Chapter Eighteen: Seven Years of Spring
Zheng Shilian and his group of people entered the government office. After meeting Zhu Dadian, Zhu Dadian politely asked them to sit down. These Shandong merchants were very energetic, and even some of the big men in the court had friendship with them.
"What's the important thing for you to come this time?" Zhu Dadian asked.
"Report to the military gate that we are here to sue Dengzhou General Wu Anbang." Zheng Shilian said, took out a piece of paper and handed it over respectfully.
Zhu Dadian took the paper and looked at it. Zheng Shilian said, "On the ninth day of the third month, Wu Anbang plotted the wealth of the Zhao family in Huang County and privately led troops to invade. The Zhao family was a local big family in Huang County. Zhao Gui was a juren of the current dynasty. He died in the Kong Youde Rebellion for six years. His son Zhao Yan felt deeply sad. Seeing that Shandong was unstable, he abandoned his pen and joined the army, diligently practiced the bravery of the countryside. He had wiped out the thirteen bandits entrenched around the official road, and the section from Laizhou to Dengzhou was one of the Qing dynasties."
"In addition, the Zhao family spread a porridge shed in Dengzhou to save countless refugees. They also lend refugees to plow oxen and seeds so that they can settle down and produce, so that they will not let them suffer from the thief."
"Should this be true?" Zhu Dadian was a little suspicious.
"You can send someone to Dengzhou to investigate and find out." Zheng Shilian said with his fists, and then changed his mind and continued: "The Zhao family has the heart to serve the country with sincerity, but Wu Anbang led his troops to attack others' wealth, which is really heartbreaking. The Zhao family could not sit still and wait for death, so Zhao Yan led the countryside to bravely fight Wu Anbang on the bank of the river."
Zhu Dadian continued to look at the paper. When he saw Wu Anbang's three major crimes and seven major evil deeds listed above, his eyelids jumped, and there was a group of businessmen's joint signatures below.
"What is the result of the wave battle?" Zhu Dadian asked.
"Zhao Yan led the village bravely to kill 721st-level riots and captured 1,835 riots." Zheng Shilian learned the results of the battle from Zhao Yan's letter to him.
"In this way, Zhao Yan is also considered to be abide by oneself." Zhu Dadian's expression changed, and his attitude suddenly changed a lot. He wanted to directly mobilize troops to fight, but when he heard this record, he immediately changed his attitude.
That Zhao family is a tough guy! At this moment, the Liaodong cavalry has returned to Liao, so he has no soldiers and horses at hand. If he fails to fight, he will be very guilty.
Besides, these Shandong Dashang jointly guaranteed the Zhao family. They thought it was possible to know that the paper on hand would be handed to the emperor within a few days. The Taoist senators in Shandong have a close relationship with these Shandong Dashang!
"I'll hold a banquet at the Jiaofang tonight. Do you have any time in the military?" Zheng Shilian suddenly said something stupid.
"I have some free time, haha!" Zhu Dadian suddenly laughed happily.
"I'll ask the military to give you a look that night." Zheng Shilian also smiled.
Zhu Dadian was naturally happy, and he would inevitably have to make another account at night.
Sure enough, when the banquet was held at the Jiaofang that night, Zheng Shilian presented Zhu Dadian with a thousand taels of gold, weighing dozens of kilograms. Zhu Dadian happily asked his servant to carry the gold back.
That night, Zhu Dache and drafted a memorial, denounced Wu Anbang as a disaster to the local area, and bravely suppressed bandits in Dengzhou for a while, and then sent someone to the capital overnight.
Although Zhu Dadian is a man with national integrity, he cannot be honest. Therefore, Zhao Yanzhen asked Zheng Shilian to bribe Zhu Dadian for him.
The bribe was naturally paid by Zhao Yan himself.
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However, Chongzhen received two memorials, one was written by the Shandong Governor Zhu Dadian.
The two memorials counted Wu Anbang's crimes and exaggerated the achievements of the Zhao family in Huangxian's bandit suppression.
Chongzhen couldn't help but be furious and immediately ordered Zhu Dadian to arrest Wu Anbang and question him. At the same time, Zhao Yan gave him a good impression in Chongzhen's impression.
Although Zhao Yan killed Wu Anbang and defeated him, he was obedient and did not cause trouble everywhere. This is different from thieves and rebels, and he was able to take the initiative to train troops to suppress bandits, which is also a talent.
Chongzhen, who had ascended the throne for seven years, felt a little helpless at this moment. Chongzhen had a bad impression of Wu Anbang before, and ordered him to attack Kong Youde, but he retreated to Ninghaizhou.
