Seeing Chongzhen's tears coming out of his eyes, Wang Chengen, who was behind him, couldn't help but kneel down, and said in a choked voice: "Slave and maid, congratulations to the Lord of Congratulations, Long Live the Lord of Congratulations, Tartar...... The Tartars let us go! We've won! ”

"yes...... We've finally won! Chongzhen, who felt that his face was much moister, quickly wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve and smiled, "Okay...... Ome, get up too, this is a good thing, we should be happy. ”

After being happy, Chongzhen also began to calm down, and he said to Wang Chengen: "By the way, big companion, you hurry up and take a look, has Lu Xiangsheng's invitation to be credited, and also, you have to send someone to check the head in detail, but don't make jokes again, understand?" ”

In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, the procedures for verifying military merits were still carried out relatively well, not only did the officials of the Ministry of War strictly check the officials, but also sent special personnel to the battlefield where the incident occurred to find relevant meritorious personnel to inquire and investigate one by one, and it was not until the verification was correct that it would be reported to the military department Shangshu, and then the military department Shangshu would report to the emperor. But since the convenience of the civil fort, many systems of the imperial court have long existed in name only, and in the later period, even the killing of good and meritorious deeds is endless, which is a headache.

"Slave obeys!" Wang Chengen also knew that this matter was a serious matter, and the sniper report said that the number of enemies destroyed this time was very large, including more than 6,000 Mongols and at least 4,000 Manchu Tatars.

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Chengen said, "Your Majesty, I don't know who you plan to send to verify military merits?" ”

Chongzhen said without thinking: "Isn't Gao Qiqian back, it's better to let him go." ”

"This ......"

After Chongzhen finished speaking, he hadn't seen Wang Chengen answer for a long time, so he couldn't help but look at him strangely, and asked puzzledly: "Big companion, why don't you go yet, is there anything else?" ”

Wang Chengen thought about it and decided that it would be better to tell the story. He cleared his throat and said: "Long live, the slave maid heard that a few days ago, when Gao Qi sneaked to Lu Xiangsheng's camp to announce the decree, there was a conflict with Na Yueyang, and it was quite fierce at that time, and it almost started a fight. ”

"And this?"

Chongzhen's face sank quickly, he stared at Wang Chengen and said, "You quickly tell me the reason for this in detail!" ”

"Yes, slave and maid!" Wang Chengen didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly told the process of the conflict with Yueyang when Lu Xiangsheng announced the decree of the camp a few days ago, and added a sentence at the end: "Long live the lord, the slave and maid will tell you from time to time." It's that the slave maid thinks that such a thing has happened, and it is not appropriate to send Gao Qiqian to investigate the merits, after all, I heard that Yue Yang has made a lot of meritorious contributions in this battle, if it is ......"

Speaking of this, Wang Chengen didn't say any more, anyway, what he wanted to sue Sù Chongzhen had already been said.

Although Chongzhen is an acute child, he is not stupid, as soon as Wang Chengen said it, he immediately understood, and Wang Chengen reminded him more vaguely. If Gao Qiqian is sent to verify the merits, it is risky, originally Gao Qiqian had a conflict with Yue Yang, if Gao Qiqian's pen was so crooked when he verified the merits......

After thinking about this, Chongzhen said with a calm face: "Are you afraid that Gao Qi will be unfair after sneaking to Changping?" ”

"The slave doesn't dare to think so." Wang Chengen knelt down again: "The slave just thinks that you know the character of Yue Yang." If you dare to kill so many people in the capital with your holy decree, this time the slave maid heard that he had made a great contribution, if Gao Qi sneaked into the army and then had any conflict with him, with that Yue Yang's temperament, he must think that this was instructed by His Majesty. That's not a good thing for Your Majesty! ”

"Hmm...... Otomo's words also have a point! ”

Chongzhen nodded, although he hadn't summoned Yue Yang, he could be regarded as having seen Yue Yang's temper. It's not an exaggeration to say that this guy is bold, can a guy who can kill more than a hundred people in one day be a good talker? If Gao Qiqian had a conflict with him in the past, who could guarantee what would happen.

