On the evening of the day Lu Weiqi came out of the palace, he invited Luoyang officials and squires to a party. Recently, the officials of the Weihui Mansion in Henan Province cleared their debts and collected them, and Zhu Changkun, the king of Changheng, was required to move out of the palace, dismiss the officials and guards of the palace, and pay over the arrears of taxes accumulated over the years, as well as hand over more than 10,000 hectares of illegally donated and forcibly seized land.

Zhu Changkun refused to comply, and when the prefect of Weihui came to the door with the servants to forcibly move, Zhu Changkuo set fire to the palace and burned himself, his wife, concubines and children to death in the palace.

The news has reached Luoyang and has been confirmed.

In the past few days, the gentlemen and businessmen in Luoyang City have been uneasy, and everyone knows that the next step is Luoyang.

The methods of the imperial court were ruthless, and after King Changheng committed suicide, the government did not let it go. Instead, on the grounds that the descendants of the princes of Changheng were all dead, all the fields and houses of the Changheng palace were directly state-owned.

Immediately afterwards, they began to collect debts from King Changheng's brother, King Lu, Zhu Changfang, and asked him to move out of the palace. King Lu Zhu Changfang is the second generation of King Lu, his father King Lu Jian is the son of Emperor Longqing, the younger brother of Emperor Wanli, and was once extremely favored. It is said that the Empress Dowager Li even had the intention of abolishing the young Wanli Emperor and replacing it with King Lu.

It can be said that King Lujian was actually a copy of King Fu of the Wanli Dynasty.

After King Lu was the domain of Weihui, he immediately received all the property of King Jing, who was once the richest in the world but because of the childless country, and the emperor also gave him 10,000 hectares of land.

And now the court doesn't care at all about the only brother who just forced King Lu to death, and begins to persecute King Lu again. They claimed that these family properties of King Lu were obtained through cunning and plundering, forcing the people to surrender, and even directly encroaching on the people's land. Officials in the Weihui Mansion finally ruled that King Lu could only keep 10,000 hectares of land, but he had to pay millions of silver dollars in taxes.

Even King Lu's Mansion has to let him move out.

Not only the clan was persecuted. Henan's township officials, merchants, and businessmen are also experiencing this big storm.

But all those who enjoyed preferential privileges in the past have now become the targets of accountability. They were asked to pay the taxes they had owed for the past five years, they were asked to clear their fields, and they were even asked to return the land they had previously donated to the people. Even the merchants, too, were asked to pay back the business taxes they owed for the past five years.

The new dynasty seemed to have trouble with all the gentry, landlords, and merchants, and every family had to register their property, clear their fields, and pay their tax arrears. Moreover, in the future, all the preferential exemptions will be gone, and the officials and gentry will pay the grain as an errand.

The poor people of Luoyang are eagerly waiting for the implementation of the new policy, hoping to get their fields back.

But the gentry and the big families were anxious and anxious, waiting for the knife that was about to be cut down.

In the face of the various new policies implemented by the new dynasty, they opposed it from the bottom of their hearts. At this time, they all remembered the benefits of the Ming Dynasty, studied to get ahead, and became officials with all kinds of privileges. The fields do not pay for grain, they are not bad, and they even do business and do business, and a lot of money comes into the account. No matter how tough the country is. Anyway, I didn't dare to hit them with the idea.

If you are willing, you will donate three or five hundred taels of silver, and if you are not willing to pull out a dime, the emperor will not dare to say anything.

But now, Liu Jiye sharpened his knife brightly. Swung at them.

Before, they also felt that no matter who was the emperor in the world. It doesn't matter anyway. Liu Jiye was the emperor, and this place was still their squire and landlords. But now it seems that they are wrong, Liu Jiye is a robber, he actually wants to equal the rich and the poor, this is killing the rich and helping the poor.

Lu Weiqi is still the center of gravity of the Luoyang gentry and is regarded as the leader of the gentry.

Lu Weiqi is the representative of the Luoyang gentry, and the Lu family is also a Luoyang family. The Lu family has a lot of land and is also involved in business. Even lending high loans, engaging in lottery tickets, selling salt and tea, their family is still a big grain merchant in Luoyang.

But now, the new emperor is implementing new policies, and all kinds of new policies are coming for the benefit of their pockets. If the new policy continues, the Lu family will also suffer a lot of losses. Not only did the sale of salt tea and other things be abandoned, but according to the decree of the imperial court, the issuance of lottery tickets belonged only to the imperial court. Neither local nor individual has the power to issue lottery tickets.

The establishment of the national grain deployment and the establishment of grain stations in various places will also greatly impact the grain trading of the Lu family. Not to mention the clear fields, many of their family's fields can no longer be hidden, and those donated fields must also be returned to the people.

In the future, even such a lucrative trade as the High Profit Generation, will not be able to do it.

It's not cutting meat, it's just deadly.

Lu Weiqi was never willing to give up these, so he was determined to say no to the court and no to Liu Jiye.

At this time, Li Zicheng sent someone to see him, and proposed to surrender, to respect King Fu as the Son of Heaven, and to restore the Ming Dynasty. This made Lu Weiqi excited, and the idea in his heart was finally able to become a reality.

In the past few days, Lu Weiqi has been constantly going back and forth between King Fu and the major families in Luoyang, and he has also let his protégés keep in touch with each other.

King Fu didn't care much about being the emperor, or he didn't quite believe that Lu Weiqi and they could succeed, let alone let him believe that the thief Li Zicheng who had dug up the ancestral grave of the Zhu family.

But the son Zhu Youxiang is very attentive and very positive.

