The Donglin Party in the capital was slaughtered, and the Donglin Party in the south of the Yangtze River was suppressed so that they did not dare to say a word. No one in the world dared to compete with Eunuch Wei!

Looking at the failure process of the Donglin Party, its fighting strategy is that it has no strategy. In addition to anger, it is still angry. It is okay to slap the table and scold the bench. But it is problematic to break ground on Wei Eunuch. After all, Wei Eunuch is not as good as the table and the bench.

honest.

There was a special person in the Donglin Party. This person not only had the trust of the emperor, but also had the strength to overthrow Wei Zhongxian.

Communication is very problematic these days. Sun Chengzong did not know the news of Yang Lian's arrest until long after Yang Lian was arrested. At this time, Sun Chengzong and Mao Wenlong were in Shanhaiguan, planning the upcoming Jinzhou war.

This is a battle related to whether the Ming Dynasty can successfully recover Liaodong. If planned properly, next year the Ming Dynasty will be able to recover Liaodong occupied by foreigners and liberate hundreds of thousands of people enslaved by foreigners!

After learning that Yang Lian had been arrested, Sun Chengzong was very angry and immediately decided to impeach Wei Zhongxian.

But he thought about it and changed his mind.

Sun Chengzong was smart. He understood that submitting a letter was of no use. If nothing unexpected happened, his memorial would be used by Eunuch Wei to weigh the table legs. As a veteran politician, Yang Lian would never make the same mistakes again.

Sun Chengzong decided to petition!

For ordinary people, this is impossible. Because Mr. Zhu Youxiao works as a carpenter all day long and rarely sees people, and Eunuch Wei helps to thank guests behind closed doors. It is really difficult to see him.

But Sun Chengzong did not have this problem. He was Zhu Youxiao's teacher. Although the student did not do well in studies, the two had a good relationship. Wei Zhongxian made trouble several times to kill Sun Chengzong, but Zhu Youxiao always smiled and said nothing.

In his heart, Teacher Sun is a trustworthy person.

Li Xiao had just completed negotiations with the Tatars and was anxiously waiting for news from Li Yongfang on Juehua Island as to where the Dutch would land. As long as they gave them a fatal blow when they landed, the Dutch would never be a problem again.

He has a five-masted ship in his hand, which is the confidence that Li Xiao dares to do this. Yulao and the others have cast forty bronze cannons, all of which are equipped on the five-masted ship. At a time when solid projectiles are generally fired, they can fire explosive shells.

Artillery with incendiary bombs will definitely dominate naval battles.

At this time, Li Xiao heard that Sun Chengzong was going to the capital to petition.

Li Xiao was immediately panicked. That bastard Wei Zhongxian could do anything. Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, and Zhao Nanxing had all been dealt with. Although Sun Chengzong had a special status, there was no guarantee that Wei Zhongxian would not dare to send someone halfway.

Sun Chengzong was hacked.

Forget it if it's someone else, Li Xiao won't meddle in this business. If you have this time, it's better to patrol the Bohai Sea a few more times and intercept Kui Yi's warship. If Nurhaci is taken down earlier, he can give way earlier.

Hundreds of thousands, even millions, of people were freed from alien slavery.

Li Xiao felt that this matter was much more meaningful than saving a few Donglin Party members.

But Sun Chengzong was different. Li Xiao admired this national hero from the bottom of his heart. Now that his idol was going to die generously, Li Xiao could not let this happen no matter what.

Just the night before Sun Chengzong finished his work and was about to leave, Li Xiao rushed back to Shanhaiguan!

"Master Sun, do you really want to go back to the capital? You should know the situation in the capital by now. If you go back, it is likely to be very unlucky." Li Xiao did not have any politeness when meeting, and spoke directly from his heart. For this old gentleman

, Li Xiao had no defense.

"Haha! I knew it would be such a result, but I still want to go. I have no choice, I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty. As a minister, first, you must be loyal to the emperor, and second, you must be patriotic.

I love this part of the Ming Dynasty, and I don’t want it to fall into Xiao Xiao’s hands. I also don’t want to see my people of the Ming Dynasty being massacred by foreign races!

Even if I have a narrow escape from going to Beijing this time, I still want to go. Even if I go to Beijing, I will do my last part for the Ming Dynasty!" Sun Chengzong's words were so lonely and desolate that Li Xiao almost shed tears when he heard them.

