"The General Constitution, Liaodong flew into Beijing, said that Gaizhou was broken, and more than 50,000 people including Kong Youde were captured!"

The Gaizhou was destroyed? More than 50,000 were captured?

The Zuodu Censor Liu Zongzhou was stunned for a while and suddenly burst into laughter. His laughter became louder and louder, which attracted the other officials in the Censorate for no reason. Why did Lord Zongxian, who has always been serious, laugh so loudly today?

Liu Zongzhou laughed loudly, and even excitedly slapped the table with his palms, "Okay, OK, OK!" He shouted three good words in a row, and really didn't know what to use to describe his mood at this time. Although Liu Zongzhou had impeached Liu Jun himself before, one code was the same. He wrote a letter just to think that Liu Jun was not suitable to continue as the admiral of Liaodong, and believed that this was not a good precedent.

Everyone thought that Liu Jun’s besieged city in Gaizhou this time was a passive escape from war and a self-respecting thieves. Even Liu Zhouzong thought so at the beginning. But now, only 15 days after siege, 30,000 Liaodong troops defeated Gaizhou City, forcing thieves such as Kong Youde to surrender.

From this perspective, Liu Jun was not evading the battle, and the besieged cannon city was just a new tactic, and it was a very successful tactic. Thirty thousand people broke through 50,000 soldiers and horses in half a month to guard the city, not only to break through the city, but also to prevent the enemy from escaping. This kind of battle result is a classic and can be said to be a magical use of troops.

Until now, who dares to say that Liu Jun had avoided war before, and could break a strong city in half a month? Who dares to say that Liu Jun was raising a thief and respectful self-respecting, and could capture 50,000 enemies in half a month?

As a result, all the charges of impeachment by the imperial court for Liu Jun were self-defeating.

Liu Zongzhou even felt a little guilty, for having doubted Liu Jun's character.

The good news sent by Liaodong Fei made the court's previous discussions and the handling of Liu Jun undoubtedly become a bit ridiculous. Although the emperor did not judge the crime for the impeachment of the censor in the end, the emperor used this excuse to transfer Liu Jun back to the capital.

After laughing happily, Liu Zongzhou sat there thinking. Liaodong's victory did prove that Liu Jun was still brave and able to fight, but it also confirmed that Liu Jun had indeed concealed many of the fine artillery fires he had from the court. This kind of concealment problem can be big or small, and the court would pursue it, which is of course a crime of deceiving the king. If it is not investigated, it would not be a big deal.

But Liu Zongzhou still felt that Liu Jun could not stay in Liaodong anymore. The more Liu Jun could fight, the longer he stayed in Liaodong to command troops, the more dangerous it would be. We must be careful before it happens and be prepared early. Moreover, the Liaodong Army has been trained and can fight bravely, so it is normal to hand over the Liaodong Army to the generals to the commander of the generals. Fu Zonglong and Fan Zhiwan were controlled by Fu Zonglong.

Liu Jun still had to transfer back to the capital, let him train the Beijing camp, and at the same time put him in the capital, so as to avoid losing control.

Thinking of this, Liu Zongzhou laughed and began to write memorials.

In the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen was listening to the report of Wang Zhixin.

As the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and the Lord of the World, in fact, the emperor will find it difficult for him to leave the capital in his entire life. He spent most of his life in the Palace of the Forbidden City.

The emperor is the master of the country, and is more like a slave of the empire, trapped in it all his life.

He mainly learned about what happened in this country through the reports of his ministers, but he could only learn about some things through the Dongchang and Jinyiwei.

Regarding the rumors in the capital, the private discussions of the officials, the generals' dynamics, and Chongzhen wanted to hear the most realistic situation, he could only report the factory guards. Chongzhen had already learned to believe the officials' report with a selective view. He believed in the factory guards more, although the officials' words could not be fully believed, but it was much more reliable than the officials' report with a report.

The so-called listening to both sides will make you clear, and partial belief will make you dark.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty successively established the Jinyiwei, the East Factory, the West Factory, the Inner Factory, etc. Until now, they only retained the Jinyiwei and the East Factory, becoming the emperor's eyes and ears.

Although Chongzhen was very careful about the use of factory guards, which made the factory guards of this dynasty less arrogant than before, they still had a large scale.

After hearing some regular official surveillance reports, Chongzhen asked about something he was more concerned about in his heart.

"What do the people in the capital think about the impeachment of the Duke of Chu and the transfer of his to Beijing?"

Wang Zhixin had known that the emperor would ask this question. Before coming, he had thought about it for a long time and thought about his words. Wang Zhixin replied carefully, "Back to the emperor, there are many words outside, and they all said that the censors were not. They said that Duke Chu was Huo Zhibing of the Ming Dynasty and Yue Wumu, who fought for the country and defeated the enemy and charged forward. However, the censors impeached Duke Chu randomly for some unlimited things, and they invited famous and bought Zhizhi. They all felt that those censors were too much this time, and even loyal ministers and generals like Duke Chu were impeached."

