Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

He was said to be fat, but he was out of breath...

Once these people thought about surrendering, the rest of the things would be much easier.

It's nothing more than meeting again and again, and exchanging conditions again and again.

Every day Ye Qi would report the conditions proposed by his subordinates to Sun Yunhe, and then Sun Yunhe would summarize them and report them to Wei Zhongxian for consideration.

The final result will be returned to Ye Qi the next day.

It was not until a few days later that Ye Qi entered Shiling Pass for the first time and met Wei Zhongxian.

"I am Ye Qi, your humble servant, and I kowtow to the factory owner!"

As soon as he entered the door, he knelt on one knee and paid great respect to Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian waved his hand and pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Sit down and talk."

Wei Zhongxian smiled only after Ye Qi sat down.

"Your Majesty asked me to tell you something."

Upon hearing this, Ye Qi was about to stand up and kneel down towards Beijing to listen, but Wei Zhongxian waved his hand to stop him.

"No need to be polite, this is not a divine decree."

"His Majesty said that you have worked hard over the past few months."

"He also asked our family to bring you 500 sheep and 300 pigs."

"Take these back later and let your men eat and drink well. Be patient and wait."

"We have already sent an express delivery of 600 miles to Beijing to meet their demands."

"If nothing unexpected happens, there will be an imperial edict within three days."

Ye Qi knelt down hurriedly to express his gratitude: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"

But when he was about to leave, Wei Zhongxian stopped him again.

"Don't say those pigs and sheep were rewards from His Majesty."

"Just say that you asked our family for them. Got it?"

Ye Qi nodded repeatedly and immediately understood his intention.

Outside Shiling Pass, the Qin army was stunned to see him driving out a group of pigs and sheep accompanied by officers and soldiers.

But when they heard that these were obtained by Ye Qi from the officers and soldiers on their behalf, they looked at Ye Qi with admiration in their eyes.

For the sake of these brothers, he was willing to risk being killed and enter the country to negotiate.

Now he has brought everyone a treat, and in their hearts, such a leader is worth following.

Wei Zhongxian's prediction was very accurate. Three days later, the imperial edict of amnesty was delivered.

He personally led his men and rode on horseback to the front of the Qin army.

Ye Qi, who got the news, also came over with Ding Budong and other centurions.

Including Man Xiong, Cao Zui and Bai Rong, who had been captured by Sun Yunhe before, all three were present.

As everyone was expecting, Wei Zhongxian took out the imperial edict and read it aloud.

"The Emperor, by the Will of Heaven, proclaims!"

"......"

The imperial edict is very long, but it actually does not contain much.

First, the rebellion of this Qin army was characterized as one in which they were instigated to do ridiculous things. Considering that they were able to turn back from their wrong path, the court no longer pursued their previous actions.

Second, after surrendering, this Qin army will still be named Qin Army and its organization will not be interrupted. In order to improve their quality, the court will equip the Qin Army with Xuanwu Lang.

Last but not least.

They were asked to go to Zhangjiakou immediately after accepting the amnesty and await further assignments.

Chapter 258 Li Zicheng's Property

Along with the imperial edict, there was also a seal engraved with "Commander-in-Chief of the Qin Army" and official uniforms that matched the commander.

As for the thousand households and hundred households under Ye Qi, they only had clothes and waist badges, but no seals.

After passing Shiling Pass, Sun Yunhe came behind Wei Zhongxian and watched Ye Qi lead his troops away towards Zhangjiakou after expressing his gratitude.

"Master Yi, do we need to speed up the subsequent recruitment?"

"If we continue at this pace, I'm afraid we won't be able to return before His Majesty goes on the northern expedition."

Wei Zhongxian looked back at him, smiled and shook his head.

"You!"

"Learn from this!"

"We have been out for such a long time, and His Majesty has not even issued an imperial decree to urge us. Haven't you guessed anything?"

Sun Yunhe frowned and thought for a long time before coming to only one conclusion: "Foster father, what you mean is that Your Majesty is not in a hurry to recruit us?"

Wei Zhongxian looked towards the direction of the capital and nodded slightly.

"That's right!"

"The reason why he sent us out was actually just to shut up everyone in the world!"

"So as to avoid giving others the impression that the imperial court is simply tolerating these so-called 'rebellious troops'."

"The best outcome would be to 'recruit' Ye Qi and his men without having to sacrifice a single soldier."

Sun Yunhe suddenly realized what was going on after hearing this, and then couldn't wait to ask.

"Then godfather, let's move on..."

Wei Zhongxian lowered his voice and gave a serious warning.

"Go meet Li Zicheng in person and tell him that he can no longer stay in Shanxi."

"You have to do the whole show!"

