Zheng Shanguo, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was deposed to Qichun County after losing his battle for Xiangguo with Lu Chu, and was appointed as the Taishou of Qichun, although he was a Sui minister, but his heart belonged to the Tang Dynasty. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

During the two years he served as Taishou, he had been in close contact with the Tang Dynasty, which was so secret that even the Zheng family did not know about it.

Zheng Shanguo became an important pawn planted by the Tang Dynasty in Jianghuai, until two years later, when the Tang Dynasty decided to let Du Fuwei return to Jianghuai to raise troops again, Zheng Shanguo's importance finally came into play at this time.

In the area of Huangmei County in the south-central part of Qichun County, there is a rich copper mine, which directly belongs to the Qichun County government, and the more than 4,000 miners of the mine are composed of criminals and prisoners of war from all over Jianghuai, and are guarded by 500 Sui soldiers.

At noon that day, a young man hurried to the county office, and he whispered a few words to the guards at the gate of the county office, and the soldier immediately went in to report for him, and after a short time, the soldier came out and said, "The envoy invites you to come in!" ”

This man's name is Han Huang, a native of Lujiang County, about twenty-five or sixteen years old, tall and burly, he was originally a supervisor of the Huangmei Mine, after Du Fuwei arrived, he was the first batch of mine personnel to be wooed by Du Fuwei, it was his arrangement that made Du Fuwei and his subordinates enter the mine, coupled with Han Huang's own shrewdness and ability, which made him gradually become Du Fuwei's henchman.

Today, Han Huang was sent by Du Fuwei to the county government to discuss some arrangements with Zheng Shanguo to raise troops.

Not long after, Han Huang was led to the inner hall by the soldiers, and the soldiers reported: "Envoy, he is here!" ”

"Let him in!"

Han Huang walked into the inner hall quickly, only to see Zheng Shanguo standing in front of the map in a daze, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "See the envoy!" ”

This is the third time Han Huang has come to see Zheng Shanguo, the two are already more familiar, Zheng Shanguo glanced at him and said, "How is Du Fuwei doing?" ”

"Envoy Qi, now there are 2,500 miners who are willing to follow General Du to start an uprising, and the number continues to increase, and it is estimated that it will eventually reach about 4,000 people."

"Didn't the defenders notice the change in the miners?"

"Not for the time being, the defenders are relatively lazy, if there is no trouble, they generally will not appear, let alone take care of the lives of the miners, most of the time they are overseen and managed."

"Did the overseer find out?"

"Back to the envoy, the twenty overseers are basically willing to follow General Du to get into trouble."

I don't know why, Zheng Shanguo always felt that something was wrong, it stands to reason that Du Fuwei has been active in the mine for more than half a month, even if most of the miners are willing to follow the rebellion, but there are many people who are unwilling, but no one has reported Du Fuwei, which is a bit unreasonable.

Moreover, the Sui army has 20,000 garrisons in Jianghuai, all of which are stationed in the Jiangdu area, and it will take at least half a month to kill Qichun County, it seems that the imperial court is not worried that something will happen to Qichun County, you must know that Jiangxia County across the river has 40,000 Tang troops, but the Northern Sui is not stationed in Qichun County, which is really a bit strange.

The reason why Zheng Shanguo had all kinds of doubts was because he regretted it a little, and the reason for regret was that he received a resolution sent by the Tang Dynasty yesterday.

One of the most important points, in order to boost the morale of Du Fuwei's subordinates, asked him to sacrifice Qichun County, so that Du Fuwei and his miner army could eat in Qichun County, what is called Qichun County, this is a good saying, in fact, it is to let Du Fuwei's army burn and kill in Qichun County, so that thousands of rebels have no way back, so they have to follow Du Fuwei to rebel.

Although Zheng Shanguo has a great desire for power and is biased towards the Tang Dynasty, after all, he has been a civil official for decades, and in his early years, he was known for being honest and loving the people, not to mention that he stayed in Qichun County for two years, and gradually developed feelings for the people of Qichun County, and more importantly, he knew in his heart that if he colluded with the rebels to slaughter civilians, he would be nailed to the pillar of shame in history, and Li Yuan would never reuse himself again.

It was this resolution that made Zheng Shanguo, who had been dazed by Li Yuan's sweet words for two years, suddenly wake up that Li Yuan was using himself, and he began to be annoyed that he had lured the wolf into the house and introduced Du Fuwei to Qichun County, which would be a misery for the people of Qichun County, and wouldn't he have become a sinner in Qichun County through the ages.

After a long time, he said, "What does General Nadu need me to do?" ”

"General Du needs to make Jun do three things, the first is to transfer the five hundred defenders of the mine......."

Before he finished speaking, Zheng Shanguo immediately denied it, "I can't do this, the five hundred defenders are under the control of the Ministry of War, and only the Ministry of War can transfer the defenders, you tell General Du, I can't help with this." ”

Han Huang said again: "General Du estimates that it will be difficult for Zheng Zhijun to do it, so if he can't transfer the defenders, then I hope that Zhijun can fulfill the second request." ”

"What requirements?"

