Pan Lianfu was a little stunned, and after a moment of silence, he opened his mouth and said: "Today's Holy Emperor punishes the eunuchs and appoints virtuous ministers. This is a rare Ming army. He does not covet and enjoy himself. He only serves the people and is a model of a humble gentleman in the world."

"Sincerely?".

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, Pan Lianfu said: "Tell me the truth!".

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You said that he was a wise king who was close to his virtuous ministers but far away from his treacherous ministers. Do you want to say that you are the virtuous minister in your mouth? Are you praising the emperor at this time or praising yourself in a different way? Lord Pan is afraid of death?".

"What's the point of fearing death? If my death can bring about a bright future, I won't regret it even if I die thousands of times." Pan Lianfu straightened his spine and said.

"Master Pan is still a righteous man, but if you open your eyes and see if the people can feed themselves, how can I have these soldiers? You know I only used a few liters of millet to raise this team. If the emperor is really a saint, why bother?

These refugees".

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice rang in Pan Lianfu's ears. Pan Lianfu opened his mouth but could not utter any rebuttal. Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "The people reduced their clothes and dieted for the Ming Dynasty, but the imperial court increased taxes and taxes, and the Gong Gong princes in the court

Fat brain, oily sausage, is this the Ming Dynasty you are loyal to?"

Pan Lianfu sat paralyzed on the ground, with only one sigh, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said: "You go!".

After waiting for the people to leave, two people walked out of the back hall of the county government office. They bowed and worshiped Zhu Yuanzhang: "Master!".

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the two of them and said, "Have you found out where the properties of the Zhou family and Li family are hidden?".

One of them said: "After my subordinates returned to the Zhou Mansion, they searched the Zhou Mansion but could not find any place where the money was hidden. Please punish me, Master."

Anyone who looks familiar will be surprised to know that this person is the housekeeper of the Zhou family, and the other person next to him is the housekeeper of the Li family, and the housekeeper of the Li family also looks ashamed.

"It seems that they have figured out something and have hidden a lot from you?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the two of them and said, "You guys should stand down!".

"yes!".

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the two people leaving and began to ponder. In addition to food, the Li family also took back tens of thousands of taels of silver. However, except for the food, all the gold, silver and jewelry disappeared from the Zhou family. Only a few hundred taels of silver were found on Zhou Yuanwai's body.

banknotes, so he speculated that the three families must have some treasure hidden somewhere.

After leaving the county government, Pan Lianfu didn't know where to go, so he wandered around. Looking at the rebels who were giving porridge everywhere, Pan Lianfu was a little confused. In his eyes, the rebels were helping the people, but the court was imposing various exorbitant taxes on the people.

head,

Officials always think about the suffering of the people. The world is so upside down. Pan Lianfu's faith collapsed and he spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground. When the people watching him saw this, they immediately carried him to the hospital for treatment.

When Liu San and Wang Er made an inventory in the military camp, they had harvested enough weapons and armor to equip three thousand people, as well as five or six cannons, and thirty or forty muskets. They were both very happy when they heard that

The adults wanted to come to the barracks to check on the surrendered soldiers, so the two of them hurried to greet him.

Zhu Yuanzhang came to the barracks in a low-key manner alone, and came to a temporarily circled area where surrendered soldiers were detained. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the Ming army surrounded by people and said: "Brothers, there have been natural disasters in the past few years, and the court has not given us a way to survive. We just want to survive.

, but the imperial court is unwilling to give us such a humble request and let you come to encircle and suppress us."

"But I don't blame you, because you have no choice. Now I give you a choice. If you want to stay and work with me, I will pay you. If you want to leave, I will let you go. But if you let me know what kind of oppression you dare to do,

If you are concerned about the common people, we will definitely kill you."

“Those who stay are at my left hand, and those who leave stand at my hand.”

The Ming army was silent for a moment, and everyone began to stand in line silently. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the 60% of those who stayed, and those who chose to leave looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with some fear, fearing that his words would not count.

"San'er! Take those left behind to resettle them, and teach them military discipline."

"yes".

"Er'er! Send these people out of the city and give each of them some food."

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished making these arrangements, he suddenly heard that someone came to report someone from Qingjian County!

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and soon regained his smile and said: "Hurry, hurry, hurry, arrange the reception banquet, and the people who understand the eldest brother must not neglect it!".

When Zhu Yuanzhang left in a hurry, Liu San and Wang Er looked at each other inexplicably, but neither of them said a word and just went about their own business silently. Some people following Wang Er refused to leave and chose to stay here.

When Zhu Yuanzhang arrived at the county government office, he saw Xue Cong standing at the gate of the county government office. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately greeted him and said excitedly: "Master Xue!".

Xue Cong was stunned when he heard this and then said: "Counsellor Zhao, we haven't seen you for a long time. Brother Xie misses you very much."

"Please come in quickly!" Zhu Yuanzhang let Xue Cong into the county government office. Xue Cong walked along and saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was running Qianxi County in a sound and impressive manner. He was quite impressed, so he actually didn't want Zhu Yuanzhang to return to Xie Hongfang.

But when he heard him call himself military advisor, Xue Cong knew that this time Xie Hongfang entrusted him with the task.

It turned out that Xie Hongfang felt that Zhu Yuanzhang could not defeat the Ming army. When he heard that the Ming army was defeated, Xie Hongfang was disappointed but also happy, so he simply asked the military adviser to come and find out.

The two entered the county government office and entered the back hall. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered: "Serve the food!".

Soon the table of wine and food was neatly arranged, and Zhu Yuanzhang persuaded Xue Cong to come to the wine table. The two drank one glass after another, but no one wanted to mention certain things. Soon both of them were a little drunk, and Zhu Yuanzhang said with a drunken look.

: "Commander Xue, I also said that Brother Jie doesn't want to recognize me anymore."

"Counsellor Zhao was joking. Brother Xie has always missed you, but the county town was under siege and the Ming army only recently withdrew its troops, so Brother Xie immediately asked me to come and see you," Xue Cong said sincerely.

"I didn't expect Brother Xie to miss me so much. I will go with you tomorrow to meet him and dedicate this city to him," Zhu Yuanzhang said, patting his chest.

Xue Cong looked puzzled and asked: "Brother, are you uncomfortable here?".

"Why did Commander Xue ask this? Brother, I am worried every day here. I am afraid that I will be killed accidentally." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a troubled expression.

"Counsellor Zhao is probably joking if he still worries about having an army in his hands."

"So many people's eating, drinking, and eating have fallen on our shoulders, which will crush us. This time when I go back, I will hand over the military power to Brother Jie," Zhu Yuanzhang said in a surprising way.

Xue Cong was shocked when he heard this and asked: "Seriously?"

"A man keeps his word!".

"What a man. I would like to propose a toast to you, Councilor Zhao." Xue Cong didn't know whether to be happy or sad. With Zhu Yuanzhang's contribution, I'm afraid no one would complain if he returned to the second place and his position would be threatened, but

What Brother Xie asked was accomplished so easily.

The two drank until late at night before falling asleep. Liu San and Wang Er waited anxiously at the county government office all night, but received no news at all.
Chapter completed!