The time entered the wax moon, and because of the weather, the whole world was much quieter.

The noisy world finally ushered in a short quiet time.

Except for Shaanxi.

With the support of money and food, Hong Chengchou expanded his army and fought through the military, and mobilized 40,000 troops to chase and attack Gao Yingxiang's gang.

Especially after entering the wax moon, Hong Chengchou fought more fiercely.

The weather was cold, the officers and soldiers had food and clothing, and after all, the exiles were just a group of people who were so hungry that they went crazy and had nothing to eat.

"Those who abandon the darkness and turn to the light and submit to the court will be given a bucket of grain, a pound of cotton and two horses of cloth."

"The beheading of thieves comes to dedicate, and the brocade clothes guard thousands of households, and the hereditary replacement."

Hong Chengchou's strategy of suppressing bandits is to suppress first and then appease, rather than soothing while suppressing, he first forced the liuxins into a desperate situation and forced them into a dead end, and then he began to spread the information of the imperial court's recruitment.

In this way, the exiles who had been in panic all day long suddenly dispersed, and the surrendered officers and soldiers and the scattered fleeers were no less than a thousand people every day.

Gao Yingxiang couldn't control the army's heart, so he could only cross the Yellow River with his henchmen and descendants, and fled east into Shanxi to join Wang's second department.

The army of more than 100,000 people who once swept through northern Shaanxi, with Gao Yingxiang entering Shanxi, only had more than 2,000 people!

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"The lowly Zhang Xianzhong knocked on the emperor, long live, long live."

The warm pavilion that closed the door burned two vigorous charcoal fires, Zhu Youzhen held the scroll in his hand, leisurely tasted tea, and knelt down Zhang Xianzhong from Shanxi at the threshold.

The latter was very humble, he knew that he was only a small brocade guard, so he did not dare to call himself a minister, nor did he dare to say the sentence with the meaning of questioning, please bow to the saint.

Zhu Youzhen, who was reading the book, glanced sideways: "Get up and speak." ”

"Your Majesty."

Zhang Xianzhong revealed his background when he said that the emperor was just an ordinary person.

"Do you know why I'm looking for you?"

"I can't guess." Although Zhang Xianzhong stood up, he kept bent his back and didn't dare to raise his head, and he was trembling and cautious when he replied.

Zhu Youzhen showed a smile, but Zhang Xianzhong was destined to be invisible.

"It's your idea to kill Liu Guangsheng, Hu Ting and others."

In an instant, Zhang Xianzhong knelt down again and kept kowtowing: "Death to the lowly position, death to the lowly position!" ”

"Alright, I don't blame you."

Seeing that Zhang Xianzhong was bleeding, Zhu Youzhen hurriedly opened his mouth to stop: "It's a good job." ”

Zhang Xianzhong stopped, his body trembled slightly, I don't know if it was because of pain or excitement.

This is from the emperor's affirmation of him.

"You raised money and food for Hong Chengchou, so that you can quell the rebellion, this morning Hong Chengchou's song was sent to Beijing, saying that Shaanxi was peaceful, and Gao Yingxiang was driven into Shanxi."

Hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong raised his head instantly, but soon found his faux pas, and hurriedly drooped down, unable to suppress his excitement.

"Congratulations to the emperor, long live my emperor."

"I want to reward you for your merits, and I plan to promote you to a brocade guard, how about it?"

Zhang Xianzhong said: "I thank the emperor for my humble position, but I am brave and want to stay by the emperor's side to run errands, and I am willing to smear the emperor's liver and brain." ”

"Stay with me on an errand?" Zhu Youzhen was happy: "Can you pacify Liaodong and annihilate Jiannu?" ”

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"Can you make up for the deficit and make money for the country?"

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"Can you quell the chaos at sea and recover Taiwan?"

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Zhang Xianzhong's head became deeper and lower, and finally he simply fell to the ground, not daring to speak.

After seeing that the beating was almost over, Zhu Youzhen sneered.

"Since you can't do it, you dare to say that you will stay by my side on errands."

Although Zhang Xianzhong was not lightly hit, he still said at this moment: "The emperor is the honor of ten thousand times, if the emperor only intends to promote the position of a thousand households, he can just make a verbal edict at will." ”

Zhu Youzhen narrowed his eyes.

"You're acting smart in front of me?"

"Don't dare!"

"You guessed it!" Zhu Youzhen raised his voice: "I do have an errand to be handed over to you to do. ”

Zhang Xianzhong trembled with joy: "I must do my best to die in my humble position." ”

"The finances of the imperial court are becoming more and more difficult, I plan to collect taxes from the gentry of the world, but I can't do it, I collect their taxes, they will rebel against me, I have no soldiers in my hands now, and I can't deal with the situation that the world is against me.

I can't collect the money, but looking at them one by one, I am angry and tight, what do you say? ”

"The gentry and wealthy families, each boasting of being loyal and good, but the country has no trouble and stands by and watches, singing day and night, this kind of national moth should have been killed a long time ago!" Zhang Xianzhong immediately said: "I am willing to level the world for Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Youzhen's face was expressionless, and he was not satisfied with this statement: "You are a Jinyi guard, a pro-army of the Son of Heaven, if you kill someone, it means that I kill someone, and if I kill someone, they will rebel against me, and what I want is a loyal minister, not a thief." ”

Zhang Xianzhong was speechless and didn't know how to answer.

"Donglin Zhongliang died in the national disaster, all of which were done by the traitor Zhu Chunchen, and I hated it deeply, and it was the punishment of his nine clans, so that the hundred officials of Nanjing happily entered Beijing and congratulated the saints." Zhu Youzhen suddenly talked about this past: "Since then, Nanzhili and Zhejiang have returned to the embrace of the imperial court, and the children of Shilin in the two provinces have enthusiastically joined the imperial court and served the country. ”

Zhang Xianzhong's cheeks bulged, and his thick muscles throbbed violently.

He said in a snarling voice: "When the weather was dry and the people were hungry, the plague swept the place, the gentry were martyred, the virtuous and virtuous died, in order to save their lives and settle down, the gentry all dragged their families and rushed into Beijing.

The imperial court expanded the army to quell the rebellion, and the gentry and village sages all enthusiastically donated money to raise the labor army, so that the government and the opposition were united in recreating the world. ”

Zhu Youzhen put down the book and looked at Zhang Xianzhong: "When the country was ruined and the family was in danger, I brought hundreds of officials and all the people to fight the difficulties together, and it took many years to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty and rebuild China." ”

The latter bowed his head and shouted.

"Since ancient times, the emperor has been the only emperor in martial arts, long live long live."

Zhu Youzhen picked up the teacup and poured a cup of hot tea: "Come, drink tea." ”

"I don't dare."

"I gave it."

Zhang Xianzhong knelt forward, stretched out his hands tremblingly and raised the teacup, regardless of the hot tea, and drank it all.

After drinking, he got up and left silently, and before he opened the door and stepped out, he heard Zhu Youzhen's voice talking to himself behind him.

"Since I ascended the throne, my third uncle has not come to congratulate him, and I miss him very much."

Zhang Xianzhong did not stop, closed the door and left.

"He's a smart guy." Zhu Youzhen raised the teacup and put it to his mouth, saying words of praise, but his eyes were as cold as deep ice under the cellar: "They are all loyal to the country, and they should naturally be in the arms of the imperial court."

From top to bottom, they are all thieves, from the bottom to the top are loyal ministers, and they are ministers and thieves. ”

Putting down the teacup, Zhu Youzhen got up and went back to the couch and fell asleep.