Chapter 105: Pillars of the Imperial Court

"Dashuai, let's not wait for the emperor's will?"

Hundreds of horsemen surrounded Zheng Zhilong, and the horse team galloped eastward along the south of the Daqing River.

Jiang Zhe was riding on horseback, and everyone was still dizzy.

Zheng Zhilong is just leaving?

Too...... He was so ...... that he couldn't find a suitable adjective to describe his mood at the moment. How can you understand the meaning of "making a dog"?

Zheng Zhilong was feeling the cool feeling of the cold wind blowing through his ears. This kind of taste is not unfamiliar to him, but today is different from the past, he has a full five hundred iron horsemen behind him.

In the first battle of Zhang Qiuzhen, the guard Tartar led by Bolo was completely annihilated. Of course, the number was not less than five thousand, not counting the captured Tartars, and the total number was four thousand and twenty-three. The extra few hundred heads were chosen from the heads of the two tartars.

is not Zhao Bin's subordinates, but Baoyi Aha who follows the Tartars. Those people have been shaving their heads for a long time, and their heads are no different from those of tartars. Naturally, he was chosen to be the true Tartar head.

Zheng Zhilong had previously sent people to sell the first class to Ma Ke and Bai Guangen, and exchanged them for many riders, but because there were not enough war horses, Zheng Zhilong put them behind. In the previous war, they were reluctant to take them to the top tank, and it was too worthless to die.

However, after the first battle of Zhang Qiuzhen, more than 4,000 real tartars were killed, but there were 3,000 horse troops inside, together with the deputy horses, slave horses, and mules and horses and livestock captured by the army in the north and south of Shiqiao, a large number of horses fell into the hands of the Ming army.

Zheng Zhilong unceremoniously took away a piece of cheese from it, so that the five hundred riders around him were two horses.

"What is the Emperor's will? Can the capital reward Ben Shuai with a hereditary title, or can he reward Ben Shuai with tens of thousands of taels of white flowers? ”

There are 5,000 small heads, and there are so many two Tartars, plus the pension in the army, Emperor Chongzhen wants to really reward the whole army with fifty-two heads, and it is not enough for him to empty his internal money.

The emperor was so poor that he became attached to his ministers and nobles, and Emperor Chongzhen was also the only one in feudal history.

Looking at the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the great China is not ruined, and after the abdication, it can still nourish the life, four million.

Emperor Chongzhen has four million in his hands every year, and the Ming Dynasty will not break down so quickly.

Zheng Zhilong was not curious about the rewards of the capital at all, compared to eating farts behind the Tartars, compared to waiting for the Beijing division to come in the army, he might as well return to Fujian as soon as possible. What's more, after making such a contribution, he may have to be recruited to the Beijing division for a banquet, what is so delicious about Emperor Chongzhen's banquet?

When he went to the capital, he was visited by people like a monkey, so he didn't want to go.

Zheng Zhilong had already made an excuse for him, and the Nanyang red-haired ghost was restless. He wanted to return to Fujian to consolidate coastal defense and protect the maritime frontier.

Let him deal politely with civil and military officials and nobles under the background of the system at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he really feels that it is troublesome and a waste of time.

As for the consequences, many people may be annoyed. Especially Emperor Chongzhen. But so what?

It's March of the sixteenth year now, and it's April soon, and Abatai doesn't know if he will be able to be sent out of the border in April. Then there is the attack and liquidation of the court, the reward of the army, the reception of refugees and displaced people from all over the country, and the filling of vacant officials. By the time they raised their heads, Li Zicheng was already about to attack Guanzhong, right?

Although Emperor Chongzhen had one more Hong Chengchou in his hands than in history, and Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen were two strong generals, this did not fundamentally improve his own strength. He had no money or food.

This time Zhang Qiuzhen's victory was not even a good thing for Emperor Chongzhen. Because it is difficult for Emperor Chongzhen to take out the money and food for the army. If there is no reward for meritorious service, there is no guarantee that the morale of the Ming army will be more scattered than in the same period in history!

In the final analysis, Li Zicheng is completely different from the original Li Zicheng, and the combat strength of the old battalion under his command must not be underestimated. It has gained a firm foothold in northern Hubei and southern Henan, even if Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou join forces and cooperate sincerely, they may not be able to resist it.