After thinking about it, Chongzhen turned his head and asked, "Who does the big companion think is appropriate?" ”

Although Wang Chengen won Chongzhen's new appointment, he didn't dare to mix this kind of thing, he deeply understood a truth, who to use and who not to use is a matter that the emperor and cabinet ministers can decide, and it is not a good thing for him to be a eunuch with the palm seal of the celebrant eunuch in this kind of matter. He hurriedly lowered his head and said with a smile: "This matter has its own arbitrary decision, and the slave is just a slave serving the master, how dare you talk too much." ”

Chongzhen said this just by asking, and he didn't expect Wang Chengen to give him anything, he thought for a while and then said: "Since it's not appropriate to dive high, then let Cao Huachun go to Changping, this guy is also quite idle during this time, let him move his muscles and bones!" ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly knelt down: "The emperor is sage!" ”

The cabinet members and ministers headed by Wen Tiren couldn't believe it after hearing the news, the Ming Dynasty and the Manchurians had fought for so many years, and they had always lost more and won less. If you can win a few hundred heads, it will already be a big victory, and if you can win more than a thousand heads, it will be even more incredible, and it will be spread all over the world. But now, there are more than 20,000 beheadings, and the heads of the full people account for a small half, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the work of the sky.

Subsequently, Cao Huachun rushed to Changping with a large number of officials such as the cabinet, the Ministry of War, and Jinyiwei, and after half a month of intense investigation, it was finally confirmed that the matter was true. In this battle, 6,624 Mongol Tatar heads, 5,703 Manchu Tatar heads were 5,703 people, and 8,234 Koreans, armor-clad people, and servant army heads recruited by the Manchus. When the news came out, the entire Beijing division immediately caused a sensation in the whole city, not only the officials in the government and the opposition were talking about it again, but even the storytellers in all the teahouses and restaurants on the street gave full play to their imagination and flew one by one, telling a big war vividly and greatly exaggerating. In their mouths, Lu Shangshu, the protagonist of the great victory, and Yue Yang, the general of Zhenguo, have evolved into a kind of monster with three heads and six arms and a thousand catties.

In the next court meeting, hundreds of officials congratulated the table one after another, praising Chongzhen to the sky. Since Chongzhen ascended the throne, he has received either a great drought here or a bad harvest there, or it has been invaded by the Tartars, in short, it is a mourning expression, and it is the first time that he has received so many letters of praise like in the past few days.

On 20 July, 3,000 soldiers of the Beijing Battalion escorted nearly 20,000 heads back to the capital. Thousands of people in the capital are empty, almost all of them are gathered on the street to watch this rare scene in a hundred years, when the hundreds of cars escorting the head pass through the street, the whole Beijing division is boiling, Chongzhen ordered these heads to be stacked at the street entrance of the West City, and built dozens of Beijing temples for people to watch, the people who come to watch these Beijing views every day are endless, after doing these things, Chongzhen once again went to the temple to report the good news to the ancestors of the old Zhu family.

It's been lively for half a month, and the next thing is to talk about meritorious deeds.

July 23rd. After coming out of the Warm Fragrance Pavilion, Yang Sichang's face was very gloomy, although the sky outside was clear, it didn't make him happy at all. In the congratulatory sound of the Manchu Dynasty, he felt threatened, yes, threatened.

Due to the glare of the sun, Yang Sichang narrowed his eyes and muttered: "We must not let Lu Xiangsheng be proud anymore, otherwise the old man's position as a scholar will be handed over!" ”

Night fell on the earth, as always, in a room. Black and dim light. A middle-aged man in a cyan robe was sitting on a desk drinking a plate of peanuts and stuffy wine, the wine was two cents a pound of turbid wine, and the peanuts were ordinary boiled peanuts of five cents a pound, the middle-aged man picked up the wine glass and tilted his neck. With a "squeak", a glass of wine went down.

"Uh......"

With a loud belch, a thick smell of wine erupted from his mouth.

He lifted the flask and shook his head, just about to refill the glass. A voice rang out in the doorway.

"Lonely in the middle of the night, drink to the shadow, Lord Chen is so Yaxing!"

