Mo Qian's soldiers were under the city, and before even the official siege was launched, the defenders in the city took the initiative to open the city gate and surrender the city.

The first to surrender were the officials of Qingjiang County, they were all Qingjiang natives, and the family was all in the city, so they would not be stupid enough to die with the official master.

When a group of officials and lords were still discussing whether to be martyred or not, they took the initiative to open the city gate and let the righteous army enter the city.

Mo Qian took down the Linjiang Mansion without much effort, and none of Hu Yongqing and other officials ran away, they were all blocked in the government and captured alive by the rebels.

Mo Qian came to the palace and looked at the four officials who were kneeling under the hall tied with ropes, and he paced up to the main seat before Hu Yongqing and sat down.

Lin Shijin and Wang Jiatai trembled with fright, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads to look, only to see a pair of feet walking up and sitting in the position where the previous Fuzun was sitting.

Hu Yongqing was a little bolder than the two of them, he secretly glanced up at Mo Qian, and when he found that Mo Qian was so young, he immediately felt a little surprised.

Among the government officials, only Hu Laixiang was not afraid, he stood under the hall with his head upright, staring at Mo Qian with disdain.

Mo Qian also found this person, and he asked Hu Laixiang, "Who is Your Excellency?" Who is the official giant? ”

Hu Laixiang replied in an extremely disdainful tone: "Phew, you are a mere thief, how can you be qualified to ask me for the name of this loyal minister!" ”

When the generals in the hall saw that Hu Laixiang actually dared to insult their handsomeness, they immediately drew their knives out of their sheaths.

"Bold, you dare to scold us handsome, you are impatient!" Yi Jiu, who had just been promoted to the general of the Second Battalion and the Second Brigade, swiped his knife on Hu Laixiang's neck.

Unexpectedly, after Hu Laixiang saw Yi Jiu's fast knife, he was not afraid, but laughed and said: "If you have the ability, give me a good time!" ”

Yi Jiu couldn't hear anyone say bad things about Mo Qian, and as soon as he heard this, he grabbed Hu Laixiang's collar and planned to wipe his neck.

At this time, Hu Yongqing and the three people kneeling next to him were so frightened that their faces were completely blank, and they were afraid that the knife would be on their necks the next moment.

Just as Yi Jiu was about to move the knife, Mo Qian stopped him.

"Brother Jiu, didn't I say that I won't kill anyone after entering the city, and I won't retreat!"

Yi Jiu glanced at Mo Qian in embarrassment, and said with some unacceptability: "Dashuai, he scolded you for being a thief!" ”

Mo Qian smiled: "What he scolded was not wrong, I am not a thief now, and people are not wrong, you put down the knife first, and wait until I finish asking." ”

Yi Jiu had no choice but to put down the saber in his hand, and then glared at Hu Laixiang viciously.

There are two kinds of people that Mo Qian admires the most, one is smart, willing and capable, and the other is a loyal person.

It has been more than half a year since the rebellion, and he has seen many corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but he also knows Cao Guoqi Cheng Zhidun, a capable minister who governs the place.

During the attack on Anfu, Guo Qiao, the county magistrate, was reluctant to surrender to him, and after his death, Mo Qian also gave Guo Qiao a thick burial, after all, in this era, he Mo Qian was still more respectful to be a loyal minister.

As long as it is not those traitors who will surrender to the Manchu Qing in the future, he can recruit one and keep one, which can be regarded as less murder.

Mo Qian looked at Hu Laixiang and asked him, "Are you Hu Laixiang, the official of Linjiang?" ”

Hu Laixiang saw that he already knew his identity, and when he saw that there was nothing to hide, he replied without humility or arrogance: "I am Hu Laixiang!" ”

"Where did you come from?"

"Chongzhen has raised people for three years."

Mo Qian nodded and said: "A person who is a person is in the position of a seven-rank official, I heard that your Linjiang Mansion's five-grade Tongzhi and six-rank general judgment are all from Gongsheng officials, why are you, who are from a person-in-nature, still rank below them?" ”

Hu Laixiang couldn't help but feel a little angry when he heard this, these colleagues in Linjiang Mansion, except for Liang Shiji, the county governor of Qingjiang, was born as a jinshi, and none of the rest were born as people.