Previously, Wu Anbang had soldiers on hand, so he was inevitably a little afraid when dealing with Wu Anbang. At this moment, Wu Anbang had only three or four hundred soldiers, so it was not easy to deal with them.
As for how to recruit Zhao Yan's hometown hero, Chongzhen asked Zhu Dadian to deal with it, and then sent him the handling opinions to him and then criticized them.
Chongzhen didn't know that this name that was quite good in his heart would become his gritted teeth in the future...
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Wu Anbang has actively gathered the defeated troops in Ninghaizhou these days, forcibly pulled thousands of people to join the army, and formed another army.
These days he has been wandering around. While he is wandering, he also has a strong hatred for the Zhao family and is also a little proud.
It’s probably not long before the Zhao family will be wiped out! It’s just a pity that the secret recipe of the Glazed Mirror.
However, the development of the incident was different from Wu Anbang's expectation. On that day, he was holding his concubine and fighting at home. Suddenly, a group of officers and soldiers rushed into the General Office and directly took him out of the bed.
After a while, Wu Anbang received a news like a bolt from the blue, and he was ordered to be arrested and questioned by the emperor.
These officers and soldiers were sent by Zhu Dadian. For Wu Anbang, who had lost his troops, there was no need to use any tricks. He just sent someone to arrest him.
Wu Anbang's defeat was due to the loss of all the troops. If he still retained most of the troops, he would have to think about it even if Chongzhen wanted to move.
At this moment, he was just a bare general, purely a person who was pushed by everyone.
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In the spring of the seventh year, the most shocking news in Shandong was the news that the Wendeng Camp, led by Wu Anbang, was destroyed. Later, Wu Anbang was arrested and questioned by the governor Zhu Dadian. The one who defeated Wu Anbang was actually a local tyrant in Huang County.
In addition, there was a bigger wave in the spring of the seventh year, that is, the governor of five provinces, Chen Qiyu, was dismissed from office and questioned. In comparison, the waves in Shandong seemed so small.
As the military governor of the five provinces, Chen Qiyu ordered all the officials and troops to gather in Shanzhou, Henan (now Shanxian), and then moved south to the peasant army in Junxian, Hubei and Zhushan area to fight.
Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other troops were approaching by the official army and moved west from Henan to Shaanxi. Chen Qiyu learned that the bandits were moving west and followed him.
When the peasant army walked to the Hanzhong Plank Road, they accidentally entered a dangerous place. The mountains were high and the roads were steep and the residents were sparse. There were not many places for peasant army to loot.
All the important roads were guarded by the official army, and the rain continued for fifty or sixty days, and the peasant army had fallen into a desperate situation. "The crossbow was removed, the sword was eroded, the clothes were soaked, and the horse's hooves were worn. I said I could not eat one."
In order to get rid of this difficult situation, the thief leaders decided to adopt pseudo-submission measures. They ordered the gold, silver and wealth seized from the army to be concentrated, and people were sent to Qiyu's camp to bribe them all.
Chen Qiyu believed that the bandits were really surrendering when they were desperate, and they could complete the work without any effort, so he decided to recruit pacify. After reporting to the court, he received the support of Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of War. After Emperor Chongzhen personally approved it, he reached an amnesty agreement with the bandits: Chen Qiyu sent a pacifier to monitor each hundred people according to the number of peasant troops and was responsible for repatriation and resettlement; the local government and axe were supplied with food and grass; at the same time, the official army was stopped from advancing to avoid conflicts.
The number of people recruited this time reached more than 40,000. The thief cleverly overcomes the difficulties. One night, "all the appeasers were tied up, either killing, cutting their ears, slaughtering, or tying them, and throwing them. They attacked Baoji, Linyou and other places, and they were unable to control them."
Chen Qiyu woke up like a dream, knowing that he had caused a big disaster. He first blamed Li Jiayan, the magistrate of Baoji, saying that he obstructed the tutoring bureau and killed the surrender and changed violently; then he put the blame on the Shaanxi Governor Lian State Affairs. Zhu Youjian did not understand the actual situation, and because the recruitment was approved by himself, out of the mentality of protecting the situation, he ordered Li Jiayan to be arrested, Lian State Affairs and others, and ordered Li Qiao to take over as the Shaanxi Governor. Soon, because the staff of Gu Guobao and Shaanxi Governor Fu Yongchun and others, they submitted memorials to accuse Chen Qiyu of being misunderstood by the major affairs, Zhu Youjian decided to dismiss Chen Qiyu from being asked about it.
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Chapter completed!