Zhu Youzhen, the great son of tomorrow, sat in the study of the Qianqing Palace, looking at the Tang newspaper sent by Hong Chengchou, his face was very ugly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Tartars marched to Yizhou, besieged Jinzhou, and even attacked Tashan. Cao Bianjiao defended the city for half a moon in Tashan. When the Tartars withdrew their troops, they transported the wounded and corpses under the city, but Cao Bianjiao's troops still captured and beheaded the Tartars at the 113th level, which shows the fierceness of the battle. The soldiers under Cao Bianjiao also suffered many casualties, with 253 dead and 427 wounded.

Ma Ke, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, and Tang Tong, the general soldier of Miyun, have rushed to Tashan to support Cao Bianjiao, and there are now 40,000 garrisons in Tashan City, and the defense is safe.

But the matter of supporting Jinzhou and driving away the Dongnu army in Yiju did not start at all.

The Tartars' soldiers and horses were very strong, even stronger than before. Now the Tartars not only have Jiannu slave soldiers who are good at riding and shooting, but also tens of thousands of firearm soldiers. These firecrackers are all Han soldiers, which were built by the slave chieftain Taiji according to Li Zhi's tiger master, and the soldiers are all equipped with firecrackers, and their combat power is amazing. Hong Chengchou said in the chapter that Cao Bianjiao suffered all the hardships of these firecrackers in Tashan, and the defenders on the city wall could only hide behind the battlement wall when defending, and did not dare to show their heads.

40,000 reinforcements defended in Tashan City, consuming countless food and salaries every day, which made Zhu Youzhen extremely distressed. Although Zhu Youzhen levied a new tax on three salaries, a large number of new taxes were used to make up for the arrears of previous years at the local level, and they were transferred and retained, and very few of them actually received too many warehouses. Zhu Youzhen was still very nervous.

Although these reinforcements spent a large amount of money on Zhu Youzhen, they only dared to defend in the fortified city, and did not dare to go out of the city to fight with the Qing army in the field. I don't know if Hong Chengchou can fight a decisive battle with the Qing army in Jinzhou when the 130,000 reinforcements are gathered.

The siege of Jinzhou, I don't know when it will be lifted.

Zhu Youzhen sighed and picked up Li Zhi's recital again. He's been putting it on the bookcase, and he doesn't know how many times he's read it.

Li Zhi said in the recital that he had obtained 720,000 taels of goods from his house in Shandong, and he would escort all of them to the capital in a few days.

This is good news, which has alleviated Zhu Youzhen's lack of money to a considerable extent. Speaking of which, in the past few years, Li Zhi has given Zhu Youzhen several million taels of silver. Tai Warehouse's average annual income is only a few million taels. For the sake of this money, Zhu Youzhen ignored Li Zhi's atrocities of killing more than 400 people in Shandong.

After all, Li Zhi sent troops to guard the publication of the newspaper, which was approved by Zhu Youzhen. From the time when Zhu Youzhen agreed to Li Zhi's garrison in Shandong, Zhu Youzhen knew that Li Zhi would kill a lot of people.

Li Zhi's murder is no longer news.

But what annoyed Zhu Youzhen was Li Zhi's last sentence. Li Zhi actually said that more than 10,000 tiger masters had all been stationed in Shandong, and it was not yet possible to suppress Shandong's covert opposition to the newspaper. Now the Tiger Ben Division is trapped in the quagmire of Shandong and cannot be extracted, and cannot support Jinzhou for the time being.

Zhu Youzhen raised his eyebrows, and his face was a little angry.

But with a sigh, Zhu Youzhen dissipated his anger again. Li Zhi's actions have made Zhu Youzhen completely lose his temper. If Zhu Youzhen still had a temper with Li Zhi's resistance last month, this temper has been exhausted this month, and only helplessness remains.

Now Zhu Youzhen no longer has any confidence in directly commanding Li Zhi. If you want Li Zhi to do things, you must bargain like a businessman to induce him.

In this bargain, Zhu Youzhen is undoubtedly the weaker party. In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has been full of fires, and every time Li Zhi has made meritorious contributions at critical moments, Li Zhi has become the mainstay of Zhu Youzhen's heart. Now that Jinzhou is in an emergency, Li Zhi is reluctant to go over to support, and Zhu Youzhen has no confidence in the front-line war.

