Yang Tinglin let go of his hand in a daze, and the paper slip down silently, "Where does this put the commander?" ”

Zhu Ping'an got up, picked up the paper stick, and put it back in the box. "The meaning of the imperial court, or the meaning of Yang Sichang and his ilk, is already very clear, and there will definitely be no position of commander in the court they control!"

"But His Majesty will definitely reward ......!" Yang Tinglin suddenly felt how pale his own defense was, and halfway through speaking, he was silent.

Zhu Ping'an looked at Lu Xiangsheng, and the final decision had to be made by himself. If the estimate is good, Chongzhen may give him a glorious title, but it is impossible to be in charge. Now it depends on Lu Xiangsheng's own decision, whether to stay in the court and swallow his anger helplessly, or choose another path. Zhu Ping'an very much hopes that Lu Xiangsheng can choose to leave the court, in this way, when the world is in turmoil in the seventeenth year, it will be easy to at least take down Lu Xiangsheng.

Sure enough, Lu Xiangsheng did not live up to Zhu Ping'an's expectations.

He smiled self-deprecatingly, "Since that's the case, what's the point of the official staying in the court." The official is still in the filial piety period, the envoy of the imperial court is done, since he returned to his hometown to continue to keep filial piety for the old man, and stayed in Beijing to suffer from the eyes of others, so as not to suffer a disaster one day. ”

Lu Xiangsheng's decisiveness made Zhu Ping'an very happy. Hurriedly stood up and bowed his hand, "The commander is wise!" ”

The battle of Julu made Zhu Ping'an understand a lot of things, the most critical point is that no one else must be allowed to take the initiative. In the battle of Julu, Zhu Ping'an's original idea was not wrong. But it is necessary to rely on the help of others to achieve the final victory. And the process was only a little bit of a deviation, but it was only a day or two, but it caused huge casualties to the troops under his command, which was an unbearable loss for Zhu Ping'an. That is, from the day Ergou was martyred, Zhu Ping'an secretly swore that for the sake of his own grand cause, he could no longer be controlled by others in the future, and putting hope on others was tantamount to reducing the probability of success.

Take Lu Xiangsheng as an example. For such a talent at the level of commander-in-chief. Although there are still flaws of one kind or another in his character, from a purely military point of view, he is a rare handsome talent. His misfortune in history stems from his character. But that aside. If Zhu Ping'an is allowed to use him as his superior. Zhu Ping'an will definitely play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses.

In today's court, Zhu Ping'an and Zhou Yanru have a little consensus. This, after the Battle of the Giant Deer. It can be found in the letter from Yin Shigang. That is, the current center of the court, Yang Sichang's status cannot be shaken for the time being, and Lu Xiangsheng is better to hide in the countryside than to enter the court with a false title, but he can avoid the disaster that I don't know if it will be staged a few years later, which is also convenient for Zhu Ping'an.

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Jingshi is no stranger to Zhu Ping'an, at least in his previous life, he has been here more than once. The majestic city walls, the bustling fang market, and the people weaving into the stream all prove the prosperity of the capital of the Ming Empire.

After arriving in Beijing, Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Tinglin both invited Zhu Ping'an to live temporarily in his mansion, but he politely refused one by one. Yin Shigang had already purchased a house in Beijing, and Zhu Ping'an didn't have to worry about his residence.

Zhu Ping'an's body is not yet well, and his reputation in the Beijing division is not obvious, so he just took advantage of the time he was waiting for the summons to recuperate, and Yin Shigang had already invited the famous doctor of the Beijing division to diagnose Zhu Ping'an's pulse.

After the doctor finished prescribing the medicine, Yin Shigang instructed his subordinates to reward him with silver and send him away, but Cao Wuxian insisted on taking the medicine and boiling it himself, so only Yin Shigang and Zhu Ping'an were left in the house.

Talking about the tragedy of the Battle of Julu and the death of Zhang Ergou, both of them were embarrassed.

Yin Shigang comforted a few words, and then turned the topic to the current situation intentionally or unintentionally. The news of Julu's victory reached the Beijing Division, which moved the government and the opposition, and no one thought that Lu Xiangsheng would be able to turn the tide and annihilate more than 20,000 Manchu elites under such difficult circumstances, and Gao Qiqian's rescue shook the court even more. Gao Qiqian and Yang Sichang formed an alliance, this is an open secret, and I didn't expect that Gao Qiqian would disobey his allies and rescue Julu, which achieved Lu Xiangsheng's feat.

Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but sigh a little, and thanked Yin Shigang again and again. During this period, if it weren't for Cao Wuxian's blackmailing of Gao Qiqian with a piece of information, I am afraid that even if Julu fell, the reinforcements would have been delayed.

Yin Shigang smiled and shook his head, "My lord misunderstood, Yin didn't dare to take credit for this matter." This secret was transferred to me by Zhou Ge when he left Beijing, and it was also Cao Ye's temporary arrival in the army, and Yin had an idea, so he handed over this secret to Cao Ye in case Gao Qiqian insisted on not sending troops. ”

Zhu Ping'an was stunned. He heard Cao Wuxian mention this secret, and it was about the rebellion of Kong Youde in Shandong that year. In the fifth year of Chongzhen, Mao Wenlong's generals Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng launched a rebellion in Shandong, conquered Linyi, Shanghe, and Xincheng one after another, and finally took Dengzhou, the seat of Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, and even Sun Yuanhua almost became a prisoner. Later, the imperial court mobilized a large army to quell the rebellion, but Kong Youde led a group of his subordinates to defect from Gaizhou to the Manchu Qing Dynasty after the successful defeat.

