Compared with those treacherous and cunning ministers, Emperor Chongzhen still seems a little immature. Under the words of these ministers, Emperor Chongzhen was coaxed very happy.

But those ministers didn't really coax Emperor Chongzhen. Because in the understanding of various officials in the Ming Dynasty, although the Houjin outside the gate was very strong in field warfare, their ability to attack fortified positions was very weak.

In the previous battles of Mingjin, the only few victories of the Ming army were won in the defense of the city. And the fortified cities that the Ming army lost were also sent by the Houjin army to break those cities from the city. Hard-fought to capture the city defended by the Ming army, in the previous Houjin army, there was no successful battle.

And this time, because under the organization of Sun Chengzong, the Ming army has basically built Dalinghe City, so all the officials are not too worried about the attack of the Houjin army.

In the eyes of these officials, as long as the Houjin army was bombarded by the general's artillery under the city, and the soldiers of the Houjin army were also busy with agricultural affairs and could not mobilize for a long time, the Houjin army would definitely be defeated after a bloody encounter in Dalinghe City.

But what these officials didn't expect was that the last time Houjin entered the customs, they robbed a large number of young and strong laborers in the customs, and they all became the coated slaves of the Houjin banner people, cultivating the land for the Houjin, so the current Houjin is not lacking in labor to cultivate farmland. It can also provide sufficient manpower for a long siege.

Also, as an excellent military commander, Huang Taiji also recognized the weakness of Houjin's lack of siege methods, and he also changed his combat methods, changing the siege to besieging the city, and then supplemented by siege reinforcements to eliminate the Ming army.

It should be said that this tactical change of Huang Taiji not only surprised the Ming army, but was also opposed by some generals of the Later Jin army. Because in the eyes of those Houjin generals, how majestic it is to fight on horseback! But digging trenches and besieging the city for a long time without attacking the city is not a loss of face for our warriors?

But at this time, Huang Taiji had already established a very high authority among the upper and lower levels of the Houjin. And under the suppression of his strong wrists, those arrogant soldiers of Houjin also reluctantly did the work that they thought should be coolies.

However, after such a tempering, the Houjin army not only maintained its original advantages of bravery and strict discipline, but also learned to bear hardships and stand hard work and be patient in battle. It should be said that Huang Taiji finally forged the most powerful army in the Far East at that time.

But what is somewhat ridiculous is that even if the Ming army and the Houjin army were repeatedly defeated in the battle, even if the Houjin army had already reached the capital area, the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and those officials still held the idea of the Heavenly Empire, regarded the Houjin as a barbarian, and disdained everything about them.

Therefore, in this court meeting, all the ministers still showed a contemptuous attitude towards Houjin, believing that the Houjin army would definitely not get a favor under Dalinghe City. And Emperor Chongzhen also took this opinion seriously.

Emperor Chongzhen has always thought so: Houjin's growth is because of his brother Emperor Tianqi's trust power to castrate and absolute. It is also because those ministers like Yuan Chonghuan are unwilling to use their lives and have failed the king's grace. Although he also took some detours after he came to power, as long as the monarchs and ministers worked together sincerely, the situation in the world would definitely improve.

Therefore, today's court meeting ended in an optimistic atmosphere. As the leader of the ministers in the court, Zhou Yanru, the first assistant, was also polite to the officials who complimented him after withdrawing.

Zhou Yanru didn't notice that Wen Tiren, who was walking behind him, glanced at Cao Huachun, the great eunuch beside Emperor Chongzhen.

As two comrades-in-arms in a trench in the battle with Donglin Party officials, when Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren both became university scholars, and after entering the cabinet, the two immediately separated from each other.

And this reason is nothing more than this, Zhou Yanru, the main woman, wants to be the sole favor, and Wen Tiren, the junior, wants to be on top. This truth is the same from the court to the inner house. No wonder the sage said: If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world!

Unlike Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren is not lustful, does not love money, and behaves quite decently, so to speak, he is a moral model. So if any military attache dared to give him a few thousand taels of silver, he would definitely throw it in the face of that military attaché and beat that military attache out with a stick (just kidding). I like Ke Da's "Late Ming").

What is even more different from Zhou Yanru is that although Zhou Yanru claims to be non-party on the surface, he has a relationship with Zhang Pu of the Restoration Society behind his back. And Wen Tiren is a real non-party. Except for a few officials waving their flags and shouting under Wen Tiren, Wen Tiren was simply in the court and had always been a lonely minister loyal to Emperor Chongzhen.

However, Wen Tiren also has love haode, and his hobby is power. For Wen Tiren, who is already a scholar, if he needs to pursue greater power, the only way to squeeze Zhou Yanru out of power and become the first assistant of Emperor Chongzhen is to do so.

Under Wen Tiren's painstaking management, he successfully hooked up with Cao Huachun, one of the two most trusted eunuchs beside Emperor Chongzhen.

Unlike Wang Chengen's pursuit of better serving Emperor Chongzhen, Cao Huachun's pursuit was to become the internal minister of the Ming Dynasty and grasp more power. Therefore, after Wen Tiren's secret send-off, Cao Huachun immediately hit it off with Wen Tiren.

And the purpose of Wen Tiren giving Cao Huachun a look just now was to let Cao Huachun reveal to Emperor Chongzhen intentionally or unintentionally about Zhou Yanru and the Fushe forming a party for personal gain when he was serving Emperor Chongzhen. Tear off the mask of Zhou Yanru's non-party.

Of course, just for the sake of such a thing, he delusionally thought that Emperor Chongzhen would remove Zhou Yanru's first assistant, and Wen Tiren would definitely not have such a naïve idea.

But as long as he is so persistent, he will continue to make a small report of Zhou Yanru in front of Emperor Chongzhen. If Zhou Yanru has any big handle in Wen Tiren's hands in the future, then Wen Tiren will definitely crush Zhou Yanru to the point that he can't turn over. And now Wen Tiren's goal is to find such a handle.

Anyway, depending on where you sit, you have different things to worry about. Unlike the two scholars who were at the top of the court, playing with high-level guns and arrows, Wu Shigong was now receiving several representatives of salt merchants who came from Yangzhou.