Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 401 Ambush
After giving instructions to Chen Su, Li Wei popularized these ideas against exploitation and oppression to students like Xie Feihu.

Although people like Xie Feihu and Ma Liusi learned a lot from Li Wei, they were limited to mathematics, physics and chemistry. Li Wei never mentioned politics. After all, he himself was very aware of the impact of these things on today's feudal society. How big will it be.

However, because they have received more scientific knowledge, students such as Xie Feihu and Ma Liusi found it easier to accept the concepts Li Wei mentioned and were very surprised.

In the past, they had vaguely felt that the current power structure of the court lacked rationality, but now they truly understood the problem after listening to Li Wei's remarks.

The Night Guards were all selected from among the craftsmen and common people at the bottom. Although others could not understand these words as easily as students like him, they felt the same about the exploitation and oppression mentioned in them, and they were even more sympathetic to Li Wei's idea of ​​equality. Extremely grateful.

Li Wei told them this, in addition to hoping that they could become truly reliable companions, and more importantly, he asked them to go out and promote it like Chen Shan. These ideas should not only be understood by the officers and soldiers in the army, but also by the general public. clear.

Under Li Wei's instructions, these ideas spread rapidly in the city. Whether among the people or the military, people's thinking was changing rapidly, and a new world view was gradually brewing and born in people's hearts.

After arranging these matters, Li Wei handed over the Hou Mansion to Ma Liusi and others for guarding, and returned to his mansion.

In the past, even though the pavilions and pavilions in this mansion were built like a garden attraction, he lived in a very depressing state. But it is different now. From now on, he can come and go freely. After a while, this Yangzhou city will no longer It is his prison, but his base.

When he returned to the house, he was about to enter his house, but after thinking about it, he turned around and went to the backyard.

After passing through the rockery and pond, Li Wei saw An Qing accompanying his children in the main room in the backyard.

An Qing had a worried look on his face. After seeing him, he handed the child over to the wet nurse and took her away. He came to Li Wei and asked softly: "What happened in the house yesterday? It was so noisy."

Li Wei pulled her to sit next to him and chuckled: "It's okay. I just took her out for a walk. From now on, we can go in and out normally and no longer need to be confined here."

An Qing frowned slightly, stared at him and asked: "Isn't it the father's will not to let us leave the house? Has he changed his mind?"

Li Wei's expression paused, and he hesitated for a moment before telling the truth: "That's not true. I figured it out myself."

An Qing's pretty face turned pale when he heard this, and he panicked: "How can this be done? Doesn't that mean resisting the decree?"

Li Wei took a breath, the smile on his face disappeared, and he said softly: "It doesn't matter, I have my own opinion on this matter, you don't have to worry."

An Qing was even more worried and reached out to grab his arm and persuaded: "Li Wei, just listen to your father. Isn't it good for us to live here now? It was the same in the palace when I was a child. Just get used to it. Now, spend more time with Qin'er and Xin'er when you have time, and don't go out again!"

Li Wei frowned and sighed secretly in his heart.

In ancient times, female family members were not allowed to go out and show their faces easily, especially the royal family. After An Qing became a mother, she was no longer as lively and active as before. She didn't feel anything wrong with the current confinement, but he couldn't do it. Even if he could live in a house, I can't let go of Xiaoqing's affairs either.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen." Li Wei patted her hand and comforted her softly.

"Please, can't we just live a good life here?"

She shook Li Wei and said in an almost pleading tone. Although she didn't know how Li Wei was able to get out, she also understood that this matter was by no means that simple.

"Okay, don't worry." Li Wei paused, but in the end did not explain much. He changed the subject with a perfunctory sentence: "How are Qin'er and Xin'er recently? Are they still obedient?"

An Qing looked at him suspiciously and could only reply: "Qin'er is a bit naughty now. He plays all day long and refuses to study hard. Xin'er is clamoring to listen to stories."

She also complained when she mentioned her two children.

"Isn't that the same as before?" Li Wei teased.

An Ai hit him angrily: "Where can I have it?"

"Ha ha……"

Li Wei changed the topic to the parents' shortcomings, chatted with her, looked at the children, and left the backyard again.

He was afraid that if he stayed in Anqing, he would be asked some questions that he didn't know how to answer.

……

Time passed day by day, and Li Shanchang, Lu Zhongheng and others did not enter the capital. Zhu Yuanzhang soon became suspicious.

"Have Li Shanchang and the others not arrived yet?"

Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Mao Xiang in the Qianqing Palace and asked.

Mao Xiang said respectfully: "Not yet. According to the news reported by the spies, they have arrived in Chuzhou a long time ago, but they disappeared and have not yet arrived in Beijing."

"Hmph, it seems they have other ideas." Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly, "Is there any change in the various military stations?"

"Huai'an Guard, Wuping Guard, Suzhou Guard and other guards have recently reported deserters, totaling nearly a thousand deserters. There are also scattered deserters from other guards who have disappeared." Mao Xiang replied with cupped hands.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his eyes suddenly flashed with a stern look: "Huh, that's fine, it saves us a lot of effort."

