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At the beginning, after the governors of the northwestern provinces received the news that the Dzungar Khanate had nominally unified the Mongol tribes and was about to invade the territory of the Ming Dynasty on a large scale, they were all frightened and afraid of the enemy.

Therefore, these governors also had the idea of appeasement to secretly beg for peace with the imperial court and the Mongol coalition army, and actually secretly withheld the grain and grass of the imperial court for disaster relief, detained the people fleeing from the famine, and wanted to send these grains and grasses and the people to the Mongol coalition army in exchange for the temporary withdrawal of the Mongol coalition army, so as to ensure the temporary tranquility of their respective jurisdictions.

Such a terrifying plan was naturally stopped by Zhao Junchen in the end.

However, in order to ensure the stability of the political situation and the people's minds, Zhao Junchen did not make the matter public, nor did he immediately severely punish these governors of the northwest, but instead gave them the opportunity to make meritorious contributions and let them continue to perform their duties in their respective positions.

On this day, the time was already in the evening, and in the yamen of the governor of Taiyuan City, Li Xun, the governor of Shanxi, repeatedly looked at the good news in his hand, and his expression was full of complexity.

Li Xun never expected that Zhao Junchen not only really blocked the attack of the Mongolian coalition army, but also completely annihilated the main force of the Mongolian coalition army, and established a great battle in one fell swoop!

When you think of the performance of being afraid of the enemy like a tiger, it seems too weak and ridiculous.

Because of this, after Li Xun received the good news, his mood was full of regret and suffering.

Of course, Li Xun did not regret how bad and cowardly his original decision was, but regretted that he misjudged the situation when he made such a decision, and in the end not only did not fall into any benefits, but instead got into a bloody shame and became a guilty body.

It is precisely because of his identity of being guilty of meritorious service that Li Xun's heart is full of gains and losses.

Zhao Junchen promised Li Xun that as long as Li Xun could assist the border troops in various places to stabilize the border defense of Shanxi, and could properly handle the relief of the victims in various places, Zhao Junchen would personally ask the court for him, and the court would not investigate his past crimes at that time, and maybe there would be a possibility of being rewarded.

Today, Zhao Junchen has completely annihilated the main force of the Mongolian coalition army, and Li Xun has been more diligent and loving the people than ever before, not only actively assisting the two major military towns of Taiyuan and Datong to resist the invasion of the Mongolian coalition army, but also spending countless efforts and exhausting all means in order to properly handle the relief of the victims.

Therefore, Li Xun asked himself that he had fully met Zhao Junchen's original requirements, and he could be regarded as having completed the task of making meritorious contributions, but his past crimes were too serious after all, and Li Xun was still completely unsure of how the imperial court would finally fall to him.

Li Xun didn't dare to ask for a reward from the imperial court, as long as the imperial court could let him return to his hometown peacefully, he would be satisfied.

"Regret not being at the beginning! Regret not being at the beginning! If he had known that the Mongol coalition army was just a papier-mâché tiger, why did the old man make such a decision that would have been stinking for thousands of years? If the old man could have been brave and firm at that time and actively presided over the Shanxi border defense, wouldn't he have become a hero of the world's attention like Zhao Junchen now? How could he become a body of waiting for sins like now, waiting for the court to fall in fear? Regret not being at the beginning! Regret not being at the beginning! ”

Since receiving the good news from Weishui, Li Xun has not known how many times he has sighed like this.

And just as Li Xun sighed again, his clan brother and staff member Li Qian suddenly pushed the door and entered the room.

After seeing Li Qian, Li Xun suddenly perked up, got up and asked, "Brother Qian, are you ready?" ”

Li Qian nodded again and again: "Everything has been taken care of!" Cousin, all the houses, fields, and shops you left in Taiyuan City have been sold, and together with the cash we have accumulated over the years, a total of 1,470,000 taels of silver can be used at any time! ”

After hearing Li Qian's words, Li Xun took a long breath and said: "Brother Qian, you also understand the current situation of being a brother, because when he united with the governors of Shaanxi and Gansu to make peace with Mongolia in private, he must have been hated by the imperial court...... Now that Lord Qin Cha Zhao has completely annihilated the Mongol coalition army, the imperial court may settle accounts at any time, and it is the time of our life and death, we must take action, and we must not wait to be killed! ”

Li Qian said solemnly: "Everything is under my cousin's orders!" ”

Li Xun's expression was full of reluctance, but in the end he gritted his teeth and said: "At this time, it depends on whether there is a powerful minister who is willing to intercede for me!" And for my brother to think about it, among the hundreds of officials of the Manchu Dynasty, there are no more than two nobles who have the ability to rescue me, one is the powerful Zhou Shangjing Zhou Ge Lao, and the other is Zhao Junchen, who has just made great achievements! Now we have 1,470,000 cash in our hands, and you will rush to the capital with 500,000 of them to lobby Zhou Ge Lao, while I will personally take another 500,000 taels to Huamachi Camp to ask for a meeting with Lord Zhao! …… As for the remaining 470,000 taels of silver, it was secretly sent to the old mansion in the countryside to hide, once things develop towards the worst, our Li family will not collapse with this silver as a foundation! ”

