After a day of preparation, Zhu Hao and his group hurriedly embarked on the road to the north.

After entering the boundary of Shandong, there is a desolate scene everywhere along the way, although the Qing army has retreated, people have intermittently returned to their homeland to rebuild their homes, but it is still sparsely populated, many people see them either turn around and run away or tremble in fear, so that Zhu Hao spent countless saliva along the way, and spent a lot of money to appease these injured hearts.

There were not many decent post stations and hotels on the official road, so the group had to rush to the road during the day and stay in large towns such as the county seat at night.

After ten days of hurrying, everyone came to Beijing, looking at the majestic Yongding Gate, Zhu Hao sighed with emotion: the future generations of themselves ran all over the big and small alleys of Beijing, Yongding Gate came no less than three times, and now goodbye, it is so kind!

This is the place where his soul travels, and I don't know what happened to Li Guang and his brothers, whether they can meet in this life, the fortune teller old man said that Lao Tzu is the emperor's life, and these two brothers are the lives of ordinary people, and it seems that they are destined to never meet again.

Seeing that Li Dong and the others were also looking at Beijing City with a sigh, Zhu Hao secretly laughed and shouted: "I, Hu Hansan, are finally back again!" Ha ha! The horse went straight to the city gate.

As soon as the subordinates saw the leader rushing away, they hurriedly followed, and at the same time they were all wondering one thing: Why did the young master call himself Hu Hansan? What kind of immortal is this Hu Hansan?

The guards at the city gate saw that so many big men came forward to interrogate, and Li Dong showed the holy decree that he was called into Beijing, and hurriedly put these soldiers into the city.

After settling down the guards, Zhu Hao led Li Dong and Liu's uncle and nephew to meet a group of bigwigs in the capital non-stop, the first assistant of the cabinet Yang Sichang and the second assistant Zhou Yanru must go to the mansion, and the secretary of the ministry Shangshu Zhuang Qinlin and the future secretary of the ministry Shangshu Xie Sheng also need to go, each family ranges from 8,000 to 10,000 taels of silver, which cost tens of thousands of taels.

Zhu Hao was distressed, but the money was still worth it, although Yang Sichang and Zhuang Qinlin died in a short time, and the dismissal of the official was dismissed, but it was still somewhat useful in the court that came soon. Zhou Yanru is the first assistant of the cabinet in the future, and Xie Sheng is also an important minister who will enter the cabinet in the future, and the two need to be deliberately friends.

Yang Sichang and others also admired this new young general who made military achievements, and tried their best to win him over, after all, there are not many generals who can lead troops to fight in this year, and this Zhu Hao is so young, he can be promoted in the future, if he puts his own mark now, it will be a great boost to his right to speak in the court in the future.

Zhu Hao relied on the principle that no one should be offended, and coaxed everyone to praise these bigwigs.

After visiting these people, Zhu Hao rested for a day, and then set off to Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou's residence, and it happened that the two were discussing things together, which saved their legs.

Sun Hong and the others were also a little surprised by Zhu Hao's sudden visit, but they didn't expect this person to come so quickly.

After being polite, Sun Chuanting made a look, and Hong Chengchou said: "Ming Feng, I heard that you defeated the Qing army in Yanzhou and beheaded more than 10,000 people, tell me how you did it?" ”

Mingfeng is Zhu Hao's character, his character was originally called Mingfeng, but later he was too soft, so he called himself Mingfeng.

"Two adults, there is no other way to win this battle, one is the power of firearms, the other is the soldiers with their lives, and the third is just a light enemy of the Qing army, and there is also a fluke element, please correct the two adults." Zhu Hao was sloppy.

"What Ming Feng said is right, these three are indeed the foundation of victory, but how do you do it with your life?" Hong Chengchou is most concerned about how to unite the hearts of the military.

"Arduous training, generous salaries, and timely education will keep the soldiers militant and recruit more people who have enmity with the Manchus, who are eager for revenge and will not be overly greedy for money, and the military spirit can be used. With all due respect, the students said bluntly, in the final analysis, it is the hearts of the people who fight the war, if our Ming army and people work together, even if there is one-tenth of the soldiers who are not afraid of death, why are they afraid of the 100,000 and eight banners? Zhu Hao said impassionedly.

"Ming Feng's words won my heart, so what about the Li Contrarian Thief, how to deal with it?" Sun Chuanting pondered for a moment and asked again.

"It must be exterminated, not appeased, otherwise the legacy will be endless."

"Okay, although Ming Feng is young and has unique insights, it is really a blessing for the Ming Dynasty!" Sun Chuanting clapped his hands and sighed. Hong Chengchou on the side was also happy, and finally found a successor.

Zhu Hao secretly laughed at these two old ladies who were so confused, and let these two heroes of the world worship as soon as they said their thoughts, if they gave their ideas to the fullest, I am afraid that they would scare these two brothers to death!

