Please ask me to be the emperor

"General Zhenxi, the elders in the city are eager to see you. They have already prepared cattle, sheep, wine, and wine to wait for Master Wang!" Chen Changzhen had just arrived at the east gate of Lanzhou City when he saw Wei Congyi leading Lanzhou City officials, large and small, lined up on both sides outside the city gate to greet him. road.

"Is fighting a child's play?" Chen Changzhen frowned and scolded.

"As the brother of King Shun, I have no shortage of money, beauty, and food and drink. Let's all go!"

"Don't worry, everyone. If I can't wipe out the thieves this time and keep the peace, I would rather return the corpse wrapped in horse leather!"

When Chen Changzhen said "returning the body wrapped in horse leather", he specifically pointed to the coffin behind him.

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and suddenly felt relieved.

Although the three chieftains of Lu, Dongqi, and Dongli have strong family backgrounds and strong strength, no one thinks that they have the ability to compete with the rebels who are famous all over the world and even defeated the main force of the Ming army.

Since the rebels have newly occupied Shaanxi, they are facing threats from enemies in all directions. Whether they can deploy troops to fight the Gansu chieftains to the end is the question that everyone is most concerned about.

However, this time, King Shun not only sent his sworn brother Chen Changzhen to come in person, but also accompanied him with a coffin, which gave everyone reassurance.

Chen Changzhen did not necessarily have to come with a coffin and return lying in the coffin, but the rebels' determination to completely put down the "rebels" gave everyone in Lanzhou hope.

"General Zhengxi, go this way!" Lanzhou General Fei Yizai led the way.

Shaanxi Town originally had one chief soldier, one deputy chief soldier, and five generals.

Among them, the commander-in-chief of Lanzhou, Shaanxi Province, also referred to as the commander-in-chief of Lanzhou, was one of these five people.

"This city of Lanzhou is quite big!" Nowadays, Chen Changzhen travels all over the country and can be regarded as a well-informed person.

Just looking at the size of Lanzhou City, I can't help but be surprised.

"It's funny, it's funny!" Fei Yizai laughed when he heard this.

"This city of Lanzhou is located on the west side of the border. It is the most important town in the northwest, so there are many construction projects."

"At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the city was built six miles and two hundred paces. The city was three feet five feet high and two feet six feet wide. There were one gate each in the southeast, northwest and four gates in total. This was the beginning of the inner city."

"In the Xuande period, an outer city was built, with a circumference of 18 miles and 120 steps. In the Zhengtong period, nine outer gates were added, and the overall shape of Lanzhou City was finalized."

"Eighteen miles?" Chen Changzhen couldn't help but take a breath when he heard this.

Now under the rule of the rebels, the largest city, Xi'an, is ten miles long, while the second largest city, Luoyang, is only over eight miles long. The outer city of Lanzhou is actually about ten miles longer than the Luoyang city wall.

"It's not as good as Luoyang. Although Luoyang is small, most of it has no city, and there are still many people outside the city. Although Lanzhou is big, it has two inner and outer cities. It is actually mainly for military defense." Fei Yizai couldn't help but explain after hearing this.

"General Fei Shen is indeed more than a talented county magistrate, he is really impressive!" Chen Changzhen couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this.

Unexpectedly, this man, as a martial artist, knew the history of Lanzhou City very well.

The allusion to his name Fei Yizai comes from the Analects of Confucius. As the name suggests, the so-called "Fei Yizai" is the magistrate of Fei Yi.

According to the Analects of Confucius, Zilu, a disciple of Confucius, recommended Zigao to be the Prime Minister of Fei Yi. As a result, Saint Kong said: "The son of the thief's wife!"

What does it mean? That is to say, "You are harming other people's children."

It turns out that the situation in this place is complicated, and his disciple Zigao has never been favored by Confucius, so he made such remarks.

However, later Zigao still served as the Prime Minister of Fei Yi, and his political achievements were outstanding, which was completely beyond the expectations of Confucius.

When Fei Yizai's parents chose this name, of course they not only expected him to serve as a "Bailihou" in the future, but also hoped that their children could be like Zigao and have a great future without being favored by others.

Such allusions in the Four Books and Five Classics are very unfamiliar to modern people, but they are familiar to people in the Ming Dynasty who used the Four Books and Five Classics as their basic teaching materials.

Chen Changzhen is not as ignorant as Zhang Shun. Although he is only a martial arts student, he is familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics and knows the allusions in them.

