The news of the occupation of Liaoyang City by the official army had spread in Beijing in recent days, and most people believed that it would not be long before the imperial court received the news of the great victory of Shenyang City.

is still the same sentence, expelling the Jurchens and restoring the homeland of the Ming Dynasty is just around the corner.

"It's just eight flags, why bother? It's all local chickens and dogs! ”

"I've said it a long time ago, I only need a slight shot, and I'm already invincible in the world, I'm still the same sentence, now I'm a big tomorrow soldier riding a horse and wielding a knife, expelling Houjin in Liaobei, I don't know what an opponent is."

"Xiong Jingluo has made this effort, after returning to Beijing, there is no cabinet chief, I'm afraid I won't be able to send it away!"

"When the time comes, even Lang Guogong will probably have to give him three points of face!"

"I don't want to listen to what you say, although this time Lang Guogong is planning in Beijing, but saying a thousand ways and ten thousand, the main army of the Jurchens is wiped out in the hands of Lang Guogong, that Xiong Tingbi said that the sky, that is also the shadow of Lang Guogong, it is not a matter of pouring the sky, I think that, in the entire Ming Dynasty, no one can compare with the grandfather of the country!"

Now, throughout the Ming Dynasty, the controversy over Wang Qi and his people is staged almost every day, and there are endless discussions in the society, the government and the opposition, and the teahouse and restaurant.

However, in general, no one can deny the credit of Wang Qi, the prince of Langguo, in this battle of gold.

At least, the imperial court is the first in military force, and no one dares to deny it.

Boom, the black clouds have been constantly pressing, like huge mountains, pouring towards the earth, and the rolling thunder is also mixed with the palpitations of people's hearts.

"It's going to rain heavily this day," among the teahouses and restaurants in the capital, there are many rich idlers, who are all turning their heads to look at the sky at this moment.

The last time it rained heavily, it was Liu Yijing who died in the court, this time.

Many people frowned and looked at the sky, and a haze rose in their hearts.

Boom, finally after a loud noise, the rain on the canopy of the sky poured down instantly, and the entire capital became a vast ocean between breathing, and from a high place, the misty water vapor almost enveloped the entire Sijiu City, like a dream.

Bang la la blah

Beijing, Renshoufang, Langguo Mansion.

In the Gaomen compound, the green banana leaves in the back garden have been crackled by the rain, and the wide banana leaves have hung down, but they still stubbornly straighten the branches, supporting a peaceful place for the pool below.

Wang Qi accompanied Hai Lanzhu to enjoy the rain in front of the court at this moment.

These days, it is the most leisurely time since Wang Qi crossed, reading books in his spare time, walking dogs and teasing cats, and there are beauties on the side, so comfortable, if he can, Wang Qi feels that this kind of day, living a lifetime, is not bad.

Hai Lanzhu is seven months pregnant, and the imperial doctor in the palace will come to the house almost every three days to take care of her, and several of the most prestigious midwives in the capital have also been summoned by Wang Qi into the house and live in the courtyard next door to Hai Lanzhu, which is convenient for taking care of.

In addition, Princess Ningde also came to the house to visit Hai Lanzhu a few days ago, as the future housewife, Zhu Huiyan, as a royal nobleman, felt that she still had some bearing.

How to say it, what Hai Lanzhu is pregnant with is also Wang Qi's first bloodline.

As the future owner of the back house, Princess Ningde felt that it was necessary for her to take good care of Hai Lanzhu, and for Wang Qi, it was also necessary.

Hai Lanzhu's body has become heavier and heavier, a pair of pretty faces have become more and more coquettish, and there is a seductive atmosphere between the movements, putting down the blue-eyed snow-white cat in her arms, this princess Horqin opened her mouth to look at Wang Qi, who was lying on the chair leisurely reading and listening to the rain: "The lord doesn't seem to be worried about the war in Liaodong at all"

"What is there to worry about? This time the imperial court is fully prepared, as long as Xiong Tingbi is not greedy for merit, Houjin will definitely have no chance" Wang Qi's eyes did not leave the book in his hand, which was Xu Guangqi sent to his own Yiren firearms manufacturing strategy, these days, Xu Guangqi almost every day to eat and live in the artillery foundry outside the city, research firearms sealing and gas sealing process, I heard that there has been great progress.

Hai Lanzhu looked at her husband with a pair of beautiful eyes, and she admired it all: Who doesn't want their man to be a hero who calms the world and looks down on the Quartet?

And Wang Qi, at present, no one can match him.

"When Liaodong is recovered, the cooperation between Horqin and the Ming Dynasty will be closer, and at that time, whether it is with the Mongols, Haizhou people, or Yi people, they will gather in the capital, and the Quartet will be stable, which is the beginning of Shengping and ruling the world."

Hai Lanzhu listened to Wang Qi's words quietly and did not interject.

At this time.

"Master, Wang Shouxin is asking to see you outside," Qingluo stepped forward and spoke softly.

In the back houses of the eunuchs, most men outside the main family are strictly forbidden to enter and leave.

Since Hai Lanzhu and other female dependents entered the mansion, Wang Shouxin and other relatives could not enter and leave the back house at will as before.

