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Chapter 46 Good words to Li Yanjin

Li Zicheng was unhappy because Kaifeng was flooded. Zhang Biwu and the people rescued by Li Yan all said that Li Zhu fought for the world and caused them to suffer. Only Mr. Li and Zhang Shoubei were the good people who really thought about them! This time, the people's hearts were towards Li Yan and Zhang Biwu. This made Li Zicheng very unhappy!

As soon as he entered Henan, he was known as the savior. Should he do the opposite now? Isn’t the savior not his eighteen sons? But Li Yan? Of course, all this was hidden in his heart and did not say it, as if nothing had happened. Li Zicheng moved his troops to Nanyang Prefecture. Soon after, he would defeat Sun Chuanting who had left the pass and conquered Xiangyang and establish a **!

Not to mention Li Zicheng, they said that the entire Kaifeng City was soaked in water, and many corpses were floating. Only tall buildings and city walls were their primary search and rescue targets. Although they had been busy for more than ten days, Zhang Biwu and Li Yan had no intention of rest at all. They thought they would save as much as possible!

As for King Zhou and all the important officials, Hou Xun, Wang Xie and others were all taken away. They all came to pick up people according to the identity hierarchy system. After taking away all the people with status and high ranks, it was the turn of rich people. Those poor people often had to wait for the death.

Fortunately, there were Zhang Biwu and Li Yan, and they were both, at least 100,000 people in Kaifeng were rescued.

Zhang Biwu remembers historical records that the river water entered the north gate and ran out the southeast gate, and the sound of water was rushing like thunder. Millions of households in the city were drowned. However, the Princess of Zhou, the prince and the patrol were less than 20,000 people escaped. Li Zicheng's army was drowned and more than 10,000 people were drowned, so he drove away. Kaifeng Jiazhongzhou, when the city was first surrounded by millions, and later twelve or three died of hunger and epidemic, and then he died of water.

With a population of less than 20,000 people, there are fewer than 20,000 people who can escape this disaster because of his appearance. In addition, more than 10,000 people rescued by Hou Xun and others, at least 110,000 or 20,000 people can survive. This is a great blessing in disgrace.

Li Yan happened to rescue Zhang Minbiao's grandson. He learned that Zhang Minbiao knew that he wanted to open the Yellow River and that he was the one who strongly advocated that he could not do this, but no matter how he opposed it, it would be useless. It was still necessary to dig the Yellow River.

Zhang Minbiao first built a bamboo raft, and his family all rode it, and he also brought all his books to the bamboo raft, hoping to escape from the sky together. However, Zhang Minbiao was a kind person after all. He saw too many victims, and his Bodhisattva heart was together, so he asked these people to take a boat. However, when there were too many people, and his collection of books was heavy, the bamboo raft could not bear it and sank.

Zhang Minbiao died of drowning, but unfortunately he was lost in his collection. He was a famous book collector in the Ming Dynasty. The books he collected were very precious, not only art, but also history, economy and other aspects. His death and the loss of his collection were a big loss.

Zhang Minbiao is known as the Magical Brush Sect. Lin Zong is his name. The bureaucrats and gentry are proud of getting his calligraphy and painting. However, he has a lifelong failure: being rich and unkind, corrupt officials, local bullies, and those who do evil will never write calligraphy and paintings for him. In addition, he is also kind and generous, but he is a great charity, and his death is a pity.

When Li Yan heard that Zhang Minbiao had too much weight in order to save people, and he drowned, he couldn't help but feel pain. He decided to raise Zhang Minbiao's grandson no matter what, so that Zhang Minbiao would not be cut off.

Zhang Biwu was also in a heavy mood. He wanted to stop the flooding of Kaifeng, but he still couldn't stop it.

Zhang Biwu looked at Li Yan and then said, "Brother Li, I have a saying that I don't know whether to say it or not!"

Li Yan said, "Guoxiong, just say whatever you have!" Zhang Biwu said, "I did something wrong and apologized to you in advance! Because I was too eager to save the people of Kaifeng, I forgot to notify Li Zicheng first, but instead notify Brother Li first. This will make Li Zicheng doubt you! Now that Li Zicheng's army has left, will he have great suspicion for you? Since ancient times, many monarchs have been able to share hardships but not wealth and honor!"

Li Yan smiled bitterly and said, "I have voted for the Grand Marshal. The distinction between the monarch and the Grand Marshal has been decided, so I must be loyal to the Grand Marshal! I know Guoxiong what you are saying today is a good word! Moreover, in order to save the people of Kaifeng, I did not inform the Grand Marshal as soon as possible! Even as a minister, I was unable to do it, let alone you are a member of the official army?"

Li Yan said: "Okay! Guoxiong, we are destined to see each other again! I will lead my troops to Nanyang to meet with the Grand Marshal! As for the victims in Kaifeng, it depends on your Guoxiong to settle them!"

Zhang Biwu nodded and said, "Okay! I will deal with it properly! There will be a period of time later!"

