When Li Hongyu arrived in the capital, it was already mid-July, and after learning the news of his and Sun Chengzong's return to Beijing, the capital was empty, and the people poured into the streets to welcome the two to return victoriously.

Emperor Tianqi asked the cabinet auxiliary Ye Xianggao to lead the cabinet and the six important ministers out of the city to meet Li Hongyu and Sun Chengzong, and the two of them made great contributions this time, not only defeating the Houjin army but also recapturing the lost territories such as Guangning, which can be described as a great achievement.

After the surprise attack on Jinzhou and the two battles of defending Shimen Mountain, Li Hongyu officially established the status of the first Confucian general of the Ming Dynasty, if the battle of Tieling in the Ming Dynasty and the opposition still suspected that it was his luck, then the two battles of Jinzhou and Shimen Mountain were to crush the doubts of the outside world.

The most obvious result is that Nurhachi, who had always had the upper hand in western Liaoning, surrendered the city of Guangning after the two battles of Jinzhou and Shimenshan and retreated to defend the Liaohe.

Especially in the battle of Shimen Mountain, Li Hongyu shook the 40,000 army of Houjin with more than 10,000 people, and completely made a prestige, and the old and young masters from the north and south of the Ming Dynasty all stretched out their thumbs to him.

In the eyes of the outside world, the battle of Shimen Mountain Li Hongyu adopted the method of putting the place of death and then revitalizing, and when the Ming soldiers were trapped in the lonely mountain, they had to fight hard with the Houjin soldiers, and then defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

In order to show his favor to Li Hongyu and Sun Chengzong, the Emperor of the Apocalypse specially set up a dynasty in the Taihe Hall and summoned hundreds of civil and military officials in the capital to greet the two.

I have to say that Li Hongyu and Sun Chengzong gave the Emperor of the Apocalypse a long face this time, which made the Emperor of the Apocalypse raise his eyebrows, among those big members of the court, although Li Hongyu and Sun Chengzong belonged to different factions, they were both descendants of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

The helpless war situation in Liaoxi was settled by Li Hongyu and Sun Chengzong, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse was naturally very happy, in other words, the Manchu Dynasty was inferior to the two emperors, and it was refreshing to think about the embarrassed looks of those court officials.

Since ascending the throne, the young Emperor of the Apocalypse has been preached by those senior officials of the court and the central government, and he is always the ancestor or the first emperor or something, which makes the Emperor of the Apocalypse very constrained when dealing with government affairs.

Of course, those ministers who hindered the Emperor of the Apocalypse were mainly the radicals of the Donglin Party, and they wanted the Emperor of the Apocalypse to act according to the thinking of the Donglin Party, but how could this be?

Some of the Donglin Party's propositions seem to be very beautiful, but in fact, they cannot be realized at all, and to put it bluntly, they are useless empty talk.

Taking the reduction of taxes as an example, the officials of the Donglin Party could not care whether the imperial treasury was empty or not, and let the court reduce taxes under the banner of profiting for the people.

As a result, they got a good reputation but left the mess to the court, as if the court had to oppress the people, but if the court reduced their income with insufficient funds, I am afraid that they would jump higher than anyone else, and they would definitely attack it in groups, and at this time they would not think of making profits with the people.

Emperor Tianqi has been depressed enough over the years, and now Li Hongyu and Sun Chengzong, who are descendants, have won two great victories in western Liaoning, which naturally helps him to grow his prestige in the court, and then get rid of the constraints of courtiers.

Although the Emperor of the Apocalypse is still very young, he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty after all, how can he be at the mercy of others? Some ministers in the DPRK and China just don't know such a simple and easy-to-understand truth, or they are blinded by the power in front of them.

Taihe Temple.

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said: Li Hongyu, the prince and the prince and the scholar of Zuochunfang University, made meritorious contributions to the conquest of Jiannu in western Liaoning, and was specially awarded the title of young master, with a bounty of 10,000 taels and 100 horses of silk. Chin this! ”

An attendant held the holy decree in his hand and read it out in a low voice, Li Hongyu was promoted to two levels of official rank because of his merits in the Battle of Jinzhou and the Battle of Shimenshan, from crossing the Shaobao, from the prince and the prince to the young master.

"Minister Li Hongyu is grateful." Li Hongyu, who was standing in front of the main hall, knelt down when he heard this, and solemnly knelt down to thank him, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Not only Li Hongyu, but Sun Chengzong was also promoted to a first-level official rank, and was promoted from the crown prince to the crown prince.

Sun Chengzong felt quite ashamed of this, he didn't do anything in Liaoxi in the past few months, and stayed in Shanhaiguan for a long time, but this was the reward of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, how could he resist the decree in public!

In addition to Li Hongyu and Sun Chengzong, the Emperor of the Apocalypse also received the titles of two meritorious generals in the Battle of Shimen Mountain, and Liu Hu, the general of the Navy, and Zhao Feng, the chief general of the forbidden army, were both made earls and were hereditary.

Liu Hu and Zhao Feng followed Li Hongyu into Beijing to face the saint, knelt behind Li Hongyu and thanked him excitedly, they never imagined that they would one day become the nobles of the imperial court, and entering the knighthood was the ultimate goal of the generals.

In addition, the soldiers who participated in the Battle of Jinzhou and the Battle of Shimenshan were all rewarded differently, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse knew very well, but under the current situation of the general low combat effectiveness of the Ming army, these soldiers were simply models for the Ming army, so they naturally had to be reused.