"Tell him to prepare and push out those disobedient subordinates. We want to fight him with real swords and guns!"

"After this battle, let him lead his troops to escape to Henan!"

A few days later, a great battle broke out outside Taiyuan city!

Wei Zhongxian personally took charge of the situation and gathered soldiers from the three guards, Zhenxi Guard, Zhenwu Guard and Luzhou Guard, totaling more than 8,000 people, and bombarded Li Zicheng's army head-on with artillery.

This battle......

Two of Yuan Zongde's thousand-householders and seven of his hundred-householders were killed in the battle.

One of Gao Yigong's thousand-householders and five of his hundred-householders were killed in the battle.

A total of 3,000 men and horses were lost. Seeing that victory was hopeless, Li Zicheng led his troops to flee south along the Fen River.

After reaching Quwo, it turned southeast and entered Henan from Yuanqu.

However, when the various guards requested permission to pursue the enemy, they were refused by Wei Zhongxian.

He smiled and took out an account book from his arms and waved it in front of everyone.

"Everyone, look what this is!"

"Although Li Zicheng fled, one of his men delivered this thing to our family under the cover of night."

When the account book was opened and everyone saw the contents, they all gasped in surprise.

Luo Yunshan, the Tibetan king’s family seized 35,000 taels of gold, 1.7 million taels of silver, 100,000 shi of grain, and 50 boxes of jewelry and jade!

Panxiu Mountain hid the spoils seized by the Jin family, including 18,000 taels of gold, 2.3 million taels of silver, 80,000 shi of grain, and 37 boxes of jewelry and jade!

In Shilou Mountain, the Zangtian family seized 5,000 taels of gold, 2.6 million taels of silver, 230,000 shi of grain, and 15 boxes of jewelry and jade!

.............

There are a total of twenty-seven pieces of information about hidden properties, all distributed in the mountains in Shanxi!

Half of these properties came from seven other Shanxi merchants besides Fan Yongdou.

They are Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang and Huang Yunfa.

In addition to them, there were also profiteers of all sizes who were robbed one by one by Li Zicheng and his men.

The statistics are enough to shock everyone!

Three hundred and fifty thousand taels of gold!

Two hundred and three thousand six hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver!

One million two hundred thousand shi of grain!

Jewelry, jade, and all kinds of antiques, a total of four hundred boxes!

The Ming Dynasty's annual revenue is only about 8 million taels.

The things in the account books alone are enough to cover the annual revenue of the Ming Dynasty for seven years!

Looking at the expressions of these people, Wei Zhongxian smiled and picked up the teacup.

"Everyone, do you still think that in the face of these things, it is still important to chase Li Zicheng or not?"

Qi Taibai, the commander of Zhenxi Guard, immediately slapped the table and cursed angrily.

"This group of rebels is too rampant. They have only been in Shanxi for less than a hundred days, but they have already accumulated such a huge amount of wealth!"

“And these few, I remember them!”

"The year before last, the imperial court was unable to pay the salaries, so I went to them to borrow food, but this bastard said he had none!"

"Damn it, they are so rich and unkind, they deserve to have their whole family killed!"

The commander behind him also gnashed his teeth.

"Nearly thirty million taels of silver, these profiteers!"

“There are salt and iron!”

"It was too easy for them to be killed by the rebels. If they were still alive, they should be tortured and asked where they were going to sell these salt and iron products!"

But Wei Zhongxian shook his head in disdain.

“Where to sell it?”

"Of course it's the Jiannu and the Mongols!"

"Could it be possible that it was sold to Li Zicheng?"

"These people were killed by Li Zicheng. Everyone present here should be happy. Otherwise, who knows who they will bite out?"

As soon as these words came out, the whole place fell into silence.

If these merchants wanted to sell salt, iron and grain outside the Great Wall, they would definitely need someone to support them at the border.

And those present were all military personnel, so who wouldn't understand what was going on?

Then, after a moment, someone stood up with a flattering smile.

"The factory manager is the one who knows how to weigh the overall situation. I am convinced!"

"Li Zicheng has just been defeated. He should be safe for a while. It will be too late to suppress him later."

"The most urgent task is to escort these things to Beijing first!"

"These things are hidden in the mountains. If we don't get out as soon as possible, something bad might happen!"

The others basically have the same opinion.

In their view, since Li Zicheng had fled to Henan, the task of suppressing the bandits should naturally fall to the various garrisons in Henan.

These properties were seized by them together. If they were escorted to the capital, they would naturally be rewarded according to their merits.

Until then......

hiahiahiahia!

Some people are already imagining the scene of themselves going to Beijing to receive awards, and are secretly laughing with their hands covering their mouths.