Emperor Chongzhen received Shi Kefa's recital first, and received Liu Kongzhao's complaint later.

So before receiving Liu Kongzhao's complaint, he had already figured out the cause and effect of this incident.

Emperor Chongzhen's reaction was a big head.

Shi Kefa did not favor Yang Chao, and honestly reported the original situation, and also pointed out that Liu Kongzhao is indeed a little ridiculous in Jiangnan, and all the sailors are really wasted in his hands, of course, they are already wasted, Uncle Liu just didn't practice, but it can't be said that it is even more wasteful.

But Shi Kefa was influenced by Yang Chao, and really thought that Liu Kongzhao had abolished these naval armies, and the most direct evidence was that Yang Chao's 1,000 men took away twenty warships from the quarrying unscathed.

Of course, the emperor was also afraid, if Zhang Xianzhong took these ships, he would be able to hit the city of Nanjing within a day, and he had to sigh that Liu Kongzhao was indeed a waste, and he trusted him so much in vain, thinking that after he was a minister, his ancestors had led troops for generations, and he should have some family history, but he didn't expect to be so incompetent.

But what really gave Chongzhen a headache was Yang Chao, who was too bold, because he was at odds with an earl, he dared to send someone to the Jiangfang Heavy Land to grab the warships, did those warships belong to the Liu family? It was a warship of the imperial court.

As for what Shi Kefa said, simply transfer these warships to Yang Chao and let Yang Chao take care of the defense in the quarrying direction, Chongzhen thinks that Shi Kefa is too confused and the starting point of looking at the problem is too simple.

Yang Chao's strength is already so strong, the last time he killed 10,000 captives with 600 kills, this record was placed in the Ming Dynasty, and only Qi Jiguang had done it in the past dynasties, it was naturally good to have such a fierce general, but it had to be able to control it, don't be a Zuo Liangyu who is broken.

And seeing Yang Chao's move of daring to grab the imperial warship, it was almost the same as Zuo Liangyu. This is Chongzhen's biggest headache.

Punish Yang Chao? Just kidding, he now has 5,000 elite soldiers in his hands, and 600 can kill 10,000 captives. And the combat effectiveness of the captives, Chongzhen still has a rod and scale in his heart. It's not a little bit stronger than the Ming army, 10,000 captives are not to mention the top 50,000 Ming troops, Yang Chao is now 5,000 elite soldiers, so how many Ming troops do you have to bomb and suppress it, 100,000 or 200,000?

Mobilizing an army of 200,000 to suppress Yang Chao is impossible for fools, at least at present.

After thinking about it, Chongzhen couldn't think of a good solution, so things kept pressing. It took almost a month until he had an idea recently.

"Cheng'en, you should go to Nanjing."

immediately said to Wang Chengen, this is his most trusted courtier.

As soon as Wang Chengen heard that he was going to Nanjing, he immediately knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, but what did the slave do wrong and make Your Majesty unhappy?" ”

The eunuch Bingbi went to Nanjing, which generally only meant one thing, he was assigned to guard the tomb because he did something wrong, or he was transferred to Nanjing to be a eunuch because of some talents.

But Wang Chengen is already a eunuch with a pen. He couldn't have been promoted to the rank of eunuch like the other eunuchs, so he could only make a mistake.

"Get up. Not your problem. I asked you to go because I gave you an errand. ”

Wang Chengen got up at this time, and he also felt that he had not done anything.

"Your Majesty, please."

Chongzhen nodded and said, "You also know about the trouble in Jiangnan. You'll have to take a trip! ”

Wang Chengen immediately understood: "Your Majesty is talking about General Yang?" ”

Chongzhen nodded, and couldn't help frowning.

Wang Chengen sighed and said: "The slave also feels that this General Yang is Meng Lang this time, this military general, he is not as good as Wenchen, and he dares to do anything when his brain is hot." ”

Chongzhen also nodded, he also felt that this was the case, he didn't know Yang Chao, and he didn't know that Yang Chao was still famous in Nanjing.

"So I'll let you take a look."

Chongzhen said.

Wang Chengen said: "I don't know how Your Majesty lets the minions look?" ”

Chongzhen said: "You go and see if this General Yang is a loyal courtier." and helped him to do the matter of sea trade, and I was never at ease when I handed it over to others. ”

Chongzhen wants to do this matter of sea trade. That is, Wang Chengen and Shi Kefa know that after all, it is a shameless thing. Chongzhen didn't dare to let too many people know.

Wang Chengen said: "The slave understands. ”

Chongzhen advised: "Remember not to provoke this Yang Chao, but don't provoke him to do something like Zuo Liangyu." ”

Although Yang Chao robbed the warship, after all, he did not dare to rob the people like Zuo Liangyu, and Yang Chao robbed the ship for a reason, because Liu Kongzhao provoked him, and it seems that Yang Chao is not too domineering at present.

Wang Chengen said: "The slave knows that he will never cause trouble to His Majesty." ”

Chongzhen sighed: "Now it's you who do things, and you can still reassure me." ”

Wang Chengen said again: "The slave went to Nanjing, do you want to bring some rewards to General Yang, after all, he won such a big battle last time, but he was only promoted by one level, and this person didn't get a head reward of one or two silver, and he may have resentment in his heart." ”

Chongzhen nodded: "It's still you who are careful." I'm afraid it doesn't matter. In this way, reward him with a python robe and a pair of jade belts, and a thousand gold! ”

After contemplating for a moment after speaking, Chongzhen added: "By the way, tell Yang Chao that if he wins the battle again, I will order him to build an archway!" ”

Wang Chengen was stunned, fighting, why is he still fighting? He was going to Nanjing to work with Yang Chao, so it was dangerous to let him be a prisoner.

