Liu Ximing had been in Kaifeng Mansion until February 12.

During this period, Sun Chuanting had rushed to Shaanxi after arranging Henan affairs.

Liu Ximing naturally fulfilled his promise happily, and as soon as he got the official document of Tuntian stamped with his governor's seal, he directly handed him 30,000 taels of silver in advance, which was enough for him to put up the shelf first.

As for the matter of Tuntian, anyway, Dou Yuquan and Xu Wei were both in Guanzhong, so he directly entrusted the two of them to do it.

When they had finished selecting the address and brought the displaced people over, Liu Xi ordered him to act as the captain of the transportation team again and transport construction materials such as cement and steel bars.

Of course, he still put forward some specific requirements for site selection, one is to be as close as possible to the western part of the Guanzhong Plain, which is far away from Henan and other major war-torn areas, and is relatively safer.

The other is to be as close as possible to the Liu family's base in Hanzhong, so that the transportation time on the way will be saved a lot.

After arranging these, Liu Ximing finally put his mind at ease, it was rare for all the generals under Hong Chengchou to gather together, and he took advantage of Cao Bianjiao to suppress the formation, and he took Shao Derong to make friends with a lot of people.

On the 12th of February, news finally came from the governor's yamen, saying that there was a decree in the palace, and Cao Bianjiao, Liu Ximing and others were specially ordered to receive the decree.

In the governor's yamen, Liu Ximing saw Gao Qiqian and others again.

Different from the slightly friendly appearance last time, Gao Qiqian saw Liu Ximing and the others coming in, just chatting with Hong Chengchou with an expressionless face, and ignored them.

This old Gao did things properly, and Liu Ximing stretched out a thumbs in his heart.

"Father-in-law Gao, everyone is here, let's announce the decree."

Hong Chengchou patiently talked with Gao Qiqian for a long time, and when he saw that Cao Bianjiao and everyone had already arrived, he hurriedly proposed.

Gao Qiqian nodded and stood up in his red official uniform.

"Set the incense case, please decree."

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, the heavens are restless, and the earth is chaotic...... There is a staff general Cao Bianjiao, who is loyal and difficult, and is very brave, and is promoted to deputy chief military officer...... Liu Ximing, a member of Sichuan, felt the difficulty of his father, measured the sorrow of the country, and was given to wear a bullfighting suit, and his merits were sent to the Sichuan Xuezheng Yamen, and he hoped that he would never forget to learn from him, in order to serve the country as soon as possible......"

Liu Ximing heard the content of the holy decree clearly, and couldn't help but pout in his heart when he heard that he was given a bullfighting uniform.

Comrade Xiao Zhu is really fucking picking, isn't this thing the same as the yellow jacket given by the Tartars of later generations, it turned out that I still learned it from you.

It was this meritorious return to the school and political yamen that made his eyes shine, and the voice of Shanhu Long Live also carried a bit of sincerity.

can write such a sentence, it seems that he can be regarded as a person who has a number in front of the emperor.

Thinking of this, Liu Ximing secretly glanced at Gao Qiqian, who put away the holy decree with a solemn face, and this eunuch should be indispensable to help him speak.

Otherwise, if he is a dispensable person, where will Zhu Youzhen remember.

There are people in the DPRK and China who are easy to do, and Liu Ximing once again has a deep understanding of this.

However, he was still vigilant in his heart, no wonder the scholars were so disgusted with those who clinged to the inner prison.

Fuck, everyone is mixing up qualifications and staying up for years, but you run in front of others one by one, can you not attract hatred.

But this time it shouldn't be, Liu Ximing glanced at Hong Chengchou, who was also standing solemnly.

This matter was reported by Hong Chengchou, and Gao Qiqian quietly beat a side drum at most, and not many people should pay attention to his identity.

Put away the holy decree, and looked at Cao Bianjiao with a smile.

"Deputy Chief Cao, our family is going to congratulate you, and I hope you know the emperor's intentions, and serve the country wholeheartedly in the future."

Cao Bianjiao turned over and bowed, "Thanks to the grace of heaven, the last general will die for His Majesty." ”

Gao Qiqian smiled and nodded, and then pretended to look at Liu Ximing casually.

"Little descendant, you are also a blessed person, you can be encouraged by Your Majesty, it is really the ancestral tomb that is smoking, you have to know how to be grateful."

"Thank you father-in-law for mentioning it, the students dare not forget Your Majesty's kindness."

Gao Qiqian laughed and arched his hand towards Hong Chengchou, and walked out with a group of little eunuchs.

