Zhu Cihong's birth made Zuo Zhan love it, and he has been staying in the Qianqing Palace to be a super dad. Everyone thought that he loved the child, but in fact, the real reason was only known to him.

In history, Zhang Yan was pregnant with a child, but was persecuted by the Hakka family and Wei Zhongxian, and finally the child was miscarried, and Zhang Yan could not have children for the rest of her life. Although Zuo Zhan had driven out the Hakka clan and ordered Wei Zhongxian not to enter the palace without an edict, he had always been cautious and decided to take care of the mother and son in person.

Of course, the emperor can't be an otaku, unless he can play with his ministers like Sejong and Shenzong. Zuo Zhan thinks that he doesn't have their imperial power, let alone their idleness. He washed diapers with one hand, approved the folds in various places with the other, arranged for the cabinet to send people and silver to Shandong, Henan and other places to relieve the disaster, and ordered Ye Xianggao to preside over the canonization ceremony in the coming year, and Zheng Sanjun and Li Jiantai of Lai Zongdao and Guozijian were responsible for increasing Enke. In addition, he personally urged Sun Chengzong to allocate military salaries and distribute them to the soldiers in the southwest as soon as possible.

As the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, Zhu Kuiyuan's army took the lead under the heavy reward, and came to the city of Lin Zhou like a bamboo, surrounded Yu Chongming, and in Yuan Chonghuan's words, not even a bird could fly out of the city. Yuan Chonghuan had been in charge of changing the land and returning to the river in Guangxi, and he had long heard of the name of the wolf soldiers in Guangxi, so he specially recruited a team of pro-soldiers. After the Shuixi rebellion, Yuan Chonghuan led this wolf army to Longchang, first cutting off the connection between Shuixi and the Luxury Chongming Department, and then chasing An Bangyan fled to Wufeng Mountain.

At this time, he was ordered by Zhu Kuiyuan to assist in the flanking of Hao Chongming and cut off his escape route to Shuixi. That extravagant Chongming originally wanted to rely on the city to fight to the death with the officials and soldiers, and take the opportunity to slip away again. Seeing that the back road was cut off, he knew that he could not escape, so he set up a position on the north bank of the Wei River to play a battle with the officials and soldiers.

Zhu Kuiyuan, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, saw through his tricks at a glance, and knew that these thieves were here to exchange their lives, and if they fought hard, they would inevitably injure the enemy by 1,000 and lose 800 themselves. He was thinking about how to crack it, and Qin Liangyu, who was beside him, also found this problem, and said:

"General Zhu, the Yongning thieves seem to be ferocious and murderous, and it is estimated that his wife and children were held hostage by Hao Chongming in the city. It is better to deliberately open a gap to allow the thieves outside the city to escape, so that we can take advantage of the situation to enter the city, as long as we treat their families well, these people will naturally surrender at that time. ”

Zhu Kuiyuan was overjoyed when he heard about this plan, and secretly thought that this would not only avoid a fierce battle, but also win the hearts of the people, which could be described as killing two birds with one stone. He immediately ordered a gap to be made in the east of the city, and then sent elite troops to storm the bandit formation from west to east. These Yongning soldiers were originally worried about their families in the city, but seeing that the officers and soldiers intended to let them live, they all had no intention of fighting, so they threw away their armor and fled the battlefield. Zhu Kuiyuan took the opportunity to launch a general attack, and everyone flocked to kill tens of thousands of thieves and soldiers, and captured a large number of clansmen of the Hao family.

Seeing that victory was in sight, Zhu Kuiyuan and Qin Liangyu ordered people to search everywhere for the whereabouts of the Hao father and son, and it was not until it was late that the soldiers came to report that they had found a group of men and horses fleeing in the direction of the west of the water, and the angry Zhu Kuiyuan shouted. If you let Yu Chongming and An Bangyan join forces, it will inevitably increase the difficulty of counterinsurgency. Wang Sanshan, as the governor of Guizhou, naturally didn't want to see this situation, so he stepped forward and said:

"General Zhu is calm for a while, and the governor will immediately lead the government soldiers to pursue along the way, and be sure to take down the father and son of the Hao family. At that time, the army will surround Shuixi, and the governor will play a triumphant song again, just like digging for something! ”

This Zhu Kuiyuan is well versed in the way of being an official, and when he was in the military aircraft department, he heard the emperor boast about Wang Sanshan, and knew that this person's future was immeasurable, so he hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted:

