The tragic scene that has not appeared for a long time began to appear in Jiaxing, Huzhou and Hangzhou.

Liu Zeqing's army, did not rush to Ningbo and Jiangning camp to fight, but in Jiaxing and other places, began to collect grain and grass on a large scale, this task is a hard order, the goal is very clear, that is, for businessmen and wealthy households, including some of the gentry, Liu Zeqing is not stupid, his reason is very sufficient, the court wants to exterminate the anti-thief, the army has to fight, but there is no grain and grass is not good, if anyone can not complete the assigned task, that is, and the anti-thief is a gang, it must be arrested.

Liu Zeqing's hand is very poisonous, so that the exploited people have nothing to say, and there is no place to go into the abyss, and all the responsibility in this is pushed to Su Tiancheng, the scholar and the businessman want to complain, it is because Su Tiancheng rebelled.

Liu Zeqing asked for silver, but the officers and sergeants below wanted more than just silver, including people. Knowing that if Lu Dao gave such an order, the officers and sergeants below would definitely mess up, but Liu Zeqing couldn't control it so much, in his opinion, the best way to encircle the army was to let the sergeants get the greatest benefits.

Fan Jingwen went through Nanzhili and directly entered Hangzhou Mansion, although he came with a holy decree, but he was very low-key along the way, not to mention Wu Weiye and Yan Zizhang, there is still a large-scale liquidation in the capital, this time he came out with Fan Wencheng, it is impossible to complete the task, what is the fate of going back, I don't know what the way is.

Zhejiang Governor Li Juesi specially hosted a banquet to entertain Fan Wencheng and Yan Zizhang and his party.

Fan Jingwen didn't have the heart to eat, he learned from Li Juesi's report that Su Tiancheng was indeed in Zhejiang, leading the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion to attack, and the Jiangning battalion had already begun to move. Occupying Ningbo Mansion, Shaoxing Mansion and Taizhou Mansion, it can be said that the soldiers are bloodless, and the air in Hangzhou Mansion is filled with a tense atmosphere.

Knowing these circumstances, Fan Jingwen was very angry and asked Liu Zeqing, who was stationed in Jiaxing. For what was the matter, Li Juesi hesitated and didn't say why. Fan Wencheng was silent, how could he not know the reason for this.

As for Yan Zizhang, he knows the reason for this better, but he is the identity of the criminal, and he will not speak.

Wu Weiye originally wanted to speak, but his situation. Compared with Yan Zizhang, it is not much better, seeing that Fan Jingwen and Yan Zizhang did not speak, naturally they will not ask or put forward any suggestions.

Li Juesi originally suggested that Fan Jingwen stay in Hangzhou Mansion for a few days and rest a little, but Fan Jingwen couldn't sit still, and he didn't plan to stay in Hangzhou Mansion. I was going to go directly to Shaoxing Mansion, but there were also things that made Fan Jingwen strange. That is, the people of Hangzhou Mansion City do not seem to be so panicked, it is nothing more than the officials in the official mansion, they feel nervous, and the market has not been affected too much, this situation is too strange.

It is said that Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning battalion to conquer Zhejiang. Zhejiang should be a mess, who doesn't know that when the army is in chaos, it is always the common people who suffer, but seeing the situation in Hangzhou, it seems that the war is very far away from here. It's a pity that the actual situation is not like this, Shaoxing Mansion, which is close to Hangzhou Mansion, has been occupied by Su Tiancheng.

When Fan Jingwen and his entourage left Hangzhou Fucheng, Li Juesi was about to send a sergeant to escort him, Fan Jingwen decisively refused, he was already determined to die, if Su Tiancheng was really ready to kill, he was willing to be the first person, and the identity of a cabinet scholar was not simple.

In fact, Fan Jingwen is not clear at all, the reason why Li Juesi wants to send a sergeant is that he is worried that the army led by Liu Zeqing will accidentally meet Fan Jingwen, something will definitely happen, as for the Jiangning battalion led by Su Tiancheng, Li Juesi does not have to worry too much, the military discipline of the Jiangning battalion is very strict, although it occupies Ningbo, Shaoxing and Taizhou, but these places are very calm, even more calm than before, businessmen even continue to go to Hangzhou to do business, some businessmen, even took the initiative to move to Shaoxing and other places to do business.

Shang Jia's sense of smell is very keen, otherwise it is impossible to earn silver, judging from these circumstances, Li Juesi also had some strange thoughts in his heart, he even wanted to follow Fan Jingwen to Shaoxing and other places to see, what kind of situation it was, and also contact Su Tiancheng by the way, to understand this famous figure in Daming.

However, there are too many things in the governor's yamen, and we must pay attention to it every day, to see if there is a holy decree of the emperor, or an edict from the imperial court, and to urge Liu Zeqing to quickly send troops.

