On the twenty-fifth day of the first month of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Feng Jian issued an order in the Zhenshan Battalion to redeploy the three thousand headquarters of the Zhenshan Battalion, and the 1,000th headquarters was still stationed at the headquarters of the Zhenshan Battalion, ready to participate in the battle at any time; The 2,000 headquarters retreated from Daqingfeng into Pingdu City to stand by, ready to block Kong Youde's rebellious troops attacking the city at any time; The 3,000th headquarters is still stationed at Xiaohuakou, guarding the main road between Pingdu and Laizhou.

In addition, four Hongyi cannons were transported from the Fushan Water Division to Xiaohuakou, handed over to the control of the Zhenshan Battalion Artillery Team, and deployed on the cliffs next to Xiaohuakou and Pingdu and Laizhou official roads, ready to deal a fatal blow to the fleeing Kong Youde rebels.

The nine tiger squatting guns of the Zhenshan Battalion Artillery Team followed the artillery team and moved to the station in the city of Xunying in Pingdu Prefecture, and 2,000 soldiers of the logistics unit were stationed in the city, who could assist in the defense of the 2,000 headquarters at any time.

There was no garrison at the new garrison of the flood camp in Nanjiaolaihe Prefecture, because the warships stayed on the river, and in the event of an accident, all the officers and men of the naval division could be transferred to the warships and evacuated at any time.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that after the rebels occupy Dengzhou City, tens of thousands of rebel soldiers will eat horses and chew, and the grain and grass in Dengzhou City will soon be empty.

Therefore, before the imperial army was not encircled and suppressed, the rebel army had to burn, kill and loot in the county capital near Dengzhou to meet the needs of tens of thousands of rebel soldiers.

Feng Jian determined that Pingdu City was a place where Kong Youde and his rebellious soldiers could not let go, and would send heavy troops to attack Pingdu City.

An important reason is that Kong Youde once vowed to slaughter all the people of the Cui family in Pingdu City, because Kong Youde's father died when he was young, and his mother remarried a person surnamed Cui in Pingdu City.

Historically, Kong Youde rebelled in Dengzhou in June of that year. He personally led the rebels to capture Pingdu City, preparing to kill all the people surnamed Cui in Pingdu City. As a result, the surname Cui received a secret report that the Ju clan fled out of the city overnight.

After Kong Youde broke the city, he sprinkled his evil anger on the ordinary people, and Pingdu City was almost destroyed within half a year. The people in the city are displaced and homeless! Pingdu City also became the state city that was most severely affected by Kong Youde's rebellion.

Feng Jian's strategic intention is quite obvious, all the arrangements are to defend against the upcoming Kong Youde rebels, and on the premise of ensuring that Pingdu City is not captured by the rebels, to beat the Kong Youde rebels, and when they retreat with food and grass, they will annihilate the Kong Youde rebels.

In order to deal with Kong Youde's rebellious soldiers and protect Pingdu City from the scourge of rebellious soldiers, Feng Jian began to prepare for the layout a year and a half ago, and now he is facing both opportunities and challenges.

If you can give Kong Youde's rebellious troops a heavy blow in the Battle of Pingdu. Perhaps it would not have taken nearly three years for the imperial court to quell the rebellion with more than 100,000 troops and countless amounts of money and food, as in history.

It's just that after this battle, he and the Zhenshan Battalion will become a military force that the government and the opposition will pay attention to, and no one will dare to underestimate it, but they will also become the target of public criticism, suffering from hidden arrows from all directions.

Feng Jian asked himself secretly, "Are you ready?" ”

It's funny to think about it, no one can stop the trouble. I have been preparing for such a long time, everything is for this day to come, and when things really come, I am a little unconfident!

Shake your head away from this somewhat ridiculous idea. Feng Jian believed that in terms of combat effectiveness and willpower, there were few armies that could surpass the Zhenshan Battalion.

