Chapter 161: Joy and sorrow
"Long live the lord, great victory, great victory!"
The eunuch ran all the way from the noon gate to the main hall, and he was so tired that he was out of breath, but the excitement on his body did not decrease at all, and his voice was very loud, lest the emperor in the hall would not hear it. The eunuchs and palace maids along the way were all stunned when they saw him like this.
Outside the hall is the eunuch Wang Dehua, who heard that it was good news, and immediately showed a happy face, stepped forward to take the good news from the eunuch's hand, took a look at the grass, and immediately rushed into the hall, and shouted with joy on his face, and the festive appearance on his face was like a child wearing new clothes for the New Year.
The ministers in the palace saw Wang Dehua's joy, and they couldn't wait to know where the great victory was, and what kind of great victory could make him Wang Dehua's dignified Si Li Bingbi happy like a child.
When Wang Dehua came over, they all looked at the good news in his hand, but Wang Dehua was running fast, where could he see what was written on it, so he could only turn around and look at the hall together.
"Quick, scoop it up for me to see, scoop it up!"
Wang Dehua has always been steady, but he is also happy to be like this, Chongzhen knows that there must be really news of a great victory, and his heart is shocked: Could it be that the thieves in Henan have been exterminated?
Excitedly stood up from the dragon chair, he couldn't sit still, and actually ran to His Highness, he couldn't wait to see the good news
"Emperor, you slow down."
The two little eunuchs waiting for His Royal Highness were worried that Chongzhen would fall down if he was not careful when he went down the steps, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help Chongzhen, but Chongzhen was thrown away one by one, and before he got down the steps, his hand had already stretched out to Wang Dehua, and he said anxiously: "Where is the big victory, hurry, quickly scoop it up and see me." ”
"Your Majesty, Jinzhou has good news, beheading nearly 10,000 slaves! More than 180 slaves and thieves were captured, and they were not sent to His Majesty. Wang Dehua shouted excitedly and handed the good news in his hand to Chongzhen.
Jinzhou beheaded nearly 10,000 slaves?! More than 180 slaves and thieves were captured?!
Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, a little hard to believe, and then took the good news with some trembling, and after reading it word for word from top to bottom, his breathing began to become heavy, and he looked back again, and when he closed it, his face was already red with excitement, and he kept swallowing at the throat.
The ministers in the palace were also boiling, beheading nearly 10,000 Jiannu heads, what a great victory!
Hundreds of officials rushed to celebrate there, and some officials who had experienced the entry of the Dongyu two years ago were even more excited and cried bitterly, I really didn't expect that since the Dongyu incident, the Ming Dynasty was beaten everywhere, and almost made the Dongyu break the capital. Up and down the court, when it comes to Dongyu, I am afraid, when the news of the annihilation of the whole army of Zhang Dajun came a few days ago, the court seemed to lose its voice, and no one dared to mention half a word about Dongyu, now it's okay, today I finally fought a decent victory, beheading nearly 10,000 people at once, it seems that the bitter son of the Ming Dynasty is going to survive.
But there are also some old and serious courtiers who are skeptical of this great victory, unlike those young officials who are discussing excitedly there, they are whispering, they don't believe in this good news, and the officials who know the truth about Jinzhou are even more than a hundred don't believe it, Qiu Hejia can hold the city with some remnants of the old soldiers, even if he is lucky, how can he behead nearly 10,000 people, impossible, absolutely impossible.
Among them, some officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate instinctively wanted to go out of class and doubted it, but seeing the emperor's happy appearance, they thought about it and couldn't help but not go out of class. Whether it's true or not, I'm not in a hurry to see it for a while, the emperor hasn't shown a smile in front of his courtiers for a long time, and it's rare to be happy today, no matter whether this good news is true or not, I have to let the emperor be happy first.
