Chen Hongyi really left, Liu Jian took the Manchu Dynasty to send him off, Chen Hongyi frequently looked back in the carriage and signaled the emperor to go back: "Your Majesty don't think of the old minister, the minister's leg can't be injured to death, but he can't fight for His Majesty anymore!" ”

"Master, you're gone, what should Chen Jiajun do?" Liu Jian asked eagerly

"Your Majesty, there is no Chen family army in the first place, they are all the army of Daliang, and Your Majesty will send trustworthy courtiers to fill the vacancy of the old minister!" After saying these few words, Chen Hongyi urged Zhou Dapeng to leave quickly

Liu Jian blamed himself very much, feeling that he should not be suspicious of his master, but in fact, Chen Hongyi did not take the army and power to heart at all, but he was worried that Chen Hongyi would respond to every call.

Chen Hongyi, Zhou Dapeng, Tian Erzhuang, Zhu Asan and his entourage disappeared into the bamboo forest in the distance, and Liu Jian also stopped saying goodbye and went back with the ministers.

Passing through the bamboo forest, some soldiers and civilians had already spontaneously sent each other on both sides of the official road

"Old General Chen, take care! It's a little bit of our heart."

"Old General Chen, you can't shirk this time!"

Countless soldiers and civilians put the cooked roast chicken, roast duck and some clothes on the carriage, Chen Hongyi came out and thanked him repeatedly: "I can't eat so much, the old man understands your intentions, the old man accepts a chicken, duck and goose to express his heart, and you can take the rest back!" ”

"No, we won't listen to your old man this time, you don't know when you will come back, you have to fill the car before leaving!"

"Yes, if you don't leave, we'll always follow!"

"Haha, it seems that the old man can't refuse! Okay, you guys load, fill up, I'll go! Chen Hongyi simply refused to come

The soldiers and civilians rushed up to fill the carriage with food and clothing, and it was filled in a short time, but there were many people behind who came with steamed buns and braised pork and sweet wine for Chen Hongyi to taste.

"General Chen is a national meritorious hero, you can't eat things casually!" Several internal supervisors suddenly appeared in the crowd

"Haha, a few fathers-in-law, don't worry, you are too worried, the people give me food and drink at ease!" As he spoke, he took a bowl of sweet wine and swallowed it while drinking

Several internal supervisors were worried, for fear that something would go wrong, and Zhu Asan also took a few buns and devoured them: "A few fathers-in-law, you are also hungry, hurry up and eat, while it is hot, the things sent by the people are the best!" It's not easy for you to eat! ”

The inner supervisors were hesitating, but Tian Erzhuang had already stuffed the buns into their mouths: "Eat, aren't you just worried that someone will poison Old General Chen?" You test the poison yourself, and you can return to the palace to recover your life! If you are not poisonous, you have merit, and if you are poisonous, you will also have merit, no matter what, you will make a profit without losing money! ”

The buns are already in your mouth, what else can you do, eat them together.

Several people were overwhelmed, but the people still didn't stop, Chen Hongyi covered his stomach: "Fathers and fellow villagers, if you let me eat again, if I die of swelling, it will even affect you!" The old man received it! With that, he got out of the car and knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the people.

Where have the people seen such a big official kowtow to themselves, so they also hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed

Chen Hongyi got up after kowtowing three heads: "Get up, the old man has disturbed you a lot over the years!" Steal your cabbage and cucumbers to satisfy your hunger! I have robbed you of your wheat and rice! These three heads should be the old man's reparation! ”

Before the people could get up and react, Chen Hongyi jumped into the carriage: "Go!" All the way south! ”

Zhou Dapeng comprehended and whipped hard, and the four horses pulling the cart galloped towards the official road to the south!

As soon as Chen Hongyi left, he was unofficial and light, and Liu Jian was in an extremely complicated mood.

This veteran commander who has fought for many years has really resigned and returned to his hometown, everyone is no longer on guard against him, and all rumors and doubts have disappeared.

But Emperor Liu Jian was not relaxed at all, the Chen family army was still there, and the team of tens of thousands of people was still there.

The torn world and countless enemies are still there, and the road ahead is still very bleak.

Who to send to take over the Chen family's army, the person recommended by Chen Hongyi before leaving was Chen Kuan, but Chen Hongyi knew in his heart that the imperial court would not continue to let the Chen family control this army.

Shen Yuanhao and others also found various reasons to oppose Chen Kuan's succession, and in order to appease and balance Chen Kuan, let Chen Kuan concurrently serve as the assassin of Yizhou.

