The matter of the female assassin caused Xu Changqing to delay for a few days, and there was a backlog of government and military affairs, but this was not a bad thing.

It was precisely because of her appearance that Xu Changqing came up with this plan of 'hiding from the sky and crossing the sea', and it also made Xu Changqing vigilant about his security and defense work.

There are too many speculative people.

You don't know when you're going to touch the interests of others and make people jump over the wall.

Fortunately, this kind of thing is exposed in advance, and it is definitely much better than being exposed later.

At this time, although the female assassin has not been really taken down by Xu Changqing, Xu Changqing has already captured a lot of things!

This female assassin was not sent by Li Zicheng and them, but ...... Speculators who have been hiding in the shadows!

……

Just when Xu Changqing resumed his work and began to coordinate the interests of all parties on the Kaifeng side, he was ready to report the success of the Jingshi in detail.

In the capital, the simple good news sent by Xu Changqing before has finally arrived!

"Newspaper—"

"Newspaper—"

"Great victory, great victory! Uncle Xu Changqing defeated the main force of the thieves outside Kaifeng City, Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and others have been defeated and retreated to Kaifeng Mansion, and another group of thieves Luo Rucai, He Yilong and others have been defeated and retreated to Huguang! ”

The good news entered the city from You'anmen, and the heralds shouted all the way, went straight to the inner city, and then ran all the way to the outside of the Forbidden City.

also left a thriller all the way.

"What?"

"Uncle Zhongyi has won again? He, did he really defeat an army of hundreds of thousands of thieves? ”

"Can this still be fake? Didn't you see that the good news was delivered to our capital? ”

"Haha, I said it a long time ago, Uncle Zhongyi is our first fierce general in the Ming Dynasty, and he is an old man, a thief, and a bird's feather."

"That's right."

"Who is Uncle Zhongyi? That is the reincarnation of Martial Saint Ye, a person who can be the same generation as Grandpa Yue Wu Muyue. Li Chuang: Are those thieves a ball? ”

"Haha, happy, happy! The rebellion of the thieves has subsided, and the prices in our capital should also calm down, right? Today must be a big deal. ”

"Let's go and drink."

“……”

Soon, Jingshi City was filled with the joy of victory everywhere from the outside to the inside, and the restaurants that were not very prosperous began to become popular one by one.

Although the capital is not close to the Central Plains, the thieves have never endangered the safety of the Beijing Division, nor have they damaged the Grand Canal, but they have stuck the hinterland of the Central Plains and blocked many trade routes, so that many prices in the capital have increased several times compared with the early years of Chongzhen.

In addition, the scholar class has always publicized the harm of thieves, to a large extent, Xu Changqing won the battle of the Central Plains at this time, which made the people of the capital happier than defeating the Tartars.

At this time, a horse-drawn carriage slowly drove into the city along the route of the soldiers.

Inside the carriage, an old man in a red official robe, looking at the excited crowd outside, smiled unconsciously on his old face.

This lord is naturally the nominal commander-in-chief of the Central Plains War, and the old pavilion is waiting.

The reason why Hou Sui was able to sit on the throne of this commander-in-chief before was not his ability, but his old and kind relationship with Zuo Liangyu in his early years.

A few days ago, the ending of the Central Plains War came, Ding Qirui, Yang Wenyue, and Zuo Liangyu fled one after another, destroying the entire general situation.

Fortunately, his son and staff persuaded him in time, racking their brains to think of a way to exonerate.

Who would have thought that just as they were ready to make an excerpt in Beijing, Xu Changqing's messenger had just arrived in Baoding!

This made the father and son feel as if they had been pulled back to heaven from hell all at once.

Hou Sui originally planned to let the personnel come to Beijing to report the victory first, and then he went to see Xu Changqing in person and quickly got a good relationship with Xu Changqing.

But after a lot of discussion, I felt that it was not safe!

After all, the army of thieves is too terrifying, there are too many people, and now is obviously not the time to pass, in case they encounter the rout of the army of thieves, what will their little arms and legs use to fight? It's going to die in vain.

