As a "virtuous king", the Eighth Master rarely thought that Yongzheng and the ministers said nonsense at the same time. However, when the Eighth Master said, "Since the official army is surrounded by Huo Chong, we must consider what will happen after being surrounded," Yongzheng scolded him, the ministers also felt that Prince Lian's statement was too mediocre.

Eighth Master was actually a little worried about the reactions of the ministers. However, he knew very well that he actually did not understand military affairs. The Fourteenth Master really led troops to fight. Even though Eighth Master thought this statement was indeed strange, he still insisted on this view that looked similar to that of a child.

Two days later, when Eighth Master went to court, he looked calm, but in fact he was expecting and anxious. He had seen so many people over the years, and at this critical moment, his confidence in Huo Chong suddenly became shaken. Too many people were the type of people who were immediately frustrated at critical moments, so Huo might be proud.

On the third day, when Yongzheng walked into the Golden Palace, the Eighth Master felt something was wrong. Yongzheng's expression showed a wonderful spirit, which was an extremely negative mental state. Looking at the ministers of the Ministry of War, from the Minister of War to several secondary officials, they were all like eggplant beaten by frost and wilted.

At the Super Conference a few days ago, we had to discuss the matter of destroying Huo Chong every day. Today, Yongzheng and the ministers in his core circle did not mention a word. They didn't even discuss anything else, but just ended the court meeting in a hurry.

At night, the news was still sent to Lao Ba. The 20,000 official troops who attacked Huo Chong were surrounded outside Jinan City and had been destroyed.

After reading it, Lao Ba let out a long sigh, and tears actually appeared in his eyes. Even he himself didn't know whether he was sad or happy at this time. Thinking that his temporary decision actually determined the life and death of tens of thousands of people, Lao Ba was really unable to control his emotions and sighed. Who would have thought that he, who had been suppressed for decades, would determine the fate of the Qing Dynasty in this way?

Compared with the information obtained by Yongzheng, those intelligence is very simple. Yongzheng didn't know how to adjust his mood under the impact of a large amount of intelligence.

Shandong Governor Chen Shiguan was the chief official of Shandong and sent the most detailed information. It started with the corruption of military discipline and harassing the people everywhere. Chen Shiguan's memorial was organized completely according to Chen Shiguan's own view of the matter.

Because the siege army harassed the people, the people fled far away and did not dare to approach the siege army. When the siege army was arrested sporadically by thieves sent by Huo Chong, the siege army had no idea about the latest news and thought it was the people they invaded to take revenge on their own.

Chen Shiguan had already told the generals of the siege army that this was probably caused by Huo Chong. But the siege army did not believe it. In the end, the siege army encountered a surprise attack and was trapped in a heavy siege and then destroyed.

At this time, the entire army of the siege was destroyed, and Chen Shiguan didn't care that anyone else would jump out to play against him. Although the actual situation was that the siege army and Chen Shiguan didn't think that Huo Chong's use of troops was so "elegant" and that harassing the people was just an excuse and reason for the struggle between the two sides. However, the news sent by Chen Shiguan was real.

Yongzheng was listening to his kissing Thirteenth brother telling his opinion privately. Thirteenth did not unconditionally agree with Chen Shiguan's statement. In Thirteenth, if Chen Shiguan was so innocent and so smart as he said, why wouldn't he let 20,000 Qing troops enter Jinan City? At least they should be allowed to station under Jinan City. Wouldn't that be fine?

In Lao Shisan's opinion, in the final analysis, Chen Shiguan's purpose of submitting such memorials at this time is nothing more than shirking responsibility.

Yongzheng agreed with the Thirteenth brother's evaluation. However, Yongzheng was able to tolerate this little plot in the hearts of the people. He sighed: "Thirteenth brother, no one is perfect. It is understandable that Chen Shiguan did this. He must have thought about the people of Jinan and let the official army stationed at the city of Jinan. The people of Jinan would be even more sad."

Lao Shisan replied: "Your Majesty, I just think that Chen Shiguan's words must not be tolerated. Could it be that the 20,000 official troops will be destroyed and Huo Chong will let go of the people under Jinan city?"

Yongzheng loved his thirteenth brother deeply. When he heard his thirteenth brother say this, Yongzheng felt a sense of displeasure. If it were someone else, the displeasure would immediately turn into anger. Then he angrily scolded the person who said this.

But facing the Thirteenth Brother, Yongzheng just felt that the Thirteenth Brother was right and hated him thoroughly. It was just because of insufficient information and I didn’t know what happened.

He handed several secret copies to his thirteenth brother. Yongzheng didn't even care whether his thirteenth brother could see who was the secret copy.

Of course, Lao Shisan knew that the Fourth Brother had established secret agents such as the sticker, and in addition to this, it also continuously improved the secret copy system. This system has built a very effective surveillance system. The Fourth Brother can take out the secret copy directly, which shows how much trust the Fourth Brother has in him. As long as Lao Shisan said a little bit about who the person who wrote the secret copy was, it would be enough to make many officials become enemies that will never stop.

