Yuan Shizhong's face turned even more blue.

Is Zheng Zhipeng humiliating him? With the amount of capital in his hands, he is still fighting for the world?

"Whoever is surnamed Zheng, you have repeatedly insulted your Grandpa Yuan. Do you really think I dare not kill you?"

Seeing Zheng Zhipeng's look of old god, Yuan Shizhong was so angry that he was a person who was circulating in the Central Plains. The lobbyist from Zheng Jun was so difficult to speak. His face hurt.

Even though he was the brother of Zheng Zhilong, who had become famous recently, Yuan Shizhong was furious.

Yuan Dahong, who was standing in the room, was unsheathed and looked at Zheng Zhipeng with a fierce look, only to give his uncle an order.

Zheng Zhipeng laughed as if he saw a farce, "Why did General Zheng do this? You are desperate. It's not because my elder brother thinks you are a character who wants to support the general. Why do I, Zheng Zhipeng, have a hard time walking in the snow?"

Zheng Zhilong took a fancy to Yuan Shizhong, not because Yuan Shizhong was already in a "desperate situation", but because this person has his own extraordinary features.

Compared with Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others who were like peasant uprising troops in the early years, Yuan Shizhong was the real peasant uprising army in history textbooks. In the 13th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1640), there was a severe drought in the north of Zhili, Central Plains, Qilu, and there was no harvest of wheat. In autumn, the hungry people were harmed by insects (locustards) in winter, and hungry people were everywhere. Yuan Shizhong then raised the flag of righteousness. Wherever the troops arrived, they killed corrupt officials and opened warehouses to help hungry people, and were deeply supported by hungry people. (I personally think that Li Zicheng's military discipline should be good at this time. After all, he already had a clear goal of fighting to conquer the world, so how could he not invite people to buy the hearts of the people? For example, "Killing one person is like killing my father, and lustful one person is like lustful my mother" should not be too obvious. And the original old bandit was also killed by Hong Chengchou)

Even the gentry Zhu Ming himself said: The Kaizhou thief Yuan Shizhong came from Kaocheng to Henan, and traveled between Liang and Song dynasties, and did not kill people or plunder women, which was also a strange thing among the thieves.

So when the name of the little Yuanying was introduced to Zheng Zhilong's ears, it was quite good. It could be called a disciplined and unviolent army of benevolence and righteousness. The people of the Central Plains even called Yuan Shizhong's team "Buddha soldiers"!

Zheng Zhilong was Spartan at that time.

In the context of the late Ming Dynasty, there was such a strange thing that was not stained with sludge?

If you analyze the actions of this person since the uprising, it is no wonder that he will be praised by the gentry officials. This person seems to have killed many corrupt officials, but in fact he is very merciful to the gentry class. If there is a slightly better reputation, it can be said that he is completely unfair.

Such actions can naturally get a good evaluation from the gentry and bureaucrats.

In other words, if a person like Yuan Shizhong could have had a ten-year rise to the scene, he would have really been able to compete with Li Zicheng.

This kind of talent is a truly 'hero of troubled times', and his personal values ​​are obviously more in line with the definition of "a wise monarch and heroic lord" in the current social context. At least Li Yan would obviously choose the latter between Li Zicheng and Yuan Shizhong.

Unfortunately, Yuan Shizhong missed the best opportunity. The man Li Chuangwang had already put aside the matters of that year and successfully transformed. He had not yet completely reconciled with the gentry class, so his foundation was never consolidated locally.

But if Li Zicheng could really sit firmly in the dragon throne in Beijing, under the general trend, the gentry class in the north would have no choice but to obey. It also ensured that the imperial power would completely overwhelm the foundation of civil servant politics at the beginning of the founding of the country - the gentry class.

But that's just if, the most valuable thing in the world is if.

