There is a way of blessing and misfortune.

First Jinzhou was besieged, and then Datong was besieged, and the nine-sided land of the Ming Dynasty was suddenly blazing with wolf smoke and cranes.

If you count the growing epidemic in Shaanxi, what an unbearable mess is in front of Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen walked out of the warm pavilion and ordered someone to summon Cao Wenzhao to enter the Jianji Hall to play the right, and saw Cao Huachun who wanted to hide on the road.

"Come here."

The latter stepped forward stubbornly: "The slave maid has seen Your Majesty." ”

"You won't easily enter the palace to see me, and if there's any bad news, let's talk about it together."

Cao Huachun had no choice but to take out a secret letter and hand it over, bowing his head and saying: "Ten days ago, the pirate Zheng Zhilong conquered Haicheng, and Yu Zhigao, the chief soldier of Fuzhou, gave up all the guards and ferries along the coast and withdrew to Fuquan. ”

"Ten days ago?"

Zhu Youzhen was stunned for a moment, and then tore the letter to pieces in anger: "What happened ten days ago, Fujian has not been reported to the central government until now, what does Fujian Governor Zhu Yifeng want to do, is there still an emperor in his eyes!"

There is also the chief soldier Yu Zhigao, two traitors and rebels, I will kill them! ”

Taking two breaths, Zhu Youzhen asked for a basin of cold water and buried his whole head in it.

His anger just now was a manifestation of his gaffe, and the gaffe showed that he was panicked.

Panic will be chaotic, this kind of emotion should not appear in Zhu Youzhen, because he is the emperor and the master of this crumbling country.

In such a difficult situation in front of him, Zhu Youzhen should have been prepared in his heart.

The soak in the cold water made Zhu Youzhen calm down, wiped off the water stains, and Zhu Youzhen's face regained its previous calm and relaxed.

"Summoning Zhou Yanru as well, I am waiting in the Jianji Palace."

"Yes."

Cao Wenzhao arrived first, Zhou Yanru came later, and the two of them are the heads of the civil and military factions of the Ming Dynasty.

Together with Zhu Youzhen, the emperor, the current Ming Central Committee was formed.

The Three Musketeers of the Light Pole.

Cao Wenzhao has a nephew by Cao Bianjiao's side, and the rest are all soldiers.

As for Zhou Yanru, the cabinet is gone, and five of the six Shangshu are empty, and now Zhou Yanru is the secretary of the military department and the governor of Shuntian.

Many of the chief officials of the yamen in Beijing are empty, but there are still low-level officials, most of whom are cats and dogs of six or seven grades.

Zhu Youzhen has not yet promoted these people, anyway, what they did before is still what they are doing now, and those that need to be approved by decision will be sent to the palace, and Zhu Youzhen will do it alone.

It's a bit like Zhu Yuanzhang after the empty seal case.

An emperor has all the responsibilities of Jiuqing.

Tired is really tired, wakes up earlier than the chicken, sleeps later than the dog.

"Emperor Taizu ruled the country alone, and there was still Hongwu Dazhi, so I Zhu Youzhen couldn't have Chongzhen Zhongxing?"

Many times he was so tired that he couldn't do it, so Zhu Youzhen carried out self-hypnosis.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to hold on to it for a long time.

"Looking for the two of you, three things, let's be concise and do it quickly."

Zhu Youzhen didn't care about any etiquette or impoliteness, pulled over a chair and formed a triangle seat with the two of them to communicate face-to-face.

"Liaodong military situation, Houjin raised 60,000 troops, led by Amin and Abatai to besiege Jinzhou, Yuan Chonghuan reported urgently for help.

The Mongol Han Department raised troops to besiege Datong, and Zhu Dingwei, the acting king, urgently asked for help.

The pirate Zheng Zhilong conquered Haicheng and plundered Fujian and Zhejiang, but Fujian did not report to the central government, just these three things. ”

Cao Wenzhao, Zhou Yanru and Zhu Youzhen had the same initial reaction, with shocked faces and helpless faces.

These three things are really worse than the other.

In a panic, Cao Wenzhao took the lead in speaking: "Your Majesty, the Ningjin defense line cannot be lost, and the ministers ask to lead the troops out of the customs and gallop to help Ningjin." ”

"How many soldiers are there in the camp now?"

