The plan proposed by Chongzhen must be decided by Fang Yuan after consulting with the cabinet and military generals, and the only way to do it at the moment is to procrastinate.

He met Chongzhen's gaze and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, this matter is a big matter, and the minister will have to go back to discuss with the cabinet and the military before he can reply." ”

It was impossible for Chongzhen to force Fang Yuan to make a decision on the spot, at least Fang Yuan did not refuse, and there was still room to continue on this matter.

The wine glass he was holding suddenly fell to the ground, which was a signal to Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou got up and walked in front of the two, and respectfully toasted the two of them with a glass of wine.

Chongzhen said with a smile, "Elder Hong Ge, the concubine has agreed, and the seal of the auxiliary king can continue to discuss." ”

Hong Chengchou got Chongzhen's hint, and after toasting, he didn't retreat immediately, but asked Fang Yuan, "Master Ma, the matter of the auxiliary king can be pressed or not." Shandong is the barrier of Gyeonggi, can the horse show some sincerity in the peace talks and hand over the newly occupied Shandong? ”

Chongzhen and Hong Chengchou had already colluded, and they forced Fang Yuan to continue to give in.

Fang Yuan had long expected that in this meeting, Shandong's ownership would be a matter that must be discussed. Shandong was won by 150,000 Xuanjia soldiers in a bloody battle, how could they give it up? Since Chongzhen and Hong Chengchou want to act, Fang Yuan can only accompany them to continue acting.

He coughed and waved his hand at Jing Jie, the commander of the Xuanjia Army, and ordered Jing Jie to come up and speak.

Jing Jie came up to Chongzhen and made a courtesy, Fang Yuan asked, "Jing Shuai, Your Majesty, Elder Hong Ge wants us to return Shandong, I think Shandong is owned by the imperial court and should be returned, what do you say?!" ”

Jing Jie had already discussed the rhetoric with Fang Yuan, and Zhengrong said, "It is natural to return Shandong, but before Bai Guangen of Dongchang Mansion surrendered, our army had already promised to give Bai Guangen to defend it, and if you want to return it, you must find Bai Guangen and ask him what he thinks." In Qingzhou Mansion, Gao Jie's 10,000 bandit soldiers are still wandering around, and our army is doing its best to suppress bandits. ”

Fang Yuan asked with a deep groan, "In addition to Dongchang Mansion and Qingzhou Mansion, can the four prefectures of Jinan, Yanzhou, Dengzhou, and Laizhou be returned to Your Majesty and the imperial court?!" ”

Jing Jie replied happily, "Of course, Your Majesty can send troops to Jinan, Yanzhou, Dengzhou, and Laizhou at any time." ”

Fang Yuan continued to sing and say in harmony with him, "Is Mr. Bai in Jinan Mansion?" Call him for questioning. ”

Jing Jie shook his head and said, "Mr. Bai is in charge of military affairs in Dongchang Mansion, and he only sent his son Bai Liangbi to come, and I immediately asked Bai Liangbi to come and question." ”

Bai Liangbi was attending the banquet, and Jing Jie immediately sent someone to invite him up, "Commander Bai, the regent promised your father and son to guard the Dongchang Mansion before, and now the court wants to take back your father's and son's Dongchang Mansion, what do you say?" ”

Fang Yuan and Jing Jie had already arranged acting roles for Bai Liangbi, and Bai Liangbi didn't care whether Chongzhen's presence would be rude, he glared at Jing Jie angrily and scolded, "Jing Shuai, I tried to persuade my father and son to surrender my promise at the beginning, but now I want to regret it?!" ”

Jing Jie pretended to persuade and said, "Since the imperial court wants Dongchang Mansion, we can ask General Bai to move to Jiangxi, and it's the same." ”

Bai Liangbi's eyes widened, and he scolded angrily, "It's okay to move defense, but my father and son have one million acres of fertile land in Dongchang Mansion, how should I care?!" ”

Jing Jie looked at Fang Yuan and pretended to be, "Regent, this, how should this be?!" ”

Fang Yuan grimaced and said in a deep voice, "Liangtian can be replaced slowly!" I'm in Zhejiang, Jiangxi to find another million acres of fertile land for your father and son. ”

Bai Liangbi said loudly, "Okay, the good field has been replaced, and my father and son will immediately withdraw the soldiers!" Otherwise, we'd rather die than leave! ”

He left such a sentence, didn't hold Chongzhen in his mouth, and left without looking back.

Fang Yuan smiled at Chongzhen awkwardly, "Your Majesty, so be it!" Rong Chen immediately exchanged land for Bai Guangen and his son in Jiangxi and Zhejiang, and after the exchange, he immediately handed over Dongchang Mansion. As for the four prefectures of Jinan, Yanzhou, Dengzhou, and Laizhou, Your Majesty can send troops to station at any time, and Weihaiwei can also be returned to Your Majesty, and the Daming Naval Division can be stationed. ”

Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou's spicy eyes, they had long seen that Fang Yuan, Jing Jie, and Bai Liangbi were acting, but Fang Yuan's refreshing promise to return the four mansions was beyond reproach.

Chongzhen was about to speak, when a violent cannon suddenly sounded in the distance.

