This conference is very different from last time. The number of people is much smaller than the last time, and some newcomers are added. The more miserable the deceased, the more proud the newcomers can be.

At the meeting, the atmosphere was warm. After everyone's unanimous recommendation, the Zijinliang King was highly respected and should have been elected as the leader of the alliance, and coordinated and mobilized the rebels with a total number of more than 200,000 people, so that everyone could cooperate with each other and form a joint force to fight the encirclement and suppression of the officers and soldiers.

Wang Ziyong politely refused twice. At the conference, the rebel commanders began to show their magical powers from the Eight Immortals across the sea. Some knelt on the ground and cried; some said that Wang Ziyong would not be the leader, and he would not be alive; what was even more amazing was that if Wang Ziyong did not be the leader, then everyone should learn from the original Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, and put on the yellow robe. All kinds of chaos made the originally serious conference hall as lively as the vegetable market.

Seeing that he was really "refusing", but in order to take into account the overall situation and to save several leaders who were seeking death, Wang Ziyong could only "reluctantly" become the commander of the rebel army, and at the same time made three rules with everyone.

First, since you recommend yourself as the leader, then follow your orders in the future.

Second, from now on, all ministries should strictly restrain their subordinates and not kill innocent people at will.

Third, if there is any violation of the first two articles, everyone will be punished.

Three agreements were reached, and Wang Ziyong, surrounded by everyone, ascended the position of the leader of the alliance who was thinking about this power. However, the effect was that it was at least very deterrent to the small forces that had just been killed.

The new official took office with three fires, and Wang Ziyong's first fire burned the imminent question of whereabouts. After Wang Ziyong sat down, he made up his mind and said, "Brothers, I will sit in the position of leader. Since I am in this position for one day, I will do my best.

Now I have received the news that the Emperor Zhu of the Ming Dynasty issued 200,000 taels of silver in the treasury, urging Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao from Shaanxi to enter Fenzhou through Yongning Prefecture. On the other side, Lu Xiangsheng set out from Zhending Prefecture and went straight to Taiyuan through Jingxing Pass, vowing to wipe us out under the city of Taiyuan. And now he should have set out."

"Leader, is the news accurate?" Gao Yingxiang said in a deep voice.

In fact, it was said that the officers and soldiers were coming to encircle and suppress the enemy at the beginning, which caused a lot of controversy, but there was no movement, which made everyone very passive. This time there was news again, and I don’t know if it was true or not.

"This time it should be true," Wang Ziyong said, "This time the news was that I spent 30,000 taels of silver to buy it from the Fan family. I think the Fan family can't ruin its name, otherwise the business will not be completed in the future."

"How long will the officers and soldiers arrive?" Luo Rucai interrupted.

"The Fan family said it was about half a month left, but..." Wang Ziyong glanced at everyone, "I just hope that the enemy will be lenient. We can't really wait for half a month."

“What I said is very much.”

"Tell me, which road we should fight first?" Wang Ziyong asked.

When they heard Wang Ziyong's question, everyone began to talk. Some people said that it would be better to attack Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao first, because they were the strongest. If they were defeated, they could defeat the arrogance of the officers and soldiers at once. However, more people advocated that it would be better to attack Lu Xiangsheng, who came from the east, because Lu Xiangsheng's name was unknown, and killing him first could greatly boost the morale of the world's righteous army.

Another reason that is inconvenient to say is that Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao are too strong. Everyone was beaten to Shanxi by them, and they felt distressed when they saw them.

Both sides held their own opinions, and had come and go. At this time, Gao Yingxiang stood up and said, "Everyone, you may have forgotten that in the city not far away, there were more than 100,000 Xuanda border soldiers stationed in the Governor of Xuanda Zhang Zongheng. No matter if we first attack Hong Chengchou, Cao Wenzhao, or Lu Xiangsheng, if we are in a stalemate, at this time, more than 100,000 Xuanda border soldiers in Taiyuan City will be dispatched and attacked on both sides at that time..."