Hou Sui is an old treacherous and cunning, and he quickly thought of a way to enter Beijing with the newspaper documents!

He is a dignified old man, and he is one of the leaders of Donglin, so he is so red and low, he is obviously a little unsightly.

Why not help Xu Changqing pave the way in Beijing in advance and do some practical things?

At that time, as long as he does things beautifully, according to Xu Changqing's shrewdness, how can he not understand his hard work?

It wouldn't be a problem to re-enter the cabinet through this matter.

……

Hou Sui was in the chest at this time, and naturally he was in the mood to enter the city slowly and leisurely.

At this time, the dynasty has already become a vegetable market again.

The news that Cao Bianjiao and Wang Pu sent troops had already been delivered at this time, and the two were about to send troops soon.

But how to solve the problem of grain and grass burden?

In the Battle of the Central Plains, the imperial court allocated a lot of grain and grass to Zuo Liangyu, Ding Qirui, and Yang Wenyue, including Xu Changqing and Sun Chuanting.

Now that the autumn harvest is approaching, the new grain, grass, and silver have not yet been confiscated, and the treasury is really cleaner than a rat's nest now.

"Your Majesty, it's really not good, let's ...... Let's borrow some money from the people first, shall we? There are a lot of wealthy families in Beijing, so let's borrow a hundred thousand taels first, settle the war in the Central Plains, and then slowly find a way. ”

In the midst of the noise, the soldier Chen Xinjia really had no choice, and said his thoughts with a bitter face.

But as soon as he said this, the noisy Imperial Palace quickly fell silent.

Especially the already gloomy face of Emperor Chongzhen on the throne, it was almost dripping at this time.

Around, several of Chen Xinjia's old opponents almost couldn't help but laugh snickering.

This soldier is coming to an end.

has been in the cabinet for several years, how could Chen Xinjia not know the temperament of this prince of heaven at this time, and looked at Shoufu Zhou Yanru like a helper.

Zhou Yanru's heart was also full of bitterness.

Last night, Chen Xinjia visited him alone and talked to him about this matter.

Let's be honest.

Theoretically, he supported Chen Xinjia's approach, after all, at this time, this was the only way.

Otherwise, you can only send more!

But the Son of Heaven has issued several edicts, and if he is sent again, he Zhou Yanru must be the first to bear the brunt.

Even though he didn't like Chen Xinjia, at this time, in order to protect himself, Zhou Yanru hesitated for a moment, but still helped Chen Xinjia speak up: "Your Majesty, the old minister, the old minister thinks that this matter is not impossible. We are like the money bank, just pay some interest to those wealthy families. This is about to be harvested in the autumn, and the tax money in Beijing will definitely be collected within a month or two. At that time, pay them back some of the principal first, and wait for the tax money in Jiangnan to come up at the end of the year, and then pay them back in full. ”

"You guys! You guys?! ”

Emperor Chongzhen's lungs were about to explode for a while, he slapped the dragon chair, stood up angrily, and glared at Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia.

He is so wise and powerful, but what kind of courtiers are he helping underneath!

Unexpectedly, he actually asked the dignified Ming court to borrow money from the people!

Is this a slapping of his heavenly son in the face alive?

How will the people of the world see him?

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen's appearance, Chen Xinjia was busy kneeling on the ground, his buttocks facing the sky, kowtowing desperately, and shouting with a crying voice: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we still have to focus on the overall situation, the Central Plains, there is no room for loss......"

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal, and I implore the emperor to put the overall situation first."

"Your Majesty, the ministers also seconded the proposal."

"The minister seconded the proposal."

A few chess pieces in Chen Xinjia's mountain, seeing that the fire was almost over, were busy coming out to support the scene.

Many people around me figured it out at this point.

The old fox Chen Yan's eyes rolled, and he knelt on the ground in a hurry: "Your Majesty, Lord Chen's plan, although it is a slight loss of face in the court, is not a solution to the problem. I feel that I can give it a try. ”

"Your Majesty, the matter has come to this, there is no good way for the time being, and the minister also feels that he can give it a try."

