The fat man was still calm and relaxed, and said with a smile: "The general doesn't have to worry, this matter is a godsend!" ”

Li Chengxiu just wanted to save his life at the moment, seeing that the military advisor was so calm, but his words were ups and downs, and he was really frightened, so he hurriedly asked: "Military advisor, you finished speaking in one breath, and you scared General Ben to death." ”

The fat man stood up, his voice became excited, and said: "General, the Qing army has defeated the Imperial Forest Army and has taken control of Wang Jing, I believe that all parts of Goryeo have begun to prepare to send troops to the king, although the king has somehow reached an agreement with the Qing army, but I believe that he is involuntary at this moment."

Now, the general is only a small army attacking the Qing army, and there are five nearby city lords to bring people to assist the general in attacking the city, willing to listen to the general's dispatch, the general is also the orthodox Li family, as long as you ascend to the heights, in the name of King Qin, there will inevitably be a large number of payers, and when the time comes, lead the troops to kill Wangjing, kill all the Qing dogs, and the rest of the things, you don't need to teach you how to do it, right? ”

Li Chengxiu's heart was pounding when he heard it, his meaning couldn't be more obvious, as long as he led the army to control Wangjing at that time, then he would be the king of Goryeo, Li Zong or something, it was not up to him to have the final say, it could be said that he had been killed by the Qing army.

"It's just that the king has already sent someone to give a holy decree, how can he deceive everyone?"

Lee Sung-so still has contemplation.

The fat man was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "The general can say that the king is controlled by the Qing army, and all the holy decrees are forced to be helpless, the Qing army slaughtered the city in Longren, and robbed and plundered thousands of people's women. ”

It is true that the Qing army killed a lot of people and captured more than 500 women, but where is there such an exaggeration as the slaughter of the city, they naturally don't mind smearing it at this time.

Li Chengxiu was dumbfounded, he just wanted to help rescue his niece at first, but he didn't expect the development of the situation to have reached such a point.

Everyone echoed and said loudly: "The Goryeo people will never be slaves, kill all the dogs, and enter the king of Jingqin!" ”

Looking at Li Chengxiu who was in a daze on the ground, the strong man stepped forward and persuaded: "Uncle Cousin, do it, you will have to die if you withdraw from the army, and you will be the king of Goryeo, you have no choice!" ”

Li Chengxiu thought for a moment, but nodded in agreement, and all the generals cheered in unison.

At this time, there was a steady stream of nearby soldiers and civilians who spontaneously came to help in the battle, and the 5,000 people killed in the previous battle had already been replenished, and by the evening, the besieging army had increased to an astonishing 30,000 people.

And Yang Xin did not expect that his behavior would cause such a big storm in Goryeo, which inspired the upsurge of anti-Qing in Goryeo.

Cui Jingwen was stopped by the soldiers, and waited for a long time before he was allowed to enter, and he was holding back the fire in his heart.

What surprised him even more was that he didn't see Li Chengxiu, what he saw was a fat man, squinting a pair of small eyes, looking Cui Jingwen and his party up and down.

"Bold, don't kneel down when you see Ben Qincha!"

Cui Jingwen was furious.

The fat man laughed and said, "Lord Cui, I don't know what the king is like now?" ”

Cui Jingwen saw that the situation was very wrong, and there were hundreds of soldiers standing beside the fat man, and everyone looked at him, the secretary of the military department, coldly, and did not pay any attention to it.

So he said: "The king is good in the palace, and he has negotiated an agreement with the Qing Dynasty, but it's just a misunderstanding!" ”

The fat man sneered and said, "Hehe, misunderstanding? Presumably the king has been controlled by the Qing army, otherwise how could he give such a holy decree to let me wait for the army to retreat, the Qing army in the city is the murderer of the city, and the Goryeo people will never let them go. ”

Cui Jingwen's forehead was cold sweat when he heard this, and he said, "Do you even dare not listen to the king's holy decree now?" ”

The fat man knelt down reverently to the east, bowed with his head against his face, cried out, and said loudly: "My king's holy decree, Weichen should never give up, but now my king is held hostage by the Qing army, and the holy decree is the meaning of the clear dog, Lord Cui, how do you tell me to listen to the decree?" ”

Cui Jingwen was stunned, he didn't expect the other party to answer like this, and said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? As I said earlier, His Majesty stayed in the palace and was not held hostage by the Qing army! ”

The fat man stood up, walked to Cui Jingwen's side, and said with a sad and indignant face: "So little ask Lord Cui, is the current palace controlled by the Qing army?" ”

The fat man is scheming, as long as Long Ren's side starts fighting, the Qing army will naturally control the palace in order to protect himself, and sure enough, he guessed it, even if he didn't guess it, it didn't matter, he also prepared the next sentence.

