Chapter 260: Entering the court under the order (I)

The news of Fengyang's victory spread like a gust of wind throughout the streets and alleys of the capital, and countless people were happy. Although this battle was just a battle between royal families, it affected the vital interests of every ordinary citizen. After the Fengyang victory came, the rice price in the capital immediately dropped by 40%, which was enough to make every ordinary citizen ecstatic.

However, the news of Fengyang's victory was mixed among the court officials. Although victory solved Fengyang's crisis, this battle was not fought by the court army, but Li Weizheng did it. When it comes to this name, many officials would associate it with the Jinyiwei, and there was also the Guangdong skinning incident. After several years, many people still remember it clearly. Therefore, Fengyang's victory in the court was obviously very dull. Occasionally, someone talked about it, and everyone just said "Oh!" and didn't seem to take this matter seriously.

Unlike most officials who were just indifferent, Huang Zicheng felt a sense of panic about the news that Li Wei won in Fengyang. Although he became extremely low-key in the matter of Li Jinglong, the news still made him come to Zhu Yunwen desperately.

Zhu Yunwen was also in a mixed mood at this time. Half a month ago, when the Yan army vanguard attacked Chuzhou, he even wanted to move the capital. In order to repel the Yan army, he handed over all the 80,000 troops who finally protected the capital to Xu Huizu and ordered him to cross the river to fight. That was really panic. If the Yan army sent thousands of other troops to attack the capital at that time, the consequences would be unimaginable. Now that the 30,000 Yan army has been completely wiped out, it really made Zhu Yunwen breathe a sigh of relief, but he was a little worried. Xu Huizu's 80,000 troops only tied with the Yan army, but Li Weizheng's 30,000 troops wiped out the Yan army, and even the main general of the Yan army was killed. This gap made Zhu Yunwen gasp.

"Your Majesty, Lord Huang is urgently asking for a visit!"

Zhu Yunwen was slightly stunned. He had never seen Huang Zicheng since the parade of 100,000 students. He knew that Huang Zicheng was ashamed to meet others and did not disturb him. Why is he here now? After a little change of thought, Zhu Yunwen understood that it must be for Li Weizheng's business.

"Please come in and see me!"

The eunuch summoned him. After a moment, Huang Zicheng hurried in. He knelt down and bowed and said, "I will meet His Majesty the Emperor, I wish you a long life!"

I haven't seen Huang Zicheng in the past month. Zhu Yunwen found that he had lost a lot of weight. He knew that this was because Huang Zicheng strongly recommended Li Jinglong for being too guilty. Zhu Yunwen felt pity and hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and said, "Huang Aiqing, my responsibility for Li Jinglong's affairs is greater than that of you. If I hadn't been determined to persevere, no matter how you persuaded you, it would be useless. This matter has passed. I hope you will look to the future and assist me in governing the Ming Dynasty."

"Your Majesty's tolerance is very grateful. Today I am just for the crisis that is about to happen. I hope Your Majesty can understand that it would be a big mistake for Your Majesty. Li Weizheng stationed hundreds of thousands of troops, and everyone knows that the ambition of the wolf is known to everyone. But he has been working for Wuming, so he dare not act rashly. When Your Majesty used him as the commander-in-chief of the Five Armies, I felt it was inappropriate. Now he actually sent troops without authorization and walked at will in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, without being bound by Your Majesty at all. I wonder if there are such ministers in the world?

After saying that, Huang Zicheng kowtowed repeatedly, almost crying: "Your Majesty, although Li Weizheng can temporarily relieve the danger, using him is like drinking poison to quench thirst. I am afraid that if King Yan and Lan Yu have not left, there will be another traitor in the world."

Zhu Yunwen sighed and said, "Actually, I know that Li Weizheng has endless troubles, but what choice do I have in the current situation? I don't have much chess anymore. Or I will give up the throne to King Yan and I will be the prince of Xiaoyao."

