Zhang Xianzhong stood in front of the gate of the Chu Palace, and the cold wind that ran through Wuchang blew across the courtyard wall on his neckline.

He lifted his collar.

It's not that the collar doesn't keep out the cold, but because he was shocked by the grandeur of the Chu Palace.

The green ridge in front of the head-on area is blocked in front, the mountains and rocks are rugged, and the vines and roses are covered on it, and the sheep intestine path is slightly exposed.

Daintily! Daintily!

Zhang Xianzhong walked inside and walked through the green mountain.

He saw the carved beams and paintings from a distance, and after walking a few more steps, the terrain was flat, and he came to the main hall.

The main hall was magnificent, and Zhang Xianzhong was itching.

Compared with the King of Chu, he is really a poor ghost.

"Da, it is preliminarily estimated that there are millions of gold and silver in the Chu Palace, all of which are hidden in the silver cellar. and four granaries full of grain, and innumerable vessels of gold and silver."

Zhang Nengqi came to report with a detailed list.

Zhang Xianzhong was illiterate, gave the list to Xu Yixian, and turned his head to look at the King of Chu:

"You old melon batch, you can't even spend money. But it's okay if you don't spend it, let's help you spend this money."

The King of Chu was silent.

Zhang Xianzhong continued to walk, he wanted to appreciate this Chu Palace.

In the future, this will be his Eight Great Palaces.

As he walked, Zhang Xianzhong saw a row of iron cages.

"It's ...... The cage you use to imprison the people who don't pay rent?" Zhang Xianzhong asked knowingly.

King Chu nodded.

Of course Zhang Xianzhong knows.

He used to catch people in cages when he was a small catcher.

When to give money, when to release people.

In addition to the cage, there is also a "sitting tank".

It is to put people in a water tank full of feces and urine, close the lid, and kill one alive to deter the people who are in arrears of rent.

Some bad memories poured into Zhang Xianzhong's mind like a tide.

In addition to oppressing the people, he was also bullied by his colleagues.

In order not to be bullied, he bragged that he had a personal relationship with Chen Hongfan, the general soldier at the time.

and simply made up a set of lies that he had committed something and was pardoned by Chen Hongfan, and deceived and bullied his colleagues. Look at the book

In fact, when Chen Hongfan was the general of Yan'an Prefecture, Zhang Xianzhong was not born.

Zhang Xianzhong scolded in his heart: "Something with evil intentions!" Then he shouted:

"Zhang Nengqi!"

"Da." Zhang Nengqi responded.

"Put this old thing, along with the clan we caught, into an iron cage and throw it into the water to feed the fish."

Zhang Xianzhong pointed to the iron cage in front of him, "If you can't plug it, tie it to the stone, Shen Jiang!"

Zhang Nengqi took the order.

The king of Chu was frightened, and his vigorous "begging for mercy" was ignored by Zhang Xianzhong.

When Zhang Xianzhong returned to the front hall, he saw a group of people standing in the hall with an old man with a white beard and officials.

"Who is he?" Zhang Xianzhong asked casually.

"Former university scholar, He Fengsheng. This old boy is very stubborn and refuses to vote for the king."

"Look at his virtue and he won't live for a few days, let's not kill him, let him go."

The soldiers hesitated, all wondering how the Eight Kings had changed their temperament.

Zhang Xianzhong saw that his subordinates did not move, so he said: "In the future, the world will be either surnamed Li or surnamed Zhang, and we will be benevolent and righteous and no longer be thieves." Let this old melon peel go, let everyone in the world know that we don't kill indiscriminately, and respect scholars."

Only then did his subordinates take He Fengsheng, who refused to surrender, away and released.

Other local officials kowtowed like garlic and expressed their allegiance to the eight kings.

Zhang Xianzhong smiled and nodded, agreeing.

At this time, the pro-soldiers who sent He Fengsheng out suddenly turned back.

Seeing the surprised look on his soldiers' faces, Zhang Xianzhong asked, "What's wrong with you, have you met a ghost?"

"Great King, the old man named He Fengsheng ran to the north and died on the stone tablet, and he was still shouting, 'Your Majesty, the minister is gone.

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The pro-soldier responded with a fist.

