Chapter 576: Trouble Begins in Kaifeng City

Along the way, there were too many victims, so the Red Lady found that she did not need to go to Kaifeng to recruit enough people, so she changed her itinerary and got off the boat in Zhongmou County to start recruiting refugees.

This place meets all the requirements for the Matchmaker to recruit refugees. This place has been forced to the breaking point by disaster. The price of a pound of rice here is unbelievably high. Here, the Matchmaker's team was overrun by refugees and thieves overnight. Attacked as many as fifteen times.

After the popular lady entered the city, Zhongmou City was in a mess. Last night, bandits attacked Zhongmou City, killed the local defenders, robbed wealthy households, and even set a fire in an inn crowded with corrupt scholars. A fire directly burned hundreds of people to death.

The entire Zhongmou City was completely out of order. Looking at the messy city, the corners of the red lady's lips turned up, revealing an unprecedented smile.

"This is it. Let us notify you. We will erect a flag of justice in the city, open warehouses to release grain, and gather the victims."

"yes."

After listening to the Red Lady's words, more than a hundred people from this group directly erected a flag of rebellion outside the largest restaurant in the city and wrote a letter with four characters: "Xingdao for Heaven".

Then he shouted loudly: The red master of Woniu Mountain wants to recruit brothers here. All the young men who come to join us will be rewarded with ten kilograms of rice. From now on, if our master has a bite to eat, you will have a bite!

After saying this, the red lady showed her food and kept talking empty-handedly. If you don't come up with something real, who will become a bandit with you?

But when the rice came out, everyone went crazy. In just one morning, thousands of people gathered at Red Lady.

With the help of people, the Red Lady led her gang to rob the local wealthy households and attack the county government. Soon more and more people joined the Red Lady. In less than five days, the Red Lady's team expanded like a snowball. Eight thousand people.

The shopkeeper rolled his eyes at the waiter, then smiled and walked over with a bowl of soup: "Hahaha, here comes your mutton soup."

And as long as he insists on this matter, he can be known as a loyal minister in Chongzhen's heart, which will be very helpful for his promotion.

It has to be said that there were reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty. The vassal king's annual salary combined could consume more than half of the money in the national treasury, but this money was not used among the people. What eventually led to the collapse of the Ming Dynasty's property was its complete demise.

Otherwise, you are intending to rebel, because this kind of thing has happened more than once or twice in the memory of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di is a lesson learned from the past, and Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao can be regarded as the second example. With these two examples, the Ming royal family The control over the vassal kings was not as strict as usual, so King Zhou's unauthorized action to help the victims angered the Ming Dynasty royal family and local officials.

Hearing this, the shopkeeper poured the soup and said: "What's wrong with Kaifeng Mansion now? Let's stop fussing and continue to lurk. After Li Zicheng's army enters the city, we just need to blend in with the army and complete the mission of the county magistrate." That’s the business.”

But the order they received half a month ago was to hide in disguise and wait for the opportunity to sneak into the rebel army.

However, there is no shortage of rain in Henan this year, but Kaifeng Prefecture is suffering from drought, which is really bad.

The land of Longxing in Huaxia, Henan, has a large population and flat land, so the Ming Dynasty established two vassal kings here, one is King Fu who is entrenched in Luoyang City, and the other is King Zhou who is entrenched in Kaifeng Mansion.

Therefore, more and more refugees gathered in Kaifeng Prefecture. The vassal king of Kaifeng Prefecture, King Zhou, was a good person. When he learned that the people could not survive, they all ran to Kaifeng. Instead of driving away the people, he used his savings to set up a porridge shed.

, help the people, and extend their lives.

The red lady shouted angrily, and the next moment the aroused people in the city roared angrily. At this moment, fierce drums suddenly sounded at the city gate. Hearing the drums, the manager of the mutton soup restaurant said: "Everyone is here today."

We all came together, the refugees are attacking the city!"

At noon, a carriage suddenly appeared in the distance. The carriage was of high standard and surrounded by a team of guards escorting the carriage. The carriage drove directly towards Kaibao Temple.

That's right, Lan Tian was aware of the crisis in Henan half a month ago and began to arrange a latent mission. Moreover, this mutton soup restaurant was just an inconspicuous small role in this latent mission. And for such a small role, Lan Tian sent out

Many of these spies are hiding in every corner of Kaifeng Mansion in various forms. Some are porters, some are doing small business, and some even dress up as refugees and mix with the bandits outside the city and inside the city.