Even though he knew that he would inevitably die if he went to the capital, he still had the determination to die and wanted to be a martyr.

"Old sir, if Wei Zhongxian dares to attack Donglin, His Majesty must have given the nod. You...!"

"I know, but what can I do? There are no intact eggs under the overturned nest. Do you think that Wei Zhongxian will forget my existence when I am hiding in Shanhaiguan? How is this possible! Instead of being caught like a dog in the capital, why not

Walk over in a dignified manner. I, Sun Chengzong, can be killed, but not humiliated!"

Li Xiao nodded. This is definitely not the character of Eunuch Wei. Killing everyone and eradicating the roots is Wei Zhongxian's life creed. He has not yet poured out his hand, and at the same time he is afraid of overstimulating the emperor. This is

He did not attack Sun Chengzong, but once he was done with the affairs in Jiangnan, Wei Zhongxian would never show mercy to Sun Chengzong.

"Mr. Sun has already thought about it?"

"I have made up my mind!"

"I will send Mr. Sun to Beijing!" Li Xiao hugged Sun Chengzong with a fist. This was a private gift to express Li Xiao's personal respect for Sun Chengzong.

"Brother Xiao! You are a good boy. You don't have to wade into this muddy water. Be your commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan. There are still millions of enslaved Ming people in Liaodong who need you to rescue. Don't offend Wei Zhongxian because of me, I will do that.

Even if I die, I won’t rest in peace!”

"Don't be afraid. As long as I, Li Xiao, are here, I will never let anything happen to your husband. Huzi, go find Mr. Man and let's go to Beijing!"

"No!" After listening to Li Xiao's instructions, Li Hu immediately ran out.

Li Xiao did not have many soldiers stationed at Shanhaiguan, only one regiment of musketeers. The regiment was equipped with a mortar company with nine mortars. In addition, two regiments of cavalry from Mangui were also stationed at Shanhaiguan.

Mangui's cavalry was not equipped with muskets and was still in the cold weapon age of sabers and spears.

There is nothing that can be done about this. After all, the guns in Li Xiao's hands are muzzle-loading guns. Loading them on a horse is really not an easy task. Li Xiao has seen that thing called a three-eyed blunderbuss. In terms of power, it is still

It is not as good as the compound bow in the hands of the Mongolian cavalry. The advantage of that thing is that it has invincible penetration at close range. It can ignore defense and penetrate all existing armor.

"Old Sun! Brother Xiao is sincere, so you have to live with it. I can keep you safe, which can be regarded as a deterrent to Wei Zhongxian, letting him know that he can't do whatever he wants in the future." Sun Chengzong also wanted to persuade Li Xiao, but he was

Mao Wenlong held on.

There was no other way, so Sun Chengzong had no choice but to nod his head. This was regarded as his approval of Li Xiao sending him to Beijing!

They are well-trained on weekdays and the team assembles very quickly. Orders are given the night before and they set off in a mighty manner the next morning.

The team marched in company units, and behind each company were ten large carriages. On top were supplies and ammunition, and the regiment's baggage was escorted by Mangui's cavalry. The team spread out for two or three miles on the road, with people on both sides

The cavalry galloped through the harvested crop fields.

Although there were only more than 3,000 people, from a distance it looked like tens of thousands of people were marching.

Such a team marched towards the capital, and the officials in the prefectures and counties along the way were so scared that they almost peed their pants. The Ming Dynasty was founded more than two hundred years ago, and the only one who dared to lead so many soldiers to the capital without obeying the order was probably a young man like this.

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Jin Yiwei had already had an eye on him and was riding a fast horse towards the capital. He reminded the adults in the capital that such a team was approaching the capital!

One day after Li Xiao set off, Wei Zhongxian got the news.

The first person to get the news was Tian Ergen, who was the commander of the Jinyiwei capital. The report from Jinyiwei's spies was the first to be handed over to him.

"Mr. Factory, it's not good! Sun Chengzong has rebelled. He has brought tens of thousands of soldiers and horses and is marching to the capital." Now that he had no regard for etiquette, Tian Ergeng rushed directly into Wei Zhongxian's study without informing him.

