Be the emperor from the postman

Although Shi Kefa is not very knowledgeable in military affairs, Shi Kefa is proud.

He was born in Kaifeng, Henan, and his native place is Daxing, Zhili.

He was born in a poor family, but his temperament is very upright, honest and self-restraining, short in stature, and capable of doing things.

When he was young, he went from Henan to Daxing to take the exam in the wind and snow, and lived in a wild monastery. It happened that Zuo Guangdou, the student envoy, went to various places to inspect academic affairs, and he also came to this wild monastery to shelter from the wind and snow.

I met Shi Kefa in the ancient temple, saw his writings, and praised him for his outstanding talents and learning.

When it was time for the exam, Zuo Guangdou selected him as No. 1 in the county school, and he became a teacher-student friendship.

Zuo Guangdou encouraged him to train himself to become a useful talent, and hoped that he would be able to take on the heavy responsibility of the country in the future so as to inherit his (Zuo Guangdou's) ambition.

Zuo Guangdou was an upright figure in the Donglin Party, so Shi Kefa was also influenced by the Donglin Party.

During the apocalypse, the eunuch Wei Zhongxian massacred people in Donglin. Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, and Wei Dazhong denounced Wei Zhongxian's 24 major crimes.

The members of the Donglin Party are inferior to each other, at least Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Zhao Nanxing and others are all capable.

The Donglin Party members in the Chongzhen Dynasty didn't even know how to engage in party disputes. After Chongzhen died, they couldn't even handle Ma Shiying's means of supporting a new emperor, let alone the rest of the real talents.

So much so that people like Qian Qianyi became the leader of the Donglin Party.

Qian Qianyi married 59-year-old Liu Rushi at the age of 23, and there were many criticisms.

However, Shi Kefa learned from Zuo Guangdou, and after becoming a Jinshi, he made rapid progress in his official position. In more than ten years, he became the Minister of the Ministry of War accompanying the capital, becoming a political center figure, and has been running for the encirclement and suppression of the peasant army.

Because of Zuo Guangdou's behavior, everyone also respected Shi Kefa.

Now Shi Kefa is very flustered because of what he just discussed, so he decided to take a break for a while.

But when he went out to use the toilet, he heard someone commenting that he has a talent for prudence, which may not be his strong point!

Shi Kefa returned to the room and discussed the matter with Ying Yanji, his aide.

"Looking at the biography, Zhuge Kongming's arrangements are unexpected, how can Chen Shou be able to spy on them?"

Shi Kefa was indeed a little sad: "The success or failure of things is hard to predict."

Ying Yanji just wanted to encourage him again, when he heard: "But Zhuge Kongming said that it is only after dying."

So Shi Kefa went back and began to discuss how to defend Nanjing. He had been honed in the officialdom for a long time, and he had long been accustomed to Wen Tian and Wu Xi's long-standing abuses, so he accumulated a set of tactics to deal with the government and the opposition.

He also worked as an officer pusher under Hong Chengchou and Wu Sheng back then. At that time, Hong Chengchou was still hanging and beating a bunch of thieves, but with his departure, the hammer bandits became more and more powerful.

Shi Kefa always believed that as long as he persisted until Governor Hong returned with an elite army of 13, He Jinzhao would not dare to be so rampant.

If it is said that when he served as an official, guarding the way, preparing for the way, and governor, he could win praise for his cleanliness and hard work.

Under the current situation, when he was suddenly pushed to the top of power, his personal morality could not make up for the objective needs at all, and he himself did not possess the talent, boldness and decisiveness.

After Zuo Liangyu received Shi Kefa's order to urge him to fight, he stayed on the sidelines and begged for his salary.

How can you fight without military pay?

Not only Zuo Liangyu was begging for military pay, but Gao Jie, Huang Degong and others were also begging for military pay. Moreover, the reward for defeating Zhang Xianzhong had not yet been issued.

