Of course, the literati who took refuge with Li Zicheng during this period were not just Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and Li Yan, but among all the counselors, these three were the most important.
Song Xiance is as short as a child and has a horse face. His appearance can be said to be very ugly, but this person has a very remarkable skill, which is also a skill unique to people who travel in the world, that is, he can figure out the situation.
meaning.
As soon as Song Xiance saw Li Zicheng, he said to Li: "It flows into the main stream of the river and sinks into the Eighteen Beaches. If you want to go up to the sky, you must start from Yanmen Pass. When the general started the uprising, he immediately proclaimed himself king and named the country Chuang. This statement has been verified
. Now according to the phrase 'started from Yanmen Pass', the general's uprising will start from now!"
When Li Zicheng heard this, he was overjoyed and worshiped Song Xiance as his military adviser. Because Song Xiance was short in stature, people in the army jokingly called him the boy's military adviser.
Sitting under Li Yan is another scholar in his forties, Niu Jinxing. He has a long beard and a elegant appearance. At first glance, he looks like a well-educated scholar. Niu Jinxing is from Baofeng, Henan.
In the tenth year of Chongzhen's reign, he had a quarrel with a relative surnamed Wang. He was falsely accused of resisting tax arrears and seizing 18 women. He was "unjustly accused" and was dismissed from the imperial examination and sent to the Lu family to serve in the army.
Niu Jinxing was naturally dissatisfied when he suffered such a catastrophe. It happened that Li Zicheng had conquered all of Hebei. Li Yan sent people to persuade him and he immediately came to surrender. When he came, he didn't forget to call his good friend Song Xiance. He could be said to be Li Zicheng's subordinate.
The three great advisers all have good friendships in private, and can be said to be on the same page, well... at least that's the case now.
At this time, Li Zicheng was very satisfied. It had been nine years since he started his army in the second year of Chongzhen. Most of the time, he was chased by officers and soldiers in the deep mountains and old forests. Even after occasionally capturing a few counties, he was still afraid of being attacked.
A large group of officers and soldiers were surrounded and they quickly ran away. How could it be so majestic as now to capture the entire province and sit in the lobby of the governor's Yamen and drink heavily.
Li Zicheng, who was sitting on the main seat, looked at the talented generals and counselors below and felt unprecedentedly satisfied.
Li Zicheng raised the big gun in his hand and shouted loudly: "Brothers, this time we and the rebels were able to capture Hubei only because of your support and help. Li thanked everyone again. I would like to drink this glass of wine first as a token of respect."
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After Li Zicheng finished speaking, he picked up the big bowl and drank the wine in one gulp. After putting down the big bowl, Li Zicheng's face turned red.
Seeing this situation, Liu Zongmin was the first to shout: "Okay, King Chuang gives us face, and we have to take it, brothers. Do it!"
"Dry!"
When the generals saw this scene, they were very proud. One by one, they picked up a big bowl of "gudonggudong" cow and started drinking. Some of them didn't even notice that the wine flowed onto their clothes. Different from the "heroism" of other generals, Li Yan
The counselors at the head just drank from the wine glasses, and through the contrast with each other, they looked even more elegant.
After finishing a bowl of wine, Li Zicheng sat back in his seat, turned his head to the left and said with a smile: "Master Li, now we have captured Hubei. It can be said that we have our own territory. What's next?
Please ask Mr. Li for advice on how to do it."
Li Yan is twenty years old, with a face as beautiful as a crown jewel. His hair is neatly tied back with a scarf. He has a gentle and jade-like temperament all over his body. When he talks to others, he makes people feel like spring breeze, which is very admirable. In fact, he came to
Not long after joining the army, he got along well with many of the generals in the army, and his relationship was very good.
Li Yan smiled slightly, slapped the palm of his left hand with the paper fan that never left his hand all year round, and said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this? According to students, the imperial court has too much to take care of itself at the moment. This is because we attacked the Hubei imperial court but were unable to send troops to rescue it.
It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty is now at the end of its rope. We can learn from Emperor Hongwu's strategy of "building walls high, hoarding grain widely, and slowly becoming king" to develop production in Hubei and save financial resources. On the other hand, we can go to
Attacking Hunan, as long as we capture Hunan again, we will own the land of two provinces and develop for another five years. Then we can expect hegemony!"
"Hahaha........"
At this time, Liu Zongmin's voice rang out, and he laughed and said: "Mr. Li's knowledge is excellent, but he is too scholarly. Our rebels were able to capture Hubei not with money and food, but with
The bravery of all brothers. We have followed King Chuang for more than ten years, and we have never done anything like "building walls high and hoarding grain widely". So what's wrong with Zhu Yuanzhang? Isn't he also a beggar? At least we, King Chuang, are still a beggar.
Post soldiers, they are better than beggars no matter what. Mr. Li, what you said is suitable for beggars. In my opinion, after we have conquered Hubei, we will attack Hunan. After conquering Hunan, we can attack back to Shaanxi. The world is so big.
There is no place for our brothers, everyone, right?"
"Hahaha... My opponent, General Liu is so heroic! Zhu Yuanzhang and his Red Scarf Army are nothing. We, King Chuang, are much more powerful than him."