Hong Chengchou's recital also proves that the Ming army without Li Zhi fought very passively against the Qing army. If you want to break the siege of Jinzhou, you really don't know that you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey.

Zhu Youzhen's fire has already been issued, and no matter how big the fire is, in the end, he can only beg Li Zhi. Now, even if Li Zhi disobeys the holy decree and bargains with Zhu Youzhen, or even does not send troops in Shandong without authorization, Zhu Youzhen will not be able to get angry.

Wang Chengen saw that the Son of Heaven was looking at Li Zhi's recital again, and arched his hand and said: "Emperor, Li Zhi is not leaving in Shandong?" ”

Zhu Youzhen sighed and said, "It's not all. ”

Wang Chengen was stunned, and said with some anger: "Emperor Shengming, the slave doesn't understand, this Li Zhi said that he would support Jinzhou on the condition of sending a newspaper to Shandong, but now that the newspaper has been issued, he will not leave in Shandong." How is it not all? ”

Li Zhi's actions, Wang Chengen can't stand it anymore.

Wang Chengen originally encouraged the Son of Heaven to agree to Li Zhi's publication of newspapers in Shandong, believing that Li Zhi would immediately support Jinzhou if he obtained this condition. Who knew that now Li Zhi has to sell well if he gets cheap, and he will resolutely not send troops if he does not make the newspaper properly. Wang Chengen regretted that he spoke for Li Zhi, and began to be annoyed that Li Zhi had delayed sending troops.

If you don't send troops, you will openly pour bitter water on the concert, and those who disobey the holy decree since ancient times have not been so arrogant.

But now, the Son of Heaven has no temper.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the imperial city outside the window and said slowly: "As soon as Li Zhi's soldiers leave, Shandong's newspaper distribution will be knocked to the ground by the gentry. Li Zhi supported Jinzhou on the condition of distributing newspapers in Shandong, but now that the army is gone, this benefit cannot be grasped. The so-called businessman, who pays the money with one hand and delivers the goods with the other, now that he can't hold this hot money, he is naturally reluctant to deliver the goods. ”

Wang Chengen was stunned and asked, "What does the emperor mean?" ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the window and said helplessly: "So far, only I have come forward to stabilize the newspaper distribution in Shandong for him." ”

Wang Chengen looked surprised and said, "How can the emperor help Li Zhi issue a newspaper?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "I sent a thousand Jinyi guards to Shandong, to investigate and secretly visit, and arrest those crumbs who secretly troubled Li Zhi's newspaper. With this Qianjin Yiwei sitting in Shandong, it is more effective than Li Zhi's more than 10,000 tiger divisions stationed in Shandong. Li Zhi no longer needs to worry about the newspaper being smashed, burned, and looted. ”

Wang Chengen thought for a while and said loudly: "Emperor, don't do it at this time!" ”

"Saint, Li Zhi is now a serious thief in the world, and he can't wait to kill him as soon as possible. Li Zhi's newspaper was the vanguard of Li Zhi's propaganda against Shilin. If the emperor dispatched the Jinyi guard to pave the way for Li Zhi's newspaper, how would the world Shilin look at the saint? ”

"If Shilin divides the Son of Heaven and Li Zhi into one, then the hundred officials in the court must be blown up. I'm afraid those civil officials will play with the Son of Heaven! ”

Zhu Youzhen took a breath and said slowly: "At this time, I can only ask Li Zhi's newspaper not to work against the gentry of the world, and only publish some major news events from various places every day. So that the gentry would not find the newspaper so glaring. ”

Wang Chengen knelt on the ground with a thud and said loudly: "Holy Prudence! ”

"The matter is urgent, the matter is so decided, and those civil officials are just desperately admonished, pointing their noses and scolding their mothers, and they can't play new tricks."

Wang Chengen fell prostrate on the ground, speechless.

Zhu Youzhen stood up and took a few deep breaths. "The air in this deep palace is getting more and more turbid, I really want to go out and take a look at Liaoxi in person."