"Yue Qing, the matter of King Fu is so decided. Next, let's talk about those generals. To tell the truth, the court is also benevolent to them, and there is nothing that can't be said about it. ”

What the Empress Dowager said was that the court's grace to these generals made them feel very sad. What the minister was worried about at the beginning was actually the safety of these generals in Beijing, as if this time, Luo Yang had no intention to capture them, once these people had a good idea, the news would reach the former enemy, and it would cause a great change, and it would be out of control. Yue Su said solemnly.

"The key is that the mourning family also understands, but I didn't expect that Luo Yang would be so bold. The Qing family can rest assured that there will never be anything like this in the future. Zhang Yan also said in an affirmative tone.

Yes, Lord Yue directly gave Luo Yang xìng to the guillotine, and asked the officials in Beijing, who dared to make a mistake.

"The emperor, the queen mother, things have happened, although there is no danger, but it will definitely spread to the former enemy, and it will somewhat shake the minds of those generals who fought with Weichen. So the minister wondered if he should give them another reassuring pill. Yue Su suggested.

"What the Qing family said also makes sense, but I don't know what the Qing family plans to do?" Zhang Yan asked.

"The minister thought that the court would at least comfort them and give them some rewards, which could be regarded as shocking them. Then, in terms of will, it was stated that what they had done in the past, what they had robbed, and who they had killed, were all not to blame in the past, and no one was allowed to mention it again, let alone take this life again. Yue Su said.

"It doesn't matter, it's as it should be. In the original will given to them, they have already said that they are not to blame in the past, and now that such a thing has happened, the emperor can completely issue an order to reiterate this matter. It can be regarded as a reassuring pill for these generals, and the Qing family can also have no worries and lead the army to clear the rogues with confidence. Zhang Yan said with a smile.

"In this way, thank you to the emperor and the queen mother on behalf of them." Yue Su bowed and said.

Next, the queen mother issued an order according to Yue Su's intentions, rewarded these captured rogues, each of them 1,000 taels of silver, which was counted as a shock, Zhang Dali, who was beaten, was rewarded with a hundred acres of land, and asked the imperial doctor to treat his injuries.

There is not much silver, but it is also heartwarming, for these generals, having the emperor and Lord Yue stand up for them and ensure that they are rich and prosperous for a lifetime can also make them satisfied. As for rebelling again, they never thought about it, after all, after having glory and wealth, who would be willing to do those risky things again.

For example, Zhang Xianzhong, after escaping, has been observing the movements of the command envoy, and later found that Yue Su arrived, Luo Yangxìng's head was hung on the flagpole outside the command envoy, Zhang Xianzhong directly told the three righteous sons, it's okay, let's go back to the house and continue to live a peaceful life.

After all, he is the governor of the left capital of Yipin, and his family wealth is innumerable, and now he is rebelling, and he is not sure about doing it against Lord Yue, since it is all right, then he will continue to be the governor of Taiping.

Luo Yang xìng was directly killed by Yue Su, even if Zhu Dadian committed suicide, he was also shown to the public, such a big thing shocked the Jingshi, and for a while, in Beijing, the topic of conversation was this. The people of Yue Su's lineage are naturally proud, and to put it mildly, the current Yue Party officials are out of the mén, and they all feel that they are a head higher than other officials, even if they are of a slightly lower grade, when they meet someone with a higher official position than themselves, they can also suppress the other party in terms of momentum. Who told us to follow Yue-sama?

The three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang, headed by Qi Shijiao, are silent about this matter and adhere to the style of self-preservation. The big guys do things for the court together, and your Yue Su's style is that people don't offend you, you don't offend, then let's make money in harmony. …,

The arrogance of the Donglin Party has been completely defeated, with Luo Yang and Zhu Dadian as examples, many people have been discouraged, and they are afraid of Yue Su like a tiger, in their mouths, Yue Su is even more ruthless than Wei Zhongxian. At least, when Gonggong Wei kills people, he still has to be overbearing, and Lord Yue doesn't even need to ask for a holy decree, just cut it down. Who wants to play with you?

