On February 13 of the first year of Chongzhen, Fan Fucui, the new governor of Datong, entered Beijing to see His Majesty. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info February 14, the new general of Datong Town, the general of the expedition to the west, Zu Dashou entered Beijing to see His Majesty.

Fan Fucui, a native of Huangxian County, Shandong, Wanli forty-seven years of Jinshi, although the Jinshi is late, but he is one of the more effective ministers in the late Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen also did a period of time before and after the thirteenth year of the cabinet, the history of Chongzhen Emperor, he is still more trusted, but at that time the court party competition was fierce, plus the Chongzhen Emperor himself at that time, and more suspicious, so Fan Fucui did not serve long, and finally became disheartened, simply resigned and lived in seclusion. However, after the Manchu Qing entered the customs, they did not go out of the country, and did not go out of the Manchu Qing after the death of the Ming Dynasty like some other Ming ministers.

Now, Fan Fucui, who was in February of the first year of Chongzhen, had just turned forty-eight years old, and he became a governor at this age, although he was no longer young, but he was still in the prime of life and wanted to make a difference. In the position of Shanxi's participation in politics, Fan Fucui and Governor Zhang Xiao cooperated tacitly, although natural disasters continued, Shanxi was quite stable.

After the emperor issued the decree, he made a vigorous implementation, in just a few months, that is, from the junction of Shanxi and Shanxi, to Zhuozhou, Yizhou to transport tens of thousands of displaced people, but also in the riverside area at the junction of Shanxi and Shanxi, and resettled thousands of displaced people in northern Shaanxi.

For such capable officials, Shanxi Governor Zhang Xiao also recommended to the imperial court several times, and this situation, of course, was also grasped by the cabinet, so as soon as the governor of Datong became vacant, the cabinet nominated Fan Fucui to take over, and the emperor did not hesitate at all, and immediately approved.

Emperor Chongzhen's approach not only made the cabinet feel trust and respect, but also made Fan Fucui see confidence and hope. Therefore, after receiving the order of the imperial court, Fan Fucui did not delay at all, and the next day he led several cronies and retinue from Taiyuan, first detouring north to Datong, and then turning east to meet His Majesty in Beijing.

The emperor naturally attached great importance to Fan Fucui, not only granting him the right to perform secret affairs, but also allowing him to build his own 3,000 Fubiao outside the army establishment of Datong Town, and the required military attachés could be drawn from Datong Town, or they could be recruited and promoted by themselves.

The emperor then also sought Fan Fucui's opinion on the governance of the northwestern refugees, as well as suggestions on the appointment and dismissal of officials in Shanxi. And Fan Fucui was not polite, and immediately recommended his friend Sun Chuanting of the same year to the emperor, and suggested that the imperial court should be reinstated and Sun Chuanting should be appointed as the governor of Yansui.

Fan Fucui originally wanted to propose that the imperial court reinstate Sun Chuanting, as for what position, it was a matter for the imperial court, but in a hurry, he finally directly proposed that the imperial court appoint Sun Chuanting as the governor of Yansui.

The new governor of a military town recommended his fellow scholar and friend to be the governor of another military town, which was originally a taboo in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, after Fan Fucui's words were spoken, he also regretted it, worried that he would leave a bad impression of the emperor as a party and a private business, and he was even more worried that the emperor had a problem in his heart, so that the recovery of his friend Sun Chuanting became far away.

But what he never expected was that the emperor was not only not angry, but also seemed to be very happy, and immediately agreed to his suggestion, and asked the cabinet chief assistant who accompanied the emperor to meet at that time to draft a decree to appoint Sun Chuanting as the governor of Yansui as the imperial history of Zuo Tongdu.

Langzhong, a five-grade official who returned to his hometown after being dismissed, was promoted to the governor of the nine-sided town in a moment because of his recommendation. Until the second day after His Majesty's meeting, Fan Fucui couldn't believe that this thing had really succeeded.