Chen Kuan was also very knowledgeable and did not hesitate to obey the arrangements of the imperial court.

But Chen Jiajun's problem was still not solved, and he initially arranged for someone from the academy to split up Chen Jiajun, but he came back in disgrace after ten days.

Chen Jiajun's generals and colonels either said that they were sick and could not come, or they fell from a horse and were injured during exercises, or they claimed to have resigned and returned to their hometowns.

All of a sudden, the battalions were scattered, no one was present at the meeting, the drill could not be carried out, and even those who were preparing to kill chickens and monkeys could not find anyone.

Those who said they were sick were really sick in bed, and the injured were also on crutches, and the whereabouts of those who resigned and returned to their hometowns were unknown.

The newly appointed lieutenants have also been stung by bees one after another, or have fallen while walking, and they all have reasons not to take office anyway.

This is the most fatal, on the surface, they are respectful and polite to the new generals, but in fact they are systematically opposed to the appointment of the imperial court.

It's been almost 50 years, the emperor of flowing water, the iron-clad Chen Jiajun, fathers, sons, brothers and grandchildren have been inherited in the army, and the commander has been Chen Hongyi for 43 years.

From the 800 volunteers in Lingnan to the current army of more than 60,000 people, the generals and colonels are all brought out by Chen Hongyi.

It is okay to prevent Chen Kuan from taking over, but no one can replace the captain of the 24th Battalion, large and small.

The country's largest and most powerful army just didn't listen to it.

When Chen Hongyi is there, he only needs to beware of Chen Hongyi, although this vigilance is superfluous. At that time, everyone including Liu Jian thought that this was an army that was forbidden like an arm, and Chen Hongyi could scold them at will and even slap them and whip them.

I remember that Chen Hongyi once punished a late captain in public, and the captain shouted thank you for the grace of Chen Dashuai while holding his back and being beaten. Liu Jian also helped to intercede at that time, but Chen Hongyi taught him a lesson seriously.

Now Liu Jian regrets it extremely, and Chen Hongyi felt nothing when he was there, thinking that everything was taken for granted. Chen Hongyi is gone now, and no one can control this army at all.

Originally, Chen Kuan could rely on his prestige for many years to restrain these domineering generals, but the people in the court didn't want this army to be controlled by the Chen family all the time, so they worked together to squeeze out Chen Kuan.

Liu Jian glared at Chen Zhengnan: "It's really a scholar who misled the country!" Scholars mislead the country! It's a good strategy to take back the military power, but not a single soldier can take it back! If you don't want to come up with a solution today, don't think about retreating! ”

Liu Jian was helpless, and the people in the academy were helpless.

Shen Yuanhao gritted his teeth: "Just promote a few from the existing general schools to appease their dissatisfaction!" ”

Everyone echoed, and Liu Mingge shook his head: "Never!" The qualifications of these people are all about the same, and the people who are promoted cannot convince the public, and it is very likely to cause infighting at that time! ”

Liu Jian knew that his small court could no longer withstand infighting, so he also spoke: "It is impossible for hundreds of people to be rewarded!" The imperial court has no extra money and official positions to grant them! ”

Shen Yuanhao thought of another idea: "Isn't the new policy to be implemented promising that if the military generals can open up the territory and expand the territory, they can be crowned kings and build a country?" Why not issue an edict in advance now, so that they can contribute to the country's work? ”

"It's not time yet! At this time, he was tempted by the king, and after a while, he had a big appetite, how to deal with it? ”

"Is it possible to invite General Chen back again?" Zhen Yuanhao was a little annoyed

"Now even if Chen Hongyi comes back, it won't help, these people have become arrogant soldiers! They have many industries in Lingnan and other places, and ordinary feudal officials making wishes are no longer attractive to them! I don't think it's the way to blindly back down, and to deal with this matter, you have to make up your Majesty's mind and use wisdom! ”

"Can't I remove them all from prison and imprison them? Isn't this forcing them to rebel? Liu Jian became suspicious of Liu Mingge for the first time

"No, no, your majesty can go to the army in person without a guard, accompanied by a minister, and have a heart-to-heart with the generals, or there may be a turnaround!" Liu Mingge was also a little skeptical of his choice, the emperor in front of him was much worse than Emperor Ming

"Your Majesty can't risk your life, the ministers risk death to admonish, and you can't listen to Prime Minister Liu's ideas!"

"Your Majesty, those are all generals who kill people without blinking, you must not go to see them alone!"

"Your Majesty, if you make a mistake, the beam will be in danger!"