Zhang Biwu watched Li Yan leave, and he knew that Li Yan would be killed by Li Zicheng in the end. If history can be changed and Li Yan is not allowed to die, it would be the best thing, so Li Yan must save him!

There is no one around now, and Huang Qi couldn't help it. He said with resentment: "Biwu, if we rebel earlier and no longer be cowardly from Chongzhen, we have our own surname, and we will not let Bu Congshan and bastards pried open the dam, which will flood the Yellow River and let Kaifeng fall into the Hongze!"

Huang Qi stared at Zhang Biwu and said the thought hidden deep in his heart: "Now why not find a chance to rebel! Look at these Kaifeng people. If you rebel earlier, the situation might be different! They may not have to suffer from floods! Do you want to be foolish and loyal ministers like those Confucian nerds?"

Huang Qi spat and continued, "The civil officials in the court nowadays are all the ways of Confucius and Mencius, and they are always loyal to the emperor and patriotism, but they are just talking about it, and they are all thinking about themselves! They are all hypocrites! In such a court, even if the emperor is a wise monarch, it will be useless to be a saint! It is better to rebel! What's wrong with rebelling against him?"

"Oh!" Zhang Biwu sighed and said to Huang Qi: "I have thought about rebellion. I feel that living in this Ming Dynasty is more atrocities than anyone else! But the Qing Dynasty was very strong, and now Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are having a fierce fight again! Once the Qing Dynasty enters the pass, if I don't have enough strength, how can I resist the Qing Dynasty?"

"Rebellion is not the best way to gather strength. All you can do is to endure! It won't take long, the beginning of the 17th year of Chongzhen! It's been the end of fifteen years now, and it's enough to endure for more than a year! Moreover, the Ming Dynasty was still very popular in the south. Rebellion would be very unfavorable to me in the future against the Qing Dynasty! In order to accumulate strength and stop the Qing Dynasty from becoming the leader of China, I cannot rebel! A small impotence will cause chaos in the big plan!"

It was because Zhang Biwu had this idea that he endured a lot of pain, stayed under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, endured the constant attacks of the suspicious emperor and the [***] bureaucrats.

Zhang Biwu pointed to Kaifeng and said, "What's more, Kaifeng has rescued more than 100,000 victims! If we rebel, who will resettle them? To resettle them well, we must rely on this big tree in the Ming Dynasty! Since I rescued 100,000 people, I have to have the responsibility to get them out of the predicament!"

Zhang Biwu's eyes were full of responsibility. Huang Qi could not object when he heard Zhang Biwu say this. He sighed and said, "Okay! Then I will accompany you as a turtle bastard again! I hope that this kind of life will only last more than a year!"

Zhang Biwu was confident. In the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng defeated Yanjing, Chongzhen hanged him, and the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, so there really was no need to wait for a long time.

At this time, Xiong Jianhao came to Zhang Biwu and said solemnly: "Lord, have you ever thought about how to resettle the refugees rescued by 100,000 yuan? The court will not have money to comfort them! To comfort them, they need a lot of money and food! Now the soldiers cannot pay, and they have no food to eat, and they still have to comfort the refugees? It's so difficult!"

Zhang Biwu was very determined: "I will never give up on them! I will try my best to ask for help from 100,000 people! I finally rescued them from the flood demons! If I give up on them, would I still be human? If it really doesn't work, I will put them in my area of ​​one state and three counties!"

When Xiong Jianhao heard this, he shook his head and said, "Master! This is not the best strategy!"

Zhang Biwu saw his appearance and woke up, knowing that he must have a clever plan: "Hanxing, do you have any idea? Tell me out quickly!"

Xiong Jianhao said, "Lord, our lack of money does not mean that others have no money? We can use Li Tao Zombie! The title of king in Henan has no more oil and water to make, and the nearest one is Shanxi! The King of Jin in Shanxi is located in Taiyuan, a province-wide city where the Shanxi merchants gather. Everyone in the world knows that Shanxi merchants are famous and are a place where wealth gathers!"

"If the lord first goes to Shanxi Governor Cai Maode and King Jin to discuss and move 100,000 refugees to Taiyuan and near Taiyuan, they will definitely oppose it, but the court has no money and there are 100,000 refugees that cannot ignore them. They will be the refugees who will be guarding Kaifeng for the court! In terms of reason, the court cannot give up theirs."

When Zhang Biwu heard this, he shook his head and said, "Han Xing, no! Even if the 100,000 people became refugees because they helped the court guard Kaifeng, the court would find it difficult to pay attention to them! They were just willing but lacked strength! Because they wanted money and food! It was difficult!"

"Hehe!" Xiong Jianhao smiled and said, "What if we say that the flooded Kaifeng City has millions of taels, tens of millions of taels of silver and gold? You must know that Kaifeng is the richest city in Zhongzhou! It is the richest city in the Central Plains and the richest city in our Ming Dynasty! There are tens of millions of taels of silver, and gold is not surprising! They are all sunk in the flooded Kaifeng City! Not to mention silver, countless treasures of gaudy, these are valuable, and can be sold for a lot of money to serve as military pay!"
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