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Chapter 32: Arresting People (1)

The first thing Zhu Yousong wanted to arrest was not Ma Shiying and his son, nor Ruan Dacheng, Zhao Zhilong, Liu Kongzhao, etc., but Yue Qijie, the governor of Henan, and Xu Dingguo, the general of Suizhou, by the way.

Zhu Yousong wanted to start with Henan first. There were two considerations. One was to cut off Ma Shiying's retreat first.Because Yue Qijie, governor of Henan Province, is Ma Shiying's brother-in-law, let alone Xu Dingguo, the commander-in-chief of Suizhou, not to mention that he later killed Gao Jie and became a shameful traitor. They are all Ma Shiying's old subordinates. If there is a mistake in the strategy of starting from the beginning, Ma Shiying will go out of the capital and go to Henan, and there will be even more trouble.

The second is because Henan's geographical location is too important. Although most of Henan is still under the control of Li Zicheng, only a small part of Suizhou in the southeast (now Shangqiu area of ​​Henan Province) is left, but in Zhu Yousong's impression Among them, Li Zicheng's Dashun Army will be driven to Shaanxi by the Qing Tartars in less than a month, and the two sides will fight fiercely at Tongguan. In the future, this is a good opportunity to regain lost ground.

In history, Li Zicheng’s army was driven from Shaanxi to Hubei by the Qing army, and Henan fell into the hands of the Tartars. Zuo Liangyu in Wuhan had a ulterior motive and had hundreds of thousands of soldiers in his hands, but he was unwilling to confront Li Zicheng’s army, so he raised troops in the name of the Qing emperor Rebelled, sent troops eastward, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and accelerated the demise of the Nanming regime.Plans must be made now, and the tragedy of history must not be allowed to repeat itself.

What Zhu Yousong can do now is to first grasp the strategically important area of ​​Henan in his hands. If the planning is good, the 8000 troops of Xu Dingguo can also be used by me. Southern Zhili formed a corresponding trend, which could defend against the captives in the north and repel bandits in the west, restrain the four towns in Jiangbei in the east, and guard against Zuo Liangyu's rebellion in the southeast, so as to gain opportunities for himself to clean up the mess.

Moreover, Zhu Yousong has figured out that Chen Qianfu, the supervisory envoy of Henan Province, is a man who is loyal to the emperor and has both civil and military skills. However, one of the effective ways to deal with disharmony among the local leadership is to be transferred, so the transfer of Yue Qijie and Xu Guoding to the capital now will not arouse suspicion.

Therefore, just six days before Ma Shiying's concubine joy, according to Zhu Yousong's holy will, Li Guofu, the imperial horse supervisor, had sent his confidant eunuch An Lin to quietly rush to Henan with an imperial decree.

In Suizhou, Henan Province, An Lin, an angel official, read aloud to the governor of Henan Yue Qijie, the inspector Chen Qianfu of Henan Province, Xu Dingguo, the chief military officer, and Yuan Shu, who participated in politics in Henan, who knelt on the ground to welcome the imperial decree: , I have just been enthroned, but my Ming Dynasty is in troubled times. There are courtiers at home, and outside there are rogues and Eastern captives who are harassing. The governor of Yuegong and the commander-in-chief of the Dingguo have a history of the capital. Hearing the decree, there must be no mistake in going to Beijing immediately. Two Chen Qianfu and Yuan Shu Erqing will temporarily take over his original duties during Qing's history, I honor you!"

Kneeling in just a few sentences, these officials are a little confused. Yue Qijie has just been the governor of Donglai, and he has been the governor of Henan for two months. Unknown, Xu Dingguo was even more confused, his immediate boss was General Gao Jie, did General Gao know about this?What does it mean, Your Majesty, to be transferred so frequently?
Oh, I see, the former Chen Qianfu went up to impeach us, this must be the emperor's helpless move.But the two still want to have a relationship with this angel official and know more about the inside story.

Therefore, after they received the order to thank them, they pulled the eunuch closer to the side and asked the insider in a low voice, "Elder-in-law has worked hard, what is the emperor's intention?"