Judging Yuanhao and everyone dissuaded Liu Jian, Liu Jian

At this time, I was a little sober

"Ladies and gentlemen! Did those generals rebel? Or do you want to drive me down from the throne? Or do you have to assassinate me? None of them! They do have the strength to rebel, but they are not rebelling now! They are still the generals of my beams! I decided to take Prime Minister Liu's advice! ”

Everyone still wanted to dissuade them, but Liu Jian pulled out his sword and cut off a palace lamp pillar: "There are more admonishers with this pillar!" ”

Silent, Liu Jian pulled Liu Mingge, and after a brief preparation, he rode to the Yizi camp outside the city.

Along the way, Liu Mingge told some stories of Han Gaozu peeing in a Confucian hat, and Liu Jian didn't understand why he was telling these stories today.

"Is Mr. Liu asking me to learn from Han Gaozu?"

"Exactly! Now ordinary methods no longer work! Since they are rude and ignore the imperial court system and constraints, Your Majesty will be more domineering, arrogant and willful than them, and only in this way can the monarch and the ministers have the opportunity to be honest with each other, otherwise the more polite and humble Your Majesty and I are, the more suspicious they will be of doing something to them, and the situation will really be irreparable! ”

The Yizi Battalion is the first battalion recognized by the Chen Jiajun, which is composed of the descendants of a group of people who first followed Chen Hongyi.

The commander of the Yizi camp is named Chen Zhong, who is sleeping in the camp at the moment, and orders the others to sleep and rest except for those who stay on duty, and ignore the others.

The emperor and the prime minister galloped in, and the four soldiers on duty immediately threw a noose around the necks of the two horses

"What people! Dare to trespass on the righteous word camp! Don't you want to live anymore! ”

"It turned out to be the emperor! The villain is clumsy, His Majesty is fast, and he can't see clearly for a while! "There is one person on duty who has followed Liu Jian to fight before, and he recognizes Liu Jian at this moment

"Don't blame those who don't know! Chen Jiajun is really so capable! But what is the reason for the snoring in this barracks? Liu Jian was a little curious, and the snoring in the camp was like thunder in the middle of the day

"This, Your Majesty, the villain will immediately report to General Chen Zhong and let him come out to take over!"

"No need, you can take me and the prime minister!"

Liu Jian and Liu Mingge followed the soldiers into Chen Zhong's big tent, Chen Zhong was still snoring like thunder lying on the couch, and his stomach was up and down.

Liu Mingge flashed forward and ripped off Chen Zhong's quilt violently

"What people! Dare to assassinate General Ben! ”

"Liu Mingge was ordered to wake you up!" As soon as he heard Liu Mingge's three words, Chen Zhong's hand that had already touched the scabbard retracted and rolled over

"The villain greets the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live! I've seen Prime Minister Liu! ”

Chen Zhong was disheveled and had a sock on his feet, if there were other people accompanying him, he would definitely be rude in front of him.

Liu Jian leaned on him: "They are all old brothers of the Chen family, no matter the monarchs and ministers today, only the feelings of colleagues in the army in the past!" ”

Chen Zhong was ready to be reprimanded, but he didn't expect the emperor to catch up with him.

Snare! This must be a trap, if you don't know if the emperor is coming to paralyze them, and then get rid of them quickly! Chen Zhong thought like this, and kowtowed

"The villain failed to greet His Majesty, he was untidy, and he was rude in front of the king, please forgive Your Majesty!"

Liu Mingge gave the emperor a look, a mischievous look, and then nodded.

Liu Jian kicked Chen Zhong and staggered: "You girl, Lao Tzu is here to drink with you today!" Today, Lao Tzu is not called me, you are less crooked, go and call the captains of each battalion to Lao Tzu, you must give Lao Tzu ten cauldrons, cook ten pots of Ruyi dishes, and then move out of your private collection of good wine 300 jars, you can't do it well before the time Lao Tzu really cut you and boiled the wine! ”

Chen Zhong thought that he had heard it wrong, and he thought that he was dreaming, so he touched the footprints on his chest: "The villain obeys the order!" Obey! Do it now! ”

"Go on an errand! Lao Tzu and Mr. Liu are waiting for you in your big tent playing chess! ”

"Go and put the chessboard on the table for Your Majesty and the Prime Minister!" Chen Zhong gave the order while putting on his clothes

"Go get me a horse! Call me all the Flying Flag Guards! ”

Chen Zhong walked out of the big tent while arranging, gave instructions to the thirty-person flying flag guards, and took a few people to other camps