Zhu Hongsan ordered Chen Zizhuang to be pardoned so urgently today, because he didn't want to wait until tomorrow when he officially went to work on the 16th day of the first lunar month. The judicial system of the Ming Dynasty was very strict, and a major case of rebellion like Chen Zizhuang must be tried by the three legal divisions before it can be decided. Therefore, Zhu Hongsan will now make a decree, and Ma Mingyuan of the province will use the power in his hands to persecute Chen Zizhuang.

Li Chengen finished recording the holy decree and went down to write, and at this time, Zhao Hu and Zhu Bao came in to report that the army of Jin Shenghuan and others outside the city had been dealt with.

Zhao Hu and Li Yuanyin went to Li Chengdong's camp, Li Chengdong passed through the fire outside Fuzhou, and the soldiers from Henan and Shandong in the army were basically killed, and the rest were Li Chengdong's descendants, plus Li Yuanyin had been in the army for a long time, and he still had some prestige, so he didn't have anything to do along the way.

Zhu Bao is in trouble here, Jin Daoming is completely a waste, without the suppression of his father Jin Shenghuan, I don't know if I can do this, so Zhu Hongsan was still surprised to hear that these two came back so soon.

After the two entered the house, Zhu Hongsan asked, "How is it?" Will things go well? ”

Zhao Hu first said: "Your Majesty, there is nothing in Li Chengdong's army, except for Li Chengdong's general Yang Dafu who is a little unhappy, everyone else agrees that Li Yuanyin should be this marshal!" After his subordinates seized Yang Dafu's military power, they have already taken him into custody and waited for His Majesty's fate! ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded, not bad, and asked Zhu Bao, "Zhu Bao, where is Jin Daoming?" Hundreds of thousands of people don't fluctuate! ”

"Your Majesty, Jin Daoming is completely a waste, originally it was good to lure Huang Renlong out and solve it outside the camp, how do you know that Jin Daoming was seen by Huang Renlong, Huang Renlong took 2,000 people to kill Jin Daoming's personal soldiers, and there was no way to kill Huang Renlong and others with a group of people!"

When Zhao Hu heard Zhu Bao say that he would kill all these people, his heart was overturned, this younger brother was so ruthless.

Zhu Hongsan didn't say anything, just asked, "How many people have you killed?" How is it in the big camp? ”

"The last general saw Huang Renlong's resistance, and he didn't stop doing anything, and killed Huang Renlong and all his family members, plus two thousand Huang Renlong's descendants, a total of 5,780 people! In order not to cause a major upheaval, the last general led people to kill all the 1,620 people under Wang Deren, and now the two Jin Wang and 400,000 troops have no leader, and they all fall into the hands of His Majesty! ”

There are more than 7,000 people in total, and it's okay! As long as there's no big mess! Zhu Hongsan was very satisfied, nodded again and again and said: "Zhu Bao, you have done a good job, I now order you to be Jin Daoming's deputy general, and lead a regiment of the Praetorian Guard Division to be stationed in the army of Jin Wang and the two, you must firmly hold this army in your hands in half a year, there are still 400,000 people, only eighteen to thirty-five years old are left, and the other old, weak, sick and disabled are handed over to the Jiangning prefect, let them arrange these people to farm!" Zhao Hu, you are the same, I ordered you to be Li Yuanyin's adjutant general, and also bring a regiment of soldiers, use our people as grassroots officers, I will give you another 20,000 people, and 50,000 war horses, you must train 50,000 cavalry in half a year, you know? ”

Cavalry has always been a pain in Zhu Hongsan's heart, the southern water network is vertical, and it is not suitable for large-scale cavalry combat, but as long as it crosses the Yangtze River, Henan and Shandong, a wide range of plains, it is a natural battlefield for cavalry. In the past, Zhu Hongsan was short of war horses in his hands, where in Guangdong there were only some Yunnan horses transported from Yunnan and Guizhou, this kind of pony has good endurance, and it is no problem to pull a cart, but it is not good to charge short-distance in combat.

However, after the Battle of Ganzhou, Jin Shenghuan's 50,000 cavalry was wiped out, and a large number of horses fell into the hands of Zhu Hongsan. The battle of Nanchang was even more so, the Manchu Qing Dynasty 30,000 taels of elite white flags, plus 50,000 Mongolian cavalry, a total of 780,000 war horses became Zhu Hongsan's trophies, and then Zhu Hongsan had the idea of forming cavalry.

However, the equipment has personnel but does not, and the ancient combat cavalry, like the archers, belongs to the technical arms, and without many years of experience in horse life, they cannot fight on horseback at all. At this time, Zhu Hongsan happened to see Li Chengdong's 27,000-strong cavalry, most of these people were border troops in Shaanxi, who had fought against the Mongols all the year round, and they were immediately proficient in kung fu, and they were the best candidates for cavalry. Originally, Zhu Hongsan still wanted to discuss with Li Chengdong with good words, but he didn't know that Li Chengdong would not enter the oil and salt, so Zhu Hongsan had no choice but to use despicable means to seize Li Chengdong's military power.

Zhao Hu and Zhu Bao were very excited when they heard that the emperor had appointed him as a deputy general, and they knew that according to the emperor's intentions, they must have to overthrow Li Yuanyin and Jin Daoming, and the actual commander in the army was themselves. Thinking that he could become the commander of tens of thousands of people when he was only in his twenties, even Zhao Hu, who had always been steady, yearned for it in his heart.