Zuo Liangyu's army already exceeded the standard, especially when they blatantly plundered civilians, plundered women as wives and concubines, and plundered young men as slaves.

There were as many as ten or more family members of a soldier, and the Ming court only paid for the support of one soldier, and could not support the family members of more than ten members.

In order to ensure a prosperous life for themselves, the soldiers must go out to plunder.

Where there is a left army, all the houses are empty, and the court has not waited for one or two bandits to come, so it will add thousands of soldiers and bandits first.

The people are wailing and have nothing to complain about.

Since soldiers have family members, they cannot use the sky as their quilt and the earth as their bed.

So they occupy the houses of the people and use the pots of the people, so that the soldiers are rich and the people are poor, and the soldiers are happy but the people are miserable.

Things like fish and meat people happen from time to time, but now Shi Kefa believes that Zuo Liangyu is a barrier for Nanjing.

Because although Zuo Liangyu is scumbag, his strength is still quite strong.

Dare to fight against the tyrannical Li Zicheng, but he really loses his temper against the hammer bandits.

He also wanted to take the route of loyal ministers at the beginning, but his whole family was killed by the peasant army, but the environment of Daming did not allow him to be a loyal minister.

At least in the battle to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong, without Zuo Liangyu, Zhang Xianzhong was able to beat many officers and soldiers.

When he was defeated by Zhang Xianzhong, it was also the command of Xiong Wencan and other civil officials in a "stupid pig style", in order to avoid being imprisoned.

Zuo Liangyu took the path of being a warlord step by step only by preserving his strength, and Chongzhen had to provide for him. Part of it was forced by Daming's such a fucking environment.

In fact, Zhu Youjian did exactly that.

Now Shi Kefa, a minister of the Ministry of War accompanying the capital, wants to mobilize Zuo Liangyu, but Zuo Liangyu doesn't like him at all.

People don't even pay attention to the Ming Emperor.

Therefore, Shi Kefa can only turn a blind eye to these things about Zuo Liangyu, adhering to the unspoken rule of officialdom that when water is clear, there will be no fish.

However, Gao Jie's department, who was right in front of them, had never seen the prosperity of Nanjing City, so they often harassed the people, even nobles.

These soldiers are already afraid of the hammer like a tiger, so much so that they are obedient to the outside world, but they are heavy punches on the inside.

Thanks to He Jinchao's abolition of the three rates, he was surrounded by a large number of people in Huguang, and this matter spread to Shi Kefa.

Some people also suggested that he temporarily abolish the three rates, because the trespassers went to Shandong, and water transportation became extremely dangerous.

The Ming Dynasty collected a large amount of food, money, cloth and other property from all over the south of the Yangtze River every year to make up for the huge consumption of the Beijing court, many yamen and the nine borders.

But it can't be delivered now, so it's better to stop it temporarily to prevent the hammer bandits from attracting more people to become rebels.

But Shi Kefa categorically refused, this is a national policy formulated by His Majesty, how can we ministers abolish it privately?
It is true that sustainability comes down in one continuous line.

Of course, in order to win over the people in the area controlled by Hammer Bandit He Jinzhao, Shi Kefa also generously announced that they would be exempted from money and food for three years.

But such a method intensified the people's support for the hammer bandits.

Marshal He directly abolished the three rates. Now you want us to be exempted from paying them for three years. After three years, we will still pay them!
Except for the gentry and gentry whose interests have been damaged, who would welcome the comeback of the Ming army?
The people of Chizhou Prefecture in Nanzhili couldn't bear Zuo Liangyu's men and horses to ask the hammer bandits to attack.

He Jinzhao also left with the boat for Jiujiang.

The local people welcomed the Hammer Bandits very much, and He Jinchao hired local boatmen to help carry the soldiers, so he exploded with great enthusiasm in supporting the Hammer Bandits.

Daming never paid for his corvee service, and if you want to relax, you have to pay bribes.

The left army fled all the way and looted all the way.

