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Chapter 302 Blocking Zhang Xianzhong's Last Eye by the Way ([-]-character Chapter)

After dealing with the problem of shirking responsibility for the current situation in Sichuan, Zhu Shuren and Fang Kongxuan can fully unleash their fists and repaint on a piece of white paper that is waiting to be done, and describe the country of the Ming Dynasty.

The reopening of the sun and the moon is not a warm treat for dinner.Even if you are treating guests to dinner, you have to clean up the house before you treat them!Zhu Shuren would never recite the old bad debts left over from history.

In addition, to be honest, Zhang Xianzhong's entry into Sichuan can be regarded as a violent vent of the contradictions accumulated in Sichuan for hundreds of years. At least the problem of wealth polarization around the Chengdu Plain disappeared overnight--the vassal king, the powerful People, officials, and landlords were all massacred, so where is the divide between the rich and the poor?

Although all this is not the result of Zhu Shuren's connivance, he has tried his best to pursue it as quickly as possible, but no matter what, these tragedies finally happened objectively.

After Zhang Xianzhong is killed, order will be restored, and the social conflicts that have been vented will ensure at least another hundred years of peace in the future.From this point of view, the ultimate beneficiaries of all this are Zhu Shuren and his group.

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Fang Kongxuan, Zhang Huangyan and others rested in Chongqing for two or three days, so that the slightly wounded in the previous Chongqing siege could almost recover from their flesh wounds, and then the troops resumed their march westward. flow up.

As for the exhausted troops and the seriously wounded, of course they stayed in Chongqing to garrison, and the various ministries rotated according to the loss.

Zhu Shuren is still the governor of Huguang so far, and the authorization he received before was only to fight as far as Chongqing, so as to gain a heavyweight foothold for Fang Kongxuan and Zhang Huangyan in eastern Sichuan.In theory, the follow-up work of doing everything possible needs to be done by the governor of Sichuan and the Sichuan Bingbei Road.

This is also helpless, who made Chongzhen really feel that Zhu Shuren's loyalty is slightly inferior to that of Sun Chuanting's absolutely loyal diehard, which is a bit suspicious.

In order to beware of the fact that the big officials in the borderlands will not lose the separatist regime, they can only play this little trick of the emperor.

On the day of the second expedition, Zhu Shuren went out of the city to see him off in person, followed the large army for a whole day, and returned to the city in the evening, and sent them to Jiangjin County, [-] miles away.

Before parting, Zhang Huangyan also advised him to go back early: "Don't worry, General Liu and General Qin will follow me and Fang Futai respectively, and they will surely succeed in no time. There are still many things to do in Chongqing. , It’s useless to send it again.”

Zhu Shuren nodded: "Be careful along the way, although you and General Liu need to take a more detour, but I am still relatively more worried about the way between Fang Futai and Qin Zongzhen.

After all, if you go on the Minjiang River, there are still relatively large naval warships available. Even if Zhang Xianzhong takes the initiative to fight sports warfare, he can't help you. If he can't fight, he can retreat along the river.

The soldiers along the road between Fangfutai and Qin Zongzhen can hardly rely on the navy. If Zhang Xianzhong knows that our various departments are attacking together, outflanking and cutting off his back, so he dares to stay away from Chengdu and fight with the officers and troops in a field, seeking to defeat them individually, then Fang Futai and Qin Zongzhen may not be able to defeat Zhang Xianzhong.

Of course, if Zhang Xianzhong really did this, I think he would be able to jump over the wall in a hurry and drag his back before he died.If you want to go back to Chengdu, I'm afraid it will be difficult, maybe it will be too late.If you and General Liu cut off their way back, they may also avenge Fang Futai Qin Zongzhen in the follow-up field battle——

But I still don't want this to happen, what I want is to keep the whole division of our army, neither of the two groups of people can be hit hard, so kill Zhang Xianzhong!Therefore, contact each other in time and help each other. "

Zhang Huangyan patted his chest to express his attention. On the way to the subsequent battle, he would send fast horse messengers to contact Fang Kongxuan and Qin Liangyu every one or two days, so that no loopholes would be left.

The strategic exchange between him and Zhu Shuren may be confusing to ordinary people, but this is mainly because they don't understand the tactical background, and they don't understand the whole story of their closed-door military discussion in Chongqing a few days ago.

