On the dragon chair, there was no word for a long time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Chongzhen's face was like a gloomy piece of black iron.

"Could it be that Li Xiao has become a tiger's ass that can't be touched? If Li Xiao is really such a general who is too big to lose his tail and is selfish, how can he let me reuse it with confidence. Chongzhen smiled bitterly and looked up and sighed.

"Your Majesty。。。。。。"

Chongzhen waved his hand, signaling that Yang Sichang didn't have to say any more.

Then, Chongzhen's words sounded coldly in the Qianqing Palace: "Spread my will, Li Xiao opened up Taiwan, entered the Ryukyus, swept away Satsuma, and made great contributions to the national dynasty. Subordinates have meritorious people, etc., and they will be given blessings. In addition, Wang Shen, the superintendent of Xuanda, was transferred to Shandong to serve as the superintendent of the Tiger Army. As for the land of Taiwan, starting next year, all the officials sent by Li Xiao will be abolished, and the imperial court will send another official to govern it. ”

"This 。。。。。 Minister, obey the order. ”

Yang Sichang, who had a depressed face, finally had no choice but to accept the emperor's arrangement.

On April 20, the 11th year of Chongzhen, Wang Shen, who returned to the capital and served as the new superintendent of the Tiger Army, as the eunuch of the proclamation, took a group of people and horses to Shandong to preach the proclamation.

On this day, Li Xiao had just returned to Shandong from Satsuma. After returning to Dengzhou, Shandong, Li Xiao ignored everything and hurried home.

Because, at this time, he wanted to see what his concubine Zhuo Naxi looked like when she gave birth to a daughter for herself three months ago.

Entering the house, Li Xiao went straight to Zhuo Naxi's room.

At this time, Zhuo Naxi was holding her daughter and coaxing her to sleep, and when she saw Li Xiao come in, she was very happy.

"Show me my baby girl."

Li Xiao strode over, smiling and stretching out his hands to Zhuo Naxi.

After picking up his big fat daughter, who weighed about seven or eight pounds, Li Xiao smiled from ear to ear.

He couldn't help but gently pinch it on the child's pink face, and the child suddenly burst into tears.

"Look at you, you have a light hand and foot, and you made the child cry when you came back." Zhuo Nahi said lightly.

Li Xiao laughed, the more he looked at the child in his arms, the more he couldn't put it down, and suddenly, as if he remembered something, he hurriedly asked, "Have you ever named the child?" ”

"No, don't you wait for you to come back?"

Li Xiao pondered for a while, then said with a smile: "My baby daughter, who is fused with the blood of the Han and Manchu races, has white skin and healthy body, is cute and moving, and must be a beautiful, generous and heroic little beauty when she grows up, in my opinion, just call her Li Yuan." ”

Zhuo Naxi chuckled, she nodded and said, "Li Yuan, this name is good, it is catchy and beautiful, and the concubine body also likes it very much." ”

On the same day, Li Xiao held a big banquet at home, and all the wives and concubines and children were seated, and the family was harmonious and happy.

The next day, Li Xiao went to the government office, but Chen Zilong came to report to Li Xiao with a scribe.

Chen Zilong led the civil official who was dressed in Confucian clothes, wearing a Pingyang scarf, with a thin figure and about 30 years old, and after entering Li Xiao's office, he introduced Li Xiao loudly.

"Master Li, this is Guo Fujia, the word Fubo, and the number Jie'an, is from Jinjiang County, Fujian. He had an old relationship with his students, and when he traveled to Shandong, he was invited by Yu Chengxin, so he came to serve Master Li. Chen Zilong introduced with a smile.

Li Xiao's eyes lit up, and he smiled and said, "It turned out to be Master Guo, welcome." ”

Guo Fujia took a step forward, and also smiled at Li Xiao: "Uncle Chifeng is polite. Although he has fame and fame, he has no official position, but he is a white person. Since the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Jiazike Township Examination has been six times to pass the test, then to the professor for a living, travel to the Ming Dynasty and other places, all the way, or talk with students, or to poetry and wine entertainment, or travel to the landscape, or to visit famous places, the days are also happy and happy. Now in Shandong, everywhere you go, are depressed and dilapidated, but since you arrive in Dengzhou, you see that this place is prosperous, compared with other places in Shandong, it is like the difference between heaven and earth. It can be seen that Master Li's governance is very good, and he has performance, which others are not as good as. Now that Factor Long sincerely invited, the students decided to come to follow Master Li. “

Li Xiao laughed: "Bachelor Guo can come to help a certain family, and Ben Bo can help with Tian." Ben Bo now wants to set up a new logistics department to be in charge of the logistics and food and miscellaneous affairs of the soldiers of each battalion, but he doesn't know if Bachelor Guo is willing to take up this position? ”

Guo Fujia's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly knocked and said: "When Guo first came, Lord Li entrusted him with the heavy responsibility of money and food, and Guo dared to do his best to repay the grace of the adult. ”

Li Xiao laughed out loud, and comforted Guo Fujia a few words.

The reason why he values this Guo Fujia so much is because he had read the history of the Ming Dynasty in his previous life, and of course he knew the life experience of this Guo Fujia.

