Since Chongzhen's ascension, after the liquidation of the eunuch party.

Emperor Chongzhen abandoned the eunuchs, strictly enforced the palace discipline, did not allow the eunuchs to interfere in the government affairs, and put an end to the past.

However, with the entry of Houjin into the customs several times, the Shaanxi counter-army was strong, and even Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, could not be trusted, and was bound to Beijing Lingchi, Cao Wenzhao buried 7,000 Guanning troops in Shanxi, Yang He was not effective in Shaanxi, and there were rebellions everywhere, and officers and soldiers everywhere continued to mutiny again and again because of food and salary.

Emperor Chongzhen began to be overwhelmed, looking around blankly, and there were no available generals under his command.

Looking at the world, it seems that there is no official who is not greedy, and there is no general who does not deduct food and salary.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was already self-righteous and suspicious by nature, began to have a feeling of disappointment and distrust as the political situation became more and more deteriorating.

Chongzhen four years, September.

Emperor Chongzhen avoided the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and set a precedent again, sending eunuchs to the war-prone areas to supervise food and wages.

In addition to supervising the food and salary, these eunuchs also carried the will secretly issued by Emperor Chongzhen, including supervising the generals, investigating the deduction of food and salary, investigating the war situation in various places, and trying to appease the rebellious forces.

Liu Yunzhong, the eunuch who was transferred to Shanxi to supervise the teacher, carried a holy decree, and many people's efforts in this holy decree were consumed.

As early as the third year of Chongzhen.

At the time of the battle to defend Luoliang Mountain, Han Yi's entourage went to Beijing with several cronies to visit various important members of the Donglin Party in the DPRK and China, and recorded in detail what he had seen and heard in Luoliang Mountain and his evaluation of Tang Xidong.

It's a pity that the Battle of Luoliang Mountain broke out, and later evolved into the occupation of Pingyang City, and secondly, the Donglin Party members and bigwigs were all arrogant, where could they see a small mountain bandit.

Only Sun Chengzong occasionally mentioned this matter to Emperor Chongzhen in the compromises of Shangda.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was also unable to see in his eyes, was ignored aside, and the court was waiting for everything to be sorted out, how could he waste his mind on a little Tang Xidong.

So that's it.

Later, Tang Xidong exposed the fact of occupying Pingyang, Cao Wenzhao mobilized the Ming army to attack, and Emperor Chongzhen and the Manchu Dynasty also agreed, but he did not expect that the Tang and Tang 7,000 Guan Ning army would be wiped out under the city of Pingyang.

Cao Wenzhao was imprisoned in Jingshi Prison awaiting disposal.

Not long after, it was reported again that Tang Xidong went deep into Zezhou, defeated Wang Jiayin, the largest rebel army in Shaanxi, and killed more than 10,000 people.

After that, it was the news that Wang Jiayin subdued the rebel armies of various battalions, occupied Zezhou, and occupied Qinzhou by King Chuang and the Eight Kings.

One after another, Emperor Chongzhen was anxious.

Everything that was originally looked down upon suddenly turned into big trees, covering his eyes and upsetting him.

In the end, what made Emperor Chongzhen unable to sit still was the news that Tang Xidong had conquered the Eight Cities in ten days.

Once Pingyang Mansion is also conquered, then half of Shanxi will become the head of thieves.

Emperor Chongzhen began to summon his ministers to discuss countermeasures.

As the countermeasures were proposed, Emperor Chongzhen once again sent a letter to Sun Chengzong, asking for his opinion, and summoned the criminal minister Cao Wenzhao to ask for details.

After everything, there was the holy decree in the hands of Liu Yunzhong, the eunuch who went to Shanxi to supervise the teacher.

The Ming Dynasty's countermeasures against the anti-armies in Tangxidong and Shaanxi were: combining grace and power, suppressing each other, dividing the hostility, and breaking each one.

Pingyang Province is located in the northwest of Shanxi, close to Qinzhou and Zezhou, all three of which are now facing total loss.

Therefore, the countermeasure of the court was to appease Tang Xidong and let him patrol Pingyang. Of course, there is no pie in the sky, and it is also conditional to give Pingyang Mansion to Tang Xidong, one is to hand over the production process of unique firearms, and the other is to assist the Ming army to encircle and suppress the rebels in Qinzhou and Zezhou.