Of course, Fan Fucui thought that this was the result of the emperor's full trust in him, after all, Sun Chuanting at this time had no fame and prestige, and he had not yet shown his great talent later. But what he didn't know was that the emperor had long been familiar with the name Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting is also a Jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, and Fan Fucui's same subject and list, but he is different from Fan Fucui's late bloomer, he was twenty-six years old when he was in the middle of the Jinshi, and he was an official in the Ministry of Officials, and he became an official in the Ministry of Officials at a young age, so he was also more arrogant and arrogant, and he did not put the powerful Wei Zhongxian and his party in his eyes at all, so he soon lost his official position and had to return to his hometown in Datong to live idle.

In the blink of an eye, several years have passed, and Fan Fucui, a friend of the same year, has been promoted from the imperial history to the patrol press, from the patrol to the political governor, and now from the political participation to the governor.

Sun Chuanting is thirteen years younger than Fan Fucui, so he naturally doesn't want to bury himself in the township, so he just quits the stage of history. Therefore, when Sun Chuanting, who was in Datong, heard that his friend Fan Fucui became the governor of Datong in the same year, and soon he was going to Beijing to meet the current emperor, so he rushed to meet Fan Fucui, who was in Datong.

Fan Fucui naturally also knew the meaning of Sun Chuanting's visit, as a jinshi in the same year, in the imperial examination era, he was a natural ally in the officialdom, and he also knew Sun Chuanting's character and talent, so he immediately promised to recommend Sun Chuanting to the imperial court.

Historically, it would take several years before Fan Fucui succeeded Zhang Xiao as governor in Shanxi, and Sun Chuanting was also reinstated several years later, becoming the governor of Shuntianfu, and it took another two years before he was promoted to the governor of Yansui.

Of course, now the new Emperor Chongzhen has made all this come years earlier. And all this, of course, is not something that Fan Fucui can know.

The day after His Majesty's meeting, Fan Fucui hurriedly left Beijing and rushed to Datong with enthusiasm to take office. At the same time, the new Datong chief soldier Zu Dashou was also accompanied by the eunuch Wang Zhixin, the master of ceremonies, and came to the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace to meet the emperor.

Forty-one-year-old Zu Dashou looks a little older than his actual age, not as burly as Emperor Chongzhen imagined, but stronger than he imagined. And this is exactly what a Liaozhen forward general should be.

When the emperor summoned Zu Dashou, the other military ministers were not there, only Zhang Weixian was sitting, and the rest were Gong Yonggu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who often accompanied the emperor, Liu Wenbing, the commander-in-chief of the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses, and Wang Chengen, the eunuch in charge of the Qianqing Palace.

After Wang Zhixin led Zu Dashou into the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, he left very interestingly.

After the ancestor Dashou saw and saluted, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and gave the seat, and then said: "General Zu is a hereditary general of Ning Yuanwei, and now I have transferred you to Datong, what do you think?" ”

Zu Dashou, who didn't dare to sit down, immediately stood up and bowed down and said: "Your Majesty calls Weichen a general, and Weichen is really ashamed. The ministers heard that under the whole world, it was not the king's land, and the shore of the land was not the king's minister. The minister is a pawn in His Majesty's army, regardless of the north and the south, His Majesty has a will, and he will not hesitate to go to the soup even if the minister goes to the soup. ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he nodded, and said with a smile: "The importance of Datong Town's status is no less than that of Jinzhou and Ningyuan. However, there are many good generals in Liaodong Town, such as Man Gui, Zhao Shujiao, He Kegang and Qing, etc., all of whom are the best in the world. Such good generals gather in Liaodong, but Datong is under the command of mediocre and incompetent people, how can there be such a reason in the world.

