After the holy decree came down, there was a lot of discussion in the court, many of them were unhappy for Su Tiancheng, Xu Eryi's performance was very intense, according to Su Tiancheng's merits, he should have stayed in the capital, although he said that he was appointed as the prefect of the fourth grade, but who didn't know that Henan was a place with a lot of famines, and in that place, the officials in the capital were unwilling to go.

This kind of discussion is gradually aimed at Wen Tiren, the head of the cabinet.

After knowing these circumstances, Su Tiancheng hurriedly invited his mentor Xu Er to dinner, explained the situation in detail, and said that he was willing, and the Jiangning camp also needed to bear the heavy responsibility of exterminating the Liukou.

Xu Eryi was very emotional, and once again praised Su Tiancheng, believing that this move was truly considered for the court and loyal to the emperor.

Su Tiancheng didn't expect that his explanation, while calming down the discussion, also won the benefits for the Jiangning battalion, the military department was very generous when rewarding silver, the holy decree was to reward 500,000 taels of silver, the military department thought that the Jiangning battalion had suffered a lot of losses, needed to recruit sergeants, and urgently needed expenses, so it gave an additional one million taels of silver.

Zhu Youzhen did not hesitate and quickly approved.

This is the reward given by Wen Tiren, of course Su Tiancheng understands.

There is nothing to do in the capital, Su Tiancheng plans to return to Jiangning County, and there are still a lot of things to deal with.

Zhu Xianxin and Chunping stayed in the capital, and Wang Furong and Liu followed Su Tiancheng to Henan Mansion.

Zhu Xianxin didn't have any opinions, in fact, when she came to the capital, she had already understood that she definitely wanted to stay in the capital, the emperor gave the mansion, the meaning was very clear, and the child in her belly was getting bigger and bigger, so she stayed in the capital to give birth. It is safer, after the child is born, there will be more things, and it can also reduce the longing for Su Tiancheng.

Chunping's mood fluctuated a little, and she still wanted to be by Su Tiancheng's side, but unfortunately she was also pregnant. It is impossible to follow him to Henan Mansion, and she is Zhu Xianxin's maid, so it is natural to accompany Zhu Xianxin.

The scheduled departure time is October 20.

In the past few days, Su Tiancheng stayed in the mansion and didn't go anywhere, he had to accompany Zhu Xianxin and Chunping well.

I arrived in Jiangning County and arranged everything. Set off directly to Henan Mansion, will not come to the capital, after settling down, pick up Wang Furong and Liu Ru to Henan Mansion.

Wang Dazhi came to report that someone had come to visit.

Su Tiancheng read the post, and the name that fell on it was Hong Chengchou.

He immediately stood up and ordered his subordinates to invite Lord Hong Chengchou to the living room later. Prepare yourself and come right over.

Hong Chengchou was a big celebrity in the late Ming Dynasty. In the biography of the second minister compiled by the Qing Dynasty, Hong Chengchou is famous, it can be said that surrendering to the Qing Dynasty is the biggest shame in Hong Chengchou's life, put aside this matter. Hong Chengchou still has some ability, especially in terms of fighting, and has some real insight.

History is history after all, and Su Tiancheng has crossed over, and history has changed significantly. It is unwise to indulge in what has not happened yet, and to pursue personal history too much, not to mention that Hong Chengchou is the crown prince and Taibao, and he is a high-ranking official of the second rank of the imperial court, and when he comes to visit the mansion, Su Tiancheng still has to put on a good posture.

Hong Chengchou was raised in high school at the age of twenty-three, and then in the palace examination, he was the second in high school, and he was born as a jinshi.

Since the first year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou has participated in the battle to exterminate the Liukou, which can be described as a great achievement.

From this aspect, Hong Chengchou has some combat experience, and the Jiangning battalion is about to start frontal contact with the Liukou, which has become the most important force to exterminate the Liukou.

Su Tiancheng put on his official uniform.

Of course, he still wears a six-grade official uniform, although he has become a prefect, the official uniform has not yet had time to do it.

Entering the living room, Su Tiancheng's expression was very calm.

A middle-aged man with a full beard was drinking tea, needless to say, this person was Hong Chengchou.

"Lord Hong came to visit the mansion, and it was a great honor for the lower officials."

"Master Su is polite, this official must come to visit when he arrives in the capital."

While the two are polite to each other, they are also observing each other.

Hong Chengchou's face has a hint of fierceness, but the whole momentum still reveals an elegant demeanor, it seems that he is also a decisive character, and he is worthy of leading the army for a long time.

Su Tiancheng felt that Hong Chengchou lived up to his reputation and did have some abilities, no wonder after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he was able to help the Qing Dynasty and quickly settle the Central Plains.

Hong Chengchou was even more surprised.

He originally thought that Su Tiancheng must be strong, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and powerful martial arts, who knew Lu Dao, after meeting, he was shocked, and the opposite side was a polite young man, an out-and-out Confucian student.

Such a white-faced Confucian was able to lead the Jiangning battalion to exterminate nearly 80,000 rogues, and personally went into battle to kill the enemy.