Emperor Chongzhen, who had no money and no food, was still facing a dead end, and history would not improve because of the victory of Zhang Qiuzhen. Unless Emperor Chongzhen can resolutely go south.

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen did not have the idea of going south, but he couldn't let go of his face, which was a major flaw of his.

Zheng Zhilong doesn't remember the details of that incident, but he remembers that he read a novel in the late Ming Dynasty, which said that Chongzhen was just kidnapped by the minister, and it was helpless to choose "Dead Sheji".

But when an emperor is about to be subverted, he can still make the ministers easily kidnap him with his words, and even the prince is unwilling to send him to the south, such an emperor is really hehe.

An emperor who is too busy to take care of himself, no matter how annoyed he is, what can he do?

Zheng Zhilong rode all the way to Jinan and met with Wang Guobin, the governor of Qilu, mainly talking about the ownership of Li Shiyuan's troops after the war.

There is nothing to say about this, Li Shiyuan will definitely "return to the team".

Zheng Zhilong is not in a hurry now, it is not time yet.

What's more, Li Shiyuan is a person who goes back, and it is difficult to say that his heart will stay there.

Zheng Zhilong couldn't see people's loyalty, but in daily contact, what is Li Shiyuan's attitude towards him, can he still have a spectrum in his heart?

As a martial artist, if you don't respect the famous generals who can win battles, and don't hug the big thick legs of the God of Wealth, do you want to pursue the rotten Confucianism who usually talks about his heart and soul and reports the king when he dies? Are you going to pay allegiance to the poor clanging court?

What's more, at this moment, it is rare to see a scholar who can report to the king when he dies. They are more likely to abandon their jobs and run away.

Thinking about the situation in the north a year later, Zheng Zhilong was completely sure that he would be able to recall Li Shiyuan at that time. Just like that Zhou Lianggong.

When the Central Plains is in turmoil in the coming year, and the Tartars enter the customs, that is when the dragon and snake rise in the troubled times, that is where he really comes in.

After resting in Jinan for two days, Zheng Zhilong took the horse team and went straight to Denglai along the official road.

In today's era, official roads are much more awesome than the highways of later generations. In later generations, there were more than N national roads, but in this era, there was only one official road in many state capitals from beginning to end.

Jinan, as the seat of provincial governance, is naturally the center of the entire Qilu official road network. Therefore, Zheng Zhilong does not have to continue along the Daqing River.

Passing by Qingzhou Mansion in the middle, he was warmly welcomed by the father and son of Hengwang Zhu Youdi and the officials and people of Qingzhou. The Qing army failed to cross the Yanzhou Mansion to the east, which made the officials and gentry of the Qingzhou Mansion escape.

They are 10,000 grateful to Zheng Zhilong.

"The king has won the award, and it is the duty of my generation of warriors to kill thieves for the country." At the banquet of King Heng's Mansion, Zheng Zhilong was about to be annihilated by a bunch of endless compliments, and said modestly.

"Okay, good, Zheng Dashuai is not afraid of strong enemies, and he is not proud of his achievements, so he is a pillar of the court." Zhu Youdi turned his head to the civil official beside him.

The officials naturally echoed for a while, blowing Zheng Zhilong into the sky.

At night, Zheng Zhilong returned to the post house with a body of alcohol, and people fell asleep with a smile. Because his purpose of mixing in the battle of the Qing army and entering the fortress has been fully achieved. I won't talk about it nationwide, just say that it is in Qilu, which is a wave of prestige.

Whether it is the father and son of King Heng of Qingzhou, or the officials and gentry headed by the prefect He Yongqing, it is a puff of good words, although many of them are words on the scene, but he can still see the gratitude in the heart.

The piles of luxury didn't make Zheng Zhilong a little fluttery, but the sincere thanks under the kind words made him a little fluttery.

He will not fail to live up to this precious opportunity to cross, and his grand cause will be far away in the future. The current achievement is just a small red flower, and it really doesn't matter. But he also felt his 'presence'!

If it weren't for his existence, the full house in front of him, I don't know how many people would be folded under the Tartar sword soldiers this time.

On the second day, Zheng Zhilong shook his head, he seemed to remember that he had seen the long river and the monument again, and this time the vitality sprouted from the ancient and dilapidated monument and became stronger than before.