Chapter 361

Emperor Chongzhen was also extremely angry and messed up.

However, with the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty almost without exception, they all kowtowed in unison and shouted: "Please Your Majesty mobilize a large army to go out of the customs, plow the plow and clear the snow, destroy the Jiannu, and defend my country!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen also wanted to agree, but when the words came to his lips, he reacted, this was too abnormal. Emperor Chongzhen is no longer a stunned young man who has just ascended the throne, he has already recognized what the following group of courtiers are, they only have selfish interests in their eyes, and they have no public heart at all.

Cheng Shijie said to Emperor Chongzhen that only by collecting commercial taxes can the country be rich and strong, and now the agricultural tax in Liaodong is only an addition, and commerce accounts for more than two-thirds of the total tax revenue. Emperor Chongzhen wanted to implement the policy of Liaodong, but he was immediately resisted by the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, saying that the ancestral system, what was the competition with the people, etc., in short, Chongzhen was not allowed to do this.

When did Emperor Chongzhen see that his ministers were so united, this kind of situation was not nothing, and only when Cheng Shijie was impeached, this similar situation would occur.

Emperor Chongzhen hesitated instead: "I can't wait to set foot in Shengjing and eat the meat of Emperor Taiji raw!" However, last year, the Mongolian Tatars entered the Kou, Taiyuan was broken, Shanxi was ruined, and Gyeonggi was short ......of grain.

Seeing that the emperor was intimidated, Wen Tiren gave Yang Sichang a meaningful look.

Yang Sichang spoke up again: "Your Majesty doesn't know, Huang Taiji will not be called the emperor for a long time, but he chose to be the emperor at this time, I am afraid that he thought that the Ming Dynasty had been severely injured by Mobei Mongolia and his vitality was greatly damaged, so he was so presumptuous!" But they made a mistake, although the losses of the Ning Navy were not light, but the champion Hou was still there, and the tens of thousands of Tianxiong troops were still there, and it was easy to destroy Jiannu! ”

The ministers are also brainwashing mode: "Your Majesty, there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two lords in the earth." ”

"Your Majesty, Huang Taiji is against the sky, immortal Jiannu, where is the majesty of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Your Majesty, Huang Taiji deceives people too much, if you don't destroy Jiannu, the country will not be a country!"

"Your Majesty, Huang Taiji eats bear heart and leopard gall, he must be!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the red-faced and indignant ministers, but he hesitated even more, he was not Emperor Hongwu, nor Chengzu Zhu Di, not even Emperor Wuzong Zhengde, even his grandfather Emperor Wanli could not compare, Emperor Wanli was surrounded by fierce generals like clouds at that time, and good plans were like rain.

Just one Li Chengliang can crush Jiannu to death, and if he is happy, he will arrest Jiannu and press him to the ground and beat him, and if he is unhappy, he will slap him twice.

Emperor Chongzhen himself knows his own affairs, and his military talent can be said to be nine out of ten - not knowing anything. But the memory is not bad, Wanli, the Apocalypse during the Ming army was beaten by Jiannu tricks The lesson is still in front of you, Chongzhen's second year Jiannu broke through the border and wreaked havoc in Gyeonggi The nightmare makes the memory still fresh, Jiannu is not so easy to deal with!

The most aggressive celebrity of the Ming Dynasty is Cheng Shijie, if Cheng Shijie is allowed to fight this time, it will increase Cheng Shijie's prestige, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

What's more, there is a shortage of grain in Gyeonggi, the canal is not open, and before the grain route is not restored, the pressure is huge, and now it is a decisive battle with Jiannu...... He was not at ease.

Emperor Chongzhen hesitated, he decided to wait a little longer, wait for Song Xiance to be cleaned up, dredge the canal, wait for the strength of the Tianxiong army to expand, and wait for a while!

Emperor Chongzhen said in a deep voice: "Soldiers, the major affairs of the country are also!" This battle is related to the life and death of the Ming Dynasty, and you must not be rash! For the time being, we will respond to all changes with the same and wait for the opportunity to ......"

Before Emperor Chongzhen's words fell, the whole court turned upside down, and hundreds of civil and military officials howled and cried: "Your Majesty, I can't wait!" It is a great shame to let Huang Taiji call the emperor, and the Ming Dynasty cannot punish such a great rebellion, and it is even more shameful! ”

"Your ministers would rather die than suffer such a disgrace!"

"The old minister is ashamed of his ancestors, and he is ashamed of the common people......"

These rotten Confucians don't know if they have been beaten with chicken blood, they are all excited, beating their chests and feet, heartbroken, and a few of them are about to die on the spot, and the situation is chaotic.

In a word, if Chongzhen does not send troops to destroy Jiannu as soon as possible, they will suffer great shame and humiliation, life is better than death, it is better to die clean than to be bullied like this!

Chongzhen made them one big and two big, and it was the first time he found out that these of his Manchu courtiers were so loyal and patriotic......