Zhu Changxun felt that his son, Lu Weiqi and others were a little too wishful thinking, and they were only willing to believe in the facts they wanted now, completely ignoring that Liu Jiye not only usurped the throne of the Ming Dynasty, but also Liu Jiye also had a strong army.

But Zhu Youxiang couldn't listen, he asked King Fu, are we going to be forced by Liu Jiye to end up like King Changheng? If that's the case, then I'd rather fight with them.

Even if you can't fight for a while, it's a big deal to withdraw Guanzhong and Yunnan, and there are still many courtiers loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

"Father, I would rather that all the tens of millions of family wealth will be scattered and used to recruit the soldiers who reward King Qin, and I will never give Liu Jiye a penny!"

Seeing his son so resolute, King Fu smiled.

He has enjoyed most of his life, and he is more than fifty years old. My health is not good, and I can live for a few years. In the future, this family business will eventually be handed over to the prince, since he chooses this path, then it is up to him.

To be honest, he really didn't want to leave this palace.

He has lived here for twenty-eight years, and he has long been accustomed to everything here, so let him move out of here and dismiss all the slaves, then what is the point of his life?

He was supported by two eunuchs and led the prince to his storehouse.

The treasurer opened the storehouse, which was filled with gold and silver.

Zhu Changxun pointed to the gold and silver and said to his son, "These are all things that Emperor Shenzong worked hard to get from all over the world and then gave them to the widow, and many of them are the family property that the widow has managed himself for thirty years, and the widow will give these to you now." Do what you want, just do it, the widow is old, and you are still young. ”

Zhu Youxiang got this large amount of gold and silver, and he became more and more confident. He found Lu Weiqi and asked him to step up his preparations.

May 5, Dragon Boat Festival.

But the officials and gentry in Luoyang City did not watch the dragon boat this year, and they gathered in Lu Mansion to discuss the important affairs of King Qin.

Lu Weiqi introduced to everyone.

"This is General Li Yan."

Everyone understands that this person is Li Zicheng's general, and even everyone knows that Li Yan used to be a lifter, and later defected to Li Chuang. For such a person, everyone used to be disdainful, but now, everyone has a sense of sympathy.

"The general of my family is willing to honor King Fu to inherit the unification and restore the Ming Dynasty!"

Lu Weiqi nodded and said, "The traitor usurped the throne and stole the country, Shenzhou Lu Shen, we are all loyal ministers of the emperor, how can we sit idly by." Even General Li can understand the righteousness and stand up for rebellion, so we are naturally even more responsible. After our persuasion, King Fu has agreed to come out and take on this great responsibility. ”

"But King Fu only promised to temporarily serve as the supervisor of the country, and we will establish a temporary imperial court, recruit soldiers and horses, contact loyal and righteous people from all directions, and fight against King Qin together to restore the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Youxiang also stood up, "There is an order in the prison state, in order to show General Li's loyalty and righteousness, he specially gave Li Zi to become the Duke of Xinguo, Liu Zongmin as the Duke of Yiguo, General Li Yan as the Marquis of Ning Guo, and General Li Guo as the Marquis of Xingguo." The rest of the generals below are all conferred official positions. ”

Li Yan thanked Zhu Youxiang, "Thank you to His Royal Highness the Prison Country, thank you to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Zhu Youxiang was in a good mood, nodded and said, "Xinguo Gong is loyal to Ming, and after Daming recovers, Daming will not forget his merits, and he will be rewarded heavily." ”

Lu Weiqi also took the opportunity to say, "His Royal Highness has decided to take out one million silver dollars to reward the loyal and brave soldiers who are diligent in the king's affairs. ”

Li Yan asked, "When will His Royal Highness King Fu officially take up the position of supervising the country, and when will our army enter Luoyang?" ”

Lu Weiqi still has some worries about letting the army enter Luoyang, but Zhu Youxiang doesn't care about these anymore.

"Please return to Yiyang immediately, and I will send someone to accompany me to announce the reward for the Duke of Xinguo and the soldiers. After the reward, he asked Xin Guogong to immediately lead his troops into Luoyang and assist in guarding. ”

When Li Yan heard this reply, he was very satisfied, and immediately thanked him and left Luoyang with the envoy.

In Yiyang City, Li Zicheng was already a little impatient, and the latest intelligence showed that Zhang Shan and Cai Yuan's bandit army had opened and was coming west.

Just when he was anxious, Li Yan came back.

And brought back good news that he couldn't believe.

"Minister Li Zicheng took the order!"

Li Zicheng knelt on the ground and listened to the eunuch read out the will of the reward, and then thanked him loudly.

On the school field, countless soldiers witnessed this scene.

From this day on, they are no longer the Camp and have been renamed the Camp of Loyacy. King Chuang is no longer a general who advocates righteousness in Fengtian, but the prince of Xinguo, the general Liu Zongmin was named the Duke of Yiguo, Li Yan was named the Marquis of Ningguo, and General Chuang's nephew Li Guo, a tiger, was named the Marquis of Xingguo.

In fact, the generals have also been awarded the positions of chief soldier, deputy general, staff general, etc., and as soon as they have changed, everyone has changed from bandits to officers and soldiers, and all of them are high-ranking officials and generals.

"Raise the Sun and Moon Flag!" Li Zicheng shouted, and some soldiers had already raised the prepared sun and moon flags high.

Looking at this flag fluttering in the wind, Li Zicheng was excited, damn it, the ancients did not deceive me, and sure enough, he still killed people and set fire to be recruited.

Now, I am also a dignified grandfather.

"Pass the order to go down, pull out the camp, and enter Luoyang!"

"Enter Luoyang!" (To be continued.) )

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