It was late at night, but Chongzhen still had a lot of twists and turns that could not be dealt with, and today, he had not left the imperial case for a whole day.

"Your Majesty, it's not early, let's rest early!" Wang Chengen reminded in a whisper on the side.

Chongzhen raised his head and asked, "Wang Chengen, when is it?" ”

"It's three quarters old, and it's about to be decided."

"It's so late, time flies." Chongzhen shook his head, "But there are still so many twists and turns that haven't been dealt with, Wang Chengen, you come and read the song to me." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen came over, Chongzhen leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes. Wang Chengen beckoned, and a delicate palace maid came up with her head down, stood behind Chongzhen and began to rub her shoulders and neck for him.

Although Chongzhen was already very tired, he did not go to rest, nor did he completely hand over the recital to Wang Chengen to review the draft for him. For this closest eunuch minister, Chongzhen is not completely at ease. He knew that many powerful eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, such as Wei Zhongxian, Liu Jin and others, took advantage of the emperor's ignorance of government affairs, and then took the opportunity to steal the power of the court and the central government, which brought disaster to the world.

He often suspected that his ministers and ministers were secretly colluding, and would keep him in the dark, just like Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng in Wanli colluded and finally controlled the government. So at this time, although he was very tired, he still leaned here, let Wang Chengen recite the recital, and then he gave the approval and processing opinions, and let Wang Chengen approve the red on his behalf.

"Your Majesty! Admiral Cao asked to see him. ”

Chongzhen frowned, this year Cao Huachun has been sparse, begging for leave to return to his hometown. For the old man in the palace of the king of Xin, Chongzhen was quite trusted, when Cao Huachun was expelled from Beijing by Wei Zhongxian and sent to Nanjing to be punished, as soon as Chongzhen took the throne, he immediately recalled him and entrusted him with an important task, and then eradicated Wei Zhongxian, and also handed over to Cao Huachun to be responsible for rehabilitating the unjust case. Now he is also responsible for the military affairs of the East Factory and the Beijing Camp.

One Cao Huachun is outside, and the other is Wang Chengen, who are Chongzhen's two most trusted ministers, but Cao Huachun is always thinking about returning to his hometown to retire.

"Did you say what it was?"

"Admiral Cao said that there is an emergency report from Jiangbei, saying that the official army has won a big victory in Jiangbei and has annihilated the five thieves of the left revolution!"

The palace locks the palace door every night as usual, but in case of emergency military secrets and important reports, it will still be sent to the palace at any time. The military department of the Ming Dynasty set up Titang officers in each province, who were specifically responsible for the military intelligence of each province, and set up Tangma in each prefecture and county to be responsible for investigating and transmitting military information. These military information are called Tang Bao.

Hearing about the victory in Jiangbei, Chongzhen opened his eyes suddenly, and his eyes flashed with excitement.

"Summons Admiral Cao immediately."

Cao Huachun quickly came in, and as soon as he progressed, he immediately knelt down and said in a sharp voice, "Slave Cao Huachun to meet Long Live Lord!" ”

Chongzhen strode forward and helped him up, "Cao Daban, hurry up." I heard about the victory in Jiangbei, what is the situation, did the five thieves of Ge Zuo take it? ”

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor. Jiangbei has won a victory, the five thieves of the left have been awarded, and the five battalions of bandits have been annihilated and captured! Exultation! ”

For a moment, Chongzhen didn't say a word. He was completely shocked by the news, so surprised that he couldn't believe it.

"So fast." Come back to your senses. Chongzhen exhaled a long breath, "What's going on with the specific bandits?" ”

"Back to the emperor, Tang Bao presented, it was the five battalions of the left to break through and flee eastward, Zhennan Hou found it in time, decisively led the troops to pursue and intercept, the two sides launched a fierce battle on the side of the Ye River in the west of Shecheng County, Luzhou Prefecture, the two sides fought for a day, Zhennan Hou led his troops to defeat the bandits, won a complete victory, captured and beheaded five thieves, more than 3,000 thieves and bandits, and captured more than 60,000 prisoners!"

