On the night when Lu Weiqi left the palace, he invited Luoyang officials and gentry to gather. Recently, officials from Weihui Mansion in Henan Province cleared their debts and recovered them. King Changheng Zhu Changdi was asked to move out of the palace, dismiss the officials and guards of the palace, and paid the taxes accumulated over the years, and paid more than 10,000 hectares of illegally offered and occupied land.

Zhu Changdi refused to comply. When the prefect Wei Hui brought the yamen runners to the door to move, Zhu Changdi ignited the royal palace and burned himself, his wives, concubines and children to death in the royal palace.

The news has reached Luoyang and has been confirmed.

In the past few days, the gentry and businessmen in Luoyang City have been uneasy and everyone knows that the next step is Luoyang.

The court's methods were cruel and ruthless. After King Changheng committed suicide, the government did not let it go. Instead, it directly collected all the land and property of the Changheng Mansion as state-owned on the grounds that all the descendants of Prince Changheng were destroyed.

Immediately afterwards, they began to pursue the debts from King Changheng's brother, Lu Wang Zhu Changfang, and moved out of the palace within a specified period. King Lu Wang Zhu Changfang was the second generation of King Lu, and his father, King Lu Jian, was the son of Emperor Longqing and the younger brother of Emperor Wanli. He was once very favored. It is said that Empress Dowager Li even planned to abolish the young Emperor Wanli and rename the King Lu.

It can be said that King Lu Jian was actually a copy of King Fu from the Wanli Dynasty.

After King Lu became a vassal of Wei Hui, he immediately accepted all the property of King Jing, who was once the richest in the world but was eliminated by the country without children. The emperor also gave him tens of thousands of hectares of land to this day. King Lu is the vassal king with the most land among the vassals, with tens of thousands of hectares of land and countless houses.

Now the court does not care at all about the only brother who had just forced Lu Wang to death, and began to force Lu Wang Wang. They said that Lu Wang's property was all obtained through clever tricks, forcing the people to contribute, and even directly occupying the people's land. Officials of Weihui Mansion finally ruled that Lu Wang could only retain ten thousand hectares of land, but had to pay millions of silver dollars in tax arrears.

Even Lu Wang Mansion wants him to move out.

Not only were the royal family forced, but the big merchants in Henan were also experiencing this storm.

Anyone who had enjoyed privileges and exemptions in the past has now become the target of prosecution. They were asked to pay taxes for the past five years, were asked to clear the land, and even asked to pay the land they had previously offered to return it to the people. Even the merchants could not escape, and they were also asked to pay the commercial taxes for the past five years.

The new dynasty seemed to be unable to get along with all the officials, gentry, landlords and merchants. Every family had to register their property, clear their land, and pay the tax arrears. Moreover, all the exemptions were lost in the future, and officials and gentry paid the food together as a service.

The poor people in Luoyang are waiting for the implementation of the new policy with great enthusiasm, hoping to get their fields back.

But officials, gentry and wealthy families were anxious and waiting for the knife that was about to be cut down.

Faced with the new policies implemented by the New Dynasty, they opposed it from the bottom of their hearts. At this time, they both missed the benefits of the Ming Dynasty. They were outstanding in their studies and officials, and had various privileges. They did not pay food or work, and even did business and business, and made a lot of money. No matter how difficult the country was, they did not dare to put their ideas on them.

If he is willing, he will donate three or five hundred taels of silver, and if he is unwilling to throw a penny, the emperor will not dare to say anything.

But now, Liu Jiye sharpened his knife and waved it to them.

Before, they thought that no matter who is in the world, it doesn’t matter anyway. Liu Jiye is the emperor, and this place is still the gentry and landlords. But now it seems that they are wrong. Liu Jiye is just a robber. He actually wants to equalize the rich and the poor. This is to kill the rich and help the poor.

Lu Weiqi is still the center of attention of officials and gentry in Luoyang and is regarded as the leader of officials and gentry.

Lu Weiqi is a representative of officials and gentry in Luoyang, and the Lu family is also a large family in Luoyang. The Lu family has a lot of land and involves business. They even offer loans, lottery tickets, and sell salt and tea. Their family is also a large grain merchant in Luoyang.

But now, the new emperor has implemented the new policy, and all kinds of new policies are for the interests of their pockets. If the new policy is implemented, the Lu family will suffer great losses. Not only will the sale of salt and tea, but according to the court's laws, the issuance of lottery tickets only belongs to the court. Neither local nor individuals have the right to issue lottery tickets.

The establishment of national grain deployment and the establishment of grain stations in various places will also greatly impact the Lu family's grain transactions. Not to mention clearing the fields, many of their family's land can no longer be hidden, and the fields they have invested must be returned to the people.

In the future, even such huge profit-making transactions as Gaoli Dai will not be able to be done.

This is not a cut of flesh, it is simply a fatal death.

Lu Weiqi refused to give up these things, so he decided to say no to the court and no to Liu Jiye.

Just at this time, Li Zicheng sent someone to come and proposed to surrender, respect King Fu as the emperor, and restore the Ming Dynasty. This made Lu Weiqi very excited, and the thoughts in his heart finally became a reality.

In the past few days, Lu Weiqi has been constantly interacting with King Fu and the major families in Luoyang. He also asked his disciples and children to contact each other constantly.

King Fu was not very concerned about being an emperor, or he didn't really believe that Lu Weiqi and the others could succeed, let alone let him believe that Li Zicheng, the thief who once dug the Zhu family's ancestral tomb.

