"That's it!"

Emperor Chongzhen rubbed his temples helplessly, the ministers of the court and the central government are a group of people who can only quarrel and can't do things, even if they have tens of millions of hearts, they can't implement it, which makes Emperor Chongzhen feel very tired and very puzzled: "The huge empire, why don't there be a few ministers who can do it?" ”

"Since the household department can't come up with money and food, I will do it according to Zhou Ge Lao's intention for the time being, and when the court is rich, I will make up for the soldiers in each town this time."

"Your Majesty! This must not be the case! ”

Chen Xinjia was so anxious that he almost vomited blood, and Emperor Chongzhen frowned, very dissatisfied with Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, and only cared about asking for money and food, but he couldn't come up with a solution to the problem of money and food, he was really irritable!

Wang Chengen saw Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts, so he stepped forward and said to Chen Xinjia with a smile: "Hehe, don't talk about it, the state affairs are difficult, and Your Majesty has no choice." This soldier doesn't know, even His Majesty's internal treasury has no money and food, the old slave paid it off last month, and there are only a hundred thousand taels of silver in the treasury of the inner treasury, and it has to support the ...... of the palace."

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand: "What are you talking about!" ”

"Yes, it's the old slave who talks too much."

Chen Xinjia sighed, just shook his head and stomped his feet.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen said: "However, Liu Yan and the chief military officers of each town have great merit after all, although Zhou Ge Lao's plan takes care of the difficulties of the imperial court, I can't help but understand the hardships of the soldiers. Therefore, I decided to take out 30,000 taels of silver from the treasury and distribute it to Liu Yan and other commanders in charge of each town. ”

"This matter, let Chen Aiqing do it, I will receive the silver today and go to Desheng Gate."

At this time

Chen Xinjia can be said to want to cry without tears, and Zhou Yanru and Li Zhiwen on the side are relieved: This cauldron is finally carried by someone!

In the evening of the same day, there was a big camp outside the Desheng Gate.

Chen Xinjia came to the big tent of the Chinese army with 30,000 taels of silver, at this time Hong Chengchou, Ma Shaoyu, and Zhang Ruoqi stood on the side, and Liu Yan, Yang Guozhu, Wu Sangui and other general military officers of each town stood on the side.

Everyone listened to Chen Xinjia read out the will, and Emperor Chongzhen first praised everyone, and then everyone's reward.

"Jinzhou victory, the slaves and thieves were defeated, the country and the dynasty sounded, I was very relieved, now there are Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, Yang Guozhu, the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town, and Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong Town...... Fight to break the enemy, the merit is very great, and now I will be rewarded! ”

“…… Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, was appointed as a scholar of the Dongge University and a secretary of the military department, and he was appointed as an auxiliary political ...... of the cabinet."

"Ma Shaoyu, the superintendent of the army, and Zhang Ruoqi, the superintendent of the army, have worked hard with the army, and now move Ma Shaoyu as the left attendant of the military department, and Zhang Ruoqi as the right attendant of the military department......"

"Yang Guozhu, the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town, hung the seal of General Hu and sealed Hu Bo; Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong Town, hung the seal of General Ping Hu and sealed Hu Bo; Tang Tong, the chief military officer of Miyun Town, hung the seal of the general of Jingbei and sealed the Bo of Jingbei; Bai Guangen, the chief military officer of Jizhou Town, was posthumously named An Jibo, and Cao Bianjiao, the chief military officer of the East Association, hung the seal of General Dong'an and sealed Dong Anbo; Ma Ke, the chief military officer of Shanhaiguan Town, hung the seal of the general of Beiguan and sealed the uncle of Beiguan; Wang Tingchen, the former commander of the guard, hung the seal of the avant-garde general and sealed the pre-guard uncle; Wu Sangui, the chief military officer of Ningyuan Town, hung the seal of General An Ning and sealed An Ningbo; Li Fuming, the general soldier of Shanxi, hung the seal of the general of the Ping Jin Dynasty and sealed the Jin Bo; Zuo Guang, the commander of the aid and suppression army, first hung the seal of General Pingkou and sealed Pingkoubo; General Soldier of Liaodong Town

The official Liu Zhaoji hung the seal of the Liao general and sealed the Liao Bo. ”

"Meritorious soldiers in each town shall be promoted according to the size of their merits, and the casualties of each town shall be paid in two years......"

After Chen Xinjia finished reading out, there was silence in the big tent of the Chinese army, everyone knelt on the ground, and more than a dozen pairs of cold eyes kept sweeping over Chen Xinjia's body, making Chen Xinjia's unstoppable cold hair stand on end.

