The Forbidden City, built the Pole Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen is feasting on Zhou Kui, uncle Tian Hongyu, Zhu Chunchen, Zhu Chunchen, Zhu Guobi, Baoguo Gong and other royal relatives, Jiannu army presses, Yanjing City is in danger, it is the time when the soldiers of the Beijing camp are urgently needed, if you want to let the soldiers of the Beijing camp sell their lives, you must have enough reward silver, but Emperor Chongzhen turned the key treasury of the inner government upside down and only found 30,000 taels of silver.

As for the treasury, it was already empty half a year ago, and even the rice of the officials of the Beijing division had not been distributed for three months.

As a last resort, Emperor Chongzhen can only convene these imperial relatives and relatives, and beg them to donate generously to help the country in distress, and the richest of all the imperial relatives and relatives are Zhu Chunchen, the prince of the country, Zhou Kui, and the uncle Tian Hongyu, among which the family of Zhu Chunchen, the prince of Chengguo, has millions of dollars, but this grandfather only symbolically donated five thousand taels of silver.

Zhou Kui, the abbot, and Tian Hongyu, the uncle of the country, each donated 3,000 taels, and the rest of the imperial relatives donated 2,000 taels, some donated 1,000 taels, and even only donated 500 taels.

Looking at the 100,000 taels of silver in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen looked gloomy.

I think he is the respect of the nine kings, rich all over the world, but he actually wants to beg for a mere 100,000 taels of silver, and what is even more regrettable is that even if he begs for money, he still can't ask for silver, and the country is in a difficult situation! Thinking about the peaceful years, how much silver does the imperial court have to take out every year to support these royal relatives?

But at the time of the national crisis, these royal relatives and relatives were stingy one by one!

Emperor Chongzhen's expression was gloomy, but Zhu Chunchen and the others seemed at ease.

These relatives of the emperor who were nourished by Yulu and were full of fat brains thought that defending the Beijing division was the business of the imperial court and the Ming Dynasty, and it had nothing to do with them personally.

Emperor Chongzhen said quietly: "Wang Chengen." ”

Wang Chengen stepped forward and responded: "The slave is here." ”

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Take the 100,000 taels of silver and divide it among the soldiers of the Beijing camp, and tell the soldiers that as long as they repel the Jiannu, I will have a heavy reward!" ”

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen responded, and hurriedly said to the little eunuch behind him, "Go and call someone to set up a car, take the 100,000 taels of silver to the camp, and hand it over to Gonggong Gao." ”

"Yes."

The little eunuch answered and hurried away.

At this time, the Jingying Supervisor stumbled in, knelt on the ground and said in a panic: "Long live Lord, it's not good, something happened, something happened." ”

Emperor Chongzhen frowned and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"Lord Hong......" Gao Qi took a breath and gasped, "Lord Hong Chengchou led his troops to Tianshou Mountain to protect the tomb, but was ambushed by Jiannu at the Yuhe River, and the whole army was annihilated, and Lord Hong was also captured alive by Jiannu. ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he suddenly felt a blackness in front of him, and he almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, Wang Chengen's eyes were quick and he rushed forward to help him.

Emperor Chongzhen shook his dizzy head and said urgently: "Quick, quickly summon Zhou Ge Lao and Chen Xinjia into the palace!" ”

Soon, Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia were summoned to the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen has relieved himself after drinking a bowl of ginseng soup, and he is sitting behind the imperial case with a gloomy face, looking at Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia with a very inexplicable look, Emperor Chongzhen's heart is full of resentment, if Zhou Yanru or Chen Xinjia were willing to stand up and say something, he would never let Hong Chengchou lead troops to Tianshou Mountain to protect the tomb.

If Hong Chengchou didn't take his troops to Tianshou Mountain to protect the mausoleum, he wouldn't have an accident.

