Cao Huachun knows Chongzhen very well, and now Chongzhen is sorry for Yu Guozhen, but if he is allowed to continue to apologize, he will not be beautiful to Yu Guozhen. For a person like Chongzhen, when he feels sorry for someone and can't make up for the guilt, the only solution is to ask that person to die.

So he changed the topic: "In addition to this car of Tartars' first achievement, Yu Guozhen also sent a person, who is a traitor who took refuge in the Tartars, Yu Guozhen gave the slave maid a message, saying that he hated the most in his life, nothing more than this kind of cruel generation who led the way for foreign races, this kind of person is mad, has no king and no father, and one death is not enough to make up for his sins. ”

The sentence "no king and no father" was added by Cao Huachun himself in order to please Chongzhen, but it was not in Yu Guozhen's original words. Sure enough, after hearing this, Chongzhen's gloomy demeanor was gone, loyal ministers and filial sons, which emperor doesn't like such courtiers?

"This rebellion will be handed over to you according to Yu Guozhen's wishes." Chongzhen nodded.

He understood what Yu Guozhen meant, that is, let the experts of Jinyiwei toss people to punish that rebel, and torture him so that he is worse than death, and then publicly execute him. This is also exactly what Chongzhen wants, if possible, he really wants to gather the whole world and see with his own eyes how this guy who took refuge in Jianzhu was executed.

"I remember that when "Storm Collection" first came out, there were two issues in a row that discussed Huayi's distinction." After a while, Chongzhen said leisurely: "When I first read this article, I felt very comforted, and now it seems that Yu Guozhen is indeed a loyal minister of my Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Emperor Shengming." Cao Huachun said respectfully, but did not make any comments.

The impact of "Storm Collection" on the high-level society of the Ming Dynasty is even greater than Yu Guozhen himself expected, such as Chongzhen, the Son of Heaven, and he will also watch it all the time. For some of the contents, Chongzhen very much agreed, the so-called white covers a hundred ugliness, and other parts that do not suit his mind, he pretended to be deaf and dumb, and did not study it in detail.

With his attitude, there were also people in the court who shouted that "Storm Collection" and other gossips confused the public and ruined people's hearts, and the imperial court applied Confucius's policy of punishing Shao Zheng Mao to ban "Storm Collection".

At the beginning, "Storm Collection" was brought into the palace by Wen Zhenmeng, who lectured on Chongzhen, and Wen Zhenmeng said at that time that this "is the word of the family, but there is a righteous voice", but later he gradually despised his book, calling it "difficult to be a book if you don't read sages". Wen Zhenmeng is the pillar of Donglin, and he also served as the first assistant for a month at the beginning of last year, but after taking office, he spent his energy on the party's unity and disagreement, and finally fell from office. Chongzhen remembered that just a month ago, this person had died of illness.

"Send people to comfort Gong Wen's family, and the Ministry of Rites will discuss the official name of Wen." Chongzhen took notes on these two things, because of the invasion of Jianyu, many political affairs were delayed.

"I want to write an article in person, talking about Huayi's distinction, in order to inspire the morale of the people!" Thinking of "Storm Collection", Chongzhen had a whim: "But I can't sign it directly, lest the people of the world not read it after they get it, but worship it...... Cao Banban, this matter will be handed over to you. In addition, let Yu Guozhen reprint the collection of "The Storm Collection" involving Huayi's discernment, as for the cost used, well......"

When it comes to money, Chongzhen feels that he is short of money, when Chongzhen was eight years old, he sent 200,000 taels of money as a reward for the royal liukou, and since this year, first the Ningxia famine caused a mutiny, and then the Shanxi famine, he searched the inner library, and only found 13,500 taels of silver for relief, of which 10,000 taels is still the half-year income of the Danshui River Pearl. Therefore, he could only say helplessly: "The expenses used, let Yu Guozhen raise his own funds, anyway, he, a rich man, will make money than me, and he will be richer than me - see if there are any barren mountains and remote places on Jimo, and give him some more to make up for it." ”

"Emperor Shengming." Cao Huachun lowered his eyebrows and said smoothly.

This old eunuch is shrewd, he should say it for Yu Guozhen, he will push the boat down the river to settle favors, but if there is a slight taboo, he will not speak. For example, although Yu Guozhen did not want an official title, he asked him to ask Chongzhen to allow his merchant ships to act cheaply in the name of the Ming Dynasty in overseas vassals. This kind of suggestion is taboo, even if Chongzhen allows it, it will inevitably offend the bigwigs in the court who are fed by the commercial silver of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Haihai, Cao Huachun is very clever not to mention it.

"Yu Guozhen has made such a contribution......"

Chongzhen began to worry about how to reward Yu Guozhen again, the best way was to reward the official, but Yu Guozhen was unwilling to be an official, and Chongzhen also understood that this person was indeed sick, he liked to make his own decisions, and he would be jealous of his bosses and colleagues in the officialdom. In this case, it is better to let this person maintain his current identity and not be constrained by the big officials in the court, as long as his loyalty to the monarch remains unchanged, then he is a sharp blade in his hand.

