Chapter 60: A Cold Arrow Shot in the Shadows
Since the first year of his reign, that is, the first year of Chongzhen, the whole country ushered in a large-scale famine, and then there were three anti-thief forces headed by Wang Jiayin, Wang Ziyong, and Gao Yingxiang. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the face of the angry emperor, the ministers did not dare to speak, and could only be treated in silence.
When Chongzhen saw it, his anger became even greater, and he pointed at the ministers and reprimanded angrily: "The high-ranking officials of the United Nations raised you in the ordinary days, just hoping that you would help the United States govern the country, but now when the United Nations needs your advice, you have become a clay sculpture and wooden tire, what is the use of raising you?" Are you still right? ”
As soon as he said this, a little eunuch flew to His Highness and reported loudly: "Report!" Later Jin Khan Emperor Taiji was called emperor, and Later Jin was renamed the Great Qing Kingdom. ”
Hearing the news, Chongzhen was stunned.
Soon, his face changed from red to white, from white to blue, his eyes were as big as copper bells, and his eyes were filled with endless anger.
Several timid ministers trembled with fright and hurriedly shrunk their necks, and the heads of the other ministers hung even lower.
"Daqing? Lian is called Daming here, the slave dynasty is called the Qing Dynasty, Jiannu wants to sing a duet with Lian, Lian will never allow this bullshit Qing Kingdom to exist, Lian wants to destroy them, catch Huang Taiji's dog thief with a thousand knives. Chongzhen said with a blushing face and gritting his teeth.
Looking at Chongzhen's hysterical appearance, the ministers secretly said in their hearts: "Talking big things can't solve things, if you can destroy it, it will be extinguished a long time ago. ”
vented the anger in his heart, and Chongzhen's heart finally relaxed.
Seeing the trembling appearance of the ministers, he said in annoyance: "Scatter the dynasty." Drive back to the palace. After speaking, he didn't look at His Highness's minister, turned around and left.
Zhao Guohua didn't know these things, and even if he knew, he couldn't do anything, because he was just a militia leader in Ji'an Prefecture, and in the entire Ming Dynasty, he belonged to the type with no fame and no power.
There was a ****** in the north, and starvation was everywhere, but the south was still singing and dancing, and the Qinglou wine shop was laughing and laughing, and the passenger flow was continuous, and it was peaceful.
At noon that day, Yang Rui and Liu Wanshi's son Liu Ming, Huang Kui's son Huang Zhongming, Chen Bing's son Chen Youfu, and several people were drinking in the elegant seat on the third floor of the Four Seas Restaurant.
"Brother Liu, in the future, your family will have to pay 5,000 taels of silver to the garrison brigade of Zhao Manzi every year, don't you hate him?" Yang Rui said provocatively. Under Yang Rui's deliberate friendship of inviting food and drink, a group of gentlemen and he have long been brothers, and several people often go in and out of the restaurant and the green building with their shoulders on their backs.
After taking a sip of wine, Liu Wanshi's son Liu Ming scolded: "****** Zhao Manzi, dare to collect my family's entrance fee, it's really a tiger's mouth to pluck his feathers and look for death, I have long wanted to find someone to clean him up, but Zhao Manzi is so powerful that there is no way, I have to endure it for a while, I am really angry." Liu Ming is 20 years old this year, with a black face and a fat body, nicknamed "Tai Sui Liu", is a famous playboy in Ji'an Prefecture, eating, drinking, prostituting, gambling, fighting, and doing everything.
"Yes, my father said the same thing, saying that there are many people in Zhao Manzi, and we can't fight with him. Huang Zhongming, the son of Huang Kui, the owner of "Hundred Flowers Silk Shop", interjected.
Chen Youfu, the son of Chen Bing, the owner of "Four Seas Restaurant", swallowed a piece of chicken in his mouth, wiped the oil flowing from the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief, and drank fragrant tea, and then said: "Among us people, only Brother Yang has been promoted, in terms of talent, Brother Yang is the highest, Brother Yang said, how can we deal with that Zhao Manzi." "Although "Four Seas Restaurant" is a restaurant that does not need to pay the entrance fee, it is also forced to pay the security fee.
At the beginning, "Sihai Restaurant" was also reluctant to pay security fees, but one day, the Ji'an Mansion Catcher brought two bloodstained 'bandits' to identify the scene, and the bandits said in public that the Four Seas Restaurant was the place they contacted, so the volunteers and the Ji'an Mansion Catcher came to the restaurant every day to search for the bandits, although they did not smash things or beat people, but a large group of volunteers stood at the door, and the guests did not dare to come to eat.
Within a few days, the boss couldn't hold on, and the boss Chen Bing had to obediently pay the security fee.
