At dawn, Hong Chengchou and Chen Xinjia rushed to the Ming army camp outside Desheng Gate, after almost a night of running, the two were exhausted, but they did not dare to have a trace of slackness, for fear that Liu Yan would temporarily change his hexagram.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Yan and the chief military officers of each town were still there, and no one left, Hong Chengchou breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and immediately took out the edict of Emperor Chongzhen, and didn't care about reading out the process, and handed it directly to Liu Yan for everyone to check together.

"Your Majesty has ordered Li Zhiwen, the secretary of the household department, Zhang Ruoqi, and Ma Shaoyu to raise silver taels, and must raise the reward silver for the soldiers in each town within one day, as well as the pension silver. You commanders can rest assured. ”

Everyone's faces showed a look of joy, although the earls and seals of Yang Guozhu, Wu Sangui, Wang Pu and others have not changed, and they are still temporarily sealed and knighted even as good as miscellaneous generals, but after all, they are already one level higher than ordinary general officers, and they can be regarded as a noble class, so the current result is still acceptable to everyone, as long as the silver is in place.

As for Liu Yan, he also showed a satisfied expression at this time, Emperor Chongzhen had promised in the edict to include Yanzhou Mansion and Dengzhou Mansion into Qinglai Town, and the population and land under Liu Yan's command doubled, which meant that the space for his operation was greatly increased.

With land, you can accumulate wealth, and with population, you can expand your army, and in troubled times, these are the most important things.

At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen also dismissed Zhou Yanru from the post of chief assistant of the cabinet, and in the edict, he put all the responsibility for the mistreatment of the army on Zhou Yanru, removed all his official positions, and ordered him to leave Beijing within a time limit.

Neither does Liu Yan

Forbidden to sigh, this is like Emperor Chongzhen's approach, if something goes wrong, he must find a scapegoat at the first time, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty are not so easy to be.

As for Zhou Yanru, this person is like an unbeatable Xiaoqiang in history, and the first assistant of the cabinet alone has done it twice, and the ups and downs are too many to count. Although he was dismissed by Emperor Chongzhen this time, God knows if this person will make a comeback, after all, the trend of history has changed a lot, and Zhou Yanru's relationship in the court is still very strong.

"Zhou Yanru, you can go back to your hometown alive, I, Liu Yan, follow your surname!"

Just when Liu Yan was secretly thinking about "disposing of" Zhou Yanru, Hong Chengchou and Chen Xinjia both looked at Liu Yan with blank eyes, after all, Liu Yan's official position was still not promoted, so I don't know if Yanzhou and Dengzhou can satisfy Liu Yan's appetite.

And Chen Xinjia couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "When did the imperial court fall to the point where it had to negotiate conditions with Wufu?" ”

Yang Guozhu, Wu Sangui and other chief military officers also looked at Liu Yan, at this time everyone was already relatively satisfied, worried that if Liu Yan continued to persevere, the silver that everyone was about to get would be wasted again.

Yang Guozhu said: "Uncle Ding, you see that this matter is ......, how to end this matter?" ”

Liu Yan naturally understood everyone's thoughts, since the general soldiers of each town had been promoted and the money was about to be obtained, he had naturally begun to waver, and if he continued to make trouble, he would probably be the only one left.

So Liu Yan was also ready to accept it when he saw it, but he had to ask for more benefits.

"Hong Du, Ben Bing, as far as I know, the imperial court has no money, I don't know how Li Shangshu raises money?"

Hong Chengchou followed

He explained the method of Li to be asked, and promised that after a day, the army's silver would definitely be able to be gathered.

Liu Yan sneered and said, "Okay! Since His Majesty has issued an edict, as a courtier, the town will naturally obey. ”

"Good!"

