The army was dispatched, and there was nothing ahead that could stop the Salvation Army.

The only thing that made Zhang Hongbin dissatisfied was that there were still too few qualified officers, and there were not many generals who could sit on one side at this stage, so the low-level officers were enough, and the wall could maintain law and order in the occupied area and properly carry out a certain amount of defense.

Like military attachés, civilian officials are very scarce. In fact, there are many people who can become civil officials in these years, but there are not many who meet Zhang Hongbin's employment standards. In the past, literati had to take great risks, and the influence of family power and traditional officialdom habits could lead the Salvation Army to a place of no return.

Next year, a new round of scientific examinations will be held at the beginning of spring next year, and at the same time, two months later, the military academy will be initially established.

Yes, the talents you need will not be able to be in place until the first half of the year. For this reason, Zhang Hongbin had to slow down the pace of the army and reduce the speed and scope of the attack, in order to wait for that day to come.

As a result, the first to wait was the Xu clan.

Xu Guangqi's demotion was a thing known to the literati of the Ming Dynasty, especially Xu Guangqi's hostile forces. Since he was demoted, he has suffered a lot in Shandong. The family is not abjectly poor, but it is also struggling to make ends meet, and the most important thing is that it has changed from an old man to an ordinary gentry, which is very unacceptable. The only thing to be thankful for is that Chongzhen did not revolutionize Xu Guangqi's fame.

The fame has not been removed, which means that there will be a day when it will be activated. The premise is that Chongzhen's child can think of Xu Guangqi one day, and at that time, Xu Guangqi can still live. However, since Chongzhen only demoted Xu Guangqi to Shandong instead of Lingnan, this means that he originally had the intention of reactivating him.

It's just that in history, this person has not been degraded in any way, and he died completely in office at the age of 72.

However, now the emergence of the Salvation Army has changed history, and the sense of justice in his heart has led him to suffer unprecedented rejection. Almost all the courtiers became his opposites. In such a situation, even if Chongzhen didn't want to punish him, it wouldn't work. At least, at that time, Chongzhen did not have the courage to make arbitrary decisions.

Xu Guangqi went to Shandong, and Chongzhen was busy with government affairs, but he unconsciously forgot about this old man. It is not surprising why at that time, why some people would rather be a petty official in the capital than be a county magistrate below. There is almost no possibility that the exiled officials will return to serve in the Jingshi, and even the smallest official in the Jingshi will have the opportunity to come into contact with the emperor, so if they are lucky, they may also rise to the top.

Being forgotten by the emperor was a very painful thing at the time.

Xu Guangqi is a self-aware person, he knows that he is afraid that he will not be able to go back, I don't know what considerations, resolutely violated the basic principle of derogation, with the clansmen to the west, first entered the territory of Shanxi, after Zhang Hongwu's escort, into the territory of Xi'an, Shaanxi.

Here, it can be said that it is already another country, at least it is not the Ming Dynasty that rules here, but a force called the Salvation Army. Yes, this is a gang of rebels, and they have successfully occupied the land of Daming. However, no one can deal with him.

Not to mention anything else, there is a big problem in terms of money and food, even Emperor Chongzhen, who owns the world, has to bow his head when facing this problem.

Without him, the internal money was also spent, completely spent......

With the basic national tax collection rate less than 25 percent, who can expect the domestic money to be more competitive? Compared with the Wanli period, Chongzhen's income during the year has dropped by several levels, and the eunuchs in charge of local supervision are hostile to or afraid of Chongzhen, and they are desperate to make money for themselves for their own sake. But if they are not sent to oversee it, who will oversee the estates in the royal name? Could it be that the emperor himself can't be supervised?!

"It's been once since Wanli was sixteen, and I haven't been here for a long time." Looking at the city wall that was still old, but it was the same as in his memory, Xu Guangqi couldn't help but stop, and sighed after looking at it.

"No, we'll all have to live here forever." The eldest son, Xu Ji, sighed.

"At least it's not bad, it's the same as if it hadn't been damaged compared to the affected areas we've encountered along the way." Xu Shou, the second son of Zài, who originally did not exist in history, echoed the sentence.

