The scattered field mice in Chiye, northern Shaanxi, became the luxury of hungry refugees. Millions of Ming people who were suffering from disasters and survived. They were once kind and hardworking to cultivate arid land just to fill their stomachs. Now the people have become traitors in the eyes of the Ming court. Shaanxi Governor Yang Sizheng gathered 70,000 border troops, intending to undermine the new Shaanxi Governor Lu Xiangsheng and take the military achievements of destroying the rioters in Shaanxi. Shaanxi Governor Yang Sizheng relied on his role as the confidant of Zhou Yanru, the chief minister of the cabinet, and did not take the governor Lu Xiangsheng, the court appointed by the court, seriously.

Lu Xiangsheng was a Jinshi during the Tianqi period. The Ming Dynasty court transferred Lu Xiang, the general of the General Secretary of the Ponucheng, to serve as the governor of the bandit suppression military affairs. Emperor Chongzhen appointed him after obeying the advice of Gao Qiqian, the eunuch of the regiment camp. In the secret memorial to Emperor Chongzhen, Gao Qiqian regarded Lu Xiangsheng as the think tank of Zhang Ping'an, the Marquis of Ponu. In the memorial, he imagined the role played by Lu Xiangsheng in many battles in the Ponu army, and he flattered Lu Xiangsheng as the first wise general of the Ponu army. Gao Qiqian added fuel to the fire and described Lu Xiangsheng as an indispensable Confucian general in the Ponu army. Gao Qiqian even admitted in the secret memorial that if the corrupt wolf Zhang Ping'an lacked the help of Lu Xiangsheng, he would have accomplished nothing.

Gao Qiqian was surrounded by Emperor Chongzhen for many years and knew very well that Zhu Youjian liked and disliked. He gave Emperor Chongzhen the idea of ​​summoning Lu Xiangsheng back to the court, one was to make trouble for the fox wolf Zhang Ping'an, and the other was to let Lu Xiangsheng clean up the mess in Shaanxi. After receiving Gao Qiqian's secret comment, Emperor Chongzhen was very consistent with what he thought, so Emperor Chongzhen summoned Gao Qi to sneak into the home to discuss secretly. In the platform hall, he made full preparations for Gao Qiqian's comments. He collected various types of intelligence from Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei, from Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei. In order to prove the authenticity of his secret comments, Gao Qiqian moved flowers and wood to arrange many successful achievements on Zhang Ping'an to Lu Xiangsheng.

Gao Qiqian is well versed in the way of being an official. If he wants to destroy a person, he must be praised as heaven. This person will be crushed to pieces when he falls from heaven. Gao Qiqian is sinister. Bai Chengtian, the clown in the Jinyiwei money and grain clerk, gave him a cuckold, and he counted this humiliation on the Ponu Army. According to Gao Qiqian's most real thoughts in his heart, the first person he wants to revenge should be the leader of Ponucheng Xuanwei, the leader of Zheng Tai. But behind Zheng Tai is a great god Ponu Hou who he can't afford to offend for the time being. If something happens to Zheng Tai, Ponu Hou will definitely lead troops to counterattack the capital. At that time, Gao Qiqian will definitely be the first target to be killed.

To solve the problem that he could kill Zheng Tai, Gao Qiqian was not in danger of his life, Gao Qiqian had to find a way to kill the fox wolf Zhang Ping'an first. Where is the reason why the skin was without hair? Gao Qiqian, the ghost hand in the inner court, was very clear. It is very difficult for Gao Qiqian to kill the fox wolf Zhang Ping'an. Not to mention Gao Qiqian's secret move, even Emperor Chongzhen did not have the ability to send a large army to destroy the Ponuhou. What impressed Emperor Chongzhen the most was that the matter of transferring Lu Xiangsheng back to the court could make the fox wolf Zhang Ping'an disturbance. However, Emperor Chongzhen was not a fool. He also knew that after Lu Xiangsheng returned to the court, the Ming Dynasty's control over the Ponucheng Xuanwei envoy would be further weakened.