Compared with these low-level officials, Han Yi was calm, and the old guy only said one sentence, "Yue Su suppressed the momentum of the royal family and gave himself prestige, now that the emperor is small, the queen mother is counting on him to suppress bandits, so he will be allowed." Let's endure this breath now, and when the battle is over and the royal family doesn't need him, his qi will arrive. Remember a sentence, people are not good for a thousand days, and there is no red for a hundred days. ”

Besides, Zhang Yan, after Yue Su left the imperial study and left the palace, she returned to Cining Palace.

Zou Yi was still waiting in the hall, and when he saw the Queen Mother entering Mén, he tried his best to get up and give a salute, but Zhang Yan waved his hand to him, signaling that he didn't have to get up. When Zhang Yan returned to his position and sat down, he looked at Zou Yi and said, "Zou Qing, Yue Qing just came to ask the emperor for his guilt, saying that he had no intention of returning to Beijing, and that he had killed Luo Yang without permission. He is the second assistant of the dynasty, the minister of Tuogu, and the three bronze guillotines given by the first emperor, it is normal to return to Beijing, and it seems that it is not impossible to cut first and then play. He also wanted to persuade the mourning family to let King Fu move out of the fiefdom, but the mourning family gave it a no, but the mourning family took out a will here to appease those generals. From all these things that Yue Su has done, what do you think of him? ”

"The old slave is sure of his loyalty to Lord Yue, and it can even be seen that he is bent on reviving the Ming Dynasty and doing something that Zhang Ge didn't dare to do at the beginning. The old slave was already a young eunuch in the Shenzong Dynasty, and he had seen Zhang Ge Lao a few times, and now when he looked at Lord Yue, he always felt that he had a little bit of Zhang Ge Lao's shadow on him. Zou Yi's evaluation of Yue Su was actually very simple, affirming his loyalty.

"Yue Qing's loyalty, the mourning family also believes it, but this time, in order to establish his authority, he directly slapped Luo Yang and slapped the royal family's face, which is really a bit too ......much."

"Queen Mother, in fact, the old slave thinks that Lord Yue has done the right thing in this matter." Zou Yi said.

"Huh? Why did Zou Qing say that? Zhang Yan said puzzled.

"Everyone knows that Luo Yangxìng is not very bold, and he does something to blackmail people for money on weekdays. To tell the truth, the old slave believed that if this matter was to support Luo Yang behind his back, and borrow his two guts, he would not dare to go against Yue Su. Zou Yi said slowly.

"Yes......" Zhang Yan immediately reacted and said, "The mourning family has the confession that Yue Su just submitted, and the Qing family will take a look first." ”

Yue Su's confession just went to Jiāo, and she stayed with Zhang Yan, and she asked someone to take it and show it to Zou Yi. Zou Yi finally finished reading it and said, "The Queen Mother...... Zhu Dadian is just a small six-product experience, just such a sesame official, Luo Yang Xìng would be stupid enough to believe his words and go against Yue Su? It's ridiculous. It can be seen that this Zhu Dadian is a chess piece, and his death is also to protect the person behind him, and Luo Yang xìng dares to cooperate because he values the person behind him. ”

"Listening to Zou Qing's words, do you know the mastermind behind Zhu Dadian?"

"Not only the old slave knows, but also Lord Yue who wants to come to him. The person behind it must be the current Shoufu Han Yi, although Yue Su does not tolerate sand in his eyes, but Han Yi is the Shoufu after all, and he can't move without real evidence, so he can only stop. Zou Yi said indifferently.

If these words were to be changed to usual, Zou Yi must be pretending to be confused. But now, a man is good at his words, and for a man who is about to die, he dares to say anything. Therefore, the current Zou Yi no longer hides anything in front of Zhang Yan, and has one thing to say. …,

"Han Yi......" Zhang Yan nodded, she didn't think of this layer before, but after Zou Yi, she was immediately determined. Immediately after, Zhang Yan fell into silence, only to the culprit, if she wanted to kill Han Yi, it was actually easy to do. Yue Su is powerful, Han Yi is just a clay man in the cabinet, as long as there is a will, Han Yi doesn't even dare to fart, so he has to immediately collect the cover and roll home. However, Zhang Yan had no intention of driving Han Yi away. Let Yue Su's family be dominant, and there is not even an opponent in the imperial court, it is not interesting. Leaving a person who dares to secretly talk to Yue Su is also a good thing for the imperial court.

