In Zhuzhou Town, Gong Chengkang couldn't help but smile when he looked at the hundreds of carriages of goods seized by his subordinates, but he didn't expect a small Zhuzhou Town to have such a big harvest.

He ordered all the caravans to be imprisoned until the rebels had been subjected to a strict trial.

At this time, Qian Dayou personally led his men and horses to Liuyang County, a hundred miles away.

Liuyang is one hundred and twenty miles away from Liling, and Qian Da led his troops to march all the way for a day and a night, and rushed to the outside of Liuyang County in the afternoon of the next day.

Feng Zuwang, the magistrate of Liuyang, saw that the army of anti-thieves outside the city was suppressed, although he was shocked, but he was not afraid at all.

He drew one of his swords and shouted to the people in the city: "Folks, the time has come to defend your hometown, follow me to the wall and kill the enemy!" ”

Qian Dayou arrived outside the city with his people, thinking that Liuyang County would be as self-defeating as Liling County, but he didn't expect to eat a closed door as soon as he arrived in Liuyang.

Qian Da was in a hurry to attack the city, but first let the army surround Liuyang City on all sides.

He called someone to find the local people and asked the people: "Who is the magistrate of Liuyang?" ”

When the people saw the battle of the rebels, they were terrified, but he did not dare not answer.

He replied cautiously: "General Qiyu, the county master's surname is Feng, and I don't know what the specific name is." ”

"Oh? surnamed Feng, how is he an official in Liuyang? ”

The people thought for a while and replied, "Lord Feng loves the people like a son and treats them very well!" ”

After hearing this, Qian Dayou sent the people away, and asked his subordinates to find more than a dozen local village names.

After some inquiry, the people praised this Lord Feng, saying that he was a rare good official, and hoped that Qian Dayou would not kill him.

After listening to the words of the people, Qian Dayou couldn't help but be surprised in his heart: "I can't imagine that there is such a good official in this small Liuyang, the handsome man has an order, if he meets a good minister, he can't kill him, this surname Feng has such a good reputation, he must be a good official!" ”

Qian Dayou let go of the people, and began to think about it in his heart.

He summoned his staff and asked him to write a letter of persuasion to surrender, so that he could send a bow and arrow into the city.

Soon, the defenders of Liuyang County presented the letter to Feng Zuwang.

Feng Zuwang opened the letter and saw that it was actually a letter of persuasion, he immediately became angry, picked up the pen and was about to reply to Qian Dayou.

In the letter, Feng Zuwang said: "Since ancient times, there have only been loyal ministers who died in battle, how can there be civil servants who grovel and surrender, this official is deeply favored by the emperor and is determined to live and die with the city, the general does not need to persuade again, and has the courage to attack the city!" ”

Feng Zuwang was only a high school scholar in his forties, his first official career was the magistrate of Liuyang, he finally survived decades of hard study, and the chair under his buttocks was not yet hot, and he was naturally reluctant in his heart.

However, after decades of Confucian education, he knew what it meant to be a loyal minister, and he knew that as long as he surrendered to the thieves outside, he would definitely be left in the history books for thousands of years in the future.

Thinking of himself, since he served as the magistrate of Liuyang County, he has revitalized the county, advocated education, taught in person, and courteously taught corporals.

All kinds of things, that is what the saints taught them to do, if he now opens the city gate because of a letter of persuasion and surrenders to the thieves outside, then what will the people of Liuyang think of him in the future.

Everyone will call him a hypocrite and a traitor, and he will not have the face to educate the people in the future.

Feng Zuwang was determined to live and die with the city, and Qian Dayou had no choice but to take him.

After reading Feng Zuwang's reply, he knew that this old man belonged to the ox, and it was impossible to surrender.

If you don't surrender, then there is only one way to siege the city.

Feng Zuwang was quite famous in Liuyang County, as soon as the rebels arrived, he immediately closed the city gate, and immediately organized the village warriors in the city, recruiting more than 1,000 people in only half a day.

Although these thousand people are all temporarily recruited warriors, they are all strong men, and it may not be enough to attack the city, but the matter of defending the city can barely be dealt with.

Qian Dayou looked at the city wall for a while, he didn't want to use the stupidest way to attack the city, he wanted to use a trick.

He called the officers and staff members in the army to the big tent for a meeting, at which Qian Dayou said straight to the point: "Feng Zuwang is quite prestigious in Liuyang, if we attack, he will definitely defend to the end, do you have a way to make him surrender?" ”

Several officers exchanged words with each other, but they didn't think of any good ideas.

Several staff members also fell into deep thought, and after a stick of incense, a staff member named Yu Changjie came up with an idea.

