January 20, the twelfth year of Chongzhen.

After three days of pursuit, Lu Xiangsheng finally caught up with Jiannu's large army that drove the people north near Julu, Hebei, and launched a battle at the first time.

Lu Xiangsheng personally led the charge before the battle, and killed eight Jiannu in the battle, and suffered two knife wounds.

The Tianxiong army killed 800 Jiannu, killed 1,000 of his own soldiers, and recaptured 8,000 of the people.

In this regard, Dolgon's younger brother Duoduo was very unconvinced, because the 800 Jiannu who died in the sneak attack of Lu Xiangsheng led the army in the first battle were his Duoduo's soldiers and horses with white flags, and he originally wanted to kill back and avenge the bannerman, but Dolgon did not want to fight to the death with Lu Xiangsheng, and now it is no longer strategic to continue to fight with Lu Xiangsheng in the Central Plains.

The soldiers all raised the heart of returning home, at this time it was not a good thing to love war, and Duoduo was brave and resourceful, and could not take on the heavy responsibility of the aftermath, so he sent Du Du to be the rear army.

He led the army to continue to return north.

After a simple battle, Lu Xiangsheng and Du Du's army were at a stalemate with each other, and the two sides made several attempts, but they also began to die down and not engage in large-scale conflicts.

Du Du didn't want to fight with Lu Xiangsheng, the reason was very simple, there was no point in fighting with Lu Xiangsheng, his purpose was to block Lu Xiangsheng's army here for ten days, and after ten days, their cavalry could catch up with the big army, and all the big troops would withdraw from the Central Plains and return to the grassland.

Therefore, Du Du adopted a defensive posture and did not take the initiative to provoke Lu Xiangsheng.

And Lu Xiangsheng is because here he received another holy decree.

It turned out that the eunuch was sent back and told Chongzhen about Lu Xiangsheng's idea of going his own way, Chongzhen was angry after hearing it, and the minister of the humerus who he had cultivated was ready to turn back, but he was disobedient, and it was worth it.

As for what Lu Xiangsheng said about the Ming people, there is no superfluous one of the Ming people, Jiannu wants to enslave the Han people, he Lu Xiangsheng does not agree or anything like that, although Chongzhen feels enthusiastic when he hears this, but he is not a stunned young man.

He Chongzhen is a politician, he wants to look at the country in the long run, and he can't make unwise decisions because of his enthusiasm, if he ruins the old Zhu family for more than 260 years because of impulsiveness, he Chongzhen himself can't forgive himself.

What he wants is the country, not the people.

As long as the surname Zhu is still in the world, he Chongzhen will not hesitate to live the lives of the people, even if the Han people die, he will not hesitate to do so.

Chongzhen was very dissatisfied with Lu Xiangsheng, and the ministers of the court immediately reacted like sharks smelling blood, and began to publicly impeach Lu Xiangsheng at the time of the court meeting, among which Zhou Yanru and Yang Sichang's henchmen in the court were the most arrogant.

scolded Lu Xiangsheng as a man without a king and a father, a person who sells his reputation and reputation, and does not hesitate to gamble on the future of the country for his reputation, using His Majesty's Tianxiong Army as a bargaining chip, in order to Bo Ta Lu Xiangsheng's reputation through the ages, such actions are simply shameful, and the ministers hate to eat his flesh.

Chongzhen had a fire in his heart, and by the arch fire of the ministers, the whole person suddenly exploded, gritting his teeth and hating to cut Lu Xiangsheng with a thousand knives, Chongzhen's anger now is beyond words.

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And just when Chongzhen angrily wanted Jinyiwei to directly send troops to arrest Lu Xiangsheng, put him in Jinyiwei's prison, and wait for disposal, Hong Chengchou's mouthpiece in the court began to speak.

Hong Chengchou is now in charge of Liaodong soldiers and horses, and he is very powerful, and he has a very strong voice in the DPRK, even Chongzhen does not dare to despise it, and now he is dealing with Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, these are not many generals in the DPRK who can fight.

The soldiers and horses in their hands can even determine the future direction of the Ming Dynasty, so Hong Chengchou's mouthpiece still has to listen to it.

And the mouthpiece is worthy of being an old fritter in the officialdom, he first characterized this matter, it was Lu Xiangsheng who made a mistake on impulse, and this changed the nature of the matter all of a sudden.

Zhou Yanru and others meant that Lu Xiangsheng was plotting against the law and deliberately resisting the decree, and this matter had been planned for a long time.

However, the mouthpiece is given to be impulsive.

Wrong, Lu Xiangsheng must have made a mistake, this is for Chongzhen to see, after all, you can't say that Chongzhen is wrong in this matter.

