The content of the secret letter from Hong Chengchou presented by Chen Xinjia is very simple, but the mood of Zhou Yanru, the first assistant to the cabinet, is very complicated.

He had already stepped down once when he was six years old.

Step down again this time.

That's a typical second palace.

Fortunately, Zhou Yanru felt that Emperor Chongzhen just glanced at him, and his eyes did not stay on him for a long time, it seems that this irascible brother doesn't want to let himself, an old man, take the blame for the time being, and he can't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, if Zhou Yanru knows, if nothing else, Chongzhen, the irritable brother, will give him to death next year, and it is estimated that he will resign now.

At this time, the temple of Fengtian.

The civil and military bowed their heads, and the silence was as quiet as ink.

Wang Chengen, the eunuch who was still reading the sacrificial text in front of the full hall just now, was also kneeling on the ground, and he didn't even dare to breathe.

Everyone is waiting for Emperor Chongzhen's grumpy brother's statement.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen sat on the dragon chair, holding the secret letter of Hong Chengchou handed over by Chen Xinjia in his hand, and squeezed it tightly, his back molars were about to be crushed, and there were only eight short words on it: temporarily cleared, and reluctantly reported later.

"Your Majesty, after the defeat of Songjin, only Wu Sangui led 10,000 people back to Shanhaiguan, and all of them were occupied by the Qing army outside Shanhaiguan."

"Since Governor Hong pretended to surrender to the Qing, why don't we respond positively, and when the time is ripe for him, the imperial court can cooperate with Governor Hong and restore the mountains and rivers of Liaodong."

The person who spoke was Chen Xinjia.

This current secretary of the military department is the eleventh secretary of the military department of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and theoretically the first person to bear the blame for the defeat of Songjin.

Of the ten seniors in front of him, seven had already gone to report to Lord Yama in advance, and the other three were now either half-dead or dying.

The position of the secretary of the military department is really a high-risk post in the Chongzhen Dynasty.

Although Chen Xinjia did not immediately follow in the footsteps of his predecessors because of the defeat of Songjin, in the original historical trajectory, only a few months later, this benevolent brother also had to go underground to exchange death experiences with his predecessors.

Pure and pure backstabber.

Because of the defeat of Songjin, after Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou successively descended to the Qing Dynasty, coupled with the rapid growth of Li Zicheng inside, Chongzhen finally realized that he couldn't bear it, so he had a plan to negotiate peace with Huang Taiji in his heart, and was ready to concentrate on Li Zicheng first.

However, during the period of secretly ordering Chen Xinjia to negotiate peace with the Qing army, Chongzhen was reluctant to write even a letter of state to Huang Taiji, simply because he felt embarrassed, and all the letters were signed by Chen Xinjia, the name of the secretary of the military department.

It's true that he is both a bitch and a torii.

So much so that Huang Taiji went crazy directly.

What level are you Chen Xinjia? It's not equal to my Qing Emperor!

If you are so insincere, don't do it.

When these words came back, Chongzhen did a long-term psychological construction before deciding to pull down his face.

It was also at this time that Chongzhen gave Chen Xinjia an outline of the peace proposal, and asked Chen Xinjia to go back and think about it, and after finishing it, this time he was going to use the large number of his eldest son, Zhu Youzhen, to sign it.

And when Chen Xinjia went home, he didn't know if the goods were in his brain at that time, so he threw this important outline on the table casually, but turned around and went to the thatched house to pay respects.

After the servant in the house accidentally saw this outline, he was very excited, and hurriedly told his best friend the news, and told him that he only told him alone, and told the good friend not to tell others, the good friend nodded seriously, and swore in person that he would never tell the second person.

Then, there is no then.

Anyway, when Chen Shangshu finished playing heartily in the thatched house, he was planning to go out to the flower shop he often went to enjoy the flowers, and by the way, he learned a few foreign languages from the Oiran who had just arrived in the flower shop.

As soon as I left the house, before I arrived at the door of the flower shop, I heard rumors all over the city that the imperial court was going to negotiate peace with the Qing army.

Chen Xinjia suddenly felt cold, and he didn't go to the foreign language class he had originally scheduled, so he turned around and went to the coffin shop to choose a coffin.

Sure enough.

When the discussion and public opinion in the capital reached the Forbidden City, Chongzhen suddenly felt that he couldn't hold his face, because in Chongzhen's view, it was really insulting to the prestige of the country to negotiate peace with the savages.

