golden scales

Wang Zhixin donated 50 taels at once, and he really deserved his reputation as the richest man in the inner court. Driven by him and Wang Cheng'en, the eunuchs in the palace gave up their money one after another and exchanged their money for "national debts".A total of 200 million taels of silver was borne by Huangming Zhushi in the form of debt, and a voucher was given, agreeing to repay the principal and interest within a period of ten years.

Zhu Cihong used 10 taels as the standard and gave an annual interest rate of 1%.For every [-] taels less, the interest will be reduced by [-]%.However, the eunuchs are very clear that they bought this national crisis bond not to earn interest, but to buy a promise to let the past go and get back together.

What surprised Zhu Cihong was that the concept of decimal point that he accidentally threw out was understood by these eunuchs without any explanation.Moreover, it is understood in accordance with the standard logical order of one-tenth of one part in a hundred, and then converted into traditional units such as centimeters and centimeters.This cannot but prove from the side that as long as money is involved, a certain type of people can show amazing understanding.

However, time was running out.In the absence of a large truck, Zhu Cihong certainly could not transport these precious metals away.

The only thing to do is spend money.

Zhu Cihong bought mules, horses, cattle and sheep in Yanjing City at a high price, and even bought a small amount of camels.These living things are easier to transport and take away. Some of them will be consumed in Tianjin, and the rest will be transported to Shandong by sea ships as the main driving force for infrastructure construction.

As for the rest of the silver, it was piled up in front of Chengtianmen, and it was named "life money".

"After King Chuang enters the capital, there will always be camps with bad military discipline who want to burn, kill and loot. The money is left by the crown prince to buy the people's safety."

Stories like this are circulating in the streets and alleys of Yanjing City, which can often cause people to sigh.The people in the city did not suffer from the additional faction. Thinking about the many disasters and disasters of Emperor Chongzhen, but he did not feel sorry for the people in Yanjing City, he also felt quite sympathetic.

Li Zicheng finally lost his patience, and after three months of besieging the city, he had to start to end the battle of belonging to the world.

On March 17th, the [-]th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng's army attacked Yanjing City.In Yanjing City, they heard the rumble of cannons, and thought that the battle was intense, but in fact, it was all artillery from the Dashun Army.Those general Hongyi cannons erected on the top of the wall did not fire a single sound.

……

"It is very true,

I have become a monk at home.

phase will be a piece of stone,

Misty white clouds ya. "

Zhang Jinyan sat in the study, listening to the sound of cannons outside, and only looked at this five-character quatrain.This is the reclusive poem he wrote while attending Buddhism in the past, but looking at it now, it is not as good as hanging the crown and leaving after being named on the gold list, or attending Buddhism or entering Taoism, why bother with this dirty body.

"Master!" The family rushed in: "I heard that Your Majesty Nan Xing, many people have left!"

Zhang Jinyan slowly closed his eyes, and said, "Let's go? Where can we go? This world will belong to Dashun in a blink of an eye."

"Then what should we do? Master!" The family members were at a loss.

Zhang Jinyan's heart beat twice suddenly, almost rushing out of his chest.He stood up abruptly, with a look of sternness on his face: "Since you are leaving, I will give you a ride! Laifu, gather your family, and follow me!"

"Where?"

City gate!

Zhang Jinyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, opened the door to offer the city.

Yanjing City experienced the artillery battle in the middle of the night and returned to peace again.

The people in Yanjing put the word "Shunmin" on their hats, set up an incense table at the door of their house, and wrote "Long live the Emperor Dashun Yongchang" to welcome Li Zicheng into Beijing.

Li Zicheng, dressed in blue and felt hat, rode into the city from Desheng Gate surrounded by a group of civil servants and generals.Looking at the people kneeling on both sides of the royal road, Li Zicheng was extremely satisfied.The coachman at the post station back then finally rode a tall horse and looked up at the Chengtian Gate.He thought of the numbness he felt when feeding the horses and sweeping manure, the bewilderment he felt when he lost his job at the post station, and even more the desperation of leading his troops to run amok and was finally thrown into the deep mountains of Shangluo... But now, he is standing here with high spirits.He is the master here, the master of this world.

All of a sudden, Li Zicheng drew his bow and arrow, and the force hit the door plaque of Chengtian Gate.He laughed loudly, rode his horse and galloped on the royal road, and went straight to the forbidden center.