He had already prepared means for these people. If these people really had different intentions and wanted to do something, it would save him a lot of effort and he could justifiably eradicate these people.

Although he has transferred all the troops and horses controlled by Lu Zhongheng and others to the Northern Expedition, there must be many of their old troops in the army. If they really have any ideas, they can still mobilize some troops, but with these few troops, they can only An assassination or a sneak attack will not cause any big waves.

"From now on, the capital will be on heightened alert, and additional people will be sent to Chuzhou to search for their traces. Once found, they will be arrested and brought to Beijing for the crime of resisting the imperial decree!" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly.

"Yes!"

Mao Xiang accepted the order with his hands in his hands, turned around and left in a hurry.

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at the imperial platform outside the palace, thinking about all aspects of the situation repeatedly in his heart, and murmured softly: "It's better to be anxious."

Ever since Li Wei told him the news of Zhu Biaohui's untimely death that day, he had begun to make arrangements. Although these things had been arranged for a long time, the time was still a bit immature.

Fortunately, the Northern Expedition successfully achieved a great victory, and on the surface everything seemed to be under control.

But what he didn't expect was that not only Li Shanchang and other nobles conspired with the King of Qin and Zhang Fengyi to achieve great things, but a change that spanned the ages was also taking place in nearby Yangzhou.

In Yangzhou, Li Wei came to Guo Ying's Hou Mansion again after a few days. Chen Shan, Xie Feihu, Chen Su and others were all there.

"How is the situation in the army?" Li Wei first asked Chen Shan. Controlling the army is the most important thing now.

Chen Shan thought for a while and said: "A lot of our people have been placed in the army. Many soldiers have heard your ideas before, and they are even more convinced now. I believe these people will be willing to support us, but Wu Dinghou has not shown up for so long. , His trusted generals are already suspicious, and I’m afraid we won’t be able to stop him if this continues.”

Now there are night guards inside the Hou Mansion, and the guards transferred from the Prince Consort's Mansion are covering up the outside. However, the senior generals under Guo Ying are not stupid, and they will naturally notice something is wrong after a long time.

Li Wei thought for a while and said: "In this way, tomorrow you recruit all his cronies in the name of Wu Dinghou. I will have people control them first. In addition, I will issue some appointment documents and transfer all the guards in my house to the military camp. You, Li Zhuang, Zhang Chao and others work together to take control of the military camp as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Chen Shangong claimed.

Then Li Wei looked at Xie Feihu, Ma Liusi and others and asked, "What about you, how are you doing with your propaganda work?"

Xie Feihu and Ma Liusi looked at each other and showed relaxed smiles. "Teacher, you have a high prestige in the hearts of the people of Yangzhou. As soon as they heard what you said, they expressed their support one after another. Our publicity went very smoothly." Xie Feihu replied with a smile.

Li Wei was a little surprised when he heard this, but after thinking about it for a while, he figured it out.

When he first came to Yangzhou to build the city, he had conflicts with Zhang Cheng, a fellow governor of Yangzhou, and the local tycoons of the Yue family and the Gu family. Zhang Cheng was incited by Zhang Fengyi to collude with Japanese pirates to assassinate him and was executed by his clan. The local tycoons of the Yue family and the Gu family also suffered heavy losses.

On the contrary, the people of Yangzhou not only saw a huge increase in their income due to Li Wei's land purchase strategy, but also the servicemen who built the city became a kind of welfare, allowing them to live a good life. Even after he left, Yangzhou prospered because of his influence. Up, the businessmen also benefited a lot, and these people were very grateful to him.

What's more, his idea is to seek benefits for the poor people from the perspective of them, so it is naturally easy for others to accept.

"Well, that's good." Li Wei nodded with satisfaction.

Then he asked about the troop transfer, but the result made him disappointed. The total number of Shenji Camp and Navy that were transferred to the north was 78,000 people. This time, only 20,000 to 30,000 people came back with Lu Hong and others. That's all, most of them are from the Navy.

The navy was guarded by his trusted followers, but there was no one at the Shenji Camp. Furthermore, Zhu Fan and Zhu Di were not stupid either. Since they took over his troops, they had successively placed many of their own people in, and then Coupled with the great victory in the Northern Expedition, Lu Hong and the others could bring out 20,000 to 30,000 people, which is already very good.

Li Wei secretly sighed. Although he brought out these soldiers and horses, he did not instill any ideals and beliefs. He only changed the equipment but not the heart. Like other armies in the imperial court, he only knew how to follow the general. The general changed this The troops will change hands.

"Well, I understand. Let Lu Tang integrate these people as soon as possible and unite them with the naval forces stationed in Japan. They will be on standby at any time." Li Wei said in a deep voice.

"Yes."

Seeing that Li Wei didn't blame him, Xie Feihu also breathed a sigh of relief.

