"What's wrong?"

Wu Zongda said angrily: "It is the duty and power of our civil officials to make up for the mistakes and correct the mistakes of the Son of Heaven in the near future. ”

Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said: "Hai Guogong believes that heavy rains, heavy snowfalls, hailstorms, and droughts are all formed by the water cycle, and he has put forward a new theory, so he should be allowed to prove it, or the imperial court should organize people to prove whether what he said is right or wrong, if he is really wrong, it is not too late to ask him for guilt, and it is not appropriate to block people's mouths and prevent people from opening their mouths and directly cover the coffin and convict them!" ”

Wu Zongda was so angry that his body began to shake: "You said it lightly!" Do you know that his crooked reasoning is to subvert the way of heaven and his intentions are extremely sinister? If he succeeds in his conspiracy, the beliefs that have been inherited by my descendants of Yan and Huang for thousands of years will be overturned, and the entire Ming Dynasty will be destroyed! ”

Lu Xiangsheng wanted to speak and stopped, but seeing that Wu Zongda was furious, he still chose to remain silent.

Wu Zongda is almost mad now, if he adds fuel to the fire, he can't afford to blow up his blood vessels.

Wu Zongda also knew that it was useless to be angry, he gasped a few breaths, barely suppressed the boiling anger in his chest, sat down, took a sip of the teacup, and said bluntly: "Lu Jiandou, if you still think that you are a scholar, please make a statement, immediately lead the troops into Beijing, call on all the troops to fight the thieves, for the country and the people, and kill that great rebel!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this can't be done." This year, the grassland has fallen more than 40 days of heavy snow, countless cattle and sheep have died cold, the Mongolian tribes have gone crazy, moved south, and the border is tight everywhere, if Lu leads the troops north to the capital, the Ning Navy sees that Cheng Shijie is in danger, and must go north to the capital to rescue, so that the defense of the Liaodong border is empty, if the Tatar Jiannu takes advantage of the void, it is bound to be ruined, and even the Beijing division is in danger of being besieged again! ”

"The Jiannu Tartars are just some greedy and cheap, unambitious people, they are just to rob some people of food, they can't make much waves, don't worry about them for the time being! And that minister is a big trouble for the Ming Dynasty, if he doesn't get rid of it for a day, the poison is endless! ”

Wu Zongda shouted violently: "Lu Jiandou, you have received the emperor's favor and hold heavy troops, which is really the hope of the people in the world, and now you should stand up for the country and the people!" Immediately lead the troops into Beijing, punish the traitors, and the Qing monarch, don't hesitate! ”

In the end, Wu Zongda spoke almost in a commanding tone.

Lu Xiangsheng listened quietly, his expression was calm, but the corners of his mouth twitched, revealing an extremely bitter smile, and the fist hidden in his sleeve was already pinched to reveal his muscles.

In Lu Xiangsheng's view, he no longer has much hope for Wu Zongda and the princes of the dynasty, and now the disaster is like fire, the military situation is like fire, he, the governor of the five provinces of Nanzhili, is already in a hurry, and he can't wait to clean up Li Zicheng immediately and lead the Tianxiong army north to fight the fire.

But Wu Zongda is good, he has never thought about how to rescue the disaster, how to save the people of Li who were ruined by the snow disaster, nor did he think about the hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops, as if they were like a storm crashing on the shore.

Lu Xiangsheng was full of bitterness. Once upon a time, these readers became so selfish, so ugly? In order to keep the little power in his hands, he really didn't care about anything, and these were also taught by the sages!

Although Cheng Shijie can be called a great rebellion, however, everything he does is for the common people in the world, the people of Li, leading the people to reclaim wasteland, build factories, and make their own knives, guns and blades.

If it is really according to Wu Zongda's meaning, he leads the Tianxiong Army to secretly go north, and he doesn't need too many people, even if it is three or five thousand people, he can rush into the capital and kill Cheng Shijie in the mansion.

It is estimated that Emperor Chongzhen will be like Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong back then, gritting his teeth and taking the blame for Yuan Chonghuan, after all, Cheng Shijie was already a dead man at that time.

But the problem is that Cheng Shijie is not Mao Wenlong, after Mao Wenlong was killed, the Dongjiang Army was in chaos, that is because Mao Wenlong has no son, but Cheng Shijie has, Cheng Shijie's son is thirteen years old, it is said that a while ago, Cheng Shijie also took his son Cheng Jialong to Kyushu and killed all sides.

Obviously, Cheng Shijie is now paving the way for Cheng Jialong, Cheng Jialong may be too young to serve the public, but the problem is that a large part of the generals of the Ning Navy are from the Dongjiang Army, and the Dongjiang Army has been separated from the court after Mao Wenlong was killed, and it was Cheng Shijie who brought them together.

