624 False and true, three knives

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The reason why Lu Xiangsheng hates Zhou Yanru is that he is arrogant and lascivious, tyrannical and domineering, and oppresses the people.

What's more, Lu Xiangsheng is disgusted with this person's treacherous and insidious, who is always playing with power and controlling the dynasty.

Since Chongzhen reactivated Lu Xiangsheng, even between Lu Xiangsheng and Zhou Yanru, there were no grudges and contradictions before.

But Zhou Yanru will also trouble him in various ways, but whenever Lu Xiangsheng proposes, Zhou Yanru opposes all of them, and he supports all of Lu Xiangsheng's objections.

To put it bluntly, Zhou Yanru felt threatened by Lu Xiangsheng, so he targeted Lu Xiangsheng like this.

Lu Xiangsheng was angry in his heart that Zhou Yanru only thought about the power in his hands, and did not put the important affairs of the court in the first priority at all, and opposed it completely for the sake of opposing him.

"Lord Zhou, before you have conclusive evidence to prove that Li Zixiao is really pretending to be sick, please don't be suspicious, okay?

If you think that Li Zixiao is pretending to be sick this time, then the problem is big, it means that Li Zixiao is really against this time, then ask Lord Zhou to lead troops to quell Li Zixiao's rebellion.

If Lord Zhou doesn't have this ability, then please don't speculate at will, your irresponsible guess, if you mislead the saint, it will cause a big problem. ”

Lu Xiangsheng glared at Zhou Yanru and said unkindly. 、

"Haha, this official just said casually, Lord Lu doesn't have to care." Zhou Yanru said with a grin.

Lu Xiangsheng was in his heart, didn't he suspect that Li Zixiao was pretending to be sick this time, and the purpose was to occupy Kaifeng.

But even if Lu Xiangsheng knew that Li Zixiao was pretending to be sick this time, he wanted Li Zixiao's fake illness this time to be a real illness.

Because, this time Li Zixiao's illness can only be real no matter what, and it must not be fake, which is related to the question of whether Li Zixiao really rebelled.

At this time, if Li Zixiao really rebelled, then for the Ming court at this time, it may be the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Therefore, this time Lu Xiangsheng emphasized to Chongzhen that this 'rebellion' under Li Zixiao took place without Li Zixiao's knowledge.

"So, Lu Aiqing, what do you think the imperial court should do with this Li Zixiao's unauthorized 'rebellion'?"

Chongzhen also seemed to understand the meaning of Lu Xiangsheng's words, and asked him.

"Returning to the saint, it is still what Wei Chen just said, the focus of this 'rebellion' is still on Li Zixiao.

Weichen believes that as long as Li Zixiao can wake up one day earlier, Li Zixiao will take the initiative to end this rebellion.

Before that, it was not advisable for the imperial court to immediately conquest Qi Wei and them, but to appease them first and let them stop their attack on Kaifeng Prefecture.

Then, Weichen was willing to personally bring an imperial doctor to Kaifeng to diagnose Li Zixiao's condition, so that he could wake up as soon as possible and end this rebellion under his command. ”

Lu Xiangsheng proposed such a solution.

"Okay, then I will send Lu Aiqing an imperial doctor to Kaifeng to see Li Zixiao according to what Lu Aiqing said.

However, the attack of the rebel general Qi Wei on Kaifeng Prefecture and County must be stopped immediately. After thinking for a moment, Chongzhen said to Lu Xiangsheng.

At this time, Chongzhen himself couldn't think of any good solution, so he could only follow Lu Xiangsheng's advice.

In fact, at this time, Chongzhen could not transfer troops and horses in his hands to go to Kaifeng to encircle and suppress Qi Wei of the 'rebellion'.

In the first battle of Zhuxian Town, the Ming army almost mobilized most of their troops in the north, but they did not fight at all, how could Chongzhen still have soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress the White Dragon Army at this time!

As long as the Ming Dynasty is in the south, there are not many people, but there is only one Zheng family army, and the strength is okay, but Zheng Zhilong also listens to the tune and does not listen to the announcement, and Chongzhen is helpless.

"Saint, compared to Li Zixiao's side, Li Zicheng's hundreds of thousands of thieves who retreated from Kaifeng, that is the great trouble of the imperial court!

If Weichen's prediction is good, Li Zicheng's attack on Kaifeng this time failed, and they are likely to return to Huguang and return to Shaanxi in the next step.

Therefore, Weichen asked for help, hoping to return to Shaanxi as soon as possible and preside over the war to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng's thief army. ”

At this time, Sun Chuanting also stood up and asked Chongzhen for his life.

"It's okay, you can go to Shaanxi as soon as possible to take office, I hope that after Aiqing arrives in Shaanxi, he can regroup and exterminate the bandits."

