Mao Chenglu drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, and he waited for a while, but the expected pain did not come, but an irrepressible sleepiness hit his brain.

His body shook a few times, and he fell down in Ren Aiying's sad eyes. Hearing Ren Aiying's wailing, a smile appeared on the corner of Guanghaijun's mouth, and he bowed down in the direction of Chongzhen again.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for administering justice to the little king." Guanghaijun said calmly.

Zhu Youzhen said calmly: "This matter is over, if anyone dares to mention this matter in the future, no matter who it is, I will be severely punished."

Wang Chengen, let people carry him down, find a few mothers-in-law to take care of this woman, and talk about other things after she gives birth.

I saw that I had almost drunk the wine today, so I withdrew the remnants of the wine and called for some tea, and I had to chat with the two of you. ”

After being taken out of the Diaoyutai banquet, the bodies of Ren Aiying and Mao Chenglu were left in a room that was about the bedroom of a certain eunuch.

This bedroom is not big, and the attendant lit the candle at the bedside when he went out, Ren Aiying looked sadly at the corpse placed on the couch, but soon she felt as if she was hallucinating.

Under the dim candlelight, Mao Chenglu's chest seemed to rise and fall, and soon she heard a snoring in her ears.

Ren Aiying immediately stretched out her hand to wipe away her tears, walked to the couch, and carefully observed Mao Chenglu.

In the banquet hall of Diaoyutai, the cases in front of the emperor, Mao Wenlong, and Guanghaijun were all removed from the wine and food.

Zhu Youzhen picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip lightly, and then said to Guanghaijun: "Guanghaijun, I see that you have been imprisoned for many years, and your health is not very good. Since you have come to the capital, you can take care of your body here.

As for your fiefdom of Jeju Island, I will arrange for someone to take care of it for you. What do you think? ”

Guang Haijun replied without hesitation: "But with Your Majesty's arrangement, Xiao Wang has no objection. ”

Seeing that Guang Haijun was so knowledgeable, Chongzhen, who originally thought that he would have to spend a lot of time, immediately praised Guang Haijun with a smile, and instructed Wang Chengen to give Guang Haijun preferential treatment in life.

After talking with Guanghaijun, Chongzhen greeted Mao Wenlong, who had been silent since just now: "I heard that Mao Shuai was born in Hangzhou, and Mao Shuai has been fighting for the country for decades, I don't know who else is in the family?" ”

Mao Wenlong hurriedly replied to Chongzhen obediently: "Although Chen was born in Hangzhou, his father died of illness when he was young, and he lived with his mother in his uncle's house.

Yu joined the army in Liaodong after becoming an adult, and was only awarded a military position at the age of 30, married Shanxi Zhang's wife, and is now in Hangzhou's hometown, and later accepted a concubine Wen in Liaoyang, and gave birth to a son Mao Chengdou. Because of the fall of Liaoyang, only a few courtiers escaped from the city's family, and they were sent back to their hometown in Hangzhou.

In the first month of last year, Jiannu invaded the dynasty and invaded my Tieshan County, and more than 370 members of the minister's clan were slaughtered. Minister..."

Mao Wenlong choked up as he spoke, and the atmosphere in the hall, which had eased down, became sad again.

Listening to Mao Wenlong's experience in Liaodong, Zhu Youzhen was also saddened, and he couldn't help but comfort him with good words: "Since the old slaves started the army, the families of the people in Liaodong have been ruined, and the wives and wives are separated.

Mao Shuai went overseas, handsome hundreds of tired soldiers, and built a Dongjiang town for the Ming Dynasty with his bare hands, sheltering hundreds of thousands of Liaodong people, which is also a world-famous achievement.

I replace wine with tea, and I salute Mao Shuai for saving my Ming people. ”

Seeing that the emperor raised his glass to invite, Mao Wenlong suddenly did not dare to slack off and raised the tea cup in front of him, and said with a lot of emotion: "The minister is stationed on Phi Island, and he has not recovered an inch of land in Liaodong for several years, so he really dare not be a toast for His Majesty." ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said: "Mao Shuai's words are not right, although compared to Daming and Jiannu, it is the gap between the moon and fireflies. But on the battlefield of Liaodong, Jiannu was stronger than the Ming Dynasty, but this is a fact.

I have always believed that defeat is not terrible, and that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers. But obviously failed, but still dare not face the reality, this is self-deception.

To be able to create Dongjiang Town on Phi Island when my Ming Dynasty was defeated in successive battles, and to contain Jiannu from going south with all his might, this is a great achievement.

And rescuing hundreds of thousands of Liaodong people, so that they did not become slaves of Jiannu, is also a great achievement.

The land in Liaodong is fertile, but it also needs someone to cultivate it in order to reap the benefits. Although Jiannu crisscrossed Liaodong and made my Ming army lose its armor, the biggest weakness of Jiannu was its population.

The people of the Jiannu clan cannot produce if they are used for war, and without a stable economic source, no matter how strong the Jiannu is, they are just a rogue.

The strength of Jiannu today does not lie in how capable he is on the battlefield, but in the fact that he can make full use of the population under his rule and let the Han people in Liaodong plough the fields and graze for him.

Mao Shuai's rescue of hundreds of thousands of Liao people is equivalent to reducing the working population of hundreds of thousands of slaves, which is of course a great achievement. ”

Mao Wenlong's grief over Mao Chenglu's death suddenly became better under the emperor's praise.

After seeing Mao Wenlong's face soften, Zhu Youzhen continued: "Mao Shuai is expensive this year? ”

Mao Wenlong hurriedly replied: "Don't dare to call it expensive, the minister is 50 and 3 this year." ”

Zhu Youzhen suddenly sighed and said: "The southeast shape is victorious, the three Wu capitals, and Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times. The smoke willow painting bridge, the wind curtain and green curtain, the uneven 100,000 families... There are three autumn laurels, ten miles of lotus... Thousands of horsemen have high teeth, drunk and listen to the flute and drums...

