Chapter 714 Sharpening the Knife Huo Huo asked Tieshan for a monthly pass! 】

（0714）

[Today's third shift is delivered]

Saiviara was a little puzzled and said, "Brigadier General, you have such a powerful musket, why do you need our cannon casting technology?" ”

Zhang Zhun said quietly: "The ruler is short, and the inch is long...... I mean, everybody has their strengths and weaknesses, and so do countries. Our country does have a certain advantage in the manufacture of muskets. But when it comes to cannon forging, we've got some problems that we need your help with. ”

Saviara still looked a little unconvinced. Zhang Zhun's musket shot just now gave her too deep an impression. Such a long range, such a high degree of accuracy, such a great lethality, sharper than any musket she had ever seen. If the British had such powerful muskets, they would have beaten the Dutch to a human form on the sea.

Almost subconsciously, Saviara had a strong desire to get the casting technology of the musket from Zhang Zhun. As long as she mastered the technology of making this musket, Saviara believed that she could make a lot of money just by selling patents, which was much more cost-effective and safer than being a pirate.

After pondering for a moment, Saviara said cautiously, "Brigadier General, how should we give you the casting technology of the cannon?" ”

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "In a few days, I will send someone to send you and Ferdinand to the cannon casting factory." There, there will be people who ask for your help, and you just have to reflect everything you know into the actual research. ”

Saviara said with a little expectation: "Brigadier General, I will give you the casting technology of the cannon, should you also tell us the manufacturing technology of the musket?" ”

Zhang Zhun said indifferently: "I saved you because I wanted your cannon casting skills. This is equivalent exchange. You want our musket technology, what do you exchange it for? ”

Saviara thought for a moment, and felt that she really couldn't come up with anything decent. Now she has nothing because of her escape. All the wealth that had been plundered before was taken back by the Dutch. Except for the wounded battleship in front of them, they really had nothing.

Zhang Zhun said lightly: "When you think about it, come to me again." ”

Saviara nodded helplessly.

It turned out that Saviara's impression of Ming Guo was a little contemptuous. In her feeling, all the people in the Ming Kingdom are a group of uncivilized people. They are high and arrogant, greedy and lewd. Their eyes are always fixed on the golden wealth. They simply don't know how big the world is. They think that the Ming Kingdom is the whole world, and all other countries and regions are outsiders. However, the appearance of Zhang Zhun seriously subverted his imagination.

She really couldn't imagine that in the Ming Kingdom, there were still characters like Zhang Zhun. Zhang Zhun not only knows a lot of things in the world, has a wealth of knowledge, but also has a very powerful musket. What the British value most is actually Zhang Zhun's force. Because, they need to use Zhang Zhun's force to avoid the pursuit of the Dutch.

……

After settling the British, Zhang Zhun returned to the barracks of the Huben Army Marines to prepare for the next military operation. Brigadier Chang assigned Phi Dao to the Marine Corps as a fully enclosed training base, and now all the personnel of the Marine Corps have been relocated here. Many fighters are stepping up to expand their camps.

In the coming year, the Marine Corps will expand from the original five squadrons to five squadrons, with a total strength of more than 1,500 troops. In other words, the number of troops will be expanded to five times. With more personnel, the camp area will naturally be expanded a lot, and all kinds of equipment and facilities will be greatly increased.

Compared with the army, the Marine Corps has to master more combat skills and survival skills, so the pace of army expansion is much slower than that of the army. All the soldiers of the Marine Corps are veterans drawn from other units, and there are no new recruits, which is also one of the biggest characteristics of the Marine Corps.

Under Zhang Zhun's order, the next day, the fourth day of the third month, the Huben Navy occupied the nearby Minmi Island. Originally, there were a small number of Korean residents on the island, and it was an inherent territory of the Joseon Kingdom, but when the Tatars arrived, they were forcibly relocated back to the mainland, and as a result, it became a no-man's land. The area of Minmi Island is larger than that of Phi Island, with an area of more than 50 square kilometers. The rest of the Tiger Army's troops happened to have a base on Minmi Island.

