Almighty Cultivation Supreme

Thousands of miles away, the core heart of the Ming Empire, the monthly Wangchao began.

The sky had just dawned, and at the core of the Imperial Capital Division, an ancient palace loomed in the faint light of dawn, lying low on the ground like an ancient beast that had been sleeping for thousands of years.

It was low and whining, like a horn.

The palace door "clicked" open, and the red paint peeled off, revealing patches of mottled color.

Hundreds of officials enter the palace gate in turn, bypassing the three major halls of the outer court, in the place where the inner palace and the outer court meet, there is a wide city wall, the wall is built a palace that is not big or small, the forbidden army on duty stands firmly left and right, majestic and immovable, just like the flagpole under the five-clawed golden dragon embroidered flag fluttering in the cold wind.

After a while, the shrill voice of the little eunuch sounded: "The emperor has arrived, and the hundred officials are early!" ”

There are hundreds of officials sitting and standing in the side hall to tidy up their clothes at this moment, headed by Zhang Zhiji of the British Palace and Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, divided into two rows on the left and right, respectfully opened the door of the side hall, bowed down and entered the main hall of the platform.

Hundreds of officials are listed, kneel to welcome!

Although the little eunuch shouted "The emperor has arrived", but the emperor at this time has not yet arrived, and only after the hundred officials are listed, the emperor entered the front hall from behind, walked to the throne, and sat down slowly.

"All the ministers are flat!"

Emperor Chongzhen is very young, and his voice is also very young.

In the last years of the Apocalypse, he succeeded to the throne as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he was only a sixteen-year-old boy at that time, however, this was not an ordinary teenager.

He grew up in a dark corner during the tense political environment of the Apocalypse, and after succeeding to the throne, he swept through the eunuchs with thunderous power, which of course shaped his resolute character, but also shaped his self-righteousness and self-righteousness.

In his eyes, there are only two kinds of civil and military officials in the entire court: one is the person who always thinks about forming a party for personal gain, and the other is the person who is loyal to him.

The kneeling ministers below stood up in unison and stood up throughout the hall.

Chongzhen sat in the chair, his face was emaciated, and there was a vicissitudes of life between his eyebrows that did not match his age, and if you looked closely, you would see the tired corners of his eyes and the faint wrinkles tormented by the years.

This was the last large-scale court meeting in the fourth year of Chongzhen.

This court meeting not only saw the descendants of the nobles who had survived from the Hongwu period, but also the officials above the third rank in Beijing, and the important feudal officials of the Nine Frontiers.

"Cao Wenheng's recital, the celebrant has already shown it to me, and I haven't sent it yet, I don't know if you have any proposals?"

Cao Wenheng is the governor of Jiliao, and in the autumn of this year, Huang Taiji suddenly sent troops to confront the Ming army at the Daling River, and the two sides fought another round of offensive and defensive battles.

The supply line of the Ming army was very long, and the Daling River was also some distance from Jinzhou, and the supplies transported from Beijing were often delayed all the way around Bohai Bay, from Ningyuan to Jinzhou and then to Daling River.

Cao Wenheng used this as an excuse to write to the imperial court suggesting that he abandon the defense of the Daling River, retreat to Jinzhou, and wait for the spring of the next year to warm up before attacking.

Regarding Cao Wenheng's recital, the cabinet has already given its opinion after studying it: agree.

Wang Chengen, the celebrant supervisor, did not rush to put on red, and specially took the song to tell Emperor Chongzhen in detail, and the emperor's meaning was almost disagreeing to abandon it.

As the first person responsible, Xiong Mingyu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, must stand up and make a statement.

Of course, he also knew the meaning of the cabinet, so he said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is better to retreat as advance." Jianyu is menacing, its front is unstoppable, and the Daling River is not a place of ointment, easy to attack and difficult to defend and impossible to defend. At this time, it was a harsh winter, and he abandoned the Daling River and retreated to Jinzhou, and the ministers expected that Jianyu would inevitably retreat. ”

Tang Shiji of Yushitai came out of the ranks, and also hugged his hand and saluted Chongzhen, and then said: "The minister seconded the proposal!" Once Jianlu retreats, the war in Liaodong can come to an end, and the ministers expect that Jianlu will definitely not send troops to stay in the Daling River, and as soon as the spring of the next year arrives, our army can take over the fortress again! ”

"Never!" Sun Chengzong hurriedly stepped out of the ranks, knelt down in front of the emperor, his body trembled slightly, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, you must not." Not to mention that the Daling River Fortress is the territory of our Ming Army, how difficult it was for Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu to open Liaoyang, how can he abandon it today? So repeatedly, how can the people be burdened, that is, next year they will be lucky to seize the Daling River, and there are many inconsistencies with the order of our army's cantonment and defense, so it will be difficult for anyone to stay and defend it in the coming year! ”

"Lord Sun, the old man is seeking the country!"

Zhu Youzhen held back for a while before nodding in approval, and after Sun Chengzong got up, he sighed and said: "But, there is a difficulty, Hongtai Ji has not retreated for a long time, and Dalinghe is short of food and clothing, how to defend?" ”

It is certainly unrealistic to send any military supplies to the northeast in the cold winter of Layue.

"There's no other way!" Sun Chengzong said: "There is only one way to defend it." It's true that my Da Linghe has no food and less clothes, but can he Hong Taiji feel better, the minister is sure that if he insists on half a month, Hong Taiji will definitely retire! ”

"Okay, that's all." Chongzhen waved his hand: "Sun Aiqing is flat." He also said to Wang Chengen, the eunuch of Si Li Bingbi beside him: "The big companion will do what Mr. Sun said, let Cao Wenheng be sure to defend the Daling River, and if he loses the Daling River, he will let his head fall to the ground." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen bowed down and took the song over.

