Chongzhen Undergraduates

"Ji Biao, who is the most skilled in the Wudang sect?" When the boat arrived in Junzhou, looking at the Wudang mountains in the distance, Zhu Youjian wondered if a master would suddenly jump out.

"Your Majesty, there is no sect in Wudang." Ji Biao answered.

"Then who is the head of Wudang?" Zhu Youjian didn't give up.

"Wudang has no master."

"The Wudang faction doesn't have a head?"

"Wudang did not send."

Wudang has no sect, let alone a master.After struggling for a long time, Zhu Youjian finally figured out that there are many Taoist temples in Wudang, and each Taoist temple has only the owner. They are a loose organization and belong to Taoism.The Wudang sect and Wudang master in martial arts novels are all made up.Friends who want to join the Wudang Clan will definitely be disappointed.

After passing Yunyang Mansion, the boat sailed for a few days and arrived at Baihe.Baihe County is under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi. The north bank of the Han River is Yunxi, Hubei, but the south bank becomes the Baihe River in Shaanxi.

The area Zhu Youjian chose is the most difficult one.Because the south bank of Baihe County enters Daba Mountain, and if you go south, you will find deep mountains and old forests.Only Yunxi County on the north bank is the most populated place.

At this time, Northwest Hubei was divided into two counties, Yunxi and Shangjin, and the two counties were not merged until later.The first place Zhu Youjian was going to was Shangjin County.

When Zhu Youjian arrived at Shangjin, he was accompanied by Li Laiheng who he had asked Li Guo to come over.Of course, there are Ji Biao and Huang Zongxi.

As the best general in the late stage of Chuangjun, Li Laiheng has not yet shown his talents at this time, he is just a small eagle under the protection of his uncles.

"Xiaguan Wang Chenshu pays homage to the general." At this time, Shangjin was just a small county without a city, and the only earthen wall was used as a fortification. Since 15 years, various forces have been repeated in this area. Wang Chenshu became the only official.

Of course Zhu Youjian would not come here as the Son of Heaven, he still transformed into General Liu Yinglong.

Looking at the dilapidated wall made of rammed earth in the cold winter, Zhu Youjian couldn't compare it with the ancient city of Shangjin, which was still intact in later generations. It looked like a landlord's compound.

"Get up. Just the three of you here?" Wang Chenshu and only three people knelt down on the pier by the Qianqian River to greet Zhu Youjian and his party.

"The army was in chaos, and many people ran away." (Running: Shangjin dialect, which means avoiding bandits and wars.)

"Why don't you run away?" Zhu Youjian spoke with a standard Shangjin accent, which surprised Wang Chenshu.As for the others, they are no longer surprised, anyway, too many strange things happened to the emperor.

"There are always people in the town who can't run, and I need to stay here to comfort the people." Wang Chenshu glanced behind him, and the two people he brought were almost 70 or [-] years old.

"The army is stationed in Shangjin today, how much food is there in the warehouse?"

Follow the Han River into the Qianqian River, and the boat can no longer go up to Shangjin.Twenty miles upstream is Shanyang County, Shaanxi Province, which is under the jurisdiction of Shangluo Prefecture. After passing Shanyang County, you will arrive at Wuguan.

Therefore, starting from the Tang Dynasty, if you don’t want to go by land to transport grain from Jianghan, you can sail all the way to Shangjin, then turn to Shanyang, and you can directly reach Chang’an without going through Wuguan.

"There are still fifty dans of grain in storage." Wang Chenshu hurriedly replied, in fact, this was grain collected by the common people.

Whichever way people and horses cross the road, they will first search for food, which has almost become a law.Kill people if they can't find it, and the people can only offer food to protect themselves. I hope these demon kings will leave quickly after taking the food.

Before the soldiers arrived, the people had already fled back and hid in the mountains. The food they collected was put in the town, which was regarded as a gift to the soldiers and horses passing by.

"Are people hiding in Shibapan on the back mountain or Baiyan village on the front mountain?" Zhu Youjian looked at Wang Chenshu with a smile, and pointed in the direction of Baiyan village.

"General, general. There is no one there, and everyone has run away." Wang Chenshu was so frightened that he trembled, because the direction Zhu Youjian pointed was the place where the people were hiding.

"Oh, I see. Ji Biao, take someone to invite the people back. It's in the Mogou cave below Baiyanzhai. Am I right, Mr. Wang?" Zhu Youjian still smiled after finishing speaking. Looking at Wang Chenshu.

Wang Chenshu, who was paralyzed on the ground, grabbed Zhu Youjian's legs and said in a trembling voice: "I beg you, general, I will give you all the food, so don't kill people."

"My lord, we don't need food, we only need people." Huang Zongyi explained kindly.

As a result, Wang Chenshu fainted immediately when he heard it. He thought to himself: I don't even need food, as long as the head is needed, I can't survive at all.

