Chapter 736: The Imperial Expedition
The Tartars withdrew, the whole city cheered, and Emperor Chongzhen in the imperial city also swept away the haze for several days, and his interest was great, and he fished on Qionghua Island in the Taiye Pond of Xiyuan.
"The emperor is so excited today, how is the harvest?" Chang Yu landed on the island, and saw Emperor Chongzhen on the lakeside fishing from a distance, with a few eunuchs standing behind him, but his henchman Wang Chengen was not there.
Emperor Chongzhen smiled sideways when he heard the sound, and pointed to the stone bench next to him to sit down: "It's lukewarm and very cool this day, it's a good time to hunt, you see I have a lot of harvests" said and pointed to the wooden barrel next to him, in which there were six or seven bait, which were not big or small.
Chang Yu knew what he meant: "Although this day is a good day for hunting, it also depends on what the prey is, if it is a flying eagle and a rabbit, it is fun to swim in the water, but if you want to catch tigers, wolves and beasts, you have to look not only at the sky but also at the timing, and you can't be in a hurry."
"When?" Emperor Chongzhen stared at the water and frowned.
"The Tartars attacked the city in the rain yesterday, and the natural soldiers were tired, and the weather today may not be able to pull out the camp and leave, but if he doesn't go, we can't take the initiative to attack, so that the casualties will only increase, and it will make him feel no pain and no meaning, what the minister wants is that they step by step into the trap and give him a blow in the net."
"It's me who is a little anxious" Emperor Chongzhen looked up at the waterfowl hovering in the air: "I can see it, but I can't eat it, so I can't bear it."
The fish is a fresh river fish, a few eunuchs killed and cleaned the fish by the water, and then put it on the fire and roasted it, sprinkled some spices, and the aroma was overflowing, which made Emperor Chongzhen and Chang Yu drool.
"I once heard Wu Mengming and Chunxiang say that you often hunt and barbecue game on the way to Taiyuan, and I yearn for it, but what ...... Hehe, I will satisfy my hunger with this river fresh today" Emperor Chongzhen said and took the grilled fish handed by Chang Yu and devoured it endlessly, as if it was a hundred times more delicious than the delicacies of the mountains and seas in the hands of the imperial chef of the palace.
"If the emperor likes to eat wild meat, he will go out of the palace to hunt another day and feast to his heart's content," Chang Yu whispered as he turned over the grilled fish on the fire rack.
"How can it be so easy for me to get out of the palace, not to mention that at this time when the country is in crisis, how can I go out of the palace to hunt if I have time" Chongzhen smiled bitterly, but secretly glanced at Chang Yu and said: "If you say that you go out of the palace to hunt the enemy army, maybe ......"
"No"! Chang Yu was taken aback, at this time, Fang Yihui Emperor Chongzhen went around in a circle, but he moved the idea of the imperial driver! "The emperor is the king of a country, how can he be in danger."
Emperor Chongzhen was suffocated, but he did not give up: "The national disaster is at the head, the court is dead, if I am ...... at this time It will boost morale and boost the prestige of the country......"
"Your Majesty, have you forgotten the disaster of the Civil Fort?" Chang Yu blurted out, he couldn't understand which tendon of Emperor Chongzhen was suddenly wrong, and he actually moved the idea of pro-Zheng. Yes, since ancient times, monarchs have been very happy, and they always fantasize about personally leading the army to break the enemy, and the martial arts of Wenzhi will shock the world, otherwise they will always feel that there are shortcomings, Emperor Chongzhen This is a loophole, and he wants to take the opportunity to revive the prestige of the old Zhu family.
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but tremble when he heard him say this, the disaster of Tumubao was the lingering cloud and shame of the Ming Dynasty! It's just unwilling: "The past is different from the present, when Yingzong was too light on the enemy, and his subordinates were too incompetent to eventually cause trouble, but now the Tartars are only 30,000 tired troops, you are good at fighting and have already ambushed, and the surrounding armies are in place, which can be described as a foolproof strategy......"
"The emperor is not too light at this time, there were only 50,000 or 60,000 horses, and the Ming army had 200,000 elites, and the strength and combat power are crushing advantages, but now in terms of strength and combat power, we have no big advantage over the Tartars, and the battlefield is changing rapidly, a careless can turn over the rain, until the end no one dares to guarantee that he can definitely win, the minister will never agree to the emperor to take risks, even if he cuts off the minister's head!" Chang Yu was about to kneel down as he spoke, but Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly supported him and gritted his teeth: "Is it really not good?" ”
"No way!" Chang Yu shook his head slightly: "If the emperor really wants to revive the emperor's prestige and boost the morale of the government and the opposition, he might as well let others recruit on behalf of the emperor!" ”
Acting on behalf of the emperor in person?