According to the conclusion of the military discussion before the war, the troops dispatched this time were divided into two groups. In the initial stage, they were combined into one. Before Chongqing and Luzhou, they all acted together and went up against the Yangtze River.

Luzhou is currently still under the control of Zhang Xianzhong, but according to the latest information, Zhang Xianzhong did not leave many troops for defense. Zhang Xianzhong clearly knew before that that his most important task was to concentrate his forces to win Chengdu.If he hadn't been so greedy at the beginning and wanted to block the government reinforcements from the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, he wouldn't even have so many soldiers at Bai Wenxuan's place.

Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong would naturally not stay in a place like Luzhou that could be bypassed. If he stayed, he would be defeated one by one, which would in vain damage his combat power.

When Zhu Shuren was planning, although Luzhou still belonged to the enemy, both he and Zhang Huangyan had already tacitly agreed that the place belonged to the government and the army, and it was within easy reach.

After arriving in Luzhou, according to the plan, the army will start to divide the troops.
Fang Kongxuan, Qin Liangyu, and Fang Guoan will transfer from Luzhou to Luoshui, go upstream through Neijiang, Ziyang, and Jianzhou, and finally attack Chengdu.

(Note: Jianzhou is now Jianyang County, Chengdu, and now Chengdu’s new airport has been built in Jianyang, so that place is not far from ancient Chengdu.)
Because Luoshui is relatively narrow and has many shallows, large warships cannot be used on this road. The reason why they have to march along the river is mainly for the convenience of transporting food, and the combat troops mainly advance on foot.

On the other side, Zhang Huangyan and Liu Guoneng, including Yuan Shizhong, who was newly recruited under Liu Guoneng's command, and the direct line cavalry troops sent by Zhu Shuren, after arriving in Luzhou, continued to go up the Yangtze River until they reached the vicinity of Yibin.

Turn from the Yangtze River to the Minjiang River, and then go through Qianwei, Leshan, and Meishan all the way until Dujiangyan in Qingcheng Mountain, copying Zhang Xianzhong's back road.Their purpose was to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from continuing to flee after he couldn't defend Chengdu.

Because the water volume of the Minjiang River is far more abundant than that of the Luo River, large warships can be sailed along this route, and the safety of the troops is also more assured.Even if Zhang Xianzhong wanted to attack after discovering this group of people and directly relied on the navy to retreat, Zhang Xianzhong was helpless.

Just pay attention to the vicinity of the Leshan Giant Buddha, the intersection of the Dadu River and the Minjiang River, and don't be swept away by the undercurrent vortex.But in fact, since the Tang Dynasty built water conservancy near the Leshan Giant Buddha, the water conditions at the confluence of the Dadu River and the Minjiang River are far less dangerous than before the Tang Dynasty. With the Shen family's navigation skills, it is completely drizzle.

The simplest shorthand method is that the two roads will turn north when they arrive at Luzhou Laojiao, continue straight on the other road, and turn north when they reach Wuliangye.

Let me make another digression. Since ancient times, when Bashu was attacked from the land of Jingchu, it was basically the same way after entering Sichuan. During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei was blocked near Luocheng, and after Pang Tong was shot and killed by Liu Zhang's army, Liu Bei had to wait on the front line of Luocheng. aid.

Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun took the southern line of the Minjiang River to outflank and enter Sichuan, and Zhang Fei's land troops took the northern line, and finally joined forces at Luocheng, the gateway to Chengdu.

Therefore, Zhu Shuren, Zhang Huangyan, and Fang Kongxuan didn't have any creativity in choosing the route in this way. They just copied the answer from the most mature and safe plan of the ancients.

Qin Liangyu and Fang Guoan followed the path of Zhang Fei, while Liu Guoneng, Zhu Wenzhen, and Yuan Shizhong followed the path of Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun.

Qin Liangyu's and Fang Guoan's routes required a certain amount of security to prevent them from being defeated, while Liu Guoneng and Zhu Wenzhen's route was as safe as Mount Tai, and they could absolutely guarantee that they could advance and retreat freely.

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With a strict battle plan, and the troops strictly implemented it, Zhu Shuren naturally didn't need to worry about the follow-up battle.