After taking control of Phi Island and Shenmi Island, the next target of the Tiger Ben Army is naturally the Iron Mountain across the sea. Iron Mountain, as the name suggests, is a mountain with a lot of iron. In fact, the iron ore contained in the Iron Mountain, both in quantity and quality, is very considerable. This is a useful supplement for the Tiger Ben Army, which is in urgent need of iron ore.

The primary goal of the Tiger Ben Army is to build three zigzag fortresses on top of the Iron Mountain. Then, with the three fortresses as the core, he expanded his sphere of influence step by step, so as to achieve the purpose of controlling Tieshan and cutting off the road passage between Dajin Kingdom and the Korean Kingdom.

According to Zhang Zhun's plan, on the morning of early March, the Huben Army Marines will be dispatched with all their troops to land on Tieshan and establish a cordon under the cover of the navy. Then a large number of merchant ships, carrying people, construction tools and materials, would come ashore and start building fortresses.

"Units are ready"

"Attacks began in the morning of early March"

After inspecting the combat readiness in all aspects, Zhang Zhun said decisively.

……

At the beginning of March, Jingshi, the Forbidden City.

The weather in March of the ninth year of Chongzhen was very gloomy. The entire Jingshi seems to have always been gray and gloomy, and it is rare to see the sun. The main reason for this is because of the impact of wind and sand. Since the beginning of the year, the wind and sand in the capital have become more and more intense, and the Forbidden City is often shrouded in wind and sand.

In Chongzhen's opinion, this year's Jingshi is darker than ever. Every time Chongzhen goes to court, he always hears some unpleasant and difficult to solve problems. These questions made him even more annoyed when he retreated. A few days ago, when he was in the court, the head of the household department wrote to the Hou Sui in detail that the situation of arrears of salaries of officials and soldiers in various places was very serious, and the daily documents urging salaries kept flying, and they were as anxious as sparks, but the treasury was like a wash, and they could not cope with it. Chongzhen's own internal money didn't have much money, so he had to temporarily deduct all the chapters.

In addition, several section and provincial officials requested that the prefectures and counties of Beizhili that had been burned and plundered by the Tartars should be given relief as soon as possible, and the exiles would be soothed, so that the remnants of the robbery could live and work in a good morning. Because of the ravages of the Tartars, the people of Beizhili suffered very heavy losses. If we don't provide immediate relief, there will definitely be a mob. However, the military salary has not yet been settled, so how can the relief funds begin?

As a result, before the end of the day, Chongzhen announced his retirement from the dynasty with a very heavy heart. A group of ministers couldn't come up with a better way, so they had to retreat in a hurry. After Chongzhen returned to the Qianqing Palace, he was still at a loss when he thought about it. It was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and he couldn't do anything except sigh for a long time.

Because he was going to Nangong to burn incense today, Chongzhen fasted vegetarianly for three days. Now that he came back from the next dynasty, he sighed helplessly, and on the one hand sent the queen Hetian and Yuan Erfei to come to the Qianqing Palace, and on the other hand, he bathed again to show his piety. As soon as the concubines came, he took them out of Donghua Gate. Except for the eunuch Wang Chengen, who was in charge of the celebrant seal, and a large group of eunuchs and palace maids, there was no guard of honor, and the ministers outside did not know as much as possible.

"100,000 Urgent"

However, at this time, the eunuch in the clerical room sent a 100,000 urgent document to the duty room of the eunuch who held the seal of the master of ceremonies and the eunuch of Bingbi in the Yangxin Palace. Wang Chengen, the eunuch with the palm print, was not there, and several eunuchs who read the documents were overjoyed and rejoicing. Wang Dehua ranked first among the eunuchs on duty, and he chased him out of Donghuamen with this urgent document.

In recent years, Chongzhen has changed a lot. In the first few years after his accession to the throne, although the country had internal strife and external troubles, the overall situation had not yet eroded, and he hoped to be a generation of "Zhongxing British masters" with strong confidence and vigor. At that time, although he was also afraid of abnormal phenomena in nature such as solar eclipses, star changes, strange winds, and Huo Yu, he was not as afraid as he had been in recent years.

