Chongzhen nine years to Chongzhen ten years, for the Ming Dynasty, it is a return to the light of the era, last July, took the lead in digging the ancestral tomb of the Ming Dynasty, the rebellion of the crime should be killed, the leader of the rebellion was captured, pressed to the Beijing division of a thousand cuts, December, the trilateral governor Hong Chengchou is the defeat of the successor of the anti-king leader Li Zicheng, attack and kill a lot.

In February this year, Yang Sichang, the son of Yang He, who was promoted by Chongzhen to be the secretary of the Ministry of War, was promoted by Chongzhen to "discern talents", and his plan to open the net on the four or six corners of the army was also launched, with the officers and soldiers of Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Jiangbei as the four positives, and fixed the main battlefield here, and the four governors concentrated on defense, and transferred the officers and soldiers of Yansui, Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, and Sichuan to the six corners, and marched from six directions to the four provinces of Zhengsi, which was the first time that the Ming Empire launched the power of the entire empire to deal with the peasant army.

As the drums of war approached step by step, the scope of activities of the peasant army became more and more narrow, and the various bandit armies had been formed and compressed in the area of Huguang Xunyang. The ten-year puzzle that has plagued the Ming Dynasty seems to be about to be opened.

What made Emperor Chongzhen even more excited was that he didn't have much hope, and it was also the Dongjiang battlefield that was launched around February that brought him an unprecedented surprise.

The Eastern Kidnapping is in ruins! Shrinking back for hundreds of miles, the pressure on the Jinzhou front line is empty, since the victory of Ningyuan, the Liao division has been defeated repeatedly, not to mention Yuan Chonghuan's five years can level Liao, and now the Liaodong Army is pressed to the Ningjin line and is out of breath.

To tell the truth, if this news is reported to Dongjiang Town by itself, Chongzhen will not believe it, and maybe he will send Yushi to reprimand him for lying about his military exploits, but the news is sent from Jinzhou half a month after the Battle of Dongjiang, Mao Jue sent someone to inform Zu Dashou, you are full of friction! Don't use it! Zu Dashou reported to the imperial court after an incredible investigation.

No matter how many people Mao Jue killed, he saved the Li family and the emperor's face, and for a while Emperor Chongzhen was also overjoyed, and it was rare to like the father and son of the Mao family, who were not pleasing to the eye before.

With further investigation by Liaozhen, and even under the provocation of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, the invincible Eight Banners Iron Cavalry actually began to retreat, completely defeating Jiannu. The news spread in Beijing, and for a while, the civil officials and scholars in Beijing also began to be jubilant, praising what our emperor is wise and wise, and the world is peaceful, which greatly increases Chongzhen's face, and even the military department and the household department are discussing what kind of reward to give Mao Jue, so that Mao Jue is not proud.

But this joy has gradually become colder, the war that ended in April and May, and now at the end of August and the beginning of September, Dongjiang has not even received a letter to repay his merits, and there is not even a Tanghuo official document to exchange information!

Where does the majesty of the emperor come from? Hold power over somebody's life and death! Meritorious emperor reward, there has been emperor punishment! But what did the Dongjiang Dynasty regard for such a great achievement and no merit? As the days passed, Chongzhen's face could not be hung up again, and every day he was in a hurry to make the first batch of the military department, but every time he finished the batch, he seemed to see a huge ridicule.

Dongjiang, don't care about the imperial court anymore?

In fact, Mao Jue really doesn't care, now he is the chief soldier of the Dongjiang River, the general of the broken captivity, or the governor of the middle capital, the governor of the left is meaningless, as for rewarding that bit of silver, it is not even enough to sell the silver to the dead soldiers, and now there is a cold joke popular throughout the Dongjiang River.

The court's silver reward, hehe!

By the beginning of September, Chongzhen's couldn't hold it back.

Early in the morning, the big guy obviously saw that the emperor's face was particularly ugly, this eunuch had just finished shouting and retreated from the court in the morning, and Chongzhen was the first to speak.

"The military department, there is a report from the Dongjiang River!"

