Emperor Chongzhen thought of Hong Chengchou in times of crisis, but Hong Chengchou did not bring him good news.

Except that the First Battle of Shenzhou caused the Qing army to hit a bag and interrupted the hope of the Qing army going west, and then it was all confrontation, confrontation, confrontation......

The Tartars divided their troops into Yanzhou, but Hong Chengchou still confronted each other.

Anxious, soft-eared, and in a hurry to do things, this is one of Emperor Chongzhen's major shortcomings. Now the old state has relapsed again, and at the beginning of the month, he sent Zhou Yanru out to see the teacher.

Zhou Yanru knows the military? If you are stationed in Tongzhou, you will not dare to go. But Emperor Chongzhen was staring at it from behind, so he could only go south to Baoding. And then what I got was a barrage of bad news.

The Qing army moved south from Dongpingzhou, and Wenshang, Jining and other places came down one after another. The soldiers are not coming to Ziyang, the capital city of Yanzhou, and the King of Lu in the city of thought, Zhou Yanru is also afraid. If Ziyang is lost, King Lu will not be guaranteed, and he will not be able to escape the blame.

The last time the Qing army entered the fortress, the soldiers conquered Jinan, and captured the Dewang family, the news made Emperor Chongzhen Long Yan angry, and dozens of implicated civil and military officers lost their heads, and Zhou Yanru shuddered when he thought about it.

However, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and Zhou Yanru was worried about King Lu in Ziyang City, when a letter was sent to him. This writing is not a wonderful pen, but scolding Jian for three points into the flesh can be said to be very gratifying to see.

However, after Zhou Yanru read the signature of the text, his face was even more like ashes, it wasn't that he was really in good health, and he was going to faint at this moment.

Confucius and Meng, Zeng Yan and the four families, is this not to seek death?

Zhou Yanru no longer cared about considering the authenticity of the text, but was only worried about the disturbance of the Confucian and Mencian temples. If the Confucian Meng Temple is destroyed, as the first and auxiliary minister of the cabinet, what face will he have to stand in the court?

It is good to call the bones of sick beggars, and it is not uncommon to die of grief.

Just like when Zhang Xianzhong destroyed the imperial mausoleum in Fengyang, the central capital, Emperor Chongzhen cried in the temple for three days wearing filial piety clothes, shouting that he was incompatible with the thief army, which needs to be carried by people.

At the beginning, Emperor Chongzhen let Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the scholar of Dongge University, Wang Yingxiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the scholar of Dongge University, be dismissed, and the governor Caoyun supervised military affairs, and the governor of Fengyang and other places and the secretary of the household department of Haiphong and the right deputy imperial history Yang Yipeng was executed, and the governor of Fengyang Imperial History Wu Zhenying filled the army north of the Great Wall. Jin Yiwei commanded Wang Shisheng to be removed from the list for interrogating Yang Yipeng for being slow.

So now that the Confucian and Mencian Temple has been robbed, how can he Zhou Yanru be good? The Emperor of Zhongdu is very important, but who dares to say that Confucius and Mencius are not as good as him?

"The captives go deep into Qilu, like entering a no-man's land, how can they live like this for a long time!" He walked up and down the study, pausing and sighing from time to time.

"Alas, Hong Chengchou, it's really useless, it's too disappointing to my high hopes!" Zhou Yanru really added a lot of force in the process of Hong Chengchou's resurrection. Now that he is in danger, he has put all his resentment on Hong Chengchou's body.

Or else? Can he blame himself, or can he blame Yang Wenyue and Hu Dawei, who have died in battle?

Li Zicheng did not take advantage of Kaifeng, led the army west to Nanyang, attacked Runing, Yang Wenyue and Hu Dawei were isolated there, and Runing City was broken and died. The intruders turned south to kill.

Zuo Liangyu has fled to the front line of the Yangtze River.

The trees fell and scattered, and the bad news came one after another.

Zhou Yanru himself has no ability to settle the affairs of the world, but he has the ability to complain about others. I also thought of Yuan Chonghuan, who had been cut down for a long time, they were all generals, Yuan Chonghuan could still retreat from the Qing army and relieve the siege of the capital, but as long as this Hong Chengchou can have half of Yuan Chonghuan's ability, why would the enemy enter the Central Plains as if he had entered no man's land?

mentioned the pen and wrote an excerpt of rebuke, and earnestly blamed Hong Chengchou for fearing the enemy and avoiding the war, and working in vain. He really wanted to find someone to replace Governor Hong Chengchou with reinforcements, but he couldn't think of a suitable person.