Not long after, Wang Qi met Wang Shouxin in the hall.

"My lord," the moment he saw Wang Qi, Wang Shouxin hurriedly stepped forward: "Liaodong secret letter. Written by Lu Enguang himself! ”

Lu Enguang?

Wang Qi was stunned when he heard this.

Normally, the letter from Liaodong is either Qin Erbao or Xiong Tingbi, why didn't the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who participated in the war, send a letter to Wang Qi at this time? After all, as Wang Qi's pawn in Liaodong, Lu Enguang was ordered to garrison Ningyuan City this time, and he didn't go to the front line at all to send a letter, which is a little suspicious.

Taking the letter paper from Wang Shouxin's hand, Wang Qi gently scraped open the intact seal, and then took out the letter paper.

Wang Shouxin was standing aside at this moment, not daring to breathe, just lowered his head and waited for Wang Qi's order.

He didn't know what was written in the letter, but at this time, Lu Enguang had written from him, and after following Wang Qi for so long, a bad feeling rose in Wang Shou's confidence.

Not long after, Wang Qi's voice came.

"Prepare the sedan chair and prepare to enter the palace.

The tone is so calm that it is impossible to hear the joy and anger.

"Yes!"

Wang Shouxin swallowed a mouthful of saliva, nervously wiped the sweat on his forehead, and then slowly retreated.

After following Lang Guogong for a long time, Wang Shouxin knew that the calmer he was, the more angry Wang Qi was in his heart.

Liaodong, something big is wrong!

In less than a stick of incense, the middle gate of the Langguo Mansion was opened, and the sedan chair of the black gilt carved beast slowly drove out, and then under the rain curtain, it headed towards the imperial city.

At the same time, the outer city of the Imperial Palace, Donghua Gate, the Special Military Office.

Lu Yuzheng, who was on duty today, lowered his head, his hands trembled, and repeatedly confirmed the contents of the letter word by word.

This letter, a quarter of an hour ago, arrived at the Military Department by speed.

"The sky is falling. The sky is falling," Lu Yu's face turned pale, repeating this sentence over and over again.

"Face Saint. No, get out of the palace first! After a while, the left waiter of the household department finally reacted: "If you want to see Lang Guogong first, you must not panic at this time!! ”

There was a creak, and just as Lu Yu wanted to push the door out, the door of the military department suddenly opened from the outside.

Lu Yu raised his eyes and looked: the little official was trembling and holding up the paper umbrella in his hand to shield the people under the umbrella from the rain, and under the paper umbrella, there was Wang Qi with a calm face.

Lang Guogong arrived.

"Lord Wang!" Lu Yu bowed down almost instantly, and immediately handed over the letter in his hand, and his tone was flustered: "Liaodong, Liaodong is in a hurry, Xiong Tingbi is critically ill, according to the inspector, Yuan Chonghuan is installed to write Liaodong defeated!" What a defeat! ”

Looking at Lu Yu fixedly, Wang Qi frowned, and instead of picking up the notebook, he asked, "Has Houjin crossed the Shanhaiguan?" ”

"Huh?" Lu Yu was stunned for a moment when asked, and then subconsciously shook his head and said, "No, it's just that Liaoyang City has been newly occupied."

"Our army was wiped out in this battle?" Wang Qi then asked.

"No, not so," Lu Yu then shook his head.

"Then what are you panicking about?" At this time, Wang Qi reached out to take the urgent letter, and walked to his seat while reading the letter.

Reaching out to wipe the sweat from his head, Lu Yu nodded, and reluctantly agreed: "What the adults are talking about, what are you panicking about?" The lower officials are not panicking"

A moment later.

Wang Qi was already sitting on the chair in all directions, laying the letter on the table again, and raised his eyes to look at Lu Yu: "Go and ask someone to call the rest of the adults over, discuss this matter, and then face the saint together." ”

"Xiaguan will do it!" Lu Yu nodded violently, then turned around and left, with the backbone, there is a direction for doing things, so that he will not be at a loss.

After Lu Yu left, the little official in the hall served refreshments and was sent out by Wang Qi, and Wang Qi was the only one left in the room to sit alone.

At this time, the face of this Lang Guogong became gloomy, and his eyes were even colder as if he could kill!

The letters of Yuan Chonghuan and Lu Enguang, leaving aside the discussion of the attribution of responsibility, there is no difference in the rest of the content: the battle of the Jin, in just ten days, the Ming army was defeated and returned, the loss of nearly half of the soldiers, the grain and straw were exhausted, Zhao Shujiao died in battle, Man Gui died in battle, Luo Yi died in battle, except for Zu Dale who escaped from the battle and was beheaded, three of the general and deputy general soldiers died, deputy generals, guerrillas, more than 20 garrisons, and the rest were innumerable, and the court paid nearly five million military salaries, in exchange for the Jurchens, the regime was re-stabilized, and Wang Qi worked hard to manage the situation, It was on the verge of a total collapse.

But now, this is not the time to panic and scold, Wang Qi must think about how to clean up the mess.