According to Zhu Yousong's account, An Lin had prepared for them a long time ago, complimented the two of them, said that the emperor might transfer them to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, and quietly told the two about Ma Shiying's joy of taking concubines. people.

The two were overjoyed. Originally, they had no worries when they entered the capital. The capital has a big tree like Ma Shiying. They also expected that this time they would only ascend and not descend. They had heard a little about what happened in the capital a few days ago. They have also heard about Ma Shiying and Chen Bing's court, and they think that this time must be Governor Ma's secret intention, but they have not had time to reveal it to them, and it coincides with Governor Ma's concubine rejoicing, even if there is no such decree, they have to go to Beijing Congratulations, so after the two expressed gratitude, they had no doubts at all, handed over to Chen Qianfu and Yuan Shu, and set off on the same day. They only brought a few cavalry to Beijing to face the saint with the angel official Anlin.

Chen Qianfu and Yuan Shu saw each other off, feeling grateful for the grace in their hearts.

It turned out that the four of them were at odds with each other, especially Yue Qijie and Chen Qianfu, a governor and a supervisory envoy. Don't take him as an imperial envoy and supervisor of the army seriously. For this matter, Chen Qianfu went to the court to impeach the two of them more than once.

The emperor Shengming finally transferred them away. It is a shame to serve with them. Now this shame is over, the emperor's grace is mighty!
Looking at their backs, Chen Qianfu and Yuan Shu felt the excitement and emotion that years of chronic diseases would be cured in one day.To be on the safe side, Zhu Yousong didn't dare to let the angel officer reveal the truth to these two, otherwise, these two people don't know how happy they would be at this time.

At this time, Yue Qijie and Xu Guoding were more happy than Chen Yuan. These two people have long since wanted to see Chen Qianfu's often elongated face. The capital is important, at the foot of the emperor, and every inch of land is expensive. Isn't it much better than staying in the backcountry of Henan? With my current resume and rank, at least I have to get a left or right governor of the front, back, left, center and right governor's mansion.

The two were thinking about good things, chatting and laughing with An Lin along the way, wishing they could step into the capital one step at a time.

Zhu Yousong had planned for them a long time ago. When these people came to Beijing, it was the eve of Ma Shiying's concubine rejoicing.

They entered Nanjing in the afternoon, this street was not far from the governor, there were lights and festoons everywhere, they could still vaguely hear the sound of whips and firecrackers, but this Eunuch An said that the emperor would summon them in the Hall of Martial Arts, Of course, Yue Qijie and Xu Dingguo had to meet the emperor first, and then report to the governor's mansion.For tomorrow's matter, it is reasonable for them to come from afar and go to the mansion one day in advance.

But what they never dreamed of was that after entering Dongzhimen, the door was closed immediately. What greeted them was not the emperor's decree who summoned them, nor Ma Shiying's cronies, but a group of Dongchang fans headed by Li Quan. son.

After the heavily armed factory fans surrounded them, Yue Qijie and Xu Dingguo had a premonition, "Grandfather? This..."

An Lin reversed his expression of laughing and laughing all the way, and suddenly his white, fat, and beardless round face condensed into a lump of iron, and he called out in a thin voice like a chicken: "The emperor has a decree to ignore these two Let our family take the things that the imperial court has enacted, and anyone who dares to resist will be killed!"

An Lin is currently the admiral of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and his status in the Imperial Horse Supervisor is second only to Li Guofu, the eunuch with palm prints. You have to listen to him, the guys from Gela rushed up and wanted to take people.

Xu Dingguo is a general, he was a little annoyed and wanted to draw his sword, but before his sword was out of its sheath, a bright steel knife was placed on his neck. .

Xu Guoding knelt down as soon as his legs softened. Li Quan raised his hand and knocked off his helmet, and then snapped his hamstring with another blow. Blood flowed all over the place.

Yue Qijie and the guards they brought were dumbfounded at the time. They were knocked to the ground by the factory fans who rushed over, knocked off the black yarn, and tied it with ropes to form rice dumplings.

Yue Qijie and Xu Dingguo regretted it very much now, the joy of dreaming of serving in the military governor's mansion was long gone. Because of this, they didn't even come to Ma Shiying's mansion, and went to Nanjing directly to the imperial city. This is the ending.

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