"Thirty thousand."

Zhu Youzhen frowned: "Yuan Chonghuan now has 70,000 troops in his hands, if this is the case, he can't hold Ning Jin, what's the use of more 30,000?" And in my opinion, Huang Taiji's purpose is not Ning Jin. ”

"Not Ning Jin?" Cao Wenzhao was very surprised: "Amin and Abatai are both fierce generals of Houjin, and the two of them personally led an army of 60,000 to besiege Jinzhou, which is obviously planning to fight a tough battle with us." ”

"But Huang Taiji didn't show up."

Zhu You ordered the inspector to hang out the map of northern Xinjiang, and personally picked up the lamp to see it: "I think that Huang Taiji may have gone to Chahar." ”

"Chahar, what is he doing in Chahar?" Cao Wenzhao asked this sentence, and then stared at a certain point on the map: "Xifengkou!" ”

"That's right, it's Xifengkou." Zhu Youzhen was very satisfied with Cao Wenzhao's reaction: "Back then, the little prince of the Northern Barbarians just wanted to open up the Xifeng Pass to invade my Ming Dynasty, but here, he was defeated by Qi Jiguang, who was the chief soldier of Jizhou at the time, and returned home.

If the Mongols wanted to invade Jingshi, they only needed to cross the Xifeng Pass, and if the Houjin people wanted to invade Jingshi, they needed Lianke Jinzhou, Ningyuan, and Shanhaiguan.

Huang Taiji is not stupid, the Ningjin defense line is impregnable, he repeatedly runs into a wall and is bound to change, I feel that the Ningjin battlefield is just a bait thrown by Huang Taiji, it is a feint, his strategic focus is on Chahar, I suspect that he is very likely to have led the army to attack Chahar's Dorote Department now. ”

Cao Wenzhao answered: "Your Majesty means, let's go to support the Dorote Department?" ”

"Do we have that strength?"

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Cao Wenzhao, and then looked at the map again: "Whether the Dorote Department can hold up their own lives, we can't help, but defending Xifengkou is something that must be done, Xifengkou only has 5,000 people from Hou Shilu's department and 5,000 people from Shunyi's Mangui Department, and there are only 10,000 troops in total."

This armament force is seriously insufficient, so we have to strengthen the defense of Xifengkou, you are ready to prepare, and immediately lead the army north to garrison Xifengkou. ”

"Yes."

Cao Wenzhao clenched his fists, and then hesitated: "Then, Inspector Yuan?" ”

"I have already allocated three million gold to send to Ningyuan." Zhu Youzhen said: "This money will make up for the arrears of the previous imperial court, and I hope that Ning Jinerlang will not fail me and the country." ”

So far, what better way can Zhu Youzhen do?

Nope.

The only thing he can do better than history is to make up for the arrears.

In this battle of Jinxing, the Guan Ning army on the Ming side changed from 50,000 to 70,000, from four months of delay to full pay and sufficient food, and even the arrears of arrears in previous years were all made up.

He's an emperor, but he's really not an immortal.

Cao Wenzhao cheered up his spirits, replied repeatedly, turned around and was about to leave when he was stopped by Zhu Youzhen.

A letter was handed from Zhu Youzhen's hand to Cao Wenzhao's hand.

"I'll look at it when we get to Xifengkou."

"Yes."

Although Cao Wenzhao didn't understand, he still responded and strode away.

Looking at the back of Cao Wenzhao leaving, Zhou Yanru leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, will Huang Taiji really enter the Kou from Xifengkou?" What if Ning Jin's feint attack turns into a general attack? ”

"No in case."

Zhu Youzhen said quietly: "As long as Huang Taiji dares to attack Xifengkou, even if Ning Jin is lost, Beijing is lost, and I die here, this country will never be his turn to sit on Huang Taiji!" ”

Zhou Yanru shuddered suddenly.

He thought of the letter from Zhu Youzhen to Cao Wenzhao before, and thought of an extremely terrifying possibility.

Yes, if Huang Taiji really dares to attack Xifengkou, there is indeed a way to make Huang Taiji never be able to enter the customs.

It's just that this price is too terrifying!