Li Zicheng was raped on the spot by Ding Xiu for assassinating a court official.
This is not a joke, but a secret letter written by Guo Zhen and sent to the capital.
After Chongzhen received the secret letter, he ridiculed the ministers in the court.
He recently discovered an extremely interesting thing. Because he knew that these ministers had two minds, he would always think deeper when looking at their words and deeds.
It was this move that made Chongzhen realize that he could easily see through the little thoughts of these ministers. Their intrigues among themselves and their eagerness for imperial power were no longer secrets in front of him.
In this regard, Lu Xiao could only say that after knowing the answer, it would be easier to then push through the process.
Throughout the winter, the Zhongyong Guards had almost no rest. The bandits in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces were chased by them until they had no way to go to the sky or to the ground. They did not have the sufficient logistical supplements that the Zhongyong Guards did.
Lu Xiao killed countless Shanxi merchants and used their channels to obtain countless supplies from all over the south of the Yangtze River. He did not touch any of these things and left them all to Zhongyongwei for logistics.
It is precisely with this kind of sufficient logistics that the soldiers of the Zhongyong Guard can brave the wind and snow to chase and kill the bandits. The blood, the cold, and the killing make these soldiers become another kind of existence in this cold winter. In the true sense,
Killing machine.
There are very few voices in the court that refute Lu Xiao. Because they have discovered it long ago, and no matter what they say, they will stop him when they get to the emperor. The key is that now they dare not threaten Chongzhen.
In the past, several people threatened to resign and asked Chongzhen to punish the murderous king Lu Xiao. But Chongzhen just said calmly and agreed to resign. This directly brought the whole court to its knees.
The ministers in the court even planned to resign collectively and force the palace. But now Chongzhen has two intelligence agencies, Jinyiwei and Dongchang. Before these ministers started, all the plans were already known to Chongzhen.
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Chongzhen simply tried his best and won over a few of them. He easily divided the so-called alliance. Only then did he realize how powerful the power Tianqi had given him.
No matter how powerful the ministers below are, he is the emperor after all, and he already has the upper hand in terms of justice. As long as he uses a little bit of tactics, he can easily manipulate the ministers.
The current situation is that refugees are everywhere. But in the Shanxi and Shaanxi areas, there are no traces of the bandits anymore. Lu Xiao’s killing was really too ruthless. He neither accepted surrender nor took prisoners. Instead, he used a push-pull model.
Completely defeat the rogue bandits in the two provinces.
Gradually, messages about Lu Xiao appeared not only in the court, but also among the people. Those survivors who had seen the killings of Zhongyongwei spread such a theory.
Those people are not mortals, they are heavenly soldiers and generals in the sky. They don't love money or women, so they just chase the bandits and kill them. The leader, Lu Xiao, even has a killing star coming to the world.
Ordinary people, seeing his eyes, would become immobilized and watch helplessly as they were hacked to death by him. They even gave Lu Xiao a nickname, "Human Slaughter".
After Lu Xiao learned about this title, he just smiled. There was no special reaction. He had known that such a day would come. To be honest, this kind of title is not a good thing. In the officialdom in the future, it is not a plus point. But it is good.
Now Lu Xiao has no intention of really getting involved in Ming Dynasty officialdom.
"The current Zhongyong Guard has a total of fifteen thousand people. Among them are two thousand cavalry. All of them are carefully selected elite cavalry. There are two artillery battalions, each equipped with five hundred gunners. Three artillery battalions, a total of four thousand
Five hundred people. The rest are infantry battalions."
Lu Wenzhao sighed with emotion while telling Lu Xiao the details of the reserves in the military camp.
"In the Battle of Saarhu back then, if there was such an army, how could it have been defeated so miserably!"
"Don't think about it, you don't want to think about it. How much money did we spend to build this army? In more than a year, various money expenditures have exceeded 10 million taels. This is not worth the slightest.
10 million taels. If it were from other armies, it would probably only be a few hundred thousand taels in the hands of lower-level soldiers. Except for us, it would be impossible for the Ming Dynasty to train this kind of army again."
Lu Wenzhao's face darkened for a moment. He was not as open-minded as Lu Xiao. And as a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, he really wanted to see the Ming Dynasty get better. However, although a strong army like Zhongyongwei appeared, the birth of this army
, actually has nothing to do with the imperial court. This was all raised and trained by Lu Xiao himself. The Ming Dynasty is still the corrupt Ming Dynasty.
"Do we have enough reserves?" Lu Xiao interrupted his thoughts.
"Sir, it's enough for now, but if we want to go on the Northern Expedition, I'm afraid there's still a lot left to be desired."
"Then there's nothing we can do. Let's go back to Beijing."
"What do you mean, sir?"
"That's right, since we have no money, we have no choice but to kill pigs. Kill the fattest pig we have raised."
"Are you a little anxious? After all, this year's taxes haven't been confiscated yet?"
"It's too late. News came from the north and Huang Taiji couldn't bear it anymore. They are having a hard time. They can only choose to go south to plunder. I'm afraid they won't be able to wait for the summer harvest."
"Then I'll go get ready."
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Wei Zhongxian has become older. Since Chongzhen came to power, he has discovered a problem. He has lost his rights. Although he is still the eunuch in charge and the governor of the East Factory, he has lost his rights because Chongzhen no longer trusts him.
As a eunuch, I met a powerful emperor. His nine thousand years old turned into ninety years old overnight.
Wei Zhongxian knew that the reason why he was still alive was because the emperor needed him to collect taxes from Jiangnan. This was a job that offended all southern officials. It was dirtier than dirty work and could only be done by him, an eunuch.
But in the early spring of this year, he still felt something was wrong. Because he found that the emperor was becoming increasingly impatient with the officials in the court. Wei Zhongxian knew that when the emperor's patience reached its limit, he would no longer need him.
After all, keeping yourself is to give face to the officials of the Southern Department. It wasn't me who did it, it was all that eunuch.
When he saw Lu Xiao returning to Beijing from Dongchang's secret report, he became ten years older overnight. His disciples and disciples didn't know what happened. They thought Wei Zhongxian was sick and started shouting.
They wanted to find a doctor for him, but Wei Zhongxian just waved them away.
These idiots still don't know what happened. He is too lazy to pay attention to these rubbish.
A few days later, Lu Xiao's figure appeared at Wei Zhongxian's mansion.