Since the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Guo Fujia, after the middle lift, has traveled around the country for more than 20 years in a white body, and has failed to pass the six attempts before and after.

It was not until the sixteenth year of Chongzhen that Guo Fujia, who was thirty-nine years old, went to Beijing to participate in the Guiwei examination.

At this time, Guo Fujia, who could have gone out to be an official, saw that the north was in ruins and turmoil, and the rogue had become a monstrous trend, and he felt that his future was hopeless, so he immediately asked for leave and returned to the country.

Until the Fu King Zhu Yousong ascended the throne in Nanjing, Guo Fujia was appointed as the head of the Sichuan Department of the Ministry of Households, and concurrently served as the head of the Ministry of War, verifying military salaries, troops and many other matters.

In the first year of Hongguang (the second year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, 1645), when the Qing army broke through Nanjing, Guo Fujia was supervising the military salary in Gusu. When Guo Fujia heard this, he was furious, and immediately reprimanded the official severely, he said, although the world is now muddy and fishy, but he still has to be an example of not being polluted and honest and honest, and then he distributed all the money and salaries to all the soldiers.

At this time, Guo Fujia didn't know that the reason why Li Xiao wanted to reuse him as the logistics director of the Tiger Army was precisely because he took a fancy to him in history, and his good work ability and honest and self-disciplined attitude as an official made him so relieved to entrust him with important tasks.

It was only later that he was promoted to the right of Like to give the matter of leaving Fu Jia, and seeing that the officials of the Southern Ming Dynasty were leaning against each other, they thought that they would not be tolerated, so they said that they were sick and returned home.

In the second year of Longwu (the third year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, 1646), the Qing army entered Fujian, and occupied Fuzhou and Quanzhou successively. Guo Fujia fled to the Jianning Mountains in search of a counterattack.

On August 22, the third year of Longwu (the first year of Yongli, the fourth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, 1647), Guo Fujia, Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Hongkui met in Taohuashan in the suburbs of Quanzhou, preparing to join forces to besiege Quanzhou. Guo Fujia was in Quanzhou Prefecture, united against the Qing gentry, and responded to the incident. At that time, Hui'an, Anxi, Yongchun, Dehua, Datian, Youxi all over the township Yong gathered, welcomed Guo Fujia to Yongchun, elected as the commander, divided the five towns, recovered Yongchun, Dehua two counties, its momentum was quite vibrating for a while.

It is a pity that in the fourth year of Longwu (the second year of Yongli, the fifth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, 1648), the general soldiers and horses on the right side of Fujian in the Qing Dynasty were meritorious, and led the troops to attack Yongchun.

According to the "Continuation of the Ming Chronicle", in this tragic battle, Guo Fujia personally supervised the battle, was covered with bruises, and still fought non-stop, until the Qing soldiers cut off his head, he fell to the ground and died, and he was loyal to the country.

It is rumored that after Guo Fujia's death, his head was beheaded, and after seven days, it was still as colorful as life, and flies and ants did not dare to invade, just like the story of Guan Yunchang during the Three Kingdoms period.

After arranging Guo Fujia, Li Xiao was very happy in his heart.

Counting up, he is now under his command of the famous ministers of the late Ming Dynasty, such as Chen Zilong, Jiang Yueguang, Liu Zongzhou, Hua Yuncheng and others, plus this Guo Fujia, there are already 5 people, but the number is not small.

Of course, Li Xiao will not be satisfied at all, in his opinion, only the more talents, the more helpful they will be to their own cause, and the power of the Tiger Army can also develop faster and more rapidly.

After all, no matter what era it is, elite talents are always the most scarce and valuable resources.

Eight days later, Wang Shen, who was the eunuch of the proclamation, finally arrived in Dengzhou with a group of entourage.

Since Wang Shen arrived in Dengzhou, he has a feeling of brightness.

He was surprised to find that this remote state capital in the Ming Dynasty, under the rule of Li Xiao, was actually a prosperous city and a prosperous industry, whether it was a city or a countryside, it was all naturalized in an orderly manner, and it was not an exaggeration to call it a paradise in troubled times.

After seeing the prosperous scene of Dengzhou, a sneer flashed on Wang Shen's face, and he had made up his mind.

At this time, Wang Shen smiled at Wang Xin, the little eunuch who followed him, in a casual tone: "Wang Xin, do you know that when our family was on Xuanfu North Road, we had a relationship with this Li Xiao. “

"Oh, my father-in-law also had a relationship with Li Xiao." Wang Xin pretended to be very interested.

"Hehe, when our family was in Xuanfu Town as a supervisor, this Li Xiao was only a small thousand households, and in order to tie up with our family, he also gave our family a little Qing Army flag honor guard as a gift to meet, and it can be regarded as having a friendship with our family." Speaking of this, Wang Shen laughed unconsciously, and was very proud in his heart.

"In this way, Li Xiao is promoted to Chifengbo, and he is about to be promoted to the Marquis of the East China Sea, but he also has a lot of merit for the prince's support." Wang Xin's sycophants followed closely.

