Chapter 43: Where the Heart Aspires
Chongzhen was not in a good mood at the moment, and he thought that everything was expected to be counted as nothing was missed, but there was an accident in the process, and Wang Laojiu died.
In view of Jiang Jiu's previous behavior, Chongzhen has never relaxed his vigilance against this person.
The first priority of the Imperial Investigation Division is to buy and infiltrate Jiang Hao's cronies, so that he knows his movements well, and as a result, there are already eyeliner in Jiang Hao's home.
Jiang Hao's failure lies in his contempt, and he has never put Chongzhen, the son of trouble, in his eyes, if he can calm down on weekdays and follow Yang Zhenwei's advice to become more cautious, things may go very differently.
Chongzhen's meddling in all matters in the army is indeed intended to be in charge of the military alone, but this is the conspiracy of the Son of Heaven and reasonable.
Corruption is rife in the army, and there are many private soldiers, and Chongzhen has tried his best to restrain his emotions in this chaos, taking into account the feelings of the main general, while adopting a gentle attitude to deal with it.
Aren't these favors a favor for a rebel commander who surrendered before a fight? People's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, and Jiang Xuan, who is dominated by greed, can't realize this, and only takes it for granted.
Chongzhen often went out alone after the dismissal of his own soldiers, and even Wang Chengen thought that His Majesty was careless, and deliberately evacuated the henchmen around him to create the illusion of being defenseless in his residence.
All of this is to lure someone to the bait.
It can be seen that Chongzhen intends to tailor this game for Jiang Hao and set up this bureau.
If Jiang Hao is sincerely loyal and has no second thoughts, then everyone will be happy, and vice versa.
Although the signs of rebellion were pressed in the middle of the hand, but the manpower was eventually poor, Chongzhen expected the enemy to think that he had no last resort, and Wang Laojiu, who wanted to be innocent, became a victim of this game.
"It's all my fault." Chongzhen muttered to himself, and it wasn't until he smelled the smell of blood on Yang Zhenwei's body that he suddenly realized that he had completely ignored the safety of his subordinates, and this natural emperor's cold-blooded nature was incompatible with the advanced concepts of the later generations in his mind, so he blamed himself.
However, as the king of a country, he is destined to abandon part of his humanity.
Ling Chi Yang Zhenwei, what Chongzhen can do for Wang Laojiu, that's all.
Jiang Hao was tied and walked out with a knife against Jia Yi, and the scene outside the door made him completely dead.
Wang Jinchao, who was sent out of the city with his own eyes, actually returned, leading his subordinates to stand in the courtyard to reply to Chongzhen, and the personal soldiers who were responsible for protecting themselves were all guarding Chongzhen's side.
Touching the scene, I remembered Fang Cai Chongzhen's action of tapping his chest, the truth couldn't be simpler, those who win the hearts of the people will win the world.
Seeing that Jiang Hao stopped moving, Jia Yi was not used to him, and used his strength in his hand, and the tip of the knife passed through the clothes and went straight into the flesh.
"Let's go! What to watch? β
Jiang Hao screamed in pain, gritted his teeth and stared at Jia Yi, the tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs!
Jia Yi hated his look at people the most, and his hands continued to work harder, and whispered to Jiang Xuan: "Don't forget, dog, grandpa just glanced at your little concubine back then, how did you treat grandpa, and we went back to prison to think about it slowly." β
Chongzhen didn't kill him for the time being, because Jiang Xuan was considering. But this time in prison, there are enemies to take revenge, and there are grievances to revenge, I am afraid it is more uncomfortable than death.
"Long live the lord, the middle of the camp has been brought." Wang Jinchao ignored the inconvenience of his legs and feet, and knelt down on one knee to salute.
Wang Jin Dynasty official to the fourth rank of the guard command, the current Datong staff general is only the deputy chief soldier, Jiang Huang lost power after the battalion naturally headed by him.
"The last general, Qiu Xu, see Your Majesty."
"The last general, Li Biao, see Your Majesty."
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The garrisons and guerrillas in the battalion followed closely behind and saluted and reported their allegiance.
Wang Jinchao was the second-in-command in the camp, but he was sent by Jiang Hao to blow a cold wind on the city gate, if it wasn't for Chongzhen's personal inspection, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to see the Son of Heaven, which shows how deeply Jiang Jiu suppressed him.
