Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 998 The Sober People Are the Most Painful
Zuo Maodi Zhongjinshi first served as the magistrate of Hancheng County, Shaanxi Province, where he resisted the rogues attacking the city several times, and also cleared up the rogues to ensure that the local people could farm.

When disasters and droughts occurred frequently in Shaanxi, while organizing disaster relief, they also organized counterattacks against bandits.

He has achieved outstanding achievements and was listed as the first. When he was transferred from the vortex in Shaanxi, he joined the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Now encountering the reasons for Jin Guofeng's death, the four evils in the letter are poor people, weak soldiers, fatigued ministers and workers, and wasted national budget.

Especially in the last few years of his tenure in Hancheng, many people in Shaanxi were bewitched by hammer bandits to borrow and throw hammers across the Yellow River.

It is nothing more than that He Jinzhao did not impose taxes on the people, organized the people to fight against natural disasters, and severely punished officials who dared to corrupt, so that the army can be strong.

On the other hand, Daming now pays more and sends more money to the common people, causing more people to defect to the hammer bandits and bandits, and even take the initiative to defect to the Qing court.

The officials are corrupt and the people are in dire straits, which is not conducive to the restoration of Ming Dynasty's effective rule over the Northwest as soon as possible, as well as the resistance to the Qing army outside the pass.

At the same time, Zuo Maodi asked to be imprisoned, to pay for atonement, to expand financial resources, to implement liquidation law, supervision law, and tax reduction, and to transport millet to the frontier to fill the army's rations.

Not only that, soldiers are also strictly prohibited from looting, please distribute rice money, give relief to the victims, and pull them back from the rogues and other forces to Daming.

Now that there is a severe drought in the world, even if you want to collect taxes, you don't get much.

Chongzhen agreed with Zuo Maodi's memorandum very much, and ordered the 75 prefectures and counties affected by the upper disaster to stop the old training three times, the 68 prefectures and counties of the middle disaster to stop the collection of training salaries, and the 28 prefectures and counties of the next disaster to wait until autumn to collect salaries, and ordered the prison to be cleaned up .

But at this time, it is too late to make up for it. The key is that the disaster-stricken places just stop collecting a certain rate, and the other two rates have to be paid.

Under such a policy, how could it be possible to drag the people down to the rule of Ming Dynasty?
It can be said that those who served as officials of the Ming Dynasty in or around Shanxi before returned to the court and wanted to do something big.

Because they have seen or heard about Hammer Bandit He Jinzhao's management of people's livelihood and military affairs.

Those advantages are what the Ming Dynasty lacked, so the officials in the Shanshan area want to urgently change the status quo of the Ming court.

It is precisely because they know too much that they are troubled and want to be eager for success and change the behavior of the emperor and courtiers.

These people who stayed in the capital lived too comfortably.

Floating is not their routine, and they don't care what's going on outside.

Even the Qing army entered the fortress several times to rob them, but they couldn't get them.

So, why should they care?
Compared with the officials who actively integrated themselves into the darkness of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom, or those who chose to be bad because of the emperor or the officialdom environment.

There is also a large wave of people like Zuo Mao who want to save Daming.

These types of people are not uncommon in Daming.

But the more sober a person is, the more painful he will feel.

They believed that it was extremely possible that Daming would be destroyed by the hammer bandits.

Although the suggestions made by Zuo Maodi and others were good suggestions, neither Zhu Youjian nor the officials below could stop their efforts.

Only by drinking poison to quench their thirst can they continue to maintain their rule.

On the contrary, after He Jinchao and Chongzhen reached a secret agreement, Sun Chuanting did well in Changping.

In addition to rebates, the Yihe money given by Chongzhen in the early days was also used to win relationships with courtiers and give some money for writing.

Many courtiers are willing to talk with him, after all, Lao Sun's literary and military accomplishments are still a bit outstanding, plus he is generous.

What's more, it's not easy to live in Beijing Normal University.

We are not making money now to enjoy a fat job, but to not go to a place with a "bad environment" at a critical moment.

Not only is it impossible to make money, but it is also easy to be "killed" by rebels and become the main target.

It is true that the risk is high and the return is small.

Now the new products woolen blankets and Lu silk are redistributed near the capital. As for these unique goods coming from Shanxi, everyone turns a blind eye.

No one has a hard time with money.

What's more, He Jinzhao said that he occupies three provinces, but Shaanxi Province includes Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and other places, and the territory is very large.

In case Marshal He comes to the capital, he must leave a way out!

Did you buy Lu silk and woolen blankets?

No.

In case Marshal He really came to the capital, we can still show our identities by showing Lu Si or something like that.

It is not impossible to even let the servants of the family embroider hammers on it overnight.

Sun Chuanting not only had mutual contact with the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, but also tried his best to develop the lower class people and be driven by him.

After all, the surrounding areas of the capital were looted by the Qing army many times, and even Changping City's own generals came to plunder the population.

