be counted for the time being. and a few hundred taels of gold. The silver in hand was naturally transported back to Laizhou Mansion. As for the land deeds, land deeds, house deeds, etc., after getting their hands, they will be burned directly.

The savings of a lifetime or even several lifetimes have all come to naught, and the mood of these big families can be imagined. However, in the face of the force of the Tiger Army, they had no room for resistance at all. When they left Qingzhou City in disgrace, they all hated Zhang Zhun and vowed to move the Shandong governor Yamen of Jinan Mansion to send troops to eliminate Zhang Zhun. However, even they themselves have little faith. Can the Ming army in Shandong really eliminate Zhang Zhun?

Subsequently, Zhang Zhun appeared in the prefect's yamen of Qingzhou Mansion. In this, there are a lot of official documents, which Zhang Zhun needs. The information recorded on these official documents involves all aspects, and Zhang Zhun wants to bring all of them back and hand them over to Liu Ru is slow study.

The first information he saw was that the battle in Fengyang Mansion was over. In the end, the rebel army did not capture Fengyang Mansion and fled. Flee in the direction of Tongcheng. Although Yang Yipeng and the others barely held Fengyang, their own losses were also very large, and they had no ability to pursue at all. Yang Yipeng, who had palpitations, was angry and joined Hong Chengchou's book, saying that Hong Chengchou's movements were too slow, and the rebel army had reached the central capital, and he was still grinding in Shaanxi, obviously not daring to fight against the chaotic army.

In the recital, Yang Yipeng used the phrase "national thief, not killing is not enough to anger the people", which is full of gunpowder. Chongzhen received the chapter and felt that it made sense, so he reprimanded Hong Chengchou a few words. Hong Chengchou was furious, and then went to the chapter, accusing Yang Yipeng of being incompetent, commanding tens of thousands of elites, but he couldn't resist the attack of the chaotic army, and almost lost the central capital, frightening the imperial tomb, which is also a big crime to destroy the nine clans. As a result, the beam between Yang Yipeng and Hong Chengchou came to an end.

The second piece of information that aroused Zhang Zhun's interest was about Shi Kefa. It turned out that after Shi Kefa returned to Beijing City, he truthfully played the emperor with his experience in Yangzhou City. At the same time, a statistic is attached. The content of the data is said to be Chongzhen's new salary, in addition to the bracelet Qiang, the discretionary department is 6 million stones, and the annual output is 7.6 million stones, and the amount is less than 700,000 stones. In other words, the previous fiscal deficit has widened further.

"This Shi Kefa is really a stunned young man."

"Chongzhen doesn't bother you, who is the trouble?"

Zhang Zhun shook his head with a sigh and said to himself.

On the one hand, I told the emperor that I went to Yangzhou and couldn't get money, and on the other hand, he said that the financial deficit of the household department was getting bigger and bigger, didn't this deliberately stimulate Chongzhen to get angry? Chongzhen was originally because of money and food, he didn't know the taste of food, and he couldn't sleep at night, so who do you belittle if you don't belittle?

In fact, before that, on the 25th day of the first month of the year of Chongzhen, Chongzhen gave 200,000 taels of gold to help the remaining salary, which was stored in Kaifeng, which was a moderate place for the soldiers. Out of the Taifu Temple gold 100,000 taels lost to Xi'an, and left the province 100,000 taels. Its lake is worth 190,000 taels of capital and other soldiers. Sichuan left 40,000 taels, and 200,000 taels of salt were stored in Huaiyang to prevent Kou Yi.

From the above numbers, it can be seen that Chongzhen's internal warehouse is also very empty. The extermination of the rebel army was such a big thing, and it only sponsored hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, which was less than one percent of the family property of a salt merchant in Yangzhou. He, the emperor, has indeed done enough sad things. When it comes to the salt merchants in Yangzhou, Zhang Zhun can't help but be moved. When is it time to rob these salt merchants? That's the existence of a rich country!

Three days later, King Heng finally couldn't bear it anymore. During these three days, Mo Yu did only give him water to drink, not food, and deliberately brought fragrant food to seduce him in front of King Heng. King Heng's hungry eyes were green, his face was blue, and he kept choking on saliva, almost swallowing his tongue. There was no way, so he had to vomit out about 150,000 taels of silver in many places one after another.

As soon as he saw Zhang Zhun, King Heng cried and cried out, "Zhang Zhun, I gave you everything. You spare me! You give me a meal to eat, I'm going to starve to death!" You give me a few pieces of meat! I don't have meat to eat every day, no! I grew up eating meat! Zhang Zhun, give me some meat to eat! ”

Zhang Zhun said with a serious face: "I'm sorry, Lord Wang, we didn't prepare your meal." Your appetite is too big for us to entertain. If you want to eat enough, go to Jinan Mansion! Come on, come and send King Heng out! ”

Zhu Youqu was slightly stunned, never expecting that he would still have a chance to survive. This Zhang Zhun doesn't look as vicious as the legend says! However, thinking that all the assets accumulated by King Heng's Mansion over several lifetimes had been looted by Zhang Zhun, and not even the last copper plate was left, King Heng's heart ached to death.

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "Tell your Emperor Chongzhen, if he doesn't stay away from people, we will kill him in Beijing City!" Pull him down! ”

Of course, Zhu Youqu didn't dare to interface.

How dare he speak such a rebellious language?

Soon, Zhu You's family was kicked out of Qingzhou City. Zhang Zhun really did what he said, as long as they had money, he didn't want their lives. Zhu Youqu didn't dare to complain at all, he ate a few thick cakes fiercely, and hurriedly ran towards Jinan Mansion.

"My lord, why don't you kill this dog prince?"

Some people are puzzled.

"Kill him for what? Is it necessary? Such an obedient prince, where can I find it? Next time, catch him again, and ask him for silver. The more such waste, the better. The more waste we have, the easier it will be for us! ”

Zhang Zhun said meaningfully.

Everyone nodded as if they didn't understand.