Chongzhen thought about it and agreed to Sun Chuanting's request, at this time Chongzhen was also worried that Sun Chuanting's words would come true, and that Li Zicheng would return to Shaanxi again.

After this court meeting, Lu Xiangsheng immediately set off for Kaifeng with an imperial physician, while Sun Chuanting went to Shaanxi to take up the post of governor of the three sides.

As for Chen Yongfu's death, Chongzhen didn't care at all, and Chongzhen didn't give Chen Yongfu any additional shade.

Even, Chongzhen secretly scolded Chen Yongfu in his heart for being incompetent, and made a mess of the situation in Kaifeng in vain.

At the same time, on the Kaifeng side, Qi Wei spent two days, and after attacking more than ten prefectures and counties around Kaifeng City, he also stopped the attack and shrank his forces in Kaifeng.

"General, news has just come from Beijing that Lu Xiangsheng is leading a team of men and horses to Kaifeng with an imperial doctor.

So far, the imperial court has not issued any requisitioning documents against our 'rebellion', which is quite strange. ”

Qi Wei stood in front of Li Zixiao at this time and reported to him.

"Haha, there's nothing strange about it, this must be Lu Xiangsheng's idea, with Lu Xiangsheng here, Chongzhen can make such a wise decision, I don't think it's strange.

I didn't expect Lu Xiangsheng to come back from outside the gate so soon, and this time he actually brought the imperial doctor to Kaifeng in person, it seems that I can't hide from meeting Lu Xiangsheng this time. ”

After Li Zixiao heard Qi Wei's report, he said with a smile on his face, sitting on the chair and drinking tea, how could he look half sick.

At the same time, through Qi Wei's report, when Li Zixiao knew that Lu Xiangsheng was coming to Kaifeng with an imperial doctor, he knew that Lu Xiangsheng understood his intentions.

Li Zixiao couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: Lu Xiangsheng is really a smart person, and he can understand it at one point, which saves Li Zixiao a lot of trouble.

"General, in the past two days, Ding Qirui and Gao Mingheng have made a lot of trouble, and since yesterday, these two have actually gone on a hunger strike.

They shouted, "If the general doesn't see them, they will go on a hunger strike until they see the general."

General, you see, what are these two to do? We can't let them die at our hands.

One of them is the secretary of the military department, and the other is the prefect of Kaifeng, if they really die in our hands, it will be very troublesome. Qi Wei continued.

"Hey, these two are quite good at playing, they want to play a hunger strike, let them go, anyway, they won't die of hunger for two days, I can't see them for the time being."

When Lu Xiangsheng arrives in Kaifeng, then we will have to put on a big show in front of Lu Xiangsheng and Ding Qirui.

Qi Wei, you have to be ready when the time comes, don't drop the chain. ”

Li Zixiao shook his head and said.

"Yes, my subordinates know."

"Zhao Teng, let's talk about the situation in Kaifeng City, and in the past two days, you have copied the mansions of Chen Yongfu and his cronies and generals, and how many good things have been found!"

At this time, Li Zixiao's eyes turned to Zhao Teng, a young White Dragon Army general next to him, and asked with a smile.

"General Hui, at this time, the public security, people's livelihood and commercial activities in Kaifeng City have all returned to the normal level before the war, and the people's defense of our army has gradually dispelled."

Zhao Teng heard Li Zixiao call his name, and hurriedly stood up and said.

"Well, the people are like this, they won't care, in the end, it is the people of the court who come to lead Kaifeng!

As long as they don't mess up their lives and let them be fed and clothed, then the people will do what they should do. ”

Li Zixiao nodded and spoke.

"As for it, we really haven't found much food from Chen Yongfu's mansion and the mansions of other Ming generals.

The Chen family was also ruthless enough, before leaving, they set fire to all the grain in their warehouse, and basically took away all the gold and silver valuables.

Therefore, we really didn't get many good things from the house, but General Luo Chao, who was waiting for the rabbit at the north gate, intercepted and killed Chen De's family members who fled north, and seized all the finances taken away by the Chen family.

In the past two days, General Luo has also sent people to hand over all the captured booty to us, and his subordinates have taken people to count them.

All the booty added up, almost worth about 12.30 million taels, I have to say that Chen Yongfu is not very good at making money, and his subordinates are quite poor. ”

"Hahaha, Zhao Teng, if you can have more than one million taels, you can be content."

When Li Zixiao heard the end, he couldn't help but laugh when he looked at Zhao Teng with a dissatisfied look.

"The grain reserves in Kaifeng City are sufficient?" Li Zixiao continued to ask.

