Mao Yujian did not expect that things would turn around. He was overjoyed at the moment and invited Wang Zhixin as a distinguished guest. Later, Wu Mengming, Luo Yangxing and Yang Guanguang also moved into Mao Mansion. Although there were many people and the housing was a little tight, but in It is indeed much safer to stay here.
There were so many courtiers in the Ming Dynasty that no one would pay attention to a small censor.
Not to mention, this censor was the one who proposed the abolition of the inn. It seemed even less likely that he would contact Li Zicheng.
Everyone moved into Mao's mansion, and their safety seemed to be more guaranteed. Next, they discussed together how to welcome Dashun's army into the city.
It can be said that several people here have actually made a move to betray the Ming Dynasty. They are different from the courtiers who secretly contacted Li Zicheng. They have been exposed to the public.
In other words, they had no choice but to escape. If Li Zicheng did not enter Beijing, they would have no choice but to escape from here.
For their own safety and future, they could only think of ways to facilitate the entry of the Dashun Army into the city and the demise of the Zhu Ming Dynasty.
"I really don't understand. We have internal agents in the city, General Li You is here, and we have spies outside the palace. The main force of the Dashun Army is outside the city. Why aren't they attacking the city now? What are they waiting for?" First The first person to say this was Wu Mengming, the former commander of the Jin Yiwei.
This is in the study room in Mao's mansion, where everyone is discussing what to do next. The whole process was led by Wang Zhixin, who called everyone here just to think of ways and discuss countermeasures.
Wu Mengming was the first to speak, followed by Luo Yangxing who immediately echoed, "That's right, that's right, we have the advantage now, what are the Dashun Army waiting for?"
The two of them were talking and looked a little anxious.
There is really no need to rush.
They led their Jin Yiwei to sneak attack Yang Mansion and rescued Yang Guanguang, but because of this, their strength was exposed, and they were naturally targeted by Zhu Changwu.
The capital of the Ming Dynasty is so large that if the Jin Yiwei want to hide, it will be too difficult to find them. Zhu Changwu's current manpower is limited, and he is mainly dealing with the Dashun Army outside the city. He does not want to cause trouble in the city, so he has no intention of sending anyone to track down Wu Mengming and others.
People were not sent out, but the news was spread, that is, Zhu Changwu expressed the importance he attached to the Jin Yiwei, especially the new guarantee conditions for the Jin Yiwei. When it spread to the people, it would inevitably spread to the officialdom. In the ears of those Jin Yiwei hiding in the darkness.
Jinyiwei is no longer a place that can be entered and cannot be left.
The rewards Jin Yiwei will receive after performing meritorious services will be multiplied several times.
If the Jin Yiwei is injured, he can get a lot of compensation; if he unfortunately dies in battle, he can also get a heavy care.
And these are not the most critical. The most important thing is that once you reach the age in the Jinyiwei, after you retire, you can still get a certain retirement allowance every month. The new commander Zhu Changwu calls this retirement salary.
Even if you stop working, you still get money. This is unprecedented treatment and policy.
Just like a minister of the current dynasty, after becoming an official, he can only receive a one-time reward, and then he will be exempted from corvee treatment. This can only be enjoyed by ministers who have reached the rank.
But now, ordinary Jin Yiwei are treated like this. As soon as the news came out, many Jin Yiwei were shaken in their hearts.
That is to say, the situation is unclear now. No one knows whether the Ming army can withstand the Dashun army's attack again and whether it can still keep the city of Beijing. Otherwise, I am afraid that many Jin Yiwei will jump out and take refuge with Zhu Changwu, or even turn against Wu Mengming and others.
Even now, when some Jin Yiwei personnel look at Wu Mengming and Luo Yangxing, they do not seem to be as respectful and obedient as before. The most direct manifestation is that when they find other Jin Yiwei who are in neutral choices in the city, they He didn't say that he would come over immediately, but he said that he would consider it.
This is already a very bad signal, and it also makes the two of them very worried. If time goes by and the Dashun Army has not taken any action, will the existing Jin Yiwei under their control turn against them or even defect directly? Zhu Changwu, will you confess them?
The situation was so critical that the two of them had to be anxious. On the surface he was complaining, but in reality he was taking the opportunity to question Wang Zhixin as to why the Dashun Army had not taken action yet.
"King Dashun naturally has his own plans for doing things. There must be reasons that we don't know if he has not launched a siege. This is not a problem we need to consider." Wang Zhixin saw that the two people had doubts, so he used this Answered them in one sentence.
In fact, Wang Zhixin couldn't figure out why the Dashun army had not moved for a long time. It had been almost three days since the last battle with the Ming army. The Dashun army suddenly stopped moving. Could it be that the last time Zhu Changwu made a move? Did they hurt?
