Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 157
On the first day of October, when the civil servants above the imperial court were still arguing with Zhu Youxiao and did not want Qi Wang Zhu You to inspect the military affairs of the five provinces, the soldiers and horses of the Yanshan Camp moved.

Not only them, but also the four knights who moved together.

They set off almost at midnight. Jin Wu, Shence, the Shuntian Four Cavalry Guards from the Yanshan Camp, and the recruits from the [-]th Battalion, led by a not-so-tall figure, headed westward.

The red tassels are long, and in the days when autumn is over and the beginning of winter is about to usher in, an army of [-] troops as long as a red dragon is marching in the vast land of Yanzhao.

Behind them, there are more than [-] people who drive [-] horses.

On the carriage, there were boxes of sealed boxes and bags of grain.

Their first step to the west, what they need to face is Juyongguan in Yanqingwei!

Juyongguan is one of the "nine fortresses in the world" along the Great Wall in northern Beijing and the eighth of the "eight Xings of the Taihang".

If you want to get from Shuntian Mansion to Xuan Mansion, you have to pass through Juyong Pass, which is not easy to pass.

Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty who tried to escape to Shanxi in vain, was blocked by Juyongguan and had no choice but to go back home.

However, for Zhu Youjian, this place is easy to get out of!

Riding on horseback, Zhu Youjian, dressed in fish scale armor, put on a big fur and a phoenix wing helmet on his head.

He was only twelve years old in two months, but at this moment, he was commanding [-] regular soldiers and [-] civilians marching westward with his not tall stature.

Man Gui, Sun Yingyuan, Cao Wenzhao...

They all left, and only Cao Huachun and Lu Wenzhao were left by his side, while Wang Chengen was in charge of the Baotao Guard and went south, leading the Zhuozhou and Bazhou battalions, and opened a guard against the six prefectures in the north and south of Zhili. abolished.

"Sorry..."

The [-] troops entered the Juyongguan Trail, which was less than [-] meters wide. After walking fifteen miles, what appeared in front of them was the Great Wall connecting Yanshan Mountain and Taihang Mountain like a barrier in the distance, and Juyongguan Pass located in the mountain trail.

When Zhu Youjian's army appeared, there was a commotion visible to the naked eye at the top of Juyongguan City, and such defenselessness made it easy for the army to march three miles and reach the city of Juyongguan.

"Who is in charge of the army in the city?!"

Behind the female wall, the guard of Juyongguan looked at the black and white "red dragon", fighting with two legs, but he also knew in his heart that this army could only pull out one in Beizhili.

"drive!"

At this time, a hundred households of royal guards in armor galloped forward, holding up a high-level imperial decree and saying:
"Long live the decree, the king of Qi is ordered to rule over the soldiers and horses, enter Shanxi, and pay the arrears and military salaries for the soldiers of the three towns in Shanxi. Why don't you open the door quickly?!"

"King Qi?!" Hearing this, the guard almost lost his legs and knelt on the top of the wall, and quickly looked up.

I saw the flag fluttering under the gray sky, and what was fluttering on the flag was the big "Qi" character.

"The last general will open the door! This will open the door!"

The guard responded loudly, and then scolded the guard next to him:

"Pull the jack gate and open the city gate!"

"Yes!" Hearing this, the garrison quickly sent someone to turn the iron plate in the city gate tower, and after pulling up the lowered gate, ordered someone to open the city gate.

"Enter the city!"

Seeing the city gate opened, Zhu Youjian let the soldiers and horses enter the city without thinking.

He didn't believe that anyone would dare to deal with him who led the army. He was not Zhu Qizhen, and the current civil servants were not as good as those in Fanjiang in those days.

As far as the current situation is concerned, even if Nurhachi's [-] soldiers descended from the sky, they would also receive two fists from the Ming army.

But what I have to say is that with over ten thousand troops, the boundless feeling and the emptiness of the constant consumption of brain power made Zhu Youjian very depressed.

There are [-] horses, people eat horse chews, and it is convenient to relieve their hands along the road. All these need to be well managed.

Especially when it comes to relief, if you don't do it well, you can see the scene of feces and urine on both sides of the road.

In this regard, Zhu Youjian had issued three orders and five orders a long time ago. During the march, a small solution is acceptable, but a big solution can only be held back.

If you encounter a village, you can stay for a quarter of an hour in units of hundreds of households and sentries, and dig out the big pits that need to be relieved, so that the soldiers can relieve them and then sell them to the local people.

This approach sounds unbelievable, but human and livestock manure is an important source of fertility after fermentation.

