In June, Dayong moved Song Guanglan of Dengzhou Province as the resettlement envoy of Dengzhou Brigade, Wang Hui of Qianyuan Jian Jun Dao as the prefect of Dengzhou, Ge Wannian, the prefect of Dengzhou, as the prefect of Lushun, and Song Cheng and Wu Mao, the prefects of the rebel army, as the deputy envoys of the resettlement envoy.

He also appointed the officials of the original rebel army Denglai divided into Penglai, Huang County, Fushan County, and Qixia County, and the three counties of Zhaoyuan, Laiyang County, and Wendeng County, which were originally under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou Prefecture, were abandoned because there were no households.

Yuan Peng, who was appointed as the former Jinzhou military preparation road and the Zuohan political participation in the politics of the Later Ministry of Metalworking, was appointed as the grain road transfer envoy, and the former Jin Han military flag guerrilla Ren Zuoguang was the deputy envoy of the grain road transfer;

On the 14th, Dayong went to the imperial court, asked to set up a governor of Denglu, reset Dengzhou Wei and Lushun Wei, and build the Yamen, the headquarters of the Liaodong Army.

The emperor was displeased and did not allow it, and the edict cabinet reprimanded Dayong for his abuse of power and ordered him to enter Beijing to play right

June and July were in the scorching heat, and although it rained heavily at night, it was not cool down on this day, but it was hot and sultry.

Xing'an County, the governor of the five provinces, Chen Qiyu sat leisurely eating tea, and the staff, the Chinese army, and his entourage on the side were commenting on the text panel of the book he had just written. ”

Master Zhang, who is also a staff member of the governors of the five provinces, was unwilling to be left behind, and continued: "The subtitle of this poem is "Giving Zhuang Words to Chen Tongfu to Send", and the beginning sentence is 'Drunk to pick up the lamp to see the sword, dream back to blow the horn and battalion', followed by 'Eight hundred miles under the command, fifty strings turn over the outside sound. 'Autumn soldiers on the battlefield', it's all babbling and idiota! He is a Confucian scholar, and he doesn't have much merit in his life, so why do you have any strong words? As for 'the king's affairs in the world, and winning the name before and after his death', it is even more delusional. It's not impossible to say such things, but it depends on who says them. If it falls on the head of the handsome, it is a realistic statement, which is the most suitable. With such a meritorious mind, and then write it with Yan muscles and willow bones, it is a different atmosphere. This word is just a pretense, and the handsome man comes easily, but it has nothing to do with Jiaxuan! ”

Listening to Master Zhang's sycophancy, Master Li hurriedly said: "This great achievement of stabilizing the country is no less than that of Xu Da and Liu Bowen, who founded the country. ”

Master Zhang nodded with a smile and said, "At that time, it was natural, and it was even more difficult to start a business!" The two of them are not as handsome as they are! ”

"Zhuge Wuhou is also beyond his reach, his success is down, the stars fall into the Wuzhang Plain, and he can't compare to the handsome sweeping the Central Plains and clarifying Yuyu."

Everyone watched the wind and knew each other, and there was a loud voice.

Praised by everyone, Chen Qiyu was greatly used, and said with a smile: "Put it away first, wait until you return to Jingshi, and then find someone to make paste." ”

The guards outside the door came in with a happy face, and said: "Congratulations to the big handsome, the rogue broke Li Zicheng out of the valley by himself, come and ask for surrender!" ”

The thief is going to surrender?

When everyone heard this, they smiled happily.

Chen Qiyu was silent, gently put down the teacup, took a handkerchief and wiped the fine sweat on his forehead, and then hit the military road: "Pass my general's order, all the soldiers in the carriage gorge are strictly guarded, beware of the rogue breaking through." Seeing the Chinese army hurriedly coming out, he ordered again: "Bring that Li Zicheng in!" ”

In the lobby, the previous cha ding was replaced by a majestic guard with a knife, and Li Zicheng came in to kneel and bow: "Li Zicheng, a small citizen, is entrusted by Gao Yingxiang and people from all walks of life, and asks the marshal to surrender." Willing to submit to the court, never be a coward. ”

Chen Qiyu saw that the person who came was in his thirties, with a square face and a wide forehead, a slightly dark face, high cheeks and shaved cheeks, an eagle-eyed nose, and a calm demeanor, implying a dignified divine might, and there was some appreciation in his heart. "Two axemen came in from outside the door, dragging them outward.

Li Zicheng struggled and asked, "Sincerity is coming, why did you kill me?" ”

"Full of nonsense! The main department has been reading since childhood, and the military book and war strategy are well understood, how can I give you a few words of vernacular coaxing? You are clearly here to deceive and surrender, and you have to quibble! Chen Qiyu's eyes burned, and he forced his eyes down, as if he wanted to see through Li Zicheng's heart.

