"Brother Chuangjiang, why are you back again?" Wang Zuo said with a smile.

Li Hongji told the lantern Zhao Sheng what he had just done, and finally said: "The big boss, that lamp Zhao Sheng is a scholar and is good at demagoguery, if this continues, his subordinates are worried that the valley will shake people's hearts." ”

Wang Zuohang said disapprerovingly: "Just this little thing, I sent someone to look at him, don't let him contact with other people, he is also righteous in the end, and he came by the emperor's order, you can't kill him." ”

Li Hongji shook his head and said: "The subordinates didn't let the big boss kill him, but asked the big boss to make plans early." ”

Wang Zuohang touched the back of his head: "Aren't I thinking about it, be patient with my brother, and wait for me to think about it clearly." ”

Li Hongji smiled: "Let me guess what you think, big boss?" ”

Wang Zuohang suddenly became interested: "Then you can guess and see what I think." ”

Li Hongji said: "The grain in the valley is exhausted, and the brothers are starving, and the big boss naturally does not want to watch the brothers suffer, so he has the heart to surrender to the official army, but he is a little worried. If we surrender, ordinary brothers should be able to live, but our leaders may not, after all, we have caused a lot of killings, and you are worried. ”

Wang Zuo nodded and said, "Brother, you are really a roundworm in my stomach, so in your opinion, what should I do?" ”

Li Hongji said: "With all due respect, if we surrender to the past, even if we can survive, there is no future, and look at that Zhao Sheng, he didn't even get a half-official position, and he was forced to risk his life to persuade us to surrender."

The big boss knows that I used to be an errand boy at the post station, and I have seen a lot of merchants from the south to the north, and I have an understanding of the current Ming Dynasty. The current Ming Dynasty has been a famine for many years, not only in northern Shaanxi, but also in other provinces in Shandong and Henan, and the imperial court has to levy Liao to deal with the Houjin people outside the Guan, and there is simply not enough food to help the people. Therefore, what tax exemption for three years, what hundreds of thousands of disaster relief food, I am afraid are all deceiving us, in order to let us go out and surrender honestly.

The big boss, the current Ming Dynasty is like a powder keg, a little spark down, the people everywhere will inevitably surge, set off the banner of rebellion and righteousness, our brothers take advantage of the situation, maybe we can do a vigorous thing.

Big bosses, we are all people who have been leaders, and we are used to hugging and giving orders, how can we be willing to be ordinary people again and let the officials bully us?

Why don't you have a bang and kill him! Chen Sheng and Wu Guang back then were just ordinary people, and they overthrew Daqin with a single shout, and you and my brothers worked together, maybe they could overthrow this rotten court! ”

Li Hongji's words were very inflammatory, and Wang Zuo's heart was shaken. I have to admit that some people are just unwilling to be ordinary, and some people are born thieves, Li Hongji is like this, and Wang Zuohang is also like this.

"Brother, I understand what you mean, and I don't want to really surrender." Wang Zuo said, "But what about the Ming army outside this valley?" We can't beat it at all. ”

Li Hongji smiled: "Big boss, the opportunity to break through is right in front of you." ”

"Brother, be clear." Wang Zuohang urged.

Li Hongji said: "Since the imperial court sent people to surrender, let's pretend to surrender." After leaving the valley, the brothers cultivated for a while, avoided the limelight of the official army, and then acted righteously. At present, there are people everywhere in Shaanxi, and the Ming army outside the valley is the emperor's guard, how can they stay in Yijun County all the time? When they go to other places to quell the chaos, let's raise the anti-flag again, there are too many officials and troops in northern Shaanxi, so we will cross the Yellow River into Shanxi, and then go south to Henan and advance into the Central Plains, turning this Ming Dynasty upside down! ”

Wang Zuohang patted his thigh excitedly: "Okay, just do it!" ”

"Big boss, even if we pretend to surrender, we have to pretend to be the same, so ...... so," Li Hongji said in a low voice.

Early the next morning, Zhao Sheng, who lit the lamp, was taken to Wang Zuohang's Shuai Cave, and Wang Zuohang personally announced that he was willing to surrender to the emperor, but ......

"Brother Zhao Sheng, we can't surrender in vain, I have three conditions, you take it back to the emperor, and if you promise, we will surrender."

"The first condition is that after surrendering, the emperor cannot find a posterior account, and everything we have done before will be written off, and the past will not be corrected.

The second condition is that most of the brothers are Yijun peasants, and we must also divide the land and divide the land, and we cannot be enslaved at will, and we cannot be used as cannon fodder in the army.

The third condition is that we, the leaders of the family, must be properly settled, we do not seek high-ranking officials, but we have to give thousands of households to be in charge.

As far as these three requirements are concerned, there is no excessive, it is easy for the emperor, as long as the emperor is willing to agree, we will go out of the valley and surrender. ”

Zhao Sheng nodded: "Don't worry, Master Wang, I will go back to tell Your Majesty, I believe Your Majesty will definitely agree." ”

The mule that Zhao Sheng rode when he came had already been killed and eaten meat, and Wang Zuojiao asked people to find a thin donkey, let Zhao Sheng ride it, and personally sent Zhao Sheng out of the Phoenix Valley.

After Lu Xiangsheng heard Zhao Sheng's relay, he ordered someone to immediately ride a fast horse to Qingjian County to ask the emperor.

......

"Will there be fraud?" Knowing Wang Zuohang's request, Zhu Youzhen asked suspiciously.

Hong Chengchou said: "Your Majesty is worried about the thieves and deception? ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, that's what he thought. The cunning of these thieves was deeply understood by Zhu Youzhen in the previous life, whether it was Li Zicheng or Zhang Xianzhong, they had surrendered to the imperial court, but after a blink of an eye, they continued to rebel, so that the great cause of suppressing thieves was ruined.

Chen Qiyu and Sun Chuanting both beat the thieves and almost wiped them out, but in the end they failed. And now, that Li Zicheng, no, is still called Li Hongji, then Li Hongji is in Wang Zuo's army, so how can Zhu Youzhen not worry about fraud.

Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "This is very easy to solve, first lure them out, try to separate the leader from his subordinates, isn't it just to give a thousand households and hundreds of households, and send them to the Yulin army to keep them away from northern Shaanxi, even if their thief heart does not die, there is nothing to do." ”

Zhu Youzhen also smiled, too, now that he occupies the absolute initiative, what are you afraid of thieves and deception?

"Okay, that's it! However, there is one of the thieves named Li Hongji, this person wants to get a clear stream, I want to see it for myself! Zhu Youzhen commanded.

Hong Chengchou was stunned for a moment: "Is there anything special about this called Li Hongji?" ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and did not answer. Special, of course special! It's this damn guy who destroyed my Ming Dynasty in the last life, forced me to kill the princess and forced the queen to commit suicide, and then hanged herself on the coal mountain!

Zhu Youzhen is not one of those virgins on the Internet, how can the resentment of the previous life easily disappear? Even if he doesn't kill Li Zicheng now, he has to see what this Diao Min who has ruined his country looks like!