However, he obviously didn't need the next sentence, Cui Jingwen was speechless, thought for a moment, and said: "Although the palace is in the hands of the Daxing army, it is ......"

The fat man hurriedly interrupted and shouted: "Lord Cui admits that the palace is controlled by Qinggou's people, the palace is controlled, what credibility is there for the king's holy decree, Qinggou is learning from Cao Cao to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes!" ”

Cui Jingwen was so angry that his tongue was knotted, and he pointed at the fat man with wide eyes and asked, "...... What do you want? ”

The fat man smiled and said: "Unless Qinggou hands over the king to our general, we will listen to the will of the saint, otherwise, all the holy decrees in the future can be regarded as Qinggou's will, and it is the interests of Goryeo that are betrayed. ”

All the soldiers chimed in, "Yes, tell Qinggou to hand over the king!" ”

Cui Jingwen felt that this was wrong, and handed over the king to Li Chengxiu, so it was not Li Chengxiu who coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, how did they feel that they wanted to rebel?

If Li Chengxiu really rebelled, then he would be in the enemy camp, thinking of this, he couldn't help but start his legs a little weak.

"Since you refuse to listen to the holy decree, the old man can only go back and tell him, and everything will be decided by the king."

He already wanted to run at this point, and after saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave.

"Cut slow!"

A strong man rushed out and blocked the way.

Cui Jingwen broke out in a cold sweat, and asked calmly: "Bold, who are you, dare to stop the military department!" ”

The strong man's eyes were bloodshot, and he said: "Go back and tell the Qinggou in the city, let my sister go, otherwise when the army breaks through the city, they will be broken into thousands of pieces!" ”

Cui Jingwen was about to cry and asked, "Who is your sister?" What the hell is going on? ”

The fat man smiled and said: "That's right, Master Cui, tell the Qinggou in the city to quickly release more than 6,000 people from Longren Mansion who were robbed, and we have gathered 50,000 troops outside the city, otherwise on the day the city is broken, we will slaughter all the Qinggou and not accept surrender!" ”

He is naturally bluffing, where there are as many as 50,000 people, but 30,000 is scary enough, so many people, Cui Jingwen can't count them, he said 50,000, I can't really have it.

Cui Jingwen had to say perfunctorily: "Okay, the official will be responsible for passing the word, as for whether they listen or not, it is up to the official to decide, please get out of the way!" ”

Now he just wants to leave early, and he doesn't want to stay longer.

Only then did the strong man get out of the way, and when Cui Jingwen left, he spat fiercely behind his back and scolded: "The dog official who betrays the country and seeks glory, go back and wait for death!" ”

……

Yang Xin and the others were anxiously waiting for the messenger to come back, at this moment, even Jin Shengnan became a little uneasy, it stands to reason that the dignified military department is still the book, where to send a holy decree to a guerrilla general for so long, something must have happened in the middle.

Sure enough, when Cui Jingwen returned to the city in the evening and told him about the situation, everyone was stunned.

"Elder Jin Ge, they want to rebel, they have gathered 50,000 people!"

Cui Jingwen still felt a little trembling at the moment.

At this moment, even Ao Bai is a little not calm, although the combat effectiveness of these Goryeo anti-thieves is scum, but the will to fight cannot be underestimated, they have too few soldiers, and the grinding has been polished by them.

Jin Shengnan's face also changed greatly, but he didn't expect to be unfortunate by Yang Xin's words, he was also messed up at this time, so he had to ask Yang Xin for help, "King Xing, they actually rebelled, how can this be good?" ”

Yang Xin looked at Ao Bai coldly and scolded: "It's all a good thing you did, what do you do to rob other women, isn't it enough to rob money?" ”

Ao Bai didn't dare to reply for the first time when he was scolded, and said: "It's not that Miss Fan wants to make money, so she asked me to plunder some Goryeo women and sell them in Jiangnan for money......"

Yang Xin almost went crazy, this Fan Yuxuan is really black-hearted, I have to teach her a lesson next time!

"What are you doing stupidly? Why don't you call someone to release those women! Remember to call the enemy to exchange and put back their captured Daxing army. ”

Yang Xin scolded.