Surrounded by a large army, the escape of the thief leader is indeed incredible, but Zhou Yanru found out that when Kong Youde escaped lightly, it was Gao Qiqian who came to his aid. As a result, Kong Youde's surrender to the Qing Dynasty also enabled the Manchu Qing to obtain a number of good hands at casting artillery, which made Emperor Chongzhen angry.

It was because of this that Gao Qiqian had to pinch his nose and send troops to rescue the giant deer. If it weren't for Zhou Yanru sending this news, I'm afraid Gao Qiqian might not have been able to send troops to rescue so happily, and it would be difficult to win the battle of Julu.

It seems that Zhou Yanru has indeed put a lot of effort into secret! At least now Yang Sichang's most powerful ally has been firmly held in the palm of his hand.

As he was talking, Wang Jin outside sent a report that Zhou Mian was here.

Zhou Mian is now proud of the spring breeze, Julu has won a big victory, Yang Sichang and his party have been hung up, and even Tian Hongyu has been restrained a lot. His own master, Jiading Bo Zhou Kui, was even more in good spirits on happy occasions, and even when he entered the palace, he was praised by Queen Zhou. As soon as the master was happy, Zhou Mian, who was the right and left hand, was naturally meritorious, not to mention the reward, Zhou Kui also specially allowed Zhou Mian's second son to enter the clan to study.

In this way, Zhou Mian was naturally grateful to Zhu Ping'an, and recognized Zhu Ping'an as the noble person in his life.

After entering the room, seeing that Zhu Ping'an was about to get up and get out of bed, Zhou Mian hurriedly walked a few steps and stopped Zhu Ping'an, "Don't get up, they are all their own brothers, where did they get so many vulgar courtesies." What's more, seeing that the brother is about to rise to prominence, when the time comes, will he have to rely on his brother to support him? ”

"These days, Brother Zhou has been running around in Beijing, and he hasn't come to visit yet, but today it's my brother who came to the younger brother's cold house, which is really rude!" Zhu Ping'an said with a smile.

Yin Shigang brought a chair, asked Zhou Mian to sit down, looked at Zhu Ping'an, and took out an envelope from his arms and held it in his hand.

Zhu Ping'an understood, and immediately said: "Brother Zhou's affection for the younger brother in mind, because the military is urgent, the younger brother also has time to rest after falling ill, when he came, he prepared a lot of Hebei specialties, this time he brought it over by the way when he entered Beijing, there was a copy of Brother Zhou, and it was presented to the old uncle." Brother Zhou handed it over, and please tell the uncle, wait for the body to recover, and thank you immediately! ”

Zhou Mian laughed and took the gift list handed over by Yin Shigang, and waved his hand again, "Our uncle is really like a god, knowing that brother, you are a regular person, and you will definitely come to visit, so I specially ordered me to come over in advance to inform you, and there is no need to visit. The days are very long, and there will be opportunities to talk about joy in the future! ”

Zhou Mian said again: "Dissatisfied brother, uncle, this is just in case." This time, Yang Sichang folded face, and this month, there were more unknown people around Jiading Bofu. Zhou Ge Lao left Beijing in a hurry for this! When the foolish brother came tonight, he still turned his back on those ears and eyes, turned around several times, and then came to the door! ”

Zhu Ping'an nodded, "It's still the uncle's thoughtfulness, the younger brother is better than obeying his fate if he is respectful!" ”

Zhou Mian patted his head and hurriedly put the gift list into his arms, "Look at my memory, my uncle ordered me to come, and there is still a big matter to discuss with my brother!" ”

Immediately, Zhou Mian lowered his voice, "Exact news, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai and others in Gucheng are the opposite!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Ping'an immediately sat up straight, and even Yin Shigang's face changed.

"The news only reached Jingshi this afternoon! Lin Mingqiu, the governor of Yushi, and Ruan Zhitian, the magistrate of Gucheng, were killed, and Zhang Dajing, the supervising army, and others surrendered to the thieves. Now Xiong Wencan, the governor of the five provinces, has mobilized a large army to encircle and suppress it, but the battle situation is still unknown. ”

Zhou Mian pulled the chair closer. "Uncle asked me to ask my brother, what impact will this matter have on the court situation, and if we want to do something?"

Zhu Ping'an suddenly fell silent. In history, Zhang Xianzhong pulled up the anti-flag again in May, but he didn't expect that because of Julu's victory, this person would start an incident in advance, and it was estimated that it was also because he saw Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting leave the front line of bandit suppression one after another, so he felt that there was an opportunity, so he rebelled in advance.

But Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion again, what impact will it have on the court?

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhu Ping'an didn't speak. Zhou Mian didn't dare to make a sound, for fear of disturbing Zhu Ping'an, but stared at Zhu Ping'an's face nervously.

Suddenly, Zhu Ping'an turned over and got out of bed, Zhou Mian was startled, and hurriedly went to help, but Zhu Ping'an pushed his hand and instructed Yin Shigang, "Quickly prepare pen and ink, I will write a letter, bother Brother Zhou to bring it to the uncle, and he will quickly send it to Zhou Ge Lao!" Don't delay! (To be continued......)