The seventh year of the Apocalypse, early December.

A piece of good news rushed eight hundred miles from Shanhaiguan to the capital overnight. Zhu Youjian, who was diligent in political affairs, had just laid down for a short time before he stood up and took the letter from Guo Zhen.

At this time, Wei Zhongxian had been sent to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum, and he would probably hang himself on the way.

Guo Zhen also successfully took over Wei Zhongxian's position and became the leader of the Eunuch Party again. Although the Donglin Party took the opportunity to knock out many gaps in this sword, and it was no longer sharp, it could still kill people.

Seeing that the eunuchs were not eliminated, the new emperor seemed to want to repeat the same mistakes and began to favor Guo Zhen, the chief eunuch of the Cheese Ceremony. Naturally, the Donglin Party refused to give up, and the court was targeting the palace everywhere.

However, because Zhu Youjian gained a huge reputation from the auspicious incident, suppressed by his reputation as a sage, benevolent king, and virtuous, the Donglin Party, which had no suitable excuse, was unable to launch a complete attack for the time being.

So both sides are waiting.

The Donglin Party is waiting for the Eunuch Party to act recklessly and damage the reputation of the new emperor. At that time, it will attack again and force the emperor to completely surrender the Eunuch Party in order to restore the Donglin Party's control over the court.

Zhu Youjian also stood still, waiting for the good news about Zhang Jin to come from outside the customs. When the time comes, with auspiciousness falling from the sky and burning Shengjing with the other hand, and the reputation of these two major events has been added, he will have enough confidence to suppress the Donglin Party and start

Begin to implement improvements in Xing Ming policy.

This wait lasted nearly half a month.

"The hard work pays off! Okay! Great! Zhang Jin really did not disappoint me! He killed well and burned well!"

After Zhu Youjian read the letter, he couldn't help but get up and get out of bed excitedly, walking back and forth in the palace hall, laughing and praising it.

Guo Zhen silently picked up the coat that had fallen on the dragon bed, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, it's cold in the night, so don't catch a cold."

Zhu Youjian put on his coat and robe, and immediately said to Guo Zhen: "Immediately send your confidants to notify Lu Wenzhao of entering the palace. Keep it secret and don't let the Donglin Party notice it."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will take care of it right now." Guo Zhen didn't ask any more questions, turned around and retreated.

Two days later, the imperial court's award document set off from the capital and headed straight for Shanhaiguan. It was accompanied by the Jin Yiwei brigade led by Lu Wenzhao.

Two or three days later, the award team arrived at Shanhaiguan, and Commander-in-Chief Yang Qi led the team to greet them personally.

Although the eunuch delivering the order was present, it was Lu Wenzhao who led the team and spoke straight to the point: "General Yang, the emperor attaches great importance to this matter. Let's postpone the greetings and go see Zhang Jinhe first."

Those hundred remaining soldiers."

Yang Qi knew the importance of this matter, nodded and said with a smile: "Two adults, please come this way."

Under the leadership of Yang Qi, Lu Wenzhao and his party soon met Zhang Jin and the hundreds of remaining soldiers.

On that day, he was taken into the city as a prisoner. Zhang Jin traveled back and forth between Shanhaiguan and Yingzhou Guards alone before he took these people from Yingzhou Guards to Shanhaiguan and restored his identity and freedom.

"Zhang Jin, the emperor sent me here." Lu Wenzhao looked at Zhang Jin, "Are you injured?"

"Thanks to Your Majesty Hongfu, there are no major injuries, but minor injuries have healed." Zhang Jin replied with a smile, then picked up a wooden box next to him and handed it over, "This is my gift to the Emperor."

"What's in here? This human head is..." Lu Wenzhao took it curiously, but when he opened it, he was shocked. There was actually a human head inside!

"Houjin Khan, Huang Taiji!" Zhang Jin said calmly.

Except for the hundreds of remnant soldiers behind him, no one else present knew what was in this simple wooden box. When they heard this, they couldn't help but look shocked!

Yang Qi took a step forward and looked into the wooden box. The appearance of this human head was naturally familiar to him. He was stunned for a moment: "Is this really Huang Taiji? You actually killed Huang Taiji and took his head with you.

return!"

"What is this? The capital city of Houjin, Shengjingdu, was completely burned down by us!" said a remnant soldier behind him.

Originally there was no place for him to interrupt when Shangguan was talking, but at this time no one pursued him, and everyone's attention was attracted by his words.

"You also burned down Shengjing City?!" Yang Qi suddenly looked at the remnant soldier.

Lu Wenzhao took a deep breath, suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart, and asked: "Is there any evidence?"

Zhang Jin smiled faintly: "The heads are the evidence. If you think it is not enough, you can send people to Liaodong to investigate. I think the news that Huang Taiji was killed and Shengjing was burned will soon spread throughout Liaodong. Huang Taiji continued

He has been in power for less than two years and has not designated an heir to the throne. The three Baylors are expected to fall out because of this matter. By then, Houjin will be in chaos. Ming Dynasty can take this opportunity to recuperate and solve internal troubles. The world will be peaceful and the people will live in peace.

, when the time comes, the great Ming Dynasty will be afraid of the Hou Jin who will settle down in a corner!?"

When Lu Wenzhao heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little excited. He was ambitious in pursuing his own status, but in his heart he also hoped that the Ming Dynasty would be good.

"General Yang, please send your Majesty to send my Jin Yiwei to Liaodong to investigate this matter."

"Master Lu, I will definitely cooperate fully with this matter. If Hou Jin really messes up his position, it can temporarily alleviate the worries of the border troops like us."

The eunuch who had not spoken much at the side spoke now: "My two gentlemen, we have met and the matter has been discussed, so is it my turn to announce the decree to all the soldiers?"

"Of course, please, father-in-law!" Lu Wenzhao said politely.

The eunuch who delivered the edict took two steps forward and took out the imperial edict from the brocade box held by the young eunuch next to him: "The emperor has an edict, Zhang Jin and all the officers and men stepped forward to receive it!"

Zhang Jin knelt down reluctantly, while the hundreds of remaining soldiers behind him knelt down excitedly.

When the eunuch who delivered the edict saw that everyone was kneeling, he opened the imperial edict and recited the above words. The main idea was that Zhang Jin and others had meritorious service, and the emperor and the court would discuss their merits and reward them, and they would not be treated badly, and the soldiers who died in battle would also be rewarded.

Generous pensions and the like.

After receiving the imperial edict, the hundreds of remaining soldiers returned to the camp happily. Zhang Jinze and Lu Wenzhao went out alone to chat and learn about everything that happened in the capital during this period.

During the time when he led the troops out of the customs, Zhu Youjian incorporated the Eunuch Party into the Eunuch Party as planned. Guo Zhen had become the new leader of the Eunuch Party, and had secretly begun to recruit reliable talents to prepare for nationwide land surveying for the future.

Laying the foundation for tax reform.

At the same time, Zhu Youjian also contacted some reliable generals and civil servants, all of whom were mentioned in Xing Ming Ce, and planned to build his own team in the court based on these characters. After suppressing the Donglin Party in the future, this

The batch team will succeed the eunuch ministers and achieve a smooth transfer of power.

This is the plan, but it is hard to say how successful it will be in actual implementation, and whether it will go astray.
Chapter completed!