So Lao Shisan's eyes did not fall on the names of those people at all, but read the contents of the secret letter carefully.

These comments are not intended to explain and describe something, but to tell what happened to Yongzheng. Therefore, the news in the comments are simple and straightforward, and do not pursue the smoothness of internal logic. The descriptions are very straightforward, and they say whatever they see.

After reading several secret letters from Lao Thirteen, he was completely shocked.

It turned out that after Huo Chong wiped out the 20,000 Qing troops who were surrounded within two days, he ordered more than 7,000 prisoners to dig a hole and buried the bodies of the Qing army. Then he ordered the prisoners to peel them all but a pair of pants and escort them outside Jinan City. He asked Chen Shiguan to come out to pick them up.

Chen Shiguan was afraid of the enemy and was worried that Huo Chong's people would sneak into the prisoners, so the four gates were closed and he did not dare to open the city.

Huo Chong spread rumors under the city of Jinan that the government army has been looting the people and is all bad people. Although Huo Chong has a virtuous life this time, he is unwilling to slaughter the prisoners. However, after releasing the prisoners, the people in Jinan City also asked the prisoners to scatter and rob and kill.

The reason why the captives were stripped of only pants was because they were worried that these people would hurt the people more if they had weapons. Even if they stripped them so cleanly, Huo Chong could not guarantee that something would happen. If these people looted, the people could report to Huo Chong. If the people really needed it, Huo Chong would come back to execute the officers and soldiers who looted everywhere.

In order to prove that these things are true, the secret letter also came with Huo Chong's notice.

Some secret letters even wrote even more shocking news to Lao Thirteen. These Qing army prisoners carried their salary with them when they were fighting. Although Huo Chong's army disarmed these people and stripped them of clothes, Huo Chong's subordinates did not steal the salary of the prisoners. Instead, they left it to the prisoners.

In other words, although these prisoners only had a pair of pants left, they were not short of money in their hands...

Seeing this, Lao Thirteen put down his secret letter and quickly said, "Emperor, Emperor! Huo Chong's thoughts are so vicious!"

Yongzheng nodded. Huo Chong's viciousness was indeed beyond Yongzheng's imagination. The release of prisoners was clearly intended to stir up struggles within the Qing army. Chen Shiguan did not dare to gather the prisoners, and the prisoners would definitely disperse and cause trouble. At this time, the military disaster predicted by so many notices posted by Huo Chongxian would occur.

Doing such a sinister and cunning thing with a righteous and open manner is simply indescribable!

He once commented that Huo Chong was able to tell the truth the same as lies. At this time, Huo Chong used the same means to show malicious intentions and good intentions.

Seeing that the Thirteenth brother was so excited, Yongzheng had to comfort him: "Thirteenth brother, I have sent someone to come and ask Chen Shiguan to gather the people quickly. Don't delay."

Lao Thirteen's head wanted the same as a rattle, "Your Majesty, I am not talking about this. I am talking about this!" After that, Lao Thirteen handed Yongzheng the secret letter that Huo Chong did not take away the prisoner's salary.

"Your Majesty, it is really unheard of for Huo Chong to be so vicious! Your Majesty, if Chen Shiguan confiscates the defeated soldiers when he gathers the defeated soldiers, it will be a mutiny! People say that when a three-year-old child passes the market with gold, everyone will be coveted. At this time, the defeated soldiers hold the salary and are taken in by the official army. How can these salary and silver be coveted without anyone?"

After hearing this, Yongzheng's face suddenly looked ugly. Of course, this unhappiness and even anger was not aimed at the thirteenth brother who was kissing, but at the surrendered soldiers. Especially after hearing these people were defeated, he obediently handed over the weapons and armor that could fight against Huo Chong, a dog thief, to Huo Chong, but he could still retain the salary given to them by the court. This anger was even more intense!

The imperial court spent so much money to give these surrendered troops a weapon and a armor, so that they wanted these people to fight Huo Chong to the end with their weapons, rather than letting them give the equipment they made with heavy money to survive to give Huo Chong the equipment they made.

Isn’t it just to give these surrendered troops a salary just to make them have no worries and fight bravely?

Now that they have lost the war, what is the use of keeping money? It is better to let the officers and soldiers who have not surrendered and still fight for the court take it away!

However, after all, Yongzheng had been working for his father Kangxi for so many years. His anger subsided slightly, and he understood what his thirteenth brother was reminding him. The surrendered soldiers now only had money left, and they didn't even have equipment to resist. Once the money was taken away by the official army in Jinan City, they could not resist.

But these are thousands of people. If someone doesn’t know the general and starts to make trouble, there is indeed such a possibility.

Thinking of this, Yongzheng replied: "I will send someone to order Chen Shiguan to be careful."

Seeing that the Thirteenth Brother was anxious in his expression, Yongzheng felt his loyalty and felt a little warm in his heart, and then said, "Thirteenth Brother, I will issue an order now!"
Chapter completed!