"I arrived in Beijing yesterday."

"Okay."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, first picked up the fold of Liu Yunzhong, the supervisor of Shandong, and then picked up the fold of Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, after reading it carefully, and put it down after a few glances.

Now Chongzhen has some understanding of what happened in Shandong, and Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Shandong, shielded Lin Yilun, the leader of the Wenxiang Sect, and collided with the king of Denglai in Yidu.

Emperor Chongzhen knew a little about Liu Zeqing, and knew that although Liu Zeqing was afraid of bullying the weak, he would never let Wang Zheng have a miscellaneous general soldier to check people on his own territory, and it was inevitable that the two sides would fight.

Fortunately, Wang Zheng lived up to expectations, defeated Liu Zeqing, and arrested Lin Yilun to Beijing, which can be regarded as another meritorious service, thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen, who was respectfully serving on the side, and opened his mouth and said:

"Cheng Enyi, tell me, Qi Cheng, Qiu Lei, and Yu Yuanyu, which of these three people is more suitable to succeed as the commander-in-chief of Shandong?"

Hearing this, there was no Wang Zheng alone, Wang Chengen had doubts, but the holy will could not be speculated, he just smiled, bent over and said:

"Back to the emperor, these are all generals in Shandong, and it depends on which one the emperor is most optimistic about, and how do the slaves and maids know."

"Chengen, if I'm not mistaken, then Liu Yunzhong is your protégé, right?"

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, Wang Chengen's face suddenly showed a look of sincere fear, "poof" knelt on the ground, and he didn't dare to say in a big way:

"Your Majesty, although Liu Yunzhong is the protégé of the slave maid, he has not been in contact with him for many years, how dare the slave and maid favor the public with their own interests."

"Hurry up."

Emperor Chongzhen asked casually, he didn't expect Wang Chengen to have such a big move, in fact, if the people around him said that he suspected anyone, he would not suspect Wang Chengen.

After Wang Chengen got up, he still didn't dare to come out, Emperor Chongzhen groaned, walked to the door with his hands, looked at the magnificent royal palace buildings in front of him, and sighed heavily.

"None of these three can succeed him."

The Caozhou General Soldier Qi Cheng is another miscellaneous general soldier in Shandong in addition to Wang Zheng, the General Soldier of Denglai.

Qi Cheng led more than 4,000 people to be stationed in Caozhou City, the capital of Wengzhou, and has always cared about the world, regardless of the civil unrest in various places or the capture of the East, almost day and night in Caozhou City, to put it bluntly, he is a character who eats and waits for death.

In history, this Qi Cheng also surrendered to whoever called, first surrendered to the Dashun army, and then the Qing army went south, he immediately surrendered, and was finally killed by Dolgon.

Qiu Lei, the general of Shandong Shangbei Road, is subordinate to the former Shandong general Liu Zeqing, but his people are wild and untamable, and he is stationed in Wucheng with 3,000 soldiers and horses.

However, there was a Jinyi guard who sent back that it was his people who resisted the Henan peasant army, but they were often beheaded, which was one of the reasons why Chongzhen could tolerate him.

In the history without Wang Zheng, it was this Qiu Lei who succeeded him as the chief soldier of Shandong after Liu Zeqing, but now, Chongzhen no longer considers this person.

Such an unruly person, even if he has some military exploits, there are too many variables for him to succeed.

As for Yu Yuanwu, the general of the Shandong Right East Road, he respected the edicts of the imperial court, and this person was also the only senior general in Shandong who resolutely led his troops north to resist the Qing army in last year's Eastern Captivity.

It is said that in order to resist the Qing army, Yu Yuanwu even scattered his wealth to recruit troops and build weapons.

However, Yu Yuanwu's troops were too small, 5,000 people, that is, half of the Qing army, and even the quality was inferior, so he didn't need Dolgon's headquarters to set a white flag to go out, and was defeated by 2,000 vanguard cavalry.

