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Volume 2: A Different Chief Chapter 763: Flower of Evil

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    Wang Dou came to Ji Junjiao's courtyard.  She is a very particular person. Although she arrived in Guihua City not long ago, the layout of her house is almost the same as that in Xuanfu Town. It is gorgeous and graceful.  It¡¯s extremely cold in the north, so there¡¯s no need for foot stoves or braziers here. They¡¯re all fires sandwiched between the walls, heated floors, and covered with thick felt blankets to keep the interior as warm as spring.  In fact, many of the enjoyments of wealthy families in ancient times will not be lost to later generations. It is said that the fire sandwiched between the wall and the floor heating is much better than the air conditioning and heating of later generations. It will not be stuffy, the warmth comes from the ground, and it is good for health.  The ground was freezing cold, and the snowflakes were like flakes. Soon, people were all covered in white. Wang Dou stepped into the house on the scattered jade, and a warmth immediately came to him, making his whole body comfortable.  Ji Junjiao and young lady Chu Wanyun were already greeting each other at the entrance of the hall. One said: "I have met my husband." The other said: "I have met the Marquis." Wang Dou glanced at them. Both of them were wearing mink fur embroidered jackets, but  Ji Junjiao is dark red in color, while the young lady wears plain white mink fur clothes.  The same thing is that both of them are more delicate than flowers. Ji Jun is extremely beautiful, and she is full of charm when she looks at them.  The young lady is elegant and noble, full of the charm of a young woman.  Ji Junjiao came over and smiled, taking off the black fox fur collared cloak for Wang Dou, and pulled him to the wine table in the room. Fine wine and exquisite side dishes were prepared here, and there was a small brass stove to keep warm.  The young lady followed, her cheeks were flushed, and she was a little afraid to meet Wang Dou's eyes.  Ji Junjiao said: "My husband is hard at work in politics, so I just want to play music with Sister Wan Yun to relieve my husband's worries." Wang Dou smiled and said, "Okay." He sat upright in front of the table, and the fragrance in the room was overwhelming.  While he drank slowly, he felt quite comfortable listening to Ji Junjiao and the young lady's Qin Xiao ensemble.  After the song was over, Wang Dou clapped softly and Ji Junjiao smiled sweetly. The young lady was a little lost in thought. She glanced at Wang Dou and said to Ji Junjiao, "Sister, I'm going back first." She then accused Wang Dou.  , Steps swayed slightly, and walked away gracefully.  Looking at her back, Ji Jun smiled coquettishly and said: "Husband, what do you think of Sister Wan Yun's appearance?" Wang Dou glanced at Ji Junjiao thoughtfully: "Not bad, but compared with Madam, she is far behind." Ji Junjiao giggled  She laughed and said, "My husband's mouth is still so sweet." The two sat and drank together, and then Ji Junjiao massaged Wang Dou on the couch, taking the opportunity to have a massage.  After finishing, Wang Dou leaned on her leg comfortably. After many years, Ji Junjiao still gave him a feeling of pleasure.  Ji Junjiao gently stroked Wang Dou's hair and pressed the sides of his forehead. She seemed to be thinking about something, suddenly made up her mind, leaned down, and whispered a few words in Wang Dou's ear.  Wang Dou said: "Nonsense." He sat up immediately.  Seeing that Ji Junjiao looked a little scared, he sighed: "Jiao'er, you still don't know what you are worried about after all these years." Ji Junjiao calmed down and said with a smile: "Husband, I am indeed a little worried. People say that officialdom needs balance.  The same goes for this backyard." She said, "Husband, think about whether these sisters in the courtyard are out of balance." Wang Dou was startled. He thought about it carefully, and it was indeed the case.  Among his several wives and concubines, Liu Qing, Liu Ji, Butterfly, and Dragonfly need not be mentioned, but among Xie Xiuniang's line, there are faintly more supporters Zhong Susu and Li Yunluo. Although Xu Yue'e is away from home, she still prefers Xie Xiuniang.  But Ji Junjiao was alone.  And she has never given birth to a son in these years, only a daughter, Wang Sha. Although she doesn't care, she will inevitably have thoughts.  With the addition of Zhong Susu and others, no wonder there is a sense of crisis and the need to attract foreign aid.  