Xiong Wencan's skill in recruiting and petting was really extraordinary. After Zhang Xianzhong surrendered, Luo Rucai, Xiao Qin Wang, and other gangsters entrenched in Huguang, Henan, and Guizhou were successively recruited and petted by Xiong Wencan and led their troops to surrender.
Zhou Zheng, who was in Xi'an Prefecture, immediately ordered the people from the Military Intelligence Department to escort Zhang Xianzhong and others to Xi'an Prefecture as soon as possible.
Just in case, Zhou Zheng also ordered Cao Bianjiao's cavalry to pick him up.
At the same time, Zhou Zheng, in his capacity as the Minister of War, ordered the governors and governors of the northwestern provinces to carry out zonal clearance and suppression of all bandits in the northwest, and to carry out targeted deployment of all the troops.
Perhaps, there is no such powerful military book in the history of Ming Dynasty!
Under Zhou Zheng's wielding, nearly a million troops were surging like iron currents in the six northwestern provinces to clear away all factors of instability.
Before Zhang Xianzhong and others were escorted to Xi'an and Li Zicheng had not found out, on the sixth day of October, the court suddenly called Zhou Zheng and asked Zhou Zheng to return to Beijing immediately.
In fact, before that, Zhou Zheng had already received the news.
Late at night, the Military Intelligence Department.
The people in Meng Hezhou’s Military Intelligence Department are still busy. Although Li Zicheng was wiped out and Zhang Xianzhong was stroking, the northwest is still chaotic. There are gangsters all over the place, and it takes a lot of time and effort to deal with them. .
Meng Hezhou watched Zhou Zheng sitting in a chair, looking at the various official documents with an unmoving expression, paused for a moment, stepped forward and said in a low voice: "My lord?"
Zhou Zheng didn't look up, and said, "Something?"
Meng Hezhou glanced at other people not far away, lowered his voice and said, "My lord, Jianlu committed another crime in Youtun. The emperor ordered you to go back, mostly for this. But there is one more thing I have to guard against."
Zhou Zheng was startled, raised his head, and said, "What's the matter?"
Meng Hezhou looked back and said, "Yuan Chonghuan."
Zhou Zheng's calm face suddenly changed, and he was silent.
Here is another deadlock, that is, the generals outside of Daming, none of them will end well!
Zhou has been in the northwest for more than two months. It can be said that he has acted arbitrarily. The impeachment of Chongzhen and the court has never stopped.
In addition, he holds hundreds of thousands of elite troops, Chongzhen, can the court rest assured
Does this recall really want Zhou Zheng to guard Liaodong, or is it a Hongmen feast
Zhou Zheng pondered for a moment, and said, "I see."
When Meng Hezhou clicked this sentence, he didn't say more, and turned to leave.
Zhou Zheng lost the thought of reading a good news, and leaned on the chair, closed his eyes, his tired face still thinking.
Chongzhen urged him to go back in such a hurry, was it a Hong Men Banquet
Zhou Zheng was a little irritable, got up out of the room, and walked slowly outside.
Zhou Zheng spent two months quelling the Northwest Unrest that had been unsettled by the court for more than a decade. The soldiers looked at Zhou Zheng respectfully and saluted one after another.
"I have seen you!"
"I have seen you!"
"I have seen you!"
Zhou Zheng nodded from time to time, standing in front of a garden, looking at the moonlight, his heart was still flying.
If Chongzhen wants to attack him now, what is his success rate? Even if it is temporarily successful, can you clean up the mess behind it
Just as Zhou Zheng was thinking about it, Meng Hezhou walked over and whispered: "My lord, secret letter."
Zhou Zheng took it and looked at the code above, knowing that it was from the chess piece next to Li Zicheng. After translation, the report was Li Zicheng's current hiding place.
Zhou Zheng looked at the piece of paper, his eyes squinted, and said: "Tell the governor of Shaanxi to continue to pull the net north and find Li Zicheng. If he can't find it, this official has done him!"
