Nanjing City, the details of the Shandong Battle and Li Zicheng's 200,000 troops to conquer Shanhaiguan Wu Sangui almost successively arrived in Nanjing City, and the hundred officials soon knew that they entered the palace to find Zhu Cihong under the leadership of Gao Hongtu and Ma Shiying.

"What do you Aiqing think of the Shandong War and the upcoming Shanhaiguan War?" Zhu Cihong asked indifferently. In fact, I already have a clear idea of the outcome of the Shanhaiguan War.

"Your Majesty, Wu Sangui is the chief soldier of my Daming Mountain Customs, and the minister feels that he should be rescued." Gao Hongtu said, and a group of Donglin Party officials behind him immediately chimed in.

These people were not very interested in the battle of Jinan near Shandong, but they were worried about Wu Sangui in Shanhaiguan, who did not know that Wu Sangui must have thrown himself into the arms of the Manchu Qing at this time, and was about to lead the Qing soldiers into the customs.

Although Zhu Cihong had long expected the matter of Shanhaiguan and knew that Wu Sangui would throw himself into the arms of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there was no definite news to Jiangnan, Wu Sangui was still the general army of the Ming Dynasty in the eyes of the people in Jiangnan, and Zhu Cihong still had to make a statement.

"In this way, I immediately ordered the Xuzhou army to lead the Xuzhou army into Shandong to relieve the siege of Jinan, and then together with the Shandong army led by Shi Kefa, the allied army went north, with Shi Kefa as the commander, and marched into Hebei to respond to the battle of Shanhaiguan, of course, if the army can take this opportunity to recapture Beijing in one fell swoop, it will be the best." Zhu Cihong said.

"The Emperor Shengming!" None of the ministers objected, but Gao Hongtu and some other people moved slightly, hearing that Zhu Cihong had the intention of recapturing Beijing City, which made him a little reluctant in his heart, these years, the Ming Dynasty fought with the Qing soldiers for many years, and was defeated repeatedly, these courtiers were afraid, and the most feared was to face the Qing soldiers, and now they are enjoying it one by one in Nanjing City, who wants to return to Beijing City day and night to be afraid.

With Zhu Cihong's holy decree ordering the Xuzhou General Army to lead the army north to Xuzhou, Gao Hongtu also secretly wrote a letter to the Xuzhou General Army under selfish intentions, asking him not to enter Hebei after relieving the siege of Jinan, let alone attack Beijing.

The general soldier of Xuzhou was originally from the Donglin Party, and he had received the favor of Gao Hongtu, so he could be regarded as a member of Gao Hongtu's party.

After Zhu Cihong issued the holy decree, he didn't bother to pay attention to whether these ministers had any careful thoughts, training the new army was his first priority, but before that, it was also necessary to maintain the stability of Jiangnan, and if you want to maintain the stability of Jiangnan, Shandong cannot afford to lose, and you must take advantage of the fact that the Qing soldiers have not entered the customs, and make a good layout.

Back in the imperial study, Zhu Cihong suddenly thought of someone.

Jiangyin Dianshi Yan Yingyuan!

In history, this person was a junior official of the history of the first grade, but when the Qing soldiers attacked Jiangnan, he was able to lead the 60,000 temporarily formed rebel army in Jiangyin, guarding a lonely city in Jiangyin, facing more than 200,000 Qing soldiers, and 200 cannons of all kinds, such a powerful force, he was stunned to hold on for 81 days, so that the Qing soldiers broke three kings and eighteen generals in a row, and more than 70,000 people died to break through Jiangyin, known as the most bullish nail household in history.

Zhu Cihong always felt that such a record was a little unreal, Jiangyin was just a small county town, the city wall was not high, he couldn't figure it out, in the face of more than 200 cannons of the Qing soldiers, even if they were bombed, they could be bombarded into slag, how Yan Yingyuan could hold on for eighty-one days, and kill and wound so many Qing soldiers, it was incredible.

Zhu Cihong decided to give Yan Yingyuan a chance, which was both an opportunity and a test of his true ability. If Yan Yingyuan is really talented and shows his edge in this opportunity, he will definitely reuse Yan Yingyuan.

Zhu Cihong immediately issued a holy decree, promoted Yan Yingyuan to the county lieutenant of Tai'an County, Shandong, and was in charge of all military affairs in Tai'an County.

The reason why Zhu Cihong did not let Yan Yingyuan directly enter Jinan City, but placed him in Tai'an, was to consider giving him enough freedom so that he could show his talents as much as possible.

The holy decree issued by Zhu Cihong was transmitted to the cabinet, and the six ministers including Gao Hongtu and Ma Shiying looked at this holy decree one by one with doubts.

"Lord Ge, what does the emperor mean by issuing such a holy decree? It is said that Yan Yingyuan, the history of Jiangyin, once led people to repel pirates from the sea, and was loyal and courageous, and contributed to the Ming Dynasty, so he was promoted to the county lieutenant of Tai'an County, Shandong. This was all three years ago, why did the emperor know, and personally decreed that he was named the county lieutenant of Tai'an County for such a trivial matter, it's so strange, we can't issue this holy decree? Qian Qianyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asked.

In the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet had the right to reject the emperor's holy decrees, and each holy decree must be approved by the cabinet before it was issued, otherwise it would be unjustifiable, which was also a guarantee for the courtiers to limit the emperor's chaos.

