Chapter 107 Suspicion breeds dark ghosts

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In the cabinet, Yue Su looked at the brochure sent by Shanxi with a look of joy on his face and applauded repeatedly.

The imperial court began to use troops against the bandits in the third year of Chongjing, but never eliminated them. Even Hong Chengchou only drove the bandits away from Shaanxi. The bandit leader Wang Jiayin was still killed by Yue Su in Sichuan. Now in Taiyuan, although they have not been completely wiped out,

But he was also injured by the rogue bandits and the leader of the thirty-sixth battalion, Wang Ziyong, was eliminated.

The memorials acknowledging the victory were delivered one after another. How could Mr. Yue be unhappy? Even the Queen Mother Zhang was delighted. Especially the memorials sent today were for killing the bandit leader Wang Zi.

"Okay, this time the imperial court can finally calm down for a while. However, we must not be careless. These bandits are running east and west. They are really hateful. We must eliminate them all." After Yue Su said this, he glanced around the surrounding area.

The cabinet minister then said: "My lords, the remnants of the rogue bandits have now rushed into Zhili from Shanxi. Judging from their posture, they are planning to flee south into Henan. Henan is not under the jurisdiction of Yang Yishan and Wu Sinan. Their soldiers and horses are pursuing them from the French border.

Can be surrounded and suppressed by local soldiers and horses. This is very detrimental to the imperial court's all-out efforts to exterminate the bandits. I have the idea to appoint Yang Yishan as the governor-general of five provinces. The governor-general of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Sichuan, and Huguang will be able to attack from all sides.

The rogue bandits were all wiped out in one fell swoop. What do you think?"

"This..." The cabinet ministers looked at each other. Even the officials of the Yue Party did not dare to express their agreement, let alone the officials of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang, as well as the chief minister Han Xu.

The governor of the five provinces, this official is really big, and he can basically hand over half of the country to Yang Yishan. If there is a crisis, like when the White Lotus Sect and the Dragon Slayer Gang caused chaos, the emperor will step in and let Yue

It is easy to say that the governor of the five provinces should be appointed, but now that the bandits have been defeated and they have no strength anymore, it is a bit unreasonable to let Yang Yishan be the governor of the five provinces. Moreover, even if we agree to this matter, report

The Queen Mother, can she agree? This official position is no better than other official positions. Even if the cabinet vote is to be passed, the Queen Mother can definitely unite with the Chief of Ceremonies, otherwise this proposal will be made.

Although the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang are willing to work together with Yue Su to govern the country, they really dare not agree to Yue Su's proposal. Yue Party officials also have their own considerations. The Queen Mother has always been afraid of Lord Yue. Although it has relaxed a lot now, if

If you bring this up, will the Queen Mother become suspicious of Master Yue again?

Compared with other cabinet ministers, Han Xu was secretly happy. He now wished that everyone would agree to Yue Su's proposal. If the vote was really passed and submitted to the Queen Mother, how could the Queen Mother not be suspicious, especially after seeing

, not to mention that all the cabinet ministers sided with Yue Su. Of course, if the vote was really drawn up, Han Xu planned to abstain from voting.

When Yue Su saw that no one expressed his position, and his officials headed by Zhang Zhenggang also looked embarrassed, Yue Su immediately reacted and knew what was going on. He thought to himself: "Yes, if this proposal is sent to the Queen Mother,

How could she not doubt me? It seems that now, we can only strictly order the governor of Henan to suppress the bandits with all his strength."

He immediately smiled and said: "I just came up with this idea for a moment. Since all the gentlemen didn't say anything, I guess they disagreed, so that's okay. In this way, I ordered the governor of Henan, Zhang Wuxu, to use all his strength to exterminate the rogue bandits who entered Henan.

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"What the Lord said is absolutely true."...

Seeing that Yue Su did not mention Yang Yishan as governor of the five provinces again, the cabinet ministers all breathed a sigh of relief and smiled broadly.

Immediately afterwards, I heard Yue Su say: "For Taiyuan's great victory, the relevant officials need to be commended. Liu Ce, the governor of Shanxi, and Wu Rumeng, the prefect of Taiyuan, should be the first to contribute. In this way, I intend to promote Liu Ce to be the Minister of Rites, and Wu Rumeng to be the governor of Shanxi."

, and Liu Ce is allowed to petition and appoint Wang Ergou, who beheaded the king and presented his head to the court, as his deputy general. What do you think?"

Although the Minister of Rites does not have much power, becoming the Minister of Rites can lead him to join the cabinet. This position is, to put it bluntly, a springboard. The cabinet ministers could see clearly that Yue Su wanted to promote Liu Ce to the cabinet, and Liu Ce immediately made great achievements.

The cabinet ministers had nothing to say, and all expressed their approval. As for promoting Wu Rumeng to be the governor of Shanxi, it was just a trivial matter, so naturally they would not object. As for the one who killed the king and surrendered for his own use, he was only made a deputy general. For these senior officials in the central position,

As far as I'm concerned, it's a small thing among small things, so I won't object to it.

After the cabinet ministers expressed their approval, Yue Su continued: "There are many officials who have made meritorious services this time. Yang Yishan, even if he has made meritorious service, there is no need to increase the reward. For other officials, please discuss how to reward them."

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"Yes, sir."......