Meng Hezhou was not suspicious, and said: "Yes."
As he was about to leave, Zhou Zheng said, "We will keep five pigeons in the capital, and I will use them tomorrow. Also, the soldiers and horses from all walks of life in the northwest will be redeployed. The Liaodong is in a hurry, so I will take some away."
This is a matter of course, Meng Hezhou didn't ask much.
When he waited for Zhou Zheng to return to the Military Intelligence Department to mobilize those flags, he couldn't help but startled and said, "My lord, isn't it too scattered? Is Xi'an only 10,000 people left?"
Zhou Zheng had already thought about the wording, and said: "Now the gangsters are basically eliminated, and no army is required to guard them. What we need to do is to prevent the gangsters from resurgence, so we can spread the troops around and fight the sparks."
Meng Hezhou nodded suddenly, and said, "It's still the adults who think far."
Zhou Zheng hummed, and said calmly: "I will leave a few letters to Lu Xiangsheng, Xiong Wencan and others. I guess, if I can't wait for them, I will have to leave for Beijing within three days."
Meng Hezhou's expression was still worried, but helpless, he could only respond with a heavy heart.
Zhou Zheng made arrangements for the troops from all directions in the northwest, and the capital soon received Zhou Zheng’s letter of flying pigeons.
Ding Qi, Liu Liuzhe and others moved quickly, through various channels, trying to figure out the true purpose of Chongzhen and the imperial edict returning to Zhou Zheng.
Ding Qi used various networks, and Zhou's Chamber of Commerce had indeed'sponsored' many people. As soon as Ding Qi spoke, a steady stream of news passed back.
Liu Liuzhe came to the restaurant again and asked a question according to Zhou Zheng's instructions.
Half an hour, Li Zhong, who was drinking in the room leisurely, received this question.
Seeing this question, he was silent for a while, put down his chopsticks, cleaned it up, and went out. First, he went to Kunning Palace to see Queen Zhou. Queen Zhou heard that Chongzhen hadn't slept all night, so he cooked the soup by himself and asked Li Zhong to send it.
Li Zhong carried the soup and quietly entered the Dongnuan Pavilion.
Looking at Chongzhen, who was immersed in the case, Li Zhong stepped forward and whispered: "Long live, let's rest for a while. It's been a few hours."
Chongzhen raised his head and looked at Li Zhong. After a while, he recovered, and said with a smile: "The queen did it?"
Chongzhen has stayed up a lot lately recently. It's not the anxiety he used to be. Zhou Zheng wiped out Li Zicheng and surrendered Zhang Xianzhong. He completely wiped out the Northwest Rebellion and removed a big rock in Chongzhen's heart. He was so excited that he couldn't fall asleep!
Seeing Chongzhen's smile, Li Zhong put it down and said with a smile: "Yes. The queen empress knew that Lord Long live had no rest, so she made soup with her own hands and asked the servants to bring it to Lord Long live."
"Just smell it, and I happen to be hungry too." Chongzhen smiled and took it and began to eat.
Seeing that Chongzhen was happy, Li Zhong thought about it, but did not rush to speak.
Chongzhen ate a few bites, knowing his heart, and then smiled and said, "Are there any good news in the Northwest?"
Li Zhong hurriedly said: "There are too many good news in the northwest. The slaves and maids let them sort and pick up the important ones and send them to Lord Long live. Anyway, there is no major problem. Lord Long live can feel at ease."
Chongzhen nodded slightly, his face full of approval with a smile on his face: "I knew Zhou Zhengyun was so capable. I have used him a long time ago, so why bother to suffer for these ten years."
Hearing this, Li Zhong's expression suddenly seemed choked, unable to speak.
Chongzhen took a bite, looked up at Li Zhong's expression, and said in a puzzled way: "What's the matter?"
Li Zhong glanced outside, took a step closer, and whispered: "Long live master, the impeachment of foreign courts is increasing, and long live master will kill Zhou Zhengyun."