Five or six years ago, a courtier, who was plagued by drought and flood, neglected to criticize the government and government, and his words were too harsh. Chongzhen was very annoyed, and directly reprimanded him when he was in the court: "Yao has nine years of flooding, Tang has seven years of drought, and I don't know that Yao and Tang have any immorality."

But in recent years, he has considered any abnormal natural phenomenon to be a disaster of the five elements, that is, a warning from God to him and a bad omen for the country. At the beginning of his accession to the throne, he was not very superstitious about Buddhism and Taoism, but was influenced by Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites at that time, and was somewhat close to Catholicism. In the past two or three years, he has become more and more superstitious about Buddha, Tao, ghosts, and gods.

On the fifth day of the second lunar month, when the Tartars were still entangled with the Tiger Ben Army in the south of Beijing, an earthquake occurred in the city of Beijing. Earthquakes are a common natural phenomenon, and it is not surprising that there have been many earthquakes in the Beijing area during the Ming Dynasty. The Yongle period was the heyday of the Ming Dynasty's national power, and in just ten years, Nanjing was shaken six times, Beijing was shaken twice, and the five earthquakes in Nanjing were all before the Yongle Emperor moved the capital.

Helplessly, since the Western Han Dynasty, Confucianism represented by Dong Zhongshu has linked earthquakes with personnel, and this superstitious thought is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and also deeply in Chongzhen's heart. Especially what has happened in the past few years, Chongzhen is very sensitive to everything around him. No matter what happened, he felt like it was about him. This earthquake also made Chongzhen feel great ideological pressure.

Chongzhen believes that Beijing is the capital of the Ming Empire, just at the feet of the emperor, and since he ascended to the pole, there have been two major earthquakes, but does it not indicate that his country is unstable? The eunuch who holds the seal of the master of ceremonies often turns the changes in the stars and clouds observed by the eunuch of the Lingtai according to the truth, and the ** of the ten is unlucky. This added to his sorrow. Although he verbally said that he was the "British master of Zhongxing", he gradually understood in his heart that "Zhongxing" was hopeless, and even had a premonition that he might even lose the country.

The raging operations of the Tartars in Beizhili have not been effectively controlled. No one knows when the Tartars will leave the customs and when they will leave. Sun Chengzong was killed, Gao Qiqian was defeated by the Tartars, and countless county towns and people suffered from the poisonous hands of the Tartars. A minister played and said that Beizhili had become a white land, which made him sad.

The matter of Cao Yun also made Chongzhen very depressed. Yang Yipeng, the governor of Caoyun, came to report that Caoyun had been cut off by the Tartars for three months. The taxes and grain in the south of the Yangtze River could not be transported to Beijing in time, resulting in a shortage of materials in Beijing, soaring prices, and panic. Yang Yipeng reported that it was a steamed bun in Jingshi, and it had risen to five yuan. And before the Cao Yun was cut off, one penny could buy at least two steamed buns.

The shortage of materials and soaring prices have caused great pressure on the people in Beijing and the refugees who have fled from all sides. Most of the people feel that they can't continue to live in Jingshi. Some brave people escaped from Beijing overnight. In order to alleviate the pressure on food, the three battalions of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the Beijing Division all took measures to allow those who fled from Beijing City. But people from outside want to come in, and they can't.

Behind the skyrocketing prices, all sorts of incredible things are happening. The darkness and ugliness of human nature are vividly exposed in the face of hunger. Even, Shuntianfu received a report that a group of refugees killed more than 20 people in order to compete for a steamed bun, which was really a bloody case caused by steamed buns. And those corpses that died inexplicably suddenly became sought-after goods. Even the bodies that were buried were dug up. As for how to deal with it, no one dares to ask.

And because of the ravages of the Tartars, the armies of Hong Chengchou and Yang Sichang were unable to return to Henan, Shaanxi and other places for a long time, resulting in the regrouping of the Liukou in Shaanxi. Li Zicheng and other rogues who had greatly reduced the pressure entered Henan from Shaanxi one after another, seeking greater development. King Fu, who was far away in Luoyang, came to report at two ends in three days, saying that Henan's troops were empty and first-class Kou was coming again, and the provinces in Henan were afraid that they would not be able to resist. These performances of King Fu made Chongzhen very contradictory.

