As soon as Sun Chuanting, who was overly excited, walked out of the Qinling Mountains, he arranged for 800 miles of people to expedite the victory to the imperial court, and the car escorting Gao Yingxiang also went north.

Sun Chuanting ordered that along the way, gongs and drums must be beaten and propagated everywhere, so as to let the people along the road know that the thieves who have harmed the Ming Dynasty for several years have been caught.

In the Forbidden City, Cao Huachun, who had just received the news, ran all the way into the Qianqing Palace in ecstasy with a lightness that did not match his age.

"Master, great joy, great joy."

At this time, Chongzhen had just discussed with the Zongren Mansion to ban Tang King Zhu Yujian.

Just a few months ago, taking advantage of the entry of the Qing army, Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, personally led his palace guards to the north, claiming to be the king of diligence to fight the thieves.

This move made Chongzhen embarrassed and angry, you were a vassal king, you didn't stay in the fiefdom well, but instead raised troops to come to Jingshi, this is a fucking rebellion.

Therefore, Zhu Yujian was taken into custody by the Henan government early, just waiting for Chongzhen to make a final decision.

Speaking of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there is also a rather strange joke.

When the Manchu Qing Dynasty just entered the customs, Chongzhen appointed Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the military department, as the commander-in-chief of the front line.

In order to avoid Chongzhen's punishment, he took a small amount of poison every day to pretend to be sick, but the Qing army avoided it, but when the Qing soldiers retreated outside the pass, the military secretary also died of an overdose, which made the world not know whether to cry or laugh for a while.

Regarding the matter of Tang King Zhu Yujian, Chongzhen finally made up his mind and ordered him to be confined in the Fengyang Emperor's Mausoleum to guard the mausoleum for his ancestors.

As soon as the Zongren Order retreated, Cao Huachun's shouting rang out, Chongzhen was already in a good mood at this time, and subconsciously asked:

"What makes Cao Daban so happy?"

Cao Huachun's gray temples continued to shake with his steps, revealing the owner's excited heart.

"Back to the master, it is really a great thing, Shaanxi Governor Sun Chuanting came to report, and his troops led the troops to exterminate the thief Gao Yingxiang in the mountains in Xugu County, and captured the rebel Gao Yingxiang, and at this moment the car has been escorted to Beijing."

"What? Bring me the fold. ”

Chongzhen's young face suddenly burst into joy, and he stretched out his hand to urge Cao Huachun while laughing.

When he got the fold and took a closer look, Chongzhen laughed even more.

"Ancestors bless, God bless, my Ming country is saved, hahaha."

A group of eunuchs and palace maids serving in the hall knelt down and cheered, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty." ”

"Quick, spread this good news all over the world, and escort the team into Beijing as soon as possible, I will cut it at the entrance of the vegetable market!"

In the last sentence, Chongzhen was already gritting his teeth, and the sky was pitiful, how resentful the young emperor was in his heart for a thief like Gao Yingxiang.

Cao Huachun smiled with a smile on his face, "Don't worry, the old slave will do it, it's just how to say this reward, and ask the emperor to set a rule." ”

Chongzhen only then had time to care about the content of the fold, he picked it up and looked at it again, and was immediately moved as if he had discovered a new continent.

"Sun Chuanting's recital said that it was Xin Amber who discovered the news in Tuntian Village in Guanzhong for the first time, and notified Hong Chengchou to intercept the guerrilla attack?"

Chongzhen read and slowly put down the fold in his hand, and there was already an irrepressible smile on his face.

Cao Huachun leaned in at the right time and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the emperor, in this way, the new Amber is really the emperor's lucky general." ”

"Hahaha", Chongzhen burst out laughing, "Who said it wasn't, first guarded the land of my ancestors for me, and then got rid of this confidant for me, Xin'an Bo is really my blessing." ”

"Hmph, Qin Tianjian a few days ago

I even dare to say that Ziweixing is dim, there are so many good ministers and fierce generals, and there are young talents like Xin Amber in the countryside, how can there be anything in my world. ”

"By the way, he said that he had already won the fold a month ago, right?"

Cao Huachun nodded, "Exactly, the Sichuan chief exam, Henan Provincial Imperial History Jiang Shizhong's excerpt is also on it, and the new Anbo is quick and has something to say, but Chen Shiqi, a scholar and politician, was afraid of the criticism of the Sichuan sergeant, so he was demoted from Xie Yuan to second." ”

"Heh, Chen Shiqi", Chongzhen smiled, "That's it, the rest of the generals will reward the merits according to Sun Chuanting, and the matter of Xinanbo will be discussed later......

Chongzhen wanted to say that he would press it for the time being, but he felt that it was inappropriate halfway through, which inevitably made the hero feel a little chilled.

"Doesn't he still have a mother alive, and he ordered him to be given the title of Mrs. of the Fourth Grade."

"Master, the new Anbo is not yet an official", Cao Huachun reminded in a low voice.

Chongzhen smiled and shook his head, "What if you don't have an official?" Xin Anbo made this great achievement, I just canonized a lady with an edict, and the hundreds of officials in the court and the central government dared to complain. ”

Cao Huachun thought about it carefully, and the lady of the decree only had a fortune, although there was no precedent, but it was not a big deal.

It's just that after this incident, the new Amber is estimated to be even more Jane in the emperor's heart.

Cao Huachun walked out of the palace, and at the same time he was secretly happy in his heart, and the bets made by himself and others in advance were not in vain.

Thinking of the 10,000 taels of silver sent by Xin'an Bo last month, the gray-haired old eunuch walked more easily.

The news of the capture of the thief Gao Yingxiang instantly spread throughout the government and the opposition, arousing a group of people with good deeds to discuss.

