Chapter 184: Knowing Things Like God
Why was he just put on a stand by Zhou Yuji, and Li Zicheng, who was furious, heard that Cai Maode was going to come to surrender, even if the other party was deceiving him, he was willing to be fooled.
The reason is very simple, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, he is willing to wait and gamble!
The root is still that he is from a grassy background, and he wants to be recognized by orthodoxy, and as the backbone of orthodoxy, that is, literati, Wenchen, is his dream the most.
The literati held the direction of public opinion in this era, and the literati were the ultimate part of the dynastic structure.
Everything is inferior, and the status is noble.
And thieves are the most shameless profession even ordinary people in this era, and they don't have a face to see their ancestors after death.
Not to mention those who are in the eyes of those literati who live by themselves, it is simply the existence of natural enemies, which is why although Li Zicheng is powerful, there are very few literati who defect to him, even those civil officials who surrendered to the city are only virtual and snake committees, only a talented and famous Pingyang prefect Zhang Lanran, who helped him write the famous edict of the first year of Yongchang, was killed by Chang Yu with a shot before he could write it.
Although he has established the country in Xi'an and claimed the emperor, he knows that he is still just a copycat, and he needs literati to endorse him too much.
And Cai Maode, an ascetic, is an orthodox civilian cadre, who served in the Jiangxi Ministry of Education early in the morning, is the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Education, and lectures at the famous Bailudong Academy, and then transferred to Shanxi and has a close relationship with Sanli Academy, it is not an exaggeration to say that this person is the head of Shanxi literati.
Now Cai Maode suddenly vowed to endorse him, can he not make his blood boil, he is even happier than his father coming back from the dead.
Some people may think it's too exaggerated, not at all!
Thinking about Li Zicheng's kindness to those Ming army generals, you can see it, let alone such a famous minister.
In fact, in history, after the destruction of Taiyuan City, Cai Maode hanged himself in Sanli Academy, and did not meet Li Zicheng, but when he was in Datong, Li Zicheng met with Wei Jingming, another big civil governor.
Any idea what he did?
really knelt in front of Wei Jingyu, and burst into tears: "I'm just a peasant, and it can be regarded as God's will to be mixed with this, and you will obey me for the sake of heaven."
Of course, Wei Jingyu replied to him: Fuck your uncle.
Then he waited for three days, and when Li Zicheng saw that he would rather die than surrender, he said: "You are a good official and a loyal minister, since you are not willing to surrender to me, then send you home."
But Lao Wei was loyal to Ming Ting and said: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and kill me."
The blind man Li said, "I won't kill you"
As soon as Lao Wei heard this, he was afraid that he would not be able to be a loyal and filial son, so he sneaked to Haihui Temple to commit suicide.
Even so, after hearing this, Li Zicheng took fifty taels of silver and sent the coffin to Wei Jingyu's hometown in Hancheng for burial, which shows his desire for Ming Wenchen and his kindness.
This is also why when he heard that Cai Maode was coming, even if he knew that there was fraud, he had to fight, this is also where Chang Yu calculated accurately, no matter how Zhou Yuji provoked him, he made a pillar of optimus and burned himself, Cai Maode's basin of water can cool him down and obey him.
And the reason for this matter is strange, but it is not ruled out that Cai Maode really has the intention of surrendering.
But what is this truth? Blind Lee and his staff have to calculate carefully.
Some details can be vaguely deduced from Cai Maode's words, in fact, he may not want to surrender, but the king of Jin ordered him to thread the needle in order to protect his nature, and after estimating a few arguments, the old Cai finally recognized, and hurried from Taiyuan, and happened to learn that Zhou Yuji had just put the blind man Li Yi, so he persuaded Zhou Yuji with some spitting, and wrote a letter to the blind Li to show his sincerity.
If it is true at this time, it can kill three birds with one stone, the text has Cai Maode, the martial arts have Zhou Yuji, and the king has Zhu Xianxuan, which is simply too exciting.
Although this matter is too much, it is not nonsense, and the letter is fifty percent true, not to mention that even if there is only one percent chance, Li Zicheng is willing to gamble.
The main reason why he and his staff thought that it was not nonsense was that they believed that the credibility of King Jin to surrender was extremely high.
Why?
It's not that Li Zicheng was too poisonous to the Ming Dynasty clan before, from Kaifeng Luoyang and so on, as long as he was caught, which one was not a skin cramp, and the male cutting the chicken and the female being a military prostitute were brutally ravaged, this matter has been processed by various gossip, and it is even more appalling, and it has already spread all over the world.
King Jin is young, the concentration is too weak, the wind of the thief army means plus the soldiers are under the city at this time, it is not surprising that he is afraid to surrender to protect the King of Jin, in fact, the thief army has not yet crossed the Yellow River, when Cai Maode set up a defense line in Pingyang Mansion, the King of Jin was so frightened that he hurriedly asked him to come back to guard Taiyuan City, if it were not for this, Chen Shangzhi and Zhang Lanran may not have surrendered so easily.
And although Cai Maode is the governor, but in Taiyuan City, the king of Jin is the boss, what he said the officials dare not disobey, no matter how soft and hard they are, it is not difficult to ensure that Cai Maode is moved by compassion, willing to risk the infamy of future generations, and complete Zhu Xianxuan.
