Zhu Youzhen was overjoyed.

Successive victories and outstanding results.

"Wang Wenzhi really played the majesty of the lonely king." Zhu Youzhen said with emotion and joy: "The lonely king has this person, like an arm." ”

Wen Tiren smiled and said, "Congratulations to Your Highness." ”

Actually, Wen Tiren felt that something was wrong.

Of course, he didn't know what was wrong.

As a long history, he knows more about the inside story, but he still doesn't have the ability to understand, after all, he used to be a waiter in the Ministry of Rites.

What's more, Wang Wenzhi is his protégé, and this Wang Wenzhi can lead the army, also because of his recommendation, now, there are more and more scholars and gentry who come to the Defu to defect, and there are many talents, in this case, Wen Tiren has some pressure.

This pressure comes from Guide Mansion, which is only the size of seven or eight counties after all, and it is not easy to accommodate so many Confucians and gentry in such a small place.

After all, there are only so many black gauze hats.

In the past, Wen Tiren and other ministers from the Donglin Party fought with the Zhejiang Party, the Qi Party, and the Chu Party, and when these were suppressed, they fought with the Eunuch Party.

But here is different, only the Donglin Party, the ministers and scholars of the Donglin Party are ecstatic, and regard Guide Mansion as a holy place.

So, the problem arises...... Without foreign enemies, there will always be fights, and naturally there are people who covet this position in history.

Now, the signs of impeaching Wen Tiren for taking power have gradually begun to appear, and Wen Tiren, of course, cannot be polite, and immediately pained the killer and grabbed the other party's unfilial feet.

Although the crisis has been temporarily resolved, Wen Tiren does not feel relaxed now, and in the army, it is very necessary to have Wang Wenzhi.

Wang Wenzhi is his student, and with Wang Wenzhi's presence, his position in front of His Royal Highness King Xin is stable.

At this time, Wen Tiren said: "Your Highness, Wang Wenzhi said, June is peaceful...... These rogues are vulnerable, if they continue to attack, I am afraid that within March, the rogues in Henan will be cleared, and at that time, the political envoy of Henan will be able to clear the Haiyan River, and His Royal Highness will be indispensable. ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "It's all your credit, it's just ......"

When he said this, he couldn't help sighing: "It's just that Wang Wenzhi played at the same time, saying that this time he added 3,000 Liukou to enter Xinwangwei, plus the previous men, just one Xinwang Zuowei, there are more than 14,000 people, and they are all elites, and the soldiers account for nearly half, so I implore me to allocate money and food again to reward the soldiers." ”

Wen Tiren looked embarrassed and said, "The money and food in the treasury ...... It's long gone. ”

This is the truth, after Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, arrived here, the first thing he did was to reduce taxes.

A large number of taxes were reduced, especially the commercial and mining taxes, which he considered unreasonable, and they were directly abolished, which was very popular.

But the problem is that the hearts of the people are gained, but there is no money.

Yes.

The treasury has long been empty.

There is no tax collection at all.

If it weren't for King Xin's presence in the capital, he would also have some savings, and King Xin's wife had pawned a lot of palace treasures, which would have been impossible to maintain at all.

Wen Tiren looked at Zhu Youzhen, showing a helpless look.

Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to sigh and said: "Now in the hands of the lonely king, it is difficult to cook without rice, but ...... Wang Wenzhi said that now that Wang Zuowei is full of talents, and his morale is like a rainbow, and this is the time to take this opportunity to recover the whole of Henan. Nowadays, everything costs money...... I've been saved. ”

He pointed to the cloth clothes he was wearing, and said, "The lonely king doesn't even dare to wear silk, and this dress is still the cotton cloth that the lonely king bought for seventy taels of silver, which was woven by the lonely king's concubine herself." ”

Wen Tiren looked up at the cloth clothes on Zhu Youzhen's body, which ...... On the market...... It should be a few dozen dollars...... That's it...... Spent more than seventy taels of silver?

He swallowed his saliva and subconsciously glanced at a few eunuchs on the side.

Then he smiled and said, "Your Highness...... If there is no money or food......"

Zhu Youzhen, who had already given birth to a lot of gray hair, showed a sad face, paused, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "The lonely king can't learn from the emperor's brother, this money and food, the lonely king has to find a way to come out no matter what...... Originally...... The princess also has a lot of dowry, in addition, when the lonely king got married, he also gave bad jewelry...... In this way, the lonely king found a way to sell some, and then urgently allocated a batch of money and grain to send to the army. ”

"Tell Wang Wenzhi that the lonely king does not suspect that he uses people, and he does not need to suspect people, he is the person in the heart of the lonely king, and now Henan is thousands of miles away, and the people have reached a desperate situation. King Jingu wants to follow the example of Emperor Taizu Gao, reorganize the rivers and mountains, and let him step up the army, and there must be no mistake. ”

Wen Tiren saw Zhu Youzhen's sad face, but when he reached Emperor Taizu Gao, he became energetic again.

Wen Tiren couldn't help but be moved by Zhu Youzhen, so the old tears fell, and he said: "Your Highness is such a master, why don't the ministers serve the dead?" The minister can meet such a bright lord as His Royal Highness, and he is willing to die. ”

So choked.

