Wu Fu is the middle of the top three in the 41st year of Wanli. If you take a closer look at the list of this section, it is the backbone of the Chongzhen Dynasty. Among them, the champion Zhou Yanru entered the cabinet twice, and Liu Hongxun, who was the second class, was in the seventh year of the Apocalypse and was a scholar of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of the East Pavilion, and presided over the liquidation of the eunuch party's rebellion case. Wang Yingxiong, who was in the top three, was also an important minister who entered the cabinet in Chongzhen's sixth year and was dismissed for bribery.

In the same department, Zhang Fengyi, Jiang Fengyuan, and Fan Jingwen are also ranked as scholars.

There are also Miao Changqi, who raped his colleague Feng Quan, and Feng Quan, who was raped by his colleague Miao Changqi.

However, the one who really has direct benefits for future generations belongs to Wang Xinyi, who fell at the bottom of the list. He was an official to the left servant of the Criminal Department, signed the book, and then bought a garden in his hometown, named "Returning to the Pastoral Residence", which was later the Humble Administrator's Garden. The garden continues to generate a steady stream of admission revenue for the imperial court to this day.

"When I came, I flipped through Mr.'s resume and found that Mr. was quite talented in the same year." Zhu Cihong sat outside the cell door, smiling and saying to Wu Fu.

Wu Fu has been given a seat to visit the East Palace, ragged and dirty, sitting on the splendid sitting, forcing a smile and making a "hehe" sound.

Zhu Cihong looked at this prime-aged pavilion assistant who had passed the destiny of heaven, and the torture of nearly a month in prison made him lose his former sharpness, but his spirit was okay compared to other Qin prisoners. The prince passed by Hou Sui's cell just now, and the gentleman had lost the spirit of looking at people squarely.

"Before Gu came to calm down the Division, the emperor had an edict."

"The sinner takes orders." Wu Fu reluctantly got up and fell to the ground.

"The emperor's edict: Wu Fu, I treat you with the weight of the pavilion auxiliary, but you are deeply burdened by me, and now you are tortured in prison, do you have any regrets?"

"The criminal minister is deeply favored by the emperor, how can he live up to Bixia's heart? It's really ugly. He is not driven by it, but he deceives the Holy Cha with a false name, so that he is ungrateful and disobedient. Now that he has been strictly taught by the saints, the sinners have known the fallacies of the day, and they have almost left a disaster. Every thought. He was frightened and palpitated, and hated what he had done in the past...... "Wu Fu reviewed it profoundly, and the more he spoke, the smoother it became, and he gradually brought a crying tone, and finally fell to the ground and cried bitterly.

Zhu Cihong did enter the palace to ask for a decree before he came, but Chongzhen was not embarrassed. On the same day, he ordered Jinyiwei to arrest Wu Fu, mainly because of the anger of Zhou Yanru's case, and the resentment of Wu Fu who had been prevaricating and refusing to go to Huguang to supervise the division broke out instantly, which can be said to be impulsive. It doesn't last long. The so-called oracle is just a step, as long as Wu Fu says a few decent words of repentance, and then expresses his determination, he will naturally be released.

Wu Fu is indeed knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and he did not play the trick of hard and strong, and expressed his repentance and confession, hoping to get a lenient treatment. In fact, Chongzhen didn't plan to kill him, but just wanted to send him to Yunnan. Since the crown prince wants to recruit this person into his command. That's just the right waste utilization, to see the after-effects.

Chongzhen's tolerance this time. Even Zhu Cihong was a little surprised.

"Lone is ordered to raise the army in the west, and there is a lack of an old planner to assist him, is Mr. willing to go with him?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Wu Fu looked up at the prince unexpectedly, and his upper hand on the ground couldn't help but tremble. His lips squirmed, and he finally lowered his head, and the hair hung down slightly. Point to the dirt ground strewn with straw stalks.

In the cell, only two pine torches crackled and peeled.