In the next few days, until the Lantern Festival, he went to Chongqing to appease the people and restore order and production.

Although the Sichuan area was partly slaughtered, at least the eastern Sichuan area resumed the government's rule in the first month, and there was still half a month to take a breather, which should not delay the spring plowing.

It’s just that too many bureaucrats, landlords and rich households have been killed, and a lot of land has become unclaimed, so the work of reconfirming the land rights will be a bit more arduous for the new government. It is necessary to promptly go door-to-door in each county to inform whether they have been killed. Landlord of the whole family, come back to claim their land.

As long as there is an heir, Zhu Shuren will not be too ugly to eat and distribute all the land to the poor peasants - most of the rich people have been killed by Zhang Xianzhong, and they all choose the richest ones first, so even if there are survivors , most likely only a little bit of money.

At this time, it is more important to resume production as soon as possible and restore social order, so the land of landlords who still have heirs can also be reassured as soon as possible, so that everyone can produce with peace of mind.

Bureaucratic comprador capital can be confiscated directly, but national capital should be "redeemed" slowly. Anyone who understands the principle of controlling people's hearts understands it.

In addition, taking advantage of more than half a month before spring plowing, Zhu Shuren will also organize the transportation capacity of Huguang in the rear, and then try to transport as many potatoes as possible for promotion in Sichuan, at least in eastern Sichuan or Badi. .

West Sichuan and the Chengdu Plain, this year is a dead end. Even if Zhang Xianzhong is wiped out, it must be after the end of the spring plowing.Agricultural production in the Chengdu Plain can only follow the old traditional production model.

Fortunately, Sichuan is hot and humid, and it is a southern climate. Originally, double-cropping rice was planted, and winter wheat could not be planted in winter, and corn could be planted after wheat harvest.

Therefore, corn does not need to be promoted to Sichuan for the time being. The only new staple crop that Zhu Shuren needs to worry about is potatoes.

Unless the Hanzhong Basin is won in the future, the climate in Hanzhong is a bit close to Guanzhong, and there is a certain area for wheat cultivation. In the future, winter wheat can be planted in winter, and corn can be planted in early summer after harvest.

Zhu Shuren felt a little regretful about promoting potatoes throughout Sichuan before the 16th year of Chongzhen, but after a few days of on-the-spot investigation and some surviving local grassroots officials in Sichuan for in-depth investigation and understanding, Zhu Shuren was relieved it's -

Among Sichuan's agricultural areas, mountainous agriculture is mainly distributed in eastern Sichuan, or Badi, which is around Chongqing.The west side of Chengdu is surrounded by plains, which are flat and low-lying paddy fields. It would be a waste to grow potatoes.

The greater value of potatoes lies in making full use of the fragmented, rugged and rotten land at the corners, so the three or four prefectures around Chongqing, including Chongqing, Kuizhou, Tongchuan, Shunqing, and a small part of Luzhou prefecture, can use the If the land suitable for planting potatoes is fully utilized, it is already very good.

Zhu Shuren stayed in the surrounding areas of Chongqing, set up households for the people, confirmed land rights, organized production, and did nothing else. It took a month or so—don’t be too slow, people who have done grassroots civil affairs work Knowing that there are thousands of threads here, none of them is easy, and it is considered very fast to sort out one in a month.

On the other hand, during this period of time, there was really nothing for him to worry about in front-line military affairs, and everything was still proceeding step by step.

From Chongqing to Chengdu, the actual marching distance is about [-] miles. This is still the Luoshui road. If it is the Minjiang road, it will only be slower because of the long detour.

It is impossible to search and advance in enemy-occupied areas and advance while occupying them. The speed of fifty miles per day is impossible. In some prefectures and counties, there are small groups of Zhang Xianzhong's left-behind troops to solve. It can last for a few days.

The army set off on the twelfth day of the first lunar month, and arrived at Luzhou Mansion five days later, where they fought with Zhang Xianzhong's small force for three or four days. It was already the 21st when they took the city, and most of the time wasted in waiting and assembling Siege equipment, construction of necessary siege fortifications and camps.

After taking Luzhou, the two groups of troops had to make some adjustments before actually dividing their forces, and it was already 24 hours before they set off again.