Hong Chengchou and Chen Xinjia breathed a sigh of relief, and praised Liu Yan for "knowing the general situation", "knowing how to advance and retreat", "being able to do what ordinary people cannot", etc., Liu Yan immediately interrupted the two and said: "But the soldiers and horses in my towns must see the silver before they can withdraw the army, and one day I hope that Li Shangshu can live up to expectations!" ”

Hong Chengchou looked at Chen Xinjia and said, "Just in case, I think this soldier should work hard again to help Li Shangshu and the two prison soldiers raise money, how about it?" ”

Chen Xinjia was also afraid of an accident in the end, so he nodded and agreed, he was going to leave for the city, but was stopped by Liu Yan: "There is another thing to worry about the soldiers to tell Li Shangshu." ”

"Hehe, Uncle Ding, please speak."

Since the beginning of the year, these two states have been plagued by drought and locust plagues, the people have been displaced, the farmland is barren and the harvest is desolate, but the relief from the imperial court is very little."

"This town adheres to the original intention of sharing worries for His Majesty and serving the imperial court, and under the premise of being treated, it still resolutely accepts the land of the two prefectures, should the imperial court also give some support, for example, in order to restore the livelihood of Yanzhou and Dengzhou, please ask the imperial court to allocate another 500,000 taels of silver and 300,000 stone of grain to Qinglai Town for relief of the people and the rest of the two prefectures."

After Liu Yan finished speaking, Hong Chengchou and Chen Xinjia both widened their eyes, obviously in order to appease Liu Yan and add two mansions to Qinglai Town, how to get it now

It seems that he Liu Yan endures humiliation and burden, and the court still thinks of him?

Wu Sangui, Yang Guozhu and other chief military officers also had strange expressions, everyone finally knew why they were all chief military officers, and Liu Yan was very prosperous and powerful, relying on this ability to reverse black and white, and the courage to openly argue with the imperial court!

"This, so much money and food, the imperial court will definitely not be able to get it together for a while!"

Liu Yan said with a smile: "Then give Li Shangshu one more day, and two days later, the reward silver and pension silver of the army in each town will be in place, and the relief money and food of the town will be in place, and the town and the general army will withdraw." ”

Chen Xinjia had no idea at this time, and he never thought that Liu Yan would speak again when he was in the future, so he looked at Hong Chengchou.

I saw Hong Chengchou gritting his teeth and frowning, muttering for a long time, and then said, "Okay! The governor agreed to this money and grain, and the governor and the soldiers went back to handle this matter together, if they could not be raised within two days, the reward silver and pension silver of the superintendent battalion would be postponed, and I would give you enough first! ”

Liu Yan was slightly stunned, this Hong Chengchou is indeed a character, his ability, determination, and courage are all first-class existences, it would be better if he had more integrity.

"Hehe, Hongdu is mighty, I'll wait here for good news."

"But ......"

Hong Chengchou immediately changed his words and said: "This incident shook the government and the opposition, and Your Majesty was also angry. Your Majesty is magnanimous, and has done everything in his power to make up for you, so you should also show it. ”

Everyone's hearts tightened, and they all looked at Liu Yan, Liu Yan said: "What Hong Du said is extremely true,

Since the court has given us benefits, then we must also give the court face. As long as the money and food are in place within two days, the town and the general soldiers will play a petition together and hand over the plea. ”

Hong Chengchou stared at Liu Yan, very dissatisfied in his heart, Liu Yan actually said that this matter was an exchange of interests between the towns and the imperial court, which was really arrogant!

But Hong Chengchou didn't say anything more, worried that there would be extraneous branches, as long as Liu Yan could lead his troops to withdraw for the time being and calm down the situation as soon as possible, everything would be easy to say.

"In that case, then you should wait here."

Watching Hong Chengchou and Chen Xinjia ride out of the camp, Liu Yan stood outside the tent and was silent for a long time, while Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu and others were smiling.

"What is Dinglubo thinking?"

