Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 921 Tackling key problems (two in one)

King Rui was given [-] hectares of land, which was divided into Hanzhong.

Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Sichuan will allocate additional taxes according to the number of acres of shared fields to obtain rent money and hand it over to King Rui.

Now he has lost his enshrinement in Shanshan, and Henan has been plagued by years of drought, and it is even uglier to be looted by rogue officers and soldiers.

The magistrates would not offer all the offerings to King Rui, or even cut off offerings.

King Rui's current wealth is all in Hanzhong, and it was confiscated by He Jinchao, so he can only rely on offerings from Sichuan.

But after escaping to Chongqing, King Rui had a difficult life.

He originally escaped from the east of Sichuan, where there are many mountains, mostly deep mountains and old forests, and suffered a lot on the way.

If Zhao Guangyuan hadn't carefully taken care of him all the way, he might not be able to walk this way.

As for King Rui's family members, almost all of them were abandoned that night.

More than [-] people broke through, and Zhao Guangyuan only had more than [-] people around him.

The richest man in Central Sichuan is the King of Shu. He occupies nearly [-]% of the most fertile land in Dujiangyan, [-]% of the military settlements, and only [-]% in the hands of the people.

This [-]% of the common people are mostly the "real common people" of Ming Dynasty, not the head of Guizhou or the like.

After King Rui settled down in Chongqing, he began to ask local officials for rent money to maintain his daily life, and more importantly, he had to win over a group of soldiers like Zhao Guangyuan.

Otherwise, he would not be able to gain a firm foothold in Chongqing.

Sichuan Zuo Buzheng Zhou Yin was furious when he received the news that King Rui wanted money.

The suppression of wages was temporarily carried out for one year, and another 280 million yuan was expropriated the next year, sucking up the blood of Yum.

Whether it is imperial finance or local finance, it is extremely difficult.

How can there be taxes in Sichuan to be paid to King Rui?

Why didn't he die in Hanzhong!

Zhou Yin has not heard of a vassal king dying in Sheji yet!

Either run away, or surrender He Jinzhao.

In his opinion, the death of a few more vassal kings, except for the vassals, would be very beneficial to the current situation of Daming.

He can't make ends meet just by supplying the soldiers in Central Sichuan and Fu Zonglong's military salaries for the Yunnan reinforcements brought by him.

Now the Hammer bandits are doing trouble on the Sichuan border again, and they are very likely to break into Sichuan.

At this time, it is impossible to pay those soldiers, so you just wait for those soldiers to defect!
Instead, the right chief envoy gave an idea, saying that Sichuan gave priority to supplying the king of Shu, and asked King Rui to go to the king of Shu to ask for it.

They are all relatives, so they can't help each other.

Zhou Yin laughed very angrily, and the king of Shu is well known to all the world.

But this generation of the king of Shu is a master who wants money but not life.

Even if the rebels arrived outside the gate of Chengdu, he would not necessarily give money to reward the soldiers, which is inspiring.

When Li Zicheng came last time, he had tried it once.

The king of Shu was really penniless.

The right chief envoy spread his hands, that is a matter between their lords, and has nothing to do with us.

Zhou Yin nodded and decided to do so.

Anyway, he has no money to support a vassal here.

The lineage of the king of Shu and the kings of various counties occupy a large area of ​​Chengdu, and the mansions are connected together.

They leak a little bit of money, which is enough to solve the local problems.

But they are all iron cocks, so let them fight each other.

To deal with a fugitive vassal, the chief envoy has a lot of ways to delay.

What's more, the emperor is still there, so there is no need to follow the path of Conglong and support these vassal kings to supervise the country.

King Rui?

Who would like a prince who only wants money?

The wealth of Sichuan has long been sucked dry because of the luxurious life of the princes.

What's more, there are a bunch of officials, gentry and landlords below.

Wang Genzi and other soldiers from Jiangzhuchuan finally returned to their hometown.

The whole family was overjoyed.

After all, in the situation in Shaanxi, the road was cut off, and the hammer bandits had all attacked here.

They probably died in battle is the most common thing.

Most of the family members were overjoyed that they could come back.

Wang Genzi invited Zhang Neng to garrison in his hometown, treating him as his subordinate.

This kind of thing, the villagers are no strangers to it, anyway, he is also Daming's lieutenant general.

Everyone went out to rest separately, Zhang Neng sat in the room and took out the map.

Pingwu County is [-] miles away from Guangyuan, so it is better to send people to inquire about some news first, maybe it is better to contact the spies sent by the general.

Only in this way can more information be sent back for the commander's reference.

Wang Genzi, holding two children on both sides, was talking with his wife at home in the county seat.

Asking him how he came back, it was always a little hard to explain, so he passed away with a haha.

The current situation of taking refuge in the Hammer bandit is extremely easy to expose if you don't keep the door open, and your family will be implicated at that time.

But Wang Genzi couldn't control the mouths of nearly [-] people at all.

