Emperor Chongzhen came to this will, which has two main meanings.

The first is to reward Liu Zhaoji and Lin Yi. Two months ago, Lin Yi only led 800 warriors to break the 80,000 army of Haoge, the puppet prince of the Qing Dynasty, Liu Zhaoji's twist and turn was transmitted to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War was handed over to the cabinet, and then passed to the emperor through the celebrant and then to the emperor, and the Ming and the opposition were shaken again, and Emperor Chongzhen Longyan was happy.

Lin Yi's merits are not limited to this, he has rebelled against eight Mongolian tribes, pulled them back from the side of the Qing Dynasty to the side of the Ming Dynasty, the strategic significance is even more significant, there is an additional barrier in the northern frontier region, and it is Lin Yi who paid out of his own pocket to open the door of these Mongolian tribes, Emperor Chongzhen thanked him for his loyalty and bravery, and promoted Lin Yi to the general army of Miyun.

This is what Lin Yi did not expect, within a year from the deputy general to the general soldier, from he crossed over to now, it has been less than three years, from a small soldier of the border army, to become the chief soldier of the imperial court, Miyun has been climbing in the Ming Dynasty in recent years because of the Manchu Tartars repeatedly invaded from this side, and now it has become an important town in the north of the border that the imperial court relies on. For Lin Yi, this promotion is definitely rocket speed.

But it is impossible for there to be two general soldiers in the Miyun area, which means that Liu Zhaoji is going to be promoted, Lin Yi listened quietly, Zheng Chongjian continued to read out the will, compensate Lin Yi with 20,000 taels of silver, and reward Lin Yi with 5,000 taels of silver.

When he read the will here, Zheng Chongjian paused for a moment, and explained a few words to Lin Yi in a low voice, saying that this was the holy will, the Ming Dynasty was in internal and external difficulties, the treasury was poor, and every drop of rain and dew was Longen.

In fact, Lin Yi also knows that the Ming court really has no money, otherwise the dignified Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will reward such a minister, how can he get 5,000 taels of silver? If there is money in the treasury, Emperor Chongzhen, who will have to save face if he dies, is definitely more than this amount, and it is too much of his value as a great country.

Zheng Chongjian also said that Lin Yi's trip to Mongolia was a great achievement, and Ze was used by future generations, and soon Lord Wu Wu would send an envoy to the eight tribes in Mongolia to formally sign an alliance agreement with these Mongolian tribes on behalf of the Ming court.

Lin Yi kowtowed to the holy decree and thanked the emperor for his mighty grace.

The second meaning of this decree is to praise Liu Zhaoji for his good command of the army, his proper command, and his extraordinary achievements, and his achievements are also accumulated, and he was promoted to the governor of Yongping, promoted to two levels of Yulu, and commanded the military affairs of Yongping Mansion, Qianxi, Yuyang, and Zunhua.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, except for Yuyang, these four places were all prefectures and counties under Yongping Prefecture. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the area under the jurisdiction of Yongping Mansion was very large, including most of Qinhuangdao, most of Tangshan and part of Liaoyang West.

Therefore, Liu Zhaoji's promotion is equivalent to a small governor.

Liu Zhaoji hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him again. After the will was read, Liu Zhaoji issued an order to set up a banquet to entertain the angel officials.

Before the banquet, Liu Zhaoji and Lin Yi got a lot of news from Zheng Chongjian from the imperial court, and couldn't help but sigh that the government and the opposition have changed too much in the past few months, because during this time, Lin Yi was stationed in the border area, and there were still a few months in the Mongolian region outside the Saiwai, the vicissitudes of the Ming Dynasty, and the news outside the customs was blocked, and Lin Yi only knew the details now.

The current secretary of the military department is still Yang Sichang, and Chen Xinjia only served as the secretary of the military department for three months before he hung up a vacant post and went down to the post as a supervisor for training.

To say that Chen Xinjia does have some skills and has made some achievements. As soon as he took office, he put forward a lot of positive suggestions and opinions to Emperor Chongzhen, trying to revive the Ming Dynasty, such as stepping up military training, reforming the military system, casting and training firearms, vigorously fighting corruption, and so on, and Emperor Chongzhen also adopted them.

But the good times did not last long, and people who impeached Chen Shangshu came one after another. First of all, Liu Chengrui, the governor of Shuntianfu, impeached Chen Xinjia for staying behind and interfering with the operation. Immediately afterwards, Deming said in the military department that the impeachment of Chen Xinjia was unknown, and he listened to and believed it. Next, Chen Xinjia's general mutinied again, and Emperor Chongzhen finally couldn't tolerate it, and more importantly, after Yang Sichang was imprisoned, his plan to spread the net on six corners and ten sides was slow, the results dropped significantly, and Prime Minister Xiong Wencan's suppression of thieves was not ideal.

Emperor Chongzhen immediately made a decision to let Chen Xinjia hang the false title of the secretary of the military department, and as a supervisor, he gave him a Shangfang sword and asked him to go down to supervise the division to quell the chaos.

Emperor Chongzhen slipped Yang Sichang out of prison again, reinstated him as an official, and still carried out his plan of opening the net on all sides, and made every effort to suppress the thieves.

