In the middle of the afternoon, the scorching sun is like fire, the footsteps of the street pedestrians are hurried, the listlessness of enjoying the shade of the trees, the whole capital seems lifeless, the excitement of the Ming army's victory has passed, life has returned to calm, the reality of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea has crushed many people, and the haunting plague has intensified, and the shadow of death has been in the sky above the imperial capital.

In the pavilion of Long Live Mountain, Emperor Chongzhen looked around the capital with a solemn gaze and was silent for a long time, and a eunuch beside him whispered: "Father-in-law Chang returned when he was ugly in the early morning, and the generals who went to the banquet were drunk nine times out of ten...... Gonggong Chang just went to Jinyi Weibei Zhenfu Division, and then mobilized half a hundred cavalry to go out of the city from Andingmen.

"Is Shi Kefa drunk too?" Emperor Chongzhen asked lightly.

"I'm so drunk that I guess I haven't woken up yet," the eunuch replied.

Emperor Chongzhen snorted and smiled: "It's surprising......

"Your Majesty, the secretary of the military department, Shi Kefa, asks to see" A eunuch hurriedly came.

Emperor Chongzhen raised his eyebrows: "Chang Yu is gone, he is also leaving, and they are the only ones who really solve my worries in the Ming Dynasty" He turned around and went down the mountain.

At noon, the imperial court issued a notice that from now on, the Department of Teaching and Workshop will be banned, and the guilty women in the Department will be amnesty, and each person will be allocated five taels of silver by the Ministry of Households...... For a while, there was a lot of talk in the city.

In the afternoon, it was the hottest time of the day, two teams went out of the city from Andingmen to the south, one was Zhang Guowei, the imperial historian of the Imperial Inspectorate, he had just been appointed to patrol the five northern provinces and ten prefectures, and accompanied by Gong Yonggu, the captain of the horse, and a young man, and the emperor also sent a 500-person government guard to accompany him.

The other team is Shi Kefa, the secretary of the military department, accompanied by dozens of brocade guards, including Wang Guoxing and Li Ruogui, who have been dug up in the East Factory.

"Zhang Xun pressed, the official is on official business, and he has to take the first step" Outside the door, Shi Kefa hugged his fists, and Zhang Guowei hurriedly returned the salute: "I regret that I can't go with the class, and I regret it, he will see the next official and ask Lord Shangshu to have a drink in the future."

"Yes, should" Shi Kefa responded with a smile and looked at Gong Yonggu again: "Captain Ma has a good trip."

"Lord Shangshu also has a smooth journey, there will be a period later" Gong Yonggu returned the salute and looked left and right: "Didn't the melancholy guest drink too much yesterday, and he didn't go out of the city to send it off?" ”

Chang Yu was stared at by Gong Yonggu because of copying Nalan's sentence "I am a melancholy guest in the world", and at this time he joked, everyone laughed: "Chang Gonggong's official duties are much heavier than ours, and what does it matter if you send it or not, everyone, go first" Shi Kefa gave up his hands and hurried away.

Twenty miles northeast of the capital, under the shade of the trees next to the road, Chang Yu, who was called a melancholy guest by Gong Yonggu, was sweating like rain, scolding this ghost with a dry mouth, why is the weather so hot, and the guards under his command are scattered under the shade of the surrounding trees, and they are boiling for twenty miles, and the people and horses can't stand it.

"Da Ming Tai is so hot, we Shenyang is very cool" Azig leaned against the trunk of the tree panting, wiping the sweat on his neck and complaining, he was shackled at this time, Chang Yu gave up letting him sit in a prison car and rode a horse in order to hurry.

With a snap, Chang Yu pumped his backhand again, and his eyes were full of stars: "You guys are so cool, run my Daming to do it, cheap bones!" Everyone laughed, although Azig was angry, he didn't dare to say anything, knowing that he would be beaten a lot, but he secretly swore in his heart that he would have to peel the skin and cramp if he caught the little eunuch one day.

In the evening, the heat is a little gone, and the inside and outside of the capital are lively again, and the guard camps are raising silver, and it is not mandatory to donate a hundred taels without a limit.

Soldiers generally have an aversion to the collection of silver, but this time was an exception.

Because it was to prepare for the construction of a military hospital.

As long as the military hospital is built, the whole army will be provided with medical insurance, and no matter whether they are in service or retired from service, they will be injured or sick in the future and will be treated free of charge.

Of course, some people muttered, shouldn't the imperial court allocate funds for this military hospital to be subordinate to the Ministry of War?

The court is poor.

In the courtyard of the Great World, Zhou Yuji, Huang Degong, Ma Ke and others were drinking tea in the hall, and their heads still hurt faintly when they were drunk last night. There was a joke in the chat, saying that it was to send a letter to Zhou Yuji.

The letter was written to him by the little eunuch, with few numbers: "Stay until the flowers are exhausted, and enter Chang'an City."

Call...... Zhou Yuji exhaled a long breath, his expression slightly solemn. Huang Degong next to him frowned: "What does this mean?" ”

Next to Tang Daodao: "Jing Nanbo, have you heard of Huang Chao?" ”

Huang Degong was stunned: "The one who rebelled in the Tang Dynasty, I am a member of the old Huang family."

