After Ming Dynasty

Chapter 68 Zhu Yiyuan, thank you, thank you

"Save? How can I save Dongshan Gong?" Zhu Yiyuan was puzzled.

Zhao Shizhe laughed loudly and said, "If it wasn't for Zhu Qianshi's actions, how could I have persuaded those yamen servants to let me go."

Hearing this, Zhu Yiyuan was very surprised, "Have they arrived yet?"

Zhao Shizhe said: "Here we come, there are five people in total."

Zhu Yiyuan was overwhelmed with surprise, and couldn't help but said: "They released Mr. on their own initiative and escorted him back. They can be called righteous men. I want to treat you!"

Zhu Yiyuan personally ordered and prepared eight dishes, as well as a jar of aged wine.

Warmly entertain the five yamen servants.

"I would like to ask a few, do you have any plans?"

The leader smiled wryly and said, "To be honest, we haven't received any salaries since the Tartar emperor came to the throne. Although we can make some money in the yamen, it's not a long-term solution. If we don't give salaries, we won't get paid." Said, we are always asked to do this and that...A few days ago, the villagers were forced to shave their hair and change their clothes, but now they are asking us to catch good people. If this spreads, the old folks will poke our backs. I just heard Mr. Zhao say Yes, we will escort him over."

Zhu Yiyuan nodded, "Then are you willing to work under my rule?"

These people looked at each other, "Young Master Zhu, let's just ask, will you share the land?"

Zhu Yiyuan laughed loudly, "Why don't you give it? Not only will you share the land, but you will also arrange people to take over your family members, and they can also get the land. And I urgently need some people who understand the operation of the yamen under my rule. Come here, It’s time to do a lot.”

"Thank you, Mr. Zhu!" Several yamen servants were overjoyed.

Zhu Yiyuan took the initiative to toast them, and flattered several yamen servants. This person has already mastered several counties, which is logically much larger than our county magistrate.

In the county yamen, it would be embarrassing if the county magistrate looked us straight in the face. How could there be a toast in person and greetings in person?

After eating, Zhu Yiyuan immediately arranged for someone to bring the family members of several people over.

Then Zhu Yiyuan said again: "Dongshan Gong, it's just in time for you to come back. Now there are many scholars from poor backgrounds who have taken refuge here. The things we talked about before should also start."

Zhao Shizhe nodded again and again, "To be honest, I have already contacted many people from Shanzuo Dashe when I went back this time, including a descendant of my family named Zhao Jinmei, and a young child prodigy named Wang Shizhen. Young and young students are willing to contribute to the fight against the Qing Dynasty. These people will come one after another."

Zhu Yiyuan was overjoyed, "If we can get talented people to join us, we can continue to grow. I will arrange special people to take care of them. Next, we will conduct examinations, recruit a group of talents, and enrich them. These counties will depend on them."

Zhao Shizhe had no objection and fully agreed.

After this experience of almost escaping from death, he had a new perspective.For example, Li Zhi's proposition has been more or less accepted by scholars in the past few decades.The influence of psychology is almost everywhere.

However, for many years, the study of mind has remained in the category of talking, even in idle talk.Even the Donglin Party despises learning from the heart and advocates practical learning that is practical and practical.

Of course, Donglin's practical learning is just that. It's hard to say whether it's practical or not, but it can definitely enrich your wallet.

Zhao Shizhe is also very confused, what should he do to find a way out?

At first glance, Zhu Yiyuan's various actions seem deviant, but when you think about it carefully, he cares about every common people. Isn't this the people-oriented?
He equalizes the land, isn't it to solve the land problem, curb mergers, and eliminate refugees... This is something that people have been talking about in the past few decades, but no one can do it.

Now that Zhu Yiyuan has done it, he is doing well.

The situation in Laiwu and other places has preliminarily proved Zhu Yiyuan's success, and there are still people who are willing to follow him. As long as he persists, he may really grow stronger...

Zhao Shizhe no longer has any doubts, and decides to fully join the rebel army and assist Zhu Yiyuan to achieve great things.

Just because of this person's status, Zhu Yiyuan didn't dare to neglect, so he invited Zhao Shizhe to be the counselor and the maintenance counselor.

With this identity, Zhao Shizhe immediately started to conduct examinations, select officials, and establish regulations... It can be said that the rebel army changes every day, and it is right to flourish.

However, Zhu Yiyuan's rebel army was not the only one in Shandong. For example, Xie Qian was in a very difficult situation at the moment.

To be precise, Xie Qian can live to this day because Lord Yan dozed off and forgot to cross.

In fact, the biggest feature of a rebel army like Xie Qian is that they are free, and they can do whatever they want. They don't plan as much as Zhu Yiyuan does. Every step they take, they have to constantly weigh it.

