Taiyuan Dongcheng, Guanning Army Camp.

Hundreds of generals in the Guanning army have gathered on the school ground, they were originally going to ask Wu Sangui for an explanation, these people are either migrated from western Liaoning, or Shanxi natives, they are not willing to leave the Central Plains to go to the desolate, cold, barren desert, but now Wu Sangui sent Zhao Liujin.

Zhao Liujin looked indifferent, looking at the hundreds of generals in front of him and was silent for a long time.

"Mr. Zhao, you have something to say."

"yes, to go or not to go?"

"The brothers are all waiting for the decision of the king of Pingxi."

Seeing that Zhao Liujin didn't mean to speak, the generals of Guan Ningjun began to become impatient.

Zhao Liujin's gaze gradually became cold, and he asked loudly, "Are you hard-hearted and don't want to go to the desert?" ”

"Yes, we're already determined!"

"Death doesn't go to the desert!"

"I'd rather fight with the Central Army than run away to that ghost place where birds don't."

"Is that a place for people? Lao Tzu will not die. ”

Guan Ning's generals responded one after another, and they all looked very excited.

Zhao Liujin said awe-inspiringly: "But King Pingxi has to let you go?" ”

The generals of Guanning closed their mouths one after another, although the current Wu Sangui is no longer as majestic as when he was guarding Shanhaiguan, but his prestige in the Guanning army is still very high, although the Guanning soldiers are unwilling to go to the desert, but if Wu Sangui forces them to go, they have nothing to do.

Wu Sangui's control over the Guanning Army is also very strict, almost all the senior officers were single-handedly pulled up by him, these senior officers have always been loyal to him, for Wu Sangui's decision to flee to the desert, although these generals complained, but it was far from the extent of betraying Wu Sangui.

If it weren't for the absolute confidence in the loyalty of his subordinates, Wu Sangui would not have let Zhao Liujin do the mobilization.

Zhao Liujin's eyes couldn't help but pass a trace of awe, Guan Ningjun deserved to be Wu Sangui's Guan Ningjun, it was really not easy to make Guan Ningjun betray Wu Sangui, but now that the arrow was off the string, Zhao Liujin had no way to take the arrow back, he could only fight Wu Sangui to the end.

Zhao Liujin appreciates what Wang Pu once said: There has never been love for no reason in this world, and there is no hate for no reason, there has always been only eternal interests!

Although Guan Ningjun is loyal to Wu Sangui, it is not unconditional, when this condition no longer exists, Guan Ningjun's loyalty to Wu Sangui will collapse!

So what are the conditions for Guan Ningjun's loyalty to Wu Sangui? That is the benefit, when Wu Sangui can bring benefits to the officers and soldiers of the Guanning Army, of course the officers and soldiers of the Guanning Army will swear allegiance to Wu Sangui, but when Wu Sangui can no longer bring benefits to the officers and soldiers of the Guanning Army, and even force them to give up the original benefits, will the officers and soldiers of the Guanning Army be loyal to Wu Sangui as always?

No!

If that time really comes, not only will Guan Ningjun not continue to be loyal to Wu Sangui, but will even turn against Wu Sangui!

In fact, from the moment Wu Sangui decided to go into exile in the desert, he had already damaged his foundation, so what Zhao Liujin has to do now is actually very simple, what Zhao Liujin has to do now is just tell the truth of the matter to the Guan Ning soldiers, incite the anger in their hearts, and then guide this anger to vent on Wu Sangui's head!

Zhao Liujin's gaze turned to the two guards, and he commanded in a condensed voice: "Send someone to guard the school grounds, and no one here is allowed to leave without permission until the matter is resolved!" ”

"Yes!"

The two guards had obviously been bought by Zhao Liujin and took the order.

Soon, the two garrisons drove over from the camp with a large group of Guan Ning troops and surrounded the entire school field, and the Guan Ning generals who were surrounded in the middle looked calm, they didn't think that Zhao Liujin dared to play any tricks, let alone that the Guan Ning army surrounding the school field would be unfavorable to them, after all, it was their soldiers! And Zhao Liujin is just an outsider, and he has no foundation in the Guanning army at all.

