Chapter 257: A Great Promotion
In the imperial study of the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen, who looked tired, rubbed his dark circles under his eyes, and listlessly took out a copy from a large stack of folds.
Chongzhen only looked at the beginning, and with a 'snap', he threw it on the ground!
'Hateful! Killable-' Chongzhen gritted his teeth and scolded viciously.
Wang Chengen, the eunuch who was the master of ceremonies and the eunuch Bingbi, quickly picked up the fold and saw the contents at a glance.
The thieves gathered in Shanxi and attacked in four ways. Successively conquered Daning, Xizhou, Zezhou, and Shouyang counties. Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi, cried blood for help......
Wang Chengen was originally the eyeliner placed in King Xin's mansion by Dongchang to monitor King Xin's every move. Later, I don't know what means Chongzhen used, or Wang Chengen's own 'eyesight' is excellent, he threw himself into the side of Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, until Chongzhen hanged himself and reported to the Lord of Yama, he was by his side.
The most favored eunuch in the Chongzhen Dynasty is him, and there is no one.
Wang Chengen pondered for a moment, and then said to Chongzhen: "Long live the lord, the thieves are arrogant, and the soldiers of Shanxi are no longer enough to defend, so it is better to transfer Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, to Pingyang to plan everything." ā
Chongzhen nodded weakly: "You can make a will." The combat strength of the Xuanfu and Datong border armies is acceptable - well, let Lu Xiangsheng also go to Shanxi with Zhang Zongheng to suppress bandits! ā
'The slave obeys. Wang Chengen promised loudly, and the matter was settled.
Chongzhen glanced at Wang Chengen, who was a little old, and couldn't help but feel a little emotion in his heart, and blurted out: "Zhou Yanru doesn't have a bullshit idea, it's not as good as you!" ā
As soon as Wang Chengen heard this, he hurriedly knelt on the ground: 'Long live the slave, the slave is terrified! ā
Chongzhen shook his head and sighed, "Get up." ā
After Wang Chengen stood up, he looked at his nose and nose and his heart, and said nothing.
Chongzhen glanced at the folds that were piled up like a hill. With a trembling right hand, he took out a notebook, as if he was afraid that he would report the fall of somewhere......
'Haha! Hahahaha! Chongzhen suddenly laughed wildly, Wang Chengen was stunned, and hurriedly looked up at the emperor.
Chongzhen was shocked, and after laughing, he seemed to be a little incredulous, and watched the song again.
He still couldn't believe it. After reading the fold for the third time, he suddenly let out a 'huh', put the fold on the desk, and stopped talking.
'Cheng'en, come and see. ā
Wang Chengen's heart was stunned, and he immediately walked quickly to Chongzhen, picked up the folds on the desk and looked at it carefully.
The more Wang Chengen watched it, the more excited he became, and after watching the recital, he fell to his knees with a plop: "Congratulations to the emperor, servant." Congratulations to the Emperor! Your Majesty, this is a great victory! ā
The twists and turns that Chongzhen and Wang Chengen watched were exactly the folds of Ning Yuan's soldiers' preparations.
Chongzhen looked suspicious: "Zhang Aiqing has only been in Ningyuan for a few months, and he can achieve such a great victory, this-'
Chongzhen didn't finish his words, of course the subtext Wang Chengen understands, falsely report or kill good people - hasn't the Ming army been doing this kind of thing all the time?
Wang Chengen shook his head: "Your Majesty, Zhang Bingbei said that all the heads are made of lime. It has been shipped to Jingshi. If he had made a false report, I am afraid he would not have been so stupid. ā
Chongzhen nodded: "That's fine." I command you to go and examine the head. Others can't believe it. ā
Wang Chengen suddenly felt that his nose was a little sore, and he knelt down again: "A slave will not be able to repay His Majesty's great kindness if he dies!" ā
Chongzhen stood up from the dragon chair, paced a few steps, and said to Wang Chengen, "You go now, I am waiting for your news in the imperial study." ā
'Slave obedience! ā
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Chongzhen read dozens of books in the afternoon, but he didn't read any of them. My heart is full of tension and the 'great victory' mentioned on the fold.
In fact, the 'great victory' is only the first half of the tension, and the second half is about something else.
But what Chongzhen cares about is the 'great victory'.
At dusk, Wang Chengen returned.
'Your Majesty! Emperor! Wang Chengen is old and serious, and he has never shouted in front of the emperor.
But he's really screaming now......
Chongzhen is not stupid. Of course you understand what that means!
Chongzhen immediately stood up from the dragon chair and walked quickly to the door of the imperial study.
Before Chongzhen walked to the door, Wang Chengen crashed in. Wang Chengen's face was flushed, and he knelt on the ground with a plop: "The emperor is shengming, the ancestors bless!" The one hundred and sixty Beiyu heads sent by Zhang Bingbei and seven Jiannu heads were all real slave heads! ā
Although Chongzhen faintly knew the result, he still trembled: "Cheng'en, really...... Are you sure? ā
Wang Chengen nodded heavily: "Your Majesty, the heads sent by Zhang Bingbei are all true slave heads!" ā
Chongzhen didn't speak, of course Wang Chengen understood that the emperor was very suspicious, so he explained in detail how to inspect it.
"Your Majesty, I also have some experience in inspecting the first-level minions, and just now I specially invited the officials of the previous Ministry of War to check it together. ā
Chongzhen nodded slightly: 'Hmm-'
Wang Chengen sighed in his heart, this suspicious nature is really hopeless.
In the past, there were often border soldiers who used women or Han Chinese heads to pretend to be the heads of the northern and eastern captives, but that could not hide the eyes of the slaves. ā
The first one throws his head into the water, and the one with his face down is a woman, and the one with his face up is a man.
