Everything is going smoothly in the southeast province and has entered the fast lane of development, but Da Ming is suffering from hardship and is in trouble.

A.D. 1642 is the fifteenth year of Ming Chongzhen.

In February, Li Zicheng broke Xiangcheng and killed Wang Qiaonian, the governor of Shaanxi.

Now that King Li Chuang is in the limelight, it is not a matter to kill the last governor, and it is not worth mentioning what kind of general soldiers and generals he killed!

King Li Chuang surrounded the important town of Kaifeng, and the official army was unfavorable and could not break the siege!

In this case, a thin old man from the Beijing Heavenly Prison was released, and soon after he was released from prison, an angel arrived, and the old man bowed to the military department (vice minister of national defense), and led him to lead a strong army to relieve the siege of Feng.

He is Sun Chuanting, the last hope of the Ming Dynasty.

Sun Chuanting (1593-), the word Boya, also known as Baigu, was a native of Wuwei (now Dai County, Shanxi) in Daizhou Town, and was a Jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli (1619).

can be regarded as the leader of the Ming Dynasty in the "military affairs with civil ministers",

In March of the ninth year of Chongzhen (1636), he asked Ying to be appointed governor of Shaanxi, responsible for exterminating the peasant army, and building an army in Yulin, called the Qin army.

Lao Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang attacked Xi'an. Sun Chuanting led the Qin army to defend it, but Gao Yingxiang could not overcome it, so he intended to enter from the Meridian Valley and approach Xi'an. After four days of fierce fighting, Gao Yingxiang was defeated, captured and sent to Beijing to be executed, and his nephew Li Zicheng succeeded him as King Chuang.

In the eleventh year of Chongzhen (1638), he and Hong Chengchou ambushed with heavy troops in the south of Tongguan, so that Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, was almost wiped out, and Li Zicheng only broke through with 18 cavalry, and was discouraged for a while!

The biggest enemy of Ming Dynasty officials is often not foreign enemies, but their own people, Sun Chuanting and his top boss Yang Sichang and Zhongguan Gao Qiqian have a deep contradiction, the two of them casually engage him, one inside and one outside, one singing and one harmony, so that Sun Chengzong is actually deaf!

Sun couldn't stand it, and took a break from illness, but Yang Sichang still didn't let go of such a hero, saying that Sun Chuanting said that the illness was a prevarication, and viciously said that Sun Chengzong was like "Bai Qi should not be called!" ”

What's going on with Bai Qi?

He was at odds with the king of Qin and refused to lead the army to fight, and the king of Qin was angry, gave him a sword and made him commit suicide.

It's worth it! Emperor Chongzhen listened to and believed partially, and was furious when he heard this, and after demoting Sun Chuanting to a commoner, he imprisoned him until he was sentenced.

Yang Sichang fell, and Emperor Chongzhen had no one to use, so he had to release Sun Chuanting and lead his troops to deal with the rogue rebels.

Thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's grace, Sun Chuanting is a traditional civil official, received the edict, and hurriedly left Beijing.

After he left, Emperor Chongzhen felt a little at ease, but when he pressed the gourd to float the scoop, how could another worry be solved!

The imperial palace, Qin'an Palace, enshrines the patriarch of the Three Qing Dynasty, and the sandalwood refreshes people's hearts.

The cigarettes drifted into the air one by one, and the silent blessing of the emperor of the Ming Empire also drifted into the boundless void.

Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou visited the patriarch of the Three Qing Dynasty together and prayed for the prosperity of the country.

Queen Zhou, a native of Suzhou, her father Zhou Kui, and her mother Ding are Zhou Kui's stepfamily, the family is poor, Zhou took care of housework when he was young, and after moving to Beijing, Zhou Kui made a living by telling fortunes in the downtown area of Qianmen Street, and lived a hard life.

But Zhou Kui's daughter was angry, and in the sixth year of the Apocalypse (1626), when the then King of Xin, Zhu Youzhen, selected the princess for the wedding, Empress Yi'an, who presided over the affairs of the harem, selected Zhou from many candidates as the eldest sister-in-law's surrogate. After Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, the Zhou family was promoted from Princess Xin to empress.

Empress Zhou was a benevolent and virtuous woman, and after taking charge of the harem, she was very economical, cut unnecessary expenses, and did not beg for favors from the emperor for her relatives. Even during the New Year's holidays, the minister ordered the wives to go to the court to congratulate them, and the rewards she gave were completely in accordance with the rules of etiquette and never gave them indiscriminately.

She and the emperor are married couples, and the relationship between them is good, seeing that the emperor is not happy, she specially went to the Qin'an Temple with him to burn incense and worship the saints.

After worshipping Sanqing, the emperor was in a better mood and said to Queen Zhou: "I am very happy, the ancestor of Sanqing will bless me with a smooth and smooth Ming Dynasty!" ”

Empress Zhou also said: "Your Majesty is the co-lord of the world, and I personally ask the patriarchs of the Three Qing Dynasties, and with their blessings, the Ming Dynasty is hopeful." ”

said that it was still very happy, and Emperor Chongzhen even talked about playing hide and seek in this Qin'an Palace when he was young.

Queen Zhou smiled when she saw him, no longer frowning a while ago, and nodded with satisfaction.

However!

As soon as they stepped out of the gate of the Qin'an Palace, they saw the leader TJ Wang Chengen kneeling on the left side of the road, holding a gold plate with a playbook inside, and said: "Emperor Ye, Wu Sangui outside the gate is urgent for 800 miles!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen's body couldn't help but tremble!