"I transferred Aiqing to Datong, which is to use the hand of Qing to rectify the soldiers and horses in Datong Town, clean up military discipline, train troops and prepare for war, and in a year or two, I will either use troops in Liaodong or use troops in Saibei, whether it is to pacify Liaodong or expand the territory, the general's talent will not be buried. At that time, even if the title of the prince is not out of reach. ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zu Dashou with a look of surprise on his face, and then continued: "A few days ago, I have sent an order to all towns on the nine borders to recruit displaced people to open up barren fields in the suitable cultivation land along the northern border of Saibei. No matter how much land is cultivated, the cultivator has his land. The imperial court provides good seeds, and does not take pennies and taxes. After Qing arrived in Datong, he could send troops to kill Hukou, Victory Fort, Yang Hewei and other border passes, and choose dangerous places to build cities and guards. Most of them recruited displaced people from Shanxi and other places, and they were reclaimed in peacetime and served as an army in wartime. The Mongolian tribes along the border, if they have nothing to do, if they are not satisfied, they will be killed. Those who surrender to the outside of the fortress and are willing to join the army can be recruited as battalion soldiers, give more fields, strictly enforce military discipline, and drive them to fight thieves. ”

After saying these words, Emperor Chongzhen said again: "So, Aiqing don't think that when you arrive in Datong, it is equivalent to a sword in the sheath, and there is nothing to do." In fact, this is not the case, the northwest is stable, Duan Laiqing and so on, I have high hopes for Aiqing. ”

After hearing this, Zu Dashou left his seat and knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty believes in the ministers so much, and it is difficult for the ministers to repay Your Majesty's grace if they die." Please rest assured that on the day of Datong, the minister will ensure that Datong is as stable as Mount Tai along the border. If the imperial court uses troops in the northwest, the minister wishes to shroud the body in horse leather and die. ”

After Zu Dashou expressed his attitude, Emperor Chongzhen explained that after he arrived, he must cooperate sincerely with Fan Fucui, the governor of Datong, and get along well with Wu Fu, the imperial historian of the supervising army, and so on.

Emperor Chongzhen asked about Zu Dashou's family, and heard that the ancestral family still had relatives living in Yongping Mansion in Guannei, and soon asked Wang Chengen to pass on the decree, and the cabinet and military aircraft department posthumously sealed the deceased Zu Dashou's father Zu Chengxun as the governor of the left capital and the chief military officer of Liaodong, and added the mother of Zu Dashou as the first grade of the wife, and his wife Sun as the second grade of the wife, as well as the two sons of Zu Dashou who did not get the office, the second son Zu Zepu was the son of the country, and the third son Zu Zehong was the hereditary hundred households of Jinyiwei, and lived in the house of the ancestor in Beijing. Zu Dashou burst into tears and went away again.

After seeing His Majesty, Zu Dashou went to Tongzhou, met with the accompanying soldiers who were waiting in Tongzhou, and told him about the situation of meeting the emperor and the reward of His Majesty the Emperor, and they were all overjoyed.

Then Zu Dashou went to the Governor's Mansion of Zhili to meet Sun Chengzong, the Minister of Military Aircraft, who was sitting in Tongzhou and commanding the training of troops in Tunken; One day later, he took his close sons and nephews to Zunhua Baiye City to meet Li Banghua, another foreign minister of military aircraft who was outside Beijing and commanded the reconstruction of Zunhua Iron Metallurgy.

Then, all the way to the east, came to Yongping's own grange, and met the ancestors and clansmen who had now received the holy decree and were overjoyed; After resting for two days, he rushed back to Tongzhou, and took more than 500 pro-army soldiers all the way to the west to Datong to take office, and his mother, wife, concubine and children who lived in Yongping also moved into the mansion given by the imperial court in Beijing soon after.

No matter what the reason for Zu Dashou in history to surrender to the Manchus twice, in this time and space, he will definitely not have the idea and opportunity to surrender to the Manchus again. In particular, the new scenes he saw in Tongzhou and Zunhua made his previous disappointment and disappointment with the Ming Dynasty disappear all at once, and he was full of confidence in the future of himself and his ancestral family in the Ming Dynasty.