This situation is not so much a cold field as a confrontation of the mind. Only people with unstable minds will take the initiative to speak, and the other party can become more calm and preemptive in this situation. Zhu Cihong is not short of patience. Whether he is mentally or physically, he has an advantage, and he can wait until Wu Fu kneels to the point that his knees hurt, and finally surrender.

Li Banghua's understanding of Wu Fu is indeed profound, and Wu Fu really lived up to the name of "stubbornness", and confronted Zhu Cihong for nearly a quarter of an hour - about half an hour of the hour, before he said: "On that day, the Holy Lord ordered the ministers to supervise Huguang, and the ministers thought that it was necessary to have 30,000 elite soldiers, and it was necessary to go west from Nanjing. Now the minister still thinks that although this strategy is not the best policy, it is a last resort. ”

The reason why Wu Fu left so much resentment on Chongzhen that he was implicated by Zhou Yanru and suffered from this black prison was precisely because of his stubbornness. This kind of behavior of refusing to accept the task is simply a slap in the face in public for the emperor, how can he not mind? That is, Chongzhen, the Wenqing Emperor, still has some city minds, and he didn't attack immediately, if it is in the hands of Taizu and Chengzu, or in the hands of Wuzong and Shizong, can Wu Fuyan live to this day?

"Qin Governor Sun Chuanting swore out of the customs in August, and now Luoyang has been recovered." Zhu Cihong said tentatively.

In an instant, Wu Fu had already drawn a topographic map from Xi'an to Tongguan and then to Luoyang in his mind. He once patrolled Shaanxi and Henan, and served as the governor of Shanxi, and the terrain in this area was seen and walked by himself. Looking back at this moment, every grass and tree is vivid, far from being comparable to those civil servants who look at the map and judge the situation.

"The general trend is gone!" Wu Fu suddenly burst into tears, raised his head heavily, shook up his long scattered hair, and two clear springs were already gushing out of his eyes.

Zhu Cihong looked at Wu Fu and judged from his expression whether he was really crying or acting. Since Wang Yangming's psychology spread, there has been a trend of advocating true feelings among scholars, flaunting the "unity of knowledge and action", not following customs, laughing when they want to laugh, and crying when they want to cry. It is not known how many of them have attained the way of sainthood, but the ability to cry and laugh is mastered by many people.

"The general trend is gone!" Wu Fu fell to the ground heavily, his voice hoarse, and he resisted the urge to cry, and his right hand was already clenched into a fist, pounding the mud.

"Wait!"

Zhu Cihong was about to speak, but was startled by Wu Fu's sudden roar, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

"And Shanxi!" Wu Fu wiped the tears from his face, and two black marks appeared. He ignored it and said, "Your Highness! Now to save the crisis, the only way to save the crisis is to send elite soldiers and strong generals, collect the Qin Governor's rout, hold Taiyuan, Datong, and hold Ningwu Pass! Zhou Yuji, the chief soldier of Shanxi, is a capable general, and may be able to keep Gyeonggi from losing. ”

Zhu Cihong did not speak immediately.

Wu Fu's answer is almost the same as the answer in Zhu Cihong's own heart. It is only with the historical process known to later generations, as well as various Di newspapers and Tang newspapers, that he was able to make the judgment of "abandoning Shaanxi and stabilizing Shanxi", how could Wu Fu come to such a conclusion in an instant?

What about the reasoning process in between?

There are only answers, but you can't get a perfect score.

"How do you know that Qin Du will be defeated?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"After Sun Chuanting arrived in Shaanxi, he cleared the acres of land and strictly pursued the tax arrears, so that he had the capital to train the army." Wu Fu calmed down, his voice low and firm. He thought that the prince had the intention to relay it to the emperor Bixia, so he trayed out every part of his thoughts, and said: "In this way, how can the local gentry allow him?" Before the criminal was imprisoned, the recital to impeach Qin Du had already piled up. As soon as the army moved, the amount of grain, grass and beans required was more than three or five times that of the exercise. The bereavement reward must also be paid to the soldiers immediately, otherwise who will be willing to use their lives? In this way, Sun Chuanting had to offend a group of people greatly. ”

Zhu Cihong said secretly: This is the person who has really done things. There are more filial sons in the Ming Dynasty, and fewer are loyal ministers. For the sake of the interests of the family, it is too normal to ignore the interests of the court and the country.

