Chapter 109: Literary Spirit, the Rising Chaos and the Eunuch Delivering the Imperial Edict

Faced with the people's vigilance and sensitivity towards scholars, the dynasty finally ordered people to issue a new notice.

Tell the people in the territory that those scholars and literati who were not arrested were fine, and their actions did not violate the laws of the Salvation Army.

Then let officials at all levels and village heads announce it to the people under their rule.

In this way, this academic storm was gradually stopped.

Faced with the government's notice, many scholars couldn't help but change their minds. Maybe this Salvation Army is not so hateful?

Of course, there will inevitably be people who don't appreciate it.

However, after this blow, they can at least teach more peacefully.

In fact, after this sorting out, not only the teachers in the school were sorted out and began to teach peacefully.

Even many literati in society were shocked, became peaceful, and began to change their attitude towards the rule of the Salvation Army.

As the attitudes of many scholars changed, they also saw more scenes that they had never seen in the past, or deliberately ignored.

Today, the lives of the people in the territory of the Salvation Army are indeed better than before, although they have not yet reached the prosperous scenes described by the ancient sages.

But isn't this also developing in a good direction?

Then, should the scholars who read the books of sages also contribute to it?

There are even scholars who have begun to try to write poems praising the Salvation Army.

For a moment, the sky over the entire territory of the Salvation Army was clear, and large areas of gray and black air were rapidly melting.

The national fortune is getting stronger and stronger, and it is constantly converging towards the dynasty, merging into the golden light ball above, and transforming the last remaining national fortune bit by bit.

After noticing the change in the hearts of the people in the territory, Wang Chao couldn't help but smile happily.

At the end, Wang Chao looked at the schools again.

Schools should be beautiful places for learning. Don't mess with me.

After a slight hesitation, Wang Chao had an idea in his mind.

Instantly, the countless schools with the sound of reading began to rise with a faint white light, which eventually enveloped the entire school.

That white light was pure, curious, and eager.

The purity of an innocent child, the curiosity about everything in the world, and the desire for knowledge

That was Wang Chao's spiritual power, which eroded the spiritual power emitted by the children and students, and was transformed to help them enter the learning state faster.

At the same time, it would also suppress the spiritual consciousness of those who had ill intentions towards the students, and would make them in a drowsy and confused state until they left the school or changed their mentality.

After thinking about it, Wang Chao called it literary spirit.

At the same time, a message was transmitted to the corresponding officials at all levels, saying that schools should have literary spirit. Those with strong literary spirit represent the prevalence of academic style and the serious teachers, and should be rewarded;

Those with weak literary spirit must have poor academic style and slack teachers. If they are too much, they will be punished, and if they are too much, they will be banned.

When the school and teacher issues were dealt with, it was already the end of January in the first year of Chongzhen.

The situation in the territory of the Salvation Army was changing, and the outside world was no less.

Wang Er, who was near Baishui County in eastern Shaanxi, and the rebels he led were chased by Li Qiao, the governor of Shaanxi.

If Li Qiao had not deliberately let them go, Wang Er and his men would have been unable to hold on.

But even so, they had reached their limit.

They tried again and again to break through the encirclement of the government troops and move westward into the territory of the Salvation Army.

But every time, they were intercepted by the officers and soldiers.

If this continued, their defeat would be imminent.

However, at this time, a turning point suddenly appeared.

Perhaps influenced by the Dynasty Salvation Army and Wang Er's rebels, Wang Jiayin, who saw an opportunity, also launched an uprising in advance.

Wang Jiayin led Wu Tinggui, Yang Liu, and Buzhanni to launch an uprising in Qingshui County on January 12, and quickly occupied Qingshui County while the officers and soldiers were not prepared.

When Wang Chao received the news, he was slightly startled, and then he realized that this must be the influence brought by him and the Salvation Army.

In history, Wang Jiayin and others seemed to have launched an uprising in February of the first year of Chongzhen, but now it has been advanced by nearly a month.

But overall, it didn't have much impact.

The only ones affected were probably Wang Er and the rebels he led, and Li Qiao.

When Wang Er, who had been thirsty, chapped lips, and a little dizzy from hunger, learned that Wang Jiayin and others had revolted in Qingshui County in the north, he couldn't help but be shocked.

The officers and soldiers led by Li Qiao mainly blocked their way to the west, but the defense in the north seemed weak.

Moreover, now there is the attraction of Wang Jiayin and others in Qingshui County, which will definitely be able to divert the attention of some officers and soldiers. This can be said to be the best time for them to escape the encirclement.

Without saying a word, Wang Er led his men to flee northward.

In fact, it was not beyond his expectation. Li Qiao had been on guard against Wang Er's escape to the west, and the defense to the north was not tight.

Anyway, as long as Wang Er did not escape to the west, it would be the same even if he escaped from the so-called encirclement.

Isn't this the effect he wanted?

Keep chasing Wang Er, and then Wang Er can keep looking for opportunities to escape. When Chongzhen gets impatient, it won't be too late to wipe him out in one fell swoop.

However, that was in the north, when Wang Er had no reinforcements.

Now the situation is completely different. In Qingshui County in the north, the sudden uprising of Wang Jiayin and others broke all of Li Qiao's plans.

When he reacted and hurriedly summoned the army to the north to encircle and suppress, Wang Er had already completely escaped the encirclement and contacted Wang Jiayin.

When Li Qiao caught up, the two sides had already joined, and then a battle began.

It must be said that Wang Jiayin and his men were more like peasants who had just put down their hoes and farm tools than righteous troops. Facing the imperial army, they had successively encircled and suppressed Wang Er and their morale was high.

However, just after the battle, the peasant righteous army was defeated and Wang Jiayin, Wang Er and others led the remnants to flee.