Yang Sichang, the most favored military secretary in the court, is not here, and the answer is that after Chongzhen knocked down and asked Wen Tiren, the newly handed up capital Xue Guoguan, this duke inherited Wen Tiren's corpse vegetarian meal, but did not inherit Wen Tiren's ability to welcome, he responded dryly.

"Back to Your Majesty, not yet!"

"Dongjiang has been defeated for more than three months! There have been more than three months of concealment! The Cabinet of Ministers has not come up with a disposal plan until now! I raised you civil and military people of the Manchu Dynasty, is it difficult for you to eat white rice? Do nothing, corpse vegetarian meal! You've disappointed me so much! ”

In an instant, the silence of the court was clearly audible even if a needle fell on the ground, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were stunned, and Xue Guoguan, a scholar of Shoufu University, was even more stunned for a few seconds, and then knelt on the ground in panic and kowtowed.

"Panic!"

After all, it was a feudal era, and the emperor's joy and anger were enough to dominate the political situation.

"The Liao division has lost its troops and salaries, and has not won a victory for several years, all because of such mediocre people, the ministers think that the Dongjiang Mao father and son should lock up the Beijing division, punish their crimes, and correct the dynasty!"

"Such a criminal general, deserve to be killed! I am willing to receive the order and be responsible for investigating this matter!"

It is not that there are no upright ministers in the DPRK and China, and it is rare for Li Yingzhi to say some fair things to Li Yingzhi in the matter.

"Your Majesty! Dongjiang received troops in February, and in April, the Liao division did not send a single arrow or arrow, the military headquarters and Liao Zhen passed the buck to each other, Dongjiang fought alone, lacked food and salary, and it was not impossible for the soldiers to be resentful! However, Dongjiang Mao Jue, a rare good general in the court, a good eagle is arrogant, a good horse is not tamed, the minister thinks, the urgency of delay is not to ask the guilt, when the three armies are rewarded, to extinguish the military grievances, to reward the title to collect Mao Dongjiang's heart, let it be driven by the court, to destroy Jianyu, please Your Majesty is angry! ”

It's a pity that the fair words of several people were instantly drowned out by the surging crusade between the DPRK and the central government, this is a rare opportunity to win the sacred heart! The dogs have to bark a few times, not to mention these well-dressed ministers and old fritters.

"Your Majesty, the old minister asks for his life, and the minister is willing to go to the Dongjiang River for His Majesty to investigate this matter thoroughly!"

Finally, the voice of the court suddenly fell silent, because this time it was Chen Zanzhong, Mao Jue's father-in-law's father, and Mao Jue's grandfather.

This is also a political marker, although the emperor was furious, accusing Dongjiang of concealing defeat, but Liaodong really lacks a good general, let the grandfather check the grandson, what can be found? If the emperor agrees, this can be regarded as a step reserved for Dongjiang and himself, and the matter will be regarded as over.

Of course, don't think about what reward, what knighthood! Who told you to off the emperor?

In front of everyone's eyes, he was silent for a few seconds, and Emperor Chongzhen nodded with difficulty.

"Chen Zanzhong, the imperial historian of the Middle School, is to inspect the Dao, and the ceremonial supervisor, the military department, and the criminal department will review the affairs of the Dongjiang River!"

"Minister, obey!"

It's like being amnesty, Chen Zanzhong knelt and kowtowed profusely sweating, and the princes of Gon who watched the excitement were also relieved, but the ideas in the hearts of all kinds of people have already started, some want to take this opportunity to bring down the first assistant Xue Guoguan, and some Qingliu is ready to stalk Mao Jue in order to win the fame, as for whether it will cause the Dongjiang River to rebound, or even defect to Jiannu, it is not within their consideration!

It is rare for the imperial court to come to a high efficiency, the first day of September, the fifth day of September, this local inspection team was formed, under the leadership of the worried Chen Zanzhong, all the way to the north to Shanhaiguan.

couldn't help but Chen Zanzhong was not worried, not only did Mao Jue go too far this time, but his deputy was from the celebrant eunuch, the eunuch Wang Jiyan.