Mao Shuai was born in the south of the Yangtze River, but he was in Rongma in Liaodong for half his life, and the scenery of his hometown has not been seen for more than ten years. Mao Shuai has contributed to the country, but he has a loss to the family. ”

Zhu Youzhen's words suddenly reminded Mao Wenlong of nostalgia. He lost his father at a young age and was raised by his mother from an early age.

Therefore, he has always been in awe of his mother. Although he was passed on to his uncle Mao Dechun in Anshan, Liaodong, as his heir, and thus became an officer of the Liaodong Army, he still sent his wife to Hangzhou to serve his mother.

Although he has always wanted to go back to visit his mother, the situation in Liaodong is getting worse and worse, and as the commander of Dongjiang, he does not dare to leave without permission. And if he wants to take leave from the court, he is not allowed to do so again and again.

On the one hand, because the situation in Liaodong is complex and changeable, the officials of the DPRK and China naturally refused to let Mao Wenlong leave the Dongjiang River. On the other hand, Hangzhou is the hinterland of Daming after all, and Mao Wenlong is a border commander who holds military power, and the Chinese officials of the DPRK are also vigilant, and border commanders like Mao Wenlong understand the reality of the hinterland of Daming.

Mao Wenlong was sighing, Zhu Youzhen continued: "Let Mao Shuai return to Beijing this time, not only because I want to meet you, but also because I want Mao Shuai to give a few lessons to the cadets of the Army Military Academy and talk about your experience of fighting against Jiannu in Liaodong.

Finally, I also want to let Mao Shuai take a 3-month vacation, so that you can go back to Hangzhou to accompany your family, recuperate for a few days, and enjoy the joy of family. ”

Mao Wenlong suddenly said with some shock: "Your Majesty, although I am talking about peace with Jiannu, Jiannu may not think so. Just before the minister returned to Beijing, Jiannu also sent Kekegushan, Ma Xiucai and other five people, wanting to say that the minister was attached to Jiannu, which shows that Jiannu did not really want to make peace with my Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "I already know about Keke Gushan and Ma Xiucai. Of course, I know that there can be true peace only between lions and tigers, and there can be no peace between lions and elks.

However, Jiannu has just broken through the Chahar and occupied the Liaohetao grassland, and before digesting the population of these Mongolian tribes, it is not easy to start a war, and Mao Shuai does not need to worry too much.

Besides, Mao Shuai has been on the border for many years, and it is also appropriate to go back to accompany his family for a few days. When employing people in the imperial court, you can't always let the people who do things suffer in the front, and those who don't do things live a leisurely life in the rear, right?

Not only Mao Shuai, but I also plan to establish an officer rotation system, and officers who have served on the front line for 3-5 years should be transferred to the rear to recuperate for a period of time.

The sergeants at the front have protected the peace of the country, and they should also be allowed to enjoy the peaceful life in the rear, what does Mao Shuai think? ”

Mao Wenlong's heart was both a little moved and a little uneasy. This emperor is still a teenager, although he said very warm and good things. But listening to his ears, it was automatically transformed into two words, cutting power.

Although on the battlefield facing Jiannu, the schemes in his mind were endless, but he was completely unable to parry Chongzhen's moves.

Although Mao Wenlong was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, he still regarded Dongjiang Town as his private property in his heart.

He was loyal to the emperor, to the imperial court, and to the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't want the imperial court to interfere too much in the affairs of Dongjiang Town. It's not that he has any dissenting intentions, but that he likes to act autocraticly.

The so-called "rather a chicken's mouth than a cow's queen" refers to a person like him. But then again, if he didn't have such a character, he wouldn't have been able to create the current Dongjiang Town.

In an era when there was no radio, if a lonely border town commander had to consult the imperial court for everything, then the fighters on the battlefield would have disappeared long ago.

When Wang Huazhen arrived on Phi Dao, he almost took away his civil power in Dongjiang Town and the power to negotiate with North Korea. And the law and order anti-traitor department established by Jinyiwei on Phi Island is infiltrating the troops in Dongjiang Town.

However, Mao Wenlong had nothing to do about it, and after Chongzhen ascended the throne, he sent a fleet to reward Dongjiang Town, and publicly announced that he would transport the martyrs and disabled soldiers of Dongjiang Town back to the rear to support.

Under the call of Mao Wenlong, the soldiers of Dongjiang Town, who had been fighting to defend the Ming Dynasty, were all elated about this, and did not resist the fact that the imperial court sent people to sort out the affairs of Dongjiang Town.

In the eyes of these middle- and lower-level sergeants in Dongjiang Town, this is a manifestation that the imperial court has not forgotten them, and the imperial court has recognized their sacrifices for the Ming Dynasty.

Even Mao Wenlong, the spiritual leader of Dongjiang Town, could not stop the soldiers of Dongjiang Town from being loyal to the imperial court at this moment.

Although Mao Wenlong complained about this, he still accepted it on the surface, and the imperial court rectified Dongjiang Town, and agreed to return to Beijing to face the saint.

This earned him the title of Marquis of Anton, and a medal of unparalleled national soldiers. Mao Wenlong was very interested in the medal, but he didn't dare to wear it on his chest openly. He felt that the title of this unparalleled national warrior really made him blush, after all, he did not recover the big city of Liaodong, but only occupied a few islands.

Under Chongzhen's gaze, Mao Wenlong reluctantly agreed with the emperor's proposal for an officer rotation system. From this moment on, he knew that Dongjiang Town would no longer be his Dongjiang Town alone.