"General Du needs two thousand weapons, swords or spears, as long as there are two thousand weapons, we will solve the five hundred defenders by ourselves."

Zheng Shanguo didn't agree immediately, and asked again: "Tell me about my brother's three requirements." ”

"The third requirement is actually that the envoy should also know that we have to go north from the Huangmei Mine and enter Qichun County to eat, which is an important promise made by General Du to his subordinates, and I hope that the envoy can cooperate with it to achieve it."

Zheng Shanguo frowned, he was extremely sensitive in his heart, he only received the resolution of the imperial court yesterday, how could Du Fuwei know, it was obvious that Du Fuwei knew the resolution of the imperial court before himself, which made Zheng Shanguo angry at the same time, but also dissatisfied with Li Yuan, he and Du Fuwei were also used pawns, it was obvious that Du Fuwei was more important than himself in Li Yuan's mind.

After a long time, he said coldly: "I can contact Jiang Xia and ask Jiang Xia to send two thousand weapons over, but it will take about seven to eight days, please General Du wait patiently, and by the way, take advantage of this time to continue to develop members." ”

"Leave here!"

Han Huang saluted and was about to leave, Zheng Shanguo stopped him again and admonished: "You go back and tell General Du, don't act rashly, you must not be discovered by the defenders before the weapons arrive, the Northern Sui Navy is in Jiujiang County, not far from here, you can kill Qichun County in two days, you must hide yourself, you can't startle the snake!" ”

"Remember the humble duty, thank you for the reminder!"

Han Huang bowed and hurriedly left, Zheng Shanguo took a few steps, he finally made up his mind that he must not be involved in this matter again, he immediately sat down and wrote two letters, one was to the naval governor Lai Hu'er, and the other was to the regent Zhang Xuan, in the letter to Lai Hu'er, he detailed Du Fuwei's plan and asked Lai Hu'er to immediately start suppressing Du Fuwei's rebellion.

In the letter to Zhang Xuan, he deeply confessed to Zhang Xuan, admitting that he had been in contact with the Tang Dynasty for two years, but he did not have the idea of betraying Qichun County.

"Wei Chen attaches too much importance to family affection and despises the interests of the country, and the prince Li Jiancheng has a very close relationship, so that he was used by the other party, Du Fuwei sneaked into the Huangmei Mine The minister knew that he had made a big mistake, and he regretted it too late, and the minister's death was not enough to atone for his sins, and now Du Fuwei has not yet raised troops, and the minister is afraid of destroying the people of the county, and begging His Royal Highness to raise a thunderous army, exterminate the remnants of the Du thief in one fell swoop, and protect Qi Chun, and the minister is willing to enter Beijing to receive the crime, and die without complaint......."

When Zheng Shanguo sent someone to send the two letters away as quickly as possible, he wrote another note and sent someone to send it to Li Chong, the captain of the mine garrison, if the 500 garrison of the mine was killed by Du Fuwei, then it would be useless for him to make meritorious contributions.

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The Huangmei Mine was a small copper mine, mined and smelted by more than 1,000 criminals and more than 3,000 prisoners of war, most of whom were felons from all over the Yangtze River, and the prisoners of war were Du Fuwei's old department.

The mine belongs to the official office of Qichun County, there is a chief mine supervisor, 20 mine supervisors, they are responsible for supervising the miners to work in the mine, in order to prevent the miners from making trouble and escaping, 500 Qichun County soldiers are stationed in the mine, directly under the military department, and are led by a captain.

In addition to being able to eat enough, each person can also earn five yuan per month, which is generally paid to their families, and they can also write letters to contact their families every month, and they can be released home after three years of mining, and if they are willing to stay and continue mining, the wages will rise to ten yuan, which is the same as the normally recruited miners, and they come and go freely.

Therefore, the more than 3,000 prisoners of war are basically about to expire, and everyone has begun to think about their future, some people are willing to go home, some people want to stay and continue mining, and at the same time take their wives and children to live in Huangmei County, after all, it is not so easy to find a job with ten yuan a month.

But at this moment, Du Fuwei infiltrated the Huangmei mine with more than 100 men, and the fate of the prisoners of war and criminals changed.

The first people willing to follow Duvowe in the uprising were 1,300 felons, they were not like prisoners of war who were about to be released, most of them had more than ten years of hard labor, and they themselves were local ruffians, so when Duvowe promised to give him Minen to smash and rob, 1,300 criminals almost immediately took refuge in Duvowe.

The more than 3,000 prisoners of war were not so easily convinced, and although most of them were Duvowe's old subordinates, many of them were homesick and unwilling to rebel again, seeing that they were about to be freed.

However, under Du Fuwei's coercion and temptation again and again, some soldiers began to be persuaded, and gradually more than 1,000 prisoners of war were forced or voluntarily to join Du Fuwei's army, but more than half of the prisoners of war were still resolutely unwilling to rebel again.

This made Du Fuwei very annoyed, how to get the last 2,000 people to agree to follow him, this became what Du Fuwei had been trying to accomplish these days. (To be continued.) )