Therefore, along the way of the army, without the need for the soldiers to dig holes, you can see dung trucks chasing after the army in some towns to beg for excrement and urine.

If you look down from the sky, you can see that at the end of the army, there are hundreds of dung trucks following the army, and these are the dung dealers selling night fragrance.

Three hundred cash per cart, for the Ming army of [-] horses, it only took a few dozen miles to earn four or five taels of silver.

Therefore, when the army poured into Juyongguan and passed through it, the dung truck at the end could be said to make the soldiers guarding the city cover their mouths and noses, and almost felt sick.

Taking advantage of the army passing through, Zhu Youjian said to Lu Wenzhao and Cao Huachun:
"Leave the soldiers and horses of the Juyong camp, take over with pay, and wait for the military order."

"Yes!" Hearing this, Cao Huachun and Lu Wenzhao sent orders.

Lu Wenzhao left behind a Jinyiwei of the General Banner, while Cao Huachun asked Juyongying to stay, and with payment as bait, he summoned all the soldiers and horses from Juyongguan.

"Your Highness said, pay according to a person's hair, and bring your military registration book!"

Liu Yong, the general of the Juyong camp, summoned the soldiers and horses of the Juyong camp, and yelled at the gathered soldiers and horses of Juyongguan.

Such a move made the guerrilla general in charge of guarding the gate very guilty, and his move made Liu Yong angrily draw his sword and said:
"Are you going to disobey orders?!"

"Don't dare...don't dare..." Juyongguan Guerrilla sweated coldly, and could only ask people to fetch the military register.

Seeing this, Liu Yong also put the long knife back into its sheath, then sat on the chair brought by the soldiers, and took out an imperial decree with a black horn shaft to the guerrillas in Juyongguan:

"According to the order of Long Live, the Juyongguan battalion will be abolished and reorganized!"

"Damn it! Put your mother's fart!" The Juyongguan guerrilla general, who knew how much black material was under his ass, immediately put his hand on the handle of his knife when he heard that he was going to be dismantled and reorganized.

With his movement, the riflemen of the Juyongguan camp immediately raised their rifles, causing cold sweat to break out from the foreheads of the surrounded soldiers of the Juyongguan camp.

"Is it possible that you are going to make trouble?" Liu Yong shouted angrily, and instantly made the battalion soldiers who were still watching put down their weapons.

In this way, only the guerrillas at Juyongguan and the [-] servants around him remained.

They wanted to put down their weapons, but they were unwilling to be reconciled to having their power taken away. At this time, Liu Yong had quick eyesight and quick hands, and snatched the rifle from the rifle next to him.

At a distance of fifteen steps, Liu Yong raised his gun and shot, but when he heard a "bang", Juyongguan Guerrilla felt chest pains, his eyes turned white, and he fell down straight.

"Guerrilla!"

Seeing that their guerrilla was hit and fell, the three hundred servants instantly turned red-eyed, and drew their swords to pounce on the soldiers of the Juyong camp.

"put!"

"Boom bang bang-"

The sound of fried beans was heard, and it was just a face-to-face meeting. More than half of the three hundred servants were killed or injured in an instant, and the innermost servant had no time to react, so he faced the riflemen holding the guns.

Liu Yong returned the rifle to the rifle player, then drew his knife and said:
"If you lay down your weapons, I will only chase the first offender this time. You can all join the army like the Sixteenth Battalion, and you will receive last year's and this year's military pay well!"

After all, Liu Yong looked at the Jinyiwei Zongqi people who had been watching the show, and Yi Zongqi standing on the carriage saw this, and immediately kicked the back of the box on the top of the carriage.

The hundred-jin box was no longer fixed after it was removed from the rope. Now, after another push, it immediately fell from the carriage, and countless silver scattered on the ground.

The white silver dazzled everyone's eyes, and gradually someone heard the sound of weapons being put down around them.

Even those servants who were still howling, looked at the silver scattered on the ground, barely held back the pain, and stood up.

Seeing this, Liu Yong turned his head and said to the lieutenant-general in the army: "Make a book again, and pay according to the hair of a person and this year's military salary."

"The last general takes orders." Hearing this, the lieutenant ordered people to drive away the servants who had surrendered, heal the wounded, and remove the bodies of the servants who were killed, and then asked them to read their names one by one. Under the supervision of Jin Yiwei, According to the salary of twelve liang a year, the arrears and military salary began to be paid.

Juyongguan is just a microcosm. On the vast land of Yanzhao, the marching ranks of the [-] troops are constantly decreasing.

Yanqing, Baoan, Xuanfu, Xuanping, Datong...

