Just as Chen Zilong was planning how to do it, suddenly a subordinate came down to report that the people sent by the emperor for reinforcements had arrived, and Chen Zilong was overjoyed and personally welcomed him out of the palace. Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu glanced at each other, followed behind Chen Zilong, and were secretly shocked. The emperor actually handed over all the defense matters of Suzhou City to Chen Zilong, and successively sent officials to reinforce him, which shows Chen Zilong's status in the emperor's heart. Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu could imagine that as long as they could hold Suzhou, Chen Zilong would definitely be able to rise to the top in the future. To tell the truth, Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu are a little envious, especially Huang Zongxi, who is also famous in terms of fame, and he definitely surpasses Chen Zilong in terms of fame, but he has to be subordinated to him.

"If we can really achieve the equality of all the slaves in Juntian, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably have earth-shaking changes, and maybe we will be able to establish an unprecedented prosperous era! We are in the middle of it, we must not miss this opportunity to make contributions, and we should try our best to assist Your Majesty to become a generation of holy masters, so that I will be strong and prosperous! Huang Zongxi quietly said to Gu Yanwu. At this time, he had forgotten the article "Yuan Jun" that he had written, and forgot the idea that the monarch's power needed to be restricted.

Gu Yanwu nodded silently.

When he arrived outside the mansion, Chen Zilong was pleasantly surprised to see that there was Yan Yingyuan standing in the crowd.

"I didn't expect Brother Yan to come to Suzhou too." After some greetings, he ordered everyone to enter the mansion for a while, Chen Zilong and Yan Yingyuan walked together and said with emotion.

"I was originally an official in Yanling Town, and the work of releasing slaves in Juntian had just been completed, and His Majesty sent someone to select a group of people to come to Suzhou, so I signed up to participate." Yan Yingyuan smiled. But he didn't tell Chen Zilong that he had been appointed as the deputy mayor of Yanling Town, but the emperor specially sent him.

"Okay, well, with Brother Yan's assistance, I will be like a tiger!" Chen Zilong smiled happily, although he didn't get along with Yan Yingyuan for a long time, he still admired Yan Yingyuan's ability.

With the arrival of Yan Yingyuan and others, the lack of talents has been greatly alleviated. In fact, in the past two days, there have been scholars who have been visiting, hoping to join the Prime Minister's Office of Urban Defense and work under Chen Zilong, many of whom have been reinstated, but Chen Zilong refused. Because Chen Zilong didn't know much about these people, he couldn't tell whether they were sent by that Zhang Pu, so he didn't dare to use them at all.

As the prime minister of urban defense, Chen Zilong knows that the burden on his body is heavy, and the safety of the people in the city is at stake. And it is impossible for the scholars of the restoration society headed by Zhang Pu to have the same heart as themselves. Moreover, although he is named the prime minister of urban defense appointed by the prefect of Suzhou, he is actually sent by the emperor to control Suzhou, and he cannot use people at will, let alone people who do not know the details.

And in the past two days, there are too many things to do, no one to help, and he has been busy all day long, and now the arrival of Yan Yingyuan and a large number of officials has finally made Chen Zilong breathe a sigh of relief.

Those supervisors who were transferred from the army were sent to the battalions of the township warriors, and they also served as supervisors and were responsible for the ideological work of the township warriors. These supervisors are all experienced, and having them join the army will inevitably boost morale and make the villagers return to their hearts, and there is no need for Chen Zilong to worry.

As for Yan Yingyuan and other officials, they all joined the office of the prime minister of urban defense, and each was responsible for a piece of work. Their arrival made Chen Zilong no longer have to rely on the officials of the Suzhou government in the future. These officials and servants are all old fritters, so that they always try to make benefits in their work, that is, the money issued to the villagers wants to embezzle, in the past two days, Chen Zilong has been angry with those officials, but he has to use it because of the lack of people in his hands, now let them play with eggs.

"Guys have a good rest tonight, and we'll have a big game tomorrow!" Chen Zilong said with a smile.

......

Zhang Pu was very irritable, he had already realized that he had fallen for Chen Zilong's delaying tactics.

At the beginning, Zhang Pu thought that Chen Zilong's criticism could be completed by debating, so that he had no face to mention that everyone was equal. Therefore, in the past two days, Zhang Pu has been preparing for the Tiger Hill debate three days later, and discussing with the scholars of the Restoration Society how to refute Chen Zilong, and how to disgrace Chen Zilong in Suzhou.

But Zhang Pu didn't expect that Chen Zilong did not prepare for the Tiger Hill debate, but appeared in the Suzhou Mansion in a grand manner, and was supported by the Suzhou prefect Li Jingsheng and was appointed as the prime minister of urban defense! Then he openly began to recruit Xiang Yong and prepare to defend the city.

