The white porridge and pickled mustard is enough, why am I wearing a royal robe?

Chapter 222 Meeting Li Zicheng
"Major overhaul of the post station and lay off unnecessary officials and soldiers."

Liu Zhenhua listened to the information gathered by his men. Emperor Chongzhen's policies naturally did not affect the land under his rule, but they reached his ears.

"If I remember correctly, Li Zicheng was so unemployed," Liu Zhenhua thought of this person.

Although this is something that really happened in history and seems to be a historical inevitability, he doesn't know why he always feels that Emperor Chongzhen's series of actions were influenced by him.

But it didn't matter anymore, King Chuang was gone and he became a cavalry officer under his command.

Who would Li Zicheng seek refuge with? Although it is said that gold will shine wherever it is, without King Chuang, Li Zicheng could still seek refuge with King Pluto or King Fu in the future.

But with a piece of gold as big as his Kitchen King here, nothing more dazzling will appear in this land, and the gate of the capital can only be opened by him.

Not Li Zicheng.

As for where Li Zicheng will be taken by the wheel of history, that is not something Liu Zhenhua needs to consider.

"Kitchen King, a letter from Ren Fanyi."

After Liu Zhenhua's expansion, they would also take the initiative to give up their territory without even the slightest intention of resisting. Of course, they had no intention of joining his team.

The bumpy horseback and the rough and rough road, but Li Zicheng just felt that it went by too fast.

When Li Zicheng learned that the Kitchen King wanted to see him, his mood could no longer be described as joy. It was like pie in the sky. Especially, according to the officer, Li Zicheng still remembered Ren Fanyi's expression.

From Ren Zhuohuo, who currently has the highest official position, to every heavenly soldier who follows Liu Zhenhua, they all respect Zhang Liang when they see him.

But now, he knew that the opportunity to rise to prominence had come.

In the case that the population in ancient times was not that large, and Li Zicheng was still a non-Li Goudan, Wang Er, Wang Wu, such nicknames, basically ruled out the possibility of naming celebrities.

After scanning one place, it will move to another place.

However, it was Li Zicheng under his command.

"But why would you go directly to Henan Mansion to see him?"

A look of surprise and confusion.

Shaanxi’s signature.

When he stepped on the land of Henan Fufu Yamen, Li Zicheng still felt a little unreal in his heart.

Then he said with emotion: "That shouldn't be the case. The Kitchen King should have asked you to report directly to the Heavenly Barracks, and someone will assess you."

Although there are many people who do all kinds of evil, Liu Zhenhua can't do anything about them, just like the court can't eliminate the bandits. These bandits are too rogue.

When Liu Zhenhua wrote these words, strange thoughts came into his mind, whether to let history continue to follow his course.

In this way, the court will basically not care about them.

He originally thought that his Li family would be like this for generations.

Liu Zhenhua didn't even raise his head. Ren Fanyi, and even the people in charge of recruiting soldiers in various prefectures and cities, wrote to him basically because they found some good ideas.

While on the horse, Li Zicheng kept thinking about what kind of person the Kitchen King was, and what kind of expression and tone I should use to respond to the questions that the Kitchen King might ask.

It was Li Zicheng who pushed open the capital city gate.

However, Liu Zhenhua thought for a while and realized that this situation was normal. After all, his power in Shaanxi was already extremely large. Although Liu Zhenhua had not stated it, Liu Zhenhua knew that all the current rebel leaders basically defaulted to him as the leader.

Liu Zhenhua rubbed his eyes, looked at the name above, and was stunned for a moment, "Li Zicheng, this is still the Li Zicheng of this place."

"Is there anything special about you?"

Ren Fanyi's face was filled with the expression that your kid is about to get rich.

The journey of thousands of miles seems to go by in an instant.

Working for someone is not selling, and following a meritocratic leader like Kitchen King, at least he will not be suppressed because of his background or other things.

"Bring him to me."

This Li Zicheng actually came to join his subordinates, just like Gao Yingxiang, Wang Jiayin and others.

"Send it up."

homeless.

Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that Li Zicheng joined his team after losing his job.

Liu Zhenhua's expression was weird. He couldn't really have divinity, why would he come to talk about whoever he wanted?

Li Zicheng's life was very difficult at home since he was a child. When he was a child, he was even sent to a temple to become a monk.

"Kitchen King, I found a person who easily defeated the soldier responsible for checking. This person's ability may be able to be a squad leader among the heavenly soldiers."