"Send it, it's just a small county lieutenant, there is a county order on it, the county is pressing, it can't turn the sky, and in two days, we will ask the emperor to start choosing a concubine, and it is not appropriate to refute the emperor's face at this time." Gao Hongtu said, a little county lieutenant, such a thing can't get into their eyes.

Gao Hongtu, the head of the Donglin Party, did not object, Ma Shiying and others still wanted to hug Zhu Cihong's thigh against the Donglin Party, so naturally they would not object, and then the six ministers all agreed, and the holy decree was sent to Jiangyin.

Although the six old guys were scheming, they all subconsciously ignored the last sentence of Zhu Cihong's holy decree, if there was any urgent military affairs, Yan Yingyuan could handle it at his own discretion, and no one was allowed to interfere, which gave Yan Yingyuan that once there was a war, no one could interfere in all his decisions in Tai'an, not even the county order.

Zhu Cihong knew that soon after, Li Zicheng and Shanhaiguan would go to Shanhaiguan, and the entire Hebei would be occupied by the Qing soldiers, and it would be inevitable for the Qing troops to enter Shandong, and the whole Shandong would fall into war, although Tai'an now had less than 2,000 people, as long as Yan Yingyuan was really talented, there were more opportunities to perform.

In Jiangyin County, more than a dozen palace guards escorted a eunuch who had announced the decree here.

The guards of the Imperial Forest Army came to the county office, and heard that Yan Yingyuan was not in the county seat at the moment, but went out of the city to inspect, so they immediately asked the county order to send someone to find Yan Yingyuan back.

"Dian Shi, Master Dian Shi!" Yan Yingyuan was patrolling outside the city, dealing with a murder case, when he suddenly saw a servant come looking for him.

"Little brother, you are in such a hurry to come to me, is there something going on in the county office?" Yan Yingyuan asked.

"It is true that something big has happened, but it is not about the county government, but about you, Lord Dianshi, the imperial court has sent my father-in-law to come, and there is a holy decree for you, so that you can go back and receive the decree quickly." The official gasped slightly.

Yan Yingyuan frowned, the imperial court has a holy decree for him? It seems unlikely, he has a small history, and he hasn't done anything, how could the court notice him.

"Big brother, how can the imperial court have a holy decree for you, it won't be someone who plays tricks on you." Yan Yingyuan was followed by a young man who was also puzzled and frowned.

Yan Yingyuan shook his head and said, "The fake holy decree is to exterminate the Nine Clans, this place is so close to Nanjing City, no one will dare to do this, it should be true." ”

"If it's true, we'll go back and see." The young man said.

Yan Yingyuan nodded, and returned to the Jiangyin County Government with the young people, and sure enough, he found more than a dozen palace guards and a father-in-law waiting for him in the county office, and the father-in-law was sitting on a chair prepared by the county order and drinking tea.

"Father-in-law, Yan Dianshi is back." As soon as he saw Yan Yingyuan coming back, the county order led him to his father-in-law.

"Yan Yingyuan has seen his father-in-law." Yan Yingyuan arched his hand slightly, Yan Yingyuan was still a little in awe of his father-in-law from the palace, after all, he was a person around the emperor, who knew what he wanted to do this time.

The father-in-law glanced at Yan Yingyuan, his expression was full of arrogance, and after taking a sip of tea slowly, he stood up and slowly took out a yellow, orange and orange holy decree from his cuff.

"Jiangyin Dian Shi Yan Yingyuan received the order!"

"Yan Yingyuan takes the order!" Yan Yingyuan knelt on the ground and listened to the holy decree.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, Jiangyin Dianshi Yan Yingyuan is loyal and brave, and is now transferred to the county lieutenant of Tai'an County, Shandong, and is the commander-in-chief of all military affairs in Tai'an County.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" After Yan Yingyuan bowed, he received this holy decree from his father-in-law.

Yan Yingyuan was a little dazed in his heart, he didn't know why his little history attracted the attention of the emperor, he was supposed to be transferred to the county lieutenant of Tai'an County, and he only needed an official document from the ministry, but the emperor actually gave him a holy decree in person.

"With the emperor's personal grace, is the county lieutenant Yan happy and stupid, don't be in a hurry to be happy, in addition to this holy decree, the emperor also has an edict." The father-in-law said with a smile.

"Father-in-law, please speak." Yan Yingyuan lowered his posture and said.

"The emperor decreed that Yan Yingyuan was appointed as the county lieutenant of Tai'an County, and he could bring his own assistants, and he could decide how many people he wanted."

"Wechen obeys!" Yan Yingyuan was even more confused, even such a trivial matter The emperor personally gave him an edict, which was too puzzling, how could he get such an honor with a small history.

It's really unpredictable! In the end, Yan Yingyuan could only sigh and think like this. After all, no matter how smart he is, he can't think of the reason.

"My father-in-law has worked hard to pass on the decree, and the little meaning is not a tribute, so please accept it." The young man who followed Yan Yingyuan back suddenly took a purse from his waist and stuffed it into his father-in-law and said.

Yan Yingyuan frowned slightly, but didn't say anything. He naturally knew that the purse stuffed by the young man was filled with silver, and although he was not ashamed of such a thing in his heart, he also knew that it was his brother's kindness, and he could not refute his brother's face.

The holy decree has been issued, and Yan Yingyuan packed up his salute on the next day, took the holy decree and took two righteous brothers and more than a dozen cronies to Tai'an, Shandong to take up his post, which will change his life.

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