Thinking more deeply, Li Yunluo, who came to buy one and get one free, represented the thoughts and interests of the local gentry. Wang Dou got the news and heard that after Li Yunluo took over the house, the Li family in Xinzhuang celebrated, and the hearts of a large number of gentry in Baoan Prefecture and other places were filled with joy.  settle down.  Now that the gentry and landlords are represented in their own houses, the businessmen can no longer sit still. Look at the activities of the head of the Li family and the actions of the young lady Chu Wanyun.  And the combination of her and Ji Junjiao will fully represent the expectations and interests of the official and business class under the rule.  Even if Liu Qing, Liu Ji, Butterfly, and Dragonfly go outside, they should not be underestimated. Even though they are maids and maids, singers and concubines, they can still speak for their original class.  Before you knew it, all the interest representatives from all parties in your room had gathered together. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? At the same time, Wang Dou thought of the woman Chu Wanyun, and he knew that gossip had been with her all these years.  From her perspective, there may have been rumors anyway, so?Take this opportunity to make what is fake become real, to settle matters, to put things into practice, and to seek benefits for your family.  Especially when the world is in chaos and the family has lost support, she needs someone to hug her, so as soon as Ji Junjiao found her, the two hit it off.  Based on Wang Dou¡¯s understanding of her, she has been considered chaste and self-possessed in recent years, but she has had ambiguous thoughts about herself and has seduced her from time to time.  Wang Dou felt that this woman was very scheming, so it was better to keep her by his side and keep a close eye on her.  This put Ji Junjiao's heart at ease, although Wang Dou was very dismissive of her worries about losing favor.  Wang Dou's mind was spinning rapidly and he quickly understood the pros and cons. He said, "That's okay, I won't do it next time." He said to Ji Junjiao, "Jiao'er, actually you never have to worry." Ji Junjiao hummed and fell into Wang Dou's arms obediently.  .  The next day, Ji Junjiao brought Wang Dou to the young lady's courtyard. After she pushed Wang Dou in, she closed the door with a smile.  After Wang Dou entered, he saw a brocade tent surrounded by a screen and a table of wine and food. The young lady was sitting not far away. She was holding a pipa, her head lowered, her cheeks as red as rouge.  Wang Dou poured himself a drink at the banquet and listened to her playing the pipa for a while. He patted his thigh and said, "Come and sit here." The young lady responded softly. She put down the pipa and came over gracefully. She sat on it.  Wang Dou's thighs and face were full of charming red.  She didn't dare to look at Wang Dou, she just buried her head deeply in his arms and hugged him tightly with both hands.  Wang Dou put his arms around her soft waist. It looked like a weak willow, but the tentacles were plump and smooth. At the same time, a faint fragrance entered his nose.  With the beauty in his arms, Wang Dou felt a little emotional. He poured a glass of wine and drank it slowly.  The first time I met the young lady was eight years ago in Chongzhen. At that time, she and Ji Junjiao made me astonished. Many years have passed in the blink of an eye.  The past is like smoke.  On the 19th day of the first lunar month, Zhou Yanru, the chief minister of the cabinet, asked himself to supervise the division and lead his troops south.  By this time Yanzhou had fallen.  However, after the bandits surrounded Yanzhou, there was no movement from the surrounding Ming troops. Whether it was Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief of Linqing, or Qiu Lei, the commander-in-chief of Jinan, they all watched helplessly without any reaction.  Liu Fangliang thought that no reinforcements would arrive, so he ordered an attack on the city on the 10th day of the lunar month.  The defenders of Yanzhou stood firm. At this time, King Zhu Yipai of Lu went to the vassal state. Deng Fanxi, the prefect of Yanzhou, saw that the rebels were powerful, so he advised Zhu Yipai to save all his savings to boost morale. Otherwise, it would be too late to regret it once the big event was over.  "But Zhu Yi sent a miser who was always greedy and greedy. Whenever he could spare the money, he pretended to be deaf and mute and complained about his poverty.  As soon as Deng Fanxi left, he quietly asked people to dig a cellar and bury the gold and silver.  Historically, these gold and silver were not discovered until the late Qing Dynasty by the British who built a church on the old site of Lu Mansion.  