Zhou Yanru, who was newly admitted to the cabinet, spoke at this time: "Your Majesty Shengming, the minister also thinks that the deputy general of Jinglu is terrible, and he is fortunate to be gracious and educated by His Majesty, and he will do something in time, but the minister also thinks that the deputy general of Jingyu is not easy to be promoted too urgently, so as not to reward him in the future, but to make him arrogant, it is better to demote his position first to show his authority, and then resume his post to give grace, Liu Zhilun and his scholar are also, His Majesty has overpromoted him first, although he is lucky to get merit, he does not need to be rewarded, and the deputy general Jingyu is attracted by Liu Zhilun and handed over to Liu Zhilun for training, Zhang Chun is a Taoist minister, It is already inappropriate to remove the officials without guilt, and after the reactivation, the people of the township are dedicated to the king's affairs and have the name of recovering the two cities, which is also regarded as a high degree of hard work, and it is very inappropriate for the court not to discuss its merits, so it is better to hand over the officials to the ministry to recommend it first and then add its officials. ”

"Just do what Aiqing says." The emperor nodded, this is the words of Lao Cheng Mouguo, but Cheng Jiming secretly scolded Zhou Yanru for being cunning in his heart, and said a lot of nonsense that satisfied the emperor, but in fact, it went back to the original state, Li Yu and Liu Zhilun still didn't get anything, Zhang Chun was even more unlucky, and the matter that the emperor couldn't settle down, returned to the ministry to discuss, then it depends on whether Zhang Chun has anyone and whether he has money.

Zhou Yanru was encouraged, and put forward a new suggestion: "The ministers think that the deputy general Jingyu has meritorious service, and the merits of other ministers and generals in Luanzhou should also be discussed and rewarded. ”

"What Aiqing said is extremely true, how to deal with Liao, Aiqing can think about it?" The emperor motioned for Zhou Yanru to continue.

"I am familiar with Liao affairs is none other than Sun Ge Lao, the Ministry of War has consulted Sun Ge Lao for this matter, the old man proposed to rebuild the Daling River, Lushun, and advocated that the Liaodong Forward General Zu Dashou move to Jinzhou, specializing in the affairs of the Daling River, and promoted the deputy general of Shanhaiguan Huang Long as the Dongjiang General Army, specializing in Lushun affairs, Sun Ge Lao also guaranteed the original Ji Liaozan painting military affairs Sun Yuanhua as the governor of Denglai, and governed the two towns of Dongjiang and Denglai and took care of the grain and salary of western Liaoning." Zhou Yanru said loudly.

"Denglai is a coastal defense, grain and salary, and also manages the two towns, the first emperor once used the emperor Yuan Keli as the governor, Sun Yuanhua is just a person, and he has never been in charge of the place, how he did Denglai governor, this matter must not be." Cheng Jiming glared at Zhou Yanru fiercely and said disdainfully.

Zhou Yanru smiled faintly and said: "Your Majesty, the minister knows very little about military affairs, and the Liao affairs can be summoned to Sun Ge Lao to play right, but the minister thinks that there are three ways to take the official at the beginning of the founding of our dynasty - Jinshi, Juzi and Officials, and then because of the prosperity of the imperial examination, the official must only be Jinshi, how difficult it is to raise the son and increase the official, and the official is almost no career, so there are many useful talents, Your Majesty wants to prosper the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court is just recruiting talents, why bother about its origin!" ”

"Ai Qing is reasonable, this eventful autumn is the time for the imperial court to employ people, and all those who are remarkable will be hired." The emperor glanced at Cheng Ji's life and once again supported Zhou Yanru.

"It seems inappropriate for the former Jiliao Governor to remove the post of Liaodong Governor, and the ministers asked to reset the Liaodong Governor, Qiu Hejia went to Jizhou this time to supervise military affairs, and he was loyal to the king and handled things properly, so he could be promoted to the governor of Liaodong." Zhou Yanru was encouraged, and introduced Qiu Hejia, who was also born as a lifter, who was personally selected by the emperor himself, and the emperor couldn't help nodding.

Smart, the words are not leaky, Liao Shi pushed Sun Chengzong out of the top bar, and took the opportunity to mix the people promoted by the emperor into Liaodong, including the emperor who will be satisfied with him - the governor of Liaodong was originally Bi Zisu, Ningyuan was held hostage by the rebels during the mutiny, and he was humiliated and hanged himself, Yuan Chonghuan took the opportunity to ask for the dismissal of the official position of the governor of Liaodong, so as to monopolize power in Liaoxi, the emperor was actually very dissatisfied with this matter, and Zhou Yanru's request happened to follow the emperor's wishes.