Sneak into the rebel army, then perform meritorious service, get promoted and get a raise in salary.

Everyone was watching everything blindly. At this moment, someone from Kaibao Temple shouted: "Save the prince quickly, there is an assassin!"

"Today, I will avenge the King of Zhou and kill the treacherous minister Gao Mingheng. Brothers, rebel!"

Almost the entire labor force in Zhongmu County, young and strong, has joined the Red Lady's team. The Red Lady is capable. Under her leadership, this team has gradually gained combat effectiveness and has slowly become the number one force in Zhongmu County.

The men who were following the ambush immediately took action, and countless voices were heard attacking Gao Mingheng. Gao Mingheng had just transferred the guards around him, and there were only a few guards left. Where he could stop the red lady's surprise attack, he was quickly killed.

Coming closer.

This time, Henan was hit by drought and then floods, resulting in a large number of refugees. Luoyang was occupied by Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief of Henan Province. Liu Zeqing had a notorious reputation. The refugees did not dare to approach Luoyang for fear that this madman Liu would go on a killing spree, so they had no choice but to go to Luoyang first.

Close gathering.

The shopkeeper smiled and served the mutton soup to the red lady.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense, but at this moment, there was a loud bang, which scared the red lady and others. Then they turned their heads and saw the main hall of Kaibao Temple, which was so grand just now.

It was blown down.

Then they went back to the stall and continued their busy work. They came to Kaifeng Mansion a month ago. At that time, their order was to monitor the Zhou Palace, monitor the governor's office and other high-ranking government offices, and provide information related to Lantian.

After the red lady learned about the situation in Kaifeng City, her eyes lit up and she said: "This is a God-given opportunity. If I can kill Gao Mingheng and raise my arms, I can lead the refugees to capture this thousand-year-old city. With this city,

Hand, even if he faces King Li Chuang, he will still respect me three points!"

The red lady looked at the tall iron tower and said sharply: "If these officials can give these useless money to the common people, why would the common people do this?"

After all, no matter what time, big cities are better able to resist risks than small cities, and they also have more ways to survive.

At this time, she could only let her guards rush to Kaibao Temple to rescue King Zhou. However, Gao Mingheng transferred the guards away, and the Red Lady had a chance. At this time, the Red Lady yelled: "Kill the corrupt officials!"

And with such a powerful force, Lady Hong does not want to be trapped in this mere Zhongmu County. The most important thing is that there are no rich households in Zhongmu County that can be robbed. If she wants to revitalize this team and continue to grow this team,

Then we need to plan for a bigger city, such as Kaifeng.

"what's the situation!"

"Someone assassinated King Zhou?"

The red lady is worthy of being a big thief, with the blood of adventurism flowing in her body, and she is also an activist. She does what she says. The next day, she takes thirty people and prepares to sneak into Kaifeng City secretly, leaving her confidants to manage these five people in Zhongmou City.

Thousands of hands.

After saying this, the red lady looked at the maid beside her and said, "Is your news accurate? Will Gao Mingheng come to Kaibao Temple today?"

The person sitting in the car was Gao Mingheng, and Gao Mingheng came to Kaibao Temple for a routine check on whether King Zhou was abiding by the rules. The fact that King Zhou opened the porridge shed without authorization shocked Gao Mingheng, and he also seized the opportunity to be promoted.

Whether King Zhou had good intentions or ulterior motives for the opportunity to raise his salary, he took the initiative to open a porridge shed, which had already touched the fragile nerves of the Ming royal family.

But the people's situation is such that blocking is worse than sparing. When the people have no food to eat, they don't care who you are. At this time, the people have only one purpose, and that is to eat. If you don't give it to them, they will rob it.

Everyone around was stunned. At this moment, a middle-aged man in official uniform got out of the tightly protected carriage. He looked at Kaibao Temple and his expression became extremely ugly.

He shouted: "Go and save the prince quickly."

But the strange thing is that from last year until this spring, there was not a single snowfall in Kaifeng Prefecture. Before the recession came, many families in Kaifeng Prefecture were out of food and had to go out to find a way to survive.