Tang Tong smiled: "Huang Chao has an anti-poem, when autumn comes, I will bloom and kill all the flowers on September 8, and the incense array will penetrate Chang'an, and the city will be full of golden armor, and the little governor will tell Ping Xibo that he will be ready to attack Xi'an in the autumn."

Huang Degong was stunned and then laughed, and said to Zhou Yuji: "Yesterday, I envy you for not having to work hard to run errands and contribute, I really think that the little eunuch is so kind, this is to let you go back to Taiyuan to prepare for the attack."

Zhou Yuji nodded with a wry smile and looked at the fanzi: "Where is the factory governor, I will ask to see you at the end of the message."

"Master Changgong went out of Beijing on official business, and when he came back, Ping Xibo may have left, so he left this letter with you," said the man quickly, everyone in the hall frowned, but he took the first step before the army moved.

They all thought that Chang Yu had gone south.

"The holy decree has arrived" This is the male duck voice of the eunuch from outside the courtyard, and several people hurriedly went out of the lobby to kneel in the courtyard.

"The emperor issued an edict to summon Ping Xibo, Ding Xibo, and Jingnan Bo to enter the palace to face the saint."

"It seems that we will soon have to leave the camp and go our separate ways," Zhou Yuji sighed.

Zhou Yuji and the three of them were ordered to enter the palace to face the saint, but in the Wu Mansion in Dongjiang Mixiang, Wu Sangui's face was solemn, his brows were deeply furrowed, he just went to the palace to ask to see, but was rejected by Emperor Chongzhen with state affairs, and asked the eunuch to send a message that he would rest at home for a few more days, and be holy later.

"Last night, the little eunuch has released the news, and the camps will be preparing for the southern expedition in the near future, there is nothing to do in the capital at the moment, but there can be no generals outside the customs for a day, the emperor actually let the child stay in Beijing for many days, Dad, is there something wrong here?" Wu Sangui frowned and looked at Wu Xiang next to him.

Wu Xiang pondered for a long time and shook his head: "Dad can't figure it out, maybe it's because it's peaceful outside the gate now, and the emperor really cares about letting you stay at home for a few days."

Wu Sangui nodded slightly and couldn't help frowning: "Guanwai said that it was peaceful at this time, but it may not be peaceful, when the child entered Beijing, Dolgon was on the way to flee north, and now it is almost time to go to Jinzhou City...... If it was in the past, how could the children enjoy the joy of family at home, and they would have ordered the children to go back in the starry night."

Wu Xiang hummed: "It's a bit strange, but Dolgon was seriously injured when he entered the customs this time, he was unable to turn the waves even if he had the intention to make trouble, maybe the emperor has seen through his strength, or maybe the emperor also knows that he has treated you badly in terms of military merits, so let you stay in Beijing for a few more days as compensation."

Wu Sangui snorted and sneered: "A few days off can be worth the battle merits, Ning Yuan's first battle is a rare victory in the past few years, but he... It's that if the general of this pillar country hadn't quietly kept a heart, his eyes would have been disappointed, and Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong would have been knighted before and after the saddle, and Tang Tong would have been able to ......"

Obviously, Wu Sangui was very angry in his heart.

Wu Xiang glanced at this proud son, and let out a long sigh: "Zhou and Huang have made great achievements in the past few months, and they deserve to be knighted, so didn't you see the way out of the door when Tang Tong was knighted?" ”

"He just ran an errand, but in fact, he didn't make much effort but made a lot of military funds, which was nothing more than getting close to the little eunuch." Wu Sangui pouted, although he and Tang Tong and Ma Ke are now in the alliance, deep down in their hearts, they have always been haunted by Tang Tong's knighthood, and they simply feel that he is not worthy!

"It seems that you haven't made much progress in the past few years" Wu Xiang snorted: "The reason why Tang Tong can be knighted is only because he is close to the little eunuch, can't you see the emperor's thoughts?" Thousands of dollars buy horse bones! A few months ago, King Qin issued an edict, and only Tang Tong came, so even if he was just running errands, the emperor would be knighted with him, just to tell the world that whoever is obedient will have meat to eat! ”

Wu Sangui snorted coldly: "The words of the ancestors are all reasonable, the birds are hidden in the bow, the rabbits are dead and the foxes are cooked, if this is too calm, I Wu Sangui will be of little value, only the wind and rain in the court will be my matter."

"What do you want to do!" Wu Xiang stood up and scolded angrily.

"The child doesn't want to do anything, don't worry about it" Wu Sangui hurriedly comforted his father: "The child is going to go back and take Jinzhou while he is weak, hmph, I don't believe that the emperor will not be knighted with his great merit!" ”

"This matter is negotiable" Wu Xiang nodded: "After you go back, judge the situation, if you are sure, you will go up and ask for a play, now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is deeply damaged, Dolgon is too busy to take care of himself, it is a good time to recover Jinzhou, and maybe it is also a good time for our Wu family's ancestral tomb to smoke out."

Wu Sangui looked very excited: "The child has to go out now"

"Where?" Wu Xiang hurriedly asked.

"Go to the little eunuch of Dongchang and ask what's going on, I always feel that something is wrong," Wu Sangui turned around and left.

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