Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen said helplessly: "Then let's take a look at the recruitment situation of the teacher first!"

When Min Hongxue heard this, he shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the bandits in Xiao Yuan Camp are now in full swing. The possibility of real recruitment is probably smaller than that of Jianlu entering the pass. For a steady move, I think it is better to prepare both ways!"

In fact, the implication is that the possibility of actually recruiting an thief is very small, so it is better not to expect it.

Emperor Chongzhen had a little more confidence than Min Hongxue. After all, he heard Zhang Mingwei talk about Xiao Yuanying. However, Min Hongxue's statement was not unreasonable.

There is no sign of recruitment now. If you just rely on this, if you fail to succeed, you will be very passive.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen became a little moved.

Min Hongxue, who had been watching him, saw this and immediately replied to him: "Your Majesty, it is better to go to the governor of Shanyong and ask him to prepare his troops first. If the move fails, he will not be caught off guard. Although it will delay the defense on the front line of Jizhen, Weichen still feels it is necessary."

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen thought about it for a long time, and finally nodded. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the eunuch report: "Your Majesty, Duke Xingguo is here."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was a little surprised. Isn’t he going to work on the recruitment of the people? Why did he enter the palace so soon? It’s impossible for the recruitment of the people to be famous?

Although he felt it was impossible, he immediately passed it on.

"Thank you to Hong Fu, the matter of recruiting peace is full of clarity!" Zhang Mingwei smiled as soon as he saw Emperor Chongzhen.

"..." Emperor Chongzhen was stunned when he heard it. Is this true?

After hearing this, Min Hongxue frowned and reminded him: "The Duke of the State is young. This amnesty involves military and national affairs. If you are not careful, the consequences will be very serious and cannot be compared with other things."

He was already over seventy years old and his official career was rising and falling, but he had never seen a young man in his twenties in the court. Of course, except for the emperor.

After the resumption, he had fewer contacts with Zhang Mingwei. Although I heard about Zhang Mingwei's previous events, those were not major military and national affairs.

Even if Zhang Mingwei led his troops to wipe out the thieves in Fangshan County, it was a big deal, and it was completely different from the fact that he often had hundreds of thousands of troops today.

Therefore, Zhang Mingwei has not yet achieved convincing achievements in military affairs. At this age, he had enough reason to suspect that Zhang Mingwei did not understand the seriousness of military affairs, so he had this reminder.

After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei nodded, agreed with Min Hongxue's statement, and then said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the people from Xiao Yuanying are here to find me!"

"What?" Emperor Chongzhen and Min Hongxue were surprised when they heard this. They never expected that such a thing would be.

When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he knew that he was not specific enough, so he told Emperor Chongzhen again: "When I led my troops to Fangshan County to suppress the thieves, I sent someone to find out the news first, so that the matter would be twice the result with half the effort. Therefore, after I came back, I sent a servant from the mansion to join Li Zicheng's troops as a secret spy so that I could use it in the future..."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this. He heard Zhu Mai mention this matter to her. To be honest, he forgot when he heard it. He thought that there was no such good thing, and the possibility of death was greater.

"...I didn't expect that he was intercepted by Xiao Yuanying halfway. Because he was a scholar, his conversation made Yuan Shizhong impressed and became the military advisor of Xiao Yuanying..."

Emperor Chongzhen was so lucky when he heard this.

"... Then Yuan Shizhong and Li Zicheng and other bandits could not get together, so they wanted to join Zhang Xianzhong. As a result, they heard my reputation halfway through, so they changed to the north under the persuasion of my servant, and sent my servant and one of his cousins ​​to the capital to see if there was any possibility of being recruited..."

Min Hongxue next to him was stunned when he heard this. There was such a good thing. Is this not enough energy in the Ming Dynasty?

However, with his age and his experience, after the initial shock, he came back to his senses and realized that this was entirely the contribution of the Duke. He prepared for the future and had indeed achieved amazing results!

When Min Hongxue thought of this, he was a little surprised. He looked at Zhang Mingwei again and seemed to find that although the Duke was only in his twenties, he had the calmness that this age group did not have!

It seems that the Duke of the State really cannot be used to argue with the usual theory!

In fact, Zhang Mingwei has always been like this, but his own mentality has changed.

Although he had not finished listening, there was a smile on Emperor Chongzhen's face. He was listening to Zhang Mingwei's retelling of the deeds about Xiao Yuanying. Although it was not as exaggerated as the gentleman saw in later generations, it would not be much different. He knew that the possibility of a successful recruitment was extremely high. In this way, the situation would be beneficial to the court!

As soon as Zhang Mingwei finished speaking, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but praise: "Sir, I am really my blessing star!"

