That's right, Xinyang City was defended. Li Zicheng and his army began to retreat. At this time, Li Yan would never dare to go out of the city to pursue. After all, the strength of the two sides was very different, and the Ming army was just defending the city wall.

In fact, Xinyang City also suffered serious casualties. If Li Zicheng persisted for a few more days, he would probably conquer Xinyang City.

But Li Zicheng had no military rations, so he couldn't afford to gamble and had to transfer it. The news of Xinyang City reached the capital, and Emperor Chongzhen breathed a little relieved.

When the court learned that Hong Niang had entered the city privately and put the prefect Pi Hongxuan in prison, the censors could no longer sit still.

The censors wrote letters to impeach him, which made Emperor Chongzhen feel overwhelmed. One censor might be easy to deal with, but a group of censors were helpless.

These censors who claim to be clear water are naturally excited about this kind of thing. They finally found the meaning of their own life, which is to use their lifelong career to make things difficult for others.

The Hong Niang was so ruthless that he was the one who acted as a magistrate to deceive Kaizhou Prefecture. He also arrested his immediate superior, the magistrate, into prison. It can be said that it was something that had never been heard of since the Ming Dynasty.

The court officials had to severely punish Hong Niang. Many censors even gathered together to study how to write the impeachment memorial. For a moment, the impeachment memorial in the court flew into the palace like snowflakes.

No one thinks about Hong Niang saved Xinyang City, no one thinks about you repelling Li Zicheng. All the officials of the court can think of is that you are committing a great rebellion.

Fortunately, no one dared to say that Hong Niangzi rebelled. After all, they defeated Li Zicheng. It was really unreasonable to say that she rebelled. But even so, Hong Niangzi's situation was still difficult.

Zhu Cilang only learned about what happened in the court three days later, which made him furious. The news was brought by Wangcai, and Zhu Cilang was still in the imperial village at this time.

"Who did you hear me? When did this happen?"

Wangcai sniffed: "Your Highness, when I returned to the palace, I heard what Sanxi and the others said. It has been three days since the incident. The court officials were excited like the New Year, clamoring to impeach Hongniang. He said that Hongniang was so rebellious that he would be the one who was following the emperor."

"I shouldn't have kept these damn dog officials at the beginning, so I should have killed them all!" Zhu Cixuan cursed.

This is indeed extremely angry. Hong Niangzi and Li Yan and others have made such great contributions and become sinners. These officials who are in corpse and eat in vain are the best at this kind of thing.

"Your Highness, what should we do?" Wangcai himself was also indignant and did not bully others like this.

"What else do you know?" Zhu Cixuan asked.

This kind of thing has caused a lot of storm. Although Wangcai does not know the details, the general content is still clear: "Sanxi asked us. Sanxi knew that Hongniang was His Highness's man, so she went to find Eunuch Wang."

Zhu Cixuan was stunned: "Who, Wang Chengen?"

Wangcai nodded: "It was Eunuch Wang. Eunuch Wang said that Li Yan and Hongniang gave Luoshan County to the treacherous and took the people to Xinyang City. Li Yan used your letter to trick the city gate, and then the prefect of Xinyang City was arrested."

"What happened later?"

"Later, the villain didn't know what happened later."

"You trash, prepare a car, I want to go back to Beijing!"

Wangcai felt a little wronged, but he didn't know these details. As for these, he also heard from Sanxi. Because Hongniang was Zhu Cixuan's man, Sanxi went to ask Wang Chengen when he heard about the matter in the court.

When Wang Chengen saw that Sanxi was from Zhongcui Palace, he told everything he knew. Finally, Wang Chengen advised Sanxi to tell the prince to be careful in everything.

This incident has caused a stir in the court. If it is serious, it will likely involve Zhu Cixuan.

However, Zhu Cilang was not afraid, and this group of dog officials was in need of trouble. What he was most worried about now was that Li Yan and Hong Niangzi and others would protect Xinyang City in bloody battles, and not be punished in the end, which would make the soldiers on the front line feel heartbroken. If that was the case, the Ming Dynasty would be really beyond salvation.

When the Imperial Village Supervisor Liu Laifu heard that His Royal Highness was about to return to the palace, he couldn't help but feel anxious. He found Zhu Cilang: "Your Highness, the food harvest from this autumn is almost the same. I am counting the figures. Can you, can you return to the palace in a few days later?"

Zhu Cilang was already burning his butt: "You count it first, and let me talk about everything when I come back. By the way, all the food I collected was taken to the Hu Ben Army camp."

Liu Laifu was stunned: "All of it?"

Zhu Cixuan repeated: "All!"

Zhu Cilang has figured it out. The food harvested from autumn is never safe in the imperial village. If the imperial court uses grain, it will be taken away without saying a word. If you want to suppress the bandits, it is your own business.

Only by pulling the confiscated grain to the Huben Army camp as soon as possible will it fall into Zhu Cilang's pocket at that time. No one can take it away. Even if you take the imperial edict from Emperor Chongzhen, even if Emperor Chongzhen comes in person, it may not be effective.

The Hu Ben Army is not a party of the court at all. Why should I listen to you? If you have milk, you are the mother. We only listen to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

The Huben Camp was built along the mountain. It is said that the mountains behind the Huben Camp have been hollowed out. Because it is affiliated with military secrets, few people know how big the warehouse of the Huben Army Camp is. Anyway, Zhu Cilang knew that even if the food from the imperial village was moved over, there would be enough space to store it.

Because of the camp of the Huben Army Camp, there is a natural cave that can accommodate thousands of people behind the mountain. The terrain here is very high and will not be affected by floods and disasters. This natural cave has warm winters and cool summers and is dry in the climate, which is very suitable for storing grain.

After the Hu Ben Army came to camp, it did not stop expanding the warehouse. The soldiers of the 12th Regiment Battalion helped the people around the capital to harvest grain, and now the grain has been stored one after another. Except for the food for a few family members of the people for a year, the remaining food stored is collected at market prices.

The people received silver and the 12th Regiment Battalion had military rations. These grains were under statistics. Once the statistics were completed, they were all taken to the Huben Army Warehouse. Although the warehouses in the imperial village could also be stored, Zhu Cixuan always felt that his own silver existed in other people's houses.

Only by keeping it at your own home will you feel safe.

Zhu Cilang is really a little pitiful. He seems to be a gyro that never stops, keeps turning, keeps turning. His peers of his age are at the age of carefree and fun. Or, the age of being in love with his sweetheart under the moonlight.
Chapter completed!