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    To say that Chongzhen's resentment towards Pang Gang is really deep. You were originally just a small Baihu, but I promoted you all the way to the title of champion. You are not satisfied yet, and you actually set yourself up as a king. You don't even look at it.  Look, is it possible for a person like you to be the prince?"

    There has never been a king with a different surname in our Ming Dynasty. The founding general Xu Da¡¯s contribution is great enough, right?  He's just a prince. Mu Ying's contribution is big enough. He can only go to Yunnan to eat rice in bamboo tubes and listen to those Miao girls singing folk songs. You just fought against the Tatars for two days and your tail is already cocked.  You've gone to heaven, are you cool?

    Although he wanted to cut Pang Gang into eighteen pieces, Chongzhen had to face reality after all. In the past two years, Pang Gang had been very considerate to the Ming court. He always had the green light for water transportation and other matters, and never made things difficult. He even formed a quarrel with the court.  Due to this tacit understanding, when merchants under Pang Gang's rule went to other provinces to do business, the local officials did not make things difficult for them.

    But Chongzhen never thought that he had accepted Pang Gang's favor. He always believed that the reason why Pang Gang's water transportation was unimpeded was because Pang Gang did not dare to push the court into a hurry. At the same time, he also had concerns. Now Yang Sichang proposed to send troops to the south of the Yangtze River.  After King Qin came up with the idea of ??transferring his horses to Beijing, Chongzhen's reaction was that although he was also afraid that Pang Gang would cut off the water transport channel and prevent King Qin's army from passing by, Chongzhen immediately thought about what benefit it would be to intercept the soldiers and horses in southern Beijing. Could it be that  Isn't he afraid that he will take crazy revenge on him after he regains his breath?

    Thinking of this, Chongzhen's heart settled down. He waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about this. I don't think Pang Gang dares to intercept King Qin's troops from the south of the Yangtze River. If Pang Gang knows what's going on, that's all. If he doesn't, that's all."  I will order Hong Chengchou to regain Shandong immediately! Just do it, Yang Aiqing, immediately draft a decree and order Hong Chengchou to lead his troops to Beijing to serve the king!"

    "yes!"

    Seeing that the boss had made up his mind, Yang Sichang, as a wage earner, had nothing to say, so he had to step forward immediately. The little eunuch on the side had already started grinding the ink. After the little eunuch had finished grinding the ink, Yang Sichang took out  I got a piece of good rice paper and started writing with flying colors

    The lobby of the Yamen of the Nanjing garrison office: "The emperor's edict was carried out by heaven, and the thieves have brought harm to the country. It has been here for ten years, and all the surnames have been devastated. The capital is shocked. All my ministers, who does not gnash their teeth! When I come here, my heart is in chaos, and my fortune has improved. The culprit is huge and evil.  , They took each other with them, and they were either given the headship in Guanzhong one after another, or they were cared for in Hanbin one after another.

    Ge, Zuo and others were waiting and wandering in Huaidian, while Lao Huihui and others were hiding in southern Henan. They were all prisoners waiting to be killed, and they were not a serious problem for the imperial court.  But the intruder Li Zicheng, despite repeated defeats, has not stopped the ferocious flames. He is running alone, but he still thinks that he can win over with his words, and his best friends are solidified and never dispersed: small favors deceive people, and stupid people are willing to listen to them.  If we don¡¯t put an end to the situation with one blow, the calamity in the heart of the country would rather be put to an end!  Today, the intruder Li Zicheng led hundreds of thousands of rogues from Shaanxi into the capital, intending to massacre the people of our Ming Dynasty. Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiangnan, immediately led all the troops from the south of the Yangtze River to the capital to serve the king, captured the intruders under the city, and comforted God and our ancestors of the Ming Dynasty.  , admire this!  "

    A white-faced eunuch with no beard stood in front of an incense table, reading out the imperial edict in a straight tone. Next to him stood two expressionless guards in royal robes. Behind the incense table, they knelt down to worship Hong Chengchou. Behind Hong Chengchou, there were many people kneeling behind him.  A local civil and military official.

    This fair-faced and beardless father-in-law is not a simple man. He is the eunuch Cao Huachun, the leader of the ceremonial committee. Chongzhen sent this second-in-command among the thousands of eunuchs in the palace, which shows how seriously he takes this matter.

    After Cao Huachun read out the edict, he rolled up the edict, came to Hong Chengchou, helped him up, and said with a smile on his face: "Master Hong, our family would like to congratulate you. The emperor has finally called you back to Beijing. You will be promoted to an official position in the future.  Promotion is no longer a problem, you have to put the imperial edict away first."

    After speaking, Eunuch Ma handed the bright yellow imperial edict to Hong Chengchou.

    After receiving the imperial edict, Hong Chengchou just smiled faintly and said, "Eunuch Cao is too grateful. The emperor has placed a huge burden on Hong's shoulders, but it really makes Hong feel uneasy."

    Cao Huachun's face was full of smiles, and his eyes were almost narrowed into slits: "Master Hong, you are so polite. Now everyone in the civil and military affairs of the dynasty knows that you, Master Hong, are the pillars of our Ming Dynasty. The emperor and the civil and military officials of the dynasty are all here."  I¡¯m eagerly looking forward to you!¡±

    "Eunuch Cao, please don't say that. Mr. Hong can't bear it." Hong Chengchou quickly waved his hand. Although he was a bit arrogant, he was not arrogant enough to think that he was qualified to show off in front of the civil and military officials of the dynasty and the emperor.  the point.