At first glance I heard a voice. The middle-aged man couldn't help but look up, even if he had already drunk six or seven points, he was still taken aback. He staggered to his feet and bowed to the visitor: "Chen Xinjia meets Lord Yang!" ”

The person who came was Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department, and the person who drank alcohol was Chen Xinjia, the former left attendant of the military department, who was stripped of his official uniform and removed from his official position.

I saw Yang Sichang helping Chen Xinjia up, and said with a smile: "Lord Chen, please get up quickly, why should you be polite between you and me who have been ministers in the same hall for many years!" ”

Chen Xinjia said with a bitter smile on his face after hearing this: "My lord's words are serious, now Chen is just a grass people, and when I see an adult, I should pay homage as a big gift, and the so-called ceremony cannot be abolished." ”

Chen Xinjia has been stripped of his official position since he was stripped of his official robe by Chongzhen, and it stands to reason that if he is interested, he should salute and return to his Sichuan longevity hometown to spend the rest of his life, but Chen Xinjia is particularly unwilling, he thinks that the reason why he failed is because he despised his opponent too much, and he didn't expect Yue Yang to play cards unreasonably, and openly kill people in broad daylight, so that Yue Yang turned the tables lightly, which led to his own failure.

Chen Xinjia, who was unwilling to fail, drove his daughter-in-law, children and servants back to his hometown, and stayed behind to beg his grandfather and grandmother everywhere, trying to make a comeback. But the old saying in officialdom is good. As the saying goes, people go to tea and cool, and the phoenix that has lost its hair is not as good as a chicken, how dare those officials help Chen Xinjia, who was driven out of the hall by Chongzhen himself. Although Chen Xinjia jumped up and down to dot around, but no one was willing to help him at all, in these days, Chen Xinjia almost spent all his savings over the years, but still did not hear the news of a resurgence, and finally he was desperate, and began to drink sullen wine alone, he decided to sell the house here in a few days and then go back to his hometown in Sichuan, guarding his wife and children for a lifetime, just thinking about Yang Sichang but coming.

Yang Sichang walked in, looked around, looked at the room that could almost be called a house with four walls, his brows wrinkled imperceptibly, walked to the table on the side and sat down slowly and said, "Lord Chen, I haven't seen you for a few days, there is not even a single person in the huge mansion, but you are drinking alone?" ”

Chen Xinjia laughed miserably and said: "Now that Chen has been dismissed by the emperor, what's the use of asking for these subordinates?" Chen has dismissed them all. ”

"What about your family?"

"I also let them go back to their hometown in Sichuan." Chen Xinjia waved his hand and said with a big tongue: "Living in the capital requires spending money on everything, now Chen is already a white ding, how can he maintain it, Lord Yang came just in time, drink two glasses with me, otherwise Chen will return to his hometown after a few days, and he won't be able to drink with you...... Uh......" After speaking, Chen Xinjia burped again, and suddenly a strong smell of wine filled the air.

Yang Sichang frowned. He waved his hand, trying to banish the smell of alcohol from the air. After a while, he asked: "Lord Chen, although the emperor dismissed you, you can't give up on yourself so much, right now that the court is employing people, how can you be so decadent?" ”

"Haha...... Hahaha......" Chen Xinjia suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and kept laughing out of tears, which stopped laughing.

"When employing people, is it really the time to employ people? Lord Yang, it's okay to frame those nerds with your words, do you think I will still believe such words? The most important thing in our Ming court is people! ”

looked at Chen Xinjia, who looked like an epilepsy. Yang Sichang slapped the table hard and made a "bang" sound, and then shouted at him fiercely: "Huh...... Unexpectedly, the former dignified Zuo Shilang of the military department was just dismissed, but he became so decadent, which really disappointed the official! Originally, the official wanted to plead with the emperor and reinstate you, but now it seems that the official is wrong, and a person like you is not worth the great effort of the official to protect. That's fine, you can go back to your hometown in Sichuan tomorrow, just as the official hasn't been here today. ”

After speaking. Yang Sichang stood up and turned around and left, leaving only Chen Xinjia, who was stunned behind him.

