"What did you say? Xuanmo, the governor of Henan, sent someone to redeem Tang Wang Zhu Yujian?" Pei Xiaoer looked at Qiao Chun on the side in surprise.

"Exactly, the envoy sent by Xuanmo has arrived in Nanyang City and is now under the control of our army." Qiao Chun also looked a little surprised, but still reported the truth.

"Interesting, interesting." Pei Xiaoer exclaimed. He originally thought that since Tang Wang Zhu Yujian had been captured, he had lost his value. After all, the adults in the court were notoriously hard-line at this time. Who would have the slightest clue?

If you are weak, you will be sprayed all over by the censor immediately. Over time, these adults will have no other reaction except being tough.

"Bring him here, I want to meet this official who dares to liaise with bandits." Pei Xiaoer said with a smile.

After a while, a scribe who was obviously disguised was brought to Pei Xiaoer.

"I've seen the general." The scribe came to Pei Xiaoer and bowed in salute. The whole process was like flowing clouds and water, and he looked extremely cool.

"What, what do you adults have to say to me, a rogue? Is it possible that you adults also feel that the court is harsh and cruel, and want to join my rebel army and join in the rebellion?" Pei Xiaoer said with a smile.

"The general is joking," the scribe said openly, "My lord has sent me here to bring back the Tang Dynasty King Zhu Yujian. I would like to ask the general for permission."

"Oh?" Pei Xiaoer frowned slightly and said dissatisfied, "Don't the envoy know that I have sent your Prince Tang to meet his father? Why do you still come here to ask for it? Come on, I'll do it right now

Send someone to dig him out of the ground and hand him over to you so you can take him away."

The scribe also smiled and said: "General, please don't joke with me. If I were not sure that King Tang was still alive, the governor would not have sent me here." After saying this, the scribe ignored Pei Xiaoer's frown and continued.

He said: "Since Nanyang is already in the hands of the general, the king of Tang is obviously no longer of use to the general. Why not let me take it back, so as to save the general some food and grass."

Hahaha, Pei Xiaoer laughed, waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, I have enough food and grass now, I can still afford to raise another Tang King."

"General, the King of Tang who is left behind is like a useless person to the general and has no use at all. General, why don't you exchange this person for some money, food and materials, or in exchange for more money and food for the general's soldiers? I, the governor, are willing to provide these money, food and materials, just ask

The general can deliver the king of Tang to me."

"Oh? How much is Xuanmo willing to spend?" Pei Xiaoer suddenly felt that the Tang Dynasty King Zhu Yujian was really a rare commodity. I am afraid that he would need Zhu Yujian's help for the next part of his journey.

The scribe was secretly happy. As long as Pei Xiaoer opened his mouth to talk about the price, it meant that there was a possibility of releasing King Tang. The only thing left was the price. It can be said that his trip was already half successful. "My lord is willing to pay for a grain of rice."

Thousand stones and three thousand taels of silver."

"A thousand stones of grain and three thousand taels of silver, are you sending beggars away? There is really no sincerity," Pei Xiaoer snorted, "Forget it, since you have no sincerity in coming here, I don't want to talk nonsense with you.

, I won’t kill you either, you can go on your own. Someone, send this person out for me.”

At that time, two soldiers pinched the scribe on the left and right and dragged the scribe out. Before leaving, the scribe shouted to Pei Xiaoer: "General, if you think the price is too low, we can still

Talk, we can still talk..."

After the scribe was dragged out, Qiao Chun slowly walked out from behind the screen in the room and said, "General, it seems that this Xuanmo is determined to win the king of Tang."

"Hmph, he lost the Tang Dynasty. The court will definitely not let him go. Just wait, this person will come again." Pei Xiaoer said, looking at Qiao Chun aside, and said, "Wait until he comes again next time.

If you meet him, don't easily agree to his conditions, and don't let him

Frustrated, I delayed him with just one sentence, as far as possible. I guess that before getting the king of Tang, Xuanmo, the governor of Henan, would not act rashly. Taking this opportunity, my Pei family army can also repair a lot and regain its strength. You

Do you understand?"

"Yes, I understand." Qiao Chun smiled slightly and retreated silently.

In the next few days, the scribe asked to see him every day, but he never saw Pei Xiaoer again. All communication was with Qiao Chun. During this time, Pei Xiaoer was even busier, recruiting troops and training troops.

