However, the world is out of control, and Liu Fan's peaceful life was soon broken! Not long after Liu Fan came back from Xu's Mansion in the afternoon of this day, Li Xiaohu suddenly knocked on Liu Fan's door with a little eunuch. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

When the little eunuch saw Liu Fan, he immediately saluted and said, "Slave maid, Xiao Dezi has seen Lord Liu!" ”

Liu Fan saw Li Xiaohu with a little eunuch, and he had some doubts in his heart, but he still said gently: "Little father-in-law doesn't have to be polite!" Come on in! I don't know why the little father-in-law came to Liu Fan? ”

The little eunuch replied respectfully, "At the behest of Your Majesty, invite Lord Liu into the palace to see you!" ”

Liu Fan was even more puzzled in his heart, and he didn't know what Chongzhen was looking for him to do now. It's not his turn to care about the affairs of the court, Liu Fan? Could it be that Shuyoung is coming? He didn't get any news either, huh? So he asked curiously, "What is the matter with Your Majesty looking for me?" ”

The little eunuch bowed his head and said, "Slave and maid, I am soft-spoken and have a humble status, so I really can't afford to be called my father-in-law!" As for what His Majesty summoned your lord, the slave really doesn't know! Sorry! My lord! ”

Liu Fan took a closer look at the clothes worn by this little eunuch are a little old, it seems that the mix is not good, and it is the same, if the mix is good, then the drudgery of running errands will not let him come, you must know that Liu Fan's home is several miles away from the Forbidden City! Seeing this, Liu Fan no longer asked, but said, "Oh! Thank you for coming to tell me! Xiaohu, give Xiaodezi's father-in-law twenty taels of silver! ”

Xiao Dezi was excited when he heard this, twenty taels of silver! A little eunuch like him doesn't have so much money a month a year. He had also heard from his peers before that it was a chore to go out of the palace to pass the decree, and when he encountered a low-ranking official, the reward was only one or two dollars of silver, that is, he went to the cabinet chief assistant Wen Tiren's mansion to upload the decree, and his reward was only one or two taels, originally Xiao Dezi thought that Liu Fan's position was not high, and it was a chore to come to pass the decree, but he didn't expect Liu Fan to directly reward twenty taels. With such a large sum of money, Xiao Dezi can completely buy off the steward and eunuch to get a good errand. Thinking of this, Xiao Dezi was full of gratitude to Liu Fan, and saluted respectfully, "Slave, thank you Lord Liu for the reward!" The great grace of the adults, the slave and the maid are unforgettable, if there is a dispatch in the future, the slave and the maid will never give up! ”

Liu Fan picked up the little eunuch and said, "You and I are also destined to see each other, what is too serious!" Little father-in-law doesn't have to be like this! All right! You wait a minute, I'll change my clothes and enter the palace with you! What Liu Fan didn't know was that it was really because of today's momentary kindness that he avoided a catastrophe!

After changing clothes, Liu Fan followed Xiao Dezi to the palace, in the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen just saw Liu Fan and said to Liu Fan with regret, "Regret does not stop helping the people, and it has caused such a catastrophe!" Alas..."

Liu Fan was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, what happened?" Why does Your Majesty say that? ”

Chongzhen sighed and said briefly to Liu Fan. It turned out that the Liukou rebelled again, and since Liu Fan left, the encirclement of the Liukou was immediately resolved, and the Liukou was determined and began to act according to the original plan. Around the fifteenth day of the lunar month, Liukou formally surrendered to Wang Pu of Jingying in Ci County. After the surrender of the Liukou, as many as tens of thousands of Liukou gathered in Cixian County, and in the face of so many "surrendered troops", the local government did not dare to slack off, and immediately reported the matter to the imperial court. Because he was afraid that the Liukou would mutin due to lack of food, the imperial court supplemented the Liukou with some food. Later, Liukou bought off Wang Pu's officers, and secretly bought some weapons and armor, as well as some arrows. Eating the food of the imperial court, wearing the armor of the imperial court, and holding the weapons of the imperial court, the rogues rebelled! Taking advantage of the fact that Wang Pu and the surrounding officials and troops relaxed their vigilance, Liukou suddenly launched an attack on the twentieth day of the lunar month, broke through the encirclement of the officials and troops, took advantage of the freezing of the Yellow River, crossed the Yellow River, went down from the rope pond, and broke into Henan! It has been trapped in Xin'an, Luoning, Lushi and other places, and the western part of Henan has been eroded.