The hammer bandits attacked all the way, throwing money all the way.

The people naturally know who to welcome and whom to work for.

Gao Yigong has already arrived at Hukou, and his subordinates are all sailors trained by Li Dingguo in Sichuan.

In addition to stabilizing the unimpeded defense of the Yangtze River, under the leadership of the locals, they still look forward to Chizhou Mansion.

After Zuo Liangyu received the news, his face was full of unhappiness.

In front of He Jinzhao, he had lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to the eye, so he directly withdrew from Huguang, but now He Jinzhao still stopped in his tracks.

"He's a poor postman, he's deceiving people too much!"

Zuo Liangyu threw the tea set on the table to the ground and smashed it to pieces.

"Father, why don't we fight him!"

"Yes, let's do it!" Lu Guangzu immediately echoed loudly: "Otherwise, He Jinzhao always thinks that we have no eggs, and always wants to run away. He still wants to fight Nanjing!"

The rest were silent.

They had never fought against the Hammer Bandit before, but they had heard about the record of the Hammer Bandit.

Even Governor Hong Chengchou was kicked out of Shaanxi by He Jinchao, and he was working in Henan, which is really not something they can beat.

With their current strength, even Li Zicheng can't beat them.

"Hit Nanjing?"

Zuo Liangyu's face became incredulous.

The faces of the people also became extremely frightened.

"Master Zuo, let's go quickly." Ma Shixiu urged again and again: "Don't put a knife on others."

I can't blame the Hammer bandits for keeping on biting them, and they couldn't even occupy Nanchang. It turned out to be this plan.

Shi Kefa obviously also saw He Jinzhao's intentions, and deliberately asked them to die in front of them.

Who can bear this?

Zuo Liangyu also staggered and sat on the chair.

Zuo Menggeng, Lu Guangzu and the others did not say anything to congratulate Jinzhao's thoughts.

The hammer bandits trained some sailors anyway, but they didn't even have sailors.

The purpose of setting up so many ships is to escape smoothly with the goods, and run fast.

"Father, where are we going?"

Zuo Liangyu was brought back to his senses by his son's question, and immediately yelled loudly to get the map.

He has to study it.

Previously, Zuo Liangyu believed that He Jinzhao's strategic intention was to occupy the entire Huguang area and consolidate the territory, and he would not come out in a short time.

But now that he thought that he had become He Jinzhao's roadblock, it would be no wonder that the hammer gangsters didn't try their best to kick him away.

Many soldiers also watched carefully around the map.

It is absolutely impossible to go to the north.

The only way to go south of the Yangtze River is how long you can be at ease.

After Hong Chengchou returns from Liaodong with an army of 10,000+, let him fight to death with the trespassers and hammer bandits.

"Going to Yangzhou, I have long heard that Yangzhou Slim Horse is cured, so we have to try it."

"No, the distance is too close!" Zuo Liangyu pointed to the map and said, "Once He Jinzhao occupies Nanjing, he will definitely stick to Chuzhou, Zhenjiang, Yangzhou and other places to prevent the imperial court from going north. Maybe the hammer bandits will cut off the way back."

"Then where are we going?"

"Go to Hangzhou."

Zuo Liangyu said firmly.

Fingers follow the Yangtze River to Wuhu, take the Gucheng Lake water system to Taihu Lake, and then directly reach Yuhang, Lin'an and other places.

"Good good."

Many people in the future are blindfolded. They have long heard that Hangzhou is a place of prosperity, so they will go there to enjoy their rich life.

Who the hell stayed here to give Shi Kefa a knife!

Zuo Jun is extremely proficient in the matter of "turning into a thousand miles", and now he has figured out He Jinzhao's intentions. As long as you are acquainted and don't get in the way, then I will not chase you desperately.

Now before the Zuo army boarded the ship, they looted Chizhou Mansion wantonly, leaving behind chicken feathers and fled.

