Liu Yan looked at Ma Shaoyu's smiling face, a little unhappy in his heart, but remembered that Ma Shaoyu had been a comrade with him in Liaodong, so he said, "I'm about to send it out." ”

"That, this, hehe......"

Ma Shaoyu was not very easy to say at this time, after all, he didn't have any strength as a prison army, just followed the army and chased all the way.

Liu Yan said: "Master Ma won the first rank of five Han army flags, which is also a great achievement, and this governor will write it in the good news." ”

Ma Shaoyu was overjoyed and hurriedly saluted and thanked.

Then Liu Yan asked Xun Jingyun to write a good news next to him, and he looked at Ma Shaoyu and asked, "Master Ma, how is the situation in the DPRK and China now?" ”

Ma Shaoyu is the supervisor of the army, even if he leaves the capital, the military department and the cabinet will have some contact with Ma Shaoyu.

At this time, Ma Shaoyu said: "Don't hide it from the governor, the situation in the court is very bad now, and Chen Benbing's life is even more sad. Now that Hong Ge Lao led his troops to be besieged in Xinzhou, and hundreds of thousands of Qing troops have entered Gyeonggi, His Majesty has already been extraordinarily gracious if he did not send Chen Benbing to prison. ”

Liu Yan nodded and said, "Presumably, those Donglin Party members in the court have been very lively during this time, right?" ”

Ma Shaoyu smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything.

"Humph!"

Liu Yan said: "Although the governor also has some opinions on Chen Benbing, but looking at the current imperial court, Chen Benbing can be regarded as the only person who can do practical things, which is much stronger than those Donglin Party members who only eat people's food and do not do personnel!" ”

Ma Shaoyu's face changed slightly, and he said: "The governor is quick to talk, and the subordinate is admired." It's just that, it's better to say less! The Donglin Party is strong, from the court to

The local government offices are full of their people, and if the governor offends the Donglin Party, I am afraid that he will be in constant trouble. ”

Liu Yan laughed out loud and didn't continue the topic, but just asked, "Is the good news written?" ”

Xun Jingyun nodded, wrote for a while, and then presented the good news to Liu Yan.

Liu Yan checked it and confirmed that it was correct, so he signed his name with a big stroke of the pen, and stamped the governor's seal, and then handed it to Ma Shaoyu.

"Master Ma is a prisoner, and this good news should be sent by Lord Ma to the Beijing Division to report the victory. In order to prevent sporadic routs on the road, the Governor sent someone to escort Master Ma back overnight. ”

Ma Shaoyu was overjoyed, this is a fat difference, he was very grateful to Liu Yan in his heart, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "Don't worry, this is the duty of the officials." This time, the subordinate must make a statement to Chen Benbing, and speak mostly for the governor and the soldiers of the army! ”

"Well, Master Ma let's go."

"Yes."

After sending Ma Shaoyu away, Liu Yan said to everyone present: "Now let's talk about our next plan." ”

"Now that the Qing army has been defeated, there will be no incident in Liaodong in a short time. In fact, according to the idea of this governor, at this time, we should gather a large army to go out of Shanhaiguan, take advantage of the great injury of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to sweep Liaodong, and completely solve the border trouble in Liaodong! ”

Liu Yan immediately sighed and said: "It's just that now the imperial court will definitely not be able to come up with this money and grain, and Li Zicheng's department in Shanxi has become bigger, even if the governor wants to directly attack Huanglong, he does not have this condition." ”

"Therefore, in the next step, it is very likely that the imperial court will recruit our army to fight Li Zicheng's department, but there is another possibility, that is, the Donglin Party in the DPRK will jump out and repeat the previous Kaifeng

The story of the great victory. ”

Chen Xun said in surprise: "Governor, at the moment, we are the only mobile force of the Ming Dynasty, even if the Lin Party in the Middle East of the DPRK is stupid, they will not provoke us at this time, right?" ”

What Chen Xun said was a normal truth, but the Donglin Party people in the late Ming Dynasty must not speculate on it with normal thinking.

Historically, the Ming Dynasty was on the verge of death, but the Donglin Party in the court was still clamoring to increase the taxes of the people, and then forced Emperor Chongzhen to cancel the almost negligible Jiangnan commercial tax, why?