Chongzhen's smile disappeared suddenly, and the corners of his face were agitated, a little ugly.
Li Zhong twitched in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Long live Lord, you can't kill. Zhou Zhengyun just put an end to the Northwest Rebellion. He has done a lot to the emperor and Da Ming. If he is killed, how will the history books write Long live? People like the foreign court, It's unpredictable..."
Chongzhen frowned even more as he listened, with anger in his eyes, and said coldly, "Is I the kind of fearful hero who killed Zhongliang?"
Li Zhong's expression became more uneasy, and he said, "Long live master, but the outer court seems a little unusual these days, Yuan Fu, it seems to mean the same thing!"
Chongzhen put down the bowl with a bang, and said angrily: "Zhou Zhengyun is not Yuan Chonghuan, he is a man who has made great contributions to the state, how can I kill him! The foreign court people, one by one, don't want to do anything for the country, every day, I will be in trouble. Righteousness, it's time to kill!"
Seeing this, Li Zhong felt a little relieved, and said: "Long live Lord, there are rumors spreading outside the palace, saying, "Cunning rabbits die, lackeys cooking", "High meritorious work, no good end", "Yue Wumu's injustice" Such words literally describe Long Live Lord as a foolish lord..."
Chongzhen's expression became more and more ugly, with blue veins beating on his head, his expression seemed to be cannibalistic!
"You will catch me. If you dare to spread rumors and slander me, you will be punished severely! If you preach the decree to the government and the opposition, you must not talk nonsense, and use it as an error! Also, pass the decree again and give Zhou Zheng a reward, as high as it can be. , I want to see, who else would dare to spread such rumors!" Chongzhen said with a sigh of anger.
Only then did Li Zhong completely relieved his heart, with a frightened response on his face, and walked away quickly.
At this time, Wang Chengen came in, glanced at Li Zhong, and said nothing.
But Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen, still angrily said: "What's the matter?"
Wang Chengen quickly handed over a memorial, saying: "Long live the memorial of Fang Yizao, governor of Liaodong."
Chongzhen pressed his anger and took it, and at a glance, he threw it out abruptly, and roared: "Proceed to Zhou Zheng, immediately rush to Liaodong, I ordered him to be the governor of Ji Liao, the governor of Liaodong, Tianjin, Shandong, immediately lead the army to Ping Liao !"
Wang Chengen understands Chongzhen's character, and he is not surprised by this decision, saying: "Comply with the purpose."
The content of Fang Yizao’s memorial is actually about Jianluo. Jianlu surrounded Youtun and published a message. The general content is: The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was mediocre, the court was rotten, and has been disgusted by the heavens, and now suppresses the people. The slaughter of the righteous men is unacceptable to God. The Qing Dynasty hangs on the people and condemns the people. They want to act on behalf of the heavens and conquer the Ming...
How can Chongzhen tolerate such an essay!
Chongzhen's series of wills, bypassing the cabinet, and directly issued, naturally shocked the government and the opposition, and I don't know how many people are dissatisfied.
But the courtiers couldn't stop it. Once the Jianluo attacked, the courtiers were worried, and now they can still guard Liaodong. Looking at the court and the public, it seems that only Zhou Zheng is the most suitable.
Secondly, Zhou Zheng had just wiped out the rebellion in the Northwest. He did not make great achievements, and he could not act without sufficient reason.
The courtiers did not stop, and Chongzhen's will was naturally released.
Zhou Zheng, who was rushing to the capital, received the news, his expression was still, and he muttered to himself: "At least it can be a few years in advance. This year is ten years in Chongzhen. It's coming, it's coming..."
Outside the carriage, Cao Bianjiao couldn't hear what Zhou Zheng was saying. He turned his head and listened. When Zhou Zheng didn't say any more, he didn't ask. With five thousand cavalry, he escorted Zhou Zheng around the capital and headed directly to Shanhaiguan. (End of this chapter)