Anyway, Chengdu has already been ravaged by Zhang Xianzhong, so don't rush for time at this time, the most important thing is to play steadily.

Fang Kongxuan and Qin Liangyu, Fang Guoan, arrived in Neijiang on the 28th, and had another small battle. They continued to go north on the first day of February, and arrived in Ziyang on the fifth day.

Later, because they were getting closer to Zhang Xianzhong's core main force station, they had to be more cautious, advance slower, and send elite cavalry scouts farther to detect the enemy's reaction, and wait for Zhang Huangyan's side by the way.

Zhang Huangyan arrived in Yibin at the end of the first lunar month, and it was also a small battle. It took several days and took a short rest before heading north again on the sixth day of February.

It was also in Leshan that Zhang Huangyan and Liu Guoneng met for the first time Zhang Xianzhong's army divided up to resist and defend against danger. It was Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son Kewang himself who came to Leshan with tens of thousands of thieves, relying on the Minjiang River. And the Dadu River natural danger, trying to cut off the hub node that the official army waterway army will rely on in the future.

Zhang Huangyan was also a little surprised when he learned of this situation, because it was completely inconsistent with the expectations before the war. In the military meeting before the war, the two sides repeatedly deduced and discussed. , There is a high probability that the siege will be carried out in Chengdu in the end.

Even if Zhang Xianzhong wants to fight in the field, he should fight with Qin Liangyu and the Ministry of National Security in the shallow and narrow plains and rivers, and try to defeat all of them first.How could they bother Zhang Huangyan, who marched along the Minjiang River, who could advance, attack, retreat, or defend?

Zhang Huangyan has a bunch of excellent warships, even if he can't beat them, if he runs directly along the Minjiang River, he will definitely be able to escape.How could Zhang Xianzhong disperse his forces and send out such a large main force to carry out a chasing and annihilating battle that is impossible to catch up with?

To use a popular analogy, this is even more unreasonable than Napoleon sending Grouchy to pursue Blücher before the Battle of Waterloo.

Napoleon sent Grouchy to divide his troops, at least he had a chance to catch up with Blücher and defeat each of them first, and finally rushed back before the decisive battle, and joined forces with Napoleon himself to deal with Wellington.

Zhang Xianzhong sent Sun Kewang to divide his troops to Leshan. At most, he was slow and blocked, preventing Zhang Huangyan from advancing, but he would never be able to defeat Zhang Huangyan.

At most, Sun Kewang and Zhang Huangyan couldn't make it to the decisive battle between Zhang Xianzhong and Qin Liangyu Fang Guoan in the end. Both sides had a main force transferred away and couldn't participate in the decisive battle. Zhang Xianzhong didn't make money either!

After Zhang Huangyan realized that something was wrong, he immediately sent a fast horse messenger to Ziyang to contact Fang Kongxuan, Qin Liangyu and Fang Guoan, telling them to be careful and not to advance too quickly.

At the same time, they immediately sent a fast boat back down the river, along the Minjiang River, back to Chongqing, and reported the situation to Zhu Shuren.

Because it was going downstream, the mountainous river was rushing fast, but this time it arrived very quickly. On February [-]th, Zhu Shuren in Chongqing learned of this situation.

At first he was quite puzzled, but fortunately he knew the history. Although the historical events had been changed beyond recognition, at least he still knew the endowment and disposition of all the big figures in the late Ming Dynasty.

Things may change, but people's endowments, ambitions, and temperaments are hard to change.

Hearing that Sun Kewang invited his troops to go south to intercept him, Zhu Shuren thought about it a little bit, and after eliminating all unreasonable explanations, the last remaining explanation, no matter whether it seems unreasonable or not at first glance, is probably the truth.

However, Zhu Shuren couldn't say it clearly.

Fortunately, it was a coincidence that when Zhang Huangyan and Fang Kongxuan reported the situation on the front line, the prince who supervised the army had not yet been to Beijing, and had been staying in Chongqing, observing the performance of Zhu Shuren and others.

Originally, Eunuch Wang had promised to leave before the end of January. He also saw that Zhang Huangyan and Fang Kongxuan were in a hurry to advance to a prefecture every few days in the first half of the month. Get the news of Zhang Xianzhong's award and the restoration of Chengdu as soon as possible, so that you can go back and report the good news to Chongzhen.