"When does Ming Feng plan to enter the palace to face the saint?" Hong Chengchou asked.

"Tomorrow."

"If the emperor asks, how should he answer?" Sun Chuanting asked.

"It's all up to the two adults to take care of!" Zhu Hao was silent for a moment and replied, according to his original intention, he was reluctant to say more in the court, so as not to be caught by those imperial historians, but it seems that these two people have hope for themselves, so they threw out the problem.

"You little slippery!" Sun Chuanting scolded with a smile, "Don't worry, if someone embarrasses you, the two of us will come forward." ”

At the time of the palm lamp, in the Kunning Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen was chatting with a dignified lady, and Emperor Chongzhen said, "Empress, what do you think of this Zhu Hao?" "That noble lady is Queen Zhou, although she lives in the harem, she is quite knowledgeable and very favored by Emperor Chongzhen, and Emperor Chongzhen consults her whenever she has something difficult to decide, and gets a lot of pertinent advice.

"It is a blessing for the Ming Dynasty to have such a young talent, what is Your Majesty worried about?" Empress Zhou asked strangely.

"If the battle report is true, this person is indeed a rare general, but what if it can't be used by me?" Emperor Chongzhen hesitated for a moment, and the old problem of suspicion was committed again.

"Then dare to ask who this Zhu Hao is?" When Empress Zhou heard this, she relieved herself and asked.

"It is found that he is a member of the clan, and after King Lu, he is my imperial uncle in terms of seniority."

"Then what else does Your Majesty have to worry about?" Empress Zhou asked strangely.

"What does the queen mean?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little puzzled.

"If this person is an ordinary general, it is necessary for His Majesty to worry, but this person is a member of the royal family, and he should be the most reassuring person for His Majesty." Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen had an understanding, he continued: "If it is an ordinary general, the generals are outside, it is inevitable to fly high, and even give birth to different hearts, but if it is different in the clan, King Lu has always been far away from the imperial court, and this person is the emperor's uncle in terms of seniority, not to mention that he is not qualified to threaten the throne at all, even if he has a heart of disobedience, he does not dare to risk the disapproval of the world, which is more difficult for the people of the world to accept than a non-clan general, so if he is a smart person, not only will he not have two hearts, but also do his best for the emperor, to protect your reputation. ”

"yes, why didn't I think of that? The queen is really my virtuous helper! Listening to Empress Zhou's analysis, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smile sadly, "Then what should I reward?" ”

"Your Majesty just promotes him to an official, and then he will be awarded a knighthood, and it won't cost money." Empress Zhou said with a smile.

"It's still the queen's thoughtfulness, let's say, how can I reward you?"

"Your Majesty, it's been a long time since you've stayed in Kunning Palace." Empress Zhou blushed and whispered.

"Haha, it's easy to say, I won't leave today, and I will accompany my beloved wife well." Emperor Chongzhen said happily.

Early the next morning, Zhu Hao came to the palace to hand over the sign, and the eunuch on duty saw that it was the emperor who called him personally, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly went in to report. After a while, Emperor Chongzhen sent someone to lead him into the palace.

"Dare to ask my father-in-law's surname?" Zhu Hao looked at the fifty-year-old eunuch in front of him and asked.

"Our Wang Chengen." The old eunuch said lightly.

It turned out that this was the chief eunuch beside Emperor Chongzhen, Wang Chengen, who accompanied Chongzhen to the funeral!

"It turned out to be the prince-in-law, disrespectful and disrespectful, and the father-in-law's name has long been like thunder! The young general entered the palace for the first time, and some rules still hope that the father-in-law will mention it, a little heart, please don't shirk it. Zhu Hao hurriedly put on a look of admiration, took out a silver ticket of one thousand taels and stuffed it.

Wang Chengen's eyes lit up, he instantly changed his smiling face, stuffed the silver ticket into his sleeve, and said with a smile: "It's easy to say, the little general is really the pillar of my Ming Dynasty. After speaking, he glanced at him meaningfully.

"It's up to my father-in-law to take care of it, but the power of the sky is unpredictable, I hope that my father-in-law will mention it more, so as not to make mistakes." Zhu Hao said with a grateful and sincere face, he had already scolded in his heart, do you still need to say this? It's strange if you don't get promoted after making meritorious contributions! Wasted Lao Tzu's money.

The two of them had a polite exchange, and Zhu Hao went to the Huangji Hall under the guidance of Wang Chengen, the early dynasty had already begun, Wang Chengen asked Zhu Hao to wait at the door for a while, and went in to say goodbye.

After a while, I heard the eunuch's shrill summoning voice: "The emperor has an order, Xuan Xuzhou general Zhu Hao will meet you!" ”