Chongzhen and his brother Apocalypse, a pair of brothers, two extremes.

The apocalypse is "lazy", so lazy that he cried ghosts and gods, so that Wei Zhongxian was raised.

Together with Wei Zhongxian, he spent all the money accumulated by his grandfather, Emperor Wanli.

Chongzhen is "diligent", insisting on reviewing and reading every day, never stopping.

Later generations always thought that Chongzhen killed Wei Zhongxian, resulting in the loss of the eunuch group that could restrain civil officials.

As everyone knows, Chongzhen appointed many eunuchs to the localities to supervise the military and political affairs of various places.

It's just because of Chongzhen's "diligence" that he manages these eunuchs and lets them behave like Wei Zhongxian in the local area.

Moreover, he also creatively invented the "secret folding system".

It's just that due to my lack of ability, the secret folding system has not played its due role.

What's wrong with Chongzhen himself?

Three words, don't take the blame.

If something happens, the fault is below, and the credit is all his own.

The abolition of the post station was such a big thing, and he threw the pot to a small military department to give the matter!

Poor Liu Mao was completely unaware of this, and thought that the Son of Heaven really valued him, so he immediately executed it.

Soon, this knife slashed to Yinchuan Station.

Yinchuan Station is located in Xifanzhuang in the middle of the Yinchuan River Valley, Yinchuan River flows from the west of the post house to the Yellow River, is the first post station in Hezhou to Qinghai, Hexi and other places, the location is very important.

Beside the official road, a banner with the name of the liquor store written on it fluttered in the wind.

A group of border soldiers sat in the shop, drinking wine about the same amount as water in a large bowl.

In these days, it's good to have water to drink.

Even the border troops did not dare to eat and drink, they only ordered a discarded appetizer.

The owner of the liquor store was also afraid of these ruffians, and served them a full plate.

While he was eating, he saw a dusty man walking from west to east on the official road.

This man was very bold, and he was not frightened when he saw the officers and soldiers, so he led the donkey with his head down and walked over quietly.

Someone in the border army knew him: "Brother Li! ”

The man was stunned for a moment, looked back, and took a closer look: "Wang Dacheng? ”

"Haha...... Yes! Wang Dacheng was overjoyed, "Brother Li, how can I see you here." ”

The man listened to the latter sentence, and a little joy of reunion of the old man was diluted.

When Wang Dacheng saw it, he immediately left the wine shop, dragged the man to the wine shop, and introduced him to the brothers:

"This is a young companion, who grazes sheep for the rich man, and he feeds the horses. The nickname is Huang Laier, and the big name is Li Hongji. ”

As soon as the border army heard it, they knew that Li Hongji was a horse household.

"And then?" A border soldier asked curiously.

Wang Dacheng was stunned for a moment and did not answer.

Because of the great drought in Shaanxi later, Wang Dacheng followed his father to join relatives.

With the help of relatives, Wang Dacheng became a housekeeper under He Renlong, barely making a mouthful of food.

In other words, he and Li Hongji separated.

"Later, I raised a few horses to death, and I became a Yinchuan post guard in desperation, mixing bowls of rice to eat."

After receiving the wine handed by the border soldiers, Li Hongji took a big sip.

Wang Dacheng frowned: "I heard that the imperial court abolished the post station, are you okay?" ”

"How can it be okay?"

Li Hongji smiled awkwardly, "I have nowhere to go, take my only belongings and go home." ”

The crowd looked at his donkey with envy.

In these days, it's good to have a donkey.

Wang Dacheng patted him on the shoulder: "It stands to reason that you are in trouble, and I should help you." But this errand is not easy to do, and I can't even fucking eat. ”

It's not that you can't eat enough, it's that you can't eat!

The northern part of Shaanxi has been dry for many years, and the land has not been harvested. The price of grain is comparable to gold, which can be eaten by small soldiers.

There is a mouthful of chaff to eat, thank God.

"It's okay, I can figure it out myself."

Li Hongji lowered his head, a little disappointed in his heart.

After joining the army, I finally ate chaff!

"Don't worry, Brother Li."

A border soldier called Li Hongji along Wang Dacheng's line, "A Yinchuan post soldier like you was born, and when you return to the township, you are the most unfortunate and the chief." ”

"Thank you for auspicious words!" Li Hongji hugged his fist at him.

In the end, it has been separated for too long, and goodbye is very strange. Coupled with the fact that the other party's situation was not good, Li Hongji took a sip of wine and got up to say goodbye.

Wang Dacheng didn't keep it, but just said something like "see you later".

Li Hongji led the donkey and continued to walk, with the purpose of moving Li Ji to his hometown in Mizhi County.

He still has a big worry in his heart at the moment, that is, the landlord of Ai in Mizhi County.

There are two Ai in Mizhi County, both of whom are surnames.

Li Hongji offended one of the little Ai clans, Ai Yingjia, the same acquaintance of Ganzhou Mansion in Jiangxi Province, who was already at home.

How did you offend?

was to pee in the direction of the courtyard wall of the Ai family, and was found by the family raised by the Ai family, and was beaten violently after being grabbed.

After the injury was healed, in order to avoid the Ai family, he became a Yinchuan post officer.

Although the matter has been going on for a while, Li Hongji is worried that the Ai family's old affairs will be brought up again, and he is uneasy.

In fact, his fears were justified.

On Li Hongji's way home, he was seen by the Ai family's dog-legged family.

In order to ask for credit, they actively reported up.

Ai Yingjia didn't think about it at first, but after being reminded by his family, he reacted:

"It turned out to be the bunny!"

"Exactly. The minions also inquired about one thing, the post station was short of forage, and the horses were weak. When the Tatars invaded Gyeonggi last year, they were exhausted and killed three horses.

As soon as everyone put this together, they blamed this kid on his head and made him lose his errand. ”

It's worthy of a dog's leg, and he inquired very clearly.

Ai Yingjia stroked his beard and said, "Hmph! This kid was quite crazy back then, and he actually threatened, 'When he rises in the sun, he will sacrifice the banner with my blood!' ’。 When he comes back this time, he will definitely die. ”

When the dog heard this, he became active: "Don't bother the master to do this, the little one will take someone to beat him to death and vent his anger for the master." ”

"No, no, no!" Ai Yingjia shook his hand and said, "If you do this, it is easy to leave a handle on people." San'er has now become a general, and he must not miss his future. ”

"Then, the master must have a good move!"

The dogleg hurriedly patted the horse's ass.

Ai Yingjia sneered and said, "This kid has a little bit of culture, I told the local people and asked them to recommend Li Zicheng as the lieutenant." ”

"Master ......" The dog leg was taken aback, what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd?

"Humph! Do you think I'm exalting him? ”

Ai Yingjia said with a smile: "The autumn tax of the imperial court is coming, and then let this kid collect taxes, and if he can't collect it, he will ...... Hmph......"

"Just let him walk around without eating."

Dogleg gave a thumbs up and laughed.

At the same time, in the northeast of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Chengying was leading an army to besiege Anshan City.

Either besiege the point and send reinforcements, or force the soldiers in the city to open the city and surrender.

There is another important purpose, to contain Huang Taiji and prevent him from attacking Gyeonggi again from Jizhen.

In order to ensure that the siege work was carried out in an orderly manner, Yang Chengying also ordered that the troops should implement a rotation rest system.

A group of soldiers stared at the city, a group rested, and a group followed the convoy home to visit their parents and wives.

As the siege progressed day by day, it didn't look like a war.