Ao Bai didn't dare to talk back, so he had to give an order to Sadotu, Lin Fatzi was not at ease, and went out with Sadotu, his brother was still in the hands of the enemy, how could he rest assured that he would exchange hostages.

Yang Xin froze down, then turned his head to Jin Shengnan on the side and said: "Old Jin Ge, so far, I think even if we retreat from the Daxing and Qing coalition forces, they will not let Li Zong go, these people are obviously rebelling under the slogan of King Qin." ”

Jin Shengnan also understands that now that the military department does not listen to the edict, it is an iron-hearted rebellion.

"What is the plan of King Xing to retreat from the enemy? Now outnumbered, Yongin is in danger. ”

He naturally wanted to rely on the coalition army to retreat from the enemy, he had seen the strength of the Qing army, and with the 10,000 imperial forest troops under his command, he was afraid that he would not be able to defeat the opponent.

But Yang Xin didn't think so, he didn't want his men to fight this kind of senseless war, thinking of the shabby equipment of the Imperial Forest Army, Yang Xin asked: "Old Jin Ge, this king has a question, I don't know what your Royal Forest Army's monthly salary is?" ”

Jin Shengnan was stunned for a moment and said: "It is their honor to serve the king, as long as they can eat enough, what kind of military salary do they need?" ”

Yang Xin was dumbfounded when he heard this, this Goryeo court is darker than the Ming Dynasty, no wonder the soldiers are so poor, how can such a soldier fight, it is understandable that he will collapse at the touch of a button.

Yang Xin didn't want to teach him how to do in this matter, so he just said lightly: "Under the so-called heavy reward, there must be brave men, although there are only 10,000 imperial forest troops in the city, if the old man of the Golden Pavilion is willing to reward them with enough silver taels, and then send someone to Wang Jing to send reinforcements, I think, the rebels outside the city are not to worry." ”

Jin Shengnan's face was immediately full of bitterness, and said: "King Xing is right, but where is the money in the court now, the renovation of the palace and the national draft girl last time have exhausted the treasury." ”

Yang Xin heard it suddenly, the Goryeo palace was built so magnificently, but there was no money to give the soldiers a sound, which was even older than the Ming Dynasty.

So he smiled and said: "The old man of the Golden Pavilion can only ask the king to launch a big clan fundraiser, and it is not easy to fight this battle without money." ”

Jin Shengnan's face stretched longer this time, and said: "The last draft girl was not enough money, and the king only raised 3,000 taels of silver when he asked his ministers to raise donations, and there are 50,000 people in this royal forest army, even if one person sends one tael, it will take 50,000 taels of silver, and the old man feels that the king can't raise so much silver anyway." ”

Yang Xin felt that he could no longer have a pleasant conversation with him, and the corruption level of the Goryeo court was even worse than that of the Ming Dynasty.

Turning his head to look at Ao Bai on the side, he thought about it and asked, "Ao Bai, how much silver did you rob in Longren Mansion last time?" Take it all out, if Li Zong falls, how will you explain to the regent when you go back? ”

Ao Bai is about to cry, more than 1,000 casualties are not enough, now not only the woman who robbed is gone, but even the silver that was robbed is gone, and he has not been so aggrieved in the Qing Dynasty for so long.

However, money is not as important as life, and at this time, he can only admit it, and said: "Hmph, Longren Mansion is all poor bastards, where to grab as much as you want, it's just 30,000 taels!" ”

In fact, there are as many as 60,000 taels, and he is not stupid, so he naturally has to hide some.

Yang Xin knew that he must have concealed the report, so he didn't pursue it, and said: "Take it all out and hand it over to the Golden Pavilion Lao Hao to reward the three armies, otherwise this city will not be able to be defended." ”

Ao Bai could only go and give orders again.

Jin Shengnan was overjoyed and said, "Thank you King Xing!" ”

Yang Xin smiled bitterly and said, "Elder Jin Ge, rest assured, this king will definitely fully support you to quell the rebellion, but our sea ship was taken away by the rebels, and you have to transfer a sailor to us to borrow it first, otherwise our soldiers and supplies will not be able to reach Goryeo." ”

Not to mention dealing with Zheng Chenggong at this moment, if the mess in front of Goryeo is left unchecked, then the benefits in it will be a pity, as long as he does his best to help Li Zong quell the rebellion, Yang Xin believes that there will be huge benefits.

