In the middle of the night, in the camp of the Fujian rebel army, Shen Yichen stood in front of Ye Zongliu's big tent, looking at the beacon fire of Quanzhou Mansion from afar.

Even though the raging fire had been burning for several hours, there was still no sign of extinguishing it, and half of the sky was reflected in a blood-red color.

Behind Shen Yichen, Lin Zhen, Ye Zongliu, Jiang Fucheng and others were still standing, they also looked at the scene of Quanzhou City in the distance, and they were speechless.

After a long silence, Shen Yichen spoke: "Leader Ye, is this the result of the struggle you wanted in the first place?" ”

"It's not."

Ye Zongliu did not evade, and calmly gave an answer.

Although afterwards, the rebel army would open warehouses to help the poor and distribute rice and grain. But for tens of thousands of people in Quanzhou City, their homes are gone, and they can never return to their former lives.

"Continue to confront the imperial court, today's Quanzhou City is tomorrow's rebel army, and it will eventually be burned."

Once upon a time, Shen Yichen wanted to rely on his personal relationship to persuade Ye Zongliu and other Fujian miners to accept the imperial court's recruitment.

He was confident that before the situation deteriorated, the scope of the turmoil in Fujian would be reduced to the minimum. In order to avoid the turmoil in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty, we can concentrate on suppressing the Luchuan rebellion and the iron hooves of the Mongol army.

But now Shen Yichen understands that the Fujian Righteous Army is no longer under Ye Zongliu's control, and his personal personal relationship is so small and fragile in front of his family and country.

Since it is useless to move with emotion and reason, then it can only let Ye Zongliu understand what their ending is.

Even if the imperial court may break its promise in the future, Shen Yichen can ensure that the vast majority of ordinary miners and farmers survive, which is also the limit of his ability.

"Admiral Shen, why don't I understand the truth?"

"But if we lay down our arms and choose Zhao'an, it means that we will continue to endure the oppression and harsh government of the imperial court, and finally die in poverty, what is the difference between that and the current ending?"

Ye Zongliu said this sentence with a wry smile, Shen Yichen can change the fate of many individuals, but he can't change the general trend.

After the successful counterinsurgency and return to Beijing, who can guarantee that the next eunuch and the political envoy of Fujian will be honest and honest, and history will continue to repeat itself without accident.

"I understand your concerns, if Leader Ye is willing to believe me, then I can also give you a promise."

"Within three years, the imperial court will reform the silver tax and the sea ban, and the provincial tax bureau will no longer levy more agricultural taxes."

When Shen Yichen said this, everyone present looked at him, and their expressions showed a kind of shock.

This kind of promise, except for the emperor, even the cabinet ministers can't be the masters, what guarantee does Shen Yichen take?

To put it mildly, if someone else gave this kind of promise, it is estimated that it would have been ridiculed and generous a long time ago, let alone whether they were willing to believe it or not.

But the person who said this sentence is Shen Yichen, so there is no lack of trust!

"Admiral Shen, it's not that someone Ye doesn't want to believe you, but can the imperial court really do this after three years?"

"Yes!"

Shen Yichen's words were extremely firm, if the imperial court couldn't do this after three years, it would mean that all his efforts to change history in the Ming Dynasty had failed!

"To do that, you have to be in power. To the north, are you ready? ”

Lin Zhen didn't know how Shen Yichen determined the time at three years, but he knew the conditions and foundation needed behind it, that is, the power leaned towards the government and the opposition.

The road of power and ministers often means that it is a road of no return, and the process will be full of bloody storms. Even if he has achieved the grace of the world, it is still difficult to win the name before and after his death.

Because you are standing on the opposite side of the imperial power, if you succeed, you will be high, and if you fail, you will be stinking for 10,000 years.

"Teacher, where the Tao is, although tens of millions of people have gone to me, I will die without regret!"

The sky-high firelight of Quanzhou City was full of crimson reflected in Shen Yichen's Tong hole. From this moment on, the change of Tumu Fort will become its biggest ladder.

