Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 351 Defection

"Master, what's the matter?" The red lady naturally knew that Li Yan had lied just now.

And since she was with Li Yan in the past, of course she knew better that Li Yan had been depressed during this period of time.

Although she had a guess in her heart, she didn't say it directly.

After hearing this, Li Yan turned to stare at her. Suddenly, his expression became resolute, and he immediately ordered the female guards of the red lady to lock the door and not let anyone in. Then, he pulled the red lady Sit down on the coffee table, and then asked the red lady with a serious expression: "What do you think of the notice from the court?"

"Notice?" Seeing that he was so solemn, Hong Niangzi also turned serious, and said after thinking about it seriously, "Is it a notice to kill Zuo Liangyu?"

Li Yan listened and nodded.

When the red lady saw her, she answered him: "It's really surprising. In the past, Zuo Liangyu seemed to do whatever he did, and the court would at most give him a crime and meritorious deed, and nothing would happen. What should he do? How about it!"

"That's right!" Li Yan nodded earnestly and said, "It can be seen that the court has really made up its mind this time. It dares to be serious about the law and discipline for the commander-in-chief who holds a heavy army! I feel that the emperor has indeed changed!"

Having said that, he suddenly stood up, walked over to the desk, took out a few sheets of paper from a stack of papers, looked at them himself, then walked back to the coffee table, spread out the papers, and looked at the red paper. The lady said: "This is the mansion newspaper I asked you to collect before."

The red lady listened and nodded.Of course, he knew the palace newspaper, but she didn't know most of the characters.

Of course, Li Yan knew this, so he pointed to several articles and said, "Please look, my lady. It is stated in the imperial palace newspaper that the emperor ordered that all government offices, civil and military officials, etc. Something called sweet potato. And here, the news is that the emperor ordered the Ministry of Officials to assess the performance of local officials, one of which is the production of this kind of sweet potato. It is also stated that the original grain fields must not be invaded. There is also this ..."

The red lady looked at his fingers, unable to read, but that didn't stop her from nodding in response.

Li Yan pointed to the contents of the mansion newspaper while explaining to Hong Niangzi. After talking for a long time, he withdrew his hand and said seriously to Hong Niangzi: "From these news, it can be seen that the emperor pays the most attention now. The livelihood of the people is the top priority. If these measures continue to be implemented, even if they are discounted in half, I guess many people will be able to live.”

Speaking of this, he paused, then sighed suddenly and said: "The north has suffered years of wars, famines, natural and man-made disasters, and I don't know how many people have died. The emperor attaches so much importance to these things now, I guess, in the future, the north will It’s hard to be hungry.”

After hearing this, the red lady sneered and said, "This old emperor, what have you been up to?"

She was born in poverty, so it can be said that she has tasted all the joys and sorrows of the world.And for a woman, these things will be remembered more clearly.Therefore, it would be a lie to say that she will have a good impression of the government!
Li Yan didn't answer the red lady's words directly, and then pointed to the news in the mansion newspaper, and said to the red lady: "Look at this again, lady, this is Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant who confiscated the house before the imperial court, and this, It was Chen Xinjia, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, who copied his family and became the Duke of the State. This was the Duke of the State when he became the ancestor. And here are the eight major Shanxi merchants who cooperated with the captives, and these are the top ten salt merchants in Yangzhou..."

Having said that, he withdrew his finger, and then continued: "In addition, Sun Chuanting copied Wei Huilu's palace before, of course, this must be the emperor's will, otherwise Sun Chuanting would not dare. From these things, you found what?"

When the red lady heard the question, she said without thinking: "I think the emperor's old man is addicted to copying his house, and his six relatives don't recognize him anymore!"

"..." Li Yan was a little speechless when he heard it. After he came back to his senses, he had no choice but to say, "Didn't you find out? The emperor didn't collect taxes from the people anymore, but from those dignitaries, corrupt officials, There are also those profiteers who have started. With money and food, we have trained a strong army, which can win even the Jian captives, and pay attention to people's livelihood, so the people will no longer suffer like before!"

"Well, this is pretty much the same, like being an emperor!" The red lady nodded and said approvingly.

For ordinary people, the emperor is generally good, but there are traitors around him.Only the more extreme ones would scold the emperor.

As for Hong Niangzi, she is quite extreme. It is not a problem for her to scold the emperor, but what she hates more, of course, are corrupt officials and those profiteers who are not profitable.Because the most direct source of her harm is these people.

Now, the Emperor Chongzhen has used his sword against these people. For Hong Niangzi's simple view of right and wrong, it means that the emperor is good!

After hearing this, Li Yan didn't comment on what she said, but continued to say what he wanted to say: "There is also the previous one, saying that the emperor discovered the method of preventing and treating smallpox. After vaccination, he will never get smallpox again." .And even the pimple disease can be removed, and it is said that it is caused by the fleas on the rats biting people..."