At the beginning, he came up with the idea of ​​setting up a king of Lu, but after hearing Zhu Yiyuan's flattery, he took down Zichuan, and he felt that he could do more things, so he immediately marched into Jinan Prefecture.

If he was really big in Jinan Mansion, perhaps Xie Qian would not have existed for a long time.

Fortunately, just after leaving Zichuan, his fellow villagers in Gaoyuan informed him that Gaoyuan was empty, and the villagers were unwilling to be slaves of the Qing court...

Xie Qian was born in Gaoyuan, and there are many fellow villagers there. Instead of going head-to-head in Jinan, it is better to go to Gaoyuan first.

Then Xie Qian really took Gao Yuan.

The villagers continued to join his team, and Xie Qian's team once exceeded 8000.

At that time, Xie Qian was really full of confidence. He felt that he was omnipotent.

Then he suffered several ruthless beatings one after another.

Mei Le Zhang Jing Lai An led troops to attack, Xie Qian sent 3000 people out of the city to take the initiative to fight, but lost half of them, only more than 1000 fled back in embarrassment.

Then Yi Yonggui, the commander-in-chief of the Han Army Banner, also came, and they surrounded Gaoyuan County from the outside.
Xie Qian immediately fell into the prison.

Outside, the Qing army stormed the city from time to time, and he had to go to the city to supervise the battle in person. He had to use all his strength to block the Qing army, and there was another commotion inside.

There is no food, the people in the city are in a mess, and their hearts are unstable.

A wealthy family in the city even planned to secretly open the city gate to lure Qing soldiers in. Fortunately, Xie Qian found out and killed him directly.

"These bastards, it's not appropriate to leave good people alone, so they are so willing to be slaves to the Qing court?"

Yan Ermei followed Xie Qian, he gritted his teeth and said: "Commander, thank you, these big gentry are not reliable, we can only rely on ordinary soldiers, I think the commander should use thunderbolt methods!"

Xie Qian gritted his teeth, "I can even kill my old master, let alone a few fellow villagers!"

Lao Xie immediately ordered to kill the tyrants and wealthy businessmen in the city and confiscate their food... Every soldier has two catties a day, and ordinary people have half of it.

Relying on strict food restrictions, Xie Qian survived for a month and a half.

He killed all the rich and wealthy merchants in Gaoyuan, and then the food for the soldiers dropped to eight taels a catty, and the food for the common people was reduced to seven taels, then to five taels, to three taels...

To put it bluntly, there is only one bowl of porridge left in a day.

The soldiers also gradually did not have enough to eat, so they could only slaughter animals.

Two and a half months later, the old and the weak, women and children in the city continued to die, and because they were besieged by the Qing soldiers outside, they could not even be buried. The whole city was shrouded in a stench.

Xie Qian had already lost weight several times. He had to guard against the Qing army every day and also appease the city. A candle was burned at both ends, haggard and exhausted.

What Xie Qian couldn't see the most was that those children were crying from hunger. He wanted to take out some food, but he really couldn't.

The soldiers had not enough to eat, and their bodies were weak from hunger, and generally began to swell.

In the third month, the plague spread again in the city. Some soldiers fell to the ground while walking and could not get up again.

Xie Qian's army strength also dropped from the peak of [-] to less than [-].

Xie Qian came back from patrol that day, sat down next to Yan Ermei, and said directly: "Sir, you are ready to run, Gao Yuan is over."

Yan Ermei was also tortured badly, but he was still unwilling to give up, "Commander Xie gave up?"

Xie Qian smiled wryly and nodded, "Go and have a look. I walked around today...I wanted to persuade them, but I'm too tired. Mr. Yan, our food reserves are gone!"

Yan Ermei knew the situation in Gaoyuan City too well, it was even scarier than what Xie Qian said.

He was thinking about what to say, when he suddenly heard the sound of weeping, and when he looked back, it was Xie Qian, this tough man, who was crying.

"Damn it, the bastard surnamed Zhu, if I hadn't listened to his bewitching and become a hero, I wouldn't have fallen to where I am today...I stand in front of you, you kid will repay you!"

"Zhu Yiyuan, your grandma's, I should bring you here too!"

Obviously, Xie Qian's spirit was on the verge of collapse... At this moment, someone suddenly staggered and ran over.

"Thank you Commander, Commander... the tartars have retreated!"

"What?" Xie Qian stood up subconsciously, his voice trembling, "You, what you said is true?"

"Really, if you don't believe me, you can go to the city and have a look. They are heading south."

Xie Qian was stunned for a moment, then Sa Yazi ran to the top of the city, and Yan Ermei followed.

The two went up to the top of the city and looked up. Sure enough, the Qing army had left, heading south.

"My surname is Zhu, thank you very much!"

After finishing speaking, Xie Qian lay on the ground, pouted his buttocks, and kowtowed...

(End of this chapter)