Sun Chengzong returned to the team, and Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, who was standing behind the British duke, looked listless, closed his eyes and lowered his head, as if he didn't want to say a word, but in fact, his ears were pricked up and he listened carefully!

"Your Majesty!" Xiong Mingyu, the secretary of the military department, came out again: "This spring, Liu Dakui, a thief from Fujian, gathered 2,000 peasants in the township to suddenly attack Ruijin County, and then attacked Fuzhou, wandering to several places. Today, Fujian reported that Liu Dakui and the rest of the party have been ambushed! ”

"Good!" Zhu Youzhen's spirit was slightly shocked, and he said with a smile: "This is one of the few good news I have heard this year, and the cabinet will go back to draft a decree, and don't forget to reward officials from all provinces in Fujian." ”

"Yes!" Shoufu Wen Tiren, who had been silent, hurriedly responded.

"Your Majesty, there is good news!" Wen Tiren smiled with a smile in his mouth, and his beard was pouting, and he was about to kneel on the ground, but he was stopped by Chongzhen in time: "Aiqing is old, just stand." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wen Tiren said: "Henan and Nanzhili have had heavy snowfall in recent days, and they will be a good harvest in the coming year." ”

"And good news!" In order to win a smile from Long Yan, Xiong Mingyu also fought hard: "Your Majesty, I heard that since Lord Hong took over the governor of the three sides, he has tried his best to clean up the thieves in Shanxi. ”

"Oh?" As if he had thought of something, Chongzhen suddenly turned his head and said, "What about Hong Chengchou, can you arrive today?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is here!" Hong Chengchou was in the team on the right, slowly coming out without moving forward or backward, he was tall, his face was fair and slightly fat, but he was a humble gentleman.

"What is the current situation in Shaanxi?" Chongzhen is most concerned about Shaanxi.

What Fujian, what is outside the border, is just the problem of scabies, and the popular uprising in Shaanxi is the real big thing.

"Back to Your Majesty, as Lord Xiong said, since the change in the strategy of the imperial court, there have indeed been certain results."

Previously, Yang He went to Shaanxi with a large amount of silver, and had a soothing attitude towards the local people's uprising, mainly to surrender. But the silver of the imperial court is limited, and the greed of the anti-thieves is excessive, so instead of solving the problem, Yang He himself was cut off.

Since Hong Chengchou took over this year, he has changed his past strategy of appeasement and adopted the method of purging to the end and never tolerating it, and Cao Wenzhao has begun to show his strength to eliminate thieves in the northwest. It did work out well.

"But it's only a slight effect, and it hasn't fundamentally broken the situation!" Hong Chengchou's words suddenly pulled Emperor Chongzhen, who fantasized about the imminent peace of the world, into the bottom of the ice valley.

"Why did Lord Hong say that?"

This time it was not Chongzhen who asked questions, but his companion Wang Chengen.

"Your Majesty!" Hong Chengchou still bowed down and said worriedly: "Since the beginning of autumn this year, I haven't seen a drop of rain in Shaanxi, and the Weishui is almost ready to cut off, and millions of people in Shaanxi will inevitably mutiniate again next year." The minister dared to predict that the number of thieves and soldiers next year would only be a lot more, and besides, today's good people and tomorrow's thieves and soldiers would all be His Majesty's people, so he would kill him and shed a river of blood, and the ministers were afraid that it would hurt the heavens and the peace. ”

"Is it really raining?"

"The minister does not dare to deceive His Majesty!"

"Alas...... This is the day of death, but I have no complaints. Why don't you add thunder and lightning and my body, but how can you torment the people? Chongzhen looked compassionate and compassionate, and the ministers below were naturally panicked, kneeling on the ground one by one, and kept saying: "It's all the dereliction of duty of the ministers!" ”

"When will this drought end?"

Chongzhen closed his eyes and took a deep breath, feeling tired like he had never felt before.

Since the year he took the throne, then two, three, this year.

There is a great drought in Shaanxi every year, and the locusts are like clouds, and the people are miserable.

Why are celestial phenomena so weird?

"Your Majesty!" Hong Chengchou suddenly knelt down and said: "The sky is strange, we don't know what it does, but I heard that there is a strange person in Guide Mansion who can predict the weather according to the weather, and every word must be true." Why didn't Your Majesty invite you to inquire about the celestial phenomena of Shaanxi, and prepare early! ”

"Weather?" Chongzhen was slightly stunned and said, "Who?" ”

"Guide Mansion, Su Baiyi!"

Hong Chengchou knew that Su Baiyi naturally came through his old friend Wang Shouxin.

After hearing this name, the emperor on the throne frowned slightly, and said, "Su Baiyi...... Su Baiyi...... This name is so familiar, I can't think of where I've heard it for a while? ”

Wang Chengen next to him said with a smile: "Your Majesty came in to work government affairs, and naturally I don't remember many things." You forgot, the queen made a spicy dish for your majesty last time......"

"Oh......" He suddenly thought, but then his brows furrowed even tighter: how good can a cook be?

As if thinking of something again, he looked at the main hall for a long time, and finally caught a glimpse of Hou Sui, and said: "Hou Sui, I remember that you are a person from the Guide Mansion, you tell me, who is this Su Baiyi?" ”<