First of all, there were thieves who wanted to conquer the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum and were blocked, and now Gao Yingxiang, who is the most popular among the rogues, was captured again, and in the eyes of the people of the world who don't know the truth, it seems that the number of Da Ming is improving.

It's a pity that this speculation was broken by another news at the end of the year.

Since entering the customs in the middle of the year, the Manchu Qing Dynasty plundered nearly 200,000 people and livestock from the Ming Dynasty, and obtained more than one million taels of silver, and suddenly its strength increased greatly.

Although Tan Tai and thousands of soldiers and horses of the Shu Mulu family were in the territory of the Ming Kingdom, it was only a trivial matter for the overall situation.

The high-spirited Manchu and opposition people, under the leadership of Huang Taiji, once again raised troops and marched towards Korea, and forced the Korean Li clan to officially claim the title of minister and pay tribute before the end of the year.

North Korea is a loyal vassal of the Ming Dynasty, but now it is forced by the Manchu barbarians to cut off relations with the Ming Dynasty, which is undoubtedly a big blow to Chongzhen, who is bent on Zhongxing.

In this case, the fate of Gao Yingxiang, who had just been captured in Beijing, became even more tragic.

The imperial court, eager to divert attention, forcibly paraded it through the streets for several days, and finally killed more than 4,000 knives at the entrance of the vegetable market.

The aftermath of the tea and dinner of the people in the capital was diverted by this trick, and they have been talking about it for many years.

However, these have nothing to do with Liu Ximing, and for him, they are not as good as his mother's wife who was named the fourth rank of the emperor.

And Shao Derong was also successfully promoted to the rank of general and governor of the Left Army, and became the military attache of the imperial court.

You must know that Shao Derong has been in the army for less than a year since he officially joined the army, and this situation can be envied enough by generals such as He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu.

Liu Ximing said in his heart that he had to thank that there was no Weibo in these years, otherwise his relationship with Shao Derong and others would not be able to withstand deep scrutiny.

But in this era, the war and the bureaucratic system of the first class all gave him an opportunity to take advantage of.

After experiencing the hustle and bustle brought by various news in December, Liujiacun began to work for another year and began to prepare for Liu Ximing's trip to Beijing to participate in the Spring Festival.

Liu Ximing was also preparing for the Fubo Brigade to go south, and because of this, the Spring Festival in the ninth year of Chongzhen was very lively in Liujia Village.

On the one hand, it is because nearly 10,000 young men recruited from Hanzhong and Guanzhong have gathered in Liujia Village to prepare for formal training, and all of them have been recruited as recruits of the Longxiang Brigade.

Although these recruits will not be assigned until they undergo a year of various trainings, Liu Ximing has already set up the shelves of the army first.

The Longxiang Brigade has been officially upgraded to the Longxiang Division, with three brigades of 6,000 men each, plus a personal guard battalion of up to 2,000 people, which constitute the main army strength of the Liu family.

If the troops totaling 20,000 people were not distributed throughout the country, they would have been discovered by the local government and reported to the imperial court.

Of course, the Rogge Brigade in Shaanxi was also officially included in the military system, but it was still used as a reserve militia, with a number of about 8,000 people.

Another important force is the Fubo Brigade, as the main force of the Liu family's navy, the Fubo Brigade has expanded to three battalions with a total of 6,000 people and 12 large warships.

In this way, the current number of people under the control of the Liu family has reached 260,000, with a standing army of 26,000 and another 8,000 militiamen.

After Manuela and the other Portuguese returned to Macao, the warships of the Fubo Brigade could finally be refitted in earnest.

There are still some differences between the Dutch 3rd class battleships and the 3rd class battleships of Western European countries today.

The sea coachmen were more concerned with commercial benefits, so the number of ships compared to the British was only 50 to 60 guns.

The British 3rd class battleships of the same period had 74 guns.

Considering that in addition to the Zheng family, the main enemy to open up a sea route in the South China Sea may also encounter the Spaniards, so Liu Ximing greatly modified the battleship.

The Dharma Research Institute has successfully followed Liu Ximing's instructions to make a rudimentary version of the hydraulic brake, which is mainly made of connecting rods, springs and hydraulic cylinders.

Liu Xi ordered people to fix the gun with a steel gun carriage at the muzzle, and when the naval gun moved backward due to recoil after firing, the connecting rod and hydraulic barrel attached to the rear of the gun carriage would convert the vertical recoil into a horizontal impact force, and finally restore it through the spring.

In this way, the cannon salvo that the wooden battleship feared the most would no longer cause great damage to the battleship's keel, and the artillery could be set as many as possible.

In addition, the Liu family has already used iron cast guns, and the quality of artillery is far superior to that of today's countries, and the final transformation of the Fubo Brigade third-level battleships has a total of 74 guns, which is equal to the number of guns of British battleships.

Excluding the 5 battleships that came from the Zheng family, the remaining 7 newly built battleships required a total of 518 guns.

Fortunately, when Liu Ximing was in Jiangnan in April, he sent a letter to the Ordnance Bureau, asking him to prepare for casting cannons first, and it took eight months to finally get these cannons together.

However, the refitting of the new troops of the Long Xiang Division will be postponed again.

Among the 74 guns, there were 6-inch guns, which were equivalent to 24 42-pounder guns.

5-inch guns, equivalent to 32-pounder guns, 24 guns.

4-inch guns, but also 24-pounder guns.

With such ferocious firepower, the officers and men of the Fubo Brigade led by You Degao couldn't put it down, and they couldn't wait to stay on the ship every day for training.

So far, the first phase of Liu Ximing's plan to open up the ocean has finally been successfully completed.

Considering the mobility of the fleet, Liu Ximing ordered the shipyard to start building cruisers and frigates while he was on his way to the capital to catch the exam.