Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 1060
The secret meeting broke up unhappy, and everyone did not get the result they wanted.

In other words, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty was still alive, and no one would speak first, and be the first to mention surrendering the thief.

Under the pressure of his servant, Qian Qianyi went back to the temporary residence in a sedan chair.

This time I came to Nanjing only at the invitation of Fushe.

He was nearly sixty years old, and he was criticized for marrying the 28-year-old famous prostitute Liu Rushi. He built a house for his new wife in his hometown of Changshu, and he happened to come out to visit the mountains and rivers.

Eight years after Qian Qianyi's 28-year-old Zhong Tanhua, Liu Rushi was just born and was sold into a brothel since she was a child.

Of course, this is not the first time Liu Rushi has married the old man.

Marrying Liu Rushi is extremely detrimental to Qian Qianyi's reputation.

After all, he is the leader of the Donglin Party, and his family is the descendant of Qian Liu, king of Wuyue Wusu, and Qian Weiyan, a famous official of the Song Dynasty.

But after all, Qian Qianyi showed the nature of a flirtatious old wit, and married in disregard of the world's vision and comments.

Liu Rushi dressed in men's clothing was dancing swords in the yard.

Under the service of the servant, the two chatted while eating.

"Husband, are you going out today to find a colleague who resists the hammer?"

Qian Qianyi didn't have much appetite after eating a sumptuous dinner, so he responded: "He Dong Jun, don't mention this matter."

Liu Rushi has been trained by the society since she was a child, and her ability to observe words and demeanor is beyond the reach of ordinary people:
"Someone is agitating to drop the hammer?"

Qian Qianyi glanced at her, and put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand: "Someone mentioned it, what does Mr. Hedong think?"

"My husband is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, how can I surrender the thief?"

Liu Rushi also put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands: "Before I married my husband, I also heard people from Fushe talk about the hammer bandits who caused chaos in the northwest.

At present, Nahe is known as the chief coach of the 80 uprising army in Shaanxi, the hammer king of the Northwest, burning, killing and looting, he likes to sleep with women, and he does all kinds of evil.

In recent days, he has hacked and killed officials and gentry wantonly in his Wuchang city, and he has a great reputation for viciousness. If Nanjing city is captured by him, he will surely die. "

Qian Qianyi held his beard and said nothing.

"Husband, are you worried that you won't be able to defend the city of Nanjing?"

Liu Rushi has also heard a lot of news that is not good for Daming these days, and the hammer bandits are coming menacingly.

Who doesn't know how long these officers and soldiers can guard?
Qian Qianyi became more and more entangled in his heart. He was afraid that the hammer bandits would kill officials and gentry indiscriminately, and he could not continue to live.

Once people are old, they will be afraid of dying easily.

Liu Rushi understood in her heart that this was indeed the case.

So Liu Rushi handed her daughter over to her personal maid, and asked Qian Qianyi to go to the pond in the backyard and said:
"If the city breaks down, we husband and wife will throw ourselves into the water and die for our country."

Qian Qianyi stood by the pond in silence for a long time, finally walked down the pond, fluctuated the water surface with his hand and said:

"The water is too cold to get in."

Liu Ru was stunned.

In Nanjing in July, I was sweating at every turn.

The pond has been exposed to the sun for a day, and it is warm, so how could it be cold?

"He Dong-jun has misunderstood King Qin, what you said is just rumors."

After leaving such a sentence, Liu Rushi watched Qian Qianyi walk slowly back to the room to wash up.

Qian Qianyi had already made up his mind to drop the hammer.

I have to go to the event tomorrow to see who speaks first.

In the urn city of Sanshan Gate.

Shi Kefa was having a meal, and he couldn't wait any longer, wanting to see the Hammer bandits die of poisoning.

This large-scale poisoning is all to protect Nanjing.

"Father, please rest earlier after eating."

Shi Dewei wiped his mouth, took his waist knife and prepared to go to watch the night.

Given the current situation, he was afraid that someone would open the city gate to welcome the hammer bandits into the city.

At the same time, I was also worried that someone would suddenly attack and wanted to tie Shi Kefa to surrender to the hammer bandits.

After all, the entire city of Nanjing is currently supported by Shi Kefa, Minister of the Ministry of War.

Of course, the eunuch Lu Jiude did not want Nanjing to be taken by the hammer bandits.

But those who wanted to keep Daming didn't have any elite soldiers who could help him guard Nanjing.

"Can't sleep." Although Shi Kefa was blindly confident, he also thought about the way out:

"If you can't do anything, and you kill me, I definitely don't want to fall into the hands of the rebels and be insulted by He Jinzhao."

"Father." Shi Dewei quickly knelt down: "I will definitely go all out to keep Nanjing."

"Okay, okay, my son."

Shi Dewei raised his head again and said:

"Father also knows that my hometown is Datong. Although it is not completely occupied by the hammer bandits, most of the people have secretly joined the hammer bandits."

