There is no doubt that the surrender of the generals in the northwest was an important factor in the success of the Northern Expedition of the Mawei Front.

At the beginning, Li Wen led an army of 100,000 to the south to crusade against Ma Wei, Ma Wei only had 60,000 troops in his hands, but the battle situation finally changed dramatically, Li Wen's 100,000 troops had more than 90,000 defected to Ma Wei, Ma Wei quickly gathered more than 100,000 troops to the north to attack Guanzhong, and broke into Guanzhong with the momentum of a tiger descending the mountain.

After the fall of Li Wen, the Northern Expeditionary Army took only a few months to take Guanzhong and several large military regions in the northwest, and the Ming army's forces collapsed and surrendered one after another, and there were two high-ranking civil officials who surrendered, one was Zhu Zhengse, the governor of Ningxia, and the other was Tian Le, the governor of Gansu, and there were countless petty officials left.

And there are not a few officials who have been arrested, such as Li Wen, such as Liu Guangguo, and more importantly, there is also the family of Zhu Xuanqi, the king of Shu, among the people arrested, which is definitely not a small credit.

So Zhang Yanshou, who took the lead in surrendering to Cheng, was named Marquis of Anding, Niu Bingzhong was named Marquis of Jia, Du Tong was named Marquis of Ganquan, and Li Ruzhang was named Marquis of Chunhua.

The former Marquis of Fengcheng died at the hands of Shen Yiyi, and it happened that Deng Zilong was a native of Fengcheng, so he was named Marquis of Fengcheng.

Liu Wei was also named Marquis of Nanchang because of his outstanding military exploits.

Ma Wei is the main general, with the greatest credit, and was named the Marquis of Shunyi.

Wang Hui's experience is legendary, and he was given the title of Marquis of Pingyu that Xiao Ruxun once received as a sign of grace.

Ma Jin, a son of the Ma family who surrendered to Xuanfu, was named a new city marquis.

There are more than 20 people who have been named uncles, and the Ming generation has not been a son, Xiao Ruxun picked up the title of barons again, and rewarded them greatly.

Although everyone was puzzled about Xiao Ruxun's non-dukeship, they didn't think much about it, Xiao Ruxun held a banquet in the Imperial Palace to entertain the generals, and the main generals all participated in the banquet with great interest, and they were extremely happy.

They really didn't expect to rebel and rebel and become the founding fathers of the dragon, and when this unexpected joy hit their heads, they still didn't believe it, and then they gradually accepted the reality, followed by a burst of ecstasy.

What could be more interesting than suddenly becoming a founding hero?

Become a founding meritorious service, get the founding knighthood, don't worry about being counterattacked, get rich, get power and dignity, is there anything happier than this?

They didn't need to be persuaded at all, so they immediately became Great Qin generals.

It's really fast.

A banquet was enjoyed by the monarchs and ministers, and they were sent to the mansion that Xiao Ruxun had purchased for them in the capital to rest.

However, the children of the Ma family were all left behind.

Now in Xiao Ruxun's army, three of the children of the Ma family have been made marquis.

Ma Wei was named the Marquis of Shunyi.

Ma Chong was sealed as the Marquis of Fangshan.

Ma Jin was sealed as the Marquis of Xincheng.

In addition, there are several children who have been named viscounts and barons, all in all, the Ma family is now more than the Li family's children's titles, and the two major generals who were called East Li and Xima in the Ming Dynasty were also as prominent in the Great Qin Dynasty, and even surpassed them.

The Li family was compensated for offering the authority of Liaodong, and the Ma family was purely because of the bet on Xiao Ruxun, most of the family took refuge in Xiao Ruxun, and there were more than 20 children of the Ma family who were active in the army, and they were very brave and good at fighting.

And now, Xiao Ruxun has a very nice gift for them.

"I have a gift for you."

Xiao Ruxun had a smile on his face and clapped his hands, and the children of the Ma family suddenly saw that the door of the side room was opened, and then, Ma Gui walked out of it.

The children of the Ma family were surprised and delighted, and looked at Xiao Ruxun and Ma Gui with surprise.

Then, Xiao Ruxun talked about Ma Gui's experience for most of the year, and everyone felt very embarrassed.

Taking this opportunity, Xiao Ruxun asked Ma Gui to return to the military world and return to the sun, as Ma Gui handed over Mei Guozhen as a reward for his name.

Ma Gui was named the Marquis of Boye, and there were already four children of the Ma family who were named marquis, and they suddenly surpassed the Li family to become the first general of Daqin.

