The battle between the Zhou and Wen factions, Chongzhen knew that this was also the result of his intentional connivance, and all he had to do was to control it well and not let the situation develop in an unpredictable direction.

Chongzhen vaguely remembered that the last time the court meeting was Zhou Yanru came forward to recommend Feng Jian as the garrison of the flood camp in Pingdu Prefecture, but this time it was Wen Tiren and his family who came forward to recommend it, it seems that the water in Pingdu Prefecture is not shallow!

Chongzhen smiled slightly, these were trivial things in his opinion, and they were left behind in the blink of an eye.

Chongzhen's face regained his calmness, and he looked around at the ministers in the Wenhua Hall and said, "Wen Gechen just suggested, what do you think?" ”

Wen ministers such as Yu Yinggui, the imperial historian of Shaanxi Province, and others played in unison: "The ministers think it is feasible. And Zhou Yanru's faction did not continue to obstruct, and they were silent.

Chongzhen turned his gaze to Liang Tingdong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and said, "What does Liang Aiqing think." ”

Liang Tingdong did not participate in the struggle between the Zhou and Wen factions, so he looked at the problem more objectively, and he bowed down and said: "Dengzhou rebellion, it will take time for the imperial court to mobilize various armies to be mobilized to encircle and suppress. However, the minister was worried, Kong Youde and his ilk were originally from the old department of the Dongjiang River, and often rebelled in order to seek their own small profits, and the two rebellions of the garrison on the island of Dongjiang Town were clear examples, so there were indeed variables in the act of appeasing the rebellious troops in Dengzhou, and the minister agreed with Lord Wen's suggestion. After speaking, he closed his mouth and said no more.

Zhou Yanru frowned and looked at Liang Tingdong suspiciously, his words were obviously biased towards Wen Tiren's lineage, which violated his consistent neutral approach, could it be that Liang Tingdong had already been involved with Wen Tiren in an embarrassment?

Wen Tiren was also a little puzzled, and Liang Tingdong clearly agreed with him. Is it implying that there is a desire to take refuge in one's own side? However, it is not possible to determine one thing alone, and we have to find another time to test it.

to their status. On major occasions, you can know the other party's mind from the other party's demeanor and tone, and this is what it means to be obedient and listen.

Chongzhen's gaze moved to Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and said, "What does Xu Aiqing mean?" ”

Xu Guangqi sighed secretly. He bowed down and said: "The old minister insists on the original proposal, and the emperor will make a clear decision on everything." ”

Chongzhen picked up the document again, put it in his hand and said: "Over the years, the northern Jurchen slave soldiers have been continuously bordering, and even threatened the Beijing Division; The city of Dalinghe was still under siege by Jurchen slave soldiers; Shaanxi Liukou wandered to the northwest, causing trouble to the local people; Now Dengzhou has been attacked by rebellious soldiers. What I heard and saw all day long was such troublesome things, and what was rare was what Pingdu Zhizhou Chen heard, Pingdu Prefecture Xun Camp garrisoned Feng Jian, rescued the Dengzhou Navy Division warship in the chaotic army, and directly cut off the back road of the Dengzhou rebel army. This move is inspiring and significant, and the imperial court should reward it heavily. ”

Chongzhen paused intentionally, and continued: "Wen Aiqing's suggestion was very agreeable to me before, and the former Pingdu Zhizhou Chen was outstanding in the assessment, and now he has made this great contribution, and he can be promoted to the political envoy of Shandong Province to serve in charge of Liaohai Haiphong Road, in charge of all Liaohai affairs; Feng Jian, the former garrison of the Pingdu Prefecture Flood Battalion, rescued and transferred the Dengzhou Navy Division's warships from the hands of the rebels, and his contribution was very great. He can be promoted to the general of the Liaohai Water Division, and at the same time be in charge of the training and operation of the two water divisions of the Dengzhou Naval Division Battalion and the Pingdu Prefecture Flood Battalion. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren and said, "According to what I said, the cabinet will make a vote." The supervisor of the Ministry of Ceremonies will use the seal to send the world. In addition, the local area is in turmoil, and the two can postpone their entry into the capital and defend against the Dengzhou rebellion. ”

"Obey the order!"

The two cabinet bosses with their own thoughts, Nono, agreed.

A grain store in the prosperous area of Beijing. Pan Zhaoying was sitting in the shopkeeper's office, her chubby body was twisting around in the chair, looking anxiously waiting for news.

The tea on the table is floating with a light mist, emitting bursts of fragrance. Pan Zhaoying didn't have the heart to taste it.

From the day they came to Jingshi, the Huluyan people quickly divided into three groups and acted separately according to the predetermined plan. The spies are divided into a group, first familiar with the terrain of the capital, and select a few places in the capital as secret strongholds.

Qin Mazi and more than 20 other personal guards escorted the mission and embarked on the road back to Pingdu.

Pan Zhaoying and the staff member Chen heard directly contacted a familiar bank, which specially introduced and introduced important people in Beijing to people from all over the world who came to Beijing to bribe, and matched the two sides to extract commissions.

Within three days, Pan Zhaoying visited one by one according to the list of bribes circled by Chen Shuwen to express his intention and sent a lot of silver, and the inner court also sent the bribes through Gao Binggao's father-in-law, and now he can only wait anxiously for the result.

Pan Zhaoying's grain store is the property of Pingdu Cui's family in the capital, and Pan Zhaoying naturally easily turned it into a gourd rock industry and turned it into a branch of Huluyan Dayou Grain Store in the capital, and the guys in the grain store are all Huluyan who does not collect at night.

