Zhu Youzhen opened his eyes suddenly, his clothes were already soaked with sweat, and he only heard Wang Chengen calling softly by his side: "Long live, long live?" ”

"Uh, what's the matter?"

After a short period of trance, Zhu Youzhen was depressed to find that it was just a dream, and the reality was still extremely cruel, he still had to face the rampant thieves in the Central Plains and the anxiety of the northern Tartars. He had been sleeping all night for several days in a row to review official documents, trying to resist the constant erosion of his body and mind by the cruel situation with his busyness and exhaustion.

"Shanhaiguan urgent." Wang Chengen pointed to the military report on the imperial case and stopped talking, and finally added, "Eight hundred miles urgent!" ”

Eight hundred miles of urgency, how far is Shanhaiguan from Beijing? With 800 miles of urgency, it was either a big defeat or a big victory, Zhu Youzhen was apprehensive, and reached out to pick up the military newspaper from the imperial case and unfolded it, and the ominous premonition was indeed confirmed. After reading the contents of the military newspaper clearly, the military newspaper in his hand did not hold it, and fell to the ground with a snap, and his body was shaky.

"Hooray, hooray......"

Wang Chengen naturally knew the content of the military report a long time ago, and seeing the emperor like this, he was afraid that he would vomit blood and faint like last time, so he hurriedly leaned over and prepared to support him. Zhu Youzhen did not fall, but supported Wang Chengen, and said in a deep voice: "I, I'm fine, go, go and call all the ministers, today's small dynasty will disperse, disperse!" ”

Originally, Zhu Youzhen convened a small court meeting today, but since such a big incident happened, he could only discuss it with a few confidants. He had had enough of these ministers pouring into each other, and found a rule, the more important the matter, the more it could not be brought to the court meeting for the big guy to discuss. As the saying goes, major matters can only be arbitrary, and cannot rely on public conspiracy.

While waiting for the ministers to arrive, Zhu Youzhen leaned over and picked up the military newspaper and read it carefully. He wants to analyze the situation in Shanhaiguan well, Hong Chengchou's army was defeated and died, and the 30,000 elite troops were annihilated, how much of a bad impact it had on the imperial court.

"The most important thing at the moment is to compensate and confer on the martyrdom of Hong Butang, and then let Liu Yuliang stick to it, be sure to hold Shanhaiguan, and not let the Tartars take half a step."

Zhang Sizhi, who arrived first, glanced at the board and slowly started playing. This construction is decent, and if you say it, you don't say it, Zhu Youzhen doesn't have much hope for himself as a teacher, and he didn't expect him to help in this kind of external war.

Then the only ones left are Xue Guoguan, Fan Fucui, Li Shiwen and others, each of whom has been in contact with military affairs, and what they say is nothing more than a change of soup and not a change of medicine with Zhang Sizhi's statement. was forced by Zhu Youzhen to be in a hurry, and Fan Fucui finally got some dry goods.

"If it is said that the people who know the soldiers, it is not without ...... in the court"

There is no need for Fan Fucui to finish speaking, Zhu Youzhen also knows what he wants to say, it is nothing more than recommending Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng. These two people are both a tendon with empty eyes, they like to resist the will, and they lost the battle, he doesn't want to see these two people, and he doesn't believe that Yang Yang Daming left these two people, is it possible that he can still die?

Fortunately, Zhang Sizhi coughed and interrupted Fan Fucui, saving Zhu Youzhen from arguing with him.

"Holy Lord, in fact, there is actually a best candidate, but ......"

Zhu Youjian leaned forward and looked directly at Zhang Sizhi, "Who is it?" ”

"Cabinet scholar Sun Chengzong!"

It turned out to be him, everyone was taken aback, Sun Chengzong had a stroke and couldn't take care of things, so his son begged for rest. In order to show his favor, the emperor allowed him to stay in Beijing to recuperate, and promoted his son to be the governor of Ningyuan. After Sun Chengzong left Shanhaiguan, Yang Sichang suppressed his old department and wantonly appointed private individuals, which led to the fiasco of the entire Ningjin defense line in western Liaoning, and even his grandson Ji was martyred.

But now that Sun Chengzong even had to be carried in by someone from the previous court, Zhang Sizhi asked Sun Chengzong to go to Liaoxi, not to mention whether he could still work, did he think he died slowly?

Who knew that Fan Fucui actually nodded, and agreed: "So far, the only way to do this is to invite Sun Ge Lao and ask him if he has a way to deal with it." ”

Several ministers had no other objections to this, and unanimously decided that it was the best decision to invite Sun Chengzong to ask questions.

It's easy for the ministers to say, Zhu Youzhen doesn't want to toss Sun Chengzong, who is sick in bed, out again, otherwise people will inevitably not be accused of being mean and unkind, but he really can't think of a more reliable opinion than this Jianyi.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Zhu Youzhen's mind, and he said happily: "Li Xin is ordered to negotiate peace with the Tartars, if there is a result, maybe there is room for relaxation......"

Xue Guoguan, who had not spoken much, shook his head gloomily.

"If Hongbutang has not been defeated, peace talks may be successful, and in today's situation, how can Dongyu easily agree?"

Xue Guoguan said that it is reasonable, the Tartars won a big battle, fought again and again, not only won again but also killed the enemy commander, and the soldiers were under the Shanhai Pass, and no one could give up lightly.

Zhu Youzhen, who was in a state of confusion, retreated from the ministers, ordered Wang Chengen to prepare for the public opinion, went out of the Donghua Gate in the morning light, and went straight to Sun Chengzong's mansion to recuperate.

