As soon as Yang Zhen returned to Songshan, he left all the matters of arranging the troops' carriages and horses to Zu Keyong, Zhang Chen and the remaining generals in Songshan City.

Zhang Chen was responsible for handing over the carriage and horse supplies brought back from Zhangjiakou to Yang Zhan'ao, who stayed behind in Songshan City. Li Ji and the Assistant Operations Office inspected and accepted them together.

As for the belongings of Liu Wanzhong and his men who were brought back from Qifeng Mountain, they were handed over to Xia Chengde, Lu Pinqi and others to help settle them.

Yang Zhenze acted as a hands-off shopkeeper, and after entering the city, he went straight to the General Military Mansion.

Since October, Yang Zhen and his wife Qiu Bihan have been spending less time together and more apart. When they returned from Liaonan in triumph, they learned that Qiu Bihan was pregnant. Although Yang Zhen was happy, he could not spend more time with her.

Later, Yang Zhen went to the capital to present prisoners. In the blink of an eye, more than a month passed. Now he returned to Songshan on the third day of the first lunar month of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen.

During the Chinese New Year, Yang Zhen was busy traveling, making the Songshan General Military Mansion seem deserted.

When Yang Zhen returned to the General Military Mansion, Qiu Bihan was already waiting at the gate with the support of two maids and the guards of the General Military Mansion led by Qiu Biyong.

"Hey, it's freezing outside, and my wife is several months pregnant. How can I wait here? Come, come, come, come back to the inner courtyard with me!"

Yang Zhen met Qiu Bihan and saw her waiting there with her pregnant belly. He immediately got off the horse and laughed and complained that she shouldn't come out. He stepped forward to help her.

Compared with before Yang Zhen left Songshan and rushed to the capital, Qiu Bihan was obviously a little plumper. She was still pregnant after four months of pregnancy.

"My husband went to the capital to present a prisoner, and the emperor granted me the title of World Noble. Today, when my husband returns, how can I not welcome you at the gate of the palace?"

As Qiu Bihan said this, he also gathered his clothes and saluted.

How could Yang Zhen let her salute in this situation? He immediately supported her and said with a smile: "Who taught you what these false etiquettes are for? It is what a man should do to make his wife a shadow. Go, go, go, hurry up

Go back to the mansion."

After Yang Zhen said this, he supported Qiu Bihan with his right hand and involuntarily protected Qiu Bihan's belly with his left hand, and entered the house.

The Ming Dynasty also had a complete system for canonizing married women. The head wives of officials at all levels would give you imperial orders and titles. The principle was that wives were valued according to their husbands. The level at which the head wives were given titles depended on the official's own rank.

From low to high, they are ninth-grade Ruren, eighth-grade Ruren, Ruren, Anren, Yiren, Gongren, Shuren, madam, and first-grade Madam.

Then above the first-class wives, there are third-class ones, which belong to the super-class, corresponding to the title of Duke Gonghou.

The official wife of a country's duke is generally canonized as the wife of a certain country.

The head wife of a marquis is usually given the title of Madam in Charge.

As for the count's first wife, she was canonized as Mrs. Uncle.

Since Yang Zhen was granted the title of Jin Haibo, his wife Qiu was also canonized as Mrs. Jin Haibo by Emperor Chongzhen in accordance with the usual practice.

While Yang Zhen was still rushing back in the wind and snow on the grassland, the imperial edict of canonization had already arrived.

The fact that Yang Zhen was granted the title of Jin Haibo and Qiu Bihan was subsequently granted the title of Mrs. Jin Haibo has been made public.

When Qiu Bihan married Yang Zhen, she naturally didn't think about this, and she didn't even dare to expect it, but when this day came, she was still really happy.

According to the etiquette system of the Ming Dynasty, although the status of the stepmother is undoubtedly the same as that of the head wife, after all, the first head wife is not the married wife.

Of course, this doesn't matter in an ordinary family, but in a prince's family with strict etiquette, there is a lot to say.

Qiu Bihan didn't care about these things before, but after becoming pregnant, things changed. She could not care about herself, but could she not care about her child's future status?

This time, she followed Yang Zhen and was officially named Mrs. Jin Haibo. Even if her status was clear, her worries after pregnancy were all but gone.

Yang Zhen returned to the inner courtyard, took a bath, and finally no longer felt so wet. Next, he wanted to talk to his wife in a gentle and gentle way, but other things soon followed.

When Yang Zhen returned to Songshan City, there were already two groups of imperial envoys from the capital waiting for him in Songshan City.

The first batch was an imperial envoy team that came to Liaodong to convey Emperor Chongzhen's will. They were led by Lu Zhide, one of the eunuchs whom Yang Zhen was familiar with.

When Yang Zhen was named Jin Haibo, Zu Dashou was also named Jinyi Bo, and Shen Zhixiang was named Xiangping Bo.

Yang Zhen was in the capital at that time, and the secretary of the cabinet drafted the canonization edict. Emperor Chongzhen Zhu approved it, and the Supervisor of Rites used his seal. Then the secretary of the cabinet went directly to the capital camp where Yang Zhen was located to read the imperial edict.

However, to reward Zu Dashou, Shen Zhixiang, and Yang Zhen's meritorious officers, it was necessary to send an imperial envoy to Liaodong.

Of course, in name it is a reward, but in fact it is only a reward, not a reward, not even a penny.

However, Yang Zhen had already seen this clearly and didn't have any hope at all.

Besides, after returning from Zhangjiakou this time, Yang Zhen was already rich in money in a short period of time.

As for Zu Dashou and Shen Zhixiang, they were awarded the title of Spyker simply because they took advantage of Yang Zhen and took advantage of Yang Zhen. Of course, there was no reason to pick and choose.

