Li Laiheng and Gao Yigong entered the city from Xiguan in Luoyang. On the wall of the city gate there was a notice posted on the patrol road, which read, "The ten people led by Qin Kou will be captured and brought to justice, and the reward will be 500 taels of silver."
The two of them couldn't help laughing when they saw this very ironic notice. Gao Yigong sighed: "Yang Sichang offered a reward of ten thousand taels to the Eight Kings, but Luoyang only gave us the ten leaders of the Chuang Army.
It's just a reward of five hundred taels. It seems that we are still far inferior to Xiying."
Li Laiheng shook his hand and said with a smile: "I think the city of Luoyang is very poor. Prince Fu's palace has more than a million dollars, but they are only willing to use 500 taels to cover the population. They are really sending beggars away."
Along the way from Guancheng to Luoyang Shifang, there were people everywhere watching the Little Tiger Troops entering the city. The crowds were huge. Although these citizens were not as miserable as the hungry people outside the city, they also hated King Fu. They broke into the army to kill King Fu and used the palace's savings to provide relief.
After the people arrived, the citizens regarded Chuangjun as their savior. At this time, they naturally looked at the soldiers of the Little Tiger Team with curiosity and admiration.
Groups of people, supporting the old and the young, lined up from the bank of the Luo River to Xiguan City, and then crowded from the city gate to the vicinity of Prince Fu's Mansion and the government office. Because there were so many people crowded together, it was impossible to move.
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Li Laiheng saw many porridge buckets arranged by soldiers of the rebel army on the roadside, and knew that after a long period of hard work, ups and downs and setbacks, the army of rebels was finally going to soar into the sky.
As soon as the news spreads that the rebel army has opened a warehouse to release grain in Luoyang, the situation in Henan will inevitably undergo earth-shaking changes. Sparks will soon light up the land of Zhongzhou, releasing unparalleled huge energy.
Prince Fu's Mansion was expanded and rebuilt from the original Prince Yi's Mansion, occupying almost one-third of Luoyang City. When Li Laiheng got closer, he saw carved beams and painted columns everywhere, resplendent in splendor, and he couldn't help but sigh to Gao Yigong.
Said: "There are countless pavilions and pavilions in this palace city. To build a single house and add the furnishings inside, the money spent requires the wealth of thousands of family members. How much money should be spent to build the entire Fuwang Palace? What a waste
How many people are there? How many people should be bankrupted? How many craftsmen and civilians should be tortured to death?"
Gao Yigong was also indignant and gnashed his teeth and cursed: "Emperor Chongzhen cried out for poverty every day, but how much are the dozens of palaces owned by his old Zhu family across the country worth? How much is this random palace worth?
If you can replace the Liao's salary and suppress the salary, people's hearts will be separated and the people's resentment will boil!"
Li Laiheng saw a large bloodstain on the open space in front of the palace, and asked Li Shuangxi: "Brother Shuangxi, what's going on with the bloodstains in front of the palace wall? Did that Lu Weiqi die here? Where was King Fu? I really want to see it.
, what will happen to this world-famous fat pig?"
After Li Shuangxi took two steps, he turned back and replied: "We didn't want to kill Lu Weiqi, but it's a pity that the people of Luoyang didn't let him live! As for King Fu, this fat pig who killed a thousand swords, perhaps except for Emperor Chongzhen, was the king of the imperial court.
No one among the officials or gentry wanted to kill him immediately."
In fact, it is not surprising that Lu Weiqi was released by the Chu army. After all, the Qin invaders were not Liangshan gangsters, and they would not adopt the trapping tactics of Song Jiang and Wu Yong to earn people from the mountains.
Historically, after the invading army captured Datong, they captured Wei Jingyuan, the governor of Datong. Since he had little command, Li Zicheng sincerely advised him: "I, Mi Zhi, am a commoner. As of today, I know my destiny. You are a good official. I will surrender."
I still use you to care for Datong."
Three days later, when Li Zicheng saw that he refused to surrender, he said cheerfully, "You are truly a loyal minister. I will take you home by post."
Wei Jingyuan, however, was determined to "kill himself" for the Ming Dynasty and asked for a quick death. Li Zicheng said: "I will not kill you." Wei Jingyuan was afraid that he would not be a loyal minister and a filial son, so he ran to Haihui Temple and died.
After reporting the matter, he still gave him fifty taels of silver and sent someone to take Wei's coffin back to his hometown in Hancheng.
In fact, the Chuang Army has always adopted this approach when dealing with Ming Dynasty officials who have a certain degree of popularity: if they fail to persuade them to surrender, they will not only not kill them, but also give them travel expenses to protect their return to their hometown.
Only for those evil gentry and corrupt officials with a bad reputation, the Chuang Army tortured and plundered them with extremely cruel means.
But for the officials and gentry, if they break into the army to torture a corrupt official, they will all be in danger. Instead, they will break into the army to protect and release those officials with clear names. This approach is not in the eyes of the scholars at all.
According to Li Laiheng's point of view, there is no need to treat officials like Lu Weiqi and Wei Jingyuan kindly. Even if the Chuang Army tries its best to win over these officials and gentry, they still cannot be sincerely loyal to the Chuang Army.