After Yang Sichang understood the situation, he didn't dare to stay in the capital division, he had to go down to supervise the division, he knew that don't look at Emperor Chongzhen, and now he has been reactivated, which may not be a good thing. If the thief loses again, Emperor Chongzhen will mercilessly throw him into prison again, or even kill him directly, he knows too much about this fox suspicious and self-righteous master.

Emperor Chongzhen played on the record, and gave him a Shang Fang sword, anyway, Emperor Chongzhen has a lot of swords, just take one is Shang Fang sword, so that in recent years, the military department has changed frequently, and Shang Fang's sword is flying all over the sky.

Yang Sichang personally supervised the division, took Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and Xiong Wencan, mobilized soldiers and horses from all over the world, and focused on encircling and suppressing Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng.

Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, plus a Xiong Wencan, this strategic combination is too powerful, a few months later, Zhang Xianzhong was finally defeated and surrendered, and accepted the imperial court's recruitment. Li Zicheng also suffered defeats in a row, and finally was ambushed in the south of Tongguan, the whole army was annihilated, only 18 horsemen were left to flee to Shangluo Mountain, and the other rebel troops were beaten by the official army and disappeared. Yang Sichang's class returned to the dynasty, and Emperor Chongzhen finally showed a smiling face.

But Emperor Chongzhen's smiling face is not bright, and there is still a lot of sorrow and worry behind the smile, because although the thieves are almost peaceful, the border troubles have not been eliminated. Within a year, the Huang Taiji soldiers were divided into two ways to invade the border of the Great Wall, and Haoge personally sent horsemen to trap Weng Niute, but in fact, he was also a drunkard. Although these were all crushed by Lin Yi, with Emperor Chongzhen's understanding of Huang Taiji, they would definitely intensify and launch a larger-scale military invasion of the south.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen still couldn't sleep all night, at this time the news came from the border pass, the Qing army was stationed in Yizhou on a large scale, and Huang Taiji came in person, because Yizhou was very close to Jinzhou, in the northwest of Jinzhou, the Qing army gathered heavy troops here, and its intention was self-evident.

Now that Phi Dao has also been taken by the Qing army, Mongolia and the dynasty have also turned enemies into friends, Huang Taiji and they have no worries, and the Qing army's large-scale southward movement is even stronger.

In this case, Emperor Chongzhen had to make two preparations. First, the elite soldiers were immediately mobilized to defend Gyeonggi. Now the three major armies at the end of the Ming Dynasty, of course, the Ningyuan Army can't move in the Guanning defense line, and the Tianxiong Army also exists in name only because of Lu Xiangsheng's lower field, and now there is only one Qin army left, and Sun Chuanting has just made a great contribution to suppressing bandits.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen transferred Sun Chuanting's Qin army from the front line to the vicinity of Gyeonggi, and planned to summon him in person.

At the same time, Hong Chengchou was transferred to be the governor of Jiliao, Liu Zhaoji was transferred to Yongping, Lin Yi was transferred to guard Miyun, Hu Dawei was guarded by Xuanfu, Wang Pu was guarded by Datong, Wu Sangui was promoted to Ningyuan General Army, and Mark was appointed General Army of Shanhaiguan.

But when Emperor Chongzhen wanted to personally summon Sun Chuanting, Yang Sichang raised objections, he was a typical representative of the main and faction, for the Manchu Tartars, he thought that it was appropriate to fight and not to fight, and obstructed Emperor Chongzhen from summoning Yang Sun Chuanting, because Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng were also the main battle faction, in this case Emperor Chongzhen only summoned Yang Sichang, and the news reached Sun Chuanting's ears, Sun Chuanting was greatly displeased, thinking that he had been treated unfairly, and since then Sun Chuanting and Yang Sichang have also been estranged.

Emperor Chongzhen's second-hand preparation was to negotiate peace with the Qing Dynasty, of course, this had to be done secretly, in top secret, quietly. Otherwise, when the news spreads, his dignified Emperor Ming actually plans to negotiate peace with the border Yi in the north, what kind of system will it become, and what will his face be?

In this case, Fang Yizao, the governor of Liaodong, entered Beijing, saying that he had gone to Jinzhou to test the bottom line of Huang Taiji, as long as the Ming Dynasty was willing to negotiate peace, Huang Taiji was very willing to accept peace, and was willing to withdraw from Liaodong immediately after the agreement was reached.

Zheng Chongjian did not treat Liu Zhaoji and Lin Yi as outsiders at the banquet, this is the general who guards the border relied on by the emperor, of course, he is the confidant of the imperial court, otherwise he would not have ordered him to come in person to pass on the decree, and the reward is so great, so this soldier told these things without concealment.

While listening to it, Lin Yi compared it with the historical records of later generations, and basically was able to match the number, and the general main line was like this.

After hearing this, Liu Zhaoji said worriedly: "Lord Zheng, the Manchu Tartars have always been arrogant and fierce, and I am afraid that the peace talks may not be effective."

"Shhh, don't dare to talk nonsense about this matter, Yang Ge Lao tried his best to mediate, it will definitely have an effect, if an agreement can be reached, the Manchu Tartars will retire, and from then on live in harmony, and the people will be spared the suffering of war, wouldn't it be better?"

"That's what your lord said, I hope so." Liu Zhaoji said no more.

Lin Yi smiled coldly in his heart, shallow, too shallow, wanting to make peace with Huang Taiji is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger, either defeat him completely, or Emperor Chongzhen give him the dragon chair, otherwise they will not give up.