The efficiency of the Ming Dynasty court under Zhu Cixi's control was sometimes surprisingly high! The order to attack the Donglu and the king who first conquered Yan was drafted in just one hour, and then the world was conquered!

By the way, the person who enters Yan first is not granted the title of King of Yan. That is the title used by Zhu Di and cannot be granted any more. Therefore, the title that those who enter Yan can get is "King of Peking".

At the same time, an edict was issued to change Beijing to Peiping and Beizhili to Beiping Province. Beiping Province was the original name of Beizhili before Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing. Now that "those who conquer Yan will be kings", naturally, Beijing can no longer be

Treated like a capital minister.

The speed of the decision-making process this time left Chongzhen, who was sitting on the throne learning how to be an emperor, dumbfounded.

Even a matter as big as the canonization of a vassal king can be decided by this traitor with one word. If the traitor wants to usurp the throne, will the ministers agree unanimously?

In addition, if the traitor really regains Peiping, will he have accumulated enough prestige to usurp the throne? Do I still want to be the emperor?

However, Emperor Chongzhen did not know at this time that the so-called "king of the first to enter Yan" was simply a lie!

How could Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Xu Dingguo be the first to enter Yan? If they didn't get admitted, they would have to burn high incense. So just relying on a blank check of "the first to enter Yan", they wouldn't be able to do it at all.

Troops will be sent.

Even if the situation north of the Yellow River looks good now and the Dashun Army continues to perform triumphant songs, they will not consider sending troops.

"Mr. Cheng Guo, look at me like this, how can I be a vassal king? Moreover, I don't have many soldiers and horses under my command, I don't have the equipment, and I don't have enough food and pay, so I can't send out troops."

In Suizhou City, the capital of Guide Prefecture, in Yuan Shangshu Mansion (the residence of the late Yuan Keli, Minister of the Ministry of War), the person who expressed his bitterness to Zhu Chunchen, who came to announce the decree, was a burly old man with a white beard.

The old man's name was Xu Dingguo. He had served as the general officer of Shanxi Province before. However, during the Third Battle of Kaifeng, Li Zicheng defeated the entire army. He himself was arrested by Chongzhen's people because of the defeat, and he was almost killed by Yi Zicheng. However,

Later, he found a way and was pardoned from the death penalty. He was allowed to return to Henan to gather his old troops, and he was also given an official position as the general soldier of the Henan Suppression Army.

When Beijing was conquered by Li Zicheng, Xu Dingguo was stationed in Suizhou, and he once professed his vassalage to Li Zicheng, but soon he got involved with the Ming Dynasty again, and was appointed by Zhu Cihong as the chief military officer of Guide. However, the territory was still only Suizhou.

In this state, the number of soldiers and horses on hand is only a few thousand people, and the King of Peking is indeed beyond his reach.

Zhu Chunchen smiled and nodded, then turned his attention to Liu Liangzuo, another commander-in-chief in the lobby of Yuan Shangshu's mansion who had just been appointed by Zhu Cihong as the commander-in-chief of Henan.

Liu Liangzuo occupied half of Guide Prefecture and half of Kaifeng Prefecture. The general military office was located in Shangqiu, the capital of Guide Prefecture.

This time he left his hometown of Shangqiu and came to Suizhou because of the invitation of Zhu Chunchen and Henan Governor Lu Daqi.

He also had no interest in the King of Peking or anything else. The reason why he came was just to deal with Zhu Cixiang, the Prince of Fujun.

Zhu Cixiang is not the Hongguang Emperor in history. He can pull out an army of 100,000 troops with the army and navy at his disposal!

This is a real number of 100,000 people with no vacancies. It is simply not something that a character like Liu Liangzuo can confront head-on.

Moreover, the fight between the Tatars and the bandits is so lively now. You attack Shanxi, and I come to Hebei. They are so busy that no one has time to interfere in the affairs of Henan and Shandong. Even if Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo want to surrender to the Tatars, they are currently

There is no way! Their territory is in Henan, and if they want to invest, they can only invest in Li Zicheng.

"Dong Chengguo," Liu Liangzuo said with a smile on his face, "Xiaguan is not a prince and his troops are not ready. I think we can forget about sending troops or something like that!"

The governor Lu Daqi on the side just sighed after hearing the words of the two military leaders.

People say that Prince Zhu is treacherous, but today it turns out that this is an exaggeration. How can a bait like "The King of Swallows" be able to catch a guy like Liu Liangzuo or Xu Dingguo who is smarter than a monkey? It's better to give him some money.