Cheng Jiming interjected at this time: "Your Majesty, Yuan Chonghuan, the former Jiliao Governor has been in Liao affairs for a long time, and His Majesty once said that he would only be 'temporarily dismissed for listening', and now he has been in prison for half a year, and I have no one to do in the court, why not let him return to Liaoxi to serve the imperial court?" ”

Zhou Yanru shook his head secretly in his heart, the old man is finished, it seems that it won't be long before the emperor will send him back to his hometown, the old man should be able to see that the emperor hates Yuan Chonghuan to the bones, the emperor is too young and simple, he has given too much trust to Yuan Chonghuan, he wants power to give power, he wants money to give money, Jiaozhi killed the general to cover him up, and Yuan Chonghuan also deceived the emperor too badly, bragging about Pingliao for five years, but when he arrived in Liaoxi, except for killing Mao Wenlong, he almost didn't do anything serious, but led Jianyi to the city of Jingshi, can the emperor let him go?

"I have my own thoughts, Yuan Chonghuan bowed and asked clearly, that is, I went to Biansai to make meritorious service, and discussed another promotion." Sure enough, the emperor replied coldly, this Cheng Ji life is useless, and the government will still have to rely on Zhou Yanru and these new cabinet ministers in the future, the emperor threw Cheng Ji's life aside, and said to Zhou Yanru and others, "Today's tentative discussion is here, and the secretary and others will discuss with the ministers of various ministries and courts, and submit them to me in a tight manner." ”

The emperor returned to the harem and pondered for a while, and found Liu Wenzhong, the eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, this Liu Wenzhong's original surname is Zheng, a native of Qian'an in Yongping Mansion, since childhood, he entered the palace and recognized a eunuch surnamed Liu as his father-in-law, and changed his surname to Liu, and has been doing chores in the palace, after the fall of Wei Zhongxian, the emperor cleaned up a large number of guys who followed Wei Gonggong, and there were many vacancies in the palace, the emperor saw that this Liu Wenzhong was honest and kind, and promoted him from the miscellaneous eunuch who swept the floor and brushed the toilet to the Qianqing Palace on an errand, Liu Wenzhong was grateful to the emperor and worked very hard, Some time ago, he was ordered to secretly go back to his hometown to inquire about the emperor.

The emperor stared at Liu Wenzhong for a while and asked, "Liu Wenzhong, can you tell me what kind of person that Jinglu is?" ”

"The slave went home this time to inquire about the emperor's news, there is an uncle who was in Datong right Yuzhi County, and the deputy general Jingyu happened to meet once, according to his old man, the deputy general Jingyu is tall and long-armed, burly and strong, and the age looks like he has just passed the year of the weak crown, but he is majestic, even Jiannu was beaten by him, and he did not dare to go out of the city. A lot of the money and food obtained was also distributed to the fleeing people, and the people in Qian'an all said that Vice General Jinglu was a good person, and those rebellious relatives hated Vice General Jinglu to the core. Liu Wenzhong was an honest man, and he told the emperor the original news he had heard.

"They deserve it, those rebels were originally the corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty, and the deputy general of Jinglu should have raided their homes and destroyed them," the emperor was still a little puzzled, and continued to ask, "Does your clan uncle think that Jingyu deputy will be Han or Yi?" ”

"It's not for sure, the slave's clan uncle said that he may be a Sinicized Yi person, or he may be a Yi Han person, but my clan uncle also said that this deputy general Jingyu seems to have read a book, can understand things, and is much stronger than ordinary generals, and people also seem to be pure and kind, straightforward in nature, and at first glance he is a person with no bad intentions."

The emperor pondered for a while, and asked solemnly: "Liu Wenzhong, I have an important errand entrusted to you to do, and you can't deduct a single cent of the silver that you will be rewarded, you may be able to do it?" ”

Liu Wenzhong said excitedly: "Your Majesty, rest assured, if the slave dares to touch His Majesty's silver, there will be five thunderstorms in the sky, and the slave will not die well." ”

"Okay, I will believe you, you go to Zunhua to announce the decree to the deputy general Jinglu, this is the fifty taels of silver I allocated from the internal funds, you must reward the deputy general Jinglu for me, you must give it to him quietly, don't let others know, you tell him, I also have difficulties, but as long as he is loyal to me, I will definitely give him a reward in the future."

Zunhua, Liu Zhilun and Li Yu finally looked forward to the holy envoy coming to announce the decree, and the front and back feet came twice, the first holy envoy was an official of the military department, did not wait for Liu Zhilun to kneel according to Li Yu, and hurriedly began to announce the decree: Datong Jingyu general Li Yu acted recklessly, indiscriminately killing more than 500 Ming officers and soldiers, although there was the heart of killing the rebels, but it was inevitable to hurt the innocent, and arbitrarily beating the commander of the army was even more unforgivable, thinking that his feelings were understandable, and it was a first offense, so he was punished lightly, and ordered to be demoted to the general of Jingyu, and Liu Zhilun, the right attendant of the military department, was not strictly restrained, and let it rage, It is difficult to escape the blame, and he was ordered to return to Beijing to listen to the investigation.