This is indeed the case. Lu Zhide's edict-delivery team received a warm welcome and warm hospitality after arriving in Jinzhou City. Zu Dashou showed unusual joy and enthusiasm for the fact that Emperor Chongzhen named him Jin Yibo.

Be grateful.

After Lu Zhide conveyed his decree in Jinzhou City, Zu Dashou left him and his followers to stay in Jinzhou for more than half a month, and then gave him generous gifts and mobilized troops to escort him back to Songshan City to wait for Yang Zhen.

Moreover, during Lu Zhide's stay in Jinzhou City, Zu Dashou treated him to a small banquet every three days and a big banquet every five days. He sent his close associates to the place where he stayed to pay their respects day and night.

The hospitality of Zu Dashou and his generals greatly changed the impression of Lu Zhide and the imperial envoys on Zu Dashou himself and the Liaodong Army under his command. Everyone praised him for his loyalty to the country and his conscientiousness.

That afternoon, when Lu Zhide was at Yang Chao's entrance, he heard that Yang Zhen had returned to the city. He immediately rushed to the General Military Mansion and asked Yang Zhen to summon the generals to listen to his orders.

Yang Zhen and Lu Zhide were already familiar with each other. While waiting for the generals to arrive for orders, Yang Zhen asked about Lu Zhide's trip to Jinzhou.

Lu Zhide then recounted his trip to Jinzhou, and then said: "Jinzhou and his party have really made our family feel sad that the rumors are not credible. They all say that Commander-in-Chief Zu is arrogant and domineering, and that the Liaodong Army has no king's laws, but when we come here personally,

Only when you are in the city and see his troops in person will you know that the rumors are exaggerated."

Lu Zhide said it again and again, and sighed with emotion every time.

Seeing what he said, Yang Zhen felt funny on the one hand, but on the other hand he was moved, wondering if Zu Dashou had any new ideas.

Over the years, Zu Dashou has always been in two different situations. He neither wants to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and fight head-on with the Qing Dynasty at all costs, nor does he want to surrender to the Qing Dynasty in spite of the infamy when the situation is not yet clear enough.

Yang Zhen thought he had grasped Zu Dashou's mentality.

For this reason, Yang Zhen has been trying his best to win over Zu Dashou.

Yang Zhen knew that he could not do it if his ancestors lived long lives and were loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but at the same time he did not force it.

But one thing is that Yang Zhen hopes to find a way to calm down Zu Dashou's intention to surrender to the Manchu Qing and slow down the process of surrendering to the Manchu Qing. At least he will not join forces with the Manchu Tatars to deceive the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Zhen believes that as long as all conditions are met, it is entirely possible to achieve this goal.

The first condition is to fight several victorious battles in western Liaoning to convince Zu Dashou and his subordinates that the Manchu Tatars are not invincible or invincible.

Let them know that the so-called Jurchens are less than ten thousand and invincible, which is completely nonsense spread through false rumors.

Yang Zhen has now achieved this condition.

Secondly, the tense relationship between the imperial court and Zu Dashou must be eased, and Zu Dashou should not be pushed to the side of the Manchu Tatars.

This time, the reason why Yang Zhen agreed with Hong Chengchou's proposal to ask for a knighthood for Zu Dashou and did not say whether the victory of Zu Dashou's soldiers and horses in breaking the camp was true or false was due to this consideration.

Fortunately, Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to see Zu Dashou break up with the court, so although he felt unhappy, he finally agreed to knight Zu Dashou.

In addition, Yang Zhen is about to lead his troops to move to the Liaonan Peninsula, and the situation in western Liaoning that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers will be alleviated immediately.

In this way, the relationship between the imperial court and Zu Dashou will be greatly eased by the occurrence of these two incidents.

Of course, it would be a bit too optimistic to say that with only these conditions, Zu Dashou would change the behavior of his family and his soldiers who were treading two boats.

In order for them to change their minds, it is necessary for Yang Zhen to be able to gain a firm foothold after moving to defend the Tatar rear, and to be able to establish himself for a long time. It is best to win a few more battles to see if he can win.

In the final analysis, only if Zu Dashou and his generals see that the rise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been curbed, and that it is impossible for the Manchu Tatars to enter the country and take over the Ming Dynasty, will they finally change their minds.

Based on this, Yang Zhen just smiled in agreement and said nothing more about what Lu Zhide said about Zu Dashou and the Jinzhou generals.

Yang Zhen chatted with Lu Zhide for a while, and all the generals who were left behind in Songshan rushed to the lobby in the front yard of the Songshan General Military Mansion.

Yang Chaojin, Xia Chengde, Lu Pinqi, Zu Keyong, Zhang Chen, Xu Changyong, and several major figures and generals inside and outside Songshan City were all present.

Yang Zhen has now been awarded the title of Jin Haibo, and will soon leave for Lushun Jinzhou and other places across the sea from Zhenliao. So what will they do next? Who can take the next step and be promoted to the general soldier? Furthermore, let's talk about it further.

, who can replace Yang Zhen and take charge of the Songshan General Military Mansion?

During this period of time, the imperial court sent batches of imperial officials to Liaodong, and the situation outside Songshan City changed one after another.

In just over a month, first the governor of Liaodong, Fang Yizao, was dismissed, then Governor Hong Chengchou led his troops out of the border, stationed and took over Ningyuan, and then Zu Dashugong was granted the title of Jin Yibo, which dazzled the people in Songshan City.

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At the same time, although the imperial decree directed at the generals of Songshan City had not been conveyed in public because Yang Zhen had been absent, various gossips had already spread all over the sky.

In Songshan City now, it would be a bit too much to say that people are panic-stricken, but it is true to say that people are restless.
Chapter completed!