Chen Chen smiled and said, "That's right, I have carefully examined the wars in these five cities these days and found that Jiang Yichun is indeed capable. From the information I collected, I found something worth noting. Jiang Yichun has a younger brother named Jiang Jingnian. This person was in his early thirties and was born to Jiang Yichun's mother, with one mother and two sons. Jiang Yichun has always taken good care of this young brother who is in his teens. It is said that Jiang Yichun has some talent for military management, but Jiang Shengnian He is a playboy, lustful and ignorant. When Jiang Yichun was stationed in Wangshan County, Jiang Jingnian was arranged to go to the northernmost Dacheng County. Jiang Jingnian raised a group of domineering subordinates. As soon as he entered the city, he found those merchants. The open demand for money was called protection fees, which meant that if they didn't come, the city would have been captured long ago, and these merchants would not know how much they would lose."

"Will this cause public anger?" Luo Chieh said.

Chen Chen nodded and said, "That's true, and the money they asked for was not a small amount, and they would not pay as scheduled. Those subordinates threw these merchants into prison for a reason and forced their relatives to pay the money."

"What's the difference between this and a bandit? I didn't expect that the younger brother of this great general was such a villain!" Luo Chie snorted coldly and said, "Then did not reach Jiang Yichun's ears?"

Chen Chen smiled slightly and said, "The point is here. This matter has been spread to Jiang Yichun long ago. However, Jiang Yichun is a great general. How could he take these businessmen's affairs to heart? He just told Jiang Jingnian casually. , Don't make a big deal, but this makes Jiang Jingnian even worse. He is rampant in the county, and not only ordinary people hide when they see it, but ordinary officials dare not contradict him. But there is a person who has the courage to openly go with Jiang Jingnian. confrontation."

"Which official is so brave?" Luo Chieh said curiously.

Chen Chen said: "This person's name is Zhou Zouyi. He was originally a commander of Dacheng County. According to the information collected, this person is loyal, brave, bold and unrestrained, hates the powerful and considerate of the people. He has been an official for more than 20 years. , outstanding political achievements were not only in Dacheng County, but also in Wangshan County, and Sanyang County. It is said that he was also appreciated by the general of the city and was promoted to a lieutenant, but it was delayed because of the sudden outbreak of the war. Since Jiang Jingnian entered the city, this blackmail happened. He visited Jiang Jingnian several times and kindly persuaded him, but Jiang Jingnian ignored it. In the end, it was this Lord Zhou who ran to Wangshan County and told Jiang Yichun about it. As a result, Jiang Yichun didn't take it seriously at all. Er Zhou Zoyi's actions angered Jiang Jingnian, so he found an excuse to transfer him to Hongguan City."

"Jiang Jingnian's actions will definitely arouse dissatisfaction among the officials of the five cities who respect Zhou Zuoyi. Could it be that His Highness's intention is to use this dissatisfaction to win people's hearts, use these people's power to destroy them from the inside and help us capture the five cities? "Luo Cai suddenly realized.

Chen Chen said: "The general direction is like this, but what you said by Commander Luo is not accurate. If you want to get help from these local officials through Zhou Zoyi, it is not enough in the current situation. Although Jiang Jingnian was rampant and demoted Zhou Zhaoyi's official position and his authority, he would not have made these officials betray the country."

Luo Kai nodded and said, "Your Highness is very honest. Is your Highness meant to be writing articles on this?"

Chen Chen smiled and said, "That's true. To retaliate against these local officials in turn, it is too troublesome and cumbersome, and it is easier to expose our strategies. The one who knows these officials the most and is also the backbone of these officials is Zhou Nongyi. .I think Jiang Jingnian used this trick to Zhou Zhuoyi to warn him, so that these local officials would know that he is the master of Dacheng County. To instigate Zhou Zhuoyi, he would be dismissed into despair!"

Luo Cai was thinking about it and asked, "How can he make him despair?"

Chen Chen said: "Zhou Zoyi's loyalty to the country is undeniable, but when this loyalty is exchanged for despair, the hearts of people will naturally be shaken. To make him despair, he must borrow Jiang Jingnian's hands. You ordered someone to spread the news, and it was said that Zhou Zouyi was not satisfied with what Jiang Jingnian and even Jiang Yichun did, and wanted to write a memorial to report to the emperor, and the memorial said a lot of things that were not conducive to Jiang Jingnian. At that time, Jiang Jingnian would have it. What is done."

"Yes, I'll do it now!" Luo Kaigong bowed and strode away.

Among the five cities, there were already a large number of spies from the two countries' alliances, disguised themselves in various identities. The rumors in the market were spread out one by one and ten times. The matter about Zhou Zoyi's memorial was quickly spread. It's in Jiang Jingnian's ears.

