readx; That night, Zhu Youzhen rushed all the way to Luoyang City, and he was accompanied only by hundreds of soldiers from the Imperial City Guard Regiment. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info ☆ → top ☆ → o'clock ☆ → small ☆ → said that he decided to set off after directly receiving a letter sent by Li Dingguo on a fast horse, and at that time the flying pigeon biography of the Beijing division had not yet been delivered to the imperial camp.

According to his instructions, Li Dingguo and the others did not greet him with great fanfare, and took advantage of the night to bring him into the Fuwang Mansion. Zhu Youzhen first listened to the reports on the battle situation of Li Dingguo, Zuo Liangyu, and Zhu Dadian, of course, he had already learned these contents from the joint report of the three of them, but this time the content was more detailed.

Zhu You listened to it, and first smiled mildly at Zhu Dadian and Zuo Liangyu: "Zhu Changxun's rebellion has been planned for a long time and has been carefully planned, I am afraid that before the two of you take office in Luoyang, the layout will have begun." It stands to reason that you are guilty of negligence, but when Luoyang fell, you were able to be loyal to the imperial court, give up the traitor and lure out of the city, and assist Li Dingguo to recover Luoyang, which can be regarded as a combination of merit and demerit. Therefore, you don't have to worry, now Luoyang is in ruins, and I still have to rely on you for a single article and a martial arts. ”

The two of them were all sweaty and heavily clothed, and quickly kowtowed to thank them. In fact, these two people are not clean under their buttocks, and there are no less than dozens of pieces of Henan Provincial Imperial History to impeach them, and if any one of them is confirmed, at least they will have to lose their official positions and be dismissed. What's more, the feudal king rebelled, and the two of them, as civil and military officials, had an unshirkable responsibility, and if they were handed over to the ministry, they would not be able to escape the death penalty. Zhu Youzhen's words are equivalent to amnesty for the two of them, and they also have an excellent grasp of proportion, only saying that the merits of the two are offset by their demerits. If it is said that they have more merit than fault, or even no merit, they dare not believe it.

Zhu Youzhen continued: "My imperial camp is still north of Zhengzhou, and it is a secret to come to Luoyang, and I can't leak the news. This rebellion poisoned the Central Plains, causing great harm and huge thieves, and now recovering Luoyang can only be regarded as the first step in counterinsurgency. Here are a few important things that must be implemented immediately.

"First, Li Dingguo's ministry made a detour to attack Luoyang, which was extremely hard along the way, and paid a certain number of casualties in the attack on Luoyang, and now he must be stationed in the city to rest. Luoyang is the main road leading from the Central Plains to Guanzhong, now Hong Chengchou is in the east, Gao Yingxiang is in the west, the fighting on both sides is very fierce, we must seize the time to rest, ready to support the battlefields on both sides at any time.

"Second, before I set out, I had already asked Lu Xiangsheng to use all his artillery to storm the rebels on the south bank, and if it went well, I should have captured the south embankment by now. Zhengzhou and Kaifeng are not only important towns in Henan, but also located in the main transportation routes, so they must be taken as soon as possible. Luoyang does not have many available troops now, but it also has to send a small group of suspicious troops east to Zhengzhou, creating a situation of attacking from both sides. Dingguo, this action is arranged at your discretion.

"Third, the vast majority of the prefectures and counties around Luoyang are attached to the thieves and rebels, of course, many people are deceived and really think that I am dead. Zuo Liangyu, I have named you a general of the Ping Thief, you can rectify the old department of Luoyang, and go to the surrounding prefectures and counties to spread the message to urge him to return to obedience. If the city is opened and surrendered, the civil officials can temporarily stay in their posts, and the garrison of the guard station will be transferred to Luoyang. If you refuse to surrender, you don't need to attack, just report the news.