Zhao Liujin strode to the middle of the Guanning generals, and said loudly: "Everyone knows that I am an outsider, I was not a close confidant of the King of Pingxi, and I have no foundation in the Guanning army, so the King of Pingxi sent me this time!" The king of Pingxi sent me here to tell everyone something that he was inconvenient to say, and then he killed me with a knife......"

"Shut up!" Someone in the crowd shouted, "This guy is talking nonsense, don't believe him." ”

Immediately, Wu Sangui's hardcore cronies realized that something was wrong and tried to stop Zhao Liujin's "nonsense".

"This brother." Zhao Liujin said indifferently, "Are you still afraid of me saying a few words?" ”

"Yes, listen to him."

"Qiu Song, close your beak and let him finish speaking!"

"Listen to the fuck to Lao Tzu, before Mr. Zhao finishes speaking, no one is allowed to interject, let alone leave, otherwise Lao Tzu wants him to look good!"

Several Guan Ning generals shouted at the same time, and the hardcore cronies who spoke just now didn't dare to say anything more.

Zhao Liujin took a breath and continued, "What does King Pingxi want to say through my mouth?" In fact, I hope that everyone will give up their family business and follow him into exile in the desert! The king of Pingxi wants me to tell everyone that there are vast pastures and countless cattle and sheep in the desert, as well as beautiful Mongolian women...... But do you think it's possible? ”

"Bullshit, what can you do in the desert?"

"Where can you be comfortable in a place where birds don't poop?"

"The golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as the kennel at home, and Lao Tzu will not leave Shanxi even if he dies."

The generals of Guanning expressed their positions one after another.

"That's why King Pingxi asked me to say this." Zhao Liujin clapped his hands and said with a wry smile, "Because I said this, but I can't honor it after I come to the desert in the future, he can kill me with a knife, and then put all the blame on me, he Wu Sangui hasn't said this, and everyone has nothing to say, right?" ”

Guan Ning's generals showed a look of indignation in their eyes, although these guys are all simple-minded and rough people, they still have basic judgment.

"Brothers......" Zhao Liujin suddenly raised his throat and shouted, "Are you willing to give up the land of your hometown and go into exile in the desert?" Are you willing to leave your wife and concubine at home and run to the prairie to hug the fishy and dirty Mongolian girls? Are you willing to leave your old father and children behind to become a homeless man? Anyway, I don't want to, whoever wants to go, anyway, Lao Tzu won't fucking be accompanied, Lao Tzu will stay in Shanxi and not leave, what do you love. ”

"Yes, I'm not leaving."

"Lao Tzu won't leave either."

"Only fools go to the desert."

Guan Ning's generals responded violently, and Zhao Liujin just said what they wanted to say.

A guy quietly got out of the crowd, and when he was about to slip away, he was blocked by Zhao Liujin, and asked in a dark voice: "Qiu Song, where do you want to go?" ”

"Uh, that...... I want to go and get rid of it. ”

"Relieve your hands, won't you go to report to King Pingxi?"

"Ventilation news? What kind of wind and what kind of letter? It's a relief. ”

"Hmph."

Zhao Liujin laughed twice, and suddenly pulled out his knife and slashed at Qiu Song, Qiu Song was already cut to the ground by Zhao Liujin before he had time to make any reaction, and the Guan Ning generals who were watching around suddenly exclaimed, Zhao Liujin raised his bloody waist knife, and shouted: "Brothers, Wu Sangui's personality must be better known than me, he is determined to flee to the desert, if you don't follow, how do you say he will deal with everyone?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Wu Sangui's compassionate face floated in their minds.

"Wu Sangui will kill all of us here!" Zhao Liujin brandished his blood-dripping waist knife, and shouted hoarsely, "Tell you the truth, King Jingnan, the supreme commander of the Central Army of the Ming Dynasty, has sent me a secret letter, King Jingnan told me that anyone in the army and people in Shanxi can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but Wu Sangui can't, so Wu Sangui is determined to flee, but why should we follow him to the end of the world?" If we don't stay in our hometown, we don't have a good Central Army, so why should we follow him and flee to the desert to be a wandering robber? ”

The crowd was in an uproar.

