The East India Company would continue to stay in Beijing for some time, both for sightseeing and for the Catholic Church where Xu Guangqi had previously been.

According to the itinerary of the Ministry of Rites, Henk and his party will also go to the Hanlin Academy with Xu Guangqi.

At that time, it will be a serious academic exchange.

However, Henk did not forget the 'agreement' reached with Zhu Youzhen, and he sent his first mate to leave by ship from Tianjin and return to India.

Zhu Youzhen was worried that it would not take too long.

"Do you need to report what I told you to your king?"

"Your Majesty the Emperor doesn't have to worry about this." Henk's answer dispelled Zhu Youzhen's concerns: "We, the East India Company, enjoy a high degree of autonomy in our business. ”

"30 million tons of grain can also be in charge?"

Henk said with a smile: "Since the establishment of our East India Company, thanks to the efforts of Sir Edward, our East India Company and from His Majesty the King have obtained the power to cooperate in foreign trade, build up an army, declare war on self-defense, and exercise judgment on the inhabitants of the company, so our East India Company is not just a commercial organization of trade. ”

Political power, military power, legislative and executive powers.

The three powers in one, this really can't be called a company anymore.

Zhu Youzhen didn't ask any more, since the East India Company was able to make decisions independently, it saved him a lot of trouble in terms of time.

What Zhu Youzhen is most worried about now is precisely this tense time.

Jin Shang has already secretly contacted Zhang Xianzhong!

The news was sent from Henan by the Spiegel Division half a month ago.

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Laojun Mountain Taiqing Museum.

Zhang Xianzhong, who was dressed in plain clothes, knelt on the futon like Laojun, closed his eyes and said something in his mouth, holding a stick holder with both hands and shaking it, and after a while, he threw out a stick.

Pan Yuntao stepped forward to pick it up and looked at it with a happy face.

"Generalissimo, sign it."

Zhang Xianzhong opened his eyes and took it, looked at the sign and looked up to the sky and laughed.

I saw these four lines of poetry written on the signed book.

"On the fifth watch of the bright moon in the morning dew, the Xuanmen of heaven and earth was opened without authorization. Chen Qiaobing has become a unification, and the yellow robe is coming! ”

Pan Yuntao said excitedly: "The generalissimo is destined to return, this is the manifestation of Lao Jun, and he wants to protect you personally." ”

Zhang Xianzhong stood up, walked to the Taoist who presided over the hall with this sign, and handed over the sign with two gold ingots: "Dao Chief, this handsome man is happy today, please have a good meal for all masters, don't shirk." ”

The Taoist swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his eyelids jumped wildly at this sign.

How could there be such a rebellious signature in his own Taoist temple, you don't have to think about it to know that this signature must have been added by the rebel thief chief named Zhao Junye in front of him.

But if I don't take this sign now, I'm afraid that there will be no chance of survival up and down the hall.

Pick it up, Taiqingguan is a thief who is rebellious.

Zhang Xianzhong was still smiling, but the soldiers behind him and outside the hall were not so good-tempered, and they pulled out more than half of the knives one by one.

The host had no choice but to take it head-on, and the ceremony.

"Thank you, donor."

Zhang Xianzhong looked up to the sky and laughed: "It should be, it should be, hahahaha." ”

The laughter fell, and he strode away.

Pan Yuntao followed closely with hundreds of personal soldiers.

At this moment, at the foot of Laojun Mountain, tens of thousands of troops have been deployed, although the so-called army is not even equipped with armor, and the military appearance is relatively scattered, but tens of thousands of people gathered together, which is also quite shocking.

Zhang Xianzhong stepped on the stone steps down the mountain and explained to Pan Yuntao on the road.

"Are those people in Shanxi gone?"