Liu Yan was the first to get up, this will did not mention the soldiers of Qinglai Town from beginning to end, the battle of Kaifeng beheaded more than 200,000 people, the imperial court only promoted a few generals, gave more than 200,000 taels of silver pension, and then there was no reward.

Chen Xinjia swore that after the Battle of Jinzhou, he would give a reward to the soldiers of Qinglai Town, but now he broke his trust again, and the anger in Liu Yan's heart surged, and his face became extremely ugly.

"Lord Benbing, don't you want to explain!"

In the face of Liu Yan's questioning, Chen Xinjia, a senior official, hurriedly smiled, and was about to speak, when Wang Pu also jumped up and shouted: "Title me General Pinghu, Pinghu Bo?" What kind of title is this, the miscellaneous generals of the imperial court do not have these, we have made great achievements in bloody battles, and we have not even mixed up with a miscellaneous general, and the imperial court is too perfunctory! ”

Liu Yan and Wang Pu took the lead, and then Yang Guozhu, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, Li Fuming, Zuo Guangxian, and Liu Zhaoji all got up and scolded angrily, Tang Tong and Ma Ke also jumped up and down when they saw this, and the voices of the two even overshadowed the general soldiers, forcing Chen Xinjia to retreat again and again.

Although Wu Sangui didn't shout like everyone else, he was also staring at Chen Xinjia with a dark face at the moment, and the anger in his heart was burning.

The chief officer of each town

There has always been a tradition of "intercepting the flow", and the salaries of the soldiers and horses under his command and the pensions of the wounded and wounded officers and soldiers will be intercepted as a part of the flow as the "extra money" of the general army and generals at all levels.

But this time, not only did the soldiers in each town not reward the merit silver, but even the pension had to be paid in two years, and the pension of the fallen soldiers was not much money, and it was given in two years, which made it clear that the court wanted to repay the debt! How can the chief officers not be angry?

At this moment, Hong Chengchou was also dumbfounded, never imagined that the imperial court would make such a decision. And Ma Shaoyu and Zhang Ruoqi also glanced at each other, both of them were completely stupid, they couldn't imagine that the imperial court was so mean to the generals of the towns, these arrogant soldiers and fierce generals have been fighting bloody battles for a long time, and what they are waiting for is a reward, and now the court is mean, so don't you make trouble?

Chen Xinjia hurriedly explained in the face of everyone's reprimands: "This is what Zhou Ge Lao meant, the imperial court has no money and no food, and it can't come up with so much money and food for a while, so I have to suffer the soldiers of each town......"

Liu Yan roared loudly: "The soldiers in the towns are already poor, and their military salaries are often in arrears after fighting for several months, and many of the soldiers' families are starving to death, so don't they even have a reward now?" The soldiers of my towns can die on the battlefield, but they cannot die of hunger! ”

Liu Yan's words were like sparks falling on dry firewood, which immediately ignited everyone's anger, and Wang Pu shouted directly: "I want to face the saint and ask Your Majesty for an explanation!" ”

Tang Tong and Ma Ke hurriedly agreed: "Enter Beijing!" Face Saint! To say the truth! ”

The crowd was excited, which frightened Chen Xinjia, and seeing that he couldn't suppress the general soldiers, he had to cast his eyes on Hong Chengchou for help.

Hong Chengchou sighed, stopped everyone, and said: "This move by the imperial court is too hurtful, but

This soldier is also helpless, I believe that this soldier has done his best. ”

"You should be patient for the time being, and when this governor enters the capital and face the saint, I will ask for an explanation for all the general soldiers and all the soldiers of the army."

Chen Xinjia clapped his hands, and a few chief military officers shouted at the face saint, why do you Hong Chengchou also join in the fun?

"Hong Du can't, Your Majesty has already made a will, how can it be changed? I think it's better to let the soldiers of each town go back first, let me think about this matter in the long run, and I will definitely give the soldiers of each town an explanation, don't be impatient, don't be impatient! ”

Hong Chengchou didn't speak, at this time he had to express his position, and when he was stopped by Chen Xinjia, he hesitated, he has now entered the cabinet, if he really goes to face the saint, what if the saint is angry and expels himself from the cabinet again?

Seeing that Hong Chengchou stopped talking, everyone's hearts were cold and cold, without Hong Chengchou coming forward, could they only admit that they were unlucky?

Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, Cao Bianjiao and others all looked at Liu Yan, and even Wu Sangui also looked at him.

Liu Yan's face turned pale at this time, and he said coldly: "Since this soldier said that he wants to think about it in the long run, then please ask this soldier to continue to provide food and grass for the soldiers of my Qinglai Town." ”

"Huh? The Holy One means that the soldiers and horses of each town will return to their respective stations in two days, so why should they ......?"

