A crescent moon streaks across the delicate corner towers, casting a hazy yellow light on the walls, making the Forbidden City mysterious and quiet.

In Zhongcui Palace, Zhu Cihong slept on a recliner, looking at the crescent moon in the sky, and listened to Zhu Chenggong tell everything that happened on the execution ground in the West Market.

Since noon, the entire West Market has been surrounded by tens of thousands of people, almost out of control, and the people on the execution ground tossed for a long time before gradually dispersed.

Because the surrendered Ming army and the Shun army oppressed the people together, the people of Jingshi were already very disappointed in the Ming army, and the accumulated resentment was very great.

Zhu Cihong asked the people to enforce the law on behalf of the people, firstly, to let the people vent their hatred, and secondly, to draw a clear line with these old forces, telling everyone that the Tianwu Army is different from these old armies, and it is to protect and protect the people.

It's just that he didn't expect that what happened in the execution ground was much beyond his expectations, and the people's resentment was so great.

Zhu Cihong leaned back in his chair and thought for a long time, and decided to get out of the customs as soon as possible, and return to the Manchu Dynasty to carry out a major reform of the whole country, appease the people, and develop the productive forces.

The footsteps sounded, and Liu Tongsheng, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, walked over lightly and asked, "Your Majesty, the cabinet has sent a transcript, please ask Hong Chengchou's nickname to be posthumously sealed." ”

Zhu Cihong drove the expedition in person, and the newly formed cabinet ministers did not bring any of them, and all of them stayed in Nanjing to mobilize logistics and grain.

There are only a few bachelors of the Hanlin Academy, the Hanlin Academy is a small cabinet, and the people who can enter are all rich and talented, like this bachelor Liu Tongsheng, who is the champion of Chongzhen for ten years, and Liu Tongsheng's father is the Tanhua in the Wanli period.

Zhu Cihong is very strict with the Hanlin Academy, not only to be knowledgeable, but also capable, good character, not pedantic.

Hearing that the cabinet was going to posthumously seal Hong Chengchou, Zhu Cihong was a little surprised and said: "Hong Chengchou is dead? ”

Liu Tongsheng replied: "The news from the Dongyu side said that Hong Chengchou was killed unyieldingly. ”

According to eyewitnesses on the Liaodong side, Hong Chengchou was very strong after being captured, went on a hunger strike for several days, refused to surrender, and the slave chief Dolgon sent all the people who could be used to persuade him to surrender, but they were scolded and returned.

Governor Hong was very excited, shouting all day long: Come, give me a knife, and finally be brave and righteous, very brave, and righteous enough!

Hong Chengchou's deeds touched all the cabinet ministers, and also moved Emperor Chongzhen, who clamored to hold a memorial service for Hong Zhongchen, build an altar to worship, and commend his patriotic spirit.

However, Zhu Cihong was not moved, because in the history he knew, Chongzhen made a fuss about this, and the imperial court arranged Hong Chengchou according to the funeral of the highest standard of the Ming Dynasty, and did all the commendations, and in the end he knew that Hong Chengchou was not righteous at all, and he surrendered and became a second minister!

So much so that later in history, the Ming army was defeated at Tongguan, Sun Chuanting was killed, and Chongzhen, who was embarrassed, thought that Sun Chuanting had absconded by fraud and did not give him a gift, and Chongzhen also had a reputation as a widow.

I don't know how to choose Hong Chengchou in this time and space, Zhu Cihong was very calm, he pretended to be silent for a moment, and then said: "Hong Chengchou's matter let the cabinet let go first, and in a few days, I will drive the royal army out of the customs again and personally erect a monument for him to be buried." ”

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On the third day of the first month of March, when everything in Shuntianfu was restored, and the grain and grass in the south of the Yangtze River were continuously transported to Tianjin by sea, Zhu Cihong convened the generals of the Tianwu Army in the Huangji Palace to start the second phase of the Northern Expedition and go out of the customs!