"If Sun Chuanting hadn't taken Luoyang and retreated to Tongguan, it would still be supported." Wu Fu said again: "However, Sun Chuanting is already in prison and afraid, and he must take Luoyang to consolidate himself, so as not to be humiliated by the sword officials again." In this way, the steep place of Abandoning Tongguan is advantageous, and the open and flat land of Luoyang is beneficial to the enemy and harmful to oneself. The Qin soldiers coincided with the war, everyone was homesick, but they could not return to the guest land for a long time, and the army's heart would be scattered, so the ministers thought that Luoyang would fall into the hands of thieves in the middle of the month. ”

"The battle of Luoyang is not necessarily a big war." Zhu Cihong recalled Sun Chuanting's enthusiastic letter and said softly.

Wu Fu was stunned for a moment, and then said quickly: "That's the thief's plan to lure the enemy!" Henan has been suffering from natural disasters for many years, man-made disasters have continued, and as soon as the Qin soldiers came, all kinds of apportionment and salary increased fell on the heads of the people, and the people turned their backs on the court more and more, and they were easily bewitched by thieves. Sun Chuanting lost the hearts of the people, and Luoyang will inevitably be untenable. If he advances lightly, he will inevitably suffer a heavy defeat in Jiaxian. And this time, it's just the thieves who set up an ambush. ”

Zhu Cihong listened to Wu Fu's analysis, nodded lightly and said: "It was a failure to urge the Qin soldiers to go out of the customs at the beginning, even if they won even the battle, there was no way to reverse the disadvantage. ”

This is the defeat of the temple, even if the front-line soldiers use their lives, they can only drink hatred in the end.

"The minister refused to do it without 30,000 elite soldiers that day, because the feudal town did not obey the order. The minister insisted on going west from Jinling, in order to avoid the long-tired place of Henan Province. It's a pity ......," Wu Fu said with annoyance.

"Governor Qin's defeat is already a momentum," Zhu Cihong said, "I have asked my soldier Feng Yuanbiao to send an official letter to Governor Qin, and stationed in Luoyang, waiting for reinforcements." On the day when I lead the army to arrive, I will retreat to Tongguan and see if I can hold the land in the pass. ”

Wu Fu asked, "How many soldiers and horses did Governor Qin lead out of the customs?" ”

"100,000 Qin soldiers." Zhu Cihong said.

Wu Fu shook his head and said, "100,000 troops...... The hearts of the people of Qin have been lost, and they can't hold it. ”

Zhu Cihong frowned slightly, and said, "Sir, do you think that Shanxi should be consolidated as soon as possible?" ”

"If there are 350,000 elite soldiers, defending Shanxi can still last for a while." Wu Fu said: "At that time, the thieves can only be stationed in Henan, once they go north to Beijing or south to Jinling, they will be copied by our official army." How can there be food in Henan to feed the thieves? The thieves can only take the south to eat in Huguang. Not to mention that the thieves and the thieves will have a gap because of this, just going south to Huguang, they will be attacked by the Jin army and the Jiangnan defenders, and finally retreat into Sichuan, Guangdong, Yungui step by step, and lose their foundation. ”

"Sir's words are a bit of a bluff to children." Zhu Cihong suddenly chuckled, stepped forward slowly, and lowered his head to look down at Wu Fu.

Wu Fu looked up at Zhu Cihong at that time. There was only surprise in his eyes, and there was no doubt, as if to say, "Hey, how did you see through it?" (To be continued......)

PS: It may be too late for two shifts today, so you don't have to wait.