Yang Guozhu, Cao Bianjiao, and Wang Pu walked over, and Liu Yan said with a smile: "I'm thinking, Zhou Yanru left Beijing and returned to his hometown, and we didn't catch up to send one, isn't it a bit rude?" ”

Although Liu Yan had a smile on his face when he spoke, Yang Guozhu, Cao Bianjiao, and Wang Pu all felt a chill in their hearts, why was Liu Yan's smile so terrifying?

After dawn, Liu Yan returned to the tent of the New Army's personal guard camp and called Wu Guojin, who went north with the army.

Liu Yan asked, "Zhou Yanru was dismissed, do you know?" ”

"Yes."

Wu Guojin lowered his voice and said: "The subordinates have a lot of eyes and ears in the Jingshi, and even the Jinyi Weizhong is related, and they are the friends of the previous subordinates in the Beizhen Fusi, and the news that came out of them is that the subordinates have just heard about it." ”

"Well, that's good."

Liu Yan's monthly silver to the Intelligence Department is in addition to his salary

There is also a lot of "funding" specifically for the development of intelligence networks, and after spending a lot of money, it has now begun to bear fruit.

"When did Zhou Yanru leave Beijing?"

"Early this morning, I guess it's been almost an hour since I left."

"Do you know where Zhou Yanru went?"

Wu Guojin listened to Liu Yan's question, became more and more excited, and said: "Zhou Yanru's hometown is Changzhou Mansion in Nanzhili, according to the news, as soon as the city gate opened at dawn, Zhou Yanru went out of the south of the city from the Guangqu Gate. Calculating the time, it should be almost to Dong'an County by now. ”

Liu Yan nodded and said, "Okay, let Wang Yang take the brother who explored Cao on a trip, send Zhou Yanru to the town, and let him get on the road faster!" ”

At the same time, Hong Chengchou and Chen Xinjia dragged their tired bodies, returned to the palace again, and reported the news to Emperor Chongzhen, although Emperor Chongzhen was angry, he could only continue to force Li to ask the three to raise silver.

Hong Chengchou said to Emperor Chongzhen that the reward silver and pension silver of the supervision battalion could be postponed, and the generals of each town should be distributed first, and Emperor Chongzhen was greatly moved, and immediately said: "Hong Aiqing understands the general situation, is loyal to the country, and I am very relieved." Now that the first assistant to the cabinet is vacant, I see, Hong Aiqing will work hard first. ”

Hong Chengchou was stunned at first, and then he crawled on the ground and cried: "Minister, since you should follow the example of Zhuge Wuhou and die for Your Majesty!" ”

Chen Xinjia on the side was desperate at this time, originally thought that he had tried his best to pull Zhou Yanru off the horse, and there were two good reports of the Battle of Jinzhou and the Battle of Kaifeng.

But

This wish was shattered by Hong Chengchou again, and at this time, Chen Xinjia was discouraged, and just wanted to find a place to cry.

On the same day, Chen Xinjia was sent back to the army outside Desheng Gate by Emperor Chongzhen, and ordered him to "stabilize the morale of the army, so as not to increase the incident".

Hong Chengchou, on the other hand, was like a chicken, and Li Beiwenbing split into two ways and began to raise money and grain in Beijing.

"Hong Chengchou became the first assistant of the cabinet?"

Liu Yan was in the big tent of the guard camp, listening to Wu Guojin's report, and he was also taken aback. According to historical records, after the fall of Zhou Yanru, Chen Xinjia should succeed him. But now that the battle of Songjin has been won, Hong Chengchou was not only not captured by the Qing army, but returned to the dynasty in triumph and directly grabbed Chen Xinjia's cabinet chief assistant position, and there will be no tacit understanding between the two.

"It seems that the DPRK and China are going to fight again."

Liu Yan lamented that it was an eventful time in the court, and then asked, "Did Wang Yang take people to set off?" ”

"I've set off, and it's estimated that I've already passed Dong'an County."

"That's good."

Liu Yan sneered and said: "How can I say that I am also the first assistant of the cabinet, and it is a pity to go home to retire so quietly!" ”

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