Now that Zhang Huangyan's advance was blocked by Sun Kewang, Wang Gonggong also realized that he could not wait for the good news, and Zhu Shuren also explained to him that he would not wait for the result of the war within a month, but he already had a plan to ensure that Capture and kill Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan.

He told the prince his own analysis, half-truth and half-truth: "Elder-in-law, this official has already done it. This Sun Kewang may have shaken his loyalty to Zhang Xianzhong. Fly escape idea.

He asked himself to divide his troops to go south to block Leshan. Even if our army bypassed him, he could still stay in Leshan on the ground of disturbing the grain road.If the troops of Zhang Huangyan and Liu Guoneng subsequently change their forward route, abandon the Minjiang route, join forces with Fang Governor Qin Zongzhen, and advance to Chengdu by another route,
Sun Kewang could still refuse to return to Chengdu to rescue Zhang Xianzhong on the grounds that "there may be fraud, and we must beware of false retreats by the officers and soldiers to lure the enemy".And Leshan, which Sun Kewang refused to defend, is also a key point in western Sichuan, where the Minjiang River and the Dadu River converge.Even if Zhang Xianzhong is completely wiped out in the end and the Minjiang River is blocked, Sun Kewang's partial teacher can still go to the Dadu River to escape. Although they are destined to go to wild places, it is better than being buried with Zhang Xianzhong. "

Wang Gonggong didn't know much about military strategy either. After hearing Zhu Shuren's analysis, he suddenly felt that it made sense. The only thing he couldn't believe was that people who worshiped someone as a righteous father in this era should not be so unfilial and betrayed their father.

But this worry was quickly dispelled by Zhu Shuren's explanation - Zhu Shuren quoted scriptures, how he has been seducing the adopted son of the bandit leader who has lost his sons and grandchildren for many years, killing his father to vote, and specifically cracking down on the ruling model of recognizing his adopted father and adopted son The brilliant achievements, counted down again.

Finally, he did not forget to introduce a guerrilla named Liu Sandao in the army to Wang Gonggong, and proudly told him that this Liu guerrilla was the Zhu Shuren who killed his adoptive father Liu Xiyao and voted for him.

Wang Gonggong saw that Zhu Shuren was so good at persuading people to kill his adoptive father, but he kept silent, so he didn't question him any more.

He still thought to himself: When he goes back to report these stories to his adoptive father Wang Chengen, he must omit them.

It is not allowed to say that the country's surname is dedicated to unfilial people.

After talking about Sun Kewang's possible moves, Eunuch Wang asked again: "But why did Guo Xingye tell our family about this matter? No matter what he thinks in his heart, he hasn't passed the clear road yet, and hasn't formally betrayed Zhang Xianzhong. When our family reports back to His Majesty, there is no need to mention Sun Kewang."

Zhu Shuren hastily said in a provocative tone: "Why don't you mention it? Soldiers are all about drawing inferences from one instance. Just think about it, my father-in-law. Since even Sun Kewang may have a different heart, shouldn't we be wary of other people under Zhang Xianzhong's command also showing their strength and leaving their own paths to escape?" Is it dangerous?

What His Majesty wants is not only to defeat Zhang Xianzhong, but also to eradicate the rest of the poison!That's why I spent so much thought on deploying two outflanking routes!If Zhang Xianzhong can share Sun Kewang's retreat route southwards and leave the Dadu River, is it possible that he can also go northward to Jiangyou and Jianmenguan to leave a retreat route to Hanzhong?
Although Guanzhong now has Sun Dushi in charge, blocking Hanzhong's way to go north to Guanzhong, and can ensure that "the land of Nanzheng is really a hell", but within a few months, Sun Chuanting and Li Zicheng may also have a battle.

If Li Zicheng and Sun Chuanting made a slight mistake during the fierce battle in Guanzhong, or if Zhang Xianzhong's partial division had already withdrawn to Hanzhong to wait for an opportunity, and gave the intruder a chance to join forces with Zhang Xianzhong, that would be the worst news in the world. ! "

When the prince heard this, he was also shocked. It seemed that this was the reason, so he couldn't help but ask: "What do you think should be done? Why did you only divide the troops into two groups to encircle them, and not divide them into three groups? Take Zhang Xianzhong The way to escape to the north is also blocked!"

