"thief! When did we suffer such a big loss! Li Zicheng's face was scorched, and he stomped his feet and scolded. Where there is half a true dragon spirit, it is purely the strength of the village barbarian. The guards were listless, their bodies and faces were also burned with holes, and many of their eyebrows and hair were burned by the fire, leaving only scorched yellow roots.

After coming out of Shangluo Mountain, Li Zicheng really didn't suffer a greater loss than this! Even if he lost an eye when he opened the seal, it was only his personal injury, and it didn't change much in the overall situation - he still laid down the Great Northwest with one eye and founded the country. But Liu Zongmin was arrested by mistake, the grain and grass in Longmen Town were burned, the powder magazine in Hancheng was bombed, and now ...... Each incident is a direct blow to Dashun's hegemony.

For now, this matter has to start from the 19th day of the first lunar month......

After Li Zicheng waited for three days, the Yellow River froze again, and the army cautiously crossed the river, finding that there were only scattered people in Hejin City, and it was almost an empty city.

Or rather, it looks like an empty city.

On the night after the army was stationed, a cannon shot was heard from the city office. Soon, the sound of cannons was heard throughout the city. It was the mines left by the retreat of the Ming army, with Panxiang as a fuse, hidden all over the city. Using these cannon sounds as a signal, Xiao Tugeng, the guard battalion of the East Palace lurking in the city, ignited the haode gunpowder and fire oil arranged in various key places according to the established plan, turning the entire Hejin City into a fire hell.

The fire burned for a day and a night, and the city of Hejin was turned into white ground.

I think Hejin is not big in the first place, and the people who can be stationed in the city for the night are all battalion commanders, at least a Wuwei general. These people were all the elite of the headquarters, and they suffered heavy losses in this fire, and only half of them escaped from the city. On the contrary, it is the cannon fodder, auxiliaries, and miscellaneous ...... left outside the city It was preserved because he was not qualified to enter the city.

In this world where there are as many cannon fodder as rats and ants, and elites are priceless, the death of so many elites really makes Li Zicheng heartbroken. It was even more painful than escaping into Shangluo Mountain with the eighteen knights that day.

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In this era when there was no "Secrecy Regulations", Xu Dian easily obtained a lot of information from Li Chuang that was useless in the eyes of ordinary people. The information extracted from this news can shock everyone.

For example, after the burning of Longmen Town, Li Zicheng ordered the whole army to assemble and cross the river, and to take Pingyang within three days. This Ming order could not be more obvious than telling the people of the world: the Shun army is short of food and grass. If the grain and grass from the rear are to be transferred, it must be at least three days later, and the grain stored in the camp can only last for three days at most.

Another example: after the gunpowder magazine in Hancheng was burned, Li Zicheng ordered that all gunpowder should not be hidden in the wooden building. This shows that at that time, the camp was used to store gunpowder in people's houses, and there was not even a temporary cellar. Although Hancheng was almost burned down, the ruins are still there, and you can still see the number and scale of the houses that were blown up, and you can estimate the amount of gunpowder and oil hoarded at the time of the camp.

Zhu Cihong read the information sent by Xu Dian and had a higher evaluation of Xu Tun's work ability. It is not difficult to derive this information. As long as he works hard, it is rare that he can calmly complete the transmission of intelligence hundreds of miles away, and this organizational ability is what Zhu Cihong values more.

"Your Highness, Mr. Wu and Mr. Sun are here." Tian Cunshan didn't dare to step forward, but just raised his voice outside the door.

"Please come in." Zhu Cihong put away the information on the desk, put it aside, straightened up and drank water.

Wu Fu and Sun Chuanting walked in. Give Zhu Cihong a salute. Zhu Cihong invited the two to sit down and glanced at the pamphlet from Beijing. It is the information of Shanxi officials collected by Song Hongye.

This work was found by Song Hongye himself, not by the order of the East Palace. As soon as Zhu Cihong entered Luoyang, Song Hongye began to do this work, but he didn't expect that Henan officials didn't even see the prince, so they didn't use it. The prince's stay in Xi'an was short, waiting for the resumes of Shaanxi officials to arrive. Zhu Cihong is already in Shanxi.

