Chongzhen stood in front of the sand table in the hall, looking at the great rivers and mountains, but his heart was angry.

Angry, extremely angry.

These days, every day, fast horses arrive in Beijing to report the military situation. Prime Minister Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng and Yuan Jiwei led Liu Jun, Hu Gongguo and other soldiers to lure the enemy to ambush again in the muddy ditch, beheading more than 8,000 people in a battle, beheading a dragon, two tigers and other thieves, and capturing Zhang Xianzhong alive.

Cao Cao and others were defeated and led their troops to flee south.

Mei Zhihuan led his troops to quickly withdraw to Wushan and then rushed to Fengjie Dameixi by boat, and rushed to Tangjiawan, the road that bandits must pass on the north bank, to intercept them, and at this time, Qin Liangyu, the general soldier of Sichuan, led 5,000 white pole soldiers to Tangjiawan.

At the same time, Yang Sichang also led more than 30,000 soldiers and horses of various kinds to Dachang City.

The governor and the prime minister successfully surrounded Cao Cao and other tens of thousands of thieves, and the thieves were unable to fly by now.

Seeing that victory was imminent, and the bandits were about to compete for complete success, Yang Sichang, who had been ordered to go out of Beijing to supervise the division, had a problem here, first of all, Shaanxi General Soldier He Renlong arrived in Dachang City early in the morning, but when he learned about the battle of Muddy Ditch, he did not lead troops to reinforce and stayed in Dachang City.

When Yang Sichang and other officials and troops arrived at Dachang City and were about to march to encircle and annihilate the bandits, the Qin army led by He Renlong and others mutinied, and also robbed the food of friendly troops, horses, mules, etc., and ran away. At this time, if Yang Sichang didn't care about He Renlong for the time being, it would be good to enter the army directly, but Yang Sichang sent Chen Hongfan, the general soldier of Henan, to lead the Yu army to chase He Renlong.

Then Yang Sichang missed the opportunity to attack like that, and was defenseless in Dachang City, and was raided and routed by Cao Cao and other more than 3,000 defeated bandits, Yang Sichang's more than 20,000 soldiers and horses were scattered in this way, and watched Cao thieves easily break through the encirclement and leave.

Chongzhen only felt angry and unspeakable.

He Renlong Li Guoqi returned all the way west, and when he passed through Hanzhong Luoyang, these rebels also robbed King Rui's land rent. The Yu soldiers led by Chen Hongfan could not catch up with He Renlong's department. He also clamored and returned directly to Henan.

Yang Sichang joined Zuo Liangyu's department to pursue Cao Cao and other thieves, but was ambushed by Cao Cao on the border of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Yang Sichang and Zuo Liangyu's department were defeated, and almost the whole army was wiped out, only Zuo Liangyu protected Yang Sichang and Zheng Chongjian fled back to Yunyang with hundreds of people. After Zhang Xianzhong defeated Yang Sichang's troops, there was no interception, and he successfully escaped in the mountains of Hanzhong, and there was no news again.

It was a perfect victory, but it turned out to be like this.

"But it's another Yuan Chonghuan!" Chongzhen drew his sword and cut off a corner of the sand table case, and scolded with hatred. His trust in Yang Sichang. It can not be said that Yuan Chonghuan was under Yuan Chonghuan back then, but the result was that at the beginning of the year, Yang Sichang decided to die and did not save him, and Lu Xiangsheng, who put the governor's soldiers and horses in the world, died alone. Then Yang Sichang recommended Xiong Wencan to be the prime minister of the bandits, but he tried his best to recruit security and missed a great opportunity to kill all the bandits. Then this time he asked Yang Sichang to be the supervisor, but he repeatedly made mistakes.

Chongzhen was extremely disappointed, and the depth of love was the depth of hatred, how many people had impeached Yang Sichang at the beginning. But he's always defended him.

