The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 301
"I've heard that too." Someone responded immediately, "Besides, the Propaganda Department has recruited people since the opening, and they are not assigned by the official department. It is said that one out of twenty people can be admitted."

Zhao Xiucai nodded and said, "That's right, two of my fellow villagers from Fujing became ninth-rank officials just like that."

Seeing that everyone showed envy, he changed the subject, "Hey, it's a pity that Guizhou is about to start a war. Otherwise, Guangdong will soon recruit officials from the Propaganda Department. I can still give it a try."

"Yeah yeah."

"What a great opportunity, what a pity..."

"When this battle is over, Guangdong will be fully recruited..."

"Not necessarily." Zhao Xiucai signaled everyone to approach, and said in a low voice, "It is said that King Gui is missing! The Ding family has no name this time, and they are bound to lose quickly..."

"Really?! Where did Brother Zhao get the news from?"

"Hehe, the heavenly secret must not be leaked..."

A group of scholars suddenly lost their minds about reciting poems, and after a while, they all found excuses and left-if the battle can be finished quickly, how can they not go to Guangdong for reference?I should go back and review as soon as possible.

Of course, the news of King Gui's disappearance quickly spread in Liuzhou according to their mouths.

The Cantonese army under Ding Kuichu was the most seriously affected by the response officers of the Propaganda Department.

Although it is more difficult for the army to mix in, the response officers still found jobs such as delivering food and sewing for the Cantonese army, so as to get close to these soldiers.

However, in a place with a high concentration of people like the army, once rumors appeared, they spread faster than other places.

It has only been about ten days since Zhu Linmi's troops left Fujing, and the Cantonese army has already known to everyone that the imperial court's army has been transformed.

Although the military officers soon strictly prohibited talking about it, such things as "turning into a policeman", "direct payment from the Ministry of War", and "more than one tael to five dollars a month" are still the hottest topics in the Cantonese army.

Of course, recently added a "King Gui is missing", which was also widely circulated, and people in the army naturally changed their minds.

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"Your Highness respectfully bows to His Royal Highness... Guilin prefect Li Congyi,

"The minister bowed to the east and greeted the imperial court's heavenly army... Qingyuan guarded Song Pu,
"Your Majesty worships, and I hope that His Royal Highness will be the assistant king for a long time...Liuzhou's experience has become sensitive,

"..."

Zhu Linming opened one by one to look at the pile of letters more than a foot thick in front of her, all of which were sent secretly by officials at all levels in Guangxi.

These local officials have a very keen sense of smell, and they soon learned of the rumors among the people and the army, and then some people went to King Gui to "report matters" on the sidelines, but they were all blocked back without exception.

As a result, officials in Guangxi believed the rumors that King Gui was different by [-]%.

In addition, the imperial court has captured Guangzhou, and the army will soon arrive in Guangxi, and the people's hearts are also fluctuating, and everyone is eagerly looking forward to returning to the imperial court's rule.Therefore, these old foxes have written letters to the assistant king to show their loyalty, saying that as soon as the imperial army arrives, they will immediately open the city to accept it.

The power of righteousness and fame in this era can be seen from this!
Zhu Linmi is now leading the army in the name of the court to fight against rebellion, and if there can't be an emperor of the Zhu family in Guangxi to contend with him, then who is willing to conspire with you Ding Kuichu to rebel against this kind of genocide business?

Zhu Linmi roughly calculated that in the past two days, at least [-]% of the officials in Guizhou have expressed that they want to draw a clear line with Ding Kuichu.

This is due to the fact that many people are trapped in Chen Ke's blockade of the border and cannot send the news, otherwise the number may be far more than this.

Zhu Linming ordered these loyal officials to be registered in a book, which will be useful when they enter Guangxi to fight.

The clerk under him bowed and took the order to retreat, Zhang Jiayu came after him, and saluted: "My lord, the troops and horses have been prepared, and they can start to enter Guizhou at any time."

"it is good."

