has reached Liu Zongmin's status, which is no longer the level of beheading before the battle. For him alone, it was enough to keep the whole Ministry of Rites busy with a noon sacrifice of prisoners.

For ordinary governors, it is unthinkable to be able to capture Liu Zongmin alive, and there is no need to think about it, just send it according to the procedure. However, for Zhu Cihong, if he just sent it according to the procedure, it would undoubtedly bring great trouble to his biological father.

First of all, a group of people need to be crowned officials: the acting post is just like a medal of honor, but it is not easy to arrange. The second is the award: as usual, the Beijing camp, including the East Palace guard camp, should be paid for by the internal funds, and the household department is very sure that it will not give money. And the situation of the inner palace Zhu Cihong is very clear, it is not as good as the silver hidden in the cellar of the East Palace.

Zhu Cihong believed that Emperor Chongzhen would not be stingy with these silvers, but I am afraid that he will become more and more frugal in the future. After getting along for more than ten years, Zhu Cihong inevitably felt a little strange in his heart when he saw his father and queen mother, who fasted and vegetarian at every turn, so that they had vegetables on their faces.

"If Liu Zongmin is sent up, it will not be good for His Highness." Wu Fu learned that Liu Zongmin had been captured, and rushed back to Ruzhou in the starry night, and went directly into the big tent of the Chinese army.

Zhu Cihong sat opposite Wu Fu and said: "Indeed, before the hearts of the people in the East Palace are condensed, some people want to be promoted and make a fortune. ”

"Your Highness is very worried." Wu Fu also said: "Especially the guard battalion trained by His Royal Highness, the army's heart is determined, if the place is transferred, I am afraid that it will soon be no longer today's army." ”

Zhu Cihong is also most worried about this matter. According to the consistent practice of today's emperors, good steel is always used on the blade, and Hong Chengchou, Xiao Cao, and even Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting were used at the beginning, but they didn't know that metal would also be tired. And the level of pollution in the local military towns is very high. It's not something that a three-month army of recruits can withstand.

What's more, some of them originally came with the purpose of being promoted and making a fortune.

"However, merit is not rewarded, and morale is hindered after all." Wu Fu pondered.

"Rewarding merit and punishing faults is simple to say, but it is indeed not easy to do it just right." Zhu Cihong gently turned his wrist: "Yue Wumu once said that military generals are not afraid of death, and civil officials are not greedy for money. Then the world is peaceful. Now that I am facing this situation, the military generals are greedy for money without fear of death, and the civilian officials are greedy for money and are not afraid of death, which is really helpless to think about. ”

Wu Fu smiled along. He himself is one of the top few civil officials, and he is also a member of the civil official clique that is frantically accumulating wealth and evading taxes under the cover of benevolence, righteousness and morality. Although there is nothing to be ashamed of doing this from the perspective of the family, to put it bluntly, it is digging into the corner of the emperor. And whether the emperor is the world of the Zhu family, or the world shared by the corporal and doctors of the world. This is a matter of the wise and the wise.

"Forget it, I'll think about the merits of the East Palace Department slowly, Mr. will help me with the staff first, how to let Liu Zongmin and Niu Jinxing exchange some real benefits." Zhu Cihong bled up his spirits and solved the biggest problem in front of him first. The news of the capture of Liu Zongmin must have spread, and maybe Chen De's private messages to his father have reached the halfway point. Before everyone comes to inquire, there must be a complete charter for how to use these two results, otherwise it is inevitable to make wedding dresses for others.

Wu Fu is a veteran of politics in the end. can form a party with Zhou Yanru, a figure who competes with power, in the position of a secondary assistant. He pondered for a moment and said, "What is Your Highness lacking the most now?" ”

"What's missing?" Zhu Cihong's mind flashed a flintlock pistol with a mouth spray gun. Flashed the rumbling cannons, flashed the big factories with surging people...... "What I lack most is prestige." "In the final analysis, Zhu Cihong fell on the root of the soft underbelly.

On behalf of the Son of Heaven, he personally recruited such a big banner, but he couldn't recruit a governor; The bright dragon festival and Shang Fangjian were placed over there, and the officials of the three divisions of a province's administration, inspection, and command did not come to meet them; Throughout the day, some state and county officials came over to make a bitter face...... Isn't it because of lack of prestige? Isn't it just being bluffed as a child?

"Admittedly." Wu Fu's face sank, "Liu Zongmin and Niu Jinxing can add prestige to His Highness." It's just that you still need to fry it in a pot to have a taste. ”

Zhu Cihong smiled, and secretly said that this pavilion elder is also a foodie, and even this kind of thing is a cooking metaphor.

I only heard Wu Fu continue: "Liu Zongmin's murderous reputation is not as good as Li Zicheng. Therefore, if the court knows who he is, the people may not know. Niu Jinxing is Li Zicheng's mastermind, although he has been registered in the court, he has never played his own banner, who knows whether he is virtuous or stupid? Therefore, the minister thought that when he first spoke about Liu Zongmin's murderous name in the market, the more ferocious he was, the more he could show His Royal Highness's martial bravery. Similarly, Niu Jinxing's side wants to preach how he is cunning, and the more scheming he is, the more he can show off His Highness's use of soldiers like a god. ”

"Not bad!" Zhu Cihong listened to it and praised it sincerely: "There is a way to look at a person's status and his enemies. If I can only win some small fish and shrimp as the crown prince, I will be somewhat embarrassed. These two people are Li Zicheng's wise men and sharp blades, and Li Zicheng is now a grass king, even if he advocates it, it is not an exaggeration. It's just that the measurement still needs to be considered, and if it becomes an enemy, we will be lifting a stone to shoot ourselves in the foot. ”

"Your Highness, don't worry, I'll find someone to do this personally." Wu Fu said: "As long as His Royal Highness's reputation among the people rises, there will naturally be people in the court to follow suit, and then it will be a matter of course, and no one will dare to despise His Highness." ”

"The so-called party that forms a party, there are many people who follow the trend." Zhu Cihong joked about Wu Fu's crimes.

