So after entering the customs from Shanhaiguan, Chongzhen first arrived in Yongping, then Luanzhou, then Qian'an, and finally arrived in Zunhua. This is exactly the last time that Huang Taiji still occupied the four cities when he withdrew from the Guanwai.

Huang Taiji intended to use these four cities as a base for another detour to enter the customs, and sent Amin to defend it.

Huang Taiji knew that he couldn't hold it, but he still let Amin garrison!

In the end, Sun Chengzong, who was in his prime, was ordered to drive out the Tartars and recover the four cities.

Ma Shilong played a crucial role in this process.

History is always strikingly similar, but it is different with the arrival of the truth.

The army and the people living in the four cities all have a beautiful attitude towards the coming year of their own lives, and Chongzhen believes that this is not because the Chinese people do not know how to be prepared for danger in times of peace, but because they are full of expectations for life.

Only kind, hard-working, and self-confident people and nations will have this kind of expectation.

Silent reinforcement and military training have been going on, and what Chongzhen hopes for most is that Huang Taiji is forcibly blocked from the Great Wall, so that he has worked hard to go through twists and turns but has achieved nothing.

In that case, there will never be a second detour.

Even if Huang Taiji wanted to launch it again, the rest of the nobles of Houjin would join forces to resist him.

Even his position as Great Khan would no longer be secure.

The defense of the Jiliao section of the Great Wall is also being strengthened, and the troops are also silently mobilized.

Ma Shilong was stationed in Jizhou, and led the defense of Malanyu, Gubeikou, Xifengkou, Daankou and other checkpoints.

The only good thing about state engineering in ancient societies is that there is no need to spend a lot of time in the bidding process, but whenever an official does something, he will sit up and stand up.

The people only need the government to give them enough to eat, and it is best to save a mouthful and half a bite to feed the few at home by the way, as for whether the salary is paid or not, it does not matter. Unless the world really changes drastically to the point where it can't survive no matter what, and it is death anyway, people will rise up.

There is no way, the Chinese people are born so kind, and the many disasters and hardships have not dragged this nation into a sinister abyss, but made it more industrious, more resolute, and more diverse.

Those who are unwilling to be mediocre and unwilling or unable to follow the right path are destined to rebel.

Chongzhen believed that no matter whether the government was worthy of them or not, and whether or not troubled times came, Li Hongji, Zhang Bingzhong, Gao Yingxiang, and Luo Rucai were destined to find all kinds of reasons for others to be sorry for them, and thus embarked on the road of rebellion. Maybe they really want to be rent-free, or maybe it's just to "eat his mother and wear his mother".

"Or maybe, it's really the injustice of this world, and it's really the government that goes too far, right?"

Chongzhen looked at the rivers and mountains that had become hazy due to heavy snowfall, and didn't want to think too much about this thousand-year-old topic.

In Jizhou and Ma Shilong, Chongzhen first went southwest to Tongzhou, and then turned northwest to Shunyi.

He originally wanted to go to Changping to see, because further west of Changping is another extremely important checkpoint of the Great Wall - Juyong Pass.

But in the end, he still didn't go, because he thought about it: "Even if you want to make a detour to enter the customs, it is impossible for Huang Taiji to bypass so many Mongolian territories, break through the Outer Great Wall, and then enter the Daming Gyeonggi from Juyong Pass, right?" When the number of troops is limited, you should focus on it, and send a few teams of scouts to keep an eye on the military situation in this direction! ”

After a round of inspection, it was almost the end of the year, and Chongzhen finally embarked on the road back to Beijing.

Heavy snow is whistling and flying in the north, and there is a thick layer of snow along the way, which is beautiful.

Chongzhen no longer has the interest in chanting poetry and eulogies, and he is a little worried about whether the snow will turn from a snow disaster to a snow disaster in the mixed expectations of the people.

The northwest is withered, but the north of the Central Plains, although it has suffered repeated disasters, has shown tenacious vitality.

Chongzhen is both pleased and sad about this, he loves this land deeply, so he is very tolerant of the people and all things on the land. Heaven and earth are great because of tolerance, and so are people.

"Drive!"

Chongzhen forgot to glance at the north, lightly clamped the horse's belly, and the jujube red horse carried him towards the Jingshi, and walked with a da.

A clear trail of horseshoe prints was left on the snow, which was instantly crushed by the following horses.

The horse's hooves splashed with snow, and finally they were covered by the snow-white elves between heaven and earth.

"The scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow! My country! O my people! ”

The country-shaped face made Chongzhen more resolute, and his eyes were staring ahead, full of pride in his heart.

Come on. The blizzard, let's get more violent.

My warriors, always ready to fight.

Come on, Huang Taiji!

Come on, Houjin!

Come on, Xiaoice River!

My Huaxia tribe is a bamboo forest in the wind and snow, very resilient, even if I occasionally bend over, but never give in!

The heavy snow stopped on Chinese New Year's Eve, and I was glad that the sky began to clear again.

After a short silence in the land of China, there was a thriving scene.

As the saying goes, the snow is not cold, and the snow melts cold, but the hard-working Chinese people have not flinched in the slightest.

The common people took advantage of the heavy snow to sew and mend their clothes, and took advantage of the sun to repair their houses, and everything was arranged just right.

Just like this day, the snow first and then the sunshine make the New Year extraordinarily delicious.

The Chinese people are accustomed to living in the form of ethnic groups, and those who are closer and more harmonious do not observe the New Year alone in small families, but gather together from the early morning of Chinese New Year's Eve, making dumplings in the north and rubbing reunion fruits in the south.

The same is true of the small families created by Tianqi and Chongzhen inside and outside the palace, and the two families gather at the Empress Dowager Liu.

Apocalypse and Empress Zhou.

Chongzhen and Zhou Yuhuang, Wu Tong, and the indispensable two little guys - Zhu Cihong and Zhu Lin.

Zhu Lin is the daughter of Chongzhen and Wu Tong, and since then, both children have made up a pair of good words.

According to the custom, the name of the newborn child of the royal family must be chosen by the Ministry of Rites. Although Zhu Cihong was personally set by Chongzhen who denied the name given by the Ministry of Rites, this time the Ministry of Rites gave full play to the spirit of perseverance.

In order to make King Xin no longer picky, the officials of the Ministry of Rites carefully selected the word "媺娖" in the Book of Poetry.

Zhou Yuhuang, the concubine of the king of letters, and Xiaowu, the side concubine, were actually quite satisfied, but Chongzhen, who returned from the superintendent, thought that the officials of the Ministry of Rites were jealous of their wives, and they were still sarcastic that they only gave birth to one or two words, so they vetoed it.

Looking down at the daughter in her arms, her eyes were clear under the swaddling wrap, and she had two shallow pear vortices like Xiao Wu, and she must be as flawless as a beautiful jade like her mother, so she took the word "Lin".

Zhou Yuhuang and Xiao Wu, the master and servant who served together, glanced at each other and were extremely happy.

But how did the pure two know that "Lin" is the name of Chongzhen's first love female classmate in elementary school, with a blue skirt and a ponytail, always jumping happily, and she is a girl who is unforgettable until she is seriously injured.