Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

Hearing Huang Shu's words, Zhang Shouren nodded, and said softly to him: "Master Huang, within a year or two, the situation may change drastically, and Kaifeng may even become the front line. Your Excellency, be careful, and it's best to plan ahead."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and joked with Chen Yongfu again, making Huang Shu unable to answer... He was first stunned, then unbelievable.

Even if the hungry people are a disaster, can Kaifeng, a majestic city that stretches for tens of miles, become the front line, and there is a time when it is in danger?

Huang Shu didn't believe it, and thought that Zhang Zhenglu was really young, he liked to bluff people with big words, and his temperament was still lacking.

He slandered here, but Chen Yongfu had already made an agreement with Zhang Shouren over there. At this time, the soldiers and horses of Henan Township had not been ordered to go south, so Chen Yongfu had no way to accompany him, but he entrusted his son Chen De to Zhang Shouren, and Chen De Leading the family of the Chen family to the south, one is looking for opportunities to make meritorious service, and the other is to experience and learn in the Fushan Army. [

"Listen to me!"

Chen Yongfu's face was frosty: "Don't think that Zhenglu is easy to talk, or that you dare to disobey the military order because I don't like to punish you. If you get in the way, even if Zhenglu spares you, I will kill you when you come back! "

"The last will not dare!"

"The military gate is too serious, haha."

Zhang Shouren laughed aloud, and just as he was about to smooth things over again, a very unexpected group of guests arrived at the gate of the camp.

"His Royal Highness the King of Zhou bestowed 100 taels of gold, 1000 taels of silver, [-] silver medals, [-] iron whips, a golden helmet, a fine horse, and a sword handle..."

There were many and complicated things, and the eunuch of the palace who announced the decree spoke dryly, which made Zhang Shouren kneel for a long time.

Since leaving Beijing, it was the first time for him to bow down for so long.

"Zhenglu, please accept it."

After the decree was announced, the eunuch's status under the prince's order was gone, and he greeted Zhang Shouren neatly, and greeted Chen Yongfu and Huang Shu who he recognized.

"Your Highness has given me such a generous gift, but I dare not resign, so I have to thank the king for a thousand years."

Rituals cannot be abolished. In the Ming Dynasty, the prince was extremely courteous, with first-class civil and military skills. He had to kneel twice and kowtow six times to see the king.

"Your Highness said, there are many bandits in Fang's country today, and the country is in chaos, thinking of good generals. I hope that the captives will work harder, and the bandits will be wiped out as soon as possible, so that the Ming Dynasty will be a peaceful world."

"Yes, my eunuch please reply to His Royal Highness, and I must do as His Royal Highness Zhou ordered."

"Then, the maidservant bid farewell."

Surrounded by civil and military generals in the Fushan camp, the eunuch who passed the decree flew out with his servants and rushed all the way to the outside of the palace city gate of King Zhou's mansion. It's straight forward.

After returning to Yin'an Hall, one of King Zhou's confidantes laughed and said, "Your Highness is generous to this general who conquered captives. Could it be useful for him in the future?"

"The widow is just a vassal, so what's the use of using a general?" King Zhou was in his middle age, but he was well maintained and seemed to be full of energy. He sighed and said in a low voice: "The current state affairs are like this. It is really the time when the country is in turmoil and thinking of a good general, some small things are just asking him to go to Huguang to serve more."

"I see."[

"Huguang plays well, and I in Henan will be fine."

"That's exactly what I mean." King Zhou nodded, and said with a smile, "Let King Xiang have a headache, but it's best to hope that nothing happens in Henan alone. I heard that Shouren is a bit domineering, so why should we use him in Henan Town?"

"His Highness Shengming!"

A group of aides and ministers of the royal family praised him together, King Zhou's face was full of gold, and he looked proud and full of wisdom.

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On the fourth day of October, Kaifeng City replenished food and grass for the Fushan Army, and several forces also sent food, money, and things to cheer up the army, but the news from Kaifeng City also caused the Henan New Army in the army to feel very painful.

Two or three years ago, Henan was only famine in Zhangde area. A few years later, the situation in Zhangde and Weihui became worse. Kaifeng is the provincial capital, and there are actually hungry people everywhere. Thinking of this, the mood of the whole army returned. big bad.

For better or for worse, march as planned.

Originally, I crossed the Yellow River and arrived in Kaifeng. I can go south via Zhuxian Town, then go back to Jiaxian, then go to Nanyang, and the next stop is Xiangyang.

This distance is short, and the road is easier to walk, but Zhang Shouren decided to continue westward, pass Luoyang, go down to Xuanyang, go to Nanyang, and then go down to Xiangyang.

Except that the official road to Luoyang is straight and well maintained, and it is also a common avenue for commuting, the distance from Xuanyang to Nanyang is relatively long, and a little further west is the boundary of Xunyang, including Shangnan, Wuguan, Shangzhou, and Yongning Waiting for the passes and cities, surrounded by these cities to the west is the famous Shangluo Mountain.

This mountain is connected to Shaanxi in the west, the Henan Plain in the east, and Huguang in the south. It stretches for thousands of miles. There are many villages in the mountain and countless bandit poles. Shangluo Mountain is just as happy and carefree, and now there is a report from Tangbao that Li Bu may go south along the mountain road to the mountains around Fang and Zhu, obviously intending to join Zhang Xianzhong.