Even the prefect Hu Yongqing was born as a lifter, and the magistrates of Xingan and Xinyu counties are also lifters, but the two Tongzhi and Tongju above them are two straw bags for studying.

Hu Laixiang knows better than anyone what kind of goods his Shangguan is, they are all scum who have no way to govern and disturb the people.

Let's just say that this sentence Wang Jiatai is not a good bird at all, this guy spent thousands of taels of silver to buy the official position of Linjiang Mansion Judge, for what, not to make money.

Linjiang Mansion has the largest medicinal material base in the whole Ming Dynasty, half of the traditional Chinese medicine in the Ming Dynasty is in Zhangshu Town, Linjiang Prefecture, and the country's medicinal material merchants come and go in the south and north of Zhangshu every day.

Wang Jiatai's house, spent a lot of money to buy this official, in charge of the whole mansion's grain and salt shop, he and the prefect Hu Yongqing were embarrassed, together with the same Zhilin Shijin, the official student, the three of them wantonly poisoned the medicinal material merchants in Linjiang Mansion, and the merchants were full of complaints.

Hu Laixiang has long been dissatisfied with these three people, but it is a pity that his official position is low, and the report he typed up is like mud into the sea, and there is no splash at all.

Over time, Hu Laixiang became tired of the corrupt officialdom of Linjiang, and it happened that Mo Qian led the troops to attack, and Hu Laixiang simply wanted to drag these three corrupt officials to commit suicide and martyrdom, and also leave a good reputation for himself.

Hu Laixiang didn't answer Mo Qian's question, just looked at the three kneeling on the ground silently.

Mo Qian saw Hu Lai's hatred for these three people from his eyes, and he waved his hand and said, "Send Master Hu to Luling for me, and let Li Banghua entertain him." ”

When Hu Laixiang heard Li Banghua's name, his eyes couldn't help but light up, he raised his head and asked Mo Qian: "Li Shangshu, have you descended?" ”

Mo Qian smiled and nodded.

Hu Laixiang was stupid, he was stunned for a long time, and was finally sent to Luling by several volunteers in a small boat.

For this kind of person, Mo Qian didn't bother to tell him anything, so he sent it directly to Li Banghua and asked Li Banghua, the former secretary of the military department, to enlighten them.

If you go to enlighten them, the effect will definitely not be as good as that of the former military department of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing Hu Laixiang away, Mo Qian looked at the other three again.

The names of these three people are casually inquired about in Linjiang Mansion and they know what the three people are doing, the three thousand Qingjiang County townsmen in Mo Qian's army, Mo Qian chatted with them when he was fine, and he found out the situation in Linjiang Mansion in less than two days.

In addition to Liang Shiji, the Qingjiang magistrate, who is a good official in Linjiang Prefecture, the other three magistrates and the prefect are more fucked than one by one.

These grandsons relied on the medicinal herb business in Zhangshu Town, and they didn't know how much money they were extorting every day, Mo Qian looked at the three people kneeling under the hall, and said coldly: "Put these three people in prison for me, and send someone to raid their residences first, I will definitely gain a lot of money."

After the army captured Linjiang Mansion, the next day Mo Qian sent Qian Dayou to lead a brigade of soldiers and horses to the west of Xinyu, and Lin Xiankui of Xinyu Zhixian County saw that the anti-thief army had hit his east, so he knew that the city of Linjiang Mansion had been captured by the anti-thieves, and the prefect and the governor were all served by the anti-thieves.

The prefect has been arrested, where can he, a small prefect, live alone, Lin Xiankui wants to surrender, but he is afraid that his relatives in his hometown in Jinjiang, Fujian will be questioned by the imperial court.

If you don't surrender, what if the thief slashes him down.

Just when Lin Xiankui was in a dilemma, a group of officials of the county government quit, they directly tied a group of officials of the county government with ropes, and then opened the city gate to surrender.

Lin Xiankui was not so happy when he was tied up by the officials to go out of the city, he didn't worry about his relatives in Jinjiang's hometown now, because he didn't take the initiative to surrender the thieves, he was tied up by the officials to surrender the thieves, and the court couldn't blame him now.

