After Zhang Jinyan reported his name, Ma Xinyu thought in his heart: It turned out to be a genuine Jinshi, Ren Qingjian Zhixian, no wonder these scholars and students were headed by him. He couldn't help but be in awe of this person, so he asked with a little respect: "May I ask Lord Zhang, you said that the officers and soldiers only need a year and a half to break Zhu Ba to save us, but you don't know what the truth is?" ”

His question is obviously a good vote for Zhang Jinyan, most mortals tell stories, and they like someone to ask next to them: "What about the back?" Zhang Jinyan's lectures are also average, and he likes others to ask why below, he cast a friendly look at Ma Xinyu, and then cleared his throat and said: "Liukou has revealed a huge flaw, and it will be over in an instant." ”

His words were really alarmist, Ma Xiaotian, Ma Xinyu, and the Red Lady were all startled, thinking: Is there really something wrong with me Zhu Jun? Why don't we know anything about it?

The three of them turned their heads to look at Zhu Yuanzhang together, but Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was indifferent, obviously not taking Zhang Jinyan's scary words to heart. Ma Xiaotian immediately put his mind at ease, he knew Zhu Bugling's ability, since Zhu Bugling was not afraid, he had nothing to fear.

But Ma Xinyu is different, he is not as confident in Zhu Yuanzhang as Ma Xiaotian, and secretly thought in his heart: If the rogue is defeated, the red lady will not be spared, no, I have to help solve it. He cleared his throat and asked, "May I ask Lord Zhang, what are the flaws in the rogue?" ”

Zhang Jinyan thought to himself: This kid is really sensible, he will ask me a word, it's just a joke. Feeling excited, he smiled and asked, "Do you know why we call the thieves all the rogues?" ”

Ma Xinyu hurriedly asked, "Why?" ”

Zhang Jinyan said: "The reason lies in the word 'flow'. The thief army was constantly moving, plundering everywhere, making the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court rush east and west, and they were unable to cope with it...... Therefore, it is difficult to solve the shortcomings of the rogue and has become a major problem for my Ming Dynasty. Now, the rogues suddenly stopped flowing, and came to occupy Shaanxi*xi, wanting to divide the land and rule, this is their way to death......"

He paused and continued, "This official is not talking nonsense. Let me give you an example. How powerful was the Daliu Kou Huangchao at the end of the Tang Dynasty? Twice captured Chang'an, it is said that his people killed 8 million, causing the world to shake, and its momentum is almost unmatched. But why did he lose the battle in the end? It is because he occupies Chang'an. The word 'flow' is lost. That's why it will be destroyed. ”

Hearing him say this, many scholars in the audience said: "Yes! ”

Zhang Xinyu was also interested, and couldn't help asking, "Huh?" That's really the case. May I ask you, why did the Liukou perish if they lost the word 'flow'? ”

Zhang Jinyan said: "Liukou not only has a flow character, but also a Kou word, but all thieves and thieves do not produce, do not know creation, only know blindly plundering, they need to plunder to obtain gold jewelry, food weapons." And one place cannot be plundered for a long time, after passing through it must be plundered in another place, and if you stop and plunder in one place, you can only plunder it once, and you will not be able to plunder anything...... As you saw a few days ago, after the 100,000 troops had been in northern Shaanxi for more than a year, it had become a problem to even eat, how could such an army still have combat effectiveness? Therefore, the mixed 100,000 was driven away by Zhu Ba, and now Zhu Ba has come to occupy this place again, I don't think he can stay here for long, and when the heavenly soldiers arrive, he will be turned into powder. We will be saved then. ”

He paused again when he said this, and said, "Actually, letting the rogues occupy a big city is a good way to eliminate the rogues!" When he said this, he didn't expect that in the original history, he gave up the city of Beijing to Li Zicheng, which really accelerated Li Zicheng's demise.

(Note: The original text of Zhang Jinyan's recital is: The minister is the governor of Qingjian County, and he is well-known in the military situation and the thief situation.) The thief's gain is flowing, and the thief's loss is stopping; The thief's long skills are divided, and the thieves' poor skills are combined; The thief rides in summer and autumn, and the thief loses in winter and spring. The book has been changed to vernacular for the convenience of readers. ）

All the scholars said: "Master Zhang! ”

Ma Xinyu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, it really scared me, I thought that Zhu Jun really had some flaws that would lead to destruction, and it was this for a long time, our Zhu Jun is different from other rogues, we are thieves who want to produce and create their own seeds, but we are not those low-grade rogues. His expression suddenly became relaxed, and as soon as his fear was gone, his ridicule was born, so he raised his voice and said, "Master Zhang...... I came from Baishui in my later years, and what I saw and heard along the way was a little different from what you said, and I asked for advice. ”

Zhang Jinyan was also interested in hearing it, so he asked, "What have you seen?" ”

Ma Xinyu talked in detail about the current situation in southern Shaanxi, talking about the people living and working in peace and contentment, and living a good life, and talking about the thief army recruiting talents, opening the government and setting up a government, promoting new crops, training soldiers, and setting up a grain store...... When he said a lot of things, Zhang Jinyan's face changed uncertainly, like a chameleon, and he changed seventeen shades in a row.

