Chongzhen thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and said, "From your point of view, what kind of title should I give them?" ”

Yang Sichang said: "Since the Hongwu Taizu of my Ming Dynasty, there have been ancestral trainings, and there is no king with a different surname. [Full text reading. Therefore they cannot be crowned kings. In addition, I think they can be crowned a duke, and the land in Guanzhong can be given to the Qin army, that place is under the control of the Qin army, so the court has not lost the slightest, but it has gone to a big enemy, why not? ”

Chongzhen walked back and forth a few times, and shook his head lightly: "This idea is good, but once it is implemented, it will set a precedent, and other thieves will compete with each other, how is it good?" ”

Yang Sichang smiled slightly: "Other anti-thieves don't have this strength at all, and before they develop and grow, the official army can destroy them." As for the Qin army, as long as the court exterminated those thieves, His Majesty could remove the title of duke at any time, and the Qin army would not be able to support it for a long time without reinforcements at that time. ”

Chongzhen thought for a moment before he said: "This plan is good, but with the respect of the court, just after a defeat, it seems too cowardly to go to appease?" will be laughed at by the world's anti-thieves. ”

Yang Sichang said: "Your Majesty is not worried about this, the minister will let the Qin army send someone to negotiate peace with the court first." ”

Chongzhen said: "This is very good, but the Qin army, will they send people?" You know, what kind of King Qin, I heard that he is very arrogant. ”

Yang Sichang said: "This minister also has a plan, and there is a person who can take on this important task." ”

Chongzhen asked, "Which one?" ”

Yang Sichang said: "Fan Ju." Chongzhen frowned: "Fan Ju is the person who was thrown by the Qin army, and the King of Qin hates him to the bone, and he takes on this heavy responsibility, I am afraid that something bad will happen." Yang Sichang said with a smile: "Fan Ju is resourceful, this time Xiong Wencan's army was defeated, thanks to Fan Ju in Tongguan, recruiting routs, reorganizing people, so as not to be defeated, and Fan Ju also recruited an important general in the Qin army, this is a small victory in the big defeat, I think as long as he is attentive, this matter will definitely be done." ”

Chongzhen was still a little worried: "That King Qin is arrogant, and if he wants him to be a vassal to me, I'm afraid it's not easy." ”

Yang Sichang said: "As long as that King Qin is an understanding person, he will definitely do it." Chongzhen thought for a long time before gritting his teeth: "Okay, just do it, you go to draw up the decree, pay attention, either be humble or arrogant, don't lose the prestige of the court." ”

Yang Sichang hurriedly bowed: "Obey." ”

Chongzhen said: "In addition, I will appoint you as the governor of the six provinces, and you will be fully responsible for all the thieves in Shanxi, Henan, Huguang, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces." The decree will be given tomorrow. Also, Fan Ju was crowned as the squire of the military department and the inspector of Shaanxi, so that he could guard Tongguan tightly and not let the Qin army enter the Central Plains. ”

Yang Sichang knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you Your Majesty for your trust, the minister will be a liver and brain to repay Your Majesty." ”

Sure enough, the next day, the court issued these wills, first of all, Jinyiwei played the holy decree to Tongguan and escorted Xiong Wencan to Jingshi.

Xiong Wencan has been hanging since he wrote to the emperor and wrote to Yang Sichang, he doesn't know if he can pass this time, how Yang Sichang will intercede for himself, he doesn't know, and Yang Sichang didn't reply to himself, so Xiong Wencan was restless.

In the past few days, the officers and troops of Tongguan have begun to rest and recuperate under Fan Ju's arrangement. This rest is not only to save the dead and recuperate, Fan Ju also reorganized the entire people.

After the war, many officers and generals died on the spot, especially those in official positions like the partial general and deputy general Qianzong, dozens of them died, so the soldiers under these people became lone soldiers, and there was only one commander, that is, Xiong Wencan.

And when everyone sat down and talked about this defeat in detail, everyone hated Xiong Wencan to the core.

Xiong Wencan replaced Sun Chuanting, everyone was not convinced, and when Sun Chuanting was there, there was no war in the army, nor did he attack the city, but he met with Bai Qi a few times, Bai Qi did not fight hard, and left as soon as he fought, so there were no casualties among the officers and soldiers, and Xiong Wencan came, it was different, he ordered to storm the city, Xi'an City has thick walls, the cannon on the city is not small, and the defenders are extremely strong, attacking for a month, wounded soldiers and generals, only a few city bricks, how can these soldiers not be angry.

Speaking of this defeat, Xiong Wencan was in front of Bai Qi, like mud and paper, with seventy or eighty thousand horses in his hands, but he lost one or the other, and every inch was in chaos, and when the Qin army attacked, Xiong Wencan did not dare to fight to the death, and the command was very improper, extremely lacking the ability to adapt to the situation, and was always dominated by the Qin army, and he himself was greedy for life and afraid of death, and when he saw that the momentum was not good, he fled first, completely ignoring his own people, if such a person is not severely punished, who will sell his life?

So these officers and soldiers were in groups of 30 and 50 people, sitting and talking, and they were all about this matter.

Gradually, the soldiers' remarks reached Fan Ju's ears, Fan Ju listened to the report of his subordinates, looked at Ziyi and smiled, and the two felt that their opportunity was coming soon. Xiong Wencan has already committed public anger, even if the court does not punish him, the soldiers will no longer play Xiong Wencan as the commander.