Zhu Chunchen was laughing, and Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo were stunned. What did Duke Cheng Guo mean? Was he angry or something?

"I, please open the skylight and speak frankly!" Zhu Chunchen smiled and took out two more envelopes, "The King of Peking and so on, you have no share in it, you don't have the strength!"

This is not a pleasant thing to say, but it is still true.

Zhu Chunchen paused and looked around.

Old man Xu Dingguo understood what he meant and waved his hand to order all the people waiting in the hall to leave.

Zhu Chunchen said: "To tell you the truth, there is already someone who wants to be the King of Peking!"

Is there anyone?

How is it possible?

Who is so capable?

This time not only Liu Liangzuo but also Xu Dingguo was surprised. Even Lu Daqi didn't expect it and looked at Zhu Chunchen blankly.

Zhu Chunchen just smiled: "Who is that person? If you think about it, you will understand who can give the Tatars a fatal blow at the critical moment? Whoever can give the Tatars a fatal blow is qualified to be the king!

Tell me, who is this person?"

"Wu Sangui!"

"Ping Xibo!"

Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo understood immediately and both exclaimed.

Lu Daqi was also shocked. He looked at Zhu Chunchen and asked, "Mr. Cheng Guo, what happened?"

Zhu Chunchen said: "This is a matter of course! Master Qiansui is the brother-in-law of Ping Xibo, and he had wanted to make Ping Xibo the Duke of Jin before. However, Ping Xibo was trapped by the Tatars and had no choice but to shave his head and surrender to the Tatars. In his heart, he was still loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

Yes! This time he has the opportunity to fight back, and he will naturally seize it. And Master Qiantose will not treat him badly, so why can't a king with a different surname be sealed away?"

Lu Daqi nodded and said: "If you really have such merit, you can be crowned king!"

Zhu Chunchen stroked his beard and said, "Yes, he led the Donglu in and defeated the bandits. If the Donglu are driven out again by him, he will really be the most outstanding hero since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and he should be crowned king!"

He glanced at Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo and handed over the two envelopes, "This is the edict written by Master Qiantose to the two commander-in-chiefs."

Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down to accept the edict, then opened the envelope on the spot, took out the letter paper inside, and began to read. As they read, their expressions changed. First they were surprised, then happy, and then suspicious again.

It turned out that Zhu Cihong informed Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo in the letter that Wu Sangui was about to retaliate, and asked them to send troops to cooperate! He also promised that after the incident was completed, each of them would be granted the title of Duke.

At the same time, Zhu Cixiang also threatened them directly in the letter. If they do not cooperate, he will be stripped of his military power and imprisoned! He also said that he will soon lead 100,000 troops north to Fengyang Prefecture in Zhongdu. You two can handle it!

This thing seems to be untrue!

Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo really believed this. Of course it was false. Wu Sangui was being watched closely by Azige, so how could he dare to fight back? If this was true, Zhu Cixiang would not tell Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo!

These two are not good people, and they are both suspected of colluding with Tatar. If the news is leaked to Dorgon, wouldn't it be a big deal for Wu Sangui?

Zhu Chunchen looked at Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo with a smile, and said with a smile: "You have also read the edict of Master Qiantose. If you want to send troops, and when to send troops, please give me an accurate letter!"

Xu Dingguo Xu Dingguo put away the edict written by Zhu Cixiang and said to Zhu Chunchen with a smile: "My lord, I only have 10,000 soldiers (actually only 8,000). We can't all leave Suizhou. We can send up to 5,000 troops at most. We can do it within three days."

Set off."

As he spoke, Old Man Xu gave Liu Liangzuo a flattering look.

Liu Liangzuo also collected the letter and said with a smile: "My lord, I will send 15,000 troops. We can send troops from Shangqiu within three days."

Zhu Chunchen glanced at Lu Daqi, who said: "Two of you have an army of 20,000 going north to attract the attention of the Tatars. Ping Xibo will be a great thing, and the Ming Dynasty will be revived. By then, you two will be the heroes of the Ming Dynasty.

We don’t have much troops here, so I can’t send troops together with you two. However, I have 50,000 shi of grain in Bozhou. I can give it to you two as military rations, and we will have them shipped here later.”

"Then thank you Futai!"

"I also thanked Futai."

The two military leaders did not expect that there was a conspiracy behind the fifty thousand stones of military rations.

Zhu Chunchen smiled: "Although Commander Huang from Fengyang and Commander Gao from Xuzhou cannot leave because of something, they will send their troops to the north. Commander Liu from Shandong will also send troops to join forces with the five major commanders. They will definitely be able to give some relief to the Tatars."
Chapter completed!