In the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, the Chinese military ministers gathered together, and Emperor Chongzhen also very rarely changed into a crown dress that was only worn when holding a grand ceremony, and sat on the dragon chair.

At this time, Yang Sichang already knew about the great victory of Julu, and stood on the hall with a cold face, and the Donglin Party members were not very happy, and they all bowed their heads and said nothing.

At this time, Wang Chengen said loudly: "Xuan: Supervisor Lu Xiangsheng, Xuanfu Town Chief Military Officer Yang Guozhu, Shaanxi Town Chief Military Officer Hu Dawei, Shandong Dusi Lingshan Weixia River Village Front Thousand Households Defense Officer Liu Yan went to the palace to meet you!" ”

"Xuan: Gao Qiqian, the Guanning Military Supervision Army, Wang Tingchen, the chief soldier of the Qiantun Guard, Ma Ke, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan Town, Tang Tong, the chief soldier of Miyun Town, and Cao Bianjiao, the chief soldier of Yutian Town, went to the palace to meet him!"

As soon as the words fell, Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei, and Liu Yan went to the hall together, and under the gaze of the Manchu Dynasty Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, they walked in with their heads held high, and then under the leadership of Lu Xiangsheng, everyone bowed three times and bowed nine times, and shouted long live.

Immediately afterwards, Gao Qiqian also walked into the hall with a spring breeze on his face, followed by Wang Tingchen, the chief soldier of the Qiantun Guard, Ma Ke, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan Town, Tang Tong, the chief soldier of Miyun Town, Cao Bianjiao, the chief soldier of Yutian Town, and others, and everyone knelt down next to Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan and others.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at everyone and smiled, and said, "Zhong Aiqing, please get up!" ”

"Long live thanks!"

Everyone got up, and then Liu Yan, Yang Guozhu, and Hu Dawei saw Gao Qiqian next to them, and the three of them looked at each other with undisguised anger, Liu Yan could still hold back, but Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei were both veterans, and at this time they had already written their anger on their faces, which caused the Manchu Dynasty to look at it in surprise.

Lu Xiangsheng was also angry when he saw Gao Qiqian, but at this time, Emperor Chongzhen and the Manchu Dynasty were both civil and military, Lu Xiangsheng suppressed the anger in his heart very well, glared at Gao Qiqian coldly, and then ignored it.

Seeing this, Gao Qiqian was not to be outdone, he glared back directly, and even snorted softly.

As for Wang Tingchen, the former chief soldier of the Tun Guard, Ma Ke, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan Town, Tang Tong, the chief soldier of Miyun Town, Cao Bianjiao, the chief soldier of Yutian Town, and others, Ma Ke and Tang Tong looked at Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan with cold faces, and they didn't have any good looks. Wang Tingchen and Cao Bianjiao were ashamed, and at the same time looked at Lu Xiangsheng's eyes, and there was a bit of admiration and admiration.

Emperor Chongzhen also noticed the tense posture between the two sides, so he spoke, first praised this great victory, and then praised the soldiers of Lu Xiangsheng's department and Gao Qiqian's department for fighting bloodily and making meritorious contributions to the country's thieves.

But what surprised Emperor Chongzhen at this time was that Lu Xiangsheng, who had always been elegant, stood up directly after taking the lead in thanking him, and in front of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, he impeached Gao Qiqian for not saving the army, and missed the great opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Qing army, and asked Emperor Chongzhen to severely punish Gao Qiqian and the generals of the Guanning army.

At this moment, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were dumbfounded, and a cold light flashed in Yang Sichang's eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei impeached Gao Qiqian one after another, and the rhetoric of the two was even more intense, and even Hu Dawei directly "roared" in the main hall, thinking that if Emperor Chongzhen did not severely punish Gao Qiqian, the blood of the officers and soldiers of Xuanda and Shandong would be shed in vain!

Although Liu Yan is also very similar to impeaching Gao Qiqian and others on the spot, but his official position is too small, the reason why he was able to face the saint this time is completely because of the great victory of Julu, and there is still no part to speak by himself here, and he can only let Gao Qiqian and others seize the handle and attack him.

Emperor Chongzhen frowned, this scene was something he didn't expect, so he looked at Wang Chengen. I saw Wang Chengen leaning over and whispering, "Your Majesty, take a look again!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen understood that the original credit was that Lu Xiangsheng's department was greater, but the reward could not be favoritism, otherwise the Guan Ning army would definitely be dissatisfied. Just took this opportunity to let Lu Xiangsheng and others suppress Guan Ningjun and the others, and he also took the opportunity to reward them separately, focusing on Lu Xiangsheng's department.

