The Donglin Party in the capital was slaughtered, and the Donglin Party in Jiangnan was suppressed so much that they did not dare to squeak. No one in the world dares to compete with Gonggong Wei!

Throughout the process of the defeat of the Donglin Party, its tactics of struggle were that there was no strategy. In addition to anger, it is still angry, and it is okay to slap the table and scold the bench. can break ground on the head of Gonggong Wei, but there is a problem. After all, Grandpa Wei is not as honest as a table bench.

There is a special person in the Donglin Party, who has both the emperor's trust and the strength to bring down Wei Zhongxian.

The communication in these years was very problematic, and Sun Chengzong only learned the news of Yang Lian's arrest long after Yang Lian was arrested. At this time, Sun Chengzong was in Shanhaiguan with Mao Wenlong, planning the upcoming battle of Jinzhou.

This is a battle related to whether the Ming Dynasty can successfully recover Liaodong. If it is properly planned, the Ming Dynasty will be able to recover Liaodong occupied by foreign races next year. Free hundreds of thousands of people who have been enslaved by foreign races!

After learning that Yang Lian had been arrested, Sun Chengzong was very angry and immediately decided to impeach Wei Zhongxian.

But he thought about it for a moment and changed his mind.

Sun Chengzong was smart, and he understood that the book was useless. If nothing else, his recital will be taken by Gonggong Wei to burn the table legs. As a veteran politician, Yang Lian has made mistakes, and he will never make them again.

Sun Chengzong decided to petition!

For the average person, this is not possible. Because Mr. Zhu Youxiao does carpenter work all day long, he doesn't see many people, and Father-in-law Wei helps to close the door. It's really hard to see him as an old man.

But Sun Chengzong does not have this problem, he is Zhu Youxiao's teacher. Although this student is not very good at studying, the two have a good relationship. Wei Zhongxian provoked trouble several times and wanted to kill Sun Chengzong, but Zhu Youxiao was smiling and silent.

In his heart, Mr. Sun is a trustworthy person.

Li Xiao had just finished negotiations with the Tatars, and was anxiously waiting for news from Li Yongfang on Juehua Island about where the Dutch would land. As long as they land a fatal blow, the Dutch will never be a problem again.

There is a five-masted ship in his hand, which is the confidence of Li Xiao to dare to do this. The fishermen had forged forty bronze cannons, all of which were equipped on five-masted ships. At a time when solid projectiles are commonly fired, artillery capable of firing explosive and incendiary shells will definitely dominate naval warfare.

At this time, Li Xiao heard that Sun Chengzong was going to the capital to petition.

Li Xiao panicked all of a sudden, Wei Zhongxian's bastard can do anything. Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, and Zhao Nanxing have all done it, although Sun Chengzong has a special identity. But it is difficult to guarantee that Wei Zhongxian will not dare to send people halfway and hack Sun Chengzong.

If it's someone else, forget it, Li Xiao won't care about this idle matter. With this kind of work, it is better to patrol the Bohai Sea a few more times and intercept the warships. The sooner Nurhachi is down, the sooner hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of people can be freed from foreign slavery.

Li Xiao felt that this matter was much more meaningful than saving a few Donglin parties.

But Sun Chengzong is different, for this national hero, Li Xiao admires it from the bottom of his heart. Now that the idol is going to die generously, Li Xiao can't let such a thing happen no matter what.

On the eve of Sun Chengzong's explanation of things and preparing to leave. Li Xiao rushed back to Shanhaiguan!

"Lord Sun, do you really want to go back to the capital? You should know the situation in the capital by now, and if you go back, it is likely that there will be more bad luck. Li Xiao didn't have any politeness when he met, and he said what he said in his heart directly. For this old gentleman, Li Xiao has no defense.

"Huh! The old man knew that this would be the result, but the old man still had to go. No way, the old man is a courtier of the Ming Dynasty. Those who are ministers must be loyal to the king, and the second is to be patriotic.

I love this piece of Daming, and I don't want it to fall into Xiaoxiao's hands. I don't want to see my Ming people slaughtered by aliens!

Even if he dies in Beijing this time, the old man still has to go. Even if you are an old man, do your last part for Daming! Sun Chengzong's words were extremely lonely and desolate, and Li Xiao's tears were about to flow down when he heard it.

Knowing that it was inevitable to die when he went to the capital, he still held the determination to die and wanted to be a martyr.

