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This imperial decree was not formal, so the eunuch stepped back and said to Yang Sichang: "Mr. Yang Ge, Your Majesty asks you, when will the trespassers be wiped out?"

"I just won a big game a few days ago." Yang Sichang replied.

The eunuch sighed and said, "Your Majesty orders you to quickly suppress the bandits and dispatch elites to rescue Jinzhou! If...the bandits cannot be suppressed within half a year, Your Majesty will have to replace someone to supervise the division."

Yang Sichang didn't even bother to argue, and said weakly: "I will definitely do my best."

There was not much wealth in the army, so Yang Sichang took 500 taels and gave it to the eunuchs as filial silver, and repeatedly explained that he had no money.

With the spring breeze blowing on his face, the eunuch sneered when he left the barracks: "This old man Yang Ge is so stingy, how about sending a beggar for 500 taels?"

Yang Sichang was exhausted physically and mentally. Due to the emperor's order, he could only let the ministries speed up to surround Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng continued to move south, intending to join forces with Luo Rucai.

By November, Li and Luohe had returned to the county, with a crowd of nearly 20.

The two sides confronted each other in a small town called Tongzhongdian, conducting small-scale testing of each other, and no one dared to attack without authorization.

After confronting each other for half a month, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai suddenly left their camp at night.

Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, and Zuo Liangyu thought it was a tactic to lure the enemy, and ordered not to pursue them.As fierce as a tiger, Hu Dawei led his troops to chase after him, thinking that this was a good opportunity to defeat the enemy.

Yang Sichang was sitting in command, and it was difficult to stop the pursuit of the enemy.He was afraid that the two tiger generals would be in an ambush, so he asked Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, and Zuo Liangyu to chase the enemy together, so that they could take care of each other.

The three of them did not dare to disobey the order, but they did not want to chase into the mountains, so they stopped after a few miles and sent out sentries to inquire about the situation.

As fierce as a tiger, Hu Dawei has already killed madly. He chased into the mountainous area, and more than [-] bandits fled in all directions, and collapsed all over the mountains and plains.

Zuo Liangyu got the victory news in the middle of the night, how could he be willing to take this opportunity?Immediately lead troops to chase after him, intending to take the opportunity to make some military exploits.

"Kill the left thief!"

When Zuo Liangyu entered the mountain, it was already light, and suddenly a group of cavalry came out from behind.

But it was Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai who were cruel and ruthless. They used more than [-] infantrymen of their own as bait, and let the officers and soldiers chase and drive them away.

More than 4000 cavalry from the old battalion of rogue bandits rushed out in the morning light and charged towards Zuo Liangyu who had been marching for half the night.

"Get out!"

Zuo Liangyu was inexplicably terrified, thinking that the tiger who entered the mountain was as fierce as a tiger, and the tiger was so powerful that he had already lost the battle.

In this surprise attack, all the infantry under Zuo Liangyu's command were lost.

Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai chased and killed them for a while, and soon went into the mountain to continue fighting.

More than [-] bandits fled in all directions, as fierce as a tiger, and the tiger is so powerful that they have already chased them madly.After chasing them, they couldn't hold back at all. The soldiers under his command killed thieves and robbed property everywhere, and only the servants and cavalry were still around the two of them.

After Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai entered the mountain, they led more than 4000 old battalion cavalry, and rushed to kill the scattered government troops when they saw them.

Killed all the way, followed the fleeing officers and soldiers, and soon found Hu Dawei's family guards.

It was another cavalry duel, more than 4000 against more than 1000, and the former suddenly broke out.

Where does Tiger Dawei dare to fight?Immediately choose to escape.

After chasing until noon, both sides were exhausted.Hu Dawei's horse stumbled, fell to the ground suddenly, and was hacked to death by Luo Rucai.

As for the tiger-like army, it was transporting goods in the mountains and escorting more than 1000 prisoners.

"Tiger Dawei is dead!"

Luo Rucai held up the head of Hu Dawei with a spear, Li Zicheng asked people to hold up the banner of Hu Dawei, and ordered the cavalry to shout together.

As fierce as a tiger looked back, he couldn't see his head clearly, but the flag was exactly the flag of Tiger Dawei.

"withdraw!"

As fierce as a tiger, he dared not love to fight, so he dropped his infantry and ran away with his servants and cavalry.

In this battle, about 7 to [-] infantrymen of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai ran away, and thousands of them were beheaded by officers and soldiers.

But on the officers and soldiers' side, Zuo Liangyu and the tiger-like infantry were all lost, and Tiger Dawei was directly annihilated.

In terms of the number of troops lost, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai must have lost, but they actually won a big victory.

Although there are more than 4000 rogues, most of the pawns are consumables.The elite troops of the two men add up to more than [-] cavalry, and thousands of old battalion infantry are defending Xixian County with their families.

