In the Huai'an army, there were only nearly 2,000 people who joined the revolutionary army. Many people were worried that they could not endure hardships, so they pointed at Li Xin and placed them. The generals were even more worried that they could not control themselves and were arrested by Li Xin. Most of them chose to be rich men, but to Li Xin's surprise, Xu Shao was willing to follow him.

Xu Shao patted his chest and sweared: "Commander-in-Chief, when I was the general, I didn't dare to say that I was absolutely clean, but I knew it. I took a little, a little greedy, but I didn't take it. I just wanted to be the general, but I didn't take it. If I didn't take it, I couldn't be the general, but I can guarantee that I have never drunk the blood of soldiers. In the past few days, I thought about it carefully and I felt that I could control myself and not make the commander-in-chief embarrassed. I just wanted to be with the commander-in-chief and do my best."

"oh?"

Li Xin looked at Xu Shao with emotion for a long time, nodded and said, "Okay, I believe you, I'll ask you, do you know where Shi Caofu's home is?"

Xu Shao pondered: "Caofu family is in Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture, but the commander-in-chief is..."

Li Xin said: "Li Chuang is about to attack Kaifeng for two times, and the outcome is unpredictable. It is inappropriate to keep Caofu's family in Kaifeng. I plan to send some good players to you and go to Kaifeng to secretly bring Caofu's family back. Can it be done?"

Xu Shao had originally had speculations. At this time, he completely understood what Li Xin wanted to do. He clearly wanted to tie Shi Kefa's family to Yangzhou. However, he didn't think there was anything wrong. Extraordinary people should use extraordinary means. He respected Shi Kefa very much and wanted to work with Shi Kefa. So he said, "I can't remember if the commander-in-chief doesn't say it, but Li Zicheng stared at Kaifeng. It is indeed time to pick up the family of Caofu as soon as possible. Please rest assured. If this matter cannot be done, I will come to see you."

"Do your best!"

Li Xin smiled and said, "Tomorrow you will take someone to Kaifeng quietly. Don't be anxious. Look for opportunities. If you hit it, it really won't work. Let's think of other ways. In short, people should come back safely!"

"Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief!"

Xu Shao was grateful and bowed to his salute.

"Go!"

Li Xin waved his hand.

...

In the following period, Li Xin temporarily gave up attacking Chuzhou, but instead focused his efforts to surrender to Huai'an Prefecture, Huai'an Prefecture territorial Haizhou, Pizhou, Shanyang, Qinghe, Yancheng, Andong, Taoyuan and Muyang counties. For Huai'an officials, except for a few more people who were more angry, they killed them, and the other officials captured under Yangzhou City were treated equally. Those who were willing to stay and become officials must first consider whether they could control themselves. Those who think they could not control themselves can be rich people. Officials from other provinces could take their property away from Huai'an, but maids, concubines and servants could not take them away.

Li Xin wanted to betroth his maids and concubines to the soldiers in the army, while the servants were laborers.

But even so, officials from other provinces thanked them very much.

The weather is getting hotter and Li Xin is busy in order to attract various counties in Huai'an. The women at home are also busy. Whenever Li Xin is away, they are left to Hong Niangzi to take care of the house. As a woman, Hong Niangzi is not willing to show up too much. What she yearns for is still staying at home and taking care of her husband and children. She just wants Li Xin to find someone to take over as soon as possible.

This reminded her of Shi Kefa. She was relieved to Shi Kefa's integrity and was also very honest. If she could persuade Shi Kefa to follow Li Xin, her role in Li Xin was not only to have a powerful minister around her, but also had milestone significance.

History can be used as a law, and all the knowledgeable people of the Ming Dynasty will join Li Xin's command one after another.

Based on her understanding of Li Xin, Shi Kefa was locked up, neither letting go nor interrogating, but she had the intention of destroying Shi Kefa's spirit. So far, Shi Kefa has been under house arrest for nearly half a month. She felt that she should talk to Shi Kefa.

