As soon as Zhao Yan arrived in Shaanxi, he received a message that made him angry.

According to a leak from an official of the Shandong party in the court, Chongzhen was in contact with the envoys sent by Duoduo and had agreed to negotiate peace with the Manchus.

The condition was that the Manchus would pay tribute and swear never to invade the Guannai.

Duoduo accepted these conditions one by one, and at present the Manchu was in danger in eastern Liaodong, Zhao Yan was in the south, and the rest of the Ming army was in the west. If it is a flank attack from both sides, Liaodong can be recovered in less than half a year.

Although the official army of western Liaoning could not be compared with the Shandong army, it also won and lost each other in the battle with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it really fought hard, and this ace army of the Ming court was not much worse than the Manchu Eight Banners.

The biggest difference between the Ming army and the Qing army is that one is loose and the other is united. And the interior of the Shandong Army can only be described as sophisticated.

According to Zhao Yan's plan, after getting enough population so that economic development would not be hindered, he would wave his army to fully recover Liaodong.

On the same day, Zhao Yan thought for a moment, and then asked the staff officers to draft a letter and submit it to the Beijing Division.

The piece that Zhao Yan asked people to draft was very simple, and the content was only a few words, "If Your Majesty wants to approve the peace proposed by Jianyu, can you have the face to the people of Shandong who spilled their blood?" Can you have a face for the Han people who were exiled in Liaodong? Can you have a face to the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty? ”

…… Chongzhen has been very unhappy in the Forbidden City recently, all because of Zhao Yan.

According to the news reported from various places, Zhao Yan collected the displaced and poor people all the way to Shandong and Liaodong, and issued a document on the thieves and posted it widely in the Central Plains.

In the Central Plains alone, Zhao Yan has successively gathered millions of people. That's millions of people, and once he settles them in Tuntian, they will have more than 100,000 or 200,000 soldiers in wartime.

What's more, what makes Chongzhen feel deeply tightened is that Zhao Yan's "Daming Newspaper" has been constantly 'advocating' Zhao Yan, at least Chongzhen thinks so.

At the same time, with the pacification of the thieves in the Central Plains, Zhao Yan waved his army into Shaanxi, and for a time his reputation was like Zhongtian, and was regarded as a martial arts star by the majority of gentlemen and businessmen.

These people also made up something: 'There is a Zhao in the army, and the thief wants his life. The slogan shouted and cheered for Zhao Yan everywhere.

At the beginning of July, Chongzhen also received a secret recital from Zheng Zhilong, saying that Zhao Yan was the fourteenth grandson of Zhao Kuangmei after the royal family of the Song Dynasty.

Chongzhen was only jealous of Zhao Yan in the past, but he never thought that the situation would change drastically because of the appearance of "Daming Yuebao".

Plus Zhao Yannai is the queen of the Song Dynasty royal family. At this time, Chongzhen was already eager to get rid of Zhao Yan. Zhao Yan, whose prestige is so high, has seriously threatened the position of the Central Dynasty.

Chongzhen has already begun to plan to return the "Daming Newspaper" to the imperial court, but Chongzhen can't find a suitable way to distribute it for a while.

If the release method of the offset is used, it is far from reaching the current issuance speed.

"Your Majesty, it has been found out that the "Daming Newspaper" is passed by the 'Jimin Inn', although the Jimin Inn is called an inn, it is actually a post station, each inn is carrying a stable, and there are often urgent letters delivered between various places at an expedited speed of 800 miles. "Daming Newspaper" relied on the Jimin Inn, and after it was printed in Shandong, the newspaper was sent to the provinces, and then printed in the provinces and printed quickly. After the commander of Jinyiwei made Luo Yang's surname investigate for more than half a month, he came to report to Chongzhen, "It is also reported that Zhao Yan's private post stations in various provinces have reached the nine provinces of North Zhili, South Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi, and no seven provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Fujian. ”

"Private post station, private post station, so bold, so big." Chongzhen was furious, he had just withdrawn the post station to save finances, but Zhao Yan had opened a private post station, if he could ventilate with him, it would be okay. The problem is that Zhao Yan has never mentioned it to him at this time.