Wang Chengen exclaimed on the side, "What a Zhennanhou, the first battle was successful, and the Central Plains bandits were pacified!" ”

"Liu Jun really lived up to my expectations." Chongzhen, who calmed down, said slowly, "The first battle is successful, the first battle is successful!" ”

After being silent for a while, Chongzhen took a cup of tea from a palace maid, took two sips, and put it aside. Although he tried his best to be calm on the surface, he was already excited in his heart. Gao Yingxiang was captured in ten years, Li Zicheng was defeated in Tongguan in eleven years, Zhang Xianzhong was captured this year, Luo Rucai was defeated and a large number of bandit leaders such as Ma Jinzhong and Liu Guoneng were recruited, and more than ten bandit leaders such as the Ten Anti-Kings were captured and killed, and now even the last large group of bandits has been annihilated by the Fifth Battalion of the Left Left.

Since the apocalypse, the more troublesome and more powerful, once swept the Central Plains, and even captured the bandits of Fengyang, the central capital, was finally exterminated.

Since his accession to the throne, this bandit has been a nightmare in his heart. In the days when bandits were most rampant, he was even frightened overnight, and he never even slept peacefully, and often dreamed that bandits attacked cities and counties, sweeping his world like locusts.

"Bring me wine, I want a drink."

Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun were both greatly surprised, the emperor rarely drank alcohol, only once during the last victory in eastern Sichuan.

"Yes, go and get the wine, get the best wine." Wang Chengen hurriedly said to the palace.

When the imperial wine was brought up, Chongzhen picked up the full wine glass and drank it all, and then drank several glasses in a row.

"Hahaha, I'm in a good mood today, you don't need to persuade me, come, accompany me to have a few more drinks. I am most happy today since I ascended the throne. ”

Chongzhen raised his glass again and again, and finally drunk the palace people helped him back to the dormitory.

The next day, Chongzhen slept until mid-afternoon, which was a rare situation in the emperor's career for him. After washing, Chongzhen was in good spirits, and said to the palace man next to him with a smile, "I missed the early dynasty today, but don't worry, if you miss it, you will be wrong." ”

"Summoning all the cabinet ministers to the palace for discussion."

While waiting for the cabinet minister to enter the palace, Chongzhen began to review the folds again.

However, he picked it up and opened the first fold, and after only a few lines, he became angry.

In this recital, Lu Jiude, the director of Fengyang, played this trick, impeaching Liu Jun for stealing merit and ignoring the fact that he had already surrendered the 5th Battalion of the Left Battalion, slaughtering and killing the leader of the 5th Battalion of the Left Battalion and thousands of bandits who had surrendered, and also taking the rest of the bandits who had already laid down their arms and surrendered to their own battalion, falsely claiming a great victory, and taking the lead of the army, and so on.

Chongzhen was very annoyed.

His good mood was gone, and he believed in Liu Jun in his heart, but the suspicion of the minister in his heart made him doubt Liu Jun again.

After a while, he calmed down his excitement and began to continue watching the rest of the music.

The second letter is an excerpt from Hubei director Wang Kun, but the content of it is completely opposite to Lu Jiude's, Wang Kun reported that Liu Jun led the Hubei army into Huai, but Lu Jiude asked Liu Jun for a bribe, but Liu Jun did not give it. Lu Jiude was in a dilemma everywhere, and even ignored the plan of encirclement and suppression in the north and south that had been arranged by the governor Mei Zhihuan and the governor Li Changgeng before, and even wanted to obtain the command of the southern army.

After being opposed by his two governors and the supervising army and the superintendents, Lu Jiude forcibly divided the Southern Route Army into the east and west, and actually seized the command of the Eastern Route Army.

After that, when the Chu army led by Liu Jun not only cleared out the bandits on the west road, but also searched and arrested the bandits and spies, and encircled and suppressed the outlying strongholds, it caused great pressure on the bandits of Gezuo. In order to escape from the encirclement, the bandits secretly bribed Lu Jiude and gave 200,000 taels of silver.