In fact, as Li Xin's first wife, she knew that she should not meet Shi Kefa, but she always wanted to do something for Li Xin. Moreover, she had been in the world for many years and did not care much about ethics. She just needed to be able to keep her true heart.

However, in order to avoid gossip, she invited Zhou Han and her daughter to go with her, and asked Erju and Xing Wu to follow her.

Soon, several people came to the small courtyard where Shi Kefa was house arrested. Shi Kefa was walking with birds under the tree, and his life was quite leisurely. When he saw the Hongmao, he was a little surprised. He thought it would be Li Xin who came to find him, but he did not expect that it was Li Xin's wife. The arrogant attitude he had planned could not be made, and he would not even say bad things to a woman.

"It turns out it's Mrs. Li, I don't know what happened to me?"

Shi Kefa bowed.

"Shi Caofu, I have something to say to you!"

The Hong Niangzi has a straightforward personality and said bluntly.

Shi Kefa's face darkened: "There is a difference between men and women. Mrs. Li should not meet me. Please go back so that there will be no gossip that will spread and affect her reputation!"

"Hey, I'll say you old man!"

Sun Ti said dissatisfiedly: "What are you afraid of in broad daylight? Could it be that you have dirty thoughts? Only those who have ghosts in your heart will be afraid. If you are open-minded, what's wrong with saying a few words to Aunt Hong?"

Shi Kefa was furious when he was scolded by a little girl, but he could not have been able to argue with Sun Di. He felt so uncomfortable that he had to hum.

The Hongniang threw a praise-looking look at Sun Di and said, "Shi Caofu, I have never read much, and I don't know the twists and turns of you scholars, so I said it straight, I hope you can help my husband."

“Ha~~”

Shi Kefa smiled: "No matter how bad I am, how can I join the bandits?"

"Old thing!"

Sun Di said without hesitation: "Whenever Mr. Li goes to a place to protect the people, why are he a thief? Let me tell you the truth, if Mr. Li is the same as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, I don't want to pay attention to him!"

Zhou Han also said from the side: "Shi Caofu, you are an official in Huaiyang. No matter what, few ordinary people in Huaiyang starve to death, but do you know the situation in the north? Di'er and I were wandering among refugees and headed south from Linqing. It was really a bark and a thousand miles away. Not to mention food, eating with bark and grass roots is a gift from God. If the Ming Dynasty was still alive, how could it fall into such a field?

Maybe you will defend that the suffering of the people was caused by natural disasters, or the blame was put on the Donglu, and it was their repeated invasions that made Hebei and Shandong turn into ruins. But I want to say, if a court cannot even protect its own people, what is the point of his existence?"

"All nonsense is the emperor, the diligent ruler. If the thieves had not spread everywhere, how could the world collapse?"

Shi Kefa was not convinced.

Zhou Han said lightly: "Shi Caofu, I know I can't talk to you. I just want to say a few words in my heart. Just listen. There is no immortal dynasty in the world. Although you are the Zhongju of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has already had sores all over the body and cannot be cured. It doesn't matter if he leaves, but what should the people of the Ming Dynasty do? What obligation do they have to bury the Ming Dynasty?

What Mr. Li does now is to save all the people from water and fire. When my mother and daughter flowed into Qi County, she was taken in by Mr. Li. She followed him along the way and witnessed his step by step rise.

In terms of heart, Mr. Li's methods were a little more ruthless, but the ones he killed were all corrupt officials. No ordinary person had died in vain at his hands. After coming out of Luoyang, more than 10,000 refugees followed Mr. Li. Except for a dozen people who died of illness, Mr. Li brought them back to Gaoyou safely. Isn't such a person worthy of assistance? Compared with the safety of the people in the world, is foolish loyalty so important? After all, you are a selfish person, and you ignore the life and death of the people in the world for the hurdle in your heart!"
Chapter completed!