Yongping Mansion is not far from the capital, and Zhou Zheng took a thousand people, day and night, and quickly rushed to the capital.

But he failed to enter the city, and was ordered to be stationed in a small town ten miles away from the capital.

Zhou Zheng temporarily camped, standing on a high ground, looking at the direction of the capital, and then looking at Xifengkou.

Cao Bianjiao and the two general flags stood behind him, and several people looked the same solemn.

Cao Bianjiao said: "My lord, if Jianyu really breaks through the pass from Xifengkou, it will be a horse Pingchuan, there is no danger to stop, and it will be close to Jingshi." ”

One of the general banners said: "I'm afraid it's not just that, Beizhili, Shanxi, Shandong, they can all go, there are no troops around to stop it, if the imperial court doesn't send troops as soon as possible, our 10,000 people are simply not enough to build prisoners." ”

Zhou Zheng thought in his heart, now that he knows the news more than a month earlier than in history, the Ming court should have enough time to deal with it, and it will not be worse than in history. But if you can't stop Jianyu outside the pass, or hit the Ming Dynasty hard in the pass, after getting a glimpse of the reality of the Ming Dynasty, it will be like in history, often coming and going, hitting the Ming again and again, fighting to feed the war, he is weak and he is strong, and finally, swallow the Ming in one bite!

"Let's wait and see how the court arranges it." Zhou Zhengdao.

Cao Bianjiao and the others stopped talking, and now they can only do so.

Zhou was camping outside the city, and the capital was tense.

Emperor Chongzhen began to dispatch troops, but in front of him was a bunch of problems.

The Ming Dynasty has been tired for a long time, except for Liaodong, Sichuan and other places where the war has been uncertain for a long time, there are almost no available soldiers. The guard system has long been a virtual reality, and if the general army in various places wants to recruit soldiers, they first need money, food, armor and weapons, and the problem is concentrated in the imperial court.

Qianqing Palace.

Han Huang, the first assistant of the cabinet, Li Biao, Qian Longxi, etc., as well as Bi Ziyan, Zhou Qingli and other cronies and important ministers are all there.

Chongzhen looked at Han Huang and the others with an iron face, and said angrily: "The treasury is empty? Without Wei Zhongxian, where did all the money and food of the eunuch party go? ”

Han Huang was expressionless, raised his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the Yangtze River, the Yellow River is flooded, Shaanxi is relieved, Sichuan is in turmoil, Liaodong is paid, hundreds of officials are paid, etc., the imperial court spends money like flowing water, and the money and food of the eunuch party are simply not enough." ”

Millions of taels are not enough!

Chongzhen's eyes were red, and he almost wanted to eat people, and said, "What about the summer grain?" Didn't the household department pay for it a few days ago, but this year's grain income has increased, and the state treasury has increased? ”

Han Huang still had that look and said, "Your Majesty, it's still not enough." ”

Chongzhen has long been dissatisfied with this Shoufu, and he can't bear it, but now is not the time, he looked at Bi Ziyan and said, "What did the household department say?" ”

Bi Ziyan pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the household department is already thinking of a way to temporarily transfer 200,000 taels from all over the country for emergencies, if it is more, I am afraid that it will be too late in time." ”

The news of the Jianyu detour, coupled with the road, was full of calculations, that is, around November, and in the face of more than 100,000 enemy troops, the time left for the Ming Dynasty court was indeed urgent.

Chongzhen's face looked a little better, and then he looked at Shen Yongmao, the secretary of the military department, and said, "How is the deployment of the military department?" ”

The collapse of the guard system led to the fact that the five armies were also in name only, and the deployment of the Ming army still belonged to the Ministry of War.

Shen Yongmao was a little fat, but his expression was quite resolute, and he said: "Governor Xuanda, Xuanfu, Baoding, Shandong, Shanxi governors, and general soldiers have all led troops to arrive, and there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, plus the Liaodong army, there will be 150,000 in October!" ”

Chongzhen's face improved a lot, and he said in a deep voice: "You must block Jianyu, and you can't let Jianyu enter the customs!" ”

"Your Ministers obey!" A group of dignitaries raised their hands.

Chongzhen was a little relieved, asked some specific details, and let these adults get busy.

These ministers, the six Shangshu servants, left the Qianqing Palace, their faces were solemn, they didn't say much, and they left separately.

Bi Ziyan and Zhou Qingli returned to the household department and went straight to the household department's room.

Bi Ziyan frowned, and said: "With so many troops coming at once, not to mention blocking Jianyu, even control is also a big problem, and you elders are like gold, I'm afraid there will be trouble." ”

Zhou Qingli said: "200,000 taels is not something that can be sent in a short time, even if it is in the treasury, it is a drop in the bucket. ”

Bi Ziyan's expression was solemn, but he didn't know what to do.

The adults who decided the matter did not speak one by one, and kept it secretive, so that they were constrained and at a loss.

Zhou Qingli paused for a moment, looked up at Bi Ziyan and said, "Let's enter the palace tonight and explain to the emperor." ”

Bi Ziyan's eyes changed slightly, and he was silent for a while, and said, "Do you know that if we go, we will be scapegoats afterwards." ”

According to past experience, 'reward' is secondary, and settling accounts after the autumn is the key, and when some things are magnified, someone will always come out to take the blame.

With so many mouths, they are the first to bear the brunt.

Zhou Qingli took a deep breath and said, "It's about the national society, so I can't take care of it." ”

Bi Ziyan looked at his determined look, nodded slightly, and said, "Okay." ”

The two entered the palace that night and stayed in the Qianqing Palace until dawn the next day.

As soon as they left, the Qianqing Palace issued several decrees, strictly ordering all armies to control themselves, and ordered Yuan Chonghuan to lead the army to Jizhou to control the armies and coordinate the battle.

The Qianqing Palace suddenly crossed the imperial court and issued an edict, which made the courtiers very frightened, and soon found the source, impeached Bi Ziyan, and Zhou Qingli's recital flew into the Qianqing Palace like snowflakes.

Where can Chongzhen take care of this, while keeping an eye on Jianyu's movements, he is actively preparing for war, and often sleepless all night.

The imperial court was busy, and Zhou was staying in the barracks, and he was also actively studying the movements of Jianyu.

Zhou Zheng, Cao Bianjiao, Chu Jin and others stood in front of the sand table, studying the map and speculating on the possible offensive road map of Jianyu.

Although Zhou Zheng knew that this year's Jianyu would enter the customs, he didn't know the specific details, and listened to the analysis of Cao Bianjiao and others.

Chu Jin glanced at Zhou Zheng and said meaningfully: "The Jianyu army has left Shenyang, and it is difficult for us to grasp their movements, so we can only rely on the scouts of Jizhen, and there is no news yet." ”

Cao Bianjiao naturally couldn't hear it, looked at the sand table and said: "If Jianyu enters the customs from Xifengkou, then their next stop must be Zunhua, then Jizhou, and then Tongzhou and Shunyi, so that they can attack Jingshi." ”

Zhou Zheng looked at the sand table and did not speak.

In the three places that Cao Bianjiao said, in addition to Jizhou, there are thousands of old and weak soldiers, and the others are basically better than nothing, and they can't stop the pace of Jianyu at all.

A general banner said: "Xifengkou can't be stopped, if you can gather troops in Zunhua and fight a decisive battle with Jianyu, maybe you can win a battle?" ”

Cao Bianjiao has been in Liaodong for many years, and he has not dealt with Jianyu once or twice, and he said: "Zunhua City is small, and it can't be held or expanded; Besides, if a small number of troops were to contain Zunhua and the army was bypassed, it would be a big trouble. ”