Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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Yang Sichang is the son of Yang He, the governor of the three sides. When Li Zicheng and others were just rising, Yang He once pointed out that Li Zicheng and his like did not really want to rebel, but had to rebel because of hunger and cold.

For this reason, Yang He proposed the strategy of "maintaining appeasement, supplemented by pursuit and suppression".

Thanks to Yang He's efforts, the recruiting policy has achieved some success, and almost all the thieves from various ministries in Shaanxi accepted the recruiting policy.

But because the imperial court could not come up with the money to settle the rogues, the strategy of recruiting security quickly failed, and the rogues rebelled again.

Chongzhen also dismissed Yang He for this reason.

When Yang Sichang became the Minister of the Ministry of War, in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of Yang He, he proposed the strategy of "four positives and six corners, and ten sides to spread the net".

To be honest, Yang Sichang's strategy was really good, but it's a pity that the court officers and soldiers couldn't do it, and finally failed.

In the 12th year of Chongzhen, Yang Sichang went to Huguang to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong as a "supervisor and assistant minister".

Although he defeated Zhang Xianzhong at Manau Mountain in Sichuan, he was pinned down by Zhang Xianzhong with suspicious soldiers, exhausted, and finally escaped by Zhang Xianzhong with a false soldier.

In the 14th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong rushed out of Yang Sichang's siege, broke through Xiangyang, and killed Xiangwang Zhu Yiming.

After Yang Sichang heard the news, he knew that he couldn't survive. After all, it was a felony to fall into a vassal, not to mention that Zhang Xianzhong escaped from under his nose.

He was afraid that being accused by Chongzhen would implicate his family, so he took rhubarb every day.

Rhubarb has the function of defecating and clearing the intestines. Taking it every day has a great impact on the body, so it didn't take long for Yang Sichang to die from an overdose of rhubarb.

"What happened to Yang Sichang? What does he want to do?" Zhao Wen recalled the information about Yang Sichang in his mind, and then looked at the steward.

This Yang Sichang is not a waste who doesn't know the five grains and does not work hard. He is a person with certain abilities. Although he is not as good as Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng, he is better than people like Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru.

The steward replied: "My lord, this Yang Sichang doesn't know what's going on. Ever since he came to Dengzhou, he has been squatting in the governor's office behind closed doors. When he first took office, we even asked people to visit him. But he didn't see us at all.

During this time, he saw no one.We thought he was afraid of us, so we didn't care.

But later, we bribed one of his entourage, and according to what this entourage said, we knew that this Yang Sichang was now trying to deal with us. "

Yang Sichang didn't know that Dengzhou and other places had become Zhao Wen's possessions. When he first came, Yang Sichang still wanted to make achievements here, and then he was transferred back by Chongzhen.

But just after he arrived here, the people in the yamen directly told him that Dengzhou and other places have become Zhao Wen's possessions.

If Yang Sichang is in peace, then let's make a fortune together. If he is not in peace and wants to expose this matter, then don't blame them for being rude.

When Yang Sichang heard this statement for the first time, he didn't quite believe it. After all, this is Shandong, Dengzhou, and there is a North Zhili in the middle of Xuanzhen.

In Yang Sichang's view, Zhao Wen just conquered Shanxi, and now he is in Liaodong. Yang Sichang really couldn't figure out when Dengzhou would be occupied by Zhao Wen again.

In order to find out the situation, Yang Sichang sent out his entourage to patrol Dengzhou.

According to various sources, Yang Sichang finally had to believe this reality.

Not long after he arrived, the steward sent someone to visit him.When he knew that the visiting people were Zhao Wen's subordinates, he hurriedly had these visiting people kicked out, and at the same time stayed behind closed doors, thinking about how to deal with Zhao Wen and how to get Dengzhou back from Zhao Wen's hands .

It's not that Yang Sichang didn't think about running away, returning to the capital, returning to his hometown, or surrendering to Zhao Wen.

However, he was thrown in Dengzhou because he offended Chongzhen for some things. If he ran back like this after staying in Dengzhou for a few days, he would probably be imprisoned by Chongzhen directly, and he would definitely die by then.

If he surrendered to Zhao Wen, if the court knew about it, Chongzhen's family would definitely not be able to survive with Chongzhen's temperament.

Therefore, Yang Sichang thought, first pretend not to know, pretend not to know that this place has become Zhao Wen's pocket, first mix here slowly, and wait until he comes up with a perfect plan to bring Dengzhou back .

At that time, if he returns to the capital, he will definitely be promoted.

Yang Sichang thought very simply. In his opinion, this place is not close to Zhao Wen’s Xuanzhen Town and Shanxi that he captured, so Zhao Wen should not have stationed troops here. Judging from the news that the entourage who went out inspected, this is indeed the case.

Yang Sichang felt that as long as Zhao Wen had no soldiers here or Zhao Wen had few soldiers, it would not be impossible to get Dengzhou back from Zhao Wen.