Jin Shengnan thought for a while and said, "No problem, I'll send someone to ask the king and ask him to transfer the sailors of Busan to come and return to King Heung." ”

……

Laiyang, West Gate.

A group of ragged homeless people walked past Yuliu Street, and some even showed their little buttocks.

The pedestrians on the street were in a hurry, and they were already quite prosperous, and passers-by saw this group of homeless people, pinching their noses one by one, with a look of disdain on their faces.

These homeless people also have low self-esteem, one by one with their heads bowed, this part of the road they have to walk twice a day, and it is also the worst time of the day when these people are in the worst mood, even when they used to be hungry, they are not as sad as they are now.

Man is a very strange creature, not suffering from poverty but suffering from inequality, everyone will greet each other happily when they see each other with their bare buttocks, and ask, "Have you eaten?" ”

However, since they entered this Laiyang City, they had never seen a few homeless people like themselves, and even the poorest people at least had a complete set of clothes and, of course, a pair of shoes.

A boy in his early tens, who was not dressed gorgeously, at least was normal, out of curiosity, walked up to one of the leading men and asked, "This big brother, why can't you even afford clothes?" It's been a long time since someone like you has appeared in Laiyang City, what the hell are you doing? ”

The man was ashamed in his heart, but he had the same question in his heart, so he patiently squatted down and asked, "Little brother, how do you Laiyang people make money, why don't you see poor people on the street?" ”

He has been in Laiyang for more than ten days, and he has never met anyone who takes the initiative to talk to him, out of inferiority, he did not dare to take the initiative to ask passers-by.

The child was stunned by his question, and said: "I'm a poor man, my father is gone, and my mother is making money, and she is very poor in Laiyang." ”

The man didn't believe it very much, the child in front of him, the clothes were complete, although there were individual patches, but the cleaning was very clean, the most important thing is that he was wearing shoes, the man thought so since he was a child, those who wear shoes are rich people, at least a small rich family, no poor family will wear shoes, especially children.

This iron law has been tried and tested in Daming before, and now the Qing Dynasty is not far behind, so he laughed and said: "Little brother, don't be kidding, you can wear shoes, and you are still poor?" ”

The child's eyes suddenly widened, and said: "The shoes are not expensive, a pair is only 100 yuan, my mother's monthly salary is one or two silver, in Laiyang, this is the lowest, my mother said, this is the rule set by the government, and the employment of people must not be less than this amount, otherwise go to sue the official, and the official will arrest the owner to play the board!" ”

This time, it was the man's turn to be dumbfounded, and even the few people around him began to discuss, and asked one after another: "Little brother, does the Laiyang government really have such a rule?" ”

The child nodded affirmatively and said, "My mother said that it is the rule of King Xing, King Xing is the best for us poor, but unfortunately he can't be his people." ”

Everyone was quite curious, and one of them asked: "Little brother, you all live in Laiyang, why are you not the children of King Xing?" ”

The child laughed and said: "Brothers, don't be kidding, it's not easy to be the people of King Xing, my mother said, you have to make great contributions to Daxing, otherwise, it is possible to do a job in Daxing for ten or twenty years." ”

After saying that, he ran away quickly, and shouted: "Oh no, I'm going home to cook, I won't talk to you." ”

Everyone began to talk in a low voice, and after a while, they returned to the courtyard, and there were two housekeepers with wooden sticks standing at the door, and when they saw everyone, one of them shouted loudly: "Come in and eat, why are you procrastinating so much today?" ”

Silent as they spoke, they went into the courtyard with their heads bowed.

An old woman in the courtyard was waiting with a husband, and everyone took a bowl and lined up to eat, and dinner was two large grains and a bowl of porridge.

When the man saw it, he immediately shouted, and said, "Grandma Sun, why has the food dropped today, and even the pickles are gone?" ”

Granny Sun said angrily: "What, Guo Dazhuang, such a big nest and porridge, how can you not eat enough?" The owner has been in a bad mood lately, so don't even want pickles this month! ”

Guo Dazhuang was not angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it anymore, and everyone heard that this month was gone, and they all started to talk about it.

Grandma Sun held a spoon and vigorously knocked on the wooden basin containing porridge, and said loudly: "Why, you people can't rebel, don't forget that in Tongzhou, you knelt and begged to come over to work for the owner, and now the owner has no less food for you, no less for you to live, and you still hate this and that, want to rebel?" ”