The remaining people here are living in poverty, which also provides him with an environment that can be bought.

Sun Chuanting established a firm foothold near the capital, not only to conduct single-item and transparent intelligence, but also wanted to take this opportunity to extend his tentacles to Liaodong.

For this reason, Shuo Tuo was also sent by He Jinzhao to work in the capital, in order to further build an intelligence network about Liaodong.

Sun Chuanting did not expect that he was originally sent to He Jinzhao for espionage, but now he was sent out for espionage.

It really is a good reincarnation.

chongqing.

Yang Sichang was getting haggard day by day, he couldn't command Zuo Liangyu, and wanted to leave Chongqing, but he was besieged by Zhang Xianzhong when he went to Huguang, and he couldn't get out at all.

Only then did he behave badly from time to time, or give birth to desperate thoughts that shouldn't be there, and let Hong Chengchou's limelight slowly rise in Chongzhen's heart for the time being.

Just as Yang Sichang was scratching his head anxiously, another letter was stuffed into his window.

Several soldiers chased him out, but found no trace.

Yang Sichang ordered someone to light a candle, and after a closer look, he found that it was a letter written by his father.

He was really happy and anxious, because although the hammer bandits didn't conquer Chongqing immediately, they were infiltrated by the hammer bandits like a sieve.

Even if Yang Sichang had a few soldiers around him to keep vigil for him, he often woke up in his sleep.

Because the hammer bandit's method was too vicious, it made him feel worse than killing him.

So since he was besieged in Chongqing City, Yang Sichang never had a peaceful night's sleep.

I'm afraid that my head will be cut off by the hammer bandits because of the reward of a penny.

Feeling depressed, Yang Sichang sat aside and slowly opened the letter.

"How is my son?"

Through Yang He's letter, Yang Sichang learned that the emperor and the hammer bandit He Jinchao had secretly made peace.

One of the conditions is that Yang Sichang can leave Chongqing safely and continue to strangle Zhang Xianzhong and other rebels.

At the same time, he was also told that there was no Zhang Xianzhong outside the city of Chongqing, all of them were hammer bandits in disguise.

Zhang Xianzhong might have gone to Jiangxi and other places to make trouble at this time.

After reading his father's letter, Yang Sichang fell into a daze and remained silent for a long time.

He knew that his strategy of making peace with the outside world first had failed.

Now that the Emperor Ming has patched him up, he must first reach an agreement with He Jinchao, mainly to strangle Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and others.

This is obviously He Jinzhao's strategy of "two tigers fighting each other and reaping the benefits".

What's more, how should the Tartars outside the pass deal with it?
Yang Sichang didn't think it was his father who was lying to him, did Daming become so weak?

Now that we have secretly made peace with the rebels!
Yang Sichang couldn't help crying, and waved Qin Bing to guard the door.

Several soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, fearing that the supervisor would commit suicide if he couldn't think about it.

So he stood at the door and listened carefully to the movement inside.

After there was no one around, Yang Sichang, a little old man, cried so much that his voice was not suppressed at all.

The soldiers immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they made a sound, it meant that they didn't want to seek death.

Yang Sichang cried bitterly in the room for half the night, from howling to sobbing softly.

After dawn, Yang Sichang finally regained his composure, walked out of the room, and told his confidants to call Mengruhu and others to withdraw from Chongqing.

He couldn't get involved in the muddy waters of Sichuan and Shu.

As for the fact that Long Wenguang, who succeeded Chen Shiqi, hadn't arrived in Chongqing because of the road blockage, he didn't care.

Meng Ruhu and other generals hurriedly dissuaded Yang Sichang from making such a sudden decision.

After the last battle, the elite under his command lost all their soldiers and generals, even their own sons, so how could they still have the strength to break through the encirclement!

Governor Yang's march this time, isn't it like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth?
Yang Sichang comforted the only remaining loyal minister of Ming Dynasty who was as fierce as a tiger, and told him that Zhang Xianzhong had already run away.

If we don't withdraw from Chongqing, we will lose our last chance, and the hammer bandits will capture Chongqing.

As fierce as a tiger, he didn't say much.

For example, the people in Chongqing City called for He Jinchao, the Northwest Hammer King, to come every night.

Not to mention that Yang Sichang didn't sleep well, even people like them couldn't sleep well.

After all, the news that Governor Yang's head was only worth a penny to the hammer bandits had already spread throughout Chongqing City.

This also made many people feel that there was no benefit at all from slaughtering Yang Sichang, which was equivalent to saving Yang Sichang's life in disguise.

Thinking about it, Master Yang's own father is also with the Hammer Bandits, so it's not impossible to reveal some news to him!

Meng Ruhu summoned his servants to guard Yang Sichang, under the guise of exploring the way, abandoned the defenders in Chongqing, and ran back to Huguang with less than 1000 people.