So Emperor Chongzhen surprised everyone's expectations, and he didn't speak, just quietly looked at Lu Xiangsheng, Gao Qiqian and others.

Seeing this, Gao Qiqian thought that Emperor Chongzhen was biased towards himself, so he said arrogantly: "What does Inspector Lu mean by this? Although the miscellaneous family does not understand military affairs, which of the generals of the various departments in Guanning under his command is not a fierce general? If the Julu battlefield can really encircle and annihilate the Qing army, even if the miscellaneous family dies, they will not hesitate to lead the army to help! But is that really the case? ”

Tang Tong, the chief military officer of Miyun Town, then jumped out and said: "Tens of thousands of elites of slaves and thieves gather in one place, even Lu Duchen has to avoid its edge, surrounded by slaves and thieves, and can only support hard, even if our army rushes to help, the best result is that both sides will lose, and when the time comes, the elite of the imperial court will be defeated, who will bear this responsibility!" ”

Ma Ke, the chief military officer of Shanhaiguan Town, sneered, glanced at Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei, and said, "I'm afraid that a few people only have military exploits in their hearts, but not the safety of the imperial court, right?" ”

Wang Tingchen and Cao Bianjiao on the side glanced at each other, but the two didn't speak, just stood there with their heads down, not daring to look directly at Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan, Yang Guozhu, and Hu Dawei.

"Bastard!"

"Presumptuous!"

Yang Guozhu pointed at Tang Tong and Ma Ke and said angrily: "Our army beheaded more than 5,000 in the first battle, and the actual casualties of the slaves and thieves are at least more than 8,000, and may even exceed 10,000. ”

Hu Dawei angrily reprimanded: "We fought bloodily with the slaves, but you followed behind to pick up the cheap, and now you are here with us, and you are still shamelessly asking Your Majesty for merit and reward, and you will be shameless!" ”

At this time, Hu Dawei was already angry, and he scolded directly in front of Emperor Chongzhen, and a group of imperial historians on the side immediately jumped out, ignoring the rights and wrongs of both sides, and grabbed Hu Dawei's negligence in words, and began to impeach Hu Dawei for his "imperial gaffes".

Seeing this, Hu Dawei quarreled with everyone, one person quarreled with several imperial historians.

Seeing this, Ma Ke and Tang Tong also joined the battle group and besieged Hu Dawei with several imperial historians, and Yang Guozhu began to support Hu Dawei when he saw this. In the end, even Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian began to join the quarrel, and the main hall of the Qianqing Palace suddenly became a mess, leaving Emperor Chongzhen dumbfounded.

At this time, Liu Yan looked at everyone, and also noticed that Wang Tingchen and Cao Bianjiao were not involved, and he had a good impression of the two of them in his heart. After all, Wang Tingchen and Cao Bianjiao were both famous generals in the late Ming Dynasty in history, encircling and suppressing thieves internally, and fighting the Qing army externally, both of which made repeated military exploits, and in the end, the two of them also fought bloody battles with the Qing soldiers to the end, fought and martyred the country, and could afford the word hero.

Then Liu Yan noticed one of the ministers, and it was Yang Sichang.

Although Liu Yan didn't know Yang Sichang, he recognized Zheng Erpin's official uniform, coupled with factors such as age, he could also deduce that this person was Yang Sichang.

"Those imperial histories were all instructed by Yang Sichang!"

Liu Yan just saw Yang Sichang and several imperial histories "eyebrows and flirts", and the meaning is self-evident.

"It's a pity!"

Liu Yan sighed, Yang Sichang is actually very talented, and proposed the strategy of "four positive and six corners" to encircle and suppress the army of thieves, and at the same time advocated peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

To be honest, judging from the situation facing the Ming Dynasty now, these two points are actually very correct, but it is a pity that the policy of "four positive and six corners" has not been implemented, and the policy of peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty has also been repeatedly constrained by the Donglin Party members of the same party standing on the moral high ground, and Yang Sichang does not dare to continue to insist.

Yang Sichang's talent is very good, but he can't really save the situation, and at the same time, Yang Sichang is also keen on party struggle, and Yang Sichang should be mainly responsible for Lu Xiangsheng's death in history!

Liu Yan glanced at Yang Sichang coldly, and then turned his attention to the two parties who were still arguing.