Emperor Chongzhen was stunned, the last one was Li Jiantai, because the prince was told the future national fortune of the Ming Dynasty by the "immortal dream" Chongzhen, so when Li Jiantai just opened his mouth, he was beaten out of the palace with a stick, and he was killed inexplicably.
However, Emperor Chongzhen quickly reacted again, Chang Yu's proposal of "Emperor Dai's personal expedition" was definitely not a courtier, because he wanted the prestige of Chongzhen's old Zhu family, and naturally he wanted the people of the old Zhu family to go, so he ......
"You want the crown prince to conquer on my behalf!" Chongzhen raised his eyebrows and stared at Chang Yu: "You are not afraid that he will lose, and you can guarantee his absolute safety?" ”
"Minister, it's just a proposal, everything still needs to be decided by the emperor, if the emperor agrees, the minister will be broken to pieces and keep the prince safe" Chang Yu bowed his head and kowtowed, Chongzhen sneered: "Then I personally went on the expedition, why don't you dare to keep me absolutely safe!" ”
Chang Yu was silent.
Emperor Chongzhen snorted coldly, there are some things Chang Yu can't say that he also knows in his heart, the emperor is gone, the prince is dead, and there are a few people below who can take the throne.
"That's it, that's it, Rong Zhen thinks about it, this matter is not up to me to decide, it depends on whether the cabinet agrees." Emperor Chongzhen said angrily, Chang Yu rolled his eyes psychologically, are you kidding, if the cabinet doesn't even let the prince out, how can he agree to let you out, he knows that Emperor Chongzhen is very different from the weakness and powerlessness in history at this time, and gradually becomes tougher, and sometimes dares to let go and wrestle with the cabinet boss, this is mainly because he has a glimpse of the opportunity, and he knows that no matter how weak he is, he will be over.
The Tartar siege was not conducive to the withdrawal of troops, which made the people of the capital breathe a sigh of relief, but the upper echelons knew that this was the beginning, and the new game had just begun, and the little eunuch and Dorgon were going to wrestle their wrists for the second time.
Commanders-in-chief, Chang Yu doesn't have much time to spare, even Emperor Chongzhen doesn't dare to take up too much time for this right-hand man, and after giving him a grilled fish, he let Chang Yu go to work.
Chang Yu did have too many things to deal with, and while he had to pay close attention to the movements of the Qing army outside the city, he sent people out of the city to the south to contact Shi Kefa and investigate why the Qing army suddenly moved south yesterday. On the other hand, we have to try to contact Tang Tong in the north and the former fierce general Ma Ke, give the two of them ventilation, and be ready to appear at any time.
In addition, the vegetables and melons in Beijing also need to be mobilized, after all, they still have to shoulder a certain task of helping the home field in this siege and interception, and Chang Yu is determined to take the opportunity to sharpen these rusty knives.
After bidding farewell to Chongzhen, Chang Yu went ashore from Qionghua Island, and was anxious to go out of the palace to find Wang Jiayan and sent people to inform the emperor's commanders of the guards to go to Dongchang Yamen at noon.
When he first walked to the Xuanwu Gate of the palace, he was stopped by a little palace maid: "Father-in-law Chang, can you borrow a step to speak?"
Chang Yu knew that this palace maid was the confidant of Princess Kunxing, and when he heard the words, he knew that it must have been sent by Princess Kunxing, so he looked around, but he didn't see Princess Kunxing, so he said, "What's the matter?" ”
Bottle'er was silent, and hurriedly walked towards the woods at the foot of Banzai Mountain, Chang Yu glanced around, and asked a few followers to go out of the palace to find Wang Jiayan first, and then followed Bottle'er towards the grove.
Sure enough, after more than ten steps into the woods, I saw Princess Kunxing coming over under a big pine tree with an anxious face: "Chang Yu, can you do the palace a favor?" ”
Seeing her frowning and her expression even panicked, Chang Yu couldn't help but ask: "What's the matter, but if you can help, you will do your best."
Princess Kunxing, after glancing at the bottle, the sensible little palace maid turned around and walked away to look at the wind.
"Last night, the queen mother mentioned marriage again, but the palace ...... Chang Yu, can you help Bengong, Bengong doesn't want to get married! ”
Yes! Chang Yu was stunned, and his heart was shocked, Princess Kunxing actually wanted to repent of her marriage, and she actually asked her to help how to destroy this paper and break the contract!
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