Zhang Xianzhong sent people to call his four righteous sons back, along with 40,000 soldiers and horses stationed around Gucheng.

As soon as the soldiers and horses gathered, Zhang Xianzhong immediately led his troops to Yunyang in the northwest, and Luo Rucai was leading his troops to be stationed here at this time.

Although both of them surrendered to the imperial court, the big guys knew in their hearts that it was just an expedient measure, and sooner or later they would have to oppose the imperial court.

Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong have always been friendly, at least at this stage, the relationship between the two is still very good.

Seeing Zhang Xianzhong coming with his troops, Luo Rucai hurriedly asked: "Brother Zhang, what's the matter, why did you come to me with soldiers and horses in a good manner?"

Zhang Xianzhong said: "Don't mention the elder brother, Li Zicheng's guy was defeated by Lu Xiangsheng in Henan, only a few dozen horsemen were left to flee in a hurry, I received the news, Lu Xiangsheng has led the troops south, Zuo Liangyu also led the troops westward, our brothers are both fraudulent surrenders, the court also knows this, this time, the court must have risked his life to destroy us, if you don't hurry up and run, I am afraid that I can't run if I want to." ”

As soon as Luo Rucai heard this, he immediately did not dare to delay, immediately gathered people, and then killed the Yunyang County Commander, and teamed up with Zhang Xianzhong to raise the flag to rebel again.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng had already rushed to Nanyang with a large army, and when he heard that Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai had descended and re-sentenced, Lu Xiangsheng scolded: "It's really a thief's heart that has not changed, and ordered Zuo Liangyu's department to rush to Yunyang within three days, make peace with Ben Shuai, and annihilate Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's two thieves!" ”

The herald rode a fast horse to Zaoyang County, where Zuo Liangyu was stationed, Zuo Liangyu received Lu Xiangsheng's general order, and sneered and said: "Hmph, King Lu Yan has become the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and this official authority is getting more and more day by day!" ”

Zuo Liangyu has always been domineering, despises his superiors, and killing good people and risking merit is the norm in his army.

If Zhang Xianzhong hadn't killed his own brother, Zuo Liangyu wouldn't have fought so hard with Zhang Xianzhong.

Now that the revenge for killing his brother is about to be avenged, Zuo Liangyu didn't have anything to do with Lu Xiangsheng, and immediately left Zaoyang with his tens of thousands of horses and went straight to Yunyang.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong got the news and knew that the two armies of the imperial court were rushing towards him, so he didn't dare to delay at the moment, and decided to go west into Sichuan with Luo Rucai.

The first stop of the two was to attack Baihe, and then go south to attack Zhuxi.

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai combined numbered 60,000 or 70,000 people, while the imperial court officials and soldiers numbered as many as 100,000.

Zhang Xianzhong knew that his gang was a group of rabble, and his old bottom that could be beaten was all wiped out by Mo Qian in Wuchang Mansion, and now he is a little old.

Zhang Xianzhong didn't have the confidence to fight with the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, so he could only run first.

It is still the same old way as before, running wherever you go, grabbing where you go, and eating where you go, anyway, you want to drag down and drag down the officers and soldiers.

The north is in full swing, and the south is not idle at this time.

After Mo Qian occupied Nanjing, he sent his subordinate generals to attack everywhere, and in just half a month, the nine prefectures around Nanjing, including Chuzhou, Hezhou, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, and Suzhou, were all included in the territory of the Han army.

Li Ze, the general of Zhejiang, also contributed very well to the war, and entered Zhejiang from Suzhou with 15,000 men and horses.

Zhejiang Governor Yu Sisui never expected that the general army he sent out to support Nanjing would actually fight back with Zhejiang soldiers and horses.

At this time, almost all the officers and soldiers in Zhejiang were emptied, and Yu Sixun only had 2,000 old and weak soldiers in his hands, plus more than 1,000 temporarily recruited villagers.

The huge city of Hangzhou relies on these more than 3,000 people, how can it be defended.

knew that Hangzhou could not be defended, but Governor Yu Sixun still decided to defend it.

Yu Sixun was a jinshi in the forty-fourth year of Wanli, and in the year of Zhongjinshi, Mo Qian had just been born.

Yu Sixun's personality is extremely stubborn, and he has always been jealous and hateful.

At that time, Wei Zhongxian's power leaned towards the government and the opposition, and Yu Sixun repeatedly co-signed with Wei Dazhong and others to impeach and criticize Wei Zhongxian, and was severely reprimanded by the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

Yu Sixun was angry, so he simply resigned angrily and went home to recuperate.

Chongzhen ascended the throne, Wei Zhongxian died, Chongzhen issued an order to ask Yu Sixun to rise again, served as the imperial history of Shanxi Province, and later was promoted to Taifu Siqing, and within two years he was promoted to the governor of Zhejiang.

