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195: Blowing the Sand and Traveling Thousands of Miles (Twenty-eight)

Wang Zhixin donated 500,000 taels at once, which was indeed worthy of his reputation as the richest man in the inner court. Under the leadership of him and Wang Chengen, the eunuchs in the palace took out the bags and exchanged the silver they had for "national disaster debts". A total of 2 million taels of silver were borne by the Emperor Ming Zhushi in the form of a debt, and gave certificates, which agreed to repay the principal and profit for ten years.

Zhu Cilang gave an annual interest of 0.2% based on the standard of 100,000 taels. For every 10,000 taels, the interest rate was reduced by 0.05%. However, the eunuchs knew very well that they bought the national debt not to make money for profit, but to buy a promise of not being blamed and returning together.

What surprised Zhu Ciyang was that the concept of decimal points he accidentally threw was actually understood by these eunuchs without explanation. And it was understood in such a standard logical order as one out of ten copies per hundred copies, and then converted into traditional units such as liters and hao. This cannot be indirectly proved that as long as the money issue is involved, a certain type of person can show amazing understanding.

However, it was too late. Without large trucks, Zhu Cixuan would definitely not be able to transport these precious metals away.

The only thing you can do is spend money.

Zhu Cixuan bought mules, horses, cattle and sheep in Beijing at a high price, and even bought a small amount of camels. These living things are easier to transport and take away, some of which will be consumed in Tianjin, and the rest will be transported to Shandong by sea as the main driving force for infrastructure construction.

As for the remaining silver, it was piled up in front of Chengtian Gate, called "Buy Life Money".

"After the King of Chuang entered Beijing, there will always be camps with poor military disciplines to burn, kill and loot. These silvers are left by the crown prince for the thieves to buy the safety of the people."

Such stories are circulating in the streets and alleys of Beijing, which often makes people sigh. The people in the city did not suffer from the extra sect. Thinking about Emperor Chongzhen’s many disasters, but they did not feel sad about the people in Beijing, they were also quite sympathetic.

Li Zicheng finally lost his patience and fought for three months to siege the city, and had to end the battle of belonging to the world.

On March 17, the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng's army attacked Beijing. He heard the sound of cannons in Beijing, and he thought the battle was fierce. In fact, it was all the artillery of the Dashun Army. The red-air general artillery on the top of the city did not sound a single sound.

...

“It is the Tao that is extraordinary,

Has become a monk at home.

The minister is going to be a stone,

The white clouds are floating."

Zhang Jinyan sat in the study, listening to the sound of cannons outside, and only looked at this five-character quatrain in his eyes. This is the poem he wrote in the past when he cites in the Buddha, but now he is not as good as he was the first to go away with the title of the golden list, or to enter the Tao, why bother with this dirty body?

"Master!" The family rushed in: "I heard that His Majesty Nan Xing. Many families have left!"

Zhang Jinyan slowly closed his eyes and said, "Let's go? Where can I go? The world will be smooth in the blink of an eye."

"What should we do then? Master!" The family was at a loss.

Zhang Jinyan's heartbeat suddenly and almost rushed out of his chest. He suddenly stood up, a trace of ferociousness appeared on his face: "Since you are leaving, I will send you a ride! Lai Fu, please click on your family and follow me!"

“Where to go?”

City Gate!

Zhang Jinyan, Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, opened the door to present the city.

Beijing City experienced a artillery battle in the middle of the night and returned to peace again.

The people in Beijing posted the words "Shunmin" on their hats and placed incense tables at their doorsteps. They wrote "Long live the Emperor Yongchang of Dashun" to welcome Li Zicheng to Beijing.

Li Zicheng was wearing a blue shirt and a felt hat on his head. He rode a horse from Desheng Gate to the city surrounded by a group of civil and military officials. Looking at the people kneeling on both sides of the imperial road, Li Zicheng was extremely satisfied. The post station groom at that time finally rode a tall horse and looked up at Chengtian Gate. He remembered the numbness he was when he fed the horses and swept the manure, and also the confusion after losing the post station mail, and even more of the downs and downs of leading troops and finally being rushed into the deep mountains of Shangluo... Now, he is standing here with great enthusiasm. He is the master of this place and the master of the world.

Suddenly, Li Zicheng drew his bow and led the arrow, and he climbed straight to the gate of Chengtian Gate. He laughed loudly, rode his horse on the imperial road, and headed straight into the forbidden area.

...

