Daming kill

In June of the 17th year of Chongzhen, Xuzhou.

Huang Chengdong looked anxiously at Zhang Xianzhong who had a frosty face.

Although he hadn't seen him for more than a month, Zhang Xianzhong was obviously getting older again, and there was more hostility on his face.

It looks more vicious and more unpredictable.

Of course, Zhang Xianzhong slaughtered all of Chengdu before leaving Chengdu, and then took a detour to attack Jiading Prefecture and then slaughtered Jiading Prefecture. Such frenzy is indeed frightening.

Then Yang Zhan ran away again, which made Zhang Xianzhong very irritable.

And they just got another explosive news that Beijing was actually breached by Li Zicheng, and the emperor of Ming Dynasty had already died.

In contrast, although he also became emperor, Zhang Xianzhong was not only still trapped in Sichuan, but was also entangled by Li Ping, an official army with only tens of thousands of horses, so painful that he couldn't live without it.

This is completely different!
Quite embarrassing and frustrating.

Of course, the biggest shock was the fall of Beijing and the death of the Ming emperor.

Everyone's minds have changed, and everyone knows that the land they live in has fundamentally changed.

Now, Huang Chengdong didn't even dare to breathe, for fear of accidentally offending this demon who was already mentally disturbed and severely stimulated.

He found that he had overestimated the courage to face Zhang Xianzhong, and he became more determined to leave.

Especially he had a hunch that the white cripple might already know what he wanted.

Faced with Zhang Xianzhong's menacing army of millions, Li Ping certainly couldn't wait to be besieged in Luzhou.

Luzhou is located at the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Tuojiang River, and Luzhou City is directly on the peninsula between the two rivers, which is very similar to the geographical characteristics of Chongqing City. This is probably a feature of the ancient city building.

Because the Tuojiang River from the north can reach Chengdu faster, Zhang Xianzhong originally went from Luzhou to the north along the Tuojiang River to Xuzhou and then went straight to Chengdu, instead of continuing to go west along the Yangtze River to Jiading Prefecture and then to Chengdu. This is the reason.

But this kind of city defense, like Chongqing City, is very conducive to defending the army advancing westward, but it is of great benefit to the army advancing eastward.

Zhang Xianzhong followed the two rivers and went down the river to join forces, and he could easily and directly trap Luzhou City to death.

In this case, Li Ping would not foolishly wait to be surrounded and fight some defensive counterattack, and he is not a person who likes to lose the initiative.

As soon as Zhang Xianzhong's army approached, his army greeted it with great fanfare, sending out the signal of "I know you are coming and I am not afraid of you".

Of course, it can also be understood as a shaming power.

In other words, the frontline armies of the two sides have actually started to confront each other. Although the formed troops have not actually come into contact and kept a certain safe distance, the reconnaissance troops of the two sides have begun to communicate with each other.

But at this time, neither Li Ping nor Huang Chengdong would be able to substantively attack each other, but the problem is that this is something that only the upper echelon understands, it is an important secret, and they cannot be told to the bottom and then let them act.

As a result, the two sides can only control the contact between each other, because there is really no need to incur losses for this.

But in this way, it is inevitable that some abnormal signs will be revealed.

Moreover, in order to reassure Li Ping, Huang Chengdong simply asked a few of his subordinates to take their own army deployment information and take the initiative to run to be captured by Li Ping's troops.

Bai Wenxuan was not an idiot, Huang Chengdong felt that this guy always looked at him strangely these days, and he paid more attention to himself than usual.

He was very worried that Bai Wenxuan might have noticed something.

"The emperor of Ming Dynasty is gone, so what are we going to do? Send someone to talk to Li Ping. Li Zicheng is in the north, and I am willing to share the south with him. We copied so much gold and silver, and gave half of it to him. Go. So much gold and silver, just looking at it scares me to death, if I don’t believe it, then Li Ping won’t be tempted. Even if Li Ping can’t figure it out, his subordinates will definitely not be tempted.” Zhang Xianzhong gritted his teeth and said.

As soon as the words fell, there was a staggering sound in the hall that had been quiet all along.

Everyone was stunned.

The generals who had already turned into a group of kittens in front of Zhang Xianzhong stood up boldly and looked around, their eyes were shining with various lights, but no one whispered to each other.

Huang Chengdong looked straight at Zhang Xianzhong with an unbelievable expression on his face, and then his mind began to spin rapidly, and an extremely complicated expression gradually appeared on his face.

Fortunately, no one paid special attention to him at this time, and no one thought it was a big deal.

"Give him half of the gold and silver, why?" Zuo Prime Minister Wang Zhaoling, who was only 20 years old, said with wide eyes.

He clearly disagrees.

This was the instinctive reaction of the young Wang Zhaoling, and now he is the only one who dares to accept Zhang Xianzhong's words.

