Purple City.

As soon as the news of Jining falling and the blockage of the Cao Road spread, the hundred officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee immediately exploded.

Liu Zongzhou, the imperial history of the left capital, took the lead in playing and said: "Long live, Jining has fallen, the Cao Road is blocked, and the nine sides of the Beijing division will have the worry of running out of food, and the minister thinks that Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, should be escorted into Beijing immediately, and Chen Xinjia, who recommended Liu Zeqing as the general soldier of Shandong, should also be questioned." ”

Liu Zongzhou is an honest official, and his sleeves are clean, which is indeed a fact, but a clean official is not necessarily a good official! Sometimes clean officials make trouble, which is more terrible than corrupt officials and annihilating ministers! For example, in the current situation, the first thing that these righteous men and gentlemen think of is always to pursue responsibility, rather than solving practical problems first.

Emperor Chongzhen's face was gloomy and he was silent.

Chen Xinjia's face turned pale with fright, but he didn't dare to defend himself.

The current Emperor Chongzhen is no longer His Royal Highness King Xin when he was just put on the throne fourteen years ago, the Chongzhen Emperor of fourteen years ago was young and ignorant, and his blood was strong, and he could easily believe Yuan Chonghuan's empty words of 'five years can level Liao', and he could also pass the Ming backbone Xiong Tingbi to the first nine sides in anger.

However, now, Emperor Chongzhen will never listen to anyone else's words anymore.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't say anything, he was waiting, waiting for the clever minister to figure out his thoughts, and then say everything for him.

The hundred officials were silent, and everyone's eyes were on the head of the cabinet.

Cheng Jiming hung his head silently, he really didn't know Banzai's thoughts, and he didn't dare to express his opinion rashly.

Finally, Zhou Yanru, the deputy assistant of the cabinet who stood under the order of Chengji, came out and played: "Long live, Jining tightly chokes the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, which is related to the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty, and this matter is not trivial. ”

Emperor Chongzhen bowed his head slightly, and only Zhou Yanru could understand his thoughts.

The stone in Chen Xinjia's heart fell to the ground, although Banzai was not angry when he played the secret music yesterday, but just severely reprimanded him to transfer troops to suppress it, but no one is sure what will happen when the court is in the morning today? If the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China crusade against him in unison, it is difficult to say whether they will be able to protect him, and his thoughts are ...... It's getting harder and harder to figure out.

"Chen Xinjia." Emperor Chongzhen's majestic gaze turned to Chen Xinjia and said, "Did you hear Zhou Aiqing's words?" ”

"Long live the kick-starter." Chen Xinjia hurriedly got out of class and knelt down under the Danqi, and said, "The minister has already transferred troops to Shandong, and he can recover Jining and dredge the Cao Road." ”

"Report ...... Jining Tang News! ”

Chen Xinjia's voice fell, and suddenly a little eunuch hurriedly entered the hall with a copy of the Tang newspaper in both hands, and Wang Chengen, the eunuch of Bingbi, hurriedly stepped forward to take the Tang newspaper, and Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand impatiently, and shouted: "Read!" ”

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen huffed his waist, opened the Tang newspaper and read in a sharp voice, "Chen Datong's chief soldier Wang Pu wrote to my lord long live the imperial ......."

Wang Chengen's exquisite seven tricks of heart, read this deliberately paused.

The eyes of the hundreds of officials in the court were focused on Wang Chengen, and even Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but stand up from the throne and said urgently: "Read quickly, read on!" ”

Wang Chengen coughed, and then read: "The minister led 5,000 troops to fight bloodily for three days and nights, defeated the 50,000 coalition troops of White Lotus and thieves, and beheaded more than 10,000 ranks. Long live my lord, don't think that Cao Yunguo is in mind, and the minister Datong and the general soldier Wang Pu Dun bowed again. ”

"Jining recovered?"

"Cao Road is also open!"

"With only 5,000 officers and troops, we defeated 50,000 White Lotus and Thief Alliance!"

"He also beheaded more than 10,000 levels, worthy of being the general soldier of Wang!"

There was a whisper in the main hall for a moment, and Emperor Chongzhen's face also rarely showed a hint of flushing, which was all excited, and Emperor Chongzhen had only one thought in his mind at this time, this Wang Pu was really good at leading troops to fight! This is really the pillar stone of the country given to the Ming Dynasty by God.

However, Emperor Chongzhen's worries were even worse.

Wang Pu is too capable, he is far beyond his imagination, and he is the general of the border town from the military general, not the local governor from the imperial examination......

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Shandong, Jining.

Huang Degong failed to catch up with the Red Lady and the White Lotus Sect Leader after all, and Wang Pu had to order the secret path to be blown up.

The brigade was stationed in Jining for three days, and Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, arrived with five hundred light horsemen and horses non-stop, this guy has actually been paying attention to the situation in Jining, and heard that Wang Pu defeated the thieves in Jining, so he rushed back as soon as possible to prepare to share some credit.

