Wuchang, Huguang Governor Yamen.

Du Yinxi paced back and forth in the middle hall, his eyebrows full of gloom.

A few days ago, he received a secret order from Nanjing, and the Son of Heaven ordered him to keep an eye on the situation in Huguang and if necessary, to recruit the rest of the Shun army.

This decree is not an explicit decree issued through the official channels of the cabinet and the six divisions, but a central decree.

If you change to other civil officials, you can directly refuse to accept the order, in order to flaunt your integrity and not fear the imperial power.

But Plug Yinxi won't. He knew very well what the Son of Heaven meant by sending him this secret message.

Today, the situation in Huguang can be described in a garbled word.

There was Zuo Liangyu's mutiny in the front, and Li Chuang and Jianyu entered the Kou one after another.

Plugging Yinxi made a blow to the bottom of the kettle, rebelled against Jin Shenghuan and Ma Jinzhong, and cooperated with Yuan Jixian and Huang Degong to quell the rebellion of the left army.

The Emperor of Heaven was gracious and ordered Yinxi to serve as the governor of Huguang.

These days, Gu Yinxi is full of thoughts about how to reorganize the battalions and reorganize the defense. After all, Azig's army of more than 100,000 was still pursuing Li Zicheng near Huguang Tongshan County. Once the Qing army solves the trouble of Li Chuang, it is likely to turn around and attack the Huguang Mansions.

At this time, the Son of Heaven issued a secret decree to block Yinxi to find an opportunity to recruit the rest of the Shun army, which is very intriguing.

For the Ming court, Li Zicheng is undoubtedly a chaotic minister and thief. No matter how many reasons he finds, it is unforgivable to start a rebellion.

What's more, Li Zicheng also led a large army to attack Shenjing and forced Emperor Lie to death......

It should be said that no one hates Li Zicheng more than today. If it weren't for Li Chuang's rebellion, how could Jianyu have the opportunity to take Shanhaiguan and then get involved in the mountains and rivers of Beidi?

Therefore, for the Son of Heaven, Li Zicheng must die, and it is impossible for him to accept any form of surrender from Li Zicheng.

Linked to the secret decree sent down by the Son of Heaven, Du Yinxi realized it in his heart for a while.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Li Zicheng is now a lost dog, and he was chased all the way to Jiugong Mountain by the Qing army, and it was only a matter of time before he died in defeat.

So does the Son of Heaven in his holy decree mean paying attention to the situation in Huguang to pay attention to the battle situation in Jiugong Mountain?

In other words, the Son of Heaven asked Du Yinxi to keep an eye on when Li Zicheng would die. Once Li Zicheng dies, is it time for Yin Xi to surrender the rest of the Shun army?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was what the Son of Heaven meant.

For the Son of Heaven, Li Zicheng is undoubtedly the enemy who killed his father and killed the king, as long as Li Zicheng lives for one day, it is impossible for the Son of Heaven to recruit the Shun army. Otherwise, even if the Manchu Dynasty didn't say anything, the hurdle in the Son of Heaven's own heart would not be able to pass.

And if Li Zicheng died, he could put all the charges of raising troops and forcing the emperor to death on Li Zicheng. The rest of the generals of the Shun army were only blindly obedient at most, and their guilt was much smaller.

What the Son of Heaven really values is the soldiers and horses of the Shun army, after all, compared with some of the officers and troops in the vast number of lakes, the combat effectiveness of the remnants of the Shun army is obviously a grade higher.

Once Li Zicheng dies, the Shun army will definitely be torn apart, and if the imperial court surrenders at this time, the possibility of them joining is still very high.

Regardless of Sichuan's Zhang Xianzhong, this battle for the world will most likely be between Daming and Jianyu.

It is very important for the Ming Dynasty to take advantage of every opportunity to recruit soldiers and good generals to improve their strength. As a major grain-producing province, Huguang is bound to covet Jianlu, and there is a great possibility that a major war will break out here in the future. Plugging Yinxi is even more necessary to prepare early.

Of course, all this is an inference from the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven did not say it explicitly in the holy decree. If Plug Yinxi messes things up, the Son of Heaven will not have any damage to his reputation. Everything is plugging Yinxi's delusional self-indulgence.

This reminded Du Yinxi of Chen Xinjia back then.

When Chen Xinjia was the secretary of the military department, he secretly sent people to negotiate peace with the easterners, and later his servants accidentally handed over the secret letter of peace to the various yamen as a report.

This incident immediately caused an uproar in the DPRK and China. A group of courtiers went up to impeach and asked Emperor Chongzhen to execute Chen Xinjia.

Emperor Chongzhen wanted to suppress the matter at first, and the impeachment of Chen Xinjia was left behind.

But later, there were too many courtiers who impeached Chen Xinjia, and even Emperor Chongzhen couldn't resist the pressure, and finally ordered Chen Xinjia to be executed.

In addition to secretly communicating with the East to negotiate peace, there is another crime, that is, the loss of the relatives and feudal domains.

At that time, a total of seven princes were executed after the peasant army conquered the city, and Emperor Chongzhen also placed this charge on Chen Xinjia's head.

Strictly speaking, there is nothing wrong with this, after all, Chen Xinjia's official position at this time is the secretary of the Ministry of War, and he is responsible for the national military affairs.

But the real reason why Emperor Chongzhen wanted to kill Chen Xinjia was that he needed a substitute ghost to top the tank.

After all, it can't be the Son of Heaven's idea to negotiate peace with the East.

Chen Xinjia was beheaded in the city on September 22, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, and almost no one in the court sympathized with him except for a few people such as Zhou Yanru.

Doing things for the Son of Heaven is like this, you must tremble, as if you are walking on thin ice on the edge of the abyss.

If you make the wrong move, you may be pushed out as a substitute for the dead.

Du Yinxi's current situation is actually very similar to Chen Xinjia back then.

Although the nature of what the emperor ordered them to do was completely different, they were essentially non-public and secret.

It is impossible for His Majesty the Emperor to tell the people of the world that it is not that I do not want to surrender the rest of the Shun army, but because Li Zicheng is not dead, and my revenge for killing my father has not been avenged, so it is impossible to surrender them. As long as Li Zicheng is killed, I will order someone to surrender his remnants, right?

If so, where is the king?

Therefore, someone must be willing to do this for the Son of Heaven, and no rumors can be leaked.

The Son of Heaven finally chose Plug Yinxi.

In this regard, Du Yinxi is worried and happy.

He was glad that the Son of Heaven trusted him and entrusted him with such an important and secret matter. It proves that Du Yinxi has achieved Jane in the emperor's heart and has become the number one important minister in the heart of the Son of Heaven.

He was worried that if things were messed up, the consequences would be unimaginable.

With great power comes great responsibility. If they were ordinary mediocre ministers, the Son of Heaven would naturally not let them do such an important thing, but they would also not be in danger of their lives.

This is also the reason why mediocre ministers abound during the Chongzhen period.

Don't seek merit but seek no fault, can mix a day is a day, when a day of official earns a day of silver, and when he arrives at the office, he will return to his hometown to live a happy life.

The affairs of the family and the country are their business?

However, Du Yinxi couldn't tolerate being one of these mediocre ministers.

Now that the state affairs are difficult, we need more loyal ministers and good generals to stand up, instead of prevaricating and hiding when they can hide.

Gu Yinxi knows very well that if this matter is messed up, Chen Xinjia will be his end.

But he decided to try his best to bring about the surrender of the Shun army.

After all, this is a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and he will not regret it after a hundred years of hard work.

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