At that time, relying on this credit to return to the capital, he will definitely be reused by His Majesty at that time.

Zhao Wen only stationed 100 soldiers with live ammunition in Dengzhou. Although these soldiers were small in number, their weapons were powerful, so [-] soldiers could handle it.

"Treat us?" When Zhao Wen heard this, it was as if he had heard a very funny joke. "Yang Sichang wants to deal with us? This is really a big joke, just him? Why does he deal with us? How does he want to deal with us?"

It's not Zhao Wen's arrogance, but the facts.

Now the Ming Dynasty has nothing to do with Zhao Wen, and now a little Yang Sichang says he wants to deal with him, this is not hitting a stone with an egg, what is this?

"My lord, we don't know either. We only found out about this a few days ago. Now that Yang Sichang is staying in the governor's office, he is thinking of ways to deal with us.

We originally thought about arresting this guy directly, and we were going to do it these few days. Before we could act, the adults arrived. "The steward stopped and looked at Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen sneered and said: "Hehe, Yang Sichang, Yang Sichang, let's go, go directly to the governor's office, I want to meet this Yang Sichang today!"

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he looked at Li Xiaosan behind him, "Go and take the guard battalion that has assembled on the pier, I will wait for you here. Take as many as you have assembled, there is no need to bring them all."

Li Xiaosan cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then ran towards the pier.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Xiaosan ran over with a thousand guard soldiers.

Zhao Wen looked at the soldiers of the guard battalion who came over, and looked at the steward, "Let's put aside the matter of eating first, let's meet this Yang Sichang first!"

Zhao Wen walked towards the governor's yamen as he spoke.

Zhao Wen has been to Dengzhou more than once, and he is also very familiar with Dengzhou, so he naturally knows where the governor's office is located.

Zhao Wen was wearing a woolen coat and walking on the streets of Dengzhou calmly.

The soldiers of the Guards Battalion also wore woolen coats, and followed behind Zhao Wen with their heads held high.

Not long after, Zhao Wen led the soldiers to the gate of the Governor's Yamen.

"Come on, kick the gate of the yamen open for me." Zhao Wen pointed to the gate of the governor's yamen in front of him and shouted loudly.

As soon as Zhao Wen's voice fell, seven or eight burly personal guards rushed out.

They walked to the front of the gate and kicked directly towards the gate of the yamen.

Amidst the sound of kicking the door, the gate of the yamen was gradually kicked open by them.

Sitting in the study in the backyard of the yamen, Yang Sichang had a stove in his arms, and was sitting at the desk writing a memorial.

The memorial he wrote is nothing but the real situation in Dengzhou and the accusation against Zhao Wen.

Before he finished writing, he heard the sound of someone kicking the door.

Yang Sichang hastily put down the brush in his hand, put the stove in his arms on the table, stood up and walked outside.

"Go and see what's going on!" Yang Sichang walked to the door and said to the attendants standing at the door.

Before waiting for the followers to go out, several followers who were originally in the front yard hurried to Yang Sichang.

"My lord, I'm sorry. A group of soldiers and horses came. There are a lot of people. It seems that they should be soldiers and horses from Xuanzhen. They rushed in!" A follower looked at Yang Sichang in panic.

Yang Sichang's face changed drastically, "What? What did you say? Is what you said true? Are they really soldiers from Xuanzhen? There are still many people? What's going on?"

"My lord, we don't know either. Since you ordered the door to be closed, we haven't been out except for the yamen servants who deliver meals every day. We don't know what's going on."

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Chapter 540 Rectifying Yang Sichang

After Yang Sichang gave the order to stay behind closed doors, not only did he not go out, but he also refused to let his entourage go out. The daily meals were also brought in by the yamen servants in the yamen.

The reason why Yang Sichang did this was mainly because he was afraid of being targeted and that he would disappear suddenly.These entourages came from the capital with him, they were old people who had been with him for a long time, Yang Sichang didn't let these entourages go out, he let these entourages protect himself.

"What can I do, what can I do, why are these people tearing their faces apart so quickly?" Yang Sichang walked around in place with an anxious expression on his face.

At this moment, Zhao Wen stepped into the gate of the governor's office and walked inside.

Li Xiaosan and other guards hurriedly followed behind Zhao Wen.

"Go directly to the backyard, I want to see what this Yang Sichang is doing now!" Zhao Wen said and walked towards the backyard.

At this time, Yang Sichang was wandering around anxiously, before he could come up with a countermeasure, Zhao Wen rushed into the backyard with soldiers and horses.

"You are Yang Sichang?" Zhao Wen stood in the courtyard of the backyard, looking towards the direction of the study.

The guards following Zhao Wen quickly occupied the backyard, and at the same time surrounded Yang Sichang, blocking Yang Sichang's siege.

Yang Sichang's entourage was also forced to retreat back non-stop, and retreated directly to Yang Sichang's side.