The bandits continued to attack for five days. Deng Fanxi led his officials, sergeants and people to hold on. He took the lead and spent all his savings to encourage the soldiers.  The wealthy gentry in the city also donated their money one after another. If they had money, they would give money. If they had grain, they would give food. They shared the same hatred of the enemy and were determined to defend the city.  They didn¡¯t just defend. They organized night raids by warriors from time to time, sneaking out of the city in the dark, killing and wounding many people for days.  Liu Fangliang couldn't attack with all his strength, so he thought of internal response. On the 16th of the first lunar month, he recruited a deputy general named Liu to respond internally, and the city fell.  After the city of Yanzhou was broken, King Zhu Yipai of Lu hanged himself to death. The Lu Mansion was looted, King Leling, King Yangxin and other county kings also died. Deng Fanxi and others all died in the battle.  After Liu Fangliang defeated Yanzhou, he divided his forces to attack Ningyang, Dongping, Dong'a, Tai'an, Yanggu and other places. Wherever he went, the Ming army lost all fighting spirit and fled. Liu Fangliang occupied many cities without a single blow.  As early as the beginning of the first month of the first lunar month, Emperor Chongzhen lamented the state affairs when he came to court: "The thieves are so powerful, no one outside the country can take over, and the treasury is exhausted. How can you, Qing, etc. be unable to do anything for me to share my worries?" Zhou Yanru believed that the emperor was concerned about his  If the favor is not as good as before, it is better to invite the governor yourself to please the emperor.  Sure enough, he asked himself to raise troops to march south, and said that he would use his family wealth to assist the army. The emperor was overjoyed and expressed his condolences again and again: "If you are willing, sir, I will visit the ancient Tuihu ceremony and pay a farewell to the suburbs. I dare not take it lightly."  On the 14th, Zhou Yanru announced his intention to leave the army.  On the 16th, Guo Zhongtun was appointed deputy commander-in-chief, supervising and assisting the Chinese army.  On the 18th, Emperor Chongzhen gathered hundreds of officials to the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, expressing his intention to leave the army. He worshiped and said: "Premier Heshan, my minister Zhu Youjian would like to tell the Haotian God: I will be cool and virtuous, and my heirs will be guarded by Hongxu Shi.  For seven years, he deeply remembered the power of God's descending and the great trust entrusted by his ancestors. He was vigilant at night and did not dare to be idle." He wept with his heart and blood, and sincerely told this story, hoping that his departure would go smoothly.  On the 19th, Emperor Chongzhen ordered Zhou Yanru to leave the army and perform the ceremony of sending generals.  He personally controlled Zhengyang Gate and paid a farewell visit to Zhou Yanru.  Nineteen civil and military officials were present, including Hou Bo, the chief minister of the five provinces, six ministries of the cabinet, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.Seal official, the general association of the Beijing camp sits here.  There are also banners, gold drums and others lined up from the Meridian Gate to outside the Zhengyang Gate.  During the banquet, Emperor Chongzhen personally handed Zhou Yanru wine and said, "Sir, it's as if I were here personally." He gave three glasses of wine in a row, and the Shang Fang Sword was also introduced to the drum music.  After Zhou Yanru left impassionedly, Emperor Chongzhen watched him go away and returned after a long time.  "Open the city gate to welcome King Chuang. King Chuang will not accept food when he comes." Yishui City in the distance suddenly burst into cheers. In the thundering song, the city gate opened, and then a large number of hungry people came out.  Old Hu laughed loudly and said: "It's done again, it's really effortless." Seeing that Kong San next to him didn't look good, he couldn't help but laugh a few times.  After breaking into the camp and conquering Yanzhou, the main army also entered Shandong one after another. They divided their camps to attack the states and counties. However, all the states and counties they passed fled, and all the generals escaped, and the cities they gained were easily obtained.  Even if some state officials and generals hold on, the hungry people often respond and open the city gates.  