The news of the Yangzhou army's victory reached Nanjing, and the fat emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief, now he didn't have to flee anymore, and the good life could continue, and Li Zhan and others, who were preparing to impeach Luo Jian, also died down temporarily.

There are really a lot of people who have come to the door in the past two days, some people have come to inquire about the specific situation of the Yangzhou army's victory, and some people have come to ask for officials.

Now there are many yamen scattered officials in the DPRK and China, and the squires and imperial histories are flying all over the sky, all of them are hanging on to their false posts, and now I heard that the Yangzhou army has collected a lot of territory and come back, and they are all cutting their heads to fight for a real vacancy.

As for the two provinces adjacent to the Qing army's occupation area, everyone is not too worried, with the Yangzhou army here, Duoduo's hundreds of thousands of troops have been beaten to the ground, and they are afraid that they will not be able to hold these territories?

In normal times, the Ma Gebu would definitely have a bad smile on his face, but now the Ma Gebu felt distressed.

The reason is that this territory was defeated by the Yangzhou army, and there is a metropolitan governor in Yangzhou, if Shi Kefa is here, he will not refuse the officials appointed by the imperial court, and this metropolitan governor may not be able to say.

The gold, silver and jewelry sent to the door, Ma Gebu really didn't want to let them out of the mansion again, so his son Ma Luan was in the front yard to deal with the guests who came to the door, and he was thinking hard about his ideas in the backyard.

The Ma Gebu is not now the master of the entire imperial court as it was at the beginning.

Now Ruan Dacheng, the best ally in the past, since his daughter Liniang went, seems to be more devoted to being an official, and he goes to the palace to find the emperor if he has nothing to do, the emperor is a person who likes opera, and Ruan Dacheng's ability is good at this, so the emperor seems to have more and more trust in Ruan Dacheng, and there have been rumors in the palace recently, saying that the emperor wants Ruan Dacheng to serve as the secretary of the ministry.

The Ministry of Ministers was stunned by this news at that time, and the Ministry of Officials, who was in charge of the inspection and appointment of officials, was the most powerful department in the court, and since Zhang Huangyan's resignation, the Ministry of Officials had been firmly controlled by the Ministry of Ministers and had never relaxed a little.

Although Ruan Dacheng is his ally, he seems to have been not very close to him recently, I don't know if there is a reason for the Huaiyang Metropolitan Governor, even if Ruan Dacheng is still the original Ruan Dacheng, the position of this official secretary cannot be released.

The Ma Gebu, who was meditating hard, thought of a solution, that is, to transfer Luo Jian, the governor of Huaiyang, out of Yangzhou.

However, this Luo Jian has made so many great contributions, it seems unreasonable to let him change to another position, so only if he is transferred to the court as an official, what position is it appropriate to transfer him to the court? The Ma Ge Department was in a dilemma again.

If he is transferred to the DPRK as a scholar, in the name of an angel, his ability to win people's hearts, and with the help of Ruan Dacheng and others, he is afraid that his position as the first assistant will not be guaranteed.

If he is only allowed to be a vacant position, I am afraid that the fierce generals of the Yangzhou army will not agree, and Ma Shiying, who started by relying on the four towns of Jiangbei, has a deeper understanding of the importance of military power than anyone else.

When the Ma Ge Department was in a dilemma, he received a report from his subordinates, and the right capital Yushi Li Zhan asked to see him.

When Ma Gebu heard this, he thought that this Li Zhan hated Luo Jian to the bone, and he didn't know what way he could deal with Luo Jian, if only he could have the idea of killing two birds with one stone, and think about letting his subordinates bring Li Zhan into the garden of the mansion.

As soon as Li Zhan saw Ma Shiying, he felt his restlessness, and saw many carriages and sedan chairs parked outside his mansion, Li Zhan turned his head and understood why the Ma Ge Department was troubled.

"Cabinet Department, the Yangzhou army has won a complete victory, and Luo Jian, the governor of Huaiyang, has made great contributions, I don't know how the imperial court wants to reward it?" Li Zhan came for this matter today, and mentioned it to the Ma Ge Department straight to the point.

