Li Jiyu has not yet arrived in Shaanxi, and the holy decree of the imperial court has come again. Feng Sun Chuanting was appointed as the secretary of the military department, renamed the supervisor, and added the military affairs of Shanxi, Huguang, Guizhou and Jiangnan Jiangbei, and of course, the indispensable Shang Fang sword.

This time, he finally had a holy decree to Li Yan, appointing Li Yan as the general soldier to aid and suppress him, and hanging the seal of the thief general. Together with Sun Chuanting, he went south to Huguang to exterminate the thieves.

Originally, Chongzhen wanted Wu Fu to go to Huguang to supervise Zuo Liangyu, and Sun Chuanting attacked Li Zicheng in two ways. But Wu Fu had to bring 30,000 elite soldiers to go, because Zuo Liangyu had been listening to the propaganda and not listening to the tune, and it was useless for him to go alone. However, at that time, the Qing soldiers had not retreated, and there were no soldiers to adjust, so they kept dragging on.

When the Qing soldiers retreated, the capital was empty, and the 10,000 troops that were originally planned to be transferred to Wu Fu could not be scraped together. At this time, Sun Chuanting was forced to be helpless by an edict, and the book said that he was about to lead troops to suppress the thieves, and under Chen Yan's fall, Chongzhen directly asked Sun Chuanting to take over as the governor of the seven provinces and drove Wu Fu back to his hometown.

Chen Yan is also a wonderful person, and his heart is bright. He bought off the eunuchs around Chongzhen, and got the things that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to ask the next day, and he prepared it at night, and every time he answered it fluently, he was naturally very favored by the emperor. This time it was the same, he knew that Chongzhen was already very dissatisfied with Wu Fu's delay, so he added a lot of force and sent Wu Fu back to his hometown. At the same time, Zhou Yanru falsely reported his exploits and was imprisoned, so he entered another one and became the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, which is really beautiful.

When Li Yan received the news that the eunuch who had delivered the decree had arrived in Kaifeng, he was heading westward, inspecting the prefectures and counties in western Henan. Some county towns are still repairing the city walls, and although there are 50,000 or 60,000 prisoners, they are being used in various places, so these less important counties will be put on hold, and the local people and garrisons will work slowly. After all, the tall city walls can still bring some sense of security to the people.

Li Yan continued to inspect the counties, and also went to Nanyang to ask Li Zhong to pay attention to the movements of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong before returning to Henan. At this time, Du Xun had been waiting in Henan for more than half a month.

Du Xun, as the eunuch of Shangshan, is naturally Chongzhen's henchman, and the things in the entrance are the most important, and he can't control Shangshanjian if he is not a confidant. At this time, Du Xun had already listened to Niu Wenbing's report and knew that Li Yan was indeed a bit domineering. However, he also saw Li Yan's recruit training in Kaifeng, and knew that Li Yan did have a strong army under his command.

Li Yan returned to Kaifeng and took the holy decree. After a bow and praise, it is considered complete. This time, the focus is on begging for the seal of the thief general, and with this seal, he can be regarded as a real general.

Du Xun solemnly handed over the seal letter to Li Yan and said: "Your Majesty's dictation: You are the prince, rest with the country, suppress the thieves and destroy the cowards, and the real number should be divided." Today, we will move the thief general Dayin and you, and you should move forward with all your might, fight to destroy the thieves, stabilize the society, and live up to my hopes. Be sure to. ”

Li Yan had to kneel down again, take the letter, and thank and praise him again, before finally finishing the matter.

After Du Xun finished his errand, he finally sat down by himself, and said sharply: "Li Yibin is such a big shelf, let the saint wait here for more than half a month." ”

Li Yan also sat down and said: "In the newly restored land of Henan, bandits are rampant, and I will inspect all places and supervise the preparation of the imperial clean-up. This is also an urgent and urgent matter, and naturally we cannot give up halfway. ”

"Is it" Du Xunpi said with a smile: "There are no bandits around Kaifeng, and the people and businessmen are constantly coming and going, where is there any worry."

Li Yan said with a smile: "Kaifeng is the capital of the city, so naturally there are no bandits. If you really want to see it, you might as well walk to the west and south. However, I want to remind Dugong that there are fewer guards, but it is not safe. ”

Du Xun glanced at Li Yan and didn't know if what Li Yan said was true or not. But he doesn't care if Henan is rampant bandits, what he cares about is the filial piety given by Li Yan. But Li Yan didn't mean to give it at all, if it weren't for Li Yan being the guest of honor of the Zhou Palace, if Li Yan was an ordinary chief military officer, he would have asked for it directly.

He continued to find the stubble and asked, "Why don't you see Chen Yongfu, the defense of Henan, but it has to be handed over to him." ”

"General Chen is stationed in Xinyang," Li Yan replied lightly: "Zhang Xianzhong's troops are in the Huangju area, and it is also a very urgent matter. ”

Du Xun said dissatisfiedly: "The most important thing now is to send troops to suppress the thief, when does General Li plan to send troops, and a certain family can go back and report to the emperor." ”

"It depends on what Inspector Sun means." Li Yan said casually: "The millions of thieves are not something that my army can exterminate. ”

"Okay, then I'll report to the emperor like this" Du Xun said and stood up and said coldly: "Farewell"

As soon as Li Yan raised his hand, Sun Sifu came in with a tray, and there were ten silver ingots of twenty taels on it. Looking at a plate, it's only two hundred taels.

"This is for Du's father-in-law to drink tea, and his father-in-law walks slowly." Li Yan said lightly.

Du Xun looked at it, two hundred taels, which made him angry more than not giving it to him. He is the emperor's confidant, the eunuch of the imperial dining room, not those officials who run errands. Two hundred taels, isn't that humiliating him?

He raised his head, didn't look at the silver on the tray, and left directly with a snort.

"Dashuai, what should I do," Sun Sifu asked in a low voice.

Li Yan waved his hand and ordered: "Put it back, let's still keep the supplies." ”

Du Xun returned to the apartment, and Niu Wenbing had been waiting for a long time. When he saw that Du Xun's face was not good, he knew that it must be Li Yan's moth. He is happy now, with Du Xun's help, Li Yan will definitely be unlucky soon.

"In addition to collecting taxes and selling horses privately, has he had any other rebellious actions recently?"

Niu Wenbing thought for a moment and said, "Several eunuchs from the county king's mansion in the city whispered to me that Li Yan was collecting taxes on the sale of their grange. However, the king of Zhou has issued a strict order not to let it be passed on, and the Zhou Wangfu will give some compensation to the clans. ”

Du Xun nodded, and suddenly said: "No wonder, how dare he, a general, be so blatant, it turns out that there is the support of Zhou Fan behind this." ”

He then sneered: "Zhou Fan thinks that the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil now, and it is really wishful thinking to use him as a son-in-law to have another battle of Jingjing."

Niu Wenbing asked incredulously: "No, King Zhou shouldn't have the guts" His original intention was to explain Li Yan's rebellion, and he even dared to collect the clan's taxes. But I didn't expect Du Xun to directly pull King Zhou into the water, this idea is a bit bold.

Du Xun sneered and said, "Without the protection of King Zhou, Li Yan is just a reckless person. ”

"However, now the thieves and the thieves are the emperor's henchmen." Niu Wenbing reminded.

Du Xun said predictively: "When the thief is defeated this time, I will tell the emperor the news." At that time, Sun Chuanting's soldiers and horses were used to deal with Li Yan. Dare to humiliate a certain family, a certain family wants to make his life worse than death"

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