Wang Chengen received the holy decree and quickly sent people to the cabinet and military aircraft to invite the ministers and military ministers on duty to come to the Qianqing Palace, and at the same time sent people to the palace gate to pass on the Chu Charter. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

It is also a coincidence, because the emperor has not been in the palace these days, and the cabinet ministers and military aircraft ministers who stayed in Beijing do not dare to slack off, and they are on duty at the cabinet and military aircraft every day.

Although the emperor set a rule and easily did not let the cabinet ministers go to the gates of Beijing to welcome them, but the emperor's departure from Beijing was a major event after all, and he had not seen him for a few days, and today was the day when the emperor returned to Beijing, so he was afraid that something would be reported, so it was rare for these important ministers to be there.

Li Guowei, the first assistant of the cabinet, Xu Guangqi, the cabinet minister, Sun Chengzong and Li Banghua, the cabinet ministers and ministers of military aircraft, and Zhang Weixian, the minister of military aircraft who did not enter the cabinet, heard that the emperor had summoned them to the palace, and they all hurried to the Qianqing Palace.

As soon as these important ministers were invited by the emperor into the imperial study of the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, they heard Wang Chengen come over again to report and say: "Your Majesty, the Chu Charter has arrived!" ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately said, "Please let him in!" ”

After a while, I saw a middle-aged eunuch enter the warm pavilion where the emperor was located, and as soon as he came in, he knelt down and kowtowed and said: "The slave maid Chu Charter is ordered to escort the salary, grain and grass, go to Dongjiang Town to supervise the return of the war, and knock to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" ”

The eunuch who came in was none other than Chu Xianxian.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Chu Xianxian, who was running all the way and was a little haggard, and said: "This time you went to Dongjiang Town for several months, helping the generals of Dongjiang Town to win a great victory, I haven't had time to reward you, and now that you have returned, what do you think about the reward?" ”

When Chu Xianzhang heard Emperor Chongzhen say this, he was half moved, half frightened, and hurriedly kowtowed and said: "How dare a slave dare to be greedy for heavenly merit for herself!" The slave maid's little work in the Dongjiang River is all thanks to His Majesty's teaching before leaving, and the reason why Dongjiang Town was able to have a great victory in September is due to the fact that the emperor is planning within the curtain and winning thousands of miles away! At this point, Mao Wenlong of Dongjiang Town and his generals all admired and admired! As a minister beside His Majesty, the slave does not ask His Majesty for any reward, but wishes to always be by His Majesty's side! ”

After Chu Xianzhang said this, he couldn't bow his head.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and said to Wang Chengen: "From tomorrow, the eunuch Chu Xianzhang, the chief eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor, will be the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor and the eunuch of Bingbi, and he will also be in charge of the military attaché in front of the imperial chamberlain. ”

Hearing this, Wang Chengen lowered his head and said: "The slave obeys the order!" ”

Although Chu Xianxian, who was kneeling on the ground, was still silent on his face, he was very excited in his heart, and being able to be a eunuch with a pen in the master of ceremonies meant that he could participate in many core affairs inside and outside the court, which was a high position that many eunuchs could not struggle for in their lives.

At the same time, the appointment of Emperor Chongzhen also shows that he Chu Xianxian will enter the circle of the emperor's confidants and ministers from now on.

Therefore, as soon as he heard that the emperor had finished rewarding himself, he followed Wang Chengen's voice and said, "Slave and maid, thank Your Majesty for your grace!" ”

Chu Xianxian's voice was full of excitement that could not be concealed.

If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you have done it, you will be punished, this is the consistent creed of Emperor Chongzhen today.

If you can't make a clear distinction between rewards and punishments, whether it is for civil officials and military generals or eunuchs and ministers, you will bury hidden dangers for the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, after listening to Chu Xianxian's thanks, Emperor Chongzhen just waved his hand and said: "Reward and punishment, this is the law that the imperial court has since been." I will never hesitate to reward those who have merit, and I will never tolerate and accommodate those who have done it. ”

When the important ministers here heard this, they said together with Wang Chengen, Chu Xianxian, and other ministers: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen said: "I still ask Qing to come over at such an hour today, and I have something to ask Qing and others to listen to it with me, and refer to it in detail." ”

Speaking of this, the emperor turned his head and said to Chu Xianxian: "Tell me about the ins and outs of the Korean envoy!" ”

After listening to the emperor's words, some of the ministers present sat like a mountain, and some were stunned.

And Chu Xianzhang said "slaves obey the order", and then cleared his throat and told the general situation of Dongjiang Town at present, as well as the whole ins and outs of the North Korean envoys coming to Beijing.

