After the good news was sent from Daizhou, Zhao Geng, the commander of the Zhenwu Acropolis, heard the great news, and sent people to report to the military garrison that night, and the military garrison was reported to the governor and the prefect. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

On the 19th day of July in the third year of Chongzhen, two days after Xiao Yi led the army back to Peach Blossom Fort, the good news passed through various places and was quickly reported to Beijing.

Early in the morning of this day, the wind of the Beijing division was howling, the dark clouds were thick, and the dust and smoke were raised in the distance, and a horse rushed into the Yongding Gate of the Beijing Division from a distance.

Along the way, the cavalryman held high a copy of the good news sent from Taiyuan Mansion in his hand, roared hoarsely, waved it in his hand and shouted: "Great victory, great victory, Taiyuan Mansion has a great victory in suppressing thieves, and beheading Liukou 1,802 ......"

This time, Xiao Yi did not hide it, he reported all the number of beheadings to the magistrate of Chun County, he expected that Jingshi would definitely cause a sensation.

Originally, he went straight from the outer city to the inner city, from the inner city to the imperial city, and then sent to the palace city, and handed it over to the hands of the eunuch Wang Dehua, who was the master of ceremonies, and Wang Dehua's hands were trembling.

"This, this, a great victory?!"

At this time, the most ferocious thing in the Jingshi was Yuan Chonghuan's way of dealing with it, the peasant army outside was in full swing, and the war situation in Liaodong seemed to be dangerous.

But in the past few months, the court has been arguing endlessly about how to deal with Yuan Chonghuan, and there has been a miasma of smoke all day long, and there has been a lot of uproar, and finally it was decided a few days ago.

The court has a unified opinion, Yuan Chonghuan deserves to be punished for his crime, and Chongzhen has no other way.

Chongzhen personally said that Yuan Chonghuan was guilty of all crimes: "Plotting rebellion and deceiving the king, and committing adultery with the country." beheaded the commander to fulfill the contract, and the city rice was used to steal grain. Both the use of the chieftain, the introduction of the yang, the dispersal of the reinforcement division, the clear plan to drive, and the horse in effect, the soldiers wait-and-see, the hidden envoys, insist on entering the city, what is the intention? To the temple society shocked, the lives were devastated, the gods and men were angry, what to say! ”

After the people who didn't know why they learned about it, they thought that Yuan Chonghuan was the culprit of the slaves entering Beijing, and last year, after the gold erosion of Jinggi, their family and property had a lot of losses, and the court said that Yuan Chonghuan was a spy.

Naturally, the people who had no ability to judge hated him, and some poor people who did not know the truth even hated to eat his flesh in order to repay the suffering of their families being taken captive by the Tartars.

He will be sentenced to death in August this year, and Yuan Chonghuan's fate is already doomed.

Huangji Palace, this day will be held as usual.

Famine and disasters continue to occur in various places, and the Liaodong war situation is still not very clear since Sun Chengzong succeeded as the superintendent, and there are no big victories, and a bunch of small defeats, in general, although the slaves and thieves were driven out of the land of Gyeonggi last year, the Ming army in the Liaodong war situation is still on the defensive, and Sun Chengzong is already brewing to rebuild Dalinghe City.

The third year of Chongzhen was a year of Chongzhen's irritability, and after this year, Jin Luobian had just passed, and the huge losses reported by various places had made him more and more troubled, and the peasant army in Shaanxi was still in full swing, and the officers and soldiers were constantly winning small victories, but the overall situation had not changed at all, and there was still erosion everywhere.

Therefore, in July this year, after discussion in the court, Cao Wenzhao led 3,000 Guanning troops into the customs to suppress bandits, Cao Wenzhao bravely dared to fight, and was appointed as the deputy chief soldier of Yansui East Road, and Hong Chengchou was slightly square, and he was appointed as the governor of Yansui.

But in the early years of Cao Wenzhao's entry into Shanxi, there was no great success, and it was only the cowhide thieves who were exterminated, and the main force of the peasant army had no contact at all, and it was not until four years that he began to contact Wang Jiayin.

Therefore, Xiao Yi's nearly 2,000 good news should be the only one at this time, when Wang Dehua happily presented the good news, Chongzhen held this small piece of paper and his hands were shaking, this and this, could it be Cao Wenzhao's good news.

The ministers on both sides were all happy, and then the head of the cabinet Cheng Ji came out and said: "Congratulations to the emperor, General Cao has just arrived and there is good news, presumably those rogues have reached the end of the road, and I will be prosperous forever!" ”

"Prosperity of the Ming Dynasty!"

The courtiers knelt down one after another, and the court was full of congratulatory voices.

At this time, Chongzhen opened the good news, and then he waved his hand.

Cheng Jiming and the others all looked at Chongzhen in surprise, isn't it good news, why does the emperor look puzzled?