Zhu Linmi nodded and stood up when she heard the words, and was about to order the army to send out, when Shi Lin came into the house again and said, "My lord, Zhang Tongchang of Guilin Mansion is asking to see you."

Zhu Linmi frowned, assuming it was another official who sent her to show her loyalty, she secretly wondered, usually this kind of person would just ask him to leave a letter, how could Shi Lin bring someone to see him this time?

"Zhang Tongchang..." Zhang Jiayu continued, "Could it be Zhang Taiyue's great-grandson, Zhang Bieshan from Zhongshushe?"

Zhang Taiyue was the name of Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the Wanli Dynasty.When Zhang Juzheng's great-grandson came here, Zhu Linming was also a little curious, so she asked Shi Lin, "What can he say?"

"Return to your lord, he only said that he has something important to report to you personally."

Zhu Linmei nodded and said, "Then bring him here."

After a while, a man with thin cheeks and piercing eyes entered the room, and first bowed to Zhu Linmi, "I greet His Royal Highness the Assistant Prince."

Zhu Linmei helped him up, "Master Zhang, what's the matter here?"

Zhang Tongopened his hands and presented a sealed letter, saying: "Return to Your Highness, I was ordered by the governor of Guangxi, Mr. Zhai, to come here with an urgent military situation."

"Governor of Guangxi, Master Zhai?" Zhu Linmi felt that this official title was somewhat familiar, and immediately remembered a name, and blurted out, "Zhai Shisi?"

"Exactly." Zhang Tongchang said hastily, "Master Zhai ordered me to inform His Highness that five thousand elite soldiers from Shadingzhou, Yunnan have passed Zhen'an, and are heading for Wuzhou. I hope His Highness will send troops to Guangxi as soon as possible.

"Lord Zhai has secretly gathered two thousand troops in Guilin, and contacted more than a thousand rebels who were dissatisfied with Ding Kuichu's retrograde movement. As long as His Highness's army arrives, Lord Zhai can lead his troops to join the attack from the north, and they will surely join the bandits. Destroy them one by one before!"

Zhu Linming is very familiar with Zhai Shixu. In history, this person was ordered by Emperor Yongli to guard Guilin, the gateway to the north of Guangxi. Under the unfavorable situation of lack of food and salaries, Ding Kuichu, Lu Daqi and other heavyweight officials in Guangxi fled south, he insisted on taking The underdog defends Guilin alone.

Even during this period, the Qing army had captured Pingle in the south of Guilin, and almost trapped Zhai Shishi in an isolated place. Yongli was so frightened that he wanted him to escape together, but he only sent Zhu Youlang away, and he still stood firm in Guilin.

Jianlu, who captured Pingle, saw that Yongli had run away, thinking that the Ming army would be vulnerable, so he sent troops to attack Guilin the next day, and once broke into Wenchangmen.Zhai Shisi scattered all his wealth to reward the soldiers, and personally led his troops to fend off the enemy to the death, killing the Jianlu and defeating them. Only then did Guilin City be saved.

After that, he fought more than ten bloody battles with the Jianlu army, and the prisoner general Kong Youde wandered around Guilin for more than four years but was never allowed to enter the city.

Until later, the original Li Zicheng's surrendered general Hao Yongzhong clashed with the Gui army and launched the "February Mutiny", which caused chaos in Guilin and a sharp drop in defense.Even so, it took another year for Kong Youde to finally capture Guilin.

Zhai Shixu was captured immediately.Facing all kinds of generous conditions offered by Kong Youde to induce surrender, he only left two sentences: "Old man Mo Xiao died lightly, and history will keep his name fragrant." He calmly died.

Zhu Linmei nodded secretly, this Zhai Shisi was indeed a loyal and loyal member of the Ming Dynasty, and his heart was always attached to the imperial court.Now that Ding Kuichu is rebelling, even though he is on the territory of the Ding family, he is still trying to find a way to inform the court of the rebel army's military situation, and secretly gather troops to quell the chaos.

(End of this chapter)