However, although Wang Jiayin was defeated, he did not panic completely. Instead, he learned from Zhuge Liang in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and set a trap in Qingshui County.

Taking advantage of Li Qiao and the Ming army's carelessness, he led the officers and soldiers into the fire and buried tens of thousands of officers and soldiers.

Although Li Qiao still had 20,000 to 30,000 troops under his command.

However, at this time, he no longer had the heart to fight. Li Qiao could not help but gather the remaining soldiers with an extremely ugly face and retreated several miles.

When he reorganized the army, Wang Jiayin and others had already gone far away.

And when Li Qiao was led by Wang Jiayin and others to run around.

At this time, the outside of the pass was not peaceful. In order to further weaken the power of the Chahar tribe, Huang Taiji sent people several times to instigate the Kharchin tribe to surrender to the Later Jin.

However, the people he sent out were intercepted and killed by the people of the Dorote tribe of Lin Danhan's Chahar tribe.

This made Huang Taiji very angry, and he began to dispatch troops, as if to teach Lin Danhan's Chahar tribe a lesson.

Finally, in February, Huang Taiji launched an attack and personally led the army to conquer the Chahar tribe.

He ordered Dorgon and Duoduo to be the vanguard, attack the Duoluot tribe, defeat the Duoluot army, and capture more than 10,000 people.

The emergence of this situation made the Kharchin tribe, which was originally close to the Chahar tribe, begin to send delegations to form an alliance with Huang Taiji, expressing their willingness to submit to Huang Taiji.

On the other hand, Wang Jiayin and others who escaped the encirclement of Liqiao regrouped again, successively captured Pucheng, Luochuan and other places, and even barely resisted the attack of Liqiao.

Afterwards, they sent people to contact the Salvation Army, hoping to form an alliance with Wang Chao's Salvation Army.

In this regard, Wang Chao did not comment, but only told the envoy that they were willing to block the encirclement of the Ming army from Gansu for the righteous army, and were willing to send troops to contain the Ming army.

After receiving the news, Wang Jiayin and Wang Er and others were all dissatisfied. They were all righteous armies. At this time when they were encircled by the Ming army, shouldn’t they unite their troops?

However, now that Wang Chao was powerful and had occupied four prefectures, they were unwilling to make enemies with him, so they could only agree to it with resentment in their hearts.

After all, it could contain a part of the Ming army and give them a break.

Wang Chao did not break his promise and immediately dispatched troops to the borders of Gongchang Prefecture, Fengxiang Prefecture and Pingliang Prefecture.

Li Qiao was so scared that he quickly sent troops back to defend, which was considered to be a relaxation of the encirclement and suppression of Wang Jiayin and others, which allowed them to expand their occupied territory again.

At this time, they naturally had no idea of ​​joining forces, but just continued to expand their territory and hold troops like Wang Chao.

However, when they found that Wang Chao was only stationed on the border and did not really attack, Li Qiao gradually relaxed and once again mobilized troops to encircle and suppress Wang Jiayin and others again and suppress them again.

Seeing that Li Qiao had transferred officers and soldiers away again, Wang Chao was ready to order an attack.

Wang Chao deployed troops on the border, not really to contain the soldiers, but to take the opportunity to capture Fengxiang Prefecture and Pingliang Prefecture in one fell swoop.

However, before he could act, someone hurriedly reported that a team of eunuchs and soldiers who were delivering the imperial edict were intercepted in the northernmost part of Anding.

This forced Wang Chao to suspend his actions and asked someone to bring the eunuchs who were delivering the imperial edict.

The moment they saw Wang Chao, the panicked eunuchs immediately knelt on the ground.

"The humble Wang Anzi pays homage to the king"

"Wang Anzi?"

Wang Chao lowered his head in surprise and looked at the leading eunuch.

"You are called this name, and you haven't been killed by Wei Zhongxian yet?"

You know, Wang An, who had been kind to Wei Zhongxian, was killed by Wei Zhongxian.

You are called Wang Anzi, can Wei Zhongxian let you go?

"Well, I am just a little eunuch in Prince Xin's mansion. How could Eunuch Wei Zhongxian know me?"

"Oh!"

After listening to Wang Anzi's explanation, Wang Chao couldn't help but show a look of realization.

No wonder.

And, he was able to become the eunuch to pass the imperial edict this time, probably because of this.

After all, Chongzhen was the old man in the mansion when Prince Xin was alive, so he had to be more trusted by him.

"Tell me, where are you going to pass the imperial edict this time, why did you pass through Anding?"

"I am going to Gansu Town, Xingdusi, Shaanxi Province, to pass the imperial edict to Governor Mei Zhihuan and General of the Cavalry Yang Jiamo

To promote General of the Cavalry Yang Jiamo to the general of Gansu, and lead the troops to encircle and suppress...encircle and suppress"

When he said the last words, Wang Anzi's voice gradually lowered.

"Encircle and suppress the people's army!"

Wang Chao said the last words for him.

"I deserve to die, I deserve to die, these are all the imperial edicts, no, these are all Chongzhen's orders"

"Tsk! You really betrayed Chongzhen's trust.

Okay, okay, stop kowtowing, it's annoying to watch."

Looking at Wang Anzi who was kowtowing like pounding garlic below, Wang Chao couldn't help but sigh slightly.

"No, no, Your Majesty is the chosen one, and Chongzhen is just a fake emperor of a fake dynasty."

Wang Anzi knelt on the ground and nodded.

"Tell me, what do you think of passing through Anding?"

"This"

"Why? Is there anything you can't say?"

"No, no, no

Since Your Majesty has asked, I will naturally tell you everything I know."