After listening to Chen Youfu's words, everyone looked at Yang Rui together and waited for him to speak. Yang Rui smiled slightly, and said: "This Zhao Manzi has thousands of people under him, it is really inappropriate to come hard, he is good friends with the prefect, and it is useless to complain, the knife that kills people without seeing blood is the sharpest knife, and the method of eliminating the opponent and leaving him speechless is the clever way, we have to think of such a method, which can not only destroy his volunteer brigade, but also make people have nothing to say." ”
"Brother Yang, you say, what can you do? If you want someone, my Liu family is a person, and it is not a problem to ask for money. Liu Ming looked at Yang Rui warmly and said.
"We too, we want people to pay for people, and we want money to pay...... Chen Bing's son Chen Youfu said
Huang Zhongming, the son of Huang Kui, the owner of "Hundred Flowers and Silk Shop", also patted his chest and said: "Yes." I'm willing to pay for it."
"Good! Brothers are of the same heart, and their profits are cut off, I have a way, and I need Brother Liu to come forward. Yang Rui smiled and said slowly.
Liu Ming listened and said, "What way? Brother Yang said it and listened to it......"
Yang Rui said: "Isn't Brother Yang's uncle the servant of the Jingshi? Didn't this Zhao Manzi's volunteer brigade boast that it was very capable of fighting? Isn't it possible to fight with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, you said that if the volunteer team of this Zhao Manzi is transferred to fight with Liu Kou Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, what will be the result...... Hey, hey, hey, hey......" After saying this, Yang Rui laughed sinisterly.
This method was taught to him by his father, Yang Degui, last night.
"Transfer Zhao Manzi's Volunteer Brigade to fight with Liukou Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong? …… Take a hair of the dog that bit you? Wonderful! Wonderful! It's wonderful! High! It's really high! Liu Ming praised repeatedly.
"Prizes! Overpraise! Yang Rui said with a smile.
Chen Youfu and Huang Zhongming also praised Yang Rui repeatedly: "Brother Yang's plan is to kill two birds with one stone, and he is worthy of being a person who has been lifted, I admire it!" Admire! ”
Several people had a plan to deal with Zhao Guohua, and they were in a good mood, and they ordered a table of good wine and food to eat and drink again.
After eating and drinking, Liu Ming returned home half drunk, and happily told his father Liu Wanshi about Yang Rui's strategy, and Liu Wanshi also clapped his hands when he heard it.
After the father and son discussed, early the next morning, the two members of the Liu Mansion rode horses, left the Liu Mansion, and galloped towards the north.
One evening five days later, in a beautiful mansion in the capital, Liu Neng, a servant of the Ministry of Officials, was reading a letter brought from his hometown JX Ji'an Mansion in his study.
This Liu Neng is fifty-five years old, with a fat and round body, and a fox face: a pointed and narrow nose, and dark brown eyes that shine with a sinister and cunning light.
On this day, after Liu Neng returned home from the next court, the family handed him a letter from his hometown in Ji'an Province.
"This Zhao Manzi is really too much of a deception, can I be deceived by the Liu family?" After reading the letter, Liu Neng slapped the table and shouted.
His parents died when he was a child, and Liu Neng was supported by Liu Wanshi's father, Liu Cong, and was admitted to Xiucai-Juren-Jinshi all the way, and he was a Jinshi in the third year of the Apocalypse. First released GX Lipu as the magistrate, and then rose all the way, and three years ago was promoted to the head of the Ministry of Servants Wen Tiren, and won the trust of the first assistant Wen Tiren.
Because he was sent all the way to the official road by his brother, he was full of gratitude to his brother's family. After becoming an official, he took care of him in every way, and with the promotion of his official position, his brother's business in Ji'an Mansion became more and more prosperous, and his influence also increased.
"Master, what made you so angry?" Madame Han walked in and Wen Yan asked.
Glancing at her, Liu Neng handed her the letter and said, "Look at it, the eldest brother's family was bullied by a brute who didn't know where to come from." ”
After reading the letter, Han said: "There are thousands of people in this Zhao Manzi's volunteer brigade, and they have the protection of the Ji'an Prefect, it is indeed not something that your brother can deal with, if you ask you for help, I don't think there is anything to deal with that Zhao Manzi." I think the method he said in the letter can be considered. ”
"Do you mean to listen to the words of your nephew Liu Wanshi and transfer Zhao Manzi's Volunteer Brigade to fight against the troops of Liukou Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong? Isn't that a bit of child's play, how can he deal with a rabble that even the officers and soldiers can't eliminate? No way! No way? Liu Neng shook his head and objected.
Seeing his objection, Han smiled gloomily and said: "Master, why don't you understand, the volunteer brigade surnamed Zhao went to fight against the rogue Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, this is a matter of killing three birds with one stone, if you have the results, it is you who recommend people to be meritorious, and the emperor will look down on you, maybe you can move up, if you lose, it is only natural that some rabble will be defeated by the rogues, and you can also take the opportunity to avenge your brother's family and get angry." ”