When Ma Shiying heard this, Li Zhan really came for Luo Jian's business, but it seemed that he was not so kind, it is estimated that he couldn't wait for Luo Jian to be killed by Duoduo, where would he come to him for Luo Jian's reward?

"Yes, the victory of the Yangzhou army this time also made the imperial court completely relieved, its contribution is very great, how to reward, am I not embarrassed here?" Ma Shiying snorted, just wanting to hear what Li Zhanke had "high opinions".

"In my opinion, if you appoint him as a scholar of Dongge University, it seems that it is not enough to repay him for his merits if he does not join the cabinet!" Li Zhan said as he observed Ma Gebu's expression.

"It's... Wei Guogong is now very popular in Yangzhou, if he is transferred to the court, I am afraid that the people of Yangzhou will not want to do it. Ma Shiying snorted haha.

"The cabinet said that it was very popular but felt that it was a bit too much, two days ago I heard that Hou Fangyu had abandoned him, and I heard that he was very harsh to officials in Yangzhou, and many officials were also dissatisfied with him." What Li Zhan said is true.

Hearing Li Zhan say this, Ma Shiying's heart was a little loose.

Li Zhan, who is very good at observing faces, immediately saw it.

"The cabinet is worried that it will win the hearts of the people in the DPRK and damage the government? Thinking that his words and deeds are incompatible with the officials of the DPRK and China, how can he win the hearts of the people? Does the cabinet still remember Gao Ziyu? Li Zhan saw that Ma Shiying was a little loose, and hurriedly said.

Gao Hongtu Gao Ziyu was the former cabinet chief assistant, and was later forced to resign by Ma Shiying, Li Zhan and Liu Kongzhao and others, Li Zhan meant that Luo Jian could use the same method to deal with him after entering the court.

"It's okay to make it into the cabinet, but if the generals of Yangzhou don't want to, Yangzhou will be in chaos!" As soon as Ma Shiying heard Li Zhan's words, he immediately relieved his mind and raised another question that he was worried about.

"This cabinet department doesn't have to worry, Huang Degong and others have been following him for a short time, how can they be willing to obey their words? There is another way to deal with the generals. ”

"Oh, what else can be done?" Ma Shiying asked impatiently.

"You can send people to lobby the various armies in Yangzhou to make them loyal to the imperial court, and Luo Jian's entry into the cabinet will not be blocked." Li Zhan's method is to divide and disintegrate the Yangzhou army, as long as these generals don't speak, Luo Jian can't turn the storm up.

"Who can go to Yangzhou?" Ma Shiying asked.

"The eunuch Gao Qiqian Yuan in the palace has been in the army for a long time, and he has a lot of connections in the army, so he went to lobby, I don't know if the cabinet thinks it is appropriate?"

Gao Qiqian is the great eunuch whom Emperor Chongzhen trusts, and he used to be a supervisor in Lu Xiangsheng's army.

Gao Qi had fled to Nanjing before the potential Beijing city was broken, and after living for a period of time, he was appointed as the governor of Beijing, and then Emperor Hongguang moved the governor of Beijing out in order to reward Lu Jiude for his meritorious work, and let Gao Qi sneak into the palace, saying that he was a eunuch with a pen, but in fact he had no power, and the power in the palace was now held by Zhang Zhizhong, Tian Cheng and other old people in the former Fuwangfu.

"If you order it to be the Yangzhou military supervisor, it is also a common practice to imitate the first emperor, what do you think?" Ma Shiying felt that this method was good, but he thought about it more thoroughly, so Gao Qi sneaked to Yangzhou, and he could also lobby various generals justifiably.

"Cabinet Takami! It's a great idea. Li Zhan hurriedly put his hat on.

The two discussed for a long time, and finally reached an agreement for different goals, as for Luo Jian leaving Yangzhou, in case the Qing soldiers went south again, whether Yangzhou could hold it was not within the scope of their thinking.

The next day, the Ma Ge Department received a letter from Yangzhou Luo and Shi, saying that they wanted to appoint Yuan Jixian and Lu Zhenfei as the governors of Anqing and Fengyang.