Jiang Jingnian is famous for being arrogant in the imperial city. With the background of the Jiang family, except for the prince and grandson who dare not provoke him, he is a big bully in the outer city and was confronted by this mere local official. Jiang Jingnian naturally ignored it and demoted Zhou Zhaoyi in one sentence. When he heard that Zhou Zhaoyi dared to write a memorial to the emperor, he immediately angered Jiang Jingnian.

Jiang Jingnian came to Hongguan City in person. In the county government's yamen, he was charged with "contradicting his superiors and indifference to the court", and he was removed from his official position and imprisoned in prison.

The news came back to Shen Chen's ears, and Chen Chen smiled slightly. Everything was as expected. Jiang Jingnian was used to being domineering and could not take this local power into consideration. Even though Jiang Yichun was good at military tactics, he still held his own power. He did not ask about this matter, but he did not know that Chen Chen's step had aroused the anger of many local officials, but he was still angry but not dared to speak.

Under Shen Chen's secret order, the spies began to spread rumors again, saying that many officials secretly visited Zhou Zoyi and complained about their dissatisfaction with Jiang Jingnian.

In fact, this matter is true. After all, with Zhou Niaoyi's prestige and the forces he cultivated in the five cities for twenty years, it is normal to have subordinate officials visit prisons, but this matter is naturally a secret. For, after all, everyone knows that this is in the limelight.

When Chen Chen broke this incident, Jiang Jingnian was furious again, thinking that these local officials did not take him seriously, so they simply captured a bunch of civil servants and generals and stuffed them into the prison.

You should know that Zhou Naoyi was originally the commander of Dacheng County, and his relationships were spread across five cities. After Jiang Jingnian arrested him like this, the local officials in the five cities immediately complained about the world and the people were full of grievances.

Jiang Yichun was not a fool after all, and knew that his younger brother was a bit too much of what he did, so he ordered him to release all other officials and not to go too far in this matter.

Jiang Jingnian was reluctant to let him go, but he issued an order to the officials of the five cities. If anyone dared to visit the prison again, he would have to be imprisoned.

In this way, the matter came to an end for the time being, but Jiang Jingnian's arrogant actions greatly made local officials lose their sense of security and had a lot of resentment towards this person.

At this time, Chen Chen ordered the spy to convey another news to Jiang Jingnian, that is, Zhou Wuyi has a daughter who is eighteen years old and is still waiting to be named in the boudoir, and this daughter looks like a flower and jade. Some talented people learn.

Jiang Jingnian was already lustful and lustful. In his thirties, he had married several wives and wives. He had fun with his wives and concubines all day long and lived a free life in the imperial city. Because he came with the army, his wives and concubines were naturally not around. I had long been salivating at the young and beautiful woman in the city, and was trying to take a few to warm up the bed.

Now that he heard this news, Jiang Jingnian was very interested. After all, he was angry about Zhou Wuyi and was thinking about how to punish this person. When he heard that he had a beautiful daughter, he naturally got up. He was so mean and wanted to possess this girl, so he was so angry that Zhou Zhaoyi vomited blood.

It is certainly true that Zhou Wuyi has a daughter. She is really as beautiful as a flower and her beauty is the best in the county town. The most important thing is that this daughter has long been betrothed to Zhou Wuyi's sworn brother. Although Bai Shoude's son is a betrothal, he is actually a married man. He originally thought that he would get married this year, but because the war came, it was postponed.

But Jiang Jingnian didn't care about that much. When he confirmed that Zhou Zoyi really had this daughter, he rushed to Zhou's mansion and said he wanted to propose marriage. The condition was that if he agreed, Zhou Zoyi would be released. Mrs. Zhou was naturally in powerless. In the end, he had to ask someone to find Bai Shoude.

Now Jiang has occupied five cities in total, and has formed a defense line from north to south. The north is Dacheng County, and the south is Sanyang County, and the Daduwei of Sanyang County is Bai Shoude.

Bai Shoude was furious when he heard this news, but he couldn't think of any countermeasures for a while. After all, he knew Jiang Yichun's spoiling for his younger brother, and Jiang Jingnian was arrogant. If he contradicted him, he would even be himself. If you are locked up, no one can save this matter.

Bai Shoude's son was even more anxious as an ant on a hot pan. He and the Zhou family's childhood sweetheart grew up, how could she be easily occupied by others?

At this point, Chen Chen had collected all the chess pieces he needed, and at this time, he left Bafeng City and secretly rushed to Hongguan City.

Although the five cities are connected now, this is not a border area, with four roads and countless small roads. If you want to enter Hongguan City, it is easy for sporadic people, and the same is true for Bafeng City. , covered with a large number of spies from the Cangmo Kingdom, and the collection of intelligence has become an important factor that can affect this war.

Therefore, Chen Chen left Bafeng City and was also the highest secret of the military, so he would naturally not be known to the spies from Cangmo Kingdom.
Chapter completed!