Of course, what Liu Zeqing's army did, Li Juesi still knows a little bit, to say that such a situation was impossible in the past, the military generals of the Ming Dynasty, the status is not high, although Liu Zeqing is the general soldier, although he is the right governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but in front of the governor from the imperial examination, he still has to be one level shorter, but unfortunately the situation is different now, people have the emperor's holy decree, and they are hanging the title of the secretary of the military department, and everything they do is approved by the emperor, and Li Juesi is not easy to interfere.

There have been a lot of officials who have come to complain, telling about the brutality of Liu Zeqing's army, telling that the people have no way to live, Li Juesi knows the situation here, but he has no way, at this time is to complain to the court, or even directly to the emperor, I am afraid it will not have much effect, what the emperor and the court think of is that Liu Zeqing needs to quickly send troops and start fighting with the Jiangning battalion, to be able to defeat the Jiangning battalion, and the rest of the things are not a big deal.

Fan Jingwen still paid attention to the observation along the way, this observation did not matter, the situation that made him even more confused appeared, there were many people on the official road, with their families and mouths, and there were quite a few people, Shaoxing Mansion was not occupied by Su Tiancheng, it should be very chaotic, and the people were born a vulnerable group, they were afraid of war, and it was too late to dodge, so they went to Shaoxing Mansion in droves.

Fan Jingwen asked several groups of people, but their attitudes were vigilant, no one told the truth, most of them shook their heads and left, and continued to hurry, and people also saw that Fan Jingwen was an official family, and he didn't dare to say anything casually.

Two days later, when he was about to enter the jurisdiction of Shaoxing Mansion, Fan Jingwen finally seized the opportunity, this time returning to Fan Jingwen's question, it was an old man who was over sixty years old and frail, the old man rushed to Shaoxing Mansion by carriage, it seems that the conditions at home should be very good, at least the family of a businessman.

The old man may have seen a lot of the world, and his eyes are full of wisdom.

The old man told Fan Jingwen very directly, most of these fleeing people are businessmen, or small businesses, and there are also some ordinary people, everyone's destination is Shaoxing Mansion, or Taizhou Mansion, or Ningbo Mansion, everyone's purpose is to go to the place under the command of Su Tiancheng, and they are not willing to stay in the place controlled by the imperial court. Many businessmen know that Su Tiancheng has rebelled and has become His Royal Highness King De, but many businessmen are willing to go over, even if the court wants to punish them.

Hearing the old man say this, Fan Jingwen was greatly surprised, and he really didn't understand the meaning.

The old man may have guessed that Fan Jingwen's identity was not ordinary, so he simply made his words clear.

Last year, many places in Zhejiang suffered from locust plagues, coupled with drought, the fields were not harvested, even the leaves of some trees were eaten by locusts, the people had no way to live, and many businessmen were difficult to maintain, and then countless victims fled, the government not only did not help the victims, but also forced the people to pay taxes, the people must not survive, and there was only a dead end to stay in the local area, but unfortunately, the government in various places, including Nanzhili, was not allowed to enter the victims, nor relief, and later the victims went to ShandongAfter the news spread, a large number of victims began to flock to Shandong.

Merchants are the same, after it is difficult to maintain, many businessmen began to look for colleagues who do business in Dengzhou, Shandong and other places, and actually got help, so this line between Dengzhou and Zhejiang in Shandong was implicated by businessmen, and many businessmen simply rushed to Shandong to do business, they were worried that after arriving in Shandong, would they encounter the exploitation of the government, and they did not expect that the government was very enthusiastic and took the initiative to provide convenience, which made many businessmen greatly moved.

It is because of these things that Su Tiancheng's prestige in Zhejiang is unprecedentedly high.

This time Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning camp into Zhejiang, many businessmen did not care, they knew the situation in Shandong, and also knew that the Jiangning camp in the autumn of the road was not guilty, and would not harass the people and businessmen at all, so they did business as usual, but unfortunately the measures of the imperial court made these businessmen unbearable, it is said that the emperor asked General Liu Zeqing, who was stationed in Jiaxing, to conquer the Jiangning camp, but this General Liu, did not see the troops sent to Shaoxing and other places, but sent troops to Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou and other places, and began to collect the so-called food and salary, And directly gave an order, mainly the merchants and some of the gentry and wealthy households to bear, often thousands of taels of silver per family, who can bear it, and these so-called imperial army not only want silver, even the few women are robbed, this time, many businessmen can not bear it, the only thing they can do is to flee to Shaoxing Mansion, flee to Su Tiancheng, and many businessmen know that the Jiangning battalion led by Su Tiancheng, although it is said that it occupies Ningbo, Shaoxing and Taizhou and other places, but the merchants in these places, Continued to do business without the slightest harassment.

This is the reason why a large number of people have entered Shaoxing at present, businessmen are interested in immediate interests, but they can also see long-term interests, according to this trend of development, maybe they can dominate the world, the real King Su Tiancheng. (To be continued......)