Then Ma Xinyu said: "Master Zhang, if this rogue is to be produced, what should he do?" ”

Zhang Jinyan's face was like dirt, and he was stunned for a long time before he gasped and said, "This ...... This...... These thieves...... No, this can't be called a rogue at all, Baishui Zhuba, he ...... He clearly wants to follow the example of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slow down the title of king...... He has a great evil intention. ”

Ma Xinyu said: "How can such a rogue be defeated?" ”

Zhang Jinyan's face changed greatly, and he said, "This ...... That one...... This ...... "Where did he find a way to defeat this rogue?" If he really has a way, it is a talent of the world, and he is guaranteed to be famous in history. After his face changed several times, he suddenly said to Ma Xinyu: "This brother, you said that you came from the water and were not persecuted by thieves all the way?" ”

Ma Xinyu said: "The late life is a Baishui person, and Zhu Ba is also a Baishui person, and he does not make it difficult for the local people, so he can move around freely in the later life." ”

Zhang Jinyan said: "Brother Tai, can you take this official out...... Go out and see...... I want to use these eyes to understand what the thief does, so that I can study a good way to break the thief. ”

Ma Xinyu asked Zhu Yuanzhang with his eyes, and Zhu Yuanzhang ordered in a low voice behind him: "Take him out to see." ”

Ma Xinyu raised his head at this time and said to Zhang Jinyan: "Since it is the request of an adult, I don't want to fight for my life in the later life, and I should achieve it." ”

Most of the fifty or sixty scholars in the hall have been hiding here for more than a year, and when they heard that Ma Xinyu had a way to take people out to walk around, they were very interested, and they begged him one after another, Zhu Yuanzhang secretly signaled to him to take this group of scholars out and let them see their ambitions as a "thief"! Only in this way can these people be subdued.

In fact, scholars are the best at seeing the wind and steering the rudder, if they are a thief, they will not do things for you, but when they find that you have the capital to sit on the world, maybe they will consider becoming a minister from the dragon. This guy named Zhang Jinyan has surrendered to Li Zicheng in the original history, and it is not difficult to subdue him in this world, the key is to let him know that he has a future after taking refuge in Zhu Jun. This is also a necessary means to subdue real talents, if they are deceived into becoming subordinates, they are often mediocre.

Since then, Ma Xinyu took Zhang Jinyan and a group of scholars and left the academy to watch the situation outside. These scholars have been hiding for a year, and they don't know what it's like outside, but they only know from the mouths of the people who buy grain and send rice that this is already the world of Baishui Zhu Ba, and they feel fresh when they come out to see everything, and they are all taken aback when they see that Zhu Jun is immigrating in large numbers and encouraging reclamation.

Then he went to southern Shaanxi with Ma Xinyu for a turn, and sure enough, he saw that the people in southern Shaanxi lived and worked in peace and contentment, and they were happy, which was smoother than the place under the governance of the imperial court, which was really taken aback. Later, scholars threw themselves into Zhu Jun's arms one after another, and the vast majority of scholars participated in Zhu Jun's imperial examination held in Xi'an, and embarked on the road of becoming an official in Zhu Jun. Zhang Jin, these are the afterwords, so I won't press it.

In October of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong, Lao Huihui, and countless other small group of rebel leaders supported 200,000 people, and at the same time sent troops to attack Xiangyang, defeating the general army Qin Yiming, Huguang was shaken, and hurriedly transferred a large army to rescue Xiangyang. Zhang Xianzhong dangled a shot, but he did not attack Xiangyang, and ran down the east of the river with Luo Rucai, Lao Huihui, Chuang Collapse and others, and ran without a trace.

On the other side, Li Zicheng, Guo Tianxing and others also led their troops southward and rushed into Sichuan, because Sichuan is mountainous, which is convenient for the thief army to move, and it is not conducive to the pursuit of officers and soldiers, so after the thief army enters Sichuan, it is like entering a no-man's land, Lianke Zhaohua, Jintang, Jianzhou, Shifang, Pengxian, Pixian, Xindu, Xichong, Suining, Zitong, Mianzhou, Xinfan, Wenjiang, Jiangyou, Zhangming, Luojiang, Deyang, Hanzhou and other prefectures and counties, the officials of the imperial court fled in despair. Hou Liangzhu, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan in the Ming Dynasty, fell into the ambush plan of the thief army and was killed in Baiqingba on the border of Zitong County. In just one month, Li Zicheng and other troops conquered 38 prefectures and counties in Sichuan. On the 2nd day of the first day of November, the three-way army of the thief army converged in the provincial capital and "raised troops on the outskirts of Chengdu".

Wang Weizhang, the governor of Sichuan in the Ming Dynasty, and Chen Tingmo, the governor of Sichuan, were so frightened that they desperately begged for help. After receiving the report, Emperor Chongzhen deeply hated the incompetence of Sichuan's civil and military officials, and ordered Wang Weizhang and Hou Liangzhu (who were already dead) to be dismissed, and Chen Tingmo "demoted three levels to kill thieves"; Fu Zonglong was appointed to replace the governor of Sichuan, and urged the officers and soldiers to quickly lead the troops into Sichuan to assist in the suppression. After the officers and soldiers received the order, they entered Sichuan with 10,000 officers and soldiers of the general army Zuo Guangxian, and the deputy generals Ma Ke, He Renlong, Zhao Guangyuan, and other troops, and transferred the general soldier Wang Hong and the general soldier Zu Dabi to pursue and suppress Li Zicheng, Guo Tianxing, Chaotianxing, and the six teams of Zhengshi Wang and Datianwang. (To be continued.) )