At this time, Zhang Mingwei was no longer limited to Kaifeng Prefecture. The neighboring Henan Prefecture and Guide Prefecture had also begun to reorganize their affairs.
Henan Prefecture originally belonged to King Fu, but because of King Fu's lineage, he was either killed by Li Zicheng or fled to other places. Zhang Mingwei told him honestly and politely that Prince Fu was unfilial and left the fiefdom without permission from the court, and asked the court to hold him accountable as a warning to others.
Therefore, another large area of land was confiscated, including the fields dedicated to King Fu's name, and they were treated the same as in Kaifeng Mansion.
As for Guide Mansion, the biggest landowner is Hou Xun. Not to mention, rebelling against the imperial court would be the crime of punishing the Nine Tribes, and naturally the land would be gone.
This can be regarded as another type of land reform, which is being carried out vigorously in the Central Plains.
These things are easy to say, but they still take a lot of time to do.
On this day, when Zhang Mingwei was busy with these things, suddenly Lan Tianbao hurried in, with surprise on his face, and reported to Zhang Mingwei: "Master, the Li Laiheng who was captured last time is coming with a thousand cavalry. Surrender!"
This Li Laiheng was also famous among the thieves under Li Zicheng's command. When he was captured last time, his attitude was very firm. He was like a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard.
Therefore, Lan Tianbao suggested to Zhang Mingwei at that time that stubborn thieves like Li Laiheng should be killed directly.
Likewise, when he heard that Li Laiheng actually led the army to surrender, he was really surprised.
Zhang Mingwei was very happy when he heard this, and immediately asked: "Where is he?"
"Just outside the city, under the watch of Bai Guangen's command, waiting for the master to deal with it." Lan Tianbao replied immediately after hearing this.
When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he immediately put down what he was doing and said with a smile: "This is a good sign. Let's go and have a look!"
Princess Kunxing listened, and of course she followed Zhang Mingwei's opinion. She didn't say anything about it being disrespectful to meet a bandit with the dignity of a prince, and followed him out of the government office.
On the way, she saw Zhang Mingwei seemed to be very happy. She felt something in her heart, so she drove her horse closer, leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Sir, is this Li Laiheng also famous?"
When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he turned to look at her and whispered with a smile: "During the Southern Ming Dynasty, the one who resisted the Manchus until the end was the Thirteen Family headed by him. When the Manchus finally broke through the camp, he led his whole family He burned himself to death and did not surrender to the Manchus."
Hearing this, Zhu Ainao's face couldn't help but be filled with admiration, and she quickly said: "What a good man. Sir, I think you will make good use of him, right?"
"Of course. Although he is young now, he is still a strong man. If he can serve the country, it will be a good thing!" Zhang Mingwei said with emotion immediately after hearing this.
For the bandits, Zhang Mingwei has always pursued a strategy of recruiting people to be safe. Only in this way can the Ming Dynasty avoid excessive internal friction and serious damage to its vitality.
In fact, after so many years of civil war, the Ming Dynasty had been severely weakened. What we need to do now is to reduce this internal friction as much as possible.
Zhang Mingwei’s goal is to dominate the world. If this generation loses too much and waits until the next generation grows up to compete for global hegemony, they will be old.
With this thought in mind, the group of them quickly arrived outside the city.
Just outside the city gate, on the edge of the official road, three to four thousand imperial officers and soldiers formed a large circle. Inside was a cavalry trooper, but none of them were on horses. They all dismounted and stood there. It can be seen from their messy clothes that they are a band of thieves.
There were many people on the official road outside watching and pointing.
"Don't you know, this time the bandits are here to surrender voluntarily."
"Oh, is there such a thing? Seeing as they are all cavalry, they should all be elite bandits, right? They actually come to surrender on their own initiative?"
"I was a little surprised, but I saw them coming with my own eyes, and then General Bai put them under surveillance. Why didn't they come to surrender?"
"Haha, let's face it, peace can be expected in the world!"
"Yes, even the elite thieves came to surrender. The days of peace are not far away!"
"..."
While they were discussing, they suddenly saw a group of royal guards coming towards the city gate, and they immediately knew that Duke Xingguo had arrived. Because only Duke Xingguo is protected by Jin Yiwei.
The onlookers were surprised that Duke Xingguo came out in person, but then they became excited, there was a lot of fun to watch.
"Duke Xingguo is here, Duke Xingguo is here..."
Someone immediately shouted and took the initiative to get out of the way to greet Duke Xingguo.
When Bai Guangen heard the noise, he turned around and hurriedly came over to greet you. When he saw you, he said differently: "My lord, you are really the guard commander of Li Zicheng, the fierce general of Li Zicheng's army, Li Laiheng is right."
At this point, he paused and then quickly added: "Then Li Laiheng also said that he would come to surrender, but there is one condition, which must be agreed by the Duke."