After discussing with everyone, Li Wei used Guo Ying's seal to issue the appointment document for Chen Shan to take with him, and also arranged for Li Zhuang and Zhang Chao to come in.

The next day, Chen Shan brought a group of Guo Ying's cronies to the Hou Mansion and raised his hand in front of the door to signal:
"My lords, please come in."

The two conductors under Guo Ying, Huang Sheng and Xu Zanhou, looked at each other. Huang Sheng looked at Chen Shan suspiciously and asked, "Do you want to summon me together, sir?"

After people like Chen Shan entered the military camp, they began to spread unusual remarks. He always felt that something was wrong with this guy.

Chen Shanqiang calmed himself and said without changing his expression: "Yes, the Marquis himself said that he wants all of you to have an interview together so as not to bother him again and again."

Huang Sheng frowned and pondered for a moment, and whispered to Xu Zanhou beside him: "I feel something is wrong. I will bring some people in first, and we will wait and see."

"Yes." Xu Zanhou nodded lightly.

Huang Sheng then said to Chen Shan: "There are too many of us, and it's impossible for Mr. Hou to meet us all at once. Let's do this. I will bring my colleagues in the department to see Mr. Hou first. After we finish reporting to Mr. Hou, Mr. Xu will come again." Take the rest in."

There are more than ten of them, and this reason is reasonable.

However, Li Wei wanted to take them down in one fell swoop this time, so Chen Shan would naturally not let them separate.

"Your Excellency, you are overly worried. The Marquis has already made arrangements for summoning you. After entering the mansion, you can drink tea and wait in the side hall. The Marquis will summon you one by one, so you don't have to worry." Chen Shan said with a smile.

"Huh, no need. I can just wait outside the mansion." Xu Zanhou snorted coldly.

Chen Shan's face changed slightly, and he hesitated for a moment.

"What are you doing standing still? Lead the way!" Huang Sheng shouted and urged.

"Yes." Chen Shan had no choice but to take him in first.

Xie Feihu, who was hiding within the courtyard wall, saw this and quickly turned around to report to Li Wei.

"Teacher, it's not good. Guo Ying's cronies seemed to be aware of it. Only some of them came in first, and the rest stayed outside the house and refused to come in." Xie Feihu said in a deep voice.

When Li Wei heard this, he stood up suddenly and said hastily: "You immediately take people out to ambush all around. If things change, take down those people outside the house immediately and never let them escape!"

"Yes!" Xie Feihu took the order and left in a hurry.

Then Li Wei turned to Chen Su who was aside and said: "Let our people be quick when doing things and try not to make too much noise!"

"Yes!" Chen Su responded in a deep voice.

Li Wei nodded slightly, but his face was still solemn.

The military camp is not yet completely under control. If these people escape and return to the military camp, they will be in trouble. Moreover, even if they cannot return to the military camp and make noise in the street by shouting and making noise, I am afraid that the situation in Yangzhou will quickly spread to the capital Zhu Yuanzhang. In his ears, what he will face then is an army coming to attack.

Chen Shan brought Huang Sheng and a group of generals to the courtyard and went straight to the backyard. Huang Sheng watched the surroundings vigilantly as he walked.

"Why are there no servants or family members in the house?"

Before entering the backyard, Huang Sheng suddenly stopped and asked.

Chen Shan's thoughts changed quickly and he said: "We are all waiting in the backyard. It is a rare visit for you all. The Marquis specially asked his servants to prepare a banquet. After discussing official business, I can have a banquet with you."

Huang Sheng looked at him carefully for a moment, then nodded slightly and walked into the backyard.

Anyway, there are Xu Zanhou and others outside. If something happens, he only needs to shout a warning, and Xu Zanhou can bring people back to the camp to raise troops.

Behind the rockery in the backyard, Chen Su and his men hid here, watching closely as Huang Sheng and the others walked in, and waved their hands violently when they all entered the center of the courtyard.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

With a few soft sounds, the night guard ambushing nearby fired a crossbow.

Huang Sheng was also a veteran. When he heard the sound, his expression suddenly changed and he shouted: "Be careful!"

As he spoke, he leaned forward and threw himself down, and the others quickly followed suit and avoided him.

However, the crossbows are extremely fast and the yard is not big. Even if a few people are very skilled, not many people are lucky enough to escape.

"what!"

There were several screams, and four or five people were instantly hit by crossbows. With one successful blow, Chen Su immediately led his men and charged forward.

Huang Sheng raised his hands and jumped up from the ground. He looked at Chen Su and others and shouted angrily: "Who are you? Where is the Marquis?"

However, Ye Xingwei didn't answer at all. He just rushed up and slashed with his sword indifferently.

Huang Sheng's eyes were about to burst, he raised his head and shouted: "Be careful there is an ambush in the house..."

"call out……"

puff!
Before Huang Sheng could finish his sentence, a sharp arrow penetrated his chest!
(End of this chapter)