Chongzhen returned to the imperial case and looked at several letters on it, one of which was Yang Sichang's recommendation of Xiong Wencan as prime minister, and the other was the impeachment of Lu Xiangsheng. One is to impeach Sun Chuanting, another is to impeach Mei Zhihuan, and two are to recommend Zuo Liangyu as the general of the Ping thief, and He Renlong as the general of Shaanxi. The last letter was the impeachment of Fu Zonglong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, for failing to raise food and wages.

At this time, Chongzhen looked at these twists and turns, and the more he looked at them, the more annoyed he became.

He suddenly thought about why he had believed in Yang Sichang so much all these years. I have been deceived by him for so many years.

It turns out that ten Yang Sichang is not as good as one Mei Zhihuan. Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong, the two together are not as good as a young Liu Jiye.

Chongzhen, who felt deceived, was angry, just as he felt deceived by Yuan Chonghuan in the first place. And let him feel that he was deceived, the consequences are very serious, Chongzhen has succeeded to the throne for 12 years, and has replaced countless cabinet assistants, and killed a lot of governors and generals. At the beginning of the year, he killed 36 officials at the level of the superintendent and chief soldier at one time.

Chongzhen has always believed that in troubled times, he should use heavy codes, and he should not be confined to the old rules and regulations for talented people, and he should be reused exceptionally, and for those officials who can only speak but can't do things, he can't tolerate corpse meals, and those incompetent and mistaken officials, he will not be spared.

"Did you chase back the holy decree to Sichuan?" Chongzhen asked.

Wang Chengen, who had been standing quietly on the side, hurriedly replied, "Back to Long Live Lord, the edicts sent to Sichuan have been recovered." ”

Previously, Chongzhen issued a lot of reward edicts one after another, including the great heroes Mei Zhihuan, Liu Jun and others, as well as Yang Sichang, Zuo Liangyu and other generals. However, not long after the edict was issued, there was new news such as the mutiny of He Renlong's department, the defeat of Yang Sichang, and the capture of tens of thousands of thieves by Mei Zhihuan.

"Proposed purpose, Jin Mei Zhihuan Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholar Jiali Department Shangshu and Military Department Shangshu title, plus Shaobao and Prince Taishi, give Shang Fang sword, sitting python, descendants hereditary Jinyi Wei command affairs, reward 50,000 taels of platinum."

Wang Chengen was secretly speechless when he listened to it, Mei Zhihuan actually entered the cabinet at once with his efforts to suppress bandits.

Chongzhen continued, "Mei Zhihuan supervised the division with auxiliary ministers and led the soldiers and horses of the Central Plains provinces to suppress bandits and destroy thieves. ”

Yang Sichang turned out to be an auxiliary minister as a supervisor, and it was impossible for the imperial court to set up two auxiliary ministers to supervise the teacher, sure enough, Chongzhen continued, "Another Yang Sichang will return to Beijing on the same day, return to the cabinet on an errand, and hand over the Central Plains to Mei Zhihuan for the suppression of bandits." ”

"Again, Zheng Chongnian, the governor of Shaanxi, was dismissed from office, and Sun Chuanting was appointed as the governor of Shaanxi and the three sides, and Ding Qirui was appointed as the governor of Shaanxi. Sichuan Governor Shao Chunjie was dismissed from his post and investigated, and Wang Qiaonian was appointed Governor of Sichuan. Li Changgeng, the governor of Yunyang, was the governor of Jiangnan, Jiangbei and Huguang, Henan, and sat in Fengyang. Zhu Dadian, the former governor of Caoyun, was transferred to the governor of Yunyang, and Shi Kefa seized the favor and awarded the governor of Caoyun and the governor of Jiangbei, and Chen Qiyu as the governor of Jiangnan. ”

Chongzhen adjusted the positions of several governors and important officials in one go, including Sun Chuanting, who was still in prison at this time, A Qiyu, who was the governor of the five provinces in his early years and was later dismissed, and even Shi Kefa, who was mourning at home. From this, Wang Chengen realized that the imperial court was only afraid that another round of earthquakes would start.