In recent years, Shandong has suffered from severe droughts, and bandits have emerged everywhere. Since the 14th year of Chongzhen alone, there have been several large-scale rebellions. Soldiers and bandits fought along the canal, killing ten houses and nine empty houses, and the people were miserable.  Moreover, Shandong is an important place for horse politics, and many of the dilapidated horse farmers have turned into bandits. Horse thieves and bandits are everywhere.  The people had long lost confidence in the imperial court. They had heard all kinds of notices on how to calm the people in the camp, and they also said that it was forbidden to take prisoners or kill them.  There are also various songs and songs such as "If you don't do a job, you don't pay for food", etc., all of them want to change their way of life.  They enthusiastically looked forward to the arrival of the Chuang army, and responded in large numbers, opening their doors and offering sacrifices to the city.  Therefore, each battalion attacks various places and captures all the cities without any effort. Sometimes several cities can be conquered in one day.  At this time, thousands of horse teams lined up behind the two men, and the flags of the mountain patrol camp were flying high.  Lao Hu's mountain patrol camp already had 5,000 men and horses. He originally had 1,000 horsemen. Because of his bravery in the Battle of Tongguan, Li Zicheng personally rewarded him with 1,000 horses and mules. He himself was promoted from a mighty general of the fifth rank to a fourth rank.  General Guo Yi.  In the past few months, he had experienced the Guide War, the Xuzhou War, and the plundering of various cities in Shandong. In total, he was rewarded with a thousand horses and mules, and the number of horsemen in his camp reached 3,000.  Judging from the information revealed to him by the general Li Guo, because there are many horses in Shandong and a lot of them have been captured, their mountain patrol camp will soon become an old camp. By then, every horse soldier will have a war horse, at least two.  Hearing the news, Lao Hu felt like he was bursting into tears. It was not easy, but he finally got through it.  Three thousand cavalry formed a dark mass. They were wearing yellow uniforms and riding steadily on their horses. Many of them had a fierce look on their faces.  Fighting every day, life and death, swords and blood, even cowards become heroes.  Satisfied, he looked back at his subordinates for a while, and Old Hu waved his hand boldly: "Entering the city." The thunderous sound of horse hooves sounded, smoke billowed, loess splashed, and hunting flags flew.  At noon, near Zhucheng.  A horse galloped forward. He rolled his saddle and dismounted from a distance, ran to Old Hu's banner, and reported: "Master Hu, all the officials in the city are about to flee. Now the local gentry organized people to greet them in front of the city. They carried cattle and sheep.  He drank meat and wine, and asked how the young Anqiu people were doing." Old Hu said impatiently: "I am not interested in issuing edicts according to the old rules. I sent a team of people to take over the city while we went to the next place." Anqiu County, dozens of miles away  .  Looking at the city in the distance, Old Hu said happily: "We can have a good fight. After all, we are not cowards." Kong San shook his head and said calmly: "Listen, there is an internal response." Sure enough, "It's not a bad job," loomed in the city.  If you don't pay for the food, everyone will have a happy time." The song became louder and louder, and finally seemed to resound through the sky.  Then the gate of Anqiu County opened, and Lao Hu opened his eyes wide: "It's raining again." In the afternoon, Gaomi County.  Lao Hu was riding on his horse. He saw that the city gate was wide open, and people who had surrendered came out of the city gate in an endless stream. They were officials, generals, soldiers, and old gentry from the countryside in the city.  They were neatly dressed, and after walking out of the city, they knelt down to this side, then stood up, knelt down again, and kept kneeling over here.  Then there was overwhelming cheers in the city, it was the people cheering.  Lao Hu stared at that side dumbfounded, and murmured: "Is King Chuang really so popular with the people?" He opened his eyes wide and said, "If he really has won the world, we can be considered Conglong's heroes." Seeing Kong San's face turned pale, he  He hurriedly laughed and said: "Just kidding, just kidding." Kong San was silent for a long time, and he sneered: "Foolish men and women only know about small gains in front of them, but they will suffer when the time comes." Old Hu echoed: "  They are indeed ignorant and ignorant.