He took a breath, and took a look at the notebook.

Yes!

Wu Sangui reported: "Songshan Hong Chengchou is defeated!" ”

The fact is that Songshan was besieged for half a year, the city was exhausted, and the deputy general Xia Chengde opened the city to accept Qing soldiers. Cao Bianjiao, the chief military officer, was captured and killed, and the governor Qiu Minyang waited for his death. Hong Chengchou was executed and surrendered to Shenyang in Shenyang.

Matsuyama was in a catastrophe, because the imperial court had no reinforcements to rescue them.

At this point, the Ningjin defense line, which had been held for many years, was broken. In April, the Qing army broke Tashan and Xingshan. Ming is only about the outer lonely city of Ningyuan. The Qing army approached Shanhaiguan.

At that time, the old superintendent Sun Chengzong went out of the customs and presided over the Ningjin defense line to keep the war out of the pass.

As a result, the impeachment of him was higher than others, and the speech official thought that it was not a good plan to build a city and reject the enemy outside the pass, and it was a waste of the court's money, but now it seems that the speech official is a mouth cannon!

Yes, although the Qing army still entered the pass from other passes, but without the containment of the Ningjin defense line, when he thought that the Qing army was imminent, the pressure under his nose, Emperor Chongzhen only felt that the fluttering documents were as heavy as Mount Tai.

He couldn't help but shake his body, Queen Zhou, who had long been paying attention to him, hurriedly helped him, and the surrounding palace people also came to help.

Emperor Chongzhen stretched out his hand to push them away and said, "I'm fine! ”

He said in a dumb voice: "Find the book of the military department!" ”

……

The sun and the moon are on top, and the Ming Dynasty is full of talents, if it is not for the bad luck and the decline of the country's fortunes, it will not be the turn of the northern captives to wreak havoc and be reckless.

Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, can be regarded as a talent, he is a native of Changshou County, Chongqing Prefecture, Sichuan Province, Wanli 36 years, awarded the prefect of Dingzhou, and then promoted all the way, Chongzhen 13 years, into the Ministry of Justice, thus becoming the first person to do the important position of Shangshu (Zheng Erpin) in the Ming Hongzhi period (1488~1505) after the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Jia Jun.

He was brave in his work, and at that time, the military was critical, and the ministers were reluctant to be the secretary of the military department, so Chen Xinjia became the secretary.

Chongzhen Dynasty's military department is not good, look at the fate of his predecessor:

Choi Chengxiu's end: hanged himself;

Yan Mingtai's end: sent to death;

Wang Zaijin's end: dismissal and investigation;

Wang Qia's fate: died in prison;

Shen Yongmao's end: dismissal and investigation

Liang Tingdong's end: poisoned

Xiong Ming met the end: dismissal and investigation

Zhang Fengyi's end: poisoned to death

Yang Sichang's end: poisoned to death

Fu Zonglong's fate: dismissed from prison, killed in battle

There is also a Yuan Chonghuan, who was added to the title of secretary of the Ministry of War, and the end was the worst: Ling Chi, that is, a thousand knives, miserable, the people ate his corpse!

The boss is too stubborn, and the courtiers are not easy to do.

Emperor Chongzhen employs people, not only loves to kill the military department, but he loves to kill any official, and the prime minister is no exception. He was the emperor for 17 years, and a total of 15 prime ministers were killed or demoted, and the longest of them did not exceed 2 years.

An official who does practical things without flattery, he feels that this person does not respect himself, kills or belittles;

An official who can pat himself on the back, he thinks that this person does not do practical things, kills or belittles;

An official with good popularity, he is afraid that his prestige will be compared to him, and he will be killed or degraded;

An official who is not popular with him, he thinks that this person has a bad character, and kills or degrades;

Officials who are greedy for money naturally kill or degrade;

An official who is not greedy for money, he thinks he is gaining a good reputation, what does he want to do? kill or degrade;

There is no gang official, he feels that this person will not deal with interpersonal relationships, kill or belittle;

There are gang officials, he is afraid that there is a threat of seizing power by forming a gang, and he will be killed or demoted.

Look, who can curry favor in the hands of Emperor Chongzhen?

You can't even call the gods to be his ministers!

Yan Changwu, the boss of the Southeast Mansion, resolutely did not wade into the troubled waters of the Ming Dynasty, because he knew that it would not be good for the Ming Dynasty to have Emperor Chongzhen.

But if he gets rid of Emperor Chongzhen with his own hands, it will be a bad thing for his reputation.

In short, Chongzhen is self-righteous and narrow-minded, and has no real talent except for hard work. They only use murder to cover up their misuse of personnel and strategic mistakes.

After all, it's a pervert!

Compared with him, the officials of the Ming Dynasty who used to be in the southeast were deeply impressed, they served Yan Dashao, simple is beautiful, and civil officials only need to do three things:

One is to be faithful to him;

the second is to respect discipline and abide by the law;

The third is to make money!

The first two points of the military attache are the same as those of the civilian officials, and the third point is changed to be able to win the war.

The officials of the southeast province never have to worry about disasters falling from the sky, as long as they are not involved in a big matter, even if they are executed, at most they will "send the island to engage in development affairs" for labor reform, and they are much happier than their counterparts on the other side of the sea.

Therefore, Chen Xinjia received the edict to let him enter the palace to face the saint, he knew the things outside the gate, and he couldn't help beating the drum in his heart, thinking about the fate of his predecessors, he couldn't help but feel very sad, and all thoughts were lost......