Although he did not break Li Zicheng's plan, Song Xiance still said with a smile: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of a micro-minister, you may not just reject Li Zhaoji. These days, Weichen inquired about this person's life in many ways and found that Li Zhaoji was still a very capable person.

Although in the battle against Dongyu, we don't need him Li Zhaoji, but what about other aspects?

Let's just say that the artillery under Yihou is a militaristic weapon, and the more we do, the better. ”

When Li Zicheng heard this, he nodded slightly, and said: "The military advisor thinks long-term, what he said is right, he will have to go south in the future, he Li Zhaoji doesn't have a water master, maybe he can use it." This guy is not Zhu Ming's subordinate, but a cooperative relationship.

Businessmen, it's all for money, he can cooperate with Zhu Ming, and he can also cooperate with our Dashun. ”

Song Xiance nodded slightly, what he wanted to say was such a truth. Li Zicheng said: "Strategist, in the future, you can take on the matter of communicating with the Oriental Trading Company." Li Guo and Li Laiheng, after all, they are still focused on the war, and they will inevitably make mistakes. ”

Half an hour later.

Song Xiance sat in the sedan chair, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, and re-read what he said to the emperor in the palace, so as not to have any omissions.

He was carrying a red-topped palanquin with four carrying, followed by domestic servants on both sides of the palanquin, and two soldiers in front of him to open the way.

Suddenly, the sedan chair stopped, and Song Xiance, who was thinking about it, crashed out, if it weren't for him, he grabbed the beam, and he was afraid that he would be thrown out directly. Song Xiance was quite annoyed and said, "What's the matter, why can't even the sedan chair be lifted." ”

"My lord, there is someone in front of you blocking the way."

Song Xiance said: "What nonsense, let them get out of the way." ”

"Come, let me see which of the unsighted ones dares to let my lord give way? After eating the bear's heart and leopard gall, do you know who my master is, what are you? A ridicule came from not far away, Song Xiance lifted the sedan chair, and by the light of the light, he saw a sturdy servant with his hands on his chest, slanting over, looking like he was dragging 80,000 yuan.

Song Xiance, as the military advisor of Dashun, was scolded by a servant for nothing, how can he bear it, how long has he been a civil official, and the habits of the rivers and lakes on his body have overshadowed the rules, he got off the sedan chair directly, picked up the horizontal bar, and smashed it at the head of the healthy servant, the servant didn't expect someone to beat him, and he was smashed at the moment, and wailed.

He howled and scolded, Song Xiance was originally a fortune teller, where is it good to get along, he directly used the horizontal pestle to smash the servant's face, and smashed his teeth on the ground in two or three strokes, and the people behind the servant leaned up.

"Who are you, dare to beat our Xu family's servants?" Everyone rolled up their sleeves and shouted.

Song Xiance grabbed a torch, put it in front of him, and shouted at the sedan chair blocking the road in the distance: "The dog things inside, get out of here for Lao Tzu, I want to see what kind of goods you are, dare to use the eight-carrying sedan chair." ”

There was silence in the sedan chair for a while, and soon, a civil official lifted his robe and trotted all the way over, his face full of flattery, and with a strong smell of wine: "Lord Song, the lower official doesn't know it's you." ”

Song Xiance shone the man with a torch, and found that he didn't know him at all, thinking that it was a newcomer promoted by Niu Jinxing after entering Beijing, Song Xiance only glanced at it, and threw the torch: "You look like this, the official remembers it, and when we meet in the future, you and I will talk about it." ”

If it was according to the previous temper, Song Xiance would have to beat this guy violently, but when he thought that Dashun was established, there must be a rule for everything, Song Xiance didn't beat him, but just threw the torch to the man viciously, a hot torch was thrown over, and the civil official surnamed Xu didn't pick it up, and he couldn't hide it, the official robe was burned a few times, and the beard was also burned Xiaoban, and the body was burned with a big bubble, and the screaming was endless.

Song Xiance couldn't look at it, so he snatched a horse from the Xu family and rode home.

Song Xiance returned home, kicked open the door of the study, walked in, sat directly on the chair angrily, and chattered endlessly: "Bastard thing, the brothers are fighting life and death in the front, but you are eating, drinking and enjoying in the back, damn it, damn it!" ”

As early as after following Li Zicheng to return from the Shanhaiguan Pass, Song Xiance found that something was wrong, and entered the Dashun court in the capital, but the military capital began to corrupt and degenerate, and large-scale embezzlement of the mansions in the capital that originally belonged to Zhu Mingxun's high-ranking officials.

Especially Niu Jinxing, this guy is now the prime minister of Dashun, in terms of status, he is only slightly higher than Song Xiance, Song Xiance is a military advisor, more similar to the adviser next to Emperor Li Zicheng, and he did not directly organize Dashun's cabinet like Niu Jinxing.

Taking advantage of Song Xiance's absence, Niu Jinxing promoted private individuals on a large scale and filled the imperial court.

This is also the identity gap between the two people, although Niu Jinxing has not been out of Zhu Ming, but he has a meritorious reputation, and naturally there are a group of relatives and fellow villagers who can help in the same year, but what about Song Xiance, the fortune teller of You Fang, a lonely person, when it comes to taking power, Niu Jinxing naturally has the upper hand.

"Master, master......." The voice of a servant sounded outside.

Song Xiance said angrily: "What is it called, it's like crying and mourning." ”

"Master, someone wants to see you......." But the servant did not leave, and whispered.

Song Xiance shouted: "This official is the military advisor of Dashun, how can anyone who wants to see it can see it, don't you even understand this truth, make noise here, don't you drive him ......away immediately." ”

Song Xiance said as he rushed out, obviously angry, he wanted to teach the servant a good lesson, and by the way, he was angry, but when he opened the door, he found that his servant was pinched by a person's shoulder, and he burst into tears in pain, and then looked at the appearance of the murderer, but it was a familiar face, it turned out to be Tang Mu.

