The revolving in the cottage is still going on. From the morning, Lian Guo Shi came to the meeting hall of the cottage, and then spent a full and beautiful day in the quarrels of the leaders.

The quarrels between the chiefs became more and more trivial day by day, from the village when the initial quarrel was returned, and then the quarrel over the official position of the leaders after being appeased, and then the quarrel over cats and dogs.

Almost every day, he had to write a letter to Baishui, sending a soldier with a fast foot to send him back to Baishui City, and the letters were all messy things, such as: What village the bandits of Huanglong Cottage will be resettled in after being appeased, please decide to Lord Qincha; Whether the artisan households in Huanglong Cottage can leave the artisan households and become ordinary farmers after returning to their hometowns is up to the Qincha to decide; How much money each of the thieves in the Huanglong cottage can get, please decide to the Qincha......

In short, such letters were quickly piled up in the yamen of Baishui City.

Lord Wu Fu was sent from the capital and didn't know much about the situation in Baishui, so how could he solve these trivial matters? Take the land of Leiya Township and Xigu Village as an example, where is barren and fertile, how can he figure it out? How to reset these bandits, he had to find lower-level officials to deal with them, so the lords of various townships, villages, and towns, such as the chiefs, capable officials, village heads, security chiefs, and A chiefs, were all summoned to Baishui City and gathered together to study and solve the various requirements put forward by Huanglong Cottage.

Interestingly, these problems are not only the leaders in the cottage will quarrel, but the lower-level officials of the imperial court will also argue endlessly in the face of these problems, this reason is easy to understand, not to mention that the people at that time in the dynasty had a very strong sense of the countryside, even in later generations, the village and town cadres will be in order to protect the interests of their own villages and towns, and the cadres of neighboring villages and towns will quarrel hotly.

In short, Baishui City and Huanglong Cottage are engaged in a long-lasting battle at the same time, a tree in the east village and a pond in the west village are all included in the scope of the bargain, how many thieves this village accepts, how many thieves the town accepts, almost every number is decided in the quarrel of officials.

This revolving action swept through dozens of villages in an instant, and nearly 100 officials did nothing else all day long, and all quarreled in Whitewater City.

Some smart officials occasionally think: Zhu Ba is not delaying time, right?

But they couldn't be sure of this idea, because they couldn't think of a reason for Zhu Ba to delay time. If you can't find that the prisoner has a reason to do so, then you must suspect that he did not do this at all, but took the blame on behalf of others.

Time flickered, and a month passed in a blink of an eye, and Zhu Yuanzhang estimated in his heart that it would drag on for about forty days, and if nothing else, he would be able to safely transition to the time when the peasant uprising broke out again.

At this time, it was June of the fourth year of Chongzhen, and it was noon in the middle of summer, and the sky and the earth were scorching, and the sun was radiating heat in the sky, and the sky and the earth were bright.

He walked to the side of the mountain, sat on a rock, and frowned at the scorching sun of Xia Yu scorching the earth. A henchman ran up behind him and whispered, "My lord, I haven't seen any rain in the past few days......

"Yes, God has just changed his mood, but don't mess with us again." Lian Guoshi raised his head a little worriedly and looked at the sun in the sky. There were a few rains in the spring of this year, which made the form of appeasement very good, but recently, the rain has disappeared again, could this be that the drought is coming again?

The attendant whispered, "My lord, do you think this Baishui Zhuba will deliberately delay time with us, just to wait for the drought to break out again?" ”

"And about delaying time? Even you were affected by Yang Hong's bastard? Lian Guoshi snorted coldly: "He accepted bribes from others, so he tried his best to advocate that Zhu Ba was delaying time, and he had selfish intentions, so his words could not be referenced." How much do you know about drought? The rain this spring is actually enough to ensure this year's crops, and it is normal for it not to rain in the summer, and it does not mean that the drought will continue next year...... The so-called freezing three feet is not a cold, and this drought is not a matter of making a fuss if it does not rain for a few months, and it will take a year or two without rain to endanger the country's social welfare. ”

"That being said, my lord...... But this village is indeed strange, you have to think twice! ”

"This official has his own plans, you can step down!" Lian Guoshi waved his hand.

Although he drank his confidants, his heart was still a little heavy when he practiced state affairs, after all, Zhu Ba's group of people were too capable of pulling the skin, they were talking like this every day, and they were not annoyed? Or is it really a ruse to stall for time? How can I get to the bottom of it?

