That's right! The leader of the reform army in front of him was none other than Li Zicheng, who was originally working in the post station leading to Yunzhou City at Liaoyun Pass.

When Zhao Jun learned about the situation in the south, he understood that if there was no major purge in such an intertwined place, even if he sent the imperial army's troops to quell the chaos, it would be a big trouble in the future.

The gentry and families of the south, as well as the small and medium-sized landowners below, would all be an obstacle to his governance.

So after careful consideration, Zhao Jun decided to do a big cleanup!

Break and stand!

With the help of the current chaos in the south, he sent his own people from the final version to disguise themselves as traitors, and take the opportunity to kill those who are in the local obstacles.

After cleaning up the cow ghosts, snakes, and gods, it will be easy to operate if the imperial court defeats the reform army and takes over a clean territory.

And if you want to send someone to disguise yourself as a traitor, you must have a leader, who is the most suitable person to be the leader of this anti-thief?

There is no doubt that Zhao Jun immediately thought of Li Zicheng, who was still messing around in the post station.

When Li Zicheng, who was comfortably making a cup of tea and sitting in the post station watching the cars coming and going, received the news from the secret guard, he was dumbfounded.

But he had no room to refuse, and he was poisoned by the guards that day.

In the end, he went to sea from the poison and landed in Xiamen to become one of the new thieves.

Zhao Jun didn't let him be a bare-bones commander, not only did he explain his policies, but he also provided everything he needed for people, weapons and equipment, and he prepared for the establishment of the reform army in a short time!

After Li Zicheng got over the initial discomfort, he quickly entered the state, maybe he was really talented, and he took the land of Sanfu with people in just a few months.

If it weren't for His Majesty's letter asking him to clean up, in order to be able to be thorough at once, he would have to slow down and slowly clean up the people who needed to be cleaned up in the territory he had already occupied.

A few days ago, he suddenly received a request from the Zheng family for negotiations, and after asking Bianjing's opinion, he obtained permission, and this is why today's meeting took place.

Seeing that the person in front of him was the leader of the Innovative Army he was looking for, Zheng Hu had no intention of shocking the other party before leaving, but he was shocked by what he saw along the way.

Even if he omitted those who didn't, he went straight to the point and said: "King Li Chuang, the reason why our Zheng family is looking for you is that we hope you will raise your noble hand." ”

"Raise your hand?"

Li Zicheng was stunned, and then asked, "Our reform army arrested your Zheng family's people?" ”

Zheng Hu shook his head.

"Then what does your Zheng family want us to raise our noble hand?

Li Zichen was very puzzled.

Zheng Hu simply asked: "I heard that every time King Li Chuang captures a place, he will be strong against the local gentry, and the officials and businessmen will be wiped out.

Our Zheng family doesn't know why King Li Chuang would be so heavy on these people, but today I still want to ask King Chuang to raise his noble hand, and let them live when he encounters these people in the future.

Of course, we will not let King Chuang raise his hand in vain, these 500,000 taels are the sincerity of my Zheng family! ”

As he spoke, Zheng Hu took out 500,000 taels of Feiyun Money from his arms to redeem the promissory note.

At the same time, he continued: "Not only these 500,000 taels, but my Zheng family can provide your army with no less than 10,000 stone of grain every month in the future.

After all, you can only do great things if you have money and food, right? ”

After listening to Zheng Hu's words, Li Zicheng immediately realized that they were actually pleading for the sake of the residues that were cleaned up by themselves.

The smile on his face instantly retracted, and he looked at Zheng Hu coldly and sneered:

"I said, why did your family suddenly find me, it turned out to be a lobbyist for that group of scumbags!

How? Why didn't they themselves dare to come to this king? I want you to be a lobbyist. ”

The atmosphere cooled down at this moment, and the surrounding temperature seemed to drop to freezing at this moment.

Zheng Hu secretly sighed badly, knowing that the other party was angry, but he had to bite the bullet and say:

"King Chuang misunderstood, they didn't look for our Zheng family, it was our Zheng family who took the initiative to come to you."

"Came to me on your own initiative?"

This made Li Zicheng feel a little interesting, and sat back in his place.

"Tell me, since that group of scum didn't look for your Zheng family as lobbyists, why did your Zheng family still look for me?"

Li Zichen was very curious about what the Zheng family thought, could it be that it was really for "justice"?

That's ridiculous!

The Zheng family naturally did not come to maintain justice.

I heard Zheng Hu say: "Presumably, since King Chuang started in Xiamen, he must know what our Zheng family does?" ”

Li Zicheng shook his head very simply: "I don't know." ”

Zheng Hu's words suddenly froze.

Who in this coastal county doesn't know their Zheng family, you started in Xiamen, a coastal city, you don't know what our Zheng family does?

That's outrageous, okay!

He didn't know that Li Zicheng was sent by Zhao Jun from outside the Guan, and he really didn't know much about the situation here.

But seeing that Li Zicheng's appearance didn't look like he was pretending to be stupid, Zheng Hu had to explain: "Since King Chuang doesn't know, let's explain to King Chuang, what about our Zheng family, there are some brothers under him, who make a living by running boats on the sea on weekdays."

Occasionally, when our businessmen in the Great Song Dynasty are bullied by outsiders, we will help them return it.

Therefore, the big guys along the coast are very grateful to our Zheng family.

Every year, we have to give our Zheng family some money or something, which is the source of funds for us to support our family on weekdays. ”

Li Zicheng was not stupid, and he immediately understood.

Dang even said: "In other words, what your Zheng family is doing is a robber who collects protection money at sea?" ”

Zheng Hu's complexion changed suddenly, and he smiled reluctantly and explained, "You can't say that......"

Li Zicheng waved his hand directly and said:

"I said, I'm a thief, you're a robber, what are you hiding from me?

Let's put it bluntly, according to what you just said, your Zheng family is collecting these protection fees at sea for a living.

And if I clean up these scum along the coast, there will be fewer people going to sea, and if there are fewer people, your Zheng family will be able to receive less protection money, so your Zheng family has gone to great lengths to find me and want me to let go of those scum, yes or no? ”

Zheng Hu hesitated for a moment, then nodded heavily.

"Yes!"

"Aren't you going to say that? It's all twists and turns, and I almost got people to cut you into eighteen pieces and throw them out. ”

Li Zicheng said with a smile.

Zheng Hu saw him smile, and when he thought that what he said was a play, he immediately said:

"King Chuang agreed to my Zheng family's request?

King Chuang can rest assured, as long as you agree to this request, my Zheng family will have 500,000 taels to fund King Chuang's great cause! ”

Faced with the temptation of such a huge sum of money, Li Zicheng smiled, and then his face suddenly changed, looked at Zheng Hu, and said coldly: "Don't agree!" ”

Zheng Hu's smile instantly froze on his face!

……

(End of chapter)