When Zhu Youjian arrived in Taiyuan with soldiers and horses, only the Six Guards and more than [-] civilian husbands were left beside him.

At this time, it was already the fourth day since they entered Shanxi and began to abolish Shanxi soldiers and horses.

Jin Yiwei's information was not wrong. After transferring the nearly [-] battalion soldiers, the troops at the city pass in the three towns of Shanxi were extremely weak.

In the huge city of Taiyuan, there is actually only one battalion with [-] soldiers and horses stationed there.

When they saw the arrival of the Sixth Guards Army, and when they knew the purpose of the Sixth Guards Army's arrival, they didn't start fighting in the barracks, so they obediently accepted the abolition.

But the strength is not as good as others. The strength of the Six Guards is enough to go out and sweep the Hetao, let alone deal with them who were not selected to aid Liao.

After the initial dust settled, Zhu Youjian entered Yangqu County, Taiyuan Prefecture without risk.

Successive reports were sent, all reporting the movements of each battalion, how many soldiers and horses were abolished, the real amount and the virtual amount of each place.

When the general soldiers of the three towns rushed to aid Liao, the three towns had no leader and were taken down by the Sixth Guards and Sixteenth Battalion in one fell swoop.

"Only the Great Wall remains..."

Looking at the good news one after another, Zhu Youjian in the Chinese army's big tent outside Yangqu County pushed away the good news and looked at the map of Shanxi on the table.

On this map, the entire three towns of Shanxi and the Great Wall are drawn vividly.

While coming to life, Zhu Youjian kept his eyes fixed on the nearly [-]-mile Great Wall.

On the Great Wall, there are thousands of stone fortresses, and each fort is stationed with a team of Ming troops, at least five battalions of troops are required to be stationed.

Zhu Youjian was waiting, waiting for news from the five battalions.

Also at the same time, the news that the king of Qi led the army to abolish the Shanxi guard post and battalion also spread back to the capital, which shocked the government and the public.

The hurried and continuous footsteps rushed towards the Qianqing Palace like an earthquake.

Hundreds, even thousands of civil servants came to the gate of Qianqing Palace, knelt down and shouted "Long Live" while holding a wat board.

Not in celebration, but in anger.

Among them, Gao Panlong scolded the worst, and even the commander of the Jing army guarding the palace gate wanted to go up and give this old guy a few blows.

The leaders of the six parties who knelt in front of the officials were even more livid, and Yao Zongwen, who was kneeling in the second row, whispered with an ugly expression:
"We were all teased by Long Live and King Qi!"

"Long live does not have the idea of ​​letting Prime Minister Qi Wang fight in the southwest. What Wan live wants to do is to abolish the three towns in Shanxi!"

Yao Zongwen expressed Zhu Youjian and Zhu Youxiao's thoughts, but it was too late.

The four cavalry guards were stationed ten miles outside the capital, and they were operating at night. In addition to the curfew and the closure of the city, they only got the news the next day.

Originally they had guessed where the four cavalry guards had gone, but after only two days, the news of the slap in the face came.

They thought that the emperor was arguing with them in the court these few days, just because of the Southwest affairs of Prime Minister Qi Wang.

But I don't want to, this is a plank road built in the open, and Chen Cang hidden in the dark!
Zhu Guozuo of the Zhejiang Party had an ugly face. He couldn't imagine how the emperor who owned Beizhili and Shanxi would be rampant and domineering in the future if the three towns in Shanxi were abolished.

What's more, Yang Zhaoji, Lu Qin, and Zhang Jixian, whom they have been recruiting for a long time, are the ones who they have just won the position of the three towns commanders for a short time.

When the three towns left Shanxi, it was also because of the guarantee given to them by civil servants that they led troops out of Shanxi to aid Liaodong.

But for the time being, the news that the three towns in Shanxi have been abolished may spread back to Liaodong in less than ten days.

At that time, their three towns will serve as guest troops in Liao, and it is impossible to take refuge in Nurhachi, so they can only become rootless grasslands.

After becoming a rootless duckweed, it will be difficult to become rooted.

Of the four towns in the Northwest, only Yansui Town and Guyuan Town had two vacancies because of Du Wenhuan's departure and the dismissal of the invaders.

What about one more person?Only to seek asylum, and who is this asylum?Civil servants?

Don't be kidding, one second was talking about asylum, and the next second all three people's hometowns were copied. Doesn't this mean that civil servants can't play with the emperor and the king of Qi at all?

Since you can't play, why rely on Wenchen?Isn't it good to go directly to King Qi and the Emperor?

Thinking that the soldiers and horses in the three towns were about to lose control, Zhu Guozuo's face turned livid, but he was helpless.

