Zhending is under the jurisdiction of Zhendingwei, and has jurisdiction over the three passes of Guguan, Longquan Pass and Baoma Pass, which is known as "Sanguan Xiongzhen" and is one of the important military towns of Gongwei Jingshi.

Since June, more and more reinforcements have arrived in Zhending, banners are everywhere, and dense camp tents have occupied the ground in the south of the city.

There are various banners standing in the barracks that stretch for dozens of miles, including Liu Zeqing's department from Shandong, Wang Wannian's department from Shanxi, Shaanxi's He Renlong department, Niu Chenghu's department, Baoding Town's Yang Wenyue department, Xuanfu Town's Hu Dawei department, and Miyun Town's Wang Tingchen department......

The elite of the Ming army in the north of the Ming Pass will all be determined, as many as 200,000, known as 500,000.

The 200,000-strong army consumed a lot of grain every day, which had a huge test for the Ming army's logistical grain and grass supply.

Chongzhen also knew that the stakes were very important in this battle, and there was no silver in the treasury, so he took out all the more than 10 million taels of silver he had saved through hard work and frugality in his internal funds, which were used to buy forage, distribute people's husbands, and vehicles.

Zhending Mansion and even Beizhili could not bear so much manpower and material resources, so the imperial court transferred grain from Shandong and Shanxi, and even took advantage of the semi-waste state of sea transportation, and continuously transported grain to the north.

The army swept through Henan, all the way to the north to Zhending, and along the way there were more than 100,000 hungry people, known as a million army, and the war was about to break out.

In the territory of Zhending Mansion, Jinyiwei, Long Xiang do not accept at night, and a mysterious organization is constantly sending information to Nanjing.

Nanjing Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Cihong pinched the information in his hand, took a long breath, and muttered: "This battle is coming after all." ”

Historically, Li Zicheng's decisive battle with the officers and soldiers was in Zhuxian Town, and in that battle, Li Zicheng basically destroyed the main force of the Central Plains official army, and was in a strategic position to take the initiative, laying the foundation for the capture of the Central Plains.

The battle of Zhuxian Town was in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, and now it has been sixteen years of Chongzhen, the time and battlefield have changed, and the commander of the Ming army has also changed, but the main generals and armies of both sides have not changed.

Zhu Cihong is not very optimistic about this battle, according to the intelligence, the plague situation in Zhending Mansion is still serious, there are many infected people in the Ming army, although there are also a large number of soldiers in the army who died of plague, but the officers and soldiers are the passive side, the people and the army in the jurisdiction are unstable, which has a great impact on logistics and the war situation.

However, there are 20,000 new troops trained by Wang Tingchen and Wang Wannian in the Ming army, and as long as they cooperate well, it is an advantage in victory.

Wu Zhong reminded softly: "Your Highness, are we really not sending troops north?" In case Yang Ge Lao loses this battle, there will be no army in the northern part of the Guannai that can resist the intruding army, and the thieves can also drive straight into the army in the capital division, and then ......"

Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said, "It's okay!" ”

Xu Sheng on the side was a little worried, and said: "Your Highness, the people in the north are in dire straits, isn't it a little unkind for us to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight like this?" ”

Zhu Cihong frowned slightly, and said, "Xu Sheng, do you know who are the people in the army, and why have they been able to grow to a million people in just one year?" ”

After Xu Sheng married a wife and gave birth to a son, his brain became smarter, and he said without thinking: "They are all homeless people......

Zhu Cihong said solemnly: "They are also people, the ancients said: water can carry a boat and can also overturn a boat, they don't starve in peace, they are especially good at fighting mantises, is it wrong?" Isn't this how my Ming world came about? ”

"Of course, he Li Zicheng is far inferior to my Emperor Taizu in terms of ability and army management, and the anti-Yuan Yi army led by Emperor Taizu did not commit any crimes, and won the hearts of the people, so that there was this Ming Dynasty!"

He continued: "Any dynasty will have many problems at the end of the period, corrupt officials will run rampant, land annexation will be serious, and the country will be rotten to the foundation! ”

Zhu Cihong sighed and said: "This palace has the ability to destroy Li Zicheng, but have you thought about it, what will happen after killing the army composed of millions of displaced people?" By whom will it be governed? ”

Xu Sheng thought for a moment and replied: "Of course, you can't rely on those corrupt officials, Your Highness can play Your Majesty to reappoint officials." ”

Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "You are right, my father will reappoint officials, but have you thought about it, who can guarantee that there are no greedy outlaws who come to fill the vacancies?" ”

Wu Zhong and Xu Sheng thought about it seriously, only to hear Zhu Cihong say hatefully: "This palace killed those hungry wolves who ate fat before, and the father sent hungry wolves with empty stomachs, what do they rely on to fatten themselves?" Isn't it eating people and getting fat? With such repeated cycles, how can the civil unrest in the north be truly pacified? How many millions of people die in war every year? ”

The two of them were shocked, and they could both imagine the chaos in the north.

Zhu Cihong put down the information in his hand, walked to the front of the hall, looked up at the blue sky, and said leisurely: "My father is powerless to reform, revitalize the dynasty, and recreate the world, this palace is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, dedicated to the country and the people, and I have to have an explanation with the subjects of the world......"

In the past few years when Zhu Cihong was in charge of Nanjing, he gradually removed most of the officials in the provinces south of the Yangtze River, but there were too many counties in Damingzhou, and more officials were needed locally.

Since he has no ability to govern the north, he can only rely on extreme means to solve the problem.

Wu Zhong pondered and digested for a moment, and then asked, "What does Your Highness mean?" ”

Zhu Cihong said coldly: "The Fǔ Bài of the National Dynasty has gone deep into the bone marrow, it is difficult to cure it by governance alone, and only by overthrowing these blood-eating strata can the Ming Dynasty be rebuilt!" ”

Zhu Cihong said hatefully: "This palace can tolerate Li Zicheng for so long, just to use his hand to shuffle the north, from the local gentry and landlords, swept away!" ”

Wu Zhong's heart was shocked, and he muttered, "Then the Jingshi is ...... there"

Zhu Cihong turned around and glanced at him, and said, "People always have to be responsible for what they do, and no one can be excluded!" ”

In the last few years of the Ming Dynasty, tens of millions of civilians died from natural disasters, wars, and plagues, and he has done his best to save them.

Militarily, Zhang Xianzhong was destroyed, Li Zicheng was suppressed, and the six Manchu entry into the customs in history have only happened twice.

Politically, a few years ago, Zhu Cihong had already written a letter asking all localities to strengthen environmental governance and prevent plagues, and Chongzhen also issued an edict, local officials are incompetent and unable to implement, **, it is inevitable.

Economically, Zhu Cihong divided the land in the provinces south of the Yangtze River, extensively set up military industries, and developed the coastal commercial economy, creating a large number of jobs and innumerable people.

In the past two years, the epidemic prevention work has been carried out thoroughly, preventing the spread of the plague in the provinces south of the Yangtze River, and a 3,000-strong medical and anti-epidemic army sent to the north has achieved good results, publicized and rescued people, and to a certain extent avoided the spread of the plague in many places.

Zhu Cihong was angry in his heart, I have been working hard all these years, but what about you in Jingshi? What have they done?

The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, killing batch after batch, or this virtue, what use do you want in this world? It's better to die all!

Up to the emperor's relatives and nobles, and ordered all the civil and military officials, let Li Zicheng go to roast, and let them repent in torture!