Xiong Wencan's appeasement kung fu is really extraordinary, after Zhang Xianzhong surrendered, Luo Rucai, Xiao Qin Wang, a dragon and other Liukou entrenched in Huguang, Henan, Guizhou, etc., were successively appeased by Xiong Wencan, and led the army to surrender.

Zhou Zheng, who was in Xi'an Mansion, immediately ordered the people of the Military Intelligence Department to escort Zhang Xianzhong and others to Xi'an Mansion as soon as possible.

Just in case, Zhou Zheng also ordered Cao Bianjiao's cavalry to pick up and drop off in person.

At the same time, Zhou Zheng, in his capacity as the secretary of the military department, ordered the governors, governors and other people of the northwest provinces to carry out a partition and suppress all bandits in the northwest, and to make targeted deployment of people from all walks of life.

Perhaps, there is no such powerful military department in the history of the Ming Dynasty!

Under the wave of Zhou Zheng, nearly a million troops were surging like iron streams in the six northwestern provinces, clearing all unstable factors.

When Zhang Xianzhong and others had not been escorted to Xi'an Mansion and Li Zicheng had not yet been found, on the sixth day of the first month of October, the imperial court suddenly summoned Zhou Zheng and demanded that Zhou Zheng return to Beijing immediately.

In fact, before this, Zhou Zheng had already received the news.

Late at night, MI.

Meng Hezhou and the people from the military intelligence department are still busy, although Li Zicheng was exterminated and Zhang Xianzhong was appeased, but the northwest is still very chaotic, large and small bandits are everywhere, and it takes a lot of time and effort to pacify them.

Meng Hezhou looked at Zhou Zheng sitting on the chair, looking at various official documents with an impassive expression, paused for a moment, stepped forward and said in a low voice: "My lord? ”

Zhou Zheng didn't raise his head and said, "Something?" ”

Meng Hezhou glanced at the others not far away, and said in a low voice: "My lord, Jianyu has committed Youtun again, and the emperor has ordered you to go back, most of it is for this." However, there is one more thing that has to be guarded against. ”

Zhou Zheng was stunned, raised his head, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Meng Hezhou looked back again and said, "Yuan Chonghuan." ”

Zhou Zheng's calm face changed suddenly, and he was silent.

Here is another dead knot, that is, the generals of the Ming Dynasty, none of them have a good end!

Zhou Zheng has been in the northwest for more than two months, and it can be said that he acted arbitrarily, and there were many 'disrespectful' to Chongzhen and the orders of the imperial court, and the impeachment of the officials never stopped.

In addition, he has hundreds of thousands of elite troops in his hands, Chongzhen, can the imperial court rest assured?

This recall, is it really Zhou Zheng guarding Liaodong, or is it a Hongmen banquet?

Zhou Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "I know." ”

Meng Hezhou clicked on this sentence, didn't say anything more, and turned to leave.

Zhou Zheng lost the heart to read the good news, leaned on the chair, closed his eyes, and his tired face was still thinking freely.

Chongzhen ordered him to go back in such a hurry, was it a Hongmen banquet?

Zhou Zheng was a little irritable, got up and walked out of the room, and walked slowly outside.

Zhou Zheng used two months to quell the northwest rebellion that had not been concluded in the imperial court for more than ten years, and the soldiers looked at Zhou Zheng very respectfully and saluted one after another.

"I've seen my lord!"

"I've seen my lord!"

"I've seen my lord!"

Zhou Zheng nodded from time to time, standing in front of a garden, looking at the moonlight, his heart was still racing.

If Chongzhen wants to attack him now, what is the success rate of his seizure? Even if it succeeds temporarily, will it be possible to clean up the mess behind?

Just as Zhou Zheng was thinking, Meng Hezhou walked over and said in a low voice: "My lord, secret letter." ”

Zhou Zheng took it, looked at the password on it, and knew that it was from the chess piece next to Li Zicheng, and after translation, it was reported that Li Zicheng's current hiding place.