Speaking of food, Zhao Teng's originally lost face instantly became exciting, and he said excitedly: "General, Kaifeng is known as the 'First City of the Central Plains', and it is really not blown.

In the city alone, there are three granaries set up by the imperial court, and now all of them are under our control.

After two days, I made a rough estimate by looking at the three granaries, and by checking the books of their granaries.

At this time, the grain storage of the three major granaries in Kaifeng City was about 250,000 stones.

When the Chen family escaped from Kaifeng, due to the rush of time, they only burned down the granary in their own house.

The granaries of the government, every time they have time to move, they are all left to us.

However, the granary of the government, the accounts are chaotic, and the amount of grain of the collective, and the subordinates have to carefully investigate and calculate before they can come up with the most detailed amount.

In a word, there is no shortage of food in Kaifeng City. ”

"Hahaha, when did our White Dragon Army run out of food." Li Zixiao said jokingly with a smile.

Hearing Li Zixiao say this, Qi Wei, Luo Chao and other generals of the White Dragon Army laughed out loud, their White Dragon Army had really never worried about food.

At this time, most of the land in Jiangbei was developed by Li Zixiao's 'land reform' policy, and how could the peasants who got their own land let their land be barren.

In addition, the cultivation of corn and sweet potatoes vigorously promoted in Jiangbei in the past two years has given Li Zixiao the ability to feed a large number of displaced people in the Central Plains.

Otherwise, how dare Li Zixiao meddle in the mess of the Central Plains at this time, you must know that at this time, Henan, Shaanxi, and Huguang have the most displaced people.

Among them, Henan is the most, don't look at the Kaifeng City at this time, the government has reserved more than 200,000 grains, but this is Gao Mingheng saved for a year.

It is also a reserve grain prepared by Gao Mingheng, and these grains cannot be used unless they are absolutely necessary.

It is also their Kaifeng government, in order to cope with the beginning of spring this year, whether there will be a catastrophe and a year of drought, and these grains will be used to save lives when the time comes.

It is said that in a big city like Kaifeng, the reserve grain reserve is less than one million stones, which is more reasonable.

However, in the past two years, the Central Plains has suffered droughts, locust plagues, and banditry one after another, and grain production has been reduced year after year, and the peasants have left their homes one after another.

In this case, Gao Mingheng also took great pains to raise these grains, and he didn't even care about the displaced and hungry people in other parts of Henan.

In Li Zixiao's view, the disaster year at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the chaos and bandits were the two major problems that seriously affected the peasants' grain output.

If there were no bandits, the imperial court could have sent capable officials to build water conservancy and provide relief to the victims, but in fact, there would not have been a large number of victims in the late Ming Dynasty.

And now, the problems such as disasters and bandits that the imperial court cannot solve are in Li Zixiao's hands, but he has a more effective way.

Because Li Zixiao now has three knives in his hand, he can solve these problems.

The first knife is the brave and combative White Dragon Army, a powerful army that can sweep away bandits for Li Zixiao, even if it is Li Zicheng, the biggest bandit, he will not dare to come again.

And the second knife is corn and sweet potato, two high-yield crops.

The third knife is the 'Li Land Reform' promoted by Li Zixiao, which is also Li Zixiao's killer weapon.

Li Zixiao is confident that with these three knives, after he takes the Central Plains, he will not be entangled by the massive number of victims here like Daming.

On the contrary, the large number of victims gathered in Henan at this time will become Li Zixiao's wealth, which is all very cheap labor.

At that time, Li Zixiao only needs to provide them with two meals a day, and they can get hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of labor. 、

With these laborers, Li Zixiao can completely use two or three years to redevelop the Central Plains, which is fertile for thousands of miles, and it is too easy to feed the existing people.

"General, many businessmen and gentry in Kaifeng City now ask to see the general, and after learning that the general is in a coma, they have come to see their subordinates, and their subordinates have pushed them twice.

Today, people from several major chambers of commerce in Kaifeng City sent people to ask to see their subordinates, and it seems that they are very anxious. ”

Qi Wei continued.

"Haha, it seems that these merchants and gentry can't sit still, they are worried that our White Dragon Army will target them, and the little silver in their pockets will be!

You go back and tell them that our White Dragon Army is not Li Zicheng's thief army, as long as they abide by the law, we will not embarrass them.

In addition, the messengers who returned to their hometowns were not sent out. ”

"General Hui, I have already sent out, Lord Lin is rushing towards Kaifeng with a civilian regiment of fifty people, and it is expected to arrive in two days."

"That's good, after my old man comes, I can leave these trivial matters to him to deal with."

Li Zixiao said with a smile, Li Zixiao summoned Lin Yongnian to Kaifeng, and also brought many civil officials from Jiangbei to take charge of civil affairs in Kaifeng.

(End of chapter)