It can make Wang Zhaoling, who has also become a demon, lose his composure, because this is really a huge amount of wealth, a huge amount of wealth, a wealth that is enough to make anyone dizzy.

Speaking of these, it is necessary to mention how rich the Sichuan feudal lord of the Land of Abundance is.

Zhang Xianzhong invaded Sichuan and killed two vassal kings who were as rich as enemies, King Rui of Chongqing and King Shu of Chengdu.

According to historical records, when the Great Western Army conquered Chongqing, Zhu Changhao, the last Rui Wang, had a land rent base of 200 million mu, so that he had to rely on Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi, and Sichuan provinces to share and increase taxes to pay enough for the prince's "annual income". rent".

Of course, due to the continuous disasters and wars in the future, it is estimated that most of these additional taxes will not be collected, nor will they reach the hands of King Rui, but it is certain that King Rui is very rich.

Compared with Zhu Changhao, king of Rui, Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu, is no less inferior. His mansion farmland has already accounted for 300% of the irrigated land area of ​​Dujiangyan (about 70 million mu) at that time, and more than 200 million mu is appropriate.

Because the land of Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu, is visible, the king of Shu is really rich, and he is also a real rich man.

有一份未经考证的资料认为，如果参照明代就藩山东的德王、鲁王的田赋标准（上等耕地每亩3钱银、中等耕地1钱7分银）粗略估算的话，瑞王、蜀王每年光收地租银（明代1两等于16钱，姑且按成都平原“天府之国”上等和中等耕地各一半）就能有至少28万两进项。

It can be deduced from this that the official silver and royal treasury silver obtained by Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan will not be less than 1000 million taels, equivalent to a total weight of about 373 tons.

But this is only theoretical.

Due to some other factors, including a lot of money that cannot be collected and the circulation of silver, as well as the fact that a lot of wealth exists in the form of more valuable jewelry or food and cloth, it is definitely not that exaggerated.

But even if it's only half, or even if it's only one-third, or even one-tenth, it's amazing.

Then add that Zhang Xianzhong slaughtered all of Chengdu and robbed the whole of Sichuan, and this number is even more astonishing.

And don’t forget that before entering Sichuan, Zhang Xianzhong also robbed the equally wealthy King Chu of Wuchang and the poorer King Ji of Changsha, not to mention the other little kings.

The numbers put together are quite scary.

Of course, it is impossible for Zhang Xianzhong to monopolize all these wealth. A considerable part or even most of them should be in the hands of his huge number of subordinates, but the amount in the hands of Zhang Xianzhong, who is good at beauty and wealth, should also be extremely impressive.

Maybe Zhang Xianzhong himself doesn't necessarily know how much money he has, but just looking at it can confuse him.

Jiangkou Shenyin, who rushed to the hot search in 2018, came out of the water, revealing from one side that many legends are really not legends.

That's why the subordinates who had been silent in front of Zhang Xianzhong couldn't control their gaffe collectively.

Zhang Xianzhong's book is too ruthless!
"Without sincerity, can people believe it? Can they be tempted if they don't want to part with their roots?" Zhang Xianzhong sneered.

Wang Zhaoling was taken aback, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, you can't do it! The capital of the Ming Dynasty has been destroyed, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is dead. The Ming army is like a bereaved dog. It is the time when morale is low and the six gods have no master. Our army is attacking with a million soldiers at this time. Victory. How can we make peace with Li Ping, and then give him half of the gold and silver? Isn't this raising others' ambitions and destroying our prestige! Your Majesty, think about our great cause!"

Hearing this, Huang Chengdong actually nodded, and soon showed an annoyed expression.

He suddenly realized that Wang Zhaoling seemed to have some reason, and then he began to wonder how Li Ping could resist this million-dollar army.

The fact that Beijing was breached and the Emperor Ming died was an accident beyond Huang Chengdong's imagination.

Huang Chengdong is not a novice, of course he can think that this incident will definitely have a huge impact on the Ming army.

Not to mention that there will be serious chaos, at least the army will have no fighting spirit!

Although he has not seen the death of the coach and the death of the whole army, he has heard of it a lot.

And this is the official army and the biggest boss in Ming Dynasty.

The army without fighting spirit still plays a ball.

But Zhang Xianzhong surprisingly did not hesitate at all and said firmly: "I don't want the child to be unable to trap the wolf. I have made up my mind. No one should persuade me. Don't make me angry."

There was an instant silence in the hall.

Wang Zhaoling moved her lips, wanting to say something else, but after seeing Zhang Xianzhong's increasingly fierce and unquestionable expression, she finally didn't say anything.

After looking around in satisfaction, Zhang Xianzhong stared at Zhang Rujing, who was standing by the side with his hands down all the time, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Rujing, you can handle this matter, I will give you a chance to make a contribution, make the battle bigger, and give our sincerity Take it there, reveal all the gold, silver and jewelry, and make sure to blind the eyes of the officers and soldiers of Li Ping's army along the way."

