Bang Bang Bang ......

The sound of the whip sounded for the first time in front of the Huangji Gate of the Old Mountain Palace.

The Huangji Gate is located at the foot of the Yanshan Palace, where Zhu Cihong lived daily when he was in the Laoshan Palace, and is a palace gate built in imitation of the Fengtian Gate of the Forbidden City in Nanjing. There is a small palace in the palace gate, called the Huangji Palace, which is a three-storey small building that combines Chinese and Western styles, and is the place where Emperor Zhu convened the meeting of the two governments and summoned the courtiers when he was in the Laoshan Palace. Outside the Huangji Gate is a square, very spacious, paved with hard bluestone flooring, and there is a platform decorated with white marble at the entrance of the Huangji Gate. This is the place where Emperor Zhu held the ceremony of listening to the government at the imperial gate in the Laoshan Palace.

The so-called Imperial Gate Listening to the Government is the favorite activity of Emperor Chongzhen in the early dynasty - in the eyes of others, he is working hard and diligently, but Chongzhen enjoys it. Those days when he went to court before dawn, listened to all kinds of bad news, and looked at the hateful faces of a bunch of traitorous ministers who bullied the monarch were the happiest in Emperor Chongzhen's life......

And now, in addition to physical and mental sports every day, I play with the young ladies, I can sleep until I wake up naturally, I can spend money until my hands cramp, and there are so many playthings that I have to ...... But Emperor Chongzhen was not happy at all!

Now, as soon as he closes his eyes, he can often dream of the past when the Tartars and the rogue soldiers are coming to the city, the civil and military officials are at a loss, and the chaotic ministers and thieves have their own ghosts...... I miss those days so much!

Chongzhen, who was sitting on a Taishi chair placed next to the emperor's treasure under the Huangji Gate, watched the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty enter one by one at this time, standing crookedly outside the Huangji Gate, and only emotion and longing for the good life of the past were left in his heart.

Of course, there is still a little regret - I can't use people!

Shi Kefa is a jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen!

is clearly a Confucian general who uses soldiers like a god, why didn't he find out? If Shi Kefa had been used earlier, the Liukou would have been pacified, and the Dongyu would have been destroyed......

And that Wu Xiang, he should have been made the secretary of the military department a long time ago! No one can compare to him in army management and training!

Oh, and that Hubu Shangshu Zheng Zhilong - it's simply the reincarnation of the God of Wealth! Why didn't I think of him as the head of the household?

If he had been used a long time ago, he would have piled up the money and killed the Dongyu and the rogue!

There is also the first assistant Wei Zaode....... No, he was the first assistant when I was in power!

Chongzhen looked at the reckless robe and black yarn, with an extraordinary bearing, and at first glance it was the great and loyal Wei Shoufu who was famous in history, and swaggered up to the platform at the entrance of the emperor with a few Shangshu from the cabinet, and bowed to himself, and sighed in his heart.

You are obviously a generation of famous ministers, and I am the first minister of the Ming Dynasty, how can I be useless in my hands?

When Emperor Chongzhen was confused, he heard the eunuch shouting: "His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!" ”

Zhu Cihong is here, he only returned to the Laoshan Palace yesterday, of course he is victorious!

Although the war in the north is not completely over, a complete victory is certain...... The Qing Dynasty (Houjin), which had fought with the Ming Dynasty for decades, has now been defeated, and has been beaten into King Gong and King Jin, two vassal kings, although they still have bad intentions, but they only have the strength to defend their families, and no one dares to challenge the majesty of the Great Ming Dynasty anymore.

Therefore, Emperor Zhu is also looking extremely proud now, looking at the ministers gathered outside the imperial gate of the Laoshan Palace, he shouted long live and worshipped, and said in a voice that couldn't hide his smile: "Flat, flat!" ”

Everyone got up and peeked up. I saw the twenty-six-year-old Emperor Tomorrow wearing a court robe, sitting on the throne, looking at everyone with a smile - Emperor Zhu is kind and kind, and rarely gets angry in public. and Emperor Chongzhen, who reprimanded ministers at every turn, is not the same type at all.

And his majesty is not very strict, except for the pacification of the "Nanjing Eunuch Rebellion" and the peace of Zuo Menggeng, he killed some officials, and other times the officials who were bad in his hands were exiled to the island of Taiwan. In fact, the treatment of former officials who committed crimes to Taiwan Island is different from that of traitors who avoid death when they go to Taiwan Island, Zheng Sen is also measured, and former officials who commit crimes generally go to the familiar land of Dongning Mansion to live in peace.