Liu Fan had expected this incident, so after listening to Chongzhen, Liu Fan didn't feel surprised at all, because Liu Fan knew that it was impossible for Zhang Xianzhong to surrender! To put it mildly, if Zhang Xianzhong really had the heart to surrender now, he would not dig Chongzhen's ancestral grave in the future! What kind of hatred was digging people's ancestral graves in ancient times? It's not an exaggeration to say that it's not a common day! But when Zhang Xianzhong dug up Chongzhen's ancestral grave, it meant that the two people had to die, and only one of the two could live!

Faced with such a situation, Liu Fan sighed in his heart, he couldn't live if he did his own evil! Would it be okay if you had listened to me earlier? But he is the emperor, Liu Fan refused to say this kind of thing, so he had to persuade, "Your Majesty, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to regret it!" The top priority is to find a way to stop the rogue from spreading to other provinces! It's not too late to make amends, Your Majesty! ”

Chongzhen said anxiously, "I also know this truth, so I asked Jimin to come up with an idea, since Jimin can expect that Liukou will go south from the rope pond, you can also know what Liukou will do next!" I don't know how the people teach me? ”

Liu Fan slandered in his heart, how do I know this? But he replied: "If you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government!" The minister is not the governor of the three provinces, and this matter is not under the jurisdiction of the minister! ”

Chongzhen said angrily: "I want to ask what to do now!" Not to listen to your complaints! Tell me what you know! Hurry up! ”

Seeing that Chongzhen was a little annoyed, Liu Fan didn't dare to continue to touch Chongzhen's moldy head, and after thinking for a while, Liu Fan organized words and said, "Your Majesty!" Now the Liukou have crossed the Yellow River into Henan, because most of the troops in Henan have been transferred to encircle and suppress the Liukou in Shanxi and other places, so Henan is now empty of troops, and it is easy for the Liukou to take advantage of it, and the top priority at the moment is to transfer troops into Henan to prevent the spread of the situation. At the same time, Huguang, Sichuan and other places were instructed to strengthen their vigilance, and I expected that Liukou would divert into Huguang from the vicinity of Lushi Mountain! ”

Chongzhen felt that what Liu Fan said was very reasonable, but he was still a little puzzled, and continued to ask, "Then why does Jimin think that Liukou will enter Huguang Sichuan?" You must know that these two places are thick and difficult to capture! ”

Liu Fan replied that as the proverb goes, "Huguang is ripe, the world is full" Huguang and other places are major grain-producing provinces, and Sichuan, known as the "land of abundance", is also very rich, which is an irresistible temptation for the current lack of grain. And they don't need to attack heavily guarded cities, they only need to loot some villages and towns, so that they can not only obtain the grain and grass they most urgently need, but also coerce the people to expand their strength, and at the same time weaken the strength of their local officials and troops in disguise, so the minister thinks that the Liukou will definitely march into these two places! Once the rogue invaders spread across the lake and Sichuan, it will cause great damage to the production and livelihood of the local peasants, and even if we exterminate the local rogues, we will not be able to make up for the losses. And if the Ming Dynasty loses the two big granaries of Huguang and Sichuan, the situation will be even worse. Therefore, the minister suggested that His Majesty should prepare early!

Liu Fan's words made Chongzhen frightened, and then Chongzhen realized what a big mistake he had made before, and he was even more remorseful in his heart, and couldn't help but say to Liu Fan, "It would be nice if I had listened to Jimin earlier!" The mediocre minister is mistaken! Damn it! (To be continued.) )