After losing his temper for a few days in a row, Chongzhen was really angry, and a will came out, and Chen Xinjia was beheaded in public on the charge of 'insulting my relatives and vassals'.

Meantime.

The great tomorrow's son Zhu Youzhen's edict announced the world, and the emperor's Taiji peace is the military department Shangshu Chen Xinjia acted without authorization, and his emperor Zhu Youzhen has nothing to do with him, he Zhu Youzhen is the son of the great tomorrow, and the evil is not the same as the sky, the Ming Dynasty will never negotiate peace with the evil Qing army!

In this regard, the last opportunity for peace between the Ming and Qing countries was completely lost.

To sum up, death is to save face and suffer sin.

And at this time.

As Chen Xinjia's words fell, many of the courtiers in the palace were filled with ridicule.

Why do you treat Huang Taiji as a fool?

I also expect a general to play inside and outside, don't you Chen Xinjia just want to shake the pot?

As long as the emperor approves of this plan of internal and external cooperation, Liaodong will not be completely abandoned on the bright side, and this big black cauldron that Liaodong has lost will not be able to be deducted from his Chen Xinjia head for the time being.

The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, each with a ghost.

There are not many people who are working.

"Very good."

At this moment, on the Jinluan Palace, Emperor Chongzhen's voice sounded, and he almost didn't laugh at the stomachs of these people.

However, a stomachache is a stomachache, and the scene cannot be less.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Governor Hong has tried his courage this time, and in time, he will definitely be able to help His Majesty recover Liaodong and restore the ancestral foundation!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

“………………”

The ministers of the Chinese martial arts of the palace, these people didn't even have their brains, and with Zhou Yanru, the head of the cabinet, taking the lead, they all echoed loudly.

These old Donglin have already figured out Chongzhen's habits, and the grumpy lord sitting on the dragon chair, as long as you follow him, you can change to a safe and sound situation.

Coaxing.

And at this time.

On top of this Jinluan Palace, there are twenty or thirty invisible and untouchable figures, all wearing dragon robes and carrying machetes, all of them are angry, and their eyes burst with cold light.

But.

Before Immortal Master Ji Boying unlocked the invisibility ban on them, none of them could be seen by others, and at the same time, they couldn't touch everything in this time and space.

"Is he a pig? Believe that?! ”

Old Zhu Di stood opposite Chongzhen, and the machete in his hand couldn't wait to be slapped directly on Chongzhen's face.

"Brother, this Zhu Youzhen is unbearable to be the king of troubled times, hesitating, grinding and chirping, and being fooled like this by the dogs below, he doesn't even know it."

"No wonder you have to shout before you die, and all the ministers can be killed."

"Let's just think we're stupid."

Lao Zhu, who was standing beside Ji Boying, had a fierce look in his eyes, and he was obviously extremely dissatisfied.

These words reminded Ji Boying of the sentence that Zhu Youzhen said in public in history: 'I am not the king of the dead country, and all the ministers are the ministers of the dead country!' ', just this character who doesn't take the blame, stubborn.

As for Chen Xinjia's words, do you believe Chongzhen or not?

Most likely, it is unbelieving.

However, as far as the current situation is concerned, Zhu Youzhen has to find a psychological comfort for himself, find a reason to accept failure, and find a suitable piece of sand to bury his head in.

Ji Boying looked at the letter in Chongzhen's hand, looked at the eight words, and his eyes were slightly condensed.

The current time and space of Chongzhen is really difficult to do.

In the past, Sun Chengzong single-handedly built the Guanningjin defense line in Liaodong, with Shanhaiguan as the backing, Ningyuan as the backbone, and Jinzhou as the vanguard, and built a number of forts and platforms as joint defense bases between these three points.

After the Guanningjin defense line was formed, if the Qing army wanted to attack Shanhaiguan, it must first take the four cities of Songshan, Xingshan, Jinzhou, and Ningyuan, and these four cities echoed each other from afar, attacking and defending together, and the Qing army attacked any city with the risk of being counter-surrounded.

Therefore, as long as Daming holds this line of defense firmly, whether it is Nurhachi or Huang Taiji, he will not be able to turn over the waves.

Daming used the line of defense of Guan Ningjin to make a sling to tie the Jurchens, and then united with Mongolia and North Korea to carry out a comprehensive economic blockade and sanctions against the Jurchens, and they could suffocate all these Jurchen braids.