Yu Si, who is sixty-two years old this year, has nothing to fear, and he is grateful to Emperor Chongzhen.

Seeing Li Ze leading troops to attack Hangzhou, Yu Sixun stood on the head of the city and scolded: "Li Ze, as the chief soldier of the imperial court, you are now committed to the thief is no longer disloyal, and now you are leading troops to attack Hangzhou, it is unjust, your mother is now in the city, you lead troops to attack, at this time it is unfilial, you are disloyal, unrighteous and unfilial, and you still have the face to meet the father and elder of Zhejiang!" ”

Li Ze was scolded by Yu Sixun, and his face suddenly turned red.

He knew that Yu Sixun was right to scold him, but he had no choice.

He could only bite the bullet and explain to Yu Sixun: "Lord Futai, the so-called good birds choose trees to perch, virtuous ministers choose the lord and serve, today's King of Han is a benevolent lord, the people of all directions admire the virtue of King Han, heroes from all walks of life have attached, the people love, now the Ming Dynasty has already reached the time of terminal illness, there is no cure, why don't Lord Futai and the last general, open the city gate, surrender to the King of Han?" ”

"I, you are a rebel, a thief, you betrayed your ancestors, and you have the face to call this official to be disloyal to you, you rebel minister, if you have the ability, you will attack the city!"

Li Ze saw that Yu Sixun was so stubborn, and he couldn't help but start to make difficulties.

He said to the generals on the left and right: "You and my family are all in the city, don't attack the city for the time being, once the city is attacked, I am afraid that the old governor will be angry with our family!" ”

The generals are also in trouble, they are all from Zhejiang, and their relatives are either in Hangzhou or other prefectures and counties.

If Yu Sixun really attacked their family, they were really a little scared in their hearts.

Li Ze couldn't make up his mind, so he asked Wang Wudao, the deputy general of his army: "General Wang, my army is all children of Zhejiang, and my family members are all in the city. ”

When Wang Wuyi heard this, he felt that this was a problem.

This problem is not small, if it is not done well, this 15,000 Zhejiang soldiers and horses may have a big incident.

Wang Wu immediately replied: "Don't panic, the chief soldier, I will send someone to Nanjing to ask the king of Han's opinion and see how the king of Han decides!" ”

When Li Ze heard this, he immediately smiled, and he said, "In this way, it couldn't be better!" ”

Wang Wu sent people back to Nanjing and told Mo Qian about the matter in Hangzhou.

When Mo Qian heard this, he immediately knew that this was a big deal, he called Shi Kefa into the palace and asked him: "Xianzhi, Li Ze is in trouble in Hangzhou, and their families have been arrested by Yu Sixun into the city, Yu Siwen this person, can you know Xianzhi?" ”

Shi Kefa thought for a while, and replied to Mo Qian: "King, Yu Sixun is an old minister of the former dynasty, he is a Jinshi in the forty-fourth year of Wanli, this person has a resolute personality, a hot temper, and is extremely loyal to the court.

When something happens to the family members of the Zhejiang soldiers, I'm afraid that more than 10,000 people will be in chaos! ”

Mo Qian nodded, "Xianzhi is right, but Zhejiang is an important place in the south of the Yangtze River, and now half of the south of the Yangtze River is at your fingertips, so you can't hesitate because of a small Hangzhou, right?" ”

"That's nature, king, this matter of Hangzhou, you still have to find someone who is strong, otherwise I'm afraid it will be difficult to do!"

"Looking for whom?"

Shi Kefa thought for a moment and said to Mo Qian: "Weichen recommends a person, and he will go to Hangzhou, or maybe order Yu Sixun to surrender!" ”

"Who is it?"

"Huang Duanbo!"

"Huang Duanbo? Who is this? Mo Qian asked curiously.

"This person is from Lichuan County, Jianchang Prefecture, Jiangxi, and is the director of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites.

"Where is this man now?"

"At home, king, why don't you learn Liu Xuande, how about three visits to the thatched house?"

When Mo Qian heard this, he immediately understood what Shi Kefa meant.

He got up and tidied up his clothes, and shouted to the outside: "Come on, prepare a generous gift for the widow!" ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Mo Qian, accompanied by Shi Kefa, led a group of soldiers to an alley in the west of Nanjing.

Shi Kefa pointed to the door of an ordinary house in the alley and said, "King, that is Huang Duanbo's home!" ”

Mo Qian glanced at the environment in the alley and immediately frowned.

This is a very narrow alley, and at first glance it is not a place where dignitaries live, this kind of place is only lived by ordinary people.

As an official of the Ministry of Rites, Huang Duanbo actually lives in such a place where ordinary people live, so it seems that he should not be a corrupt official.

