"Take your father's head to plead guilty to the court."
Li Wenxiang's voice echoed in the room, making Li Benqian's eyes dilate continuously.
Although he was shocked, Li Benqian also understood why his father made such a decision.
But Li Benqian smiled bitterly and said: "Father, let alone what we have to do. It is what our family has done in these years. Do you really think that the court will let our whole family go?"
Li Wenxiang looked at the eldest son who had high hopes in front of him, and his already solemn face became more and more gloomy.
"Yes..." Li Wenxiang sighed: "Once something is done, there is no way back. We can only go down this road in a dark way."
Li Benqian breathed deeply, stood up and walked to his father. He slapped his hands heavily on the table and turned to look at his father with a ferocious face.
"Dad, so this time we must catch Zhu Yunxi!"
Li Wenxiang leaned back in his chair, looked up at the crisscrossing beams, opened his mouth and let out a breath: "Let the Tatars come here tonight."
Li Benqian raised his eyebrows: "Father wants to ask the Tatars to take action?"
"No matter what the outcome is, Zhu Yunxi must not fall into Liu Zongsheng's hands. Only by holding him in our hands will we have more confidence when the time comes!"
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"Chunfeng, what do you think the confidence of these people in Shanxi Road is?"
Outside Zezhou City, at the foot of Fenghuang Ridge, the Northern Patrol Team rested temporarily at the foot of the mountain. Zhu Yunxi looked at Zezhou City to the west, spoke softly, and looked sideways at Gao Yangzhi who was standing next to him.
In the distance, on the road from Zezhou City to the foot of Phoenix Ridge, a group of people were rushing towards here.
That was because Zhu Yunxi visited Shanxi on a northern tour, and there were officials from the Yamen in Zezhou City who came after hearing the news.
Gao Yangzhi looked at the Zezhou City officials who were rushing towards this place without slowing down. He thought about His Highness Taisun's question seriously. Finally, a smile appeared on his face and he shook his head and said: "I really can't think of anything." .”
Money and food? manpower?
As far as the imperial court was concerned, even those Shanxi merchants who were said to be extremely wealthy were only a drop in the ocean.
As for the personnel employed by the White Lotus Sect in secret development, most of them are just poor local families, or those gentry and merchants who do not want their family wealth to be taken away by the White Lotus Sect at once.
These people may be able to cause chaos in the local area for a while, but as long as the court sends out troops, these people can only flee after hearing the news. If you are unwilling to retreat, the final result will be to become a first-class military merit under the current war-hungry Ming army.
"So, it's still because of people's greed."
Zhu Yunxi explained casually with a smile on his face.
Gao Yangzhi nodded: "Liu Zongsheng wants to achieve great things and do things that his fathers have never done. Or maybe he has lived by this tone for so many years. As for Shanxi merchants... I think it is just because of these people I can’t bear to give up the meat I got.”
"Yes, they can't bear to part with the meat. But don't they know that what the court has to do now is to divide the meat." The smile on Zhu Yunxi's face never disappeared, and he continued: "On the other hand, this Liu Zongsheng, Gu felt that he did not want to make it. Things that our fathers did not do.”
Gao Yangzhi tilted his head, curiosity on his face.
When Zhu Yunwen was kidnapped by Liu Zongsheng and the White Lotus Sect, he was spotted by Liu Zongsheng by mistake, and then got in touch with Zhang Hui.
The Northern Patrol Team already knew its internal composition, and everything Zhu Yunwen knew was transferred to Zhu Yunxi secretly by Zhang Hui.
"I believe that the White Lotus Sect's troubles are caused by thieves. The common people are ignorant and can be deceived by just a few words. If they are promised a small profit, they can be driven. If there is a big profit, they can plot rebellion.
Since the Wei, Jin, North and South, until the Sui and Tang Dynasties, why was the White Lotus Sect repeatedly banned? I think about it, the common people in the world have never had to worry about food and clothing.
Now that the White Lotus Sect is in trouble again, the crime is not the people it has attached to, but the people it deceives, Liu Zongsheng and his ilk.
This time His Highness and his ministers are entering Shanxi. The Shanxi merchants need to be eliminated, but the White Lotus Sect only needs to kill the thieves and those whose hands are stained with blood. "
Zhu Yunxi nodded in agreement and said: "I am not a murderer. After this incident in Shanxi, the crimes of the White Lotus Sect will only be limited to those stained with blood."
Although the imperial court has been severely cracking down on the White Lotus Sect and other lower religious societies in recent years, whether it is the local government or the Yingtian Chaotang, in response to these turmoils, they have always only punished the leader of the thieves and those with lives on their hands.
Everyone knows how easily local people can be bewitched by the White Lotus Sect. No one knows how many people have contact with the White Lotus Sect.
Without the person who instigated the trouble, nothing could be done for the remaining people. The imperial court and the government issued a formal document of forgiveness and returned the people to their original places, and the matter was over.