As for the generals under him, He Gaojie, He Renlong, Zuo Xiang and others, they are all military generals, and they do not have the ability to be the commander of an army, and earlier, Fan Ju had already formed friends with the military observation envoy in Tongguan, so in the battle report sent to the military department a few days ago, there was a statement that Fan Ju scared the Qin army away and recruited Ziyi, which was the good thing that the observer said for Fan Ju.

At present, it seems that Xiong Wencan will be demoted or dismissed, and the military power in Guanzhong will either be appointed by Yang Sichang himself, or sent by the court, but at this time Sun Chuanting is still in prison, Hong Chengchou is encircling and suppressing Li Zicheng in Henan, and Lu Xiangsheng is fighting with the Manchu Tartars in Shanxi.

So Fan Ju concluded that in Guanzhong, the court would definitely entrust it to him, and he was in Tongguan, sealing the main road for Shaanxi to enter the Central Plains, and the court would probably not replace him for the sake of the lesson of the last time.

As long as the military power is in hand, there is much to be done.

Sure enough, just after breakfast on this day, there was a Jinyi guard from the capital to deliver the message.

As soon as Xiong Wencan heard that Jinyiwei had arrived, he immediately felt that the sky had fallen. According to the regulations, if it is a general will, the court will send a herald, and the brocade guard will send a herald, then it will not only be a decree, but a person. The last time Sun Chuanting was arrested and entered Beijing, it was the decree of Jinyiwei who came to preach.

Sure enough, after Jin Yiwei read out the holy decree, he immediately took Xiong Wencan down, but Fan Ju, who was on the side, was secretly happy.

The holy decree said that he was appointed as the squire of the military department and the observer envoy of Shaanxi, and the squire of the military department had the right to serve, and the observer envoy of Shaanxi could directly report to the emperor, that is to say, in the case of the loss of Guanzhong, the court had already given half of Shaanxi's military power and political power to itself.

And the other half, of course, is in the hands of Yang Sichang.

Fan Ju had just received the decree and thanked him, and Jin Yiwei took out another holy decree, which was given to him alone, that is, Fan Ju wanted to find a way to let the Qin army take the initiative to negotiate peace.

After hearing this holy decree, Fan Ju's heart was shocked, he secretly thought, how could the court negotiate peace with Qin Jun? This is not like Chongzhen's approach.

After receiving the order, Fan Ju set down the banquet as usual and entertained the Jinyi guard.

At this time, Xiong Wencan didn't have this mouthful, he had already got into a special prison car and nibbled on flatbread and pickles.

Fan Ju frequently persuaded to drink during the banquet, and the people of Jinyiwei knew that Fan Ju was capable and respectful, and the two sides talked very happily. After three rounds of drinking, Fan Ju asked: "The lower official has a sentence and wants to ask your envoy." ”

The leader of the brocade guard clenched his fists: "Observe what the Lord has to say, don't be polite." Fan Ju said: "Xiong Wencan was defeated, I heard that Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves rebelled again, and the momentum was even bigger than before, I don't know how the court cares about this?" I think Lord Yang Sichang must have a clever plan to calm the thief. ”

The leader of Jinyiwei nodded: "My lord doesn't know, there are three wills issued by the saint that day, two are to go down to Tongguan, and one is for Lord Yang, even if I don't say it, in a few days, the official document will also arrive." So it's okay for me to tell you first. The saint ordered Lord Yang to be the governor of the six provinces, and personally went out to exterminate Zhang Luo's thieves. As long as the Lord first stabilizes the Qin Army in Guanzhong, wait for Lord Yang to destroy Zhang Luo, and then help Lord Hong to destroy Li Zicheng, free his hands, and then deal with the Qin Army together, I heard that this idea was also made by Lord Yang, and the Holy Lord was very satisfied, so he issued an order to the Lord and contacted the Qin Army. ”

Fan Ju immediately understood that this was Yang Sichang's plan to stabilize the army to Chongzhen, first negotiate peace with the Qin army, and then free up his hands to concentrate his forces to exterminate the peasant army, and finally clean up the Qin army. When he thought about it, this plan of the court was also in line with his own thoughts, but how to contact Qin Jun still needed to be carefully considered. So he said: "Well, I can try this, but whether it succeeds or not, whether I say it or not, it depends on the Qin army." ”

Jin Yiwei said: "This is not a villain's business, just go back to Beijing to resume your life, and the adults act as soon as possible, so as not to worry about the saint." ”

After drinking, Fan Ju stayed with these Jinyi guards for one night, and the next day, Jinyi Wei escorted Xiong Wencan on the road and returned to Beijing to resume his life. When Xiong Wencan left, the soldiers of the whole battalion lined up to see him off. Many of the soldiers were happy and pointing, while more of them were glaring angrily, and some even wanted to step forward and punch him a few times, which was completely different from when Sun Chuanting left.

Xiong Wencan smiled bitterly in his heart, he knew that even if his end came, Yang Sichang didn't even reply to a letter, needless to say, he abandoned Xiong Wencan in order to protect himself.

Everyone watched Xiong Wencan go on the road, and their hearts were happy. Not to mention them, just Fan Ju, Fan Ju sent Jinyiwei away and immediately found Ziyi.

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