Yang Sichang looked at Zhao Wen standing in the yard and recognized him immediately.

Zhao Wen had seen Chongzhen on the Golden Luan Hall before, so Yang Sichang also met Zhao Wen.

Yang Sichang looked at Zhao Wen, cold sweat kept breaking out on his forehead, and his body kept trembling.

"You, you, Zhao Wen? Why are you here? Aren't you in Liaodong? What's going on? What do you want?" Yang Sichang pointed at Zhao Wen and screamed.

He really didn't expect it to be the army led by Zhao Wen.

"Hehe!" Zhao Wen sneered and said, "I heard that you are trying to deal with me, aren't you?"

When Yang Sichang heard this, he panicked instantly.

"When did I say I would deal with you? There is no such thing!" Yang Sichang categorically denied it, and did not admit it at all.

Yang Sichang is not a fool, he knows what can and cannot be admitted.

If he admits to this matter at this time, needless to say, he will definitely not fall well.

"A long time ago, I bought Dengzhou up and down. But I have been unable to spare, so I let Dengzhou maintain this state. After all, this state is not bad, and I don't need to spend a lot of effort, and there will be no The court came to trouble me. Although the court is nothing to me, it was always good if the court didn't trouble me in the past.

In the past, the officials who served as the governor of Denglai here knew it well, but they were very smart, and they kept pretending to be stupid and pretending to be ignorant, so they not only preserved their reputation, but also made money . "

When Zhao Wen said this, his tone suddenly turned cold, "If you were like those officials before, pretending to be stupid, I might spare you, but what about you? You still want to deal with me?"

"No, I didn't think about dealing with you. I didn't know this was your territory. I didn't know anything!" Yang Sichang was very annoyed. If he knew this situation, why would he deal with him?Like those governors before, wouldn't it be good to pretend to be stupid?

"Don't know anything? Do you really know nothing?" Zhao Wen narrowed his eyes and walked towards the study.

Seeing Zhao Wen approaching, Yang Sichang was terrified in his heart.

In Yang Sichang's eyes, Zhao Wen is a murderous existence, a ruthless, insidious and cunning person, if he falls into his hands, it will definitely not be a good one.

Zhao Wen stopped in front of Yang Sichang, looked at the study behind Yang Sichang, and then walked towards the study.

When Zhao Wen came to the desk, he looked at a memorial on the desk and picked it up directly.

"You wrote this memorial, right? What else do you have to say?" Zhao Wen flipped through the memorial casually, and then brought the memorial to Yang Sichang.

Yang Sichang looked at the memorial in Zhao Wen's hands, his face was full of panic.

"Oops, what is written in this memorial is exactly the current situation in Dengzhou. Now that the rebel Zhao Wen got it, what should we do now? What should we do? He will definitely use this memorial to deal with it. My crime was miserable, and now it is miserable!"

Yang Sichang looked at the memorial in Zhao Wen's hands, his face was uncertain, and he was extremely scared.

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to tell you, come here, someone, take Yang Sichang away and imprison me. As for the Dengzhou Yamen, we will take over directly." Zhao Wen walked into the yard, said a word, then turned and left .

Zhao Wen has no interest in Yang Sichang.

Now, Zhao Wen has settled the Liaodong matter, and now that he has freed up, even if the court knows, it doesn't matter.

Zhao Wen walked out of the yamen, and led by the steward, went directly to the residence arranged by the steward.

After arriving at the residence, Zhao Wen didn't eat first, but took a hot bath first.

During these times of drifting at sea, because conditions did not allow, Zhao Wen never took a bath.

The steward arranged for Zhao Wen to be one of the largest restaurants in Dengzhou City, which is now Zhao Wen's property.

In a luxurious room in the backyard of the restaurant, Zhao Wen was lying in the tub in the room taking a hot bath.

Because he hadn't showered for a long time, Zhao Wen kept rubbing his body with a towel.

On the table next to the tub was a small wooden box with a bar of soap in it.

Zhao Wen stretched out his hand to pick up the piece of soap and began to rub it on his body.

Soap is not a sophisticated thing. Zhao Wen built a soap workshop a long time ago.

This thing is a daily necessities, and the consumption is very large. Zhao Wen's own soap workshop can't satisfy the people of Ming Dynasty at all.

Therefore, Zhao Wen took out the patent system of later generations.

No matter who wants to establish a soap workshop, they must pay Zhao Wen the patent fee.

If you don't pay the patent fee, you can't even think about producing soap, and you can't get Zhao Wen's soap formula and soap making method.

Those businessmen who got the soap formula and manufacturing method did not dare to throw Zhao Wen away after getting the formula and manufacturing method.

If Zhao Wen is really thrown away, the price is not something they can afford.

As for the soap formula and manufacturing method, Zhao Wen is not afraid of imitation.

Without Zhao Wen's permission, even if a businessman manufactures soap, there is no way to market it.