"The Emperor's ......"

Seeing that a large number of civil and military officials in the field had already knelt down, Emperor Chongzhen trembled with anger.

Forcing the palace!

This is a forced palace!

Chen Xinjia's house, although he has a little ability, is full of crooked and evil ways, this is to push him, the son of the saint, into the fire pit!

It's a pity that it has reached this level, and even if he is the Son of Heaven, it is impossible for him to directly replace Chen Xinjia.

Emperor Chongzhen gritted his teeth stubbornly, because he didn't want to carry this big black cauldron because he was thorough in his bone marrow.

However, after thinking about it, he really had no choice.

If he didn't agree to this, Wang Pu and Cao Bianjiao's elite would not be able to go on the expedition, then, once the Central Plains were lost, his face as a saint would really be torn apart by Li Zicheng and others.

Just when Emperor Chongzhen finally couldn't hold it anymore and wanted to let go.

"Newspaper—"

"Good news! Good news in the Central Plains! Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Great Victory, Great Victory! ”

At this time, the heart-rending shout of the little eunuch suddenly came from outside the hall.

"Good news?"

"Good news from the Central Plains?"

"Isn't the Central Plains defeated? How can there be good news......"

"What the hell is going on?"

For a while, not only the courtiers were a little confused, but Emperor Chongzhen was also a little confused.

It's all in this state, how can there be good news?

Fortunately, they didn't have to wait long, and the little eunuch rushed in and hurriedly presented the good news.

Wang Chengen hurriedly handed the good news to Emperor Chongzhen again.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at it for a moment, his eyes kept widening, and in an instant, the whole person continued to burst out with a terrifying light of hope!

"Haha, hahahahahahaha!"

Even in the great court, Emperor Chongzhen was a little uncontrollable and laughed loudly.

The courtiers were a little confused, and they all wanted to know what was going on, but at this time, Emperor Chongzhen's momentum had already risen, and they obviously didn't dare to ask more.

After a while, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to have won the lottery, and the whole person was a little bit of a rhythm that the six relatives did not recognize, and said to Wang Chengen arrogantly: "Wang Companion, go, go and let the courtiers see the good news." ”

"Yes."

Wang Chengen also came back to his senses, hurriedly took the good news and carefully went down the steps, during which he did not forget to glance at himself.

But it doesn't matter if you don't look at it, when you look at it, Wang Chengen directly shuddered, and almost fell and ate.

Fortunately, he was extremely familiar with the terrain, and his body still had some strength, so he was busy adjusting.

But his momentum at this time is completely different from before, she was originally an angry little daughter-in-law, but at this time she became a mother-in-law who boiled her head, and handed the report document to Zhou Yanru with her head held high.

Zhou Yanru couldn't wait for a long time, swallowed his saliva, and looked carefully.

But for only a moment, Zhou Yanru's whole person was a little bad, and he hurriedly handed the report document to Chen Yan next to him, knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately: "Your Majesty, God bless Daming, God bless Daming!" Uncle Zhongyi, worthy of being the mainstay of my Ming Dynasty! ”

Chen Yan has also finished watching it here, and his old face is also pale!

Who would have thought that Xu Changqing was a lone army, but there were only a few thousand people, but he was stunned by these thousands of people, and beat the main force of hundreds of thousands of thieves.

"Your Majesty, this is really the blessing of your ancestors, the emperor is blessed with all the blessings! Central Plains this victory, Uncle Zhongyi should be the first merit! ”

How sophisticated is Chen Yan?

came back to his senses in an instant, and he knelt on the ground with Zhou Yanru, pouting his ass and kowtowing desperately.

Soon, as more and more courtiers saw the documents of the victory, in the Imperial Palace, they had already knelt down one by one, all of them were desperately kowtowing and singing praises to Emperor Chongzhen.

Who would have thought that just a few minutes ago, this was still a vegetable market?

There is nothing more wonderful in the world than this!