Chapter seven hundred and fortieth conspiracy
In the evening, Ainengqi went to Prime Minister Wang Zhaolin's mansion, which made Wang Zhaolin overjoyed. He felt that with Ainengqi's help, he could accomplish great things.
"General Ai, oh General Ai, I'm not here to welcome you, please come in quickly." Wang Zhaolin personally went out of the mansion to greet him, and was as enthusiastic as fire.
In Chengdu Shu Palace, after Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, he robbed the Shu Palace, and all the gold, silver and treasures in the palace were looted.
In order to ensure that the Zhu family's country is controlled by his own people for generations, Zhu Yuanzhang divided the Zhu royal family's children into kings all over the country. These princes of the Zhu family passed down from generation to generation and lived with the country. During the Ming Dynasty, these vassal kings, as privileged classes above the entire social system, enjoyed all their glory and wealth, and accumulated amazing huge wealth.
For this reason, these vassal kings also became the targets of the bandits' robbers. For this reason, King Xiang Zhu Yiming, King Chu Zhu Huakui, King Rui Zhu Changhao, King Shu Zhu Zhishu and others all died at the hands of the bandits.
Among them, Zhang Xianzhong's western army entered Sichuan, and the situation in Shu was critical, while the local government had no food or pay, and could not resist. For this reason, the Ming Dynasty officials in Chengdu decided to collectively ask Zhu Zhishu, the largest rich man in Shu, to borrow food and pay, as long as the prince was willing to take some money from the mansion to reward the soldiers and inspire them to guard Chengdu, there would be hope in Shu.
However, this Shu King is a stingy person, a typical person who sacrifices his life and refuses to give up his wealth.
The Shu Palace accumulated millions of treasurys, but Zhu Zhishu refused and even acted as a rogue: "There is not much money and food in the treasury, only one Chengyun Hall can be demolished and sold for replenishment."
Liu Zhibo, who was in charge of the city defense, was furious: "Your Highness, no one can afford Chengyun Palace, only Li Zicheng can." As long as he said this, Zhu Zhishu, the King of Shu, still refused to pay.
In August, Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army began to besiege Chengdu and broke the city in a few days. Zhu Zhishu had no choice but to take his concubines and palace maids to commit suicide by jumping into the well at the Liuli Well behind the palace, which was considered to be a waste of humiliation.
Then Zhang Xianzhong attacked the Shu Palace, and the unavoidable royal family were captured and killed and killed. The Shu King's treasures became Zhang Xianzhong's.
Originally, Zhang Xianzhong led his army to attack Sichuan and divided his troops to march towards Chengdu in three directions. At this time, there were still 30,000 elite troops in Chengdu, and the soldiers and civilians rushed to guard the city, and reinforcements from all over the country also arrived one after another. All officials from Chengdu gathered at the Shu Palace to obey the unified dispatch of the Shu King, and had a strong momentum of unity. According to the situation at that time, as long as there was no big mistake, it was still very likely to defend Chengdu Palace.
These vassal kings were all fat, but very stingy. Only the King of Zhou in Kaifeng was quite generous. Li Zicheng besieged Kaifeng several times, and the King of Zhou took out the treasures of the royal palace to reward the soldiers and civilians in the city, and Kaifeng also became the most closely guarded city.
At a certain point, King Zhu Gongye of Zhou was still worthy of being able to defend Kaifeng Prefecture. For this reason, Zhu Cixuan had a very good attitude towards the King of Zhou.
Especially the Princess Zhou, she knew the general idea. She did not only care about the immediate interests like other vassal kings.
Zhang Xianzhong occupied Sichuan, and the Shu royal palace became Zhang Xianzhong's palace in a grand manner. The residence of Prime Minister Wang Zhaolin was the largest residence of the original royal relatives outside Zhang Xianzhong's palace.
The birds occupied the cave. At first, these rebel bandits might just make a living. But when they picked up the butcher's knife, they found that the upper class who were originally high and stepped on their heads turned out to be so weak and ordinary.
In order to survive, these royal relatives and high-ranking officials and nobles shook their tails and begged for mercy on the bandits. The bandits finally realized that these so-called masters are just like them, and no one is born to be superior. Even these hypocritical high-ranking officials and nobles are not as honest as the bandits.
When the bandits waved the butcher's knife in their hands, the cowardly and timid personalities of these royal relatives and nobles were exposed in an instant.
From the initial timidity towards killing, to the later numbness, and even to the pleasure of killing after raising the butcher knife in the end, the bandits finally turned into devils.
The original nature of a person is good when the social system is complete. When the system collapses and the hearts of a person are not as old as before, the original nature of a person is evil will be completely exposed.
Although Wang Zhaolin's mansion is not as grand as Zhang Xianzhong, it is also luxurious and covers a wide area. There are countless staff members in his family, and many of them have become diners in the mansion.
These people are all birds of feathers flock together. The arrival of Ainengqi made Wang Zhaolin very excited. If Zhang Xianzhong, who is in charge of Chengdu Prefecture's defense, receives his help, he will become the next Zhang Xianzhong.
Once Zhang Xianzhong dies, the queen is widowed. This young queen still has charm. When Zhang Xianzhong is alive, he dare not have any bad intentions to give Wang Zhaolin ten courage. Now that Zhang Xianzhong dies, why don’t he take the opportunity to seize power?
When he stabilizes the situation in Chengdu, he will put the queen in his arms. At that time, the foundation he built by Zhang Xianzhong will be completely defeated by himself.
Wang Zhaolin knew that this was very dangerous, but from ancient times to the present, no one who achieved great things was not on the belt. The success and the king of success and defeat were the enemy. Only by being brave enough to venture and do it can one be above ten thousand people.
Ainengqi threw the horse to the servants of the Wang Mansion and bowed to Wang Zhaolin: "Please please!"
At the office, Ainengqi was regarded as the superior by Wang Zhaolin. Ainengqi refused again and again, but Wang Zhaolin insisted: "General Ai, why should I be polite? Today you are a guest. I am here specifically for the banquet. Hurry up, hurry up, please invite the superior."
Ai Nengqi refused again, so he had to sit down. As soon as he sat down, Wang Zhaolin sighed: "Oh, from the King Fairy, there are no leaders in the army. General Ai, the situation in the army is now chaotic, and the officers and soldiers are eyeing each other. I wonder if General Ai has a solution?"
Ainengqi didn't talk nonsense to him: "Everything should be followed by the Prime Minister's leader. Prime Minister's clarification. Sun Kewang and Li Wenxiu have been eyeing us after the King of Kings. Dingguo's troops are at Jianmen Pass again, and the distance water cannot relieve their near thirst. Chengdu Prefecture is empty, and I am alone and I can't sing."
Wang Zhaolin was secretly happy inside. The four of them were the result he wanted to see the most. On the surface, Wang Zhaolin looked heavy: "It is precisely that the queen is also worried every day in the palace. The queen said that among the troops under the command of this king, only General Ai is loyal and brave enough to be commended."
Ainengqi interrupted him: "My third brother Dingguo is also very loyal, but Sun Kewang is afraid of having wolf ambitions."
Ainengqi and Li Dingguo had always been acquainted, and Wang Zhaolin pretended to be surprised: "Oh, this, I don't know what this said."
Chapter completed!