East Factory Governor

Chapter 243 Li Zicheng

Jianshou crossed Jizhou and approached Gyeonggi, which shocked the ruling and opposition parties.

Tongzhou, the gateway to the capital, has entered a state of complete martial law, and everyone is only allowed to enter but not to exit.People from Jinyiwei and Dongchang in Tongzhou City spread out like locusts, and the whole city arrested spies. For a while, all beggars in Tongzhou City, regardless of men, women, old or young, were detained, and they would be killed if they resisted.In addition to beggars, any other suspicious persons were also arrested without giving any reason.

The people in Dongchang took the opportunity to amass a lot of money, and all the wealthy households in the city were blackmailed by them. Those who didn't tell the truth were charged as spies and pulled into prison. Even if it turns out that you are not a spy, you will only have half your life left when you come out.

Although some people in Tongzhou Jinyiwei made a fortune from this, the overall situation is better.One is that Luo Yangxing, the commander of Jinyiwei, is relatively strict with his subordinates, and Jinyiwei is better than Dongchang itself. Second, Tongzhou Jinyiwei is usually led by Li Jingting, who is also strict with his subordinates.

Not only in the city of Tongzhou, but also in the area of ​​[-] to [-] miles outside the city, spies from the factory guards are everywhere.

For a time, the people in Tongzhou were panicked, and everyone was in danger.However, the effect is also remarkable, and almost all of the Northern Beggars in Tongzhou have been captured.Although there are still a small group of people hiding in the city, under the extreme martial law, no one can come out of the city. Hou Jin will never be able to get information, and it is impossible to replicate their usual tricks of cooperating from inside to outside.

Jiannu is marching westward, the imperial court is deploying emergency defenses, and Qin Wang's army from all over the country is also gathering at an extremely slow speed.

In fact, a few days after Jiannu broke the wall, the imperial court has issued imperial edicts to various places, requiring the troops from all over the place to march out quickly to defend the capital.However, there are many responders everywhere, but few actually send troops.Either they are still calling, or they are choosing an auspicious day to set off, but the most common excuse is that the food and salary are not enough and they are raising money.The frontier army at the end of the Ming Dynasty had a very strange rule, that is, it doesn’t matter if you owe some salary at ordinary times, but once the army is going to go to battle, you have to pay a sum of money first, and then pay another amount after arriving at the destination.If there is no pay, the soldiers are likely to cause trouble, and this is how many mutinies come about.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court poured money into the Ningjin defense line, so most of the troops stationed in various places were extremely short of pay.The so-called army goes first without food and grass, and no one dares to command the army to go out without payment. This is also the main reason why the so-called 40 Qin Wangjun did not reach the capital in the end.

But there are exceptions to this.

Mei Huanzhi, governor of Gansu Province, was in a situation of insufficient salary, with a heart of loyalty and patriotism, he took Yang Zhaoji as the general and Wang Guo as the general and vanguard, and came to the king with thousands of soldiers.

On November 28, the second year of Chongzhen, King Qin of Gansu Province arrived in Yuzhong County.Since there was no payment before the departure, there has been a saying in the army that the payment will be paid after the army arrives in Yuzhong, and the soldiers are very excited.You must know that Gansu is the region with the most serious arrears in the country, with arrears as high as [-]%.But until that night, the soldiers did not see any signs of payment, so a few brave veterans gathered some people and ran to the county government office to ask about the payment.

To say that the magistrate of Yuzhong County is also unlucky, what does the salary of the army have to do with him as a county magistrate?However, there are rumors in the army that the payment and silver have been transported to Yuzhong, which is within the county government office.This may have been said casually by an officer who was tired of being questioned, but the county magistrate was out of luck.Since the salary is here with you, who do you look for if you don't look for it?

A large group of soldiers rushed to the county office aggressively, and the county magistrate didn't dare to neglect, and quickly explained to everyone that I really don't have any salary, and if you don't believe me, go in and search.Unexpectedly, these anxious soldiers were not polite, they really tied him up, and then went in to search for money.

