The good news entered Beijing quickly, and at dusk, it was handed to Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

After reading the good news, Yang Sichang almost couldn't believe his eyes, and read it several times word by word, and his heart was steady.

Yang Sichang paced in the study, talking to himself, it was not the regular army of the imperial court led by Zuo Liangyu who defeated Zhang Xianzhong, but Yu Xiang, who had just been promoted to the rank of Qianzong in Dongshuanghe Town. Not only that, but also by Liu Guoneng, over the years, the imperial court has sent many elite soldiers and good generals, and how much money has been spent on things that have not been done, but it is easy for a fledgling young man to do it, who is this person sacred?

Although Governor Chen repeatedly emphasized in the good news that it was the strategy of "four positive and six corners" and "ten-sided net" to achieve victory, but Yang Sichang is not a person who is easy to fool, and more than 1,000 people fought fiercely in the loess gang and the so-called "four positive and six corners" and "ten-sided net" have nothing to do with half a dime, but since Chen Governor gave himself a share of the credit, he did not shirk it, so he had to laugh.

A few days ago, he heard that this Yu Xiang was inexplicably appointed as the nominal Qianzong, not to give money, only to give the name, he thought that this was a means used by the imperial court to encourage local private armed forces to suppress bandits, therefore, did not attract his attention, now it seems that he was negligent, thinking that a tea in the capital is hard to find, I heard that it is from the hands of this Yu Xiang, and from the palace to find out the news, Emperor Chongzhen relied on Yu Xiang and his people very much, Yang Sichang regretted that his intestines were blue, and he only sighed and blamed himself for not paying enough attention to this matter, and now, he actually let Chen Zhenhao pick up a bargain, and such a big credit actually let him go in vain, if he can't get it, he has to give Chen Zhenhao the position of the secretary of the military department.

Thinking of the recent Emperor Chongzhen asking about the battle situation on the front line every day, Yang Sichang was shocked in his heart, feeling that Emperor Chongzhen seemed to have received the news of the victory on the front line.

Zuo Liangyu made him very distressed, and he once strongly recommended the fierce general Zuo Liangyu in front of Emperor Chongzhen to serve as the chief military officer of Henan's aid and suppression. But recently, Lu Jiude, the eunuch of the Henan supervising army, impeached Zuo Liangyu for being arrogant and inferior, not listening to the dispatch, ignoring the overall situation, and not moving, causing Liu Guoneng to escape, Chongzhen was furious and ordered a thorough investigation, if it were not for the tight war, for fear of causing a mutiny in the army, the emperor was afraid that Zuo Liangyu would have been investigated and dealt with long ago. Zuo Liangyu made him very passive, so that his position in the emperor's heart was shaken, although Zuo Liangyu has a talent, but he is not inferior, arrogant, and has offended many officialdom, if he can take Yu Xiang, a fierce general, under his own account and use it for his own use, he will not be afraid of the opponents in the officialdom.

Yang Sichang paid attention to it, picked up the pen, and worked out a twist overnight, he wanted to rush ahead of everyone and bring this bandit commander into his camp.

And, that night, he sent his henchman Zhu Renjie to Dongshuanghe Town to win over Yu Xiang.

Chongzhen was eager to know the details of the battle at Loess Gang, and every day he was looking forward to the official good news from the direction of Henan. After receiving a negative reply from the ministers, he dispersed. He is reluctant to directly pick out his attention to Yu Xiang, if he doesn't get it right, he will provoke a bunch of pedantic ministers to say that he is not doing his job, paying attention to a nobody, and even worse, it will bring disaster to Yu Xiang.

It turned out that two days ago, Wang Chengen, who had always been calm, came to the imperial study in a hurry, and when he walked into the imperial study, he stumbled and almost tripped over the threshold, Chongzhen was very strange.

Wang Chengen did not stand on his feet, and shouted in his mouth: "Long live, great joy, great joy, Yu Qian defeated Zhang Xianzhong and accepted Liu Guoneng, congratulations!" Congratulations! ”

Chongzhen was skeptical, Feng Yuxiang had only been a thousand for only two months, and he didn't give money, food, soldiers, and only a name, so he could have such great achievements, is it a false report? It's just that this Wang Chengen has great courage and doesn't dare to bully the king.

Looking at Chongzhen's suspicious expression, Wang Chengen took out a small piece of silk, which was passed down from the flying pigeon, which read, "Yu Xiang defeated Zhang Xianzhong and surrendered Liu Guoneng!" A few words, simple and clear, are the news sent back by Liu Xiangzhong, who was sent to Xincun to go undercover.

