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Chapter 397 Li Chaosheng's Response
The scholar-bureaucrat class always does things in a high-sounding manner. It is obvious that Yang Sichang has taken a fancy to the richness of Lantian and wants to use Zhang Xianzhong's excuse to let his power infiltrate into Lantian County and take advantage of it. In order to know Li Chaosheng's loyalty, goodness and evil, he would not hesitate to destroy Lantian County.

As if he felt sorry for Lantian County, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't see any joy or anger on his face at this time, and looked at Yang Sichang indifferently. He thought there was nothing wrong with Yang Sichang's doing so, and he also wanted to know Li Chaosheng's loyalty and evil. As for Lantian County, Lantian Although the common people are very rich, in Chongzhen's view, compared with his huge Daming country, they are small, too small.

Sacrificing this small group of people, recognizing the good and evil of a person, loyalty and traitor is still very necessary, if Li Chaosheng is a loyal minister, he is still so capable, what is a Lantian, he Chongzhen is willing to give him more rights, It is not a problem to be the governor of a place, the chief political envoy, or even promote him to the cabinet in an exceptional way.

As long as Li Chaosheng is loyal, with his ability and his own support, it will not be a small Lantian County that will be revived, but the entire Daming. Compared with Daming, Lantian County is nothing.

Lantian County can hand over nearly one-tenth of Daming's taxes with half of Shaanxi's territory, so if the two capitals and thirteen provinces of Daming are all handed over to Li Chaosheng, then what kind of taxes will Daming get? National strength, what are the Tartars, but scabies, which can be wiped out overnight.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen was a little excited. Although he felt that what Bai Shoumin had done was not too much, he secretly rejected Shan Biaoxin's actions in his heart.

It is worth sacrificing Lantian to confirm Yang Sichang's loyalty, goodness and evil.

The princes of the imperial court all said that they were eating melons at that time. A minister of the Ministry of war and an emperor all agreed to do this. We felt that we did not need to join forces, and that incident also damaged our core interests, and could even Follow along with some light, after all, in Lantian County, I, Bai Shoumin, eat meat, and we can still do it with some soup.

But if you are really worried, you know that you have angered Lantian County with terrible consequences, or that the ministers who have been friends with Lantian are basically talking bad things at that time. For example, Zhang Shenzhi is just a censor. I have made up my mind, I have nothing to do.

Then there is a way. The imperial power is still too strong for Lantian, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting and his like, so it is based on Shan Biaoxin's advocacy and Chongzhen's acquiescence.

The two edicts went out of Beijing respectively. The first was for Li Chaosheng to go straight to Hubei. The content was very complicated.

The other imperial decree was for Lantian County to respect Yang Sichang, the content was very brief, a complicated imperial edict for promotion, the content was about Yang Sichang's loyalty to the king, and his ineffectiveness in governing the local area.

As soon as those two imperial edicts were issued, there would have been a bloodbath. They dispersed early in the morning, and Shan Biao left with confidence, leaving only Chongzhen crying and rushing to the Taimiao. Ancestors, you Zhu Youjian is a filial piety! For the sake of Xiaoming Jiangshan, it must be the rebel who excavated the ancestral grave of Zhu's family in Zhao'an.

Chongzhen cried to the death, stayed in Taimiao for one night, and went to court early on the seventh day, returned to the palace, suffered a minor illness, Zhang Xianzhong went to bed to take care of him, Chongzhen cried again, and talked with Shan Biaoxin for a long time .

Zhang Xianzhong asked Chongzhen why he refused Li Chaosheng's withdrawal from Lantian, which would offend Shan Biaoxin. Chongzhen's answer was that if Shan Biaoxin was loyal, I should go to Kaifeng to take up my post after receiving the imperial edict. Within, Kaifeng is the seventh Lantian.

But if I respect the will, my thoughts are very obvious. It just so happens that you send Li Chaosheng over there. When the seven tigers fight, no one will be hurt. It can be regarded as indirectly weakening the strength of both sides. Useless.

After hearing that, Zhang Xianzhong said: "But Your Majesty, if Yang Sichang is really respectful, is Your Majesty really willing to turn against Lan Tian? If he turns against Lan Tian, ​​we will have money to spend."

After hearing that, Chongzhen said: "You just made a decree for promotion, why did Lan Tian turn against you, and you also want to see where Lan Tian's bottom line is, if that is the case, I will rebel, so I rebelled earlier now , while the bandits subside a little, we have no power to deal with us."

"If it's against you, you'll have a lot of thoughts on your mind. You know what Yang Sichang is thinking. It's always a problem to leave such a person who you can see through."