To put it bluntly, the five parties of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuan and Kun have long been reduced to pecking each other.

When Sun Ruyou and Fang Congzhe were around, they could still dominate the court and suppress Donglin.

But the problem is that these two people were taken away by Dong Lin and the emperor, and finally replaced by Ye Xianggao, who is a soft and muddy person.

Ye Xianggao, an old boy, his ass is obviously on the emperor's side, how could he help them?It is estimated that in the end, the matter will be fooled by means of peace...

Thinking of this, Zhu Guozuo looked at Ye Xianggao and Liu Yixiu who were kneeling before Baiguan.

Looking at their backs, Zhu Guozuo clenched his fists under his robe.

Not only him, but all of these were also thought of by Qi Shijiao, Tang Binyin, Guan Yingzhen, Gu Tianjun, and Liu Yixiu.

Although Liu Yixiu knew that the abolition of the three towns in Shanxi was a good thing for Daming, but he was even more afraid of the gradually expanding military power in Zhu Youjian's hands.

In his mind, the Great Ming Reform was right, but the prince leading the army was the way to bring disaster.

The people of Ming Dynasty have suffered enough, who would know that the current king of Qi will not increase his ambition with age?

Thinking of this, Liu Yixiu looked sideways at Ye Xianggao, and said to him:

"Elder Ge, King Qi..."

"I can't do it when I'm old, my back hurts after kneeling for too long..." Ye Xianggao got up suddenly, and beat his waist with his hands. Seeing this, Jing Jun sent two eunuchs to help him.

"Colleagues, the old man is very old. I knelt down for two hours. I am afraid that I will hurt the root, so I will leave first..."

Ye Xianggao bowed tremblingly, this appearance attracted many civil servants to return the salute and asked him to take good care of himself.

Only Liu Yixiu, Zhu Guozuo, Yao Zongwen and others could see that this old man did not hurt the root cause?He obviously didn't want to join them in forcing the emperor to stop the abolition of the three towns in Shanxi.

His actions made the faces of the leaders of the six parties turn black. Many non-party officials, seeing Ye Xianggao leaving, also understood Ye Xianggao's thoughts, and immediately got up and left.

As a result, the original scale of five or six hundred people was reduced to more than four hundred in an instant.

But even so, Zhu Guozuo and the others still had no intention of getting up, and still bowed down.

Many Beijing officials bowed down here, so the operation of the center was difficult to guarantee. The world belonged to the Zhu family and belonged to the emperor.

As long as the emperor does not compromise, they will kneel for a day, using this method of causing chaos in the government to get the emperor to compromise.

This method of corrupting the court was the most popular in the Song and Ming dynasties to bully the emperor's weakness.

It's a pity that they think of people in a simple way...

"They thought I was Xiaozong respecting the emperor, but I am not!"

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zhu Youxiao sneered in his heart when he heard the courtiers wailing and remonstrating to death from a distance.

He looked at Wei Zhongxian and said, "For ten days after the imperial court, no foreign ministers will receive him except Ye Ge."

"Slave obeys the order..." Wei Zhongxian responded honestly, and then gestured to Wang Tigan, who was guarding the entrance of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Wang Tigan understood, and immediately walked out of the Qianqing Palace.

He walked out of the Qianqing palace road, and when the palace gate opened and the courtiers raised their heads one after another, he said to the civil servants headed by Liu Yixiu, Zhu Guozuo and others:

"Long live is a little bit cold. After ten days of dismissal, all internal and external affairs will be handled by Elder Ye Ge."

After finishing speaking, Wang Tiqian turned around and was about to leave, while Jing Jun immediately closed the palace gate.

As the palace gate was closed, Zhu Guozuo and the others looked as ugly as a pig's liver.

The emperor didn't care about their aggressive actions. Everyone could see it, so they all looked at the leaders of their own parties.

Feeling the gaze, Liu Yixiu sighed in his heart, and then slowly got up, obviously recognizing the facts, thinking about governing the government first, and trying to find a way to negotiate with the emperor.

Seeing this, many Donglin officials got up one after another and followed Liu Yixiu to leave the gate of Qianqing Palace.

With the departure of the Donglin party members, the original size of more than [-] people was reduced by one-third in an instant.

Guan Yingzhen, Qi Shijiao, Tang Binyin, and Gu Tianjun looked at Zhu Guozuo. Although Zhu Guozuo was not convinced, he still got up slowly.

His actions represent the thoughts of everyone.

The intimidation of the ministers must be effective if the emperor expresses his position.