In other words, this Li Zicheng is the Li Zicheng Liu Zhenhua was talking about just now.

Liu Zhenhua opened the letter in his hand and scanned the paper with his eyes.

To be precise, he was doing things in his name.

"His name is Li Zicheng, from Ganzhou."

However, he should be regarded as the gatekeeper with the highest status.

Zhang Liang stood at the door, cupped his hands and said, after following Liu Zhenhua for so long, he is still a gatekeeper.

The Kitchen King treats him so differently that Li Zicheng is not afraid of the Kitchen King wanting anything else from him. What Li Zicheng can do is just stick skills.

"That's how I ended up here?"

Li Zicheng didn't know why, but after arriving here, he suddenly felt a sense of loss, as if he had lost something. This mysterious and mysterious feeling made Li Zicheng feel a little uncomfortable.

But when the smiling gatekeeper in front of him said to him: "Go in, the Kitchen King is waiting for you inside," Li Zicheng felt better again.

He pushed open the door of the government office, and in a daze, he felt that he should not have opened this door. This feeling made him hesitate a little, and then Li Zicheng walked into the government office.

Li Zicheng saw a man with his head bent over a desk. His hair was not as gray and mottled as he imagined.

But his hair is as black as ink.

"Is this the Stove King? He's so young, or is he a god who knows how to look good?" Li Zicheng thought to himself.

"Li Zicheng, a common man, meet the Stove King," Li Zicheng just thought for a moment, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Liu Zhenhua raised his head and looked at the man in front of him, "Is this Li Zicheng?"

Liu Zhenhua sighed with emotion. Now he has met two of the three influential figures in the late Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen, Li Zicheng and Huang Taiji.

"Raise your head," Liu Zhenhua said in a low voice.

Li Zicheng's body trembled, not because the voice was shocking, but because the voice was too young. Moreover, the Kitchen King suddenly spoke and was startled. Could he not tremble?

Liu Zhenhua looked at Li Zicheng.

This Li Zizheng has a very unique look. The distance between his eyes is a bit wide, almost like a long-distance relationship.

Others are pretty good, with rosy eyes, erect eyebrows, a straight nose and a square mouth. If the corners of his eyes are stretched, he looks like a tough guy.

Li Zicheng also looked at Liu Zhenhua, who was so good at keeping his appearance that he was truly a god.

He sighed in his heart.

"You are so good at stick skills that you can be the captain of the Heavenly Soldiers Company," Liu Zhenhua thought about it for a while, and originally planned to let him go and develop independently like Ren Hongli and Geng Zhangguang.

After all, Li Zicheng's skills have stood the test of time. It doesn't matter that he was so good at his own skills. He was able to lead the peasant army into the capital and forced Emperor Chongzhen Meishan to hang himself. This is enough to show that this person also has certain talents in management.

But after thinking about it, Li Zicheng followed Chuang Wang at first, and then slowly emerged. Now he can be made the company commander first, and later let him adapt to the team, and then delegate power to him and let him fight. Hebei.

Liu Zhenhua still wanted to let him continue to push open the capital city gate with his own hands.

"Company Commander."

Li Zicheng was stunned. Company commander was two ranks higher than the official position Ren Fanyi told him.

He said quietly, "Kitchen King, don't you test my abilities?"

I originally thought that after arriving at the place, the Kitchen King would examine him and give him a suitable official position.

He didn't expect that the Kitchen King would directly give him such a big official.

After saying these words, he realized what kind of person the Kitchen King was, and he had probably seen through everything about him.

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng suddenly felt as if he had been stripped naked and placed in front of the Stove King.

"No, I know your abilities. After a few days of training in the army, I will give you a new official position, which is almost equivalent to the head of an army," Liu Zhenhua's voice was calm.

But Li Zicheng became uneasy after hearing this, "The leader of an army."

Li Zicheng's body trembled with excitement. He was a captain of ten and a centurion, but the Stove King actually made him a general!
That's a general.

The kind that exceeds tens of thousands of people.

How could he, a child from a poor family, be able to afford the Stove King to think so highly of him?

"Thank you, Kitchen King!"

Li Zicheng quickly hit his head on the ground, making a banging sound, which showed how agitated Li Zicheng's heart was.

Winning people's hearts is as simple as knowing people and making good use of them.

Liu Zhenhua did not have such means, but he knew the direction of history, and Li Zicheng was naturally very comfortable and trustworthy in using it.

This trust was enough for Li Zi to sacrifice his life for becoming the Kitchen King.