"Chief soldier, I have thought of a way, maybe it can be used!"

"Oh? Come on! ”

"Yes, Lord General Soldier, since Feng Zuwang is deeply loved by the people in Liuyang and has a very high reputation, he must be an official who cherishes the people, we don't have to persuade him to surrender, let's persuade ourselves, then Feng Zuwang will definitely not open the city to surrender in order to protect his reputation.

But we can let the people persuade them, I look at the people of Liuyang, everyone has a dish, and they are obviously hungry.

As far as the humble knows, the land in Liuyang County is barren, and the harvest of crops is not very good.

Sometimes the yield of an acre of land is only about one stone, and sometimes it even does not reach one stone, but the taxes collected by the imperial court in Liuyang County have reached the sky-high price of two taels of silver per mu.

Thinking about the price of grain, a stone of rice is only sold for half a penny of silver, but to pay taxes has to pay two taels of silver, many people have sold their fields to the local people and even landlords, in order to avoid taxes for themselves.

Feng Zuwang, as the magistrate of Liuyang, is well aware of this situation, but he knows the suffering of the people, but he can't do anything about it.

My lord, if the Juntian strategy of our righteous army starts to be implemented at this time, it will definitely progress rapidly, I believe that within three or five days, the local people will be fully supported by us, and then the general army will let hundreds of people enter the city, let them go to Feng Zuwang's body to intercede, let him surrender the city, Feng Zuwang will definitely agree in the face of the people! ”

After listening to Yu Changjie's words, Qian Dayou couldn't help but applaud: "Good strategy, really worthy of being a scholar, sure enough, there are a lot of ghost ideas, come to someone, pass on my order, the army has 2,000 people left to continue to besiege the city, and the rest of the people, etc., all of them will be scattered for me, loot the landlords around the county, and implement the Juntian policy!" ”

Qian Dayou brought 5,000 people from Liling to the north, except for the 2,000 people who stayed outside the city, the remaining 3,000 people all rushed out.

Under the leadership of the military staff and civilian officials, the Juntian Movement in Liuyang County soon unfolded vigorously in the countryside.

The civil officials preached the benefits of the Juntian policy in each village, telling everyone that King Mo would divide the land and land for everyone, and these fields would never be taxed as one-tenth of the Ming government's one-time tax according to the output value of the field.

The remaining nine-tenths were all owned by the people themselves, and the officials promised to absolutely guarantee that everyone would receive no less than three acres of land.

The reason why they dare to boast of this Haikou is due to the great help of some local people, who have lived here for generations, and they know exactly which family has and how many fields.

A certain person's family has 2,000 acres, a certain family has 5,000 acres, and there is a Jinshi in the family, and the family has tens of thousands of acres of land.

According to the list provided by the people, the anti-justice army directly led troops to the homes of these squires and landlords, and ordered them to hand over the title deeds of the fields, and to open warehouses to release grain, otherwise they would raid their homes and exterminate their clans.

The knife was put up to the neck, and the squires and tyrants dared not agree, so they could only obediently take the title deed and hand it over to the rebels, and hand over the key to let the rebels move the grain in the treasury.

The soldiers of the rebel army took the grain, except for some of the food left for their own use, and all the rest of the grain was taken out and distributed to the local poor people.

The people were given the land and grain, and their impression of the rebels was raised by 10,000 points at once, and everyone rushed to establish good relations with the rebels.

Qian Dayou took advantage of the opportunity to mature, selected 200 diligent and simple men and respected old men from more than a dozen nearby villages, invited them to the army tent, and set up a banquet to entertain this group of people.

During the banquet, Qian Dayou said his purpose, he hoped that everyone could enter the city to persuade Feng Zuwang, the county governor, to surrender.

Qian Dayou sat on the throne and said with tears in his eyes: "My lord Mo Dawang, I have always admired such a good official as Lord Feng, and every time I am in the siege of the city, I will send someone to inquire about the name and origin of the general who defends the city, as well as the official and the person, if it is a loyal official, the king of my family will definitely be reluctant to kill, and will treat him with courtesy, if he does not obey, the king will also give him gold and silver, so that he can return home."

The king said: The great chaos in the world is the matter of those corrupt officials in the court and the unscrupulous kings before them, these adults are diligent and love the people, and honest and self-loving, but they are good officials admired and hoped for by the people of the world, and he is patient and harmful.

Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Feng loves the people like a son, how can I, the commander of the whole army, disobey the king's orders and harm him ruthlessly.