Seeing that Wang Chenshu had passed out, Zhu Youjian quickly strangled him, for fear that he would really die here and he still needed a good guide.

"I said this cousin, we are officers and soldiers of the imperial court, and we are here to do business." Cousin is a kind of respectful title for elders in Shangjin, which means to get close to relatives.

"Aren't you Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers?" Wang Chenshu was woken up by Zhu Youjian, and asked with some doubts.

"We are officers and soldiers. He is Li Zicheng's subordinate." Before he could leave, Ji Biao interjected, pointing at Li Laiheng.

"Oh my god, I can't live anymore." When Wang Chenshu heard about Li Zicheng, he knelt down and kowtowed in fright, not even daring to look at Zhu Youjian and the others.

"It's just you talking a lot of nonsense." Zhu Youjian glared at Ji Biao, Wang Chenshu's behavior made Li Laiheng blush with shame.

In the past, he never felt that there was anything wrong.But since being formally incorporated into the Ming Dynasty's official army, it has gone through a few months of rectification, and now it is almost possible to distinguish right from wrong.

"Get up, cousin. Li Zicheng has been recruited by the government. He is just a soldier." Zhu Youjian helped the 50-something old man to stay alone, and even helped him smack the dust on his knees.

Both Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have been here.The people's eyes are always discerning, good or bad, their attitude is the most direct reflection.

"What is your official position here?"

"Before the Xiaguan was the head of Shangjin County, after the county magistrate and the county magistrate ran away, the Xiaguan has been waiting here for the court to send someone to come."

"I'm still a ninth-rank official, my cousin is also of high rank!" At this time, the eldest emperor of Ming Dynasty was chatting with the youngest ninth-rank master.

"That's right, I've also studied." Wang Chenshu looked very proud. In his opinion, he was at least better than the fighters in front of him.

"Yes, I think cousin, you are more knowledgeable than him." Zhu Youjian pointed at Huang Zongxi, and Huang Zongxi smiled slightly.

"This young man looks dignified. It's a pity to be a soldier. If you study hard, you might be able to be a scholar like me." Zhu Youjian's boast by Wang Chenshu showed the pride of a scholar.

"Let's just tell you not to come out to be a soldier. It would be nice to study hard at home. It's not like you can't even pass the exam as a scholar." Zhu Youjian knocked on Huang Zongxi, and continued to coax Wang Chenshu.

Huang Zongxi patted his head and almost didn't laugh out loud, but fortunately Zhu Youjian took Wang Chenshu and turned around without seeing Huang Zongxi's expression.

Shangjin is a poor place, and people in the mountains can barely eat enough to eat, so naturally it cannot be compared with Jiangsu and Zhejiang.It is also remarkable to be selected as a scholar.The mountain people are simple and honest, so it's not that Zhu Youjian deliberately deceived his fellow villagers, this is also a way to make friends with people.Zhu Youjian guessed that Wang Chenshu, a scholar, must be very lonely here, so there is nothing wrong with coaxing him.

Inside the wall, a row of rammed earth houses are juxtaposed on both sides of a short street.This is the place that surprised Zhu Youjian the most. There is actually a street here, and there are seven or eight shops on the street, although the planks are closed.

"Please, general." Wang Chenshu politely made a gesture of invitation, and let Zhu Youjian and others into a main room.

The main room is not big, but it is still a little dark. Inside is the decoration of a county government lobby, and all kinds of utensils are readily available without any mistakes.Obviously, although there is no county magistrate, the administration is still maintained here.This is not easy, and all the credit may be because Wang Chenshu is here.

To maintain a local order, it is not necessary to send a large and educated official, but more to have a small official like Wang Chenshu who can stick to it.

Zhu Youjian felt that his return to his hometown in the Ming Dynasty was a worthwhile trip.

Chapter 249: Li Zicheng's Family History

Among the tributaries of the upper reaches of the Han River, only the Qiangjin River can be used by boats, but the Qiangjin River cannot be used by large ships. The boats that stop at the Shangjin Wharf are all small and medium-sized flat-bottomed boats.

The soldiers led by Zhu Youjian spread to many towns in several counties, and there were only two hundred people around him, and there were seven or eight ships.

"Set up a transit point here, and you can search another hundred miles north." Li Laiheng followed Zhu Youjian to come here, mainly because he is a member of Li Guo, and he is familiar with some contact methods of the old army.

"Which area were you mainly active in?" Zhu Youjian was very curious about how Li Zicheng escaped with the Eighteen Riders and gradually grew stronger.

Zhu Youjian was very curious. From the ninth year of Chongzhen, when Yang Sichang recruited 10 soldiers and increased his salary by 280 million, and proposed the strategy of "four positives and six corners, and ten sides to open the net", until the 11th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng had been beaten to the point of death. The next eighteen rides.However, he was able to lead millions of people to capture Luoyang three years later, and directly wiped out Sun Chuanting, the most capable main force of the Ming army, after another year.