In terms of generation, King Fu of Luoyang is Chongzhen's uncle. Chongzhen has always flaunted his pure filial piety, and his own uncle is so frightened, of course he can't ignore it. However, the Tartars were in Beizhili, and there seemed to be no sign of retreat. Under such circumstances, it may be unrealistic to let Hong Chengchou and Yang Sichang go south. There was no way, Chongzhen had to drag it for the time being.

"Let's go"

"Let's go"

"Let's go"

In the dead of night, Chongzhen almost had to pray to God.

He hoped to be favored by God and let the Tartars retreat quickly. Except for God's blessing, Chongzhen really can't think of any other way. Yang Sichang's supervisor had no money or food, and he wanted to launch an attack on the Tartars, but he was also powerless. Gao Qiqian and Wang Kun are two, and they are not angry. Alas, Chongzhen really doesn't know what to do.

The more Chongzhen felt that it was difficult to count on personnel efforts, the more he wanted to rely on the gods to bless the country's fortunes. In the spring of this year, he concealed from the courtiers and ordered the monk Daolu Division to secretly select dozens of famous and virtuous masters of Buddhism and Taoism to build Jiao in Nangong. He also secretly summoned Zhang Zhenren of Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi Province to Beijing to build Jiao, but due to the long distance, he had not yet arrived. Since mid-February, he has often been busy, taking Zhou Hou Hetian and Yuan Erfei to Nangong to burn incense and pray.

But how can such a thing be concealed from the ministers? Inevitably, some officials advised him not to be superstitious about monks and Taoists and do such useless things. He was very painful in his heart, and sometimes thought that since he was a wise monarch, he should naturally not be superstitious about monks, Taoists, ghosts, and gods, so that future generations would talk about it. But he also thinks that the state affairs are going wrong, and there is no way to save it, unless God has mercy, what is the way to turn the country from danger to safety, or is it extremely Tailai? Once he said to himself: "Alas, Jianjiao, Jianjiao, how do these officials know that my hard work is not the lord of mediocrity, but just a last resort, asking heaven for the people's life."

Later, another official put on a recital, the wording was more straightforward, saying that Nangong was close to the Taimiao, and the sound of bells, drums, rao, and cymbals every day was deafening, which made the ancestors uneasy. The ancestors are uneasy, how can they pray for blessings and disasters? Chongzhen was not angry, and mentioned Zhu Bi and criticized: "I want the Buddha, the heavens, and the ancestors to know, but I don't want others to know." After one night, when this recital was about to be sent out to the palace, he re-approved it, and felt that the criticism was indecent, not like the emperor's words, so he erased it, changed the word "stay in the middle", and no longer issued it.

After entering March, Chongzhen never went to Nangong to burn incense because he was busy. A few days ago, he received a joint letter from the governor of Shanxi and the political envoy of Bubu, saying that it rained and blood in a certain place in Shanxi, and that an earthquake had occurred in a certain place, which had collapsed many houses and crushed many people and animals. He was shocked, and felt more and more bad in his heart. He wrote down such sentences with a pen: "The eclipse on New Year's Day the year before last, the earthquake in Beijing and Shanxi this year, and the rain and blood, the disaster is so terrible. ”

Unconsciously, Chongzhen suddenly thought that there was a solar eclipse and an earthquake when the Western Han Dynasty was mourning the emperor, and the ministers responded to the problem, saying that this was an unusual disaster, and sure enough, the Western Han Dynasty died soon after. What's more, now not only the solar eclipse and earthquake, but also the rain and blood of the sky and the blood think about this, and think about the current overall situation, I don't feel a cold sweat. According to the imperial calendar, he chose a day and time suitable for fasting and praying, and went to the southern city to burn incense. After choosing an auspicious day, he instructed the celebrant to prepare a Qingzi table for him, and told the monks and Taoists in Nancheng in advance to know.