However, with the defeat of the Battle of Songjin, the entire Guanningjin defense line completely collapsed, and all the cities outside the Shanhaiguan Pass had been returned to the Jurchen braids.

The current Ming army is no longer able to get out of the customs except for holding the Shanhai Pass.

And speaking of the process of the battle of Songjin.

Ji Boying glanced at Chongzhen, and he couldn't help but want to give Chongzhen two ears.

This two-year battle of Songjin in Liaodong was a typical encirclement point reinforcement.

Huang Taiji's Qing army first surrounded Zu Dashou who was stationed in Jinzhou, and at the same time gradually cut off Zu Dashou's grain and grass, under Zu Dashou's request for help, Chongzhen quickly transferred Hong Chengchou, who was suppressing the internal rebel army, as the governor of Jiliao, and led Wu Sangui's eight general soldiers, a total of 130,000 people, out of the customs, and rushed to aid Jinzhou.

Originally.

According to Hong Chengchou's initial strategy, it was decided to fight steadily, starting from Ningyuan, and the 130,000-strong army gradually advanced towards Jinzhou, so as not to show flaws behind the butt and be killed by the Qing army for thousands of years.

After all, the 130,000 yuan in hand is already the last capital in the customs, and if all the reimbursement is outside the customs, then Daming really has no to play.

But Hong Chengchou has not been in Ningyuan for a few days, Chongzhen has issued orders to urge the war day by day, and the prison army Zhang Ruoqi is urging the war in Hong Chengchou's office every day, forced by the holy order, in desperation, Hong Chengchou can only change the strategy of steady and steady fighting, and change to a quick victory.

Hong Chengchou swore an oath from Ningyuan and led an army of 130,000 to travel 100 miles to the city of Jinzhou.

But it is precisely because of such a hasty advance that the 130,000 army does not care about the tail, although the first battle has achieved a great victory, but there are big flaws behind it.

After observing the situation on the battlefield and sighing at the perfection of Hong Chengchou's arrangement, he decisively sealed his hands and rubbed them for two thousand years.

Huang Taiji issued two military orders.

First, three trenches as long as 50 miles were dug in the grain road behind the Ming army, the trenches were eight feet deep, one zhang and two feet wide at the top, and extremely narrow at the bottom, which could only accommodate the toes, and horses could not cross and people could not climb.

Second, before the first battle of Songshan between the two sides, he secretly ordered Azig to take advantage of the low tide of the sea to loot the twelve grain depots of the Ming army in Beacon Mountain.

As a result, the existing grain depot was robbed, the subsequent grain route was cut off, and the morale of the Ming army plummeted.

The Ming army, which only had three days of military rations left in its hands, had to choose a decisive battle with the Qing army, but in fact, even if it was a decisive battle, Hong Chengchou had 130,000 elite soldiers in his hands, and Zu Dashou in Jinzhou City still had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Under the front and back attacks, it is inevitable that you can't fight.

But unfortunately, with the seizure of the grain depot and the cutting off of the grain road, the Ming army has become a plate of scattered sand.

Especially led by Zhang Ruoqi, the supervising army, he shouted every day to run away, as if he was the chief of the whole army, and the cowardice from the leadership of the whole army made the already chaotic military spirit add to the chaos.

In addition, the Eighth General Soldier and Hong Chengchou, who participated in the war and went out together, did not wear a pair of pants.

For example, Wang Pu, the most prominent Datong commander-in-chief, this kid moved the fastest, and before the fight started, he ran away directly the night before.

Wang Pu's run was like toppling dominoes, and the other major generals were forced to act in advance.

In an instant, the entire Songshan battlefield was completely chaotic, hundreds of thousands of troops fled in all directions, mixed together, and they couldn't figure out who was who, Hong Chengchou couldn't figure it out, and the various general soldiers couldn't figure it out, and the military orders of all parties couldn't be conveyed at all, and they didn't know where to run next.

Even the Qing army was stunned, thinking that this was some kind of novel formation play.

After reacting, the Qing army hunted like rabbits, and hundreds of thousands of Ming troops became rabbits to be slaughtered.

In the end, the whole army collapsed.

The commanders, Wang Pu and Wu Sangui, fled to Xingshan, Ma Ke and Li Mingfu fled to Tashan, and Hong Chengchou, who was the commander-in-chief, retreated to Songshan.