"Why are they following the thief?" Shi Kefa frowned, looking extremely angry.

"You don't have to pay three salaries to take refuge in the hammer bandits, and you can even use the land of the landlords and gentry's homes for farming.

They share the grain production with the hammer bandits fifty-fifty, and after ten years they can give priority to buying the fertile land they cultivated.

He Jinchao not only allocated land to them, but also educated the common people to read and write at night school, so that children could also go to school.

When a plague broke out on the border that year, He Jinzhao even sent doctors to help the people of Datong Prefecture.

In addition, He Jinchao led his troops to defeat the Tartar Huang Taiji who invaded Datong, and rescued a large number of people who were taken into captivity, so he had a very high prestige in the Qin and Jin Dynasties. "

In fact, Shi Dewei can fully answer Shi Kefa's question by only talking about the first one.

The people of the world have been suffering for a long time.

Shi Kefa has also been suppressing peasant uprisings in recent years, but with little success.

He was even held accountable by the court because he hadn't put down the bandits for a long time, and ordered him to commit crimes and make meritorious service.

He couldn't even touch the hairs of ordinary rogues, let alone come into contact with hammer bandits.

"How do you know these things?"

"The younger brother of the family has sent a letter to tell me."

Shi Dewei didn't say that the clan brother had joined the Hammer Bandit, and persuaded him to change his ways.

He Jinchao seldom restricted the family letters he sent to the civil servants, military generals and ordinary soldiers of the Ming Dynasty under his rule.

As long as it is reported in advance, and after checking that no individual information is included, it can be sent out.

Shi Kefa stood up, walked in front of Shi Dewei, looked down at him and said:

"I won't stop you from dropping the hammer, but only after I die."

"My son dare not."

Shi Dewei quickly expressed his feelings.

"Let's go."

Shi Kefa waved his hand, even his trusted adopted son had this situation, how many days can Nanjing be guarded?

The Qinhuai River is still brightly lit.

Although there were a large number of hammer bandits attacking the city outside the city, the business had to be done.

Liu Rushi, Kou Baimen, Gu Hengbo and others from Qinhuai Eight Beauty were all married, while Chen Yuanyuan was bought to the capital.

Li Xiangjun is fighting fiercely with Hou Fangyu.

Bian Yujing was depressed because his lover retreated in front of the power, but later Chongzhen's favorite concubine's father chose Chen Yuanyuan instead of her.

Bian Yujing was wearing a blue shirt, sitting on the roof, looking into the distance.

During the day the cannons kept ringing, but at night it was very quiet.

"Sister." The 15-year-old Bian Min also climbed up the ladder, carefully sitting aside: "Are you thinking about Mr. Wu again?"

Bian Yujing shook his head, that man was not worth entrusting at all.

Not only is he afraid of power, but he also dislikes her background.

"Then what is sister worrying about?"

"I don't know how long this Nanjing city can last?"

"The sky is falling and there is a tall one holding it up."

Listening to the sound of the orchestra below, Bian Min didn't feel that the city of Nanjing was besieged and it would have no effect.

Mostly it was because of the piling up of Yexiang, and no one transported them out of the city.

On the contrary, Shi Kefa, Minister of the Ministry of War, asked people to pile up Yexiang at the gate of the city, saying that it was useful when the hammer bandits attacked the city.

"Mom said, don't care if the Northwest Hammer King He Jinzhao is a happy wife, or likes young children.

Even if Nanjing is breached, the girls in our building will not be in any danger. Men are always lustful. "

Bian Yujing glanced at her younger sister, and she was completely misled by the old bustard.

That's what I said, but who knows what the hammer bandit's temperament is like.

Can He Jinzhao control the soldiers under his command?

But Gao Jie's subordinates came to the building and robbed them without paying them.

Those rebels must have been more rampant than the officers and soldiers, so the officers and soldiers who fought them fled immediately.

In Bian Yujing's eyes, there is no savior, only violence to control violence.

You are evil, and others are even more evil than you, so you can suppress it.

The two sisters were born in a family of officials and officials, their family fortunes fell, they lived in the Qinhuai River, and became singers.

Fortunately, he is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, coupled with his outstanding appearance, he has fascinated many princes and brothers, and he did not sell his meat to show others.

Otherwise, a 20-year-old prostitute like her would have been ruined long ago.

"When the hammer bandits break the city, you must hide it well and don't come out." Bian Yujing said with his arms around his sister.

"I'm not afraid. It's not about marrying whoever you marry. It's also good to marry a rebel. Maybe the dynasty will change."

Bian Yujing put her arms around her younger sister and didn't say much.

Is it so easy to change the dynasty?
Everyone in Nanjing has their own ideas, and the main fighters are probably only Shi Kefa and Lu Jiude.

The rest of the people had long thought of surrendering.

But the night outside the city was still lively. During the day, every time the Hammer Bandit shells hit the city wall of Nanjing, the common people applauded loudly.

