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Chapter 249 Ripped Face

"You said that the emperor canonized Li Xin as Marquis of Zhengbei, the army in Yunzhong was called the army of Zhengbei, and Li Gu was posthumously given the posthumous posthumous posthumous title of Taibao?" Zhou Yanru, who was drinking porridge and bird's nest porridge, heard the news in a short while. Mr. Shoufu didn't even know that the soup spoon fell to the ground.Zhou Yanru's favorite thing, this high-quality soup spoon made by Jingdezhen official kiln in the Ming Dynasty, fell to the ground with a soft sound and fell into pieces.Zhou Yanru didn't know about these at all.Instead, he was shocked by the news that came before him.

"The words of Mr. Huige are the imperial edict sent by the emperor himself." The housekeeper quickly said: "It has not passed through the cabinet."

"How can an imperial edict that has not entered the cabinet count!" Zhou Yanru jumped up after hearing the news.But soon he sat down again. He understood Chongzhen's temper, but what he didn't expect was that Chongzhen asked him to issue an attack order on the front foot, but changed the imperial edict on the back foot. What is this, and what is Zhou Yanru?At this time, Zhou Yanru was extremely tired, and his heart was even more desolate.

"Master, I don't know if you have heard a rumor?" The housekeeper said cautiously: "I heard that Li Xin's cavalry has appeared by the Daling River, and there are tens of thousands of them."

"By the Daling River? What?" Zhou Yanru sneered for a while, and soon his expression changed, and he said viciously: "Wen Tiren misled me, Wen Tiren misled me!" At this time, how could he not know, the news may have been heard by Wen Tiren. I knew it, but didn't say it.At this time, he instantly understood why Emperor Chongzhen ordered someone to be named a Marquis. On the one hand, he wanted to win over Li Xin, but the more important thing was probably to save the tens of thousands of troops in Shandong.The soldiers and horses of the imperial court are not enough now. Hong Chengchou's soldiers and horses are placed on three sides to destroy the rebels. On the other hand, the soldiers and horses of Liaodong are to guard against the establishment of slaves. , but as the last mobile force.In case of being wiped out in Shandong by Li Xin, the Ming Dynasty would no longer have any extra troops to suppress the rebellion in the Central Plains.Zhou Yanru immediately knew that something was wrong.

"When did you send the letter to Gao Qiqian?" Zhou Yanru seemed to have thought of something, and asked the butler on the side.

"It was delivered last night." The butler's complexion changed, and he explained: "At the beginning, the master asked the villain to send it out as soon as possible, and rushed to Dengzhou as quickly as possible, but the villain had no choice."

"Forget it." Zhou Yanru waved his hand and sighed: "Right now, what I hope is that before Wen Tiren arrives in Dengzhou, we have captured Dengzhou and killed Li Xin." Zhou Yanru did not blame his housekeeper.He knew that he couldn't blame his butler for this matter.Just last night, he was still communicating with Gao Qiqian, asking him to deal with Li Xin as soon as possible.It's just that I didn't expect that such a thing would happen now.Now he can only hope that his potential will be stronger, and the Dengzhou matter will be resolved as soon as possible. At that time, even if the imperial edict arrives, as long as Li Xin is dead, everything will be fine.

But in Dengzhou, Li Xin didn't know what was going on in the capital, and when he was under the city, he didn't dare to start the battle privately at the beginning. He practiced soldiers and horses under the Dengzhou city with Wu Sangui and others.Even the people who entered Dengzhou were not stopped, and they were allowed to enter Dengzhou. Of course, it is impossible for people who want to go out of Dengzhou.

"Master, since Shandong has been pacified, let's go back to the capital!" A weary voice came from a horse-drawn carriage, followed by coughing.The old man riding a donkey in front also showed a trace of worry on his face.

"Going back to the capital, it's a long way from here to the capital, how can your body and bones bear it. What's more, although Shandong is flat now, this Dengzhou! I don't know what the court thinks. General Li has made great achievements, how can he be besieged? "The old man sighed deeply. This person is none other than the former right servant of the household department, the great calligrapher Liu Erzhi. He originally came to Sangzi to gather a rebel army to attack Kong Youde. Unfortunately, when he arrived at his hometown At that time, Kong Youde's army had already fled, which was nothing. What he thought was that Kong Youde came to Ye County to raise food and grass. Liu Erzhi had no choice but to bring his old wife to Dengzhou to join his son.

"But, I think Dengzhou City is about to go to war. Let's go in at this time, hey!" Madam's voice sounded in the carriage.