Chongzhen paused for a long time, seemed to be a little hesitant, and finally said, "Yunyang is newly established as the general town, Jin Liu Jun is the chief military officer of the Yunyang regiment, and the governor of the left army is the governor of the palace." Add the title of prince and young protection, grant the title of Marquis of Zhennan, and give Shang Fang a sword. ”

"Wu Sangui, the deputy general of the right battalion of the Jin Liaodong forward, is the chief officer of the training of the Ningyuan regiment, and the governor of the right army."

"The commander of the Jin Yiwei will make Luo Yangxing, and Liu Qiao, the governor of the left capital, will take over."

"Leave this to the cabinet and let them deliberate on it, and then issue the decree." Chongzhen waved his hand a little tiredly

"The holy decree has arrived, and Liu Qiao, the governor of the left capital, has received the decree!"

Liu Qiao rested today, and it was rare to enjoy a day of leisure at home, but an angel came to announce the decree early in the morning. Liu Qiao hurriedly asked his family to open the door. Burning incense set up a case to welcome the order.

"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says:"

The father-in-law who announced the decree was stunned, and it took a long time to read the decree.

"Lord Liu, take the order."

Liu Qiao hurriedly stepped forward to greet the holy decree and carefully arched in front of the desk in the lobby.

"Ouch, congratulations to Liu Jin." The eunuch was full of smiles, and the old faces were smiling like chrysanthemums. Liu Qiao was still a little stunned at this time, and he only remembered one thing in his mind, the emperor awarded him to be the commander of the Jinyi Guard, which was the upright commander of the Jinyi Guard. In the past, his uncle Liu Shouyou also served. Although he is now also known as the commander of the brocade clothes, he is actually only a contact between the emperor and the brocade guard, and the legitimate commander is Luo Yangxing, and his father Luo Sigong is the commander of the brocade guard from Wanli to the apocalypse. He is Liu Shouyou's successor.

Liu thought that now he had taken over the command from Luo Yangxing and had become a real handsome man in brocade.

This change made him a little unexpected. At this time, Liu Yunwen had already given a thank you gift of one hundred taels of silver to her father-in-law. In addition, there were also a lot of thank-you gifts for the same people, and the group was very happy. Even if you don't give money, everyone is very willing to come to this trip. Liu Qiao will be the commander of Jinyiwei in the future.

What's more, Liu Qiao also has a nephew who is proud.

"Oh, that's embarrassing." The eunuch smiled and accepted the silver, "The Liu family is deeply favored, Liu Dashuai was promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and General Liu was promoted to the chief military officer of Yunyang, and he also enshrined the title of Marquis of Zhennan, which is really gratifying." ”

Liu Qiao also heard for the first time that Liu Jun had been promoted to chief military officer and made a marquis, so he was very surprised at the moment, and pulled the eunuch to ask in a low voice for a while, and finally heard the cause and effect.

After sending off the eunuch and his party, Liu Qiao returned to the hall and sat there as if he were in a dream.

"I'll go out and I'll be back later." Liu Qiao suddenly got up, said to his family, and then walked out quickly. After this walk, when it came to dusk, Liu Qiao returned to the mansion with excitement on his face.

He went out for a day, first to the palace to thank him, and then to look around a little more, and finally understood what was going on.

Yesterday the emperor summoned the cabinet ministers to discuss the matter, and threw out a number of personnel proposals, and the ministers fought for a long time, and then until the morning of this morning, but although many ministers did not agree with the emperor's proposal, but in the end all the appointments were forcibly passed, and finally the edict was issued.

