Chapter 139: Nanjing (27)
Listening to Chongzhen's words, Rao is Ma Shiying's mind was floating at this time, and he couldn't help but hold his breath to see what the emperor was going to say.
Looking at everyone's appearance, Chongzhen also smiled with satisfaction.
In Chongzhen's opinion, most of the ideas that the crown prince has come up with recently are good, and a few of them seem unrealistic. Some, he's a little worried.
Even, there is a little doubt.
But as soon as he remembered that he was about to be martyred in Jingshan, the crown prince led his troops to rescue him...... Thinking of that situation, what the prince of heaven and what the king and father are all left behind!
Without this son, what would Daming be like now?
How far can the whole city go down to the whole country?
In any case, at least for now, Chongzhen only has trust in Zhu Cihong's heart, only love, only the power to give and high hopes for Zhu Cihong's achievements in the future!
In private, he is looking forward to being stronger than Song Gaozong, and this son must be stronger than Song Xiaozong!
Certain!
Looking at everyone, Chongzhen smiled and said, "There is already news that Li Zicheng has withdrawn from the Beijing Division!" ”
This news should be the latest report that Zhu Cihong received last night. Before leaving Beijing, he left manpower, and at the same time sent people to Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan, from Tianjin to the sea to Shandong, and arranged a lot of manpower.
In this era, the news is true when it arrives, and what kind of secret war espionage is actually very common. Unless it is possible to place people at the top of the other party, otherwise, if you can deliver accurate information, it will be a very good level of espionage.
If Xiang Donglu wants to know the news of the Ming Dynasty, he can only have two channels, one is the Shanxi Jin merchants, and the situation in the mainland revealed during the sale and purchase is mostly a big road, and if he does not buy officials, he can't see the copy of the newspaper, so he can only be an ordinary military situation.
The other way is through the sporadic news that the Mongol tribes heard when trading with the Han Chinese, which is not accurate and delayed.
Li Zicheng was about to hit Yanjing, and Dolgon, who knew the news, sent a letter to the "Shaanxi Marshals", and when it was delivered, Yanjing was taken down by Li Zicheng.
Excluding the traffic factor, it only shows how difficult the exchange of information was at that time.
Comparatively speaking, Li Zicheng's Xiao Liu Battalion is a good intelligence organization, especially in inciting and releasing information, spying on military intelligence, and even cooperating with the army's operations, all of which have made good achievements.
Zhu Cihong's team was created by himself.
It's not a professional level, but it took a lot of effort, especially the many traffic points along the way to deliver messages, and all the fur kung fu learned from later generations was used...... The effect is not bad.
At least, news from the north has always been endless, delivered every day.
Li Zicheng's withdrawal from the Beijing Division was earth-shattering news for many people at the time.
After all, this thief has been upside down for more than ten years, and has repeatedly suffered setbacks, and now he actually has several provinces and an army of millions, and has established a court and political axe, as if he is the lord of a new dynasty.
It is precisely because of this that a large number of central officials of the Ming Dynasty chose to abandon Chongzhen and the Ming Dynasty and turn to the new dynasty.
The key point of this psychology lies in Yanjing's gains and losses.
Get Yanjing, conform to the hearts of the people in the world, at this point, this kind of heart-digging tactic is not wrong at all.
If there is no Jiannu to enter the customs, no matter how much nonsense Li Zicheng does after he gets Yanjing, most of the world will be his.
But now the situation is naturally different, after Chongzhen finished speaking, he was also silent, just looked at the five military ministers in front of him, to see how they reacted.
These are all selected under Zhu Cihong's suggestions and suggestions, to be honest, except for Wang Jiayan and Wu Weiye, the other three, Chongzhen is neither familiar with nor understood, and the ability of these people really depends on it.
"Congratulations to the emperor!"
Ma Shiying is the prime minister, and only then did he know what Qian Qianyi's distress was.
He had to speak first, and he had to figure out the holy will to answer, and if it was inappropriate, the emperor would naturally be very unhappy in his heart.
The rest of the ministers can revise and revise according to his words, or react according to the emperor's reaction.
In a hurry, he couldn't see the emperor's face, but as soon as the words of congratulations came out, he saw the crown prince's face sinking out of the corner of his eye, and he shook his head slightly at him.
"What does that mean?"
Ma Shiying reacted extremely quickly, and his mind was like lightning, and he immediately guessed the crown prince's intentions.
Li Zicheng withdrew, which means that he is not strong enough to win the world, and the Ming Dynasty can be re-prosperous. In other words, at least the situation between the North and the South can be guaranteed...... Then why did the prince shake his head? ”
Recently, in the city of Nanjing, because of Zhu Cihong's deliberate actions, the threat of the East Captives has been rumored among the scholars. But even so, the market is very confused that Dongyu has the ambition to win the world!
More people only think that Dongyu is a small barbarian state, and they can only succeed for a while by occupying land outside the pass, and they have insufficient understanding of the ambitions of the entire Jianzhou tribe.
During the Chongzhen period, the soldiers of the eastern captives entered the customs several times and were not as good as those in the south, which was also an important reason why the southern scholars lacked vigilance against this barbarian tribe.
However, politicians can change their thinking with just a little mention.
In the blink of an eye, Ma Shiying figured it out.
