Zhou Yuji felt that there was something strange in his expression, and looked around with confusion on his face: "But he's here?"
"Our family is leaving"
Chang Yu smiled softly, his face a little reluctant.
"So fast." Zhou Yuji smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid the general's report will arrive at the Xuan Mansion the day before yesterday, but I can't imagine that the imperial edict from the factory governor has also arrived."
"Special line" Chang Yu looked a little melancholy, and then said: "After our family leaves, the Taiyuan matter will be a problem for General Zhou."
"Business matters"
Zhou Yuji smiled a little mysteriously: "Why are you so reluctant to say goodbye? It's not about separation between life and death."
"Hahaha, is there any?"
Chang Yu laughed: "Maybe it's because our family is sentimental."
As he spoke, he stretched his body and said seriously: "Li Yan needs to be treated well. Tell your subordinates first that you should treat your colleagues well, and don't deliberately exclude them, let alone ridicule..."
"Of course, I'll do it later." Zhou Yuji nodded.
"That's all"
Chang Yu suddenly waved his hand: "It's a little deliberate, so let it be. With Li Yan's talent in martial arts, it won't take long for the careless bosses under you to accept it."
Zhou Yuji smiled slightly, raised his eyes and looked outside the city. Seeing the fast horses getting closer and closer, he said: "Master, please prepare to receive the order. I will go to see Li Yan."
As he spoke, he suddenly looked at Chang Yu with confusion: "A hungover person has frivolous steps and swollen eyes. Why do you look so refreshed? Could it be that you drank fake wine at Jin Prince's Mansion last night?" After that, he laughed and left.
Chang Yu also smiled, and a meandering picture appeared in his mind.
Chang Yu received the imperial edict at the Jin Palace. Rather than saying it was an imperial edict, it would be better to say that it was a courier sent by Chongzhen. There was no official eunuch who delivered the edict, and there was no specification of the edict. It was just a letter with a few numbers on it: "
Summon the imperial envoy Chang Yu, the eunuch in charge of the Dongchang Official School, and Wu Mengming, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, to come to Beijing immediately without delay!"
Just such a sentence made Zhu Shenxuan, who was originally frightened and somewhat hopeful, a little confused. He didn't even mention anything. He didn't mention the aftermath of Taiyuan, the commendations of the soldiers, the transfer of personnel and their appointment.
For Chang Yu, there were no surprises. Everything was within his expectation. He knew that Chongzhen would definitely let him go to Beijing to explain in detail right after the war ended.
Although he also sent a list of attachments to the victory message, which was a list of some soldiers who performed outstandingly in the Taiyuan battle. Simply put, it was to nominate and report their merits to his subordinates.
Under normal circumstances, judging from Chang Yu's military exploits at this time, Chongzhen would naturally not disgrace him, nor chill the hearts of the soldiers. He would still give what should be given, but there is a cumbersome legal procedure for such things.
If I have to leave, I can't come down so soon. The most important thing for Chongzhen right now is to see him.
"Our family may need to pack our luggage before setting off. It won't take too long." Chang Yu casually tipped the eunuch who passed the order five taels of silver.
"It's up to you, Lord Superintendent." The eunuch smiled happily, and did not forget to whisper: "The young one is in the East Factory to follow orders."
Ha, Chang Yu couldn't help but laugh, Chongzhen now... I don't know whether it's intentional or not, the people he uses are all from Dongchang.
Set off immediately, which means that even if you are taking a shit, you must quickly get on your horse and leave.
Chang Yu was naturally not so anxious. After a brief discussion with Wu Mengming, Cheng Ming, Tang Poshan and others, everyone started packing their luggage, and he turned around to look for Zhou Yuji.
Zhou Yuji hosted a banquet for Li Yan in a private room of a restaurant, accompanied by several generals. This was a small-scale reception banquet, and they were all warriors. Everyone should say what they want without being so pretentious.
Chang Yu didn't like to associate with civil servants, but Li Yan was different. He was originally a civil servant, and subconsciously he was closer to the civil servant group. However, after all, he had been in the army for several years, and there were many Lu Han in the bandit army. It was not strange for him to be rude.
Last week, Yu Ji had a reputation, and although his generals were also vulgar, they were not much better than the thieves, so they wanted to have a good chat.
What's even more commendable is that none of the generals looked down upon him or even looked down upon him because of his status as a thief. After all, Li Yan was also well-known, half-literary, and belonged to Li Zicheng's military think tank.
Literati have always been respected by people.
Chang Yu arrived and a pair of bowls and chopsticks were added to the wine table.
"General Li, our family is not kind and hypocritical, and is the kind of person who speaks directly. We have just received the imperial edict and will return to the capital today. When we return to the capital and face the emperor, we should speak kindly for you in front of the emperor and give you a good speech.
You have an opportunity to display your ambitions, and I hope that General Li will live up to my expectations and join forces with the generals here to pacify the enemy at home and abroad, save the common people and fire and water, and promote the prestige of the Ming Dynasty to the world."
Seeing what Chang Yu said so solemnly, Li Yan immediately stood up: "It is a blessing for people to meet Bole. It is a blessing to meet the Lord of the Ming Dynasty. Even if he dies, he will have no regrets. The common people are willing to follow the factory governor's lead and do their best for the country and the people!"