"What?" Everyone in the room stood up. Cui Chengxiu, the Minister of War, and Tian Ji, who was transferred to the Minister of Rites, both widened their eyes. If Sun Chengzong really brought troops to the capital, this would be a rebellion!

"I just said, don't mess with the Donglin Party. Now, Sun Chengzong is coming with his troops to fight. What should we do?" Wei Zhongxian was stunned for a while, sat down on the chair, slapped his thighs and started to cry.

"...!" Cui Chengxiu was speechless!

"This...!" Tian Ji looked at Cui Chengxiu and was speechless!

"Whose troops did he lead?" Cui Chengxiu asked the key point at once. He knew that Li Xiao was building a city in Jinzhou. The Liao army is now in Jinzhou, and the one defending Shanhaiguan should be Li Xiao's team.

Regarding Li Xiao, the brothers in the eunuch party unanimously believed that he was one of their own.

"The Jin Yiwei secret disk said that everyone in the team is equipped with muskets. There are also cannons on the carriages, and the cavalry is full of Mongolian cavalry. It should be Li Xiao's team!"

"Li Xiao's team?" Cui Chengxiu's heart skipped a beat. If it was the Liao army, with the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp, it would not be without the strength to fight. But Li Xiao's team was different. It was a company.

A team that even the Tatars are afraid of. In Nanyang, even the Folangji people are afraid of Li Xiao.

The last time the red-haired people came to the capital to complain, Wei Zhongxian suppressed the matter. Why...! Why did Li Xiao lead his troops to protect Sun Chengzong? Could it be that he couldn't see that Wei Zhongxian had the final say in the world now?

"Li Xiao! That Xiao brother?" Hearing that it was Li Xiao, Wei Zhongxian held back his tears. He stood up, grabbed the handle of the chair and asked Tian Ergen.

"That's what the secret disk said. Judging from the clothes and the guy he's wearing, it's definitely him. As you know, Mr. Li Xiao, the military uniforms of Li Xiao's men are different from our Ming Dynasty troops."

"That's good, that's good!" In Wei Zhongxian's heart, Li Xiao belongs to the group of people who listen to greetings. Moreover, he has many things that Wei Zhongxian settled. For example, the last time the Shuntian Mansion Yamen was bombed, if

If it weren't for Wei Zhongxian, Li Xiao would probably have been killed. No matter how powerful his soldiers were and how sharp his firearms were, this was still the capital after all, with hundreds of thousands of Ming troops stationed there.

Wei Zhongxian was wandering around the house like a donkey. Cui Chengxiu suddenly stopped when he was about to vomit.

"Our family knows!" Wei Zhongxian slapped his forehead.

"Mr. Factory...!" Everyone looked at Wei Zhongxian in confusion, wondering what he knew now after he was crying just now.

"Cui Chengxiu, when you talked to him last year, did you promise to give him two hundred thousand taels of silver by the end of this year?" Wei Zhongxian asked, pointing to Cui Chengxiu's nose.

"Uh...! That's what happened." When the incident came to an end, Cui Chengxiu also remembered. When he first talked to Li Xiao, Li Xiao indeed said that he would allocate 200,000 taels of silver from the saved military expenses.

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This is actually what happened in the court. Cui Chengxiu was trying to appease Li Xiao at the beginning. He was not prepared to give him so much money. After all, it would be good for everyone to share the money saved. Give Li Xiao some hair and I won’t ask you for money.

Not bad.

"Have you given any money?" Wei Zhongxian asked nervously.

"No...! The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and things in the Ministry of War are complicated...!" Cui Chengxiu had actually started to make plans for the money. He originally thought that when Li Xiao came to ask for it, he would keep some as a kickback. But he didn't expect that now Wei Zhongxian

Asked directly.

"Confused! It's hard to make money, but you have to make his money. Don't you know he is a money man? Give it to him and immediately go to the Ministry of Accounts to withdraw 200,000 taels of cash. Remember, it is cash. Withdraw it.

After that, he was immediately sent to Li Xiao's army." In Wei Zhongxian's eyes, money can make all the difference. The reason why Li Xiao supported Sun Chengzong was not because of this huge sum of two hundred thousand taels of silver.

"Uh...! I remember one more thing." Tian Ji suddenly said.

"What happened?"
To be continued...