The fact is that before Li Zicheng had time to consolidate his foundation and make up for his biggest flaws, the Qing Tartars entered the pass under the leadership of Wu Sangui. Such a surging tide easily destroyed Li Zicheng's seemingly majestic beach castle.

Then the Qing Dynasty, which reached an agreement with the gentry class in the Central Plains, stole the Chinese magical artifact at a very small price.

This original history is so fucking.

"What else can the general be reluctant to leave? Now only my elder brother is willing to give the general a future. After this village, there will be no store."

Yuan Dahong snorted coldly when he heard this, "To put it nicely, aren't you just going to use our brothers as scapegoats?" The Qing Tartars broke through the border again and rushed to Qilu all the way. How could Xiao Yuanying not know about this news?

How many families have they met who fled south these days?

Zheng Zhilong asked his brothers to recruit their Xiao Yuanying at this time. What is the purpose? You can think of it with your butt.

"I will give up, I will give up, and there will be gains if I give up. The young general is attached to the prime minister." Yuan Dahong is the second-ranked figure in Xiao Yuanying, and is not younger than Yuan Shizhong, but Yuan Shizhong is his uncle.

Zheng Zhipeng rolled his eyes in his heart. It was not that the situation was critical, but Xiao Yuanying needed to fill the crisis. Why did Zheng Zhilong come to recruit a bandit? No matter how famous the Xiao Yuanying is, it was a bandit who killed officials, and he had the bad reputation of fraud and defrauding surrender. Do you really think that Zheng Zhilong didn't take any risks?

It wasn't that the Qilu officialdom was anxious and "eating without food" would be impossible to endorse Zheng Zhilong's surrender to Xiao Yuanying.

"The two generals, my elder brother's conditions have been explained below. What is the choice? I hope the general can think twice before acting. Don't miss the opportunity, so as not to regret it."

Zheng Zhipeng didn't say much, and after that, he asked to leave the court. Yuan Dahong personally sent him to the residence and settled him. When he returned to Yuan Shizhong, many backbones of Xiao Yuan camp had gathered in the main hall.

An old man who looked like a scholar was talking while stroking his beard. This person was not a military advisor from Xiao Yuanying, but a military leader. Guide, a serious scholar. It was just that although the Ming Dynasty provided subsidies to scholars, scholars were far from comparable to Juren. Otherwise, in this society, there were only poor scholars, so why didn’t people say that there were poor scholars?

The old scholar was obedient all his life and earned a lot of fame by building a restaurant for others. Although he was not rich, he didn't have to worry about food and drink. However, the cruel reality forced him to follow the thief and had to take the lead. Otherwise, his family of more than a dozen people would starve to death.

"...Zheng Zhilong is the lord of Fujian Province. He is responsible for the Southeast sea trade. By relying on sea trade, he earns more than tens of millions of taels of silver a year. That is so rich. He promised to give our army 100,000 taels of silver, and many soldiers, armor, money and grain, so it will definitely not be bad..."

The old scholar hoped that Yuan Shizhong would agree. Because the Zheng family said that as long as Yuan Shizhong was willing to be recruited and represented a guerrilla or a general, even many people in the camp could all have good backgrounds.

Although the Ming Dynasty is getting worse and worse, Zhu Ming is orthodox and the old scholar has been a scholar for most of his life in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Ming's official position is still very important in the old scholar's heart.

What’s more important is that the Zheng family can say that as long as Xiao Yuanying is recruited and the characters are willing, they can help send their families to Jiangnan and Lingnan. You can point out a place to settle them. You can give the fields money!

In the heart of this old scholar, his temptation is not much worse than that of the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

He is over fifty years old and the loess is buried in his chest. What else can he live? Are you all counting on descendants? And should descendants go to the stable Jiangnan and maintain peace, or stay in the Central Plains for safety? The answer is unknown.

Of course, Lao Xiu can express his attitude in an almost blatant way, and the biggest reason is Xiao Yuanying’s current dilemma.
Chapter completed!