When Yang Sichang walked to the door, Chen Xinjia suddenly pounced, knelt down with a puff, hugged Yang Sichang's legs and cried, "Lord Yang, please." Please help Xiaguan, Xiaguan really doesn't want to go back like this! As long as you can help the subordinate official to reinstate his post, the subordinate official will repay you even if he is a cow and a horse! ”

Yang Sichang, who was hugged by his legs, stopped, and a smug smile appeared on his face with his back to Chen Xinjia. But he shouted loudly: "Lord Chen, what are you doing here?" You have also been a third-grade master, how can you be so rude. Where have you read all the books of your sages? ”

"Lord Yang, the lower official begs you, you can help the lower official, as long as the lower official is reinstated, you can let the lower official do anything!"

Chen Xinjia hugged Yang Sichang's legs and refused to let go, just like a drowning person holding a life-saving straw, it is difficult for people who are used to enjoying power to return to ordinary days, and Chen Xinjia is the same. From a former powerful soldier to a passer-by, this is more uncomfortable than killing him. Originally, after these days of running, Chen Xinjia had gradually lost his heart, and now suddenly someone came to tell him that he could help him reinstate his official position, how could this not make him ecstatic.

Listening to Chen Xinjia's anxious words and hugging his legs tightly, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Yang Sichang's mouth......

On July 25, in the Nuanxiang Pavilion, Emperor Chongzhen looked at a Tang newspaper from Henan and frowned: "Thieves are raging, and they are actually forcing Luoyang?" What did this Hong Chengchou do to eat, and let the thieves run away to Luoyang? ”

He threw the Tang newspaper on the case, paced back and forth in the pavilion with his hands in his hands, and Yang Sichang stood respectfully at the bottom, but his eyes moved from time to time with the figure of Emperor Chongzhen.

After a long time, Chongzhen slowly asked, "Yang Aiqing, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Yang Sichang said respectfully: "Back to the emperor, this matter is no wonder Lord Hong, Lord Hong's strength is only seventy or eighty thousand, and Zhang Xianzhong in Hubei wants to defend Henan, it is indeed difficult for him, don't you hear a lonely palm and shout!" ”

Chongzhen sighed lightly and said, "Yes, it is indeed difficult for him to let Hong Chengchou look at such a big place in Henan and Hubei alone. ”

Hearing this, Yang Sichang hurriedly said: "The emperor is indeed right, Lord Hong is really too busy to be alone, so he has to send someone over to help him." ”

Chongzhen nodded slightly: "Well, then who do you say to send?" ”

Yang Sichang said quietly: "In my humble opinion, Lu Xiangsheng has trained his troops well and has outstanding military achievements, so it is most suitable to go exclusively!" ”

"Lu Xiangsheng?" Chongzhen frowned, after this great victory, Lu Xiangsheng has become very important in his mind now, no less than Yang Sichang, he is also ready to transfer Lu Xiangsheng to the capital in a few days to serve as the left attendant of the Ministry of War, ready to replace Yang Sichang as the secretary of the Ministry of War in the future, and now Yang Sichang suddenly proposed to send Lu Xiangsheng to suppress bandits, and he couldn't help but hesitate for a while.

After a long time, Chongzhen said slowly: "Lu Aiqing is the pillar of the country, and he also serves as the governor of Xuanda, if he goes to Henan for a long time to suppress bandits, I am afraid it will not be good." ”

Yang Sichang smiled slightly: "The emperor has filtered, you can let someone else take the position of Governor of Xuanda temporarily, the most important thing after repelling Jiannu is to exterminate the bandits, as long as this is the peace of my Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Hmmm......"

Chongzhen weighed the pros and cons in his heart as he walked, and finally nodded: "That's okay, but the position of Governor Xuanda is an important position, but there is no suitable candidate for the time being." ”

Hearing this, Yang Sichang's heart tightened, and he stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the minister can hold the position of Governor of Xuanda!" ”

Chongzhen was slightly stunned in his heart and asked, "Who!" ”

Yang Sichang stepped forward and said loudly: "Chen Xinjia, the left attendant of the former military department!" ”

"What ......" (To be continued......