¡± News from Shandong is constantly being collected into the Protectorate. Now the Intelligence Department is operating at full capacity.The latest news comes almost every day.  All the important officers and generals of the Protectorate also gathered in the General's Mansion. They looked at the sand table map every day, drawing on it the latest progress in breaking into the camp, diagrams of the situation distribution in various aspects, etc. It was clear at a glance how far the situation had progressed.  Just know.  They were not surprised that the bandits were invincible in the Shandong Club, but it was beyond the expectations of many people that they had succeeded to this point.  Too many officers and generals surrendered, especially too many people responded, which made many people around Wang Dou unable to understand.  The latest information they received was that some of General Liu Zeqing¡¯s subordinates were from Shaanxi. In order to obtain food and wages from various states and counties, they pretended to be thieves, and the people happily welcomed the labor with their cattle and wine.  In the end, these people were suspected by the locals because of their poor military discipline. Then they closed the city gates and resolutely refused to allow these counterfeiters to enter or obtain a grain of rice.  It¡¯s really shocking that things happen like this again and again, and I don¡¯t know what to say.  Gao Shiyin just didn't understand one of them. He murmured: "They are bandits. Why do the people look forward to them so much?" He has also beaten bandits and knows the attitude of people in various places towards bandits. If some hungry people are very willing  The words of the thief, but those good people firmly resisted, but now even the good people's attitude has changed.  Qin Yi, who praised the painting, sighed: "The government is immoral, refugees are everywhere, natural disasters are occurring, and the suffering is unspeakable. People everywhere have long lost confidence in the court, and the traitors are good at false propaganda. Maybe they think they will live a better life after changing dynasties." He sighed.  : "It's true that water can carry a boat or overturn it. The people's sentiment is like this, and its momentum is unstoppable." Everyone in the hall also sighed, the situation was so ruined.  Wen Fangliang sneered: "It's true that the bandits turned into rebels and the common people were ignorant. Just by singing a song about not paying for food and not paying for the job, people responded. Don't they know what kind of traitors the bandits are? I'm afraid that when their true colors are revealed, how old they were in the first place."  I hope you will hate me so much in the future." Han Chao shook his head and said, "The common people only focus on the present. How can they think so much about the future? Moreover, I don't know if the traitor will change in the future, maybe he will be like Emperor Taizu Gao.  He is so talented and far-sighted." Wen Fangliang sneered: "Look, there will always be a time when he will show up." Wang Dou clasped his hands behind his back and listened quietly to his subordinates' arguments. He thought a lot and thought about history. Finally, he said lightly: "  People are thinking that there are too many people who don't know the nature of thieves. Perhaps only a heart-wrenching lesson can wake them up. " His eyes seemed to see across thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and he murmured: "People's thoughts.  The chaos is unstoppable, let the flowers of evil bloom and let all the scum surface." On the 22nd of the first lunar month, Liu Zeqing, the Shandong general who was stationed at Linqing to protect the canal, surrendered. He broke into the camp and obtained this without any effort.  An important place for water transportation.  On the 26th of the first lunar month, Qiu Lei, the Shandong general who was stationed in Jinan, surrendered, Qiu Zude, the governor, committed suicide, and Li Zicheng conquered Jinan.  On the first day of February, Li Zicheng proclaimed himself king in Jinan. His founding name was Dashun. He called himself King Dashun and his reign was Yongchang.  He appointed Song Xiance as military adviser, Niu Jinxing as prime minister, and established six governments, each with one minister and two ministers.  On that day, he sent generals Liu Fangliang, Liu Xiyao and others to attack Daming Mansion, Shunde Mansion and other places. They defeated everything they passed and were invincible.  The news that Li Zicheng conquered Jinan and became king shocked the world. On February 13, the news reached Shengjing, and Dorgon urgently summoned his ministers to discuss matters in Chongzheng Hall.  To be continued.  
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