It's okay if it's near his hometown, but if some people talk nonsense after drinking, it will be a troublesome appointment.

Instead, he hoped that Marshal He could quickly break through Qipan Pass, so as to open up the road to Shu.

In this way, it is possible to ensure that their families are safe.

Day two.

Wang Genzi took his family and went straight to his hometown under the slogan of worshiping ancestors.

In any case, we must find some confidantes to protect our family members, so as not to be targeted by the Ming court.

Regarding the behavior of the officers and soldiers, he didn't think there was anything he couldn't do.

Anyway, the military discipline of guest soldiers is like that, Wang Genzi has to guard against it.

Zhang Neng has sent sentry cavalry to investigate, and he has patrolled the village several times.

It has to be said that the people here are still afraid of their group of "Ming soldiers".

In particular, some girls have dust on their faces, so they look dirty.

As for the clothing and food of the common people, it did not reflect the feeling of the land of abundance.

Zhang Neng shook his head, and as he traveled north and south with the commander, he found that not only the people in Shanxi could not survive.

The people everywhere are the same, there is no worse, only the worst.

He has never seen the worst life of Shaanxi people. The commander-in-chief and others revolted and fled to Shanxi to beg for a living. One can imagine how miserable it must be.

Zhang Neng paced slowly, listening to his subordinates' reports.

That Wang Genzi sent someone to inform him that he brought his whole family to his hometown to avoid the limelight.

Otherwise, the news that a large number of Sichuan soldiers have returned home will reach the ears of the chief envoy.

Long'an Mansion is next to Chengdu Mansion, and there are many chieftains beside it.

These are all very dangerous things.

In fact, it will be time to gather after three days.

Zhang Neng appreciated Wang Genzi's prudent behavior very much, otherwise he would have climbed to the position of lieutenant general, and could have opened the city gate at a critical moment, not only to welcome the hammer bandits into the city, but also to lead the way to capture high-ranking officials of the Ming court.

When the person approached, Wang Genzi jumped out of the bullock cart and cupped his hands at Zhang Neng.

"You came just in time." Zhang Neng smiled:

"I have sent people to investigate the evil deeds of the local tyrants and evil gentry, and I am preparing to get more food to prepare the army for the expedition."

Wang Genzi was not very surprised when he heard this, he had already experienced it when he was in Xi'an.

Not to mention the gentry and landlords, even the vassals cannot escape the sanctions of the hammer bandits.

"What is Captain Zhang going to do?"

"Except for our military use, the rest will be distributed to the local people."

Zhang Neng didn't hesitate, after all, the Long'an Mansion had to be under the command of the Marshal before he could directly threaten the Chengdu Mansion.

It is said that Dujiangyan has flowed into it for more than a thousand years, and has long since irrigated the Chengdu Plain into fertile land.

Most of those fields belonged to the king of Shu.

Zhang Neng felt that after the capture of Chengdu Mansion, the King of Shu could be sent to Xi'an to sweep the streets.

After all, the streets of Taiyuan are really not enough for these princes and nobles.

These fields can be subdivided, and he has long been familiar with this process.

"Find more confidantes who are familiar with the terrain. We must dig Fu Zonglong's ass at the right time and make the Sichuan soldiers mess up."

Wang Genzi nodded heavily. Whether he can make a success under He Dashuai depends on how the first battle is fought.

This time, he had to take advantage of his subordinates' familiarity with the terrain.

Otherwise, next time, I don't know when I will have such a good opportunity.

Fu Zonglong, governor of Sichuan, was afraid that the hammer bandits would go straight into the Chengdu Plain like Li Zicheng did.

Therefore, the Sichuan government army and some of the troops he brought from Yunnan were mobilized to guard Guangyuan County strictly.

Inquire about the news everywhere, and tell the Qipanguan guards not to relax.

Don't think that the hammer bandits are trying to divert elsewhere if they don't attack.

But guard Luo Shangwen felt that his judgment was right, Qipan Pass was so steep and difficult to attack.

He Jinzhao's designation was to sneak in a group of people from elsewhere to create chaos in all parts of Central Sichuan.

But today he was suddenly awakened by a cannon fire.

He Jinchao, he started to tackle the problem?

When he hurriedly rushed towards Qipanguan, he heard the sound of dense artillery.

When he ran halfway up the mountain, he found that the Sichuan soldiers who had closed Qipan had actually run back.

Luo Shangwen immediately drew out his knife, took his servants to kill a few fleeing soldiers, and drove them back again.

As far as the precipitousness of Qipan Pass is concerned, it is not suitable for large-scale deployment of troops.

One man guards the gate, not to mention ten thousand men can't open it, one person is enough to support a thousand people.

In the distance was the sound of rumbling cannons, and on the mountainside were Sichuan soldiers lying in a pool of blood.

Under Luo Shangwen's blood knife, the Sichuan soldiers who were beaten by the artillery and fled were finally forced to go back.

He Jinzhao watched the closed Sichuan soldiers flee with a binoculars, and waved his hand.