Li Zicheng looked calm, and did not pretend at all: "Xiaomin knows that the handsome man of the Dao has experienced a hundred battles, and even suppressed the mountain tiger, the willow thief, a dragon, the diamond diamond, the mountain harrier, the black god, the tiger in the man, the five Yama kings, immediately flying, Wang Denghuai, Ma Red Wolf, flying all over the sky, full of goose birds, Huang Shenyao, flying through the ditch, Zhang Cong, Fan Dengke, Fan Jirong, Shangshan Tiger, sweeping tiger, sweeping tiger, wide sky flying, grass flying, a tiger, a winged fly, golden-winged Peng, a city and other seventy-seven big and small leaders, Weizhen Guanshan, what tricks can hide the handsome? We are all people who are in a desperate situation, and we are all people who are waiting to die, and we really sincerely ask to surrender. The marshal put himself in his shoes and thought, only by returning to the imperial court can his life be saved, what other way is there to live? ”

Hearing Li Zicheng say this, Chen Qiyu couldn't help nodding slightly, what the other party said was indeed the truth, in other words, he was in such a desperate situation and he was trying to survive, and then he groaned: "How do you appease?" The food and salary of the headquarters are all allocated by the imperial court, and there is no surplus for your needs. Besides, if Yang Xiuling is placed, the headquarters is not at ease. ”

Seeing that Chen Qiyu's words were loose, Li Zicheng hurriedly said: "Xiaomin is willing to serve in front of the Liaodong Army, and it doesn't cost the commander a penny of food. ”

"Oh, is it really that faithful?"

The thieves invited themselves to serve in front of the Liaodong Army somewhat unexpectedly Chen Qiyu, now the Ming Dynasty, the internal worries are in these provinces to escape the thieves, and the external worries are in the Dongyu Jurchen, although there was a Jinzhou army Shi someone to attack the city and break Shenyang, but it is said that it is just to take advantage of the capture of the chief Hong Tai to lead the main force of the expedition, not the battle in front of the grand array, in comparison, the combat power of the Eastern Tatars is still far superior to the Ming Dynasty, if there are these thieves to serve in Liaodong, it is a double eagle, which can not only calm the internal worries, but also sweep away the external troubles. Thinking of this, Chen Qiyu couldn't help but be moved, and secretly agreed.

"Let the ministry play the court, and if you receive the grace of the Holy Lord, you will be able to serve the country. If the emperor does not allow it, the headquarters will have to dismiss you. For this reason, it is necessary to send people into the valley to count the people and horses before making plans. ”

"Thank you for your success!"

Li Zicheng was overjoyed, and after glancing left and right, he said, "Xiaomin still has a few private words to say to Dashuai." ”

"Go down!" Chen Qiyu glanced left and right, everyone quietly retreated, he looked at Li Zicheng who was kneeling on the ground with his arms tied behind his back, raised his hand and said, "You get up and speak." ”

Li Zicheng took two steps forward and said in a low voice: "The carriage gorge has achieved the prestige of the handsome through the ages, and all the courtiers in the world are envious. ”

"Oh, what do you have to worry about?" Chen Qiyu stroked his beard, a little disdainful in surprise.

"Dare to ask a word that I don't know how to advance or retreat, what are the plans of the marshal in the future?"

"What are your plans for the future? Motobu didn't think about it yet. ”

"As the saying goes, when the moon is full, it is lost, and when it is prosperous, it is declining, since ancient times, those who have succeeded and retired are all smart people in the world, and those who are far away say Fan Li and Zhang Liang, the two of them have a good death, but the fate of Wen Chong and Han Xin is inevitably chilling. Besides, how many heroes the great grandfather has killed, the big man naturally knows better than the small people. ”

Li Zicheng saw that Chen Qiyu's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he listened extremely attentively, guessing that he was a little tempted, and then said: "Song Taizu's cup of wine to release the military power can be described as a high move, which not only takes into account the feelings of the monarch and ministers, but also can sit back and relax. Now that the marshal is the governor of Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang, and Sichuan, he is also in charge of food and salary, and half of the soldiers and horses in the world are in his hands, and he has such miraculous feats, can the emperor sleep? ”

"You! The main hall has read the books of sages since childhood, and the word loyalty and filial piety is more important than life, and there is the slightest dissent, and the heavens and the earth will be destroyed! It was originally a reprimand, but it turned out to be a gambling curse and an oath.

