Chongzhen distrusts Zhang Biwu, and Li Zicheng's eyewitness in Beijing has long conveyed the news back to Li Zicheng.

As soon as Li Zicheng received the news, Chongzhen had installed so many Jinyiwei and Dongchang spies beside Zhang Biwu. He couldn't help but smile and said, "I knew that no matter how talented Zhang Biwu was, Chongzhen did not trust him and had been doubting him, and he would not have any effect!"

Li Zicheng walked around, and now more and more people came to join him. Originally, he had only thirty cavalry when he came to Henan, and the remaining more than a thousand people also entered Henan. What he unexpectedly expected was that there were countless people who came to join him at once, because everyone heard of the benevolence of the King of Chuang, and the hungry people rushed to join him.

It was precisely because of the surge in the number of people that many of his men had been promoted to leaders. The surge in strength was really unexpected!

What Li Zicheng wants most now is to recruit scholars. He has many military officers, but few scholars! In ancient times, which hero who conquered the world did not have many scholars under his tent?

Didn’t Zhang Xianzhong even recruit Xu Yixian, Pan Duao and other scholars in Gucheng to give him advice? Cao Cao, who was known for his wisdom, also recruited Ji Gui as his adviser.

The person Li Zicheng thought of was Niu Jinxing, whom he had met before! This person is extremely talented! He is from Baofeng, Henan Province. He lived in a mountain village and later moved to the county town.

[Note] There are two ways to say where Niu Jinxing is from, one is from Lushi County, and the other is from Baofeng. In my novel, I will take the saying that Niu Jinxing is from Baofeng.

At that time, Li Zicheng heard that in the tenth year of Chongzhen, Niu Jinxing was falsely accused of resisting taxes and occupying 18 women because of a provocation with his relatives surnamed Wang. He was "injured" and was dismissed from the juren and served as a military officer. Fortunately, Zhang Biwu did not serve as a garrison in the three counties at that time, otherwise he would have recruited Niu Jinxing.

Li Zicheng once saved him, allowing him to get rid of Lushi County and return to Baofeng. Moreover, Li Zicheng had a conversation with Niu Jinxing on both sides. He was amazed at Niu Jinxing's talents. He had long thought of taking Niu Jinxing for himself, and praised Niu Jinxing for his Zhang Zifang.

Now that Li Zicheng's power is soaring, Li Zicheng really wants to find Niu Jinxing to play for him, so Li Zicheng sent Liu Tichun, who had contact with Niu Jinxing, to invite Niu Jinxing.

Li Zicheng also observed Zhang Biwu's every move, and he was afraid that Zhang Biwu would break his plan. Although Li Zicheng's power surged, he did not break through the city because he had to train new people who had invested in him. It was useless for untrained people to be used.

He was still hiding in the mountains, hiding hidden forces, waiting for the sound of spring thunder to shake the entire world. He was wondering whether he would attack Zhang Biwu when he was still in full bloom?

At this time, although Zhang Biwu's water conservancy was initially completed, his territory had harvested a lot of food in various parts of Henan, but it was still far from enough.

Can he cross the border to attack now? He dare not! Because he knew that Li Zicheng was very powerful! But the strange thing was that the government clearly knew, but the local officials did not report to the court. Isn’t this a dereliction of duty? Instead, he turned a blind eye and let Li Zicheng get on the ground.

Gu Yanwu said worriedly: "Lord, Li Zicheng's power is growing now! Many people know! But why did the governor and local officials not report to the court? If Li Zicheng's power is not yet abundant, it is the most important thing to quickly eliminate it! It is also the best strategy!

Moreover, Gu Yanwu thought Li Zicheng was also very strange. He had strong strength, but he did not break through the city! I really don’t know what medicine Li Zicheng sold in his gourd!”

Zhang Biwu smiled bitterly and said, "This is Li Zicheng's cunning point! If he breaks through the city, he must report it to the court according to the Ming Dynasty. As long as he doesn't break through the city, local officials will hide it and not report it! The salary that can be guaranteed for one day is calculated as a salary of one day. Even the urgent report I reported to the governor was held down and I won't mention it again, right?"

Zhang Biwu paced around and said, "When Li Zicheng's strength increases greatly, it will be too late to report everything! The Ming Dynasty will face a catastrophe! I must submit a memorial to the emperor!"

"What?" Gu Yanwu said: "Lord! You should know that Governor Li has warned you that if you really give memorial to the emperor, you will be jealous of Governor Li! As the governor of a province, Governor Li has the right to revoke your garrison position!"

Zhang Biwu replied to Gu Yanwu: "But do you know? My territory is close to Nanyang Prefecture, and I don't know that this is impossible! When Li Zicheng breaks through the city and I hide it and refuses to report it, then I will fall to the ground!"

"The emperor does not trust me. I don't know how many Jinyiwei and Dongchang spies there are in my territory! Gao Qiqian, who is determined to kill me! I must report to the emperor that Li Zicheng has won the favor of his hungry people in just a few months, with his reputation and relief to the people, and he has already won a hundred thousand people!"