Zheng Zhilong is a very good candidate, the cooperation between the two sides is very pleasant, the Zheng family has set up shelters in Jiangnan and other places, and they are very well-behaved. But Zheng Zhilong is in Qilu.

The country is in trouble and thinks of good generals, and the board knows the honest ministers. At this time, he understood that Lu Xiangsheng was rare.

This morning, as usual, Zhou Yanru got up without knowing the sky, freshened up under the service of the maids, dressed up, and then came to the study to meditate. He couldn't sleep.

In front of the bookcase, there are paperwork and newspapers sent from all over the country. The letters were like small mountains, but there was hardly any content that would make him happy.

Some of these documents reported the progress of the Qing army, some reported that the local soldiers were short of money and food, and some reported that the "Tukou Diao Min" was in chaos, and Zhou Yanru referred to the peasant armies newly launched in the three provinces of Beizhili, the Central Plains, and Qilu as the Tukou Diao Min. There are also those who report the tragic scenes of the military disasters that have been built and captured, which are full of bad news and do not hear joy.

There are also some local officials who fled from the wind, and some local officials were martyred......

He had to read such documents every day, but he really didn't want to read them, and he didn't dare to read them. Sometimes, he wanted to kick over the bookcase, because he was really afraid of coming into contact with those official documents and war reports that were related to war and failure.

Now, his mind was very heavy, and he didn't review the papers, but only looked down at the bronze incense burner on the bookcase.

A young maid held a vermilion gold-painted tray with both hands, a jade bowl and a silver spoon on it, which contained stewed bird's nest, and walked gently into the study. Another maid took the jade bowl and silver spoon from the tray and placed them in front of Zhou Yanru. Zhou Yanru didn't even glance at these maids, picked up the silver spoon, looked at the bird's nest in the bowl, and said in his heart: I don't know how many days I can drink such treasures in the future.

These are all treasures sent by Zheng Zhilong, and it is difficult to buy them with money on the market. But what Zhou Yanru is most afraid of now is that he will be put in prison by the emperor, once Yanzhou and Qufu are lost, he will be completely finished.

Drink the bird's nest soup slowly.

It wasn't until the sky was bright that Zhou Yanru asked someone to set up a meal, big bowls and small bowls, large plates and small plates, and more than ten dishes in a meal, soup and water, but Zhou Yanru had no appetite at all, and only put two chopsticks between a few dishes at hand, and most of the dishes were almost how they were brought in and how they were brought out.

Leaning on the chair, Zhou Yanru picked up the list of additional posts and officials presented by Wang Guobin, the governor of Qilu, from under the paperweight.

This is the leader of the formation of the people's army in the prefectures and counties of Qilu in recent days. Before they recruited Xiao Yuanying, it was really a good way to solve the urgent need. The names of these individuals are now reported, each with merit and seniority. Those are really loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

But these are small things. It's all come to this point, what can one person do if he gives them a real official to do it?

He picked up the list and looked at it a few times, his mind blank. Because this list is the most straightforward reminder of him, the four families of Confucius, Meng, Zeng and Yan......

Oops, Zhou Yanru has a headache, he has no strength in his body, and he has no energy.

The eyes fall on the paper, but the heart does not.

Put down the pen and just think, that Tartar is not blind, how can he let go of Confucius and Meng?

At this moment, Zhou Yanru's entourage walked in with a fold and respectfully placed it on the bookcase. Zhou Yanru was afraid that there would be another bad military situation or famine, so he asked suspiciously:

"What paperwork?"

"Master, this is King Zhongcheng of Qilu, and Ma Zhongcheng of Fengyang has sent good news. Time is ticking. "Long followed. But in my heart I think it's funny. What other good news can Wang Guobin and Ma Shiying send? Isn't it bad news under the guise of good news?

Since November, whether it is in the capital, or in Tongzhou, or in Baoding, where has the good news been reported?

Zhou Yanru's spirit shook suddenly, "Good news? "Snatch it over, cut the seal, and look at Wang Guobin's first, this is a top priority. Ma Shiying of Fengyang is fighting against Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhou Yanru saw that what was written above was the battle of Zou County. Yuan Shizhong was resolute in using his life, and the small Yuan battalion did not fail in its mission, so that the Qing army repeatedly attacked Zou County and had no choice but to retreat.