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Yan finally spoke, and her voice was very emotional, "Zou Qing...... With you, no matter what happens to the court, the mourning family feels confident in their hearts, and they don't worry about anything, when they commissioned you to be the eunuch of the palm print, the mourning family really didn't choose the wrong person......"

"Thank you Queen Mother for the compliment...... But the old slave really can't do it, although he has the heart to serve the queen mother and the emperor again, but the old slave's body and bones, I'm afraid it won't last a few days......" Zou Yi said, and couldn't help but feel sad.

"Alas......" Zhang Yan sighed, "As soon as the Qing family leaves, who do you want to discuss with the mourning family...... Zou Qing...... The mourning family suddenly wants to ask you something......"

"What's the matter...... Although the Queen Mother commanded...... In the lifetime of the old slave, I must go all out......"

"Qing family...... The mourners want to ask you, if you leave, who will take your errand......"

Great honor. To tell the truth, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the position of the eunuch in charge of the seal has not been said, and there has been a matter of consulting with the predecessor and asking him to sponsor him. Moreover, this job is not easy to do, and there are countless people who have died in this position. But even so, this errand is the ultimate ideal of all eunuchs.

"Queen Mother, to put it mildly, the old slave was able to do this errand back then, thanks to the Queen Mother, if it is in normal order, it should be Gonggong Liu's. The Queen Mother may have given this position to the old slave because she didn't want to give him this position for some reason. Such words were not dared to be said before, but now it is not long in the past, and the old slave dares to say anything......" A smile appeared on Zou Yi's face.

"Hehehehe......" Zhang Yan also smiled and said: "The mourning family always appreciates honest people, and you can say this in front of the mourning family now, which shows that you are also a sincere person." As you say, it does. Now that the Qing family even dares to say this, it shouldn't be difficult to recommend a suitable candidate for the mourning family......

"In terms of the selection of eunuchs in charge of the seal, there are also rules in the palace, and it is necessary to discuss seniority. At the beginning, the queen mother chose the old slave to replace Wei Zhongxian, not because of the old slave's qualifications. The old slave is about to die, and the candidates who can replace the old slave are none other than Liu Gonggong and Cao Huachun of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. These two people have been up and down in the palace for many years, no matter who will replace the old slave, it is okay. It's just that the Queen Mother hopes to choose someone who has both ability, sufficient qualifications, and has nothing to do with foreign ministers, so it will inevitably be a little more difficult. If the old slave can last for a few years, the queen mother will not be concerned about this, and Zhao Zhi, who serves the emperor, can take over, but now that the emperor is young, Zhao Zhi's qualifications are still one layer behind, and if he takes over now, it will hurt him. The old slave once thought about who would take over after the old slave left, and finally thought that it was most appropriate for Liu Mingguo to take over as the eunuch of the palm seal. As for the East Factory, Cao Huachun could take over and take over the post of Liu Mingguo's ceremonial supervisor and eunuch Bingbi. The original position of the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse eunuch can be filled in turn, and Zhao Zhi was promoted to the first eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor to lay the foundation for the future. Zou Yi said what he thought in his heart, and due to his lack of strength, it took him a long time to say so many words.

For the candidate to succeed Zou Yi, Zhang Yan has always been difficult to choose, Liu Mingguo and Cao Huachun are suitable candidates, originally Zhang Yan was more inclined to Cao Huachun, but in the matter of King Fu moving away from the fiefdom, Zhang Yan had some changes in Liu Mingguo, so that he could not choose in his heart. As for the eunuch Zhao Zhi who served the little emperor, that is a matter of the future, now Zhao Zhi's qualifications are not enough, and in terms of experience, he is much less than those people, and the court is eventful. …,

Zou Yi's suggestion can be regarded as the most secure, let Liu Mingguo and Cao Huachun restrain each other, and do things for the royal family together, both internally and externally, which is not bad. Zhang Yan nodded and said, "The Qing family is very good. ”

Later, Zhang Yan chatted with Zou Yi a few more words, and saw that Zou Yi really didn't have any jīng gods, so he let him go home.

