Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, "You really know how to find excuses, the master leads the door, and the practice is personal, by the way, I forgot to ask you, how many actual soldiers are in the Yangzhou battalion now?" ”

Gao De hurriedly reported, "More than 7,800 people, should it increase or decrease?" ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen thought about it, and Zhengse told Gao Demeng and Shi Kefa, "Pick some capable and reliable ones to supplement to the yamen of the governor of Jiangsu, I feel that they should not dare to use force openly, and they can't stand the secret assassination!" Lord Shi Kefa, your safety is very important, if you are assassinated, it is tantamount to a big slap in the face to the imperial court! The yamen of the governor of Jiangsu retains an establishment of 2,000 people! The Yangzhou battalion maintains an establishment of 8,000 people, and your total strength is maintained at 10,000, which is enough! ”

Shi Kefa nodded, "Then I have to replenish some troops a little, I will do what Master Jian said, they killed me, this is really something that cannot be guarded against, I have already thought of it, Lord Zhen, you have to be careful." ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen smiled faintly, "I don't have to worry about it, I have Xichang to follow, besides, when I get to the capital, what do they dare to do to me?" I live on the edge of the Forbidden City, and it's fine. ”

The three of them talked about the army building affairs in the barracks, and the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen talked with Shi Kefa about Yangzhou, so that the government affairs and economic construction in Jiangsu and Jiangnan were simply dinnerd, and soon Gao Dewei came back.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen was a little curious, "You came back so soon?" ”

Gao Dewei sighed, "I took two Xichang and took Zheng Zhihu's boat to send us to the other side, and the officers and soldiers on the other side did not stop us. I went and summoned the steward of their barracks. It says no one is in charge. I went directly to Nanjing City, to Nanjing City, to Nanzhili Yamen, Nanjing Garrison Yamen, no one saw me, I became angry, took the holy decree to the street and read it to the onlookers, so that everyone knew that the imperial court had revoked the establishment of Nanzhili's Zhili Yamen. The incumbent officials all stayed in their original posts temporarily, waiting for the emperor and the court to relocate their official positions, and also said that Yangzhou City is now the location of the yamen of the governor of Jiangsu, so they put the holy decree in the lobby of the Nanzhili yamen, and came back. ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen sweated slightly, "So, you haven't seen anyone?" ”

Gao Dewei spread his hands out, "It's not that I don't see it, I guess, even if I wait there for another ten days and half a month." I won't see a ghost! ”

Shi Kefa hammered his thigh, "How can this be true!" The tall man is there to convey the holy decree! How dare they be so presumptuous? Not even a single official came out to meet? This Xu Hongji! They are blatant defiant of imperial power! We can't do that! I want to play the emperor to impeach them! ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen was not angry. These are all expected by him, but when he heard Gao Dewei say it again, he still slightly felt that there were actually no talents in Jiangnan officialdom, even if he wanted to disobey the yang and the yin, even if he wanted to push back and block, it was not to the point of avoiding it!

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen smiled faintly, "What are you impeaching?" The emperor is very clear about this situation, isn't there no way? Besides, these recitals that everyone already knows, if they go up, they are nothing more than embarrassing the emperor, and in the future, there will be substantive content on the recitals! These accusations are of little use. ”

Gao De suddenly wanted to speak, thinking about today's events, glanced at the young master, and then held back his words.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, "You can say what you want, I didn't stop you from talking, you are now also a military officer on the ground in Yangzhou." ”

Gao De gave a salute, "Young master, then I'll say it, I think the more they are like this, the better, this is showing weakness to us, as long as we don't touch them, they shouldn't dare to do anything to us, now it's up to the emperor and the court to resettle them, as long as these people keep their grades, they can stay where they are, and there shouldn't be any chaos." ”

Shi Kefa sighed, "How can it be so easy? Since the Zhili Yamen of Nanzhili has been cut, how can it be possible to raise so many idle officials? Moreover, after cutting the Zhili Yamen of Nanzhili, where are there so many of the same grades, their power will inevitably be much worse than before, and there is no way to solve this matter. ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen also nodded, "Yes, what Lord Shi Kefa said is very reasonable, since we have cut the Zhili Yamen of Nanzhili, their power will definitely be weakened a lot!" No one willingly wants to watch their power weakened! Be careful, all of you! This economic war may be even more brutal than a real war! ”

Shi Kefa smiled bitterly, "Now I hope that there will be no major disasters in Jiangnan, once a natural disaster meets a man-made disaster, a small area is likely to affect the entire Ming Dynasty, and the current Ming Dynasty can't afford the wind and waves at all." ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen appreciated Shi Kefa's words very much, and secretly said that he didn't see the wrong person in the end, Shi Kefa was not only loyal to the court and the emperor, but he was not pedantic, and his ability was not bad, so he chose the right person!

That night, Zhu Youzhen, the emperor of Chongzhen, took Gao Dewei and Xichang's Juesheng Guard, a total of more than 80 people, each with two fast horses, and rushed to Beijing overnight!

Gao Dewei and Gao Demeng shed tears and said goodbye, although Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen did not cry, but he was also very sentimental, and Gao Demeng and Shi Kefa had to say something to take care of each other, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen actually sometimes felt that he was a minister, much cooler than being an emperor, but he couldn't choose, his identity was destined to be unchangeable, and his responsibility made him destined to be tied to the fate of the Ming Dynasty!

Although the world is in turmoil, but there is no obstacle on the way from Yangzhou to the north of Zhili, the displaced people in the north have not yet formed a rebellion in Shandong and northern Jiangsu, and their group is also wearing civilian clothes, just for the speed of the road, and there is not too much hidden whereabouts! When the small group of bandits saw this formation, even if they were not wearing the official uniforms of the imperial court, they knew what this group of people was coming, and they were naturally unimpeded.

Wang Chengen has asked people to guard outside the gate of his mansion for the past few days, and once the young master comes back, let people immediately inform him that he is in charge of the affairs of the court and the central government.

Seven days later, the dusty group returned to Wang Chengen's mansion, and Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen asked Yang Qicong, the leader of the Xichang Absolute Voice, to return to the palace with the armed eunuchs first! Himself and Gao Dewei went to the house! (To be continued......)