Wu Fu was a little embarrassed, but he was also a lot closer, and said: "Actually, how can the old minister have the heart of a friend? It's just some of the same year and fellow villagers, looking for ministers to come out and ask for justice. ”

Zhu Cihong smiled silently when he heard this, turned his head sideways, and saw Min Zhanlian sitting on the side with bright smiles, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Why is Mr. Min smiling?" ”

Min Zhanlian saluted slightly, said "ten thousand deaths", and said: "When my subordinates heard Mr. Wu say this, they couldn't help but think: It turns out that the big officials in the court are the same as our market hooligans. is nothing more than to come out and seek justice for others, and as a result, a group of disciples and grandchildren have gathered. ”

Zhu Cihong laughed along.

Wu Fu felt a little swept away at first glance, but when he thought about it, Min Zhanlian said it really well: it's just that one is the handsome among the people in the green shirt and purple robe, and the other is the blind stream in the street in the brown shirt and short shirt; One is to criticize and write and be full of righteousness, and the other is to punch and kick and clearly explain the benefits and harms. Stripped of that layer of clothing, there really was no difference between the two. The more he pondered it, the more interesting it became, and he laughed along.

The people in the tent laughed for a while, but Xiao Mo was outside to ask to see him. Zhu Cihong didn't let Wu Fu avoid it, and announced Xiao Mo to come in. Xiao Mo clearly heard the laughter inside, and when he went in, Zhu Cihong had already wiped his smile and looked at him with a gloomy face. He felt empty in his heart, and stepped forward to salute and said, "See Your Highness for your humble position." ”

"Give a seat." Zhu Cihong pointed to the chair beside Min Zhanlian, and asked, "Have the battle losses been counted?" ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Xiao Mo hurriedly caught up with the battlefield to clean up, and he was apprehensive about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally leading the troops to battle. Fortunately, She An did not disappoint him, although the order to enter the battlefield was a little late, he directly beat the drum and sounded the trumpet, which can be regarded as a timely response.

"How?" Zhu Cihong's cold face was not dissatisfied with Xiao Mo, but simply thought of the death of his subordinates on the battlefield, and his heart was a little heavy. Although he had a history of using women as men and men as animals, the squeezing of labor and the killing of people are completely two different concepts.

"In this battle, a total of 836 enemies were killed and 2,343 were captured, including six generals." Xiao Mo reported the results first.

Zhu Cihong knew that this was mainly the number of kills after the collapse of the enemy formation, and nodded slightly. He recalled the battle at that time, once the formation was broken, it was like a one-sided slaughter. Although his soldiers shouted "Kneel to avoid death", there were still thieves who were slow to react and were stabbed down with a single shot or had their heads cut off.

"What about our damage?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"Your Highness, there are 17 people killed in the guard camp of my East Palace, 36 are seriously injured, 244 are lightly injured, and 18 are missing." Xiao Mo accurately reported his own battle losses.

Zhu Cihong leaned forward: "Have all the injured been healed?" Is there enough manpower on the Tsing Yi doctor's side? ”

"The wounded have all been admitted to the treatment camp," Xiao Mo added, "Regardless of friend or foe...... So the Tsing Yi doctor was a little tired. ”

"Regardless of whether the enemy or the enemy are treated in one" is the tone set by Zhu Cihong, from the attitude of the doctors in the green shirts, he knows that the actual operation below must be biased. However, it is not important to be biased, what is important is that the seeds have been planted in the idea that the lives of compatriots should not be neglected. The big thief is certainly the enemy of the imperial court, but he is not the enemy of the Ming Dynasty. Past history told Zhu Cihong that after the fall of Zhu Ming, the Manchu Qing Dynasty took the opportunity to enter the customs, and the main force that really resisted the Manchurian beasts and cannibals was the "thief soldiers" of Chuang Ying and Xiying.

"Find more healthy women from the city and give them to the Tsing Yi doctors, so that they can use their mouths and biedong hands." Zhu Cihong said: "Now is their battlefield, we can only do our best to support." ”

Xiao Mo lowered his head and said: "Your Highness, you have assigned a division to chase down the scattered thieves, and the grain road from Baisha to Ruzhou has been basically unblocked, please show your Highness." ”

"Let the instructor tell the soldiers that Li Zicheng is the enemy. Today and tomorrow will rest for two days, reorganize the department, and the day after tomorrow, pull out the camp and go south to help the Qin soldiers. Zhu Cihong did not convene a military meeting and decisively said.

"Obedience!" Xiao Mo took the order and came out without any mud and water.

Wu Fu listened on the side and asked, "Your Highness really wants to rush to the aid of the Qin soldiers?" ”

"Does the gentleman have a high opinion?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"Governor Qin is arrogant, if you don't know the severity, you have to let His Highness bother." Wu Fu said vaguely.

Zhu Cihong heard the sound of the strings and knew the meaning of elegance, Wu Fu's meaning was to let the East Palace sit back and watch Sun Chuanting defeat. Only the blow of defeat can let the arrogant Qin Du know the severity. Before this, Zhu Cihong also had this meaning, so he built a barracks in Ruzhou to prepare to rein in the rout, but now that the grain route is unobstructed, the main factor of Sun Chuanting's defeat in the original history has been ruled out, so there is no need to wait to see him defeated.

Every soldier is a precious asset of the country! Especially those elite soldiers who can carry knives into battle! (To be continued......)