I was thinking about practicing state affairs, and suddenly, the henchman who had just left turned back and said loudly: "My lord, there is something urgent to report!" ”

"Huh? What's the matter, report it quickly! ”

A soldier flashed out behind the henchman, and reported seriously: "Lord Yushi, the villain came to deliver news to you from the order of Lord Qincha...... At the beginning of this month, Wang Jiayin, the giant robber, was ambushed in Shanxi, and Shanxi's anti-Kou operation was a major success...... The emperor's dragon face is happy...... Lord Qincha ordered me to bring you a letter, and the news of Wang Jiayin's ambush can be used as a weapon to force or test whether Zhu Ba really wants to accept the appeasement. ”

"Huh? Is there such a thing? When I heard about the state affairs, I was overjoyed. Although Wang Jiayin was ambushed in Shanxi, he didn't get any credit for being an official in western Shaanxi, but when he heard that the imperial court had a big trouble, he was still so happy that he wanted to jump, after all, he could be regarded as a "good official" who was worried about the country and the people, he laughed and said: "Tell me the details, how did Wang Jiayin ambush?" ”

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While Lian Guoshi listened to the messengers of the officers and soldiers report the news to him, Zhu Yuanzhang and a large group of leaders also sat in a small cave in the back mountain with solemn expressions, listening to the family members sent back by Xu Renjie to report the information.

"The master spent a lot of silver to buy this information from a bookstore, and my departure speed was half a day later than the messenger sent by the imperial court, but my journey should be a little faster than his, and it is estimated that the news I brought has just been obtained by practicing state affairs." The man said hurriedly.

"Say it quickly, you are in a hurry!" Wang Er urged.

"The situation is like this...... Jia Ding sighed: "This spring, due to the beautiful weather, there were a few rains, and the 36th battalion of the rebel army that entered Shanxi was also hit by a lot of impact, and many leaders were shaken in their hearts, and the rebel army was unstable......

"The official sent by the imperial court to Shanxi to suppress bandits is named Cao Wenshao, who is not only very good at fighting, but also very scheming. He saw that the rebels were unstable, so he resorted to an extremely vicious strategy and bribed an important figure around Wang Jiayin, Zhang Liwei......"

"Zhang Liwei? We haven't heard of this person, the last time the 36th Battalion passed by Huanglong Cottage, did he meet with us? Desperately Saburo was puzzled.

Jia Ding hurriedly introduced: "This person named Zhang Liwei is the younger brother of Mrs. Wang Jiayin, hmm...... That is, brother-in-law. Wang Jiayin is a person who values feelings, and he is very good to outsiders, not to mention his wife, he trusts this brother-in-law very much, entrusts him with important responsibilities, and is named the commander before the account...... Belch...... It is similar to the position of Ma Xiaotian's leader in our cottage. ”

When the leaders heard this, they immediately understood that Ma Xiaotian could be said to be the leader closest to Zhu Bugs, he took more than 30 of his oldest henchmen and brothers to protect Zhu Bugs' safety, it is no exaggeration to say that if Ma Xiaotian betrays, it is really easy to stab Zhu Bugs in the back.

When Wang Er heard this, he immediately shouted: "It's not good, this position has been bought...... Is Wang Jiayin still alive? ”

"yes...... Can't live! Jia Ding sighed, and then reported: "At the beginning of June, Wang Jiayin was drunk and sleeping in the tent, leaving Zhang Liwei to be responsible for patrolling and guarding outside the tent. ”

As soon as they heard this, the leaders immediately shouted: "Killed? ”

"The head was sent to the imperial court? A bastard like Zhang Liwei was actually made an official? ”

"Holy!"

"Fuck, there are birdmen like this!"

The leaders scolded angrily, and at the same time turned their heads and looked at Ma Xiaotian: "Hey, Xiaotian, you are responsible for the safety of Brother Zhu, don't learn this position." ”

Ma Xiaotian was startled, and quickly shook his head: "I, how is it possible?" I was dying of starvation, but it was Brother Zhu who picked me up from Xigu Village, and I am more loyal to him than any of you. ”

Seeing Ma Xiaotian's anxious appearance, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't help him speak, and letting the leaders force him to say a few words like this can be regarded as a kind of alertness, which is good for Ma Xiaotian and good for his own safety.

He just turned to the family who reported the news and asked, "After Wang Jiayin's death, what is the situation of the 36th Battalion of the East Road Volunteer Army?" ”

When the leaders heard Zhu Yuanzhang's question, they quickly woke up, the most important thing at the moment is not to question Ma Xiaotian's loyalty, but to find out the changes within the rebel army after Wang Jiayin's death, which is the most important thing, because this is directly related to their own safety. At this time, the Western Road Righteous Army led by Shen Yikui has been appeased by the imperial court, and if Wang Jiayin's Eastern Road Righteous Army also collapses because of Wang Jiayin's death, it will be over. The imperial court will use the coercion of thunder to force the Huanglong cottage, and then the king of heaven and Lao Tzu will not be able to save them.

Everyone couldn't help but get nervous, only Zhu Yuanzhang was not nervous, because he knew that the 36th Battalion should not fall here, at least the history he had watched had not developed like this. He was only slightly worried, would his arrival change the course of history? So he has this question, otherwise he doesn't even need to ask, he just needs to recall it in the long river of memory.