Shoufu Zhou Yanru and university scholars He Ruzhong, Wu Zongda, Zheng Yiwei heard the good news of Jinzhou's victory, and they were both surprised and happy, yesterday they had already known Jinzhou's military report, and Qiu Hejia had defended Jinzhou, and was discussing this matter just now, but I didn't expect Qiu Hejia to not only hold it, but also killed and injured so many soldiers and horses in Jiannu, this good news is really unbelievable.
The second assistant Wen Tiren stood silently, not surprised at all, he had already learned the details of the Jinzhou defense battle from the letter of Chen Ang, the prefect of Jinzhou, yesterday, not only knew that Qiu Hejia had made great contributions, but also knew the specific situation of the city of Lu Dao. But he is not in a hurry to report the good news to the emperor, he has his abacus.
Seeing that the emperor and the ministers were so excited, the eunuchs and palace maids waiting couldn't help laughing.
In this hall, it is rare to have a happy heart, and the smile is true or false, which always makes this hall much warmer.
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When the hall was full of joy, Chongzhen suddenly calmed down, and ordered the eunuch to hand over the good news to the first assistant Zhou Yanru, and after the other party read it, he asked lightly: "Aiqing thinks Jinzhou Jiewen is true?" ”
Zhou Yanru was shocked in his heart, he didn't know whether the good news was true or false, but if he wanted to be Qiu Hejia's person, he would never tell this big lie, it seems that the battle in Jinzhou was indeed a great success, and he Qiu Hejia dared to report and behead nearly 10,000 people. Otherwise, even if he was given two more heads, he would not dare to commit this crime of deceiving the king.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the good news said that nearly 10,000 people were beheaded, which must be true, because the military department wants to check the head, and if it is a false report, the officer will be punished, so the minister thinks that this good news should be true." ”
Wu Zongda also looked at the good news, listened to Zhou Yanru's words, nodded and agreed: "The good news said that if you win the golden dragon banner of the slave chieftain, these must be sent to Beijing, if there is no physical object, you will not dare to report it in vain." I don't think there will be a fake. ”
Xiong Mingyu, the secretary of the military department, who has not been in office for a long time, is already happy to touch the north at this moment, he is also unlucky, as soon as he took office, he encountered the matter of Zu Dajie being besieged in Dalinghe City, and finally bothered to put together a support army and handed it to Zhang to go out of the customs to rescue, I didn't want to fight, I was worried about whether the emperor would be angry with me, but I didn't expect good news from Jinzhou.
This good news is no less than a long drought and nectar, and Xiong Mingyu is excited to be separated, seeing Chongzhen's suspicions, he hurriedly swore that Jinzhou would never bully the king, and the good news was said in such detail, and there were prisoners and thieves, it must be true.
"Yes, yes, they don't dare to deceive."
With the affirmation of the two scholars and the secretary of the military department, Chongzhen suddenly smiled again, his doubts were swept away, and he walked back and forth on the palace steps excitedly, "What a Qiu Hejia, I thought he had nothing to gain before, so I sent a report hastily, but I didn't expect it to be such a big victory, I actually beheaded nearly 10,000 slaves, and captured more than 180 slaves and thieves, and captured the golden dragon banner of the slave chief, good, good!" ”
"Jinzhou victory, the East Captives could not bear to fight again, and hurriedly withdrew the troops, the ministers thought that the East Captives had suffered such a heavy blow, and they would not dare to touch my Ming border land again in a few years!"
The victory of Jinzhou is also his own auxiliary leader, Zhou Yanru was proud in his heart, bowed to the ground, and congratulated: "Lai Sheng is in heaven, the soldiers use their lives, there is such a great victory, the ministers are congratulating the emperor and congratulating the Ming!" ”
"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor!" The hundred officials also knelt down together to congratulate Chongzhen.
Chongzhen was really happy, and raised his hand with a smile and said, "Hurry up and excuse yourself." As soon as the words fell, there was a panicked cry outside the hall: "Jinzhou emergency, Jinzhou emergency, the forward general Zu Dazhi has reduced the gold!" ”