Liu Yan said loudly: "From today on, the soldiers of my Qinglai Town will live outside the Desheng Gate, and the rewards of the Battle of Kaifeng and the Battle of Jinzhou, the soldiers of Qinglai Town must be given enough, otherwise the town will never withdraw its troops!" ”

"Three days, the town only gives the court three days, and as soon as the three-day period is up, the town will personally lead tens of thousands of elites into the capital and directly ask the saint for an explanation!"

Hong Chengchou's eyes widened when he heard this, and he exclaimed

"Dingyu Bo Shen Yan! ”

Ma Shaoyu and Zhang Ruoqi suddenly sighed, only hating why they didn't pass out in advance and encountered the scene where Liu Yan turned his face.

The chief military officers of the rest of the towns were all stunned, and then Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, Cao Bianjiao, and Wang Tingchen were all solemn, gritted their teeth, and roared loudly one after another, although several people did not dare to lead the army into the city like Liu Yan, but they would never leave, and the army of the four towns was stationed outside the city to block the Desheng Gate of the Beijing Division, in order to support Liu Yan.

Seeing this, the rest of the towns also shouted in support of Liu Yan, Zuo Guangxian, Liu Zhaoji, Li Fuming and others, needless to say, with Liu Yan taking the lead, Liu Yan was in front of the problem, and everyone followed up, after all, everyone understands the truth that the law does not blame the public.

Tang Tong and Ma Ke didn't think it was a big deal, and shouted one after another, each town should divide troops to block the gates of the Beijing Division, and not let the traitors who treated the soldiers of the army harshly in the court escape.

Ma Ke also kept shouting to "Qingjun side", and looked at Liu Yan while shouting.

Wu Sangui also spoke at this time: "The imperial court treats all the soldiers unfairly, we will never withdraw the army, just wait here for the decision of the saint!" ”

Seeing this, Chen Xinjia's eyes were dark again, and he almost fainted, but two followers supported him.

Immediately, Chen Xinjia glared at the two entourages fiercely, at this time, he might as well faint directly, one hundred, what did this group of arrogant soldiers do, he didn't want to know, and he didn't want to participate!

Chen Xinjia persuaded everyone with a bitter face, but everyone didn't bother to pay attention, Liu Yan said coldly: "Does this soldier want to stay here, or go back to the city to talk?" This soldier still explains, so as not to delay a lot

Affair! ”

"This, this ......"

Chen Xinjia immediately grabbed Hong Chengchou and said almost pleadingly: "Hong Du, you say something, it's a disaster, how good is this!" ”

Hong Chengchou couldn't wait to kick Chen Xinjia away at this time, a dignified secretary of the military department, he couldn't even handle the matter of the army's reward, what else do you want to do?

But at this time, the two can only deal with it together, in case the more than 200,000 troops in each town really send troops to the capital, then everyone will wait together to kill the nine clans!

"Don't be impatient, let this governor and this soldier enter the palace to face the saint together, there will definitely be an explanation for this matter."

Ma Shaoyu and Zhang Ruoqi also hurriedly stood up, and said that they would go to face the saint together and ask for an explanation for the soldiers in each town.

Liu Yan sneered and said, "Come on, prepare horses for a few adults, and send the adults into the city!" ”

"But this town has to remind the four adults: the three-day deadline, and today is already dusk, the four adults still have two days, you have to hurry!"

Chen Xinjia shouted: "Today is a day!" Will you give me some face? ”

"Face?"

Liu Yan sneered and said, "I'll give you face, who will give me face?" Now that I have no face, then everyone should not ask for face! There are two days left, and when the time comes, whether I am a powerful minister or a traitor, I will take it all! ”

Half an hour later, Chen Xinjia, Hong Chengchou, Ma Shaoyu, and Zhang Ruoqi walked out of the Chinese army camp with black faces, and when the four of them left the Chinese army camp under the escort of Jiading, the various departments of the new army in Qinglai Town had already received Liu Yan's order, and the soldiers and horses of each battalion were dispatched one after another, and began to block the main roads outside the Desheng Gate.

Even Hong Chengchou saw the former camp and pointed out

waved Chen Xun, at this time, Chen Xun was taking the soldiers of the new army of the front battalion to the outside of the Chinese army camp, and was scolding and scolding the command soldiers and horses to surround the Chinese army camp and surround Hong Chengchou's supervision battalion.

The four of them finally believed Liu Yan's words, it was by no means a scare, if the court had not said anything after two days, Liu Yan would really kill people and attack the city!

"Come on, Hurry up!"

Hong Chengchou and Chen Xinjia were scattered at this time, galloping on their horses, and desperately rushed back to Beijing.