Chongzhen four years, March, Huanglong cottage!

Zhu Yuanzhang, as usual, got up early. Autumn leaves also hurriedly got up, served him and got dressed, and on the bed on the other side of the cave, Zhang Yingxian also slowly began to get up. After living on the same hillside for several years, the relationship between the three has become very delicate.

Autumn leaves sometimes slept with Zhu Yuanzhang, and sometimes went over to sleep with Zhang Yingxian, but no matter how she changed it, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Yingxian never slept in the same bed.

After Ping Yueli got up, there was no conversation between the three of them, Zhu Yuanzhang walked straight to the training ground on the top of the mountain, Zhang Yingxian walked to the "private school" where he taught the leaders to read and write, and Qiu Ye stayed at home, cleaning, laundry, and cooking......

But today is a little different, Zhang Yingxian got up and greeted softly: "Zhu Ba ......" In private, she never called Zhu Yuanzhang a minister, she always called him by his name.

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head, knowing that she must have something to say.

"Yesterday, Wang Er sent Zhang Xi to post it...... said that ten days later, he was going to marry Yingshan Hong, and you came back late yesterday, so I didn't tell you...... Think about it, what kind of gift should we give to them? Zhang Yingxian said lightly.

Dafan Zhang Yingxian took the initiative to talk to Zhu Yuanzhang, it was all this kind of thing, because for things like this kind of marriage and hospitality, other people's invitations were sent to the hostess, and few were sent directly to Zhu Yuanzhang, because Zhu Yuanzhang was rarely at home, either patrolling on this mountain, or training on that mountain. So the sticker is often passed in her hand, and then she passes it to Zhu Yuanzhang, which is also one of the few opportunities for the two to speak.

"What? Wang Er wants to marry Yingshanhong? With Zhu Yuanzhang's calmness, he couldn't help but exclaim.

"What are you doing in a fright?" Zhang Yingxian said lightly: "Wang Er is a man, Yingshanhong is a woman, is there any problem with these two getting married?" ”

"Wang Er is a man, I agree, but can Yingshanhong be considered a woman? The whole child is a female orangutan. Zhu Yuanzhang only occasionally tells such undisguised jokes in front of his family.

"Flutter!" Akiba covered her mouth and smiled.

"Could it be that if a woman is ugly, she doesn't even have the right to marry?" Zhang Yingxian was a little dissatisfied, and said angrily: "Although Yingshanhong looks a little rough, she is actually very feminine...... After all, it's a daughter's family. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang imagined the scene of the female orangutan holding a needle embroidery in his mind, and he had goosebumps all over his body, shook his head and said, "This ...... Unthinkable...... Forget it, since Wang Er likes to look like this, let him be...... As for the congratulatory gifts, well, you can figure it out yourself. ”

He came out of the cave and walked among the mountains, only to see that there was peace in the four fields, many villagers had already gotten up to prepare their crops, and a group of sentries were hurrying in the morning light...... Everyone had a smile on their faces.

"Well, this spring rain ......" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed slightly in his heart, although the old brothers in the cottage did not abandon the village because of the rain, but there is no doubt that everyone's tightly collapsed heartstrings were slightly relaxed, whether it was the villagers, soldiers, or even the leaders, there was a feeling of being busy and idle.

No, Wang Er, a person who shouts about fighting and playing all day long, actually played to get married! If it hadn't rained, would he have the heart to fall in love with a female orangutan?

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and smiled bitterly.

At this moment, on the mountain road with a slight dew in the morning light, Xu Renjie hurriedly ran over.

"Huh? Don't worry, talk about it slowly! Zhu Yuanzhang greeted him.

"Brother Zhu, something is wrong...... Xu Renjie rushed over: "Those spies in my family have sent back information...... The Yikui Department of the West Road Righteous Army has been surrendered by the imperial court. ”

"It's really a big deal, let's talk about it carefully!" Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was straight.

Xu Renjie hurriedly said: "A few days ago, the imperial court really moved out the emperor's holy decree as you said, and this holy decree was copied into countless copies and distributed throughout the province. ”

He took out a blank piece of paper from his bosom, on which was the original text of the holy decree hand-copied by the spies: "Shaanxi * West has repeatedly reported famines, and the small people are unemployed, and they are even forced to obey the thieves and kill themselves." Whoever is not a child, who is upside down, and who is sick and sick, can be more merciful. Today, 100,000 gold was issued, and the imperial history was ordered to go forward, and the disaster was given to the first place. If you are willing to be corrected, you will be a good citizen, and you will receive mercy as a whole. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and finished reading this holy decree.

