"A good thing?" Zhu Youlang perked up and hurriedly asked, "What's the good thing?" ”

"Xinhui City has been recaptured by me!" Guo Zhiqi looked excited when he said this.

"Oh, is the Xinhui you are talking about the Xinhui that the King of Jin has besieged the city for months the year before last?" Zhu Youlang's eyes lit up a little.

Guo Zhiqi nodded heavily: "It's that Xinhui City!" ”

"I heard that the Xinhui City was built by the Qing army to be extremely strong, and the tens of thousands of troops of the King of Jin the year before last could not be captured by all means, and finally had no choice but to withdraw the troops, but I don't know how to recover it by you? Guo Qing, tell me quickly, I want to know! ”

Yongli couldn't wait to know how Guo Zhiqi and they recovered Xinhui City, which the Jin King Li Dingguo couldn't defeat.

Guo Zhiqi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, Xinhui City was not recovered by the Governor of Chenhe Lian, but recaptured by the Taiping Army from the Qing Army. ”

"The Taipings?"

Yongli was stunned, I don't know which soldiers and horses this Taiping Army is, and he was immediately relieved, Guo Zhiqi has been insisting on recruiting volunteers to resist the Qing Dynasty in Guangdong in recent years, and he thinks that this Taiping Army is a volunteer teacher he recruited.

"How did this Taiping army seize Xinhui from the Qing army, Guo Qing quickly talked to me in detail."

Seeing that the emperor was so anxious to know what happened, Guo Zhiqi immediately captured Xinhui City by the Taiping army, and held on to this city for several months, and finally repelled the deeds of the army commanded by Shang Zhixin, the prince of the southern king of Qingping, told Emperor Yongli in detail.

In the process of narration, Guo Zhiqi did not hide the credit of Zhou Shixiang, the leader of the Taiping Army, and finally told Emperor Yongli about Zhou Shixiang guarding the city and letting the city go. It was learned that Linghai General Chen Qice also led his troops to participate in the Battle of Xinhui, and now he is guarding Xinhui with Zhenguo General Zhu Tong and others. In the month of last year, the Battle of Sanjiangkou was launched, and Emperor Yongli was very pleased. Since Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, became a famous king twice, this is the first time that the Ming army has recovered the lost territory and successfully held it. He could not help but feel happy and relieved.

Guo Zhiqi also gave a detailed account of the current situation of the Ming army in various parts of Guangdong, and reported the efforts made by him and the governor of Guangdong Lianchengbi in the past few years to Emperor Yongli one by one.

Zhu Youlang couldn't help nodding his head, and praised Guo Zhiqi and Lianchengbi for their hard work from time to time.

"Although our army was defeated in the Battle of Sanjiangkou, it also contained the second feudatories of Guangdong, as long as Xinhui was in my hands one day, the Qing army in Guangdong could not go westward with all its might, so on. It can protect the southwest from the threat of the Qing army in Guangdong. In addition, after the minister learned that the king of Jin escorted the emperor to Kunming, he had been worried about the safety of the holy driver, and discussed it with the governor of Lian. The minister came to Kunming, firstly, to report the details of Guangdong to the emperor, and secondly, he also wanted to ask the king of Jin to send troops eastward again to recover Liangguang in one fell swoop! ”

"This"

Zhu Youlang was a little distracted. When he and Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, decided whether to go east or enter Sichuan, they did not know that Xinhui City had been recaptured by the Ming army. If he had known, he would have given up on Irikawa and moved eastward instead. Even if Sun Kewang's army came, even if the King of Jin needed to personally lead the army to the east, he would categorically support it.

Xinhui is very important, Jin King Li Dingguo in front of Zhu Youlang but several times mentioned in Xinhui to drink hatred, every mention is a great regret, Jin King Zeng Dao if he can win Xinhui in one fell swoop that day. At present, the whole province of Guangdong will be owned by the Ming Dynasty, and the situation in Guangxi will not collapse. In this way, with the territory of Liangguang and the buffer of Yunnan, Sun Kewang can be majestic for a while, but he can't be majestic for a lifetime. At a critical time, it is possible to let the holy car move to Guangzhou, with the territory of Guangxi and Guangzhou, and then Fujian and Zhejiang echoing, Sun Kewang is not worried, and the Zhongxing Northern Expedition is also promising!

It's a pity that this news came too late, just two or three months late!