Li Xun, as a governor, has some courage after all, and in order to ensure his safety, he has to throw away most of his wealth in one go. ‘

But Li Qian didn't have such courage, so he was inevitably a little distressed, but he hesitated: "Cousin, Lord Qincha Zhao has promised that the imperial court will never pursue it afterwards, and he will personally ask the imperial court for credit for you?" Why did you send him another 500,000 taels of silver? ”

Seeing Li Qian's reluctant appearance, Li Xun angrily reprimanded: "Stupid! Zhao Junchen has never been a gentleman who keeps his promises, and now he is in the spring breeze, whether he still remembers this promise or two words, even if he can keep his promise, but when he guarantees the court for me, whether he does his best or perfunctory, the effect is even more worlds apart! According to the old man, Zhao Junchen's influence in this matter is even greater than that of Zhou Ge Lao, so the old man must go to see him in person! ”

After Li Qian sighed helplessly, he no longer questioned it, but just asked, "Cousin, when do you plan to leave?" ”

Li Xun thought about it for a while and said: "After Zhao Junchen completely annihilated the main force of the Mongolian coalition army, the Mongolian Tatars who are now invading Shanxi, Zhili and other places are just dividing their troops, and they will definitely retreat soon...... The old man took care of the matter at hand a little, and set off for Huamachi Camp two days later! ”

Li Qian nodded, and was about to ask some more things, when he suddenly heard a sound that shook the sky from outside the governor's yamen, but it was the noise of gongs and drums, the sound of firecrackers, and the loud cheers of the people, but it was extremely noisy and noisy.

After hearing such a movement, Li Xun suddenly frowned, and his expression was very dissatisfied.

Since Taiyuan City received the good news of Weishui, the officials and the people are all vying to celebrate, and it is not surprising that there is such a noise, but after all, the governor's yamen is an important place in the imperial court, and even ordinary people are not allowed to pass by at will, and Li Xun and Li Qian are now talking secretly in the study of the governor's yamen, but they are still disturbed by such a noise, obviously someone gathered near the governor's yamen to celebrate, which is obviously a violation of the rules.

Seeing Li Xun's dissatisfied expression, Li Qian hurriedly went out of the study to inquire about the situation.

After a while, Li Qian returned to the study and reported: "Cousin, it's those Jin merchants who are making trouble!" These Jin merchants are really rich and rival the country, and they have a huge amount of money, they actually bought the fireworks and firecrackers in the whole city, and now they are setting off everywhere, and they also chartered all the gong and drum teams, theater stages, and storytellers in the city, and performed congratulations to the people in the city for free, and set up hundreds of tables of banquets in the four cities of the southeast and northwest for the people to eat and drink at will, all of which are to celebrate the great victory of Qincha Zhao in Weishui...... Because the scene was so big, it even made trouble near our yamen...... Cousin, do you want me to get rid of them? ”

Li Xun shook his head and said, "No need...... Now it is a sensitive period, and these Jin merchants are all rich and powerful, and the old man can't be embarrassed by them because of such a little thing at this time...... However, in order to curry favor with Zhao Junchen, these Jin businessmen really made a bloody investment! ”

Li Qian said in a low voice: "When I came back, I also received news that after these Jin merchants received the news of Zhao Junchen's good news, they immediately gathered at Guo Linxiang's mansion and talked secretly for more than three hours, no one knows what they talked about, but after the secret conversation ended, the mansions of Guo Linxiang, He Zeng, and Chen Gongxing were all preparing carriages and horses, and it seemed that they were also planning to rush to Huamachiying to see Zhao Junchen. ”

Hearing Li Qian's words, Li Xun's face suddenly changed, and after a moment of silence, he said quickly: "Immediately let the people in the house prepare the carriage and horse salute, the old man will not delay the time, he will deal with all the follow-up matters tonight, and then he will rush to Huamachi Camp tomorrow morning!" ”

Li Xun has been up and down in the sea for many years, but he quickly understood the pros and cons of the Jin merchants' approach to himself!

Jin Shang's various practices are obviously intended to completely throw themselves into Zhao Junchen! And Guo Linxiang, He Zeng, and Chen Gongxing are the leaders of the Jinshang Group, and they collectively went out to see Zhao Junchen this time, and they must send a big gift to Zhao Junchen to show their sincerity.

The Jin merchants are all rich and rival countries, and the gift to Zhao Junchen must be extraordinary, Li Xun is worried that once he is late, Zhao Junchen may not be able to look down on his 500,000 taels of silver, so he will be in a hurry to set off.

After Li Qian was slightly stunned, he quickly figured this out, and hurriedly nodded: "I'll go and arrange it!" ”

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At the beginning, the northwestern provinces secretly begged for peace with the Mongol coalition army without the imperial court, and Zhang Wenhui, the governor of Hexi, and Li Xun, the governor of Shanxi, were also among the participants, so the positions of the two were also somewhat similar.