"What battle does Your Majesty want General Yang to fight?"

Chongzhen glanced at Wang Chengen: "What kind of battle is fighting, naturally I am going to fight that white-headed army!" ”

……

It's already the end of December, and it's almost the end of the year, and the eight ships that Zhang Dawei brought to the mouth of the Yangtze River have not yet seen a shadow, and it seems that they really can't come back in time for the New Year.

Yang Chao has begun to give the soldiers and officers in the army a holiday, but not together, this time is different from the past, it was foreseeable that there would be no accidents before, although it is unlikely that accidents will happen now, but there are potential risks, who knows if Liu Kongzhao will go crazy, the army, always be prepared.

And Yang Chao doesn't want to let go of the sheep all at once like before, the army is not an enterprise, and it can't stop running for a moment, so Yang Chao plans to take this opportunity to implement a vacation system: ordinary soldiers take a vacation every three months, and the vacation is half a month. And let all the officers be spaced apart, the captain will not stop when the captain is resting, the flag will be resting for a hundred times, the hundred will be resting for a long time, and the total rest will be a thousand times for a thousand times. Soldiers must also be spaced apart, and the main body of the army must be in full condition at all times.

Now is the first time to implement, of course, everyone wants to take a vacation during the New Year, but it is impossible to arrange at all, fortunately, there are only 500 local officers and soldiers, less than one-third at all, but they can take a holiday, but the number of local officers accounts for almost all, but they can not be put home together, can only be rotated, and only about one-third can go home for the New Year on the day of the New Year.

The remaining 1,000 soldiers in Haizhou did not want to go home for the New Year at all, because it was obviously impossible for them to have time to go home for fifteen days. In this regard, Yang Chao decided to allow the soldiers from other places to save up for vacation, and we will have a year's vacation together, so that there will be two months, and two years and four months together, which is enough for them to go home.

As for the 3,500 refugee soldiers, who were the largest in number, they had no desire to take a vacation, because their home was in a shack next to the wharf, and there was no difference between going home and staying in the barracks, which were more demanding than the shacks, and the only difference was that they could be reunited with their families, but they had to pay for their own food, so most of the refugees did not want to ask for leave at all, and their vacation time was not reached.

Yang Chao himself also went home for vacation on the day of the new year, and he planned to cultivate for fifteen days before returning to the barracks to deal with military affairs.

Anyway, there was no accident, and there was no battle for Yang Chao, and he didn't want to get involved in the vast sea of the peasant war, it was simply a whirlpool, and it couldn't be suppressed no matter what.

However, the situation in the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River made Yang Chao a little worried, and a massive Baitou army rebellion broke out in Dongyang, Zhejiang.

The name of the leader is Xu Du.

Speaking of which, this is a thing that makes the Ming Dynasty quite embarrassed, because this Xu Du is not a common person who can't survive, the Xu family is a wealthy family in Dongyang, a scholarly family, and the first local family.

Xu Du's grandfather had three brothers, Xu Honggang, Xu Hongji and Xu Honglun, just looking at the name of the family is not an ordinary family, in fact, the Xu family is a big family that has moved to Dongyang in the Song Dynasty, and multiplied to the Ming Dynasty, which is already very large, and it is an undisputed family in the local area.

Moreover, the Xu family has been studying for generations, and the names of the three brothers are short of one of the four characters of Ji Lunchang, and you can see the family creed of the Xu family, but unfortunately the great-ancestors of Xu Du are not enough to give birth, so there are only these three sons.

But these three sons are all out of the woods, the eldest Xu Honggang was born in the imperial examination, and finally the official was the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, the second Xu Hongji Wuju was born as an official to the Korean garrison, and the third Xu Honglun was still born in the imperial examination, and he made the salt transportation envoy, and the three brothers of the Xu family were all officials, and they were all big officials, which suddenly raised the Xu family to the status of the top wealthy family.

And because of this, the emperor especially in the name of high morality, gave the father of the third son of the Xu family, the grandfather of the military department of the Shangshu title, so that Xu Honggang Xu family is the third Shangshu, the local help to establish the third Shangshu archway commendation.

After the development of the Xu family, the father of the three brothers, Xu Qing, bought a large piece of land on the local crape myrtle mountain to build a huge mansion, the house is divided into three parts in the north and south, which is the Shangshu first, the general and the doctor, which is the mansion of the three brothers, of which the fifth Shangshu enters the courtyard, and the general and the doctor each enter the five, a total of sixteen into the mansion.

Such a house is also first-class even in the entire Jiangnan area.

Xu Du was born in such a family, so he naturally had no worries about food and clothing, and was able to receive a good education.

Xu Du studied in Jiaxing when he was young, and his status as a child of the Wang family allowed him to get acquainted with a large group of literati and join the Fushe.

But such a family born in the favor of the Ming Dynasty and rich and educated, without the slightest reason to rebel, he rebelled! (To be continued...... ）。