Feng Jian turned his eyes to look at the high-ranking officers of the Zhenshan Battalion who were full of fighting spirit beside him, and said with a satisfied smile: "We still have five or six months to prepare. During this period of time, the entire camp should be kept tight inside and loose outside, and officers at all levels should appropriately blow blows to the soldiers. Let them know about the coming war, and if they don't stop at night, they will disperse the spies. Make every effort to search for the information of the Dengzhou rebels, and find out the thieves in detail, and we will be invincible. ”

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At this time, in the Wenhua Hall of the Imperial Palace in Beijing, an impeachment of Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet of the current dynasty, was being set off by many officials.

Yu Yinggui, the imperial historian of Shaanxi Province, who has always been good at impeaching Zhou Yanru, is kneeling under the platform, while Emperor Chongzhen, who is sitting on the throne of the platform, frowns and watches Yu Yinggui's impeachment recital: "...... Zhou Yanru is endowed with his greed and is more alert, and he acts the most unscrupulously and is good at figuring out. Whatever matters are in power, they will be judged with their arms crossed; If it has nothing to do with power, even if it is a national plan, it will also be prevaricated. Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, spent several times more than Mao Wenlong's military salary, not only did he have no military achievements, but caused the island soldiers to mutiny twice, and this time he colluded with Kong Youde's rebellious soldiers to cause trouble in Dengzhou. And Zhou Yanru is insistent on protecting it, why? Because the two are fellow villagers, a large number of ginseng, mink, gold and silver are sent to the Zhou Mansion every month......"

Seeing this, Chongzhen threw down the notebook and looked down at Yu Yinggui under the platform: "The first assistant Zhou Yanru Qingzhen is in charge, does not make personal friends, and has always worked hard for the country. ”

It is obvious that Chongzhen not only did not believe Yu Yinggui's impeachment of Zhou Yanru, but rebuked him, and the meaning of Zhou Yanru's protection between his words was very obvious.

was mercilessly refuted by the emperor in public, Yu Yinggui, who knelt under the platform, trembled, kowtowed to Chongzhen, and returned to the train with a shameful face.

Feng Yuanbiao immediately came out of the household department to play: "Whenever the ministers have a court meeting, the ministers and Yanru of the time, all of them shrink their tongues, and they are relatively ashamed, and the rate of those who dare to raise them is rare, why is it?" The reason is that Zhou Yanru's strength can clamp people's mouths, and his power can capture people's souls, and the eagle danger can put people to death, and the emperor will definitely know the truth if he asks the emperor to investigate Zhou Yanru thoroughly. ”

Chongzhen's face sank and he was about to speak, when he saw Shaanxi Daoist Shi Wei Jingyuan come out and played: "Zhou Yanru accepted Zhang Tinggong's bribe of 3,500 taels of silver and amber beads, and he was awarded the governor of Datong; accepted Sun Yuanhua's bribe of mink ginseng and gold beads, and made a bend for support; Accepting Wu Mingyu's bribe of 7,000 taels of silver, he was transferred from the household department to the ministry of Langzhong, Wu Mingyu served as the minister of Langzhong, the emperor saw that he was drowning in his duties, and repeatedly reduced the punishment, but Zhou Yanru went against the emperor's order, Wu Mingyu was sheltered, because Wu Mingyu had already given away 5,000 acres of Changzhou fields. Your Majesty, the ministers only played every sentence true, and if there is falsehood, they are willing to accept severe punishment. After speaking, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Immediately afterwards, Sichuan Dao tried Yu Shi Lu Zhenfei out of class, accusing Zhou Yanru of only knowing how to plant the party privately, bribing the fat family, and bullying the monarch and the country. With his despicable conduct, his heart is difficult and dangerous, he is loyal and faithful, and he is clever and good, so as to help his greed, so that the emperor can believe without doubt, and he is really called a traitorous man, and he asks the emperor to punish him severely.