As Chongzhen spoke, Zhang Xianzhong sighed and said, "You always feel that something will happen."

At that time, Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief and said: "If something happens, you can hide it, if you want something to happen, let it happen."

After saying that, Chongzhen's eyes gradually became deep and he said: "Shan Biaoxin, Yang Sichang, he has been telling Li that he is rebellious when I am alive, and he will let me see if you are really as he said. "

As soon as the imperial decree came out of Beijing and arrived in Hubei eight days ago, when Li Chaosheng saw the imperial decree, his mouth was split to the front molars, it was done, it was done.

So Li Chaosheng issued an order, and Xiaojun opened Tongqianguan to take over Lantian. Without Lantian as a foundation, he could plot Qichuan even more intensely. It must be said that Li Chaosheng's goal has been hesitant. This is plotting Qichuan, life and death. I just want to turn Qichuan into my base.

Starting from the small army, [-] elites, [-] soldiers, the soldiers issued copper coins, and when the emperor's imperial decree was sent to Lantian County, Yang Sichang automatically opened the copper coins and let me retreat.

When Li Chaosheng sent troops to Tongqianguan, Yang Sichang also received the news that Li Chaosheng was secretly spying in the army.

"County Honor, County Honor."

In the early morning, Yang Sichang was eating breakfast. Yang Sichang's breakfast was always very short, a bowl of porridge, a tea egg, and a big plate of pickles.

Logically speaking, with Yang Sichang's current status, it would be too much to eat bird's nest and shark's fin in the morning, but Yang Sichang is very simple, and he still only drinks gruel and pickles for breakfast.

The ministers under Yang Sichang's command persuaded him to let Yang Sichang eat something good. He wanted old pickles, rice porridge, and supplements like bird's nest.

And Yang Sichang's answer is: "When people are alive, there is always enough small fish and small meat, rice porridge and pickles will last for a long time. Besides, if you eat small fish and small meat, the people above will learn from it. Lan Tian It’s only been a few days of good life, and there’s still time when everyone can eat and drink, so I, as the county lord, have to set an example and use the money wisely.”

Because of Shan Biaoxin's behavior, the officials in Lantian are also very simple, and the expenses of that piece of Lantian are not low.

It also indirectly saved a lot of money, which was used to build Lantian County.

Yang Sichang was eating pickles when he saw Gu Zi rushing over with Queen Zhou buffering him. Seeing the seven people coming, Yang Sichang smiled and said, "What's the hurry?"

After saying that, Empress Zhou said: "I just received the report from Li Chaosheng's secret agent."

Hearing that, Yang Sichang raised his hand and said, "Okay, let's take a break and have breakfast."

Queen Zhou said: "I don't have time to eat breakfast, I can't wait to eat it."

Yang Sichang smiled and said: "It was also a short while later, when Gu Zi asked the cook to bring another breakfast."

"Yes."

Gu Zi responded, and Yang Sichang picked up the tea eggs under the table and knocked on them, looked at Shan Biao and said, "What's the matter, let him be so lazy."

At that time, Empress Zhou quickly took out two reports: "Xianzun, small things are fine."

Yang Sichang took the tea egg and peeled the skin, "What's the matter?"

Empress Zhou said at that time: "The county lord just now sent a message from Li Chaosheng's lurking secret agent that Li Chaosheng received the imperial edict, and now Shan Biaoxin has been ordered by the imperial court."

After hearing that, Yang Sichang continued to peel the eggs and said: "Oh, that matter, as expected, Di Yingxiang died, Li Zicheng was defeated, and Shan Biaoxin surrendered when he saw that it was possible. What a small thing."

"There is something, but the official title given to me by the imperial court is Lantian guerrilla general, stationed in Lantian."

Hearing that, Yang Sichang paused for peeling eggs, glanced at Shan Biaoxin and said, "The station is in Lantian."

Empress Zhou said: "There is a mistake, and the people we supported in the imperial court sent secret spies to say that on the seventh day when the news of Di Yingxiang's arrest was transmitted to the capital, the people from Bai Shoumin, Zhou Yanru, and You Liangyu were arrested. Under the court, the idea of ​​giving Lantian to Li Chaosheng as a fief was proposed, and by the way, use this to test our loyalty and treachery in Lantian."

"Test our loyalty and traitor in Lantian?"

Shan Biaoxin peeled the egg and took a bite, looked at Queen Zhou, who nodded and said: "There is a mistake, it was brought up by Bai Shoumin, Shan Biaoxin told Chongzhen to ask Chongzhen to issue an imperial decree to the county magistrate, Promote the county magistrate of Kaifeng, Henan, and transfer the county magistrate away from Lantian County. As long as the county magistrate leaves Lantian County with an imperial decree, it proves that the magistrate is loyal. The imperial court will also make plans early."