"Okay, now that you've made your decision, let's do it."

At this age, Lin Zhen has seen a lot of things. The increasingly gloomy situation of the Ming Dynasty requires an enterprising person to break the shackles, if this person is his student Shen Yichen, this is the pride of the teacher's life!

Ye Zongliu and Jiang Fucheng didn't understand the deep meaning behind the conversation between Shen Yichen and Lin Zhen, but they understood Shen Yichen's determination and will.

In the future, Fujian will not continue to erode and repeat the mistakes of history, and Admiral Shen will fundamentally change all this.

As for whether to believe it or not, it is up to the two of them to choose.

"Jiang Lutou, are you afraid of death?"

Ye Zongliu did not continue to talk to Shen Yichen, but asked Jiang Fucheng beside him.

The two have known each other for more than ten years and have a lifelong friendship. Even the cause of this Fujian turmoil was that Ye Zongliu led the Fujian miners to Youxi to fight against the imperial army and rescue the besieged Jiang Fucheng and other furnace soldiers.

The court only punishes the evil, and what it wants is definitely not only its own head, but also the three leaders of the righteous army.

At the beginning, Canghuotou rushed to Quanzhou Mansion to inform Ye Zongliu to meet in Changtai County, and learned that he was not the only one who had the conditions for the imperial court to recruit security, and Jiang Fucheng also knew it.

Now that Ye Zongliu suddenly asked this sentence, Jiang Fucheng instantly understood what the other party wanted to express.

I saw a complicated smile on his face, and he replied: "The matter started because of me, and I escaped from the battle and killed the brothers, and I died in the future and faced them without a face in the underworld." ”

"Don't dare to say anything else, this head Shen Admiral can be taken at any time!"

"Admiral Shen, and my Ye someone's head."

Hearing Jiang Fucheng's answer, Ye Zongliu finally made a decision in his heart.

Regardless of whether Shen Yichen can do everything he promised, he has no third way to go.

Either follow Deng Maoqi to lead the righteous army to fight to the end, and 100,000 righteous troops bury their bones in the mountains and rivers of Fujian. Either put your own life on the risk of an uncertain future for these 100,000 brothers.

Ye Zongliu, after all, chose the latter.

"Leader Ye, Jiang Lutou Gaoyi, I thank you in advance."

Shen Yichen turned around and bowed deeply towards Ye Zongliu and Jiang Fucheng.

Why has sacrificing one's life been highly respected since ancient times?

It's just that it's never been an easy choice.

Ye Zongliu and Jiang Fucheng were willing to exchange their lives for the tens of thousands of brothers who followed, and they deserved Shen Yichen's worship!

"We also want to thank Admiral Shen, and please take care of this group of brothers in the future."

Except for Shen Yichen, no one cares about the future of these tens of thousands of righteous troops, Ye Zongliu is a trust, and it is also a pleading.

I beg that after his death, Shen Yichen will treat the rebel brothers who were born and died well!

"I will."

Shen Yichen nodded solemnly, the Fujian Righteous Army will never become an abandoned son, let alone a stepping stone for his own merits.

Even in the face of Zhu Yong's suggestion, Shen Yichen categorically refused, and his original intention has never changed.

With Shen Yichen's consent, Ye Zongliu felt as if an invisible responsibility had suddenly been relieved, and he no longer had to face a dilemma.

But Shen Yichen did not have a sense of relief as if he was relieved, and the real difficulty was never on Ye Zongliu and Jiang Fucheng, but on how to persuade Deng Maoqi.

This is a troubled man......

At this moment, on the other side of Fuzhou Mansion, Wang Neng finally rushed to the Fuzhou Sanwei camp as fast as possible on the premise of running and killing a horse, and met Feng Zheng, the current commander of the guard.