There was a "cooing" cry of carrier pigeons in his ears, and Pan Zhaoying saw a night without collecting hurriedly walking into the shopkeeper's office, and whispered to Pan Zhaoying: "Big shopkeeper, the carrier pigeons released along the way have returned, indicating that the carrier pigeon foothold set up along the way from Pingdu to Beijing has the ability to quickly transmit intelligence." ”

Pan Zhaoying perked up and asked, "Will there be any accidents at the footholds set up along the way?" ”

Zhong Xiang, the general manager of the night does not collect, sweared: "Don't worry, we don't accept the night and the family are all in Huluyan, the night is not collected and the loyalty itself is no problem, and the foothold of the carrier pigeons is selected in a relatively sparsely populated place......"

Pan Zhaoying continued to ask: "How long does it take to transmit information from the capital to the commander of Pingdu?" ”

Zhong Xiang hesitated and said: "The exact time is uncertain, it is estimated that there are more than a thousand miles in a straight line from Pingdu to the capital, and it takes about a day to a day and a half for the carrier pigeon to transmit information." ”

Pan Zhaoying rubbed her hands excitedly and said, "Okay, since then, there are any new trends in the imperial court, but I can't hide it from our commander." ”

At the end, he asked, "Mr. Zhang hasn't heard any news yet?" ”

Zhong Xiang obviously knew some inside information, shook his head and said: "Mr. Zhang said that the imperial court decided to belong to the Dengzhou Navy Master in the past few days, and he is also very concerned about Lord Chen. We want to be patient, while he goes to find out the situation. ”

Pan Zhaoying pouted and said: "These literati are just Qinggao, and they don't want to get involved with us, under the guise of visiting old friends, in fact, they are taking our silver, looking for flowers and asking Liu Yinshi to fight against them, for the sake of Lord Chen, we don't care about him, just wait for the matter to come to an end, and send him back to Pingdu." ”

While the two were talking, they broke into the door for a night without closing it, and said happily when they entered the door: "The big treasurer, Mr. Zhong, just came the news, Lord Chen of Zhizhou was promoted to the political envoy of Shandong Province to serve as the Liaohai Haiphong Road, and the commander was promoted to the general of the Liaohai Sea Division, and at the same time he was in charge of the two naval divisions of Dengzhou and Pingdu. I heard that it was appointed by the emperor, and after the cabinet vote was drafted, it could be decreed. ”

The thing came too suddenly, Pan Zhaoying and Zhong Xiang were a little stunned, and they were immediately ecstatic, which showed that the purpose of entering Beijing this time had been achieved, and this seemingly difficult thing was easily achieved under the offensive of the silver money.

Pan Zhaoying said to Zhong Xiang in a loud voice: "Quickly prepare carrier pigeons, send the information back to Pingdu, and let the commander rest assured." ”

At this time, on the sea 60 miles away from Dengzhou City, the naval fleet composed of more than 30 warships, six No. 1 Daifuku ships in the fleet were like castles on the water, constantly approaching the opposite ships with oppression, and more than 20 warships of the fleet followed closely behind, and the artillery armor on the warships had already faded, revealing the swarthy muzzles.

The confrontation is more than 40 warships from the direction of Lushun, these warships are of different sizes, there are only a few No. 2 Fu ships in the fleet, and the rest are some sentinel ships, sea ships, bird ships, and the surface of the ships is a little old, obviously the number is more than the opposite side of the warships, but in front of the other party's Dafu ships, the ships from Lushun seem very small!

Needless to say, these more than 30 warships are the newly formed fleet of floating water divisions, and Cheng Yousheng stood on the fleet command ship, holding a telescope in his hand to carefully observe the warships opposite.

I saw that there was no flag on the opposite warship to indicate the identity of the other party, and the sailors and soldiers on the other warship, although they were a little panicked in the face of the pressure of their own Daifuku ship, did not mess up, and the guns on each warship also aimed the muzzles of the black hole at their own warship.

There were about 1,000 soldiers on more than 40 warships, and the soldiers were all clenched their swords and guns, ready to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Obviously, the commander of the opposing warship does not know which side he is, and is ready to compete with his own side.

Cheng Yousheng put down the binoculars, and was roughly sure in his heart that the other party's way of coming from, the opponent's fleet was coming from the direction of Lushun, and it must be Lushun's deputy general Chen Shi and his men, and the commander ordered these soldiers who wanted to take refuge in Kong Youde to persuade them to surrender as much as possible.

But look at the posture in front of you, the other party will not be restrained!

Cheng Yousheng instructed the flag soldiers around him: "Send flags to all warships, and the warships' artillery is ready to be fired, and the artillery can be fired at any time according to my orders." ”

In response to the flag-bearers' voice, the gunners of their own ships immediately entered the battle and waited.

Each gun on board was equipped with three artillerymen, one of whom measured the gunpowder with a ruler and the other with a telescope to determine the angle of the target, and then loaded it with ammunition for firing.

Because the sea surface is floating and the warship is constantly moving, it is difficult for the general artillery to hit the target by firing solid bullets at sea, so the guns on most warships fire flowering shells, although the power is small, but as long as the opponent's warship enters the firing range, the probability of flowering projectiles hitting the target is very high.

The cold wind howled on the sea, and the surging waves pushed the two warships closer and closer, and gradually could see each other's faces clearly, this was the first time Cheng Yousheng commanded the naval division to fight, and he was hesitating to order the fleet artillery to fire.

Suddenly, there was a burst of noise from the warships lined up horizontally on the opposite side, and Cheng Yousheng saw puffs of gunpowder smoke rising from the guns on all the warships on the other side in the telescope, and suddenly he heard the screams of the soldiers of his own fleet.

The six Daifuku ships of his own fleet rushed to the front, while the other twenty or so smaller warships followed, and did not form an effective attack formation, so the opponent seized the loophole to attack.

!! (To be continued......)