This time, the resumes of the main officials in Shanxi were not delayed, and they inspired Zhu Cihong a lot, so he invited Wu Fu and Sun Chuanting to come over for discussion.

"Is there any way to transfer Cai Maode into the East Palace?" Zhu Cihong got straight to the point.

Wu Fu and Sun Chuanting knew that Donggong generally did not express their thoughts, once they had ideas. Most of the time it won't be out of the ordinary.

Cai Maode is the governor of a province and a feudal official, how can he be adjusted? Cai Maode can sit in this position, is it the emperor's meaning? Or is he very capable? No! At least not all!

It was made up of fellow villagers, fellow villagers, teachers, protégés, and friends...... A large net was weaved, pushing Cai Maode to this position. He sits in this position, and he also has to give feedback to this big net - because in the "net" of some other officials, Cai Maode himself is also an important warp and weft.

"In the early years of Chongzhen, he served as the deputy envoy of Jiangxi University, and now many of those scholars should enter the court as officials." Zhu Cihong asked.

Wu Fu calculated the time and said: "Jiangxi is a large province for the imperial examination, and there should be many scholars who have entered the court. However, in the convention, the deputy envoy only has the reality of the teacher's teaching and does not have the name of the grandmaster, and the teacher worships the scholar rather than the deputy envoy. As for the scholars...... The Jinshi of Chongzhen's year are still mostly under the five grades, and in the local area, they are the prefecture and the state, and in Beijing, they are the outsiders, the chief, or in the Taiyuan. ”

"Oh, I'm not trying to take advantage of his court." Zhu Cihong said: "I value this person's resume: Jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, awarded Hangzhou Governor; Later, he was transferred back to the Ministry of Rites as the director, and entered the shrine priest Wailang. Chongzhen studied Jiangxi in his early years; Zhejiang's right participated in politics, guarded Jiaxing and Huzhou, and destroyed a group of robbers during his tenure. Then he went to Jingcheng to prepare for the soldiers, and then transferred to Ningyuan, and made meritorious contributions to guarding Songshan and repairing Taibao.

When Yang Sichang named him Jinan Dao, he took two seals of three divisions by himself. Although it is called Jinan Dao, I think it is actually similar to the governor of Shandong. Then he was promoted to the envoy of Shandong, the political envoy of Henan, and the current governor of Shanxi. This resume is so beautiful that I have to put it away. Zhu Cihong laughed himself.

Wu Fu nodded and smiled, and said secretly in his heart: This is the standard career bumps! If you can be an official, how can you keep going around in the local area? With the qualifications of participating in politics in Zhejiang, it is enough to be transferred to the sixth ministry, not to mention that he has also done a term of study before, and if he is willing to drill the camp, it is no problem to enter the Ministry of Rites directly. Even if you don't drill the camp, you can enter the Criminal Department or the Metropolitan Procuratorate with the qualifications of the Shandong Prosecutor.

"Cai Maode is still upright. But it's a bit roundabout. "Sun Chuanting is the supervisor who leads the troops, and he is not as polite as Wu Fu. He said bluntly: "When Gu Bingqian was in power, he and Cai Maode were both from Kunshan, and Cai Maode refused to communicate with him, so he could not be reused. And because he didn't go to Wei Zhongxian's Ancestral Hall, he was expelled from Beijing. I don't know if His Highness has seen his "Provincial" and "Zhiping" Ershu? ”

"Not really." Zhu Cihong shook his head and said.

"It's his words and persuasions." Sun Chuanting said with a smile, "He himself believes in Buddhism, and his life is the same as that of an ascetic head." Isn't it a roundabout way to ask everyone else to learn from him? ”

Zhu Cihong smiled when he heard this, and said, "It's indeed a bit roundabout. Before, because King Jin urged him to go back, he was entangled in his heart. But I still want this person to be transferred to Shandong. With his qualifications, he is more than enough to be the governor of Shandong. "Cai Maode is proficient in the administration of the secretary and the secretary of justice. He also made a military preparation road, went to Ningyuan to guard Songshan, and repaired a fort. and has made meritorious contributions, which shows that he is no stranger to military affairs. Even if there are such talents in the entire Ming Dynasty, there will definitely not be many.