Zhao Yan's behavior once again aroused Chongzhen's suspicion.

"Your Majesty, the Jinyi guard sent to North Korea by another minister, found out that the king of North Korea has been arrested by Zhao Yan for questioning, and the Shandong army controls the entire territory of Korea, and learned from Sichuan officials that Zhao Yan had mentioned this matter after entering Sichuan, and he never denied it." Jin Yiwei commanded Luo Yang's surname to continue.

"Good, good, good, I have established myself as a king in Korea, I am really a good minister and a tiger general." Chongzhen was so angry that he trembled, and ordered Luo Yang's surname: "Continue to investigate this son's actions." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Luo Yang's surname is Nuodao.

"Intended." Chongzhen suddenly turned back to Wang Chengen and said: "Order all provinces to ban the "Daming Newspaper" and the Jimin Inn, and strictly prohibit the sale of "Daming Newspaper". ”

"Your Majesty, this ...... This ......" Wang Chengen didn't write for a long time, and said to Chongzhen cautiously: "I'm afraid this is not appropriate." ”

"What's wrong? Intended purpose. Chongzhen frowned, and said loudly to Wang Chengen, Wang Chengen had no choice but to write down Chongzhen's will one by one, and then put it aside.

"Re-draft." Chongzhen said again at this time.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen hurriedly picked up the pen again.

"Order the governors of all provinces to strictly prohibit the people from moving, and set up checkpoints on the border of Shandong's neighboring provinces to intercept the people entering Shandong." Worship said with a resolute face.

When Wang Chengen saw this will, cold sweat couldn't help but break out on his forehead. But Chongzhen is already like a king eating scales, and he is determined to use thunder to limit Zhao Yan's expansion, so he can't help sighing in his heart, writing down Chongzhen's will, and then sending it to Cao Huaol for sealing.

When Yang Sichang learned of this, he hurriedly entered the palace and asked to see Chongzhen.

"The emperor must be cautious, this time the new army of the imperial court has not been established, and you must not provoke trouble with Shandong." Yang Sichang was advised, not long after his ten-sided net plan was confirmed, the thief was suppressed by Zhao Yan, allowing him to see how terrifying Zhao Yan's strength was.

"I have made up my mind, if I let this son go unchecked, the Ming Dynasty will not exist." Chongzhen said decisively, and went directly to the Buddha's sleeve, completely ignoring Yang Sichang's opinion.

…… At the beginning of August, Zhao Yan took more than 100,000 people all the way to Xi'an, and Qin Zhiyuan converged, Zhao Yan saw along the way, the rich Guanzhong Plain experienced ten years of chaos, at this time it was dilapidated, but there are Qin Zhiyuan people on the road to open porridge sheds, but the contradictions on this land have been greatly alleviated, the local people are still more, although the thieves in Shaanxi made a lot of trouble, but the important towns have not been conquered by the thieves, the people of the Guanzhong Plain have recuperated in recent years, and the population has recovered to a certain extent.

"Since entering Shaanxi on July 11, his subordinates have appeased 13 large and small thieves such as scorpion blocks, lamp lights, and mixed stars in accordance with Gongzi's decision, collected a total of more than 400,000 displaced people, and set up porridge sheds in the Guanzhong Plain, recruiting nearly 700,000 people." Qin Zhiyuan reported to Zhao Yan, "In the Central Plains, more than 200,000 people were recruited later. ”

Zhao Yan nodded, very satisfied with the progress.

From his 800,000 people in the Central Plains, plus the subsequent more than 200,000 and 1.1 million people in Shaanxi, the westward expansion has a total of more than 2.1 million people.