Zhu Shuren shook his head: "We sent troops from Huguang into Sichuan, how can we block the way to the north of Chengdu Plain? Before Chengdu fell, I heard that the army in Mianzhu, Jiangyou, Jianmen and other places had already dispersed in advance, and those places were already in Zhangzhou. The hand of loyalty has been offered for a long time.

Therefore, in order to block Zhang Xianzhong's escape route to the north, the only way for Zhang Xianzhong to be prevented from going north is by sending another army from Shaanxi, which is under the control of Sun Dushi, to go south from Dasan Pass, pass through Yangping Pass, seize Hanzhong in advance, and block Yangping Pass. Hanzhong also completely blocked the possibility of breaking into Zhang Zhang's confluence.

Alas, it's not easy for Sun Dushi, and the Shaanxi soldiers must not be able to get out.I heard that since Li Zicheng was defeated by me in Kaifeng last winter, he returned to Luoyang and crossed the Yellow River north to eat the east of the river. Shanxi soldiers and horses cannot be restrained.

It would be great if the Shanxi army can enter the pass from Pubanjin, pass through Chencang to assist in the defense of Dasan Pass to Yangping Pass, and prevent the confluence of Zhang and Zhang.Of course, this is just my family's opinion, and my father-in-law should be careful when he goes back, so as not to be suspected by His Majesty of eunuchs interfering in military planning. In fact, this official is not good at talking about these extravagant matters. "

After Wang Gonggong heard it, he certainly felt that it made sense.Zhu Shuren has been fighting with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong for so long, his sense of smell must be very sensitive, and it is absolutely right to believe him!
As for Zhu Shuren, because of his sensitive identity, he regretted leaking his words, and felt that Zhu Shuren should not offer advice on this matter, for fear of being suspected by Chongzhen...

This matter is very easy to handle. After Wang Gonggong returns to Beijing, he can find someone to sell this favor, saying that someone else thought of it. He can even dedicate the plan to his adoptive father Wang Chengen first, and let Wang Chengen do this favor. Anyway As long as Wang Chengen knows in private that this adopted son is very filial, it will be fine. In the future, when Wang Chengen gets old and helps him to be a supervisor of ceremonies, he will already burn incense, and it is useless for him to take favors from foreign courts now.

Although Wang Gonggong doesn't know much about military strategy, he still knows the personnel affairs in the court, and he also knows the names of the generals in various places.

He finally thought about it in his mind and remembered that Cao Bianjiao, the chief soldier of Taiyuan, had just been asked to go south in the past few months to stop Li Zicheng who was eating in the east of the river, and beware of him going north to Taiyuan.

Cao Bianjiao's recent days are also very difficult. Horqin Mongolian cavalry driven by the Tartars in the north of Yanmenguan pass, and Li Zicheng in the south has disrupted Hedong. I heard that Cao Bianjiao can't even pay his army in Taiyuan. After all, the tax sources from the south are all Gone.

It's better to let the righteous father persuade His Majesty to move Cao Bianjiao to Guanzhong in Hexi, and return it to Sun Chuanting for temporary dispatch, and then go to Chencang Dasan Pass to block Sun Chuanting's south wing, and in the future there will be an extra insurance to prevent Zhang Chuang from joining forces.

I heard that Cao Bianjiao was also a narrow escape. Last year, if Zhang Mingzhen, the commander of the Haidao, and Zheng Chenggong from the Nanjing household department crossed the sea to transport grain to the Liaodong Army in Shanhaiguan, and saved the Tashan Xingshan troops from retreating from the sea, Cao Bianjiao would have died in the sea. Tashan is gone.

As for Cao Bianjiao's transfer, if Li Zicheng felt that northern Shanxi was empty, and he didn't want to go back to Shaanxi and wanted to go north to Taiyuan and Datong, then the court would also be eager to let Li Zicheng go to fight with the Tartars in Kouguan. Li Zicheng didn't have the guts to think about it.

"Thank you, Lord Guoxing, for clarifying the confusion, so our family will know how to comfort His Majesty when we return to Beijing."

(End of this chapter)