After hearing this, Li Yu jumped up to find the holy envoy, and the military official was startled - the officials of the DPRK and China rumored that the deputy general Jingyu was illiterate and barbaric and cruel, and whoever went to pass on this holy decree would definitely be beaten, and everyone pushed it back and forth, pushing this unlucky errand on his head, he saw this big man walking forward quickly, thinking that he was going to be beaten, and he was about to run away when he turned his head, Li Yu grabbed him and asked with a smile: "Big brother, can I go home after I am demoted?" ”

"I don't know, you can ask someone else to go." The military officials struggled to break free of Li Yu's hand, pulled out their legs and slipped away.

"Don't disperse yet, there's still our house." The officials of the military department ran away, and Liu Wenzhong, the eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, appeared with a smile, and Liu Zhilun couldn't figure out what was going on, so he kicked Li Yu twice in the back of his buttocks, telling him to kneel down quickly.

Liu Wenzhong proclaimed: Zha Datong Jingyu general Li Yu is brave and brave, and he fought in the east to recover the three cities of Zunhua, Qian'an, and Yongping, and his merits can be highlighted, and he was promoted to the deputy general of Jinglu, and all the meritorious soldiers under him can be reported, and he ordered all the divisions to be rewarded, and Liu Zhilun, the right attendant of the military department, was well under the royal family, recorded his military exploits in the same column, and ordered to return to Beijing with the deputy general Jinglu to listen to the use, and the officers and men of the deputy general of Jinglu returned to the place and stood by.

Li Yu was disappointed, the court still didn't let him go home, Liu Zhilun was confused, what tricks the court played, the two holy decrees seemed to be given to Li Yu, and he didn't have much to do, but it was okay to finish like this, he didn't think about being promoted and rewarded, to be honest, with his qualifications, being able to be a squire in the military department was already a great promotion speed, but Liu Xingzuo couldn't stop sneering on the side.

"Vice General Li, let's take a step to speak." Liu Wenzhong pulled Li Yu and walked to a nearby house, and then looked out for a while, then closed the door and said to Li Yu with a smile.

"Vice Admiral Li, congratulations to you! Others cried and shouted and stretched out their hands to ask for money, and the emperor was reluctant to give it, so let our family bring you a reward first, and then go on, don't let people know that our emperor is not rich! Liu Wenzhong mysteriously took out a bag of silver from his arms and stuffed it into Li Yu's hand, and said with envy, "The emperor values you, I am afraid that you will be wronged, so I asked our family to follow you to come back to your official, and also gave a special reward of silver, this kind of grace has never been heard. ”

"Will the emperor also be short of money?" Li Yu asked a little puzzled with the silver in his hand.

Liu Wenzhong said with a simple face: "We have money in the Ming Dynasty, but the money is not in the hands of the emperor, the emperor's internal money collects some gold and silver every year, and it may not be able to receive it, and occasionally some of the money confiscated by the family is put into the inner treasury, but these money has to be managed in the palace, the rewards of the nobles and military generals, the courtiers can't collect taxes, and the idea of playing the internal money at two ends in three days, Daming is such a big family depends on the emperor alone, do you say that our emperor can not be poor?" Our family is in the Qianqing Palace waiting for the emperor to live, our emperor after the throne even the dragon robe has not been a new one, close-fitting clothes, socks are torn are our queen mother personally sewn, outsiders do not know how to think that the palace is gold, mountains and silver seas, flowers and wine, but our emperor is reluctant to eat a meal of meat, several ladies in the palace also have to often wear cloth clothes, eat vegetarian food, female workers weave their own hands, the emperor not only does not eat well, sleep badly, but also worry about the money to live long gray hair, Vice General Li, you have to carefully understand the emperor's painstaking feelings! ”

Li Yu felt bitter in his heart when he heard this, his clothes and socks were torn and he was also asked to make up for them and wear them again, but he didn't expect Emperor Daming to get mixed up with this, so was he embarrassed to ask for money? Li Yu stuffed the silver into Liu Wenzhong's hand again: "Father-in-law Liu, I will never ask the emperor for money again, so return this silver to the emperor." ”

Of course, Liu Wenzhong couldn't take it, and stuffed it back into Li Yu's hands, Li Yu thought again: "Why don't I send a good horse to the emperor, I will also match the saddle, the emperor wants to eat meat in the future, just ride a horse to me to eat, I will definitely pick the fattest sheep for the emperor." ”

Liu Wenzhong accepted Li Yu's kindness with a smile and laughter, and when he left, he took a white high-headed horse that Li Yu gave to the emperor and returned to Beijing.