Zhu Youlang was annoyed, but he couldn't sweep Guo Zhiqi's heart, so he changed the topic and said: "Listen to Guo Qingyi, that Zhou Xiucai is really a strange person, he can write and martial arts, I can't go to Guangdong to see this strange talent now!" ”

Guo Zhiqi didn't notice the chagrin in Emperor Yongli's heart, and said with a smile: "After Zhou Shixiang ceded Xinhui City to Linghai General Chen Qice, he led his troops to Xiangshan County. Before the minister came, the governor of Lian awarded him the post of chief soldier of Chaozhou. ”

As soon as he heard that the city wall only gave Qi Xiucai a named Chaozhou general soldier, Zhu Youlang was not happy, and complained: "Such a great achievement, even the city wall is also a small family, why do you need to be named, the actual teaching is, he is not afraid of chilling the heart of the righteous man." ”

Guo Zhiqi reminded him: "Your Majesty, the actual appointment of the chief soldier is not something that the governor can determine, and even the reason why the lord only gives him a name is also for the majesty of the court." ”

was reminded by Guo Zhiqi like this, Zhu Youlang remembered that it was really up to him, the emperor, to issue the decree, otherwise everyone in the governors could actually grant the general soldiers, and what else did he want the emperor to do.

"I was so happy that I forgot about it, and I asked the cabinet to draft an order early tomorrow morning, and let the military department send someone to Xiangshan. Zhou Shixiang led the Taiping army to Xiangshan in Guangzhou Prefecture, so let him be the general soldier of Guangzhou. ”

"The Emperor Shengming!"

Guo Zhiqi's heart was suddenly relieved after hearing this, and now that the country is in crisis, the court is not stingy to reward the meritorious people. was about to open his mouth to ask about the situation in Guizhou, but he saw Wang Kun rushing in with a bitter face.

"Long live the Lord, the Cantonese newspaper has been found."

"Show me."

Yongli stretched out his hand to take the report from Wang Kun's hand on the city wall, there was no error between what was written on it and what Guo Zhiqi said, Zhu Youlang was completely relieved at first, but he couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and slapped the table and said angrily: "What about Ma Jixiang, how dare he suppress the report of the local governor and not report it!" ”

Wang Kun was a little scared and said: "Xu is holy car has just moved to Kunming, and the cabinet is newly built, so I forgot about it." ”

It's good that Wang Kun didn't speak, but as soon as he said this, Zhu Youlang was even more furious, and shouted: "Shut up, I know that you have a close relationship with Ma Jixiang, but you can justify such a big thing!" ”

"The old slave doesn't dare!" Wang Kun was so frightened that he knelt on the ground.

Zhu Youlang was still angry, "From Ming'er, all the reports sent by the General Administration Department must be sent to me here to read before submitting the cabinet vote, if Ma Jixiang asks, he will say that I said it, if he objects, call him to see me!" After speaking, he glared at Wang Kun again: "You are my person, not his Ma Jixiang's person!" ”

Wang Kun was almost frightened by these words, and he didn't dare to move when he lay there.

Guo Zhiqi said movingly: "God feels the emperor's diligent heart, and he will definitely be sensed by heaven and man, and the emperor will be the king of Zhongxing and restore the ancestors of the country." "I sighed secretly in my heart, the emperor really favored Ma Jixiang too much, and the big crime of privately detaining the local governor Fu Wenbao was gently put down without any treatment, how did the courtiers feel?

Guo Zhiqi had the intention to play Ma Jixiang on this matter, but he could consider that he had just arrived in Kunming to impeach Shoufu in front of the emperor, I was afraid that it was a little inappropriate, so he dispelled this idea and prepared to tell him about this matter when he saw Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, tomorrow, hoping that the king of Jin could persuade the emperor to deal with Ma Jixiang.

As for the matter of the princess, Guo Zhiqi is also worried, and he doesn't know whether to tell Emperor Yongli, after all, this princess is not only the niece of Emperor Longwu who was martyred, but also the daughter of Zhu Yulu, the king of Tang who competed for the throne with Emperor Yongli. Therefore, he did not dare to speak easily, and stood there with a very embarrassed look.

Seeing him like this, Zhu Youlang knew that he had something, so he said, "What else is there to do with Guo Qing?" But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

Guo Zhiqi hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "The minister came to Kunming this time, and was rescued by a woman on the way, according to the woman herself, she is Zhu Shuyi, the daughter of Zhu Yulu, the daughter of the pseudo-Shaowu Emperor Zhu Yulu. ”

Author's note: The name of the princess of the Ming Dynasty is not according to the naming system set by Taizu. (To be continued.) )