Xu Renjie said: "After the holy decree was issued, Yang He's spirits were greatly lifted, and he first sent Hong Chengchou's troops to suppress Qingyang, forming a stalemate with Shen Yikui's army of 30,000 Liukou, and then sent Zhou Yueqiang, the governor of Ningzhou, and others to shout to Liukou in front of the battle every day to persuade Shen Yikui to accept Zhao'an. ”

Shen Yikui was reluctant at first, but then when he saw the holy decree, he wavered, and it didn't take long for the imperial historian Wu Fu to arrive with 100,000 taels of silver, and as soon as the silver arrived, the sincerity of the imperial court Zhao'an had been seen. Shen Yikui no longer insisted, and on the ninth day of March, he took more than 60 leaders such as Sun Jiye and Ru Chengming to Ningzhou to accept Zhao'an. ”

In order to publicize this matter, Yang He set up a dragon pavilion at the head of Ningzhou City, and guided Shen Yikui and others to kneel in front of the dragon pavilion and shout long live...... This move had a great impact, and when the rebels in western Shaanxi heard about it, they asked the government to surrender...... Lighting the lamp, the sky full of stars, the heavenly dragon, Wang Laohu, the lone wolf, Hao Lin'an, Liu Liu and other departments were also cared for one by one. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang listened with a calm face!

Xu Renjie hurriedly said: "Brother Zhu, what should we do now?" If all the rebels surrender, leaving our Huanglong cottage alone, the imperial court will immediately send a large army to encircle and suppress, there is no other rebel army to disperse the strength of the imperial court, with the current combat effectiveness of our cottage, it is absolutely unbearable to the thunderous blow of the imperial court. ”

Xu Renjie is right, the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang's Huanglong cottage has survived well is that Shaanxi * West is chaotic enough, and in that mess, the court can't take care of this small village. If all the righteous armies in the world surrender, waiting for the Huanglong cottage will be surrounded and suppressed by more than 10,000 imperial court troops.

"Don't panic!" Zhu Yuanzhang slapped Xu Renjie heavily on the shoulder, signaling him to calm down, and then suddenly said: "You just said that Yushi Wu Fu came to caress him with 100,000 taels of silver, right?" ”

"Yes, 100,000 taels, it's really a lot! I don't have that much money in my family. Xu Renjie wiped a handful of sweat.

"Hah! Just 100,000 taels! Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and waved his hand: "Don't worry, this appeasement seems to be just a farce, it won't be long before it fails, and our cottage will not be besieged by the imperial court." ”

"Why?" Xu Renjie was a little puzzled.

"Let's roughly estimate, if you count the large and small shares, or even the ones that are not shares, how many rebels are there in Shaanxi?" Zhu Yuanzhang tested him.

"Uh...... More than 200,000! Xu Renjie said.

"Hmmm! Almost. Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "If you count the impact of this spring rain, there are at least hundreds of thousands of rebels." The imperial court sent 100,000 taels of silver to appease him, and so many people divided 100,000 taels of silver...... How much can one person share? ”

"Less than ...... One or two ......," Xu Renjie said.

"What are the prices of food right now?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "You are a rice merchant, you should know it very well." ”

"Two taels of silver and one stone......" Xu Renjie was asked about the price of grain, and he answered without thinking about it.

With this answer, he suddenly came to his senses: "Huh? The money issued by the imperial court is not enough to buy even one stone of rice......"

"That's right!" Zhu Yuanzhang said very seriously: "Now that the spring plowing season has been missed, at this time, the rogues will not be able to plant this year's crops when they return home, they will have to wait until next year to sow seeds, and this year they must live on the relief silver of the imperial court." But the little money issued by the imperial court was only enough for the rogues to go home and eat for three months...... With this amount of money, it will not even be able to support this year's autumn harvest...... Not to mention next year's autumn harvest...... Not to mention that they still have to pay taxes...... This tax is again added by three cents per acre. ”

After Zhu Yuanzhang's analysis, Xu Renjie has completely understood.

"You mean to say that the court's appeasement can only have a three-month effect?"

"Hmm!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "For our village, it only needs to last for three months, as long as the government does not send a large army to encircle and suppress it within these three months, then there is no problem." When three months have passed, the rebels who were deceived into returning home by the 100,000 taels of silver will regain their weapons, and Shaanxi * West will be in chaos again, and the court will not be able to take care of us again. ”

Three months, it's not long, it's not short!

"Brother Zhu, I have a plan, I don't even have to support these three months." Xu Renjie said seriously: "Let's go and attack Qingyang, take away the 100,000 taels of silver, and let Yang He have no silver to share ...... in his hand."

"Nonsense!" Zhu Yuanzhang's face sank: "Do you think Qingyang City is made of paper?" Say surprise attack, surprise attack? You don't even know how many officers and soldiers are stationed in Qingyang, who are the generals who lead the army, what the terrain is, how to surprise attack? Fighting a war is not something that can be used on a whim. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's words made Xu Renjie's face ashamed.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't finish speaking, he sighed to Xu Renjie again: "There is another reason, this silver is absolutely ungrabbable!" Although 100,000 taels is a drop in the bucket and is of little use, most people will not think about how long it will last, they will only consider whether the silver can fall into their hands, and everyone is staring at this silver. If any corrupt official dares to take it, the emperor will punish him for the nine clans. If any rebel army dares to rob ...... The rest of the rebels will rise up and attack it......"

When Xu Renjie heard this, he suddenly realized: "I understand, whoever touches this silver, it is really a place to die and have no place to be buried, not to mention that Qingyang we don't have the ability to surprise attack, even if the silver is in front of us, we must not reach out and touch it." ”