Tomorrow I will retreat ten miles, you can enter the county tomorrow, persuade Lord Feng, if he is willing to surrender, I will be willing to lead the horse for him, treat each other with a teacher's courtesy! ”

Several old men were moved when they saw that Qian Dayou was full of emotion.

One of the oldest elders, Liang Youzhi, said: "General, don't worry, my grandson is the commander of the city guard, and when he enters the city tomorrow, he will definitely persuade Lord Feng to vote!" ”

"Well, there are all the villagers!"

Early the next morning, Qian Dayou ordered the whole army to retreat ten miles, and the defenders on Liuyang City were a little confused when they saw the righteous army retreating.

They hurriedly reported the news to Feng Zuwang.

When Feng Zuwang heard this, he was also a little confused, he touched the back of his head, and said to himself: "Could it be that there is a shortage of food in the anti-thief army?" No, a few days ago, I saw them carrying large quantities of grain and grass, and there was no shortage of food. ”

Feng Zuwang picked up the sword, hurriedly led people to the south city wall, looked outside the city, and sure enough, he found that the righteous army had retreated for at least seven or eight miles, and he couldn't even see it.

After another half an hour, a group of people suddenly came outside the city, and when they looked closely, they saw a group of people dressed in people's clothes approaching the city wall.

When the officers and soldiers defending the city saw it, they immediately stretched out their bows and arrows to threaten them: "Stop coming, if you don't stop, we will shoot arrows!" ”

"Don't shoot arrows, don't shoot arrows, we are villagers outside the city, and today I have something important to come to see Lord Feng of Zhixian County."

"Villagers? Which village is the village? ”

Liang Youzhi listened to the voice of the soldiers shouting in the city, and looked at it with his farsighted eyes, good guy, it was actually his grandson Liang Benxing.

Liang Youzhi hurriedly scolded: "You rabbit cub, I can't recognize your grandfather, you rabbit cub, you want to shoot your grandfather?" ”

Liang Benxing, who was holding a bow and arrows, heard that the city claimed to be his grandfather, and he didn't dare to be careless at the moment, he took back his bow and arrow and took a closer look at the city, it was really his grandfather.

"Grandpa, grandpa, why are you here, I thought you must have been killed by those thieves!"

"Hurt a fart, tell Lord Feng quickly, our villagers in Liangjia Village are here, I hope Lord Feng will let us into the city!"

When Liang Benxing heard this, he hurriedly turned back to Feng Zuwang and said, "Lord Liang, the city is really my grandfather, please let them into the city, okay?" ”

Liang Benxing is the general of the official army and one of the only few officers in Liuyang County, and Feng Zuwang still knows his family background very well.

After a little thought, he agreed to Liang Benxing's request.

The south gate of Liuyang County was finally opened after being closed for seven days, and Liang Youzhi saw that the city gate was open, and hurriedly led people into the city.

As soon as he arrived in the city, Liang Youzhi collided with his grandson Liang Benxing, who was driven down the city.

"Grandpa, grandpa, are you okay?"

"What can I do, I'm in my seventies, who will do anything to my old bones, Lord Feng?"

"Lord Feng is on the city tower."

"Quick, take me to see Lord Feng, I have something important to tell him!"

Liang Benxing didn't know what urgent things his grandfather had, and looking at his appearance, he seemed to be in a hurry.

He hurriedly helped Liang Youzhi up to the city wall and met Feng Zuwang in the city tower.

As soon as he saw Feng Zuwang, Liang Youzhi first respectfully prepared to give Feng Zuwang a big salute.

Feng Zuwang is kind and has always been friendly to the people, when he saw Liang Youzhi's age, he quickly got up and dragged his body and said: "What is Liang Lao doing, this is really torturing me, Liang Lao, there are so many rebels outside the city, are you okay?" ”

Liang Youzhi touched his beard and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I inquired clearly, the army outside the city is from Yuanzhou, Jiangxi, and it is the army of King Mo of Yuanzhou."

This army of King Mo is different from other armies, they share the burden and do not rob our people, but also snatch grain from the hands of the big landlords and distribute it to us, the people.

The old man has lived for seventy and three, and this is the first time I have seen this kind of thing! ”

When Feng Zuwang heard Liang Youzhi's words, his face suddenly changed.

He said unhappily: "Old Liang, you entered the city, but is there something wrong?" ”

Liang Youzhi is old and refined, and he knows it when he looks at Feng Zuwang's face.

He no longer hidden, and said directly: "Lord Feng, you are a good official, a clean official, not only we, the people of Liuyang, know, but also the leader of the righteous army knows your incorruptibility, I came today to persuade you to surrender at the request of the general of the righteous army!" ”

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