Speaking of this, he smiled bitterly and said, "I am afraid that I will be the Prince of Xiaoyao, and the King of Yan will not allow me. Huang Aiqing! I am already worried about internal and external troubles and have no choice but to rely on Li Weizheng's ambitions not too great."

Huang Zicheng was speechless. Although the emperor did not blame him for Li Jinglong's incident, he could understand that in the emperor's heart, he was still worried about him for Li Jinglong's incident. After a while, he asked helplessly: "How can you use him next step?"

"I am going to summon him to the court, formally enthrone the position of Grand Commander of the Five Army, and be granted the title of Duke of Liao."

The battle in Dingyuan County has ended for three days, and the battlefield has been cleaned. Li Weizheng buried Yan general Zhang Yuhou on Haotang Mountain. The tomb of his tomb was engraved with the "Tomb of Zhang Yu, General Zhang Yu, the Ming Dynasty's General's Yuan Dynasty," and Li Weizheng stared at his tomb silently. However, Han Danding's tomb appeared in his mind. On the lonely tomb, a white flower swayed in the wind. If there was no King of Yan's ambition, these were all excellent generals of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, their talents were not useful to open up the territory for the Ming Dynasty.

Li Weizheng sighed softly, turned to the infantry commander Deng Jian and said, "The prisoners of war are well treated. The injured send military doctors to heal them and tell them that after the war is over, I will release them all home."

"My subordinates must tell them."

Li Wei nodded, then turned around and walked down the mountain, and walked to the pavilion at the foot of the mountain. Li Wei was sitting down. This pavilion was the place where he first met Prince Zhu Biao. There was also a monument erected by Hu Weiyong in the pavilion. At this time, a soldier came to report: "Sir, the magistrate of Zhang, Dingyuan, asks to see him."

"Bring him to see me!" Li Weizheng smiled slightly. He did not expect that the magistrate of Dingyuan County was actually Zhang Erhu of the past. In a moment, the magistrate of Dingyuan County rushed over. It was Zhang Erhu, the captain of Li Weizheng's then. However, he has now changed his name to Zhang Xuewen. He has studied hard for several years and looks a bit gentle.

Zhang Erhu was indeed lucky to be a magistrate step by step from Dingyuan to the magistrate. It was mainly because the former magistrate and the magistrate of Dingyuan County were implicated in the Feng Fu case. Those who were killed and those who were dismissed were dismissed. There was no one in charge in Dingyuan County. The Fengyang Prefecture ordered Zhang Erhu to temporarily take the position of magistrate. Unexpectedly, he did a very good job, building roads and bridges, helping the lonely and widowed, which was quite famous. A hundred old men in Dingyuan took the book of the people in Fengyang to Fengyang to ask Zhang Magistrate to be the magistrate. The Fengyang Prefecture wrote a letter to recommend Zhang Erhu as the magistrate. The Ministry of Personnel quickly approved it. In this way, the gangsters of that year turned into the famous magistrate of Dingyuan.

After entering the official road, Zhang Erhu had to meet Li Weizheng according to the rules of the officialdom. He walked into the pavilion, knelt down respectfully and bowed: "Zhang Xuewen, the magistrate of Dingyuan, met with the Grand Governor."

Li Wei saw that although Zhang Erhu had dark skin, he was wearing a seventh-rank official uniform and a black gauze hat with a thoughtful etiquette, and he looked a bit like a local parent.

He nodded and smiled, "Magistrate Zhang, you are my old subordinate, so you don't have to kneel down in the future. I'll ask you, how is Wang Sanbao's wife and children doing now?"

When Zhang Erhu heard that Li Weizheng still remembered Wang Sanbao, he was slightly moved and said, "Report to the Lord, Wang Sanbao's wife died of illness last year. Her two sons have grown up and are now both working as yamen runners in Linhuai County. His former subordinates are living well now, and each has its own industries."

"It's almost six or seven years in a flash."

