【Huainan Zhusan】
Zhu Yanshou was not only Yang Xingmi's Conglong Yuanxun, but also Yang Xingmi's brother-in-law and the younger brother of Yang Xingmi's wife, Mrs. Zhu. Zhu Yanshou is brave and tough, cruel and cruel, and likes to kill. In the early days of Yang Xingmi's leadership, he wanted to create a benevolent and benevolent persona. Whenever he captured bandits and bandits, he would comfort them with good words and ask them to change their ways. Instead of punishing them, they would be given travel expenses so that they could change their minds and start a new life. However, Zhu Yanshou's attitude towards them was to kill without mercy. So when Yang Xingmi deported them, he always warned: "Don't let Zhu Yanshou catch you!"
Later, when Yang Xingmi also wanted to kill someone, he would deliberately leak the news to Zhu Yanshou and ask Zhu Yanshou to clear the ground for him.
Zhu Yanshou's cruelty is not only reflected when facing unarmed prisoners, but also vividly displayed on the battlefield. There is a legendary story of hundreds of people repelling Zhu and Wen's tens of thousands of troops.
He has extremely strict requirements on the troops, requiring all soldiers to be like him, one for a hundred, without flinching. He often sent troops to outnumber the enemy, and if they were defeated, he would kill them all. Under this ruthless military law, Zhu Yanshou's troops were extremely tough and their combat effectiveness was explosive.
In previous confrontations with Zhu Wen's troops, whenever the Bian army invaded, Zhu Yanshou ordered the city gates to be opened wide, the defenses lifted, and he respectfully invited the Bian army to come in for a show of strength, but the Bian army never dared to step forward.
Confidence is the first fighting strength. Even the majestic Bian Army was quite afraid of the three words "Zhu Yanshou" and did not dare to make mistakes.
Later, Yang Xingmi placed Zhu Yanshou in Sizhou, a strategic location, and appointed him as the defense envoy of Sizhou. Sizhou originally belonged to the Xuzhou Reformation Army. It was located to the north of the Huai River and south of Suzhou. It was the bridgehead for Zhu Wen's southward expedition and Yang Xingmi's northern expedition.
After Zhu Yanshou took office, Yang Xingmi almost felt regretful.
Zhu Yanshou was always proud of his merits, but now that he had a base and powerful troops, he even refused to listen to Yang Xingmi's orders, and seemed to be determined to separate himself and rule the roost. Yang Xingmi let the tiger go back to the mountain, unable to control it, so he could only tolerate it and watch the changes, hoping that his brother-in-law would change his mind.
When a thief sees a thief, he nods his head. The so-called telepathy means that even if the rebels are thousands of miles apart, they can still smell the odor of mutual sympathy. Tian Wei and Zhu Yanshou are separated from each other, but they have a strong telepathy.
Before Tian Kai's open rebellion, Zhu Yanshou wrote to Tian Kai, saying sourly: "If you want to do something big, I will be willing to lead your horse and hold the whip for you (I am willing to hold the whip for the public good)." Tian Kai was overjoyed. , "Just what I want!" So the two plotted to rebel at the same time and carve up the land of Huainan.
Like Tian Wei, Zhu Yanshou also secretly contacted Zhu Wen and became close to Zhu Wen. Zhu Wen performed three practices at home, and his nickname was "Zhu San". Zhu Yanshou also performed three practices at home, and his nickname was "Zhu San". So Zhu Yanshou followed Zhu Wen and called him brother and sister. Five hundred years ago, we were one family. We are one family. One Zhu, you Zhu San, I am Zhu San, and I am Huainan Fensan.
Later, some of Zhu Yanshou's subordinates fled to Yangzhou and reported to Yang Xing secretly, telling the truth about Zhu Yanshou's rebellion.
As mentioned above, even Hangzhou Qian Liu had already mastered the information that Tian Wei and An Renyi were about to rebel. Could Yang Xingmi be completely kept in the dark? Of course not. In Yang Xingmi's own words, firstly, he hoped that they would be inspired by him and rein in the danger; secondly, because he did not have any conclusive evidence, no solid evidence, and "the counter-attack was not clear"; thirdly, he was worried that he would be executed for no reason. Killing old heroes will cause a chain reaction.
In fact, Yang Xingmi had started planning to prevent and eradicate Zhu Yanshou three years ago.
At that time, news about Tian Kai, An Renyi, and Zhu Yanshou's intention to rebel continued to reach Yang Xingmi's ears through various channels. Yang Xingmi became so worried and angry that he fell ill.
Yang Xingmi, who was on the sick bed, suddenly had an idea and used the topic to his advantage, pretending to be blind and ill. Yang Xingmi's insight into people's hearts is meticulous. Strictly speaking, he is not pretending to be blind, but pretending to be a blind person who pretends not to be blind.