"I'm very dizzy! When did the officers and soldiers become so kind?" Luo Yukun sat in the army, slapped his thighs and jumped up. As soon as he got the military newspaper, Shandong General Liu Zeqing led his troops from Linqing to the south.

Linqing is a hub for canal commerce and trade, and its prosperity is not as prosperous as the south of the Yangtze River. Although Linqing has suffered several disasters and has been recently plundered by Manchus, its superior geographical location has not become a dead place like other prefectures and counties, but has gathered people again and it has recovered.

Of course, this also has something to do with the popular popularity of wealthy families and self-defense. They secretly built Tujia in the mountains, recruited village warriors to guard the thieves, and officials came to resist the thieves, but no one recognized them. This is the principle of "little chaos to live in the city, big chaos to live in the mountains". Because of this tradition, even if Linqing was looted, the wealthy families could always recover. Even because the small vendors' families were destroyed, they could make more money.

Yanggu County is 150 miles south of Linqingzhou.

Luo Yukun was ordered to attack Yanzhou Prefecture and confiscate the property of King Lu. Now he has arrived in Dongpingzhou, Liu Zeqing has seized his way of retreat. This kind of marching and fighting method that cares about the head and tail is indeed in line with the usual image of the camp, but Luo Yukun cannot do the free and easy way of Li Chuang - the old camp will be taken away by someone.

Yanggu County is now Luo Yukun’s old camp. The refugees who came to join the army, young and strong, were all organized into the army, and the elderly, weak, women and children were all staying in Yanggu. If Yanggu encircled and the old camp was destroyed, the morale of the army would be known.

Luo Yukun complained: "I am a good officer and soldier, so I have led the thief Xu Dun into a bandit! Ge, he patted his chest and promised that the officer and soldiers would not dare to hit me. As a result, don't take a look at me! Bug, what do you think you will do now?"

The original surname of the worm was Chen Ming Chong, and he was also a cultural eunuch from the Nei Study Room. He was the first trainer in the East Palace. This time he was sent to the Sichuan Army to serve as the camp instructor. Luo Yukun originally thought that this "trainer" was a military supervisor, and he had delicious food and drink at the beginning. In just two days, he found that the so-called trainer was just a clerk and he didn't have to give him any good face.

Because Chen Chong was timid, the man's words were hunched and shrunk like a small insect, and he was accidentally seen by Luo Yukun once! Luo Yukun has called him "worm" since then.

Chen Chong knew that the instructor was an official, but in fact he wanted to endure the anger and humiliate him. In addition, he was too soft-hearted, so he really deserved this alias.

"What...what should I do this..." Chen Chong smiled and said, "Master Luo, I'm stupid. Why don't you ask Your Highness to give you a combat adviser? They are all good-brained people."

Luo Yukun glared at him: "You're going to wash my head?" He paused and said: "There's no other way. You have to turn around and kill Liu Zeqing first, otherwise the soldiers will all escape."

Although the combat effectiveness of the 5,000 Sichuan soldiers led by Luo Yukun is comparable to that of the border troops, the combat-ready soldiers and the officers who can lead the troops are completely different. If it is a servant who is influenced by the general, he can support the 50,000 army without any effort. However, many of these Sichuan soldiers are out of Sichuan for the first time, and they can't even understand the official language with heavier accents, so how to become an officer.

Therefore, Luo Yukun could only follow the camp to learn, and organized the five thousand direct troops into the central camp, and trained the refugees into four camps in front, back, left and right, and selected a few Laochuan soldiers who could support the scene to be the camp officials. When fighting, they could only rely on the crowd to rush up... Of course, since entering Shandong, Luo Yukun's army has not yet fought.

There are more people who are executed for violating military orders than enemies.

I heard that Yanggu was surrounded by officers and soldiers, and those who had family members among the soldiers couldn't help but worry. They were not all from Shandong, but also from other provinces who fled from Henan and Hebei. The so-called people left their hometowns and were easily caught by officers and soldiers in an environment with different accents. Fortunately, Luo Yukun ordered the order to return to Yanggu to be defended in time, otherwise there would definitely be a wave of deserters.

On March 19, 17th year of Chongzhen, the day after the fall of Beijing, Luo Yukun led 30,000 troops, in fact, more than just one, back to Yanggu County. After all, he was a man who had been with Qin Liangyu. Although he had never commanded such a large army, the method of setting up camp was fine.

Xu Dun also sent a message saying: "Liu Zeqing only has 5,000 people, don't be afraid of him, and fight to the death!" (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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