Zhu Youzhen's eyes also began to burst into tears, and he said with great emotion: "You and I encourage each other, and we will rebuild rivers and mountains in the future, and we will be able to shine for a thousand years." ”

Wen Tiren was moved to tears again.

The two gentlemen and ministers sobbed for a while, and Wen Tiren took his leave.

Wen Tiren immediately returned to his mansion, his mansion was not far from the palace, which was close to the Confucian Temple in Guide Mansion, which was quiet in the middle of the noise.

The original owner of this place was a wealthy family, so the mansion occupied a huge area, and Wen Tiren spent a lot of money to buy it.

Entering the mansion, passing through the heavy instrument gate and the moon cave, before entering the back house, I saw the warbler singing and dancing here, which was very lively.

Wen Tiren beckoned the housekeeper to ask, "Why is it so lively tonight?" ”

The housekeeper said: "Back to the master's words, the second son invited the troupe to give the second son's seventh young aunt Chongxi, the seventh young aunt is frail and sick this year, and after coming to Guide, she misses the drama of her hometown very much, saying that she can see things and think about things." Therefore, two months ago, the second son asked people to go back to his hometown in Zhejiang and invited a troupe to come, which is not ...... Today is here, and the second son is very happy. ”

Wen Tiren sighed, but he didn't join in the excitement, he was a minister of the court, of course he couldn't indulge in this opera, so Xu Bu went to the back hall.

As soon as he sat down, there were already two maidservants with good faces, one poured tea for him, and the other squatted down and took off his official boots for Wen Tiren.

Wen Tiren drank tea while letting the maids wait, but he frowned, thinking about government affairs.

But at this moment, the butler chased after him again, holding a letter in his hand, and said, "This is a letter sent by the prince, and it was sent from the army on a fast horse." ”

Wen Tiren nodded, took it, looked at it for a moment, and smiled: "He took a lot of effort." ”

The housekeeper said, "What? ”

This housekeeper is also Wen Tiren's confidant, Wen Tiren didn't blame the housekeeper for being troublesome, so he said: "This Wang Wenzhi is quite filial, knowing that the old man loves Tang Bohu's paintings, he specially collected some, saying that he will let the sergeant release him in a few days, they are all Tang Yin's ink treasures, which are very rare, and he has taken too much effort." ”

The housekeeper praised it: "I heard that on the market, the price of the ink treasures left by Tang Yin is getting higher and higher day by day, and any one piece now costs hundreds of taels of silver." ”

Wen Tiren frowned: "What do you know, do you only have money in your eyes?" ”

The butler resigned himself to it, not daring to say more.

At this moment, the gate of the city of Guide Mansion was opened at night, and an urgent fast horse quickly arrived at Wen Tiren's mansion with the express report.

After Wen Tiren took a bath, he changed into a long robe, and this urgent performance was sent to Wen Tiren's hands.

Wen Tiren looked down at the report and was shocked.

The butler who was accompanying him couldn't help but say, "Master, I don't know what's going on?" ”

Wen Tiren stiffened his face, and the whole person became anxious, and said: "The latest report, there is a rogue who is rushing to the city to kill...... This...... What's going on? Where did the rogues come from, they are so bold...... Quickly, quickly repair the book, and immediately order the letter Wang Zuowei to return to defense. ”

Holding this hot report, Wen Tiren suddenly panicked.

My own family is old and young, but they are all in Guide Mansion.

…………

At the other end, the Emperor of the Apocalypse's Luan drove stop-and-go.

There is no way, there are too many people, nearly 20,000 people are driving, and it is not bad to be able to travel more than ten miles a day.

This made the Emperor of the Apocalypse a little irritable, but he couldn't help it, but he had to be patient.

Since the discovery of the rogues in Qixian, although these rogues probably saw a large number of officials and troops coming towards Qixian, they immediately retreated, and they had already disappeared without a trace.

But the ministers who accompanied the car were a little panicked at this time.

More than 100 scholars, who say kill, will kill, and after seeing the scene of corpses all over the field, their hearts are a little bottomless.

At this time, they still feel ...... King Xin may just have made some mistakes, after all, it is possible to return to the monarch of the Defu and the ministers and the virtuous, and the people are in the dynasty, but occasionally there are one or two black sheep.

Therefore, I tried my best to exonerate King Xin.

But after all, he didn't know the bottom of his heart, and he still tried his best to persuade the Emperor of the Apocalypse to return to Beijing.

It's very dangerous here, Your Majesty's safety is important, so let's go back to the capital first, and wait for His Royal Highness the King of Letters to recover the whole of Henan.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was also convinced, and said angrily: "It's just a mere rogue, don't worry, with me, everyone can't die, as long as you don't learn from those damn readers, you can always save your heads." ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the hundred officials became even worse.

But the Emperor of the Apocalypse made up his mind to move on.

I've come here, and I want to teach me back.

Am I shameless?

Zhang Jingyi also insisted on continuing to advance, in fact, the rogues at this time had not yet been regularized, and the vast majority of them were homeless people who gathered to seize the sword of the official army, and even many people were just a rod in their hands, there were so many elite warrior battalions, as well as the third teaching team of Donglin Military Academy, they were not afraid of coming.