In addition, the data from Sichuan have not yet been reported, but the Sichuan Basin is densely populated, and it is not a problem to recruit 500,000 or 600,000 people.

A population of two or three million is enough for Shandong to digest for a while.

"What is the reaction of officials in Shaanxi?" Zhao Yan asked.

"Since Hong Xiangjiu came out of Shaanxi, the military affairs in Shaanxi have been controlled by Sun Chuanting, and Sun Chuanting is quite supportive of immigration, but he has not cooperated much, but is fighting thieves everywhere." Qin Zhiyuan said to Zhao Yan: "As soon as our Shandong army entered Shaanxi, there were no thieves in Guanzhong, so Sun Chuanting took 30,000 soldiers and horses to the west of Gansu and Xingdu to suppress the general Li Zicheng. ”

"Sun Chuanting is very arrogant, but he is more pragmatic." Zhao Yan couldn't help but nodded, if Sun Chuanting could be as sleek as Hong Chengchou, I am afraid that he would already be on the rise.

"Nowadays, most of the recalcitrant thieves in Shaanxi have jumped into northern Shaanxi and Gansu Xingdu Division, and it is expected that there are three major shares, one is Li Zicheng, the second is Cao Yingluo Rucai, and the third is Li Ministry, in addition to these three major shares, there are hundreds of small bands." Qin Zhiyuan said.

"Ming said that I will lead the army to the north and enter to suppress the thieves in northern Shaanxi." After Zhao Yan received the news that the imperial court was negotiating peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he felt the urgency of Liaodong, but at this time he had to speed up the progress.

"Childe, the northwest is very dusty, you better go back to Shandong first! It has been nearly three months since you went west, and you still have to go back to preside over the military administration of Shandong. Qin Zhiyuan suggested to Zhao Yan, "Besides, this time we have gathered more than 2 million people, and the population matter has been resolved." ”

"It doesn't matter, the land of northern Shaanxi is the top priority of this trip, and northern Shaanxi cannot be ignored." Zhao Yan shook his head and said, seeing Qin Zhiyuan's puzzled face, he said to him: "Northern Shaanxi does not produce a single thing, and natural disasters have continued since the reform of the Yuan Dynasty, and it has become a hotbed of thieves. In this westward expansion, all the people of northern Shaanxi must be moved out of the Loess Plateau, otherwise even if the thieves are pacified, northern Shaanxi will be a poor place and not suitable for survival. ”

"My subordinates understood." After listening to Zhao Yan's words, Qin Zhiyuan understood why Zhao Yan attached so much importance to northern Shaanxi.

The land is rich in natural resources, and the world is everywhere, so why should people be trapped in barren land? That will only make people live in poverty, and it will easily breed chaos.

The reason why Shaanxi is so chaotic is because of the lack of abundant products in northern Shaanxi, and the situation that the border army in northern Shaanxi does not pay military salaries in the imperial court, and if you want to survive, you have no choice but to rob!

Therefore, it caused chaos in northern Shaanxi, and then spread to the Guanzhong Plain, which is known as the small south of the Yangtze River.

"Tell the general, the chief of staff is here." At this moment, a pro-soldier outside came to report, Zhao Yan was stunned, what did Mao Yuanyi run into Shaanxi for?

"Invite him in." Zhao Yan hurriedly said.

After a while, Mao Yuanyi hurriedly ran into Zhao Yan's camp, and Zhao Yan asked Mao Yuanyi in confusion: "Why is Zhisheng in such a hurry?" ”

"My lord, something is wrong." Mao Yuanyi gasped and said to Zhao Yan with difficulty.