Zhang Xianzhong sat on the chair and sighed with emotion: "If you read too many sage books, you will either become a big villain, or you will become a big melon critic with a bad brain."

Under the backdrop of He Fengsheng, the big people in the place that seemed to be bright in front of the scene were all wall grass.

Zhang Xianzhong was disgusted: "Pull them all down and throw them into the river to feed the fish."

"Your king, you said you would spare our lives."

A bold former Ming official said in a loud voice.

"Lao Tzu has changed his mind, I don't want you to be a wreck." Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand.

The local officials were dragged away by their own soldiers, and the begs for mercy gradually drifted away.

Zhang Xianzhong muttered: "In the future, we Lao Tzu also want people like He Fengsheng to be officials for our Lao Tzu."

As a result, Zhang Xianzhong decided to open a branch in Wuchang to select talents.

He first proclaimed himself the "King of Daxi", changed Wuchang to "Tianzhufu", changed Jiangxia to "Shangjiang County", and established the Daxi peasant regime.

Subsequently, six ministries and five military governors were established, and local officials were appointed. Compare the six departments and prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty, and not a word has been changed.

But Zhang Xianzhong has a problem, that is, he is too casual.

The officials of the six ministries and prefectures and counties appointed by him all kowtowed to him according to the usual practice, received seals and ribbons before going to work.

Zhang Xianzhong sat on the throne and brought the gold and silver of the palace.

Whoever flatters him in place will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver.

If it is not in place, it will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver.

The former Ming Jinyi Guard, who is good at observing words and feelings, knows Liu Qiao, who is not a sycophant, but very realistically presents two beauties.

Zhang Xianzhong was happy and made him a Jinyi Governor.

Indiscriminate rewards, indiscriminate sealing of officials, and rewards based on likes and dislikes are enough to prove that Zhang Xianzhong does not know how to govern at all.

All likes and dislikes are up to individuals, which means that those officials will not be seriously governed, and only think about how to tie up with Zhang Xianzhong.

The arrangements of the six ministries and the officials of various prefectures and counties were in place, and Zhang Xianzhong opened the imperial examination on December 11.

Due to the suffering of Huguang, a large number of literati and doctors in Huguang have chosen to abandon the Ming Dynasty and participate in the imperial examination.

Zhang Xianzhong was overjoyed and erected two big flags in front of the palace of the king of Chu.

On one side is written "Heaven and Man Return".

On the other side is written "Careers".

He also hung a flag at the nine gates of Wuchang, and wrote "The world is quiet, and the power is shocking".

At the end of the imperial examination, Zhang Xianzhong took the Shizi of the middle school to climb the Yellow Crane Tower, and in the face of the surging river, he suddenly became poetic:

"The rolling river does not return, and the turtles and snakes do not climb each other. Turtle Mountain is like Li Chuang, and our Lao Tzu stands on Snake Mountain."

made everyone laugh in their hearts, and they didn't dare to show it on their faces.

Of course, they don't have too much resentment towards Zhang Xianzhong.

On the contrary, they are quite close to Zhang Xianzhong.

There is no other reason, it all depends on the foil of the Ming army.

Zhang Xianzhong's military discipline could not be compared with Li Zicheng, and the capture of beautiful women as prostitutes happened from time to time.

But compared with the Ming army's all kinds of evil, he is simply a "saint".

Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong has gained a lot this time.

There are 30 Jinshi and 48 Jiesheng students, all of whom are awarded state and county officials.

Zhang Xianzhong gave Li Zicheng a heavy gift of 300 cavalry, which can be regarded as repaying the kindness of sending cavalry last time.

Because he was worried about the conflict with Li Zicheng and could not be defeated, Zhang Xianzhong decided to develop in Hunan.

In order to cover up this, he also said to everyone:

"At the end of the Han Dynasty, the heroes competed for the deer, and finally the world was divided into three points, which is similar to today. Li Zicheng attacked the Ming court, and he went to Cao Cao, the eldest female cadre. You Shilu held the army to self-respect, that is, Sun Quan, who seized Jiangdong. My old Zhang is the benevolent and righteous Liu Xuande, first take Hunan, and then Sichuan."