……

"I'm so dizzy! When did the officers and soldiers become so good!" Luo Yukun sat in the army, slapped his thigh, and jumped up.He had just received the military report that Shandong General Liu Zeqing led his troops south from Linqing.

Linqing is the hub of canal commerce, and its prosperity is not inferior to that of the south of the Yangtze River.Although Linqing suffered several catastrophes and was recently looted by Manchurians, because of its superior geographical location, it did not become a dead place like other prefectures and counties.

Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that the rich and the rich are popular in self-defense.They secretly built an earthen village in the mountains, and recruited brave guards from the village. The thieves came to guard against the thieves, and the officials came to reject the officials, and no one would recognize them.This is the principle of "a small chaos lives in the city, and a big chaos lives in the mountains".Because of this tradition, even if Linqing is looted, the big households can always recover.Even because the small traders' families were ruined, they could still make a fortune.

And Yanggu County is 150 miles south of Linqing Prefecture.

Luo Yukun was ordered to attack Yanzhou Mansion and confiscated King Lu's property.Liu Zeqing took his back route to the Dongping Prefecture that he had just arrived at now.This kind of marching and fighting style that cares nothing about the tail does fit Chuangying's usual image, but Luo Yukun can't be as free and easy as Li Chuang-the old camp is taken away when it is taken over.

Yanggu County is now Luo Yukun's old camp.The refugees who came to join the army, the young and strong were incorporated into the army, and the old and weak, women and children stayed in Yanggu.If Yanggu is surrounded and the old battalion is destroyed, the morale of our army will be known.

Luo Yukun complained: "I am a good officer, let Xu Dun's gangster become a bandit! Ge Laozi, he patted his chest to ensure that the officers and soldiers would not dare to hit me, and the result! Don't follow me! Worm, What do you say now?"

Chongzi's real surname is Chen Mingchong, and he is also a cultural eunuch from the inner study.He was the first batch of trainers in the East Palace, and this time he was sent to the Sichuan Army as a battalion trainer.Luo Yukun originally thought that the "discipline officer" was a role like a military supervisor, and at the beginning he offered delicious food and drinks, but within two days he discovered that the so-called trainer was actually a clerk, and he didn't need to show any good looks at all.

Because Chen Chong was timid, the man's words shrank like a bug, and Luo Yukun accidentally saw him once!From then on, Luo Yukun called him "Bug".

However, Chen Chong knew that the trainer was called an official, but in fact he was a character who had to endure humiliation, and his surname was indeed too soft, so he really took this nickname.

"This...what to do..." Chen Chong said with a smile: "Mr. Luo, I'm stupid, why don't you ask His Highness to assign you a combat staff officer? They are all people with good brains."

Luo Yukun glared at him: "Are you brainwashing me?" He paused and said: "There is no other way, we have to go back and kill Liu Zeqing first, otherwise all the soldiers will flee."

Although the five thousand Sichuan soldiers led by Luo Yukun were comparable to the frontier army in combat effectiveness, soldiers who are good at fighting and officers who can lead troops are completely two concepts.If it is five thousand servants who follow the general's ears and ears, they can support an army of fifty thousand without any effort.However, many of these Sichuan soldiers are coming out of Sichuan for the first time, and they can't even understand official Chinese with a heavier accent, so how to become an officer.

So Luo Yukun could only learn from Chuangying, organized the five thousand lineages into the middle battalion, and organized the refugees into four battalions, front, back, left, and right, and selected a few old Sichuan soldiers who could hold the scene to serve as battalion officers. Relying on the sea of ​​people to rush up...Of course, since entering Shandong, Luo Yukun's army has not fought yet.

Those who were executed for violating military orders were more than the enemy.

Hearing that Yanggu was besieged by officers and soldiers, those with families among the soldiers couldn't help worrying.They are not all from Shandong, but also from other provinces who fled from Henan and Hebei.The so-called people who leave their hometowns are humble, and they can easily be caught by officers and soldiers in an environment with a different accent.Fortunately, Luo Yukun's order to return to Fangyang Valley was issued in time, otherwise there would definitely be a large wave of deserters.

On March 17th of the 3th year of Chongzhen, the second day after the fall of Yanjing City, Luo Yukun led [-] horses—in fact, more than that—back to Yanggu County.After all, he had served in the army with Qin Liangyu, and although he had never commanded such a large army, he still had no problem setting up a camp.

And Xu Dun also sent a message, saying: "Liu Zeqing only has 5000 people, don't be afraid of him, beat him to death!" (To be continued.)