Zhao Zhongguo and Gu An saw that Chongzhen had attributed the capture and killing of Wang Chengyin to themselves, and reluctantly accepted it. Zhao Zhongguo suddenly remembered that the emperor's palace had not been settled, so he said, "Your Majesty, you came to Xuanfu too suddenly, and the palace has not yet been settled, so Weichen will go to settle it for you." ”

This time, the imperial commander's personal expedition to Tianziwei was all cavalry, and the purpose was to fight quickly, so Chongzhen's official document was deliberately submitted when the army arrived, so these officials did not have time to prepare the emperor's palace.

After hearing this, Chongzhen said: "Aiqing doesn't have to bother, I will live in this general soldier's mansion tonight, after copying Wang Chengyin's house, I will rush to Datong tomorrow, and this palace will not have to be troublesome!" ”

Tomorrow? Zhao Zhongguo and Gu An were a little worried.

Although Zhao Zhongguo is a big boss, he also knows that if the emperor leaves tomorrow, he is afraid that Wang Chengyin's cronies will rebel, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if you leave tomorrow, if Wang Chengyin's remnants rebel, what should I do?" ”

There are many Wang Chengyin's cronies among the officials, and when they heard Zhao Zhongguo say this, they couldn't help but worry, Zhao Zhongguo, Zhao Zhongguo, are you going to serve us in a pot?

Zhao Zhongguo is at least a deputy commander-in-chief, and Gu An is just a deputy general, his foundation is much weaker than Zhao Zhongguo, plus he went out of the city with Wang Chengyin, and the emperor also gave him and Zhao Zhongguo the credit for catching Wang Chengyin, he was more worried that the emperor was gone, and Wang Chengyin's cronies would find him to settle accounts, so he also said: "Your Majesty, Wang Chengyin's remaining party, and Weichen are all clear!" ”

When the official who was just scared heard Gu An say this, he was so frightened that he was even more frightened, and he almost couldn't stand on his legs, and he hated Gu An so much in his heart! Gu An, Gu An, when did you sell Wang Chengyin, just forget it, and say it clearly, if you want the emperor to kill us all?

"Aiqing doesn't need to say much!" Chongzhen hurriedly interrupted Gu An.

This Gu An is really a despicable villain, Chongzhen saw Gu Er more clearly at this time, so it's okay, so that Gu An and Wang Chengyin's remnants will completely divide the line. In this way, no one in the Xuanfu will have the ability to rebel, and if you can't do the errands of the court in the future, I will arrest you one by one!

But Gu An said this, the rabbit will bite when he is in a hurry, and Chongzhen also began to worry that Wang Chengyin and the rest of the party would jump over the wall and rebel in a hurry, so he said: "Rebellion? If Wang Chengyin and the rest of the party had the courage, they would not have been so cowardly and ran to Taiyuan to send Li Zicheng a surrender letter across a Datong! I believe that no one will dare to rebel! They are not Wang Chengyin's remnants, they are just Wang Chengyin's subordinates, and this Xuanfu is still the Xuanfu of my Zhu family! ”

Chongzhen belittled Wang Chengyin's remnants so much, and he also told them that I know that you don't have the courage to rebel, so don't rebel!

Wang Chengyin's cronies heard Chongzhen say this, and they were comforted and ashamed!

When Zhao Zhongguo, Gu An and other officials heard that the emperor still mentioned the surrender of Xuanfu, they all knelt down and wiped their sweat and said: "The crimes of the ministers deserve death!" ”

"Indeed, you deserve to die!" Chongzhen continued, "Zhou Yuji, the chief soldier of Ningwuguan Shanxi, has only a few thousand people, and he can still defeat Li Zicheng. Datong and Xuanfu, there are strong cities, but the city surrendered to Li Zicheng, you are not ashamed! According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, I should kill all the officials of Datong and Xuanfu, big and small! But the first emperor gave me a dream, and the first emperor told me that it was hard to defend the Ming Dynasty on the nine sides, and I could give the rebellious people a chance to reform themselves, why couldn't I give the soldiers who guarded the border for the Ming Dynasty a chance. Therefore, I will not pursue your surrender, but the imperial court has the laws of the imperial court, if you have not completed the division of land this year, I said, the officials of the Xuanfu will raise their heads to see me! ”

