Shanxi's coal reserves are among the best in the country, but most of the coal mines within the Great Wall are dominant. Qin Liu followed Ma Ang to Datong, and first set his sights on a coal mine on the north side of the Great Wall.

For her now, she has given up the fear of death, the desire for love, and is no longer obsessed with her children and family, and the only thing she can hope in is the career she is good at.

However, at this time, she did not have the courage to go outside the Great Wall to prepare for mining.

Although Ma Ang was assigned to Datong and his rank was promoted by half a level, he was in an idle position. In addition, he is a newcomer and has no foundation in Datong, so he is careful no matter what he does, so naturally more things are better than less.

Aunt Ma, Ma Yue and Sister Ma Feng are still in Xuanfu.

Ma Yue opened a new inn in Xuanfu, and the business was good, and he was very busy. He also took a wife.

Sister Ma Feng married someone, the son of a thousand households.

Qin Liu was completely idle.

The news of the capital also came to her ears one after another.

In April, Zhu Hui, the Duke of Baoguo, had died. Before his death, Zhu Hui, the Duke of Baoguo, played a performance, and the title was inherited from his father, and he asked to take away the duke.

In the end, Emperor Zhengde asked Zhu Qi, the son of the Duke of Baoguo, to attack the Marquis of Funing and further hide the Baoguo Mansion.

Qin Liu couldn't tell what he felt in his heart.

She had not met Bao Guogong himself. But this old politician's brave retreat and long-term vision of judging the situation really made her admire.

Powerful ministers are easy to be in the limelight for a while, but they can climb high and fall heavy, and once they are pulled off the horse, there are very few who can retreat with their whole body.

Liu Jin, who was scolded by 10,000 people, is a typical negative teaching material.

Although the Baoguo Mansion retreated, two powerful ministers appeared around the emperor.

One is Qian Ning, who Qin Liu had sued in front of the emperor before.

Emperor Zhengde was not a brainless stunned young man, and Qin Liu's complaint did not let him kill Qian Ning.

On the contrary, because of Qin Liu's appearance, Emperor Zhengde's guilt towards Ling Chi Liu Jin under his anger reached the extreme.

This kind of guilt, coupled with the need to support Liu Jin's henchmen, made him more and more pampered Qian Ning.

There are even rumors that when Emperor Zhengde was in the leopard room, he often slept with Qian Ning drunk. The hundred officials waited for the court, and in the afternoon, they didn't see Emperor Zhengde get up and spy on Qian Ning, and as soon as Qian Ning came, he knew that the holy car was about to come out.

Another rising new favorite is Jiang Bin, the commander of the Ulzhou Guard. Liu Liu and Liu Qi's uprising broke out, and the capital army could not be controlled, so the imperial court transferred border troops into it. At this moment, Jiang Bin led the border soldiers to suppress it as a guerrilla in Datong.

After the uprising was suppressed, Jiang Bin led his troops through Jingshi, and by bribing Qian Ning, he was summoned by Emperor Zhengde.

Emperor Zhengde was competitive, and once he fought with a tiger, he was forced into a corner by the tiger. Seeing this, Qian Ning trembled with fright, but Jiang Bin rushed forward to rescue him at this time. Since then, Emperor Zhengde has looked at Jiang Bin even more differently.

In order to expand his own power, Jiang Bin praised the bravery of the border army in front of Emperor Zhengde and asked for mutual training with the Beijing army. The ministers went up one after another to stop it, but Emperor Zhengde completely listened to Jiang Bin and ordered the transfer of soldiers from the four towns of Liaodong, Xuanfu, Datong and Yansui into Beijing, known as the "Outer Four Army", which was under the command of Jiang Bin.

Jiang Bin had no backer in Beijing, so he could only cling to the thigh of Emperor Zhengde and became the new favorite minister in Beijing who was as famous as Qian Ning.

With Qian Ning in charge of Jinyiwei and Jiang Bin in charge of the four outer armies, Emperor Zhengde's rule was extremely stable.