, repair weapons and armor, arrange the way to the west

Line, accept the report from the spies, and sort out all the information bit by bit. These were originally the work of the later staff department, but now there is no staff officer, and the only staff member Qiao Chun cannot escape at this time. He can only rely on Pei Xiaoer

Do it yourself.

On the other side, Xuanmo led an army to Ye County, which was only one step away from Nanyang Basin. However, as Pei Xiaoer expected, with the Tang King in hand, Xuanmo did not dare to step into Nanyang Mansion for fear of irritating him.

Pei Xiaoer, caused any mishap to the King of Tang.

Just when Nanyang was at a stalemate, the Forbidden City in the capital.

There is no airtight wall in the world, not to mention that this wall is full of holes. The news that Nanyang was breached and that Tang King Zhu Yujian was missing finally reached Emperor Chongzhen after more than 20 days of twists and turns.

in the ears.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had just received a report from Xuanmo, the governor of Kaifeng, Henan. He was strategizing in Kaifeng Mansion, commanding an army of tens of thousands, and defeated Li Zicheng's 200,000 thieves at the gates of Kaifeng City. Li Zicheng, who was known as the general, was defeated alone.

Escape.

In the Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen, who was only twenty-three years old but already had several strands of white hair on his head, held Xuan Mo's memorial and laughed. His laughter shook the whole Qianqing Palace, making the original solemn atmosphere of the Qianqing Palace suddenly change.

One loose.

It has been a long time since Chongzhen laughed so heartily. The last time he laughed so wildly was when he had just ascended the throne and eradicated the nine thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian. But since then, although he strictly followed the standards of a Confucian saint and required himself to be diligent, frugal and self-disciplined,

With a pure heart and few desires, he worked hard to govern and tried to recreate the glory of the Ming Dynasty. However, although he had reached the limit of his cognition, the situation in the world was still deteriorating.

Chongzhen couldn't understand why, why the common people didn't take care of themselves at home and insisted on killing officials and rebelling; why those generals refused to fight bravely, but were greedy for life and afraid of death, cowardly and afraid of war; why they built slaves outside the pass

, a mere 100,000 people can defeat the Ming army outside Guan, and they can only defend the city.

Why did those civil servants not want to be loyal to the emperor and protect the country, but instead they were greedy and tried their best to plunder what they could? Don't they know that the Ming Dynasty was dead and all the privileges given to them by the Ming Dynasty were gone?

Unable to figure out the frustration in his heart, Chongzhen's patience slowly disappeared. At first he was willing to give Yuan Chonghuan five years to pacify Liao, but now he no longer has such patience and is willing to wait for five years. Now he has become eager for quick success and only wants to

Look at the results rather than the process. At first, Yang He said that recruitment could quell the rebellion in Shaanxi, so Chongzhen sent him to recruit him. However, the surrendered bandits rebelled again. Chongzhen was dissatisfied, so he jailed Yang He and exiled him to Yuanzhou.

Hong Chengchou claimed to end the chaos with killing, but Chongzhen acquiesced. As a result, Hong Chengchou went on a killing spree in Shaanxi. Even those who had surrendered could not escape death. The people of Shaanxi called him the old thief Hong. As a result, after so many years, Shaanxi not only has not been calmed down

On the contrary, the more people he killed, the more rebels he killed. Now Chongzhen no longer believed in anyone but himself.

Now Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, is obviously a capable person. He was able to annihilate Li Zicheng's army of 200,000 in one fell swoop. This is really good. Such a person should be rewarded.

"My companion, what do you think I should reward this Xuanmo?" Chongzhen was so happy that he actually asked Wang Cheng'en, who was standing beside him.

Wang Cheng'en can be the eunuch who is responsible for the ceremony and Bingbi, and his IQ and EQ are naturally good. When he saw it, he immediately smiled and said: "Thunder and rain are all your kindness. No matter what you reward him, I think Lord Xuan will regard it as a treasure."

"Hahaha, you, you." Chongzhen pointed at Wang Chengen and laughed, but did not continue to ask.

At this moment, a young eunuch quietly walked in with a stack of memorials and silently placed the memorials on Chongzhen's desk.

Chongzhen looked at this pile of memorials and felt a little dizzy. Looking at these memorials these days made him want to vomit, but for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, he could only bite the bullet and read on, hoping to revive the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!