, will immediately set off a rebellion.
Li Zicheng's approach was not too harsh, but too lenient!
"What happened to King Fu?"
"Prince Fu kowtows like pounding garlic, and begs for mercy. Our master has ordered the knife and axemen to take Prince Fu to the top of the city for execution. After beheading, the people of Luoyang all rushed forward to divide Prince Fu's body and eat it. But Palm
For the sake of a loyal servant in Prince Fu's mansion who knelt and begged desperately, the family allowed him to take away Prince Fu's body in a thin coffin."
"The coffin is still in Prince Fu's Mansion!"
It is naturally a rumor that the Chuang army mixed King Fu and venison into a pot of human soup called "Fu Lu Banquet" and ate it.
Li Laiheng and other generals of the Little Tiger Team followed Li Shuangxi and Niu Jinxing as they approached Prince Fu's Mansion. As soon as they entered, they saw the thin wooden coffin containing the body of Lord Tianhuang in the corridor of Prince Fu's Mansion.
No matter how prosperous you were during your lifetime, you will still be nothing but bones after your death?
Billions of dollars are not brought to you in life and will not be taken away in death. What is the meaning of King Fu being so stingy?
But Li Laiheng still sneered and said: "The old boss's methods are still too lenient and gentle. A giant like King Fu can still have a thin coffin after his death. But his uncle and nephew died of starvation.
There are so many ants in the world who have been buried in other people's bellies, let alone a coffin, it is impossible to keep the whole body."
"Well said! But the headmaster also said that if we want to compete with the imperial court for the hearts of the people in the world, many things cannot be done so happily."
"Master Liu! Foster father!"
Li Laiheng turned around and looked back, and was pleasantly surprised when he saw his master of bow, horse, spear, and stick, Liu Fangliang, and his adoptive father, Li Guo, coming to the gate of the palace to greet the little tiger team in person.
Ever since the Chuang army broke out of Shangluo, he had not met his adoptive father or master for a long time.
Li Guo still had a solemn and indifferent look on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Laiheng, I heard from Erhu that your development in Xiong'er Mountain is going very smoothly. It's just that the boss is lenient and gentle, and has his own considerations. There is no doubt about this.
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Li Laiheng was still polite in front of his adoptive father, nodded and replied: "I didn't think well, but I think if we want to plunder the officials and gentry as military resources, we can't have any illusions about the officials and gentry, and think that we should treat them with some kindness."
We can win the hearts of the gentry with our tricks. As far as the gentry is concerned, if we torture an evil gentry, it is equivalent to declaring war on all the gentry, and being gentle may not have much effect."
Li Guo was a little surprised by Li Laiheng's words. He lowered his head and thought for a while, and felt that it made sense. However, he felt that this was not the most important thing at the moment, so he did not continue to talk about this topic.
Liu Fangliang opened his arms and hugged Li Laiheng. He tapped Li Laiheng's arm again and praised him: "Let me see how you are doing with your exercise."
"What a good boy! You have a strong body. It seems that you haven't slacked off during this period. You are still working hard and practicing martial arts. No wonder the reputation of 'Master Li' is getting bigger and bigger."
"Brother Liang...Master Liu, I don't dare to miss the lesson of bow, horse, spear, and stick in one day." Li Laiheng laughed twice, pushed Liu Fangliang's arms away, and asked his adoptive father, "Where is the palm? Now it's broken.
Luoyang has food and money, and the reputation of the Chuang Army in Henan has greatly increased. But I don’t know if the next step has been decided?"
"I'll wait for you to come and discuss the decision together. Laiheng, please finish the victory banquet with us first, and then discuss this matter with everyone."
Li Shuangxi and Hao Yaoqi both became excited when they heard that they were going to have a banquet. Li Shuangxi also gave Li Guo several petitions from the people he had received on the way back to Luoyang, saying: "On the way back to Luoyang, I received
Many people are asking for a seal of approval from our leader to become the king in Luoyang. Now there are rumors everywhere that we are about to establish our capital in Luoyang and become the king. Are we going to be the founding heroes today?"
Li Guo took the watch, glanced at it roughly, and said with some confusion: "Play the piano randomly! After Luoyang was conquered, although tens of millions of hungry people came to attack every day, it was extremely difficult to defend Luoyang with such strength.
What talk about building a capital and becoming a king? It’s totally out of the question!”
In fact, Zhu Sheng's three strategies of "accumulating grain widely, building high walls, and slowly becoming king" were widely spread in the late Ming Dynasty and were familiar to ordinary people in the market. Therefore, in history, Li Zicheng did not officially build the city until he raised troops and occupied Xi'an for more than ten years.
In terms of time, Zhu Yuanzhang was even more "slowly proclaimed king" than Zhu Yuanzhang.
However, due to the forces of the times, the Ming Dynasty collapsed faster than anyone imagined; the strength of the Manchu army was also far superior to that of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, so the "wide accumulation of grain" of the Chu army in Xi'an and Xiangyang was reversed after their defeat.
It was captured by the Qing army and became the capital for the Qing army to pursue the remaining troops of Li Zicheng non-stop.