"Don't worry, Li Xin is a famous general in the imperial court, without any fault, how can he attack Dengzhou, isn't the emperor afraid of what people in the world will say?" Liu Erzhi said while shaking his head with a smile.He didn't say the deeper reason, that is, the imperial court ran out of money. You must know that the Ming army had to pay for the start of the war. Now that the imperial treasury is empty, how can it support a big war? Li Xin is different from Kong Youde. Kong Youde, maybe ten days and half a month is enough, at most half a year!But fighting Li Xin is different. Can Li Xin be defeated in Dengzhou?Liu Erzhi didn't believe it, but Li Xin's [-] troops threatened Northern Xinjiang at any time. Any loophole could cause Li Xin's army to attack. Northern Xinjiang was full of wars, and the imperial court couldn't afford such a war.At any rate, Liu Erzhi also served as the right servant of the household department. He analyzed it from the perspective of money and grain, and the cost of attacking Li Xin was too high for the court to support.

"I didn't expect that there is such a place in the dilapidated Shandong." Liu Erzhi rode a donkey into Dengzhou City, and he came face to face with the air of a world of mortals. Although there was a large army besieging the city outside, the huge Dengzhou City But no one was panicking. Zhang Cai came out of the mountain. With the help of Zhang Cai, Song Xiance, who was already too busy, managed Dengzhou in an orderly manner. This is why Song Xiance also admired Zhang Cai's ability in political affairs.It also allowed Li Xin to focus on military training.

"This old gentleman, please show us the directions." When Liu Erzhi was looking at Dengzhou City, he saw two soldiers blocking the road, with stern faces, and said with his hands.Behind them, there are more than a dozen soldiers staring at Liu Erzhi.

"Old man Liu Erzhi, here to visit relatives." Liu Erzhi was taken aback when he heard this, since he became an official, no one really dared to ask him for directions.

"The next one is Master Liu?" When the soldier was about to continue asking, a clear voice suddenly came from the top of the wall, Liu Erzhi was surprised for a while, and when he looked again, the soldiers around him had retreated to both sides.

"You are?" Liu Erzhi looked at the middle-aged scholar in front of him. He looked thin and had a strong character, but he looked familiar.

"Junior Zhang Cai, who went to Beijing in the first year of Chongzhen, was fortunate to meet Mr. Liu face to face." The middle-aged scholar laughed loudly, came up to greet him, and said with cupped hands.

"Zhang Cai in Loudong's second Zhang?" Liu Erzhi said that he was the right servant of the household department of the imperial court, but in fact, more of them were literati.Zhang Cai was famous, he thought about it for a while, and then remembered his name, but he didn't understand why Zhang Cai was here.

Looking at Liu Erzhi's curious eyes, Zhang Cai showed a wry smile, and could only cup his hands and say: "Old man, my general has been waiting for a long time, let the students wait again, and please give me the honor of going to the government office to meet with my general." A story."

"This?" Liu Erzhi was about to speak when suddenly there was a shrill gong sound from the top of the city.

"The imperial army is still attacking me in Dengzhou." Zhang Cai's slightly happy face just now showed a trace of pain.

"What's going on? Why did the imperial army attack Dengzhou?" Liu Erzhi asked in surprise: "Didn't I hear that the rebels are still entrenched in the east gate, are they attacking the rebels?"

"My lord, the students don't have time to explain this. The general was going to entertain my lord. I'm afraid I don't have time now." Zhang Cai shook his head. He just joined Li Xin's command, and he understands Li Xin's thoughts better than anyone else. If you don’t attack me, I won’t mess with you. If you attack the rebels, I will support you with both hands.It's a pity that the imperial court feared Li Xin far more than everyone expected. The imperial court might be an interest group headed by Zhou Yanru. Li Xin, who suddenly appeared, was hostile and wished to eradicate Li Xin.Zhang Cai took refuge in Li Xin, helpless at first, but more angry at the court's indisputable anger, and now he is even more annoyed. Why is the court full of mediocrity? Who is Li Xin? If such a person is not sure, will he stay here?Thinking about it with my ass, I know that Li Xin must have a trump card. The people in the court just didn't see it, and they all think that Li Xin is the best to bully at this time.

"Come on, let's go up and have a look." Liu Erzhi also looked angry. What he was angry about was that Shandong is about to be pacified, and even Kong Youde is under pressure in Dengzhou. As long as the imperial army uses a little more effort, Kong Youde can be eradicated Rebellious, as for Li Xin, he did not openly rebel, just let him go back to the grassland afterwards, after all, Li Xin is also a meritorious minister, even if the court wants to eradicate Li Xin, there is no need to be so anxious, at least wait for Kong Youde to give him the leadership Then it's all about it.Right now, the rebels are attacking Li Xin before they are resolved, which annoys Liu Erzhi.

In fact, neither Zhang Cai nor Liu Erzhi understood Gao Qiqian's and Zhu Dadian's distress. They received Zhou Yanru's letter very quickly, which led to Gao Qiqian's dissatisfaction. He and Zhu Dadian launched an attack on Li Xin in advance.Zhou Yanru also repeatedly urged them to deal with Li Xin as soon as possible.In the letter, Zhou Yanru drew a big cake for the two.Gao Qiqian himself had a grudge against Li Xin, and after receiving Zhou Yanru's guarantee, he naturally couldn't wait to launch an attack on Dengzhou City.

(End of this chapter)