The letter does not elaborate on how Yu Xiang defeated Zhang Xianzhong and what the results were, which literally meant brilliant results. These all whetted Emperor Chongzhen's appetite, and even made him to the point where his food was not fragrant and he couldn't sleep.

On this day, Chongzhen went to court early and sat on the dragon chair, he had a strong premonition that the good news had arrived in the capital, and he looked at Yang Sichang with great expectation.

The eunuch shouted: "Something to start, nothing to retreat." ”

As soon as the words fell, Yang Sichang came out of the martial arts class and shouted: "Minister, something is going on!" ”

Chongzhen said happily: "Yang Aiqing, quasi-play!" ”

Yang Sichang took out a good news from his wide cuffs, raised his hands above his head and said: "Chen Zhenhao, the governor of Xinyang Prefecture, Henan, commanded Yu Xiang, the commander of Qianzong, defeated Zhang Xianzhong, and surrendered Liu Guoneng, this is the good news document." ”

As soon as he heard this, the entire court was in an uproar, and they all felt incredible.

Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed, but when he waited for this good news, he forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart and ordered the eunuch to present the good news.

Chongzhen was overjoyed after reading the good news, he handed the good news to the eunuch on duty and said, "Read it aloud to all Aiqing!" ”

The eunuch took the good news and read it in a frustrated voice. The ministers were silent, listening to the good news, for fear of missing a word. The good news written by Chen Zhifu is gorgeous and full of literary brilliance, but for this group of masters of dance and ink, everyone is more concerned about its content, and the gist of the good news is as follows:

Chen Zhenhao followed the imperial court's established policy of "four positive and six corners" and "ten-sided net", commanded the thousand general Yu Xiang to resist the invading enemy in Loess Gang, led 1,500 soldiers and civilians in Xincun, resisted Zhang Xianzhong's 10,000 troops and five major armies ten times his own, and finally won the battle, eliminated Zhang Xianzhong's main force, annihilated 13,783 enemies, captured 320 bandits, and killed the bandit leaders Sun Kewang and Ai Nengqi. Zhang Xianzhong led a small number of remnants of the enemy to flee. On the same day, Liu Guoneng was photographed by the thunder of the imperial court, and led 8,000 people to surrender to Yu Xiang, who was willing to listen to his dispatch. At this point, Zhang Xianzhong's main force was wiped out, Liu Guoneng surrendered, and the Henan bandits were expected to be quelled as soon as possible. Of the soldiers and civilians led by Yu Xiang, 1,217 were killed and 163 wounded, and almost all of them were wiped out.

As soon as this good news was read, the court was in an uproar, and the rabble of thousands of people was able to defeat the five major armies of the habitual bandits, not only that, but also subdued the collapse of the sky, and within one day, disintegrated two of the main forces of the three peasant rebel armies, a little-known named Qianzong, such ability, how could it not be shocking? And the entire army was almost wiped out, what kind of iron-blooded team is this, above the court, who can bring out such a brave army, everyone in the court has infinite curiosity about this mysterious Yu Xiang.

Although Emperor Chongzhen already knew Yu Xiang quite well, after reading this good news, he suspected that Yu Xiang was a god and not a human. Daming has such a capable person, but he is still worried about internal strife and external troubles? Chongzhen has secretly made up his mind to reuse Yu Xiang and make him his humerus's minister.

Chongzhen cleared his throat, and the court immediately fell silent.

"I said Aiqing, what do you think about this?"

As soon as Chongzhen's words fell, Yang Sichang came out of class again, took out a piece of music from his cuffs, and said loudly: "The minister has a book to play!" ”

"Quasi-play!" Chongzhen was happy in his heart, if Yang Sichang said something like reusing Yu Xiang through the mouth of Yang Sichang, he would avoid a notoriety that undermined the regulation of cronyism, he was determined to become the emperor of Yao Shun, and he didn't want to leave anyone else any truth.