Looking at the surprise of the children of the Ma family, Xiao Ruxun smiled slightly and asked them to go back to reminisce about the old relationship, and then, he recruited Zhou Yao and Zhang Wu.

Zhang Wu came to the capital a day earlier than the generals in the northwest, and was hung by Xiao Ruxun for a day, obviously already knowing Xiao Ruxun's intentions, and after seeing Xiao Ruxun, he sincerely said that he had made a mistake, hoping that Xiao Ruxun would not blame him and give him a chance to reform himself.

"I can give you the opportunity, what will you give me in return?"

Xiao Ruxun stared at Zhang Wu, and Zhang Wu was scared out of a cold sweat.

"From now on, Heishui will be external to the army, and Heilu will be internally to people, each performing its own duties, Zhang Wu, hand over all the surveillance tasks and manpower in your hands, and be responsible for spying on military intelligence in the future, the surrounding countries of the Ming Dynasty, I ask all the spies of Heishui to infiltrate it, whether it is North Korea or the Japanese country or Siam, they must infiltrate me, I must know any trace of wind and grass, do you hear clearly?"

Zhang Wu hurriedly knelt on the ground and nodded again and again.

"The minister understands!"

Then Xiao Ruxun gently instructed Zhou Yao: "In the future, all the tasks of internal monitoring and execution will be entrusted to you, whether it is a military general or a civil servant, I must be monitored, especially those on the blacklist, who may not be able to bear it now, but sooner or later they will move." ”

Zhou Yao knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust!" ”

Subsequently, Zhou Yao immediately showed his professional level to repay Xiao Ruxun's kindness.

"Cheng Guogong seems to have complained a lot about His Majesty's refusal to give real power, and he went to Wei Guogong to negotiate for this."

"The result?"

Xiao Ruxun asked.

"Wei Guogong said that it is normal for His Majesty not to give real power, and he wants Cheng Guogong to be honest and do things, be low-key, and don't always jump up and down, Cheng Guogong accepts it on the surface, but secretly it still seems to be quite complaining, thinking that His Majesty took his 500,000 taels of silver but did not give real power, which is not kind."

"Not kind?"

Xiao Ruxun smiled: "Unkind people should arrest them all and torture them, let them spit out all the family property, and I also let them keep their family property and life, and even keep the title, now it seems that I am too kind to them, so they are a little unclear about what kindness is." ”

Zhou Yao immediately asked, "What does Your Majesty plan to do?" Do you want to ......?"

Zhou Yao made a neck wiping movement on his neck.

"Don't do anything, don't do anything, endure it."

Xiao Ruxun smiled: "Either don't do it, or do it absolutely, now you are beating grass, it is easy to startle the snake, how are you prepared for what I arranged for you?" ”

"The preparations are almost complete, as long as Your Majesty gives an order, you can definitely take Zhao Shiqing's life immediately, clean."

"Well, don't move yet, just wait and see, wait and see what else those bull ghosts and snake gods want to do, it's best to come out, I can kill them!"

Xiao Ruxun's eyes were cold.

"Yes!"

Zhou Yao immediately received the order.

Subsequently, he instructed some more things, and Xiao Ruxun let Zhang Wu and Zhou Yao leave together.

"Commander Zhang, I will send someone to get the list of personnel who are currently responsible for all the surveillance tasks that Heishui is currently responsible for, please get ready."

Zhou Yao briefly explained to Zhang Wu what Xiao Ruxun had instructed.

Zhang Wu frowned.

"Don't think that you can do whatever you want with Your Majesty's orders, boy, when I was born and died in Nanyang with Your Majesty in Burma, you didn't know where to be, be polite to me, otherwise, I will teach you what it means to respect your predecessors."

Zhou Yao sneered.

"I am Your Majesty's dog, just do what Your Majesty orders, whatever Your Majesty commands, I will do things, and Commander Zhang, be careful not to do too many things that Your Majesty did not order, otherwise if Commander Zhang is on His Majesty's blacklist, it will be difficult for me to do it."

Zhang Wu's pupils shrank.

"You ......"

"Shh~"

Zhou Yao raised a finger and grinned: "We are officials of the same dynasty, and it is best to cooperate sincerely, otherwise, if we are hurt and angry, Your Majesty will be angry, and it will not be good." ”

After speaking, Zhou Yao grinned and walked away.

Leaving Zhang Wu looking at Zhou Yao's departing back with very jealous eyes.