"Let the queen invite his family into the palace." Chongzhen thought for a while, and then smiled: "When I go to the court, let his family members enter the palace, and the time will be set in Mingyue, you go and tell his family members to get ready." ”

It is taboo for the Son of Heaven to summon the wives of his subjects and women into the palace, but the queen summons him to be a favor. Chongzhen paid great attention to such details, and used him to summon him when he went to the court, so as to avoid the wind and rain inside and outside the palace, especially the so-called clear stream full of sages and benevolent rituals and prostitutes who stole bad water, so they could not take advantage of this matter to attack the emperor and invite his name.

"The emperor is wise!" This time, Cao Huachun praised it sincerely.

Outside the Jingshi City, Yu Guozhen let out a long breath, looked at Pang Kui after the fart, and couldn't help but shake his head.

This guy still regards Xinxiang Huwei as an official of the imperial court, and he kneels down when he sees an official, especially in front of Yu Guozhen, Yu Guozhen said a few times and couldn't change it.

However, he is a geographical ghost, in order to prevent the Tartars from retaliating against the people, Yu Guozhen did not return to Pangjiazhuang after they attacked the Tartars outside Zaolin Village, but turned southeast and stationed in Wuqing Shenji Mafang. This place is close to the North Canal, and it was once the location of the horse workshop of the Shenji Battalion, which is suitable for them to rest. And Pang Kui followed them here with his feet, just to get a can every day!

Looking at Wang Qinian, who was following Pang Kui and instructing him, Yu Guozhen shook his head again, there is a fool who thinks about boiled eggs in sugar water all his head, and now there is another fool who thinks about canned mushrooms and chicken every day, maybe in a few years, there will be some historical inventors full of conscience, accusing themselves of being cruel and unkind on the Internet, and even these people who are not sound in mind will take advantage of it.

Shenji Horse Fang is close to the canal and has convenient transportation, so this place was chosen as a resting place to facilitate supplies. In this battle, because it was far away from Yu Guozhen's base in Nanzhili, the supply problem was exposed. The standard equipment of the Tiger Guard during the battle was armor, scimitar, and musket, and these three weapons and equipment combined weighed 30 catties, and then added to the materials such as marching food for five days per person, blankets for night rest, and personal housekeeping items, all weighing 40 catties. In addition, the ammunition they carry can support three encounters and one positional battle, and the number is 60 rounds of paper-wrapped ammunition. In the battle of Zaolinzhuang, although the battle did not last long, only about twenty minutes before and after, but each guard consumed an average of thirty rounds of ammunition, that is to say, they consumed half of the ammunition in an ambush battle, plus the consumption of materials for living and traveling in the past few days, they had to be replenished.

And Pang Kui is now, under the support of Wang Qinian, he has put away the bags of forage used to raise horses.

"Little official, has there been any new movement from the people of Jinyiwei?" Tian Boguang took Huo Yan and the others to see that he was alone in a daze, and came over to ask.

"Not really, it's just news from the Jingshili that the Son of Heaven received a gift from us, 'Longyan Dayue', and gave me the ownerless barren mountains and tidal flats and some inferior fields in the Qingdao Mouth area." Yu Guozhen laughed: "How stingy! ”

"Oh, the little official doesn't care about his little reward, if it weren't for the fact that the people would suffer less, we would have gone back to the south a long time ago, where is the use of being here...... Little official, otherwise, you take the master mother back to the south first, there are still a bunch of things waiting for you to deal with, me and Lao Niu are here, you can send us some reinforcements, ensure that we fight beautifully, and let Jiannu suffer a bloody loss! ”

Winning two consecutive battles greatly increased Tian Boguang's confidence, and he proposed this because Yu Guozhen had encountered danger when he was under the Jingshi City.

The gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, and his own petty officials now have so many subordinates, where do you need him to personally lead people to fight to death!

Yu Guozhen naturally understood what he meant, but he could only smile. Tian Boguang had good intentions, but he only considered the problem from the perspective of a soldier, and did not consider the political factors behind it. Although Yu Guozhen was already a small talent at this time, people like Luo Jiuhe, Ye Wuya, Zhang Zheng, Tian Boguang and others in his hands could be in charge of themselves. However, he still couldn't let go completely.

There is no other reason, now Luo Jiuhe, Ye Wuya, Zhang Zheng and Tian Boguang are all convinced by Yu Guozhen, because they were brought out by Yu Guozhen, but in the future, as their military exploits become greater and greater, some of their subordinates may not be as loyal to Yu Guozhen as they are, and at that time, the probability of mutiny or being bribed will increase. It's Luo, Ye, Zhang, and Tian, when they are extremely experienced in combat, so rich that they feel that they have surpassed the petty officials, who can ensure that they will not be arrogant because of this?

Therefore, Yu Guozhen wanted to take advantage of this early stage, when the battle was not too fierce and the consumption was not very cruel, to establish his prestige in the army. Counting the founders of the foundation in the past generations, which one did not take the lead in the early days, until his prestige in the army was enough for them to suppress the leaders of all sides before moving to the rear?

Li Shimin, the most powerful Tang Taizong at the beginning, has also repeatedly led a small number of guards to attack the enemy formation, and the rest are like Liu Bang, Liu Xiu, and Zhu Yuanzhang! Even the brothers of the Zhao family, who took the world from orphans and widows, inevitably experienced the battle.

Seeing that Yu Guozhen didn't say anything, Tian Boguang stuck out his tongue, smiled and asked, "Then what should we do next?" ”

"Wait." A glint flashed in Yu Guozhen's eyes.

(To be continued)