As soon as Hong Chengchou entered Songshan, the Qing army surrounded Songshan.

In this regard, Hong Chengchou took pity on his ancestors in Songshan and Jinzhou.

Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou, one was trapped in Songshan and the other was besieged in Jinzhou, which lasted for half a year.

In the past half a year, the Ming court in the pass seems to have completely forgotten the existence of these two people outside the pass, and no reinforcements are no longer sent, and even a letter of encouragement is not sent.

In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, February 28.

Hong Chengchou, who had organized several breakthroughs in a row, completely gave up, and the deputy general Xia Chengde was the leading party, Hong Chengchou was captured, and the general soldiers Qiu Minyang, Wang Tingchen, and Cao Bianjiao were killed.

In this way, the Battle of Songjin basically ended with the capture of Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao.

On March 8, Jinzhou ran out of food, and a human tragedy occurred in the city, and Zu Dashou had no choice but to lead his troops to surrender, and Jinzhou was lost.

………………

Ji Boying's mind flew through some information about the Battle of Songjin.

By the way, hit a bag.

The information of the Battle of Songjin was sent into the minds of these Ming ancestors in the way of "understanding" function.

In a flash.

This group of princes with machetes, looking at Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen's eyes, became more and more wrong

Especially the Emperor of the Apocalypse, who wanted to stab his little brother's eyes, was completely unbearable.

After all.

The Guanningjin defense line was established in the hands of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

In the Apocalypse, with the establishment of the Guanning Jin defense line, the situation of the Ming Dynasty against the Jurchen has been reversed, and everything is developing in a good way.

'Hong Chengchou. ’

Ji Boying's gaze finally fell on the position of the letter in Chongzhen's hand.

This person who is known as a military wizard in the late Ming Dynasty, has a pivotal position in both the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, and has a huge controversy in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Before the Qing Dynasty, Hong Chengchou's main job was to suppress internal uprisings, known as the 'King Killer'.

The first generation of King Gao Yingxiang was personally captured by Hong Chengchou and was killed by Jing Ping.

The second generation of King Li Zicheng was also under the layout of Hong Chengchou, encircled and suppressed step by step, the main force collapsed, and was intercepted by Hong Chengchou on the way to flow, and was almost caught and killed, Li Zicheng finally fled into Shangluo Mountain, relying on the dense mountains to barely save a small life.

It can be said that the internal record is strong.

Hong Chengchou is also regarded by Chongzhen as a savior who can save the building.

This is also why, after the emergency in Jinzhou outside the customs, Chongzhen's first thought was Hong Chengchou, and quickly adjusted Hong Chengchou out of the customs.

can even assume such a bold wave, if it were not for the emergency outside the Guan, Hong Chengchou was urgently transferred out of the Guanwai, it is likely that Li Zicheng will not have a chance to rise, and the internal uprising may really be suppressed by Hong Chengchou, so that the Ming Dynasty can recover from the internal and external difficulties.

From the side, it was Huang Taiji who saved Li Zicheng.

After the Qing Dynasty, Hong Chengchou's main job was to help Dolgon stabilize the world.

For example, in the battle of Dolgon's destruction of Li Zicheng's Dashun army, Hong Chengchou made plans behind the scenes.

During the period when he was ordered to appease Jiangnan, he suppressed many anti-Qing rebels and killed righteous people who supported the Ming royal family, such as Zuo Du Yushi Jin Sheng, university scholar Huang Daozhou, Changle Wang Zhu Yishi, Ruian Wang Zhu Yifang, Jinhua Wang Zhu Youchan, Gao'an Wang Zhu Changqi, Ruichang Wang Zhu Yigui and others, all buried in the hands of Hong Chengchou.

When Jin Sheng and Huang Daozhou were captured, they both denounced Hong Chengchou for his shameless betrayal, and even Hong Chengchou's mother and younger brother Hong Chengchou accused Hong Chengchou of being disloyal and unjust, and they recognized each other in shame.

Many of the systems of the Qing Dynasty were also established by Hong Chengchou with the assistance of Dolgon.

Titled: The first hero of the Qing Dynasty.

But in the Hereafter.

Qianlong looked down on Hong Chengchou very much, and gave Hong Chengchou the name of 'Second Minister' with his backhand, and since then Hong Chengchou has been called by later generations: the first Second Minister of the ages.

"People are still selfish after all."