At the foot of Phoenix Ridge, Sun Cheng walked behind Zhu Yunxi.
"Your Highness, officials from Zezhou City are nearby."
Zhu Yunxi, who had been waiting for these Zezhou officials, naturally saw the situation on the road ahead.
The Zezhou City officials who saw the chaos dismounted one after another when they reached the Jinyiwei officers and soldiers blocking the road.
The officials held their official robes in both hands. In this early winter, sweating profusely and with smiles on their faces, they walked through the ranks of officers and soldiers and rushed all the way to Zhu Yunxi.
Snap.
The officials who came out of Zezhou City to greet him all waved their robes and knelt down.
"I respectfully welcome His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson."
"Your Majesty, may you live a thousand years and may you be blessed with peace and prosperity."
The official with the highest official rank in Zezhou is the prefect of Zezhou Prefecture.
The official title of the fourth grade.
Therefore, there was not a single red robe in front of Zhu Yunxi, only green and green. As for the government servants who came over from the escort officers, they had long been stopped at a distance by the royal guards and could not get close.
Zhu Yunxi smiled and waved: "Get up, everyone. This time I passed through Shanxi, but I was not informed in advance. It disturbed the place."
The magistrate of Zezhou Prefecture is an old official, in his fifties. The patch on the chest of his official robe is stained with something that has never been washed off.
The old magistrate stood up with his hands on his knees and bowed his waist with a smile on his face: "His Royal Highness's visit to Zezhou is a blessing for me and the people of Zezhou. It is really my fault that Zezhou is late to welcome you. The government office has prepared a banquet, and I respectfully invite Your Highness to condescend to enter the city."
The sweat on the forehead of the old magistrate of Zezhou Prefecture shone brightly under the sunlight.
As the old prefect spoke, he carefully held his sleeves and wiped his forehead.
While waving, the old prefect looked towards Phoenix Ridge behind the emperor's grandson. His hands wiping his face couldn't help but tremble, and his eyes showed uneasiness.
Behind Zhu Yunxi, to the east of Fenghuangling, there were two guards and ten thousand soldiers commanded by Cao Zhen, Marquis of Jingchuan.
Although due to the distance, the entire army could not be seen.
But the flags of various colors fluttering in the wind exposed from the foot of the mountain gave the local officials who had just arrived from Zezhou City a huge impact.
These people are not comparable to the Ningshan Guards in Zezhou Prefecture.
Those are the most elite Beijing troops in the entire Ming Dynasty, except for the Nine Border Army.
Ningshan Guard! ?
People thought about the Ningshan Guards who had just been transferred to Huaiqing Mansion, and their hearts became increasingly uneasy.
Nowadays, all local officials in the Ming Dynasty know something that cannot be said clearly.
But wherever the emperor's grandson goes, countless troubles will always occur and many people will die.
Zezhou without the Ningshan Guards, in front of the two guards of the imperial army behind the emperor's grandson, was a city for anyone to pick. As long as Taisun gives the order, the whole city of Zezhou will shake three times.
Facing the invitation from the Zezhou magistrate, Zhu Yunxi shook his head: "We won't enter Zezhou City. I have to rush to Datong to patrol the border and discuss mutual trade with Wala."
According to Sun Cheng and Tian Mai's reports, although the fifty-year-old Zezhou magistrate in front of him was not honest and fair in his life, he did not make big mistakes.
It was other officials of Zezhou Prefecture who served as the southern gate of Shanxi Province.
Zhu Yunxi's eyes swept across the crowd behind the Zezhou magistrate.
I heard that some people are building high-rise buildings and courtyards here in Zezhou. Even Taihu stones from Suzhou in the south of the Yangtze River can be shipped in batches.
It's just that this trip is not to investigate the governance of local officials.
This is the second uncle's errand. Just ask Sun Cheng and Tian Mai to transfer the relevant records to the King of Qin.
The prefect of Zezhou couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard that the emperor's grandson would not enter Zezhou City, but he was still a little uneasy: "Your Highness has to take a rest after traveling all the way."
Zhu Yunxi waved his hand: "I will rest here for an hour in Phoenix City, and then I will continue to go north. Zezhou Prefecture will travel to Gaoping County, and the army will march to Gaoping to collect rations that can last the army for three days. There must be no mistakes. Then we will travel to Wenlu. Anfu, even if I am alone in Lu'an City, I will not enter the city. Lu'an needs to raise three days of food and grass to prepare for the army."
This is a non-stop look.
The Zezhou magistrate nodded repeatedly: "I obey the order. I will send someone to Gaoping County and Lu'an Prefecture to report this."
Seeing that the Zezhou magistrate was sensible and obedient, Zhu Yunxi stopped talking.
Instead, he led Gao Yangzhi and others up to Fenghuangling to look at the scenery outside Zezhou City.