First stop the responsibility, and then then give the mistake that Lu Xiangsheng made impulsively.

also clarified Lu Xiangsheng's responsibilities a lot, and then talked about some of Lu Xiangsheng's exploits, how to turn the tide, save the Ming Dynasty from fire and water, and how to be loyal to His Majesty.

Anyway, after a mouthpiece operation, the final result was that Chongzhen decided to give Lu Xiangsheng a chance again.

As long as Lu Xiangsheng immediately leads his troops to withdraw from Hebei Julu now, don't pursue ***, this matter Chongzhen will turn a blind eye, and it will be over, and the final result will be verbal criticism, and the reward originally prepared will not be rewarded.

Turning back, you will continue to be your overseer, continue to be your great official, and serve the Ming Dynasty.

The ministers of the court were very dissatisfied with this result, but Chongzhen also woke up from the initial impulse, and when the mood calmed down, Chongzhen felt that Lu Xiangsheng was very easy to use, except for sometimes making mistakes, it was still very useful at other times, so he gave Lu Xiangsheng another chance.

So the eunuch came to Julu, Hebei with the holy decree in his hand for the second time, and found Lu Xiangsheng.

"Master Lu, let's meet again."

When the eunuch saw Lu Xiangsheng, who was stabbed twice in his body, but was still looking at the map, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart and stepped forward to say hello.

Lu Xiangsheng saw that the eunuch was coming, and arched his hand very politely: "There is Gonggong Lao who will run again."

Hearing this, the eunuch smiled and said, "Your Excellency is polite."

After speaking, he said with a serious expression on his face, "There is a holy decree."

Lu Xiangsheng bowed down very respectfully, he Lu Xiangsheng was a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and this swore to death, so as long as there was a holy decree, he was very respectful, after all, the holy decree represented the emperor, although he sent troops without authorization, it was not a rebellion.

At this time, the eunuch took out the holy decree and said, "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says: Lu Xiangshenger wants to rebel?"

The first sentence of the holy decree is a very strict word of accountability, and it can be seen that Chongzhen is very angry.

"You sent troops to pursue Jiannu without permission, but with my consent, without my will, the sword soldiers of the country were tampered with, I came to ask you, is the Tianxiong Army your Lu Xiangsheng's private soldiers?"

"Jiannu coerced 100,000 people to the north, I also have grief and anger in my heart, I am righteous and can endure, why can't you, this world is the world of the Zhu family, it is my world, I can still endure the hatred of the people of Li being robbed, but you can't, is it possible that you think that this people are your family."

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Chongzhen's words are almost word for word, Lu Xiangsheng's face turned pale when he heard it, what does it mean that the people of Li are from the Zhu family, the people are from the world, they are from the Han people, what is going on with the royal family, what does the royal family think the people are, are they pigs and dogs, and are they their private property?

Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng's heart hurt very much, and he couldn't help but think of some things that he had sat down with Li Chaosheng in Lantian at the beginning, and they discussed the difference between Lantian and Daming at that time.

Li Chaosheng said that the essential difference between Lantian and Daming is that Lantian is the Lantian of the common people, while Daming is the Ming of the old Zhu family.

When Zhu Yuanzhang went against the trend of history and restarted the separation, it meant that in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, the world was his old Zhu family, which was the so-called family world.

The people are the cattle and sheep of the old Zhu family, and the officials are the long-term workers of the old Zhu family, so until now, the slaves have been detained, infringing on the interests of the Ming Dynasty, and most of the officials are indifferent, because they subconsciously think that the world belongs to the old Zhu family, they are working, and the old Zhu family is finished, just change the emperor.

As for the people, they feel that this country has nothing to do with them, they only care about the one-third of an acre of land in their eyes, this is Daming.

And Lantian belongs to the common people here, and those of us who are officials are actually serving the common people, their opinions can influence the politics of a place, and their ideas can determine what kind of life they live.

Therefore, every time Lantian expands a piece of land, or is encroached upon, they will be happy and worried, because it is likely to be related to their vital interests.

And I, Li Chaosheng, have never felt that I can be above the people, and my rights are given by them

Yes, because everything I do is to defend their rights.

Therefore, all the things related to the people in Lantian are not trivial matters, even if the people under my rule are bullied by the officials of the Daming Prefecture next door, I will pick up people and go over to arrest this official, ask what is going on, do you know that none of the people of Lantian can be bullied.

On the contrary, if you look at the Ming Dynasty, what kind of bears are the border passes, but the emperor is powerless, the ministers have nothing to do with themselves, and the people, as long as *** does not hit our house, we should not have *** This species.

This is the most fundamental difference, the Ming Dynasty is mainly based on the royal family, and everything is for the service of the old Zhu family, while Lantian is mainly for the people, and everything he does is to serve the people.