That's right, I was climbing the mountain, but as soon as I slipped, I came to you. If it wasn't your lucky star, then there would be a ghost!

Zhang Mingwei thought so in his heart, and then smiled and said, "Your Majesty, time is tight. I see that I will leave Beijing soon. I will recruit this little Yuan camp as soon as possible, so that I can deal with Zuo Liangyu's troops and unblock the siege of Kaifeng as soon as possible!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was about to nod, but he immediately shook his head and said, "Sir, you can't make any mistakes. I'll send someone else."

Speaking of this, he saw Min Hongxue and said, "Let Min Qing go to recruit you, then lead the army to wipe out Zuo Liangyu's troops, and then untie the siege!"

That Zuo Liangyu dared to shout "clear the king's side" words. Do you really think I'm easy to deceive?

"..." Min Hongxue was speechless when he heard this. What the emperor meant was that the Duke's fate was his fate, and my fate was not his fate?

But this was just a little complaint in his heart. When he saw him, he immediately replied: "Old minister receives the order!"

When Zhang Mingwei saw this, he didn't expect this to be the case and wanted to speak.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he said to him: "I will not ignore the safety of my husband if I give you ten more little Yuan camps! This matter is settled!"

"..." Zhang Mingwei's mouth, which had already opened, became an "O" shape and could not speak.

He could understand that because of his special origin and how helpful it was to Emperor Chongzhen, it has been proven. It was not particularly strange that Emperor Chongzhen said such words. It should have something to do with men and women... no, it has nothing to do with other friendships.

Turning around to look at Min Hongxue, he is so old, so he must have a lot of experience in dealing with these things. Not only did he lead troops to quell the chieftain rebellion in Yunnan and Guizhou, but he also did a good job of changing the land and implementing Chinese education after the rebellion was wiped out.

With him coming forward and being the Minister of War, he should be able to recruit Xiao Yuanying.

Thinking of this, although Zhang Mingwei still wanted to lead his troops out to fight in the heart, but if you think about it seriously, you should forget it. It’s not that you are afraid of death, but that it is now two years before the fall of the Ming Dynasty. After his hard work, the situation has improved slightly, but you must not give up all your previous efforts!

The most important thing is that Emperor Chongzhen was very determined this time and made the decision directly, and Min Hongxue also received the order.

So, the matter was settled.

In the capital, Zhang Mingwei began to plan a rich man far away in Fujian. By the way, he also had to reply to the prince and tell him what he did, and there were important things to be busy with.

Min Hongxue led a short-standing Beijing camp, with a total of 20,000 troops, to leave Beijing and Baoding.

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In the Zhending Prefecture City of Northern Zhili, fires surged into the sky, and cried and howled everywhere. Military soldiers wearing official military uniforms were looting around the city.

On the top of the city, an official wearing a red and scorching robe looked at all in the city and frowned and said to a 50-year-old veteran beside him: "Is this too much? If you don't open the city gate and kill the prefect, you will be killed. How can we stay here if you burn it like this?"

The veteran general disagreed and looked at the chaos in the city and said casually: "Sir, I don't know the difficulty of leading troops! Now the court does not pay salaries and has to raise so many soldiers. If they are asked to drink the northwest wind, who will follow me?"

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at the civil servant, and then emphasized: "If there is not enough troops, the court will give us the will of a decree. We will be the result of a beheading in the execution ground! No, maybe the whole family will be executed, or the nine clans will be killed?"

Although he was talking about such a terrifying crime, his face was not panicked at all.

When the civil servant heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, and then said with a hatred: "Disappy son, you're unruly son!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard an excited voice reply, "Are you looking for me?"

The civil servant looked at him and saw a few people coming up from the side of the horse wall. The leader was the young man in Jinyi, and behind him was a group of servants, carrying a few young women.

At first sight, the civil servant was so angry that he pointed at him with his fingers, opening his mouth to say something, but he couldn't speak.

The young man in Jinyi didn't care at all, but said to the veteran: "Master, this is really satisfying. I'll kill anyone who doesn't meet you. I'll kill you with one knife; I'll see who is beautiful and snatch it directly!"

As he spoke, he pointed his hand at the women who were carrying the servants behind him and said, "I have picked a few good ones and sent them to my father and the coach."

"You..." The civil servant trembled with anger.

On the contrary, the veteran laughed and said, "Young Master Hou is really kind, good, good!"

This Hou Gongzi sold Hou Fangxia from Guide Mansion. Needless to say, the civil servant was Hou Xun and the military general was Zuo Liangyu.

"I'm going to find Brother Meng Gengshi. He robbed him faster than me!" After Hou Fangxia said that, he asked the servants to leave the women and hurried down to the city wall again.

Hou Xun looked at this scene and almost fainted.
Chapter completed!