The pursuit and killing of Zhang Xianzhong lasted half a month, not only the Tiance Army was trained, but also played a role in promoting the Tiance Army and the starting point city.

The journey of 60,000 hungry people back to Anqing was slow, Wang Yue was concerned about the transfer of hungry people, the total number of hungry people had reached nearly 400,000, Anqing, Shanghai, and Tamsui, he had to go to see it to rest assured, so he took an amphibious assault vehicle under the mutual delivery of the guard platoon and returned ahead of schedule.

The third group of hungry people by water has already departed two days ago, and with the addition of hungry people who have travelled to Shanghai by land, the number of hungry people near Changfeng Shagang has been reduced by half.

On 20 July, Wang Yue bid farewell to Shi Kefa, leaving behind a dock landing ship, a supply ship, and two maritime surveillance warships, and led the fleet back east. The two security corps had already followed the hungry people to Shanghai County by land, and after the Fifth Regiment had sent 60,000 hungry people to Anqing, it would catch up with Wang Yue by dock landing ships and maritime surveillance warships.

The fourth regiment will stay in Anhui for the time being, Wang Hongwu is the general army of Luzhou after all, and it is necessary to establish a subordinate in Luzhou, and the remaining two security regiments will rush to Shanghai with the last group of hungry people by land.

All the situations from Tianjin to Wang Yue's suppression of bandits in Anqing were constantly reported to Chongzhen by Wu Zhi, the eunuch of the supervising army. This is what Chongzhen has repeatedly requested, and he must always understand what Wang Yue has done in order to rest assured.

Arranged Wang Yue to be the governor of Yingtian, although he had the original intention of dispersing Wang Yue's troops to reduce the pressure on the Jingshi, in fact, Chongzhen also had other ideas. That is to give full play to Wang Yue's ability to accumulate wealth, boost the economy of Jiangnan, increase income for the imperial court, and increase income for his own internal money.

Jiangnan is the financial land of the Ming Dynasty, but the taxes paid to the household department are decreasing year by year, and even rich areas such as Suzhou and Yangzhou cannot complete the grain tax task, which shows how bad the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty is.

So Chongzhen is in a hurry, although Wang Yue is a dangerous person, Chongzhen still handed over Jiangnan to him. Even if Wang Yue is not a person in a thousand ways, his ability to create wealth is not a second person, and this person pays great attention to people's livelihood, and even the military discipline of his soldiers is good, so Chongzhen is relieved of Wang Yue's official character.

Chongzhen does have great expectations for Wang Yue, and there are too many miracles about this Wang Yue. Not to mention anything else, as long as Wang Yue increases the grain yield per mu in the Jiangnan region, it will be a great thing, and the grain yield per mu in the starting point city is a living example.

The small note written by Wu Zhi, Chongzhen will read it carefully. Chongzhen was basically satisfied, even surprised, because of the blow of the Tiance Army, the 500,000 troops of the bandits had disappeared, which was a remarkable achievement. As for killing Liu Liangzuo, the chief soldier who escaped from the battle, Chongzhen felt that he should be killed.

The migration of hundreds of thousands of hungry people is a major event, and Wang Yue wants to send hundreds of thousands of hungry people to the island in the southeast to open up wasteland and cultivate land, of course Chongzhen has no opinion. It would be even better if all the troublemakers in the Central Plains could be relocated.

"Ladies and gentlemen, how should we reward Wang Sihua, the governor of Yingtian, for his defeat of the rogues in Jiangbei? Do you have any good advice? ”

All the members present were cabinet members, and Wang Yue was still in the imperial court system, and his merits would be rewarded, so as to reflect the authority of the imperial court and confirm the subordinate relationship.

However, Wang Yue has made too many meritorious deeds, and they are all very large, and this reward is a headache, so Chongzhen threw this problem to the ministers.

Xie Baoqing, the secretary of the military department, looked at his nose and nose, and made up his mind not to express his opinion, he is now Wang Yue's spokesperson in Chongzhen's eyes.

Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, was also silent, and the blows to Xue Guoguan and Yang Sichang frightened him. And he has been in a bad mood recently, because his nemesis Zhou Yanru has returned to the cabinet, and Zhou Yanru was kicked out of the court by Wen Tiren four years ago.

To say that the spring breeze is now proud, but Zhou Yanru has returned to the court again, which makes him see the possibility of returning to Shoufu again. Although his sworn enemy Wen Tiren still occupies the position of first assistant, he is confident.

The key is to look at the saints, since Yang Sichang's dismissal, Chongzhen has asked Zhou Yanru more for advice, and even surrendered his identity: I listen to Mr. in the world!

Zhou Yanru returned to the cabinet, he believed that it was a manifestation of the favorable time, place and people, with the trust of the emperor and the support of various political forces such as Donglin and the eunuch party. In particular, Donglin's stamina, represented by Zhang Pu, pinned his hopes on Zhou Yanru and advised: "If the public is represented, it will be easy to get the same way, and you can regain your virtuous reputation." ”

Because of the support of the monarchs, Zhou Yanru also paid attention to meeting the needs of all parties, and was already operating, recalling Donglin Party members Zheng Sanjun, Fan Jingwen, Ni Yuanlu, Li Banghua and others to the court.

Recently, it has been successfully operated, with Ma Shiying as the governor of Fengyang, and he has been praised as a virtuous person at home and abroad for a while.

In fact, Zhou Yanru is not the Donglin Party, but because of political needs, he needs the momentum of the Donglin Party to support himself.

Zhou Yanru is also a person who has been the first assistant, and it is an instinct to figure out the intention, so he immediately judged Chongzhen's concerns, so he said: "You can add Wang Sihua to the crown prince Shaobao!" ”

Chongzhen nodded after hearing this, and continued to wait for him to follow, but Zhou Yanru was silent after saying this, and it was gone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have anything to add?" Chongzhen asked. After waiting for a while, seeing that no one spoke, he said to Cao Huachun: "The eldest companion has drawn up a will, crowned the prince of Wang Yue, and given his mother and wife the second rank of the wife, and another son of Jinyi and Wei Baihu." ”

The honorary title of the crown prince Shaobao is the second grade, also known as the palace protection, and Wang Yue can also be called the palace protector in the future, just like Yuan Shikai's Yuan palace protection. Anyway, these are all imaginary and have no real rights.

After discussing the reward for Wang Yue, Chongzhen looked at Wen Tiren, who had not spoken, and couldn't help but feel conflicted. It can be seen from what Wang Yue did that if Wang Yue is used well, it will definitely be a great help to the imperial court.

The plan to cooperate with Jiannu to eradicate the starting point city was devotion to Wen Tiren, and he was also operating. Now that the arrow is on the string, he has to send it, Chongzhen hesitated again, he was thinking about whether this Wang Yue still had the possibility of fighting. Maybe Wang Yue is really a loyal minister, in case people don't replace their own minds, then won't their efforts be in vain?

If you want to say that the most powerful minister in the history of the Ming Dynasty, there should be a few Zhang Juzheng, even the emperor has to listen to him, and only after his death did Wanli burst out of his once suppressed resentment.

If Zhang Juzheng had the intention of plotting to usurp the throne and worked hard for ten years, he would have this opportunity, but no one has ever had the mind to do so.

What about Wang Yue? The difference between Wang Yue and Zhang Juzheng is entirely because of the strong military strength, and the similarity is that he had the opportunity to take the Beijing Division, but he did not do so, which made Chongzhen see hope.