He Jinchao got the news of this matter before Shi Kefa, so he boarded the boat and headed straight for Chizhou.

Now relying on the navy in their hands and a large number of hired boatmen, the hammer bandits have completely controlled the Yangtze River system and headed straight for Nanjing.

After the soldiers of the Ming army had Zuo Liangyu take the lead in fleeing, they had no intention of fighting and were defeated for thousands of miles.

From He Jinzhao's point of view, Zuo Liangyu really turned into Zuo Pao and ran away, so he was considered acquainted.

Otherwise, everyone fighting on the Yangtze River would really be pecking at each other.

He Jinzhao was also worried that his battle line would be stretched too long and have too many loopholes because the enemy was defeated too quickly.

So there is no chance to wipe out Zuo Liangyu, so try to drive him away as far as possible.

When Shi Kefa received the news of Zuo Liangyu's escape, he was even more shocked and could hardly sit still.

He didn't expect Zuo Liangyu to act so boldly and ignore the city of Nanjing.

So at Wu Sheng's suggestion, he immediately sent people to guard Xiaogushan, blocked the way for thieves to enter Anhui, and divided his troops to guard Jiangning.

Ask Wu Sheng to personally supervise the troops in the East and West Liangshan Mountains, and use this as a barrier for Jinling.

Afterwards, Shi Kefa followed the advice of his staff, and just in case, he bought a lot of heartbroken grass, planning to use it to poison the besieging hammer bandits.

However, the pharmacy in Jinling was used as a transit point, where did so many medicinal materials come from, so people were sent to collect them.

The news reached He Jinzhao.

Zhang Shicheng, a drug dealer, sent his son to inquire with He Jinchao.

After all, if you want to take the transportation on the river now, it depends on what Marshal He wants.

Through the explanation, He Jinzhao realized that Heartbroken Grass is not a single herbal medicine, but a general term.

There is no antidote at present, and most of the symptoms are vomiting, convulsions, and numbness of limbs.

"King Qin, this Shi Kefa has vicious thoughts." Zhang Fuzhen pinched his beard and said, "Fortunately, he is still Mr. Zuo's student."

However, He Jinzhao laughed a few times: "I don't know who gave him the idea, but it only shows that he doesn't have the confidence to defend the city of Nanjing, so he came up with this kind of out-of-the-box trick.

The water of the Yangtze River flows day and night, how much volume is needed to poison tens of thousands of soldiers under my command? "

Everyone is full of confidence in the battle to conquer Nanjing.

"You ask your father to send ten thousand catties of heartbroken grass, and I will sell it to Shi Kefa myself. Ji Gui, you write a note and send someone to go back to Wuchang with him, and the money and the goods will be paid."

"Yes." Ji Gui began to write a note, asking He Jinchao to stamp it.

The corners of Zhang Shicheng's son's mouth twitched, according to what his father meant, he was selling favors to Marshal He.

Unexpectedly, Marshal He wanted to sell the poison to Shi Kefa himself.

"Marshal, [-] catties is very difficult, but it's not bad if you can get [-] catties in three days."

"How much can be made up in three days."

After he left, He Jinzhao said:

"Send someone to communicate with Shi Kefa's people, and all the money will go to the middleman. In addition, I want Nanjing City to transport [-] catties of gunpowder in exchange for [-] catties of heartbroken grass."

"clear."

Xu Yixian responded, there are a lot of cannons in Nanjing City, just taking advantage of this opportunity to spend a wave of Nanjing defenders' inventory with money.

The gang of gentlemen in Nanjing city, not to mention all of them are not good at money, they are all lustful.

They want them all.

Regardless of the fact that the Hammer bandits are just around the corner, there is still no shortage of people who want to make a fortune.

"King Qin, it's hard to get [-] catties of heart-broken grass in a short time. We might as well find more substitutes." Zhang Fuzhen squeezed his beard and said with a smile: "Anyway, they can't tell what the heart-broken grass looks like."