It's a pity that Wang Pu is not a good stubble, this guy has already sent a Tang report to Jingshi, and he also exaggerated the results of the battle five times in the Tang report, even if Liu Zeqing wants to invite credit, he only has to drink soup.

Wang Pu is a traverser, Zhen Youcai has lived outside the customs for a long time, and neither of them knows how muddy and deep the pool of water in the Ming officialdom is? They don't know that with the current Ming officialdom, it's not a good thing that the credit is too great! The two of them are still thinking hard about making more military exploits for the court and Emperor Chongzhen.

After handing over the defense of Jining to Liu Zeqing, Wang Pu led a large group of men and horses to continue to march towards the Beijing Division, and when he passed through Dongchang Mansion, he was attacked by the White Lotus thieves many times, but they were all disturbed by a small group of thieves, and they were not enough to pose a threat to Wang Pu's brigade.

There was nothing to say all the way, half a month later, the brigade finally arrived in Tongzhou, and the 3,000 Beijing battalion officers and soldiers sent by Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, had been waiting in Tongzhou for a long time, and the 3,000 Beijing battalion should have rushed to Jining to meet Wang Pu, but the leading generals were afraid of the White Lotus Sect, and they did not go forward when they reached Tongzhou.

The fleet of sailors berthed at the Tongzhou wharf.

Chang Yanling and Li Zushu are commanding two thousand brocade sweatshirts to be busy carrying goods on the wharf, so there is no need to go by water to go from Tongzhou to Beijing, and the water division led by Huang De is an army from other towns, and according to the Ming law, they cannot enter Beijing, and they must return to Nanjing after arriving in Tongzhou.

On the dock, Huang Degong was saying goodbye to Wang Puyi.

Huang Degong said: "General, this is already Tongzhou, and the Beijing camp that came to meet has also arrived, the task of the last general has been completed, and it is time to return to Nanjing to return to Shi Butang." ”

Wang Pu handed the ronin knife in his hand to Huang Degong, and said solemnly: "General Huang, this general knows that you don't love property, but please accept this ronin sword!" This is what General Ben extorted from the King of Joseon, and it can be regarded as a little intention of General Ben, if you insist on not accepting it, you will look down on General Ben. ”

"Okay." Huang Degong took the ronin sword happily and said loudly, "Then the general will accept it." ”

Wang Pu patted Huang Degong's shoulder vigorously and said in a condensed voice: "Take care!" ”

"Take care, General." Huang Degong clenched his fists and said solemnly, "The last general will leave now." ”

After Huang Degong finished speaking, he turned around and walked away.

I don't know when, Zhen Youcai came to Wang Pu's side and said in a low voice: "General, this person is a good hand whether he is leading troops or fighting." ”

Wang Puyouyou asked, "You can also see it?" ”

"I see." Zhen Youcai said, "The people of Jiangnan are weak, and the armies of the guards have no combat effectiveness at all, but the three thousand water divisions under this person can be called a tiger and wolf army!" ”

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Qianqing Palace.

When Emperor Chongzhen was reviewing the chapters, Wang Chengen, the eunuch of Bingbi, suddenly hurriedly ran in, knelt on the ground and said: "Long live Lord, here, come." ”

"Who's coming?" Emperor Chongzhen continued to focus on reviewing the music, and asked without raising his head, "Look at the music for you." ”

Wang Chengen gasped and said: "General soldier Wang, general soldier Wang Pu of Datong is here." ”

"Really?" Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard this, Huo Di stood up and asked, "Where is General Soldier Wang?" ”

Wang Chengen said in a charming voice: "I have already passed Tongzhou, and I will soon be outside the Guangqu Gate." ”

"Cheng'en, draft the decree immediately." Emperor Chongzhen said loudly, "Wang Pu and his entourage can be temporarily stationed outside the Guangqu Gate, and the garrison camp and the food and salary of the five armies are properly arranged, and there must be no mistakes." ”

Wang Chengen said happily: "The slave obeys the order. ”

Emperor Chongzhen said again: "You let people whitewash the Huangji Palace, and I will summon Wang Pu in the Huangji Palace!" ”

"Ah, the Imperial Palace!?" Wang Chengen was stunned at first, and then immediately replied in a flattering voice, "Yes, the slave obeys the order." ”

The Imperial Palace is the highest specification of the royal building in the Forbidden City, only the new emperor ascends to the pole, canonizes the queen, concubines, princes, princes or the annual New Year's Day, the winter solstice and other major festive festivals will be held here, Emperor Chongzhen usually summons foreign ministers generally only on the platform, but this time it is broken and changed in the Huangji Palace, which shows that he attaches great importance to this call.

However, Wang Chengen understands better that Emperor Chongzhen is not so much about Wang Pu's attention, but rather about the importance of the slave chief Emperor Taiji.

Since there was something in Liaodong, the Yang Empire was defeated by the small Jiannu, Emperor Chongzhen had long held back his anger in his heart, and today he finally had such an opportunity, of course he had to choose the most magnificent Huangji Hall to show Huang Taiji the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

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