Because those businessmen in Jiangnan and the Donglin Party are one, they are fighting for their own interests, as for the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty, the life and death of the people, and the survival of the world, they are not in the calculations of the Donglin Party, they only care about their own interests!

Therefore, at present, the situation that is most in line with the interests of the Donglin Party is that Liu Yan will directly return to Shandong to continue to hide, and then select a suitable candidate from the Donglin Party as the commander of the reinforcements, and command the battalions of the New Army and the garrison army to fight in Xinzhou.

In this way, the Donglin Party can not only control the court situation, but also take this opportunity to control the military power, which is also something that the Donglin Party people, or the civilian forces of the Ming Dynasty, dream of.

Of course, these are deeper things, although Liu Yan thought of it, he couldn't put an end to it in advance, he could only see the moves.

So Liu Yan said to Chen Xun: "Although the Donglin Party people are in a high position, they are said to be the pillars of the Ming Dynasty, but they are also people, as the old saying goes: meat eaters despise, and this governor looks at them as such, and they are all stupid!" ”

"So, tonight the Governor will make a rule for you: After the triumph of the army, no

No matter what the orders of the imperial court are, they must be subject to the orders of the Governor, and all the instructions that bypass the Governor can be ignored! ”

These words are already very sensitive, but everyone here are all henchmen who followed Liu Yan all the way out of the sword and blood, and everyone didn't react much, just got up and took the order.

Liu Yan led the army to rest in Yanqing Prefecture for two days, during which Shen Tuo also led the middle battalion of the New Army to Yanqing Prefecture to converge.

On the morning of the third day, more than 100,000 troops marched south from Yanqing Prefecture, entered the north of Jingshi through Juyong Pass, and then went south from Changping Prefecture to Desheng Gate in the north of Beijing.

At this time, the news of the defeat of more than 360,000 Qing troops has spread all over the capital, millions of people in the city are thunderous, the ministers of the court and the central government celebrate with crowns, and Emperor Chongzhen is even more overjoyed when he hears the news.

In the Qianqing Palace, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military gathered together, Emperor Chongzhen looked at everyone with a spring face, now the state affairs are ups and downs, a few days ago the Ming Dynasty was still facing the danger of losing the country, today is celebrating the great victory, it is really impermanent.

"Hundreds of thousands of Qing troops have been defeated, can Li Zicheng's army of thieves still succeed?"

At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen was full of joy and said to his ministers: "I am very relieved that I have won the battle of Dingyubo, and now more than 100,000 soldiers in Shandong have returned to Beijing in triumph, and what kind of charter does the imperial court have, and Zhong Aiqing will discuss it today." ”

Then Emperor Chongzhen looked at the head of the household department, Li Zhiqing, and said: "No matter how the household department raises, this time I must also come up with enough money and food to reward the soldiers of the army."

Sympathize with the casualties, and there must be no mistakes! ”

Li Beiwen said: "Your Majesty, the household department does have a batch of money and grain now, although it is not much, but it is still okay to reward the army and compensate for the casualties. ”

"Oh?"

Emperor Chongzhen asked, "Is the household department rich?" ”

Li Zhiwen said: "This batch of money and grain was originally to be transported to Shanxi to supply the Hongge old department, but now that the Hongge old army is besieged by thieves in Xinzhou, the money and grain cannot be transported over, so it is better to allocate the given prisoners first." ”

Emperor Chongzhen was displeased, isn't this just demolishing the east wall and making up the west wall? However, at the moment, the imperial court can't come up with enough money and food, so it can only be like this.

"Okay, get the money and food out as soon as possible."

"Commandment."

"How to handle the reward of Dingyu and the meritorious soldiers of the army?"

At this time, Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said: "Your Majesty, the minister proposes: for Dingyubo, he will be awarded Zuozhuguo (Wuxun Zhengyipin), and Doctor Ronglu (Wusanjie Zhengyipin), and Dingyubo will be the Duke of Lu!" ”

"The generals of the battalions of the new army and the garrison army will be awarded the title of chief officer, and they will all command and envoy and be awarded the deputy chief soldier, and the rest of the generals at all levels will be rewarded according to their merits."