In the end, under the pen of the literati, Yu Yuanwu became the laughing stock of the entire Shandong civil and military, not to mention the loss of soldiers, and was also reprimanded by the imperial court.

He gathered 2,000 defeated troops and was now stationed in the city of Mudingju, the capital of Jeju, and had been closed for many days.

This person is actually the most ideal candidate for Emperor Chongzhen, and it is true to obey the orders of the imperial court, but the reason why Emperor Chongzhen has not made a decision for a long time is because of Yu Yuanyu's current reputation.

Such a defeated general was promoted to the general army of Shandong, afraid that the scholars of the world would ridicule themselves as the emperor was mediocre, thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen, who had always cherished his face, shook violently, and his face gradually turned red.

After a long time, he sighed heavily, waved his hand and said:

"Cheng En, what do you think of the Denglai General Soldier Wang fighting for his people?"

Wang Chengen lowered his eyebrows and glanced at the emperor's back, and said humbly:

"Back to the emperor, the slave maid thinks that it is difficult to say how Wang Zheng is a person, but it should be the best choice for the current imperial court, at least until now, there has been no news of disobeying the orders of the imperial court in Dengzhou Camp, the other three..."

With a "hmm", Chongzhen raised his head.

The sunset on the horizon, combined with the nearly 300-year-old royal palace buildings, looks so poignant and lonely.

Wang Chengen struck while the iron was hot, and said:

"Your Majesty, if Wang Zheng is promoted this time, presumably that martial artist will definitely be grateful to the emperor, and the imperial court's edict will naturally be obeyed."

Glancing back at the thick stack of folds, documents, and tang newspapers on the imperial case, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand weakly, nodded and said:

"Let's make a decision."

"Yes!"

Wang Chengen shouted happily, moved out of the Qianqing Palace in small steps, and after carefully closing the palace door, he beckoned a few little eunuchs to come over.

"Hurry up and tell the dining room to make some good food, and replenish the dragon body for the emperor, it's not okay to stay up like this, your body will collapse."

The little eunuch stayed outside the Qianqing Palace all day long, and naturally knew that Emperor Chongzhen was diligent, and many times he fell asleep without support, but when he woke up, he saw that Emperor Chongzhen was still buried on the table to deal with government affairs.

This may be the most diligent emperor since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and many of the eunuchs in the Great Interior can't figure it out, how can such a good emperor be, the situation in the world is still not good.

The next day, the cavalry escorted the eunuchs and the holy decree, and rushed out of the Yongding Gate of the Beijing Division and headed for Shandong.

......

On June 12, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen issued an order.

The leader of the Wenxiang cult, Lin Yilun, was beheaded in the west of the Jingshi Division, and the Dengzhou battalion was beheaded and stacked in Jingguan, depriving Liu Zeqing, the former general soldier of Shandong, of all his titles and titles, and posthumously ordering Beizhen Fusi Jinyiwei to go to Shandong to arrest Liu Zeqing's family.

Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, and Liu Yunzhong, the eunuch of the supervising army, commanded and dispatched, recognized people and observed the situation, and had meritorious service in quelling the chaos.

Qiu Lei, a general on the Shangbei Road in Shandong, repeatedly defeated the peasant army from Henan, and was promoted to the deputy chief military officer of Shandong, and the commander of the Shandong Capital Division was added to the rank of commander and moved to Licheng, the capital city of Jinan.

Denglai Miscellaneous Commander Wang Zheng, pacified the Wuwen River and Jinshui River, won the victory of Hetuala, pacified the fragrance of Wenxiang, etc., with outstanding military achievements, bravely crowned the three armies, and was specially awarded the chief military officer of Shandong, and the governor of the five armies was the same as the governor.

On 14 June, Wang Zheng, the general soldier of Shandong, was awarded the honor of "Protector Army".

The protector army and the governor of the five armies fought with the governor of the king, commanded the soldiers and horses in Shandong, drilled diligently, repaired the dun guard, and ate the soldiers, obeyed the orders of the imperial court, and opened the town of Shandong.