The next day, the Imperial Study.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that Chen Yan and Wei Zaode were unusable, so he sent Chen Xinjia to the palace, and at this time, there were only two people in the imperial study, Emperor Chongzhen and Chen Xinjia, and even Wang Chengen was separated.

"Aiqing, I want to let Liu Yan withdraw first, do you have any good way?"

Chen Xinjia complained bitterly in his heart and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Yan is gambling with the imperial court this time, and wants to let the soldiers of the army enter the city to rest for a period of time, so as to calm the hearts of the army." As long as His Majesty is willing to let go, it will only take a few days, and Liu Yan will naturally petition for guilt, and then obey the dispatch of the imperial court to withdraw the army. ”

Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly, and said: "Beijing City will not let Liu Yan enter, just after achieving military exploits, he is going to enter the capital, what is his intention?" ”

"Your Majesty's words are serious, then Liu Yan will not have any intentions, but his temper is a little stubborn."

Emperor Chongzhen immediately picked up a map and handed it to Chen Xinjia, on which he had already drawn a circle with a cinnabar pen.

Chen Xinjia fixed his eyes and saw that the place where he was encircled was the Zhending Mansion of Beizhili.

"I want to transfer Liu Yan to lead his troops to the area of Zhending Mansion to set up defenses to prevent Li Zicheng's troops from advancing east into Beizhili, or I can threaten Li Zicheng's troops from the flank to share the pressure for Hong Chengchou, what does Aiqing think?"

Chen Xinjia sighed in his heart, not to mention that Liu Yan led his troops to Zhending Mansion, can he share the pressure for Hong Chengchou, just say that Liu Yan is here, people are still suffering from grievances, the court doesn't say a word about it, and they will recruit people to work hard, who will listen to the order?

"This, Your Majesty, don't you think about it again, it's not so easy to implement this matter."

Emperor Chongzhen said coldly: "Could it be that the current imperial court has reached the edict and does not leave the palace."

To the point of it? ”

Chen Xinjia hurriedly got up from the chair and bowed, and said, "Your Majesty forgives the sin, the minister didn't mean that, but I was worried that Liu Yan would still not obey the order this time." ”

Emperor Chongzhen pondered for a while, and then said: "Then this time Aiqing will make a hard trip, personally go to Liu Yan's camp outside the city, and tell Liu Yan that within two days, the imperial court will distribute the rewards and pension money and food in place, and let Liu Yan lead his troops to Zhending Mansion within five days, and when the follow-up money and food of the imperial court are sufficient, he will lead the army to Xinzhou to support Hong Chengchou's department." ”

Chen Xinjia said: "Your Majesty, the minister is brave, I still want to let the wounded soldiers in Liu Yan's army enter the city to recuperate for a few days, so that Liu Yan will definitely obey the order immediately." ”

"No!"

Emperor Chongzhen said coldly: "It is already the emperor's grace to let Liu Yan continue to lead the army to fight, is there any other extravagant hope for Liu Yan!" ”

"I don't dare to guess!"

"Humph!"

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand violently and said, "This is the best, let's retire and go on a business." ”

"Yes, the minister retired."

Chen Xinjia left the palace full of concerns, sat in a warm sedan chair, and the accompanying servant asked, "My lord, are we going home?" ”

"Back home? Go to Deshengmen! Immediately send someone to the military department to transfer people and escort me to the new army camp! ”

When Chen Xinjia rushed to the big tent of the Chinese army in the New Army Guards, it was already dusk that day, Chen Xinjia looked at Liu Yan, who was sitting behind the book case with a cold face and was reading the military Chinese book, and sat with a smile for a while, but no one served tea, and he was very embarrassed in his heart.

"This, Lu Guogong, you see, Your Majesty has ordered the military department and the household department to raise money and food, is it not the first to focus on state affairs and lead the army

Soldiers go to Zhending Mansion to set up defenses? ”

Liu Yan glanced up at Chen Xinjia and said, "Does this soldier think it's possible?" ”

Chen Xinjia sighed and said: "I know that this time it was those clear streams in the DPRK and China who made the obstruction from it, so that the officers and soldiers in the army were wronged again, but after all, the state affairs are greater than the sky, and it is still necessary to rescue Hong Ge at the moment!" ”

Now it has been said that it is the end of December, with Liu Yan's understanding of Li Zicheng's army, as well as the information collected by the imperial court and the intelligence department of Hong Chengchou's department, Liu Yan concluded that even if he rushed directly from Yanqing Prefecture to Xinzhou, it would definitely be too late, you must know that as early as a month ago, Hong Chengchou's department had run out of food, and now I don't know how to insist, so Hong Chengchou is destined to not hold on to the arrival of reinforcements, and he and his soldiers and horses are already in the dead place!