Of course there is no salary, but in this way, the general kingdom was recruited.Wang Guo saw that there were so many soldiers gathered in the county government, and the crowd was furious, and his heart was not good. This is a mutiny!
To say that the kingdom's wrists are also very strong, they immediately arrested the leading five or six veterans, and then whipped them, trying to suppress this momentum.

This is a normal way to deal with mutiny, and it cannot be said that what he did was wrong.

But the problem is, he meets the wrong people.

When he was whipping the veterans at the gate of the yamen, several other veterans came out escorting the county magistrate.

When Wang Guo saw it, the leader turned out to be a general whom he single-handedly promoted!
His name is Li Zicheng!Li Zicheng!Li Zicheng!Say important things three times.

Wang Guo knew this guy named Li Zicheng very well. In his hometown, this guy first killed his creditor because he wanted to renege on his debts, and then killed his wife because he was cheating with others. Finally, he had nowhere to go, so he took his nephew to join him.I saw that I was from the same town as him, had some connections with my ancestors, and felt a little sympathetic to him, so I kept him and gradually promoted him to be the general manager.

Wang Guo's heart at the moment was full of remorse, he never thought that he treated Li Zicheng so well, and this kid would bring soldiers to fight for his salary to make things difficult for him.

But what he didn't expect was yet to come, and he would never have a chance to figure out what happened next in his life.

Li Zicheng saw that the kingdom was whipping those soldiers, so he thought that the kingdom had no intention of doing good.If the mutiny is serious, it can be a felony of beheading.

Li Zicheng didn't want to take such a risk, so he hacked the kingdom to death without saying a word.

Then by the way, he stabbed the county magistrate to death.

This decisive, ruthless and unexpected handling made him instantly popular.

Li Zicheng raised their heads and issued a declaration to the people below, "Brothers, why did we join the army? It's just to survive! Now the officials don't let us live, they want me to starve to death, die from exhaustion, die from fighting, what do you say? , why are we still following them?"

When the soldiers below heard it, they immediately felt that it made sense.What kind of soldier should we serve him when the imperial court doesn't pay him?It's better to be a bandit, oh no, it should be called a "rebel".As a "rebel", at least he can go to the rich man's house to "collect wages" by himself. Even if he has food, he will die or die full, which is better than working for the emperor hungry.

So there was an immediate response from the audience, and the crowd was furious, and they immediately expressed their opposition!

Li Zicheng fled overnight with more than 600 soldiers gathered at the gate of the Yamen.When Yang Zhaoji heard the news, he immediately sent troops to chase after him, trying to put out the spark.Unfortunately, the soldiers who were sent to chase Li Zicheng didn't want to do it long ago. After catching up with Li Zicheng, they said, well, let's stop fighting, or we can work together together.

When Li Zicheng heard it, that's great!Since this is the case, why don’t we go back and inquire about what other brothers don’t want to do?
So he took 2000 people and dared to go back. Yang Zhaoji saw that he was back, so of course he sent troops to fight again.

As soon as the two armies met, the people on Li Zicheng's side began to ask each other, hey, buddy, do you still want to work in the original unit?Why don't you come join us?Food and lodging included, things robbed, ah bah, we will share the spoils evenly, and if we don’t manage well in the future, we can even be named marquis and prime minister, which is very exciting.

In this way, more and more Gansu troops began to fight back, and as a result, the number of soldiers participating in the mutiny exceeded those who did not participate in the mutiny!

Gansu governor Mei Huanzhi had no choice but to run back to Ganzhou with more than a thousand people.The passionate Yang Zhaoji was not reconciled, and went to the capital alone with the remaining [-] people, vowing to serve the king to the end!

As for Li Zicheng, at this time there were two to three thousand people under his command. In order to avoid being strangled by the officers and soldiers, they immediately fled to Hezhou and other places.

A generation of heroes finally broke out of their shells!
　The second half of this chapter uses some new narrative techniques, which are relaxed and humorous. I don’t know what you think?Is this style acceptable?I'll change it back if I'm not used to it.

　　Also, recent updates have been pretty weak, and I know that.I will strive for more in the future, thank you everyone!

　　
　
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