Zhu Zailing raised troops in a hurry, but he was not unprepared, firstly, the king of Zhou had been operating in Kaifeng for many years and had strong strength, and secondly, the imperial court began to cut the feudal domain, King Yi, King Liao, King Dai, King Lu...... All of them were shocked, and they were even sent overseas. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

If the imperial court also wants to do the same and deal with the King of Zhou, Zhu Zailing will definitely not sit still.

In the past few years, he has secretly bribed thugs, hoarded grain, grass and weapons, raised high-rollers and outlaws, and his strength is very good. But he also knew that the current imperial court had strong troops and unparalleled combat power, which was not comparable to him at all.

But God is helping him, first the capital changed, Empress Dowager Li and her party were killed, and then the locust plague came overwhelmingly.

Zhu Zailing began to believe in the destiny of heaven.

is also a descendant of Taizu, why didn't King Zhou have a chance to sit on the Ninety-Five Supreme?

Zhu Di's descendants are not angry, they are bullied by the ministers, the power is sidelined, the emperor is not like an emperor, the courtiers are not like a courtier, and what face is in charge of the country!

"Master Zhang, these days, how many people have come to Kaifeng?" Zhu Zailing asked with concern.

"Back to the prince, there are no less than 200,000 people, plus the people before, there are almost 500,000 people!"

"There are hundreds of thousands of people in Kaifeng Mansion, and now there are millions of people in Kaifeng City!" Zhu Zaiyang laughed loudly, very happy, "The sages of the ancients, the people of the ten directions return to it, and they will go down like water." Now that all the people are coming to vote, it shows that the lonely king is expected to return, and he should not let go! ”

Zhu Zailing stood up suddenly, pointed to the north with his finger, and scolded wildly, "Tang Yi rebelled against the ministers, cabinet thieves, waiting for the Lone King's army to be trained, he will wipe them all out, destroy them all, and avenge the queen mother!" ”

Although Zhang Xueyan hated Tang Yi's actions, his mind was still quite sober, and the strength of the imperial court was not something that the king of Zhou could resist at the moment, no matter how many people there were, he couldn't withstand the elite of the nine sides.

Once the dragoons go south, it will be enough to level Kaifeng.

"Lord Wang, the minister thinks that the top priority should be to weaken Tang Yi's power and actively attract people from all over the world for my use."

"Well, what Zhang Ge Lao said is reasonable, who do you think is still loyal to Daming and can be used by me?"

Zhang Xueyan pondered for a while and said: "Among the several general soldiers on the nine sides, although Qi Jiguang and Ma Fang are both Tang Yi's generals, these two have the imperial court in mind and are loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and they are strong and strong. ”

"Reasonable!"

Zhu Zailing said: "Zhang Gelao, do you mean to win them over?" ”

"Even if you can't win over, you can't be pulled over by Tang Yi, and the minister suggested sending a messenger immediately with a silver ticket to persuade the two commanders to be neutral and not to interfere."

"Good!" Zhu Zailing quickly agreed, and immediately elected two messengers, each carrying a silver ticket of 200,000 yuan, and immediately went to Jizhen and Datong.

Although King Zhou's family background is not thin, he still hurts a lot when he takes out 400,000 yuan at once. But when I think that the world has to be in my hands, I don't care much.

"Elder Zhang Ge, is there any place to spend money?"

"Yes!" Zhang Xueyan immediately said: "Lord Wang, at present, Henan is in the heart of the Central Plains, and strong enemies are looking around on all sides, and it is very unstable, so you must lean to one side." ”

"What do you mean, sir?"

"Huguang!"

Zhang Xueyan said without hesitation, in fact, this is their only hope, Geng Xiangxiang on the Huguang side has already raised troops, as long as he can cross the Yangtze River and take Xiangyang Mansion, and at the same time Henan's men and horses take Nanyang, the two armies will be divided.

And not only that, after occupying Huguang and Henan, the back route of the more than 100,000 troops in the southwest to quell the rebellion was cut off at once. If Yin Zhengmao and Wang Chonggu can be pulled over, as well as the Tusi soldiers and horses in the southwest, and the wolf soldiers, the combat effectiveness of these soldiers and horses is far from being comparable to the people and horses of Henan.

The two provinces of the Central Plains, plus the southwestern provinces, and Sichuan, are all connected into a large area, and half of the country is theirs.

Zhang Xueyan sketched an incomparable picture, Zhu Zailing's eyes were shining, his whole body was trembling, and he almost had a stroke, and he patted Zhang Xueyan on the shoulder happily.

"Sir, what a Kong Ming of the Lonely King!"

A "Longzhong pair" made Zhu Zailing look at Zhang Xueyan with admiration.

However, it is not easy to achieve ambitious goals. First of all, Geng's troops were weak, and he did not have the ability to break through the defense line of the Yangtze River, and a natural danger completely separated the two sides, and he could not support each other at all.

"Lord Wang, you must help Lord Geng as soon as possible, he is one of the few courtiers who is still loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and he is also an example of the southern scholars, so he must not be allowed to fold."

"The Lone King understands!" Zhu Zailing slapped the table and made up his mind, "How much help you want, the lonely king will support you." ”

"300,000 yuan of military salary, 100,000 stone of grain."