After Lord Yue left the palace, he had to appease the generals, stayed in Beijing for two days, and hurried back to Luoyang. The imperial court used it to appease the will of the generals in the capital, and Yue Su also brought it here, which can be regarded as another reassuring pill for these generals who were with him.

King Fu's matter can be postponed, so postpone it, anyway, Lord Yue won't be in a hurry about such a thing. The army was about to start, and before leaving, Yue Su summoned a group of people, all of whom were surrendered under Zhang Xianzhong, and they were all from Sichuan.

Yue Su arranged separate tasks for each of them, and some were responsible for sending letters to the generals of Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates in Sichuan, which was written by Zhang Xianzhong when he surrendered, persuading his generals to submit to the imperial court, not to follow Li Zicheng to rebel again, and to act as an internal response to the officials and soldiers in Sichuan.

In addition to arranging for people to send letters, the remaining people sent were responsible for spreading the news in the middle of the river, telling the imperial court's pacification policy to the Liukou in the middle of the river, as long as they were willing to surrender, everyone had land and silver, and if they wanted to be soldiers, the court would also accept it. But all the generals who lead the people to surrender will be rewarded by leapfrogging, and whoever can capture Li Zicheng will be named an earl by the imperial court.

By the way, it is also necessary to publicize the strength of the official army, with millions of soldiers and thousands of generals, if you do not surrender as soon as possible, you will be told to die and have no place to be buried.

These men were ordered to leave, and three days later, Yuesu's army marched on land and water to Sichuan. When he left Luoyang, he didn't leave a single soldier or horse, and the troops stationed in Luoyang under the command of Wang Tan and the Li brothers all followed into Sichuan.

On the other side of the waterway, in addition to the soldiers and horses that Máo saw, Yue Su allocated 20,000 soldiers and horses to Jin Chan to walk the Tuojiang River with Máo, but told him not to rush to fight, and to move when he saw the opportunity.

Yue Su's main army of 500,000, known as one million, entered Hanzhong from Xiangyang, joined forces with Sima Qiaoyu, Zuo Liang Yù, Qin Liang Yù, and Cao Bianjiao, and went to Chengdu to kill.

If you want to get to Chengdu, Mianzhuguan is the only way to go, over the years, here after countless baptisms of war, although the city wall is damaged in some places, but it is generally unhindered. Li Zicheng attached great importance to Mianzhu Pass, and sent his generals Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang to lead an army of 80,000 to sit here, and issued a death order that the officers and soldiers must not be allowed to cross Mianzhu Pass.

Li Zicheng has destroyed the city in the past two years, and he has also grabbed a lot of cannons in his hands, and he has put almost all his family resources in Mianzhu Pass, and hundreds of mén cannons have been placed on the pass, and he has to fight against the officials and soldiers.

In terms of the official army, Sima Qiaoyu and Cao Bianjiao are the front, and they commanded 50,000 troops to walk in the front, and on this day, they came to Mianzhu Pass. Because they also had powerful artillery in their hands, it was decided to build the first merit.

The cannons were put up, but before they could bombard the city, the city's artillery opened fire first. Normally, the artillery of the official army is all foreign goods, and the sè cheng is farther than the domestic goods, but the artillery on the close is condescending, which can completely make up for the gap in the sè cheng. was caught off guard by the city, and a lot of cannons were blown up at once, not only that, Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang were also very strong, with the impact of artillery, the two then went out of the city, and fought the official army with an unstable foothold.

Fortunately, Sima Qiaoyu managed the army well, Cao Bianjiao has always been brave, and under their command, although the official army was defeated, it withstood the surprise attack of the rogues and did not cause too many casualties. After a day of fighting, Liukou returned victorious, and the officers and soldiers had no choice but to retreat fifteen miles back and set up camp.

Yue Su soon got the news that the first battle was unfavorable, which was a blow to morale, and what was even worse was that Liukou also began to use artillery to defend the city, so it was obviously much more difficult to capture Mianzhu Pass as soon as possible. …,

It will be a war of attrition, but if it is won, the rogue will naturally collapse. It doesn't matter if you have artillery, I have more artillery, Lord Yue has brought a total of nearly 500 mén artillery, and there are countless shells, let's not do it, let's have a confrontation and see who lasts. Ben Shuai is an enemy of one country and one domain, is he still afraid of you.