I saw Chongzhen get up from the dragon chair after reading the good news carefully, pacing back and forth on the steps, and then Chongzhen suddenly asked, "Who is Xiao Yi?" ”

The ministers were dumbfounded, everyone had never heard the name Xiao Yi, and even Wang Dehua on the side was silent.

Chongzhen was very unfamiliar with this name, and he was very curious to see that no one had heard of it, who was this Xiao Yi, who could annihilate Wang Zimeng with six hundred people?

Cui Ziqi, the newly appointed secretary of the ministry, said that Xiao Yi's official position was ranked, and everyone suddenly realized.

It turned out that Xiao Yi was only the defense officer of Taohuabao on Datong East Road, and he was a thousand households before he made meritorious service in the territory of Taohuabao, but he was just a small Qianhu defense in Chongzhen's affairs.

There was silence among the ministers for a long time, and suddenly a person came out of the ranks, it turned out to be Li Banghua, the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and I saw him come out and say loudly: "Xiao Yi won this great victory is God's blessing, but his crime cannot be ignored!" ”

"Xiao Yi going out to fight is a big crime, and his merits are not worthy of the crime, and he should be degraded!"

Yilang Cai Zhongzheng said: "Reading that he has won the meritorious service, he can be ordered to report the prince's head to the Beijing Division, and the merit will be compensated!" ”

Later, many officials came out of the ranks, all of them angrily reprimanded Xiao Yi's behavior, saying that Xiao Yi was like a chaotic minister and thief, and the original success turned out to be a crime.

It turned out that Xiao Yi led the troops to be local officers and soldiers, and it was a big crime for the officers and soldiers to leave the country without an order from the Ministry of War, but Xiao Yi had already solved this point very well, and he used Cao Wenzhao.

Chongzhen glanced at Li Banghua and said lightly: "Li Aiqing doesn't have to worry, Cao Wenzhao has already reported this matter to me, and you Aiqing don't need to mention it again." ”

Li Banghua was stunned, but he didn't expect this Xiao Yi to be under the banner of Cao Wenzhao, this crime didn't work, he exchanged glances with others.

He still said: "Your Majesty ,..."

Chongzhen was irritable, Xiao Yi was such a small person, they even had to fight, he waved his hand and said, "Aiqing doesn't need to say much!" ”

Hearing the irritability between Chongzhen's words, Cheng Ji, the head of the cabinet, came out to reprimand Li Banghua angrily, saying: "Li Yushi! Xiao Yi fought bravely to make this great achievement, and the minister proposed to be a commover to Xiao Yi, if he asked for the crime, how could it make the loyal and brave soldiers chill! ”

Chongzhen nodded and said, "What the elder said is the same as me, so how about mentioning the ethics of Ulzhou City?" ”

"No!"

Chongzhen's words made the court fall into a round again, and Yuan Zhengqi, the head of the ministry, said: "Your Majesty, Xiao Yi was only mentioned as a thousand households not long ago, and this time he was mentioned as integrity, I am afraid that people will not be convinced." ”

At this time, Dong Yong, the speaker of the ranks, said slowly: "Xiao Yi was in Lu Xiangsheng's department last year, and then he made a lot of achievements in defending the Beijing Division, and his political achievements ranked first among the forts in Datong after he arrived at Yong'an Fort. ”

A quarrel ensued, which lasted for nearly an hour.

Xiao Yi's good news gave Chongzhen a lot of encouragement, Xiao Yi is only a defensive officer, and he can still use 600 people to cut nearly 2,000 ranks, if it is mentioned as integrity, will there be greater good news?

There were endless quarrels in the court, and finally Chongzhen ordered: "Ulzhou is rich, Datong is the Beijing Division, Xiao Yizhong is brave and courageous in the defense of Peach Blossom Fort, Yang Wuyu won the victory of 2,000 thieves, and the official was promoted to two levels, and he was promoted to the integrity of the place!" ”

On the 17th, a eunuch with a holy decree in his hand, escorted by three brocade guards, went out of Dongbianmen and went straight to Datong.

…….

Datong East Road, Xiao Yi went out to fight and won a great amount of time has been spread to the state city, the state city is in a uproar, Shi Ethics Bai Chong's mouth can't be closed, he expected Xiao Yi to make meritorious contributions, but he didn't expect Xiao Yi to make such a shocking achievement, he actually exterminated Wang Zimeng.

Wang Zishun's movement in Taiyuan Mansion is not small, the number of tens of thousands, erosion of several roads, the officers and soldiers are often unable to pursue, and the officers and soldiers of the local town guard can not resist when they encounter a large group of rogues, so that Wang Zishun's momentum is getting stronger and stronger.

Xiao Yi led 600 people to directly annihilate Wang Zishun's forward battalion, which was the first big victory of Taiyuan Mansion against the peasant army.

He was in a very good mood, so he called Xu Feng and Li Erniu that day, and prepared to go to Peach Blossom Castle to pay tribute to Xiao Yi. (To be continued.) )