Hubei, Zhang Xianzhong's camp, Zhang Xianzhong looked at the sky in a slight daze, I didn't expect that Brother Gao Yingxiang was captured alive, and there is really no end to this Ming Dynasty's qi.

Fortunately, he went ashore early and accepted the imperial court's Zhao'an in advance, otherwise he would probably have a miserable life, but the imperial court is unreliable after all, after all, the emperor's surname is Zhu, and he dug their family's ancestral grave, he can spare himself, impossible, the reason why he promised Zhao'an now is because the situation is forced, and when the Ming Dynasty comes back, I am afraid it will be the day of the catastrophe.

But before that, Da Ming shouldn't do it with himself, after all, what Da Ming needs most now is to recuperate.

And what Zhang Xianzhong is looking forward to most now is that the imperial court can really attribute Lantian to himself, Lantian, that is the place he dreamed of, the wealth of Lantian, he has been clear all these years, to say that the Ming Dynasty is now the richest place, Lantian occupies the first, even the capital is afraid to let Xian, such a rich city give itself a territory.

Zhang Xianzhong's Harazi is about to flow out, and soon Zhang Xianzhong threw out the thoughts in his head, although Lantian is good, but after all, it is a place of four wars, after he arrives, he must loot the wealth of the people as much as possible, strengthen the army, and make peace with the court, and wait for an opportunity as much as possible.

What kind of opportunity?

Wait for Qin Liangyu to die.

That's right, Zhang Xianzhong accepted the imperial court's edict, a big reason is that he wants to consume Qin Liangyu, Qin Liangyu is now in his sixties, and people in their sixties in this era have been buried in loess to their necks, this is Zhang Xianzhong's opportunity.

Sichuan is damp and miasma, such an old lady may die of illness at some point, as long as Qin Liangyu dies, Zhang Xianzhong feels that he can lead troops into Sichuan, and Sichuan is the place that Zhang Xianzhong wants to occupy the most.

Zhang Xianzhong is not a person with great ambitions, what he has always wanted is not the great tomorrow, but to divide the king, occupy Sichuan to be the king of Shu is Zhang Xianzhong's dream, as for plotting the whole world, Zhang Xianzhong feels that he has no hope, he has been a border army, knows how ferocious the Tartars are, and he will command these minions to compete with the Tartars for hegemony in the world, which is really not enough for the Tartars to cut.

But it is different to occupy Sichuan, Sichuan Shu Road, is the first dangerous place in the ages, the Tartars like to ride and shoot, and occupy the Shu Road, how the Tartar cavalry crossed the past, as long as they have an elite town guarding the Shu Road, they can enjoy the glory and wealth in Sichuan.

Is there an elite town guarding Shu Road?

Yes.

That is the elite troops trained by Li Dingguo, Li Dingguo's troops, among Zhang Xianzhong's many sons, the most elite, others such as Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, people like to use the homeless people as the vanguard to rush into battle, but Li Dingguo has never, has been training his own lineage ace troops.

This unit is used by Zhang Xianzhong to guard the Shu Road, as long as he guards the Shu Road, he can sit back and relax, and from now on he will be a vassal king in Sichuan, happy and happy, and it is not good to live a good life?

Zhang Xianzhong thought about it, and at this time, the military advisor walked in and said that Sun Kewang was back.

Hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong was angry, and he asked him to attack Lantian County, but the 60,000 displaced people were exhausted in a blink of an eye, and his elite troops also lost 15,000 people, even the fourth Ai Nengqi, and one of the generals he was very optimistic about Zhao Ding were all folded in, which made Zhang Xianzhong angry when he thought about it.

"Let him get in."

Hearing this, the military advisor immediately asked Sun Kewang to come in, and Sun Kewang crawled in with a roll, looking embarrassed.

"Father, father."

Sun Kewang came to Zhang Xianzhong at this time, Zhang Xianzhong glanced at Sun Kewang and said: "Who can show this pitiful picture, look at the good things you have done." ”

Hearing this, Sun Kewang knelt on the ground, looked at Zhang Xianzhong and said, "Father-in-law, the child knows that he is wrong, please punish his father-in-law." ”

"Reprimand? Okay, how do you think I'm going to punish you? I won't talk about you if you lose 60,000 homeless people, but your elite troops have also lost 15,000 people, and you actually lost the fourth child to Lao Tzu, how do you say that Lao Tzu should punish you? ”

Hearing this, Sun Kewang kowtowed like pounding garlic: "The child knows that he is wrong, please punish the father-in-law, punish him heavily, no matter how the father-in-law punishes me, the child has nothing to say." ”

Saying this, the military division on the other side came in again: "Eight kings, the three generals ask to see you." ”

"Let him get in too."

