Li Zicheng was killed by Ding Xiu on the spot for assassinating the imperial court official.

This is not a joke, but a secret letter written by Guo Zhen to the capital.

After Chongzhen received the secret letter, he mocked the ministers of the court.

He recently discovered something extremely interesting. Because he knew that these ministers had two hearts in their hearts, he looked at their words and deeds. Always think deeper.

It was this move that made Chongzhen find out. He was now able to easily see through the careful thinking of these ministers. Their intrigue with each other, their eyeing of imperial power, there are no secrets in front of him.

In this regard, Lu Xiao can only say that after knowing the answer, it is naturally relatively simple to push the process.

Throughout the winter, the Loyal Guards barely rested. The rogues of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces were chased by them and had no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground. They don't have the logistical resources of the Valians.

Lu Xiao killed an unknown number of Jin merchants, and used their channels to get countless supplies from all over Jiangnan. He didn't move a single bit of all this stuff. All left to the loyal guards to do the logistics.

It is with this abundant logistics that the loyal soldiers are able to brave the wind and snow and chase down those rogues everywhere. Blood, cold, and killing have made these soldiers a different kind of existence in this cold winter. A killing machine in the truest sense of the word.

There were few voices in the court to refute Lu Xiao. Because they have long found out, no matter what is said. When you get to the emperor, you will stop it. The point is that now they don't dare to threaten Chongzhen.

There were a few people who used resignation to threaten Chongzhen to sanction the murderous demon king Lu Xiao. But Chongzhen just calmly said that he was allowed to resign. Directly put the entire court in order.

The ministers in the court even planned a drama of collective resignation and forced the palace. But now Chongzhen has two intelligence agencies, Jinyiwei and Dongchang. Before these ministers even started, all the plans were already clear to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen just tried it out and wooed a few of them. The so-called alliance was easily divided. At this time, he realized how strong the power given to him by the Apocalypse was.

No matter how powerful the ministers below are. He is the emperor after all, and in terms of righteousness, he has already taken the advantage. With a little use of means, you can easily play with the ministers in the palm of your hand.

The current situation is one of displaced people. However, in Shanxi and Shaanxi, there is no trace of the Liukou. Lu Xiao killed too hard. He accepted neither surrender nor prisoners. Instead, he used a flat push mode to completely defeat the rogues in the two provinces.

Gradually, not only the court, but also the people also appeared messages about Lu Xiao. Those survivors who have seen the killings of the Loyal Guards have spread such a story.

Those people are not mortals, they are heavenly soldiers and generals. They don't love money, they don't love women, so they chase and kill the rogues. Lu Xiao, who is the leader, is a killer star.

Ordinary people, when they see his eyes, they will not move, and they will watch themselves being hacked to death by him. They even gave Lu Xiao a nickname, called Ren Tu.

After Lu Xiao knew this title, he just smiled. There was no special reaction. He had known that there would be such a day. Truth be told, this kind of title is not a good thing. In the future, in officialdom, it is not a plus. But fortunately, Lu Xiao didn't plan to really mix with the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

"Now there are 15,000 loyal guards. Among them were two thousand cavalry. All of them are carefully selected fine rides. Two artillery battalions, each with five hundred gunners. Three musket battalions, a total of 4,500 men. The rest are infantry battalions. ”

Lu Wenzhao sighed while telling Lu Xiao about the details of the reserves in the barracks.

"In the battle of Salhu back then, if there was such an army. How could it be so badly defeated! ”

"Don't think about it, you don't want to think about it. How much money did we spend to build our army? In the past year or so, the cost of various silver coins has exceeded 10 million taels. That's 10,000,000 taels without the slightest moisture. In other cases, it is in the hands of other armies, to the low-level soldiers. I'm afraid it's only hundreds of thousands of taels. Except for us, it is impossible for the Ming to train this kind of army again. ”

Lu Wenzhao's face darkened. He didn't see it like Lu Xiao. And as a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, he really wants to see the Ming Dynasty get better. It's just that although there is such a strong army as the Loyal Guard. But the birth of this army has nothing to do with the imperial court at all. This was all raised by Lu Xiao and trained by himself. Da Ming, or the rotten Da Ming.

"Do we have enough reserves?" Lu Xiao interrupted his musings.

"Back to my lord. It's enough for the time being, but if it's going to be a northern expedition. I'm afraid it's still a lot short. ”

"Then it can't be helped. Let's go back to Beijing. ”

"What do you mean?"

"That's right, we have no money, so we're going to kill the pigs. Go and kill the fattest pig in the house. ”

"Isn't it a bit of a rush? After all, what about this year's tax confiscation? ”

"It's too late. News came from the north, and Huang Taiji couldn't help it. They don't have a good time. The only option is to go south and plunder. I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for the summer harvest. ”

"Then I'll go and prepare."

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Wei Zhongxian became older. Since Chongzhen came to power, he has found a problem. Lost their rights. Although he is still a eunuch with palm prints, he is also the governor of Dongchang. But he has lost his rights. Because Chongzhen doesn't trust him anymore.

As a eunuch, he met a strong emperor. He was nine thousand years old, and overnight he became ninety years old.

Wei Zhongxian knew that the reason why he was still alive was because the emperor needed him to collect taxes from Jiangnan. This is a job that offends all Southern officials. Dirtier than dirty work, it can only be done by him, a eunuch.

But in the early spring of this year, he still sensed that something was wrong. Because he found that the emperor was becoming more and more impatient with the officials of the court. Wei Zhongxian knew that when the emperor's patience reached its limit. He wouldn't need himself.

After all, keeping yourself is to give the officials of the southern department a face. I didn't do it, the eunuch did it.

When he saw Lu Xiao returning to Beijing from the secret report from Dongchang, the whole person became ten years old overnight. His disciples didn't know what was going on. thought that Wei Zhongxian was sick, and shouted to find him a doctor. But Wei Zhongxian just waved them away.

These idiots still don't know what's going on. He didn't bother to bother with this garbage.

A few days later. Lu Xiao's figure appeared in Wei Zhongxian's mansion.

"Is it time?"

"Almost."

“...... Give me a moment. ”

"Before sunset."

"Good ......"