When the Ma Ge Department received the setback, he was very annoyed, you have appointed this official, what do you want me to do as the first assistant and secretary of the ministry? This is purely cutting off people's financial routes, and the Ma Ge Department has always hated this kind of people who cut off their financial routes.

Ma Shiying went to the palace to see the emperor, not to present Yangzhou's recital, which was left at home by him, he came to Luo Jian's entry into the cabinet and Gao Qi's sneaking to Yangzhou to supervise the army.

Fat Emperor Zhu Youxiang is living very comfortably now, listening to tunes every day, watching songs and dances, and then thanking a few newly selected beautiful palace maids in the palace, not to mention how beautiful.

When Ma Shiying asked to meet, he was discussing a new repertoire with Ruan Dacheng, how to perform more movingly, if it wasn't too fat, Zhu Youxiang wanted to show the actors in person.

After Ma Shiying entered the palace to meet the emperor, he glanced at Ruan Dacheng, said lightly, "Brother Yuanhai is also here", and turned around to report to the emperor about his plan with Li Zhan.

Fat Emperor Zhu Youxiang was not a fool, and immediately said: "This great achievement of defending the country and public government is indispensable, and it is indispensable to reward it like this, but if the Qing soldiers attack again, who can hold Yangzhou?" ”

"Please don't worry about the emperor, now that the Yangzhou army has been trained, Gao Gonggong went to supervise the army, he is a soldier who knows the soldiers, Yangzhou still has a superintendent, and the Qing soldiers dare not go south, and the public is not so rewarded, it is not enough to reward his merits!" Ma Shiying hurriedly relieved the emperor.

Ruan Dacheng listened to it next to him and didn't speak, only sneered secretly in his heart, Wei Guogong spent a lot of effort to train the Yangzhou army, but now you want to come and pick peaches, but I'm afraid what you picked is not a peach, I'm afraid it's a hedgehog, and you want to pierce your hands.

I had the intention to inform Yangzhou Weiguo Gong of the news in advance, and after thinking about it carefully, it was better to let Ma Yaocao touch a big nail, and suppressed the thought of sending someone to notify Yangzhou.

"In this way, it will be played by the gentleman." Zhu Youxiang was in a hurry to arrange the repertoire, and he didn't have the heart to talk to Ma Shiying, so he hurriedly agreed.

When the great eunuch Gao Qiqian came to Yangzhou with hundreds of brocade guards, Luo Jian was organizing a meeting of the generals in the army.

Although the Yangzhou Army has achieved tremendous results, it has also exposed many problems in the battle, and it is very necessary to sum up and reflect on it.

There were a lot of people attending the meeting, there were more than 30 people, in addition to the commanders and deputies of each division, several main staff officers of the staff department also came to participate, and Liu Weimin and Chen Zilong were also called back from Guazhou by Luo Jian.

Chen Zilong was still unhappy, saying that he didn't have time to attend any meeting now, and the affairs of the steel mill were very busy, and Luo Jian gave him good things for a long time, which made him sit down with peace of mind.

Li Benshen, who had a bald head, was very curious about participating in this kind of meeting, because his troops had already arrived in Yangzhou from Xuyi and had already begun to reorganize and train, and Li Benshen was very concerned about this matter, and this was related to the question of whether he could become the commander of the Third Division and become the governor of the capital.

As soon as the meeting began, the guards came in and reported that the imperial court had sent a prison army to Yangzhou, and the prison army had also brought a holy decree for the governor to bring people to meet him.

Luo Jian didn't even ask which one the prison army was, waved his hand, let the guards out, and said to Ren Minyu: "Would you like to ask Brother Shi Ze to receive you?" ”

Ren Minyu was specially invited to attend this meeting, and he also contributed a lot to the logistics support in this operation, and as a member of the leadership of Yangzhou, Luo Jian specially invited him to participate.

Shi Kefa wanted to open his mouth to say something, but after thinking about it, except for Li Benshen and Deputy General Yang who were a little surprised, all the generals felt that this was a very normal thing.

Huang Degong even muttered: "When I was fighting, I didn't see anyone, but now I run fast." ”