Among these controversial appointments, there are two main ones, one is that Liu Jun, who was just 20 years old, was promoted to the chief military officer of the Yunyang regimental training, and he also made the Marquis of Zhennan. The second is the son of Guan Ning General, the nephew of the forward general Zu Dashou, and the son of the former Liaodong general Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui, who is only 27 years old this year, but was jointly recommended by the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou, the chief soldier, Fang Yizao, the governor and Gao Qiqian, etc., with the consent of the emperor, and promoted to the chief officer of the Ningyuan regiment.

One of the two new commanders-in-chief was just twenty years old, and the other was only twenty-seven years old.

Moreover, the two chief military officers appointed by the emperor are newly established. Yunyang originally had only one general, but this time the emperor specially appointed Yunyang as the general town and appointed Liu Jun as the chief military officer. The situation in Ningyuan is similar, when the apocalypse, the general army of Liaodong was abolished, and it was once divided into the general army of Ningyuan and Jinzhou, but after Yuan Chonghuan supervised Liaodong, the two were merged into one, and only one town was left in Liaodong.

This time, the emperor set up Ningyuan Town again and appointed Wu Sangui as the chief military officer, which can be said to have really surprised many ministers.

The two young people are not small, one has Mei Zhihuan, Li Changgeng, Yuan Jixian, Li Shuchu, and the other has Hong Chengchou, Zu Dashou, Fang Yizao, Gao Qiqian and other joint recommendations. Similarly, both of them are very young, and both have the name of brave generals, Wu Sangui has emerged in Liaodong, known as the rising star of Liaoxi General, and Liu Jun is even more amazing, in just half a year, he is like a dark horse. Strong and up-and-coming, the edge will be exposed.

With the emperor's willful push, it was finally passed.

The two youngest chief military officers of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Jun, the chief military officer of the Yunyang regimental training, Wu Sangui, the chief military officer of the Ningyuan regiment, and Liu Jun, the third marquis of Zhennan who was knighted for military merits in the Ming Dynasty for more than a hundred years.

However, many ministers also knew from the two young commanders appointed by the emperor that the two young commanders were different from the ordinary commanders, and the emperor also gave them special requirements for training soldiers and horses.

The emperor asked Wu Sangui to train 50,000 soldiers and horses in Ningyuan, while Liu Jun trained 50,000 soldiers and horses in Yunyang. The Emperor asked the two young commanders to train an elite soldier each. The 50,000 elite soldiers trained by Wu Sangui were used to fight against the Jianguo outside the Guan, while the 50,000 elite soldiers trained by Liu Jun were used to deal with the bandits in the Central Plains.

But in any case, this time, the officialdom and the opposition have recognized the fact that Yang Sichang, who was previously known as Yang Xiang, has come to an end, and even if he can continue to stay in the cabinet, it is impossible to get the emperor's favor again. And according to the emperor's consistent character, if Yang Sichang is lucky, he may be able to get a chance to return to his hometown for retirement, if he is unlucky. It is very likely that he will be imprisoned, or even beheaded by the city.

Both the government and the opposition were shocked to discover the fact that the people of Huguang had gained power. Just like when Emperor Jiajing was in power, the people of Huguang are now reused.

Cabinet Governor Mei Zhihuan, Cabinet Scholar Yao Minggong, Liangjiang, Huguang Henan Governor Li Changgeng, Henan Governor Li Shuchu, Huguang Governor Yuan Jixian. Jinyiwei commanded Liu Qiao, Zhennan Hou Yunyang's general soldier Liu Jun

"Dad, you're back." As soon as Liu Qiao entered the study, his sons Liu Yunzhen and Liu Yunwen came in together.

Liu Qiao nodded. Leaning on his position, his hands on his head, his face full of excitement. Although I was tired after a busy day today, my spirit was very excited.

"I heard that Liu Jun sealed the town of Nanhou? It's true? Liu Yunzhen asked.

"It has already passed the cabinet and the Chinese book, and our Liu family actually has a marquis, a hereditary marquis, not a liujue." At the mention of this, Liu Qiao couldn't help but be amazed.