After the court meeting, the Emperor of the Apocalypse set up a banquet for Li Hongyu and Sun Chengzong and other soldiers who returned from outside the customs to receive the wind and wash the dust.

Although the atmosphere of the banquet was very relaxed and harmonious, Li Hongyu did not communicate with each other at all when the officials of the Donglin Party and the Qichu and Zhejiang parties looked at each other.

It is obvious that the relationship between the two sides is more tense than before, and not only that, but the entire officialdom of the capital is shrouded in a depressing and dull atmosphere.

Regarding the situation in front of him, Li Hongyu could only sigh helplessly, the party struggle in the court was not something he could solve, so he could only wait and see what happened.

It is worth mentioning that with the pacification of the war in western Liaoning, the results of the three years of the Apocalypse are about to be announced, which is a decisive battle between the Donglin Party and the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang, and the two sides naturally attach great importance to it.

Originally, the results of the Jingcha in the third year of the Apocalypse should have been announced in March and April, but who thought that Nurhachi led the Houjin to capture the city of Guangning, so the Emperor of the Apocalypse postponed the announcement of the results of the Jingcha in order to stabilize the situation in the imperial court.

Now that Houjin has withdrawn from the army, the situation in western Liaoning has become stable, so the matter of Jingcha has raised the agenda of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and the Donglin Party that dominates Jingcha will soon be difficult for the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang.

In other words, the calm in the court is a brief silence before the storm, and a storm that swept through the Ming Dynasty is about to hit, and it is the Donglin Party in the court that is in full swing that sets off this storm.

To tell the truth, Li Hongyu really doesn't want to go back to Beijing, once he arrives in the capital, he will definitely get involved in the chaotic party disputes, although the Chu Party usually does not bother him, but now can be said to be a critical period for the life and death of the Chu Party, so the people of the Chu Party will definitely ask him for help, and he will not be able to sit idly by as a member of the Chu Party.

Originally, Li Hongyu went to North Korea just to avoid the party struggle caused by this Jingcha, but unfortunately, who would have thought that Nurhachi would attack Quang Ninh without much effort, so that he had to return from North Korea.

However, Zhao Xin, who replaced Li Hongyu in North Korea to control the overall situation, successfully avoided this court turmoil, which is also a good result in Li Hongyu's opinion.

Li Hongyu really didn't want to get involved in this party dispute, not because he was afraid of the Donglin Party, but because the Emperor of the Apocalypse didn't want him to get involved in this matter.

Obviously, the Emperor of the Apocalypse had already made arrangements for this Jingcha, so he sent him to North Korea, but unfortunately it was a good thing to be spoiled by Houjin, which made Li Hongyu have to face the upcoming officialdom turmoil.

After the banquet, Li Hongyu and Sun Chengzong were called by the Emperor of the Apocalypse to the south study of the Qianqing Palace to understand the situation in western Liaoxi in order to make the next plan.

Although the Later Jin had retreated to the east of the Liao River and could not pose a threat to the capital, there were many things to do after the war, not to mention that there were still hundreds of thousands of refugees waiting to be resettled in Shanhaiguan, which required the Emperor of the Apocalypse to make an idea, so he had to understand the truth about Liaoxi.

"Your Majesty, after this invasion of Jiannu, the people of Liaoxi died and fled, and the rest were moved to Liaodong by Jiannu, and now Liaoxi has become a dead land, deserted, and it is difficult to see people."

After entering the south study and sitting on the round stool under the soft bed of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Li Hongyu took the lead in speaking, and explained to the Emperor of the Apocalypse the current bad situation in Liaoxi with a serious expression.

"Your Majesty, the people who fled into Shanhaiguan are at most only about half of the population of western Liaoning, and they are mainly the people in the western Liaoning corridor, and the vast majority of the people in the north of the western Liaoning corridor have either been killed or taken captive, and although Guangning City has been recaptured, it has become an isolated city."

Subsequently, Sun Chengzong then explained to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, "Once Jiannu comes to attack, then the defenders of Quang Ninh City will be trapped inside. ”

"Your Majesty, Jiannu plundered our people in order to expand the population, if the people are allowed to return to Liaoxi, they will definitely be taken captive without the protection of the official army."

Saying that, Sun Chengzong solemnly stated his opinion, "Therefore, the minister thinks that how to deal with the people of Liaoxi who have entered the customs should be cautious. ”

"Two scholars, since Houjin has been defeated in Liaoxi, why don't you gather troops and horses to pursue while you are victorious, and drive Jiannu out of Liaodong in one fell swoop."

A look of surprise appeared on the face of the Emperor of the Apocalypse when he heard this, all he had received before was good news, and no one had ever mentioned to him what Li Hongyu and Sun Chengzong said, so he asked after a deep sigh.

Now the voice of the main battle above the court is higher and higher, after all, the Houjin pressed the Ming army outside the pass before, and now after Li Hongyu came out of the pass, he once again forced Nurhachi to lead the Houjin army to "escape" back to Liaodong, which made the officials in the capital officialdom think that Houjin is not enough, so they want to take the opportunity to recapture Liaodong.

"Your Majesty, the minister also wants to recover Liaodong, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and the forces in the hands of the minister who fought with Jiannu were lost in the battle of Shimen Mountain, and the minister really had no way to fight with Jiannu, otherwise he would definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue and cross the Liao River."

Li Hongyu immediately let out a wry smile when he heard this, and bowed to the Emperor of the Apocalypse helplessly and said, there have been countless people at the banquet before him asked him when he would recover Liaodong, so he could only perfunctory it.

(End of chapter)

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