"Governor Wang traveled thousands of miles to help quell the chaos, and this affection was enough to make the official grateful to Dade. I will repay the favor in the near future, how dare I go to your territory to grab credit. ”

The two tacitly agreed, needless to say. That night, King Sanshan pulled out his camp and pursued in the west of Shuixi, while Zhu Kuiyuan handed over all the remaining affairs to Ma Xianglin to deal with, and counted his troops and horses to prepare to kill in Shuixi. This old fox once heard Qi Xingguo say that the emperor wanted to crown Ma Xianglin as the Duke of Fubo, and deliberately arranged such a fat difference for Ma Xianglin, which can be regarded as borrowing flowers to offer Buddha and make a good relationship in advance.

At the moment of the moment, Wang Sanshan arrived at the dragon field and ordered his subordinates to wait for the day, and they would open as soon as the morning dawned. Due to the high morale, Wang Sanshan made the mistake of underestimating the enemy, and the antlers of the Yuanmen were placed at random, and he didn't even bother to place the guard. There was a sudden commotion in the camp, and as soon as Wang Sanshan opened his tired eyes, he found that a strong army appeared in front of him, and he saw Qi Xingguo escorting several prisoner cars through his defense area at a rapid pace.

Wang Sanshan was so frightened by this sudden scene that he lost his soul, and secretly thought that if it was a sneak attack by thieves, he would have already been in a different place, and before he could thank him, Qi Xingguo sneered with a serious face:

"The governor is so meritorious that he can't even care about his life, and he admires his humble duties!"

Wang Sanshan knew that Qi Xingguo intended to ridicule himself, but when he heard that Yu Chongming's father and son had already set up an ambush here, he secretly rejoiced that he had picked up a life, and sighed and said:

"The grace of Lord Qianhu to save his life, the lower officials are grateful!"

It turned out that Zuo Zhan knew that Wang Sanshan was killed in an ambush in history, so he deliberately asked Qi Xingguo to protect him secretly. Tonight, as expected, he happened to run into extravagant Chongming's tricks, and took advantage of the situation to catch them all, and at the same time gave Wang Sanshan a wake-up call.

At this time, Zhu Kuiyuan also received a secret report that the thieves would sneak attack Governor Wang's camp, and galloped to help overnight, and saw that Yu Chongming had been captured, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and after a while of greetings, he hugged his fists and said:

"The saint is strategizing, and Weichen is very impressed. The Lord of a Thousand Households uses soldiers like gods, and has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and he is worthy of being the commander of the Imperial Seal! ”

Qi Xingguo is the fourth son of Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, and his two brothers have served as errands in Jinyiwei, which can be described as loyal and righteous for generations. Hearing Zhu Kuiyuan's praise, he didn't take it seriously, and asked modestly:

"The Governor is falsely praised, and he is humble and shallow, and he just has something to ask for. In the past, when he was on duty in the palace, the saint once asked how to explain "how big and small, repay grievances and virtues", and asked the adults to give advice. ”

When Zhu Kuiyuan heard that it was the little emperor's doubts, he naturally didn't dare to slack off. He was originally born in martial arts, but he made extensive friends in the DPRK and China, and he was also full of wealth. This "how much is the size, repay the grievances with virtue" comes from the sixty-third chapter of "Lao Tzu", saying that a gentleman should repay his grievances with virtue, but the "Analects of Confucius" has a different view, Confucius thinks that repaying grievances with virtue, how to repay virtue? Therefore, it is believed that grievances should be reported directly and virtue should be repaid with virtue.

Regarding the different views of the two schools, Zhu Kuiyuan did not dare to draw conclusions easily, and only said some clichés. Qi Xingguo sounded very bored, so he naturally stopped asking, and said instead:

"This dragon field was originally the place where I realized the Tao of a sage, the children of the royal family are all over the world, and the holy lord told the generals to burn incense and bow down here, and build an ancestral hall for the Duke of Wencheng so that future generations can worship at four o'clock. Chin this! ”

After speaking, Qi Xingguo continued to escort the prisoner car to Lin Zhou, leaving only Zhu Kuiyuan and Wang Sanshan standing in place and watching. The two of them came back to their senses before they remembered to kowtow to the edict, and secretly sighed that the little emperor's mind was unfathomable, and the answer to this doubt was in Wang Yangming's mind, and this arrangement was mostly to elevate the status of the royal family.