Seeing the sudden change, the eunuch Fang Zhenghua immediately ordered the accompanying Jinyi guards and palace guards to come to escort him. Ma Yishan saw that Fang Zhenghua had summoned the sergeants, and also ordered the Jinyi guard to immediately step forward to protect Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan drank a glass of wine unhurriedly, and scolded Ma Yishan, "Commander Ma, how can you use a knife in front of Your Majesty?!" Daring! Stand down now! ”

Ma Yishan hurriedly beckoned Jinyi Wei to retreat.

Chongzhen also said, "Fangzhenghua, I and the horse are a family, how can the horse harm me?" Step aside! ”

Fang Zhenghua hurriedly led the brocade guards, and all the guards in the palace retreated.

As soon as everyone on this side died down, a Jin army sergeant hurriedly came to report, "Your Majesty, our army's camp is being attacked by an unknown army, the offensive is very fierce, and there are also artillery. ”

In Pingyuan County, which was under Fang Yuan's jurisdiction, there was an army that dared to attack the emperor's imperial camp, and with artillery, Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou's first thought was that Fang Yuan was behind his back.

Emperor Chongzhen stared straight at Fang Yuan and asked, "Horse, this is what you arranged?!" ”

Fang Yuan stood up abruptly and saluted respectfully to Chongzhen, "It is definitely not the minister's order, the minister immediately sent troops to quell the rebellion and capture these bold and reckless thieves alive." ”

"Jing Shuai, immediately send troops to exterminate the anti-thieves!"

Jing Jie gave up his hand and immediately led the Xuanjia Army to level the thieves.

Chongzhen and Hong Chengchou glanced at each other, since Fang Yuan promised to level the thief, he was waiting for what kind of drama he would play next.

In less than two hours, Jing Jie and Zhang Ying led five hundred Xuanjia sergeants to escort one hundred sergeants in Ming army uniforms into the banquet.

Jing Jie reported, "Your Majesty, Lord Regent, these people who dare to attack the imperial camp are the bandits of Gao Jie's department!" ”

Fang Yuan shouted angrily, "This, the bandits also have artillery?!" ”

A captured bandit looked at Fang Yuandao defiantly, "The pickled things of the Xuanjia Army, the military masters were all from the Ming Army train camp before, there are 20,000 brothers and 1,000 artillery pieces, I advise you to release the military master immediately, otherwise there will be no peace in Qingzhou Mansion!" ”

Fang Yuan looked sideways at Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, these bandits are at your Majesty's mercy. ”

Chongzhen stared at Fang Yuan for a while, and guessed what his intention was in acting this play, that is, to warn Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou, Qingzhou Mansion and Gao Jie's tens of thousands of soldiers, if the Ming army is not afraid of death and wants to take over Qingzhou Mansion, although send troops to give it a try. As for whether these captured rebels were Gao Jie's bandits, or whether Fang Yuan arranged for the Xuanjia Army to pretend to be, it no longer mattered.

Since Fang Yuan didn't want to tear his face, Chongzhen couldn't accuse him without evidence, but Fang Yuan instructed him behind his back and took the initiative to tear his face.

Chongzhen said lightly, "Since it is under the jurisdiction of the horse, let the horse punish it!" ”

Fang Yuan waved his hand and shouted in a deep voice, "Rushing into His Majesty's imperial camp is a rebellion, and the crime deserves death, and it will all be dragged down and cut down!" ”

Jing Jie immediately took the order, took all these bandits down, and cut them down one by one.

Chongzhen opened his mouth again and asked, "Don Ma, can the imperial court really take over the four prefectures of Jinan, Yanzhou, Dengzhou, and Laizhou in Shandong?!" ”

Fang Yuan said briskly, "Your Majesty can send troops to take over at any time, and the ministers are waiting here." ”

The bandits attacked the Chongzhen imperial camp, which was a play that Fang Yuan arranged for Xing's Gaojie's old department to perform. In addition, Bai Liangbi's would rather die than withdraw, it was all Fang Yuan's arrangement.

There is only one purpose, to keep the two mansions of Dongchang and Qingzhou. The second mansion is the two nails that Fang Yuan drove into Lubei.

As long as these two prefectures are firmly in the hands of the Xuanjia Army, the two prefectures of Kaifeng and Guide in Henan on the western front, the two prefectures of Yanzhou and Jinan on the central line, and the two prefectures of Deng and Lai on the eastern front are cut into three sections that cannot be connected with each other.

If Chongzhen wants to take over the four prefectures of Jinan, Yanzhou, Dengzhou, and Laizhou, it depends on whether the Ming army has the courage to come to Shandong to take over the territory.

Since it was swept away by the rebellion of the bandits, the feast ended here.

Chongzhen got up slowly, held Fang Yuan's hand, and said in a deep voice, "Don Ma, take Jiao'er and King Wuyue to visit me another day." ”

Fang Yuan held Chongzhen's hand and said, "Your Majesty, when the peace talks between the two sides are over, the ministers will definitely come to see Your Majesty." If the minister wants to go to crusade against the thief, he will not stay with His Majesty, and the minister will send the Xuanjia Army to escort His Majesty back to Hejian Mansion safely! ”