Seeing Zhao Hu and Zhu Bao's excited expressions, Zhu Hongsan continued: "You two don't think too well, I will check your work in half a year, if there is one thing that does not satisfy me, you should come back and be your battalion company commander!" ”

The two brothers Zhao Hu and Zhu Bao hurriedly expressed their loyalty and lived up to the trust of His Majesty the Emperor.

Seeing that the two of them were full of energy, Zhu Hongsan was very satisfied, and waved his hand to let the two of them out.

Zhao Hu walked out of the palace and saw that his brother was still immersed in happiness, and asked, "Second brother, did you really kill more than 7,000 people?" ”

"Big brother, yes! Didn't the emperor often say that extraordinary means should be used in extraordinary times? ”

"That's more than 7,000 people, aren't you afraid of hurting the heavens?"

Zhu Bao didn't like this pedantic big brother very much, but after all, he was his own eldest brother, so he could only say patiently: "Big brother, what era is this, do you still believe in this statement?" Our father and His Majesty the Emperor, the lives in our hands are not less than those of my younger brother and me, are there different groups of descendants? ”

Zhao Hu was just about to open his mouth to teach his younger brother who didn't know the height of the sky, but how did he know that Zhu Bao said first: "Okay, eldest brother, I know what you have to say, you should go home and talk to your sister-in-law, I will enter the camp tonight, you and your mother will tell me that I will not go home!" After Zhu Bao finished speaking, he got on his horse and went out of the city.

Looking at Zhu Bao's back, Zhao Hu sighed, this younger brother was pampered by his mother, and he couldn't listen to his words at all, it seemed that he was going to talk to his father when he went back.

Zhao Hu went home to sue his younger brother for not mentioning it, and Qian Yiai had just returned to his home at this time.

Qian Yiai was stimulated by Zhu Hongsan and lost his soul, and sat in the carriage for a long time, and finally the housekeeper came out to call him to know that he had arrived at the door.

"Young master, the master said, let you come back and go to see him!"

Qian Yiai agreed and came to his father's study.

Entering the house, Qian Qianyi was reading a book, and when he saw Qian Yiai's appearance, he knew that things were not going well. Qian Qianyi didn't expect Qian Yiai to get things done, and thought that he was frustrated and in a bad mood.

Qian Qianyi snorted and said, "Hmph! I told you a long time ago, don't go to this muddy water, now you will be scolded by the emperor! ”

Qian Qianyi was also very distressed when he saw his son like this, sighed and continued: "Son, you are still young, aren't you just a woman!" Wait for Dad to find a suitable concubine and renew the strings for you! ”

Qian Yiai shook his head and said, "Dad, don't look for it, the emperor promised me to spare Chen Zizhuang's family!" ”

Qian Yiai's sentence was too informative, Qian Qianyi didn't react for a while, didn't he go to intercede with the Chen family, how did he spare Chen Zizhuang's family?

"Zigao, what did you say? What spared Chen Zizhuang's family? ”

Qian Qianyi heard that his son went to the edict to see Chen Zizhuang, and his heart was on fire and said: "You and the child, don't you know that you can't have too much contact with Chen Zizhuang at this time?" It's good now, Ma Mingyuan must resent us and blame you and my father and son for Chen Zizhuang's pardon! ”

Qian Yi thought in his heart, this is nothing, there is something exciting!

"Dad, there is one more thing my son wants to tell you, don't be angry!"

"I'm not angry yet, I'm about to die of anger from you! Tell me what else! ”

Qian Yiai swallowed and spitted at the mouth, and whispered: "His Majesty the Emperor said that only if I promise him one thing can I pardon the Chen family!" ”

Qian Qianyi felt bad when he heard Qian Yiai's tone, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Say it! What did you promise the emperor? ”

"Just a little thing, out of office! The emperor asked me to elect an official to go to Shangyuan County as a county magistrate! ”

Qian Qianyi listened to Qian Yiai's words and spit out a mouthful of old blood, Qian Yiai's love is where Qian Qianyi's heart and soul lie. Qian Qianyi has already arranged his son's future, he is old, and he is ready to return to his hometown after sitting for a few years. At that time, with his old face and the help of his daughter in the palace, Qian Yiai will definitely be able to enter the Hanlin Academy as a Jishi, and then train for a few years and be released as a prefect. As long as he doesn't die, he can rely on the popularity of his officialdom to let Qian Yiai pass the most difficult ladder of middle-level officials smoothly. As long as Qian Yiai can become a waiter before the age of forty, then he will have the qualifications to enter the cabinet, and then his son Qian Yiai will be able to take over his class, "a second scholar, father and son are old", Qian Qianyi couldn't sleep with excitement when he thought about it.

But his dream was completely shattered with Qian Yiai's words, Qian Yiai is now just lifting people, and the Ming Dynasty has not raised people into the cabinet except for the founding of the country. Even a person with a great reputation like Hai Rui can only mix up the imperial history of Nanjing, but didn't there be a Hai Rui in the 270th year of the Ming Dynasty!

Qian Qianyi was trembling by his son's futile beard, pointing at Qian Yiai's speechlessness. Qian Yiai was afraid that his father's anger would hurt him, so he quickly got up and gently beat Qianyi's back with his hand to give his father a good luck.