After Lu Jiude received the gift, he immediately withdrew the soldiers and horses that had been arranged to intercept in the east of Shucheng and Tongcheng and concentrated them in Luzhen Pass, and let go of a big opening. If it weren't for the timely discovery of the Chu army's exploration of horses, and immediately and decisively pursued and intercepted, desperately fighting bloody battles, the bandits would have escaped from the encirclement and killed Huaiyang, and even Jiangnan.

There are many twists and turns in the back, including the Hubei Governor and Eunuch Lu Weining, and the Hubei Governor Qu Shiyun, as well as the Governor Mei Zhihuan, the Governor Li Changgeng, and even the Jiangbei Governor Shi Kefa.

In these twists and turns, these governors and ministers unanimously impeached Lu Jiude for accepting bribes from thieves, and then opened the net, collaborated with the enemy, and later falsely accused Liu Jun, especially Mei Zhihuan, with a lot of evidence. Lu Jiude not only collaborated with the enemy to accept bribes, but also embezzled and solicited bribes when he was guarding Fengyang, and the property copied from his home amounted to more than 700,000 yuan, plus the property found in Luzhou Mansion and Anqing Mansion, adding up to a total value of one million taels.

The evidence is conclusive, and the evidence is overwhelming.

Chongzhen's palms were red, but he rummaged through all the twists and turns, but he didn't see Liu Jun's twists and turns. In the face of Lu Jiude's frame-up, Liu Jun remained silent, and did not even defend himself.

The cabinet scholars arrived, Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun also accompanied them, and Liu Qiao, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who came by edict.

Chongzhen threw a pile of folds in front of them.

"You all know about Lu Jiude, right?"

Shoufu Xue Guoguan nodded, before these folds were sent to the palace, they had already gone through them in the cabinet, of course they knew very well.

"Liu Qiao, you personally go to Jiangbei and escort Lu Jiude to Beijing."

"Mr. Yao, you go out of Beijing to Jiangbei on behalf of me, and personally welcome the second governor of Mei Li and the Marquis of Zhennan to enter Beijing on behalf of me."

Everyone was shocked, and the emperor sent a cabinet scholar to greet Mei, Li and Liu, and this honor was too heavy.

"Your Majesty, what to do with the more than 60,000 captives?" Xue Guoguan asked.

"Didn't Mei Zhihuan request to be placed in Tuntian, Huaixi, Eastern Hubei Province, and I heard that Zhu Dadian and Liu Jun also agreed to this disposal decision, since this is the case, then it will be allowed to be played, and the second governor of Hubei and Jiangbei will be specifically resettled."

Xue Guoguan said again, "The minister has a matter, I don't know whether to mention it." ”

"Say!" Chongzhen looked at him, but in his heart he was already planning to remove this Shoufu in a few days.

Xue Guoguan said, "Hubei General Soldier Liu Jun was only born in a martial arts, and because of fate, he was repeatedly promoted, and he was promoted to the general soldier, and he was also awarded the title of Marquis. But now that the fifth battalion of the left side of the revolution has been destroyed, the bandits in the Central Plains are all peaceful, and Liu Jun is a military general and then hangs the right attendant of the military department and the right deputy of the Imperial Palace, which is very inconsistent with the ancestral system. In particular, Liu Jun also supervised the military affairs of the two lakes, and the prime minister trained the troops and took care of food and salary, and the minister thought that since the bandits had been pacified, Liu Jun's part-time jobs should be withdrawn. ”

Chongzhen didn't speak.

Xue Guoguan said again, "The minister still thinks that Liu Jun is not suitable to continue to serve as the chief soldier of Hubei, and the minister thinks that the imperial court should immediately transfer Liu Jun to Beijing and serve in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies." The new army that has been trained in Hubei should no longer stay in Hubei, and should be transferred to Liaodong to defend and build prisoners, so as to make the best use of its resources. (To be continued......)