After Chen Xinjia finished speaking, the government and the opposition were in an uproar.

Liu Zongzhou, the imperial history of the left capital, took the lead in standing up against it, thinking that even if Liu Yan had great merit in hand, such a reward would be too much.

Liu Zongzhou's character is eastern, alias Niantai, and because he lectured in Shanyin Qishan, scholars called Mr. Qishan, who was suspended for half a year and reduced his nationality to the people because of Shangshu's impeachment of Wei Zhongxian.

In the first year of Chongzhen, the imperial court appointed Liu Zongzhou as the servant of the Shuntian Mansion Yin and the Ministry of Works, and for 14 years, he was the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and was soon promoted to the imperial history of the left capital.

Although Liu Zongzhou's talent in history is limited, he does not have much historical merit

, but when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the Manchu Belebolo hired him with courtesy, and Liu Zongzhou "did not open the book", went on a hunger strike for 23 days, and committed suicide.

This kind of ethics is still worthy of affirmation, but this person is more stubborn, and he also echoes the consistent behavior of the Donglin Party, and the truth he believes is for the benefit of the country and the people, but he doesn't care whether it is actually feasible or whether it is really beneficial to the world.

At this time, after Liu Zongzhou stood up against it, a group of imperial historians and Qingliu people from various ministries all stood up, thinking that Liu Yannai was born as the chief flag officer of the Wei Institute, and now he is the governor of Shandong and has been named an earl, what else can he look forward to, even to be awarded Wuxun and Guogong? The Ming Dynasty has never had the existence of a feudal prince as a chief flag officer!

Looking at the people who stood up to oppose it, Chen Xinjia only felt that he almost vomited out a mouthful of old blood, and shouted directly: "Have you forgotten what happened outside Desheng's gate at the beginning? It's even a mess of state affairs here! ”

It doesn't matter if this roar, those Qingliu officials suddenly blew up their nests, and they all accused Liu Yan of bullying the monarch, and they should immediately send Jinyi Wei to arrest and bring them to Beijing to discuss the crime, and so on.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was also completely dumbfounded, how could a good businessman talk about rewarding meritorious deeds in a blink of an eye?

"Enough!"

Emperor Chongzhen roared angrily, and the quarrel in the court was much quieter, and then Emperor Chongzhen finally made a decisive decision and said loudly: "What Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, discussed, I think is very appropriate, and the cabinet immediately finds the right implementation!" ”

Chen Xinjia was so excited that he almost cried, and said loudly: "Your Majesty is wise! ”

However, Li Rixuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up again at this time and said, "Your Majesty, even if you want to reward Dingyubo and other meritorious soldiers

, It's not impossible, it's just that the capital is the first good area of the Ming Dynasty, and even if the Shandong soldiers are strict in military discipline, they can't be allowed to enter the city, so as not to disturb the people in the city! ”

Chen Xinjia said angrily: "The soldiers of the army fought bloodily, and only then did they defeat hundreds of thousands of Qing troops and keep the land of Gyeonggi, why not let the soldiers of the army enter the city!" ”

Li Rixuan said righteously: "Your Majesty, if those soldiers make trouble after entering the city, how will Your Majesty decide at that time, whether to deal with Dingfu or ignore it?" Rather than being unable to dispose of it, it is better to only let Dinglubo and a few generals enter the city, and the soldiers of the army are only stationed outside the city. ”

Chen Xinjia said angrily: "It's the cold winter wax moon now, the sky outside the city is freezing, and there are still many wounded soldiers in the army, if the army is not allowed to enter the city, what do the soldiers think?" What would Dinglub think? ”

Li Rixuan said loudly: "Your Majesty's decree to reward is already the emperor's grace, if the soldiers of the army make trouble again, it will be a disappointment of the holy grace!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Okay, all of you Aiqing are seeking the country, so let's do it, it is ordered that Liu Yan and the battalion owners will enter the city to be sealed, and the rest of the army will be temporarily stationed outside the city to wait for rewards." ”

"Your Majesty!"

Emperor Chongzhen got up and left the hall, Wang Chengen stood up directly and sang loudly: "Retreat!" ”