At the first court meeting of the return, Zhu Cihong played: "Please ask my father to send the soldiers and horses of the two towns of Liaodong and Jizhou to gather in Jinzhou, and at the same time order Shen Shikui, the chief soldier of the Dongjiang River, to build a city platform, set up artillery powder, and collect ships to prepare for an attack at any time!" ”

Xue Guoguan was surprised: "Your Highness, is this trying to take the initiative to attack Jiannu?" ”

Zhu Cihong shook his head and said, "Jiannu will attack North Korea and Phi Dao next month, and gathering troops in Jinzhou at this time can deter Jiannu and resolve the Korean crisis." ”

"Tartars attacking North Korea?" Some of the ministers began to be a little surprised and began to talk about it.

"Phi Island has 20,000 troops of my Ming Dynasty, and North Korea is a horn, and Jiannu is afraid that it will be difficult to break through!"

"Yes, Jiannu has the lesson of the last failure, and he should not send troops to North Korea again, His Highness is a little worried."

Although some courtiers were opposed, their tone was gentle, obviously not wanting to offend this little killer.

Chongzhen frowned and said, "I haven't received information from the front, how do you know?" ”

Zhu Cihong naturally wouldn't tell him that he asked Jinyiwei to go to Liaodong to inquire about intelligence, and even the intelligence inside the Tartars could be detected, and this kind of intelligence ability was easy to make people afraid and besieged.

Zhu Cihong said: "The slave chief Emperor Taiji is ambitious, if he wants to live in the Central Plains, he will definitely pull out the two nails of North Korea and Phi Dao to ensure the safety of the backyard, and it will soon be Layue, and the son guesses that the Emperor Taiji will take advantage of the ice on the Yalu River to attack North Korea on a large scale!" ”

Chongzhen snorted lightly: "Now that the household is in difficulty, I can't mobilize tens of thousands of troops and spend money because of your guess, don't mention some unrealistic things in the future." ”

Zhu Cihong sighed, extremely disappointed, he wanted to break through this cage more and more.

On the first day of December, the Mongol troops met in Shenyang, and on the second day of the first month, Huang Taiji ordered the army to march to Korea.

The left flank of the Qing army was led by Dolgon and Haoge, from Kuandian into Changshan Pass through Changcheng, south to Pyongyang, Huang Taiji and Dai Shanqin led the right wing, from Tokyo Road through Zhenjiang into Korea, 300 Qing troops disguised as merchants went straight to Hancheng, the king of Korea, and Duoduo led 1,000 people to follow.

On the 14th, the Qing army brigade had reached Anju, and the king of Korea learned the news that the Qing Dynasty had sent troops.

The Qing army learned the lesson of the first campaign to conquer Korea, and had already cut off the road from Wangjing to Ganghwa Island, and the Joseon king had to flee to Namhansanseong, which was only forty miles away from Wangjing, on the south bank of the Han River.

After the king of Joseon entered the mountain fortress of Namhan, he called on all the soldiers to the king, and sent people to Dengju to ask for help from the suzerain.

After the letter of request for help from North Korea was sent to Jingshi, the ministers were in an uproar, but they did not expect that as the crown prince said, Jiannu really attacked Korea on a large scale.

Zhu Cihong walked into the Wenhua Palace, and Chongzhen was discussing the affairs of North Korea with the cabinet and the six important ministers.

Xue Guoguan, the first assistant of the cabinet, said with a smile: "Your Highness is like a god, and the ministers admire it!" ”

All the ministers also echoed and praised a few words, and even Chongzhen glanced at Zhu Cihong again, this kid's strategic vision is really vicious.

Zhu Cihong frowned slightly: "The vassal king's capital was broken, is this still something to celebrate?" I just want to know how I, Daming, will deal with it! ”

Everyone was a little faceless by him, Xue Guoguan's face was not ordinarily thick, he coughed lightly and said: "My Ming Dynasty is currently in financial difficulties, and the Liao salary has not yet been paid off, plus the Northwest Suppression of Kou and the war in the south of the Yangtze River, the imperial court is now unable to send troops to aid the DPRK ......"