When those officials heard that the emperor was sure that they would not be punished, they all said gratefully: "Thank you, Lord Longen!" ”

Chongzhen saw that the matter of Xuanfu was almost over, thinking that there was still something to tell them about Zhao Zhongguo and Gu An, so he said: "Zhao Zhongguo and Gu An stay, I have something to explain, and the rest of the people will wait, let's go back first!" ”

After the officials left, Chongzhen said to the two: "Do you know why I attributed the credit for the capture of Wang Chengyin to you? ”

Zhao Zhongguo and Gu An looked at each other, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in the emperor's gourd, so they had to say: "It is the duty of the minister to share the emperor's worries." ”

"Wang Chengyin defected many times, and he didn't listen to my will, so he had to die, Wang Chengyin died, and the Xuanfu still had to be managed. One of you is the deputy chief soldier of Xuanfu, and the other is Wang Chengyin's deputy general, you are the best candidate, but as long as you are promoted, Wang Chengyin's cronies will also think that you betrayed Wang Chengyin, and it is not easy for you to manage it, it is better for me to give you this credit directly, so that others will think that you are my cronies, and they will not dare to do anything to you! ”

Zhao Zhongguo and Gu An thought that the emperor said this, it also made sense, although they would be troubled by Wang Chengyin's cronies in the future, they didn't dare to do anything, they just pointed fingers behind their backs!

After Xie Shanshan and Xie Tingting waited for Zhao Zhongguo and Gu An to leave, they asked puzzled when the emperor killed hundreds of people in Gujiazhuang, but forgave other officials of the Xuan Mansion: "Your Majesty, why did you kill hundreds of people in Gujiaying, some of them were first-time offenders, and you didn't forgive them?" This Zhao Zhongguo and Gu An, I think there are also a lot of questions, why do you let them take on important responsibilities? ”

Chongzhen saw that there was no one else now, so he said: "I also know that these two people are extremely evil, but do you still remember the second and third brothers Gu?" ”

"Remember!"

"I also thought about killing all these officials of the Xuanfu and letting the second brother Gu still take charge of the division of the field, but the second and third brothers Gu couldn't even do a thing to notify Gu Jiaying to watch the play, how could they do this thing of dividing the field! If I didn't use people from Xuanfu and transferred from the capital, I wouldn't have been able to find so many people to replace them, and there would be not enough manpower. If only the people from the capital are allowed to come, the strong dragon will not be able to suppress the local snake, and it will still be difficult to implement the division of the field, and in the end, they have to use these two people to make a good name for them. It's better for me to use them directly and share the credit for killing Wang Chengyin on them, so that Xuanfu will have three forces: Beijing, Wang Chengyin's remaining party, Zhao Zhongguo and Gu An, and they will contain each other. Now is the time to employ people, as long as they are still of some use, and can listen to me, I will give them a chance. ”

Chongzhen said so carefully, but the two little girls didn't seem to understand well, and they both seemed to understand and said, "Oh." ”

At this time, Wang Dahu also came back from his home, and the income was not very much compared with the officials in the capital, two thousand stone of grain, more than 100,000 taels of silver, but it was just needed to make up for it.

Chongzhen wanted to take two little girls out for a walk, this Xuanfu is known as "the first mansion in western Beijing", which is described: Xuanfu Ancient Youzhou Territory, Qin Shanggu County, Yuan Xuande Mansion, Hoshino when the wood is the second, into the end of a degree, loam fertile soil, four mountains are beautiful, Yanghe River passes through its south, Liuchuan out of its north, ancient and modern Si is a giant town, Hengsu heavy army to control Beidi. It's a shame not to go shopping. But at this time, Chen Yuanyuan also came over and said to Chongzhen that there was something to discuss, Chongzhen looked at Chen Yuanyuan's expression and knew what the "thing" she said was, so he let the two little girls go out by themselves.

The two little girls listened to the emperor talk about the benefits of Xuanfu, and they were fun-loving years, and this general military mansion was guarded by the Son of Heaven, and there was nothing to do, so they went out to play by themselves.

(End of chapter)