The rest of Hong Chengchou's subordinates are okay, Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui are all traitors in history, and Tang Tong is also a person who is not sorry to die. It's just that Wang Tingchen, Zuo Guangxian, and Liu Zhaoji are a little pity, after all, all three of them died in a bloody battle with the Qing army in history, no matter what the three of them are, they can be regarded as heroes who fought against foreign humiliation.

Now Liu Yan is powerless, and he has no time to rescue, so he can only sigh in his heart.

Chen Xinjia saw that Liu Yan still didn't speak, his heart was anxious, and he said loudly: "Lu Guogong, you speak, do you really want to do Dong Zhuo's thing, do you have to lead the army into the city and make the world chaotic?" ”

Liu Yan sneered and said: "If this governor really wants to learn from Dong Zhuo, do the soldiers think that those Beijing soldiers in the city can stop it?" Ben Du has already led his army to break through the city! ”

Chen Xinjia nodded sheepishly, sat down in his chair dejectedly, and asked, "That."

How does Lu Guogong want to end this matter? ”

"Ben Governor said that he would lead the army into the city to rest!"

"Could it be that Lu Guogong just ignores state affairs just because he gambles?"

Liu Yan thought for a moment, and then said: "Since there is a soldier who comes to mediate in person, then the governor will suffer another loss." ”

Chen Xinjia was immediately overjoyed and asked, "How?" ”

"The governor will withdraw the army tomorrow, lead the army to deploy in Gyeonggi, prevent Li Zicheng from entering the north and Zhili, and at the same time send out the night to investigate the news in the direction of Xinzhou, just wait for the rewards and pensions of the army to be in place, and the money and food supplies of the army will be delivered, and the governor will lead the army to the direction of Xinzhou."

"But ......"

Chen Xinjia suddenly asked nervously, "But what?" ”

Liu Yan said coldly: "I heard that Your Majesty wants to remove me from the post of governor of Shandong? Now the Donglin Party in the DPRK must not be able to come up with a specific strategy, and His Majesty has no way to start, so he will give up for the time being, and he will transfer the governor to the area of Zhending Mansion to garrison, right? ”

Chen Xinjia was surprised, but also extremely shocked in his heart, Liu Yan either had internal agents in the capital, or he knew the political situation well and could make reasonable speculations. And no matter what the situation is, it shows that Liu Yan, whether it is ability or power, is enough to compete with the imperial court!

Chen Xinjia was speechless, so he had to deal with it silently.

"Since this is the case, the Governor of Ben asked His Majesty to dismiss the Hubu Shangshu and the Wuyingdian scholar Chen Yan, as well as the Ministry of Industry Shangshu and Wenyuange University scholar Wei Zaode, and drive them out of the capital. In addition, the governor's power over the military and political affairs, money and food affairs of the northern direct subordinate was handed over to the governor. ”

"What!"

Chen Xinjia was taken aback and said: "This is impossible, this is not a coercion."

Tribunal? Your Majesty will not agree! ”

Liu Yan said coldly: "If you don't agree, forget it, anyway, now in the hearts of Your Majesty and the Manchu Dynasty, this governor is already Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo, so it doesn't matter what to do!" ”

Chen Xinjia sighed and said, "Okay, I'll go back to Beijing immediately to report and try my best to promote this matter!" ”

Liu Yan nodded, and then said: "There is one more thing: after the soldier goes back, he must report to His Majesty truthfully, judging from the news that the governor has now, the foreigners of Hongge have no reinforcements, no food and grass inside, and they are already in a desperate situation, even if the governor does not return to Beijing, and goes directly from Yanqing Prefecture to Xinzhou to rescue, it is estimated that it is too late, maybe the news of the fall of Xinzhou is already on the way to Beijing, so that Your Majesty has to prepare in advance." ”

Chen Xinjia was shocked when he heard this.