Li Zicheng shrugged his shoulders, moved his numb arms a few times, and nodded: "Xiaomin doesn't have half a sentence to slander the marshal, the art of war says: think about retreating before thinking about it, and there will be no big mistake in leaving a way back in everything." Xiaomin has been working as a grass coward for a few years and has a lot of savings, which is enough to return to his hometown to live and work in peace and contentment. There's a lot of silver, who still wants to hold their heads and work hard! But the big handsome may not be as comfortable as the small people, right? ”

"Are you persuading the headquarters to go into hiding?"

"Xiaomin didn't say that, he just thought that if the handsome man was suspected all day long, he was afraid that life would not be easy."

"Well, it's natural to retreat from the rapids. Lao Tzu said: Born to have, for the sake of Buddha, successful and prosperous. If the husband does not live, he will not go. The birds are all hidden, the rabbits are dead and the dogs are cooked, and the main hall also has a deep taste. ”

"That's nature." Li Zicheng secretly thought: According to his age, he must be seventy years old, and the old man is always right when he speaks. He said: "The handsome Xianxiang Baode Prefecture is severely impoverished, and it is a rabbit who does not...... Well, well, it's a place of bald mountains and barren hills, and I heard that the marshal took out three thousand taels of silver to help his hometown during his tenure in Yansui Futai, and paid taxes for another year, spending more than three thousand six hundred taels in total......"

"How do you know about the Dao?" Chen Qiyu's face changed greatly, most of the silver was borrowed or embezzled, and it had only been more than a year of work, and the deficit had not yet had time to be repaid.

"Dashuai Ze has long been rumored to be a beautiful talk in the township, and there are not a few people in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces who know the Tao. Besides, if the handsome man returns to his hometown, it is indispensable to use silver to build a garden and a building, so he can't ask the emperor with his hands open! Xiao Min knew that the handsome man was not rich, so he specially prepared a little light gift, which was put in the pocket on the horse's back, and asked the handsome to smile. ”

Chen Qiyu's eyes were blazing, and he ordered someone to carry him into the lobby and untie it with his own hands, in addition to the yellow and white things, there were also many jewels, shining brightly, presumably in a hurry, too late to choose carefully. Li Zicheng saw that he was a little greedy, so he stuck his pocket tightly and dragged him to the back of the handsome case, and said with a smile: "There are still many such things in the camp, needless to say, it doesn't cost a lot of money to be placed in the township, even if you appease one person and pay fifty taels of silver, the rest of the silver people don't have to worry about building houses and land!" ”

Chen Qiyu secretly whispered when he heard this, he had been a political envoy to the left and right in Shaanxi, and the silver included in the treasury every year was only one million taels, which was not as good as the income from the raids and plunders of the rogues.

He sighed secretly for a moment, then returned to his reserved appearance, and said slowly: "This can also be regarded as robbing the rich and helping the poor!" The headquarters will accept it for the villagers, and they will not use it. Then after sitting back on the handsome case, he ordered outside: "Come on, give him a rope!" ”

Two guards came in, untied the rope for Li Zicheng, and retreated to Chen Qiyu's left and right to press the knife to protect him. Chen Qiyu naturally had to say something, and said: "Since you intend to change your mind and return to your hometown to live in peace, the headquarters will fulfill you and issue you a card to avoid death." However, there must be a team of every 100 people, one after another out of the valley, and there must be a pacification officer in each team, through Hanyin, Shiquan, Xixiang, Hanzhong, north out of the plank road, from Fengxiang, Longzhou, Pingliang, Huanxian, Qingyang line, sent back to the township, the food required on the road is sent by the prefectures and counties along the way. ”

"The virtue of regeneration is unforgettable!" Li Zicheng fell to his knees again and kowtowed

Li Zicheng got Chen Qiyu, a Confucian general, to agree to surrender, and Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong in the valley were naturally overjoyed, and cooperated with the officials and soldiers to count the number of people according to Chen Qiyu's order. The fierce thieves also made an obedient invitation to surrender under the constraints of the major leaders, so that the counting officers and soldiers who entered the valley did not have suspicions.

It was very easy to count the number of people, and it took half a day to count them, with a total of 66,000 people. Early the next morning, a team of 100 people began to go out of the valley, and the soldiers in the valley came out listlessly in ragged clothes, very embarrassed, and walked slowly.

Chen Qiyu also ordered Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Yunyang who was guarding the south, to release the people according to the law, and not to make it difficult to surrender the thieves.

Lu Xiangsheng is not as pedantic as Chen Qiyu, he saw at a glance that the thieves were released out of the valley, and he was shocked and strictly ordered the Tianxiong army to hold on, and rushed to Xing'an City on horseback, dissuading Chen Qiyu and saying: "Dashuai, the thieves are rusty and bad, it is the opportunity to extinguish them in one fell swoop, why do you want to let them out?" ”

"Jiandou, you don't have to worry too much, the headquarters will be appeased one by one, and it will be a great success without a single knife or arrow."