At this time, in Li Zicheng's heart, in addition to his gratitude to the Kitchen King, he also had a deep respect for the Kitchen King.

The Kitchen King has the ability to understand people's hearts.

Otherwise, even if they knew he was capable, they would not have given him such great abilities in the first meeting.

This is the Kitchen King's confidence that he has absolute control over him.

There is no worry that he will do anything bad with this power.

"Kitchen King, I will definitely live up to your trust."

He didn't say these words out loud, but secretly thought in his heart that the Kitchen King should be able to hear them.

"Take this and report to the city's east barracks," Liu Zhenhua said, taking a copy of the order.

Li Zicheng stepped forward to take it and approached the Stove King, his heart pounding.

This is the Kitchen King.

Until he walked out of the government office, Li Zicheng felt that his steps were empty, and everything that had just happened seemed unreal.

After Li Zicheng left, Liu Zhenhua looked at his leaving figure and suddenly felt that all the heroes in the world had fallen into his trap.

"If we have a chance, we can let Gao Yingxiang and the others meet this guy," Liu Zhenhua thought in his mind to see if any wonderful chemical reaction could happen.

Gao Yingxiang now leads the cavalry, while Wang Jiayin is still the platoon leader because he originally wanted to steal the magic weapon.

Lowering his head, Liu Zhenhua continued to write and draw on the map.

The area within a hundred miles of Henan Fucheng has basically been digested.

Next came Pingyang and Huaiqing, and further north came Wei Hui. News came from Shanxi that Ren Hongli's team already had 13,000 people.

He also captured Pingyang Mansion and is heading towards Zezhou to fight.

Zezhou is very close to Huaiqing Mansion. Although they are two provinces, they are not even four hundred miles apart from each other.

If Liu Zhenhua wanted to, he could surround Huaiqing at any time.

However, Huaiqing may not need to fight at all, as the opponent's population is constantly losing.

Soon it will be impossible to organize a militia when the other party attacks the city.

Since Qiu Zhaolin fled, Henan has almost become like a piece of loose sand, and Emperor Chongzhen has no time to take care of it. Henan will remain in its current state until the new governor comes online.

As for Geng Zhangguang, he has begun to besiege Xi'an. Although he has lost his Tai Shen soldiers, it is not a serious problem. He is not afraid of thieves, but he is worried about them.

Even he, Liu Zhenhua, couldn't guard against Emperor Chongzhen's spies.

What's more, Geng Zhangguang is working hard outside.

"Chongzhen, we should join forces with Huang Taiji," Liu Zhenhua's eyes wandered around the capital.

This kind of thing is too easy to guess.

Since Emperor Chongzhen dared to risk the taboo to let Huang Taiji go south, it proved that the other party also dared to join forces with Huang Taiji to deal with him.

Moreover, Huang Taiji also saw his power and captured the opponent's cavalry team without spending a single soldier.

You probably also know that Liu Zhenhua is not someone you can deal with. Compared with Liu Zhenhua, Emperor Chongzhen is obviously much easier to deal with.

Therefore, one versus two is an inevitable trend.

Liu Zhenhua is not afraid. The two of them joining forces do not mean that one plus one equals two, or even less than two.

After all, the Hou Jin people and the Han people can almost be said to be feuding.

Even if the two join forces, they will still be suspicious of each other.

Moreover, the traditional army is no match for Liu Zhenhua, who has a machine gun.

"The other party also has firearms, so don't be careless," which is why Liu Zhenhua hasn't made a big splash yet.

The Ming Dynasty also had firearms, not all of which were backward bows and arrows.

The artillery also fired very far.

As for the firecracker, Liu Zhenhua did not consider it. Compared with the Maxim machine gun, the range of the firecracker was still too short.

The Ming Dynasty had quite a lot of artillery. If he really pulled over to fight Liu Zhenhua for a fight to the death, and cooperated with the double-teaming of the prairie cavalry, Liu Zhenhua might really encounter Waterloo.

Once this thing fails, the reputation accumulated over many days will collapse, and people will find that the Kitchen King is not invincible.

This will greatly increase the opponent's momentum and dampen the momentum of Liu Zhenhua's soldiers.

Maybe it will make some people have other thoughts. After all, the people under Liu Zhenhua are not fuel-efficient lamps in history.

"It's time to upgrade the Tianbing meal." Now there is pig's trotter rice for lunch and spicy soup for breakfast.

The next meal is probably dinner.

(End of this chapter)