"100,000 stones?" Zhu Zailing exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't it too much?" ”

Zhang Xueyan hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, Huguang has also suffered a disaster, and it is useless to send less. What's more, if this money is sent over, Lord Geng will be able to kill the Yangtze River within three months and join us, and from then on, the inexhaustible source of troops in the southwest will obey the dispatch of the prince, and there is hope for the thief! ”

Zhu Zailing was finally moved, and he sent people to contact Geng Xiangxiang with food and silver. It's just that as soon as the people were sent out, Li Youzi, who was out on patrol, came back. He worked in the household department, and he was the person brought out by Zhang Juzheng, and he was very familiar with the Qiangu disaster relief.

"Too much, too much!"

As soon as they met, Li Youzi kept complaining that the number of victims far exceeded their estimates, and tens of thousands of people poured into Kaifeng Mansion every day.

King Zhou only noticed the people in the city, and out of the city, the victims were even more amazing, the road was full of people who were struggling to move forward, Li Youzi had never seen so many people, and there were none in the capital.

The black pressure is like an ocean, and he can never see the edge, and he suspects that the whole of Henan has been emptied, and they all ran to Kaifeng.

In the surrounding Lanyang, Yifeng, Tongxu, Qixian, Zhuxian Town and other places, the stock of grain is basically urgent, and what is even worse is that a large number of disaster victims have returned to Germany, Ruyang, Xuchang and other places have rushed one after another.

At most, for a month, or even less, there will not be enough food to eat. The royal government must be asked to allocate grain.

Zhu Zailing was still immersed in the joy of the people returning, but Zhang Xueyan's head was cooler, "What's the matter, how could the people all run to Kaifeng, isn't there anyone else who rescues the disaster?" ”

"Yes!"

Li Youzi smiled bitterly, "But it's worse than not saving it." They demanded that the people must sign a consent form, surrender their property, and emigrate overseas before the court could give them food ......"

"Ridiculous!"

Zhu Zaijun suddenly rose, his eyebrows were upside down, and he gritted his teeth and scolded: "Sure enough, they are rebels and thieves, and they don't have any people in their hearts, they take advantage of the fire to rob and force the people to go to sea, they are killing people!" Zhu Zailing grew his mouth, spit fire in his mouth, and roared angrily: "As a descendant of Emperor Taizu Gao, King Gu will definitely not infringe on the people like a thief!" ”

Zhu Zailing walked around a few times and said loudly: "Immediately open a warehouse and release grain, and allocate another 200,000 stone of grain from the palace." ”

When Li Youzi heard this, he was frightened, and he had allocated 300,000 stones one after another, so if he took it down, the granary would be empty before this winter.

"Lord, the minister thinks he should think twice, after all, the food is not abundant, and there are many victims in various places, I am afraid that Kaifeng will be overwhelmed."

"No!" Zhu Zailing shook his head, "The people who came to join are the people of the lonely king, how can they not have enough to eat?" ”

Zhang Xueyan rolled his eyes, and hurriedly said: "The prince loves the people like a son, and the people must be grateful for the kindness of the prince, although the food is tight, but in a few months, the army will go on a northern expedition, and we will be able to get food from the traitors, which is enough to feed the people." ”

"Hahaha, Mr. Zhang's argument is very much in line with the heart of the lonely king, and those who have won the hearts of the people since ancient times have won the world. Tang Yi did the opposite, he would be punished by God! ”

Zhu Zai laughed arrogantly, from this day on, he did his best to play the role of a virtuous king, opened the granary of the palace, opened the supply, set up porridge fields everywhere, and did not refuse the common people.

He also encouraged the rest of the clan to give food and give to the people together.

For a time, the Central Plains was full of voices praising Zhu Zailing, and the rescued people wrote a book of all people, offering persuasion and encouragement to King Zhou to ascend the throne.

A lot of bachelors of science are not far away, ran to the side of King Zhou, Zhu Zailing under the excitement, wantonly sealed the official, the cabinet of the nine secretaries are completely subordinate, training people every day, ready to wait until the weather is cold, the Yellow River is frozen, and then lead the troops to the Northern Expedition.

In the midst of the bustle, there was only one person who was worried, and that was Li Youzi, who made a preliminary estimate that the original victims around Kaifeng Mansion, plus the displaced people who had migrated over, totaled more than eight million, of which three million had nothing and needed relief, and another 100,000 soldiers had gathered.

Just the soldiers eat horses and chew horses, plus pay military salaries, they have to pay 150,000 stone of grain every month. The king of Zhou gave a large number of officials, and he also wanted to pay a lot of money, not much, 50,000 stones. Refugees also need more than 100,000 stone per month, and in October alone, nearly 400,000 stone was spent!

There is no need to wait for the Yellow River to freeze, and the consumption of food alone can completely drag down the ******.

The more Li Youzi thought about it, the more wrong it became, he knew very well what kind of character his opponent was, how could he not make a move for several months, and let King Zhou become bigger, it was really incredible.

There's a problem here!

Li Youzi hurriedly ran towards the palace, and on the way, he suddenly saw several thick smokes, and the flames were soaring into the sky, Li Youzi identified the direction and almost fainted.

He rushed to the outside of the fire in spite of everything, the flames flew into the sky, black smoke billowed out, tongues of fire burst up, more than a dozen grain stores, and the entire street were all shrouded in flames.

The corners of Li Youzi's eyes cracked, "Hurry up and put out the fire, put out the fire!" ”

The soldiers were sent, and their target was those grain hoards, and they could grab as much as they could!

Finally, someone took out a few sacks, and everyone hurriedly opened them, all of them were dumbfounded, and they were filled with stones and sand, and there was not a grain of grain! (To be continued.) )