Now that Hong Chengchou has been captured alive by Jiannu, who will lead the nine thousand Beijing camp elite cavalry left in Wanping? Who will command the 80,000 elite border troops who are about to rush to Beijing? Who will deal with the 300,000 Jiannu army outside Yanjing City?

Looking at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen could not find a usable material.

Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia lowered their heads, and their hearts were also full of resentment, it was difficult to be a courtier!

If they stand up against it, of course Hong Chengchou doesn't have to go to Tianshou Mountain to protect the tomb, but what if Jiannu really digs up the emperor's tomb and destroys the dragon vein? Who should bear this crime, let Banzai Ye bear it? Of course this is impossible, Long Live Lord will never be wrong, and in the end, this crime can only fall on Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia, who came out to oppose it.

Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia, who were old and slippery, were unwilling to carry this black pot to Emperor Chongzhen.

[In the official history, there are also such examples: 1. The Ming Dynasty fought on two fronts, and the troops were stretched, Emperor Chongzhen once wanted to negotiate peace with Jiannu, and he hoped that Chen Xinjia could put it forward during the court discussion, so that even if the peace negotiation failed, the responsibility could be put on Chen Xinjia's head, but Chen Xinjia was unwilling to be Qin Hui and unwilling to carry the black cauldron, and the result was that the peace could not be negotiated; 2. Emperor Chongzhen once wanted to move the capital to Nanjing, but was opposed by all the officials in the court, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty was willing to stand up and insist on this proposal. Emperor Chongzhen is indeed a rare diligent emperor, but he is too superstitious about power and lacks the courage to take responsibility, which is the fundamental reason for his repeated mistakes in employing people. 】

"Zhou Gelao, Chen Aiqing, Hong Chengchou was defeated and captured."

Emperor Chongzhen breathed a long sigh of relief, put away the resentment in his heart, and the soldiers of Jiannu came to the city, now is the time to employ people, and it is not the time to settle accounts with Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia.

Zhou Yanru said: "The ministers have already heard about it. ”

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Hong Chengchou has an accident, Cao Bianjiao, Bai Guangen, Liu Zeqing, the elite soldiers of the three towns and the nine thousand Beijing battalion cavalry who stayed in Wanping are not subordinate to each other, and the dragons are leaderless, and they are likely to be broken by Jiannu. ”

Chen Xinjia lowered his head and glanced at Zhou Yanru.

Zhou Yanru understood and said: "Long live, in addition to Hong Chengchou, there is one more person who can retire from Jiannu." ”

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Who? ”

Zhou Yanru said: "Sun Chuanting." ”

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Datong, the general army marches.

Wang Pu asked Zhen Youcai: "Youcai, how is the matter of dismantling the guard?" ”

Zhen Youcai said: "General, in addition to Datong Zuowei, Andong Zhongtun Wei, Yanghe Wei, Gao Shanwei and Tiancheng Wei, there are still thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled left, and the rest of the guards, institutes, and forts are actually an empty shell, plus the garrisons of these guards and forts happen to be in Datong City, things are going well, but ......"

Wang Pu said: "But what? ”

Zhen Youcai said: "However, according to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, you have no right to dismiss the guards in Datong Town, and the garrison opinions of each guard are very large. ”

"No power?" Wang Pu said coldly, "Whoever has a hard fist has power!" ”

Zhen Youcai said: "But those guards ......"

"Of course they have opinions." Wang Pu said, "General Ben cut off the guards and turned the military households into local people, and the garrisons of these guards are of course not happy, because they not only want to spit out the misappropriated property of the guards, but also can no longer treat the military households as slaves to serve as slaves, and this general has cut off their financial routes." ”

Zhen Youcai said: "Then these people ......"

"Let them make trouble." Wang Pu's eyes suddenly flashed with a trace of hideous murderous intent, and said gloomily, "In troubled times, use heavy codes, those who should be killed must be killed, and they must not be soft-hearted, this general has already dug a grave for them, just wait for them to drill into it by themselves, hum." ”

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Datong, the mansion of Zhao Liujin, deputy commander-in-chief.