Today is the beginning of March, which is the auspicious day chosen by Chongzhen. In the past three months, the city of Beijing has been windy and sandy, and today the weather is rare and sunny, and the slight south wind is refreshing and pleasant. On the riverbank, a long row of green willows reflects the water, and the soft silk swayes. The two Huang Peng walked through the willow branches, making a tactful and soft call. At the turn of the moat, there is a rockery made of Taihu Lake stones, surrounded by acacia willows on all sides, and the green shade is forested. A few blooming pomegranate flowers are lying across the Taihu Lake stone, which is extremely bright red.

In the morning, Chongzhen accompanied Zhou Hou, Concubine Tian, and Concubine Yuan, and took a small chariot, passed through the west sandwich road of the Wenhua Palace, went out of the Donghua Gate, and walked south along the bluestone royal road on the east side of the moat. From here to the west, there is a stone road sandwiched between pines and cypresses, leading to the back corner gate of the Taimiao; To the south, not far away, there is a high red wall, covered with yellow glazed tiles, from which the majestic palace and tall ancient pines are revealed, and the sound of bells, pans and fanbai is heard.

The water in the moat was clear, the golden sun was shining on the microwave, and there were three or four white cloud shadows rippling at the bottom of the water. Chongzhen hadn't been out of the Forbidden City for many days, and at this time he couldn't help but feel refreshed, with a smile in his eyes, as if all kinds of distress had temporarily left his heart.

The three riders continued to go south, and after a while, they came to the outside of the main gate of the South Palace. Most of the buildings in Namgong are buildings from the Yeongjong era. Over the past 170 years, it has been repaired, painted, and rebuilt, and it is very beautiful. There are many tall whitebark pines outside the gate of Nangong, covering the sky and the sun. The three-by-one yellow chariot stopped on the white marble road in the middle of the whitebark pine, and a group of monks, Taoist priests and deacons and eunuchs knelt beside the road.

Chongzhen took the queen and the two concubines to slowly walk up the carved dragon jade steps, entered the palace gate, coiled under a pine tree for a while, and then walked into the Nanfeng Gate. There are many flowers and trees here, and there are three treasure halls side by side: the Longdeok Hall in the middle, the Chongren Hall on the left, and the Guangzhi Hall on the right. They rested in the Longde Hall, were worshiped by the monks and Taoists, ate a cup of tea, and then were guided by the deacons, monks, Taoists, and eunuchs in front of them, and walked inward.

At this moment, Wang De was wearing a Qingsu Palace gauze without a complement, wearing a chimney hat braided with a horsetail decorated with gems and pearls, holding a blue silk sprinkled gold fan in his right hand, and carrying 100,000 urgent confidential documents in his left hand, and hurried from the Forbidden City. According to the regulations, he must first show himself to the palm seal eunuch Wang Chengen before he dares to play the emperor.

But Wang Chengen was leading the emperor and the ladies inside, and he didn't notice Wang Dehua's arrival at all. Wang Dehua saw that Wang Chengen was busy, and he didn't dare to rush to speak. His heart was very anxious, and beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his sideburns, so he had to wander beside the Longde Palace, peeking at the emperor as he walked through the Feihong archway with a relaxed expression, and slowly stepped onto the Feihong Bridge.

Chongzhen rarely has a little leisure today, standing on the bow-shaped Feihong Bridge, admiring the exquisite carvings on the white jade railings and railings, and pointing to those lifelike aquatic animals for the queen to appreciate. After a while, he led the concubines down the bridge, crossed the Dai Ao archway, glanced at the two pavilions of Tianguang and Yunying on the left and right, and climbed a beautiful rockery that was very exquisitely piled.

There is a round hall on the mountain called the Qianyun Palace, the east side is the Lingyun Pavilion, and the west side is the Yufeng Pavilion. He made a little coil on the mountain, thinking that the round hall and pavilion on the mountain were added after the restoration of Yingzong, although there were also troubles at that time, after the change of civil engineering, but the roots of the country are still strong, and they are not as stormy as they are now, thinking about this, Chongzhen can't help but be full of guns, and he has no intention of looking at the scenery anymore, and he doesn't even bother to enter the Qianyun Palace.

