In the end, Wang Xiong and the others couldn't stop Yang Chao, so they could only promise to let Yang Chao follow and protect, but implied that Yang Chao should take Chen Zilong's opinion first and not act without authorization, otherwise they would force Xu Du again, and Yang Chao would be responsible. (Gentlemen's Gathering Hall)

But there are also those who don't think so.

When he set off on the second day, several people immediately found Yang Chao.

One of them is Yao Sundi, the county governor of Dongyang.

Yao Sundi is the magistrate of Dongyang, Chen Zilong went to Dongyang to be surrendered, Yang Chao accompanied him to protect, Yao Sundi said that he was duty-bound as the magistrate of Dongyang, and he had to lead the way.

Before the army could be mobilized, Yao Sundi quietly found Yang Chao and hinted at the person who told Yang Chao that Xu Du had manipulated and supported the news of the rebellion in Kuocang Mountain.

Then Yao Sundi told Yang Chao a lot of things about Xu Du, to the effect that this Xu Du was an ambitious guy, his family had recruited tens of thousands of outlaws, hoarded I don't know how many weapons, and he had always been restless, even if he surrendered, he would definitely rebel in the future, and he secretly hoped that Yang Chao would immediately strangle Xu Du.

The second person to find Yang Chao is a man named Zhu Wanhua, who also has some background, he is the son of Zhu Dadian.

Zhu Dadian is also a member of the imperial court, and quite knowledgeable soldiers, when he was an envoy in Fujian, because of resisting the raids of the Dutch red hair, he was promoted to the political secretary of the political department for meritorious service, and later transferred to Shandong, but when he encountered Kong Youde's rebellion, he was ordered to organize troops to suppress the rebellion, and was promoted to the governor of Shandong because of his merits.

Later, he was transferred to Huai'an as the governor of Caoyun and concurrently served as the governor of Fengyang, but in office, he was first impeached for the crimes of losing the state and county, evaluating the thief overdue, and was removed from the post of governor of Caoyun, but he still sat in Fengyang to resist the peasant army, but he was still impeached. This time, he could not be honest in impeachment, and he was directly dismissed from his post pending trial.

In Daming, he was impeached and could not be honest, saying that he was corrupt. There is only one reason, and that is to offend people. Or it's a political struggle, because you really can't find a clean official, and being accused of this crime can only show that it's a political struggle, not really corruption, because everyone is a piece of, and it's not clean.

But in all fairness, Zhu Dadian's ability is still good, and the level of leading troops is honestly higher than Shi Kefa. He also has more experience in leading troops, and he really shouldn't be transferred away at this time, and he will be succeeded by Ma Shiying.

Probably because the Zhu family has a tradition, Zhu Dadian's son Zhu Wanhua is also quite kind, when Xu Du led the troops to attack Jinhua, Zhu Wanhua organized three thousand righteous troops with his own family as the core to help Jinhua City defend, which was in the case of the surrounding counties were captured, and Jinhua was defended, which should be said to be meritorious.

He came to Yang Chao. I also hope to follow Yang Chao to Ziwei Mountain.

Yang Chao can understand Zhu Wanhua's thoughts very well, he wants to make meritorious contributions, not to be an official. Instead, he hoped to save his father Zhu Dadian through meritorious service, Zhu Dadian was still in the imperial prison in Beijing at this time, if Zhu Wanhua could make a contribution, then the emperor might release his father as soon as he was happy.

Yang Chao appeased Zhu Wanhua and allowed him to go with him, and Zhu Wanhua thanked him for organizing his righteous army.

After talking to these two people, coupled with some information quietly inquired by his subordinates in the city, Yang Chao suddenly felt that things were much more complicated than he imagined.

This time Xu Du rebelled. It must be that the local heroes are wrestling with the government, and Xu Du naturally represents the local heroes. And his opposition is a little vague, and Yao Sundi is definitely one of the opposites. But a small county magistrate is afraid that he is not qualified to confront such a wealthy family, there must be someone behind it.

Yang Chao heard another news, the timing of Xu Du's rebellion, in addition to the vacancy of the Jinhua prefect, but also the time when the two Zhejiang Inspectors had just been transferred and left, which had to make people suspicious.

What is even more suspicious is that Zuo Guangxian has been transferred, and after just leaving and hearing the news, he turned back halfway and immediately commanded the extermination of Xu Du.

If you change to a civil official, you have already left office, and you encounter a rebellion in your hometown, I am afraid that you should be glad that you will not care about the trouble of your successor, but this Zuo Guangxian immediately turned back, and it seems that he is quite responsible.

But after figuring out Zuo Guangxian's identity, Yang Chao felt that there was a ghost in it, Zuo Guangxian was the seventh brother of Donglin magnate Zuo Guangdou, a native of Tongcheng, Anhui, obviously his identity must be a member of the Donglin Party, and he is a member of the Donglin Party.

At the same time, Yao Sundi, the Dongyang County who was in direct conflict with Xu Du, was also a native of Tongcheng, Anhui Province, Zuo Guang went to work first and returned, who dared to say that he didn't come to support Yao Sundi.

And Yang Chao also contacted that maybe it was Zuo Guang who was the first to patrol the imperial history in Zhejiang, so Yao Sundi dared to argue with the wealthy family.

The "History of the Ming Dynasty" recorded: "The patrol press patrolled on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and the ministers and county officials of Fuzhou and counties were inspected, and the impeachment was especially specialized, and the major matters were judged, and the small matters were decided. ”

Obviously, the patrol of the imperial history is a pivotal person, and with Zuo Guang pressing on it first, Yao Sundi really has enough confidence to confront these wealthy families.