If it weren't for the achievements of the Jiangning battalion, which were really in front of him, Hong Chengchou would have thought that he had made a mistake.

For a moment, he was a little speechless.

In his impression, Lu Xun during the Three Kingdoms period, Huo Quzhi, Huo Qing and others in the Han Dynasty seem to be such Confucian generals, and they are all famous generals who have established great meritorious achievements.

In an instant, Hong Chengchou's attitude changed, although he said that Su Tiancheng was only the prefect of the fourth rank, although he was the secretary of the military department of the second grade.

"Your Excellency has led the army, exterminated the Liukou for many years, and achieved great feats, and the lower officials are thinking about asking for advice."

"Lord Su, don't say that, I'm ashamed, in just two years, the Jiangning Camp has exterminated many rogues, Zijin Liang, Lao Huihui, Bu Mu and other leaders of the gangsters, all died under the banner of the Jiangning Battalion, this official has to ask Lord Su for advice."

"My lord's words are serious, the lower officials are sincere, the adults have been fighting with the Liukou for many years, and they must have a lot of experience, the achievements of the Jiangning battalion are all in the past, this time the Jiangning battalion was transferred to Henan Mansion, and the most important duty is to exterminate the Liukou, besides, the tasks faced by the Jiangning battalion have changed, and they used to deal with it passively, and they will take the initiative in the future, so the lower officials want to ask the adults for advice."

Hong Chengchou choked, he originally thought that Su Tiancheng said such a thing, but he wanted to emphasize the courage of the Jiangning battalion, who didn't know the achievements of the Jiangning battalion, he led the army and fought for many years, but he did not achieve such a result, who knew that Su Tiancheng's perspective on the problem was fundamentally different, and he really wanted to ask for advice.

Although he didn't speak for a while, Hong Chengchou had completely put down his shelf, he was sensitive, Su Tiancheng was not simple, it was not simple, what Zijin Liang said might really be fulfilled, and the Liukou was afraid that he would be destroyed in the hands of Su Tiancheng and Jiang Ningying.

Having said that, modesty doesn't mean much anymore.

"Since Lord Su said so, the official is not welcome, this extermination of the Liukou, the most headache, is that the Liukou wanders around, there is no fixed place, the official thinks, to the same should be changed, no matter how the Liukou wanders, the imperial army is step by step, first fix the city, compress the activity space of the Liukou, and gradually suppress the ......"

Hong Chengchou began to talk eloquently, talking about the topic of exterminating the Liukou, and he couldn't finish talking about it for a few days and nights.

A quarter of an hour passed.

Su Tiancheng listened very carefully and also found a problem.

Hong Chengchou's tactical thinking is generally good, but he ignores one of the most important things, there are so many rogues, it takes money and food to eat, drink and lazar, they have no fixed base, and they can only rely on looting to meet the expenses, so no matter how the rogues wander and how they dodge the imperial army, after a period of time, they always have to come out to move.

In order to grasp the trajectory of these activities of the rogues, intelligence work is crucial.

But Hong Chengchou said so much, but he never talked about intelligence work.

This is the biggest flaw of the civil officials of the imperial court, always thinking about defeating the rogues openly, always thinking that the rogues are a rabble, not only strategically neglected, but also tactically despised.

To do so is to suffer a great loss.

Seeing that Su Tiancheng listened very carefully, Hong Chengchou was very happy, thinking that he always had something to show off.

After finishing speaking, he looked at Su Tiancheng.

"What Lord Hong said is all wise sayings, and the lower officials have benefited a lot."

"Master Su is polite, in the future, you and I will work together to exterminate the Liukou, and we still need to cooperate with each other."

"This is natural, rest assured, Jiangning Camp always focuses on the overall situation."

Many thoughts, Su Tiancheng will not say it, no matter what, in the face of Hong Chengchou, he is still uncomfortable in his heart, Hong Chengchou's mistakes involve national integrity, this is not a small problem, in comparison, Sun Chengzong, Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou and others are completely different.

Not being able to grasp the big temperament is the biggest flaw.

Su Tiancheng will not be entangled in what did not happen, history has turned a corner, maybe such a thing will not happen, but in terms of the degree of trust, it is still greatly reduced.

Hong Chengchou obviously didn't feel it, he said a lot, but Su Tiancheng didn't put forward many specific opinions and suggestions.

He took it for granted that Su Tiancheng was young after all and didn't have much experience, although the Jiangning battalion had won so many major victories, speaking of which was the battle of Zhongdu, showing his extraordinary ability to foresee, of course, the victory in Michi was also worth pondering, and there may be a coincidence factor in this.

Su Tiancheng did not put forward any specific opinions and suggestions, in his opinion, this is normal.

Hong Chengchou did not stay to eat.

Su Tiancheng did not deliberately keep it.

After Hong Chengchou left, Su Tiancheng had an indescribable feeling, Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou, he had contact, and even felt some historical inevitability, he traveled to the Ming Dynasty, history turned a corner, these things may not appear, but who can say clearly the grasp of human nature.

People are constantly changing, from dreams to reality, which is normal. (To be continued......)