"Oh?" Zhang Mingwei was a little curious when he heard it, and said with a smile, "Let's go over and have a look."
The leader of his bodyguard was Liu Jin, but he became nervous and immediately led the royal guards forward to closely monitor the bandits, while he himself followed Zhang Mingwei closely.
In fact, although Bai Guangen did not hand over all the weapons of the bandits, they were still keeping an eye on them. If anyone showed signs of taking weapons, they would take action first.
But even so, when Li Laiheng saw Duke Xingguo actually appearing in front of him, he was actually surprised and grateful.
Surprisingly, he didn't expect that he would actually come out of the city with his dignity as the Duke of the country. Fortunately, Duke Xingguo believed him and came to see him.
Therefore, when he saw Duke Xingguo coming, he took the initiative to kneel down on one knee, straightened his upper body, looked at Duke Xingguo, and said straight to the point: "I don't want to fight with the court anymore, and I am willing to fight for the peace of the world under the command of the Duke. But I have a condition, and the Duke must agree to it!"
Seeing this, the other bandits imitated his example and knelt down on one knee. But they didn't speak, because Li Laiheng was already speaking on their behalf.
Zhang Mingwei was very happy when he heard Li Laiheng say "fight for world peace", and immediately said with a smile: "It's rare that you actually say fight for world peace, okay! As long as your conditions are not excessive, I can satisfy you .Even if I need the Emperor’s nod, I will still report to the Emperor.”
While speaking, he had already decided in his heart that he would publicize Li Laiheng as a model, so that more conscientious thieves would abandon the dark side and join the bright side, and end the war as soon as possible.
Bai Guangen, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but feel very envious after hearing this. At this time, if Li Laiheng proposed to be the commander-in-chief, it could be heard from Duke Xingguo's tone that Duke Xingguo would probably agree. This is a bit of a high starting point. I think back then, I was just a boss.
Of course Li Laiheng also heard the meaning. To be honest, he was a little confused.
From the first time when Duke Xingguo saw him, he had actually felt that Duke Xingguo seemed to have a crush on him. Including those words of persuasion, although they seemed to be said to all their prisoners, he felt that the focus was on him.
Now that he has come to surrender, Duke Xing Guo shouldn't have revealed his identity, and he doesn't seem to be afraid that he is here to assassinate him, so he believes in himself so much.
Generally speaking, this seems unlikely. Does Duke Xingguo really think so highly of himself and believe in himself?
With this thought in his mind, he immediately said loudly: "The Duke has misunderstood. I, Li Laiheng, am willing to fight under the Duke's command. I don't ask for a high official or a big salary. It doesn't matter if I am just a small soldier. I just ask the Duke to agree. My brothers and I will, Don't be transferred to fight with Li Zicheng's troops."
Hearing this, Zhang Mingwei was slightly stunned. Although he could ask Li Laiheng, isn't Li Zicheng the biggest culprit who brought trouble to the world and made the world a troubled time? If you don't fight for the peace of the world, what does it mean if you don't fight with him?
However, Zhang Mingwei did not ask in the end, that is, he did not force Li Laiheng to do this. Instead, he nodded and said understandingly: "Okay, I promise you!"
At this time, Li Laiheng was mentally prepared and was waiting for Duke Xingguo to ask him why. Unexpectedly, Duke Xingguo agreed without even asking.
Therefore, unexpectedly, he froze there.
Zhang Mingwei ignored him, but glanced at the bandit cavalry who came to surrender in front of him. Most of them were young men like Li Laiheng.
After thinking for a while, Zhang Mingwei had an idea in his mind, and Li Laiheng immediately said: "Nowadays, the world is in chaos. In addition to the bandits, there is also the disaster of the slaves in Liaodong. Let me ask you, do you dare to fight against the slaves? "
For Li Laiheng, as long as he didn't fight Li Zicheng, he didn't care about anyone else.
The so-called Ming army was afraid of the Liaodong rebels, but in fact it was not that exaggerated at all. Otherwise, in the original history, Yuan Shizhong would not have taken the initiative to go north to fight the Jianlu after he heard that the Jianlu had invaded.
Not to mention, a strong general like Li Laiheng would not be afraid of Liaodong Jianlu.
So, Li Laiheng replied without hesitation: "Why don't you dare?"
The companions behind him also expressed their opinions: "Dare!"
When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he was very happy. He immediately stretched out his hand to support them and said loudly to them: "Okay, okay, okay, everyone, get up and talk!"
No one was pretentious, Li Laiheng and others stood up one after another.
Zhang Mingwei looked at them and said: "It's almost time. There will be a military operation in Shanhaiguan against the Liaodong rebels. Li Laiheng will guerrilla in Liaodong and first go to Shanhaiguan to report to the commander-in-chief Yan Yingyuan to participate in the operation together."
At this point, he raised his voice and said boldly: "You go to the front station first, and we will destroy the Liaodong Jianlu when we turn around, okay?"
