Yang Zhen stared at this man who claimed to be from Qixia Martial Arts School in Dengzhou Prefecture. Seeing that he was tall, handsome, and spoke and behaved in a martial arts style, he became more and more sure who this person might be.

, then asked him again:

"Brother Yu Qi, your family is in Qixia, but your business is gold mining?"

Yang Zhen's question shocked everyone present. Uninformed people, such as Yuan Jin, Zu Keyong, Zhang Degui, Li Lu and others, had no idea why Yang Zhen asked this and what it meant. Therefore, they

And surprised.

But for those who knew about it, Yang Zhen's question particularly surprised them. Looking at Yang Zhen, it was as if he had seen a ghost.

As soon as Yang Zhen finished speaking, Yang Zhan'ao, Yan Shengsan, Guo Xiaowu and Yu Lewu who were kneeling on the ground standing beside them blurted out almost in unison:

"How did the Governor know that?!"

Yu Lewu, who was kneeling on the ground, raised his head and looked at Yang Zhen, then at Yang Zhan'ao and the other three, with a look of disbelief on his face.

When he first heard Yang Zhen's question, he originally thought that Yang Zhan'ao and the others had already reported their origins to Yang Zhen, but when he heard Yang Zhan'ao and the others speaking in unison with him, they were equally surprised, which instantly made him extremely surprised.

"Just say it, right?"

Yang Zhen already knew in his heart that Yu Lewu, a martial arts scholar from Dengzhou Prefecture who came across the sea to vote, was probably the "Yu Qi" who recruited troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty and launched an uprising in Dengzhou after the Manchus entered the customs.

Before Yang Zhen accidentally traveled through time, he was a fan. He was very fascinated by the historical stories of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. He especially admired those anti-Qing patriots in the late Ming Dynasty who were buried in the dust of history.

Hundreds of years later, history has faded away, and people have different opinions on the anti-Qing uprisings in various places after the fall of the Ming Dynasty. Many people tend to think that the northerners have no backbone.

Resist.

For example, the Ten Days in Yangzhou, the anti-Qing rebellion in Jiangyin, the Three Massacres in Jiading, and the massacre in Guangzhou. Some people think that all of these show that southerners behaved more courageously in the face of foreign invasions.

Of course Yang Zhen could not deny this, but what he wanted to prove was that after the Manchus entered the Pass and moved south, it was not that no one in the northern regions, such as Yanzhao and Qilu, lit up the beacon fire to resist the Qing. On the contrary, the uprisings against the Qing also

They are everywhere, and heroes who resist the Qing Dynasty are also everywhere.

In order to prove this point, Yang Zhen read many anti-Qing past events recorded in official and unofficial history, and learned about many anti-Qing patriots who were buried in the dust of history.

This Yu Qi is one of them.

In the history of Yu Qi's uprising against the Qing Dynasty, hatred of the country and the family played a role in it, but the reason why he was able to recruit troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty was directly related to his family's great business as a gold miner for generations.

To put it simply, you have money.

As the saying goes, the poor learn literature and the rich learn martial arts. Almost all the martial arts examiners in the Ming Dynasty came from wealthy families. Yu Qi in history was a martial arts examiner who was born into a rich man in Dengzhou Prefecture. Without this family wealth, he would not be able to recruit troops to fight.

clear.

However, the fact that a wealthy businessman like him was able to spend all his wealth and raise troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty after the Qing Dynasty entered the country made Yang Zhen extremely admired. For him, it was his greatest honor to have such a person under his command.

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"Just say that, right?" Yang Zhen looked at Yu Lewu, who was kneeling on one knee in astonishment, and asked him again.

"Exactly. But I don't know how the governor found out?"

Hearing what Yu Lewu said, Yang Zhen was happy. He laughed and continued to ask him: "Is your father still here?"

"My father——, is no longer here."

Facing Yang Zhen's questions that surprised him one after another, since Yu Lewu couldn't understand them, he simply stopped thinking about them. Whatever Yang Zhen asked, he would answer truthfully.

"Did your Majesty recruit martyrs to rush to the capital in the winter of the second year of Chongzhen? But he was martyred by the Eastern invaders outside the capital city and died for his country?"

"How did the governor know about these old things?"

"You don't care how I find out, you just say yes or no?"

Yang Zhen asked one question after another, and finally Le Wu, a tall and handsome man with a majestic appearance, was speechless. He was silent for a moment. Perhaps he thought of his father who was killed in the second year of Chongzhen.

With tears in his eyes and a choked voice, he said:

"Yu Qi was unfilial. He was in front of him at that time, but he could not save his father with his own life. Instead, in order to save me, a new martial artist, he died tragically under the hooves of Donglu's horse. There was no intact body in his death. Yu Qi was unfilial!

"

Speaking of this, Yu Lewu thought about the scene back then, and could no longer hold back the pain in his heart. He suddenly made a plop, knelt on the ground, and started wailing toward the southwest of the capital.

