When it was heard that the general's uncle had entered Beijing, local officials from all over the country warmly welcomed him. It's just that the prefect has recognized the godson first, and these people are not good to worship their grandfather again, and groups of new Dashun officials who want to recognize the old man as their great-grandfather pounced on them, like flies that saw blood, and bombarded away batch after batch.

Finally rushed to the territory of Zhili, and groups of Shandong officials had no choice but to leave and return to their respective posts.

The old man breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly a large number of Dashun officials who were directly subordinate to the front welcomed the general's uncle in front.

The head official is the former Ming Hejian Prefecture prefect, the current Dashun Hejian Prefecture prefect, has long heard about the previous events, and as a direct official he is also more well-informed than Shandong officials, as far as he knows, the general himself seems to be very interested in this matter, according to the news he bought from Beijing at a high price, after seeing the report, the general said that it seems to be his uncle himself.

"Grandfather," the prefect of Hejian and the other godsun of the old man have the same status as him, and he also feels that his grandfather is a proper position: as the prefect of Dashun, it is of course arrogant to be on an equal footing with the general, but if the other party wants to carry the other party to his grandfather's generation just because he is the head of the military ministers of the dynasty, it is also a bit too sycophant and will be considered shameless. After the prefect of Hejian did his best to entertain the old man, he knelt in front of the old man as soon as the banquet was dispersed: "Please grandfather must accept his grandson, grandson has a son-in-law, his character is not too stubborn, he was raised at the age of twenty, and now he is studying hard, just waiting for the king and the master to open a department, he will be able to glorify his ancestors one day." "The prefect of Hejian offered a son-in-law to help Xu Ping's uncle inherit the incense.

……

"Xiaguan ......"

"The Last General ......"

"Brother Zhong, Brother Chen, don't say that." Today, Chen Zhe and Zhong Guinian came to Xu Ping's General's Mansion to see him, and the two of them were about to salute after seeing Xu Ping, but they were hurriedly stopped by Xu Ping, Xu Ping asked the guards to set a small table of dishes and a pot of wine. Since the defeat of the Jingshi, Xu Ping no longer drinks alcohol, but occasionally drinks a glass.

The provinces and counties in the northern part of Shandong heard the news and handed over their loyalty to the Dashun regime in Beijing, and a small number of local officials in the south were hesitant to see what other measures Nanjing had taken. Niu Jinxing felt that time was running out, and suggested that Li Zicheng immediately send capable generals to control Shandong and prepare in advance for the southern expedition of the Shun army's field troops. As for the prefect and county, as for the purpose of calming the people's hearts, they will be retained as long as they surrender, and a small number of fugitive officials Niu Jinxing have already selected a group of Beijing officials and ordered them to go south as soon as possible to take office.

With the order of King Shun, the governor of Shandong of the original Ming court came to Beijing honestly, his subordinates had no soldiers available, and several magistrates who were unwilling to surrender to Dashun had fled to Nanjing, and those who did not flee in southern Shandong had long since ignored the former boss who was loyal to Dashun; As for the Shandong officials who also changed their courts, they would not help their old bosses speak regardless of their own future. Considering that King Shun is now trying to win the hearts of the people, the governor of Shandong is not too worried about his fate, and King Shun is likely to leave him a place in the court to appease the hearts of those feudal ministers who are still waiting.

Zhong Guinian was appointed as the Shandong Defense Envoy, responsible for the government affairs of the entire Shandong, and after his arrival, he was responsible for the entire Shandong Political Envoy and the Punishment Envoy of the former Ming Court; Chen Zhe was appointed as the envoy of Shandong Jiedu and was responsible for Shandong's military affairs. These two people are both literate and martial, and the tasks given to them by King Shun are both numerous and heavy. Xu Ping, Sun Kewang, and Li Dingguo may go south at any time, Zhong and Chen must immediately appease the people of Shandong, prepare military rations and people's husbands, dredge roads and canals, and those former Ming officials in the south who disobeyed Dashun, if Nanming tried to seize Shandong, they also had the task of repelling the Nanming offensive.

"The prefect of Jinan is the cousin of the general," although the person who called himself Xu Ping's uncle has not yet arrived in Beijing, but the prefect of Jinan has heard about what the Dashun Central Committee has heard, Zhong Guinian smiled at Xu Ping: "Does the general have a word for this virtuous nephew I want to bring to you?" ”

"What do I have to say?" Xu Ping shook his head and said with a smile: "I haven't seen him before, what can I say?" ”

"If I were a great general," replied the Shandong defense envoy at once, "then he would definitely be put on the line with his superiors—that is, I said to him: 'The great general confessed to me when he left Beijing, and he recognized you as a nephew, and the general and the official have been old friends for many years, and he asked me to take care of you more.'" 'Haha, what does the general think?' ”