    Cao Huachun smiled slyly, "Master Hong, please don't refuse. Before our family came, the emperor personally told us to go to Beijing with you. I don't know when you can order all the troops to accompany our family to Beijing."  ah."

    Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly and said: "Eunuch Cao, don't be anxious. This decree comes so suddenly. You must give me some time to mobilize the army to raise food and grass. You can't let me have tens of thousands of troops and the northwest wind!"

      "You have to give us an accurate answer for how long it will take." The more Hong Chengchou tried to evade, the harder Cao Huachun pressed him.

    Hong Chengchou thought for a while and then said: "Half a month, we will set off in half a month!"

    Upon hearing this, Cao Huachun's face slowly changed. His smiling face slowly darkened, and his eyes narrowed to a slit with a sharp light. He said resolutely: "No, for eight days, our family can only  Give you eight days, we must leave after eight days, otherwise"

    Cao Huachun did not continue, but everyone understood the threat contained in it.

    Hong Chengchou's face suddenly changed several times, and finally he forced a smile and said: "Okay, let's set off in eight days."

    "That's right. Master Hong is worthy of being a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty." After hearing Hong Chengchou's promise to set off in eight days, Cao Huachun was like a chameleon, with a smile on his face. He smiled and said to Hong Chengchou: "Master Hong, why don't you  Can you introduce the generals behind you to our family?"

    "Oh, this is Mr. Hong's dereliction of duty. Eunuch Cao, this is the "Ping Thief General" Zuo Liangyu, this is Jiangsu Commander-in-Chief Cao Zhenhua, this is Zhejiang Commander-in-Chief Ma Jin, this is"

    As Hong Chengchou introduced them one by one, Cao Huachun also greeted them one by one with a smile, but when his eyes glanced at one of them, an imperceptible look flashed in his eyes.

    That night, Hong Chengchou held a banquet in the garrison mansion. In addition to his personal company, many dignitaries from Nanjing City also came, including Zhongyong Bo Li Jinzhong, Pingyang Marquis Cao Shi, and Nanjing Ministry of War Shangshu Zhao Yabo.  A large group of people.

    The biggest difference between the Ming Dynasty's continued governance system and previous dynasties is that it has two sets of teams, one in Beijing and one in Nanjing. Of course, the Nanjing set is a spare tire and is basically synonymous with nursing homes. It has been used for hundreds of years.  This is so, so during the banquet, Zhao Yabo, the Minister of War in Nanjing, frequently toasted to Cao Huachun, the celebrity around Chongzhen.

    "Eunuch Cao, it's rare for you to come to Nanjing, but you must stay here for a few more days, so that I, my colleagues and the generals can show their friendship as landlords." After toasting Cao Huachun with another glass of wine, Zhao Yabo smiled and said to him  Cao Huachun said, but this smile seemed to everyone to be flattering.

    Cao Huachun said reservedly: "Master Zhao is joking. We are just slaves around the emperor. We dare not blame you for all your efforts. Our family is now just thinking about leading the army north to break the siege of the capital."

    "That's right, Eunuch Cao is loyal to the country. Everyone knows that." Zhao Yabo flattered the horse's leg, but his face didn't seem to change at all, and he still kept smiling.  Encourage drinking.

    Zhao Yabo's appearance fell into the eyes of everyone, and many people showed contempt in their eyes. Hong Chengchou was sitting next to Cao Huachun, with a thoughtful look in his eyes. Therefore, he found that during the banquet, Eunuch Cao's  But his eyes always glanced to one side intentionally or unintentionally.

    After the banquet, Hong Chengshu personally sent Cao Huachun back to the garrison mansion to rest, and then came to the study room located in the northwest corner of the garrison mansion.

    This is a very small study room. There are not many books in it, but there is a lot of white manuscript paper on the desk, which is densely written in regular script. There is a man who is about forty years old and has a long mouth.  A middle-aged man with a big black mole and a somewhat gloomy look as a staff member is sitting behind a desk engrossed in writing. He is Ding Qun, the staff member who came to Nanjing with Hong Chengchou.

    After hearing the sound of the door opening, Ding Qun raised his head and asked with a smile: "Sir, how is the situation today?"

    After entering the study, Hong Chengchou showed a tired look and said lightly: "What else can I do? This Eunuch Cao is desperately urging me to send troops. He can't wait to set off immediately tomorrow. Humph, how can a large army travel?  I have been in Jiangnan for more than a year and have finally managed to rectify an army. I can't just take them all to Beijing with just one word. Do you really think that I am a fool?"

    Ding Qun frowned and asked, "Sir, are you saying that you want to leave some of your troops in Jiangnan?"

    "Of course!" Hong Chengchou said proudly: "This time the bandits invaded the important area of ????the capital. Although they claimed to have 300,000 troops, I estimate that there are 200,000 troops. It is enough for us to lead 20,000 troops to Beijing. First, our  There are not many ships, so we have to recruit at least hundreds of civilian ships to transport food, grass, soldiers and horses this time, otherwise it would have to wait twenty years for the rubbish of the Nanjing Navy to send us to Beijing."

    Ding Qun said with some worry: "Sir, is it too little for you to bring 20,000 troops to Beijing? You must know that those thieves are not fuel-efficient lamps."

    Hong Chengshu shook his head: "No more, if there are less people, Zuo Liangyu's tail will be raised again."!  ~???

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