Let's say that after Chu Xianzhang hit Dongjiang Town, only a few days later, the army of Jianyu's Eastern Expedition arrived at Zhenjiang Fort on the west bank of the Yalu River, and then began a fierce battle with the Ming army in Dongjiang Town.

Although Chu Xianzhang did not rush to the front line at the first time, after all, he was in Phi Dao, and he had the eyes and ears of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, so he was relatively clear about the wars that occurred in Yizhou, Dingzhou and other places one after another, not only sent back a report to the emperor before the end of the war, but also sent back the news to the emperor in time after the war was basically over, which played an important role in Emperor Chongzhen's timely and accurate understanding of the war between Dongjiang Town and Jianyu.

When Emperor Chongzhen and the imperial court of Jingshi rewarded the generals of Dongjiang Town, as well as the holy decree of Liu Xingzuo's brothers, Chu Xianzhang also visited several cities where the war took place one by one, and personally inspected the capture of the Ming army in Dongjiang Town, and inspected the heads of Azig and Erli.

Seeing that the task arranged by the emperor has basically been completed, and the whole of Dongjiang Town is also busy rewarding meritorious deeds and adjusting the deployment in accordance with the emperor's new holy decree, Chu Xianxian, who has been away from Beijing for several months at this time, thinks that it is time to return to Beijing to resume his life.

However, just as he was packing up and preparing to leave Phi Dao for Dengzhou, he suddenly received news from Yuan Shu that the Koreans had sent several envoys to Dongjiang Town, apparently to protest to Mao Wenlong, the Marquis of Anton, against the forcible occupation of Pyongyang City by the troops on the right side of Dongjiang Town.

Hearing that the Koreans came to Dongjiang Town to protest, Chu Xianxian, on the one hand, felt that these Koreans really did not know whether to live or die, and on the other hand, he also felt that this matter was worth knowing.

Therefore, Chu Xianxian, who was supposed to board the ship to Dengzhou the next morning, turned out to be concerned about this matter, and did not leave the next morning.

The North Koreans' protest envoy was a North Korean official named Yoon Xuan. And this Yin Xuan's official position is the Anping Supervision Department, which is the highest official office of the small court of Li Cong in North Korea in Anju and Pyongyang, and the administrative office is in Pyongyang.

Historically, in the spring of the seventh year of the Great Ming Dynasty, that is, in the spring of the first year of the Later Jin Tiancong, that is, in the spring of 1627 A.D., the Later Jin army invaded Korea on a large scale, not only capturing all the few cities in northern Korea such as Uiju, Jeongju, and Anju, but also killing almost all the officials and people in North Korea everywhere they went, and robbing the entire towns and villages in northern Korea, but also captured Pyongyang and massacred, leaving the officials and people in the city empty.

But Yin Xuan, the supervisor of Anping at that time, successfully escaped.

Because as early as when Jianyu had not yet reached Anzhou, Yin Xuan, as the supervisor of Anping, knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly abandoned the city and fled.

When the Jianyu army conquered Seoul, the capital of North Korea, the king of North Korea, Li Cong, hurriedly took a bunch of high-ranking officials and dignitaries such as political councilors and judges, and all ran to Ganghwa Island to take refuge.

Coincidentally, at that time, the Houjin general who went to Ganghwa Island on behalf of the Jianyu Houjin State and forced the Korean king and his small court ministers to surrender in a few words was the current Liu Xingzuo who returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway.

At that time, Liu Xingzuo was naturally unusually domineering in the face of the Korean monarchs and ministers, and he did not take the Korean monarchs and ministers who fled to Ganghwa Island in his eyes at all, and under some intimidation and coercion, Li Cong and his ministers all obediently knelt down and surrendered.

Since then, Mr. Liu's attitude toward North Koreans has become more contemptuous, and he does not treat them as equal opponents at all.

Especially after returning to the Ming Dynasty anyway, the Ming Emperor issued a holy decree and made him the uncle of Pyongyang, which made Liu Xingzuo and his brothers very happy, and the ancestral tomb of the old Liu family finally smoked, so that the brothers waited until this day.

Because they have long known the reality in North Korea, Liu Xingzuo's brothers all believe that this is a golden opportunity for the old Liu family to create their own business on the Korean Peninsula so that they can be a prince for all generations.

Therefore, the day after receiving the holy decree, Liu Xingzuo and Liu Xingzhi landed on Phi Island and rushed to Pyongyang City with more than 4,000 people from the Right Route Army of Dongjiang Town, who had cut off their braids and changed their banners.