After congratulating him, he immediately said: "However, Ping Xibo led the eastern captives into the customs, although he borrowed the name of the teacher to quell the chaos, but he also needed to guard against the ambitions of the eastern captives...... If the front door rejects the tiger and the back door enters the wolf, then the Jingshi is still not guaranteed, and Ping Xibo is afraid that he will also have worries! ”
The idea is to go down here, but it should be much clearer, and then continued: "So the minister thinks that it is necessary to select ministers as soon as possible, pass through Shandong, Henan, and Tuntian to strengthen the army, so as to suppress the thieves, calm the people's hearts, and put an end to external troubles!" ”
With such an answer, even Chongzhen changed his face!
Chongzhen admires Ma Shiying's ability in the local area very much. Although this person was cut down in the early years of his reign, after his resurrection, Chongzhen admired the ability he showed, and he took charge of the situation in a few years, and then kept the Jiangnan area quiet. However, this is only a local achievement, and Ma Shiying did not serve in the center after all.
At this time, the short period of time has already made Chongzhen very appreciative and happy.
He is an emperor who is easily emotional, so he looked at Zhu Cihong first, and there was a look of complete satisfaction in his eyes. This Ma Shiying, the emperor can discover and recommend, and he is really very competent!
"That's right, sir." Chongzhen suppressed his excitement, and asked Ma Shiying: "However, after passing through Shandong and Henan, when should I send someone, raise salaries, send troops and horses, and so on, can Mr. succeed?" ”
"This, please let the emperor let his ministers go down and think about it, and write it into an excerpt."
"Okay, that's fine."
Chongzhen also knew that he was a little anxious, so he made up his mind at the moment, and said to everyone: "Local candidates should be recommended by the princes." And the Huai, Yang, Feng, and Lu areas are all related to the safety of Nanjing Jifu! ”
Everyone was mentalizing, knowing that the emperor's words were the great things that Shicai had declared, and at the moment they looked at the emperor and the crown prince.
Zhu Cihong is very calm, this matter is that he has been running for a long time, and even when people go to Nanjing, he also left many people in the team in the Huai'an area.
As for Yangzhou, there are high diving operators in advance, and it is not difficult to take it.
The area around Fengyang is Ma Shiying's lair, whether this person is willing to spit it out, through such a short period of observation, it is not possible to draw a conclusion.
And Ma Shiying led his own soldiers into the city, called the opening of the Jubaomen guarded by the Beijing camp in the middle of the night, arrogant and domineering, and left his own superintendent to Huang Degong to control, from these points, it is probably not easy to get Fengyang and Luzhou calmly.
The key is that Chongzhen stayed inside, reformed politics, and dealt with those bureaucrats who were conservative and reckless, and with Chongzhen's imperial authority and the central institutions he helped to revise, I am afraid that there would be no big problem.
And he was outside, consolidating the defense line in the Huai, Yang, and Xu areas, passing through Shandong, and having a good opportunity when the Qing army was pursuing Li Zicheng, the camera made a little trouble for the other party.
This is something that can only be done well by going to the front in person, otherwise, in this situation, he can also play a considerable role if he stays in Nanjing!
"The crown prince, heroic and martial, I know it well!"
Chongzhen also had a solemn face at this time, looked at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "If you are not the crown prince, I have been martyred in the Long Live Mountain of Jingshi. ”
This incident was preached many times by the emperor after he arrived in Nanjing, and everyone knew about it.
Everyone knows that the crown prince is brave and benevolent, and when he has escaped, he returned to the palace to rescue the emperor, and at this point, the current harmonious relationship between the emperor and the crown prince, father and son, is not easy to come by.
If it weren't for this incident to prove his ability to lead troops and filial piety, how could the emperor be so relieved?
"Today's matter is nothing more important than the division and brigade. The crown prince was born with benevolence and filial piety, and was heroic and wise, and he was able to command the party. Today's thieves include Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, etc., and the entry of the East is not small. The crown prince should be able to specialize in the affairs of the brigade, conquer the Quartet, defend Nanjing, and refuse to accept peace for me! ”
Speaking of this, Chongzhen had already stood up and shouted: "I have made up my mind, and I will give the crown prince the generalissimo of the conquest of the thieves, and the leader of the army!" Whoever comes, take the generalissimo's bow and arrows, the flag of honor, the arrows, the sword, the armor, the crown and the letter! ”
Rao is five ministers have been mentally prepared, listening to the emperor's words, their faces are still changing drastically.
In the Han system, the crown prince had his own pro-army, ministers, and the Tang system was that the prince had six pro-army, and after the Anshi Change, the prince could often add generalissimos and lead the army to supervise the country.
However, the Tang system was like this, and it often caused the emperor and the crown prince to compete for power with each other, and even the emperor was forced to abdicate by the crown prince.
Since the Tang Dynasty, the matter of the prince leading the army to open the mansion has never been repeated!
Now Chongzhen not only trusts the crown prince, but also reaches the point where he can make the crown prince open the palace and lead the army and be in charge of one party!
Under Chongzhen's order, the eunuchs of the brigade poured into the Qianqing Palace, each holding a bow and arrow painted in bright yellow, or a golden arrow engraved with "If I am here", or a bright yellow armor, and the crown prince's leather clothes are also decorated with dragons and pearls, which are more beautiful and luxurious!
(To be continued)