To put it bluntly, these officials can no longer be promoted. If they want to be promoted, they have to go to Beijing. But Mr. Yue obviously has no intention of letting them go to Beijing. Also, if they all go to Beijing to be officials, who will go to fight. So, also

Even if you give him an honorary title, that's all. As for the military generals who are already the commander-in-chief, they can only give them honorary titles. For example, they can be given the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army or Commander-in-Chief of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army. As for Lieutenant General, they can be given the title of Lieutenant-General.

, so-called giving a general soldier. In times of great chaos, a province does not need to follow the customization. There is only one general soldier in each province, and he will be awarded the title if he has merit. Just like in Liaodong, there are five or six general soldiers.

Zuo Liangyu, Wu JiaSheng, and Cao Wenzhao were all promoted to general soldiers.

After the reward list was drawn up, everything that should be handed over to the Supervisor of Ceremonies was handed over to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. It seemed that everything had passed just like that, but Yue Su's proposal, which was not approved by everyone, was passed on unknowingly.

To Cining Palace.

No one knew who spread the news. But that day, the maids serving Zhang Yan noticed something was wrong with the Queen Mother's expression.

"Yang Yishan first went to be the governor of the three provinces, and then Yue Su asked Mao You to see Tianjin to be the commander-in-chief of the navy, and then he wanted Yang Yishan to be the governor of the five provinces. There is also Wu Sinan, who is now the governor of Xuanda. Co-authored

, the people leading the troops around my city of Beijing are all his Yue Su people, what does he mean? Could it be that I made a mistake again..."

Zhang Yan was thinking about this in her heart, but did not mention it to anyone. For several days, she was thinking about this matter in her mind. Her face was always solemn. The maids and eunuchs around her were all on tenterhooks and cautious, for fear of someone.

He was careless and offended the Queen Mother.

Not long after the Taiyuan War, it was autumn, and many bandits also rushed into Henan. After entering Henan, they originally wanted to rob, but they had no food on them, so they had to eat anyway.

But they didn't expect that after they entered Henan, they discovered that there was nothing to rob here. There was a severe drought this year, and the people didn't receive much food at all. The land beside the Yellow River was fertile, and the food they harvested was also eaten.

Finished.

In the Henan area, there are many people who don't have enough food to eat, and they can't even keep up with the rogue bandits.

After Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and other bandits separated and fled for their lives, they never reunited. They all worked on their own affairs and went their own way. Not to mention others, just talking about Li Zicheng, he currently has at least a hundred people, but he is not the main wanted target.

, and most of them had horses, so they encountered too much resistance. Fleeing all the way into Henan, he soon discovered that the people here had no food to eat. So, according to the strategy formulated by Li Yan, he killed the rich in the name of the rebels.

Benefit the people and win people's hearts.

Of course, Li Zicheng did not dare to go to Luoyang or Kaifeng. They were important towns and the imperial troops were very fast. With the few people on hand now, there was no way he could afford food and accommodation. So, he went to the place where Shaanxi and Henan meet.

We did not attack the county town on the way, but only walked through the towns. If we saw rich households and bullies there, we would directly exterminate the families, robbed the property and food, took away most of it, and distributed a small part to the people. If any of the people were willing to join the "rebels",

He accepted everything according to the order.

Not many people defected to him at first, but because of one incident, Li Zicheng completely turned over.

Whenever Li Zicheng attacked the local tyrants and distributed the food, local officers and soldiers would come and kill good people for credit. Wherever he went, many innocent people were killed by the government and were accused of being bandits. Li Zicheng just took advantage of it.

At this point, looking back, we first sent people to sneak into the county town, and then cooperated with the inside and outside to break the city, killed the officials, and seized the official warehouses, and logically launched the banner of "suppressing the troops and calming the people."

For a time, Li Zicheng's momentum was great, and the people rushed to defect, and soon there were tens of thousands of people. On this day, Li Zicheng came to Lushi County, and before he could attack the county seat, the city gate was opened, and hundreds of people

They swarmed out, shouting the slogan "Open the city gate to welcome King Chuang. King Chuang will not pay for his food when he comes."

This was the first time that Li Zicheng had captured the city without a fight. At this moment, he was extremely excited. His troops had finally become recognized as rebels.

After entering the city, a man quickly came to join him. According to the people, this man was the man who led everyone to kill the county magistrate and open the city to welcome King Chuang. After hearing this, Li Zicheng hurriedly met him in person. This man's name was

Bull Venus.

Niu Jinxing was originally a civil servant, and he was very talented. He was well versed in astronomy and geography, Sun and Wu's art of war. As an intellectual, Niu Jinxing had no worries about food and drink. He had fields in his hometown and opened a school to teach apprentices. It can be said that he had plenty of food and clothing. He didn't want to live in a single day.

He offended a big family in the countryside and was falsely accused of seizing eighteen women. He was demoted and assigned to the Lu family to serve as an errand. Because he was born in Juren, they arranged a job for him to copy and write. After a long time, he was able to get out without any problems.

Walking around. In this way, he got to know a lot of people here. He even helped people write letters, name their newborn children, etc. for free, so he was very popular.

This time when Li Zicheng called, he took the opportunity to contact the people, killed the county magistrate of the city, opened the city gates, and welcomed the rebels.

After some conversation, Li Zicheng had a good conversation with Niu Jinxing. He thought he was very talented and accepted him as a military advisor. With the assistance of Li Yan and Niu Jinxing, Li Zicheng was like a fish in water, attracting people's hearts and consolidating his power, and his troops became more and more powerful.

The more.

Today is Xiaoyi's birthday. Xiaoyi doesn't have time to write during the day, so he will try to write more at night and have a small burst.
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