Chongzhen's distrust of Zhang Biwu, Li Zicheng's eyeliner in Beijing had already conveyed the news back to Li Zicheng.

As soon as Li Zicheng received the news that Chongzhen had installed so many Jinyiwei and Dongchang spies around Zhang Biwu, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "I know that even if Zhang Biwu has great talent, Chongzhen doesn't trust him and has been suspicious of him, and he has no big effect!" ”

Li Zicheng walked around, now more and more people came to vote for him, originally he came to Henan when he was only thirty horsemen, the remaining more than 1,000 people also entered Henan, what he didn't expect was that there were too many people to join him at once, because everyone heard of the benevolent name of King Chuang, and the hungry people rushed to join him.

It was the skyrocketing number of his men that made him more than 1,000 people, many of whom were promoted to leaders. The skyrocketing strength is really unexpected!

What Li Zicheng wants most now is to recruit scholars, there are many military attaches under him, but there are very few scholars! In ancient times, the British lord who fought the world, which account did not have a lot of scholars?

Didn't even Zhang Xianzhong recruit Xu Yixian, Pan Duao and other scholars to give him advice in Gucheng? Cao Cao, who was known for his resourcefulness, also recruited Ji Jue as his advisor.

The person Li Zicheng thought of was Niu Jinxing, whom he had come into contact with before! This man is extremely talented! He is a native of Baofeng, Henan, originally lived in a mountain village, and later moved to the county seat.

[Note] There are two theories about where Niu Jinxing is from, one is from Lushi County, and the other is from Baofeng. In my novel, I will take the statement that Niu Jinxing is a Baofeng person.

At that time, Li Zicheng heard that when Chongzhen was ten years old, Niu Jinxing was falsely accused of resisting taxes and forcibly occupying 18 women because of provocation with relatives surnamed Wang. Fortunately, Zhang Biwu did not serve as the garrison of the three counties at that time, otherwise, he would have recruited Niu Jinxing.

Li Zicheng once rescued him and freed him from serving in Lushi County and could return to Baofeng. And Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing have talked side by knee, he is amazed by Niu Jinxing's talent, he has long had the idea of taking Niu Jinxing as his own, and praised Niu Jinxing as his Zhang Zifang.

Now that Li Zicheng's power is skyrocketing, Li Zicheng wants to find Niu Jinxing to work for him, so Li Zicheng sent Liu Tichun, who had been in contact with Niu Jinxing, to invite Niu Jinxing.

Li Zicheng also observed Zhang Biwu's every move, and he was afraid that Zhang Biwu would ruin his plan. Although Li Zicheng's strength skyrocketed, he did not break through the city, because he still had to train the newly invested men and horses in him, and untrained men and horses were useless.

He still hid in the mountains, hiding his strength, just waiting for the spring thunder to sound and shake the whole world. He was wondering if he would attack Zhang Biwu when he was young?

At this time, although Zhang Biwu's water conservancy was initially completed, he had harvested a lot of grain in various parts of Henan, but it was still far from enough.

Can he cross the border to attack now? He didn't dare! Because he knows that Li Zicheng's power is very strong! But the strange thing is that the government knew about it, but the magistrate did not report it to the court, isn't this a dereliction of duty? Instead, he opened one eye and closed one eye and let Li Zicheng sit up.

Gu Yanwu said worriedly: "Lord, now Li Zicheng's power is growing!" Many people know the truth! What kind of governor and magistrate didn't report to the court? If you take advantage of the current time when Li Zicheng is not strong, it is the most important thing to quickly exterminate it! It's also the best policy!

And Gu Yanwu felt that Li Zicheng was also very strange, he had strong strength, but he didn't break through the city! I really don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Li Zicheng's gourd! ”

Zhang Biwu smiled bitterly and said, "This is Li Zicheng's cunning!" If he breaks through the city, he must report to the court according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty. As long as the city is not breached, the magistrates will hide it and not report it! If I can keep a day's money, even the urgent report I reported to the governor was suppressed and didn't let me mention it again, didn't it? ”

Zhang Biwu paced and said, "When Li Zicheng's strength has increased greatly, it will be too late to report everything!" The Ming Dynasty will face a catastrophe! I must give the emperor a recital! ”

"What?" Gu Yanwu said: "Lord! You should know that Governor Li warned you that if you really give a chapter to the emperor, you will be jealous of Governor Li! As the governor of a province, Governor Li has the right to remove you from your garrison position! ”

Zhang Biwu replied to Gu Yanwu: "But do you know the way?" My territory is close to Nanyang Mansion, and I don't know if it's impossible! When Li Zicheng breaks through the city, I will hide it and not report it, then I will fall to the ground! ”

"The emperor doesn't trust me, I don't know how many Jinyi guards and spies from Dongchang are in my territory! And the high dives who want to kill me! I must report to the emperor that Li Zicheng has received 100,000 votes from the hungry people in just a few months, relying on his prestige and relief for the people! ”

Zhang Biwu looked at Gu Yanwu and said, "Zhongqing! I'd rather be removed from my post by Governor Li than have Chongzhen cut off my head!" I have always been haunted by the arrest of Huang Qi and me in Dongchang! ”

When Gu Yanwu heard Zhang Biwu say this, he was silent, he knew that Zhang Biwu had never dared to expand his strength in large quantities because he was suspected by Chongzhen, otherwise Zhang Biwu could take advantage of the moment when there were many hungry people to expand his strength more, and his training and soldiers could also increase a lot. There is no need to maintain 3,500 people like now, there is one point, the land of the three counties is limited, the money and food are limited, and the soldiers that Zhang Biwu can raise are also limited, which also restricts him from raising more soldiers.