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian weighed the pros and cons, and his inner hatred for the slave-defeating Zhang Ping'an defeated the only reason. During the court's discussion, he strongly opposed the public opinion and issued an edict to transfer Lu Xiangsheng back to the Ming Dynasty. When Lu Xiangsheng returned to the court platform, Emperor Chongzhen saw the hope of extermination of Shaanxi traits from Lu Xiangsheng's clear statement. Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to establish a new army called "Tianxiong Camp" in Shaanxi to eliminate Shaanxi traitors. In order to demonstrate the emperor's majesty and generosity, Emperor Chongzhen granted Tianxiong Camp the use of the Ming yellow battle flag and the Tianxiong Camp the python flag. Lu Xiangsheng was moved by such a gift order.

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian was very generous, and he wanted to suppress Ponuhou Xiaoen and Xiaohui in the name of righteousness. Then, after Emperor Chongzhen reported to the platform, he gave a banquet in the back hall to win over Lu Xiangsheng. Seeing the monarch and ministers, the two of them had a happy conversation. Lu Xiangsheng hoped to form a new "Tianxiong Camp" as soon as possible and lead troops to Shaanxi to eliminate the rebels. However, Lu Xiangsheng became calm and did not fool Emperor Chongzhen to quell the bandits of Gao Yingxiang's troops. He only said that once the court had supplemented military resources, he would recruit young and strong refugees to Shaanxi immediately. At the banquet, the wine and food were not abundant, one meat dish, three vegetarian dishes and one pot of thin wine, which made Lu Xiangsheng feel that the emperor was frugal.

Emperor Chongzhen entertained Lu Xiangsheng for dinner, but in fact, he had a kind of honor. This little bit of wine and food made Lu Xiangsheng, who was well-read in poetry and books, so he was so moved that he did not dare to put down his chopsticks. After the meal, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian personally sent Lu Xiangsheng to the door and asked Cao Huachun to allocate 500 taels of silver from the inner palace to reward the emperor as the emperor's reward. Although the silver was not much, it was enough to impress Lu Xiangsheng's belief in serving the emperor. However, reality was always harsh than ideals. When Lu Xiangsheng found various departments to collect documents and weapons in the capital, he would naturally be troubled by old customs. Sun Chengzong, the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, mobilized Kong Youde's troops to Liaodong, but unexpectedly, Kong Youde's troops rebelled halfway, and the responsibility for forcing the rebellion of Kong Youde's troops was naturally responsible for Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong actually submitted a memorial to resign from the position of Infantry Secretary and was responsible for Kong Youde's mutiny in Wuqiao, but the Jiannu from Liaodong outside the pass was about to invade again. Emperor Chongzhen continued to take charge of the investigation and temporarily joined Sun Chengzong to stay in the position of the Secretary of War. It is not that Emperor Chongzhen's mind is becoming more and more open-minded. It can only be said that Zhu Youjian, who suffered losses, has become much more politically mature. Last time the Jiannu invaded, Qian Longxi, the chief minister of the cabinet, took retreat as an advance.

He put the shit on Emperor Chongzhen's head. At that time, Zhu Youjian was in a fever and drove Sun Chengzong home. As a result, all the people who should have blocked the disaster for Jiannu invasion and blocked the disaster left the court, forcing Emperor Chongzhen to issue a self-criticism edict to take all the blame. This time, the Jiannu army was wandering on the front line of Jinning. If Jiannu invades the Ming Dynasty again, if the Minister of War Sun Chengzong could not stop Jiannu from invading the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian would have room for political retreat.

On the issue of Lu Xiangsheng returning to the court, Sun Chengzong, the Minister of War, had a clear opposition. The result of the proposal was that Emperor Chongzhen Qiangang retaliated and recalled Lu Xiangsheng. Sun Chengzong, who saw that he could not oppose it, suggested that Lu Xiangsheng presided over the battle against Jiannu. Sun Chengzong's suggestion was rejected by Emperor Chongzhen again. Emperor Chongzhen's consideration was that Lu Xiangsheng had the mark of Zhang Ping'an, the Marquis of Ponu, who had military power, could he be relieved in the capital? Even if the army of Jiannu attacked the border of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to repel the army of Jiannu, and this contribution was hidden in the shadow of Ponuhou.