In the seven or eight days that Shen Yichen left Fuzhou Mansion, Feng Zheng was very busy, and the former commander of the guard left Dou Yi with a lot of chicken feathers and bottomless financial holes, and he didn't know how to rectify the military affairs of the guard.

But fortunately, killing Dou Yi in front of all the soldiers made Shen Yichen win a huge reputation in the three guards of Fuzhou, and his morale has been improved unprecedentedly.

There is also the prison army Xining, traitor does not mean waste, he should lead the party in the change of Tumubao, and he can become a big trouble in the Ming Dynasty, which is enough to see that he still has some ability.

may be thinking about returning to the DPRK as soon as possible to gain a firm foothold, or it may be worried that Fuzhou Sanwei is too bad and will affect his net worth. Anyway, in the process of Feng Zheng's rectification of military affairs, Xining provided a lot of material support, and the situation of the soldiers who lacked medical care and food was at least alleviated a lot.

In addition, the group of officials of the Fuzhou Political Division, the wicked have their own wicked grinding, and Xining really pinched them to death.

Not only did the news of Dou Yi's beheading unify the caliber of martyrdom for the country, but he also knocked on a bamboo pole and left some soup for Feng Zheng to appease Fuzhou Sanwei by the way.

Otherwise, Feng Zheng probably wants to leave with his burden, and Commander Wei is really a tempting trap for this official position!

At this time, in the camp commander's tent, Feng Zheng looked at Wang Neng with a haggard face, and an ominous premonition came to his heart, could it be that Admiral Shen caused some trouble in Zhangzhou Mansion, and he had to rush over to fill the pit himself, right?

Many things are afraid of something, and after listening to Shen Yichen's instructions conveyed by Wang Neng, Feng Zheng almost didn't faint.

Quanzhou Mansion fell, and he had to lead more than 10,000 officers and soldiers to the past to face the battle, wasn't he in a hurry to send him to death?

Admiral Shen has such a bad memory, forgetting that the former commander of the guard, Dou Yi, was beheaded on what charge?

One of them is that he was overjoyed to come to the aid of Quanzhou Mansion, and was ambushed by traitors, resulting in the loss of soldiers!

Now the strength of Fuzhou's three guards is not as good as when Dou Yi was in charge of the army, even if the remaining soldiers and horses in the province are added. There is only half of the country left in Fujian, and there are 20,000 people who can't be found when they are full, and it is still no different from delivering food in the past.

"Brother Wang Neng, does Admiral Shen really want us to go to Quanzhou Mansion to fight?"

Feng Zheng thought about it and felt that with Shen Yichen's strategy and methods, he would not give such a dizzy order, he was really a little suspicious.

"It's true, and the seal is proof!"

After that, Wang Neng took out Shen Yichen's Admiral Seal from his arms.

At that time, the situation was urgent, and Shen Yichen did not have time to write the order for the transfer of troops, so he could only let Wang Neng go to Fuzhou with his own admiral seal.

Seeing the Admiral's Great Seal, Feng Zheng understood that this could not be faked, and instantly a sense of powerlessness surged into his heart, and he was afraid that he would have to follow in Dou Yi's footsteps.

"In addition to the soldiers and horses of the Fujian Guard, can Admiral Shen have the authority to control the soldiers and horses of Jiangxi and Zhejiang?"

Feng Zheng held the mentality of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and asked Wang Neng again.

Relying on Fujian soldiers and horses alone will definitely not be able to quell the rebellion now, but if you add the soldiers and horses of Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, you can form the trend of Mount Tai to the top. What if Shen Yichen also got the emperor's permission to act cheaply and supervise the military affairs of the three provinces?

"No, the situation in Quanzhou is urgent, and I ask General Feng to send troops quickly!"

Wang Neng was anxious at the moment, and he didn't mean to talk about it at all.

Shen Yichen will recruit a large army to meet the battle, and it is obvious that the situation in Fujian is out of control. Especially when he entered the city alone, there was a lot of danger, and without the imperial army to rely on, Wang Neng didn't dare to guarantee the thoughtfulness of Boss Ye and the proprietor who could protect the city in Quanzhou.