"I heard that Liu Jun killed more than 100,000 thieves in Sichuan, and he was called King Liu Yan."

Liu Qiao glared at his son, "Liu Jun is also called by you, you have to call him the third brother according to the seniority, if you are an official, you have to call him the Hou Ye or the head town, no big or small." ”

"Killed a hundred thousand? Oh my God, it's not a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. ”

"Don't listen to people's nonsense, how can it be possible to kill hundreds of thousands, it is a number of battles before and after, more than 10,000 beheadings, and more than 70,000 prisoners!" When Liu Qiao himself said it, he was also shocked in his heart, not to mention more than 70,000 prisoners, but to behead more than 10,000 people, and the heads had to be piled up into a hill.

But he himself knew that during this time, Dongchang and Jinyiwei sent countless people to Sichuan, in order to check these achievements, one of which was to check and inspect one person, and there were also several batches of imperial historians and eunuchs, etc., it can be said that this matter is impossible to fake, and the news reported by all parties does prove that Mei Zhihuan and Liu Jun's records are not mixed with any water.

Especially Zhang Xianzhong, a good living person, can't fake it, and is now on his way to Beijing by Jinyiwei.

"Many people in Jingshi now say that Liu Jun is a martial artist."

"Some people say that Liu Jun is a broken army star."

Liu Qiao ignored the two sons' concerns about whether Liu Jun was a martial artist or a broken military star, what he was thinking now was that Liu Jun was only twenty years old, and he had already been made a marquis. He originally asked the clan to invite Liu Jun back, and it was really right, and it was wise for him to send his eldest son to Liu Jun's army.

Well, the second and third children, if they have the chance, they will also be sent over.

"Second and third, you two will go back to Huguang tomorrow."

"What are you going to do back?"

"Join the army!"

Yunzhen Yunwen was taken aback, they didn't learn martial arts like their eldest brother, they studied literature, but they joined the army?

"Now in this world, there is a lot of bombardment everywhere, and the warriors are no less cheap than before. You see, this time, Jiye and Wu Sangui were promoted to the general army, they were only in their twenties, and Jiye was even made a marquis in one fell swoop, if it was twenty years earlier, you wouldn't dare to think of such a thing. ”

"Aren't all the bandits exterminated?"

Liu Qiao sneered, "Extermination? It's just that he killed a Zhang Xianzhong, didn't Cao Cao run away? In addition, the fifth battalion of the left side of Huaixi has also been entrenched in the mountains. You see, the emperor appointed Li Changgeng as the governor of the four provinces of Liangjiang, Huguang and Henan, that is, the imperial court will focus on encircling and suppressing the fifth battalion of the left side of the revolution. There are still battles, and the bandits in the Central Plains will not be able to be exterminated for a while and a half, not to mention, outside the pass, Jianyu is getting stronger day by day, and now the imperial court is only left with the Ningjin line outside the pass. In short, the martial artists became more and more popular in the future. ”

"Besides, there are also civilian positions in the army, and if you go to the Jiye Army, with him to take care of you, it is easy to get an official position, and even a quick promotion is easy. Look at Mei Zhihuan, he won a big victory, and he was immediately promoted from prime minister to cabinet, and Li Changgeng was originally the governor, and he was suddenly promoted to the governor of several provinces. Liu Qiao paused, "The emperor asked Jiye to train the army, he must need money very much, after you go back, let the clan gather some silver to send to Liu Jun." ”

"How much?"

"Let's take 100,000 taels first, and if Liu Jun is in a hurry to run out of money, take 200,000 taels."

"So much?"

"Nothing, a little money, it's all outside of the body. Think farther, Liu Jun is only twenty years old now and is the marquis of the general army, and there will be more time when he can borrow it in the future. Why do you think my father suddenly took over as the commander of the Jinyi Guard this time? In the final analysis, it's not because of Liu Jun. (To be continued......)

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