He and his concubines bypassed the Qianyun Palace, went down the beautiful mountain, and came to the Jiali Gate. All the monks and monks knelt on both sides of the road. Chongzhen and the concubines passed through them, walked into the Jiali Gate, stepped on the white jade carved dragon steps, burst into the Yongming Hall and sat down, the monks bowed their heads, folded their hands, from the left side of the Yongming Palace, the Taoist priests from the right, and walked towards the place where Jiao was built, and they didn't even dare to make a little footstep. After a while, from the back of the Yongming Palace, there came the sound of bells, drums, rocks, wooden fish, cloud plates, copper flutes, etc., as well as the sound of monks and Taoists, forming a solemn and solemn musical ensemble.

Wang Chengen walked up to Chongzhen, bowed down and played: "Emperor, it's time to open the Jiao." ”

Chongzhen didn't make a sound, immediately got up from the dragon chair, and walked out with a reverent mood, Queen Zhou, the two concubines, the palace maids and the eunuchs, followed him quietly, behind the Yongming Hall is a small courtyard, a color of white marble paving, there are more than a dozen hugging pine and cypress, and the branches are horizontal. Among them is an ancient pine with a twist in the sky, dotted with bright red flowers among the verdant pine leaves. In the middle of the courtyard is a tall white silk prayer shed, with fluttering flags; The lotus throne is dedicated to a sandalwood carved image of Buddha Shakyamuni. A yellow satin banner was hung outside the shed, with the inscription: "Build a Dharma Meeting to Eliminate Disasters, Eliminate Crimes, Protect the Country, Bless the People, and Purify All Beings."

The concubines temporarily stayed outside the prayer shed, Emperor Chongzhen advanced into the scripture shed, put incense in front of Shakya, burned the yellow watch, worshiped four times, knelt on the yellow satin worship mat and prayed silently, asking the Buddha to be merciful, help him eliminate the "thieves" in various places, reduce the punishment of Jianyu, and do not have any more rain, drought, locusts, epidemics and other disasters, and bless his national fortune and prosperity.

When the silent prayer ended, Chongzhen felt that it was not enough, and specially prayed a few words, asking the Buddha to influence Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Zhun and other people to change their hearts and faces, and sincerely surrender, and pray for the blessing of the Buddha, so that the Tartars of Beizhili should leave quickly. He prayed to God for sincerity, and although he didn't make a sound, he couldn't help choking in his throat and bursting with tears. After praying, he stood up and stepped aside, watching the queen and the concubines come in turn to worship the Buddha.

In front of Chongzhen kneeling on the Buddha's prayers, Wang Chengen stayed outside the prayer shed and stood and waited. A eunuch came to his side, leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Sect Master, Wang Bingbi has something to face. ”

Wang Chengen turned his head and saw Wang Dehua standing behind the Yongming Hall with a happy face, and his heart couldn't help but move slightly. Could it be that at this time, there is actually some good news coming? This is a great thing, and now Chongzhen, what he needs most is a good thing. He made a look to prevent Wang Dehua from coming to the front of the scripture shed, and he quickly walked over on tiptoe, and asked quietly: "What good news?" ”

Wang Dehua saluted with a smile, took out the paperwork from his sleeve and handed it to him, and whispered: "Liaodong sent it from Gaoqidun, and he was beheaded by a thousand people in a big victory."

Wang Chengen took the recital, scanned it roughly, and confirmed that it was really good news, so he was a little relieved. He was about to turn his head to report to Chongzhen, but found that Chongzhen was no longer in the main hall. He hurriedly asked about the situation, and then chased after him. Wang Dehua originally thought that he could get Wang Chengen's praise, but he didn't expect that Wang Chengen didn't say anything, so he had to go.

Chongzhen did not know the good news for the time being, he went north from the courtyard where the Buddhist Dharma was built, bypassed the rockery, crossed the white jade bridge with carved railings, and was a round hall again, and the inscription on the golden plate dragon plaque was the word "Huanbi". Surrounded by green water, flowers and trees are luxuriant, there are several pine trees, and thousands of green bamboo poles. This is the last and most secluded place in the South Palace, and a few feet further north is the red palace wall covered with yellow tiles.

