Zheng Xunrui decided to recruit Li Yan under his command, and a talent like Li Yan was exactly what he needed.

Li Yan was originally one of the scholars, but he had the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, sympathized with the plight of the people, and when the imperial court collected arrears of agricultural taxes over the years, he took out his own grain to help the peasants who could not survive, thus offending the officials and scholars, and suffered from being excluded, and it was also for this reason that he was deprived of his fame and was forced to become a rogue. As for the suffering of the common people, it is just a lip service.

Li Yan has knowledge and ability, it can be said that Li Zicheng's rapid rise in just half a year has a decisive relationship with Li Yan, and some of the opinions and suggestions put forward by Li Yan are not badly far-sighted, if Li Zicheng completely follows Li Yan's proposal, then the future development path, is really uncertain.

Of course, Zheng Xunrui also has conditions, that is, Li Yan must be absolutely loyal, if he has different aspirations, then he will destroy Li Yan mercilessly, and in the case of sufficient conditions, for those who are capable, they will either be taken under his command or destroyed, and don't let them become their opponents.

The task of Zheng Jiajun has been basically completed, after Xiong Wencan and Gao Qiqian led the troops to Luoyang Fucheng, Zheng Xunrui will lead Zheng Jiajun to return to Huai'an by boat, and the boat that stayed at the dock of Gongxian County has arrived at Luoyang Pier.

Zheng Jinhong and the others are extremely busy at the moment, they have to transport 300,000 stone of grain to the Cao boat, and they have to help Hong Xintao transport 700,000 stone of grain out of Luoyang City, at least escort them to Tongguan, as well as the screening of prisoners and other matters, which can be described as very busy.

There was also a lot of money seized this time, and all the money and property looted by Li Zicheng were placed in Luoyang Mansion City, and Zheng Xunrui collected all of them. The value of gold, silver and jewelry reached eight million taels of silver, a figure that surprised Zheng Xunrui, and he also had a different opinion of Li Zicheng, saying that he was for the people. But secretly he is wantonly collecting money, and he must know where the money comes from, that is, it is scavenged from the rich gentlemen or the common people.

No one is perfect, everyone loves money, Zheng Xunrui will not completely deny Li Zicheng for this reason. In any case, Li Zicheng's rebellion was also thinking about living a good life, and thinking about leading the people to live a good life, which is understandable, but as described in some history books, it is a big joke to praise Li Zicheng as a saint.

Zheng Xunrui doesn't have many things to worry about, and this expedition has a lot of harvest, with a lot of grain, grass and money. Of course, Li Yan would not hand over these money and grain to Xiong Wencan or Wu Fu, if it weren't for the friendship with Wu Fu, he would not even leave a grain of grain, and now he left 200,000 stone of grain, which is already very good.

Li Yan, who was getting thinner and thinner, finally saw the sun, he couldn't remember how long he had been detained, he was taken out of the cell, looking at the sun in the sky, Li Yan suddenly had a kind of survival. Although he knew that the odds weren't very high.

The prison was in front of the government office, and when I walked out of the prison and bypassed a few alleys, I came to the front yard of the government office. This is the lobby of the mansion, looking at the direction of the lobby, Li Yan was a little frustrated, not long ago, he was still the master here, and there were people who obeyed orders. Now he is a prisoner who is about to die.

When he was imprisoned, Li Yan also thought of King Chuang and the righteous army, but according to his feelings, it was impossible for the righteous army to capture Luoyang Mansion City, and it would be good to be able to evacuate smoothly, but Li Yan thought of more of the Red Lady, this woman who was infatuated with her own heart, Li Yan wanted to make up for the Red Lady, but there was no chance.

When walking, Li Yan's body shook a little, and it was normal for him to be a little dizzy after being in the prison for a long time, and he didn't see the sun.

Walking through the front yard and coming to the middle courtyard, Li Yan was a little surprised, he thought that he would be taken to the hall for interrogation, and he would be convicted immediately, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, he could be executed, and he did not need to be presented to the court.

Soon came to the front of the wing.

Walking into the wing, Li Yan saw a figure with his back to him, and he knew that this person must be unusual.

"Li Yan, as a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, and a high school scholar, you are a member of the scholars, you can't live a comfortable life, why do you want to think about rebellion."

When the voice came, Li Yan was in a trance, but he quickly came to his senses, since he had arrived at this step, what else was there to be afraid of, whatever he thought of was nothing more than death.

"It's good to be a scholar below, and it's not bad to follow King Chuang's rebellion below, but you don't regret it in the next, now the officials are exploiting the people, the scholars are greedy, the government doesn't care about the life and death of the people, the gentry and rich households have to suck the blood of the people, the people either starve to death, or rebel, what to do in the next study, the big is to help the world, and the poor are good alone, if you want to be mediocre, it is better not to study in the next, just be a free farmer."