So Zhang Shouren had his intentions in taking the Luoyang path.

All the way to Luoyang, we have already penetrated deep into Henan Province, and the tragedies we saw are getting worse and worse. There are hungry people fleeing famine everywhere along the way, but famines are everywhere in Henan, where are they going?What I saw along the way was starving ghosts who fell to death everywhere, and those who survived were eating bark and looking for wild vegetables by the side of the road. It really doesn't give people a way to live.

Arrived at the border of Luoyang on the ninth day of the lunar new year, because morale was a bit low, camped an hour earlier on this day. Although the days are short in winter, the sun is still good at this time.

When I came here, I could see clearly that there were two market towns along the two sides of the official road near the city, only five or six li apart. It seemed that this place was close to Xuchang and Luoyang, with Kaifeng on its back, densely packed with commercial routes and very prosperous. A good place, otherwise, so many towns would not have formed.

Marching for many days in a row, not to mention the cities, even the market villages and towns don't know what they look like, everyone is bored, and when the order of the two-hour holiday is issued, the whole battalion is full of joy.

"Fuhu, let's go, walk with me."

Qu Rui, the battalion officer, didn't have much pretensions, and Fushan never said anything about the regular battalion, the surprise battalion, the auxiliary battalion, and the guerrilla battalion. Anyway, every battalion is directly under Zhang Shouren's command, and he only cares about training and fighting, and doesn't care about other things. However, the generals didn't feel that their authority was being cut, but were happy to save trouble.

This time, everyone was fighting for chicken feathers and duck blood, but Qu Rui was always calm.His battalion is still called Fushan Camp. It is a decent old brand. The team officers and sentry officers in it are all brought out by the original team A. They are very good at training and leading troops. Each battalion selects elites. His subordinates were dragged away, but in the end they picked out the gunners from Team A and Team C of the Fushan Battalion. The number of them was the highest among all battalions.

After camping, Qu Rui took some time to organize the camp affairs, and then changed into light civilian clothes... He often did this when camping in Zhaoyuan. [

Du Fuhu returned to Jian after the Dengzhou Incident, and was transferred to the Fushan Camp A team because of his outstanding performance.

For a soldier of the new army who joined Fushan less than a year ago, it is really a rare and supreme honor.

He also cherishes it very much. After the incident, Du Fuhu and other soldiers of the new army have been further tempered, and their sense of loyalty to Fushan has also increased a lot.

The summoning of the battalion generals was an overjoyed event for others, but Du Fuhu just nodded calmly, smiled slightly, and agreed: "Come on, I will go to the training officer to get some money."

"Take my badge and get 20 taels for me."

The trainer is an officer sent by the Military Affairs Department, responsible for helping illiterate soldiers write letters home, holding regular meetings, the content is to explain the state affairs and the recent situation, the suffering meeting, the actual significance of the Denglai civil uprising, and of course the most important education The content is to boost morale, improve the soldiers' loyalty to Zhang Shouren and their sense of belonging to Fushan.

Because I have done my homework beforehand, the training effect is very good, and the training is selected by experienced and kind people. The Military Affairs Department has a lot of chores, and helping soldiers keep their belongings and manage money is one of them. Because of the solid work, even many generals are A lot of money was saved in the hands of the training officers of the battalions, and Qu Rui was one of them.

"Yes, Admiral!"

After agreeing, Du Fuhu took his two companions who came from Zhangde Mansion together, and ran towards the camp where the training officer was.

Du Fuhu is now a soldier of the long spear team, and he is in line. The monthly salary is eight taels of silver, and the food, shoes, cotton and cloth are not counted. The life is many times better than when he was a refugee. His family is also full. He is no longer in this world, so there is no need to be too frugal with the money. When he arrived at the teaching staff, besides receiving 20 taels of silver for Qu Rui, he also received 20 taels of silver for himself.

"Brother Fuhu, what are you doing with so much money?"

The two partners are just ordinary soldiers. Although the salary has been improved a lot, it is only four taels of silver a month. What Du Fuhu took out is equivalent to their salary for half a year.

"I saw those little dolls who were taken away with them. A few days ago, they still had fresh meat to eat. These two days, they just drank salty meat soup with us. Looking at it, I felt distressed. I went to buy more meat buns and cooked them. I also bought some beef."

"Brother Du has a kind heart."

"Don't get too used to Brother Fu Hu, they have the days they have now thanks to the kindness of our adults. The children have suffered hardships, and they live so well all of a sudden, accidents are prone to happen."

Du Fuhu always listened to the persuasion of his friends, but he just smiled after listening, because he had his own plans in mind.

Seeing Zhang Shouren holding a little boy in his arms that day, his heart was sore. For some reason, he thought of his elder brother's son who starved to death, that is, his nephew. how nice.

"Help some if you can. Many of them are from Zhangde. They were in bad health before. Although our camp food is good, it is no better than when I was in Fushan. I spent a few, which is nothing."

Du Fuhu explained with a smile, and the reason was reasonable. The two partners finally understood and nodded silently.