Although Shoufu Zhou Yanru has cultivated his qi and kung fu, but in the face of the impeachment of these powerful imperial historians, he finally can't remain silent, it's time for him to stand up and show his attitude!

Regarding this series of impeachments, Zhou Yanru clearly knew that its root lay in the second assistant Wen Tiren lineage, and their purpose was nothing more than to bring down themselves, and then put Wen Tiren on the throne of the first assistant and become the spokesperson of their line.

But after all, they are just a group of sharp-toothed scholars, the officials don't know the emperor's mind at all, and they can't cater to the emperor's views and propositions on the current situation. I believe that the greasy emperor knows it,

Therefore, for this game created by Wen Tiren's family, Zhou Yanru adopted the strategy of static braking, intending to take one step at a time.

Zhou Yanru stood at the forefront of civil officials, took a step forward and kowtowed to Chongzhen on the throne and said: "Since the minister is a minister, he has been conscientious and conscientious, and he has fulfilled his duties, and he has never dared to be negligent and slack in the country's plans, and it is inevitable that he will offend others. After speaking, he lay on the ground and cried bitterly.

Chongzhen looked down at the several imperial historians kneeling under the platform and the first assistant of the cabinet of the current dynasty, for Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren secretly competed, Chongzhen knew it, don't think that Chongzhen stayed in the palace all day long, but the flies and dogs between the ministers, the intrigue and the moves, he understood it thoroughly, and the actions of the important ministers in the capital were under the supervision of Jinyiwei, and they would be secretly played every once in a while.

Although Chongzhen was angry about Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren and other important cabinet ministers accepting bribes, he could not punish them, and learned through the investigation of Jinyiwei that almost all the ministers of the DPRK and China had the experience of giving and accepting bribes, and it was simply impossible to get things done without bribes.

This phenomenon has become a rule, even if Chongzhen is the emperor, he can't change it, unless he abolishes all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and replaces them with a new batch, but this is simply impossible.

Since Chongzhen inherited the throne, he felt that the power of the imperial cabinet was too great, and the imperial decree could only take effect after the approval of the cabinet, and he had the intention to strengthen the rule of imperial power, but the cabinet system was an ancestral system and could not be changed or revoked, so he made up his mind with the cabinet ministers.

Chongzhen's purpose is to weaken the role of the cabinet, and the cabinet ministers have become microphones with echo insects, and they can only act according to their own will, so Chongzhen has frequently changed cabinet ministers since he took the throne, and finally found Zhou Yanru, a cabinet minister who can not only meet the horse, but also implement his own intentions.

And Wen Tiren, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, is not inferior to Zhou Yanru in figuring out his intentions and doing things solidly. The difference between the two is that Zhou Yanru is shrewd by nature, good at watching the emperor's will, and sharp and sharp, and very good at welcoming others, while Wen Tiren is relatively serious.

Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren fought with each other, which was the result of Chongzhen's secret connivance, and he believed that the struggle between cabinet ministers was very beneficial to his own exercise of imperial power and weakening the constraints of the court ministers, so he deliberately connived at the fight between the two sides, and even deliberately added fuel to the fire.

Therefore, for the several imperial historians kneeling in the audience to impeach Zhou Yanru for acting arrogantly and accepting bribes, Chongzhen not only did not blame Zhou Yanru, but was disgusted with several imperial historians, so he intended to kill chickens and monkeys.

Chongzhen said to Zhou Yanru with a pleasant face: "Zhou Aiqing, please get up, since Aiqing entered the cabinet, he respects the holy will and serves the country wholeheartedly, and I see it in my eyes." The so-called dereliction of duty only says that according to me, it seems that someone is blaspheming to win and slandering you, but I don't believe it. As for the Sichuan Dao test Yu Shi Lu Zhenfei to report your henchmen and treacherous people, Xiao Zhong Xiaoxin, I think it is precisely this Yu Shi Master who constructs the party to blackmail and seeks victory, so Aiqing does not need to worry.!! (To be continued......)