"That's right, this official can't say that you are all wrong, you came to Li Zicheng's side, and thought of a lot of ways to make Li Zicheng grow rapidly and gain the hearts of the people, but do you know what Li Zicheng is doing now."

Li Yan was imprisoned in the prison, of course he didn't know what Li Zicheng was doing, and he couldn't speak.

"Li Zicheng is robbing the people of Nanyang Mansion and Runing Mansion, and he is like locusts everywhere he passes, robbing everything, if you want to say that you treat the gentry and rich households like this, you can also say that it is the past, but in the face of ordinary people, he even robbed other people's grain, you say that Li Zicheng's practice is better than that of the government."

"No, I don't believe ......"

Zheng Xunrui finally turned around and looked at Li Yan with a sneer on his face.

"This official still thinks that you Li Yan is a man, who knows that it is so bad, failure is failure, the wrong choice is the wrong choice, what dare not admit it, you are by Li Zicheng's side, help him establish an image, put forward many requirements, in fact, you know what the Liukou did before, under the banner of robbing the rich and helping the poor, what you did is the banditry, you hope to be able to change the image of the Liukou, but unfortunately, the official tells you that the Liukou cannot be changed, once their own interests are violated, Their ferocious nature will be exposed, and they will become the most ferocious beasts in the world. ”

Zheng Xunrui's youth and bearing made Li Yan unconsciously lower his head, this feeling of self-shame had never appeared before, although Zheng Xunrui's words were very harsh, but Li Yan couldn't refute it.

"The official also wants to tell you that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and the like cannot succeed, their ultimate fate is to perish, the official is not saying anything big, nor is it a deliberate derogatory to Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, there is no need for the official to do that, if you want to do big things, if you have no vision and ambition, no firm faith, you can't be as good as a stream, and you don't have the mind to embrace all rivers, how can you make great achievements, think about it, do Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have such ability."

"I thought that the times create heroes, and King Chuang really doesn't have such ability, but with the development of the righteous army, I believe that King Chuang can do this."

Zheng Xunrui looked at Li Yan and nodded slightly, it seems that Li Yan is not in vain, he does have a certain amount of research on history, you must know that Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was once a beggar.

"Li Yan, it seems that you have thought about it, read a lot of historical books, it's a pity that your vision is not very good, throughout history, those who want to achieve great things, the first condition is firm faith, no matter what setbacks they encounter, they can rely on the support of faith, and there are also a group of like-minded people around them, if Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have a firm belief, the official also thinks that they can achieve a career, it's a pity, they can't do it."

Zheng Xunrui walked in front of Li Yan.

"Li Zicheng was just a post soldier before, he couldn't eat enough and starved to death, the court abolished the post station, Li Zicheng lost his errand, and had no choice but to defect to the border army, Zhang Xianzhong is also a member of the border army, it is said that they will not starve to death, and the people are different, it is a pity that they are not satisfied with the status quo, Li Zicheng saw the chaos in the north, his uncle Gao Yingxiang rebelled, and then followed the army to rebel, Zhang Xianzhong needless to say, violated the military order several times, was almost beheaded, and finally rebelled, are they really for the people of the world."

"I heard that after Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong rebelled, there were a lot of women around them, and they began to enjoy it before they achieved big things.

When Zheng Xunrui said this, Li Yan lowered his head and couldn't speak anymore.

"What the official said today, if you think about it, the trade-off is just a thought."

After saying this, Zheng Xunrui waved his hand, and Li Yan was quickly taken out of the room.

Back in the prison, Li Yan tossed and turned, and the sergeant who delivered the meal came, and he couldn't help but ask.

"Who is the Lord I saw down today?"

This time, the sergeant who delivered the meal actually spoke.

"Hmph, I don't even know who our adults are, our adults are the crown prince Shaobao, the head of the household, the right capital of the imperial history, and the governor of Caoyun, Lord Zheng......"

Li Yan's body shook, his face instantly turned pale, it was impossible for him not to know Zheng Xunrui, Zheng Xunrui is the leader of the world's scholars, Sanyuan and No. 1, and his deeds are even more admired by the world's readers.

After the sergeant left, Li Yan began to carefully think about every word and word that Zheng Xunrui said, and pondered it repeatedly.

This night, Li Yan didn't sleep, and when the sergeant came to deliver the meal early in the morning, Li Yan spoke respectfully.

"This little brother, I want to meet Master Zheng in the future, and I ask the little brother to convey it on my behalf."

The sergeant glanced at Li Yan, did not speak, put down the meal, and turned to leave. (To be continued.) )