"Fourth, the biggest difficulty facing the imperial court now is the shortage of food. Zhu Dadian, in the name of the prefect, you ordered that the grain of the whole city of Luoyang be confiscated, regardless of whether it is the government or the people, and a strict rationing system will be implemented to ensure that no one will starve to death, and the extra grain will be allocated to the officials and soldiers of all walks of life. I know this is very difficult, so I leave it to you, and I hope you will live up to my trust! ”

Zhu Youzhen said, Zuo Liangyu and Zhu Dadian hurriedly received the order, but the mood of the two was very different. Zuo Liangyu was flattered, because although he was already the chief soldier of Zhengyipin, he was only the general of the local guard in Luoyang. "General" is different, this title is similar to the "Governor" or "Governor" in Wenchen, with the seal of the general, you can control all the armies wherever you go, even if the other party is the same level as you, or even a higher rank, you have to bow down to obey orders.

Since Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, he has only been awarded three generals, namely Li Dingguo, the general of Dingnan, Li Laiheng, the general of Pingnan, and Hao Yongzhong, the general of Xiaocai. These are all Qin soldiers' "descendant troops", and now Zuo Liangyu has also won the title of general, he feels that the emperor values himself very much, and he can't help but make up his mind that he must fight a few beautiful battles, make a few great achievements, and completely consolidate his position.

Zhu Dadian couldn't say what he was suffering, because he was a corrupt official, and naturally he had been in league with the elite class in Luoyang for a long time. Now Zhu Youzhen wants him to confiscate all the grain, which is tantamount to completely offending those rich gentry. Moreover, Zhu Youzhen clearly pointed out that if he wanted him to do this in the name of the prefect of Luoyang, it was obviously to ask him to carry the black pot, and he would have to bear the burden of offending people.

Zhu Dadian has been an official for many years, and he knows that officialdom is intertwined, and if he accidentally offends anyone, there will be no good fruit to eat. But now that the emperor has a secret decree, he can't control it so much, otherwise with what he did, Zhu Youzhen would have 10,000 reasons to kill him. Zhu Dadian had to silently recite in his heart: Dead friends don't die poorly, now they only want to protect themselves, as for who they offend, then fuck it.

Zuo Liangyu was proud of the spring breeze, and selected the old department overnight, and selected 1,500 cavalry who he thought were still obedient to him.

Zuo Liangyu's abacus is also very fine, the reason why he chose Yiyang first is because he feels that Hong Chengchou is in the east and Gao Yingxiang is in the west, and he doesn't want to provoke him in either direction. However, the south is a vacuum zone, and if it goes well, he can advance from Yiyang, Songxian, Luanchuan, Neixiang, and Dengzhou to the junction of Henan and Hubei. The combat effectiveness of the guards in this area is not as good as that of the Luoyang soldiers, if they do not resist, the recovery will be his Zuo Liangyu; In case of fierce resistance, he can also be ordered to only return and not attack, which can be said to be a business that is sure to make money and not lose money.

Almost at the same time, Zhu Dadian was also re-seated in the prefect's lobby. He first patted the startled wood majestically, and asked the three classes of officials below: "How did you live these days when this official was not there?" ”

Xue Sanping, the head of the capture team, is the most familiar with Zhu Dadian, and he is a scoundrel himself, he has helped Zhu Dadian to do evil, so he salivated and smiled at this moment: "Old lady, the villains are all subordinates who listen to the errands, and the palace has sent eunuchs to take over the palace, and the villains dare not disobey!" But now it's okay, the old lady is reinstated, villain..."

"Smack!" Zhu Dadian suddenly slapped the shocked wood, "This official asked you what you did!" ”

Xue San was so frightened that he couldn't help but tell the truth: "No... I didn't do anything, so I helped the eunuch choose a few folk girls and sent them to the palace..."

Before the words fell, Zhu Dadian was furious and said: "Okay, you Xue San, as a prisoner, you actually helped the thief Zhu Changxun to rob the people's daughters, this is worth it!" According to the "Da Ming Law", those who follow the rebellion are sentenced to death regardless of their subordinates! This official Nian has been a servant for many years, and he will lower you to a level, come on, take down Xue San for this official, and push him out and behead him! ”