The generals laughed loudly after hearing this, and they all agreed with Liu Zongmin's words, but none of them noticed the disdain in the eyes of Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others on the left.
Although there was a smile in Li Zicheng's eyes, he shouted: "Jixuan must not be rude. Mr. Li is a great talent. His words always make sense. How can you speak like this and not apologize to Mr. Li!"
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Liu Zongmin was eating a piece of pork ribs at this time. He swallowed the pork and spat out the bones in his mouth with a "poof" sound. Then he slowly stood up, cupped his hands towards Li Gong and said, "Mr. Li, right?
I can’t stand it anymore, I, Old Liu, am a rough man and don’t know how to speak, so please bear with me!”
Li Zicheng frowned when he saw Liu Zongmin's careless look. He was afraid that Li Yan would be unhappy, so he said apologetically to Li Yan: "Master Li, Jixuan has this temperament, don't be surprised."
Li Yan sighed secretly in his heart, but still said with a smile on his face: "It doesn't matter, General Liu has a straightforward temper, and the students are very happy. It's just that I don't know what King Chuang thinks of the students' suggestions?"
"this......."
Li Zicheng pondered for a long time before he said apologetically: "Master Li, to be honest, although our rebels all come from poor backgrounds, there is currently a shortage of capable officials in the army, and even fewer officials who are proficient in government affairs. I can't let Jiexuan and the others
Let’s go to the fields.”
As soon as Li Zicheng's words came out, everyone burst into laughter. They really couldn't imagine what it would be like to let the bearded and rude Liu Zongmin go to work in the fields.
Someone said jokingly: "Master Li, we rebels have always hit and run. We are used to playing hide and seek with the officers and soldiers, and never stay in one place for too long. That's why the imperial court calls us rogue bandits. If we settle down in Hubei, we will still be called rogues."
What kind of bandits are you?"
"Hahaha...that's right!"
The generals laughed and stood up: "Let me tell you, our move is much better than that of Emperor Hongwu. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang is reborn, he won't be able to do anything to us, right?"
After listening to the generals' words, Li Yan finally had no choice but to shake his head and sit down.
Seeing Li Yan's unkind expression, Li Zicheng comforted him and said with a smile: "Master Li, they are all a bunch of rough guys. Don't be like them. Now that the rebel army has grown, I plan to set up a new Henan battalion. I would like to invite Mr. Li
How about being the commander of the Henan Battalion?"
"This..." Li Yan hesitated for a moment and agreed. After all, it has always been his dream to make great achievements. Of course he would not refuse such a good thing?
Seeing that Li Yan had become the commander of the Henan Camp, Song Xiance couldn't help but feel jealous.
Although Song Xiance looked down on vulgar people like Lu Zongmin in his heart, he still smiled and said: "General Liu and the generals are right. At this moment, the Ming Dynasty's national destiny is about to end. It is our army that takes the opportunity to expand
When the victory was over, the student observed the sky at night recently and discovered a proverb: "Eighteen children are the masters of the magic weapon." I am very happy!"
"Oh, the eighteenth child is the master of the divine weapon? What does this mean?" Li Zicheng suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and asked with a solemn expression on his face.
Song Xiance stroked his beard and said proudly: "Children means "child". The combination of eighteen is the word "wood", and the combination of wood and wood is the word "Li". The artifact is the divine artifact of the world's Dingding. The meaning of this sentence
The meaning is that there is a person named Li who can take over the world with a divine weapon, and isn't it obvious who this person is?"
As soon as Song Xiance's words came out, there was a sudden silence in the hall, and everyone looked at each other.
Then there was a "Boom..." and everyone began to get excited. Liu Zongmin suddenly stood up, unable to restrain the excitement in his heart and laughed loudly: "What's there to guess? This sentence
It clearly means that King Chuang will live in the world and become the emperor."
"The enemy, he's a donkey with balls, isn't that what this sentence means!"
"Yes, now that King Chuang has become the emperor, aren't we the founding generals of the country?"
Following Song Xiance's words, everyone's expressions began to cheer up. Li Zicheng couldn't help but be overjoyed by these words. At the same time, all the generals also became excited as if they had been given a shot of blood. With everyone's eyes dancing with joy, the whole hall seemed to be in a state of chaos.
Unlike everyone who was excited, a trace of unhappiness flashed across Li Yan's face. In his opinion, without a stable rear base, the rebels would be like duckweeds and could only drift around, and there was no way to say that they were stable at all.
Zha, if there is a slightly larger wind and wave, the seemingly powerful rebel army will be blown away by the strong wind at any time.
These shortcomings were all seen by Li Yan. Originally, Li Yan wanted to persuade Li Zicheng while everyone was around, but he unexpectedly was rejected by Li Zicheng.
Anxious Li Yan was about to persuade him again, but was pulled by his sleeve by Niu Jinxing. Niu Jinxing gently shook his head at him, indicating that the matter was no longer possible and that he should stop doing useless work.
Seeing Niu Jinxing's expression, Li Yan had no choice but to close his mouth and sigh softly, but the sigh was so helpless. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to recommend it to (.)
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