"You mean, the emperor is good at medicine, even better than the imperial doctor?" The red lady said with a little doubt when she heard it, "Could it be that his brother likes carpentry and he likes medicine, so he doesn't do his job properly, so the people don't have a living Bar?"

Li Yan almost gasped when he heard that, why women always think in a strange way!

When he came back to his senses, he ignored Hong Niangzi's conclusion and said directly: "Have you noticed that the emperor has changed and become wise and powerful. Knowing how to do it is in the best interest of Daming. If this continues, I'm sure , the imperial court has the appearance of Zhongxing!"

"That is to say, it's useless for us to rebel?" Hong Niangzi's response this time was exactly what Li Yan wanted.

Therefore, he nodded and said: "If the emperor is fatuous, the ministers are incompetent, and the people have no means of living, then a rebellion may not be impossible to change the dynasty. However, if the emperor is wise, the ministers are capable, and the people can live, then who would think of rebelling? Don't look at the present, It seems that the Central Plains and the South are in chaos, but I dare say that if this continues, the days of peace in the world will not be far away!"

Hong Niangzi was not surprised when Li Yan said these words.Because at the beginning, Li Yan didn't even think about rebelling.It was also forced by the situation, and finally embarked on the road of rebellion.

Moreover, Li Yan had a different idea from the general before, and had a conflict with Liu Zongmin once.

While she was thinking about it, Li Yan continued to say: "As for the righteous army in the world, the most powerful is the general. However, the general is short-sighted, and sometimes he ignores the future for the sake of immediate interests. Chasing stolen goods to help pay The strategy has not changed for a long time, and more scholars cannot follow; he is forced to dig the Yellow River dam in a hurry, and loses popular support; Become climate!"

Speaking of the latter, he changed his address to Li Zicheng, calling him by his first name, no longer showing respect.

When the red lady heard this, her expression immediately became serious, she turned her head to look in the direction of the door, then turned her head, looked at Li Yan, and said affectionately: "I said before, what you do, what I do, in short, in this life , I'm following you!"

Of course Li Yan understood her heart, so he stretched out his hand, squeezed the red lady's hand and said, "Of course I understand the lady's heart, otherwise it would be impossible to say these words. The court has already issued a notice, except for Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin. Except for amnesty, everyone else can be recruited. Didn’t the fifth battalion of Gezuo also accept recruiting! Therefore, I thought, taking advantage of the opportunity of dismantling the camp, I went to vote for the imperial court, and I might be able to live a peaceful life in the future!”

The life of men farming and women weaving has always been the most yearning thing for people in troubled times.

After hearing this, the red lady couldn't help showing a happy smile, but she said in a low voice: "But... But I don't know how to use embroidery needles, I only know how to wield knives and swords, so I won't be able to perform on the street anymore, right?"

Hearing this, Li Yan laughed, and immediately said: "Don't worry, you have a husband, why would you allow your lady to show her face and perform on the street!"

After a pause, he said with a serious expression: "We have to leave as soon as possible, and rush to report to Mr. Sun that Li Zicheng is going to Sichuan. Maybe there will be some rewards..."

"Ah?" Hong Niangzi looked rather hesitant when she heard this, as if she disagreed with this approach.

When Li Yan saw her, he immediately said to her: "Mistress, think about it, if Li Zicheng is allowed to enter Sichuan, how many people in Sichuan will suffer? Under the disaster of war, it is rare to see ruins and bones everywhere. Are you done? End the troubled times as soon as possible, and live a peaceful life as soon as possible, isn’t it good?”

Hearing this, Hong Niangzi's expression became serious, she finally nodded, and said solemnly: "My husband is right, I don't want to see those things either."

Seeing that she had been persuaded, Li Yan immediately said: "If we have to go around Zuo Liangyu's headquarters and rush to report to Master Sun, I'm afraid the time will be tight, so we should leave as soon as possible!"

"Okay!" After hearing this, Hong Niangzi nodded her head in agreement without hesitation.

So, Li Yan and Hong Niangzi immediately got ready, basically bringing nothing, just the trusted female soldiers, and under the pretext of patrolling, they left Xiangyang at a gallop when all the battalions were busy pulling out the camps.

In the evening of the same day, Gao Yigong, who was in charge of the sentry, returned to the city and reported to Li Zicheng the movement of Zuo Liangyu's troops, saying that Zuo Liangyu's troops would arrive at the boundary of Xiangyang in about two days.

Li Zicheng naturally didn't care about this, because in two days, his army had already entered Shu.

What he didn't expect was that Gao Yigong asked: "Since we are going to leave the camp to the west, I don't know what the general will send brother Li Yan and sister Hong to do?"

When he came back, he met him, and after questioning, he said that he was acting under the order of the general, and he didn't care at the time, but after returning to Xiangyang, he didn't know Li Zicheng's military order to go west into Shu, which was a bit strange. ask.

(End of this chapter)