The King of Zhou felt that he had a clear conscience, so he ignored him. As a result, a few days later, Gao Mingheng, the governor of Henan Province, directly wrote to the court to impeach the King of Zhou for helping the victims, buying people's hearts, and intending to rebel.

The eldest maid said: "This is the news from the Governor's Mansion. I don't know whether it is accurate or not. But Miss, Gao Mingheng is a high official after all. Is it enough for the thirty or so of us?"

But by the time of spring sowing, things finally improved. Henan, which had not been raining, suddenly began to rain for several days. Crops in other places were flooded again. However, the residents of Kaifeng felt that they could live again and hurriedly retrieved their crops.

Those who go out should prepare to sow summer grain as soon as possible when they come back.

"Shopkeeper, these guys don't look like they are good friends."

"Hey, don't I just want to talk about it?"

As a result, Kaifeng's population became abundant again.

This suddenly frightened King Zhou. He did not expect that he would be treated like this if he wanted to do something good, so he immediately imprisoned himself in the King of Zhou's palace and went to the emperor to plead guilty.

The King of Zhou was also alert. After being impeached by himself last time, he imprisoned himself in the Prince of Zhou's Mansion. Yesterday, perhaps the Prince of Zhou's Mansion was tired of being stupid and came to Kaibao Temple to confess his sins in front of the Buddha, and he wanted to come and see the King of Zhou.

, to show loyalty to Chongzhen.

"Shopkeeper, have another bowl."

Gao Mingheng no longer dared to think about what the crazy people would do. He just felt like his head was buzzing.

The red lady watched the carriage slowly approaching, and her hand had already touched the knife under the table. Not far from the mutton soup restaurant, a porter wearing a bamboo hat and sleeping against the wall also pushed away the bamboo hat covering his face.

He touched it on his own carrying pole.

There is no way that since Zhu Di, the attitude of the old Zhu family towards the vassal king is that you can be corrupt, you can rob people's daughters, you can take human lives. You can do all these things, but you can't be good to the people, and you can't be too good to the local officials.

good.

Kaifeng City, Kaibao Temple, the red lady is sitting at a mutton stall, looking at an iron tower in the temple. This is the famous Kaifeng Iron Tower in Kaifeng Prefecture, which was built by King Zhou.

However, Gao Mingheng's command of the Kaifeng garrison was not for nothing, and suppressed the refugees to death. At this time, the refugees did not have a nominal leader, so they were naturally scattered. But if someone raised their arms and the refugees became one, then these

The refugees who are weak and can be bullied will become the king of hell in Kaifeng City.

Moreover, refugees and so on began to gather in Kaifeng Mansion.

The red lady said: "It will definitely be enough. Not many of these lackeys of the imperial court are willing to fight to the death. As long as we kill Gao Mingheng and call from the top, the beggars and refugees around us will help us. When the time comes, we will open the city gate and clear the city outside."

Let all the refugees in, and no one can stop them."

Gao Mingheng is not a fool, on the contrary, he is very smart. What does the assassination of King Zhou mean at this time? It means that public opinion is going to change. Originally, King Zhou was impeached and imprisoned. This is a big deal for the refugees he has shown kindness to.

It was a huge matter that Gao Mingheng finally suppressed. The mood of the refugees was already unstable, but now if King Zhou is assassinated and dies, the blame will definitely be placed on his head.

Kaifeng is now a besieged city, and the siege is wonderful. Since last winter, it has snowed more or less in the counties around Kaifeng. The auspicious snow heralds a good year. Only when it snows in winter, and when the snow melts in early spring, can the crop land be provided with enough food.

Moisture nourishing.

The Red Lady was really fierce and took the lead. Gao Mingheng's guards were unable to stop the red-clothed tigress. Soon, Gao Mingheng heard a scream and his head was chopped off by the Red Lady.

After hearing this, the eldest maid nodded slightly, and the few of them continued to drink the mutton soup. Not to mention, the mutton soup in Kaifeng Prefecture was better than the mutton soup in other places, with a mellow taste, and a special spice, which made the red lady also

I drank several bowls more.

"That's what the shopkeeper said, but shopkeeper, selling mutton soup is really profitable. We have earned fifty taels in these ten days, which is higher than our monthly allowance."

The red lady spoke, and the shopkeeper immediately went to serve the soup.
To be continued...