The bullfighting suit is just a kind of service, it is not a regular service, and it is not even comparable to the flying fish suit, this thing is also to scare and scare the average official, Liu Ximing naturally has little interest.

What made him even happier was that in the reward document of the Ministry of War that Hong Chengchou took out, Shao Derong was directly promoted to the capital secretary, which made Liu Ximing shout in his heart that he had not spent this money in vain.

Cao Bianjiao obviously didn't expect this change, but in his previous merit report, he only said that he reported Shao Derong Qian's general promotion to the garrison, and his relationship with his brother was really hard.

Cao Bianjiao was a little stunned in his heart.

"Newspaper"

A herald galloped in, shouting in panic before Hong Chengchou could speak.

"Report to the army, on February 11, the thieves led the crowd to gather outside Luoyang City, and more than 20 families including Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, and Li Zicheng of the thieves all gathered together, as if to discuss how to deal with the encirclement and suppression of our army. After daybreak, the divisions parted ways again. ”

Grass, Liu Ximing's heart was shocked.

Is this a changing version of the Xingyang Conference?

Hong Chengchou's face changed when he heard it, "Have you ever found out the specific news?" ”

The herald's face was a little embarrassed, "When the thieves gather, only the leaders of the various departments are allowed to enter, and the lowly people cannot investigate. ”

"Military Gate", Cao Bianjiao came out of the ranks with his fists, "Hundreds of thousands of thieves gathered in Henan, and our army also has hundreds of thousands of people, this is a God-given opportunity, it is better to attack it with drums, so that the Central Plains can be safe." ”

Except for He Renlong and other generals who did not want to die in the big battle, the rest of the generals all looked a little unsightly when they heard Cao Bianjiao's words.

You Cao Yama don't want to die, we still want to keep it and enjoy it.

Hong Chengchou looked at the faces of the generals in the hall and sighed a little in his heart.

He didn't know that this was a godsend, and now that there were 130,000 officers and soldiers, his combat power was naturally much higher than that of the thieves.

But to fight with more than 300,000 thieves, he is also a little worried in his heart.

This is the most important combat power of the imperial court in the Central Plains, and once something goes wrong, he will be ruined when he ascends.

He doesn't know the problems of this world, a trilateral governor, even if all the thieves are exterminated, as long as natural and man-made disasters continue, the rebellious people will only be like leeks one after another.

If the official army only won a miserable victory, the world would no longer be owned by the imperial court.

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou sighed and lifted his spirits, "Send the order down, send more scouts to inquire about the news, and all departments still follow the previous strategy, focusing on interception, waiting for the opportunity to fight." ”

"Yes", all the generals were also relieved, and they should be.

The thieves in Henan have little to do with Liu Ximing, even if they hear that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have come back again, they don't have much shock to him.

On the contrary, he still wished that these old brothers would make it rain.

During this time in Henan and Guanzhong, he saw a lot of tragedies of Chidi Qianli and Yizi cannibalism, and in Kaifeng for a few days, how the large and small clans in this city were powerful and extravagant also made him outrageous.

The kings of the Zhou clan and the king of Fu who was far away in Luoyang were not greedy, cruel and unkind, just by looking at the almost empty land in Henan, you can know that the old Zhu family is time to die.

With Hong Chengchou's military order, all the generals of the army were mobilized.

Although Shao Derong was promoted to the capital secretary, it stands to reason that he can bring a thousand soldiers and horses, but at present, the military budget of the imperial court is tight, how can he have the effort to match him again.

He could still only lead 400 people under his command to follow Cao Bianjiao into the battle.

Shao Derong once again realized the cruelty of officialdom, if it weren't for Liu Ximing's relationship and money and food, he could only be cannon fodder.

Fortunately, Liu Ximing had already made arrangements, and the men and horses who were going down the river from Liujia Village had already set off, and it was expected that his subordinates would be able to make up about three regiments within a month.

After being on Hong Chengchou's side for so long, Liu Ximing has a relatively clear understanding of the imperial court military system.

Generally speaking, this set of military systems is still relatively well considered in terms of size and size.

However, the people who designed this military system probably did not expect that the world would be chaotic like this, and with the collapse of the administrative system, the battalion could not be effectively replenished.

In the later stages of the war, the generals could only recruit soldiers and horses on their own, and the shortage of military salaries naturally came by plunder, so that they slowly became the head of the warlord-like army.

Like Liu Ximing knew, the four towns in the Southern Ming Dynasty were similar to this kind of existence.

And what he wants to take advantage of is also this loophole.