"Come with me if you want to live." Zhao Liujin raised his sword again and shouted, "Wu Sangui will soon know about the matter here, and he will never spare us!" There is not much time left for us, if you want to live, there is only one way to go, follow me to Pingxi Palace, arrest Wu Sangui, and go......"

Zhao Liujin knew that he couldn't give too much time to think about the generals of the Guanning Army, after all, these generals had stayed under Wu Sangui for too long, Wu Sangui usually had a lot of silver power in the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the Guanning Army, if they were given too much time to think, they would definitely be afraid and hesitate, on the contrary, if there was not much time to think about it, these simple-minded martial artists would do things much more simply.

Zhao Liujin accurately grasped the weakness of the surname, and as soon as he fanned a few words, he was indignant, and followed Zhao Liujin straight to Wu Sangui's mansion.

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Pingxi Palace.

When Wu Sangui was helping his wife and concubine clean up the gold and silver, a family member suddenly stumbled in and gasped: "Lord Wang, it's not good, it's not good......

Wu Sangui frowned and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Jia Ding cried and said with a sad face: "It's the opposite, the Guan Ning army has rebelled." ”

"What!?" Wu Sangui was taken aback when he heard this, and lost his voice, "Impossible, how is this possible!?" ”

"Really!" Jia Ding hurriedly said, "Guan Ningjun is really reversed, Lord Wang, you should take a few ladies and go through the back door, and the villain will take people to the front door to block the rebels......"

"Kill!"

"Don't go, Wu Sangui!"

"Block the front and back doors, and don't let anyone go!"

Before Jia Ding finished speaking, a deafening shout of killing had already sounded outside, Wu Sangui was like falling into an ice cave, and the Guan Ning Army, which had been painstakingly operated for many years, rebelled, this was definitely the most fatal blow to Wu Sangui, losing the Guan Ning Army, Wu Sangui is still Wu Sangui? Even if you escape to the desert, what can you do?

"Lord Wang." The family said urgently, "Take a few ladies and leave!" ”

The look on Wu Sangui's face gradually changed from shock to sadness, and he said in a condensed voice: "No, it's too late, gather all the family members and guard the backyard!" ”

After the tea effort, Wu Sangui's figure appeared on the courtyard wall.

After seeing Wu Sangui, the officers and soldiers of the Guanning army who flocked in stopped one after another, and the weapons raised were unconsciously put down, and in less than a moment, the noisy shouts stopped, Wu Sangui's silver power was not so easy to dissipate after all, and the arrogance of the Guanning soldiers immediately converged a lot.

"Lee Sang-ryong, Ha Wei!" Wu Sangui's gaze fell on the faces of the two leading generals, Guan Ning, and shouted sharply, "This king treats you well, why do you want to betray this king?" ”

Li Xianglong and Xia Wei looked at each other with blank expressions.

"As long as you put down your weapons, everything that happened today will not be held accountable by this king!" Wu Sangui took a breath and turned his gaze to the Guan Ning soldiers behind the two of them, "You are the same, as long as you put down your weapons and return to the barracks, this king can act as if nothing happened!" ”

Including Li Xianglong and Xia Wei, all the Guan Ning soldiers began to hesitate.

At this time, Zhao Liujin's voice sounded like thunder: "Wu Sangui, who else do you want to scare when you are dying?" Not to be pursued, hum, can you still be held accountable? ”

After that, Zhao Liujin shouted to the Guan Ning soldiers again: "Brothers, don't be afraid, no matter how powerful Wu Sangui is, he is also a human being, can he defeat thousands of troops alone?" ”

The expression on General Guan Ning's face immediately became firm again.