What's more, once we have our own base area, it is a very important task to rectify the rule of officials, and it is better to appoint an ascetic like Cai Maode who is strict with himself than to appoint a corrupt criminal with high talent and low morality.

"If you just appoint Cai Maode as the governor of Shandong, it will not be difficult." Wu Fu grasped the difference between "in the curtain" and "governor". The East Palace can serve as the governor, but the governor may not be the East Palace. Wu Fu believed that with the merits of the crown prince to defeat Li Zicheng. and the influence of the bigwigs in the DPRK and China, it is no problem to appoint a governor of Shandong. However, it is necessary to persuade Cai Maode to invest in the East Palace. At least not on the bright side.

What's more, Cai Maode is so roundabout, if he makes a "seizure", the two will be ugly at that time.

"Although with his temperament, it is absolutely impossible to disobey me." Zhu Cihong paused: "But Shandong is where I want to live for a while, and it can be regarded as a home, and it must not be handed over to an unreliable person." Feng Shikong is an example. A self-proclaimed minister of the country. Although he proved that he was indeed a strong and loyal minister, it was precisely because of his self-righteousness that all the people and things in Guanzhong were owned by Li Chuang! ”

While the three of them were talking, Zhu Cihong suddenly noticed that there was a figure shaking outside the window, as if it was Tian Cunshan. He pulled the bell. Summoned into Tian Cunshan: "Is there something urgent?" ”

Tian Cunshan couldn't tell whether this matter was urgent or not, and said with a bitter face: "It was Shanxi Governor Cai Maode who asked to see His Royal Highness, and he said that there was something important, but it didn't look like that...... The slaves and maids were also a little unsure. ”

Zhu Cihong was happy in his heart: said Cao Cao Cao arrived.

"Let him in," Zhu Cihong said with a smile, "This kind of person who has learned the Buddha's Dharma is like this, everything is an illusion. ”

Tian Cunshan was completely relaxed and came out in response.

Cai Maode entered the study of the East Palace, and was also startled, it turned out that the old Wu Fu of the old pavilion and Sun Chuanting, the governor of Qin, were all there, which made him not know whether to speak out for a while.

"Why did Yunyi Mansion come?" Zhu Cihong called him by another name, showing kindness.

Cai Maode didn't even dare to say it, looked at Wu Fu and Sun Chuanting, and then said: "Your Highness, the handwritten letter of the King of Jin has repeatedly urged the ministers to return to the province. The minister did not dare to let His Highness be alone in danger, and dared to ask His Highness to get up and escort His Highness to Taiyuan. ”

Zhu Cihong smiled and said, "Don't you want Pingyang?" ”

"The minister has ordered the deputy general Chen Shangzhi to stay in Pingyang." Cai Maode said: "Only take the Fubiao back." ”

Zhu Cihong smiled at Wu and Sun: "Yun Yigong obviously wants to borrow my guard camp." ”

Sun and Wu also laughed, but Cai Maode was a little embarrassed because his mind was broken by the crown prince. Seeing the bravery of the guard battalion of the East Palace, who would dare to underestimate the military strength under the command of the East Palace? If it weren't for Li Chuang's more than 100,000 troops pressing on his head, such 10,000 elites would be enough to sweep through several provinces.

"Yes, I'll leave tomorrow." Zhu Cihong said: "Tell Chen Shangzhi, if you can't keep it, you don't have to defend it." The grain stored in Pingyang was transported away, and those that could not be transported were distributed to the people on the spot, and the military strength was retained to defend Taiyuan. Now we are exchanging space for time, exchanging city and land for bravery, and then counterattack when Li Thief is exhausted! (To be continued......)

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