509 Someone wants to make trouble

[There was a mistake, the first few mistakes wrote Li Yan as Li Guo, and now most of them have been modified, clerical error, sorry! ] 】

Li Zicheng withdrew his troops in Kaifeng, which made Gao Mingheng and Chen Yongfu in Kaifeng City very puzzled.

"Something must have happened, report the news to the imperial court immediately." Chen Yongfu said with a grim face.

Similarly, when Li Zicheng withdrew his troops and returned to Xingyang, Li Zixiao asked the White Dragon Army to repair in Ruzhou City for a few days, and finally sent troops to attack Xi'an.

At this time, the news that Li Zixiao defeated Song Xiance's 50,000 army in a battle has already spread throughout the Xi'an area in the past few days.

And the thief army left behind in Xi'an City, after hearing the news of Song Xiance's defeat, they were extremely afraid of the White Dragon Army.

At this time, the prestige of the White Dragon Army also reached the point of unrivaled in the Xi'an area.

And the thousands of thieves who stayed in Xi'an, when Qi Wei led his troops to the city, they didn't resist much at all, and Xi'an City fell into the hands of the White Dragon Army.

During this period, local officials also spread the news of the battle of Gushi Mountain to the court, causing a huge sensation.

Chongzhen was happy, but he was also very uncomfortable.

On the one hand, Chongzhen hopes that Li Zixiao can calm down the turmoil in Henan at this time.

After all, among all the officers and troops in the Ming Dynasty at this time, only Li Zixiao has never been defeated in the battle against the army of thieves.

On the other hand, Chongzhen sent people to seriously investigate Chongzhen, even what Li Zixiao did in Jiangbei in the past two years, the people of Jiangbei at this time never knew what the imperial court was, they only recognized the Zhenguo General's Mansion.

It is precisely because of this that Chongzhen really doesn't want to see Li Zixiao's strength expand further, but he can't stop it.

In addition, Li Zixiao deposed a large number of officials in Jiangbei and established commercial taxes and other behavioral policies, which harmed the interests of many high-ranking officials in the court.

So, when Chongzhen told Li Zixiao in Henan that he had broken the news of the thieves again, he told him in the court, and asked several important ministers how to reward Li Zixiao this time.

These old guys are also very hateful, and they all shamelessly say some things against their will, trying their best to belittle the impact of Li Zixiao's battle.

To put it bluntly, these court ministers don't want to continue to see Li Zixiao's strength grow and join forces to suppress it.

And this point is exactly in line with Chongzhen's intentions, so Chongzhen issued an order to crown Li Zixiao as the Jiangbei patrol envoy and the deputy chief soldier of Henan.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, the general of the town of the country has a meritorious service in breaking the thief, and he is specially given the title of Henan Jiangbei patrol envoy, and the deputy chief soldier of Henan, assisting the governor Gao Mingheng, and the general soldier Chen Yongfu to defend Kaifeng.

Reward three hundred taels of silver and a hundred horses of silk. ”

A few days later, a eunuch came to the Ruzhou City Mansion to announce the decree, and the rooster's throat could be heard from afar.

This time, Chongzhen's reaction was much faster than before.

"Minister Li Zixiao, take the order, thank you Lord Longen!" Li Zixiao took the holy decree.

At the same time, Li Zixiao just gave the little eunuch a silver ticket, and the eunuch looked down at the number on the silver ticket, and his face was full of smiles.

"Little father-in-law went back to greet Father-in-law Zhang for me."

"The miscellaneous family must have relayed the general's greetings to Gonggong Zhang."

Chongzhen's eunuch Zhang Guangqian has been secretly in contact with Li Zixiao, and Li Zixiao also learned about the situation in the court through Zhang Guangqian.

This time, the little eunuch who came to announce the decree, in addition to bringing the holy decree, also had a secret letter from Zhang Guangqian.

And the silver ticket that Li Zixiao secretly handed out just now was 50,000 taels, which was not all for this little father-in-law, it was really Zhang Guangqian.

"Come on, take the little father-in-law down to rest." Li Zixiao beckoned and said.

After the little father-in-law left, Li Yan came out and snorted coldly, and said, "The saint is really generous.

We lost thousands of soldiers, defeated 50,000 thieves, recovered Xi'an City, and indirectly lifted the crisis of Kaifeng.

What's even more infuriating is that the saint actually crowned the general Why is it bullshit Jiangbei patrol envoy, Jiangbei has long belonged to our governance, and the imperial court can't intervene.

The saint is now the general of the Great General for this tattered Jiangbei patrol envoy, what is the use.

There is also a deputy commander-in-chief in Henan, doesn't this just want us to continue to stay in Henan and deal with the thieves! ”

Li Yan is more and more angry, it is really Chongzhen's reward this time, it is simply thunder and rain, which is seriously inconsistent with the merits of their White Dragon Army.