Li Dingguo naturally received the news of Yang Sichang's escape, and he originally wanted to give Yang Sichang three days to think about it.

Unexpectedly, after receiving the letter, he ran away directly. He is not a pedantic person.

Li Dingguo didn't feel disappointed about letting Yang Sichang go. He was on the front line indiscriminately commanding the commander's army to fight.

Maybe it can also increase the contradictions between the famous generals of all parties.

After all, Yang Sichang was besieged in Chongqing, and Zuo Liangyu and others did not come after being recruited several times, so this Liangzi was settled.

"Take Chongqing and occupy the entire Sichuan and Sichuan." Li Dingguo issued an order.

After Yang Sichang escaped, there was no leader in the city of Chongqing.

In addition, a group of people had long wanted to join the Hammer Bandit, when the defenders in the city saw the Hammer Bandit's flag lighted up.

He shouted that the hammer bandits are coming.

"Brothers, open the city gate quickly, and good times will come."

After the successive rule by Chen Shiqi and Yang Sichang, the people in Chongqing have long been eagerly looking forward to the arrival of Marshal He sooner.

Otherwise, they would all starve to death in the city.

For a time, the flags of hammer bandits were everywhere in the borders of eastern Sichuan.

In the whole of Sichuan, there is only Shizhu Chieftain who has not surrendered.

For this point, Li Dingguo didn't care too much. The people there would feel the difference in life because of Qin Liangyu's persistence.

This kind of thing happened when I was in Wanjiazhuang, Shanxi.

The final result was not that they bowed their heads, but also let the people of Sichuan and Shu see what it was like to continue living under the rule of Ming Dynasty.

And whether the people under Qin Liangyu's rule will resent her.

After Yang Sichang arrived in Huguang, he went directly to Zuo Liangyu's camp.

This caught Zuo Liangyu who was "recovering from his illness" by surprise. In his prediction, Yang Sichang was either killed by Zhang Xianzhong or by the hammer bandits.

But now why are you retreating completely!

"General Zuo, I think you look good!" Yang Sichang sat on the main seat, looking at Zuo Liangyu who hurried over.

"The last general just recovered from his illness and was about to raise troops to support the supervisor. Why did the supervisor return to Huguang?"

After Zuo Liangyu saluted Yang Sichang, he observed him and found that Yang Sichang seemed to be recovering from a serious illness.

"Hahaha." Yang Sichang's stern face suddenly burst into laughter, stood up and patted Zuo Liangyu's shoulder:

"In the future, General Zuo will need to contribute more to suppress the thieves."

Faced with Yang Sichang's sudden change of face, Zuo Liangyu was completely stunned.

According to the unreasonable precedent of Yuan Chonghuan killing Mao Wenlong, Zuo Liangyu came to see Yang Sichang and was fully prepared to prevent accidents.

But now he was a little confused about Yang Sichang's thoughts.

Besides, how did he escape from the siege outside Chongqing?

But this kind of thing is not easy to post.

"You go with me to meet Li Guoqi and see if he is recovering from his illness. You also go to meet Ding Qirui to discuss the bandit suppression, how about it?"

Facing Yang Sichang's question, Zuo Liangyu of course readily agreed.

He didn't believe that Yang Sichang could still deal with Li Guoqi, everyone's knots were knotted, and it was impossible to untie them easily.

Yang Sichang observed Zuo Liangyu's barracks, there were quite a few soldiers, but the elite soldiers still accounted for a minority.

It is not realistic at all to rely on the imperial court to support so many people.

Since the Hammer Bandits couldn't beat them, he first beat Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng had just risen, and there were not many old thieves in his hands.

It was a suitable time, and I heard that he robbed many rich and noble families in Henan.

He can't spend those gold, silver, treasures and food, so first take some from him as capital.

At that time, he was trying to suppress Zuo Liangyu.

Li Guoqi, who was pretending to be sick, was really frightened when he saw Yang Sichang and Zuo Liangyu coming together.

Didn't it mean that Yang Sichang was surrounded in Chongqing and couldn't get out at all?
That's why he refused so obviously. Even if the emperor arrested his immediate boss Zheng Chongjian and put him in prison, he refused to send troops to rescue Yang Sichang.

He never thought that Yang Sichang could escape.

It would be fine if he escaped by himself, but he came with Zuo Liangyu, and the two of them seemed to be quite familiar with each other.

Li Guoqi was afraid that Zuo Liangyu was promised something by Yang Sichang, so he came to deal with him together.

Although Ding Qirui, the new governor of Shaanxi, tried to win over him, he was not a trustworthy person.

Li Guoqi didn't believe that Ding Qirui could resist Yang Sichang's order for him.

Therefore, during this meeting, Li Guoqi was in a cold sweat, fearing that Yang Sichang would ask Shangfang's sword and cut him off directly.

"Li Zongbing, I see that you look good, have you recovered from your illness?"

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