"Big brother and second brother, let's not stick here, everyone else is looking at us!" Xu Jing, the third son who also did not appear in history, said embarrassedly.

"Let's go into town!" Xu Guangqi also knew that this was not the time to be in a daze.

Since it is the in-laws of the Zhang family, it is naturally the Zhang family's other courtyard. This is an industry belonging to the Zhang family in Chang'an City, which is much larger than Xu Guangqi's house in Shandong. Ironically, Xu Guangqi used to be a scholar, and even entered the cabinet. And the Zhang family is just a local gentry, and the most outstanding achievement is that Mr. Zhang's father has been promoted, that's all.

"It's worthy of being in business, and the houses are big!" Entering the house, Xu Shou, the second child who hated the rich and had a bit of hatred, began to complain.

In fact, this is more like complaining about his own Lao Tzu, as a high-powered official, but living a relatively poor life, this official is too much of a failure.

"Soon everyone will be in-laws, so wouldn't our old Xu family be included in this?" Xu Guangqi glanced at the second child.

The second Xu Shou obediently helped unload the goods, and the family came all the way over, even if it was light and simple, but there were more people and more things. The eldest of the three brothers added five grandsons to Xu Guangqi, which can be described as the level of the glorious ancestor; The second child was helpless, so he gave birth to a daughter, but she happened to marry the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family in Shaanxi, in exchange for a wealth and an opportunity for the old Xu family; The third child has not yet married, but in fact he is inhumane, and he looks like a sissy all day long, he is in his thirties, and he has not grown a beard yet. I don't know, I thought he had been castrated. Well, in fact, it doesn't matter if it's emasculated or not.

"Master, there are family members from Zhang's Mansion coming to visit outside!" Not long after he landed at his feet, a servant stepped forward to report.

"Let him in!" Xu Guangqi didn't twist, nor did he embarrass others, but just said very calmly.

The family soon came to the main hall, at this moment Xu Guangqi was sitting in the front of the upper head, the three sons were sitting on both sides of the lower head, as for the grandchildren, they were all helping in the back, and even the older ones had already gone to the street to play.

"The old servant Zhang Ben, who is the housekeeper of Zhang's Mansion, came to invite Master Xu's family to the banquet on the instructions of the head of the family. At the banquet, Saburo Hongbin will also attend. Zhang Ben is the same as before, as a side branch of the Zhang family, but he still insists on his identity as a housekeeper and does not dare to trespass at all.

"Okay, let's get ready and go over." Xu Guangqi didn't grasp his identity, but replied very calmly.

It doesn't feel like an official at all, but a kind old man next door.

"By the way, the better things I have with Mr. Zhang, I don't know if he can help with it? It doesn't take too long, just a little bit of time, and I wish I could talk directly to salvation! Xu Guangqi changed the topic, but turned to the agreement between him and Old Man Zhang.

Yes, the reason why Xu Guangqi came to the enemy-occupied area of Shaanxi with his family regardless of the rules was mainly to meet the redemption side. As for the purpose of the meeting, I am afraid that even his three sons may not know. However, according to the identities of both parties, I am afraid that this purpose may not be difficult to guess.

Either it is persuasion to surrender, or it is persuasion to redeem and accept Zhao'an, and it seems that there is no difference in exchange. If you are hard, you can threaten at most, but at this moment, the situation of the imperial court does not allow anyone to threaten Zhang Hongbin at all, or any threat is actually ineffective. In the end, it will anger the redemption, and the result will be self-evident.

"Please rest assured, tonight, the King of Redemption will also go to the banquet. When the time comes, I will leave you an appointment time. Zhang Ben said with a smile.

"Alright, let's get ready and go over!" Xu Guangqi nodded with satisfaction.

Thirty minutes later, he suddenly felt like he had been tricked...... When Zhang Hongbin sat in the seat and was introduced by Mr. Zhang as his third son-in-law, who was also the grandson-in-law of Xu Guangqi and his granddaughter, looking at the scar on his face, Xu Guangqi was completely speechless.

In Shaanxi and even the entire Ming Dynasty, such a unique scar of human injury only exists on one person's face, and that is the actual ruler of the Salvation Army - Salvation!