Zhang Xianzhong shouted angrily, followed by Liu Wenxiu, who was still bandaged on his body, and ran in, kowtowing like pounding garlic as soon as he entered the house.

"Father-in-law, the child is wrong, the army lost a lot of men and horses, and lost the fourth brother, everything is my fault, please punish the father-in-law, heavy punishment."

Liu Wenxiu kowtowed as he spoke, and the arrow wound on his shoulder broke open due to the strenuous exercise, and blood remained.

Zhang Xianzhong looked at the two things that were not angry and shouted angrily: "Okay, I will cooperate, one after the other, to fool Lao Tzu, with this thought, are you good to put it on the battlefield, when you set off, I thought it was a piece of fat, and I threw off the second child's troops, so I left first, and in the end, the second child was in front, you say, where can you catch up with the second child?" ”

Sun Kewang knelt on the ground and listened to this without saying a word, but he hated the second child, damn, Lao Tzu is scolded, you will be praised, the second child, you are waiting for us.

Zhang Xianzhong glanced at the two, a different look flashed in his eyes, he deliberately provoked Sun Kewang and made him maintain hatred for Li Dingguo, this time Li Dingguo withstood the copper money pass and helped Sun Kewang, Zhang Xianzhong was also afraid that the two would unite, and it would be difficult for him to be a father at that time.

Zhang Xianzhong needs them to fight, and only if they fight to the death, can Zhang Xianzhong maintain his balance and fish with the water.

Zhang Xianzhong glanced at the two of them, and then shouted angrily: "Get out, get out, Lao Tzu will be angry when he sees you, now dismiss your military power, hand over the men and horses, and go back to the camp to think about it behind closed doors." ”

Sun Kewang kowtowed like garlic when he heard this, this was what he expected, he fought like this with Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi, if he didn't punish him, it would be really difficult to convince the public.

So Zhang Xianzhong must make a show, take the military power, and he will definitely return it to them in the future, after all, this kind of thing is not once or twice, after losing the battle, he will collect the military power, and wait until they need to balance Li Dingguo, and then return it to them, this set has been played for many years.

And when he was leaving, Sun Kewang looked at Zhang Xianzhong in order to show his brotherly affection and said, "Father-in-law, the fourth child?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong glanced at Sun Kewang and said, "You don't have to worry about it, you have your own arrangements for your father." ”

"Yes."

Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand after saying this, and Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu retreated.

Out of Zhang Xianzhong's handsome camp, Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu wiped the sweat on their foreheads, and this matter was fooled.

The two glanced at each other, separated and returned to the camp, thinking behind closed doors.

Gao Yingxiang's arrest had a huge impact, representing the failure of the first stage of the peasant uprising, and also giving Emperor Chongzhen a shot in the arm, making His Majesty regain his confidence and feel that he could do it again.

On the third day, the morning pilgrimage.

Emperor Chongzhen walked to the top of the steps, sat on the dragon chair, and Wang Chengen, who was following behind, his eyes lit up, His Majesty is really becoming more and more like an emperor, and he walks with a tiger.

The ministers in the audience peeked at the emperor at this time, and secretly slandered themselves in their hearts, and they were stunned when they won the battle.

But no matter what they said in their hearts, all the ministers still knelt down and shouted: Long live my emperor, long live, long live.

"Zhong Aiqing is flat."

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen raised his hand, the ministers got up at this time, and Chongzhen looked at the ministers below and said, "Everyone, have you heard about the matter of Shaanxi?" ”

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, calm the world and capture the thief leader."

Chongzhen nodded and said: "Well, this morning, let's mainly discuss, for the disposal of the thief head Gao Yingxiang, all the ministers should express their opinions." ”

After listening to Chongzhen's words, the ministers did not answer the call immediately, but glanced at each other, with surprise in their eyes, what is there to talk about, the crime of rebellion, the nine clans should be punished, and Ling Chi should be executed.

Isn't this a national policy that has been set since the founding of the country?

Many ministers didn't understand what Chongzhen meant, and they were silent for a while.

Chongzhen saw that the ministers didn't speak, so he opened his mouth to name him: "The criminal department is still available." ”

"The minister is here."

Shangshu of the Criminal Department immediately came out of the ranks, bowed and saluted, Chongzhen looked at Shangshu of the Criminal Department and said: "Lord Shangshu is in charge of the criminal law of the world, what does Shangshu mean by this conviction?" ”

The Shangshu of the Criminal Department heard this and said: "This, the thief leader Gao Yingxiang gathered a crowd to rebel, the evidence is sufficient, irrefutable, according to our Ming law, the rebel will be punished by the nine clans, and the bandit leader should be executed by Ling Chi to set an example." ”

Chongzhen nodded.

