Among the many vassal kings in the late Ming Dynasty, Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu, was known for his greed and miserliness, otherwise Li Zicheng would not have ended up when he led the peasant army to attack Luoyang more than ten years later.

Luoyang City is high and deep, and it is much stronger than Kaifeng, which is located in the plain. At that time, Li Zicheng had just come out of Shangluo Mountain and entered Henan, not long after, and he had a gang of rabble. If Zhu Changxun was willing to take out money and grain to reward the defenders of Luoyang at that time, how could the whole city be united in the city, with Li Zicheng's strength at that time, how could he defeat Luoyang?

And it was precisely because Li Zicheng obtained the money of the Fuwang Mansion, coupled with the surrendered Ming army, that his power expanded rapidly, laying the foundation for hegemony in the Central Plains. But even so, when he attacked Kaifeng, he didn't fight three times in a row, and he was blind in one eye by the arrow, precisely because the king of Zhou in Kaifeng was willing to take out money and grain to reward the army, and the soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng City were united, even Li Zicheng at that time had hundreds of thousands of people who were helpless, and finally relied on the Yellow River to collapse Kaifeng City.

is stingy, naturally he doesn't have too many friends, and naturally no one is willing to speak for Zhu Changxun when he encounters things. Zhu Changxun didn't know what to do, and only regarded Hou Jing as the last straw.

After Hou Jing left, Zhu Changxun walked around the hall, and finally thought that he should be better to his right-hand men, and let people work hard to give others some benefits.

"Come, go to the treasury and get fifty taels of silver and ten pieces of cloth, and send them to Hou Changshi's family." Zhu Changxun commanded loudly.

After half an hour, the eunuch who went to deliver things came back, and said to Zhu Changxun aggrievedly: "Lord Wang, there is no one in Hou Changshi's house, and no one has opened the door for a long time. ”

"What?" Zhu Changxun was stunned for a moment, "Hou Changshi didn't tell the widow about this?" ”

Zhu Changxun instinctively felt that something was wrong, Hou Jing had been an official in the palace for many years, and he had already settled his home in Luoyang and bought a good business, why did he quietly send his family back to his hometown at this time?

"Not good? Quickly send the palace guards out of the city to chase after them! Zhu Changxun shouted loudly.

This is to clean up for the widow, it is clear that he ran away in advance, or even went to report the widow. Perhaps, it is said that the widow is plotting rebellion, and Hou Jing, the bastard, made Yao!

At this time, Hou Jing had already left Luoyang City and appeared in a mansion more than ten miles east of the city, in front of him, there was a man dressed in black with a gloomy face.

"My lord, I wonder how my wife and children are doing now?" Hou Jing asked nervously.

"Don't worry, as long as you do things according to what I told you, your family members will naturally return it to you." The man in black said gloomily.

"But sir, do you really want to do this? Although King Fu is greedy and stingy, he has absolutely no intention of rebellion. Hou Jing's body trembled, thinking about what he wanted to do, his heart was full of fear.

"This is not what you should think, the official said that King Fu is rebelling, he must rebel!

Hou Jing, how many people's fields have you occupied by the power of King Fu over the years? How many innocent people have been forced to die? How many lives have the thugs you sent out, and do you still want the official to remind you?

This official doesn't need to blackmail you with your family, just because of the sins you committed in the past, he won't be wronged for killing you ten times, right? The man in black said coldly.

Hou Jing's face was pale, his body trembled, and he knew that he had no choice.

"I am also a dignified jinshi, although I am a jinshi in the three lists, but I am also a jinshi! It's no wonder that it's bad luck, he was elected as a royal official, and since then there is no career at all, what can he do without getting some money? I can't let my family suffer with me. Hou Jing muttered.

There is no hope for his career, so he can only make money by being the head of the Fuwang Mansion, don't all officials in the world do this? blamed himself for his bad luck, he thought that the towering tree-like Fu King was also going to be unlucky.

Rebellion, the court is going to cut off the Fu Domain! King Fu has fallen, as the long history of King Fu, how can he get away with his crimes? At this moment, Hou Jing knew that she was at a dead end.

"My lord, I will do as you tell me. I don't want to get away with it, I just hope that my wife and children won't be implicated. Hou Jing pleaded.

The man in black smiled slightly: "As long as you do well, your family will naturally be fine, and you may be able to continue to be an official because of your reporting." ”

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From Luoyang to the east, after the Xingyang Mountains is an endless plain.

Zhengzhou is located on the west side of the plain, bordering the mountains in the west and the big river in the north.

On the south bank of the Yellow River, a few miles north of Zhengzhou, in a manor belonging to King Fu, hundreds of young people gathered, and Hou Jing stood at the front, speaking to everyone.

"Three meals a day, full meals, where to find such a good thing? Whoever behaves well will be exempted from this year's tenant rent! Hou Jing shouted loudly.

"Lord Hou, will the prince really exempt us from rent?" A young man asked in surprise.

"What is the identity of the prince? That's the Prince of Daming, and the current emperor still calls him uncle. How can what has been said not count? Hou Jing rolled her eyes and said displeasedly.

"That dare is good, that dare is good." The young man rubbed his palms with joy and said with joy. The tenant rent is free, and the whole family will be able to eat a few full meals this year.

"You go to the surrounding villages and call people, the more people the better, as long as you come, all of them will eat. Ma Daring, the prince appointed you as the commander, everyone is under your leadership, and when the time comes, when the people cross the river, you will take people to meet them and drive them all down the Yellow River? Can it be done? Hou Jing said to a strong black man.

"Don't worry, Lord Hou, I have been boldly roaming the rivers and lakes for many years, and what I said is righteousness, what the prince didn't say to us, give money to women, and our life is the prince's!" Ma boldly carried a bright machete, and said nonchalantly.

"Good man, this official didn't misunderstand you!" Hou Jing praised, "The prince said, as long as you work hard, the silver woman doesn't say it, at least you will be guaranteed a general position." ”

"Really?" Ma boldly said in surprise.

"Of course." Hou Jing smiled.

"This dare is good, dare to be good." Ma boldly opened his mouth and laughed, "I'm just a butcher who kills pigs, and I can even be a general." ”

"And you, as long as you work hard, you can't be a general, but it's no problem to be a thousand households."

"Defeat those Shanxi soldiers, the salt they escort is yours. A group of Shanxi Yankees dared to grab salt from the prince, and they didn't weigh how many catties and taels they had!

Ma Daring, there are still a day or two before those Shanxi Yankees reach the Yellow River, you go to find people in these two days, you can find as many people as you can, the more people, the better, you know? ”

"I know, I'm bold, Lord Hou, don't worry."