Two days ago, Zhang Zi'an had approved the recital through the celebrant supervisor, Zhao Liujin had been officially appointed as the deputy chief soldier of Datong Town, and now in Datong, in addition to the chief soldier Wang Pu, Zhao Liujin's military position was the highest, and Zhao Liujin's status immediately became pivotal.

Tonight, Zhao Liujin was drinking a little wine, and several guards who had some friendship with him came to the door at the same time.

These garrisons are Chen Wei of Gaoshan Guard, Li Fu of Yanghe Guard, Yang Lin of Tiancheng Guard, and Zhao Yang of Anton Zhongtun Guard.

"Hey, how many brothers are here?" Zhao Liujin hurriedly gave up his seat, "Come on, come on, sit down." ”

Zhao Liujin gave up his seat, and hurriedly asked the general to rearrange the wine, and asked the kitchen to prepare the side dishes for the wine again.

Chen Wei, the guard of the high mountain guard, sat down and said with some dejection: "People are really angry compared to people, I think that at the beginning, several of our brothers almost joined the army at the same time, and now Brother Zhao has been mixed with the deputy general soldier, and it is only one step away from the general town of one side, but how many brothers are there?" Hey, they're about to go out and beg. ”

"Yes, Brother Zhao." Li Fu, the guard of Yanghe Guard, also said, "Brother Zhao, you go and plead with General Soldier Wang, what kind of guard army should be abolished?" It is also necessary to let all the military households in the guards be converted into ordinary people, if General Wang really does this, the brothers will really have no way to live. ”

"Please, beg for a fart!" Yang Lin, the guard of Tiancheng, took a sip and scolded, "He, Wang Pu, is also a general soldier, and he is not a member of the cabinet, why should he say that he will withdraw?" Does he have that power? If you want me to say, Brother Zhao, you should take your brothers to make trouble, make things bigger, and see how Wang Pu ends. ”

Zhao Liujin frowned and didn't say a word, he knew that Wang Pu ordered the dismantling of the guard army and the transfer of his military households to local people, although he also felt disapproving of Wang Pu's approach in his heart, but after all, he was only a deputy commander-in-chief, and he hadn't been in office for two days, so he couldn't openly contradict Wang Pu now, right?

"Trouble?" Chen Wei, the guard of the high mountain guard, said gloomily, "That's looking for death!" Who is Wang Pu? It is a master who dares to resist the holy decree and rob the law field, if you make trouble with him, he will slaughter you all as soon as he gives the order! Don't think that our Lao Chen is scaring you, there is nothing in this world that Wang Pu does not dare to do. ”

Anton guarded Zhao Yang and said: "That's according to Brother Chen's meaning......"

Chen Wei, the guard of the high mountain guard, said: "Wang Puzhen wants to do things absolutely and force the brothers to have no way to live, then we have only one way to resist, but this matter has to be considered in the long run, and we must kill with one blow, and we must not make any mistakes, otherwise you and my brothers will all die without a place to be buried!" ”

"Shut up." Zhao Liujin slapped the case and said, "Are you tired of being lively?" Just rely on the three or two thousand old, weak, sick and disabled under your command, and dare to shout at Wang Pu? You're doing this like an egg hitting a stone! ”

"Not necessarily." Chen Wei, the guard of the high mountain guard, said coldly, "Wang Pu's firearms battalion is indeed unstoppable, if we fight hard, we will not have the slightest chance of winning, but we don't fight hard with Wang Pu, we will set a trap to trap him and kill him!" As long as Wang Pu dies, the thousands of people under him are all brave and reckless men, and there is nothing to be afraid of. ”

"Stabbing?" Zhao Liujin said coldly, "Forget it, just with the dozens of nests under your hands, you can also kill Wang Pu?" ”

Chen Wei, the guard of the high mountain guard, said: "It is true that the dozens of family members under my brother can't kill Wang Pu, but someone can kill Wang Pu, and it is in Datong City." ”