"Old man, Wei Zhongxian dares to attack Donglin. Your Majesty must have nodded his head, you ......! ”

"I know, but what can I do? There are no eggs under the nest, do you think that the old man is hiding in Shanhaiguan, and Wei Zhongxian will forget the existence of the old man? How is this possible! Rather than being caught in the capital like a dog, it is better to walk over in a dignified manner. My Sun Chengzong can be killed, but not humiliated! ”

Li Xiao nodded, he had to be forgiving and forgiving, this is definitely not the character of Gonggong Wei. Killing everything and cutting the grass and eradicating the roots is Wei Zhongxian's life creed. It's not yet poured, and at the same time, I'm afraid of overstimulating the emperor. This did not attack Sun Chengzong, once he was busy with the affairs of Jiangnan, Wei Zhongxian would never show mercy to Sun Chengzong.

"Mr. Sun has already thought about it?"

"The old man has made up his mind!"

"I'll send Mr. Sun to Beijing!" Li Xiao hugged his fist at Sun Chengzong, which was a private gift, showing Li Xiao's personal respect for Sun Chengzong.

"Brother Xiao! You're a good boy, you don't have to wade through this pool. Be your Shanhaiguan commander-in-chief, there are still millions of enslaved Ming people in Liaodong who need you to rescue. Don't offend Wei Zhongxian because of the old man, then even if the old man dies, he won't be blind! ”

"Don't be afraid, as long as I, Li Xiao, am here, I will never let Mr. have any accidents. Huzi, go find Man Ye, let's go to Beijing! ”

"No!" After listening to Li Xiao's instructions, Li Hu immediately ran out.

Li Xiao did not have many soldiers stationed at Shanhaiguan, only one regiment of musketeers. The regiment was accompanied by a mortar company with nine mortars. In addition, Mangui's two regiments of cavalry were also stationed at Shanhaiguan.

Mangui's cavalry was not armed with muskets, and was still in the age of cold weapons such as sabers and spears.

This is also something that can't be helped, after all, the guys in Li Xiao's hands are breech guns. Loading right away is really not an easy task. The kind of thing called the three-eyed god gun Li Xiao has seen, and in terms of power, it is not as powerful as the compound bow in the hands of the Mongolian cavalry. The good thing about that thing is that it's invincible at close range. It can ignore defenses and pierce through any existing armor.

"Old Sun! Brother Xiao is sincere, you will accept it. Being able to keep you safe can also be regarded as a deterrent to Wei Zhongxian, letting him know that he can't do whatever he wants tomorrow. Sun Chengzong also wanted to persuade Li Xiao, but was stopped by Mao Wenlong.

There was no way, Sun Chengzong had no choice but to nod. It can be regarded as approving Li Xiao for sending him to Beijing!

On weekdays, they are well-trained, and the team assembles quickly. The order was given the night before, and the next morning it was set out in a majestic manner.

The ranks marched in companies, and behind each company, ten large carriages followed. On top were supplies and ammunition, and the baggage in the regiment was escorted by Mangui's cavalry. The procession spread out two or three miles along the main road, and the cavalry on both sides galloped through the harvested fields.

Although there were only more than 3,000 people, from a distance it looked like tens of thousands of people were marching.

Such a procession marched towards the capital, and the officials of the prefectures and counties along the way were so frightened that they were about to pee their pants. The Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 200 years, and it is estimated that he is such a stunned young man who dares to take so many soldiers to the capital without obeying the order.

He already had the eyeliner of Jinyiwei, and rode a fast horse to the capital. Remind the adults in the capital. There is such a team approaching the capital!

A day after Li Xiao's departure, Wei Zhongxian got the news.

The first to get the news was Tian Ergeng, who was the commander of the Jinyi Guard. Jin Yiwei's spy report was handed to him first.

"Factory, no! Sun Chengzong rebelled, and he was marching to the capital with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Now he didn't care about etiquette, Tian Ergeng went directly into Wei Zhongxian's study without reporting.

"What?" Everyone in the room stood up. Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Tian Ji, who was transferred to the Ministry of Rites, both widened their eyes, if Sun Chengzong really brought troops to the capital. This is rebellion!

"I just said, you can't mess with the Donglin Party. Now it's okay, Sun Chengzong came over with his soldiers. What can I do? Wei Zhongxian was stunned for a while, sat on the chair, patted his thighs and cried.

“……！” Choi Chengxiu is speechless!

"This ......!" Tian Ji looked at Cui Chengxiu and was speechless!

"Where did he bring his soldiers?" Cui Chengxiu suddenly asked the point, Li Xiao built a city in Jinzhou, he knew it. The current Liao army is in Jinzhou, and it should be Li Xiao's team defending Shanhaiguan.

For Li Xiao, the brothers of the eunuch party unanimously agreed that this was their own person.

The brocade guard said that everyone in the team had firearms. There were also cannons on the carriage, and the Mongolian cavalry with a water of cavalry. It should be Li Xiao's team! ”

"Li Xiao's team?" Cui Chengxiu's heart jumped, if it was the Liao army. With the combat strength of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Beijing battalion, it will not be without the strength of a battle. But Li Xiao's team is different, it is a team that even the Tartars are afraid of. In Nanyang, even the Francophile was afraid of Li Xiao.

