By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the development of industry and commerce was the general trend, and the royal family could not just stand on the side of the landlord class and scholars, but should find ways to tie up with the interests of the emerging industrial and commercial class as much as possible, and only in this way would there be a broader ruling base.

It's just that this matter can't be rushed, and it can't be done overnight, but it is the right way to pool funds by opening banks, and then invest in or support industrial and commercial development.

As the saying goes, as long as the direction is right, you are not afraid of a long way, because you will always get results.

At noon on 21 June, just as Emperor Chongzhen was happily leading a few concubines to visit the newly installed glass windows on the doors and windows in the Qianqing Palace, he suddenly saw Deng Tianhe, the military attache of the imperial attendant on duty, and Wu Weiye, the middle scholar on duty at the Military Aircraft Department, hurrying over.

Wu Weiye knelt on the ground more than a dozen steps away, and said a little eagerly: "Your Majesty! Liaodong Emergency Military Report! ”

Wu Weiye hurriedly said that there was an emergency military report from Liaodong, and Emperor Chongzhen naturally had no way to lead the concubines to visit the glass windows of the Qianqing Palace, so he had to leave them to watch by themselves, and he took the imperial attendant military attache and Wu Weiye to the Wuying Palace.

The first batch of people recruited by the current imperial attendants and military attaches were all assigned to serve in a few months, and even the second batch of people who came in, such as Yan Yingyuan, Chen Zuoting and others, are now considered old people.

As for Deng Tianhe, Wu Kezhong, Yang Zhen and others, they are young talents who have recently been handpicked by the emperor.

At this time, Deng Tianhe, who was just in his early twenties, was the eldest son of Deng Zuyu, the deputy chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, and was the fierce general of the three armies in history, and finally died in the charge of fighting with Li Zicheng's department.

Although this kind of generals who have grown up in the army since childhood, although they need to be tempered on the battlefield, they absolutely cannot easily die in the midst of the charge, and it is the real top priority for them to bring them to their side and instill some strategies and tactics of the firearms age.

Wu Kezhong is the eldest son of Gongshun Marquis Wu Weiying, and will also be the heir to the title of Gongshun Marquis.

It should be said that it is very rare for a naturalized Mongolian family to be able to do this.

As for Yang Zhen, he was recommended from Liaodong Town to study in the martial arts hall, and the reason for the recommendation is not complicated, in addition to his personal bravery, he is also the nephew of Yang Guozhu, the general of the army in the Jiliao Governor's Mansion.

His father Yang Guodong followed Mao Wenlong to take the initiative to fight behind enemy lines after the fall of Liaodong that year, and was one of the less than 200 people who dared to fight at that time, of course, Yang Guodong was also one of the people who died behind enemy lines.

If he hadn't died in battle at that time, I'm afraid he would have already been a general in Dongjiang Town at this time.

After his father Yang Guodong was killed in battle, Yang Zhen first defected to Mao Wenlong as a personal soldier, and later after having the news of his uncle Yang Guozhu, he ventured from Dongjiang Town to cross behind enemy lines, fled to Ningjin, and took refuge with his uncle.

Historically, in the spring of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, tens of thousands of Manchu troops bypassed Jinzhou and attacked Songshan, and 3,000 people under Jin Guofeng were surrounded in Songshan City.

At this time, only Yang Zhen, who was Ningyuan's deputy general, knew that there was a lot of bad luck, but he still stood up, led his men and horses, and rushed to Songshan at the risk of death, and was finally besieged by the Manchu army at the foot of Lü Hong Mountain on the periphery of Songshan City, and was defeated and captured.

At that time, Jianyu escorted him to Songshan City and asked him to persuade the defenders of the city to surrender, but Yang Zhen took this opportunity to inform the people in the city that they must hold on to the end, saying that reinforcements would arrive soon.

After Yang Zhen said this, the morale of the city was greatly boosted, and the heart of perseverance was determined, but Yang Zhen and his subordinates were killed on the spot.

After getting the news of Yang Zhen, Jin Guofeng's troops in Songshan City repelled more than a dozen attacks of the Manchu Qing Dynasty with 3,000 people, and resisted the Manchu tens of thousands of troops for two months, until the Manchu army retreated after the food was exhausted, and the siege of Songshan in the 12th year of Chongzhen was resolved.

