In the yamen of the Yunyang Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zhu Dadian, the new governor of Yunyang, was walking around the official hall with his hands behind his back.

"Did the letter get out?"

"Back to my lord, the students have already sent a few family members to sneak out of the city in makeup and rush to Macheng to deliver the letter."

"Are you sure the letter can be delivered?" Zhu Dadian asked anxiously.

The staff hurriedly nodded, "The students have arranged several, and if they go out in batches, they will definitely be able to send the letter out." ”

Zhu Dadian sighed, seemingly relieved, and seemed to be lamenting his bad fate. "These Qiu Ba are really domineering and lawless."

That staff is a tried and failed Shaoxing people, as Zhu Dadian's master has been for many years, when he served as the deputy envoy of Fujian to give him advice, and then Zhu Dadian was promoted to Fujian right to participate in politics, and then he went home to mourn, Chongzhen for five years, Zhu Dadian was promoted to Shandong governor, and he also went out of the mountain with him.

He witnessed with his own eyes that Zhu Dadian once led Wu Sangui, Liu Liangzuo and other generals to defeat Kong Youde and other Denglai rebel generals, quelled the Denglai Rebellion that shocked the world, and achieved a rare victory.

Later, the bandits broke through Fengyang, and Zhu Dadian was once again ordered to serve as the governor of Caoyun and the governor of Feng, Yang, Lu, and Huai, as well as Xu, He, and Chuzhou. Thousands of troops were recruited in Shandong to Jiangbei, and later he was demoted to an official because of the loss of the state and county, and the overdue time of the thief, and was demoted all the way to Yunyang to serve as the governor.

From the governor of Caoyun and the governor of Fengyang to the governor of Yunyang, this is an obvious debasement.

Zhu Dadian, who is just 58 years old this year, sighed again and again, the governor of Caoyun and the governor of Yunyang, the difference between the two is too far. Not to mention anything else, in the position of governor of Caoyun, he can scavenge countless amounts of money in a year, which is a real fat shortage, how much money did he scavenge? Zhu Dadian himself can't remember, in short, in the southern officialdom. Zhu Dadian has the title of being rich and rivaling the country.

And Zhu Dadian himself was born in a poor family, born in a small mountain village in Jinhua, when he was young, his family moved to other places because of the failure of the lawsuit with others, and he could only live in a small dilapidated temple on the edge of a mountain village, and his life was extremely difficult. Therefore, now Zhu Dadian is rich and rivals the country, which is obviously from corruption.

It is said that Zhu Dadian is also a capable person, when he was young, his family was poor, but he was studious, because his family was poor and had no money to go to school, he cut grass and collected firewood every day. often went to the private school to listen to the lectures by the window, and later the teacher found out that he was moved by the young man's studious spirit and made an exception to admit him to school for free. Zhu Dadian got this opportunity, studied angrily, and finally passed the Jinshi examination at the age of 35 and embarked on a career in office.

Someone once said that the poor are more greedy when they become officials, and there are many scum from poor families.

Zhu Dadian is such a person. After embarking on his official career, he was known for his greed in officialdom, and everyone at the time said that he was the reincarnation of Yan Song. Especially when he supervised Fengyang, he took bribes. The four government bureaucrats are all exhausted, and they are rich and enemies.

However, Zhu Dadian is greedy, but he also has the ability. Whether it is in the management of civil affairs or military affairs, they have very unique skills. In the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Wenchen knew the soldiers. It can be used more and more, such as Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengluo, Sun Chuanting, Yang Sichang, Xiong Wencan, etc., all of whom are rapidly promoted by virtue of knowing the soldiers.

Zhu Dadian is smart, he can make money and send it, while he is engaged in large-scale corruption and bribery, coupled with the talent in governing the local area and the ability to command the army, especially when he is in danger, he is also ordered to defeat Kong Youde and other rebels who plagued Shandong. At that time, Kong Youde's rebellion swept through Shandong, killing three governors and several total soldiers, and no one could stop them. And Zhu Dadian defeated the rebels and won a perfect stroke for his qualifications.

After that, the governor Caoyun patrolled Fengyang, but unfortunately he only cared about making money after that, and as a result, the fifth battalion of the left took root in his territory, but he was incapable.

"My lord, the students think that it is better to give those Qiu Ba some silver taels as a reward first, and these people will naturally disperse." The master whispered to persuade.

"A silver reward? Where did the money come from? The treasury was clean, cleaner than the face, and there was not a silver tael or two. Zhu Dadian was angry as soon as he mentioned this matter, after he received the appointment, although he was not happy, but he still handed over to Yunyang as soon as possible, he thought that he could make an advance from the treasury, but he didn't expect that after he came, he opened the treasury and saw that it was empty, and there was not even a mouse.

The little money and food in Yunyang was all scraped clean by Xiong Wencan and Yang Sichang.

"Dong Weng, in the current situation, it is better to take a sum of money from private to reward it first, and then talk about solving the siege in front of you. Later, you can make it back. ”

"Let me pay for those Qiu Ba at my own expense?" Zhu Dadian's beard was raised high, "It's impossible!"

Although the master knew that Zhu Dadian loved to hold money the most, and he had always only been in and out, but he didn't expect that at this time, he still didn't pull out a dime.

"Dong Weng, if these rebels outside can't get some sweetness, I'm afraid that they will be ruthless and uncontrolled."

As soon as Zhu Dadian arrived in Yunyang, he first found that the treasury was empty, and then found that many Yunyang soldiers would come to him to ask for salary. As a result, all of these officers said that they were sick, and some even said that they could not get out of bed.