"Zhao Liujin!" Wu Sangui's gaze fell on Zhao Liujin's face like a knife, and he shouted, "It turned out to be you, and it was really you!" ”

"Hahaha." Zhao Liujin looked up to the sky and said with a long smile, "Wu Sangui, you didn't expect it, the guy who usually only promises and wags his tail like a dog and begs for mercy is your last gravedigger!" ”

"Don't rejoice too soon!" Wu Sangui shouted, "Even if you can kill this king, the Guanning soldiers can't spare you, you just wait for the Guanning army to enter the city and cut you into pulp!" ”

"Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui, you are really smart and confused for a while." Zhao Liujin shook his head and sighed, "At this time, do you still dream that Guan Ningjun will be loyal to you?" Because you're going to force them to leave their homes, because you're going to force them to abandon everything, so they've abandoned you! Wu Sangui, now you are a loner. ”

Wu Sangui was like being devoured by thunder, like a defeated rooster wilting in an instant.

Zhao Liujin waved his hand and said loudly: "Hit the door, and those who capture Wu Sangui alive will be rewarded with five thousand taels of silver!" ”

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Shanxi, Datong.

As soon as the Central Army passed Futuyu, Wang Pu received a quick delivery from Zhao Liujin.

After reading Zhao Liujin's letter in a hurry, Wang Pu couldn't help but smile on his face, and Liu Qingyan on the side asked in a coquettish voice: "Master, how is it?" ”

"Zhao Liujin has finished the work." Wang Pu smiled and said, "Guan Ningjun collectively surrendered, Wu Sangui was captured alive, beautiful, well done." ”

"Hee-hee." Liu Qingyan covered her mouth and chuckled, "The slave family said a long time ago that Wu Sangui can't run away." ”

"Wu Sangui." Wang Pu nodded and said viciously, "This dog finally caught me." ”

Liu Qingyan asked in a coquettish voice, "Lord Wang, what are you going to do with him?" ”

"Needless to say." Wang Pu said murderously, "Peel the skin, cramp and stuff the grass to make a human skin lantern, this king wants to let everyone in the world know, and when Han Annihilation is not good!" ”

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Five days later, Wang Pu and Liu Ru were the two central armies that arrived in Taiyuan almost simultaneously.

At this time, Taiyuan was completely under the control of Zhao Liujin, and when he heard that the central army was coming, Zhao Liujin hurriedly led the senior generals of the Guanning Army and the Shilin squires in Taiyuan City out of the city to greet him.

Of course, the most excited among them is the Shanxi businessmen in Taiyuan City, you must know that the Wang family was originally the richest man in Shanxi, this time Wang Pu Yijin returned to his hometown, and became the supreme commander of the Central Army of the Ming Empire, and he can also treat the Shanxi villagers in the past? These mercenary businessmen are already looking forward to a bright future.

But to be honest, Wang Pu did not intend to treat his Shanxi fellow villagers badly, Wang Beech and Wang Hua also returned to Shanxi with Wang Pu, the brothers returned to Shanxi this time for two purposes, one is of course to help Wang Pu stabilize the situation in Shanxi, to help the people of Shanxi resume production as soon as possible, and the other is to revitalize Shanxi commerce.

Speaking of which, the Jin merchants in the Ming Dynasty are also considered to be old qualifications of the merchants, as early as the Yongle Dynasty, the Jin merchants have begun to do business with the imperial court, when the Yongle Emperor five expeditions to the desert, the army needs most of the grain, forage is done by the Jin merchants, and later Datong, Yulin, Gansu, Guyuan towns and border troops and Jin merchants trade more closely.

At present, the Ming thieves are not at peace, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, but Wang Pu's eyes have been looking at a few years or decades later!

With the implementation of the Hu killing order, with the strong support of the Ming Dynasty and the central army, the development of the north by the northern cowboys is bound to be vigorously launched, and Shanxi is bound to become a trade transit hub in the development of the north due to its unique geographical advantages.

On the one hand, weapons and ammunition, ironware, silk, tea, porcelain, salt and other goods from the south had to be transported to the north through Shanxi to supply the cowboys who were working hard there, and on the other hand, the livestock, furs, and grain produced by the cowboys in the north had to be sold to the south through Shanxi.

However, these are not in a hurry, the first major thing Wang Pu wants to do now is to reorganize Shanxi's political axe organs, the appointment of officials in various prefectures and counties under Shanxi Province is actually not important, there are people in the Donglin Restoration Society, and a few hundred people can be selected to come to Shanxi as prefects and counties at will, and the most important thing is the candidates for the governor and admiral of Shanxi.