When the rest time was over, Zhu Yunxi was already on his way slowly under the respectful escort of Zezhou officials.
The flags were fluttering, connected end to end, and the big flags covered the sky and the sun.
Zezhou officials stood bowed by the official road, watching the tens of thousands of troops passing by, their eyelids trembling constantly.
"The general has an order, the cavalry camp is ten miles away from the left and right, and the baggage of the rear army camp must not be left five miles away."
"Taishun ordered that anyone who collides with the marching formation will be killed without mercy."
"..."
The Ming army in the Hongwu Year of the Ming Dynasty came out of the turbulent and contentious late Yuan Dynasty.
In these years, there are still countless veterans in the army who have participated in the national wars.
At this time, the Ming army was the most sophisticated machine.
As the military orders from different people were conveyed, the military formation marching on the official road began to operate slowly and efficiently.
All the officials in Zezhou City were frightened when they heard this, and were frightened when they saw it.
If it hadn't been for the grandson's explicit statement, who would have said that this was to escort the grandson to patrol the border in Datong.
This is obviously to conquer Buchen!
The team of ten thousand people started to move, and it was not until half an hour later that the officials of Zezhou City standing beside the official road were in sight.
It took a long time for these officials to react.
The emperor's grandson and the army have left.
From Zezhou Prefecture to Taiyuan City, the official road covers nearly 700 miles. Naturally, a large army cannot move fast.
For more than ten days, Zhu Yunxi swaggered through the city in a high-profile manner among the local prefectures and counties on Shanxi Road.
It seems that he wants to let everyone in Shanxi Road know.
he came.
When the army left Zezhou Prefecture and entered the territory of Lu'an Prefecture.
Officials from Lu'an Prefecture, who had received the news early, had been waiting at the junction of the two prefectures, and handed over to the army more food and grass than the army could use for three days.
Before Zhu Yunxi led the army to leave Lu'an Prefecture and enter Qinzhou Prefecture, officials from Qinzhou Prefecture had already sent officers to rush to the front of the army to report the preparations of Qinzhou Prefecture.
When the tenth day came, Zhu Yunxi had already led more than ten thousand people through Hujia Mountain in the north of Qinzhou Prefecture and arrived near Longzhou Valley in Taiyuan Prefecture.
Ahead, officials from Qi County, Taigu County, and Xugou County were already waiting on the official road behind the boundary monument.
"Now, the entire Taiyuan Mansion knows that His Highness is here."
Gao Yangzhi was riding on the horse, his buttocks slightly raised, his body rocking back and forth as the horse moved, and he spoke softly with a smile on his face.
This position is the most comfortable position for riding a horse.
Zhu Yunxi was similar. He looked at the officials from the three counties of Taiyuan Prefecture beside the official road ahead, with the same smile on his face.
After entering Zezhou Mansion, the reason why he was so arrogant along the way, as if he dressed himself as a village girl with a big red flower on his head, and swaggered through the city, was because of the scene he saw in front of him now.
He just wanted the entire Taiyuan Prefecture to know that he was here.
Now, it's time for the people from Taiyuan Prefecture to take action.
"Where is Duke Liang now?"
On horseback, Zhu Yunxi spoke softly.
Sun Lili rushed up from behind, cupped his hands and said, "Back to Your Highness, Duke Liang is heading to Datong with his own soldiers. They will arrive in a few days."
Zhu Yunxi nodded: "So, when we entered Taiyuan City, he also entered Datong City."
Sun Cheng nodded: "That should be the case."
Zhu Yunxi asked again: "How is your second brother doing lately?"
Sun Cheng nodded and tightened the reins in his hands to prevent the horse under him from overtaking His Highness Taisun's horse: "That man hasn't had much contact with Zhang Hui recently, he just asked Zhang Hui to do something good."
Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but smile: "What did he ask Zhang Hui to do?"
"Dig tunnels... dig outside Taiyuan City..."
Sun Cheng really didn't know how to describe it, and he was a little embarrassed to hesitate.
What he didn't say was that Zhang Hui, who was usually like a demon in the imperial prison, would one day cry to him in the Jinyi Guard's internal secret recording.
Zhang Hui even told himself with eloquent words that if there was a chance, he, the Beizhen Fusi Town Fu, would be replaced by someone else to go to Taiyuan City to take over Zhu Yunwen's affairs.
Zhu Yunxi couldn't help laughing and said with a smile: "Second brother, this is a big plan."
Gao Yangzhi stood aside and whispered: "I think...he wants to leave a secret passage in and out of Taiyuan City."
Zhu Yunxi nodded, but then shook his head and said: "He probably didn't want to escape from Taiyuan City. This tunnel was most likely dug for us."
Speculating on Zhu Yunwen's thoughts and plans.
Zhu Yunxi looked faintly at the officials from the three counties of Taiyuan Prefecture who were already in front of him.
This Taiyuan Mansion is quite interesting.
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