If it had been changed in the past, someone in the court had made such a great contribution, not to mention the feudal marquis and the prime minister, at least he would have been promoted to the third level of officialdom, and he would have been rewarded a lot.

"Yes, what Master Li said is right, this reward from the Holy Lord is really a gift called Huazi, I want the horses to run, and I want the horses not to eat grass, there is such a good thing in the world."

Zhao Zilong on the side also said boldly.

Zhao Zilong didn't have much awe of Chongzhen, and dared to criticize Chongzhen boldly like Li Yan, but Xu Wei and the others were all silent and didn't say anything.

"Huh." Li Zixiao also sneered, of course he understood Chongzhen's thoughts.

Chongzhen is just worried that his strength will continue to grow, and when the time comes, it will be too big, and Chongzhen does not want to exterminate the thieves, and there is another An Lushan.

For this result, Li Zixiao expected it from the beginning.

"It's not bad for the Holy Lord to give me a Jiangbei patrol envoy! At least in this way, the policies I have implemented in Jiangbei can be more vigorous.

As for the less reward from the saint, it doesn't matter even more, at this time, the household warehouse of the imperial court can run mice, and the saint's internal money has already been spent.

This kind of reward of gold and silver treasures can only be a symbolic reward, does our White Dragon Army's reward still need to rely on the saint to give it!

No, let's grab it with our own hands. Li Zixiao said casually.

"The general is right, we are not rare for the little reward of the imperial court, when has our White Dragon Army been short of silver."

Li Yan shouted with a smile, causing the surrounding generals to laugh.

Li Zixiao was not as angry as Li Yan and them at this time, because now for Li Zixiao, he didn't care about Chongzhen's reward for a long time.

The different situations and different locations have made Li Zixiao's vision of things change dramatically.

"Report, General Qi, General Qi ordered his subordinates to report that Xi'an has been taken, and I ask for further instructions."

It didn't take long for a White Dragon Army scout to rush into Ruzhou City and report to Li Zixiao.

"Very good, tell Qi Wei and let him carry out the original plan, and after seizing Xi'an, he must capture Mengjin, Xin'an, and Longmen Pass.

Open the passage between Xi'an City and Ruzhou City, if Li Zicheng doesn't come back, then Xi'an will be accepted. ”

"Yes." The scout took the order and left.

"Is the general planning to occupy Xi'an City for a long time?" When Li Yan heard Li Zixiao's order, his face flushed, and he said excitedly.

"Let's take a look first, the meat that you eat in your mouth can't be easily spit out, if the thief doesn't return to Xi'an immediately, maybe we can really eat Xi'an City."

When the time comes, Xi'an and Ruzhou City will be connected, and you and Qi Wei will each sit in one place, and you will form the strongest line of defense for me.

When the time comes, Xi'an-Ruzhou line and west, let's not want it for the time being, there will be a mess, let's just stare at the east of Xi'an-Ruzhou line, this rich land. ”

"Haha, the general is wise." Li Yan said excitedly.

"In this way, I hope that the thieves must continue to covet the wealth in Kaifeng Mansion, and don't go back to the division to recapture Xi'an City!"

"Li Yan, your main task next is to recruit and train new soldiers in Ruzhou City, and to deal with Qi Wei, as for whether you really occupy Xi'an City in the end, it depends on the development of the situation next.

If Li Zicheng returns to Xi'an, then Qi Wei will definitely take the initiative to abandon Xi'an and lead the army back to Ruzhou City, at that time, you just need to stick to Ruzhou City.

In short, I ask you and Qi Wei to know, you can't just contain the thief and prevent him from seizing Kaifeng, the official army is weak, so you can help at will. ”

Li Zixiao explained to Li Yan.

"The general is leaving?" After Li Yan heard Li Zixiao's words, he also guessed that Li Zixiao might be leaving.

"Well, the situation in Jiangbei is a little unstable, some old guys who don't give up, they just don't have a long memory, Lao Tzu's butcher's knife has just been put down for two days, and they are ready to move again.

After Lao Tzu went back this time, with the identity of Jiangbei Patrol Envoy, it was more convenient to act, and it was time to completely clean up Jiangbei. ”

Li Zixiao's face was gloomy, his eyes were cold, and he squinted his eyes and said, with a faint murderous aura in his tone.

Seeing Li Zixiao's appearance, Li Yan didn't have to think about it to know that it must be some guys in Jiangbei, unwilling to lose their original power, and when Li Zixiao left Jiangbei, they started to make small moves again.

Li Yan had been assisting Qian Guangyuan in managing Jiangbei affairs before, and he had a deep understanding of the complexity of Jiangbei officialdom and shopping malls at this time.

Xuzhou Mansion is okay to say, after all, it is Li Zixiao's original territory, Li Zixiao is the best business, and he should be killed.