Zhao Yan hurriedly took out the kettle and said to Mao Yuanyi: "Drink saliva first." ”

Mao Yuanyi took the kettle, poured two sips, and then said: "Lord, Chongzhen doesn't know what crazy he suddenly has, and he wants to ban the "Daming Newspaper" and the post stations in our provinces, and even order the governors of all provinces to strictly prohibit the movement of the people, and also want the neighboring provinces of Shandong to set up cards to intercept the people from entering Shandong. ”

"What?" Zhao Yan's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he said angrily: "What does he Zhu Youzhen want to do?" First of all, we negotiated peace with the Manchus, which would ban our newspapers and post stations, so as to better intercept the people from Shandong. ”

"My lord, in the past few months, your reputation has risen like the sky, and Emperor Chongzhen is jealous. Moreover, the Military Intelligence Bureau inquired about the news from the palace, and Emperor Chongzhen seemed to have understood that you were the royal family of the Song Dynasty, and knew that you had arrested the king of Joseon for questioning. This time, Emperor Chongzhen will definitely think that the lord intends to establish himself as king in Korea. Mao Yuanyi analyzed Zhao Yan.

"The tiger is not powerful, he treats us as sick cats." Zhao Yan suddenly laughed.

"How is the lord going to deal with it?" Mao Yuanyi asked Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan said decisively: "If you don't explode in silence, you can only perish in silence." Since Zhu Youzhen relied on him to be the emperor and do whatever he wanted, it was time for us to let him sober up, and immediately draft the "Qingjun Side Notice" and publish it to the world, not to say that Shandong sent troops to the Qingjun side. ”

Mao Yuanyi's expression was complicated, but he still nodded and didn't say anything more.

Chongzhen now dares to jump out to find trouble, all he relies on is his imperial throne, if he wants to eliminate the follow-up troubles in this regard, the only way is military persecution, otherwise he will be rushed in.

"The matter in northern Shaanxi will be put aside for the time being, that is, it will be said to return to Denglai." Zhao Yan said resolutely, decisively giving up the action of Shaanxi.

As long as Chongzhen's backbone is discounted, it will not be too late to say anything about Shaanxi.

As soon as Zhao Yan made a decision, the entire staff department suddenly became busy.

"A letter to Lu Xiangsheng and Zhu Dadian, explaining the incident and understanding it."

"A letter to Shao Jiechun, the governor of Sichuan, and then send 10,000 taels of silver, so that he can watch from the wall."

"Order You Xuefeng to be stationed in Sichuan and continue to operate the immigration business."

"Order martial law in Yingzhou and Handan to strictly prevent internal rebellion."

Zhao Yan's orders were issued one by one, and the General Staff began to carry them out urgently, and in just half a day, Zhao Yan's orders were executed.

Then Zhao Yan counted the men and horses and returned to Denglai.

Zhao Yan returned to Denglai and divided into two routes, Zhao Yan led 8,000 cavalry first, Qin Zhiyuan commanded Han Sheng's fourth battalion, and Yingzhou 30,000 Xiangyong followed up to Shandong.

Zhao Yan traveled all the way, and in only ten days, he had returned to Zhaojiabao. Zhao Quan said to Zhao Yan: "Childe, can we postpone it until next year to go to the Qingjun side, if we fight with the imperial court this time, it will be a war on the third front, and if it is not good, it will affect the war in Liaodong." ”

This is Zhao Quan's consideration of troops and logistics, although he is very supportive of Zhao Yan's decision, but after all, it is a three-line operation, and the troops are very scattered.

"It's okay, this time, on the side of the Qing monarch, you can mobilize two cavalry battalions, an infantry battalion and 30,000 village warriors, and you can solve the battle within a month." Since Zhao Yan played the banner of the Qing monarch's side, he was confident that he would win this war.

Zhaojiabao soon entered a state of war, and orders were constantly issued from Zhaojiabao.

First of all, he ordered all parts of Shandong, as well as Yingzhou and Handan, to impose martial law, and at the same time, Zhao Yan sent several confidants to Yingzhou and Handan to prevent internal problems.

At the same time, Zhao Yan released the news that the imperial court was going to negotiate peace with the Qing army.