Zhu Cihong said angrily: "What about the defenders of Phi Island? What about the defenders of Liaodong? If the two men and horses put pressure on Jiannu at the same time, even if they didn't attack, they wouldn't let the Tartars break the Joseon royal capital so quickly, right? Who else can convince a suzerain, which can't even be protected by the nearest vassal state? ”

Zhu Cihong was extremely angry, although the Guanning army was strong and strong, it only retreated to defend the city, and did not dare to take the initiative to attack and contain it, Phi Island was on the border of North Korea, and 20,000 troops could not hold on to the island, seeing that the entire territory of North Korea fell step by step.

He also received news that Gushi Khan, the founder of the Heshute Khanate on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, had sent an envoy to Shengjing some time ago to pay tribute, expressing his willingness to submit to the Manchus.

This was originally the Ming Dynasty's Wu Sizang, but now it has thrown itself into the arms of the enemy, and the inability to protect the vassal states means that a dynasty is gradually declining, and historically, the Manchu Qing Dynasty also perished shortly after losing Korea.

Chongzhen immediately shouted: "Presumptuous! ”

Xie Sheng, the secretary of the ministry, also said: "Your Highness is cautious. ”

Zhu Cihong swept everyone around, looked at Chongzhen again, saluted, and said lightly: "Erchen is unwell, retire first!" ”

This kind of meaningless discussion made him not interested in the slightest, and he left on the spot, the angry Chongzhen clenched his right hand, his joints turned white, and secretly scolded the rebel for his hard wings!

Knowing that the relationship between the father and son was stiff again, Queen Zhou and other people in the palace were anxious.

Just as the New Year was approaching, at the suggestion of Concubine Liu and Empress Yi'an, a performance was held in the harem, inviting Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong and all the concubines to participate.

Wanli and Emperor Tianqi are particularly fond of listening to operas, and there is a special stage in the palace, and they often come to Maoqin Palace, Yuxi Palace, Rotary Mill Table, and Wuyi Hall to listen to music.

Since Chongzhen ascended the throne, the country has frequent internal and external troubles and wars, and the palace no longer opens gongs and singing.

So far, there has only been one play in the palace, that was on the birthday of Queen Zhou in the fifth year of Chongzhen, and the opera troupe summoned that day performed five or six "The Legend of the West Chamber".

After nearly five years, Yuxi Palace was opened again, and on the day of the performance, the harem was festive, with Concubine Liu, Queen Zhou, Queen Zhang, Yuan Guifei, Tian Guifei and other concubines gathering.

Shen Xiangban, a professional opera troupe from the folk, presented the opera catalog to Chongzhen and asked him to order it, and Chongzhen ordered "The Story of the Jade Hairpin" in order to cater to the concubines.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Kunqu Opera flourished, and on the stage of the Beijing Division, both the folk and the court have been occupied by Kunqu Opera, and "The Legend of the Jade Hairpin" is a popular legend in Kunqu Opera.

The background of the story in "The Story of the Jade Hairpin" is the story of the Jingkang Change, the southern invasion of the Jin soldiers, the girl Chen Jiaolian was separated from her mother in the flight, entered the Jinling Privet View as a Taoist priest, and then broke through the constraints of feudal etiquette and Taoism and Taoism and fell in love with the story.

The play shows Chen Jiaolian's courage to break through the shackles of Taoism and pursue beautiful love, which moved the concubines of the harem.

Empress Zhang and Empress Zhou looked at Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong, and the main purpose of this acting was to promote the disagreement between the emperor and the crown prince, so that the two could feel the warmth of home.......

I don't know what Chongzhen thinks, but Zhu Cihong has some feelings, he heard that the atmosphere in Jiangnan was open at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and he hasn't seen it with his own eyes, but he has seen some doorways in "The Story of the Jade Hairpin" from this.

This opera shows that new concepts and new consciousness violently impact decadent ideas and traditions, which is a great progress, which should be caused by the emergence of the germination of capitalism in Jiangnan.

Zhu Cihong once watched a debate competition for young cadres in later generations, and the theme of the debate was: The degree of ideological emancipation determines the level of economic development or the level of economic development determines the degree of ideological emancipation.

Zhu Cihong is more inclined to the latter, he believes that if the people can't even eat, how can they have the heart to think about other things.

Therefore, he decided that in order to save the Ming Dynasty, it was necessary to let the people of the Ming Dynasty eat first, instead of wasting time by accompanying people in the court to do some boring struggles!