On March 25, the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Wang Zhizheng returned to Beijing from Hejian Mansion. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Wang Zhizheng was exhausted, and during the time he attacked Li Kuilong, the mental pressure was too great, and he only felt exhausted, and he just wanted to sleep comfortably for two days.

On the way back, he didn't even want to ride a horse, Shen Shao first sent ten sedan chair drivers, and prepared a comfortable warm sedan chair for Wang Zhizheng, Wang Zhizheng sat in the warm sedan chair, his head leaned on the pillow, squinting and falling asleep.

Liangfu, Zhou Gong, Li Zhong, Huang Zongxi and He Wenhuan rode horses on both sides to guard Wang Zhizheng's warm sedan chair, with the protection of this group of capable generals, Wang Zhizheng only felt very secure, he woke up on the pillow and opened the sedan curtain to watch the spring along the way.

In the twilight of spring, the willows are still clinging, the catkins are flying, the warblers fly and the grass grows along the way, and the scenery is pleasant.

Wang Zhizheng ordered the march to slow down, although the faster the return to Beijing, the better, but back to the capital, immediately it was an endless trouble, and endless dragon fights, in the past few days along the way back to Beijing, there was no one else, only a group of capable generals under his own command, there was no complicated government affairs, no power struggle, only felt that the mood was temporarily relaxed.

The Praetorian Guards passed through several counties, the magistrates were all received on the Chi Road, Wang Zhizheng was not polite, and when he arrived on the Chi Road, he watched the lakes and mountains along the way with the local Zhi County, drank a few cups, and chatted about the customs and local customs.

Wang Zhizheng is a talkative person, along the way and the magistrates of several counties passing by are very open, which county magistrates do not want to cling to this upstart of the Ming Dynasty, but Wang Zhizheng is reluctant to enter the county, only willing to camp on the road, drink and chat.

The march was very slow, less than a hundred miles a day, and it took seven days to reach the capital.

The first thing to do when you arrive in the capital is to go to Dali Temple to hand over the work.

Wang Zhizheng led people to hand over Li Kuilong's body to Chen Yangmei, the secretary of Dali Temple.

Walking into Dali Temple, Chen Yangmei hurriedly stood up and went out to greet him, Li Kuilong escaped from the prison of Dali Temple, Chen Yangmei as the secretary of Dali Temple, it is difficult to escape the blame, Chen Yangmei's life is not good during this time, this time Wang Zhizheng encircled and suppressed Li Kuilong, it only took five days to exterminate the bandits in Shishan Mountain, killed Li Kuilong, and solved a big problem for Chen Yangmei. Chen Yangmei was grateful to him from the bottom of her heart.

Chen Yangmei held Wang Zhizheng's hand with one hand, laughed and greeted Wang Zhizheng into the hall, Wang Zhizheng smiled: "This time I captured and killed Li Kuilong by holy order, although it was just a bandit, but I really paid a lot of price for guarding the danger!"

Chen Yangmei said with a guilty face: "It's all the old man's fault, if it wasn't for the old man's dereliction of duty to let Li Kuilong escape from prison, he wouldn't have made such a big move!"

Wang Zhizheng comforted: "Boss, Li Kuilong escaped from prison, that is to contact Wang Sheng's internal response, you don't have to blame yourself too much, no one would have thought that he would have an internal response in the prison!"

Chen Yangmei nodded and said: "With this cooperation, I believe that Lord Wang's ability is definitely not relying on the power of some people, as some people say......"

Wang Zhizheng hurriedly waved his hand to stop Chen Yangmei's words: "Boss, you still have a lot of official business here, you have to summarize and close the case, and the juniors will not bother you and leave." ”

Wang Zhizheng doesn't want to listen to Chen Yangmei complaining about Cui Chengxiu or Wei Zhongxian here, he understands a truth, some words, even if you don't respond, listen to your ears, it will bring unnecessary trouble.

Wang Zhizheng took his subordinates Huang Zongxi and Wang Liangfu to turn around and leave.

Wang Zhizheng has completed his task. Before and after the march, Yu fought for half a month, and after five days of fighting, Wang Zhizheng had not returned home for more than 20 days. However, according to the system, Wang Zhizheng can't go home to reunite with his family, he needs to go to the palace to report to the emperor, and then go to the 9,000-year-old mansion to return to the "master".

He took Huang Zongxi and Liangfu into the palace to report to the emperor on the suppression of thieves.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was wearing a dragon robe in the Qianqing Palace, and sat on the empty couch very casually to meet them, because he had been ill for a long time, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was pale and had no blood, and the whole person looked sick and broken, and he felt that he might fall ill at any time.

Wang Zhizheng observed the expression of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and there was a little sympathy and worry in his heart.

Emperor Tianqi smiled and said to Wang Zhizheng with a faint breath: "Aiqing, you have made a great contribution this time, not only captured and killed the traitor Li Kuilong, but also cleaned up the stone mountain bandits who have been in trouble for several years by the way, you are really the pillar of my Ming Dynasty!"

