Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 137

Liu Liangzuo led a team out of the city, and respectfully took Li Guofu, the angel official, into the Houye Mansion in the city, then bathed and changed clothes, and burned incense to receive the order.

Li Guofu's fat face is mighty everywhere now, the angel officer represents the emperor, thinking of what His Majesty Zhu Yousong did, and thinking of himself being so valued by His Majesty, Li Guofu's white and fat face is tense because he has no beard , chest pulled high.

Liu Liangzuo wanted to say a few words to please, but Li Guofu responded with a nonchalant grunt. Seeing that Liu Liangzuo and other generals had knelt down, he carefully unfolded the Holy Scroll of Huangling, which was tightly hugged in his arms, and cleared it up no matter what. Qing also read the imperial decree aloud with the throat of a chicken and a duck.

Liu Liangzuo didn't know the content of the decree yet, so he knelt down with the other generals and listened quietly.

The general meaning of this decree is:

According to the imperial decree of Chengyun, the Heavenly Dynasty, since Emperor Taizu Gao started his business, the people lived in peace and praise, and it has continued for nearly three hundred years.However, in recent years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued, thieves have sprung up, and the eastern captives have repeatedly violated the country with arrogance.Thieves broke into the northern capital, the first emperor Chongzhen died, the northern capital fell, and the eastern captives entered the pass, poisoning the central plains, thousands of people struggled in water and fire, and only half of the southern part of the celestial dynasty remained.However, I never forget the aspirations of my ancestors, and every day I don't think about returning to the northern capital to drive out the captives and suppress the bandits.Today, the eastern captives and the bandits are fighting in the Qin and Jin Dynasties. This is a god-sent opportunity. It is urgent to settle the Central Plains in the north and restore the foundation of the ancestors.After receiving the order, Aiqing immediately sent troops to Henan to recover the lost land. There must be no mistakes. I admire this.

This imperial decree was written by Gao Hongtu, the three sages of the Southern Ming Dynasty who appeared in history as Zhu Yousong’s cabinet chief assistant and military secretary. It was approved by Zhu Yousong’s Longmu and delivered by Li Guofu, the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse supervisor. The weight is of course Not low.

After Li Guofu finished reading, he folded up the imperial decree and handed it to Liu Liangzuo.

"My minister obeys the order." Liu Liangzuo obviously did not expect the emperor to let him send troops to Henan, his face was shocked, but no matter whether it was true compliance or false compliance, he said so, and then respectfully accepted the imperial order, and then Dare to get up.

He pretended to read the imperial decree carefully again, his eyes kept rolling, and finally rolled it up and handed the imperial decree to the deputy general, then let Li Guofu sit on the top with a smile on his face, took the teacup from the servants himself, and offered tea to Li Guofu , and then bowed his hands and said: "Eunuch, you have worked hard, Mr. Liu is a martial artist, if you are rude and slow, please forgive me."

Li Guofu took the teacup and put it down again, knowing that he was looking for something to say, a slight smile appeared on his fat face, "Don't be polite, uncle, you and I are both working for His Majesty, why is it so hard to say, wait for us The family is nothing important, but His Majesty is deeply concerned about the country and the people, and is eager to revive the Ming Dynasty, and now is a good opportunity, so uncle quickly organize the troops and send troops."

Liu Liangzuo showed a flattering attitude towards Li Guofu, "My father-in-law is right, but I don't know which army is going to use troops against the Tartars this time?"

"Your Majesty has already made plans. The Marquis of Wuchang will deal with the traitors. The Duke of Jingguo will guard the capital. He advocates Pingbo to send troops to Henan, and Dongpingbo to send troops to Shandong. Your two armies are like two sharp knives. Take the opportunity to regain the lost ground and attack the Tartars in one go. Hurry back to the outside."

"Your Majesty's majesty, please tell your majesty that I will serve the country with death and live up to the grace of God." Liu Liangzuo said, his eyes rolled straight, and he said, "however, it is not a trivial matter to send troops to Henan. The law of war says that knowing yourself and the enemy is the only way to win a hundred battles." Let's call the generals to discuss the specific plan of dispatching troops, please don't be impatient, father-in-law."

"Since that's the case, our family won't bother me any more. I wish my uncle a successful start and success in no time." Li Guofu was about to return to Beijing to reply.

Liu Liangzuo insisted on keeping him, and asked him to eat before leaving. After finishing speaking, he left a few people here to wait on him. He left the hall with a few generals, deputy generals, and generals. He went to another room and closed the door. Jiashuanggang, a few people sat down, Liu Liangzuo asked the generals, where did they plan to go out?
General Pang Ji saluted and said: "Uncle, you must not listen to the emperor, don't you see that, the emperor surrendered Huang Degong, and dealt with Gao Jie, the next target is you and that Liu Zeqing, let you two enter the army , It is actually killing people with a borrowed knife."

Liu Liangzuo curled his lips, his big eyes were wide open, he nodded slightly and said nothing.

At this time, Zhang Xu, one of his generals, clasped his fists and said, "Uncle, Pang Canjun is right, I just killed Li Guofu, the dog, and took the brothers to find the second master, and suffer this here." What the hell are you doing!"

"Yes, Zongbing Zhang is right, go find the second master, Daming will die sooner or later."...

Liu Liangzuo's confidants responded one after another.

The "Second Master" they said of course refers to Liu Liangzuo's younger brother Liu Liangchen.Although this person is called Liangchen, but the name has been abolished, the blame is to blame his parents for not being forward-looking, because this is an out-and-out traitor and traitor, he should be called a sycophant, just like his name.

As early as the fourth year of Chongzhen, the guerrilla general Liu Liangchen followed Zu Dashou to surrender to the Tartars and became a shameful traitor and running dog.Now that he is an official and a general, Liu Liangzuo has made a living as a traitor for more than ten years, and he has been doing well in the Qing military camp. However, the Tartars regard him as a foreign race. Although he has made continuous contributions in recent years, he has only given rewards but not much. Officer promoted.

When the Qing army entered the customs, Liu Liangchen was still compiled under Zu Dashoumo and belonged to Duoduo Banner, Prince Yu. After Li Zicheng was defeated in Shanhaiguan, he was out of control. Once hit Henan and Shandong.

Liu Liangzuo has long been harboring ulterior motives. Whether he should surrender to the Qing Dynasty or be loyal to the Ming Dynasty depends on the development of the situation. If Duoduo captures Jiangnan and the brothers meet, when Liu Liangzuo strikes back, the brothers will join forces and fight against each other. If instead, the Tartars are expelled, he will be loyal to Daming.

He is a typical representative of the generals in the late Ming Dynasty who stepped on both feet. In other words, he was always ready to be a traitor. However, at this time Duoduo suddenly withdrew his troops and went north. The Qing Tartars stayed in Henan and Shandong. He hesitated.

Liu Liangzuo and Liu Liangchen often exchanged letters in secret, so he had no choice but to continue to wait and see.At this time, the imperial decree arrived, ordering him to send troops to Henan. In view of Gao Jie's death, Liu Liangzuo often stood at the crossroads with grudges, and now it's time for a showdown.

The words of the generals were right in his heart, he thought for a while and made a decision, he stood still for a few days, and secretly sent his confidants to the Qing camp to contact the Tartars, to see the emperor's reaction, and also leave a message for Liu Zeqing trend.Once there is news from the Tartars, and they will pull 10 people to join them, they will undoubtedly be like his brothers by then. Liu Liangzuo is also a good minister and veteran general of the Qing Dynasty.
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