Ordinarily it shouldn't be. In the last battle, Dashun's army only killed more than 30,000 people, and most of them were ordinary soldiers. People like this were formerly composed of common people who had no food to eat. It is no exaggeration to say that soldiers like this can be quickly replenished wherever the Dashun Army attacks. In other words, no matter how many ordinary soldiers like this die, Li Zicheng should not feel distressed. right.
Even though there were no injuries, the army still didn't move. Wang Zhixin still couldn't understand.
It's one thing that he doesn't understand, because only he knows about this matter, and he won't tell others. On the contrary, when others ask, he has to act like he knows everything and understands everything, but he just can't tell because it's a secret.
Only in this way can he show his uniqueness and prove that he is the only confidant of Dashun King Li Zicheng.
Sure enough, when Wang Zhixin answered like this, Wu Mengming and Wu Mengming both stopped talking. They have questions, and are even a little dissatisfied with what the Dashun Army is doing now, but they know more clearly that they have no way to go now, and the only way left is to join the Dashun Army.
If the Dashun Army no longer wants them, I am afraid that if they are captured by the Ming Army, they will not be able to reap any good fruits.
The two Jinyi guards did not speak, and Wang Zhixin no longer paid attention to them. Instead, he looked at Yang Guanguang and said, "Master Yang, how are you doing with the contact with the courtiers?"
"Hey, the prince also knows that my matter has been spread widely, and there is no way to go to other ministers' houses, otherwise it will only bring trouble to them. Also, my finger has been broken by that reckless man Zhu Changwu. Now I can’t even write, I can’t even write to other ministers, so how can I contact them?”
Yang Guanguang said with a sad look on his face.
After all, he is also the Minister of Rites, so he is definitely a high-ranking person. Even before, Chongzhen was very optimistic about him and relied on him a lot. But just because of Zhu Changwu's sudden appearance, he was injured indiscriminately and his home was ransacked without evidence.
One million and seven hundred thousand taels of silver, that was what he had gained from serving as an official for many years. Now that he was fine, all of it was snatched away by Zhu Changwu. How could he not be angry?
He deliberately wanted to cause trouble for him, but now he has been listed as a traitor and he does not even dare to see Chongzhen at this time. The only thing he can do is to seek refuge with Li Zicheng and use his power to seek revenge.
Yang Guanguang, who knew what his role was, thought about contacting more ministers to impeach Zhu Changwu. At the critical moment, contacting these ministers to collectively defect to Li Zicheng must be a great achievement.
The damn thing is that one of the fingers on his right hand was broken, and it won't heal for a while. Now he can't even write, so what else can he do.
Seeing Yang Guanguang's dejected expression, Wang Zhixin was not discouraged. The reason why he approached Yang Guanguang was because when he was an official, he was well-rounded and could talk to many ministers. That's why he wanted to use Yang Guanguang's strength to On.
Even though my hand is broken and I can't write, it doesn't matter. I can find someone else to write for me. For example, isn't Mao Yujian sitting here? Yang Guangguang can do the narration and someone else can do the writing.
When the letter is finished, Yang Guanguang only needs to sign it at the end. Presumably there should be no problem just writing your own name.
"In this way, the liaison work cannot stop. Next, we have to trouble Mao Yushi. You will write it and Mr. Yang will narrate it. Is there no problem?" Looking at Mao Yujian, Wang Zhizhi asked with a smile.
"Of course there is no problem." Mao Yujian quickly agreed.
He was thinking of doing something to clear himself of his crimes, but he was afraid that just providing a house wouldn't be enough. Now that it's better, there are more places where he can contribute, and of course he has to cooperate.
"Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you two. We need to find a way to contact more ministers and increase the weight in our hands. As long as we ministers are united, the day will come when King Dashun enters the capital. We will not underestimate our power. At that time, we can speak more for ourselves and fight for more rights."
"Yes." Yang Guanguang and Mao Yujian naturally understood this truth, and they both nodded in agreement after hearing this.
Wang Zhixin then looked at Wu Mengming and Luo Yangxing and said: "You two, the number of Jinyi Guards is still not large enough. You have to work hard to contact more people. Only when we have our own army can we speak forcefully and we can stand up." Give me more credit.”
"Okay." Wu Mengming and Luo Yangxing looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
Now that Jin Yiwei's people are unsettled, it's not easy to contact more people for their use. But as Wang Zhixin said, their value lies here. In order to have a better future in the future, they must do things even if they are difficult.
Seeing what he had ordered, everyone promised to do it well, and Wang Zhixin's face looked much better than before. "Guys, let's unite sincerely and do the things at hand well. As long as things are done well, I can assure you that after the Dashun Army enters the city, we can still enjoy the glory."