Zhang Biwu waved his hand and said, "Okay! What I want to say is that after I was removed by Li Xianfeng, when the new garrison did not arrive, you had to take good care of these three counties for me! Even if a new garrison arrives, I hope you can help me keep my piece of territory! And what I want to do now is to accumulate more money and food for the land of the three counties! ”

Zhang Biwu pointed and said: "There are many rich people with great grievances who occupy the deep mountains and build villages, and I have never touched them!" Now it's time for me to move them! Kill them and ask for more money and food! ”

Hearing Zhang Biwu say this, Gu Yanwu was shocked again, and hurriedly said: "Lord, you know that Li Xianfeng will remove you from your post after you go up to the concert, why are you going to fight these rich families' stockades?" Isn't this forcing them to cooperate with Li Xianfeng to kill you? ”

Zhang Biwu smiled and said, "Zhongqing, if they want to rectify it!" Anyway, I'm not afraid of losing this official position, what else do I have to be afraid of? All right! I will immediately write the recital and send it to the emperor, as long as the emperor thinks that I am loyal for the time being, and will not harm me because Li Zicheng is strong...... And ......"

Zhang Biwu stopped talking, because what he was thinking in his heart was that if he could change history, he might be able to make the Ming Dynasty immortal. It's just that Chongzhen's distrust of Zhang Biwu broke Zhang Biwu's heart, how could Zhang Biwu serve Chongzhen wholeheartedly?

Zhang Biwu originally thought that his performance could be sent to Chongzhen to resolve a catastrophe for him, but he didn't know that Lu Dao's concert could not be sent to Chongzhen's imperial case, and Zhang Biwu's catastrophe would still come, what was going on? This has to start with the situation on the side of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Liaodong.

Huang Taiji called Fei Yangguo over, Fei Yangguo originally thought that he would be punished by Huang Taiji if he did not complete the task, but Huang Taiji was concerned about Fei Yangguo's injury, to see if Fei Yangguo's injury was good, and he cared for him. This made Defeiyango even more uneasy, and he felt a great sense of guilt.

Qin Yiyun gave birth to a boy for Fei Yangguo, but among the Manchus, everyone looked down on Qin Yiyun's mother and son. Fei Yangguo did not have a good life, but he himself was excluded from the clan, and now that he married a Han man, his wife and son would not be recognized.

Fei Yangguo was now called by Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji was extremely enthusiastic about him, but Fei Yangguo was restless, he couldn't guess what kind of medicine Huang Taiji was selling in the gourd.

Huang Taiji was very attentive, and what he said as soon as he opened his mouth was: "Fei Yangguo, we are brothers, not to talk about the love of kings and ministers, but only about the love of brothers!" And we're full! It's different from the Han people! ”

Fei Yangguo hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes! That's right! After Huang Taiji finished talking about the brotherhood, he asked: "Is it the brotherhood of the same blood and blood?" Or is the friendship of outsiders deeper? Will you betray your ancestors? ”

Fei Yangguo hurriedly said: "No! I will always remember that I was a man! There is absolutely no way I will betray the Qing Dynasty! I was born a Qing Dynasty person, and I died a Qing Dynasty ghost! What Feiyango said was true, and there was not the slightest hint of falsehood.

Huang Taiji was overjoyed when he heard this, he just waited for Fei Yangguo's words, and said: "Then what is the greatest benefit of our Qing Dynasty now?" Fei Yangguo also replied quickly: "Enter the Central Plains!" Replace Mingguo! ”

"Yes!" Huang Taiji just caught Fei Yangguo's words and said: "Fei Yangguo, you should know that there is a new general in the Ming Dynasty who has risen in the Ming Dynasty, and this general is Zhang Biwu!" Although he is your brother-in-law, he is the biggest obstacle in our Qing Dynasty! This person is an absolute scourge of my Great Qing Dynasty! He must be eliminated! Now Chongzhen is suspicious of him! ”

Huang Taiji glanced at Fei Yangguo and continued: "Chongzhen is suspicious of him, this is the best! Can't let him be reused! It's best to be able to use it for me in the future! And now Li Zicheng has sneaked to Henan, because the current big tomorrow disasters are continuous, and Chongzhen is still increasing taxes! Let the people have no way to live! For this reason, it is beneficial to Li Zicheng. ”

Therefore, Li Zicheng's power has expanded very quickly! Officials all over Henan dare not report! If Zhang Biwu didn't even report it, then Chongzhen would doubt his loyalty even more, and he wouldn't reuse him! What strategy do you think we should use to keep Zhang Biwu from being reused? ”