Zhu Youzhen's house was in the inner city, and when the gatekeeper heard that the emperor was coming, he was so shocked that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet, and he didn't kneel and kowtow until a little eunuch reminded him.

After the porter kowtowed, he kept lying on the ground and didn't dare to move, but fortunately, Wang Chengen reminded: "Why don't you go and inform Sun Ge Lao quickly, what are you doing in a daze?" ”

A word woke up the dreamer, and the porter got up and ran into the courtyard.

At this moment, Zhu Youjian stepped into the main gate.

"Long live ......" Wang Chengen hurriedly followed, but Zhu Youzhen said: "Don't be formal, Sun Ge is seriously ill, how can I let him come out to greet him, I just walked in!" ”

Zhu You checked into the courtyard, only to find that it was deserted, except for the gatehouse, there was no one in the courtyard of Nuoda, and it took a long time for a person who looked like a housekeeper to run out of the inner house, and he crawled on the ground to forgive his sins.

Wang Chengen seemed to understand the emperor's question, and explained a few words in a low voice beside him.

"Sun Ge's old sleeves are breezy, it is said that he has only accumulated ten taels of silver in Shanhaiguan, and his family wealth has long been penniless after Gao Yang broke......"

There is no need to say much about this, Zhu Youzhen only felt that his eyes were suddenly moist, who said that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were all for their own selfish interests? It's just that God is jealous, but he let such a loyal minister suffer from this illness.

Zhu Youzhen threw his sleeves and stepped into the inner house, as empty as the front yard, and couldn't help but have a sour nose, and entered Sun Chengzong's cross-courtyard under the guidance of the old housekeeper, and before he entered the bedroom, a pungent smell of medicine wafted from afar.

Sun Chengzong heard that the emperor came to visit in person, but he couldn't get up, so he even propped up half of his body.

"Elder Ge hurry up and lie down, don't dodge!"

Zhu Youzhen, who stepped into the door, saw this scene, and hurriedly walked a few steps to the couch to comfort him.

Zhu Youzhen saw that Sun Chengzong was so miserable that he didn't know how to speak for a while, so he had to shush and ask for warmth. However, Sun Chengzong had a mirror in his heart, and asked bluntly: "Holy Lord, is the war over there in Shanhaiguan repeated?" ”

After a long sigh, Zhu Youzhen told Sun Chengzong the news of the defeat of Shanhaiguan, Sun Chengzong didn't catch his breath when he heard this, and coughed anxiously, and it took a long time to calm down.

"Alas! So Li Xin is still one step late? ”

Zhu Youzhen was silent, it was a tacit acquiescence, and sent Li Xin to the peace talks, but there has been no news so far, it can only be in vain, at this time he is even assuming, what if Li Xin's Three Guards are transferred to relieve the siege of Shanhaiguan?

Sun Chengzong also looked away, Hong Chengchou's previous appearance of suppressing thieves was obvious to all, but he didn't expect to die in a battle in western Liaoning. Li Xin went to the peace talks lightly at this time, wouldn't it be more ferocious and less auspicious?

The two monarchs and ministers were silent for a long time. Sun Chengzong suddenly broke the silent atmosphere, and used his strength to sit up.

"If the saint still trusts the old minister, the old minister will drag this old sick and crippled body and go to Shanhaiguan again!"

……

"Hugh wants to make noise again, if you want to kill, you have to listen to the respect......"

"Please sir take a shower and change clothes, if you are hungry, there is still food ...... here"

Hong Chengchou looked back in amazement, and was surprised to find that it was actually a half-grown girl, holding a collar of cloth and green robes in her hand, and a copper basin had been placed on the stool at some point, which was full of water, and there were all kinds of towels and other things next to it, and there was fish and rice on the table......

The houses in the city were almost demolished by the Ming army defending the city, so Dolgon still tied up the tent of the Chinese army, and after listening to the maid assigned to Hong Chengchou, he waved it away with a wave of his hand.

"How? Fourteenth brother, the southern barbarian surnamed Hong is not an easy character to deal with, but I am afraid that it will take a lot of effort and feed the dog in the end! ”

Dorgon had long been accustomed to Dorgon being sneering at Dord, but he was unimpressed by what Dodor had said.

"How about making a bet if you don't believe me? Sooner or later, Hong Chengchou will descend to my Qing Dynasty! ”

"Bet, bet a pound of 'Fushou ointment'."

Fushou paste is popular in Shengjing magnates, gold is incomparably expensive, one or two Fushou paste is far more expensive than one or two gold, what is more precious is that this kind of thing is not how much there is, according to those Nanban merchants are due to low production. Therefore, Duoduo's bet on this pound of "Fushou Cream" is definitely a heavy bet.

Speaking of longevity ointment, Dolgon couldn't help but snort, and said with a tired face: "This thing is said to be longevity and longevity, but I always feel that it is inseparable, and it is unbearable if you don't use it for a day, if this thing is extinct that day, wouldn't we ...... No, no, I'm going to quit this thing someday......"

But Duoduo smiled and said:

"Brother Fourteen is worried, if you can't take him tens of thousands of catties, you won't be afraid of going out of production....... right, how can Brother Fourteen be sure that the Southern Barbarian surnamed Hong will definitely descend to my Qing Dynasty?"

Dorgon pointed to Duoduo's head, "It's still not a brain, you didn't listen to that girl, Hong Chengchou washed his face and changed his clothes, if he is bent on death, why should he care about his appearance?" ”