Thinking of this, Mo Qian's brows relaxed.

What he hates the most is being a corrupt official, and there is another kind of being an official who doesn't do anything.

Thinking of this, Mo Qian had endless hatred in his heart, so he set an extremely strict and even somewhat harsh iron law of corruption and beheading, even if it was embezzling one or two pieces of silver, he would behead.

For thousands of years of Chinese culture, the culture of the official standard has always been the mainstream.

None of the people do not want to be officials, even if in the future more than 300 years later, if they are admitted to a civil service or a career establishment, and eat an iron rice bowl of imperial grain, that is also the favorite thing of many elites in China.

The examination has become a crazy thing for all elites, why, it is not the official-oriented thinking of these thousands of years that is at work.

This is what Mo Qian hates the most.

In this country, as long as he is an official, he has some power in his hands, and as long as he has the power, he feels that he is superior and superior.

When they look at the people, their nostrils turn upwards, they often ignore you, or they threaten you verbally.

If you offend him, or if you get in the way of his interests, he will have a hundred ways to get you in jail every minute.

Abuse of power, this is what Mo Qian hates the most.

Seeing the gate of Huang Duanbo's house at this time, Mo Qian was sure in his heart that this person was definitely not a corrupt official.

How can a corrupt official live in such a dilapidated courtyard.

When he came to the gate of the courtyard, his men stretched out their hands and knocked at the door.

After a while, a woman's voice came from inside the courtyard.

"Who?"

Mo Qian shouted through the courtyard gate: "Hello sister-in-law, we are friends of Mr. Yuangong, we are here to visit today, please open the door!" ”

The door opened, revealing the face of a woman in her forties.

"My father-in-law's friend? My father-in-law went out, I don't know who you are? ”

Shi Kefa explained: "Sister-in-law, where has Mr. Yuan Gong gone? ”

"The master went to meet friends, and said he would be back in the afternoon!"

"That's soon, we came to visit Mr. Yuan Gong on purpose, and I don't know if it's inconvenient for us to come into the house and sit!"

When the woman saw the gift she was carrying, a smile suddenly appeared on her face.

"Come in, come in, I'll make you tea!"

Entering the courtyard, Mo Qian saw that the courtyard was cleaned, and there was a square table and four stools in the courtyard, on which there were tea sets, which seemed to be the usual place to drink tea.

Inside, the light suddenly dimmed a lot.

There was little furniture in the room, except for a few stools and a table for eating.

There were a few calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, Mo Qian looked at it and felt that the writing was good, much better than his regular script calligraphy.

After a few people sat down, Mrs. Huang brought a few cups of hot tea, Mo Qian took it and drank it, feeling that the taste of the tea was not very good, so he guessed that Huang Duanbo's family background was not very good.

Mo Qian said to Shi Kefa beside him: "Look at this situation, Huang Duanbo's family background is not good? ”

Shi Kefa explained with a smile: "Lord Huang is an honest official, he has always hated corruption and bribery, he is very impatient, and he can't integrate with corrupt officials and corrupt officials, so his family is relatively poor!" ”

"This is a good thing, if the officials in the world are like him, why worry about the world is not governed? If all my subordinates are such officials in the future, I am willing to give them twice as much money, as long as they are not greedy, I will ensure that his family eats and drinks Lazar! ”

"The king is benevolent, in fact, people who are officials, there are a few people who want to be corrupt officials at the beginning, but when they come to this son, there are many people who will try their best to pull you into the water, such as this Nanjing City, how many officials and nobles, how many rich people, their family wealth is often hundreds of thousands of taels and millions of taels, what they want to do, they will use the silver to buy off the officials.

If 10,000 taels is not enough, you will smash 100,000 taels, and you will smash it until you agree! ”

"This kind of unhealthy trend must be stifled, I have issued a clear order, those who give and accept bribes will be punished the same!"

"The king's method is very good, no wonder Jiangxi Huguang can't hear the news of corruption!"

"There are also, it's just a few, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, there are always some who are not afraid of death!"

"Yes."

While the two were talking, there was a sound of footsteps and conversation outside.

Mrs. Huang, who was outside, saw someone coming and immediately shouted: "Master, why did you just come back, there are guests at home!" ”

When Huang Duanbo heard this, he was stunned for a moment.

He asked, "Guests?" What kind of guests? My Huang Yuangong has a breeze on his sleeves, and my friends in Nanjing City can count it with one hand, who is coming to my house as a guest today? ”

"Mr. Yuangong, I'm a guest, are you welcome?"

As soon as Huang Duanbo heard the voice, he saw Shi Kefa walking out.

Huang Duanbo had never seen Shi Kefa, but when he saw that he was wearing a lot of expensive clothes, he asked curiously, "Who are you?" ”

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