Li Wei recalled the scene when he was working in Linhuai County in the past, and couldn't help but feel a little moved. At this time, a soldier shouted from a distance: "Sir, the emperor's imperial edict has arrived. Please go back to the camp to receive the edict as soon as possible."

"I understand!" Li Wei immediately gathered his mind and said to Zhang Erhu: "I came here today to ask you how the situation is in the Temple of Confucius Temple in Dingyuan County?"

Zhang Erhu was stunned. He didn't expect that Li Wei was calling him to ask about the Confucius Temple. He hurriedly said, "Report to the Lord, it was not bad, but when the Yan army passed by a month ago, some soldiers were stationed in the Confucius Temple. The internal furnishings were destroyed a lot, and his subordinates were preparing to find someone to raise money to repair them."

"No need to find someone to raise money. I will be responsible for this matter. I will pay 5,000 taels of silver. Is it enough?"

Zhang Erhu was startled and said hurriedly: "Sir, you don't need so much, just five hundred taels of silver is enough."

Li Weizheng smiled slightly and said, "You can repair the Confucius Temple for me, and use the extra money to run the school. I will go to worship the teacher tomorrow morning. Please prepare for me! Summon more scholars and local reputations."

"I understand, I must prepare well for the Lord." Zhang Erhu faintly understood Li Weizheng's intention. He was buying the hearts of scholars!

Li Wei was rushing back to the military camp, and several eunuchs were waiting for tea. When they saw the Grand Governor arrive, they immediately greeted him and said with a flattering smile: "Governor, Your Majesty's order has arrived. We want to congratulate the Grand Governor on it."

Li Weizheng bowed and smiled, "I have worked hard for the father-in-laws to come all the way. Let's listen to the holy wishes first, and then serve wine to wash the dust of the father-in-laws."

The personal soldiers set up the incense table with all their strengths. Li Wei changed into the official uniform and knelt down. A eunuch launched an imperial edict and shouted: "In accordance with the will of heaven, the emperor's edict said, "The commander of the Five Army Li Wei was in Fengyang, Zhongdu, and the invading enemy was exterminated by great contributions to the country. He specially appointed him as Duke of Liao and Shaobao of the Crown Prince. He came to the palace to meet him today. I admire this!"

Li Weizheng bowed respectfully and kowtowed: "My dear Li Weizheng thanked the emperor for his kindness!"

He stood up, and the eunuch in charge hurriedly handed the order to Li Weizheng, complimenting: "A great man was granted the title of Duke of military merits at the age of 30. This is the first person since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. In the future, the adult man will take care of us."

"Where! Where! I'll ask my father-in-law to give me more good words to me in front of the emperor."

After saying that, he winked at his personal soldiers, Baihu, and Baihu knew it and immediately brought someone to bring a box. Li Wei pointed to the box and whispered to the three eunuchs, "This is my little intention, one thousand five hundred taels of gold, and the three father-in-laws took it to drink tea."

The three eunuchs were overjoyed. It was still the early Ming Dynasty. The eunuchs had a very low status. No one had ever given them so much money. Five hundred taels of gold per person was enough to sell their lives to Li Weizheng. They thanked them very much. Li Weizheng smiled slightly and waved his hand to ask his personal soldiers to take them down to drink and have dinner. At this time, his personal guard commander Luo Guangcai stepped forward and said, "Will the emperor summon the Lord to meet him? Is it a way to be detrimental to the Lord?"

Li Weizheng shook his head and smiled faintly, "One time and another time, now he should be worried that I will be unfavorable to him. Why do I fear him?"

Speaking of this, he immediately said to Luo Guangcai Ling: "Send someone to Liaodong immediately and bring all my parents, wife and children into the capital."

Luo Guangcai was shocked, and he hurriedly said, "Sir, please think twice, so that they will become hostages to the court."

"Don't worry! My house is outside the city, and I will send 30,000 troops to station nearby to protect it."
Chapter completed!