Lu Xiangsheng was in a hurry, reached out and grabbed Chen Qiyu's arm, and reminded: "Dashuai, do you want to make Yang He's mistake again?" ”

Although Lu Xiangsheng was born in Wen Jinshi, he can practice martial arts since he was a child, and his strength is outstanding. ”

"Letting go of tens of thousands of thieves like this, do they miss the kindness of the handsome? A thief for one day is hard to change for life. The marshal allowed them to go out of the valley, and they were like fish entering the sea, and if they wanted to hunt and kill, they couldn't! Lu Xiangsheng tugged at the sleeve of his robe and argued.

Chen Qiyu changed his face and said, "Let it go!" You are also from the two lists, and you are so misbehaved? Come on, bang him out! ”

Lu Xiangsheng grabbed the knocker and cried loudly. Chen Qiyu sneered: "The Ministry of Medicine dealt with it quickly, tens of thousands of murderers, once disbanded, there will be no bandits in the world from now on, are you crying for them?" ”

Lu Xiang raised his voice and said: "The humble position is to cry for the millions of people in Sanqin, cry for the Ming Dynasty, and worry that there will be no peace in Sanqin after that!" "Hide your face and go away

After more than ten days in a row, more than 66,000 rogues were finally dispatched, and each of them was escorted back to his hometown by more than 50 pacification officers. Every day, there are letters and newspapers coming back from everywhere, and where the rebels from all walks of life have arrived, they are all the same smooth news, Chen Qiyu was a little numb when he heard it, thinking that those rogues returned to their hometowns to live in peace and became good people with hoes and burdens, and couldn't help but feel a little complacent, and it was really a great merit to surrender without a fight.

He was thinking about the ending of the appeasement, how to give the emperor a fold, and quietly said that this merit shocked the past and the present. After pondering left and right, he was about to invite Zhang and Li to come over to discuss, when there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves outside the gate, and it was a capital crime to kill the head of the horse, he had a gloomy face, and was about to get angry, and stumbled into a soldier outside the door, panting and reported: "Great, handsome, out of ...... Something big is wrong. ”

Chen Qiyu always thinks of himself as a Confucian general, and he is most unaccustomed to people who are panicked. He rolled his eyes twice and shouted coldly, "What are you panicking about? Speak slowly! ”

The soldier took a breath and said: "On the seventh day of the seventh month of July, the general Liu Guoming took more than 50 people to send all the way to Baoji, and wanted to stay in the city for a few days, but the local squire Sun Peng and others made a noise and refused to accept it, and Li Jiayan, the county governor of Baoji, had to order the closure of the four gates, and beheaded the thirty-six thieves who climbed to the top of the city to show the public. When the rogues outside the city saw it, they rushed up and killed General Liu Shen and others to rebel. ”

"Is it Li Jiayan who made his own opinion?" Chen Qiyu was a little angry when he heard this, and his eyes stared at the soldiers viciously.

The soldier frightened him a little, and snorted: "He is stationed in Baoji with a thousand soldiers and horses led by Yang Lin, the head of the town, so he is not afraid." ”

Chen Qiyu gritted his teeth and said: "What a Li Jiayan, he dares to spoil my big things, I think I'm impatient!" ”

According to the emperor's holy edict to him, the four civil officials and the military attache can be named to participate in the performance, and they can be questioned in time, but Li Jiayan is Hong Chengchou's person after all, and he can't help but be afraid. Thinking that Yang Lin had arrived in Baoji, he didn't know it, his heart was on fire, and he asked, "Who sent Yang Lin?" ”

"Lord Futai Lian, Shaanxi."

"Wow! It turned out that he was practicing state affairs to support them behind his back, and he was against the main department! He waved his hand grimly, and the soldier pushed him out as if he had been pardoned.

Chen Qiyu was so angry that he paced back and forth in the house, took a pen and wrote an excerpt on impeachment and state affairs and Li Jiayan, and sent it overnight, and the anger in his heart almost subsided, but he received even worse news: "As soon as Li Zicheng came out of the Hanzhong Plank Road, he also killed the appeasement officer of the superintendent, and successively attacked seven county towns such as Linyou and Yongshou......"

Chen Qiyu was so shocked that he didn't feel a trace of sleep, first he was nervous, and then he couldn't help but worry, and said worriedly: God is with it, abandon it ominously, shouldn't I really let them go out to welcome them? If they really rebel and make things worse, the situation will be difficult to clean up.

Thinking of this, he felt a burst of coolness, the scorching heat seemed to have turned into the middle of winter, and he couldn't help but sit up in his clothes, wrinkle his brows, and be stunned......