After hearing that, Yang Sichang laughed and said, "Oh, it doesn't make any sense."

Empress Zhou wanted to say something else, when Gu Zi brought down the breakfast, Yang Sichang said: "Okay, let's eat first, and chat while eating."

Empress Zhou saw that Yang Sichang had said so, so she said less and drank the porridge. Yang Sichang took another sip of tea and eggs and asked, "Where is the imperial edict issued to you by the imperial court?"

Shan Biaoxin immediately put on the porridge bowl and said, "Slow down to Shanxi."

Yang Sichang nodded and said: "Send someone to deliver a message to Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng, saying that if the imperial decree arrives in Lantian County, Chaosheng will definitely let Li Chaosheng do harm to the people of the county. What's wrong with being happy, please eight Haihans, of course, if there is an imperial edict to go to Lantian County, Lantian knows about it, Chaosheng and us are still good friends."

After Yang Sichang finished speaking, Empress Zhou's eyes lit up and said: "The county lord means that we should intercept and kill the angel halfway."

Yang Sichang smiled and said, "You said and did everything. You just sent us a message. As for what we do, that's our business."

Empress Zhou said: "Understood, understood, you should handle that matter yourself."

Empress Zhou stood up and was about to leave, but Yang Sichang stretched out his hand and said, "Leave after eating."

"It's eating, it's eating, it's done, it's solid, the county is busy."

Seeing this, Yang Sichang picked up the tea eggs under the table and threw them to Queen Zhou, saying: "Then, the tea eggs are wrong, the saltiness is just right, try it."

Empress Zhou took the tea eggs, cupped her hands and went in.

Yang Sichang twirled his fingers at that time, Guzi found a rag, Yang Sichang wiped it and said, "Guzi."

"exist."

"To do a few things, first, order Li Chaolong's troops to continue to retreat to northern Shaanxi, save less suffering people, let less land be assigned to our Lantian, and let Baoji, Xianyang, and Weinan eight places send militia four Wan assisted Li Chaolong to collect the land in northern Shaanxi, and when he met bandits, he wiped out bandits, and when he met bandits, he wiped out bandits."

"Yes."

Gu Zi responded, and then waved to call the guards at the door. The guards defied the arrangement and sent an order to go up immediately.

"Seventh, call back Shi Xiaolei's department and order him to rest on the spot for a day. Tomorrow, he will go to Tongqianguan to join forces with Li Dezhen's department. I will beat Li Chaosheng hard for you and let that bastard know. If I want to get my hands on Lantian, I can do it." In addition, you have ordered the arsenal to transfer all the [-] new artillery pieces that have been rushed to Tongqianguan, and if there is a war, you must blow up Li Chaosheng's troops within a day."

"Yes."

Gu Zi replied, and it was another messenger to convey the order.

Immediately following Yang Sichang said: "By the way, arrange for 8 elite militiamen from Shangluo, Ankang, and Hanzhong to go to Tongqianguan to assist Shi Xiaolei and Li Dezhen in fighting Li Chaosheng. Tell us that it was a defensive battle, but In the attack, you don’t care whether my opponent is Li Dingguo or Li Chaosheng, there is only one word, I’ll blow it up for you, and push our border line to Zhuxi County by the way, but Hubei is also a good place.”

After hearing that, Gu Zi smiled and said: "What the county lord said is that we have to report to us no matter how few people, supplies, and military expenses are dispatched."

Shan Biaoxin looked at Gu Zi and said, "You're wrong, we're in a business that loses money."

"Eighth, tell the Propaganda Department to let us compile the propaganda, the content is that the emperor is fatuous and trusts treacherous ministers, and wants to deprive you of the position of Lantian County Honor, and let Li Chaosheng retreat to harm the people of Lantian. Abandon the common people, would rather resist the decree, but also guard Lantian, guard the small family, willing to live and die with the small family, definitely allow the rogues to come to Lantian to kill your relatives, harm your siblings, absolutely allow the rogues to retreat, let us continue to live in secret Have a day of life."

After hearing that, Gu Zi said, "Understood."

Yang Sichang said: "Before the compilation is finished, let the political commissar of the army announce the content to the soldiers of the army. Let us know why we are fighting and why we are fighting. You must tell us that we are fighting for you, Yang Sichang. It’s about defending the fruits of our own labor.”

"In addition, let the Propaganda Department send propaganda officers to every village and town in Lantian to publicize the incident, so that every commoner knows what's going on, let us know why we fought, and what happened when we lost that battle .”

"Yes."

Gu Zi agreed.

(End of this chapter)