As soon as Xinyu County was taken, it was announced that the entire Linjiang Prefecture had been conquered.

When the news reached Nanchang, Liu Zongxiang didn't dare to hide it, and immediately told Chongzhen about it, and Chongzhen was furious when he heard it.

He slapped the table and scolded: "A little Mo thief, after a few months' effort, he has captured the land of two prefectures and ten counties, Liu Zongxiang has been the governor of Jiangxi for a few months, and the anti-thieves have not been exterminated, but they have been suppressed more and more, and even the newly recruited 10,000 troops have been collected by the Mo thief."

Liu Zongxiang said that he also had to make a holy decree to transfer officers and soldiers from Huzhou, Guangzhou, and Zhejiang provinces to Jiangxi to help him suppress bandits. ”

Qian Shisheng, who strongly recommended Liu Zongxiang to take over as the governor of Jiangxi, didn't dare to speak, but now the emperor is angry, in case he makes the emperor remember how he recommended Liu Zongxiang as soon as he speaks, then he will have to take the blame.

After Chongzhen finished scolding Liu Zongxiang, everyone stopped talking, only Shoufu Wen Tiren stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Zongxiang must be mainly responsible for the defeat of Xingan, his newly recruited 10,000 new army, where is how much combat power there is, he dared to send south when he knew that this 10,000 new army did not have much combat power, and only then did he suffer this defeat, resulting in heavy losses, Weichen suggested that Liu Zongxiang be locked into Beijing and handed over to the Criminal Department for trial, chasing him for the crime of incompetence!" ”

Qian Shisheng panicked when he heard this, if Liu Zongxiang was imprisoned, then he, the person who recommended him, would also be implicated.

He immediately stood up and said to Liu Zongxiang: "Your Majesty, Liu Zongxiang only took up the post of governor in the first month, and the new army he raised in Nanchang was only 10,000 people.

As far as Weichen knows, there are 10,000 anti-thief troops, and they storm Xiajiang County every day, and Xiajiang Zhixian and Qingjiang Zhixian Liangshiji, who went to support, have no way, and send urgent documents to Nanchang every day.

However, there were no soldiers available in Jiangxi, and Liu Zongxiang had no choice, so he took the risk of sending this 10,000 new army south to support.

The commander of Jiangxi, Tongzhi Li Yulong, had just fought with the anti-thieves, and then left his troops to escape alone, causing the morale of the officers and soldiers to break up, and the soldiers scrambled to flee for their lives, which led to this great defeat. ”

After listening to Qian Shisheng's words, Chongzhen's anger jumped like thunder, and he slapped the table vigorously and scolded: "Li Youlong, this guy is greedy for life and afraid of death, and my 10,000-strong army will be wiped out. ”

A group of scholars hurried to draft the decree.

The person behind the blame was found, but the problem was still not solved.

Chongzhen asked the scholars again, "The Mo thief is too powerful now, if he doesn't exterminate it, I'm afraid that Jiangxi will have to be occupied by him, you say, should you send troops from Huguang and Zhejiang to Jiangxi to suppress the bandits?" ”

When Wu Zongda heard this, he hurriedly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the troops of Huguang cannot be moved, and now the Liukou are making chaos in the Huguang area, and the troops of Huguang cannot be transferred, but it is feasible to transfer 10,000 Zhejiang soldiers to Jiangxi as invited by Liu Zongxiang, but 10,000 soldiers are too few, and I am afraid that the troops of the bandits are insufficient."

Your Majesty, it is better to transfer Liu Liangzuo in the Susong area to the south into Jiangxi, his soldiers have fought a vicious battle with Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves, and his combat power is not bad, and he is now just in Susong, crossed the river and entered Jiangxi, and there are no liukou in the Susong area now, so he can quickly go south to suppress the bandits. ”

Chongzhen couldn't help but nod after hearing this.

"Ship order, promoted Liu Liangzuo to the chief soldier of Anqing, lead the army south on the same day, and make every effort to exterminate the Jiangxi thieves!"