Handsome account.

Yang Sichang, who received the military report, sat down slumped, staring ahead blankly.

Just looking at the combat effectiveness of both sides, it is impossible for officers and soldiers to lose.

"How could you lose?" Yang Sichang couldn't figure it out.

Several Tang newspapers were sent in a row, and the generals from all walks of life accused each other, which was nothing more than rhetoric such as underestimating the enemy and rushing forward, fearing the enemy and not moving forward.

The troops of Yang Guozhu and Wang Pu hadn't fought a battle until now. They guessed that there was a problem, so they chose to stand still.

Hu Dawei and fierce as a tiger chased the enemy first, until they completely lost their organizational system.

Zuo Liangyu didn't dare to chase at first, but when he heard about the great victory, he went after him again, and was caught off guard.

The several groups of officers and soldiers were completely fighting on their own, and they were not twisted together at all.

"puff!"

Yang Sichang spat out a mouthful of old blood and passed out in the barracks on the spot.

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Beijing.

If Chongzhen was struck by lightning, he couldn't believe it: "Did Yang Ge die of illness?"

"Your Majesty, this is the legacy of Elder Yang Ge."

With trembling hands, Chongzhen read the suicide note carefully.

Yang Sichang first blamed himself, saying that he had owed the emperor's kindness.It also explained that the reason for the defeat in this battle was all due to the generals' disobedience to military orders. If they pursued together or did not pursue them, such a big defeat would not have occurred.

Finally, Yang Sichang recommended Chen Xinjia to be Minister of War.

Chongzhen put down Yang Sichang's suicide note and tried not to cry, he knew that Daming was hopelessly hopeless.

Zhao Han's occupation of Jiangnan was a fatal blow, and the imperial court only had the salt tax of Huaihe and Huaihe Rivers left.

Now, the uprising of Yan Xiao and Zaohu has caused the imperial court to fail to collect salt tax, and Yan Yin has become a piece of waste paper.

The imperial court ran out of money, and the capital was experiencing a rice shortage, and the price of rice had risen to five liang of silver a stone.

Even in the city of Beijing, people began to starve to death due to lack of food!

The Tartars are besieging Jinzhou, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai are raging in Henan, and Zhang Xianzhong is expanding wildly in Hubei.As soon as the Shandong Cao Army Uprising was suppressed, the Lianghuai salt lord stove households rebelled again.

By the way, there are also rebels in Sichuan, and more than a dozen groups have emerged. Qin Liangyu is running to suppress the rebellion in Sichuan.

Due to the severe famine, the people of Beizhili revolted, and the officers and soldiers of Jizhen suppressed it.

Chongzhen was in a desperate situation, and there was no way to rescue Liaodong, and he couldn't even make up the expenses for the army's departure.

Zu Dashou's Liaodong generals could only slowly defend the city by themselves, and they would definitely surrender when the food ran out.Reinforcements can't be waited for, at most let Hong Chengchou bring Jizhen soldiers to rescue, and the Beizhili uprising army must be pacified first.

Chongzhen called all his sons and daughters here, and it was rare for him to have a good meal.

He couldn't bear to look at these children, and suddenly remembered Wang Tiaoding's message.

Send your children to the South?

Chongzhen sent several groups of Jinyiwei to the south, knowing that Zhao Han had the reputation of "benevolence and kindness".Whether it is true benevolence or false benevolence, reputation must be taken into account after all, and perhaps it will not kill the royal family.

After figuring things out, Chongzhen hesitated again. If the children were sent to the south, what would the Ming royal family's face be?

Chapter 325 [Scholar's Heart]

The winter solstice, the snow comes and the sun clears.

In the attack on Jiangsu, Zhejiang and the counties around Dongting Lake, a quarter of the officials in Luling County were taken away.Some time ago, Fujian was taken over, and several officials in Luling County were taken away.

Liu Rushi, a female intern, is now a serious county government official.

"Xiao Liu, prepare some dried fruit and wine, and tomorrow we will pick a few people to go to Bailuzhou." Chen Qianji, the chief secretary, came to the Propaganda Department to deliver the message in person.

Liu Rushi confirmed in detail: "How much dry fruit wine do you need, and how many people do you need to go to Bailuzhou?"

Chen Qianji thought for a while, and replied: "Two hundred catties of dried fruit, thirty catties of wine. You don't have to worry about how many people smoke, you must go. Remember to call Tian Su (Lin Xue) too."

Liu Rushi didn't ask any further questions, she already roughly guessed that some noble person was going to Bailuzhou tomorrow.

Chen Qianji was the young section chief, and within half a year, he was promoted to the head of Luling County.When the site expands again next year, he will either be promoted to be a county magistrate, or transferred to a prefecture to be an experience (similar to the director of a municipal office).There will be another promotion, a proper party magistrate.