But those soldiers simply surrounded the Metropolitan Procuratorate, surrounded him, and claimed that they would not retreat if they could not get paid.

But there is no silver in the treasury, but Zhu Dadian is reluctant to use his own silver to pay his salary, and now the two sides are deadlocked.

The master said anxiously, "My lord, when is this coming, let's be accommodating first." Don't forget, don't forget, this trouble can easily become a mutiny, the Liaodong officers and soldiers made a salary, not forced the governor to death, Dengzhou Rebellion, not because of the arrears of wages, we are new to the city, or be cautious. ”

Zhu Dadian slapped the table, "Lawless, giving money now will only make them more and more inches." Don't worry, I forgive these rebels and don't dare to do anything, let's wait a few days, Liu Jiye will be there soon. When Liu Jiyebing arrived, who would dare to move. ”

Zhu Dadian was determined not to give money. It has always been his subordinates who give him money, and he has never given money to his subordinates.

"My lord, this Liu Jun is far away from the water and difficult to solve the near fire, the son of the daughter can't sit down, why should the adult put himself in danger. What's more, according to the news I inquired about, this trouble was caused by Liu Jun. ”

Zhu Dadian raised his eyebrows, "Why is it related to Liu Jun again?" ”

"Why didn't it close?" The master sighed, "The emperor asked Liu Jun to train 50,000 new troops in Yunyang, and then it is said that Liu Jun released his words that all the new army will recruit new soldiers, and not a single original Yunzhen soldier or horse will be removed." Because of this, these Yunyang generals deliberately incited soldiers to make trouble. ”

Zhu Dadian pinched his chin, "These thieves are with the army, this is using Lao Tzu as a gunman." ”

At this time, Zhu Dadian regretted a little that he didn't bring some of the Shandong soldiers he had recruited in Shandong. This time, when he came to office, he only brought a hundred families, and now he still relies on these 100 families to guard the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so that those rebellious soldiers did not rush in.

"But these rebels ask for 200,000 silver, which is extortion." Zhu Dadian snorted angrily, Yunzhen originally had only 13,000 soldiers and 2,000 horses, and the annual salary was only more than 200,000, but now he only owes a few months' salary, and he will ask for 200,000 yuan.

"We can give a little first, a thousand or eight hundred, as long as we take a little out first, those rebellious soldiers will naturally not be too much when they see the silver. Let's give some silver first, and then say that we need time to prepare, and then calm them down first, and then say, wait for two days, Liu Jun will arrive, this is his problem. ”

"Well, let's reward those thieves with a thousand taels of silver first, remember to enter the account, and pay it back when the time comes." Zhu Dadian did not forget to explain that he had to keep accounts.

The 1,000 taels of silver were pulled out, and it quickly worked, and although the soldiers were still gathered outside, no one yelled or banged on the door or anything.

"Zhennanhou, you should come quickly." Zhu Dadian thought silently in his heart.

Zhu Dadian stayed in the yamen for ten days in fright, and every day was like a year, during which he paid the soldiers outside three times, one thousand, one time, two thousand, and three thousand. A total of four times, he sent 7,000 taels of silver, and the distressed Zhu Dadian pumped directly, and most of the silver box brought by him was empty.

On the tenth day, Liu Jun finally arrived.

The first to arrive was the cavalry battalion of the nine-headed bird, with the nine-headed bird banner in front, and the horse team of the rear brigade, the knights were all in blue cotton armor, with red tasseled iron helmets, everyone was carrying firearms, and even dozens of artillery pieces of more than 100 catties were carried behind.

Yang Shixian, the general of Yunyang, has been calling himself sick during this time, but in fact, every day in his house, there are a group of guerrillas, garrisons, thousand presidents, and general managers in Yunyang, and he also invited a troupe, watching the drama and listening to songs every day, drinking wine and eating meat, and then letting his subordinates surround the governor's yamen, watching the governor spit out thousands of taels of silver every few days, and his life is not chic.

When the flag of the nine-headed bird appeared outside the city, Yang Shixian knew about it immediately.

He was surprised to hear that the nine-headed bird had come from Huangzhou so quickly. Huangzhou is thousands of miles away from Yunyang, and he has only surrounded the governor's yamen for ten days, and Liu Jun has arrived, isn't it a hundred miles a day?

The guerrilla general Feng Sheng led a cavalry battalion of more than 2,000 horsemen to the outside of Yunyang City, which immediately attracted the astonishment of countless people at this land and water wharf. Yunyang often comes and goes, but the military appearance of the nine-headed bird is still amazing.

The military uniforms are neat, the flags are neat, and the people are tall and big.

Feng Sheng straddled the horse, looked at the wide-open city gate in front of him, and then looked at the defenders lazily basking in the sun at the city gate, and snorted coldly.

A petty officer at the gate trotted this way, and just got close to it, before he could nod his head. Feng Sheng had already waved his hand, "The guards in Yunyang City are making chaos, making mutinies, and besieging the governor. The lord of the town has an order, and the siege of the governor is a rebellion, and we are the vanguard, retaking Yunyang for the imperial court and quelling the rebellion. ”

"Immediately enter the city to quell the chaos, those who abandon weapons will not be killed, but those who dare to resist stubbornly will be punished on the spot!"

After the words fell, the rumbling of war drums sounded in the cavalry formation, and then the horn sounded, and the cavalry battalion began to speed up and roar into the city! (To be continued......)