The imperial court's edict has been issued, Liu Zhilun urged Li Yu to go on the road, Li Yu was unhappy but helpless, he was worried about his wife and children - it was all in May, Wu Langha should have given birth, and Ulan would give birth at the end of this month or early next month, and I don't know if the mother and child are safe? Was it a boy or a girl? It's better to have a boy and a girl, then his home is too beautiful. Li Yu is very dissatisfied with the court, his parents have to go home when they die, and his wife can't go home to see if he has a child, what kind of rule is this, in the future, when a woman gives birth to a child, the man will also give leave to go home.

The soldiers of the personal guard battalion were overjoyed, after half a year of fighting, they could finally go home, everyone had money in their hands, and they had bought the things they wanted to take home these days, and they were waiting for the order to pull out, but some people had other plans, Na Mu'er had already let go, this time he must go to Jingshi to open his eyes, Meng Ke also pestered Li Yu and claimed that he would go wherever the big head was, the most unexpected thing for Li Yu was that Chaolu also blushed and said that he also wanted to go to Jingshi, Li Yu only knew when he asked, it was Meng Ke This guy is too hurtful to self-esteem, blew the Jingshi into a dazzle, and said that Chaolu was a soil bun, and he had never been anywhere except the prairie, and Chaolu, who had always been honest, was said to be in a hurry, and he also came to pester Li Yu.

Li Yu also made a difficulty, the five posts of the guard battalion, Meng Ke, Jida, Chaolu and Baiyintu each led one post, and the other post was led by his guard Mo Zhige - Li Yu and Mo Rige, Chen Erzhu and Liu Shishi were almost inseparable, and the three of them would definitely go to Beijing with him, so that the five sentry commanders of the guard battalion would be less than three, and the guard battalion should not fall apart, Chaolu had already made up his mind, and the sentry commander gave his subordinate Zabutu to be, and he would give Li Yu as a guard in the future, anyway, he had to go to Beijing this time.

"Brother Liu, give me Asari, he must be willing to be the sentry commander of the guard battalion, you see he is secretly having fun." Li Yu immediately dug up Liu Xingzuo's front feet, Liu Xingzuo glanced at Asari who was smirking on the side, this guy did hint more than once that he thought of the pro-guard camp, Li Yu immediately added, "Uncle Man Dahai and Haishan will all hand over their people to you in the future, so it's always okay." ”

"Just this time, it's not an example." Liu Xingzuo was very afraid that Fei Yangwu would also be poached, so he hurriedly said that he would die first, but it was not bad to get the fierce horse thieves of Man Dahai and Haishan.

The guard battalion has four sentry commanders, and the others are easy to do, after half a year of fighting, the guard battalion has also reduced nearly 100 people, just organized into four posts, and the vacancy has to go back and replenish, and finally Li Yu ordered the guard battalion to be commanded by Liu Xingzuo, and the next morning out of the pass and go to Fengzhou, everyone immediately broke out into a burst of cheers.

After everyone dispersed, Liu Xingzuo stayed alone and instructed Li Yu: "Yuzi, you must be careful when you go to Beijing this time, you must not say what you shouldn't say, you would rather pretend to be stupid and stunned, we can fight in the customs to the point where we are today, it is our luck to meet a good person like Lord Liu, and others are not necessarily, just like those few handsomes in the northwest, they are very affectionate to you on the face, but they will dump us as soon as they turn their faces." ”

"Brother Liu, don't worry, I know how to deal with them," Li Yu sighed and nodded-You Shiwei's gang ran to Luanzhou without even saying hello in advance, putting the Fengzhou army in the position of fighting alone, this matter has always made everyone angry, he took out two more letters and handed them to Liu Xingzuo, "Actually, I think more about Fengzhou, this is the letter I wrote last night, one to the Great Commander's Mansion, one to my family, you can help me bring it back." ”

"The Ming Dynasty is much more complicated than the Jin Kingdom, the water there is too deep, it is not a place where you and my brother can stay, it is best to leave as soon as possible, Fengzhou is our own home, no matter how big the officials are in other places, don't go." Liu Xingzuo put away the letter and continued to nag.

In the early morning of the next day, the guard battalion set off in the direction of Da'ankou, Li Yu went out of the city to see off everyone and left, the guard battalion always got along with him day and night, looking at the back of the brothers who were far away, he couldn't help but feel sad.

"Hermes-Epitek, it's time for us to hit the road." Liu Zhilun quietly reminded Li Yu.

Li Yu rubbed his eyes, waved his hand and shouted, "Brothers, let's go!" ”