Even at night, these people were talking about two miles away from the Hammer bandit camp, guessing that Marshal He would take Nanjing in a few days.

Hammer bandits have been patrolling the outer city of Nanjing for a long time, and the propagandists accompanying the team explained the hammer bandit policies to the local people.

Of course, because of the accent, there will be mistakes in communication.

But just because the hammer bandits would not arrest people at will, and broke into shops to rob property and women, the local people were extremely grateful.

It is enough to show that the Hammer bandits have strict discipline, and Marshal He is obviously a good man.

Among them were those who wanted to eat white porridge and pickled vegetables, and offered to act as guides for the hammer bandits, wandering around the outer city of Nanjing.

Maoxiang and Gu Jikun are the same kind of people.

He came to Nanjing six times and failed the provincial examination six times. He didn't even get a job. Feeling that he was underappreciated, he formed an alliance with Zhang Mingbi and joined the Fushe.

After Mao Xiang received Gu Jikun's letter, he dared to watch the formation of the hammer bandits outside Nanjing.

"Pijiang." Zhang Mingbi stroked his beard and said, "I misunderstood the hammer bandits earlier."

A few years ago, Zhang Mingbi went to Jieyang, Guangdong to serve as county magistrate, but his term of office did not expire. When he got to the Hammer Bandit, he immediately ran back.

Mao Bijiang is just a hammer soldier who watched the propaganda policy go away: "What Gu Jikun said is true,"

Mao Xiang Shao bears the reputation of talent and is known as Wang Bo of the early Tang Dynasty. It is hoped that he can embellish the poetry circle of Shengming.

But the Ming Dynasty had fallen into chaos, and the literati in Jiangsu and Zhejiang still lived a life of luxury and lust.

Mao Pijiang is also full of this kind of problem, he likes famous prostitutes and horses, but he also likes to talk about political affairs, and wants to serve Daming.

But Daming never gave him a chance.

A young man became famous, but after more than ten years, he couldn't even pass the exam, which was really a slap in the face.

"Shi Gong can't defend Nanjing." Zhang Mingbi is well aware of the combat power of the hammer bandits.

When they went to Guangdong, there was no Ming official army who dared to stop them along the way, and even expected them to cross the border immediately.

Of course, many officials thought this was a good thing, indicating that there was a split within the hammer bandits, and that's why tens of thousands of people went to Guangdong.

But when the hammer bandits gained a firm foothold in Guangdong, those who went to provoke the hammer bandits to split were all beheaded and hung on flagpoles.

Only then did everyone understand that He Jinzhao had a son in Guangdong. Even the pirate Zheng Zhilong said frankly that his niece was married to He Jinzhao, so why did he send troops to attack Guangdong.

Pirates are untrustworthy after all, and they are not loyal ministers of Ming Dynasty at all.

The land and sea bandits colluded together, and the Ming soldiers in the south were unable to fight back at all, and some even joined the hammer bandits on their own initiative.

As a small Donglin party, Fushe must respect Zuo Guangdou's student Shi Kefa.

Mao Pijiang also nodded, it depends on when the hammer bandits can climb the city wall.

Thinking of this, Mao Bijiang said again:

"You said that the hammer bandits want to abolish the imperial examination, is it true?"

"It should be true." Zhang Mingbi looked at Mao Bijiang and said with a smile:
"There are more than a thousand acres of fertile land in Pijiang's family. If Nahe Jinzhao wins the world, there will definitely not be much land left in your family."

"If all the people in the world can have enough to eat, then what's the point if He Jinzhao confiscates all my land and distributes it to others?"

Mao Pijiang waved his fan without any fear: "When all the gold is gone, it will come back."

"Hahaha." Zhang Mingbi stroked his beard and said, "Then let's go see He Jinzhao tomorrow, so we can ask for a future.

If Nanjing City is breached, they will not be able to join the team. "

Zhang Mingbi had some regrets, when the Hammer bandits first came to Guangdong, he was so frightened that he abandoned his official position and fled, if he had taken the initiative to join the Hammer bandits then.

Maybe seeing He Jinzhao again will give him a different treatment.

Mao Bijiang put the fan in his hand, nodded repeatedly and said: "Let's go together."

Nanjing was besieged, and both inside and outside were discussing the matter.

The poor people want to see the heads of the nobles hanging on the gates of the city. Anyway, when the nobles eat hot and spicy food, most of them can't eat enough.

The official, Xungui, was thinking about how to surrender in order to save his life and his family's property. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of hard work in Daming to get such a huge sum of money?

The failed scholar is thinking about whether he can soar into the sky by relying on the rebels.

Prostitutes and dancers are still singing ditties on the Qinhuai River, who knows what will happen tomorrow?
Most of them can live one day at a time, what do they want to do tomorrow?
Even if the hammer bandits break through Nanjing, they are still the playthings of the nobles, it's just that the benefactors have changed one after another, what difference can there be?
It would be great if the new benefactors are generous, so that they can live longer after they get old and fading.

(End of this chapter)