This is the essential difference, Lu Xiangsheng didn't understand it very well at that time, but just now I heard Chongzhen in the holy decree claiming that the people were his, and he could give up the people for the sake of righteousness.

He suddenly discovered that the future loss of the Ming Dynasty to Lantian may not be a military general, not a gap in national strength, but ideology, which is the most fundamental national policy.

Maybe Lantian is what the real Mengzi said, the people are the most important, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light.

Lu Xiangsheng was silent when he thought of this, and the eunuch continued: "But Nian'er is impulsive, and I also know your heart, so I give you a chance, and after receiving the order, immediately lead the army to withdraw from the battlefield, not to pursue, retreat to Shandong, hand over the military power, and Yang Sichang will temporarily take over, waiting for the court's decree, to see the after-effects, and admire this."

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"Lord Lu, take the order."

The eunuch looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said, Lu Xiangsheng heard this and looked at the eunuch and said, "The minister accepts the decree, thank the lord Longen."

"Alright, Lord Lu, get up quickly, there are still injuries on your body."

The eunuch said that he was going to help Lu Xiangsheng, but Lu Xiangsheng stretched out his hand to stop the eunuch and said, "It's okay."

Hearing this, the eunuch smiled and said, "Lord Lu, you are really reckless this time, the emperor is very angry, after hearing about you, he smashed three bottles, all of them are Song's, and it is ruined."

Lu Xiangsheng didn't say anything, and the eunuch continued: "But my lord, you don't have to worry too much, this matter is not as bad as you imagined, although the emperor is very angry, but he still trusts you, after you return to Shandong this time, you will temporarily hand over the military power, and it is estimated that you will be arranged to be an idle position, but my lord, with your ability, it is estimated that it will be reused again soon."

The eunuch said to Lu Xiangsheng for a while, Lu Xiangsheng's expression was very calm when he heard this, and then he put it on the table that was even placed on the side, and then came to the map he had just seen, his eyes staring at the map.

The eunuch was stunned when he saw Lu Xiangsheng's performance, and glared at Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Lord Lu, what are you?"

Lu Xiangsheng came back to his senses: "Oh, these two armies are fighting, there is nothing to entertain my father-in-law, my father-in-law can go back."

"It's not Lord Lu, when are you going to retire?"

"Oh, when I get back 100,000 people, I'll retire."

"Ah, my lord, you can't come nonsense, this is the last chance your majesty has given you, you can't joke with your life."

Father-in-law said anxiously to Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng heard this, looked at the eunuch and smiled: "Father-in-law, Lu has never liked to give up halfway, since I chased it out, it is impossible to go back."

"Ah, Lord Lu, don't be stupid, now Your Majesty is willing to give you a chance, if you can't grasp it, even if you win the battle and take back the people, then it will go against the holy will, and when the time comes, there will be no credit, and your life may not be guaranteed, don't commit a crime."

My father-in-law is really anxious, why can't this person make sense?

After talking bitterly for a long time, he was determined to go all the way to the dark?

The father-in-law looked at Lu Xiangsheng and was puzzled, "Lord Lu, what are you doing this for!"

"Being an official and making a fortune, okay, you are noble, not for this, but isn't the ideal of you scholars to learn literature and martial arts well and sell goods to the emperor's family? Now *** is beckoning to you in front, why should you bother for a bunch of...... The people are angry with the emperor, you, you can kill me in a hurry."

"For what?"

Lu Xiangsheng listened to his father-in-law's question, was silent for a moment, looked up at the sky and said, "Heart."

"What?"

Father-in-law looked at Lu Xiangsheng stupidly, Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said, "Father-in-law, I have to trouble you again, give this letter to Your Majesty."

Lu Xiangsheng sat on the chair at this time, took out the pen and ink and wrote: Life in the world, ask yourself to be worthy of your heart, Your Majesty has the four seas, but the eyes of the ministers are only the immediate benefits, therefore, forgive the crime of disrespect, the ministers have made up their minds, when they will not die with Jiannu, the people of the Ming Dynasty are the people of His Majesty, but also the people of the world, the ministers can not ignore it, if you want to punish the crime, if the ministers fight with Jiannu and do not die, please ask Your Majesty to kill the ministers to vent their anger.

Minister, Lu Xiangsheng, respectful book.

After Lu Xiangsheng finished writing, he didn't use fire paint to seal his mouth, and handed it directly to Gonggong: "Fortunately, Gonggong, run again."

"Lord Lu, you, why bother, alas~"

After saying that, the father-in-law didn't say much, turned around and left, and after the father-in-law left, Lu Xiangsheng summoned all the generals, he couldn't wait, and then he didn't know what else happened, and the gentlemen would kill with me!

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