The large and small officials in Xuzhou were all served by the students trained by Li Zixiao Wentang, and there were not many officials from the old Ming Dynasty left.

Because of this, Xuzhou at this time developed rapidly, and the whole new bureaucratic system exuded vitality, which was also the same characteristic of every new force at the beginning.

Compared with Xuzhou Mansion, the situation in Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion is somewhat complicated.

At the beginning, Li Zixiao did not have many civil servants under him, so he wanted to take over Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion as soon as possible to avoid chaos in the situation.

Li Zixiao ordered that only a small number of officials with bad deeds be dismissed, and most of the scribes in the two prefectures were retained, which was equivalent to preserving the original bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, Li Zixiao did this, and he also knew that it was an expedient measure.

According to Li Zixiao's plan, in the next year or two, he will slowly let Qian Guangyuan replace these Ming officials with students trained by Wentang.

Maybe some Ming officials who are really capable and can be used by Li Zixiao can have the opportunity to continue to be officials.

Qian Guangyuan also conscientiously implemented Li Zixiao's plan, and in the past six months or so, he has successively completed the replacement of more than a dozen important officials in the two governments.

It's just that Qian Guangyuan's approach, of course, is impossible to conceal, those Ming officials who are good at infighting and shrewd.

Of course, some of these guys were unwilling to lose the power in their hands, so they contacted some big people and secretly prepared to make trouble.

Yesterday, Li Zixiao received two letters from Qian Guangyuan from Yangzhou and Zhang Fugui at the same time, and realized that the situation in Jiangbei had become very serious.

Secretly, Jiangbei has always been turbulent, especially Yangzhou, which is the center of the vortex, fortunately, it is Li Zixiao's father-in-law who sits in Yangzhou, and Li Zixiao can rest assured.

Even, according to Zhang Fugui's letter, this involved many bigwigs in the imperial court, otherwise it would not have been possible to make the officers and soldiers in Shandong ready to move at this time.

has the ability to involve Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Shandong at this time, which shows how powerful the forces behind this preparation to secretly make trouble in Jiangbei are.

What's more serious is that Li Zixiao was worried that these guys were going to make trouble in Jiangbei this time, and even got Chongzhen's tacit approval, if that was the case, these people would be even bolder.

Whether it is for the sake of the situation in Liaodong, or to return to Jiangbei, stabilize the situation, and eradicate the tumor, Li Zixiao is destined to stay in Henan for too long.

"Zilong, you can go back with me this time!" Li Zixiao turned to Zhao Zilong and said.

"General, I don't want to go back to Jiangbei, I want to fight." Zhao Zilong said reluctantly.

"Haha."

Li Zixiao laughed out loud and said, "Don't worry, you will have to fight the battle, and after I come back to stabilize the situation in Jiangbei, I will leave for Liaodong and take you with me."

A battle of unprecedented scale is about to break out there, and the battlefield in Liaodong is much more lively than in Henan, and you won't be idle when the time comes. ”

"Do you want to go to Liaodong to fight Tartar? That's great, those Tartars are much more powerful than these thieves, and only by destroying such an opponent can there be a sense of accomplishment, okay, I'll go back with the general. ”

After listening to Li Zixiao's words, Zhao Zilong shouted excitedly.

At the beginning of March of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zixiao took Zhao Zilong, under the protection of the guard battalion led by Quartz, to Jiaxian, Xuzhou and Yanling, and returned to Xuzhou.

Li Zixiao took advantage of the night to quietly return to Xuzhou City, without alarming too many people.

"General, are you back?"

After Wei Hong learned the news of Li Zixiao's return, he secretly met Li Zixiao overnight.

Seeing Li Zixiao coming back, Wei Hong could be regarded as having found the backbone, with a bright smile on his face.

"Yes."

Li Zixiao nodded and asked Wei Hong, "How is the situation of the White Dragon Army left behind?" How is the recruitment and training of new recruits? ”

As soon as Li Zixiao came back, he didn't go home, so he met Wei Hong secretly, and he didn't ask about the situation in Jiangbei, but directly asked Wei Hong about the situation of the White Dragon Army left in Jiangbei at this time.

Because Li Zixiao knew that no matter how many people were secretly doing things in Jiangbei, as long as he firmly controlled the White Dragon Army in his hands, those clowns who jumped off the beam would not be able to turn the sky upside down.

At this time, although the White Dragon Army left behind in Jiangbei did not have many troops, they were definitely elite, and all of them were in charge of Wei Hong.

The men and horses stationed in other cities in Jiangbei are mainly city defense troops, and many of these city defense troops are Ming generals in the past.

Therefore, Li Zixiao has never really trusted these city defense troops, at least until he has carried out a thorough cleanup, he will not trust them like the White Dragon Army.

(End of chapter)