With this lesson, after entering the territory of Shuixi, Wang Sanshan was cautious everywhere, and An Bangyan saw that the sneak attack could not succeed, so he could only surround Wufeng Mountain and fight guerrilla warfare with the official army. However, the good times did not last long, after the news of the execution of Ling Chi by Ling Chi in Lin Zhou spread, people around him kept running away, and Wang Sanshan soon found out the specific location of An Bangyan. According to the discussion, Zhu Kuiyuan led a large army to besiege the thief leader, and Wang Sanshan went to the Shuixi Palace to read the holy decree.

As mentioned above, in order to protect the diversity of Chinese civilization, Zuo Zhan was determined to preserve the Shuixi tribe, and allowed the young lord of Shuixi to continue to be a consolation envoy, but he was not allowed to have armed forces, and the guards of the palace and local security were all in charge of the Guizhou political envoy. At the same time, the six eyes east of the Yachi River were brought under the management of the imperial court, thus fundamentally solving the possibility of Tusi supporting the army and respecting itself.

Wang Sanshan dealt with the problem of Shuixi bloodlessly, but Zhu Kuiyuan suffered from An Bangyan. Although after many days of persuasion, most of the western soldiers have fled, but An Bangyan, the king of the mountain, is happy and happy, he took advantage of the shortcomings of the official army and the poor mountain warfare, relying on the terrain to constantly maneuver in the mountains, making Zhu Kuiyuan dizzy.

Zhu Kuiyuan wanted to play eagle all his life, but he was pecked blind by the eagle, and when he was at a loss, he suddenly heard that Hou Liangzhu, the chief soldier of Guangxi, led the wolf soldiers to help, and immediately ordered him to sneak attack An Bangyan's rear army from Taojingba, and he personally beat the drum to command the army to attack the thief formation head-on. The two armies fought for several days, and An Bangyan and his cronies were finally captured alive because they were outnumbered.

In line with the principle that the first evil must be done, An Bangyan was executed by Ling Chi in Shuixi City, and the first four provinces were sent to the first four provinces as a warning like the father and son of Luxury Chongming, so that the rebellion of Luxury finally subsided. With the lessons of the southwest, the implementation of the new policy in other places will be much smoother, and Wei Jinzhong's Dongchang has always been strict with the people, not only strictly supervising the implementation of the timeliness, but also by the way eradicating the remnants of the Donglin at the bottom, and amassing a lot of wealth.

Looking at the list of assets he presented, Zuo Zhan said with a smile:

"Jinzhong's performance has impressed me, you are not only loyal, but also a virtuous person, and it is really condescending to put you in Dongchang."

When Wei Jinzhong heard the emperor's praise, he was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly complimented:

"This is all the eloquence of the Long Live Lord, and the minions are just a handicap."

Seeing that he was so humble, Zuo Zhan knew that this wolf cub could no longer do without him. Although this person is notorious in history, he still has merit to Sheji, and decided to follow history to give him a name and change his name to Wei Zhongxian. The emperor's name is a great honor, just like when he gave a fierce tiger as a bright man, the name itself is an imperial halo.

Wei Zhongxian seemed to have won the Mark Six jackpot, and kowtowed excitedly to thank him, knowing that this was a talisman, and he would not have to worry about the Donglin Party settling accounts after the autumn, and kowtowed more than a dozen times before saying:

"The slave thanks the master long live the grace of God, in this life, even if you are a cow and a horse, you can't repay the kindness of the master, and in the next life, you will have to be a slave to the master, and continue to follow the holy king."

History has mixed praise and criticism of Wei Zhongxian, only talking about how he usurped power and ruined the Donglin Party, but did not mention anything about how he maintained the turbulent Ming Dynasty. In fact, Wei Zhongxian's ability is far above the Donglin Party under Chongzhen, not only has he been pressing Huang Taiji when he is in power, but he has also apportioned the Liaodong military salary to the merchants, and the peasants at least have a way to live.

Of course, the pen of history is in the hands of the literati, and whoever persecutes them will discredit it. For example, the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, it is a fact that he killed heroes, but why don't you explain that these people are arrogant, corrupt, and oppress the people? Even they slandered Zhu Yuanzhang's ugly appearance, isn't this talking nonsense with his eyes open! If Zhu Yuanzhang had been ugly, Guo Zixing would have chosen him as his son-in-law? Will Queen Ma risk death to carry hot cakes to give him a life? Man, you can't go against your conscience, you can not tell the truth, but you can't lie repeatedly!