Zhou Zheng looked at this piece of paper, his eyes narrowed, and said: "Tell the governor of Shaanxi to continue to pull the net to the north and find out Li Zicheng, but if you can't find it, the official will do him!" ”

Meng Hezhou was not suspicious and said, "Yes." ”

He was just about to leave, and Zhou Zheng said: "Keep five carrier pigeons in the capital, and I will use them tomorrow." Also, I want to redeploy the soldiers and horses from all walks of life in the northwest, and Liaodong is in a hurry, so I want to take some away. ”

This is a matter of course, and Meng Hezhou didn't ask much.

When Zhou Zheng returned to the military intelligence department and mobilized those flags, he couldn't help but be stunned and said, "My lord, is this too scattered?" Is there only 10,000 people left in Xi'an? ”

Zhou Zheng had already thought of the wording, and said: "Now that the rogues have been basically eliminated, there is no need for a large army to defend them, what we need to do is to prevent the resurgence of the rogues, so we can scatter the troops everywhere and put out the sparks." ”

Meng Hezhou suddenly nodded and said, "It's still too far for adults." ”

Zhou Zheng snorted, and said calmly as usual: "I left a few letters, you send them to Lu Xiangsheng, Xiong Wencan and others, I estimate that I can't wait for them, and I have to leave for Beijing within three days." ”

Meng Hezhou still looked worried, but he was helpless, so he could only respond with a heavy heart.

Zhou Zheng arranged the armies in the northwest, and the capital soon received Zhou Zheng's flying pigeon message.

Ding Qi, Liu Liuzhen and others quickly took action, and through various channels, they wanted to find out the true purpose of Chongzhen and the imperial court's edict to return to Zhou Zheng.

Ding Qi is through various networks, and the Zhou Chamber of Commerce has indeed 'sponsored' many people, and as soon as Ding Qi spoke, a steady stream of news was passed back.

Liu Liuzhen came to the restaurant again and asked a question according to Zhou Zheng's instructions.

Half an hour, Li Zhong, who was leisurely drinking in the room, received this question.

Looking at this question, he was silent for a while, put down his chopsticks, cleaned up, and went out, first went to Kunning Palace to see Queen Zhou, Queen Zhou heard that Chongzhen had not slept all night, so she cooked the soup with her own hands and asked Li Zhong to send it.

Li Zhong took the soup and quietly entered the Dongnuan Pavilion.

Looking at Chongzhen, who was buried in the case, Li Zhong stepped forward and said softly: "Long live Lord, rest for a while, it's been a few hours." ”

Chongzhen raised his head, looked at Li Zhong, paused for a while before coming back to his senses, and said with a smile: "The queen did it?"

Chongzhen has stayed up a lot lately, not the same worry as before, Zhou Zheng exterminated Li Zicheng and recruited Zhang Xianzhong, which completely wiped out the Northwest Rebellion, removed a big stone in Chongzhen's heart, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep!

Seeing Chongzhen's smile, Li Zhong hurriedly put it down, and also said with a smile: "Yes." The queen mother knew that the Lord had not rested, so she specially made soup with her own hands and asked the slave maid to send it to the Lord of Banzai. ”

"Just smell it, I happen to be hungry too." Chongzhen smiled, took it and ate it.

Seeing Chongzhen's happiness, Li Zhong thought in his heart, and did not rush to speak.

Chongzhen ate a few bites, and then said with a smile: "Is there any good news in the northwest?" ”

Li Zhong hurriedly said: "There are too many good news in the northwest, the slaves and maids let them sort, pick the important ones and send them to the Long Live Lord, anyway, there is no big problem, Long Live Lord can rest assured." ”

Chongzhen nodded lightly, and said with a smile on his face: "I knew that Zhou Zhengyun was so capable, I would have used him a long time ago, so why bother for the past ten years." ”

When Li Zhong heard this, his expression suddenly seemed to be choked, and he was speechless.