"Don't dare, don't dare. The last general is from Xi'an and knows a lot about border affairs. He was originally a general from Hezhou. Because the general from Lanzhou was transferred and died in the battle by Liang Tingdong, the governor of the three sides, he moved to this place." Fei Yizai said. Hearing this he smiled.

"It just so happened that I had done some homework, and just in time to meet the general, I spoke out."

"A native of Xi'an?" Chen Changzhen couldn't help but look Fei Yizai up and down after hearing this, and asked with a smile, "Which guard is he from?"

"I don't dare to hide it general, he is actually from Xi'an avant-garde!" Fei Yizai sweated on his forehead when he heard this.

"How much land was expropriated by the rebels at home?" Chen Changzhen asked, squinting his eyes and stroking his long beard.

"Uh... almost eight or nine hundred hectares!" Fei Yizai broke out in a cold sweat.

It turned out that the rebel army had previously cleared the farmland of the Xi'an Prefecture Guard Station, and any farmland that occupied more than 100 acres was taken back to public ownership.

As a member of Xi'an's avant-garde army, the family of Feiyi Prime Minister has accumulated a lot of property over ten generations.

As a result, when the rebels came, not only all was confiscated, but nine out of ten were also damaged.

Although the benefits of the rebel army's clearing of farmland were great, the negative consequences were gradually revealed.

"Eight or nine hundred hectares?" Chen Changzhen was shocked when he heard this.

If one hectare represents one hundred acres, the eight or nine hundred hectares equals eighty or ninety thousand acres.

The Ming vassal king who didn't do well was probably only at this level.

As the saying goes: "Taking someone's money is like killing your parents."

The rebels not only killed their parents, but also dug up their ancestral graves. This surprised Chen Changzhen.

Fortunately, Chen Changzhen also reacted quickly. Since this guy did not collude with the three chieftains of Lu, Dongqi, and Dongli to rebel, he must have some ideas.

He couldn't help but smile and comfort him: "Don't worry, King Shun has always rewarded his merits and punished his delinquents, and he has done nothing wrong."

"Although Fei has lost some acres of land, it doesn't matter. We can earn it back in the future with our own skills."

"If you really follow King Shun wholeheartedly, His Highness will definitely not have any grudge against you, and you will not be short of your due."

If Fei Yizai didn't have any complaints in his heart, no one would believe it.

However, when his family wrote to him complaining that the rebels had "seized" their property, Fei Yizai was furious and almost wanted to raise an army and fight "the thieves to the death."

However, the "thieves" are powerful, and his immediate superior, Lintao General Zhang Yingchang, has given up his allegiance to the "thieves". What can he, a small Hezhou general, do?

When Zhang Yingchang was afraid that he would cause trouble, he sent him to Lanzhou to serve as a general. Lu Yunchang, the chieftain of the Lu family, actually wrote to him, asking him to "come back anyway."

Fei Yizai thought about it for a long time, and finally secretly burned the letter, pretending that it had never happened.

It turned out that he thought to himself: "The thieves are powerful. The governors of the three sides who have served for several times are all talented people in the world, but they are still no match for them."

"Now that Zhang Yingchang, Zuo Guangxian and others have surrendered to him, it is obvious that the Yulin generals have already hooked up with him."

"Then three of the four towns on the three sides of Shaanxi are in the hands of others. How can a few chieftains do anything?"

"In this case, it's better to save your wealth and life and wait and see what happens!"

Thus, Chen Changzhen discovered that he was following him.

Chen Changzhen's words immediately made Fei Yizai a little moved.

The man in front of him is the sworn elder brother of His Highness King Qin, and he is also his capable general in charge of the party.

If I can follow him, build a career, make a lot of achievements, and earn twice the family property, it may not be impossible.

Thinking of this, Fei Yizai quickly expressed his loyalty and said: "General Zhengxi, don't worry, I can trust the character of His Highness King Qin."

"But what is a few acres worth? What's more, the rebels left some land for my family to live on, so our life is pretty good."

"If General Zhengxi doesn't mind, I'll be willing to follow you and try to gain the merit of being my wife."

"Okay, what a man!" Chen Changzhen was overjoyed when he heard this and patted his shoulder.

"If you are not afraid of death, then follow me!"

"A manly man, there are not so many twists and turns. If you can get into the battle, ascend first, capture the flag, and kill the general, I will personally write a letter to ask for credit for you."

"If unfortunately you die in battle and your body is wrapped in horse leather, then I will personally beg you for mercy!"