Liu Erhu immediately dispatched a 300-man heavy-armor attacking team to attempt the first slow attack.

The twenty guns lined up just below.

Whichever direction is closed, if a soldier dares to show his head, he will be hit hard.

The Hammer Bandit specifically killed Daming's loyal ministers and generals!
There is less living space for this kind of people, and those who focus on thinking about themselves and their families will be supplemented, and Daming will be finished faster.

Luo Shangben was guilty and meritorious, and he was reinstated as an official under the leadership of Fu Zonglong.

If the Hammer Bandit breaks through Qipan Pass again this time, then he will forget about it.

So Luo Shangwen was very angry, what's wrong with the hammer bandits having artillery, is the one on our pass a display?

Boom his mother.

It wasn't until he reached the pass that he found the gunners who wanted to confront him.

There were corpses everywhere, and those who were not dead were also lying on the ground crying, not far from death.

Of the three cannons, two were blown up by the Hammer Bandits' cannons.

There is also a bombed shift.

No one around the artillery dared to approach.

Most of the remaining soldiers don't know how to use cannons. Once the gunpowder is insufficient, it is probably the consequence of blowing up their guns and killing themselves.

After being driven back by Luo Shangwen, Ulala's defeated soldiers hid under the wall, hoping to withstand the bombardment of the artillery.

"General, the hammer bandits are attacking."

Hearing a loud roar, Luo Shangwen ran to the wall and looked down, regardless of the danger.

A group of Hammer bandits was wearing heavy armor, and they circled up directly with shields on their shoulders, and someone else was carrying a ladder.

"Quickly avoid."

The servant threw Luo Shangwen down directly, and the lead bullets rushed to chisel the soldiers behind Luo Shangwen.

The whole head exploded like a watermelon, splashing, and the blood flowed out unstoppably.

Luo Shangwen was lying on the ground, looking sideways at the headless corpse, his eyes full of horror.

The cannons of the hammer bandits are really accurate!

If it weren't for the servant's astuteness, he would have to explain here today.

Gan Zhan was dressed in double armor, holding a long shield in his hand, and looked up through the iron mask in front of him.

The officers and soldiers panicked, and occasionally arrows shot down, but they couldn't hurt them at all.

The only thing to pay attention to is that they throw stones down, which is extremely easy to break up the team.

But fortunately, as long as someone dares to throw stones down, under the bombardment of artillery, they will not be given a second chance.

Step forward, forward, forward.

Even if someone was knocked down by the falling stone again, this group of pioneers stepped forward slowly and firmly.

Only by breaking through the Qipan Pass can you rest.

Luo Shangwen hid behind the crenel and watched carefully again.

Seeing that the arrows couldn't penetrate the hammer bandit's body, he seemed to be itching.

He yelled and ordered people to throw stones down to kill the gang of rebels.

As long as you stick to it, you can wait for reinforcements.

But as long as a soldier dares to stand up and lift a stone, artillery will come.

"General, a big hole was smashed into the door."

Hearing this, Luo Shangwen sweated anxiously on his forehead.

Why did the offense and defense switch?
It took Li Zicheng a long time to break through this barrier.

Once He Jinchao chose to launch an offensive, Luo Shangwen found that he could not defend at all.

"Block and close the door, I don't believe it. When this wave of hammer bandits reaches the city, they dare to continue firing." Luo Shangwen yelled.

He Jinzhao observed the situation on the battlefield through the binoculars. This group of Sichuan soldiers still had a strong will to fight. It seemed that the general had returned.

Just now he saw a large number of soldiers fleeing the checkpoint, but he was driven back again and continued to stand firm.

"Master, there are people filling the closed door."

Liu Erhu asked loudly: "Do you want to use the reserve artillery?"

"Hit the fuck."

Hearing He Jinzhao's reply, Liu Erhu geared up and shouted orders.

Since the officers and soldiers ran away and came back to stand firm, don't blame grandpa for being rude when he fired the cannon.

Fu Zonglong was stationed in Guangyuan County, and he wanted to dispatch in the middle to prevent He Jinchao from sending troops to break through from elsewhere.

But the key point is to be on guard against Qipanguan. It is impossible for He Jinzhao to put the army here and choose not to attack all the time.

After Fu Zonglong woke up, he started to read the documents as usual, and he was relieved to see that there was no new news at night.

Whether it is Long'an Mansion or Kuizhou Mansion, he has sent people to investigate in detail to avoid any omissions.

Tread.

Hasty footsteps sounded from outside the county government office, and he quickly stood up and walked out.

With such urgency, there must be a big event coming.

"My lord, the hammer bandits bombarded Qipan Pass and attacked forcefully. General Luo couldn't resist, so he asked for support."

Fu Zonglong finally breathed a sigh of relief, and He Jinzhao finally made a move.

"Come on, beat the drums and gather troops!"

Drumming drums sounded from inside the city, followed by rapid drumbeats from the barracks outside the city.

(End of this chapter)