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Chapter 77 The Teacher of the Diligent King
After Huang Degong received the decree, he led his officers and men to perform the bowing ceremony for Zhu Yousong again.Then, a temporary palace was arranged for Zhu Yousong. In order to show respect, Huang Degong vacated the Duke's Mansion overnight, allowing Zhu Yousong and his pro-military guards to work there.

In this way, after tossing until the third watch, Zhu Yousong and his ministers dispersed separately.

Before dawn the next day, on the official road from Nanjing to Chuzhou, there was a lot of dust, thousands of horses were galloping, and five thousand cavalry were like turbulent waves, making the ground tremble. This cavalry got the news of the mutiny in Chuzhou from the third watch. After running for two full hours, Chuzhou City was already in sight.

At this time, more than 4 miles behind this iron cavalry, there is another infantry brigade of about [-] people who are also marching in a hurry. They come from the former left camp, front right camp, middle military camp, and rear left camp , After the right camp.

At the same time, Xu Wenjue, Liu Kongzhao and Zheng Cai led more than [-] Caojiang naval forces. They attempted to enter Chushui through a tributary of the Yangtze River and attacked Chuzhou from the waterway. , The army around Gyeonggi, except for a few thousand old and weak soldiers guarding the city, the rest of the more than [-] people were all dispatched and rushed to Chuzhou overnight to rescue King Qin.

The next day these troops arrived outside the city of Chuzhou one after another. Zhu Yousong was surprised when he got the report. I didn't intend for them to come to serve the king?Just as they were about to ask what was going on, Li Guofu and Zheng Hongkui quickly fell to their knees and pleaded guilty:
"Your Majesty Rong Bing, the ministers and others were worried about the safety of the emperor, and after discussing with Mr. Gao Ge, they secretly served as the king's teacher. It is impossible to think that your majesty is so powerful, and the ministers and others are worrying for nothing. Please forgive me."

It is indeed very serious to privately transfer the army behind the emperor's back, but Li Guofu and Zheng Hongkui were loyal, and his trip to Chuzhou was indeed somewhat unreliable, so Zhu Yousong did not blame them, and pulled the two together. "The two lovers are as careful as a hair, and they have made great contributions to saving him. There is nothing wrong with it, but I am not an example."

Huang Degong and the general officers on the side thought together, fortunately we knew the current affairs, otherwise Chuzhou would inevitably have a bloody battle.

After Zhu Yousong thought about it, he asked the sailor camp to go back the same way, and the rest of the [-]-odd riders would be safe when they came, and they all went to the city to stand by.

From the second day after Zhu Yousong arrived in Chuzhou, Huang Degong began to purge the army according to Zhu Yousong's oral instructions. The two general officers Tian Xiong and Ma Degong died, and Qiu Cheng was appointed as the commander of the artillery battalion. The Degong Department, Zhang Jie Department, Chen Xianbu Ce, Hezhou Army and Wuhu Army all disrupted the original sequence and reorganized. Zhu Yousong personally awarded Huang Degong's troops as the Tiger Army, and then organized the [-] troops into ten. battalion, clean up military discipline, and train troops.

Zhu Yousong lived in Chuzhou, and had no intention of moving his division back to Beijing. On the one hand, he asked Huang Degong to step up training the army. In order not to shock the officials of the capital, Zhu Yousong wrote two handwritten letters and sealed them, and handed them over to Li Guofu. , Let Li Guofu send 300 troops back to Nanjing, and the remaining [-] Beijing battalion soldiers will be handed over to Zheng Hongkui to command and stand by. Li Guofu is asked to send [-] million taels of food and salaries to Chuzhou within ten days.

After Li Guofu led the decree, he left Chuzhou in a mighty manner with 5000 troops (all of them were soldiers from the Beijing camp of the Fifth Army Dudufu).

After returning to the capital, Li Guofu first came to see Empress Jin. Empress Jin and Chan'er were worrying about Zhu Yousong's private visit. Queen Jin pulled Li Guofu up to ask questions.

Li Guofu's chubby, beardless face turned into a smile, and he answered all questions. Yousong's handwritten letter was taken out and respectfully accepted.

Chan'er took it and handed it to the Golden Queen. The Golden Queen took it apart, and Chan'er came over to watch it together. After watching it, Ermei's heart was completely relieved, but it would take a few days to get the emperor before returning to Beijing. The plan has already begun to take root and sprout in my mind.

Li Guofu withdrew from the inner palace of Empress Jin and came to the cabinet to meet Gao Hongtu. Gao Hongtu was both the chief assistant of the cabinet and the minister of the Ministry of War. The state organs could still operate without Zhu Yousong in the capital. This is the role of the cabinet.

Gao Hongtu was worried about the matter of Chuzhou, the emperor told him to keep it a secret, but now he did not dare to publicize it. At this time, Li Guofu came. After the two met and exchanged greetings, Gao Hongtu retreated to the left and right. Li Guofu told the truth about the matter of Chuzhou, and Gao Hongtu felt relieved , Your majesty is really auspicious!
Li Guofu gave Gao Hongtu the seal letter of the 5000 soldiers and horses, and then took out Zhu Yousong's letter.

The handwritten letter is actually Zhu Yousong's handwritten letter. It is signed by Zhu Yousong and printed with a big red jade seal. This is actually an imperial decree. He told him that I would stay in Chuzhou for a few days, and that [-] soldiers from the capital camp would stay in Chuzhou for the time being, and that all affairs in the court would be paid to Qing.

Gao Hongtu asked Li Guofu after reading the handwriting and kowtowed to the north: "Eunuch Li, you have a heavy burden, and this pavilion is also a soldier. It is really unbearable. The situation in Chuzhou is solved, but why don't you move back to Beijing as soon as possible?"

Li Guofu raised his chubby face, and said in a tone of voice: "Don't be humble, Mr. Gao. The emperor's ambitions are beyond your grasp. Our family doesn't dare to ask more. All right, our family still has the emperor's life in us, so let's say goodbye."

After Gao Hongtu sent Li Guofu away, he spat at his back, "Bah, that old white face without a beard has served His Majesty for a few days, it's incredible!"

Li Guofu is a veritable royal manager, and the income and expenditure of internal funds do not need to pass through the cabinet and the Ministry of Households, so they will be ready soon.

According to Zhu Yousong's oral instructions, Gao Hongtu took 5000 escort food and pay from the [-] troops brought back by Li Guofu, and returned the remaining [-] Beijing soldiers to his barracks to be responsible for the defense of the capital. Now the capital is empty and the huge The city of Nanjing cannot do without an army.

Everything is ready, Li Guofu is ready to set off, at this time the Golden Queen brought a group of palace maids and eunuchs to see Li Guofu with her servant Chaner.

"My servant welcomes the Empress." Li Guofu knelt down on the ground.

"Little Lizi," Li Guofu was actually much older than the Golden Queen, and he was more than enough to be her father regardless of his age, but the Golden Queen liked to call it that, and Li Guofu liked to hear it too.

"The servant is here."

"Have all the food and wages been prepared?"

"My lady is all ready."

"When are you leaving?"

"Go back to your mother, the emperor has an order, and the slaves dare not delay. The slaves plan to leave now."

"That's just right, Bengong and Chan'er have to go to Chuzhou for business, let's go together."

(End of this chapter)