Yang Sichang said: "Chen Zhenhao has a good eye, and Yu Xiang is brave enough to crown the three armies, and the ministers think that they should be rewarded to the soldiers, and the meritorious ministers of the war will be added to the knighthood, so as to show the grace of heaven and encourage the soldiers in front of me to take Yu Xiang as a model and kill the enemy bravely." ”

Yang Sichang's words were in line with Chongzhen's intention and asked: "According to what Aiqing said, how should I reward the heroes of the war?" ”

Yang Sichang said: "Chen Zhenhao employs people in a good way, makes great contributions, serves as a waiter in the military department, and is awarded the rank of three grades; Yu Xiang led the troops in a good way, and he could be appointed as the commander of the Henan Wei Command Division, and he was awarded the rank of four ranks. ”

As soon as Yang Sichang's voice fell, a person walked out of the literary class, he was Wen Tiren, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites and the first assistant of the cabinet, Wen Tiren said: "Long live Qiyu, Yu Xiang should be rewarded for his miraculous achievements, but this person has been promoted from a grass citizen to a thousand generals, less than two months, if he is awarded the official title of the fourth grade, such a speed of promotion may encourage his arrogant habits." ”

He took out a letter and continued: "This is a letter sent from Shisanliqiao Town, Xinyang Prefecture, Henan, which says that this person destroyed the ancestral system, took in the homeless, forcibly requisitioned and forcibly collected, and connived at his subordinates to shoot and kill Zhang Yuanwai's family of six, the means are extremely cruel, as for Yu Xiang, whether it is a punishment or a reward, please think twice." ”

When Chongzhen heard Wen Ti's words, his brows furrowed, and he was extremely unhappy in his heart. But Wen Tiren is the head of the cabinet, and there is a small number of his followers above the court, this person is in a high position and power, and his words cannot be ignored.

Chongzhen, who was originally full of joy, was stirred up by Wen Tiren like this, his heart was a little chaotic, and he suddenly felt disgusted with Wen Tiren. But he was determined to be a holy monarch, and he didn't want to leave the name of a willful tyrant in history, although he was reluctant in his heart, but he said: "What Shoufu said is extremely true, I have decided to send Wang Chengen, the celebrant of ceremonies, as a special envoy, to Xinyang Mansion to find out the truth and check the military merits!" Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think? ”

His Royal Highness, the courtiers, shouted long live the saints. Each of them withdrew from the court with his heart in mind.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Chongzhen quickly called Wang Chengen and explained the reason why he appointed him to Xincun.

One of the reasons: he didn't want the two classes of ministers to intervene in the affairs of the new village, he didn't trust these people at all, and most of them were not successful enough and more than failed.

Reason 2: He asked Wang Chengen to inspect the construction of Dongshuanghe Town and Xincun to see if it was really as good as the legend, and to confirm whether Yu Xiang really had the talent to govern the people, so as to provide a basis for his next appointment.

Reason 3: Let him investigate in detail what Shoufu Wen Tiren said.

Wang Chengen received the order, and after getting ready, he took his henchmen and Jinyi guards, led by Zhao Jiacheng, and the group hurried to Henan.

The defeat of Zhang Xianzhong, soon in the capital of the inner circle of the Ya, a few days ago they sent to the East Shuanghe Town to buy tea of those people, before they had time to buy tea, the new village on the war, they were afraid to hide in the city, until the end of the war, they dared to go to the East Shuanghe Town to inquire about the purchase of tea, what they saw and heard, they were extremely shocked, some people have passed the book through the flying pigeon, will move Shuanghe Town to see, transmitted back to the capital, so that these people are very surprised.

These people gathered in the Manchun Pavilion to drink again, Yang Shao took a sip of wine and said: "This Yu Qian is still a talent that can be created, my old man's strategic thinking exerts his divine power, helps him break the bandits, and forces Liu Guoneng to surrender, my old man is very satisfied with him." ”

Xue Shao's mouth was deflated, but he didn't dare to stand up to Yang Shao, he just pretended not to hear it, and drank and had fun with the singer in his arms.

Yang Shao glanced at him and said: "I said Xue Shao, if you are a little bit of a pursuit, you will know if you can do something next, can you be more elegant and talk about state affairs." ”

Xue Shao was so provoked by Yang Shao, he couldn't get used to his arrogance and arrogance, but he didn't dare to confront him in person, so he had to swallow the bad breath that pushed out of his throat back into his stomach, and hurriedly said yes, pretending to be very modest to listen to Yang Shaoxun's words.

Finally finished eating, and when he returned home, Xue Shaoda lost his temper and punched and kicked the kneeling subordinates, until the kick hurt his feet, and then he stopped his feet.

Xue Shao couldn't swallow this breath, and made an important decision, in order to take a breath, regardless of his thin bones and scorching sun, he wanted to go to Dongshuanghe Town in person to find out the truth.