There is nothing to say about Hong Chengchou's final choice between the Ming and Qing dynasties, maybe Hong Chengchou is dead to the Ming Court and Chongzhen, or he just wants to be a traitor, or he can't pass the beauty pass.

After all, after Hong Chengchou was captured, he did not go on a hunger strike, and it was useless for Huang Taiji to persuade him.

But after Queen Xiaozhuang met Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou began to eat, and even drank a few bowls of Jurchen specialty 'Old Mountain Ginseng Hen Soup', no one knows what happened between Hong Chengchou and Xiaozhuang.

And at this very moment.

Suddenly.

From outside this Fengtian Temple, there was a hurried sound coming, and I saw a sergeant, rushing into the Fengtian Temple, his face was flustered, and the battle armor on his body was dusty, representing his identity as a border army.

For the appearance of this border army, everyone in the hall was in a fierce jump.

The border is urgent, and you can go directly to the imperial front.

Everyone more or less guessed what the content of this urgent report was.

Chongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, also subconsciously took his eyes off Hong Chengchou's secret letter, looked at the sergeant who rushed into the hall, and clenched his fists nervously.

"Qi, Qi, Your Majesty."

"Liaodong urgently, Zu Dashou led the Jinzhou troops to surrender to the Qing, Jinzhou has fallen, and the Qing army is moving to the land of Songxing."

The voice fell.

The Chinese Wu of the hall was in an uproar, and there was a buzz.

Even if you don't understand military affairs, you still understand what this passage means.

Zu Dashou garrisoned Jinzhou fell, Songshan, Xingshan and other cities are not far from the fall, since then the Guanning Jin defense line completely collapsed, the entire Shanhaiguan outside will become the land of the Qing army, the Ming Dynasty is difficult to have a chance to recover.

On the dragon chair, Chongzhen was stunned.

Although, in his heart, he had long expected that there would be such a day.

After all, since the collapse of Hong Chengchou's 130,000 army, the only remaining troops of the imperial court have been used to deal with Li Zicheng.

In the lonely city of Jinzhou, which is outside the customs, it is only a matter of time before it is lost.

The entire Fengtian Hall suddenly fell into a panic.

"Your Majesty, Jinzhou has fallen, after the Qing army captures the land of Songxing, it will inevitably covet Shanhaiguan, Your Majesty should immediately issue an edict to appease Wu Sangui, Shanhaiguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as Wu Sangui does not change, the capital will be safe."

Fan Jingwen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, the loyal martyr who resolutely threw himself into the well and died when the Ming Dynasty was dying, said in a loud voice at this moment that this is the person who is dedicated to doing practical things for the country.

However.

At this moment, Chongzhen on the dragon chair, his face was already gloomy.

The mentality of the grumpy brother collapsed.

The civil and military people standing in this hall are all human spirits, and from the subtle change in Emperor Chongzhen's expression, there are already many people who have guessed Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts, and His Majesty the Emperor wants to negotiate peace.

After all, after Li Zicheng's recovery, the growth speed was extremely fast, especially after the capture of Luoyang last year, the Fu King was cooked, and the family wealth was confiscated for military expenses.

"Alas......!"

The Son of Heaven let out a long sigh and echoed in this Fengtian Temple.

I saw Chongzhen slowly standing up from the dragon chair, his face sad, and he looked up and sighed.

"The sky is above, the ancestors and the ancestors, why don't you bless me Daming, don't bless me, don't bless the people of the world."

Shake the pot and attack strongly.

Zhu Youjian's cauldron was directly covered on the heads of the ancestors.

"No, I just can't take it anymore!"

"This dog thing! I'm incompetent, it's up to me to blame?! ”

"Cut him! Gotta cut him! ”

“………”

Ji Boying, who was standing on the left back side of the dragon chair, glanced slightly at the excited Ming ancestors around him, and then glanced at Zhu Youzhen, who was expressing emotion and complaining about the ancestors' incompetence.

Touching the skin of the mouth up and down.

'Solution. ’

The stealth function is instantly lifted.

"Taizu, Chengzu, Renzong, Xuanzong......"

Zhu Youzhen counted the first emperors of the Ming Dynasty one by one.

"Are you really invisible?!"

"The sin is bowing, what does it have to do with the people, what does it have to do with the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty, if the ancestors want to punish me, Zhu Youzhen is one person."

(End of chapter)