The death of the fifth prince is bizarre.

When Chongzhen came to visit, Zhu Cihuan often said, "The Bodhisattva Jiulian said to him that the emperor was not good to treat relatives, it was too bad! So he was going to kill all the emperor's sons!" When Chongzhen came to visit, Zhu Cihuan died after saying this.

Empress Dowager Xiaoding likes to sit on the Nine Lotus seat and is called Nine Lotus Bodhisattva in the palace.

Chongzhen was afraid that Jiulian Bodhisattva was so strange that he named his favorite Zhu Cihuan as the King of Soul Mo.

Chongzhen did not expect that this was a trick made by the royal relatives, because the royal relatives communicated with eunuchs and palace maids, especially the palace maids and wet nurses around Zhu Cihuan, who taught five-year-old Zhu Cixianghuan to say this. Shortly after Zhu Cihuan's death, the palace maids and wet nurses who served him also hanged themselves.

Because Chongzhen was afraid, he ordered the statues of gods and Buddhas that had been evacuated from the palace to be dragged back, and all the gold and silver of Li Guorui confiscated were returned. Li Guorui's seven-year-old son Li Cunshan inherited the title of Marquis of Wuqing. Because of this, Chongzhen held a grudge against Xue Guoguan, the chief minister of the cabinet, Wenyuan Pavilion, and had never had the opportunity to take revenge.

The reason why Xue Guoguan was hated by Chongzhen was that the idea of ​​borrowing from the royal relatives was proposed by him! He originally wanted to borrow from bureaucratic gentry, but for the sake of the interests of Jiangnan gentry, Xue Guoguan turned to encourage Chongzhen to borrow from the royal relatives, which caused the emergence of Jiulian Bodhisattva and the fifth prince to die prematurely.

After Chongzhen's battle with his royal relatives, he would not be able to raise military funds. In this way, the official army that wiped out Zhang Xianzhong would not get enough money, and of course he would not use any effort to suppress the thieves.

What's more, the Ming Dynasty is full of disasters and taxes are not collected at all. Chongzhen had to order the 75 prefectures and counties to stop the old training in the upper disaster, the 68 prefectures and counties to stop the levy of the middle disaster, and the 28 prefectures and counties to collect the levy of the levy after the autumn, and the prisons to be cleared. As such, it is even more difficult to find money to provide military pay.

The reason why Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng were able to survive was also an important reason why the court's military pay could not be paid all. Later, He Renlong and others resigned to Shaanxi with arrears of wages, which was also an error in this link.

At this time, the situation turned sharply. The government army was dominant as a whole. The situation was settled. It seemed that it would take not long to wipe out Zhang Xianzhong. Li Zicheng was missing. Yang Sichang ordered anyone to be pacified, but Li Zicheng must not be pacified! He must be suppressed!

At this time, Zuo Liangyu intended to keep Zhang Xianzhong, because if Zhang Xianzhong was immortal, he would continue to enjoy his wealth and glory. Once Zhang Xianzhong was destroyed, he would be in danger. Zuo Liangyu did not make much effort to wipe out Zhang Xianzhong.

When Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, the official army also gathered in Sichuan. Zhang Biwu did not enter Sichuan with the official army. He was not far from He Renlong and other troops. Zhang Biwu also received a letter of help from Gu Yanwu and learned that many hungry people from other places were pouring into the three counties.

He knew that something would happen sooner or later, and Gu Yanwu also told Zhang Biwu about his measures, hoping that these measures could cure hungry people and not only make big mistakes.

When Zhang Biwu heard this, he sighed. He had no confidence. He could control it. If the three counties he had worked hard to manage was over, all his efforts would be wasted. Zhang Biwu wanted to go back to Lingbao and other places, but what reason should he have to go back?

If he led his troops back without authorization, Yang Sichang would not let Zhang Biwu go and would definitely kill Zhang Biwu. Now there is only nail here, and he can't leave. Zhang Biwu can only wait for Lingbao's situation.

This is not possible! You must find a way to go back to Lingbao! Even if you go back, how can you explain to Yang Sichang that you will not let yourself be punished? Zhang Biwu thought about it, and he came up with an idea and did it immediately!

After all, something happened in the three counties, he had to take responsibility.

Zhang Biwu spread rumors everywhere, and the missing Li Zicheng wanted to march into Henan, especially the target of Lu's family and Lingbao. Zhang Biwu wanted to use this rumor as an excuse to return to guard his territory, but can his plan succeed?

At this moment, Yang Sichang's envoy came and told Zhang Biwu that he had to calm down. Even if the three counties had made mistakes, the suppression of the thieves was about to succeed and he could not fail. He should continue to fight bravely to wipe out Zhang Xianzhong. Yang Sichang also repeatedly emphasized that there should be a serious matter in doing things. The affairs of the three counties are light, and the matter of suppressing the thieves is the most important thing!

The envoy also threatened Zhang Biwu that if Zhang Biwu dared to leave without hesitation, he would be held accountable.

Zhang Biwu punched the table and said, "Damn Yang Sichang! He just won't let me go! How effective can my two thousand courage be? He also said that if I leave, it will make people feel distracted and the overall situation of the thief suppression will be affected! He is really not afraid of wearing such a big hat. He speaks big and bites his tongue! It's really hateful!"