Some emperors would directly fight court battles, such as Zhu Houzhao, while some emperors would fool around, such as Zhu Houcong.

But Zhu Youxiao undoubtedly had a combination of toughness and softness, so he directly chose to tell everyone that he would never see him again.

This is not to avoid the problem, but to give many civil officials a warning.

If they were aggressive, then he, Zhu Youxiao, could stay in the inner court for decades without going to court. Anyway, with Qi Wang Zhu Youjian and Chief Assistant Ye Xianggao walking in the outer court, he might not be able to implement his national policy.

Even if the civil servants and the emperor fall out, Zhu Youxiao has one of the biggest supports right now, that is, Yumajian and Qi Wang Zhu Youjian.

The Yumajian has complete finances, which is almost a quarter of the current treasury revenue of the Ming Dynasty. In the hands of Qi Wang Zhu Youjian, there are also the Shangzhi Sixteen Guards, the Shangzhi Twelve Arch Guards, and the Outer Sixteen Arch Guards. And Daning Sanwei, as well as Sun Chuanting, Qin Bangping, Qin Liangyu, Qi Jin and others.

How much force is this?There are more than [-] soldiers and horses in the Shangzhi and Waigongwei camps that belong to the Royal Horse Supervisor.

Adding the nearly [-] soldiers and horses outside, it is [-] million soldiers and horses.

There are [-] Zhejiang soldiers from Qi Yuanbi in Jiangnan, [-] Bijie soldiers from Sun Chuanting in the southwest, Cao Wenzhao who has been going south for a long time and is going to rule the Duogan Camp, Man Gui from the Three Guards of Daning...

Sun Yingyuan, who controlled the two guards of Tengxiang and Wuxiang, also went south to the northern part of Jinan Prefecture in Shandong. soldiers and horses.

In this case, once the emperor issued the imperial edict, whoever dared not to accept the imperial edict would be treason and rebellion.

"It's hit..."

The leaders of the six parties were shocked. They did not expect that the plan to abolish the three towns in Shanxi had already begun.

Since Zhu Youjian asked Qi Yuanbi to go to Zhejiang to recruit soldiers, a nail has been buried in Jiangnan.

The [-] new recruits in Qi Yuanbi's hands may not be able to defeat Jiannu and the Southwest, but it is definitely more than enough to defeat the guards in the south of the Yangtze River!

In Shandong Province of the Qi Party, Sun Yingyuan led troops to the south; in the south of the Yangtze River of Zhejiang, Xuankun, and Kunming, there were Qi Yuanbi's Zhejiang soldiers; in Liaodong, there were Qi Jin, Qin Bangping, and Mangui.

There is Zhu Youjian in Beizhili and Shanxi. From this point of view, it seems that only Huguang of the Chu Party has not been implicated.

But here comes the problem, as long as the Chu party dares to do something, then Qin Liangyu, Sun Chuanting and others will be enough to overthrow the Chu party.

An Bangyan's slogan is to take Chenzhou and reach Changde.

If Changde is defeated, will Changsha be defeated?Do you want to fight Wuchang?
One wrong step, one wrong step, such closeness was not expected by civil servants, after all, the emperor with military power has not appeared for hundreds of years.

Zhu Houzhao didn't have a younger brother, and he had to go to clarify the taxes in Jiangnan by himself, but Zhu Youxiao didn't need it. As long as he opened his mouth, the [-] troops descended in an instant.

Cut off the food for the army?The Yumajian is self-contained, and the taxation can last at least half a year.

Not to mention that the household department couldn't intervene at all, but was still waiting for the taxation of the Yumajian to save his life.

"A poisonous trick is hidden in the child's belly..."

Zhu Guozuo gritted his teeth and left the gate of Qianqing Palace with the officials of all parties.

But at the same time as they were leaving, a Jin Yiwei trotted past them with a memorial, and rushed straight to the gate of Qianqing Palace.

All the civil servants looked sideways, their hearts tightened, and they couldn't help wondering if An Bangyan, She Chongming, and Song Wanhua had raised their troops in advance.

But before they had time to ask, Jin Yiwei Qianhu brought the memorial to ask the Jingjun to open the door, and plunged into the gate of Qianqing Palace.

Helpless, all the officials had no choice but to leave with a slump, but the Jinyiwei Qianhu ran into the Qianqing Palace in a hurry. After entering the door, he immediately knelt down facing the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and said loudly:
"Long live! Eight hundred miles hastened, the Yellow River breached in Lingbi and Huangpu, and hundreds of thousands of people in Lingbi, Huangpu and other places were affected!"

　There is another update at four o'clock today

　　
　
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