In the past few days, all kinds of news in the capital have been spreading, and there are rumors about Xue Guoguan and Zhang Bin everywhere, and even these rumors secretly point to the current emperor Chongzhen.

What Xue Guoguan did not hesitate to betray the country to seek peace in order to become the first assistant of the cabinet, and framed Zhang Bin, another deputy assistant of the cabinet;

What emperor listened to Xue Guoguan's slander and wanted to kill Zhongliang in vain, and killed Zhang Bin, a loyal minister who was loyal to the country, on trumped-up charges.

What Xue Guoguan has sent someone to secretly contact Jiannu, preparing to pay tribute to Jiannu, and so on.

These rumors were relatively normal at the beginning, but when they spread later, the more outrageous they became, Xue Guoguan was shouted and beaten like a rat crossing the street, and Chongzhen was also anxious, and what was Zhang Bin, the other deputy assistant of the cabinet in the rumor, doing?

In order to stay out of the matter and prove that the rumors in the capital have nothing to do with him, and at the same time, in order to delay time and let the rumors spread more violently in the capital, Zhang Bin deliberately patrolled the east of the watershed.

He rode a horse and took hundreds of guards all the way from Dingliao Right Guard to Zhenjiang, and from Zhenjiang to Xuancheng, admiring the great rivers and mountains of eastern Liaodong while arranging the defense east of the watershed.

Chongzhen did not let him bring the Fuguang army back to the capital, he just left the Fuguang army behind to defend the country that had just been recovered.

To hold the territory east of the watershed, the most important thing is the Dingliao Right Guard, because the Dingliao Right Guard has a road leading to Liaoyang, which is controlled by the Houjin, and Zhenjiang City is in the rear of the Dingliao Right Guard, although it is close to North Korea, but North Korea is only a vassal state at this time, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Later Jin, he can't afford to provoke it, so there is no need to worry at all, as for the Xuancheng, the road on both sides of it leads to Haizhou City on one side, and Zhenjiang on the other, both sides are under the control of the Ming Dynasty, and there is basically no big problem in security.

Combined with these circumstances, Zhang Bin scattered nearly 100,000 Fuguang troops and formed a separate defense system east of the watershed.

He ordered Cao Wenzhao to take Liu Wenxiu, Feng Shuangli, Ma Yuanli and Zhang Hualong to lead 50,000 horses to defend Dingliao Youwei and Phoenix City, and ordered Li Dingguo to take Ai Nengqi and Wang Shangli to lead 30,000 horses to guard Zhenjiang City, and ordered Cao Bianjiao and Bai Wenxuan to lead 20,000 horses to guard Xuancheng, and let them keep communicating at any time, ready to support each other at any time, at the same time he ordered people to transport hundreds of thousands of Franc cannons from Dongfan Jiuwei, knowing that these Franc cannons were all equipped in place, he took dozens of personal guards, quietly returned to the capital.

At this time, the capital is calm on the surface, but secretly it is turbulent, the impeachment of Xue Guoguan by the courtiers has not stopped, and the people are also secretly cursing Xue Guoguan and even Chongzhen.

Zhang Bin came back quietly, Chongzhen knew but did not arrange someone to greet him, and other officials basically did not know, until the next morning, when he was about to go to the morning court, Zhang Bin carried his hands and came to Chang'an Gate to line up to enter the imperial city when the court officials knew that this great hero who was about to be persecuted by the emperor had returned!

At this time, the court is very different from the court in power by Wen Tiren, there are still more upright people in the court, they saw Zhang Bin not only did not hide, but also came up to greet him enthusiastically, as if they were cheering him up, the meaning of these upright people is obvious, they just want to tell Zhang Bin, don't worry, if Chongzhen really wants to kill him on trumped-up charges, they will definitely stand up to stop him.

Of course Zhang Bin is not afraid, Chongzhen's desire to kill him is just a rumor that he deliberately spreads, Chongzhen didn't want to kill him at this time, and even if Chongzhen wanted to kill him, he was not afraid, the leaders of Jinyiwei and Dongchang were all his henchmen, what did Chongzhen use to kill him!

