That's right! The leader of the Revolutionary Army in front of him was none other than Li Zicheng, who used to work at the post station leading from Liaoyun Pass to Yunzhou City.
When Zhao Jun learned about the situation in the south, he understood that if there was no major purge in such a complicated place, even if he sent troops from the imperial court to quell the chaos, it would be a big trouble in the future.
The gentry and aristocratic families in the south, as well as the small and medium-sized landowners below, will all be obstacles to his governance.
So after careful consideration, Zhao Jun decided to do a big cleanup!
Break and then stand!
Taking advantage of the current chaos in the south, he sent his own people from the final version to disguise themselves as rebels, and took the opportunity to kill those who hindered the local area.
After cleaning up the demons and monsters, and then letting the imperial court defeat the Revolutionary Army and take over a clean territory, it will be easy to operate.
If you want to send people to pretend to be rebels, you must have a leader. Who is the most suitable person to be the leader of the rebels?
There is no doubt that Zhao Jun immediately thought of Li Zicheng who was still hanging around in the inn.
When Li Zicheng, who made a cup of tea comfortably and sat in the inn watching the cars go by, received the news from the secret guard, he was dumbfounded.
But he had no room for refusal. He was poisoned by the secret guards that day.
Finally, he escaped from the poisonous body and went to sea, landed in Xiamen and became one of the newly emerged rebels.
Zhao Jun did not let him be a mere commander. Not only was the policy of action explained, but everything from people to weapons and armor was provided, and the Revolutionary Army was established in a short period of time!
After Li Zicheng got over the initial discomfort, he quickly entered the state. Perhaps he was really talented. In just a few months, he led his people to capture the land of the Three Prefectures.
If His Majesty hadn't sent a letter asking him to clean up, in order to be able to do it all at once, he would have had to slow down and slowly clean up those who needed to be cleaned up in the territory he had occupied.
A few days ago, he suddenly received a request for negotiation from the Zheng family. After asking for the opinions of Bianjing, he obtained permission, and that's why today's meeting took place.
Seeing that the person in front of him was the leader of the Revolutionary Army he was looking for, Zheng Hu had no intention of shocking the other party before setting off. Instead, he was shocked by what he saw along the way.
Dang even left out those things that were there and didn't, and went straight to the point: "King Li Chuang, the reason why our Zheng family is looking for you is that we hope you will show your respect."
"Hands on?"
Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Have our Revolutionary Army arrested members of your Zheng family?"
Zheng Hu shook his head.
"Then what do you Zheng family want us to do to you?
Li Zichen was very puzzled.
Zheng Hu simply asked: "I heard that every time King Li Chuang captured a place, he would be tyrannical with the local gentry, officials and merchants and kill them all.
We, the Zheng family, don’t know why King Li Chuang dealt such harsh blows to these people, but today I still want to ask King Chuang to show his kindness and let them live if they encounter these people again in the future.
Of course, we will not let King Chuang raise his hand in vain. These five hundred thousand taels are the sincerity of my Zheng family! "
With that said, Zheng Hu took out 500,000 taels of Feiyun Bank's instant cashier's check from his pocket.
At the same time, he continued: "Not only these 500,000 taels, our Zheng family can provide your army with no less than 10,000 dan of food every month from now on. I believe that King Chuang must be short of this food for his great cause." tight.
After all, you can do great things only if you have money and food, right? "
After listening to Zheng Hu's words, Li Zicheng suddenly realized that they were actually begging for mercy for the remnants that he had cleaned up.
The smile that was on his face instantly faded away, he looked at Zheng Hu coldly and sneered:
"I asked, why did your family suddenly find me? I turned out to be the lobbyist of those scumbags!
how? Why don't they dare to come to me themselves? I want you to be a lobbyist. "
The atmosphere suddenly cooled down at this moment, and the surrounding temperature seemed to drop to freezing point at this moment.
Zheng Hu secretly sighed, knowing that the other party was angry, but he had to bite the bullet and said:
"King Chuang misunderstood. They didn't come to our Zheng family. It was our Zheng family who took the initiative to come to you."
"You came to me on your own initiative?"
This made Li Zicheng feel a little interesting, and he sat back in his seat.
"Tell me, since those scumbags didn't seek out your Zheng family as lobbyists, why are you still looking for me?"
Li Zichen was very curious about what the Zheng family was thinking. Is it really for "justice"?
That's really ridiculous!
Naturally, the Zheng family did not come here to maintain justice.
Hear Zheng Hu say: "Presumably since King Chuang started his family in Xiamen, he must know what our Zheng family does?"
Li Zicheng simply shook his head: "I don't know."
Zheng Hu's words suddenly stopped.
Who in this coastal county doesn’t know their Zheng family? You started your business in Xiamen, a coastal city, but you don’t know what our Zheng family does?
This is simply outrageous!
He didn't know that Li Zicheng was sent from outside the customs by Zhao Jun, and he really didn't know much about the situation here.
But seeing that Li Zicheng didn't look like he was pretending to be stupid, Zheng Hu could only explain: "Since King Chuang doesn't know, I will explain it to King Chuang. As for our Zheng family, we have some brothers who usually rely on each other on the sea." Make a living by running boats.
Occasionally, if a businessman from Song Dynasty is bullied by outsiders, we will help him to pay it back.
So everyone along the coast is very grateful to our Zheng family.
Every year they give some money or something to our Zheng family, which is our daily source of funds to support our family. "
Li Zicheng was not stupid and understood immediately.
He immediately said: "In other words, you Zheng family are just robbers who collect protection fees from people at sea?"
Zheng Hu's expression suddenly changed, he smiled reluctantly and explained: "You can't say that..."
Li Zicheng waved his hand directly and said:
"I said, I am a rebel and you are a robber, what else are you hiding from me?
Let's put it bluntly, according to what you just said, your Zheng family makes a living by collecting these protection fees at sea.
And if I clean up these scum along the coast, there will be fewer people going to sea. With fewer people, the protection money your Zheng family can receive will also be less. That’s why your Zheng family went to great lengths to find me. , you want me to let those scum go, right? "
Zheng Hu hesitated for a moment, then nodded heavily.
"yes!"
"Are you going to say that and it's over? You've made so many twists and turns that I almost had someone chop you into eighteen pieces and throw them out."
Li Zicheng said with a smile.
When Zheng Hu saw him smiling, he immediately thought that what he said was right and said:
"Did Prince Chuang agree to my Zheng family's request?
Chuang Wang can rest assured, as long as you agree to this request, my Zheng family will still have 500,000 taels to support Chuang Wang's great cause! "
Facing the temptation of such a huge sum of money, Li Zicheng chuckled, and then his face suddenly changed. He looked at Zheng Hu and said coldly: "Um, I won't agree!"
Zheng Hu's smile froze on his face instantly!
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(End of chapter)