But the prince Zhu Yousong was very concerned and very active.

Zhu Changxun felt that his son, Lu Weiqi and others were a bit too wishful thinking. They were only willing to believe in the facts they wanted and completely ignored that Liu Jiye not only usurped the throne of the Ming Dynasty, but also Liu Jiye also had a powerful army.

But Zhu Yousong couldn't listen. He asked King Fu, would we be forced by Liu Jiye to end up like King Changheng? If that's the case, then I would rather fight with them.

Even if you can't fight for a while, at most you can withdraw from Guanzhong and Yunnan. There are still many loyal ministers to the Ming Dynasty.

"Father, I would rather spend all the wealth of all my family to recruit soldiers who reward the king than give Liu Jiye a penny!"

Seeing his son so resolutely, King Fu smiled.

He enjoyed most of his life, and was over fifty. His health was not good, how many years could he live? In the future, this family business would be handed over to the prince. Since he chose this path, let him do it.

To be honest, he really doesn't want to leave the palace.

He lived here for twenty-eight years and had long been used to everything here. He asked him to move out of here and dismiss all his slaves. What's the point of his life?

He was supported by two eunuchs and brought the prince to his warehouse.

The Dianku Officer opened the warehouse, which was filled with gold and silver.

Zhu Changxun pointed to the gold and silver and said to his son, "These are all the things that Emperor Shenzong has worked hard to get from all over the world and give to me. Many of them are property that I have managed for thirty years. Now I give you all these. Do whatever you want to do. I am old and you are still young."

Zhu Yousong became more and more confident when he got this large sum of gold and silver. He asked Lu Weiqi to make preparations.

May 5th, Dragon Boat Festival.

But the officials and gentry in Luoyang City did not watch the dragon boat this year. They gathered in the Lufu to discuss the great affairs of serving the king.

Lu Weiqi introduced to everyone.

"This is General Li Yan."

Everyone understands that this person is Li Zicheng's general, and even everyone knows that Li Yan was once a juren and later joined Li Chuang. Everyone used to disdain such a person, but now everyone feels a little sympathetic.

"My general is willing to respect King Fu to inherit the throne and restore the Ming Dynasty!"

Lu Weiqi nodded and said, "The traitor usurped the throne and stole the country, and Lu Chen of the Shenzhou. We are all loyal ministers of the Emperor Ming. How can we sit down and watch? Even General Li can understand the righteousness and stand up to seek rebellion. Naturally, we have no choice. After our advice, King Fu has agreed to take on this great task."

"But King Fu only agreed to temporarily serve as the governor of the country. We will establish a temporary court, recruit troops, contact loyal and righteous men from all directions, work together to fight against the king and restore the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Yousong also stood up, "The state supervision has an order. In order to demonstrate General Li's loyalty and righteousness, he specially granted Li Zi to become Duke Xin, Liu Zongmin was Duke Yi, General Li Yan was the Marquis of Ningguo, and General Li Guo was the Marquis of Xingguo. The other generals below were all given official positions."

Li Yan thanked Zhu Yousong, "Thank you, Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness."

Zhu Yousong was in a good mood and nodded, "Donald Trust is loyal to the Ming Dynasty. After the Ming Dynasty is restored, the Ming Dynasty will not forget his contributions, and will be rewarded with great rewards at that time."

Lu Weiqi also took the opportunity to say, "His Highness the Superintendent has decided to take out one million silver dollars to reward the loyal and brave soldiers who are diligent in the affairs of the king."

Li Yan asked, "When will His Highness King Fu officially take office as the governor, and when will our army enter Luoyang?"

Lu Weiqi was still worried about letting the rebel army enter Luoyang, but Zhu Yousong didn't care about this anymore.

"Please ask the Marquis of Ningguo to return to Yiyang immediately. I will send someone to accompany me to announce the reward to Duke Xinguo and his soldiers. After the reward, please ask Duke Xinguo to lead troops to Luoyang immediately and cooperate with the guards."

Li Yan was very satisfied when he heard this reply, so he immediately thanked him and took the envoy to leave Luoyang.

In Yiyang City, Li Zicheng was already a little impatient. The latest information showed that Zhang Shan and Cai Yuan's bandit suppression troops had set off and came west.

Just when he was anxious, Li Yan came back.

And he brought back good news that he couldn't believe.

"My minister Li Zicheng received the order!"

Li Zicheng knelt on the ground and listened to the eunuch reading the reward order, and shouted thanks for his gratitude.

On the school ground, countless trekkers witnessed this scene with their own eyes.

From today on, they were no longer the Changyi Camp, but changed their name to Zhongzhen Camp. King Chuang was no longer the General of Fengtian to the Yi, but the Duke of Xinguo. General Liu Zongmin was granted the Duke of Yi, Li Yan was granted the Marquis of Ningguo, and General Chuang's nephew, Li Guo, was granted the Marquis of Xingguo.

In fact, the generals were all appointed as general, deputy general, general and other positions. After transformation, everyone changed from bandits to official troops, and they were all high-ranking generals.

"Rise the Sun and Moon Flag!" Li Zicheng shouted, and soldiers had already raised the prepared Sun and Moon Flag high.

Looking at the flag fluttering in the wind, Li Zicheng was excited. Damn, the ancients did not deceive me, but they were indeed killed and set fire to be recruited.

Now, I am also a dignified prince.

"Send the order to deport, scatter the camp, and enter Luoyang!"

"Let's enter Luoyang!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!