The specific matters were negotiated by Liu Yunzhong, who went to Pingyang to appease him.

In this way, the two tigers compete with each other to consume their strength, and when the time comes, whether they are defeated or injured, or they cannibalize each other, it is a great benefit to the Ming army, and when the time is ripe, they can solve the problems faced by the imperial court for many years.

This is the old abacus of the Ming court.

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In September, Tang Xidong returned to Pingyang City after inspecting eight new lower cities.

Now that Pingyang City can finally be guaranteed, it can be said that it is not afraid of the Ming army's attack, nor is it afraid of the anti-army attack.

The nine cities depend on each other, support each other, and act as horns for each other.

Political reform and military defense are all in progress.

Innovate every day.

Waiting for him will inevitably be a land of thousands of miles of wealth.

It was also at this time that Tang Xidong decided to wait for the completion of the political reform, and then held a grand celebration to celebrate the previous triumph of the army and the capture of eight new cities.

At the same time, Tang Xidong is also ready to fulfill his long-postponed promise on this day, that is, to marry Liu Lianqing.

It's okay to let a person wait for a year or two, but you can't let a woman's wait be far away.

A man cannot delay a woman's youth with just one sentence.

Liu Lianqing is twenty-two this year, and she is already a big girl in this era, even if she is a mountain bandit leader, she should start a family at such an age.

Tang Xidong couldn't let Liu Lianqing continue to live nameless and pointless by his side amid other people's strange eyes and rumors.

Marrying Liu Lianqing is also to let his soul, which does not belong to this era, take root.

Don't feel out of place from time to time.

End of September.

The city of Binh Duong was full of lights, and the whole city went to the training ground in the city to participate in the celebration of the new city.

In addition to the people of Pingyang City, many people from the eight county towns also came.

Bunting display.

On this day, Tang Xidong sat on a high-headed horse, got up eight sedan chairs, and went to the Liu Mansion to marry Liu Lianqing.

In order to simplify etiquette, Tang Xidong directly omitted those cumbersome adoption, greetings, etc., and directly picked up Liu Lianqing and went straight to the training ground.

He once said that he would marry her in front of everyone in Pingyang City.

Deliver on your promises today.

The two parties have no parents, so they just worship heaven and earth under the witness of Deng Dahu and Liu Dagou, and the husband and wife worship each other.

After that, it was heralded that the two were officially married.

Tang Xidong began to officially have a home in this era.

Pingyang is everyone, and Liu Lianqing is a small family.

The whole city congratulates, and the cannons are fired ten times, indicating that it is perfect.

After the wedding, there is a military parade.

Because the main force of the 1st Regiment in Pingyang and some members of the Luoliang Mountain Company had to be stationed in Bacheng to defend against foreign enemies, today's military parade was only for some of the delegates.

The main force of the parade is mainly the newly recruited new army personnel from all over the country, although they have not yet formed an army, but at least there is a shelf.

Unified black uniform, in order to facilitate the march and fight, Tang Xidong abandoned the cumbersome military uniform styles such as chain mail and skirt armor of the Ming Dynasty, and directly referred to the tunic suits of later generations for unified production.

After the military parade, it was Tang Xidong who had been preparing to award the title and flag.

The conferral of titles is divided into civil and military, which is different from the military ranks of later generations.

Tang Xidong's rank of general is divided into four levels: marshal, general, colonel, and lieutenant, and each episode is divided into gold, silver and bronze.

For example, the shield micro-medallion will be made of bronze, silver, and gold medals, and hung on the chest.

The shape of the shield of the micro chapter, the middle is engraved with the simplified character "will", and there is a pattern of swords intersecting on the word, and there is a dragon below.

The style of the other three-level micro chapters is the same, except for the middle font.

In addition to the micro chapter, there is also a military flag, and the military flag designed by Tang Xidong is a yellow dragon on a red background, so the descendants of the dragon have risen in the continuous war.

As for the civilian officials, the five-level micro-chapter is uniformly formulated, and the reason why the same micro-chapter as the military is adopted is to integrate the civil and military forces and be close to each other.

Tang Xidong is not afraid of the collusion between the civil and military, but is afraid of the situation of civil and military pressure and military suppression.

I'm not afraid of bloodshed, I'm afraid that I'm too literate and lose my blood, and I'm afraid that I'm too violent and lose the bottom line.