Five days later, the army reached the front enemy. Yue Su ordered Gao Jianbu to charge, and the artillery could be put in a position behind. How dare Gao Jian disobey and lead the army to attack the city, as a rogue, their siege itself is not a strong point, and they are beaten by the army in the city who cry for their father and mother. Fortunately, it didn't take long for Yue Su to call Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, and Gao Jian was relieved and urgently ordered his subordinates to retreat.

Immediately after, the artillery of the officers and soldiers began to fire, and there was a series of loud noises, and one shell after another smashed towards the city. The rogues in the city did not show weakness and fired back.

The city and the city will naturally take advantage of the bombardment, at least there will be a city wall blocker, and the cannonballs will not necessarily cause casualties. The city suffers a lot, and if the cannonballs come, they can kill several if they don't do it, and there are many people in Yuesu, of course they don't care, but they are afraid that their own cannons will be smashed by the cannonballs in the city.

Suo xìng, the rogue is the rogue after all, those gunners have not undergone any formal training, the head of the quasi, the lack is very large, and the quality of the domestic run, it is really flattering, the two sides bombed each other for an hour, the rogue in the city was not much killed, but there were three mén artillery explosions, resulting in a lot of losses.

As the battle continued, the gap between the domestic artillery and the foreign artillery also appeared, and the domestic artillery ran ten cannons, and the cannon body was extremely hot, and it needed to be cooled before it could be fired. Foreign artillery is obviously more durable, and it is okay to fire five or six more cannons.

There were 200 mén guns under the city, and each mén fired five more guns, which added up to thousands of guns. Just being beaten made the city cry bitterly. Entering the cooldown time, Yue Su ordered to push out the well fence and arrow tower, and He Yilong and Wang Yiyong led the right army to launch a charge.

Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang led part of the army to desperately defend the city and fought for half an hour, the artillery cooled, Yue Su shouted Mingjin to retreat, and the artillery continued to fire. The artillery in the city also cooled down, and the shells were added to continue the bombardment.

An artillery bombardment lasted more than an hour, and in the end, it was the artillery of the officers and soldiers who had the upper hand. This time, the rogue in the city learned to be obedient, and in order to maintain a lasting xìng, the artillery took turns to fire.

The number of cannonballs under the city has decreased, and Yue Su naturally sees the clue, if you can do this, the city can also do this, and call your own gunners to take turns to send sè. Either way, keep the firepower twice as yours.

Cannonballs flew above and below the city, from daytime to dusk, Yuesu had many people and shells, where he was afraid of attrition, and ordered half of the soldiers and horses to rest at night, and the other half continued to bombard. and ordered another hundred mén artillery to come up and put pressure on the city.

After only four days of such a day and night bombardment, the artillery in the city could no longer support it, more and more guns were blown up, and the supply of shells was not available. Compared with them, the artillery fire under the city has increased unabated, and Yue Su has already pushed 400 mén artillery under the city, and the non-stop shelling has made the city only passively beaten, and there is no way to fight back.

At this time, Yue Su did not seem to be in a hurry to attack the city, and only ordered the soldiers below to be on guard to prevent the enemy from going out of the city to raid. The artillery continued to fire in turns, shocking the city.

In the past few days, the rogues in the city have been bombarded to the ground, and the bricks and tiles at the battlements are flying everywhere, and if they don't do it, they can kill two of them. On this day, Yue Su thought that the opportunity was coming, and immediately ordered Sima Qiaoyu to be the front and lead the army to launch a general attack, accompanied by Liu Xiyao and Hui Dengxiang's left army.

The officers and troops rushed to Mianzhu Pass like cáo water, Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang made their subordinates resist desperately, how could Liukou have been bombarded by artillery fire these days and their fighting spirit has been completely wiped out, and the siege equipment under the city is very complete. Well railings, arrow towers, rushing cars, artillery, cooperate with the soldiers to rob the city, and the officers and soldiers are all clearly clothed and armored, and the shields they hold are also particularly thick, and the rogue in the city is helpless at all.

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