In the main hall, Chong Zhen suddenly stood up from his dragon throne. The hearts of all the civil and military officials froze as they thought to themselves," He's here."
However, Chong Zhen did not mention anything about Wang Cheng's reward. Instead, he said with a dark face,
"Although the traitor Li Zicheng is dead, there are still remnants of his henchmen in the seven provinces. He ordered the various armies to attack the seven provinces and recover the lost land along the way to rebuild the order of the Ming Dynasty.”
All the officials in the hall frowned and were stunned. A trace of doubt flashed in their eyes. Didn't the general order the military of the seven provinces to be in charge? Wouldn't this disrupt Wang Cheng's arrangements?
Chong Zhen saw the doubts in their hearts. His eyes flashed and he added with a dark face,
"I'm doing this so that the Great General can get rid of the remnants of Li Zicheng's troops as soon as possible. The Jurchen outside the pass are eyeing us covetously, so I need the Great General to return to the court as soon as possible.”
Hearing this, the doubts in most people's eyes disappeared. At the same time, their faces also revealed a solemn expression. That was the big problem in Da Ming's heart.
Compared to the dangers of the Jurchen, Li Zicheng and the others were like a plague. Li Zicheng might have killed them, but he wouldn't have killed everyone. The Jurchen was different.
At the thought of this, everyone's eyes flashed with a hint of fear. In an instant, the joy in their hearts that had been brought about by Li Zicheng's death was diluted. Their hearts were solemn, and even more afraid.
However, at this moment, Marquis of Wu 'an, Zheng Zhijun, stood up and praised Chong Zhen,"
"Your Majesty is wise! When the Great General returned to the court, the court could focus on dealing with Nuzhen's Slave Jian.”
Everyone's eyes lit up. After this battle, Wang Cheng had completely established his status as a famous general. With him overseeing the capital, everyone's safety was at least guaranteed.
Immediately, some of the officials and generals who had a good impression of Wang Cheng began to praise him.
"Marquis Wu An is right."
"When the time comes, the powerful soldiers recruited by the Great General and the Guanning Cavalry might really defeat Slave Jian.”
"With the Great General here, slaying Slave Jian is just around the corner.”
"Slave Jian is getting more and more arrogant. We have to deal with traitors like Li Zicheng as soon as possible.”
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the entire hall immediately became excited. Everyone's eyes revealed a look of longing, as if the dark clouds that enveloped the sky above Da Ming were being dispelled.
However, no one saw the solemn expression on the face of the head of the Chongzhen, as well as the gloominess that kept flashing in his eyes.
The greater Wang Cheng's prestige, the heavier Chong Zhen's heart became. The more powerful Wang Cheng was, the greater the threat to the imperial power. However, he could not rashly fall out with Wang Cheng now.
Now was not the time to hide.
For a moment, Chong Zhen seemed to feel that his shoulders, which had not been relaxed for a long time, seemed to have become heavy again. Therefore, he was even more in no mood to delay. He said bluntly,
"Hurry up and give the order. In addition, I will distribute 200,000 taels of silver from the palace treasury to reward the soldiers under the general. As for the general, I will reward him after he returns to the court. Retreat."
"Retreat!"
All the officials were stunned. Seeing Chong Zhen turn around and leave, they could only kneel down and pay their respects…
With the end of the court meeting, the capital quickly sent out the news of Li Zicheng's death to all parts of the world at the fastest speed. The news spread like a virus.
In an instant, the world was shaken.
No one had expected Li Zicheng, who had poisoned the world for more than ten years, to die just like that.
Before anyone could recover from the shock of Li Zicheng's siege of the capital, they had already heard this news, causing an uproar.
Some people were happy, while others were sad!
However, what spread faster than the news was the imperial edict of Chongzhen. Countless imperial edicts were sent to the army of King Shuzhi Qin first.
Xiangyang, Hubei.
Outside the city, in a huge military camp that stretched for more than ten kilometers, Zuo Liangyu, the general of the Great Ming Dynasty, the Crown Prince's Junior Guardian, was kneeling on the ground with a black mass of generals, listening to the Imperial Edict of Chongzhen read out by the hundred men of the Brocade Guard.
" The Emperor has issued an edict: The traitor Li Zicheng has been beheaded. In order to prevent his remaining party from spreading chaos throughout the world, the general who quelled the traitor, the Crown Prince's Junior Guardian, Zuo Liangyu, is ordered to immediately set out and attack Shaanxi from Hubei. The army will surround Xi'an and completely destroy the traitor Li Zicheng.”
"I, Zuo Liangyu, have received the imperial edict to thank you!"
After Zuo Liangyu shouted three times, he stood up from the ground and took the imperial edict from the hands of the Embroidered Uniform Guards. His eyes were still filled with shock.
Having interacted with Li Zicheng for many years, he did not believe that Li Zicheng would die just like that.
He had actually died in the hands of an unknown Wang Cheng.
However, when he looked at the imperial edict in his hand, his eyes lit up. He stared at the contents of the imperial edict with excitement and muttered,"I'm rich, I'm rich, I'm rich…"
His eyes were shining with golden light.
He didn't care if Li Zicheng was dead or not. Anyway, he didn't care if he was dead or not. However, Li Zicheng's old nest, Xi'an, made him drool.
That was the place where Li Zicheng had ascended the throne. The wealth that Li Zicheng had brought to the world for more than ten years was all placed in Xi'an. Suddenly, Zuo Liangyu's heartbeat began to accelerate, and his breathing gradually became heavy.
"Huff huff huff."
The other generals in the room also had the same expression. They held the cold weapons in their hands and said excitedly,
"General, quickly break camp and rush to Guanzhong.”
"Without Li Zicheng, the Guanzhong Pass will not be able to hold back our 200,000 strong army.”
"Before the remnants of Li Zicheng in Xi'an react, we'll set off immediately.”
"That's right. If we're late, the gold and silver mountains will belong to others.”
"This is the last credit for eliminating Li Zicheng. If we can take him down, we'll definitely be promoted.”
“……”
Everyone continued to talk, but not only did they not calm down, but they also seemed to be adding fuel to the fire, causing the desire in their hearts to be infinitely magnified.
Zuo Liangyu held his breath. Now that Li Zicheng was dead, his people were leaderless. He could go over and take over all of Li Zicheng's remaining troops to strengthen his own forces.
As long as there were soldiers and horses, who wouldn't be a grass head king!
In an instant, Zuo Liangyu grabbed the imperial edict in his hand and shouted,""Gather the troops and set off!"
"Yes, General."
Everyone agreed excitedly.
A moment later, a deafening drumbeat rang out in the huge military camp that stretched for more than ten kilometers. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers began to gather.
Zuo Liangyu wasn't the only one who received the imperial edict. Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, and the other officers of the four towns also received the imperial edict.
For a moment, the already precarious Great Ming land suddenly had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, all rushing in the direction of Guanzhong…
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