"Liaodong Jiangmen," Wang Qi's gaze fell on the notebook: "It's really time to change it." ”

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Half an hour later, Ye Xianggao, Xu Guangqi, Sun Chengzong, Wang Huazhen, and Lu Yu all arrived.

Ten days ago, that is, when the battle of Liaodong had just begun, Wang Huazhen went directly to Beijing from the post of Shandong Buzheng and served as a scholar of the palace pavilion and a squire of the military department, and at the same time entered the special military department.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's take a look at this notebook first," Wang Qi sat on the top seat, and Lu Yu stepped forward to deliver the letter to Ye Xiang's master.

On the way to Donghua Gate, Lu Yu had already introduced the matter to a few people, and now several bigwigs were embarrassed, mixed with anger and panic.

In a short time, several people had already read the letter in turn.

"Xiong Tingbi's crime deserves death, and it is not an exaggeration to pass on the first nine sides!" Wang Huazhen was the first to speak, and her tone was extremely angry!

When Liaodong was in office, the governor was at odds with Jingluo, and now Xiong Tingbi has committed such a heinous crime, of course he will not spare him in his heart.

"From the letter, it can be seen that Xiong Feibai is already terminally ill, there is no need for you and me to talk about his sins, and the most important thing now is how to clean up the mess in Liaodong!" Sun Chengzong took over the conversation, but did not hold anyone responsible, but looked at Wang Qi: "Stabilizing the situation is the most important and urgent!" ”

"There are still more than 50,000 soldiers and horses available in Liaodong, and the west of the Liaohe River is still in my hands, and the situation is not out of control, but the most important thing is that the imperial court has no silver, and it is impossible to undertake a war of gold again!" At this time, Xu Guangqi's face turned pale, the five million taels of silver, of which nearly four million were pry out of the mouths of wealthy merchants in Shanxi with great painstaking efforts and great effort, and it was borrowed silver! If the war does not go well and the debts cannot be cashed in the later period, then the credit of the imperial court will collapse!

"The old man thinks that the situation in Liaodong can still be put aside, the key is that the people and scholars of the world, their views on this matter will affect the stability of the court!" Ye Xianggao looked helpless and looked at Wang Qi in the first seat: "In this matter, you still need to come forward from Lang Guogong."

In any case, from top to bottom of the government and the opposition, there is no second choice for those who can go to Liao to stabilize the situation, except for Wang Qi.

Several people in the hall glanced at each other, all helpless: yes, as soon as this incident came out, they could only beg Wang Qi to go to Liao again, stabilize the situation, and even turn things around.

"The Divine Oracle!!"

At this moment, Wang Tiqian's voice came from outside the house.

This Inner Palace Da Jue should be quite anxious at this time, and without waiting for everyone to go out to greet him, he directly asked the little eunuch to push open the door and enter the council room.

"Greetings to the Holy Will!"

Wang Qi and the others got up and knelt down to welcome the will, and it was obvious that the celebrant had received the news of the defeat of Liaodong and reported it to the Emperor of the Apocalypse at the same time.

Wang Tiqian obviously knew that Wang Qi and the others were there, so he entered the room and glanced at it and began to read out the edict of the Emperor of the Apocalypse:

"The ministers of the Military Department will immediately go to the Wenhua Hall to face the saints, and there will be no delay, please here!"

The will is very short, Zhu Youxiao is obviously already an ant on a hot pot, and he can't wait to directly arrest Wang Qi and others in front of him to discuss.

"Weichen Command!" Wang Qi led the ministers to get up.

"Grandpa Guo, this time in the war in Liaodong, Your Majesty just received the news, and I was almost fainted, you go over, please do a good job in advance." Wang Tiqian ignored the rest of the old ministers, but bowed down to Wang Qi and said a few words.

"There is labor, a certain heart knows, my father-in-law will lead the way." Wang Qi nodded, and then took Xu Guangqi and others to follow behind Wang Tiqian, and hurriedly walked towards the Wenhua Palace.

Wenhua Hall is not far from Wenyuan Pavilion, and you can see the eaves and blue tiles of Wenhua Hall in a few steps.

"Xuanlang Guogong Wang Qi and others enter the temple to face the holy !!"

With the roll call, Wang Qi and the others slowly entered the main hall.

When Wang Qi entered the main hall and was about to greet the throne, he looked up and found that the sky above the throne was empty, and he turned his head to look: the Emperor of the Apocalypse was sitting on the side jade steps with a dejected face at this time, silently in a daze, and the two imperial doctors were sweating profusely prescribing medicine for the emperor.

"Your Majesty," Wei Zhongxian took two steps forward, bowed to Zhu Youxiao and whispered, "Several adults have arrived."

"Hmm," Zhu Youxiao didn't seem to hear what Wei Zhongxian said, but subconsciously replied.

"Lang Guogong has arrived," Wei Zhongxian repeated.

"Huh?" Hearing Wang Qi's arrival, Zhu Youxiao's eyes flashed, and he raised his head suddenly: "Lang Guogong has arrived?" ”

Unable to reply to Wei Zhongxian, Wang Qi had already taken two steps forward and bowed to Zhu Youxiao: "Minister Wang Qi, meet Your Majesty!" ”

(End of chapter)