People spend money to fight, and Zhu Cihong's Northern Expedition came to buy goods, not only collecting money but also land, and there was a wave of collection in Guannei, and now it is Liaodong's turn.

Outside the Imperial Palace, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, the Imperial Forest Army on duty was wearing fish scale iron armor, standing motionless, only when Zhu Cihong passed by, everyone's eyes glowed eagerly.

In the hall, the generals of the Tianwu Army have gathered together, and when Zhu Cihong appeared, everyone looked at it, their eyes were full of excitement, and they shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Zhu Cihong raised his hand and said, "All the generals are alive!" ”

Looking at a group of scorching Tianwu army generals in the hall, Zhu Cihong slowly walked to the front of the imperial stairs and said: "I remember that eight years ago, I was still a prince who had just been out of the cabinet for less than two years. ”

"At that time, I was thinking, why is the Eight Banners Army so capable of fighting, but my Ming army is so vulnerable? Kou can go, I can go, I don't accept them! ”

Zhu Cihong said slowly: "I hid from my father, personally led 5,000 brave guard battalions out of the city to fight, and walked out of the Beijing Division, I saw the suffering in all parts of the Ming Dynasty, and also understood the reason for the repeated defeats of the Ming army!" ”

"Where the Tartars passed, the villages were lonely, the bones were full of wilderness, miserable, and the Ming army said that it was not much better, the military discipline was corrupted, and the looting was poisonous, no different from the Tartars! Rushing up at the right time, and scattering in a hurry against the time, they are all rabble! ”

Zhu Cihong suddenly said in a loud voice: "Since then, I have secretly sworn that I will form a well-disciplined and well-trained iron army like the Yue family army and the Qi family army to reshape the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Whether it's a Tartar or an officer and soldier who poisons the people, I will kill one by one! Kill them until they are killed! ”

Zhu Cihong looked at the generals in the hall, looked at their expressions, slowed down his tone, and said: "In the past eight years, the Yongwei Battalion has been expanded, the Tianwu Army has become an army, and the southern and northern wars have been invincible, and the invincible Eight Banner Army that has been killed has been terrified!" You didn't disappoint me! I thank you! ”

Li Dingguo was wearing a suit of armor, and he listened to Zhu Cihong's speech in the hall, his eyes flashing with admiration.

Until today, he did not understand the difficulty of Emperor Tianwu, the difficulty of rising, the new emperor at that time was less than ten years old and had a passion, wanting to turn things around, step by step to today, in such an environment, how difficult the road is.

Not only Li Dingguo, but also Zhu Chenggong felt that Emperor Tianwu could come to this day, which was really a blessing for the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Cihong walked to the imperial step and continued: "Five years ago, almost at this time, I led you out of Pingliao, and we fought a great victory in Liaodong, the battle of Xiaolinghe, the battle of Dalinghe, the victory of Yizhou, the victory of Anshanyi, the bloody battle of Hunhe, and the recovery of Shenyang......

"Our artillery knocked out the Wuzhen Chaoha artillery battalion that the enemy had prepared for more than ten years, our cavalry broke the imperial camp of the slave chief Taiji, and our foot soldiers smashed the nest of slave thieves!"

"My Tianwu Army was able to defeat the slaves and thieves five years ago, and they fled until they were desperate! This time, they are back, are you still willing to go out of the customs with me to fight and recover the mountains and rivers? ”

Everyone shouted excitedly: "I am willing to follow my emperor and restore my rivers and mountains!" ”

The majestic roar was fierce and long, and the earthquake hall hummed.

Li Dingguo, Zhu Chenggong and others had trance-like expressions on their faces, is this the cohesion of the Tianwu Army?

A smile bloomed on Zhu Cihong's face, and he took a deep breath and said, "I order, tomorrow and the hour, the whole army will be pulled out of the pass!" ”

(End of chapter)