Lin Xiangfeng, who was beside him, said, "Biwu, I think I'd better give the emperor a memorial. Even if there are people rebelling in the three counties, please send troops to protect him!"

"Hehe!" Zhang Biwu smiled bitterly and said, "Lin Xiangfeng, the emperor sends troops to protect him? Where will the emperor send troops? Now he is thinking about adding troops to Yang Sichang, and it is impossible to pay attention to the three counties of our county! To increase troops? It's difficult!"

In this way, it is true that because Yilong, Zhang Juezi, Song Jiang, Yuan Laoshan and others all rebelled, and they were denied the thieves. As long as they did not capture the city, the court would turn a blind eye. Even if they really allowed them to capture the city, the court would not have any soldiers to attack them. Therefore, when the city was lost or trapped in the three counties, the court would not have soldiers to rescue them.

Zhang Biwu gritted his teeth. He knew that he could not be restrained by the current situation now. He should do what he should do. How could he care about it? He should pay attention to so much?

Zhang Biwu said: "It was immediately rumored that Li Zicheng wanted to enter Henan, but our troops chased him to fight him! But he failed to wipe out all of them! Let him escape into Henan, and I sent a group of partial troops to chase him quickly!"

Lin Xiangfeng asked, "Biwu, Yang Sichang would not believe this! He will still cure you!"

Zhang Biwu said again: "Report to the court! And Yang Sichang wants me to go, but I don't! I can't watch my territory be threatened! I think at least I can save my life. Even if I am punished, I have nothing to be afraid of!"

Lin Xiangfeng asked, "You decided? Do you really want to do this?" Zhang Biwu nodded and responded, "Yes! If you just let Yang Sichang do what you want, then he will be even more proud and I will have no good life! Huang Qi!"

Huang Qi hurried out: "Biwu!" Zhang Biwu followed and ordered: "You quickly brought 500 soldiers back to Lingbao to assist Gu Yanwu. If there is chaos in the people, you will suppress it immediately! The situation is stable and you will come back! If the three counties are unstable, you will stay there and pretend to be to prevent Li Chuang from having chaos in the people!"

Huang Qi looked at Zhang Biwu and nodded clearly and said, "Okay! Biwu, then I'll go now!" As soon as he finished speaking, he hurriedly ordered his troops and went.

Zhang Biwu looked at Huang Qi's far away figure. He could only pray for peace. He was also thinking about what to do and not let Yang Sichang kill him!

It was Zhang Biwu's desperate act that made Huang Qi quickly rush to help Lingbao. Lingbao was really facing a catastrophe at this time.

In order to avoid the hungry people who flocked to the three counties, Gu Yanwu used food to recruit these hungry people to build water conservancy, so that they could comfort them. However, he did not expect that someone would interfere and incite people. He also kept deceiving people. There was a lot of food in the Lingbao Guardian yamen, which was piled up like mountains and was rotten, and he couldn't bear to take it out for others.

At this moment, the crowd was in a rush, and the hungry people were incited. In addition, they fled from all over the country. They were not locals, so of course they had no feelings for the local area.

Some people incite that as long as you rob all the food and leave, everyone will survive and don’t have to work hard! How can this be done if you do your life and death just fill your stomach? The government has always bullied the people, saying that there is no food, but in fact there is a lot of food!

Not to mention, the hungry people were incited, and then three thousand hungry people gathered, and they surrounded Lingbao County.

Gu Yanwu received the report and hurriedly gathered everyone. Although he temporarily summoned another 500 extra courage to practice, and together there were a thousand courage to practice, he had to be scattered in the three counties. Another thing is that this was not well-trained and he wanted to expect them to go into battle to kill the enemy. This was impossible.

Xu He and the four of them came, and they surrounded the Lingbao Guardian Office and wanted to see what Gu Yanwu could do.

Gu Yanwu has now summoned all the five hundred Jian Yong and yamen runners in the county, and the officials have only 600 people together. The hungry people outside are forced to go crazy by hunger. If they really fight with them, they will not be able to beat them.

Gu Yanwu said: "Don't panic! The hungry people outside are not scary! As long as we close the city gates, they can't conquer them! As long as we delay for a few days, the hungry people will disperse, and everyone will be safe at that time!"

Xu Maoting nodded and said, "Yes! The magistrate said it well! As long as you defend the city, the hungry people can't do anything! Although the city of Lingbao is not high and not solid. However, the hungry people are not regular troops and they cannot defeat them!"

Everyone was relieved this time, but what they didn't expect was a news that shocked them!

"Not good! The west gate is opened!" A yamen runner came to report. It was like a bolt from the blue!

Gu Yanwu asked anxiously: "What's going on? Why is the Ximen opened? I have inspected it, and the city defense is done well! It won't be so easy for the hungry people to break the city gate, right? Could it be..." Gu Yanwu thought of it, what Xu Maoting said was exactly what Gu Yanwu was thinking: "Sir, I think it must be the inner support of the hungry people! Otherwise, they would not be able to open the Ximen!"
Chapter completed!