"The governor of Tianjin, the right governor of Tianjin, the imperial history of Feng Yuanyang, knocked to see the emperor."

"Cao Youyi, the chief soldier of Tianjin Town and the governor of the left capital, knocked to see the emperor."

Seeing the two loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty bowing to him, Emperor Chongzhen was so excited that he was about to cry. Since Zhu Cihong launched the palace change a few days ago, he has never seen a "loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty" with soldiers in hand.

When he was in Tongzhou, he had a little expectation for Song Quan, the governor of Shuntian. But he didn't expect that Song Quan was not a real loyal minister, and he didn't care about the fact that his father was imprisoned by the prince at all, and he only thought about escaping for his life...... Just because he only cared about running for his life, he knew that it was the prince's party!

Cao Huachun, who met near Wang Qingtuo, was still a little "conscientious", serving in front of and behind the car along the way, and vacating his own mansion to settle Chongzhen after arriving at Wang Qingtuo. However, what satisfied Chongzhen the most was that Cao Huachun arranged Zhu Cihong to rest in Cao Huayu's original house.

In this way, Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong are separated! And Zhu Cihong, Chen Jie, Lin Zengzhi, Wu Xiang, Wu Sanfu, Huang Dabao, Li Ruolian, and Zhu Chunjie are all too tired. After arriving at Wang Qingtuo, they all seized the time to rest. No one had the heart to care about Chongzhen, the bare-pole emperor, so Chongzhen had a little room to move.

There is a little space, but it is impossible to regain power. Because Cao Huachun is not a fool, how dare an egg touch a stone? On Wang Qingtuo's side, the army controlled by Zhu Cihong has three battalions of Kenan, one battalion of guards, one battalion of dragoons, one battalion of tiger guards, and one battalion of Shuntian patrol, a total of seven battalions of soldiers, and 7,000 soldiers in the formation!

And Cao Huachun has more than 2,000 men and horses at hand, and he is almost 3,000. But how can his family Ding Minzhuang be compared with the 7,000 soldiers on Zhu Cihong's side? No matter how people are, they are regular troops! He is fully equipped with weapons and armor, has received a little formal training, and his morale is actually quite high under the encouragement of Zhu Cihong. Cao Huachun went to touch the stone with an egg when he was brainless, and he worked hard to take care of Chongzhen because of Zhu Cihong's order...... Now that the entire Cao family is pinched in Zhu Cihong's hands, how can Cao Huachun oppose Zhu Cihong? No matter how treacherous he is, he is also a great eunuch who sacrifices his life for the prosperity of the family!

But how did Emperor Chongzhen know Gonggong Cao's thoughts? He never tried to find out what his courtiers were thinking, and he was not likely to think about their interests. He is now thinking that Cao Huachun has 3,000 people, there are at least 5,000 people in Tianjin, and there are 8,000 people at both ends, which is 1,000 more than Zhu Cihong's 7,000 people!

If there are many people on your side, can you take back the power?

Thinking that he might take back his power, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly came to his senses, and raised his hand to signal the two loyal ministers to be even. Then he instructed Wei Qinghui and Wu Wanrong, two "aunts", to move two embroidery piers, and let Feng Yuanyang and Cao Youyi sit.

He doesn't trust eunuchs much now, eunuchs are unreliable...... The eunuch is greedy for foreign wealth and no one wants it, and Emperor Chongzhen has no money, what can he use to buy the loyalty of the eunuch? The two old girls and palace maids are different, looking at Emperor Chongzhen's eyes are shining! Chongzhen knew that the two of them wanted themselves, not anything else!

So after Chongzhen arrived at Wang Qingtuo, he immediately sent Huang Dabao away as a eunuch who arranged to serve him, and let the two old girls and palace maids replace him.

"Feng Qing," Emperor Chongzhen said, "Li Jiantai is outside, nowhere to be found, his position as a scholar is vacant, I want you to enter the cabinet." In addition, the post of secretary of the military department is also vacant, so let's do it for you. ”

What the? Do you want to be the secretary of the military department? Isn't that a dead end?

Feng Yuanyang was taken aback by Chongzhen's words, and cold sweat came out on his forehead.

Among the more than a dozen military departments in the Chongzhen Dynasty, only Feng Yuanyang's elder brother Feng Yuanbiao was honorably retired, but it was because he was too sick to do anything at all......

"Minister, the minister's intelligence is limited, I am afraid that it will be difficult to cope with the current situation, and I will lose the ...... of the Holy Grace"

Chongzhen listened to Feng Yuanyang say the words of resignation, but he just nodded and said: "The situation is indeed difficult, I fell ill in the Huangji Gate before, and threw the burden of Wanjun to the crown prince, which is really a disappointing hope of the ancestors." But now that my body has recovered, I can finally pick up this burden again. Both of them are loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and they must be honest and assist me in governing the Ming Dynasty. ”

"I am willing to serve Your Majesty!"