When Wang Zhizheng heard this, he quickly knelt on the ground and said cautiously: "All this is due to the emperor's blessings, and the traitors are taken by the emperor's heavenly might, so they are frightened, and Weichen just took care of them for the emperor." ”

When Emperor Tianqi heard this, he smiled slightly and said: "Love is modest, this time you have made a great contribution, what reward do you want?"

Wang Zhizheng trembled and said: "The Chongguo Mansion has been deeply bathed in the emperor's grace for several generations, whether it is on the sword mountain or under the sea of fire, this is the obligation of the Chongguo Gongmen, the emperor must not say so!"

Emperor Tianqi smiled, and nodded Wang Zhizheng with his right hand: "You, you are just smart and clever, you see that Cui Chengxiu and they have done an errand, and they all ran over to ask me for a reward!"

Wang Zhizheng nodded and said with a smile: "Please ask the emperor to take back his fate." ”

Emperor Apocalypse smiled and said, "I must reward you, if I don't reward you, how can I encourage loyalty." From now on, I will reward you with horseback riding in the Forbidden City and grant you the crown prince!"

When Wang Zhizheng heard this, he quickly kowtowed a few times: "Please ask the emperor to take back his order, if you have to reward it, reward the king's righteousness, Liangfu and the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard." ”

Emperor Apocalypse waved his hand: "Jun's grace cannot be pushed away. From tomorrow onwards, you will be the crown prince. Of course, the soldiers of the forbidden army must also be rewarded, Wang Zhiyi, Wang Liangfu, I named your uncle and nephew as the rebellious uncle, the rebellious uncle, and the title is hereditary. The soldiers of the Praetorian Guards participating in the battle will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver, the battalion officers will be rewarded with 300 taels of silver, and the non-commissioned officers will be rewarded with 2 taels of silver.

Hearing that the two of them were suddenly promoted to earl, Huang Zongxi and Wang Liangfu were flattered, and stood there stunned for a while, not knowing what to say. Wang Zhizheng looked at the two and scolded angrily: "Brute!

Only then did the two react, and they knelt on the ground in embarrassment to thank the emperor.

Emperor Apocalypse looked at the two of them in embarrassment, looked up to the sky and laughed: "You two boys! ”

Seeing that the emperor was in such a good mood, Wang Zhizheng said with a smile: "This time to suppress the thief, there is also a meritorious hero, I want to show credit to the emperor." After hearing this, the Emperor of the Apocalypse asked with interest, "Hmm, there are also heroes?"

Wang Zhizheng said with a smile: "Yes, the emperor, as the saying goes, the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved, and the prefect of Hejian Shen Shaoxian, the military supply is very timely, which is really a lot of credit." There is also a member of the staff, Pang Yuanwai, not to mention the organization of the labor army, but also asked his grandson Pang Ning to organize a militia group and kill the No. 2 rebel in Stone Mountain, Pang Ning himself also enthusiastically joined the army, and Weichen took it upon himself to make him the captain of the army. Weichen wanted to give credit to the two. ”

After hearing this, the Emperor of the Apocalypse waved his hand generously: "You are a king, you are stingy, how can you only give people the title of military chief, I will give you permission, and the deputy commander will be rewarded at will......!

"Long live Hui, Pang Ning. ”

"Oh, Pang Ning, make him a centurion, and reward his grandfather with Engong. ”

Wang Zhizheng kowtowed and said: "Weichen thanked the emperor for the favor for the two of them, so ...... Shen Shaoxian?"

Emperor Tianqi said disdainfully: "Hmph! Shen Shaoxian is guilty! Several times he has lost troops in Stone Mountain, and I will not punish him at most!"

Wang Zhizheng understood that the emperor mistakenly thought that Shen Shao was Wei Zhongxian's person, so he brutally suppressed it.

Wang Zhizheng knew that only by going out on his own could he dispel the emperor's doubts. So he smiled and said to the emperor: "Long live, Shen Shaoxian was indeed unable to distinguish the situation in his early years, he was an unreasonable person, and he was indeed not a talented man in terms of soldiers and horses. But this man complained to me, and said that I must express his great awe to the emperor, and he is indeed talented......"

After listening to Wang Zhizheng's statement, Emperor Tianqi nodded with satisfaction and said: "Wang Aiqing has said this step, what else do I say, order, promote Shen Shaoxian to be the left servant of the ministry." ”

Wang Zhizheng hurriedly knelt down: "Weichen thanked the emperor for Shen Shaoxian's mighty grace!"

The Emperor of the Apocalypse seemed to be exhausted, and he stretched out his thin retraction and waved: "Kneel down!"

Wang Zhizheng, Huang Zongxi, and Wang Liangfu hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and then retreated from the court in a proper manner.

Out of the palace, Wang Zhizheng did these few things, and suddenly felt that a big stone in his heart fell to the ground, looked at Huang Zongxi and Liangfu with great satisfaction, and said with a smile: "From today on, you two guys are also earls, one is a peaceful uncle, and the other is a rebellious uncle, not bad, fight hard, do a good job, don't let the emperor look away!"

The two hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Shuai Ye, the two of us will definitely work hard to do a bad job!"