Zhang Rujing, who was named, was obviously very surprised, and he almost didn't react.

However, under Zhang Xianzhong's glance, he hurriedly knelt down in front of Zhang Xianzhong to obey Zhang Xianzhong after a shock.

Seeing this, Huang Chengdong looked up helplessly and rolled his eyes. No one knew what his mood was.

Annoyed, happy, scared, or whatever.

Since the two armies had already confronted each other, Zhang Xianzhong's request for peace was naturally a special matter. Zhang Rujing set off after only one day.

Moreover, in order to achieve the effect required by Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Rujing did not choose the faster, more convenient and more conducive to ensuring the safety of the gold and silver treasures by boat, but chose to take the land route and put all the gold and silver treasures in the open cattle cart. Let the carts of gold and silver treasures shine brightly in the sun.

And it did cause a huge sensation.

Although Li Ping's army still maintains a strong discipline, and no irrelevant troops come to watch along the way, many officers and soldiers approaching the troops are still green-eyed, and many people are unwilling to take their eyes off the gold and silver treasures for a long time. And a small number of people have serious gaffes.

In the face of so much gold and silver, few people can maintain complete calm.

Even the Daxi army escorted was not much better.

It was also the first time for them to see so many gold and silver treasures gathered together and exposed, and they didn't know that they had robbed so many things.

As a result, due to disciplinary problems, they behaved more unbearably and more mesmerized.

Even though Zhang Rujing adopted the most ruthless method and practiced continuous sitting, dozens of people were still executed on the spot along the way.

Since it was impossible for Li Ping to reveal the location of his commander and main force to Zhang Rujing, Zhang Rujing and the gold and silver treasures he brought were quickly led directly to Luzhou City.

As a result, Luzhou, which was covered with white flags, immediately boiled, and the atmosphere of mourning for the Ming emperor disappeared.

Li Ping got the news of Chongzhen's death a little earlier than Zhang Xianzhong, and then he did what a courtier should do.

At least formally!

Before Zhang Rujing and his convoy entered Luzhou City, a large number of people outside the city and men and women from the security camp who had heard the news had already arrived, scrambling to watch and follow, and refused to leave for a long time.

And when Zhang Rujing and his convoy entered Luzhou City, they were immediately surrounded by people who had been waiting in the city for three floors and three floors outside. They are full of people.

"My God! Those are all silver, and gold!"

"It's silver, it's silver, my eyes are almost blinded. My God, I've never seen so much silver in my life. No, I haven't even seen a tiny bit of silver."

"Those jewels are so beautiful! God! They're all gold, silver, pearls, and gems, God! So beautiful, so many, how come there are so many!"

Countless people were shouting, crowding, and discussing frantically, making it impossible to stop them.

Even the army and police, who are desperately maintaining order, can't help but keep turning their heads and spying.

Li Ping, who had rushed back to the city and stood on the city wall to watch, was also crying, those gold and silver jewels were really dazzling in the sun.

Apart from being dumbfounded, Li Ping was still dumbfounded.

At the same time, he admired Zhang Xianzhong's generosity.

Then, he also had a trace of strong excitement, as well as a secret inferiority complex.

After regrouping his emotions for a long time, he walked down the city wall anxiously.

That night, Li Ping gave a banquet to the Daxi army, and chatted excitedly with Zhang Rujing during the banquet.

Everyone around Li Ping noticed that Li Ping was obviously not as calm as before, and he was strangely reserved in front of Zhang Rujing, and also deliberately flattering.

Then everyone's mind became complicated.

Most of Li Ping's subordinates understood some things more or less in their hearts.

And those who know that Li Ping said "Daming's life is exhausted" are even more so.

Of course there was also deep shock.

Even if they didn't know or didn't understand, after Song Baolai, Li Ping's most trusted brother, did the thing of lying in the pile of gold and silver treasures before the banquet started, he almost understood a little bit.

After all, Song Baolai dared to be so bold, saying that no one would believe him without Li Ping's acquiescence.

In particular, Li Ping actually laughed at that time.

Yes!

As Zhang Rujing said, the emperor of Ming Dynasty is gone, the world has changed, why are they still desperately suppressing bandits?

And can the Daxi Army still be considered a bandit now?

At present, shouldn't everyone preserve their own strengths, not to mention fighting for hegemony, but also want to be their own princes!

At this time, Zhang Kuang, who had not been able to see Li Ping after Li Ping returned to the city, had completely become an ant on the hot pot.

Li Ping actually gave an order to ground him.

Zhang Kuang was going crazy, of course he knew that Li Ping didn't want to see him, let alone let him destroy his contact with Daxi Army.

This made Zhang Kuang feel strongly uneasy.

There are some things that it is even more impossible for him not to feel.