At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that the ministers under him would rebel, and he was also forbidden, and the celebrant was equivalent to another cabinet, and the cabinet pasted yellow in various places, and after writing down the preliminary handling opinions, it was handed over to the celebrant for approval, and it was decided whether to agree or not, only a small number of the most important military affairs were handed over to the emperor to personally approve the red, and there was no fact that the prime minister was, but these eunuchs had the power of the prime minister.

Even if he is ranked lower among the eunuchs of Bingbi, this Wang Jiyan is also a high authority.

In particular, he was promoted by Cao Huachun, who overthrew Wen Tiren, in other words, a political enemy of Dongjiang!

Seeing a murderous brocade guard behind him, sitting on the sedan chair, Chen Zan's center couldn't stop worrying, after more than a day, the messenger in front came to report, Ning Yuancheng was close in front of him, he couldn't help it, the old guy suddenly opened the curtain of the sedan chair.

Waiting for people is used to scouts, Wang Jiyan, who was riding a horse here, immediately turned his head with a smile and asked with a pleasant face.

"What does Master Chen have to say?"

"Father-in-law Wang, let's inspect the Dongjiang River this time, after all, it is a military town of Wufu, and there are some inconsiderate manners, I hope that Father-in-law Wang will not care, we must take the emperor's order first! What does my father-in-law think? ”

can be a suspicious person like Chongzhen, who is a stubborn and self-serving emperor, how delicate Wang Jiyan's mind is, how can he not understand, this is Chen Zanzhong, an old man, mentioning himself, the emperor still wants to use the Mao family, don't shout and kill when you go, take it easy.

Still the same smile, Wang Jiyan nodded again and again in agreement.

"What Lord Chen said is very true, Mao Dongjiang is a hero after all, how can our family be embarrassed? Our family also knows that if it weren't for Your Majesty's anger, our family wouldn't have come!"

"So, thank you father-in-law!"

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!"

After a nourishic politeness, Wang Jiyan's words, Chen Zanzhong didn't believe a word, retracted into the sedan chair, and thought of countermeasures even more worriedly, and then rode on the horse and swayed, his eyes fell on the Jinyi Wei beside him, Wang Jiyan's round eyes also flashed with cunning and ruthlessness.

The official road gradually came to an end, and a blue-gray Liaodong brick city gradually came into view, that is, the Ningyuan City where Yuan Chonghuan defeated the old slave Nurhachi, and it is now the backbone of the Guanningjin defense line and the backbone of the Ming army.

I also got the news a long time ago, these civil officials and eunuchs are not good at serving, but they have to be the first to be in line, Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Ningyuan Regiment Training, personally greeted him with a hundred and ten personal soldiers, and led horses to meet him on both sides of the road from afar.

"The last general will meet Grandpa Wang, Lord Chen!"

Wu Sangui, a child from Liaodong Jiangmen, is really more like the son of the imperial court, and many eunuchs of the Wu family and the celebrant have secret contacts, seeing him bow violently, Wang Jiyan, who was riding on a horse, suddenly smiled like an old chrysanthemum.

"There is General Lao Wu!"

"The father-in-law is polite, the father-in-law is not tired, he calls the subordinate Sangui, the chief soldier, why bother?"

The boss was happy, pinching his chin without a beard, and his eyes were corrugated like a goldfish's eye cannon Chen Zanzhong, who opened the sedan curtain, this big eunuch was sarcastic in his words.

"It's still Sangui's duty! Loyal to his duties, it's not like some people have a little merit and their tails go to the sky, if the whole world is like Wu Zongbing, how can the emperor be like this now, Lord Chen said to you no? ”

With an ugly smile on his face, Chen Zanzhong stroked his beard and nodded with difficulty.

"Old ......"

The words had just come to an end, and suddenly, a landslide and tsunami-like shock came overwhelmingly, and the crackling sound was accompanied by the sound of water, like Nezha making the sea, this loud noise made Wang Gonggong, who was still laughing just now, tremble with his nerves, and asked eagerly.

"Mr. Wu, what's going on?"

"The last general doesn't know! How about the last general to welcome you into the city, and then to inquire about the proclamation? ”

His face also changed in an instant, and Wu Sangui said gloomily.

"So good! Very good!"

The two big men who were still extraordinary just now were both pale at this time, and their heads almost didn't fall off.

(End of chapter)