"What Aiqing said is very true, what do you ministers think?"

Chongzhen asked, and many ministers bowed their hands together: "The ministers seconded it." ”

Chongzhen said: "Well, after the crime is convicted, the next step is to discuss the place of execution." ”

Hearing this, the ministers didn't understand it again, and then Chongzhen said: "Yesterday, Lu Xiangsheng wrote to me that Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang in Shanxi are intersecting, if Gao Yingxiang is transported from Shaanxi to the capital to be beheaded, he is afraid of changes halfway, so Lu Xiangsheng asks for play, whether he can punish Gao Yingxiang on the spot in Shaanxi." “

As soon as Chongzhen finished saying this, the ministers below immediately argued, this issue is worth discussing, killing Gao Yingxiang on the spot can save the trouble, and the next series of actions of the provincial rogue will save a lot of unnecessary trouble, this proposal is very tempting.

However, the opponents are also very reasonable, Gao Yingxiang is the head of the thieves in the world, and the symbolic meaning of his representation is far from being comparable to ordinary thieves.

It seems that the court is afraid of the thief, so the disadvantages far outweigh the advantages, maybe there will be an accident on the way to escort Gao Yingxiang, but even if there is a big change, Gao Yingxiang must be escorted to the capital and sentenced to death under the nose of His Majesty the Emperor, so as to deter the world and highlight the majesty of the court.

These two statements are very reasonable, one is afraid of long nights and dreams, just like Journey to the West, a group of monsters catch Tang Seng and you eat it quickly, you monsters learn what kind of human beings eat cooked food, eat it raw, and as a result, Sun Wukong and these people have time to rescue.

There is also the Water Margin, catch a Liangshan hero, and you will kill it on the spot? No, you have to make a big show, and then let the other party come to rob the law field, and the bamboo basket will be empty.

Therefore, many people believe that in extraordinary times, when extraordinary means are used, the first strike is stronger, and the last strike may have a change.

And the second one is even more reasonable, and it is also an explanation of the first idea, we are the government, and the government pays attention to doing things above board, if I want to kill you, I have to go through the trial of the three divisions and go through the legal procedures, so that we can kill, and we must do things in accordance with the law.

And Chongzhen still attaches great importance to his identity, therefore, after some rebuttal, Chongzhen still decided to let Lu Xiangsheng escort Gao Yingxiang into Beijing.

"Well, what your ministers say is very reasonable, in that case, Wang Chengen."

"The old slave is here."

"Intended."

"Yes."

Listening to Chongzhen's words, Wang Chengen immediately responded, followed by the preparation of the holy decree pen and ink, then Chongzhen said: "The thief head Gao Yingxiang is extremely evil, his crime is unforgivable, when the world knows, this life Lu Xiang is promoted to the escort officer, immediately escort Gao Yingxiang to the capital Ming Zhengcanon, Qin this." “

After Chongzhen's order was finished, Wang Chengen immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty has prepared it." ”

Chongzhen nodded and said, "Send eight hundred miles to send it over." ”

Wang Chengen nodded respectfully, even if the matter was over, then Chongzhen looked at the Gong Gong Zhu in the audience and said: "This matter is so for the time being, the next matter to be discussed is more important, Gao Yingxiang was captured, and the rogue forces were greatly damaged, but there are still two people who have not been resolved, one is Li Zicheng who is entrenched in Shanxi, and the other is even more hateful, that is, Zhang Xianzhong who is entrenched in Hubei." ”

Chongzhen said here: "I intend to order Hong Chengchou to lead troops such as Shanxi to exterminate Li Zicheng, Sun Chuanting led troops into Hubei and attacked Zhang Xianzhong with Mrs. Qin in Sichuan, be sure to capture this dog thief to me, in order to comfort the ancestors of the Zhu family, what do you think?" ”

When Chongzhen said this, he gritted his teeth, he hated Zhang Xianzhong too much, this guy who dug his family's ancestral grave, all the ministers looked at each other when they heard this, and they didn't speak, this is indeed a good time to take advantage of the victory to pursue.

Everyone thought that they just wanted to second, but at this time, Yang Sichang suddenly came out of the ranks, knelt at the front and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan to play." ”

Hearing this, Chongzhen frowned slightly, and then Yang Sichang said: "Yesterday, the minister received a letter of guilt from Hubei Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong said that he was extremely guilty and was terrified of what he had done, so he asked His Majesty for forgiveness and gave him a chance to serve the court. ”

Yang Sichang held up the letter of guilt with both hands, Wang Chengen saw this and was about to get it, but Chongzhen shouted angrily: "No, I can forgive everyone, he Zhang Xianzhong can't, I don't allow him to surrender, no!" ”

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