Both, identify the mouth of the teeth and the bun. The northern and eastern captives eat mostly beef and mutton, and the tooth wear is more serious than that of the Han people. And the braided hair on the head can distinguish its luster strength, and those who are unable to comb it are unable to obey, indicating that they have been shaving their hair for a long time, and they are the head of real slaves!
Your Majesty, the heads that Zhang Bingbei brought are all real slaves! ā
Speaking of which, how can Chongzhen not believe it?
Chongzhen burst out laughing: 'Haha! Good! Zhang Zhang is really my blessed general, blessed general! ā
Wang Chengen stood up and said with a smile: "It's all up to the wisdom of the saint, and the wisdom of the saint is talented!" ā
'Reward! Great reward! Promotion, big promotion! Chongzhen danced with his hands, and he was a little out of shape for a while.
Wang Chengen was very excited, although he also collected money behind his back, but in essence, he was different from the 'nine thousand years old' Wei Zhongxian of the previous dynasty, he was loyal to Emperor Chongzhen.
The emperor is happy, and he is naturally happy.
Chongzhen walked quickly to the desk, picked up the tension recital, and hurriedly read it again. Only then did he turn his head to Wang Chengen and said, "The matter requested by Zhang Aiqing in the fold is a big matter, and you can inform the new chief assistant Wen Tiren to discuss it." ā
'Slave obedience! ā
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Tuanshan Fort.
The soldiers and miners brought back from the Iron Mountain Fort were temporarily 'reformed through labor' by Zhang Li -- a charcoal factory was opened up on Nanshan, where these people burned charcoal.
Charcoal is very useful, one is the composition of black powder, and the other is that winter is coming. The soldiers and civilians of Tuanshan Fort need a lot of charcoal for heating.
Today, Zhang Zhang took Gohimeng to inspect the various labor sites in the mountain fort of the regiment, and after walking around, Zhang Li was basically satisfied.
At this moment, the two of them were riding horses and walking towards the conference hall, and naturally they were also followed by a team of instructors to protect their safety.
Immediately, the tension suddenly spoke: "Gohimon, there is a big flaw in the construction site, I don't know if you see it?" ā
Ge Ximeng was worried in his heart, and he didn't know that Master Zhang was dissatisfied with the civil matter, but Zhang Zhang suddenly came out with such a sentence, and his heart hung up.
'Your Excellency. It'sā'
Zhang Li tugged at the reins in his hand, and the horse's walking speed slowed down.
'Now we who work have a share, and those who don't don't have a job, right?' ā
Gohimon nodded, 'yes. ā
Zhang Zhang shook his head: "This is not good, the harm of the big pot of rice, this official knows too well." ā
'Big pot rice? Gohimon was a little confused, and this was the first time he had heard of the term
Zhang Li thought for a moment and said slowly: "More work and more reward." Less work gets less. This was made into a slogan -- well, they couldn't read either. Then shout it as a slogan and let everyone know. If you can count the piecework, you can work out a charter if it is inconvenient to count the piecework. ā
As soon as Zhang Li explained this, Gohimeng immediately understood.
After thinking for a moment, Gohimon nodded and said, "The subordinates understand, and within three days, the subordinates will formulate an assessment standard. ā
Zhang Li bowed slightly: 'Hmm. ā
Suddenly, Gohimon spoke again: 'Your Excellency. There is another thing that subordinates find a little difficult to do. ā
Zhang Li grabbed the horse under his crotch, stopped, looked at Gohimeng and said, "What's the matter, you say." ā
Gohimon frowned and said, "It's okay for ordinary people to say, they are all more honest. But there are some bandits among our burghers. Some of them are used to cheating......
Zhang Zhang smiled and said, "Easy to do! Dig up coal - ah, no, let them dig iron. When I go back to Iron Mountain Fort, I will send a team of supervisors, and I am not afraid that they will make trouble. ā
Gohimon let out a sigh of relief, 'Yes, my lord. ā
Zhang Zhang also realized that the merits of the army and the 'police' were still different, and they should not be confused, otherwise as their power grew, it would bring great trouble.
'Gohimon, you can't do it without law enforcement. I went back to Lao Gao and them to study, and there were some soldiers who had retired due to war wounds, and asked them to select some people and set up a people's strong team to maintain law and order. ā
Gohimon's eyes lit up, and that would be easy. In the past, the disputes between the people of the fort and the others had to be dealt with by the Tuanshan Army, which was very inconvenient.
'Your Excellency is wise. ā
Zhang Zhang waved his hand: "Don't talk about this. I originally thought that I would plan well after occupying the city in the future, but I didn't expect that a small Tuanshan Fort would involve so many problems. At present, the necessary departments will be set up first, and then they will be gradually improved. ā
Gohimon hurriedly promised: 'Yes! ā
After returning to the conference hall, Zhang Zhang quickly called Gao Yuanliang to discuss the formation of a security team by the wounded soldiers.
I had just discussed half of the meeting, and suddenly walked into the meeting hall alone, holding a letter in my hand: 'My lord, the capital is in an urgent situation for 800 miles!' ā
Zhang Zhang was stunned, and then walked forward quickly, opened the letter and hurriedly read it.
Gao Yuanliang also came over, Zhang Zhang smiled slightly, and handed the letter to Gao Yuanliang.
Gao Yuanliang grinned after reading the letter: "My lord, this is a great joy! ā
Zhang Li bowed slightly: "If you calculate the time, the people on the side of the Ningyuan Acropolis should also act, right?" (To be continued......)