A few days after the establishment of Songshan, the city began to complain again and again in the streets, and the soldiers and civilians who had fled from the forts on the outskirts of Jinzhou City, with the support of the government, began to tell in public about the various atrocities used by the Houjin army against the residents of these forts, and how the big families and guards colluded with the Houjin army to harm them.

The surviving soldiers in the defense of Songshan were also divided into dozens of propaganda teams, telling the story of their battle with the Houjin and the heroic deeds of those sacrificed soldiers in the Liaoxi armies.

At the beginning, both the staff officers of the General Staff Headquarters and the generals of Liaoxi Town were in the mood to watch the excitement of this propaganda method, and they did not think that this propaganda method could achieve much results.

But the soldiers and civilians of Jinzhou, who were already in high mood because of the arrival of the emperor, soon became enthusiastic under these propaganda methods. They originally had a lot of hatred with the Houjin, but the repeated failures of the Ming army forced these Liaodong soldiers and civilians to bury their hatred and turn to live hard for themselves and their remaining families.

Before Chongzhen arrived in Jinzhou, those big families and generals colluded with Houjin and betrayed the Liaodong army and people, although they were hated by the Liaodong army and people, but they did not have the strength to deal with these big families and generals. They even had to work in the fields of these big families and generals to support themselves and their families.

But now that the emperor is supporting them, many bold young people have vented their past resentment, and transferred their hatred for the Houjin army to these big families and generals who colluded with the Houjin, or were suspected of colluding with the Houjin.

Once the mass movement arose, it was enthusiastic, especially in a border city like Jinzhou, where the army was dominant, and the mass demonstrations in the streets made it difficult for some generals to sleep.

When the objects of the people's accusations began to involve the clansmen of the ancestral family, the generals in Jinzhou City finally couldn't sit still and went to Sun Chengzong's place to plead.

After receiving several groups of Liaoxi generals who came to the door in succession, Sun Chengzong was also a little overwhelmed, and while closing the door to greet guests, he also summoned Sun Chuanting and Li Hongyuan, who were in charge of the suppression, and asked them about the progress of the suppression work.

Li Hongyuan made a report with great interest, and he believed that this kind of anti-rebellion work of getting the masses to report was indeed effective, and now more than 30 people have been arrested just because the evidence is conclusive, and the number of suspects has increased to more than 110 people.

Sun Chuanting objected: "The current anti-rebellion work against the military and civilians in western Liaoning is not outstanding, but a bit excessive. If we continue to grasp it like this, I don't think that the appearance of Liaoxi Town will be completely renewed, but that there is no such establishment as Liaoxi Town at all.

Now He Kegang, Zhang Cunren, and Zu Dale have all asked the general commander and me to stop this anti-rebellion work, otherwise the generals under their command will leave their stalls behind.

The subordinate officials thought that now that the generals of Liaoxi were willing to cooperate with the General Staff Headquarters in comprehensively implementing the establishment of a staff system, then we should also give them a little sweetness and not force them to a dead end. If several armies in Jinzhou City suddenly mutinied, I am afraid that all of us will be held accountable. ”

Li Hongyuan said disapprovingly: "Now the troops in Jinzhou City are basically on our side, even if those generals want to launch a mutiny, the ones who can follow them are those around them." With our strength, plus General Mangui's subordinates, such a mutiny can be wiped out at will. ”

Sun Chuanting sneered and said: "The nobles and generals in my Ming army did not start today, even if we can eliminate these generals at the moment, but in the future, those generals in the Ming army who are not from military schools, will they still have their hearts towards the imperial court?" The new army plus Liaozhen, even if the combat strength is the first of the Ming armies, but the number is less than one-tenth of the total strength of the Ming Dynasty.

Really forced these generals from the general gate to rebel, how should the generals from the general family in other armies view the imperial court? Are we going to fight them one by one? Corruption in the army does not happen overnight, so naturally you don't want to be able to clear the sea in a few days.

Chief Sun, the lower officials thought that the top priority was to establish a staff system in Liaoxi Town. As long as the orders of the General Staff Headquarters can be unimpeded in Liaoxi Town, then as long as we gradually replace the unqualified generals in the army, the armies in Liaoxi will always be able to slowly restore their former combat effectiveness. After all, the suppression of rebellion is an emergency strategy, and we must not put the cart before the horse and abandon our martial arts. ”

Li Hongyuan didn't dare to argue with Sun Chuanting, who was born in Jinshi, and finally fell silent. Sun Chengzong glanced at the two of them, and said with some doubts: "What Boya said is good, but there is a lot of turmoil outside, but we want Your Majesty to retract what you said, I'm afraid Your Majesty may not be able to get off the stage." ”

Sun Chuanting said confidently: "I heard that Her Royal Highness the Queen is already pregnant, and the delivery date is between January and February. It is better to use this as an excuse to ask Your Majesty to return to the capital as soon as possible. The reason why these soldiers and civilians outside are so bold is that some people take the lead; The second is that His Majesty is here. As long as Your Majesty leaves, and we transfer the leader out of Jinzhou City, these soldiers and civilians will not continue to make trouble. ”

Sun Chengzong was silent for a while, looked up at Li Hongyuan and asked, "Staff Officer Li, do you think this is feasible?" ”

For Sun Chuanting, Li Hongyuan can still say two sentences, but for his principal, he can only say helplessly: "Staff Officer Sun's method is indeed feasible, but in this case, the people in Liaoxi Town who colluded with Houjin may not be able to clean up." ”

Sun Chengzong said slowly: "The reason why these generals and gentry flattered Houjin is that they saw that Houjin defeated our army several times, and thought that our army could not stop the attack of these prisoners. Last year and this year, the Houjin invasion twice yielded no results, and there should not be many people who still want to collude with the Houjin at this time.