The last time the red-haired man came to the capital to complain, it was Wei Zhongxian who suppressed the matter. How......! Why did Li Xiao take the soldiers to protect Sun Chengzong, could it be said that he couldn't see that Wei Zhongxian was now in charge of the world?

"Li Xiao! That little brother? Hearing that it was Li Xiao, Wei Zhongxian's tears were immediately held back. stood up, grabbed the chair handle and asked Tian Ergeng.

"That's what the secret disc says, and from the clothes and the guys he uses, it's certain that it's him. As you know, the military uniforms of Li Xiao's subordinates are different from our Daming team. ”

"That's good, that's good!" In Wei Zhongxian's heart, Li Xiao belongs to the wave of people who listen to the greeting. And he still has many things, which are settled by Wei Zhongxian. For example, the last time the Shuntian Mansion Yamen was blown up, if it weren't for Wei Zhongxian, Li Xiao would probably have been killed. No matter how powerful his soldiers are, no matter how sharp his firearms are. After all, this is also the capital, garrisoned by more than 100,000 Ming troops.

Wei Zhongxian's donkey was walking around the house, and Cui Chengxiu suddenly stopped when he was about to vomit.

"We know!" Wei Zhongxian slapped his head.

"Factory ......!" Everyone looked at Wei Zhongxian in wonder, not knowing what he knew now when he was still crying bitterly.

"Cui Chengxiu, when you talked to him last year. Did you promise to give him 200,000 taels of silver by the end of this year? Wei Zhongxian asked, pointing to Cui Chengxiu's nose.

"Uh......! That's the thing. When it came to the end, Cui Chengxiu also remembered. When I talked to Li Xiao at the beginning, Li Xiao did say that he would allocate 200,000 taels of silver to him in the military expenses saved.

In fact, this is how things are going on in the imperial court, and Cui Chengxiu was also appeased by Li Xiao at the beginning. I didn't really give him so much silver, after all, the silver saved, everyone would be able to share it. Give Li Xiao dry hair, it's good if Lao Tzu doesn't ask you for money.

"Did you give the money?" Wei Zhongxian asked nervously.

"No ......! The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and things in the military department are complicated ......! Cui Chengxiu has actually started the idea of playing this money, thinking that when Li Xiao comes to ask for it, he will intercept a little bit as a kickback by the way. Unexpectedly, now Wei Zhongxian asked directly.

"Confused! What kind of money is not easy to make, you just want to earn his money. You don't know he's a money kid? Give it to him, and immediately go to the household department to withdraw 200,000 taels of silver. Remember, it's silver. After bringing it up, it was immediately sent to Li Xiao's army. "In Wei Zhongxian's eyes, money can make ghosts grind. The reason why Li Xiao supported Sun Chengzong was not for this huge sum of 200,000 taels of silver.

"Uh......! The old man also remembered something. Tian Ji said suddenly.

"What's the matter?"

"Li Xiao has a subordinate, saying that he wants to open some shop in the capital. Outcome......! You know, those people in Shuntianfu rely on these scattered silver taels. Heard......! Tian Ji saw Wei Zhongxian's eyes that he was about to eat people, and swallowed the following words. The current Shuntian Mansion Yin Tianrong is Tian Ji's own nephew. Relying on this uncle's protection, he became the Shuntian Mansion Yin of the capital.

"Listen to you, immediately, immediately. Let your nephew give someone a license for what kind of shop, I think your nephew is also crazy, and he has to get a card for any money. Wei Zhongxian pointed at Tian Ji's nose, and his fingers were about to be inserted into Tian Ji's nostrils.

"No! Old man, this is a ......! ”

"What?" Wei Zhongxian's eyes widened.

"The old man will go to Shuntianfu in person and get things done!" Tian Ji was like a rabbit being chased by a dog, and he arched his hand and ran out.

"Your subordinates, have you offended Li Xiao?" Wei Zhongxian seemed to have opened his mind, turned around and asked these non-biological sons and grandsons behind him.

"No, the money and food that the Ministry of War should give Li Xiao have not been deducted. It was already allocated at the beginning of this month! Cui Chengxiu hurriedly took himself out, not everyone can withstand the anger of Grandpa Wei.

"I don't have either, our yamen has no dealings with Li Xiao."

"I don't ...... either!"

"I don't have ...... here!"

The godsons and grandsons immediately cleared themselves up, and when they saw that they all said no. Wei Zhongxian breathed a sigh of relief.

"Factory, this is an opportunity. Let's take this opportunity to give Sun Chengzong ......! Wei Guanghui's eyes rolled, and he leaned next to Wei Zhongxian and said awkwardly.