"Damn! This Chen Zilong didn't plan to debate with us at all! Zhang Pu said angrily. Zhang Pu can imagine that when it is time to debate, even if Chen Zilong participates in the debate, even if he can argue with Chen Zilong, there is no way to take it, because the other party has soldiers in his hands!

Moreover, Chen Zilong can refuse to participate in the debate in the name of preventing the attack of the White Lotus Sect, the great enemy is current, if he uses this to persecute him, he will not know the overall situation, and he will be criticized by him, and Chen Zilong has a sharp weapon such as a newspaper in his hand, as long as he uses it a little, he can make his reputation among the people stink!

"Since Chen Zilong wants to defend Suzhou and form a township battalion, we can also participate in it! What happened in Suzhou City, how could it be done without the participation of our gentry? The head of the Shen family said indifferently. The gentry of Wuzhong, who were mainly from the Dongting merchant gang, were so powerful, it could be said that the economic lifeline of the entire Suzhou Prefecture was in their hands, and each gentry had hundreds of slaves, how could they be afraid of just one Chen Zilong?

"Brother Shen is saying?" Zhang Pu's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Go for it, the Prime Minister's Office of Urban Defense, and the Township Yongying Camp should have our people. There are so many scholars in the Restoration Society, and each family has a henchman and servant, and these people are all at your disposal. The head of the Shen family smiled.

"I will live up to Brother Shen's trust!" Zhang Pu hugged his fists.

Left Dongting Xishan Island and lived in the Shen Family Garden under Tiger Hill. Zhang Pu sent people to find the scholars of the Fushe Center, and sent them to the government to pretend to defect to Chen Zilong, saying that they would contribute to the defense of the city. At the same time, Zhang Pu sent someone to contact Huang Zongxi and asked him to come to Tiger Hill to persuade Huang Zongxi to leave Chen Zilong. In Zhang Pu's view, Huang Zongxi may have helped Chen Zilong because of his righteousness, and if he took out his identity as the leader of the Restoration Society Alliance and ordered him to leave Chen Zilong, it would be impossible for Huang Zongxi not to listen.

However, Zhang Pu never expected that the person sent to see Huang Zongxi and also conveyed his meaning, but Huang Zongxi only replied with two words, "no time".

Zhang Pu was furious, but there was nothing he could do with Huang Zongxi, although Huang Zongxi also joined the Restoration Society, but the Restoration Society itself is a loose organization, composed of various clubs, and there is no binding force on the members.

What made Zhang Pu even more unbearable was that the soldiers sent were all driven back by Chen Zilong, and none of them were left.

"He is too vigilant!" Zhang Pu couldn't help but scold. He had already inquired that there was no one around Chen Zilong, except for Xia Yunyi, Huang Zongxi, and Gu Yanwu, the rest were all rude and martial artists, so that many things had to be done through the government officials. However, in this case, the people who refuse to use the Restoration Society show how vigilant this guy is against the Restoration Society, and this must be the enemy of the Restoration Society!

However, Zhang Pu still had a way, he sent someone to the prefect Li Jingsheng to make a post, and sent 10,000 taels of silver, asking Li Jingsheng to remove Chen Zilong from the post of prime minister of urban defense. However, he never expected that Li Jingsheng, who has always been greedy for money, refused to accept bribes, and asked people to bring back a sentence of righteousness and strictness, saying that he Li Jingsheng was loyal to the emperor and loyal to the Ming Dynasty, not the kind of person he imagined Zhang Pu, and persuaded Zhang Pu to go away with the three corpse gods of Zhang Pu's anger at the moment.

One plan could not be reborn, and the prefect was unwilling to cooperate, so he started from the government officials. Unlike the prefect Li Jingsheng, most of the officials of the government were natives of Suzhou, and their ancestors were officials, so they were greedy and never dared to offend the local gentry. Just give a little benefit, and let them do whatever they want! Even if it burns the grain in the storehouse, it can do it.

A large amount of silver was spilled, and the officials and servants also expressed their cooperation, and the gentry pointed out that the east would definitely not go west! When Zhang Pu was about to command the officials to do something, the situation changed again, Chen Zilong didn't need these officials to do things, that is, the grain depot was sent to take over. After inquiry, I learned that a large number of people came from Zhenjiang, so that Chen Zilong had enough manpower in his hands, and there was no need to call the officials of the government again.

The city gates, city walls, government warehouses, and all key places in the city were guarded by newly recruited villagers, and the officials and servants of the government and county were all driven away, and they were completely unable to intervene. The precautions are incomparably strict.

In the city defense prime minister's office, it was not able to intervene, and the plan to enter the countryside was also in vain. I don't know why, the loyal servants of the gentry did not pass the selection of the gentry, and they were all beaten back, which made Zhang Pu puzzled, could it be that the people under Chen Zilong couldn't even recognize the slaves of the gentry?