When everyone heard Gao Yingxiang's words, they couldn't help but gasp. Yes, they were just dealing with officers and soldiers outside Shanxi, but they forgot the more than 100,000 Xuanda officers and soldiers under their noses. There were so many of these officers and soldiers, but they kept huddling in Taiyuan and not taking the initiative to attack. They must have been preparing to wait for the officers and soldiers from other provinces to come and give the rebels a dumpling.

After Gao Yingxiang's reminder, Wang Ziyong also realized that at first he had fought back and forth with the officers and soldiers in Taiyuan City. Later, he heard that the officers and soldiers from other provinces were about to arrive, but the officers and soldiers hurried in the city and refused to come out. At first, he thought the officers and soldiers were afraid, but now he realized that they were waiting here.

"Then we will destroy Xuan soldiers from Taiyuan first, and then turn to deal with the visiting soldiers from other provinces." Wang Ziyong finally made the final decision.

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At the same time, a fierce collision broke out in the heart of the Ming Dynasty far away in the north.

Early that morning, after the three-way drum passed, all officials lined up and waited for the bell to open the door and walked into the Forbidden City. The civil and military officials were divided into two rows. After the emperor entered the seat, they were "singed" from the Honglu Temple to join the class. At this time, the civil and military officials advanced together, the civil and military officials "going north to west", the military officials "going north to east", and then saluted. After a series of processes were completed, it was already half an hour later.

"You all, please report it if you have anything to do." The young Emperor Chongzhen suppressed his desire to yawn and looked at the ministers below and asked. He stayed up late last night to review the memorials, which made him stay up all night.

Emperor Chongzhen was one of the few diligent monarchs in the Ming Dynasty except Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di. When he ascended the throne, he vigorously eliminated the eunuch party, was diligent in political affairs, practiced frugality, and rehabilitated unjust prisons. All kinds of measures were considered to be a wise ruler when he was on any other emperor.

However, it was under the leadership of his wise ruler that the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty not only showed no sign of reversal, but instead became worse and worse. The court fought endlessly and the civilian disasters continued. The scale of bandits grew one day after another. The officers and soldiers were exhausted but gained little. Especially when the Jurchens outside the pass became bigger, they defeated the Ming army one after another, which was almost uncontrollable.

Due to the long-term anxiety and hard work, Emperor Chongzhen, who was only in his early twenties, even had white hair on his head, so he could only let the eunuchs who served him secretly pull him out.

However, none of these matters. What Emperor Chongzhen most cannot understand is that he has already done the ultimate according to the books of sages, but the Ming Dynasty is getting worse every day. Why is this?

"Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon body." Hearing Chongzhen's voice became hoarse, the ministers below all had a sore nose. Today, they are truly a wise ruler for all generations, but why hasn't the situation improved?

Chongzhen waved his hand and smiled and said, "It's okay, let's discuss matters. Zhou Aiqing, have the troops sent to Shanxi to suppress the bandits set out?"

Starting from the action, the young master and the grand tutor of the prince, Zhou Yanru, the Minister of Personnel and the Grand Secretary of Jianji Palace, took the lead and bowed to Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, you have already set out, and you will surely be a good news soon."

"Well, I hope so!" Chongzhen was no longer interested in the internal bandit suppression news, mainly because there were too many bandits. He said that he killed the bandit leader XX and annihilated nearly 10,000 enemies, and then wiped out one king. When Chongzhen heard this, he was extremely excited and felt that under his command, the bandits could be destroyed every day.

However, many years have passed, and the victory reports are one after another. But not only does the bandits not decrease, but instead become more and more intense. What kind of interest can this arouse?

At this moment, a man walked out of the queue of ministers and shouted: "Your Majesty, Fan Shutai, the minister of the official department, has a memorial."

When Chongzhen heard someone was about to report the matter, he was excited and corrected his body. But then he thought, wasn’t Fan Shutai going to Shanxi? How could a memorial come and say, “Is Fan Qing back?”

The man replied, "Not yet, but Lord Fan said that there is something important to report to Your Majesty, so he sent someone to deliver the memorial overnight and asked me to pass it to Your Majesty."

Strictly speaking, this does not conform to the rules. Chongzhen frowned slightly, but did not go into it in depth, saying, "Well, read it."
Chapter completed!