"The ministers should do their best to assist Your Majesty!"

Sure enough, it's a loyal minister!

Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "With two assistants, great things will be done!" ”

What does this mean?

Feng Yuanyang and Cao Youyi were both taken aback by Emperor Chongzhen's words. It turned out that these two didn't know what had happened in the Huangjimen Palace! You can't send a report office to talk about this, how can you say it? Say that the uterus has changed, and the emperor is in the air?

Feng Yuanyang and Cao Youyi are far away from Beijing, where do they know?

Cao Huachun knew a little bit, it was Huang Dabao who was ordered (Zhu Cihong's order) to tell him, but he didn't tell Feng Yuanyang and Cao Youyi about it. So Feng and Cao didn't know that Chongzhen and the prince were in conflict, and of course they didn't know that the "big thing" in Chongzhen's mouth was to regain power, and they thought they wanted to recover Beijing!

"Your Majesty," Cao Youyi knelt down for Chongzhen with a puff, "The minister is guilty, the ministers are 10,000 according to the book, but in fact, there are only 4,500, and there are less than 1,000 ......people available in person."

Chongzhen nodded, "I know that this is a common disadvantage in various places, not only in Tianjin Town. ”

Cao Youyi said again: "There are only a few thousand soldiers, which is really not enough to recover Shenjing, and even can't resist the rebel brigade, when the minister left Tianjin, he received a report that the rebel cavalry had arrived near Tianjin, and his brigade would also arrive in the future." The minister implored His Majesty to stay in the capital as soon as possible, and then gather Zhongliang and regroup after arriving in Nanjing, the capital of Liudu. ”

"I also have this intention," Emperor Chongzhen raised his hand to signal Cao Youyi to get up, and said warmly, "There are still thousands of rivers and mountains in the capital here, and there are still thousands of rivers and mountains to escort you all the way." I wonder how many soldiers and horses the two brought today? ”

Cao Youyi was relieved and replied: "Today's envoys and others are the Chinese army in Tianjin Town, only 1,500 people. ”

"That's it...... Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly, "Are the rest of the soldiers and horses in Tianjin?" ”

Feng Yuanyang said: "The minister's patrol has gone out to fight the thieves, and there are about 3,000 soldiers in Tianjin. ”

"Good!" Chongzhen said, "In this case, tomorrow you two and Cao Huachun will escort me to Tianjin...... When I arrived in Tianjin, I would be out of the tiger's mouth! ”

The two loyal ministers also didn't understand that the tiger's mouth that Chongzhen was referring to was Zhu Cihong's mouth, so they were both relieved and said that they wanted to serve Emperor Chongzhen.

……

At the same time, Yuan Yuzong, the Tianjin military station, was also drinking and chatting with Hao Shaoqi, the general of the Dashun Army, plotting how to arrest Emperor Chongzhen or Zhu Cihong.

Hao Shaoqi had already received a report from Li Guotang last night, knowing that Emperor Chongzhen had escaped from Beijing, and it was likely that he was on the way to flee to Tianjin. Then he got news from Yuan Yuzong that he knew that the Ming prince or Chongzhen had passed through Tongzhou and was hurrying to Tianjin.

Yes, Yuan Yuzong didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong were on their way to Tianjin. Because Zhu Cihong had too many eyes, when he was in Tongzhou City, he only issued an order for Feng Yuanyang and Cao Youyi to welcome and prepare ships, and did not say that he and Emperor Chongzhen would go to Tianjin.

But even if it's a prince, it's a great credit!

Yuan Yuzong patted his chest and said: "General Hao, Feng Yuanyang and Cao Youyi, the two thieves have all gone to meet them, and the lower officials are in charge in Tianjin City, and the two deputy commanders are also of the same heart as the lower officials, and they are all willing to serve the Son of Dashun." If Chongzhen's father and son both come to Tianjin, the next official will catch them like catching two dogs! ”

"I'm afraid it's not that easy!" Hao Shaoqi touched his beard, "According to the night report sent out, there may be 10,000 soldiers and horses who run away with the Zhu thief!" How many people do you have on hand? ”

"Xiaguan has 4,000 elite soldiers!" Yuan Yuzong said, "You can set up an ambush in the Tianjin Acropolis...... If the general is not at ease, he can sneak into Tianjin City with his subordinates. With the general's heavenly soldiers, it will be easy to hold the Zhu thief. It's just that the general has to put away the banner of breaking into the king, otherwise he will have to leak the news. ”

"I know!" Hao Shaoqi laughed, "As long as you can catch the Zhu thief, it's okay to call your forehead to pretend to be a tartar!" ”