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A year ago, while crossing the Yellow River crossing in Anhui, Yang Huzhong, the leader of the rebel army, was ambushed and drowned. His wife Cui led a group of men and horses to fight on the battlefield of the Central Plains, that is, "Widow Yang".

Liu Hui then led the army to advance, defeated the deputy commander-in-chief Bai Yujun, captured Shenqiu=, killed the commander Wang Bao, captured the commander Pan Chong, and captured Luyi. At that time, in order to adapt to the changing situation inside and outside, the Central Plains Righteous Army made organizational adjustments:

Liu Hui was promoted as the generalissimo of the Fengtian expedition, Zhao Qi was the deputy marshal, Xiao Zhang Yongqian was in charge of the rear four armies, Liu Zi's left army, Ma Wu's right army, Xing Laohu's middle army, Chen Han was the chief history of the marshal of the military state, and Ninglong was the deputy history of the marshal of the army.

After the Henan Righteous Army promoted Liu Hui as the generalissimo of Fengtian's conquest and Zhao Qi as the deputy marshal, the army's establishment was reorganized and its combat effectiveness was greatly enhanced.

In accordance with Zhao Qi's proposal, he actively enlisted intellectuals to participate in the ranks of the rebels and jointly rebelled against the feudal rule of the Ming Dynasty.

In order to contain the officers and troops, Zhao Qi changed his strategy and tactics: first, he acted in separate units, so that the enemy could take care of one thing and lose the other; the second is to be flexible and changeable in action; The third is to change the style of harassing the people in the past, put forward the slogan of "no prostitution, no wanton killing", and "move the officials and teachers of the prefecture and county, do not go away, and welcome the people to stop it." ”

In February of the seventh year of Zhengde, the imperial court redeployed the suppression of the rebel army: ordered the capital Yu Shi Pengze, Xianning Bo Qiu Yue to suppress Liu Hui, and Zhao Qi led a rebel army in Henan; He was commissioned to suppress a rebel army led by Liu Liu, Liu Qi, and Qi Yanming into Shandong and was responsible for the defense of Jifu.

Hu Guangsi, as Qiu Yue's master, went with the army to hunt down Liu Hui.

In March, Zhao Li encircled Junzhou and broke Qinyang. He besieged Junzhou for five days, but because Ma Wensheng's family was in Junzhou, he refused to let it be damaged by the war, so he gave up and turned to attack Qinyang.

During the siege of Junzhou, the Ming court sent people to persuade Liu Hui and Zhao Qi with the appeasement list, and after seeing it, he waved and played on the appeasement list: "Today, the group of traitors are dancing in the court and playing with artifacts, turbidizing the sea, killing the ministers, and abandoning the elders. His Majesty is wise and decisive, and the head of the gang of traitors is to thank the world, that is, the head of the courtiers is to thank the gang of traitors! ”

The order comes to bring the band back to life. Jiao Fang fled and saw that his home was built by the people of Laoshu County, so he was furious and dug a cellar containing a large amount of gold and distributed it to the local residents. The ancestral grave of Jiao Fang's family was dug up, and the bones were mixed with cow and horse bones and burned together. Jiao Fang's father and son couldn't be found, so they draped Fang's clothes on a tree in the courtyard, drew his sword and cut down the tree, and said: "I will punish this thief for the world!" Then the sergeant slashed. Finally, the courtyard was burned.

Qiu Yue is worthy of being a brave man who suppressed the rebellion of King Anhua, and the combat effectiveness of the border troops who have fought against the Tatars for many years is by no means comparable to the garrisons in various parts of the interior.

After all, Liu Hui and Zhao Qi are scholars, although they are knowledgeable, how can they train and use soldiers to keep up with these battle-hardened border troops? He was pursued several times, and countless casualties were lost.

In April, in order to adapt to the war situation, it was divided into two more branches: Liu Hui and Zhao Hao's younger brothers Zhao Lei and Zhao Hao led more than 10,000 people to the north to the mall; Zhao Qilu met thousands of people led by his disciple Zhang Tong converged together, and the army increased greatly, and through Fengyang, Sixian, Suzhou, Suining, and Dingyuan were trapped. (End of chapter)