Please ask me to be the emperor

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent a certain force from becoming powerful and threatening the imperial power. All systems are set up based on mutual checks and balances as the main principle.

"There are six bureaus and nine ministers inside to rule the world, and there are thirteen chief ministers outside to rule the counties and cities. There is a capital procuratorate inside to clean up the court, and there are thirteen inspectors outside to send out examinations and impeachments. The Ministry of War and the Commander's Office If the phase is maintained inside, and the cloth, press, and all are controlled by the phase on the outside, then the name is worthy of the name and the prevention and inspection is encrypted."

However, as the Ming Dynasty has been established for a long time, internal and external problems have accumulated, and contradictions abound.

The three local departments were restrained by each other, unable to respond effectively, and unable to respond to various crises that emerged. The imperial court had to set up governors to control the local areas and solve various problems that emerged one after another.

Later, the governors set up by the imperial court had heavy powers, and often usurped the power of the three divisions and the general army. They had the power to supervise local areas, promote and eliminate pros and cons, evaluate officials, depose civil and military officials, counsel military affairs, and control generals.

As the power of the governor continues to increase, the responsibilities of the governor also become heavier and heavier. Anything less than that would result in being dismissed from office or even endangering one's wealth and life.

The new Henan Governor Fu Zonglong is not the first time he has served as governor, and he is well aware of the pros and cons.

No matter you have great abilities or great achievements, once you fall into the sect, you will lose your head.

In the previous campaign, Zhang Shun defeated Fu Fan, Chong Fan and Tang Fan successively. At that time, Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, was defeated and died, so he escaped the disaster.

And Fu Zonglong took office ahead of schedule. Although he fell into Chongfan and Tangfan, he still had some quibbles.

If he loses to Zhou Fan again, he can find a geomantic treasure land and "hang himself on the southeastern branch".

Now that the "traitors" and "Cao thieves" have arrived in Suizhou, they have many mules and horses under their command. If they travel twice as many times, they can reach the city of Kaifeng in only two or three days. How can Fu Zonglong, the governor of Henan, stay here?

Fu Zonglong is also a veteran general who is well versed in military affairs. However, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, and there are not enough men and horses under her command, so she has to take risks.

He and the rebels had been facing off here for more than a month, but no movement was seen from the rebels. It was inevitable that he had made some mistakes in judgment.

Fu Zonglong pondered for a long time and couldn't help but secretly make up his mind: Now that the world is in chaos, how can everything go as planned? I faced off with the thief for a long time, but I saw no movement from the thief. This shows his cowardice!

So, why don't I lead the army eastward? It will not be too late to work together with Zhu Dadian to defeat the "intruders" and "Cao thieves" and then work together to move westward.

Fu Zonglong had decided on his plan, so he sent Zuo Liangyu's messenger and sent someone early to send a handwritten letter to Zu Kuan, the commander-in-chief of the aid and suppression campaign.

At that time, the Liaodong cavalry under Zu Kuan's command, mainly Yiding, marched south to the Central Plains. They did not understand the language and only committed to brutality.

Wherever he went, he burned down people's houses, bankrolled women, and committed all kinds of evil, causing complaints among the people.

When he was stationed in Xinzheng, there were many people who were secretly engaged in thieves, and Zu Kuan could not control them.

It happened that Fu Zonglong, the governor of Henan, received a letter, so Zu Kuan mobilized all his troops and went to Kaifeng Mansion with his Biao camp.

It is two hundred miles from Xuzhou to Kaifeng Prefecture, and one hundred and fifty miles from Xinzheng to Kaifeng Prefecture.

Fu Zonglong was afraid that the Zhou vassal would suffer losses, so he urgently ordered Zu Kuan's Liaodong cavalry to advance first, and then he led the army and arrived later.

At that time, by coincidence, the rebel forces under Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai also arrived near Kaifeng City.

Suizhou is three hundred miles away from Kaifeng. Due to the delay in the exchange of letters between officers and soldiers on the road, and the fact that these two men had many mules and horses to travel with, they arrived at Kaifeng Mansion quite quickly.

Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai were not stupid. Of course they didn't think that they could capture Kaifeng City, which was famous for its wealth, with their two defeated soldiers who were like lost dogs.

According to their thoughts, they just took the opportunity to scare Zhu Dadian, the governor of water transportation and governor of Fengyang, so as to get rid of the pursuing troops.

But they never expected that the new Henan governor Fu Zonglong would take office so quickly.

Xuan Mo, the original governor of Henan, died in their hands. According to their thoughts and the court's usual efficiency, the court officials came and went, and it would take April or May to arrive in Kaifeng.

Under the circumstances, a mistake in judgment turned into a fatal mistake.

At that time, it was getting late, and Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai rushed outside Kaifeng City in a state of embarrassment.

Among the governors in the late Ming Dynasty, Zhu Dadian may not be the most outstanding one, but he is still a qualified minister.

He has powerful generals and elite soldiers such as Li Zhongzhen and Mou Wenshou under his command. Although they are not as famous as "Big and Small Cao", Zuo Liangyu and others, they are enough to have a crushing effect on the unfounded Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai.

Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, although one was good at attacking and the other was good at fighting, faced with many officers and soldiers with many generals and well-armed weapons, they suffered repeated defeats and could not win.

Fortunately, the two of them set up ambushes twice along the way, catching the officers and soldiers off guard, and also finding some ground so that Zhu Dadian and others did not dare to push too hard.

Seeing the tall Kaifeng City in the distance, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai were delighted and prepared to go south around the city.

Either go to Dengfeng to join "King Shun", or go to Ruzhou to take shelter in the high mountains, or go to Nanyang and go west to Shangluo and other places.

The two of them were thinking clearly when a group of people from afar happened to come towards them.

The two took a closer look at the flag and were surprised to find that it was the flag of the governor of Henan.

Luo Rucai couldn't help but ask: "Then the governor of Henan, Xuan Mo, wasn't killed by your nephew Li Guo? Where did this governor come from?"

How could Li Zicheng understand this? He couldn't help but responded anxiously: "If you don't leave quickly, where will you have time to ask about this?"

When Luo Rucai heard this and knew it was not what he meant, he quickly got on his horse, kicked the dismounted horse in its stomach, and fled south.

Li Zicheng and others did not hesitate to give in. They also hurriedly fled to the south of Kaifeng Mansion with the help of the power of the animals, riding horses and donkeys.

The officers and soldiers in front of them were the standard battalion of Fu Zonglong, the governor of Henan Province. They were very surprised to suddenly encounter the second battalion of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai.

In the past two days, he had led his subordinate camp to do double duty and was already exhausted.

Finally arrived at Kaifeng City and were about to enter the city to rest.

I just heard a report from a spy, saying that a large group of people had been found outside Kaifeng City. To be on the safe side, Fu Zonglong came with his troops to check.

As soon as the rebels ran away, their identity was immediately revealed. How could Fu Zonglong, the governor of Henan, not know that the men in front of him were the main force of "thieves"?

Fu Zonglong couldn't help but be overjoyed. Regardless of his fatigue, he led his troops to pursue him. He quickly asked his soldiers to carry his orders, and ordered Zu Kuan, the commander-in-chief of the reinforcements and suppression, who had arrived in the city in advance, to lead his cavalry to kill the enemy!

When Nazu Kuan's Yi Ding arrived in Kaifeng, they were still dishonest and caused a lot of trouble.

Now that the governor is away, he cannot be restrained. Other officials in the city and the King of Zhou relied on the power of Shanxi Deputy Chief Binghu to deal with it.

Zu Kuan and others were alone and weak, so they restrained themselves a little.

After he received the letter from Fu Zonglong, the governor of Henan, he thought to himself: The county magistrate is not as good as the current governor. I am a guest army, so I have nothing to fear from them.

It's just that Fu Zonglong also served as the governor of Jiliao and was considered his superior, so he couldn't be offended.

In this case, I just want to accomplish this great feat so that this guy can be more devoted to me.

Thinking of this, Zu Kuan quickly scolded: "Be honest, bring dry food and weapons immediately, and prepare to go out of the city to fight!"