The Taoist altar is set up in the Huanbi Temple, which is called "the altar of the three Qing Pulin, the demon subduing, the demon subduing, the disaster elimination, and the Erchao Jiao altar". Chongzhen walked into the Huanbi Palace, bowed to the Jade Emperor, burned the green words, prayed silently for a while as usual, and then withdrew. The queen and the two concubines came out in turn. They went to rest in the Yongming Palace, ate snacks, and then announced that they would drive back to the Forbidden City. Wang Chengen hurriedly seized the opportunity and came to Chongzhen's side.

"Ome, what's the matter?"

Chongzhen saw Wang Chengen hurriedly walking towards him, as if he had good news, his heart moved slightly, and he hurriedly asked. Wang Chengen's guess is not wrong at all, what Chongzhen needs most now is good news.

"It's a high dive, a big victory."

Wang Chengen hurriedly said loudly.

Since it's a good thing, of course, you have to shout as much as you want and let everyone know.

"What? Great victory? Are you sure? ”

Sure enough, Chongzhen's heart was agitated and he asked repeatedly.

He didn't expect that he had prayed to the Buddha just now, and that the Buddha would manifest so soon. It seems that he is still favored by God, he still has national fortune, and he can still be the master of Zhongxing.

"Pleasure Reading"

"Pleasure Reading"

"Pleasure Reading"

Chongzhen didn't care about the emperor's reserve, and shouted with his hands dancing.

Wang Chengen hurriedly unfolded the recital and read it out loud.

It was a great victory.

The decapitation of a thousand levels is definitely an unprecedented victory.

Of course, this is the document sent from Liaodong after careful deliberation after Gao Qiqian and Wu Sangui met. Gao Qiqian said that in the battle with the Tartars, he killed more than 1,000 Tartars, each of whom had a head as evidence. The head of the Tartar will soon be transported to the capital for inspection.

Chongzhen suddenly felt that he trusted Gao Qiqian, and he was definitely too wise. I thought that Gao Qiqian had lost the battle, and I was thinking about how to punish him, but I didn't expect that it was actually a big victory, and he was beheaded by a thousand levels, which was an unprecedented battle feat, and he finally gained a little face, worthy of his ancestors and ancestors, and worthy of the dead emperor.

With this great victory, the slave and maid implored the emperor to grant amnesty to the world and boost the hearts of the army and the people...... If Lu Xiang is promoted, sin will not lead to death......"

Wang Chengen continued to read aloud.

All the concubines around, as well as the palace maids and eunuchs, were also happy for Chongzhen from the bottom of their hearts after hearing the good news. It's really the manifestation of the Buddha, what I used to hear every day was bad news, but now there is finally good news.

Later, when they heard Lu Xiangsheng's name, they all felt a little puzzled. Gao Qiqian interceded for Lu Xiangsheng? Did the two have any previous dealings? Empress Zhou and Concubine Tian glanced at each other, and they both saw the suspicion in each other's hearts

Only Chongzhen in joy did not notice the slightest mistake. Now he only knows that Gao Qiqian is a Tartar who killed a thousand. A thousand Tartars, what a great feat, he said without thinking: "I ordered you to pass on the order to reward Gao Qiqian and personally escort the head of the Tartars into Beijing to personally inspect it."

Wang Chengen hurriedly ordered the little eunuch to pass the decree, and at the same time said in a low voice: "Emperor, how can Gao Qiqian intercede for Lu Xiangsheng?" ”

Chongzhen said slowly: "It's hard for him." Affectionate and righteous people have made great contributions, and they don't ask for rewards, but they are only willing to intercede for Lu Xiangsheng. You tell him that I will consider it carefully."

As soon as Wang Chengen heard this, he knew that Lu Xiangsheng's life was temporarily saved. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It's really thanks to this good news document, it's so timely, but after calming down, Wang Chengen began to be suspicious. Gao Qiqian, why would he intercede for Lu Xiangsheng? Could it be that there is an inside story in this?

【Asking for a commuter pass......】