"What do the people think about the imperial court's transfer of Duke Chu back to Beijing?" Chongzhen continued to ask.

Wang Zhixin hesitated for a moment and said, "The people all praised Your Majesty for seeing Wanli without being deceived by the censors. He was promoted to Duke of Chu and used him more seriously. Everyone said that Your Majesty is a wise monarch!"

Chongzhen laughed, "Wang Zhixin, you servant, you know how to choose the best words. Since some people compare Chu Duke with Yue Wumu, I am afraid that some people will regard me as Song Gaozong who gave twelve gold medals in a row that day, wouldn't it be?"

"This is absolutely nothing." Wang Zhixin said quickly. In fact, there are some stupid people who are not afraid of death and are talking nonsense. Those people are now detained in the prison of Dongchang. However, they cannot be admitted in front of the emperor.

Chongzhen's laughter stopped and he sighed.

Even if Wang Zhixin denied it, he still knew that someone would definitely say this. Originally, since Liu Jun crossed the sea to conquer Liao, he had achieved remarkable results and achieved success in succession of victories. The situation was much better than the battlefield in western Liaoning. Moreover, even the current victory in western Liaoning was thanks to the victory in Liaodong, which made the Qing captives restrained a lot of power, making the Tartars afraid to fight Jinzhou with all their strength.

But he is the emperor, and many things cannot be simply viewed.

If the Tartars want to fight, they must always be vigilant and guard against excessive authority from their subordinates.

A capable minister must be used, but he must be cautious in how to use it. Those capable ministers are double-edged swords. If they are not used well, they will hurt themselves, especially those capable generals, who should be more careful.

Although some people would definitely be privately discussed by some people when recalling Liu Jun this time, Chongzhen could only do this.

As he was talking, he heard a report outside that it was Liu Qiao, the commander of the Jinyiwei, who asked for a meeting.

Liu Qiao was the commander of the Jinyiwei and also the eyes and ears of Chongzhen. When he heard that he was coming, he guessed that there might be an emergency and asked him to come and meet him.

"Liu Jinwu. Why did you ask for a meeting?" Chongzhen asked.

"Your Majesty, I am here to congratulate you." Liu Qiao bowed and bowed and said happily to Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, come to the capital for good news!"

"Good news?" Chongzhen received the victory almost the next day during this period, but he was still very happy to hear the victory news and enter Beijing. "Is there another victory news in western Liaoning? Is it Wu Sangui or Zu Dashou this time, how many more castles have been broken?"

He spoke with a relaxed tone and a smile on his face was waiting for Liu Qiao's return.

"Your Majesty, it is a good news from Liaodong. Liaodong Admiral Zhu Ciye had already captured Gaizhou yesterday. Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming and Shen Zhixiang led more than 50,000 troops in the city to surrender. The Liaodong army besieged the city for half a month, but had not lost a single army, annihilated more than 4,000 enemies and captured Gaizhou. More than 50,000 enemies were captured and all his entire army was wiped out!"

The smile on the corner of Chongzhen's mouth froze.

His breathing was stagnant, his eyes were filled with shock and confusion.

Gaizhou was captured, and all the more than 50,000 troops led by Kong Youde and other four rebel generals surrendered?

Chongzhen couldn't tell whether he was feeling at this moment. He couldn't tell whether he was excited or surprised or something else. His hands were trembling slightly.

"Great victory, great victory..." Chongzhen murmured, with a smile on his face. This was indeed a great victory. He defeated Gaizhou and annihilated 50,000 enemies. A huge victory. It has been thirteen years since he ascended the throne. The court has never achieved such a victory in the hands of the Tatars. Even if it was annihilated the Han army of Kong Youde and others, this was an absolute big deal.

Especially the four rebel generals such as Kong Youde were even more hated by Chongzhen. He was born in Dongjiang and later joined the Dengzhou Army. He was a new army built by Sun Yuanhua and saved money by saving money. However, before the new army was trained, he was rebelled by Kong Youde. Not only did he destroy the new army, but he also destroyed Shandong. Even the imperial court later lost Lushun.

Now, Liu Jun won a huge victory, capturing all the four rebel generals and tens of thousands of Han troops.

He should have cheered and excited. If this good news came one day earlier, Chongzhen would have been like that. But this good news came sooner or later. But he had just issued an edict to transfer Liu Jun into the capital, especially when the censors just started to impeach Liu Jun and passively avoided the war and raised the thief to respect himself.

"Congratulations to your Majesty, the victory."

Wang Zhixin and Liu Qiao also smiled and congratulated each other, but both of them were a little stiff, and they were really not good-looking like the emperor.

"The officials who went to Liaodong to issue the orders must have arrived in Liaodong at this moment, right?" Chongzhen asked.

"Your Majesty, the envoy left Beijing yesterday, so he had already arrived in Liaodong." Wang Zhixin replied.