Now Emperor Chongzhen does not want to hear the name of Zhang Ping'an, the Marquis of Po Nu. Zhu Youjian will instinctively be disgusted with any good thing that can be related to the pseudo-foreign vassal of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen also found that Lu Xiangsheng was indeed capable in military affairs. Emperor Chongzhen planned to stay away from the capital and use his military talents to deal with the thief Gao Yingxiang. Emperor Chongzhen's selfish intentions were seen by Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant of the cabinet. Zhou Yanru would flatter Emperor Chongzhen. Zhou Yanru thought that Lu Xiangsheng made the emperor uncomfortable for a while, and he had to make Lu Xiangsheng sad for the rest of his life.

Under Zhou Yanru's suggestion, the Ministry of Personnel was delayed by Lu Xiangsheng's appointment for a long time. With Sun Chengzong's full efforts to maintain, the Ministry of War completed the Tianxiong camp's organization, armor, weapons and other documents. However, silver and grain and other necessary materials for the establishment of the army were stuck in the Ministry of Revenue without any sound. Lu Xiangsheng was soaked all day long in the Ministry of Revenue to ask for silver and grain, but not a tael of silver for a month. However, Zhou Yanru's flattery hit Emperor Chongzhen's horse hooves. Emperor Chongzhen wanted Lu Xiangsheng to leave the capital and go directly to the front line of Shaanxi to suppress bandits. Zhou Yanru delayed Lu Xiangsheng from leaving the capital and triggered Zhu Youjian's anger. Although the emperor's anger did not necessarily pose a threat to the court officials, it could threaten the stable status of the cabinet's chief minister Zhou Yanru.

When Lu Xiangsheng left Beijing to take office in Shaanxi, he only received 6,000 taels of silver in writing. In fact, Lu Xiangsheng only received 2,000 taels of silver, and the others became displays. To be honest, Lu Xiangsheng got the biggest gains was the 3,000 pairs of armor he received from the Ministry of War. Lu Xiangsheng became honest and did not check the silver for the officials of the warehouse. As a result, the armor that Lu Xiangsheng received was actually an old and worn armor made in the fifteenth year of Wanli. As for the weapons he received from the Ministry of War arsenal, the arrows had no feathers, the arrows were covered with insect eyes, and the swords were even more decaying. These rags were still good results that only when the officials of the Po Nuhou and his group of officials had great strength. After learning the news, Lu Xiangsheng didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

At least one point Lu Xiangsheng understood that the Ming Dynasty had become rotten to its roots. Lu Xiangsheng, who had read Confucian classics, had already seen the dark clouds when the end of the world came from the chaos of the Ming Dynasty. He was inexplicably afraid of the prospect of going to Shaanxi to suppress bandits. Lu Xiangsheng was full of hunger on the way to Xi'an. The dead trees along the way had no bark. The bark on the dead trees had long become food for the victims to wrap their stomachs, and selling "rice meat" (human meat) along the way became a popular business. Lu Xiangsheng, who was unbearable, took out the gold tickets for recruiting soldiers from Zhang Ping'an to buy food to help the victims. What Lu Xiangsheng did not expect was that as long as there was food, he immediately gathered around him to eat.

When he entered Shaanxi from Datong, he actually gathered 100,000 victims around him, which ruined Lu Xiangsheng under this situation. If he was reported by someone, he gathered troops to rebel with ulterior motives, Lu Xiangsheng could not explain the charge even if he was full of words. But he couldn't bear to ask Lu Xiangsheng to give up these victims. Just when Lu Xiangsheng was in a dilemma, Wang Pu, the general of Datong, sent his personal soldiers and said that he was willing to take over these victims. Lu Xiangsheng was not a pedantic person, and he knew the inside story of Wang Pu being the general manager Zhang, not to mention that Wang Pu, the personal soldier, had a Ponucheng accent, and he could see clearly at a glance the driver behind the disaster victims.

Of course, Wang Pu's personal soldiers also brought three thousand pairs of Ming-style iron armor, insisting on exchange for the broken armor in Lu Xiangsheng's hand. Lu Xiangsheng did not refuse the kindness of Datong General Wang Pu. When Lu Xiangsheng handed over the victims with Datong General Wang Pu, a team of 800 people cut through the area controlled by Tumot Khan's troops in northern Shaanxi and carefully touched the place where the King of Chuang Gao Yingxiang's troops were located (to be continued)
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