"It takes time to recruit soldiers and horses in the whole province, and the three guards of Fuzhou have not yet been rectified, how to meet the rebels in this state?"

After all, Feng Zheng is not the general of Dongchang and Tai'an in Shandong, and he has a fateful friendship with Shen Yichen, and he will carry it out without hesitation as long as he gives an order.

Shen Yichen is sitting in Fuzhou Mansion, Feng Zheng may not dare to have two hearts, and now that he is going to Quanzhou Mansion alone, it is obviously a bit unrealistic to ask Feng Zheng to follow him with his life.

The premise of promotion is that he has an order to be promoted, and the official position of the temporary guard commander cannot completely buy Feng Zheng.

"Feng Weisi, do you want to disobey?"

Wang Neng is not stupid, Shen Yichen chose to let him convey orders instead of Canghuotou, in a sense, he took a fancy to his ability to adapt to changes.

Feng Zheng's prevarication was nothing more than that he was afraid of the risk and was unwilling to lead troops to Quanzhou Mansion to support.

But the military order is like a mountain, and those who do not listen to the restraint will be killed!

Now that he is less than five steps away from Feng Zheng, Wang Neng has absolute confidence and makes the other party's blood splash on the spot.

Feeling the threat in Wang Neng's words, as well as the murderous aura emanating from his body, Feng Zhengzheng has been leading the army for many years, and he is not an ordinary person. He subconsciously put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist, and replied coldly: "As the commander of the guard, this general should take care of the lives of the three guards in Fuzhou, how can he say that he is disobedient?" ”

At the same time, Feng Zheng's personal guards in the camp tent had also tightened their grips on the handle of their knives, preparing to take down Wang Neng first if there was any abnormality.

At this moment, a deep voice suddenly came from outside the tent.

"The lowly Meng Da asked to see Feng Weisi, and when I heard that Admiral Shen was in danger, our brothers were all anxious, and we hoped to rush to Quanzhou Mansion to help as soon as possible!"

Throughout the ages, it is easy to appear in the army to convince everyone of the "king of soldiers". Although Meng Da's official position is only the general of a hundred households, he is brave in battle and often stands out for the military households, and his prestige in the three guards of Fuzhou is by no means inferior to that of ordinary generals.

After Wang Neng entered the Sanwei camp in Fuzhou, he shouted all the way that Shen Yichen needed to rush to the aid of Quanzhou Mansion in accordance with the mode of military emergency report.

Originally, Wang Neng just wanted to prevent it from happening, but now it seems that it really comes in handy.

After all, Shen Yichen has always taken the line of uniting the lower classes, and his prestige in the hearts of ordinary people and military households in the guard is much higher than that of the upper echelons of the government.

Especially when he killed Dou Yi and gave justice to the soldiers of Fuzhou Sanwei, his reputation reached its peak in the army, and many people were willing to die for him!

"Gu Zhi, a thousand households of the lowly Fuzhou Zuowei, begged to see Feng Siwei, and was willing to lead the troops to help Admiral Shen!"

"The right guard of Fuzhou is responsible for the town of Tao Guangli, thanks to the grace of Admiral Shen, I am willing to go to Quanzhou Mansion to help!"

……

Outside the tent, the voices of asking for help sounded, which instantly crushed Feng Zheng's tough attitude. It seems that Admiral Shen used Dou Yi's head to really take the hearts of the three guards of Fuzhou for his own use.

In this case, why should I risk the condemnation of the world to do such an ungrateful thing that is spurned by all the soldiers?

Isn't it just a life, and I, Feng Zheng, am not the main general who has no eggs!

Compared with the original commander of the guard, Dou Yi, Feng Zheng still has a bloody existence in his bones after all, and he will not be completely blinded by the interests of officialdom.

The army is determined to lose half of the officers and soldiers of the imperial court in Fujian, and it is time to find their own field.