Chongzhen said oh and sat back on the chair. The edict could no longer be recovered. Chongzhen was thinking about what he would feel when Liu Jun saw this imperial edict. He had just won an unprecedented victory, but the court summoned him back to the capital.

"Your Majesty, Liu Zongzhou, the left censor, asked for a meeting." An internal official reported.

"Xuan." Chongzhen replied, then looked at Wang Zhixin and Liu Qiao, and said lightly, "You guys retreat."

When Liu Zongzhou came in, Chongzhen sat alone there with a gloomy expression.

"Your Majesty." Liu Zongzhou paid a visit. He did not go to congratulate the great victory of Gaizhou, but said directly, "The Duke of Chu's great victory of Gaizhou, the court should issue another edict."

"Is there another edict? Is there any edict to let me take back the previous edict?" Chongzhen said angrily. He originally thought that he used the impeachment of the censors to take the opportunity to transfer Liu Jun from Liaodong to the capital, and relieve his military commander of the Chu army. It was a natural thing to do. But now, the Gaizhou news is a good news, and he is like a clown, and he has done everything, but in the end he has become a clumsy joke.

"Issuing an order to commend the Duke of Chu and transfer him to Beijing immediately to take office." Liu Zongzhou replied.

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment. He thought Liu Zongzhou was here to ask him to take back the transfer order. "Is it appropriate to continue to transfer back to Duke Chu now?"

Liu Zongzhou said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, the more you should be transferred back to Duke of Chu. After the great victory in Gaizhou, the prestige of Duke of Chu in the Liaodong army was unmatched, and the governor and military supervisor could no longer control it. If you continue to stay Duke of Chu in Liaodong, not only will it be difficult to reward the achievements in the future, but you are afraid that the court will be unable to balance it over time. Duke of Chu will no longer be able to stay in Liaodong anyway."

"Kejiye is brave and capable of fighting, has good command, and has defeated the Tartars repeatedly..."

"Your Majesty, Zhu Ciye is not without him. Now the troops and horses in the western Liaoning towns are winning one after another, and the situation in Liaodong is also very good. Even if you transfer back to Duke Chu, it will be fine. If Liaodong leaves Duke Chu, the court and governors will not be able to command the troops and horses in Liaodong, then it is even more necessary to transfer back to Duke Chu early."

"It's just that at this time, I'm afraid that the Duke of Chu will not accept it."

"Your Majesty, although Liu Jun was born in a martial arts family, he had also studied. Didn't he know the reason why the king was a father and minister and a son? Besides, the Duke of Chu was accepted as his adopted son by His Majesty, and the father of the Three Bonds and Five Constant Fathers had trained his son. Even if Your Majesty scolded him, can he still be resentful to the son of his ministers? Thunder and rain are all the kindness of the king. What's more, Your Majesty did not denounce him, but was promoted to the Duke of Chu, from the Admiral of Liaodong to the Governor of the Jing camp, and also in charge of the affairs of the General General of the Central Army. This was promoted not to be demoted. Is there anything else that Duke of Chu was unhappy? If he was unwilling, it only means that Duke of Chu was in love with the power of his military..."

In short, Liu Zongzhou firmly demanded that Liu Jun be transferred back to Beijing immediately, especially after Liu Jun fought against the Gaizhou victory, he should be transferred back to Beijing immediately.

The Gaizhou victory spread rapidly in the middle of the capital. The capital was full of joy and countless people began to talk about it. The most common thing was the previous impeachment of the censors of Kedao and the current great news. Many people were scolding the censors of Kedao for being blind and only biting people.

Of course, there are also many people who are privately discussing that the court wants to transfer famous generals like Duke of Chu from Liaodong, thinking that this is a dizzy mind.

At this time, Chongzhen also received Liu Jun's memorial. In addition to the Gaizhou good news, the memorial also included his suggestions for the handling of the prisoners.

"Kong Youde and other four devils must be escorted to the capital to be executed by Lingchi. The Mingzheng model is not doubtful. All officers with more than 100 commanders will be executed. All soldiers and prisoners of less than 100 soldiers will be exiled to Taiwan for land reclamation."

Chongzhen did not agree with Liu Jun's proposal. Si Ni could not tolerate his life, and even all the officers of all sizes refused to let go.

Even the civilians who transported food and grass to Kong Youde and others were unwilling to let go, and they all demanded exile in Taiwan to reclaim wasteland.

On that day, the first imperial edict to grant Liu Jun the title of governor of the Beijing camp was just the next day, and the second imperial edict to summon Liu Jun to return to Beijing immediately for office was issued, and the express edict was sent out by fast horses and flew out of Beijing and went to Tianjin to take a boat to Liaodong to announce the edict.

The second imperial edict requires Liu Jun to hand over the military affairs of Liaodong immediately after receiving the imperial edict, and must rush to the capital to take up a new position within half a month. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!