"The last general is willing to follow the factory governor and look forward to doing nothing for the great Ming Dynasty." Seeing Li Yan like this, all the generals, including Zhou Yuji, stood up one after another and paid tribute to Chang Yu.
There was a feeling of being worshiped. Chang Yu felt happy and stood up and picked up the wine glass: "It doesn't matter who you are following. Serving the country and the people is our ambition. There are too few people with this ambition now, so let me
Let’s wait until we are willing to serve others. Let’s toast ourselves with this glass of wine!”
Everyone was excited and raised their glasses. They all felt that they were so great and noble. Li Yan was even more excited and his eyes were red. He never expected that a harem eunuch would have such a big heart and such ambition!
After three drinks, the topic shifted to Li Zicheng.
Li Yan already knew the latest news about the intruder through Zhou Yuji, and then fell into silence. After a while, he looked up at Chang Yu and said: "Based on the common people's inference, the intruder may not cross the Yellow River and return to Xi'an as you wish, and will most likely turn east."
Chang Yu nodded slightly. This speculation was not unexpected. He and Zhou Yuji had discussed it before.
He tapped his fingers on the table a few times: "We can quickly figure out where he went. At this time, Liu Fangliang, the leader of the bandit, is in Lu'an Prefecture (Changzhi). The shortest way to Lu'an Prefecture is to go straight from Pingyang Prefecture (Linfen) to Zhengdong."
, is also the only way. At this time, Jiexiu, who is in Fenzhou Prefecture, is expected to arrive at Pingyang Prefecture tonight at the latest, so we will know his whereabouts tomorrow morning."
Everyone nodded in agreement, and Li Yan was shocked. The eunuch leader actually knew Liu Fangliang's whereabouts thousands of miles away. While facing the hundreds of thousands of troops led by Li Zicheng to press on the border, he actually stared at another place thousands of miles away.
Man, this man is too scary!
"Then, should our people pursue him or not?" Zhou Yuji asked.
"Commander Zhou can tell Tu Yuan and others to follow him a little closer. In this way, the bandit army will have no time to cause trouble in Pingyang Mansion for too long, and secondly, he will be forced to make a choice quickly."
"If the intruder crosses the west of the river, our troops will naturally turn back. But what if he goes east? Should we still pursue him?" Zhou Yuji was in trouble.
Chang Yu smiled bitterly: "Then we really have to go deep alone. Not to mention that Jin Wuwei's light equipment and lack of food and grass are enough. The road to the east is full of mountains and forests. The intruders have a hundred ways to ambush. Simply follow them.
It’s death!”
"Then we can only send scout horses to keep an eye on us from a distance!" Zhou Yuji sighed: "But if we let the bandits return, the Central Plains will be miserable!"
"It's just one more knife, one less knife!"
Chang Yu sighed heavily. The main reason why Liu Fangliang felt like he was in an uninhabited territory in Shanxi and Henan was that the imperial court was unstoppable in the Central Plains. They were all stationed in small towns and did not have most field troops. They fought independently.
It is impossible to form a combat force that threatens the bandits. In short, there are no soldiers in the Central Plains.
"If he causes trouble in the Central Plains, he can be suppressed as soon as he sees good. If people's hearts are not strong enough, he will go north. Once he enters Shandong or Hebei, he will suffer a lot," Niu Yong sneered.
"What hardships are there to suffer?" Chang Yu sneered: "Is it because Liu Zeqing is in Shandong? How much better is that dog who eats inside and outside than the bandit army? How dare he fight when the bandit army comes to the city? Bah!"
As he spoke, anger suddenly appeared on his face: "Da Ming is raising almost all trash at this time. There are only a few people who dare to fight and can fight. If nothing else, even if there are three or five, they will not become what they are now."
Game!"
Everyone was silent.
"Will the factory supervisor come back after he leaves?" Li Yan suddenly asked.
"Maybe. If the bandit army goes west, our family will most likely not be able to return. If we go east, we still have a chance to fight side by side with the generals."
As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes were filled with joy. They actually looked forward to Li Zicheng's eastward march.
After a while, after having had enough wine and food, Chang Yu pulled Zhou Yuji aside and whispered for a while, then said goodbye to everyone and hurried to Prince Jin's Mansion.
When they arrived at Prince Jin's Mansion, without saying a word, they pulled Zhu Shenxuan into the palace and began to hold secret talks for more than an hour before the two of them walked out with heavy faces.
At this time, Wu Mengming and others were ready and waiting at the north gate.
"Goodbye, by fate!" At the door of Prince Jin's Mansion, Chang Yu clasped his fist heavily towards Zhu Shenxuan.
Zhu Shenxuan's eyes were red and he wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't say a word and just hugged Chang Yu.
Chang Yu patted him on the shoulder, got on his horse, and turned to leave!
"Mr. Factory Supervisor, you must come back." At this moment, a voice sounded. Chang Yu trembled, but without looking back, he gritted his teeth and rode away.
At the gate of the palace, Zhu Zhi'e burst into tears, and Zhu Shenxuan also looked sad, but also confused.
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