Liu Guoneng had 30,000 horses, Li Wanqing only had 10,000 horses, and the two departments totaled 40,000 horses.

According to Zhu Cihong's intentions, Zhou Yuji selected those with combat effectiveness, and only kept 10,000 horses for reorganization, and the other 30,000 people took back their weapons and put them all home, and the homeless ones were divided into tuntian fields in Huizhou Prefecture nearby.

Many of the thieves were people who had been taken captive along the way, and they were reluctant to follow the thieves, but when they learned that the government was going to let them go, many people were extremely excited.

However, many people have long been homeless, and most of them are willing to stay in Huizhou Mansion to reclaim wasteland and farm, after all, the government has given away forty acres of land for nothing, and Huizhou Mansion has three years of tax exemption, and the conditions are still very attractive!

Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing personally went to Fengyang, the central capital, to meet Zhu Cihong, and all the way into Fengyang City, the shock in their hearts became bigger and bigger, and they felt that they had gone to the wrong place.

Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing both came to Fengyang three years ago, at that time they followed the rebels from all walks of life to kill in, and after entering the city, the entire Fengyang City was basically burned down, and a lot of people were killed, and the entire Fengyang Mansion was ruined by the rebels from all walks of life.

I didn't expect that in just three years, Fengyang Mansion has developed so well! Fengyang City has also been rebuilt so well, it is prosperous, and it is not at all like an area that has experienced serious wars.

In fact, the reconstruction of Fengyang City is mainly due to Zhu Dadian and Yang Yufan, the two of them have been vigorously rebuilding Fengyang City since Chongzhen took office in Fengyang in eight years, and invested a lot of manpower and material resources.

Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing came to Fengtian Palace, and as soon as they saw Zhu Cihong on the golden throne, they immediately knelt down and confessed, begging for forgiveness.

Zhu Cihong saw that the two of them were sincere and did not embarrass them, so he asked the two to go directly to the imperial tomb to bow and confess.

Since they want to appease, the court has to show grace, and it is very simple to kill them, but this will only make all the rogues dare not believe that the court surrendered voluntarily, and increase the difficulty of suppressing the robbers.

After the two honestly bowed and confessed their sins in the imperial mausoleum, Zhu Cihong appointed Liu Guoneng as the deputy general of Huangzhou, Li Wanqing as the general of Suizhou, and the two led the original army of 10,000 men and horses to be stationed in Huangzhou and Suizhou in Huguang respectively.

Zhu Cihong arranged them in Huguang, firstly, so that they could go north to deal with Li Zicheng in the future, and secondly, let Huang Degong, who was stationed in Wuchang Mansion, watch them, they only had 10,000 people, and they would not be able to make any waves.

Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing were very surprised by the crown prince's arrangement, they thought that they would send themselves to fight Zhang Xianzhong to stain some blood, but they didn't expect the crown prince to preach morality so much, which made the two a little moved.

After solving the two divisions of Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing, the time entered March, and the spring ploughing had been completed in various parts of Nanzhili, and the three divisions of the Tianwu Army had also completed the expansion.

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai refused to surrender for a long time, and kept delaying the negotiation of conditions, so that Zhu Cihong was already very impatient, and he ordered Zuo Liangyu, who was stationed in Jiujiang Mansion, to lead the army into the Jingdezhen area to set up defenses to prevent Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai from entering Jiangxi to make trouble, and at the same time ordered Zhou Yuji, who was stationed in Taiping Mansion, to lead the third division of the Tianwu Army with 10,000

The people and horses entered the Huizhou Mansion to prevent the thieves from detouring to Nanzhili again.

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In March, the white flowers shine in spring, it is a good time of the year, on the official road leading to Zhongdu in Fengyang Mansion, a donkey cart is moving slowly.

The donkey cart was driven by an old man close to the age of Ershun, dressed in a cloth robe, with a round face, a foot-long beard dragging under his chin, and although he was old, his eyes were bright, and he was looking at his surroundings in amazement.

"Master, did we go to Yangzhou Mansion by mistake?" On the donkey cart, an old woman asked with a look of astonishment.

In the first month of the tenth year of Chongzhen, when Zhu Cihong was preparing for the army to go south to quell the rebellion, he asked the household for ten days of grain and grass, Cheng Guoxiang reprimanded him, and was reprimanded by Xue Guoguan, the first assistant of the cabinet, Cheng Guoxiang was not convinced, and scolded the traitorous ministers and resigned directly to return to Hui

The state capital is home.

Cheng Guoxiang, who returned to his hometown, lost the court and his life became more difficult, barely living on the savings of previous years, he had no heirs, only his old wife was accompanied, and although his life was poor, he barely survived.

Cheng Guoxiang, who had lived in Shezhou, the capital of Huizhou for a year, suddenly received a summons from the crown prince half a month ago, asking him to meet in Fengyang, the central capital.

Cheng Guoxiang secretly said in his heart, what should have come is still coming, the crown prince should not be able to swallow the original breath, and want to find trouble for himself, Cheng Guoxiang is not afraid at all, he wants to see what reason the crown prince uses to clean himself up, it's a big deal to scold him again and teach him the way to be a king! Why be afraid of death?

Since entering Fengyang Mansion, Cheng Guoxiang has felt more and more that something is wrong, this is still Fengyang Mansion? Last year, I passed by here to return to my hometown, and the direction and place were correct, but why did it change so much?

Especially after entering the capital, looking at the streets and alleys, businessmen gather, people come and go, very lively, from the pedestrians on the street can be seen from the obvious difference from the past, they are neatly dressed, full of red light, walking swaggering, very confident.

Cheng Guoxiang remembered that when he passed by this place last year, the economy was depressed and corrupt, and many people he saw were ragged and cowering.......

Now there are many foreign merchants and ordinary people in the central capital, and they have different accents, including those in southern Anhui, Huai'an, Henan, and even Yingtianfu.

Cheng Guoxiang rested for a while in front of a steamed bun shop, spent four cents to buy two steamed buns, and by the way, inquired about a young man with a foreign accent who was eating steamed buns, and asked him what he was doing in Zhongzhong, whether he came here to serve the country after reading the notice of the crown prince's recruitment?

The young man with a Henan accent smiled and said: "Uncle, you are joking, the kid only knows more than 20 words, how dare he be cheeky to go to Juxian Building to pretend to be a scholar!" I came to Fengyang to find a way, not only can I have enough food here, but also earn some money to feed my family! ”

Looking at the look of longing in the eyes of this young man, Cheng Guoxiang was stunned for a while, he had not seen this kind of expression from Xiaomin for many years.

The streets of Fengyang City have been swept very clean, and they are almost like the dirty and messy in the past, and the most important thing is that there is not even a single beggar or homeless person in the city!

Cheng Guoxiang also found that there are many public bathhouses in the city, and they are provided by the government for free, many people come out of the bathhouse with bamboo baskets, and they are very satisfied.

Everything in Fengyang Mansion made Cheng Guoxiang sigh incredible, there was no bandit in the territory, everyone could eat enough, and in the current period of the Ming Dynasty, it was more stable than the Jingshi.

Cheng Guoxiang said with heartfelt emotion: "How can the golden scales be a thing in the pool, they will turn into dragons when they encounter wind and clouds, the crown prince is a genius, not only has he become an invincible strong army, but even his ability to govern the country is so outstanding, I should be young and look at ........"