This sudden situation was beyond the expectations of everyone present, including Yang Zhan'ao, Yan Shengsan, and Guo Xiaowu who had been with Yu Lewu for more than two months. They were all completely shocked.

They couldn't figure it out anyway. Even they didn't know about these things. How could Yang Zhen know these things when he was in Songshan City and had never been to Denglai?

Everyone looked at Yang Zhen, who was as steady as a mountain, and then at Yu Lewu, a powerful martial artist from Dengzhou who was kneeling on the ground and crying loudly. They looked at each other for a while, not knowing what to say.

In fact, Yang Zhen was sure that the Yu Lewu in front of him was Yu Qi who raised troops in Dengzhou Prefecture to resist the Qing Dynasty in history. He still knew a few things about this Yu Qi.

For example, the relationship between Yu Qi and Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang is Yang Zhen's most admired Ming Dynasty general and one of the national heroes. The reason why he has a particularly deep memory of Yu Qi in history is that in addition to Yu Qi's righteous deed of spending all his wealth to fight against the Qing Dynasty, it was Yu Qi and Qi Jiguang who

relationship.

Legend has it that Yu Qi's mother was born in the Wei Qi family in Dengzhou, and was the daughter of Marshal Qi Jiguang Qi. The famous Marshal Qi Jiguang Qi was Yu Qi's maternal grandfather.

Of course, Yang Zhen was not sure about the authenticity of this legend that happened hundreds of years later. He was already crying profusely when he saw the death of Le Wusi and his father, so it was not convenient to ask directly now.

Yu Lewu wailed for a while, then gradually stopped crying, took a deep breath, and then said to Yang Zhen: "Except for the close relatives of the Yu family, I thought no one knew about the death of King Qin back then.

The state government once applied for compensation for my father, but finally gave up because there was no evidence. Unexpectedly, the governor knew everything about it.

"My father died for the country in the past. Today, I can have the governor as a witness. I am extremely grateful to Yu Qi. If the governor's words can be heard in the future and it becomes more known to the world, then my father's spirit in heaven will be able to rest in peace. I would like to ask the governor."

Receive 71st obeisance!”

When Yu Lewu said this, he turned around on the spot, faced Yang Zhen, and started to pay homage.

Yang Zhen did not expect that Yu Lewu would do this, so he quickly bent down, supported him, and said to him: "I can't do it, I can't do it! Your Majesty, King Qin, is going to be in trouble. He will die for his country and is more important than Mount Tai. Even if he is a hero, he will die."

Fragrance, I am not ashamed to be a hero in the world. Not only should I be remembered by the world today, but I will definitely be praised by future generations even thousands of years from now!"

Having said this, Yang Zhen lowered his head and looked at Yu Lewu, who was once again sobbing with tears in his eyes, and solemnly said to him: "From now on, you will follow me, but if you can make meritorious deeds, I, Yang Zhen, will call your father Qin when he was in trouble."

His deeds have reached the ears of the Holy Emperor, and he will be rewarded and given as gifts, and they will be recorded in the annals of history forever!"

"If you do this, you will die seven times without regrets!"

Yu Lewu or Yu Qi, the reason why he enthusiastically applied for the army and came to the Songjin front line was that his wish and purpose were not complicated. In fact, it was to have the opportunity to perform meritorious service in the army and to make his father's deeds unrecognized back then.

There is an opportunity to expose it to the world.

This secret that was hidden deep in my heart and could not be told to anyone was exposed by Yang Zhen, whom I had never met before, and at the same time, I made a solemn promise to him.

For a moment, he only felt that the young governor in front of him, whom he had never met before, was his only confidant in the world, and every word he said spoke to his heart.

This completely unexpected situation made Yu Qi, a powerful martial artist who had just arrived in Dengzhou Prefecture, completely bow to Yang Zhen.

Of course, this situation was unexpected by Yang Zhen. He also did not expect that Yang Zhan'ao and the others went to Denglai to recruit soldiers, and they could actually bring back Yu Qi who had spent a few years later to raise soldiers to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

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After the harvest of Yu Qi, Yang Zhen was already very satisfied with Yang Zhan'ao and the others' recruitment in Guanli this time. But what he didn't expect was that among the next three people Yan Shengsan introduced, there were actually two more

The man made him vaguely think that they might be a few other green forest heroes who would occupy the mountains as kings in Shandong and Hebei regions a few years later and gather people to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

One of the strong men was named Wang Jun, who claimed to be from Feixian County, Shandong Province. Due to years of drought in his hometown, people were eating each other, and the people were in dire straits, he fled to Dengzhou with his fellow villagers and made a living by carrying work on the wharf.

When Yang Zhan'ao and others first arrived in Dengzhou Prefecture, they visited the local magistrate of Dengzhou with the imperial edict ordering Yang Zhen to organize the advance battalion for the Eastern Expedition. They then posted a recruitment notice, and the first person to apply was Wang Jun.

Later, Yang Zhanbian followed the example and asked Wang Jun to help him make a living with the boatmen, oarsmen, coolies, and his fellow villagers, nearly 200 young victims.

People, recruited their own subordinates.
Chapter completed!