After Wang Jinchao secretly contacted Wang Chengen, hoping to meet His Majesty to tell his heart, Chongzhen hid the matter after knowing it, and only dictated the secret order to Wang Chengen, and communicated with him privately.
"I ordered Wang Jin to lead the Datong Commander-in-Chief to supervise the military affairs of Datong, and immediately redeploy the city defense."
"No!"
"Qiu Xu, Li Biao, and others rushed to Erbao and One Town to consolidate the northern defense line of Datong for me."
"No!"
"The world is rotten like a dangerous egg, the generals will listen to the order, from now on, I will lead the Governor of the Five Armies and the Governor of the Military Department, and call for the general of the Great Command, and command the soldiers and horses of the world to resist the captives, and you will all be my subordinates from now on."
The generals were overjoyed, and this move meant that the pattern of suppressing military force with civil affairs was changed, and military attachΓ©s, who had always been inferior to civilian officials, have since become the core of imperial power.
"Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"
Taking control of the military and government is an important first step for Chongzhen to recover the Ming Dynasty.
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"Everyone be quiet, listen to me." Sun Xuanhuai stood up with his wine glass, and after chatting for so long, there was no progress, and the gentlemen were arguing with each other, and they couldn't do it if they didn't put some ruthless material.
Looking at the people present, Sun Xuanhuai prayed in his heart, this is a temporary expedient measure, and I hope Your Majesty will not blame it.
He cleared his throat and said, "Sun knows what you are worried about, and like everyone else, this is absolutely not wrong." β
"Although the Datong War is fierce, Your Majesty has already made a decision and will be able to win it."
Sun Xuanhuai's family is quite rich, and he is better than the breadth of business, and the last richest man in Datong was the local salt merchant leader Wang Jia.
The Ming Dynasty forbade the sale of private salt, and this business was naturally not something that anyone could do, and it was necessary to pay the salt price tax in the government to obtain salt to be allowed to sell, which involved many twists and turns.
With its own border location, Datong is famous for its salt and grain business.
The head of the Wang family of the salt merchant is nearly seventy years old and has long since retired from the background. Today's situation is critical and I have to go out of the mountain, and at this time I am also sitting at the top of the seat, with juniors to take care of him on the left and right, and I trembled with a cane and said: "Sun Xiaozi, you are old and old, and you will know the truth and falsehood as soon as you hear it." β
Sun Xuanhuai saw that the elders of the Wang family had spoken, his forehead couldn't help but sweat, and he walked to the elders in three steps and two steps, squatted down and said, "Elder Wang, you can help the kid me." β
After all, Wang Lao is old and frail, and it is not easy to go out, and he wants to talk but keeps coughing, Sun Xuanhuai pushed away the juniors of the Wang family and caressed Wang Lao's back.
After Wang Lao eased up a little, he said: "Eat Datong's rice, drink Datong's water, be born as a person of Datong, cough cough, and die to be a ghost of Datong." β
"Sun boy, you just need to tell... Tell the old man, is it for his own fame and fortune, or for our Datong? β
Sun Xuanhuai pointed three fingers to the sky and swore to everyone present in the face of Wang Lao.
"Today, you will not force Sun to disperse, but the contemptible Sun Xuanhuai will never leave, I am a Datong person, and I am a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, because of the invasion of foreign enemies and the betrayal of the Son of Heaven, Sun Xuanhuai can't do it."
Wang Lao's cloudy eyes stared at Sun Xuanhuai, and his face showed slightly, the Wang family was closely related to the imperial court today, and it was due to the emperor's grace.
Sun Xuanhuai was very satisfied with his answer, and raised his hand to call the juniors closer.
"Ahem. . . Well, our Wang family stayed and went back. "The words of the family, the juniors have nothing to do, and they are going to go home with Wang Lao.
Even if the surrounding gentry are unwilling and helpless, the reason why the Jin merchants are famous all over the world has a great relationship with the unity of the merchant collective, since the respected Wang Lao has expressed his position, then the gentry will stay and the final word.
Sun Xuanhuai originally planned to use the name of His Majesty to promise heavy profits without authorization to lure him.
The result was useless, if the ginger was still old and spicy, Sun Xuanhuai wiped the sweat on his forehead and thanked the gentlemen who came to retire.