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"Weichen Pang Yue, knock to see Your Majesty!" In the imperial study of the palace, Pang Yue bowed to Emperor Longwu, who was sitting behind the bookcase, and saluted.

Emperor Longwu's voice then sounded: "Pang Aiqing is flat, sit down and talk!" This is not an official court meeting, and there are only you and I here, so there is no need to be so restrained! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After bowing his head in thanks, Pang Yue stood up and sat down on a brocade stool in front of the left side of the bookcase. After raising his head, he found that Emperor Longwu was obviously a little thinner and older than last year, with slightly sunken eye sockets and some gray hair on his temples. But it may be because of the retreat of the Qing army, Emperor Longwu's spirit looks very good at present, and there is almost no trace of fatigue in his eyes.

"Pang Aiqing, if I remember correctly, the last time I summoned you to the palace was in September last year, right?" Emperor Longwu asked with a smile on his face.

"Exactly, Your Majesty Mingjian!" Pang Yue said, "More than half a year has passed. When Weichen arrived in Hengzhou City yesterday, looking at the many things in the city, there was a vague feeling of trance like yesterday. His Majesty's teachings still echoed in Wechen's ears as if they were just yesterday. ”

Emperor Longwu said with a smile: "Although time flies quickly, you have done a lot of practical things in just over half a year. I've seen all of this. Especially this year, when the Donglu was raging south and the country was in danger, you first led the army to defeat the Donglu's troops in Changsha Prefecture and defeated its sharp spirit, and then risked your life to contain the main force of the slave commander Duoduo in Hengshan County. It is precisely because of your efforts that the arrival of the rest of the reinforcements was supported that this crisis was resolved. Otherwise, I don't know what the consequences would be. Do the math carefully. Counting last year in Min Province, you have already saved me twice! ”

"Your Majesty is serious!" Pang Yue hurriedly excused himself and said, "As a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, Weichen should be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, these are just the affairs of Weichen, and I don't dare to take Your Majesty to heart like this." ”

Emperor Longwu smiled heartily for a while, and said, "It's not easy to do your part well!" If my Ming generals can do their part, how far away will it be from the day when they expel the Eastern Captives and the Ming Dynasty? Although Pang Aiqing has always been modest and not happy with his achievements, I also know about the capture of Huguang Town. More than 10,000 enemies were anni And most of them have heads to check, including a large number of Dongyu Eight Banner generals, which is a great victory that our dynasty has not had for many years! ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Longwu paused, and then continued to smile: "Originally. According to such military exploits, it is not an exaggeration for Pang Aiqing to be a marquis. But I didn't make that decision for a while. Has Pang Aiqing ever complained about this? ”

Hearing Emperor Longwu ask such a question. Although Pang Yue had expected it before, his heart still couldn't help but be tight. Answering this kind of question, especially in front of the emperor, can be very particular, and the slightest carelessness may cause bad consequences.

Fortunately. Pang Yue had already organized the words of response in his mind, and he was not unprepared at this time, so he calmly replied after making a slight adjustment: "Your Majesty has already given Longen and rewarded Wechen, how dare Wechen have the slightest complaint?" The matter of the marquis. Almost all the generals dream of it, and Weichen is not exempt from vulgarity, so he is indeed a little puzzled by his failure to go further. But His Majesty's decision is so, there must be His Majesty's reason, Wei Chen does not dare to speculate on the holy will in vain, and as for complaining, he will never dare! ”

"Hehe, Pang Aiqing is really honest!" After listening to Pang Yue's words, Emperor Longwu smiled and said, "What do you mean, I already know, let's put this matter aside for the time being!" I have summoned you to Hengzhou this time, and there is another matter to discuss with you. ”

Finally, it's time for the critical part! Thinking of this, Pang Yue raised his spirit even more, and said: "Your Majesty will be tormented by Weichen when he says this, no matter what he does, just give orders, and Weichen will definitely do it!" ”

"Does Pang Aiqing know the current situation in Liangguang?" Emperor Longwu still had a smile on his face, but there was obviously a little more solemnity in his tone.

Hearing this, Pang Yue had preliminarily affirmed the speculation in his heart, but he still said quietly: "Back to Your Majesty, about such a major matter, Weichen naturally knows. Since the end of last year, the traitor Li Chengdong and the puppet Qing governor Tong Yangjia led troops to invade Guangdong from Fujian, the situation in the entire two Guangxi provinces has continued to deteriorate. So far, the Qing captives have captured almost the whole of Guangdong, and there are countless officials and generals from all over the country, and only the Shaozhou area in the north is still under the control of our dynasty. Even some important towns in eastern Guangxi, such as Wuzhou and other places, fell into the hands of the Qing captives. At present, our Korean garrison in Liangguang has retreated to the area of Guilin and Pingle Mansion to confront the Qing captives and fight again and again, and there is basically no strength for counterattack. With all due respect, the situation is not easy to be optimistic about! ”

Emperor Longwu nodded, then sighed and said, "Pang Aiqing is right! In just a few months, most of the land has been captured by the Qing captives, and the officials and defenders in various places have either surrendered or blindly abandoned the city and fled, if this continues, the overall situation will undoubtedly deteriorate further. Just the day before yesterday, I also received news from the direction of Guangdong that Ding Kuichu, the governor of Liangguang, had surrendered to Li Yu. Speaking of which, this Ding Kuichu is still the governor of Liangguang personally appointed by me, and he also made great contributions to quelling the rebellion of the Jingjiang Domain, but he still failed to save the evening festival if he didn't want to. With him taking the lead, officials from all over the country in Guangzhou, Guangzhou, and Guangxi are even more eager to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Fortunately, most of the local gentry and people are still oriented to the Ming Dynasty. Since Li Lu led the army to invade Guangxi, there were countless gentry and common people in Guangdong, such as Zhang Jiayu, the former left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, who recruited Xiangyong to rebel against the Qing Dynasty in Dongguan, and Chen Bangyan gathered righteous teachers in Gaoming County and planned to attack the Qing captives in Shunde, Guangzhou and other places. When I thought of having these loyal ministers and righteous people here, I felt a little relieved in my heart. However, in the middle of last month, shortly after the Qing captives withdrew from Hengzhou, I received news that Tong Yangjia, the puppet Qing governor of Liangguang in Guangzhou, had issued an order for Li Lu, who had invaded Guangxi, to lead the main force back to Guangdong in the face of the surging anti-Qing rebels in Guangdong. As a result, the situation is a little unoptimistic. Although the gentry and righteous men in Guangdong who rebelled against the Qing Dynasty were full of enthusiasm for serving the country, they had no experience in running the army, and the righteous divisions of various departments were also formed in a hurry, so I am afraid that they would not be able to compete with the elite divisions under Li Lu. As the Son of Heaven, I really can't bear to watch these gentlemen who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty fall into a crisis, so that all their enthusiasm for serving the country is in vain! ”

After saying this, Emperor Longwu looked at Pang Yue solemnly and said, "Now, I want to hear Pang Aiqing's opinion. If I send Aiqing to lead a large army to Guangdong again to provide support to the local gentlemen and righteous people, and even to recover the lost territory, will Aiqing be willing to share my worries? (To be continued.) )