Chongzhen took a bite, looked up at Li Zhong's expression, and said with some puzzlement: "What's wrong?" ”

Li Zhong glanced outside, took a step closer, and said in a low voice: "Long live the lord, there are more and more impeachments in the outer court, all of which are for the long live lord to kill Zhou Zhengyun." ”

Chongzhen's smile suddenly disappeared, and the corners of his face twitched, a little ugly.

Li Zhong chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Long live the lord, you can't kill it." Zhou Zhengyun has just exterminated the Northwest Rebellion, and he has made great contributions to the emperor and my Ming Dynasty. These people in the outer court have ill intentions......"

Chongzhen listened, frowned even more, his eyes were also angry, and he said coldly: "Is I the kind of faint monarch who is jealous of heroes and kills loyal and good?" ”

Li Zhong's expression became more and more uneasy, and said: "Long live the lord, however, the outer court seems to be a little unusual recently, Yuan Fu, it seems to mean the same thing!" ”

Chongzhen slammed down the bowl and said angrily: "Zhou Zhengyun is not Yuan Chonghuan, that is a person who has made great contributions to the country, how can I kill him!" These people in the outer court, one by one, do not think about doing things for the country, and they are trapped in me and injustice every day, and they should be killed! ”

Seeing this, Li Zhong felt a little relieved in his heart, and said: "Long live the lord, there are rumors outside the palace now, saying that 'the cunning rabbit dies, the lackey cooks', 'the merit is high, and the master cannot die well', and the 'Yue Wumu's injustice' and the like simply say that the long-lived lord is a dumb king......

Chongzhen's expression became more and more ugly, the green tendons on his head were beating, and his expression seemed to be eating people!

"You will arrest me, and those who dare to spread rumors and slander me will be severely punished! Then pass the decree to the government and the opposition, and do not talk nonsense, so as to spread falsehood! Also, if you pass on the decree and reward Zhou Zheng, you can be as high as you can, I want to see who else dares to spread such rumors!" Chongzhen said in a hurried angry voice.

Li Zhong completely relieved his heart, responded with a frightened face, and left quickly.

At this time, Wang Chengen came in, glanced at Li Zhong, and said nothing.

Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen, still angry: "What's the matter?" ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly handed over a notebook and said, "Long live the master, the transcript of Fang Yizao, the governor of Liaodong." ”

Chongzhen suppressed his anger and took it, looked at it, threw it out violently, and roared angrily: "Spread the edict to Zhou Zheng, immediately rush to Liaodong, I ordered him to be the governor of Jiliao, the governor of Liaodong, Tianjin, Shandong, immediately lead the army to level Liao!" ”

Wang Chengen understood Chongzhen's character, and he was not surprised by this decision, and said, "Obey the order." ”

The content of Fang Yizao's recital is actually about Jianyu, Jianyu surrounded Youtun and issued a text, which roughly reads: The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is mediocre, the court is rotten, and has been rejected by God......

How can Chongzhen endure such a text!

Chongzhen's series of wills were directly issued bypassing the cabinet, which naturally shocked the government and the opposition, and I don't know how many people were dissatisfied.

But the courtiers couldn't stop it, as soon as Jianyu attacked, the courtiers were worried, and now they can still guard Liaodong, looking at the government and the opposition, it seems that only Zhou Zheng is the most suitable.

Second, Zhou Zheng had just suppressed the Northwest Rebellion, and he had no great achievements, and there was no reason for him to act without permission.

If the courtiers didn't stop it, Chongzhen's will was naturally released.

Zhou Zheng, who was rushing to Jingshi on the way, received the news, his expression did not move, and he said to himself: "At least a few years in advance, this year is the tenth year of Chongzhen, soon, soon......"

Cao Bianjiao, who was outside the carriage, couldn't hear what Zhou Zheng was saying, so he listened sideways, and when he saw that Zhou Zheng didn't say anything anymore, he didn't ask, and took 5,000 cavalry to escort Zhou Zheng around the capital and go directly to Shanhaiguan.