Both love and career have a good harvest, Chen Qianji has already pursued Lin Xue, and the only obstacle to marriage is to persuade the feudal parents.

Liu Rushi immediately went to withdraw the money and buy dried fruits and drinks for preparation.

Back at the rented yard, Liu Rushi said to Lin Xue: "Sister, brother-in-law wants you to go to Bailuzhou together tomorrow."

"What brother-in-law? You haven't written your horoscope yet." Lin Xue blushed suddenly.

"Sooner or later," Liu Rushi said with a smile, "although my brother-in-law didn't explain it clearly, I already guessed it. I'm afraid Zongzhen Zhao will go to Bailuzhou tomorrow. Otherwise, no one can let the county government branch bank to eat. "

Lin Xue laughed and said, "A county magistrate in Daming can make a fuss when he travels. Mr. Zhao's bureaucracy is really strict. The expenses for entertaining officials are only a few taels of silver, and they have to be reported to each level for approval. Many officials complained , saying that it is too difficult to be an official in Jiangxi, you do a lot, you get little, and if you make a mistake, you will be punished."

Liu Rushi said: "It's not bad. I'm just a county clerk, and I can support three families with my salary. I can't just eat and drink, and I can't be romantic. The sons of the gentry find it difficult."

"I heard that female officer Huang (Xiaohong) has been promoted to magistrate?" Lin Xue asked suddenly.

Liu Rushi nodded and said, "Anfu county magistrate."

Lin Xue was amazed and envious: "You are really a hero among girls!"

Liu Rushi said: "The general town must have taken care of it secretly. The three counties of Luling, Jishui, and Anfu are the places where the general town thrives. Anfu County is open and rich, so there is not much resistance for a woman to be a county magistrate there."

Among Jiangxi merchants, there are two major merchant gangs, one is the Anfu merchant gang and the other is the Qianshan merchant gang. The industry and commerce in Anfu County are extremely prosperous.

The next day.

Lin Xue prepared pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and went out with Liu Rushi.She waited at the county government office, Liu Rushi came out after a while, and Chen Qianji brought a few officials.

Neither the county magistrate nor the magistrate dared to let go of their jobs, so they went to Bailuzhou to entertain Zhao Han in person.

When boarding a boat across the river at the ferry, Chen Qianji ordered: "There are many scholars today, they are here to persuade them to come, not only from Jiangxi, but also from Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangdong, and even Fujian. The more scholars from all provinces gather More, it is nothing more than asking the general town to become a king on its own, and move the capital to Nanjing to open a course to obtain a scholar. Their real intention is nothing more than to open a course to obtain a scholar. They want to skip the official staff and become an official directly after the exam. Therefore, no matter what they say Whatever, you don't want to get involved."

All the officials suddenly realized that this time they were serving as receptionists.

When I came to Jiangxinzhou by boat, not only officials from Luling County came, but also the handymen from Bailuzhou Academy were busy.The stools and desks were brought out and placed on the open space outside, and a lot of preserved fruits and drinks were brought out, and there was still thick snow all around.

Lin Xue pointed to the distance: "He is also here."

Liu Rushi took a closer look, but it was his ex-boyfriend Chen Zilong.The two of them once talked about getting married, but the Chen family disagreed with each other. After Chen Zilong was admitted to Jinshi and became an official in Beijing, they broke up completely.

After everyone waited for a while, Zhao Han finally showed up, with only a dozen bodyguards with him today.

"Meet the general town!"

Zhao Han was very satisfied that no one knelt down, just bowed.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Sit down."

"Thank you, Mr. Town!"

Everyone sat down.

Zhao Han raised his glass and said: "Today's winter solstice, it's freezing, and I'll drink this cup to the brim. I wish the country and the people peace, and the military disaster will be eliminated as soon as possible."

Everyone toasted and toasted.

Putting down the wine glass, Zhao Han smiled and said, "Who is Chen Renzhong?"

Chen Zilong left the table and got up, cupped his hands and said, "I've seen Zongzhen."

Zhao Han nodded and said, "So it was you, you were the only one in the audience who didn't drink."

Chen Zilong said: "Ding You is not yet full, so it's inconvenient to drink."

"I see, make him a pot of tea." Zhao Han ordered.

"Thank you for your understanding," Chen Zilong said.

"Sit down and talk," Zhao Han said approvingly, "I have already read the "Nongzheng Quanshu" you contributed, and it is more comprehensive and detailed than the "Nongshu" of the previous dynasty. All must have it, and officials at all levels must read it."

Chen Zilong shouted sincerely: "The general town is wise!"

In fact, Chen Zilong didn't work as an official for a few days. His mother died of illness and went home to attend the funeral.