Two years later, that is, in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Jinzhou was besieged, Emperor Chongzhen was anxious, and ordered Hong Chengchou to lead the army to rescue Jinzhou, but when Emperor Chongzhen's will was transmitted to Liaodong, Hong Chengchou gathered eight commanders to support Liaodong, but none of them dared to stand up and lead the army to go, and finally Yang Guozhu, who was the chief soldier of Xuanfu, couldn't stand it and stood up.

As a result, on the way to rescue Jinzhou, surrounded by the Manchu army near Songshan, Yang Guozhu led the army to fight fiercely all the way, broke through to the foot of Luhong Mountain and was once again besieged by heavy troops.

Yang Guozhu thought that the old Yang family was all dead, his brother, nephew, and his two sons had all died on the battlefield, and his nephew Yang Zhen, who he regarded as his own, was killed here. ”

Yang Guozhu finished speaking, then cried bitterly at the foot of Lu Hong Mountain, and then single-handedly rushed into the enemy formation and died, his subordinates felt their loyalty, and also rose up to fight bravely, fighting to the death without surrendering, and finally a small number of people broke through, and most of them died in the siege.

Now this Emperor Chongzhen, every time he reads history so far in his previous life, he often can't help but sigh, now that he has the opportunity to change their fate, of course such a tragedy will not happen again.

And these loyal martyrs who have undergone the test of blood and fire, the choice of life and death in history, are naturally the key cultivation objects of Emperor Chongzhen today.

Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen learned from the report sent by Liaodong that Yang Guozhu served in Ningyuan as in history, he quickly asked Lu Shanji to promote him to be a general with Ningyuan's contribution to quelling the chaos.

And Yang Zhen, who was the general manager of Ning Yuanqian at the time, naturally quickly entered the field of vision of the current Emperor Chongzhen, first entered the lecture martial arts hall to study, and after graduation, he was selected by the emperor to join the ranks of the military attache and military attache in front of the emperor.

In addition to Deng Tianhe from Xuanfu Town, Wu Kezhong from the Gongshun Hou family, Yang Zhen from Liaodong Town, and Wang Bi from Dongjiang Town, I can't go into detail about them one by one.

Emperor Chongzhen selected the military attachés of the imperial chamberlain from among the young and strong generals in each town, of course, to cultivate cronies for himself in various border towns.

Although these people served as military attachés by the emperor's side for only three months and only half a year, once they returned to the border towns or other places to take up their posts, it was equivalent to firmly branding them as the emperor's cronies.

It was a good thing for these military attachés of the Young Zhuang faction, and of course it was also a good thing for the emperor himself.

Let's say that Emperor Chongzhen took a few attendants and military attachés to the Wuying Palace in a hurry, and received the urgent report from Liaodong from Wu Weiye's hands.

"It turned out that Quang Ninh was surrounded by Jianyu!"

This urgent military report was issued and delivered by Lu Shanji, the current governor of Jiliao, saying that on the morning of the 10th day of June, the Jianyu army suddenly appeared outside the north gate of Guangning, and Cao Wenyao, who was stationed in Guangning, urgently sent a messenger out of the city to Jinzhou, reporting that the Jianyu army was surrounded by three and missing one, and asked for instructions on whether to withdraw or defend.

Lu Shanji, who was the governor of Jiliao, looked at the military report sent by Cao Wenyao and knew that the purpose of the siege of the Jianyu army was to let the Ming army huddled behind the Ningjin defense line go to the rescue, and then set up an ambush on the way to build an ambush to encircle the point to help, so he had an idea in his heart at that time, whether it was to withdraw or defend, he just couldn't save it.

But in the face of the general soldiers of all roads under his command have asked for war, Lu Shanji, as the governor of Jiliao, is really a headache, when he first took office, because of the news of abandoning the cities of Guangning and Dalinghe, some soldiers in Ningyuan City took this as an excuse to launch a mutiny, at this time, the soldiers of Liaodong Town were strong and strong, and they abandoned two hundred miles of land without fighting, and they couldn't open their mouths a little.

Whether the generals under his command are not satisfied, even in the court, I am afraid that there will be voices of impeachment again.

Therefore, after thinking about it, in the end, Lu Shanji urgently reported this problem to the emperor at the suggestion of his staff.