Once Cheng Shicheng has an accident, the Ning Navy will immediately pull the flag and rebel, Lu Xiangsheng is not willing to fight against hundreds of thousands of Ning Navy, of course, what Lu Xiangsheng does not know is that the Ning Navy is actually a naval foot cavalry, adding up to more than 300,000 horses, including more than 100,000 horses stationed in Luzon, more than 30,000 people stationed in Dayuan, and nearly 20,000 horses in Manchurian.

If the Ning Navy rebels, the consequences are absolutely unimaginable, if Cheng Shijie has an accident, the Ning Navy's strategic plan has been formulated, they will first send troops to attack Jiannu, and the troops will go out of Guangning, Liaoyang, and Shuangcheng, surround Shenyang on three sides, eliminate Jiannu, and dominate the entire Liaodong.

Subsequently, after the Ning Navy cleared Jiannu, it attacked the Guanning Army to the west, advancing by land and water, sweeping through Gyeonggi, and at the same time, Dayuan and Luzon also sent troops at the same time, attacking inland from the coasts of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fuguang, and the plan of the General Staff of the Ning Navy was that it would take half a year to spend the Ming Dynasty not being able to bear it at all.

Lu Xiangsheng remembered what his subordinate Li Chongzhen had said to him: "Don't have any hope for those cabinet members!" The cabinet has long become a Shura field for power and profit, those people have long forgotten their ideals and responsibilities, what they think, do, and say every day is all for the sake of fighting for power, for them, power is everything, power is their life, whether they like it or not, they will be involved in that dirty whirlpool, until they are completely swallowed. ”

"There is no country in their eyes for a long time, although they keep talking about the people, but they never think of doing something for the people, on the contrary, they do everything possible to squeeze the blood from the thin bodies of the people to feed the fat bastards behind them! With state power in the hands of such a group of bastards, what hope is there for the country? ”

Li Chongzhen's words were a bit rebellious, which made Lu Xiangsheng very angry several times, if it weren't for Li Chongzhen's loyalty to him, and he was brave and strategic, he could be regarded as the three giants of the Tianxiong Army, and Lei Shisheng became his right-hand man.

In the past, he always thought that Li Chongzhen was too extreme, purely complaining after suffering the loss of Wenchen, and it was only now that he was stunned to find that what Li Chongzhen said was right, and those people in the cabinet were really a group of bastards who would rather let the whole country end than let go.

Now Wu Zongda behaves so irritablely, talking about "the world" and "the people", and he is awe-inspiring, and it seems that he will not hesitate to sacrifice his life for the country and the people, but in fact, it is ...... Or is it because Cheng Shijie's water cycle theory has had a fatal impact on the set of Heavenly Dao Lun that scholars and doctors have been playing for more than 2,000 years, making him completely panic and crazy?

He forced himself to lead his troops to the north so strongly, completely ignoring the clouds of battle at the border pass, and the war was about to break out, completely ignoring the results that were finally achieved, if he retreated, Li Zicheng would resurrect.

They were desperate to get rid of Cheng Shijie, and tens of millions of people were completely left behind...... That's right, even if Jiannu and Tartar enter the customs, the unlucky ones are only ordinary people, and they don't have any for these scholars and doctors hiding in Beijing. Even if Jiannu enters Beijing and destroys the Ming Dynasty, they will only change their masters at most, what are they afraid of?

After thinking about this section, Lu Xiangsheng's voice was not loud, but he was extremely resolute: "Lord Wu, the military situation is critical, the Tianxiong army is seriously insufficient, and the matter of leading troops into Beijing is ...... Shu Jiandou...... Can't obey fate! ”

Wu Zongda stared fixedly, his eyes lit up with monstrous anger, and he wanted to turn the whole world into ashes: "Lu Jiandou, you have to think clearly about the consequences, once this word is out, everything is irreparable." ”

"Lu has thought clearly, from now on, Lu and the Tianxiong Army will become the mortal enemies that you will eradicate desperately."

"Since you know it, why do you want to be in the same league with Cheng Shijie? What benefits did Cheng Shijie give you? ”

"Nothing!"

Lu Xiangsheng said lightly: "I just do what I should do, the Tao is different, and I don't conspire with each other!" Lord Wu, please! ”

Wu Zongda got into the car angrily, did not make any stops, and went back to Beijing like this.

Lu Xiangsheng went out to send it, but people ignored him.

He looked worried as the smoke and dust raised by Wu Zongda's luxurious four-wheeled carriage gradually disappeared at the end of the avenue.

At this time, Li Chongzhen came to his side, and he was also worried, and let out a long sigh: "Alas, I'm afraid that Daming will be troubled from now on!" My lord, do you want to ......?"