Tang Mu was dressed as a handyman at this time, put a finger to his mouth, and signaled Song Xiance not to disclose his identity.

"You step down, this is a student in my hometown, who is used to being fierce and domineering, you go to the account room to receive a reward of five taels of silver, don't tell anyone else about today's matter." Song Xiance said.

The servant immediately retreated with a thousand thanks, and Song Xiance turned around and went back to the room, complaining: "General Tang, you are so domineering, come to my house, and arrest my people." ”

"Lord Song, I wanted to pretend to be the second junior who delivered supper and quietly came in to meet you, but who would have thought that you were angry, and those servants didn't dare to bring me. That's all I have to do. Tang Mu weighed the food box he was carrying.

Song Xiance said lightly: "There is no need to be so troublesome in the future, the emperor has authorized me to contact your Oriental Trading Company, and then we can contact us publicly." ”

Tang Mu grinned and said, "That's good." ”

As he spoke, he took out the wontons in the box, handed one to Song Xiance, kept one for himself, sat on the chair and ate it, looking unceremoniously.

Song Xiance said: "General Tang, you don't have to bother, even if it's me, I can't persuade the emperor to use the soldiers of your Oriental Trading Company." Dashun has just conquered the capital now, and even Zhu Ming's army has been destroyed, and he is not afraid of the little Dongyu.

Although there are now 100,000 people in Dongguan, there are also reinforcements in Dashun, and Dashun's soldiers and horses are not used up, so where are you willing to spend money on your soldiers. ”

Speaking of this, Song Xiance also tasted the wontons, and continued: "I can't help it, if you don't believe it, you can ask Niu Jinxing, maybe he can talk to the emperor." ”

Tang Mu smiled and said: "That's not necessary, Lord Niu is starting to be prime minister now, I want to see a very expensive one, your family's door doesn't know how to ask for money, and the door of the Niu family, as soon as you open your mouth, it's fifty taels, and if you don't see it, it's just a report."

Mr. Niu has been used to seeing a lot of money in the past two months, and the little money in my hand can't impress him. ”

Song Xiance heard Tang Mu say these words of Niu Jinxing, his eyebrows raised, and green tendons appeared on his forehead.

Tang Mu said again: "However, I see that Lord Niu has formed a party for personal gain, and he may not be able to take power and embezzle for a long time.

Speaking of which, this world was fought down by Dashun's army, and they were still fighting with Donglu on the front line, and the people behind shared the benefits. Whether Dashun wins the battle or defeats it, you must clean up this group of people, otherwise, your emperor will not be able to explain to the soldiers on the front line.

Therefore, we will not send money to Niu Jinxing, we are worried that if we send money today, he will fall tomorrow, wouldn't it be a bamboo basket for nothing. ”

And this is what Song Xiance likes to hear, he nodded slightly, ate two bites of wontons, and said: "Your wontons are good, you have put your mind into it." ”

"The best thing about this wonton is that if you eat it, only your stomach will know it, and others won't know it." Tang Mu said with a pun, his meaning was very clear, Song Xiance could actually accept the benefits of the Oriental Trading Company, and Dashun could not easily find out.

Song Xiance nodded slightly, put down his chopsticks, and said, "Let's say it clearly, what is Li Zhaoji going to do?" ”

"Now that Dashun occupies the capital, as long as it is not defeated, the Dongyu will have to withdraw sooner or later, then this Central Plains will be taken by Dashun. In the future, we will have the opportunity to cooperate, and Lord Song should be a matter of course, our shopkeeper has never been a stingy person, but whenever there is any cooperation between the two sides, no matter how much silver Dashun gives us, the shopkeeper is willing to take a hundred percent to return to Lord Song. Tang Mu said with a smile.

Song Xiance smiled: "What a big breath, as if our Dashun really needs you." ”

"You can't talk about asking for anything, but there is always cooperation." Tang Mu said with a smile.

Song Xiance nodded slightly, but his heart was indeed a way to make a fortune, and after careful consideration, he said: "Just do it, but there is really a chance in the future, I should say a few good words for you Oriental Trading Company." ”

Tang Mu said: "That's really good, so I won't bother Lord Song." ”

Yanggezhuang battlefield.

At night, the Shun army camp was jubilant, and the two sides fought against each other during the day, obviously the Dashun side had the upper hand, first the artillery easily stopped the first wave of the Qing army's attack, and then beheaded hundreds of Dongyu in the artillery position.

In the afternoon, the adjusted Qing army once again launched an attack on the right flank, but with few results, Kong Youde arranged a large number of troops close to the Chinese army, and Suarez's artillery was also in the middle army, so as soon as Kong Youde's army approached, it was once again attacked by artillery from the flank, the ditch blocked the shield car, the huge target was the favorite of the field artillery, was named one by one, smashed, helpless, the army of the domain retreated again, so that the battle of the day ended with the complete victory of the Shun army.

Night fell, but there was not much quiet, the Qing army first launched a night attack in the first half of the night, raiding the prominent artillery positions, but nothing was gained, Suarez had already withdrawn the artillery, but more battles took place on the front of the right flank of the Shun army.

The Qing army has found that the greatest threat, in addition to artillery, is the fortifications on the front of the right flank, they will resist the advance of the Qing army's shield carts, which will give the artillery more time to play, and the Shun army has a large number of requisitioned labor, so it can naturally rebuild the fortifications at night, bury more wooden stakes, and dig more holes, and obviously, the Qing army also knew all this, sent elite soldiers, went to attack and kill, and after killing hundreds of masters, the Shun army stopped planning to rebuild the forward fortifications.