"Haha, that's nature. It's a pity that this kid was originally just a rural hunter in Liaodong, but now he is also running from time to time, and his achievements are about to be promoted to marquis. It's really a man who can't look good, and the sea can't fight. Wang Shen sighed lightly, and a trace of ruthlessness flashed on his face: "Hmph, this Li Xiao is hidden deep enough." Originally, I thought that he was just like those border generals, but his martial arts and wit were slightly higher, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to govern the place. But I didn't expect that this seemingly inconspicuous Li Xiao is now a big family and is becoming more and more developed. Such a fat guy, if our family doesn't knock him hard, it will be like coming to Dengzhou for nothing to be a prison soldier. “

Wang Xin smiled and said, "What the prince said is extremely true! There is a way that thousands of miles of officials are only for money, and we have worked hard all the way to Shandong to serve as a supervisor for the Tiger Army, so Li Xiao respects us, but it is also a matter of course. What's more, Li Xiao has a lot of stains in our hands, he doesn't honor the prince, the prince casually prepares a few pieces of news to report to the court, and those civil officials and courtiers who have long looked at him unpleasantly must not be eaten alive. ”

Wang Xin's words scratched the itch in Wang Shen's heart, and he let out a few sharp strange laughs, and said loudly: "Hmph, that's exactly the reason!" Whether to take Yangguan Road or cross the single-plank bridge depends on whether this Li Xiao can go on the road or not. ”

Soon, the group waited for the inner city of Dengzhou and came to Li Xiao's official residence, Li Xiao had ordered someone to sweep the courtyard, prepare the incense case, and spread the red carpet to welcome their arrival.

Wang Shen strode into the courtyard with his head held high, glanced at it casually, and saw that the courtyard had been cleaned, and on a glazed pear wood table, flowers were placed and incense was prepared. And behind the long table, Li Xiao, who was dressed in a python robe and jade belt, led a group of generals and officials, all standing with their heads bowed to welcome their arrival.

Seeing Li Xiao's greeting so respectfully, Wang Shen was very proud.

He nodded slightly, then coughed and said loudly: "Shandong Chifeng Bo Li Xiao takes the order." ”

Li Xiao took a few steps forward, brushed the python robe on the ground, knelt on the ground and arched his hand, and responded in a deep voice: "Minister, Li Xiao accepts the order." ”

Wang Shen looked Li Xiao who was kneeling and bowing his head up and down, a sneer flashed on his face, and he began to read aloud.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said: Shandong Chifeng Bo Li Xiao, travel far and wide, expel Hongyi, and recover Taiwan. Fudong to save the Ryukyu Domain, the unscrupulous Satsuma of Beizhen, is really miraculous, brilliant, Yang Ming reputation in foreign lands, show my Chinese power in foreign countries. When I heard the report, I was overjoyed. Such immortal achievements, even at the beginning of the dynasty, have never been surpassed. I imitate the life of the emperor who must be rewarded for his merits, and I specially named Li Xiao as the Marquis of the East China Sea, and gave an umbrella cover and flag, a marquis's honor guard, a marquis's crown and other things, a gauze hat, a golden rhino belt, a set of regular clothes, a red woven gold chest and back unicorn round neck, a green sticker, a pair of leather crowns, a crown of seven silk crepe skins, a branch of jade, a piece of red plain leather cloth, a gold hook jade brocade ribbon, a red and white ribbon, and four alum red flat Luo pins and gold clips. In addition, his eldest son Li Cheng served as the commander of the Jinyi Guard. The rest of the meritorious soldiers are all paid to the division and the preferential discussion. I hope that Li Xiao will guard against arrogance and add achievements,。。。。。。 ”

Wang Shen, who read this in one breath, couldn't help but take a long breath, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and then continued to read: "Since the day of the proclamation, I have helped Li Xiao to help him drive away the king's affairs and help the chaos in danger, so I specially sent Wang Shen, the former superintendent of Xuan, to serve as a superintendent in the Tiger Army. I hope that the two of you will cooperate sincerely and help each other to live up to my expectations。。。。。。 ”

Hearing Wang Shen read it all the way, the smile on Li Xiao's face, which was originally faintly visible, gradually disappeared. In its place, it was an unprecedented cold.

It turned out that the real intention of the imperial court to crown itself as a marquis was to send a prison army and to recover the governance rights of Taiwan, which it regarded as a foundation. The imperial court's move of secretly demolishing the stage for the sake of promotion made Li Xiao inexplicably cold.

Li Xiao sighed secretly, in this sense, the black form that Zheng Zhilong told himself could be regarded as having achieved a certain effect.

What to do?

Can you really only accept such an arrangement from the imperial court?

He thought quickly in his mind.

"Li Xiao, I don't want to thank you yet." Wang Shen let out a low shout, bringing the pensive Li Xiao back to his senses.

"Minister, Li Xiao, thank you, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Li Xiao raised his head and took the holy decree from Wang Shen's hand.

At this time, Wang Shen inadvertently saw that there was no smile on this Li Xiao's face, and a cold light flashed in his thick eyebrows.