Besides, Zhao Yan asked people to send the letter. If you want to clear the monarch's side this time, someone must support you, and he wrote letters to Lu Xiangsheng and Zhu Dadian just to get the support of the two of them, or let them remain neutral.

In the letter to the two, the words were more clear, and Zhao Yan assured the two of them that he would only send troops to the side of the Qing monarch in Beijing, and would not stay in Beijing, and would never coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

The attitude of the two of them, Zhao Yan is not very sure. But even if they oppose it, it's just a little troublesome, and it doesn't affect the overall situation.

Although the soldiers and horses in the hands of the two of them are elite, a large number of officers in the army are from Zhao Yan.

The letter to Shao Jiechun, the governor of Sichuan, was to keep him neutral as much as possible, so as not to spoil the immigration plan, and also sent 10,000 taels of silver. Shao Jiechun is more greedy for money, he wants to do what he likes, and then he just remains neutral, and Chongzhen will not settle the account on him.

Under the banner of Zhao Yan playing the side of Qingjun, I believe that this person will watch from the side, and Zhao Yan takes the initiative to contact him, Shao Jiechun will naturally not give up the goodwill handed out by Zhao Yan, after all, this is a political back road, and in the case of not knowing who wins and who loses, it is best to put chips on both sides. Just like when Cao Ying and Yuan Shao were fighting, Cao Ying's advisors wrote to Yuan Shao to leave a way back for themselves.

The news that the imperial court was going to negotiate peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty was publicized by the Propaganda Department, which immediately aroused the anger of the people in the three eastern mansions where Zhao Yan had the most stable foundation.

Their soldiers fought a bloody battle with Jianlu in Liaodong, but the court wanted to negotiate peace, how could the people not be angry?

This anger gradually spread to the whole territory of Shandong.

At this time, Zhao Yan asked people to post the drafted "Qingjun's Side Notice".

"Tell the gentry and the people of the world, I Zhao Yan abandoned the pen for six years, practiced the courage of the township, the national shame and family feud dare not forget, three years of courage, nine years of swearing to die to the king, live up to the expectations of the gentlemen and the people of the world, defeated the 50,000 army in Changping, ten years Shandong soldiers have not received the imperial court food and half of the mistletoe, blood spilled Liaodong, recovered nearly half of the lost land of the Dongjiang River, Jianyu's vitality was greatly injured, if the division is cut down, it will be able to recover the entire territory of Liaodong. However, now the imperial court wants to negotiate peace with Jianyu, and where is the soul of the fallen soldiers in Shandong and so on?

Shandong's "Daming Newspaper" is to create a newspaper, which is for the people's intention to reach the heavens, and the king's meaning can be heard to the gentry of the world, but the court wants to ban it today, why?

Since the abolition of the post station, the transmission of letters has been slow, delaying the warplane, and the gentry of Wushan Province have seen this situation, and they have opened the 'Jimin Inn' in the provinces at their own expense, but now the imperial court wants to ban the 'Jimin Inn', what is the reason?

I went west to suppress the thieves this time, and I saw that the people everywhere were hungry and cold, so that there was no land to cultivate, and natural disasters and pests were raging in the township, so as to create the scourge of thieves. If you think about it, the best policy is to migrate to other places where natural disasters are rare, and give them something to cultivate. The changes in natural disasters in eastern Liaodong are not as frequent as those in the northwest, and they are the best choice. Therefore, I want to immigrate to Liaodong Tunken, but I want to enter the imperial court and forbid the people to enter Lu, and I want to call out for thieves?

The affairs of the imperial court are not discussed by us, but this time the imperial court is a mistake, a loss of morality, a loss of wisdom, a desire to cultivate with the captives, the capital of the thieves to grow, and the people to be hungry and cold. We should rise up and stop it, and the saints are mediocre, all because of the villain's demagogy. Here, the Shandong soldiers are now on the side of the cavalry Qingjun, and they are still in the sky......"

(To be continued)