It's just that unlike Li Xun, who only thinks about returning to his hometown, Zhang Wenhui is now in the prime of life, and his personality is also a bit of a retribution, a small belly, and he is not as easy to accept his fate as Li Xun.

At the beginning, after Zhao Junchen arrived at Huamachi Camp, he immediately put under house arrest Wang Zheng, the governor of Hedong, Zhang Wenhui, and Zhang Wenhui, the governor of Hexi, not only robbed them of their authority, stopped their begging and peace plans, but also did not give them any good faces.

Afterwards, although Zhao Junchen asked Zhang Wenhui to return to Hedong to continue to perform his duties as governor, Zhang Wenhui also held a grudge against Zhao Junchen because of these things, although he also knew that Zhao Junchen was most beneficial to him after successfully defeating the Mongol coalition army, but he still couldn't help but secretly look forward to the failure of Zhao Junchen's border defense strategy, so that he could watch a good show.

On this day, when Zhang Wenhui received the good news from Weishui, he was always stunned and looked at the good news in a daze, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

When Zhao Junchen expressed his desire to defeat the Mongolian coalition army, Zhang Wenhui only felt that Zhao Junchen was a courtier who could only talk about rhetoric and talk on paper, and he would inevitably be defeated in the end, but he did not expect that Zhao Junchen had not only defeated the Mongolian coalition army, but also completely annihilated the main force of the Mongolian coalition army, not only realizing the original rhetoric, but also exceeding the task.

For a while, Zhang Wenhui was in a complicated mood, and he only felt that his mentality during this period of time was like a clown jumping off the beam, and compared with Zhao Junchen, he was even more "the ambition of the bird".

On the other side, after seeing Zhang Wenhui in a daze for a long time and not saying anything, a staff member couldn't help but remind: "Lord Governor, there is also a summons sent to the Yamen of the Hedong Governor along with this good news, saying that Zhao Junchen summoned all the governors, general soldiers, and officials above the third rank in Shaanxi and Gansu to go to Huamachi Camp to discuss matters...... Of course, Zhao Junchen is still only a disaster relief minister, and the imperial court does not recognize his status as presiding over the military administration of Shaanxi and Gansu, so he does not have the power to command you, and no one dares to say anything even if you don't go, Governor...... How do you think we should respond to this call? ”

Affected by Zhang Wenhui's attitude, the staff of the Hedong Governor's Yamen did not respect Zhao Junchen very much, and at this time they directly called Zhao Junchen's name, which can be seen.

After hearing this staff member's request, Zhang Wenhui finally came back to his senses.

Then, Zhang Wenhui looked furious, and reprimanded the staff member loudly: "I don't know what to do! How can you call Lord Zhao's name directly?! He completely annihilated the main force of the Mongol coalition army this time, with such a great feat, from now on he will inevitably become the leader of the imperial court, even the governor of this is deeply admired for him, you are just a staff member in the governor's mansion, how can you be insulted? ”

Seeing Zhang Wenhui's attitude, the staff only felt that they were wronged, during this period of time, when he discussed Zhao Junchen with Zhang Wenhui, he had always called Zhao Junchen directly, Zhang Wenhui never thought that his attitude was not respectful enough, but once he expressed kindness to Zhao Junchen, it would attract Zhang Wenhui's dislike, who would have thought that Zhang Wenhui's attitude would immediately change dramatically after receiving the good news, and this staff member only felt that he could not keep up with the rhythm.

Of course, this staff member is also very clear about the reason for the change in Zhang Wenhui's attitude, which is nothing more than that Zhang Wenhui saw that he had no hope of bringing down Zhao Junchen, and Zhao Junchen would be in the future step by step, so he was already convinced.

Thinking of this, this staff member was also an interesting person, so he immediately changed his attitude and asked again: "What the governor taught me is that it is indeed the students who are frivolous!" Now that Lord Zhao and his old man have sent a summons, I don't know when you plan to leave for Huamachi Camp, Lord Governor? ”

Zhang Wenhui said with a serious expression: "Since it is Lord Zhao's summons, it is natural that the sooner you leave, the better...... However, Lord Zhao has established such a great achievement, I must also prepare a congratulatory gift when I go to Huamachi Camp this time...... Send someone to bring all the rare antiques in the treasury, and all the silver in the account room will be taken out, and all will be packed up, and the governor will rush to the Huamachi camp tomorrow morning! ”

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In fact, with the transmission of the Weishui good news, the discerning people understood that Zhao Junchen's rise could no longer be stopped, so after all the main officials in the three borders of Shaanxi and Gansu received Zhao Junchen's summons, including Shaanxi Governor Zhang Shengde, Hedong Governor Wu Min, Ningxia General Soldier Lin Huishi, Yulin General Soldier Wang Yan and others, they immediately packed up their bags and rushed to the Huamachi camp, and they all prepared a generous gift for Zhao Junchen.

And just when the main officials of Shaanxi and Gansu rushed to Huamachiying to meet Zhao Junchen, Zhao Junchen's report finally reached the center of the capital.

With the delivery of this good news, it naturally caused a shock!

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