But it was this seemingly not very severe punishment that still made the officials of the Ming Dynasty feel very frightened.

Because the former officials who were sent to the island of Taiwan were not only swept to the end, but there was almost no possibility of recovery, and they would definitely go bankrupt...... So many imperial histories are staring at it!

Seeing that the ministers all got up and took their positions, Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "As soon as I came back, I convened a great court meeting, just to tell everyone about this Northern Expedition, I thought it would take two or three years to reach the city of Beijing, and it would take ten years to win a complete victory." It doesn't seem that long now...... We will recover Beijing next year, and we should be able to succeed in Pingliao within five years! ”

Speaking of this, his tone suddenly sank: "Those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety!" Now although Dongyu has been scattered by us, most of the strength is still there, Duoduo controls the fertile soil outside the Shanhai Pass, and there are no less than 80,000 soldiers under his command. Fulin owns the fortified city of Beijing, and his subordinates have 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers. In addition, there are thieves such as Zilharang, Chang Adai, and Shang Kexi, each with elite soldiers to fight against the Celestial Empire. There are also Mongolian soldiers and horses outside the Sai, no less than 100,000!

Although Duoduo and Fulin are dormant now, they are still extremely vicious, and we must not take it lightly, let alone have the intention of returning to the dynasty with victory...... Instead, we must muster up enough courage to besiege the poor Kou, recover Beijing, level the Liaotu, sweep Mongolia, and at the same time cultivate and cultivate, accumulate military funds, and pacify the northern Xinjiang in one fell swoop! ”

He ran so many ways back to the Laoshan Palace, in order to continue to promote the war policy - now that the Qing Dynasty is gone, Fulin and Duoduo look soft, but now is by no means the time to let go of the remnants of the Qing Kingdom, but the time to surround the poor with victory and bravery, and they must not relax.

Listening to Zhu Cihong's words of shouting and shouting and killing, Chongzhen, who was learning to be the emperor next to him, beat the drum in his heart - this kind of besieging the poor can be said at the meeting of the two governments, how can it be said at the court meeting?

There are many people at the court, how can it be kept secret? As soon as it reaches the ears of Jin Fulin and Jin Duoduo, they will all be ready at that time, can you still return to Beijing and Pingliao so easily?

Wrong! Chongzhen suddenly thought of how cunning and murderous his son was, how could he make such a low-level mistake? Isn't that cheating?

......

"Your Majesty, are we really going to let Duoduo invade Korea?"

The big court meeting has ended, and now it is a small meeting between the two governments. The one who is raising the question is Wei Zaode, the "first minister of the Ming Dynasty", and during this time the cabinet office of the Ming Dynasty has been in secret contact with the Kingdom of Korea.

The Joseon Kingdom hoped to use the power of the Ming Dynasty to free itself from the oppression of Duoduo, and at the same time wanted to profit from the crusade against the Manchurian forces.

The cabinet office presided over by Wei Zaode did not look down on the power of North Korea and was unwilling to let North Korea get a share of Manchuria, so it talked with the North Koreans for several months, but nothing came to fruition.

However, Wei Zaode also did not want Duoduo to invade Korea, because Duoduo's invasion was not conducive to reintegrating Korea into the Ming dynasty's vassal system in the future.

Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "It's not that it's laissez-faire, but it's unprofitable to aid the DPRK...... Although governing a big country is not to do business, it is still necessary to consider the gains and losses, and we must not do unprofitable things, but we must do what we can, and we must not blindly enjoy achievements without pursuing profits. ”

This is also a change for other Ming Dynasty emperors, unless it is Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, they would have been criticized a long time ago.

But Zhu Cihong's prestige is similar to that of the founding emperor, and Wei Zaode and several other scholars, deputy military advisors, and military envoys dare not talk back to him.

Emperor Zhu said again: "If Duoduo wants to enter the court, he will go...... Let's hold a few points on the southern side of the Korean Peninsula, hold up when necessary, and maintain the survival of the Li family. Saving the survival is the great grace, we save the DPRK twice and it will perish, the DPRK will be truly grateful, and it will be from the outer domain to the internal domain, and only then can it be truly mastered by us! ”

Wei Zaode finally understood, "Your Majesty, the minister has been taught. ”