Lu Xiangsheng stared at Li Chongzhen: "What are you going to do?" ”

"My lord, if Lord Wu returns to the capital, I'm afraid he will deal with your lord immediately!"

"If there is any bad trick, I will follow!"

"Your Excellency, ...... You're just afraid you won't be able to beat them! ”

Li Chongzhen smiled bitterly: "My lord, although you are full of wisdom, you really can't deal with such a despicable villain......

"It's too hearty, a certain view of that Hai Guogong never fights a battle that he is not sure of, since he has decided to fight this one, do you think he will have no backhand?"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled disappreciatively: "You still sweat for the princes in power!" ”

Li Chongzhen said in surprise: "No matter how hard Cheng Shuai fights, he can't fight those ministers, right?" Didn't Prince Yue die tragically back then? ”

"Don't worry!"

Lu Xiangsheng picked up the pen and began to write.

Li Chongzhen asked, "My lord, who are you?" ”

"Write a letter to Cheng Shuai, the governor has refused to be wooed by the princes of the dynasty, the governor can refuse, other generals may not have the guts, the governor must give Cheng Shuai a reminder, lest he suffer the villain's plot!"

Lu Xiangsheng wrote a letter and said with a smile: "This governor used this news to exchange hundreds of war horses for Cheng Shuai, it shouldn't be too much, right?" ”

"This is a life-saving grace, hundreds of war horses, do you look down on Cheng Shuai, Cheng Shuai is a rich man, or 6,000?"

……

After Wu Zongda left Runan, the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, as a cabinet minister, but he did not recruit a single soldier, he thought about it and decided to find a helper, Zuo Liangyu, the former Hou Sui's subordinate.

Wu Zongda's conditions for Zuo Liangyu were not unfavorable: the establishment of the Changping Army of 9,000 men was allowed to be expanded to 30,000, and Zuo Liangyu was transferred to serve in the military department within five years, and he was trained to become the future secretary of the military department; After the deed was accomplished, all the officers of the Changping Army were promoted to one rank, their salaries were doubled, and they had the right to raise their own food funds in Changping Prefecture...... Other conditions are fine.

The self-raising food fund made Zuo Liangyu thunder a lot, and his eyes widened: "My lord, do you know what you are doing?" ”

Since ancient times, the central government has always held the power to raise and distribute military salaries, and after the Two Song Dynasty, it was controlled by the Wenchen group, which became their weapon to limit the power of the warriors. You can't even get your salary without our nod, what are you dragging with me? It's so easy to pinch you to death!

No matter how difficult it is for the imperial court, even if it is dragging its feet, even if it is smashing pots and selling iron, it must firmly grasp this power in its own hands, and never let go until the last moment, because once it is let go, it will not be far from changing the dynasty.

There are two armies in the entire Ming Dynasty that can raise their own food and salary, one is the Ning Navy, which can raise their own food army in Liaodong, followed by the Tianxiong Army, which can raise food and salary in the three mansions of Daimyofu, Shunde Mansion and Guangping Mansion. Don't look at the territory of Liaodong is far larger than the three mansions of the daimyo, in fact, the imperial court actually attaches more importance to the Tianxiong army.

Lu Xiangsheng of the Tianxiong Army was in the second year of Chongzhen, raised his own military salary, raised more than 10,000 young people, went north to King Qin, and fought a battle with Jiannu in Daxing County, annihilating more than 600 Mongolians and Jiannu, and losing more than 2,000 horses and horses.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen actually trusted Lu Xiangsheng more, when Lu Xiangsheng was promoted to the title of champion marquis, it can be seen Chongzhen's attitude, and at the same time, the three prefectures such as the Daimyo Mansion have a total population of more than 3 million, which is much better than Cheng Shijie's Liaodong.

But the problem is that Zuo Liangyu only owns Changping Prefecture, and has jurisdiction over Huairou, Miyun, and Shunyi counties, but this is under the jurisdiction of Shuntianfu, which is a chicken rib, and wants to rely on the land of one state to support 30,000 soldiers and horses, which is simply a joke, so that Zuo Liangyu will not be able to raise 30,000 horses after a hundred years of taxation.

What's more, is Cheng Shijie so easy to deal with?

If Cheng Shijie was so easy to deal with, would it be his turn?

This money is clearly earned and spent.

No matter what, Cheng Shijie is still the crown prince Taibao, the concubine Duwei, the brother-in-law of Emperor Chongzhen, moved Cheng Shijie, no matter who endorses him, his life will not be saved at all, and he will have to pay compensation to the nine clans.

Zuo Liangyu pushed Wu Zongda back with one sentence: "The last general only obeys the orders of the military department, and without the orders of the military department, everything is suspended!" ”

Wu Zongda naturally couldn't give an order to the military department, this thing could only be done secretly, if he got the order from the military department, wouldn't he have to tell Emperor Chongzhen directly, this matter was done by a few of us in a discussion.