At this time, Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu were fighting against Tang Tong, Ma Ke and several imperial historians, several people were gathered together, and it could even be said that they were already facing each other, and Hu Dawei's roaring voice shocked some civil officials in fear.

And Lu Xiangsheng was also arguing with Gao Qiqian, Lu Xiangsheng kept putting forward the facts, emphasizing the regret of the Battle of Julu. However, Gao Qiqian always avoided the important and trivialized, and did not argue anything with Lu Xiangsheng at all, but only emphasized that Lu Xiangsheng was a great achievement, and always used unrealistic strategies to force himself.

At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen knocked on the imperial book case with his hand, and Wang Chengen next to him waved the dust, took a step forward, and said loudly: "Silence! ”

The two sides who were arguing suddenly quieted down, returned to their respective positions, and hurriedly pleaded guilty to Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at everyone, his face was not very good-looking, since he ascended the throne, it was the first time he had seen such a scene, which was an eye-opener.

Emperor Chongzhen first reprimanded Lu Xiangsheng and others and Gao Qiqian respectively, and praised Liu Yan, Wang Tingchen and Cao Bianjiao who did not participate in the quarrel, and then said: "Although the Gao Jian Army has rescued the people and seized a large amount of money, food and materials, but after all, they did not participate in the bloody battle of Julu, even if the reason is sufficient, but Lu Aiqing and others have hatred in their hearts, it is also human nature, Gao Jian Jun, Tang Aiqing, Ma Aiqing, you can bear with it." ”

Gao Qiqian, Tang Tong, and Ma Ke all said yes when they saw this, and the imperial historians glanced at Yang Sichang when they saw this, only to see Yang Sichang shaking his head slightly, and several people also died down and stopped making noise.

Subsequently, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said to Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Guozhu, and Hu Dawei: "The three Aiqing have made meritorious contributions in the bloody battle, and I understand it in my heart. ”33

"And Liu Aiqing, although he is only a small defensive officer, he has already won two great victories, which shows that Liu Aiqing's talent is rare in the world, and I am very happy!"

Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan, Yang Guozhu, and Hu Dawei hurriedly bowed to thank him.

Then Emperor Chongzhen praised Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian, and then called out Yang Sichang and said: "Now that the dynasty has ushered in a great victory, this is a matter of celebration for the whole world, Aiqing should consider it carefully, come up with a reward plan as soon as possible, and reward the meritorious soldiers as soon as possible, with the heart of the soldiers and the wishes of the heroes!" ”

At this time, Liu Yan understood what is called "acting school", only to see Yang Sichang trembling and bowing to the ground, and said with a crying voice: "Minister, I heard that the giant deer was overjoyed, and he cried in the direction of His Majesty. ”

After speaking, Yang Sichang really lay on the ground and cried, and many civil officials on the side cried loudly, Liu Yan didn't have to think about it to know that nine times out of ten these people were Donglin Party members, and his heart was also full of contempt for these ministers.

Emperor Chongzhen was very late, and when he saw this, he also hid his face with his sleeves, obviously crying.

After Yang Sichang earned the tears of Emperor Chongzhen, his expression changed suddenly, directly from excited crying to righteous and awe-inspiring, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will discuss the matter of rewarding with the military department today, and he must come up with a reward strategy as soon as possible, relax the king's heart, comfort the soldiers, and never snub the meritorious soldiers' heart to serve the country!" ”

"That's good!"

Liu Yan looked coldly at the performance of Yang Sichang and a group of Donglin party members, and secretly scolded in his heart: "Surface article! The donkey dung eggs are light on the surface, and they are really in the actual operation of national politics, but they are all useless! ”

But at this time, Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei, and Gao Qiqian and others all bowed to the ground, obviously everyone still attached great importance to the reward, and Liu Yan naturally followed and bowed to the ground.

That night, Emperor Chongzhen gave a banquet in the palace, and during the banquet, Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei, Wang Tingchen, Cao Bianjiao and others were even more excited and grateful.

Although Liu Yan was not as exaggerated as a few of them, he was also very proud and excited in his heart, after all, this kind of glory was not something that anyone could get.

After the banquet that night, Liu Yan followed Lu Xiangsheng out of the palace, and everyone was about to return to the military camp outside the city, Lu Xiangsheng still said to Liu Yan excitedly: "...... This is Your Majesty's reward, and we will work harder in the future to fight for the country, and we have repaid the king's kindness! ”

Liu Yan hugged his fists and said yes, but at this time, he thought in his heart that it was time to lead his troops back to Xiahezhai, and it was time to go home.

Some people died, but not completely......