Otherwise, Yang Chao didn't believe that the local county order would offend the local wealthy clans, Cao Xueqin understood the truth of the talisman, and it didn't make sense that Yao Sundi, a guy who had been a county official for several terms, didn't understand.

Yang Chao thought of a movie in later generations that made bullets fly, and Ge You said in it that he was the door of the county magistrate: "To win over the gentry, set up a name, the gentry will pay the tax and the people will follow, and finally the gentry's money will be returned, and the people's money will be divided into twenty-eight, and the gentry will get eight." ”

The Xu family is a wealthy family in Dongyang, and there is a memorial arch of the three generations of Shangshu at home, and the royal gift of three generations of Shangshu, such a status is obviously the kind of wealthy family that is qualified to be divided into eighty.

But look at what the county commander Yao Sundi did, Zhang Xianzhong's army invaded Jiangxi, the people of Zhejiang were panicked, and the local officials took the opportunity to train the troops, raising money and food everywhere, saying that they really wanted to train the troops, or saying that they were taking the opportunity to collect money, but it was impossible to blackmail the local wealthy families, but Yao Sundi really stared at this Xu family, the Xu family was the first in Dongyang, and Yao Sundi asked the Xu family to pay the most money and let them pay 10,000 taels of silver.

10,000 taels of silver, can't the Xu family afford it?

This is a joke, the Xu family raises more than 10,000 families, and every year these families eat and drink more than 100,000 taels.

So are they reluctant? Those who are willing to spend money to support outlaws will be reluctant to give the county order 10,000 taels of silver.

It can only be said that the Xu family doesn't want to give, why don't they want to give, because it's not in accordance with the rules!

It has always been the wealthy clan and the officials who have joined forces to oppress the poor ghosts, and you Yao Sundi want to blackmail the wealthy clan, which is a violation of the rules, so it is unacceptable, so you would rather spend more money to play a rebellion than give in to the county order.

As a result, it is what it is now.

But Yao Sundi is really just a group with Zuo Guangxian, Yang Chao thinks it is not true, he also heard that Jinhua Tongzhi Ni Zuoshan is also a native of Tongcheng, Anhui Province, and Zuo Guangxian and Yao Sundi are fellow villagers, the relationship between the villagers in the Ming Dynasty is a very close relationship, almost a natural alliance, obviously here in Jinhua Mansion, has formed the upper level headed by Zuo Guangxian, the middle level to Ni Zuoshan, and the lower level to Yao Sundi composed of Donglin Alliance.

This alliance competed with the local wealthy clans for power and profit, and finally caused Xu Du's rebellion, and it was launched when Zuo Guangxian had just left, obviously he couldn't wait.

But it is impossible for the Hao clan to fight alone, at least that Wang Xiong is very suspicious, Yang Chao believes that this soldier is in a group with the Hao clan, that is to say, they are enemies of Zuo Guangxian's Donglin faction, maybe they are political enemies, and the enemy's enemies are friends, so Wang Xiong chose to stand on the side of the Hao clan.

However, Yang Chao had a doubt, when he inquired about Xu Du's burial of his mother, Yao Sundi reported that Xu Du would rebel, but Wang Xiong was the first to send troops to suppress it, and Xu Du took advantage of the situation to rebel.

It's just that Wang Xiong's actions are too slow, and the rumors he made are very loud, Xu Du has taken down seven or eight county towns around Jinhua, and his soldiers have not fought with Xu Du, and finally returned to Jinhua, whether Wang Xiong actively suppressed bandits, or took the opportunity to put pressure on Xu Du, so that Xu Du had a reason to rebel, this is not easy to say.

But judging from Wang Xiong's later performance, there must be insider trading with the Xu family.

In Yang Chao's heart, he couldn't help but rise such a vein.

Xu Du buried his mother, Yao Sundi "falsely accused", Wang Xiong sent troops in the open, secretly notified Xu Du, Xu Du immediately rebelled, after defeat, Xu Du retreated home, Wang Xiong said that he wanted to surrender.

Obviously, the surrender of Xu Du was a focus of the struggle between the two sides at this time, and if the surrender was successful, it would mean that Xu Du's rebellion was excusable, and Yao Sundi would definitely be convicted at that time, so Zuo Guangxian had to temporarily turn back to protect Yao Sundi.

If the surrender fails, then Xu Du is really the opposite, under the protection of Zuo Guangxian, Yao Sundi can't get enough of a credit for suppressing bandits, and he will be added to the ranks.

Yang Chao felt that Wang Xiong and the Hao family were on one side, the Donglin forces led by Zuo Guangxian were on the other side, and Chen Zilong had a tacit understanding with Wang Xiong because of his relationship with Xu Du, and the only variable was Yang Chao.

Xu Du rebelled, and 100,000 people responded, although they did not want to cause much damage caused by giants like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, but it still caused hundreds of thousands of people to be displaced, of which no less than 100,000 people were bankrupt.

In the end, Jinhua was defeated in a big battle, and Xu Du immediately left behind those peripheral refugees who responded to the agreement, fled back to his home with his core of 10,000 families, and then said that he wanted to surrender.

Wang Xiong, who guarded Jinhua, not only protected Jinhua City, but also killed a lot, which was naturally a great achievement, and a wealthy family like the Xu family was able to take this opportunity to annex the land of the bankrupt people, and at the same time also hit Yao Sundi and other Donglin Party members, and he was also a winner.

The complexity of the matter far exceeded Yang Chao's first judgment.

After analyzing and analyzing, Yang Chao felt that his head was a little swollen, and he still couldn't come to the conclusion of who was right and who was wrong, it seemed that there was only a power struggle, but no justice and no will.

But from the standpoint of those displaced people, no matter who wins or loses, they all lose, from this point of view, Yang Chao feels that these places that take advantage of the chaos to make trouble are even more hateful. (To be continued...... ）。