"Since Brother Zhong thinks it's good, then so be it." Xu Ping was a little surprised: "Does Brother Zhong value him so much?" ”

He didn't inquire clearly at all, and he couldn't wait to recognize the general's uncle as his grandfather, which I think is enough to show his loyalty to Dashun. If he didn't completely believe that the Mandate of Heaven was on our side and that we would rule the world, how could he be? Zhong Guinian felt that this kind of activist should not only be encouraged, but also a kind of performance, so that the Jinan prefect had no room for regret and could only follow Dashun to the end: "He has put all his life, glory, wealth and reputation on our side, can he not help us deal with the remnants of the former dynasty of Nanming?" ”

Xu Ping nodded, he didn't think too much about these things in the officialdom, but after Zhong Guinian said it, he felt that this was the case: "General Liu is very unaccustomed to this person." ”

After hearing about this, Li Zicheng was fine, but Liu Zongmin jumped up directly and asked Niu Jinxing loudly how he could absorb such a shameless person into the Dashun regime. After hearing Xu Ping's words, Zhong Guinian smiled slightly: "General Liu is too upright. Zhong Guinian felt that officialdom was so shameless, and if there were Ming officials who surrendered were not so shameless, the first thing that Niu Jinxing and Zhong Guinian's master and apprentice thought of was not that this person stood out from the crowd and had integrity, but that he was suspicious of both ends of the rat, and he was also suspicious of Dashun, so he paid attention to his words and deeds, wanting to leave room and retreat for himself. Compared with those officials who still retain some reserve, Niu Jinxing is more at ease with the shameless people of ***, and the shamelessness of the Jinan prefect to this point also makes Zhong Guinian look at him differently.

Liu Zongmin, as Li Zicheng's closest comrade-in-arms, not to mention Xu Ping, even Niu Jinxing can't compare with him. Fortunately, with the strong support of powerful military factions such as Xu Ping and Sun Kewang, Liu Zongmin's influence on Li Zicheng has been greatly weakened, and no matter what he says, he will only be treated as a complaint and a complaint, and will not have an impact on Dashun's policies.

Xu Ping turned his head to Chen Zhe, raised his glass and toasted him: "Brother Chen, the burden on your shoulders this time is not light." ”

In the past, under Xu Ping, Chen Zhe was responsible for specific and well-targeted military tasks such as training, sneak attacks, and infiltration, and he had never commanded a large number of field troops alone, let alone be in charge of the military affairs of a province as he is now. Xu Ping is not worried about Chen Zhe's detailed handling, but he is afraid that he lacks a broad strategic vision.

Since Niu Jinxing and Xu Ping talked to him three days ago, hinting that he would be the envoy of Shandong Jiedu, Chen Zhe has been engrossed in collecting information and analyzing the problems he may encounter.

Just like in the army before, Chen Zhe still looked confident, he first poured his wine glass full of wine, just like the confidence in his chest at this time: "Nanjing is arguing endlessly for supporting King Lu or King Fu, it is reasonable, of course it is King Fu." ”

King Fu is the son of the old King Fu of Luoyang, and the descendant of Shenzong. Not long after the city of Beijing was broken, Chongzhen's father-in-law, Emperor Zhou, dedicated his grandsons who fled to his house to Li Zicheng in exchange for the safety of his family. Now that Taichang is extinct, of course, it is the turn of King Fu, and King Fu himself and Emperor Chongzhen are still the same generation, which is even more suitable; And King Lu's succession order is far away, not to mention that he is still the uncle of Emperor Chongzhen, and it will not be his turn in terms of etiquette and law.

But Donglin scolded Concubine Zheng Guifei too ugly back then, and he always wanted to say that the old Fu King was a rebel, they were afraid that King Fu would retaliate when he ascended the throne. And King Lu is in Hangzhou, and he has always had a very good relationship with Donglin. Chen Zhe did a lot of homework, and scoffed at Donglin's short-sightedness: "Nanming's gang of remnants of the former dynasty don't even know if they can survive this year, and they began to beware of the revenge of King Fu after he sat down in the country, and they really thought long-term." ”

After letting out a sneer, Chen Zhe continued: "But whether it is King Fu or King Lu, if you put yourself in their shoes, their top priority is to quickly establish a new king, immediately calm the hearts of the people, and then concentrate their forces to prepare to resist us. If I were him, King Lifu or King Lilu, I would set up one first, and then do my best to let Nanming survive first, and then talk about others. But Shi Kefa was born in Donglin and didn't want to offend his fellow disciples, but he didn't want to violate the etiquette law to set up a king of Lu who couldn't be beaten with eight poles, so he said that he didn't want to stand up to either. It's okay now - the Jiangbei Army is said to have crossed the river to Nanjing, and it is going to support King Fu by force, haha. ”

Chen Zhe raised the wine in the cup and drank it up, Xu Ping smiled and poured it for him.