Zhang Biwu looked at Gu Yanwu and said, "Zhongqing! I would rather be removed from office by Governor Li than let Chongzhen take off my head! I have always been worried about the capture of Huang Qi and I in Dongchang!"

When Gu Yanwu heard Zhang Biwu say this, he was silent. He knew that Zhang Biwu had never dared to expand his power in large quantities because he was suspicious of Chongzhen. Otherwise, Zhang Biwu could use the many hungry people to expand his strength and practice bravery, and the soldiers could also increase in large quantities. Not to mention that there are still 3,500 people now. One thing is that the three counties have a small land, and the money and food are limited. Zhang Biwu could support him was also limited, which also restricted him from being able to raise more soldiers.

Zhang Biwu waved his hand and said, "Okay! What I want to say is that after I was dismissed by Li Xianfeng, when the new garrison has not arrived, you must control the three counties for me! Even if the new garrison comes, I hope you can help me protect this piece of land! And what I have to do now is to accumulate more money and grain for the three counties!"

Zhang Biwu pointed and said, "There are many wealthy families with great public grievances occupying the mountains to build villages. I have never moved them! Now it's time for me to move them! Kill them and ask for more money and food!"

When Gu Yanwu heard what Zhang Biwu said, he was shocked again and said anxiously: "Lord, you know that Li Xianfeng will remove your position after your memorial, why did you fight these wealthy families again? Isn't this forcing them to work with Li Xianfeng to kill you?"

Zhang Biwu smiled and said, "Zhongqing, they'll do it! Anyway, I'm not afraid of losing this official position. What else can I be afraid of? Okay! I will write the memorial immediately and send it to the emperor. As long as the emperor temporarily thinks that I'm loyal, I won't harm me because of Li Zicheng's strength...and..."

Zhang Biwu stopped and said nothing, because what he thought was that would change history, and might not let the Ming Dynasty die. It was just that Chongzhen's distrust of Zhang Biwu broke Zhang Biwu's heart. How could Zhang Biwu serve Chongzhen wholeheartedly?

Zhang Biwu originally thought that sending his memorial to Chongzhen could resolve a disaster for him, but he didn't know that this memorial could not be sent to Chongzhen's imperial case. Zhang Biwu's great disaster would still come. What's going on? This has to start with the situation on the Qing Dynasty in Liaodong.

Huang Taiji called Fei Yangguo over. Fei Yangguo originally thought that he would be punished by Huang Taiji if he had not completed the task, but Huang Taiji was concerned about Fei Yangguo's injuries. He was very caring about whether Fei Yangguo's injuries were good. This made Fei Yangguo even more uneasy, and he felt a great sense of guilt.

Qin Yiyun gave birth to a boy for Fei Yangguo, but among the Manchus, everyone looked down on Qin Yiyun and her son. Fei Yangguo was not doing well, but he was excluded from the clan. Now that he has married Han people as his wife, his wife and son will not be recognized.

Fei Yangguo is now called by Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji is extremely enthusiastic about him, while Fei Yangguo is restless. He can't guess what Huang Taiji is selling.

Huang Taiji was very attentive. As soon as he opened his mouth, he said: "Fei Yangguo, we are brothers, not the relationship between the king and the subject, but only the relationship between brothers! And we are Manchus! But it is different from the Han people!"

Fei Yangguo nodded quickly and said, "Yes! That's right!" After Huang Taiji finished talking about his brotherhood, he asked, "Is it the brotherhood with the same blood and veins deeper? Or is the friendship between outsiders deeper? Will you betray your ancestors?"

Fei Yangguo hurriedly said, "No! I will always remember that I am a man of the Manchus! I will never betray the Qing Dynasty! I was a member of the Qing Dynasty in my life, and a ghost of the Qing Dynasty in my life!" What Fei Yangguo said was true, without any falsehood.

Huang Taiji was overjoyed when he heard this. He waited for Fei Yangguo's words and said, "What is the greatest benefit of our Qing Dynasty now?" Fei Yangguo replied quickly: "Enter the Central Plains! Replace the Ming Dynasty!"

"Yes!" Huang Taiji caught Fei Yangguo's words and said, "Fei Yangguo, you should know that there are new generals in the Ming Dynasty. This general is Zhang Biwu! Although he is your righteous brother, he is the biggest obstacle for our Qing Dynasty! This person is the absolute disaster for my Qing Dynasty! He must be eliminated! Now Chongzhen doubts him!"

Huang Taiji glanced at Fei Yangguo and continued: "Chongzhen doubted him, this is the best! He cannot be valued! It is best to be used by our Qing Dynasty in the future! Now Li Zicheng sneaked to Henan because the current disasters in the Ming Dynasty are constantly occurring, and Chongzhen is still increasing taxes! It will make the people unable to survive! This will benefit Li Zicheng."
Chapter completed!