No matter what the name of the Qingjun side is, these people will definitely be settled by the Autumn Queen, and Wu Zongda doesn't want to lose his nine clans because of this.

Zuo Liangyu's attitude made Wu Zongda very angry, but the problem was that the more angry was still to come, Zuo Liangyu directly threw down a sentence: "The last general is busy with affairs, Lord Wu, please go back!" ”

The bigwigs in the DPRK and China obviously did not expect this situation, in fact, they co-opted the generals and threw a bone at will, and some of the generals were willing to be dogs, but it does not mean that the generals were stupid, they could sell their lives, but they were not willing to give their lives.

In fact, Cheng Shijie's position in the hearts of military generals is not like that of Wenchen, whether it is those generals who have been born in the family for generations, or the generals who rely on military merits, they all know that Cheng Shijie is a banner of the Ming Dynasty, and with Cheng Shijie here, their lives can be better, because Cheng Shijie is the target of the civil official group, and with Cheng Shijie, they can live behind closed doors.

Once there is no Cheng Shijie, they will go back to the past, let the civil officials call and drink, and when Wu Zongda returns to the capital, as soon as the cabinet bigwigs meet, they sadly find that they have destroyed the country's force so thoroughly that when it comes time to use it, there is not even a working army.

Just when the civilian official group ran around in order to kill Cheng Shijie, it did not stop for a moment, Cheng Shijie was also not idle, in the past few days, with Cheng Shijie's order to reach Liaodong, the support of the Liaodongning Navy has also arrived in the capital one after another.

In fact, even if Wu Zongda succeeded, when he arrived in the capital with the Tianxiong Army or the Changping Army, Cheng Shijie was no longer alone, and the first to arrive in the capital was the artillery unit of the Ning Navy, Yuan Shiliang led the artillery division of the Ning Navy, a total of more than 300 cannons arrived in the capital.

Along with the arrival of the artillery unit, there were also 4,000 cavalry of the cavalry division, plus more than 4,000 cavalry of the reconnaissance cavalry, more than 3,000 people of the personal guard division, and Cheng Shijie could move as many as 12,000 soldiers and horses in his hands.

After Cheng Shijie's troops arrived, they left the Cheng Mansion in the capital, but lived in the barracks with Meng En and the Ning Navy, which rode more than 10,000 feet and began to act as firefighters.

"Dashuai, are we too passive like this?"

Meng En smiled bitterly: "The generals can still hold on for a short time, but after a long time, I'm afraid it's ......."

"It's really a palliative rather than a cure!"

Cheng Shijie sighed and said: "But we still need to hold on for a few days, and when our reinforcements arrive, it will be easy to do!" ”

Cheng Shijie has no choice now, all the waves in the Bohai Sea are covered by sea ice, the ice is like an iron plate, and not a single plank can go to the sea. The fact that the heavens are not beautiful means that the powerful Ning Navy can only act as spectators in this war, and it has strong combat effectiveness, but it can't help at all.

Just as he was talking, a group of cavalry ran over and said, "Marshal, there is a large group of refugees in the direction of Jing'anbao!" ”

"Let's go, go over and have a look!"

Cheng Shijie naturally knew that refugees meant that the Great Wall pass was broken by the Mongols.

Jing'an Fort, belongs to the territory under the jurisdiction of Xuanfu, one of the one hundred and thirty-eight forts on the Great Wall, it is said that this is a castle with two gates inside and outside and an urn city, even if it is an elite Jiannu, it is not easy to conquer.

There are refugees here, and it's not a good situation.

Cheng Shijie didn't go far before he saw a large number of refugees.

These refugees don't know how much they have suffered, many of them have worn out their shoes, their feet are red from the cold, some girls have frostbite on their white hands, and they cry in pain, and he also saw a woman with a cloak and a look a little crazy, and when he saw a girl of seven or eight years old, he pulled over to look at it, and shouted while watching: "My daughter, where is my daughter?" Where are you? ”

Apparently her daughter had already been separated on the road, and she was so stimulated that she was about to go crazy. No one blamed her, and Sora walked past her silently, unable to bear to tell her that the child she was carrying on her back, who was not yet two years old, was dead.

There was also an old couple on the ground, pounding the ground and crying bitterly. Their only son had died on the road, and they were left alone.

Cheng Shijie grabbed an old man in Confucian clothes: "Old man, where did you come from?" ”

The old man trembled and said, "It's from Jing'an!" ”

"Has Jing'an Fort fallen?"

Cheng Shijie hurriedly asked, "How did you fall in?" ”

"If the soldier runs away, he will fall!" (End of chapter)