Li Zicheng discussed with his staff with enthusiasm, but the generals under him all went to the barracks, and they made a decision after the initial discussion, and they couldn't negotiate here, or Cai Maode was also a pretense, so they stopped talking nonsense and immediately sent troops to attack Taiyuan.
On the contrary, on the side of Wenshui City, Chang Yu of Jiaocheng seemed much more relaxed, it was dark early, and the soldiers had already eaten and performed their duties.
And in the county Yahou Mansion, Chang Yu was gobbling up, with a roast whole sheep in front of him, Zhou Yuji personally barbecued, Cai Maode sprinkled cumin next to him, Niu Yong and Wang Yongkui poured wine and enjoyed together, and the three major departments will only lack Zhu Kongxun, because he is on duty outside.
"Is the factory really sure that the old man can shock the thief?" Cai Maode sprinkled cumin, his brows were still furrowed, he was very unconfident in himself, and he had asked this countless times.
Chang Yu smiled slightly, wiped the greasy corners of his mouth: "It's a certainty, Lord Cai waits for a while, our family can guarantee that there will not be many thieves, and someone will send a letter to negotiate specific matters."
"The factory man seems to be like a god every time," Zhou Yuji looked at Chang Yudao with a smile.
"Don't dare, don't dare"
Chang Yu laughed: "But our family knew that the thief was surging at this time, but he suffered from gains and losses!" ”
Niu Yong, Wang Yongkui echoed and laughed: "The factory is like a god."
It would be good if it was true, Chang Yu looked up at the night sky, for example, now I don't expect Wu Mengming to do with this product, he has been gone for three or four days, it looks like him.
What is Wu Mengming doing?
It's a long story, he's scolding his mother!
In the mountains more than ten miles northwest of Weihui Mansion (now Weihui City), Wu Mengming was nesting in a grass hut, tearing the fragrant hare in his hand while keeping mpp in his mouth.
For three days and three nights, almost non-stop running, his buttocks almost peeled off, and the bird's nest below was almost lost, and he finally rushed to Wei Hui in a hurry.
The dust of this road, the sadness of the whole way, who really knows who knows, Wu Mengming dares to swear that it is the first time he has suffered such a crime when he is so old.
In fact, the wind and frost all the way is secondary, and it is mental torture that pierces his heart, he is timid by nature, but every step forward is one step closer to the thief army, and there is a feeling of taking the initiative to send it to the tiger's mouth.
Liu Fangliang's tens of thousands of troops are only more than 300 miles away from this place in Huaiqing Mansion (Qinyang), and they can be killed at any time, and if they can't keep it, they will encounter a small group of guerrillas of the thief army, and one will be exposed if they are not careful.
Fortunately, he was worried all the way, but there was no danger, after all, the thief army was now either due west or south, and he came all the way from the north, and the chance of encountering it was not high.
Before noon, Kankan rushed to the vicinity of Weihui's mansion, and in order to hide his whereabouts, he led his team into the mountains, found a remote valley, and let his subordinates hastily build a camp in the woods.
And the fifty subordinates who arrived before him had already entered the city in batches, contacted the local Jinyi guards in Weihui Mansion, and sent some information
Not long ago, the thief general Liu Fangliang entered Huaiqing Mansion, and the deputy general Chen De arrested the patrol Yu Shi Sujing and surrendered to the thief army.
The thief army did not move a knife or arrow, and walked into Huaiqing Mansion with such a swagger, and then King Zheng and some squires who were sealed here were killed.
Who is Chen De? It should be mentioned here that he is not an ordinary adjutant general of the Ming army, because his father is Chen Yongfu, who shot Li Zicheng blind and surrendered to be made an earl.
I have to say that Chongzhen really has a fucking big heart, Lao Tzu has fallen into thieves, and his son is not arrested quickly, at least he must be removed from his post for review, I believe that he can be loyal and filial? Righteous annihilation?
"The thief Liu is wantonly plundering the royal family, the squires, the rich households, and the rich people in the city, as well as handling government affairs, and setting up defense envoys, government officials, and county commanders of the six counties under their jurisdiction according to their custom.
It is unclear whether Zhu Yiduo, the king of Zheng, escaped or was captured."
This is the information that Jinyiwei brought to care for Qingfu.
As for the situation in front of Weihui Mansion, it is much more detailed.
Because it is close at hand, there is chaos in the city, many squires and wealthy families have begun to flee out of the city, and most of them are taking refuge in the mountains.
And Wu Mengming also tried not to lose the watermelon because of the sesame seeds, so he couldn't help but not loot them.
As for the Luwang Mansion, he has arranged for people to watch for twelve hours, and at the same time set up manpower at the east gate and north gate of Weihui City, once there is any trouble, he will know as soon as possible.
Chang Yu, Chang Yu, I hope you guessed right, otherwise the blind old man would have traveled thousands of miles to make this trip.
Wu Mengming thought in his heart, his eyes glanced at Cheng Ming and Tang Potian next to him, the two of them had slept since they had eaten at noon until now, and they really didn't know why they had such a big heart.
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