Whenever there is an occasion to meet with guests or subordinates, he will sit upright in the middle hall as usual, looking majestic, but he often looks at the wrong people or things. Whenever someone kindly helps him correct him, he will behave extremely. Angry, he is extremely shy about his vision problems and does not allow others to question him, for fear that his vision problems will affect his dominance.
Yang Xingmi's efforts to "cover up" his vision problems further strengthened others' suspicion of his vision problems.
In terms of acting skills, Yang Xingmi is even more impeccable. For example, he bumped into a pillar while walking, causing him to bleed and faint. After a long time, Fang Su; the slaves and maids also dared to do some illicit things in front of Yang Xingmi, especially his wife, Mrs. Zhu, who actually had sex with the servants in front of Yang Xingmi. The most egregious thing is that Mrs. Zhu avoids everyone except Yang Xingmi. She insists on experiencing the excitement of having an affair in person, but Yang Xingmi turns a blind eye.
After pretending like this for three years, Yang Xingmi deceived everyone.
On this day, after Yang Xingmi was knocked unconscious again, he called his wife, Mrs. Zhu, and said while crying: "I'm in so much trouble! I lost my sight before I died, and all the people under my knees are incompetent. I'm afraid that not long after, The foundation we have worked hard for will be taken away by others. After thinking hard day and night, I feel that if the wealth is not going to others, it is better to let my brother-in-law Zhu Yanshou inherit it. In this way, I will die without regrets."
Yang Xingmi is sincere and what he says makes sense. Mrs. Zhu had no doubts and immediately sent a secret message to her younger brother Zhu Yanshou, revealing that Yang Xingmi had been seriously ill and blind for three years and had now decided to abdicate in favor of someone more worthy.
Later, Yang Xingmi sent an envoy to Sizhou to summon Zhu Yanshou to Yangzhou, saying that he had something important to tell him, so come quickly!
Zhu Yanshou had already learned about Yang Xingmi's illness through various channels, and received a message from his sister. When he received Yang Xingmi's call, he had no doubts at all, was overjoyed, and rushed to Yangzhou impatiently.
At a post station thirty miles outside Yangzhou City, Zhu Yanshou was ambushed and killed.
There is also controversy about Zhu Yanshou's death. One is the above-mentioned scene. It is said that it was an ambush arranged by Xu Wen, who successfully killed Zhu Yanshou; the other is that when Zhu Yanshou arrived in Yangzhou, Yang Xingmi met him at home as a family member, and while he was kneeling to worship, he used a knife hidden in his clothes to The hammer in his sleeve hit Zhu Yanshou on the head hard. After Zhu Yanshou was hit, he did not die immediately. Instead, he struggled on the ground, screamed and wailed, "it will take a long time to die"; there is also a theory that Zhu Yanshou arrived alone. Visiting the "blind" Yang Xingmi in the back hall, Yang Xingmi suddenly opened his eyes with a fierce look. Zhu Yanshou was shocked and collapsed on the spot. Yang Xingmi smiled coldly and said, "Brother-in-law, long time no see, I miss you. Today I finally see you!" Then the swordsman flashed out and killed him.
As a general rule, seek common ground while reserving differences and put aside disputes. In short, the powerful general Zhu Yanshou, who frightened the enemy and even the Bian army was afraid of him, was killed by Yang Xingmi using a clever trick before he could start a rebellion.
After Zhu Yanshou died, Yang Xingmi immediately went to the hall and called his subordinates for an emergency meeting. Everyone was surprised to find that his lord's eyesight was intact as before! Yang Xingmi announced: "The reason why I am blind is all because of Zhu Yanshou. Now that the thief is dead, my eye disease has also been cured. Do you understand?"
Only then did everyone wake up from a dream. All the servants and concubines who were rude to Yang Xingmi committed suicide out of fear of crime. As for Mrs. Zhu, Yang Xingmi helped her find a successor and marry someone else.
Before Zhu Yanshou came to Yangzhou, his wife Wang had a vague foreboding. In fact, this was not superstition, but a materialistic dialectical suspicion of the pie-in-the-sky incident. Wang made an agreement with him that no matter what the situation was, he would send an envoy back to Sizhou every day to report that he was safe.
On the day Zhu Yanshou was killed, Wang did not wait for the messenger to report his safety. Wang shook her head and sighed, "I understand." Then she summoned all the domestic slave courtyard workers, distributed weapons, closed the door tightly, and prepared for battle. Soon, a group of cavalry came to search for him, and Wang ordered everyone to violently resist the law.
Wang knew that it was worth a moment but not a lifetime, so he took advantage of the break to pile up the gold and silver together, lit more than a hundred torches, burned the gold and silver treasures together with the house, and said that he would rather die than suffer humiliation. Then he jumped into the fire cave and burned himself to death.
Zhu Yanshou's other brothers were also implicated and executed together.