In fact, there is no suspense about the choice of the governor, whether it is popularity, ability, or familiarity with Shanxi, Zhao Liujin is the most suitable candidate, Wang Pu has also identified Zhao Liujin in his heart, this person is not good at leading troops to fight, but he is definitely a good hand at political work.

At present, Shanxi can be described as full of devastation, the people are not happy, such a dilapidated province, it is not possible to send He Tengjiao, a good official and a clean official who only wants to do practical things for the people, and what Shanxi urgently needs now is a capable and skillful governor! Although Zhao Liujin is a sleek and delicate person, he is definitely a capable and skillful person, and he can be regarded as the best candidate for the governor of Shanxi.

Of course, Zhao Liujin's character is not good, and he is also capricious, and now he is willing to abandon the secret and rejoin the imperial court, entirely because the Ming Dynasty has been prosperous, if the Ming Dynasty does not have Zhongxing in the future, or Jiannu sits in the world, Wang Pu believes that Zhao Liujin will definitely become a slave of Jiannu.

Therefore, the candidate for the governor of Shanxi is particularly important.

Wang Pu screened Scarface, Monk Zhang, Tang Sheng, and Zhao Xin several times, but he didn't find anyone more suitable for this position.

Scarface is loyal to Wang Pu, but his surname is like fishing, Monk Zhang is also loyal, but he is too upright, too righteous, Tang Sheng is good at wine and good at talking, Zhao Xin likes pomp and circumstance, likes to be famous, with Zhao Liujin's wrist, as long as he likes it, he can easily control them, Wang Pu does not want Zhao Liujin to become the emperor of Shanxi.

Wang Pu had originally appointed the Red Lady as the governor of Shanxi, but this was only temporary, and Wang Pu was reluctant to leave the delicate Red Lady alone in Shanxi, in his heart Wang Pu had already regarded the Red Lady as his own woman, since it was his own woman, how could he throw her alone in Shanxi?

Liu Qingyan inserted her slender jade finger into Wang Pu's hairline, gently rubbed the man's scalp, and asked softly, "Master, what do you want?" ”

"I'm thinking......" Wang Pu groaned comfortably and said in a low voice, "who should be the governor of Shanxi?" ”

"Isn't the master already a red lady?" Liu Qingyan said coquettishly, "What, I can't bear it?" ”

Wang Pu smiled bitterly: "She is a woman after all." ”

"What's wrong with the woman?" Liu Qingyan said angrily, "Isn't Qin Liangyu also a woman, so she won't be her chief military officer?" And if the girl is not a woman, she didn't take it well when she was the commander of the enemy last year, and the slave family saw that the chief officers of the Central Army were very convinced of her. ”

"No." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "It's still not appropriate." ”

Liu Qingyan blinked her beautiful eyes, and suddenly said, "Master, there is a candidate for the slave family." ”

"Oh?" Wang Pu said happily, "Let's talk about it." ”

Liu Qingyan said: "What do you think of Zheng Chenggong?" ”

"Zheng Chenggong?" Wang Pu groaned, "Hiss...... It's a personal choice. ”

Although Zheng Chenggong is young, he is now in a high position as the chief officer of the Central Army, and it is completely reasonable for him to be promoted to the governor of Shanxi because of his merits, and no one in the army will raise objections! More importantly, Zheng Chenggong has an upright character, and he is a young Zhuang officer who has received a formal education in a military academy, and he is not like Scarface and Li Chengdong who have stayed in the old army of the Ming Dynasty, such a young man is more radical in thinking, and it is difficult to pee into the same pot with an old bureaucrat like Zhao Liujin.

Also, Zheng Chenggong is Zheng Zhilong's eldest son!

The Zheng family is the richest man in Fujian, and I don't know how much silver they have saved in trade with the West over the years, once Zheng Chenggong becomes the governor of Shanxi, the Zheng family's eyes will fall on this war-torn yellow earth, and then the Zheng family's funds will continue to flow into Shanxi, which is a great benefit to the recovery of Shanxi.

(To be continued)