He just didn't want to conflict with Chongzhen too early, Chongzhen wanted to kill him, he never worried, of course, on the surface, he still pretended to have a sad expression, as if he was really framed by Xue Guoguan and was about to lose his official position.

Now, these upright ministers can't see it even more, Chongzhen is so mediocre, this is okay, Chongzhen must not be allowed to unjustly kill Zhang Bin, a loyal minister who is loyal to the country!

When Zhang Bin came to the noon gate with a sad face, Wen Zhenmeng, who had already arrived, even ran up and said bluntly: "Shuangquan, you don't have to worry, if the emperor listens to Xue Guoguan's slander and wants to kill you, I will lead everyone to kneel outside the Qianqing Palace, if the emperor does not take back his fate, we will kneel to death and die with you!" ”

Isn't this forcing the palace, you will play this trick, but I don't know that Chongzhen hates this trick the most, if you really run to force the palace, not only will you not be able to force me, but even yourself will get in, Zhang Bin is really not very interested in his trick of forcing the palace, but on the surface he is still grateful: "Wen Qi, thank you, I understand your kindness, if it really comes to that point, you must not be stupid, the emperor hates people to force the palace the most, don't put yourself in for me." ”

What he said directly provoked Wen Zhenmeng's anger, and he couldn't help but roar angrily: "Lang Lang Qiankun, Zhao Zhao Sun and Moon, how can I watch Zhongliang being so brutalized, Shuangquan, don't say it, no matter what, I won't sit idly by." ”

Zhang Bin could only pretend to be sad, shook his head and sighed again and again, and said no more.

At this time, Kong Zhenyun also arrived, and he couldn't help but come up and ask: "Shuangquan, I heard that you almost smashed Huanglong and took Shenyang, is it true?" ”

Zhang Bin continued to pretend to be grief, endured and endured, and finally sighed regretfully: "Forget it, forget it, don't mention this matter." ”

This is tantamount to acquiescence, and the upright ministers around him all showed expressions of regret, but unfortunately, they were just one step away from getting rid of the scourge of Jiannu, but in the end they were interrupted by Xue Guoguan, a traitorous villain.

It's good to die, Xue Guoguan just came over at this time, and a group of upright ministers looked at each other angrily, and fire was about to erupt in their eyes, but Xue Guoguan turned a blind eye, and made a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, and walked to Zhang Bin and Wen Zhenmeng with an expressionless face, and then stood there with his eyes closed and recuperated, as if these two people did not exist.

Wen Zhenmeng snorted coldly and stopped talking, and Zhang Bin also sighed helplessly and stopped talking.

After a while, the time of the morning dynasty arrived, a group of civil and military officials lined up in a queue and slowly walked into the noon gate, after a period of cumbersome etiquette, the Honglu Temple ceremony official sang as usual: "There is something to play the chapter, nothing to retreat." ”

No one came out to make trouble that day, but most of the upright officials were full of grief and indignation when they played the report, as if they were complaining about Zhang Bin, and it seemed to be hinting to the emperor that they should not chill everyone's hearts.

Chongzhen is inexplicable, he has heard the rumors that he wants to unjustly kill Zhang Bin, he has also heard Xue Guoguan say it, the problem is that he doesn't want to kill Zhang Bin, he just wants to remove Zhang Bin's military power.

However, Chongzhen couldn't help but feel a little weak when he saw the expressions of the ministers, he originally considered accepting Xue Guoguan's suggestion, persuading Zhang Bin to retire, and letting Zhang Bin resign from his illness and go back to retire, he didn't dare to think about it at this time, if he really masturbated Zhang Bin, it is estimated that these upright ministers will be finished with him!

Zhang Bin saw Chongzhen's weak appearance and knew that his strategy was successful, and Chongzhen didn't dare to do anything to him for the time being, so that he wouldn't be forced to have no choice, and he had to tear his face with Chongzhen now!