"Leave early this morning." Pan Yuntao whispered: "Jin Liangyu said that within 20 days, 500,000 stone of military rations, 3,000 sets of armor and 10,000 knives and guns will be prepared for our army. ”

Zhang Xianzhong's body froze obviously for a moment: "It's okay to say that the food is okay, so many weapons and armor, can they be prepared within twenty days?" Do the Jin merchants have this ability? ”

"Jin Liangyu said that these have been built a long time ago, and from the end of last year to this year, Hong Chengchou has been in Shanxi with his soldiers, so they haven't had time to sell them to Huang Taiji."

Pan Yuntao said: "This group of Jin merchants is also a grass on the wall, seeing that Huang Taiji has no hope of entering the customs, don't they rush to join you, looking forward to you coming to sit in this country, so that they can save their lives." ”

Zhang Xianzhong sneered: "That's okay, Ben Shuai is worried about the lack of military food and ordnance, and he can't continue to expand the army, with the help of Jin Shang, our great cause can be accomplished."

After going down the mountain, the signature that Ben Shuai asked for a sign before was passed on to the whole army, so that everyone knew that Ben Shuai was the person to whom the destiny belonged. ”

"Yes." Pan Yuntao was excited: "With Lao Jun's approval this time, the handsome will inevitably be famous all over the world. ”

Zhang Xianzhong looked up to the sky and laughed again.

In today's Henan, he has captured most of them, and only a few important cities such as Luoyang are left, and the encirclement has been completed.

Until the capture of Luoyang, Henan will be in the hands of his Zhang Xianzhong.

Wang Tu's foundation can be regarded as having it.

Today's endorsement of Lao Junshan was Pan Yuntao's idea for him, and what he asked for was this peace of mind and reason.

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"On the fifth watch of the bright moon in the morning dew, the Xuanmen of heaven and earth was opened without authorization. Chen Qiaobing became a unification, and the yellow robe and his life came. Hehe. ”

Zhu Youzhen pinched his cold face and sneered, and Cao Huachun knelt not far in front of him.

"He Zhang Xianzhong is floating, and he is determined to rebel."

Cao Huachun couldn't figure it out, so Zhu Youzhen's mood at this moment didn't dare to answer.

After all, Zhang Xianzhong, the tiger, was raised by Zhu Youzhen himself.

"During this time, what voices are there in the capital?" Zhu Youzhen asked: "In addition to singing about my Ming Dynasty." ”

Cao Huachun said: "Recently, the Shilin Xian clan who came to Beijing have all been sparse and asked His Majesty to send troops to Henan as soon as possible to suppress the rebels. ”

"Well, that's exactly what I expected."

Zhu Youzhen headed: "Zhang Xianzhong is too murderous, kills too much, and slaughters people at every turn, Henan Province and the official eunuch families in the surrounding neighboring provinces have fled to the capital with their families, of course, I hope that I can exterminate Zhang Xianzhong as soon as possible, so that they can return to their homeland." ”

Cao Huachun cautiously glanced at Zhu Youzhen: "Your Majesty, these scholars who came to Beijing are already willing to contribute money and grain to help the imperial court expand the Beijing camp, so whether we should do it now, let Zhang Xianzhong continue to sit down, I'm afraid it's not a good thing." ”

"Wait, wait." Zhu Youzhen waved his hand: "The happier he stirs, the more these gentry who are full of copper smell can be willing to pay for food, let Cao Wenzhao not worry, recruit troops and train the army with peace of mind, and wait until the Beijing camp expands to 100,000 people." ”

"Training 100,000 soldiers, I'm afraid it will take a year."

Zhu Youzhen said indifferently: "One year is one year, I am not in a hurry, Zhang Xianzhong has the ability, he will not be able to fight Beijing in a year, not to mention that I have arranged so many opponents for him, let Zhang Xianzhong gnaw for a while before talking." ”

Cao Huachun responded and bowed down.

"Zhang Xianzhong." Zhu Youzhen rubbed the jade seal on the big case, and smiled playfully: "I don't want to be the emperor's thief, but I am not a man, what I want is for you to have a smooth ride, so that your ambition will rise to the point of uncontrollable, I am waiting for the day when you ascend the throne and become the emperor in Luoyang." ”