This unexpected incident made everyone on the boat stunned.

Although Chongzhen himself looked at each other with the queen, the other officers and soldiers thought to himself that the emperor was obviously there, so what is the reason for you to cry in front of you?

But if he says he has any sin, it doesn't seem to be true. Judging from his sincere crying, his loyalty and filial piety is really about to come out.

Zhou Shixian was afraid that someone would reveal the stuff here, so he took two steps and asked, "Where did you come from this news?"

"It was said by the people on the cashier, and they all brought filial piety." The man said with tears in his nose, "It was said that it was news from Beijing."

"We just fled from Beijing, and I have never heard of it all the way. Now the situation is chaotic, the news is the same every day, and there are no certain things that are not, and there are many rumors. I advise you not to cry first. What if you cry in vain? You can't do it."

After hearing this, the man felt that what Mr. Zhou said made sense, so he wiped his tears and went to do whatever he should do.

OK, is this news good or bad? Zhou Shixian didn't understand it too much for a while.

Thinking about it well, if even the rebel army thought the emperor was dead, the intention to pursue would be relaxed, which would be a good thing for them to arrive in Nanjing safely.

Thinking about it badly, if everyone in the world thinks that the emperor is dead and the dynasty collapses, then the pace of turning to Dashun may also accelerate.

Xiu Hongye, who was standing beside him, had no idea and asked Zhou Shixian: "Then do you think we can still get ashore?"

It turned out that when I arrived in Linqing, I took advantage of the time to go upstairs and walked around. Now I am like this, so let it go.

"The fleet always had to go to the cashiers, so we sent Ling Yifei and the others to hand over the silver, buy all the things we should buy, and we set off on the boat."

Zhou Yexian was afraid that Chongzhen would be stimulated, so he accompanied him out of the cabin with Li Banghua.

"I can see such things easily, it doesn't matter." Chongzhen said with a calm expression, "It's just that the headquarters of Liu Zeqing, the prince of Pingdong, is not far from Linqing. Since the thief army has never arrived here, I don't know if Liu Zeqing is still in Linqing."

Although the tone of voice was calm, there was a hint of meaning in his words: I wonder if I could contact Liu Zeqing?

Li Banghua pondered and said, "Your Majesty, Liu Zeqing may not be completely reliable. He was ordered to serve the king in the world, but he did not see him obeying the imperial edict."

"Oh, he gave a memorial when he arrived, because he was injured after falling off a horse and could not move." Chongzhen explained, "I also rewarded him at that time..."

I stopped talking about this because I knew that there were not many rewards, so I hesitated and refused to retreat before the minister.

"...I rewarded him for forty taels of silver and asked him to treat his leg injury well."

Li Banghua was speechless for a moment, but Zhou Shixian spoke up and praised him.

"Your Majesty is wise! It's useless to give more. I heard a piece of news that Liu Zeqing is no longer in Linqing."

"Oh?" Chongzhen showed a look of disappointment, "Where has he gone?"

"He did two things first, and then ran away from Linqing."

"What two things?" Chongzhen asked in confusion.

"The first thing is that Han Ruyu, the inmate, once impeached him. This time, Han Ruyu was ordered to take office at the Nanjing Ministry of War. After Linqing, Liu Zeqing sent someone to kill him on the road, and no one dared to report this to the court to know."

"Is there such a thing?" Chongzhen was shocked.

"The second thing is that he was afraid of the thieves' attacks. He snatched a big shot in Linqing, then retreated south from Shandong and ran to Huai'an."

"So that's it." Chongzhen shook his head. Although he knew that most of the military generals in the world were like this now, he still felt unhappy when he heard it with his own ears and was speechless.

It was the first time that Li Banghua heard about these two things, and he hated Liu Zeqing's boldness and arrogance. However, seeing that the emperor was in a bad mood, he still had to comfort him after thinking about it.

"But the current situation is to reorganize the mountains and rivers in Jiangnan, and Liu Zeqing's troops are preserved intact. If he can change his past and regain his strength, he will be a usable soldier."

"I remember he seems to be from Shandong?" Chongzhen asked Li Banghua.

"Yes, he was from Cao County, Shandong. He was born in Liaodong. He was later promoted to the Assistant Secretary of the Shandong Metropolitan Department and was then promoted to the position of the general. In the winter of the sixth year, Kong Youde rebelled in Dengzhou, and Liu Zeqing participated in the battle to restore Dengzhou, made contributions, and was promoted to general."

"You remember it very clearly," Chongzhen nodded, "In addition, it seems that he is the one who is Feng Bo in March?"

"Yes," Li Banghua said a little embarrassedly, "but Liu Zeqing is Pingdong Bo who was re-elected."

During this month, in order to motivate the soldiers who were fighting for the king, Chongzhen issued a handout on the fourth day of the third month and granted several counts in a row. Among them, Zuo Liangyu was granted Ning Nanbo, Wu Sangui was granted Pingxibo, Huang Degong was granted Jingnanbo, and Tang Tong was granted Dingxibo.

It was not until March 17 that Liu Zeqingping Dongbo was re-elected. It is hard to say whether the edict was spread out of the city.

Those who received this title at that time had different reactions.

Huang Degong was beyond the reach. Zuo Liangyu submitted a plan to serve the king based on the year. Wu Sangui set off, but he didn't go far in half a month. The one who really acted the fastest was Tang Tong, who brought 8,000 people to Juyong Pass, and was forced to surrender to the King of Chuang by Du Zhiyi, the eunuch sent by the emperor.

Chongzhen now knows these things, but the past cannot be pursued, but he must consider them in the future.

"Zhou Shixian, Li Banghua," Chongzhen asked, "How many troops are available in Nanzhili now? Do you two know what kind of troops are there?"

The two looked at each other and Li Banghua used to be an official in Nanjing, so he said that.

"Your Majesty, in terms of Jiangbei, it is coordinated by Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang. Liu Liangzuo had about 30,000 soldiers, guarding Fengyang, Shouzhou, and Jingnan Bo Huang Degong had about 50,000 soldiers, guarding Chuzhou, Hezhou, and Gao Jie had about 60,000 soldiers, stationed in Sizhou. In addition, what the prince consort said just now, Liu Zeqing, the prince of Pingdong, was stationed in Huaian. If he counted his 40,000 troops, there would be about 180,000 soldiers available in Jiangbei."

"Oh, is there 180,000?" Chongzhen's eyes emitted light.

"This is just the military force within the scope of the governor of Jiangbei and Fengyang." Li Banghua, the elderly minister, was familiar with these numbers and said 100,000, under the jurisdiction of Governor Yingtian, there are 60,000 Nanjing Jingying, 20,000 civil and military officials, and 20,000 Jiang, and 20,000 Jiang, and 20,000 Wufu's governors, 20,000,000, or 100,000."

Zhou Shixi saw Chongzhen's face becoming more and more excited, and he couldn't help but sigh that his father-in-law could only understand the numbers, but did not understand what the army, generals and war were going on.

The cabin was not big, and the emperor and his ministers sat opposite each other, and they all had their own thoughts, and no one spoke for a moment. Then they felt the hull moving for a while and began to move. They knew that the ship had completed negotiations with Linqingchao Pass and started sailing again.

"Your Majesty, if you are not surprised, you will be able to arrive in Xuzhou in four days."

"Okay, okay" Chongzhen nodded frequently, but seemed to be thinking about the topic just now.

"Zuo Liangyu..." He suddenly spoke three words.

"Zuo Liangyu's army occupied Wuchang, claiming to be 800,000," said Li Banghua.

The three kings and ministers fell into silence again.
Chapter completed!