In the imperial study, Emperor Chongzhen listened to Chen Xinjia's recital, his face turned pale and laughed, and he said sadly: "Is this still the king of a country, I was so persecuted by Liu Yan, a martial artist!" ”

Chen Xinjia sighed and said: "The culprit who caused the current situation is actually the Donglin Party in the DPRK!" At the beginning, the minister once strongly recommended Liu Yan to His Majesty to fight against Li Zicheng's troops, and let Hong Chengchou lead the elite of the nine sides to defend the capital. However, those Donglin Party members bewitched His Majesty, and could not let Liu Yan make any more military exploits, so they deliberately hid it in the snow, and pushed Hong Chengchou to lead the army to death, which caused the current situation! ”

In order to let Emperor Chongzhen successfully take down Wei Zaode and Chen Yan, Chen Xinjia pushed the matter to the Donglin Party members between words.

Emperor Chongzhen's face softened a little when he heard this, yes, there must be someone in this matter

Come out to take responsibility and calm the situation There must be someone to pay the price, this person, Wei Dezao and Chen Yan are just right!

"That's it! After all, these two people had bewitched me to remove Liu Yan, and they could be regarded as fueling the flames in this situation, so it would be better to remove the two of them. ”

Emperor Chongzhen's tone immediately became stern and said, "I will issue an edict today to dismiss Wei Dezao and Chen Yan and drive them out of the capital. However, Liu Yan also has to know the advance and retreat, and the day after tomorrow at the latest, he will lead the army to the area of Zhending Mansion to set up defenses. Since Liu Yan expected that Dinghong Chengchou's troops would not be able to hold out on to the arrival of reinforcements, Li Zicheng's troops must not be allowed to rush into Beizhili! ”

"Minister, Commander!"

On the same day, Emperor Chongzhen dismissed Chen Yan, a scholar of the Ministry of Household and Wuyingdian University, as well as Wei Zaode, a scholar of the Ministry of Industry and Wenyuange, on the charge of "slandering meritorious soldiers and slandering the current holy lord", and limited the two of them to leave the capital with their families within one day and return to their hometown to cultivate with their families.

Immediately afterwards, Emperor Chongzhen issued a second edict, handing over the military and political power of Beizhili to Liu Yan, and ordering Liu Yan to be the governor of the military and political affairs, money and grain, and civil affairs of Beizhili and Shandong.

As soon as the news came out, the government and the opposition were in an uproar, especially the Donglin Party was even more shocked, and then they flocked to the noon gate, regardless of the cold wind, they also wanted to enter the palace to protest, but they were stopped by the guards outside the palace gate and the Han general.

At nightfall, a large number of Jinyi guards surrounded the mansions of Wei Zaode and Chen Yan, forcing them to pack their bags and leave Beijing.

"Zhao Zhao Sun and Moon, Zhao Zhao Sun and Moon!"

In the Wei Mansion, Wei Zaode shouted loudly and said impassionedly to the Jinyi guards: "This official is single-minded

For the country, he was brave and loyal to His Majesty, and he ended up like this, what is the reason of heaven! Could it be that there is no virtuous person in the DPRK, and no one dares to compete with Liu Thief? ”

The leader of the team, Jinyi Wei Baihu, sneered and said, "Liu thief? People are Lu Guogong, in terms of official positions and titles, even if you are not dismissed, you must call others Shangguan. Besides, Lu Guogong beheaded the Qing army at the level of more than 100,000 people, can you compare this kind of credit? ”

Wei Zaode Zhengse said: "This official is a civil official, governing the country is the right way, what a martial artist's bravery!" ”

"Cut!"

Jinyi Wei Baihu sneered and said, "This official? You are now a farmer, Your Majesty asked you to go back to your hometown to farm, and give Lao Tzu an official here? Hurry up and pack up and get out of Beijing for me! ”

Wei Zaode's face was immediately dead, and he was immediately driven out of the mansion along with more than twenty family members, and all the belongings were loaded on two carriages.

"What?"

Looking at the wooden boxes on the two carriages, Wei Zaode said loudly: "There are still a lot of belongings in my house that have not been loaded!" ”

Jinyi Wei Baihu said coldly: "Your Majesty has a decree, only leave some road entanglements for you and Chen Yan, and the rest of the property will be rushed to the treasury!" ”

Wei Zaode's eyes suddenly darkened, and he almost fainted to the ground, and then with a group of family members, he sat in the carriage and cried and wiped his tears, and was "escorted" by Jinyiwei all the way out of Beijing from Chongwenmen.

Just outside the Chongwen Gate, Wei Zaode met Chen Yan who was also kicked out, and after the two met, they could be said to be hugging and crying, and then they were reprimanded by the Jinyi Wei Baihu who came with them: "What kind of bitterness to cry about, when you leave the capital, you have nothing to do with the imperial court, don't get out of here!" ”