Zhang Pu didn't know that because there were too many people recruited, Chen Zilong recruited Xiangyong in a principled manner, using the hired workers of those workshops as much as possible, and using people who had been doing manual work for a long time. And the henchmen and servants he sent were all the henchmen of the gentry, who only waited on the gentry's family on weekdays, did not do manual work, had delicate and greasy skin, and had no calluses in the palms of their hands.

The successive calculations failed, and for a while Zhang Pu found that he didn't have much to do with Chen Zilong.

Just as he continued to plan what to do next, suddenly the head of the Shen family sent someone to deliver the letter, it turned out that Chen Zilong had done it, and he actually sent people to the homes of the gentry, so that each family had to donate money, food and materials to guard Suzhou. Zhang Pu hurriedly returned to Xishan Island, and then saw a number of gentry gathered in the Shen family's mansion.

"Fifty thousand taels of silver, a thousand stones of rice, five hundred pieces of cotton cloth! This is to treat Lao Tzu as a wronged boss! The Shen family master said angrily.

"My family was also asked for 40,000 taels of silver, 800 stone of rice, and a paper mill near the city wall was also requisitioned, saying that it would be used as a barracks for the time being. Chen Zilong is really crazy, he forgot that his family is also a gentry, and he still joined the Fushe. The head of the Huang family also said angrily.

"My family was asked for 30,000 taels, and Lao Tzu donated 200 pieces of wood, which were all used to make wood, but now they are going to defend the city!"

"My family was asked for 25,000 taels, and the blacksmith shop was also forcibly requisitioned, saying that he wanted to build weapons for the defenders of the city and the countryside."

"My ......"

The heads of the gentry said one after another. Zhang Pumo calculated that the gentry on Xishan Island alone had 500,000 taels of silver, more than 10,000 taels of grain, a large amount of cotton cloth, and various materials. Chen Zilong was very familiar with the gentry, and the materials he asked for were all available in each shop.

In fact, there is not much to ask for, and for every gentry, it will definitely not hurt the muscles and bones. But it's really disgusting! Chen Zilong has already taken refuge in the emperor, preaching all day long that everyone is equal, and he will release slaves and Juntian in the future, which clearly betrays the gentry class and takes refuge in the emperor as a lackey. This person is an enemy of everyone, and there is no way to stop talking about him, and he has to give him a lot of money, food, and materials, so that how can everyone swallow this evil breath in their hearts!

"Tianru, what can you do?" The head of the Shen family looked at Zhang Pu.

Zhang Pu sighed: "In the current situation, I can only give them things first......"

"What!" The head of the Huang family was furious, "He Chen Zilong has already on our heads, we still have to give him money, how can there be such a reason in the world." Lao Tzu just doesn't give it, I think he can do it? It's a big deal that Lao Tzu gathers all the servants and hired farmers to fight with him! ”

"Yes, we just won't give it to him, see what he can do?" The other gentry also shouted.

The gentry present are all characters calling for wind and rain in Suzhou, which family does not have a few jinshi? Even when Ying Tianxun Mei Baohua was alive, he had to respect them, and he had to discuss things well, Chen Zilong was just a person, but he was just a dog sent by the emperor, and he dared to bite people, how could they endure this breath?

"Everyone, please listen to me, it's very irrational to resist at this time!" Zhang Pu hurriedly said. Chen Zilong now has more than 10,000 villagers in his hands, as well as the support of Li Jingsheng, the prefect of Suzhou, representing the imperial court and defending Suzhou City. At this time, with his hard resistance, Chen Zilong can completely use his hot hand in the name of bandits, even the people in the city will also stand on Chen Zilong's side. After all, everyone is responsible for defending the city, and ordinary people have been recruited to be village warriors, so why can the gentry escape?

"If money and food are given, will it not increase its strength? Zhang Tianru, which side are you on? The head of the Huang family asked angrily.

"Brother Huang, listen to me, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan!" Zhang Pu hurriedly persuaded.

Who knew that the head of the Huang family couldn't listen to him at all: "Go to your big plan, how many days, you have no way to take Chen Zilong, you are still the leader of the Restoration Society, nothing!" ”

Then he looked at the head of the Shen family: "Brother Shen, anyway, I don't believe in Zhang Tianru anymore, I'll return to Suzhou, gather the slaves at home, and see what Chen Zilong dares to do to me!" Then he turned and walked away.

The other gentry glanced at Zhang Pu coldly, and they all left.

Zhang Pu took a deep breath, he knew that his performance in the past few days had disappointed these Wu Zhong gentry, if it continued like this, I was afraid that the position of the leader of the Restoration Society Alliance would not be guaranteed.

"Brother Shen, there is only one way to do it!" Zhang Pu said to the Shen family.