Coupled with this rebellion, it should be enough to deter those who are wavering in their minds. Be forgiving and forgiving, or give them some dignity and give them a chance to repent. ”

Li Hongyuan could only say helplessly: "Since the chief said so, the students should do it." However, before the students came, they had just arrested Zu Dachun, a clansman who had just arrested Zu Dashou, how should this person be handled, and I would like to ask the chief to show me. ”

Sun Chengzong frowned and asked, "What did he get arrested for?" ”

Li Hongyuan immediately said: "Someone reported to the students that there was a Hongyi cannon at the head of the city that was missing. After the students checked it, they found that this was indeed the case. After tracking, it was found that this cannon was personally sent out of the city by Zu Dachun, so he was taken down for questioning. ”

Sun Chengzong immediately said: "Check it out, the Hongyi cannon is a heavy weapon of the military state, if it is really related to him, you can't let him go." If there is any language in the ancestral family, let them come and talk to the official..."

In the dormitory of Chengqian Palace in the Forbidden City, Tian Xiuying hugged her crying son and asked the palace maid beside her irritably: "Why hasn't the doctor from the Tai Hospital come here yet, you go to the door again to see if Xuemei has come back." Cizhao, Cizhao, don't cry, what are you uncomfortable with, why do you keep crying..."

Tian Xiuying kept coaxing her son, but the one-year-old Zhu Cizhao was still crying breathlessly, and Tian Xiuying, who was living like a year, didn't know how long she waited before she heard Xuemei's voice ring outside. Without waiting for her to report, Tian Xiuying couldn't wait to shout: "Don't bring the doctor in soon, when is it, and report it." ”

A 40-year-old imperial doctor followed Xuemei in, Tian Xiuying handed over the son in her hand to the grandmother who was waiting, stared at the imperial doctor to diagnose the child, and asked the personal maid dissatisfiedly: "Why didn't Dr. Jin and Dr. Wu come?" Isn't it said that in the Tai Hospital, the two of them are the best at pediatric diseases? ”

Xuemei didn't dare to raise her head and replied: "Her Royal Highness the Queen's due date is in these two days, Doctor Jin and Doctor Wu are both waiting in Kunning Palace, and the little maid has already asked someone to inform them." This Doctor Xue is on duty at the Tai Hospital today, so the little maid first invited him to take a look at the little prince. ”

Although Tian Xiuying was very angry in her heart, she also knew that this was not the time to make trouble, so she suppressed her temper and quietly watched as Dr. Xue diagnosed her son.

However, the imperial doctor watched for a long time, but he never said what was wrong with the little prince, but guessed that the child seemed to be frightened, and suggested that he prescribe a pair of soothing soup, drink it and try it again.

Tian Xiuying was finally angry, she got up and walked to the imperial doctor and reprimanded: "Cizhao has been crying for no reason in the middle of the night for almost a week, and this time it is even worse, she has been crying since the afternoon." But you said that he didn't have any problems, except for the prince who was about to be born in Kunning Palace, isn't Cizhao the heir of His Majesty? If you are so perfunctory, aren't you afraid that Your Majesty will come back to settle accounts with you? ”

The imperial doctor suddenly knelt down in sweat and pleaded guilty to Tian Xiuying: "Your Highness, it's not that the ministers don't do their best, but they really can't find out the problems of the little highness." Why don't you ask another doctor to come and have another consultation? ”

After Tian Xiuying made a fuss, she finally accepted the advice of the imperial doctor helplessly, first prescribed a pair of soothing soup to her son, and then waited for the two doctors Jin and Wu to come to the consultation.

When the imperial doctor left, Mama Wang, who was holding the little prince, suddenly said to Tian Xiuying: "Your Highness, the old slave thinks that the little highness is not sick. ”

Tian Xiuying, who was flustered, suddenly stopped, looked at her and asked, "What did you say?" It's not sick, what's that? ”

Mama Wang looked at the other people in the room and stopped talking, and after Tian Xiuying ordered the others to leave with the little prince, she asked anxiously, "What is it?" Say. ”

Mama Wang said cautiously: "The old slave thinks that the little prince is probably evil. ”

Tian Xiuying immediately reprimanded upset: "What nonsense are you talking about, the little prince lives in the palace with a good manner, how can he run into dirty things?" ”

Mama Wang hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "The old slave is not talking nonsense, it is now rumored inside and outside the palace, His Majesty has been mean relatives since he ascended the throne, and the Queen Mother of Filial Piety is greatly dissatisfied with the spirit of heaven, so the blame is on the little prince..."

After all, Tian Xiuying is just a woman under 20 years old, she entered the palace when she was young, and she was suspicious of this kind of ghostly thing. Now coupled with his son's inexplicable crying, he can't help but doubt the letter. She was silent for a long time before she asked Mama Wang, "So what should I do now?" Is it to invite the master to come and do it..."