"Although King Fu is in charge, even if he can ascend the throne, how can he be convinced by the establishment of a warrior? The southeast is the root of Donglin, and Zuo Liangyu is said to be also the heart of Donglin, how can Donglin give up? Huang Hou is far away in Fujian, Shi Kefa is not satisfied with the two kings, the highly respected one is not in Nanjing, and the one in Nanjing has a bit of prestige and an ambiguous attitude, how can this person with different aspirations not be ready to move? Chen Zhe smiled: "What is the danger of Shandong?" What is the difficulty of collecting the southern part of Shandong? After speaking, Chen Zhe lifted the wine that Xu Ping had just poured for him and swallowed it in one gulp.

"How?" Xu Ping smiled at Zhong Guinian and said, "What do my Brother Chen defense envoys think?" ”

"With General Chen's help, why worry about the husband?" Zhong Guinian was also full of appreciation and joy on his face, and he also raised his glass to Chen Zhe, his partner who had only known him for a few days: "Brother Chen, please!" ”

Chen Zheman drank the third cup, and after putting it down, he pointed to Xu Ping and said: "General, the last general will wait for you for three months, if the general has not yet marched south by then, don't blame the last general to take Nanjing first." ”

"It's a deal."

The three of them drank together for another round, and Zhong Guinian knew that the reason why Xu Ping, Sun Kewang, and Li Dingguo had not sent troops for a long time was that they were worried that the northern captives would take the opportunity to go south, so they must be relieved after effectively recruiting the former Ming border commander in the north. And now what is still missing is Gao Di, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, and Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Ningyuan: "When will the two generals Gao and Wu arrive in Beijing?" ”

"It's been a few days, and I just received an express report that they have handed over Shanhaiguan to General Tang and come to meet the king."

Jin Qiude, who was originally detained in the Beijing Division, took advantage of the collapse of the Praetorian Guard Army and the chaos under the Shun Army approaching the city, and escaped from the Beijing Division with Li Yunrui, Song Jianjun and several other people, and led the core elements of the teaching team who were neglected in the chaos to Tianjin; Before and after the destruction of the city of Beijing, the teaching team used force to snatch the ship from the Tianjin Wei, and several hundred people rushed to surrender in Tianjin and fled to Shandong.

"Only the teaching team, what can you do?" Although Chen Zhe felt regretful, he didn't take it too seriously, and the teaching team was scattered after this catastrophe, and Jin Qiude left most of the people behind in order to get out: "Huang Hou can't expect to rely on three or four hundred teaching teams to regain strength in just a few months, right?" Maybe the next time we go to battle, we will only have the teaching team left with the enemy on the other side. ”

"Unless the Hou Ye is at the end of his rope, he will never let the teaching team go into battle." Xu Ping commented.

……

"Senior Brother ......"

"Minister Wu Sangui ......"

The two people in the Jinluan Hall sang loudly together: "Knock to my lord." ”

Li Zicheng has not yet been called the emperor, the last time he saw Gu Yanwu, the other party's sentence "The world can be called Zhengshuo" touched King Shun a lot, Li Zicheng felt that since Emperor Jin can have this kind of insight, then his strength should be greater, anyway, now this throne can't run, so don't worry.

Today, Xu Ping, Niu Jinxing and others accompanied Li Zicheng to meet with the Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan generals who came to surrender, Shanhaiguan is now guarded by Tang Tong, and Gao Di, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, will be sent to guard Juyong Pass, and Wu Sangui's Ning Yuan has given up sweating, and how he will deal with it has not yet been decided.

When Li Zicheng expressed his honor and took the two generals to the imperial garden for a detailed discussion, Niu Jinxing walked over to Xu Ping and Liu Zongmin, who were standing on the side of the generals: "General Wu and his son want to invite the two generals to his house for dinner at night. ”

Originally, Niu Jinxing was going to invite Niu Jinxing, but Niu Jinxing said that Wu Sangui was a military general, and it was best to go to Xu Ping and Liu Zongmin for his future, so that they could make suggestions to King Shun.

"Villains, greedy generals, and repeated escapes, father and son are the same, I won't go." Liu Zongmin refused.

Niu Jinxing's face became ugly: "Brother Liu, appeasing General Wu is also for the great cause of the king. ”

"The general is enough, I have something to do at night." Liu Zongmin hugged his fists, pulled out his legs and left: "I'm out of company." ”

"What's the matter?" Bull Venus shouted behind his back.

"Drink with your brothers."

Niu Jinxing turned to Xu Ping.

"If the master has something, just tell me." Xu Ping nodded.

"General Wu seems to want the post of Liaodong Jiedu envoy."

"Oh."

"Calm him down, so that the north side will be settled." Niu Jinxing leaned closer and lowered his voice: "As soon as this matter is over, the general will be able to march south as a whole brigade." ”

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