Zhao Liujin's expression changed, and he said in a condensed voice: "Chen Wei, what do you mean?" ”

Chen Wei said: "Deputy Chief Zhao Bing, the dozens of family members under my brother can't kill Wang Pu, but what about the three hundred dead soldiers who have been raised in the palace?" Can they kill Wang Pu? ”

"Acting king?" Zhao Liujin shook his head in disbelief and said, "He will attack Wang Pu?" ”

Chen Wei smiled gloomily, and suddenly said: "Deputy Chief Zhao, and all the brothers, there is no need to hide it now, let's tell you the truth, this matter is still Wang Zhan of the Acting Wang's Mansion to find me in advance, but the Acting King only wants to arrest Wang Pu, and then secretly send him to Jingshi." ”

Zhao Liujin hesitated: "Isn't this right?" After all, Wang Pu is the chief soldier of a town, and if he misses......"

"Deputy Chief Zhao." Chen Wei said in a condensed voice, "Others can hesitate, but you can't hesitate, because you are the biggest beneficiary of this operation!" As long as Wang Pu dies, the position of the general army of Datong can only be seated by you, and the extremely brave firearms battalion under Wang Pu will also obey you from now on. ”

Zhao Liujin was silent, and it seemed that he was moved.

Indeed, the general army of a town is a big temptation, and the strong army under Wang Pu is a fatal temptation for Zhao Liujin, if he can really get the loyalty of this strong army, Zhao Liujin even dares to reach out to Emperor Chongzhen to ask for a general seal! Isn't this how He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu's general seal is coming?

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Yanjing, Heavenly Prison.

Wang Chengen entered the No. 1 prison cell with the holy decree in his hand, and sang sharply: "The holy decree is ...... The offender Sun Chuanting received the order. ”

The unkempt, bearded old prisoner hurriedly rolled over and fell to his knees.

This old prisoner who had been a neighbor of Wang Pu for a few days was Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting is also one of the only two Ming officials in Li Yan's mouth who really sympathize with the people, Li Yan actually did not meet with Sun Chuanting, when Li Yan was put into Li Zicheng's command, Sun Chuanting had already been put into prison by Emperor Chongzhen, Li Yan thought so, because Sun Chuanting did several major things to protect the territory and the people when he was the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi.

One of the most impressive to Li Yan is Sun Chuanting's forced salary incident, because Guanzhong is barren and the people are overwhelmed, Sun Chuanting forcibly stretched out his hand to Guanzhong Haoqiang in order to raise military salaries, and apportioned military salaries according to the property.

In fact, Sun Chuanting is indeed a good official who loves the people like a son, and what is even more rare is that he is loyal to the Ming Dynasty!

However, Sun Chuanting is not a pedantic and inflexible minister, he is even more a capable minister, he dares to blatantly kill Guanzhong Haoqiang to pay the army, which is enough to show his courage and skill, especially rare is that he is also very talented in military affairs, it can be said that God gave Emperor Chongzhen a sharp sword to the Ming Dynasty.

It's a pity that it is such a peerless divine weapon, but it was shelved by Emperor Chongzhen for three years!

If Sun Chuanting hadn't been sent to prison, he and Hong Chengchou would have been able to have one outside the main and one inside, and even if the Ming Dynasty fought on two fronts, it might not be able to deal with it!

Wang Chengen slowly unfolded the holy decree and read sharply: "The criminal Sun Chuanting, to blackmail the king, a big violation of the courtesy of the ministers, is really a great rebellion, the crime should be imprisoned for life, never used, now the slave soldiers are pressing, I care about the country's difficult situation, it is the time to employ people, and it is the time to use the guilty body to supervise the teacher and ask for slaves...... Chin this! ”

President Sun Chuanting bowed to the ground and shouted: "Sinner, Sun Chuanting, thank you for your grace, long live my emperor, long live, long live......

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(To be continued)