Emperor Chongzhen was very puzzled: "In the past, Jiannu also bullied Daming very badly, why weren't you so excited?" ”

Wen Tiren cried: "This time is different from that time, at that time, because Jiannu did not call the emperor before, there was still the possibility of being recruited, and now, Huang Taiji has ridden on Da Ming's head to and pee, how can he bear it anymore?" ”

However, Emperor Chongzhen had to endure it.

What is needed to fight a war is money and food, as well as blades and equipment, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and now Gyeonggi is in a food shortage, even if he wants to fight, he has no capital to fight.

Huang Taiji's ascension to the throne was a huge motivation for Jiannu, but it was a terrible pressure for Chongzhen.

The whole of Beijing has been turned into a boiling crater, and angry people have poured into the streets in the thousands, looking furious and shouting "go to war."

At this time, the people of the Ming Dynasty were not the sick men of East Asia who were completely emasculated by their long slave career two hundred years later, and who had long been numb to everything in the outside world, and who talked about "people are not destroyed for themselves".

The bravery and heroism at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty have not yet dissipated, the pride of the Han and Tang Dynasties can still be found in their veins, what do those big people think, anyway, most of the ordinary people know that only with a country can there be a home, the glory of the Ming Dynasty makes each of them proud, and the shame of the Ming Dynasty makes everyone feel the same way, and their self-esteem is quite strong.

Now that Huang Taiji is the emperor against the sky, he has stepped on the bottom line of the whole country, and the whole country is angry! The army also reacted strongly, and the Guanning army was the first to write to the imperial court, requesting that troops be sent to attack Jiannu immediately, and the shame would be washed away with blood!

The Changping army was not to be left behind, and also wrote to ask for war, and then the governors of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Gansu and other provinces also wrote one after another, to lead the troops to the north and destroy Jiannu!

The generals of the military department were even more screaming, volunteering, and took the initiative to ask for help, it can be said that the entire Ming Dynasty was angry!

In a fit of rage, the aging empire burst out with terrifying energy, so much so that the people behind it all in the shadows were secretly terrified.

It should be said that Emperor Chongzhen at this time was much more mature, and in the face of the anger of the masses, he still remained calm, did not get carried away by the anger, and repeatedly vetoed the proposals of the ministers to go to war immediately.

Even if similar twists and turns flew over, he held on, and didn't nod his head if he didn't nod.

Emperor Chongzhen's biggest headache is that the risk of rashly starting a war is too great! Now Chongzhen is no longer a black eye when he first ascended the throne, he didn't know anything, he was played around by the ministers, and he couldn't even collect the property copied by Wei Zhongxian's family.

One wrong step may leave no room to turn over. Now the situation is favorable to the Ming Dynasty, and the Jiannu will continue to consume, and when the canal is dredged and the problem of the food shortage in Gyeonggi is solved, the Ming soldiers are strong and strong, and they are afraid that they will not be able to clean up the Jiannu? Why take the risk?

Beijing City, Wenfu.

Wen Tiren had a headache, they successfully bewitched Huang Taiji to ascend the throne and become emperor, but they didn't think that Emperor Chongzhen was unwilling to send troops to attack Jiannu, no matter how the ministers advised, Emperor Chongzhen was not fooled.

"How can this be?"

Wang Yingxiong was a little panicked, no matter how many people advised, and even some radical ministers said something serious, a country cannot have two emperors, and Jiannu must be destroyed as soon as possible, if you don't even have this responsibility, let's just go and bow down to that chief!

But the problem is that Emperor Chongzhen has not made any movement.

Because of these heavy words, Emperor Chongzhen didn't see it at all, just like when the ministers impeached Cheng Shijie, there were hundreds of twists and turns a day, and Emperor Chongzhen just watched the twists and turns, and didn't have to do anything else.

At the beginning, Emperor Chongzhen asked the celebrant to classify all kinds of folds, as long as it was a tribute to impeaching Cheng Shijie, it was directly sealed and put in a basket. After this incident, Emperor Chongzhen had experience, as long as he looked at the words of admonishing troops to attack Jiannu, he directly sealed it.

Wen Tiren said: "Let the students make trouble!" ”

Originally, the Tai students and Guozi Jian students were hot-blooded young people, and they were also stunned young people, and they were the most likely to be used as guns, as the cabinet spoke, the Tai students, Guozi Jian Sheng, as well as the imperial history and the Yanguan began to block the door, shouting outside the Daming Gate: "Shi can be killed and cannot be humiliated, the great tomorrow is inviolable, and war must be started" and so on.

Jinyiwei and the soldiers of the Beijing camp are also very troubled these Tai students and Guozi Jian students are uncles and they like to touch porcelain the most, they are

can't be beaten, scolded, provoked, and persuaded to leave, which really makes the Jinyi guard soldiers very sad.

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of no good things, you are afraid of no good people.

The ass of the commander of the Jinyi guard was crooked, and he was about to intensify the conflict between the students and the court at the behest of Wen Tiren. Taixue has a donor named Chen Anmin, who was recommended by Chen Anmin from Shandong in Chongzhen for four years. The reason for recommending Chen Anmin is because of his filial piety.

Chen Anmin's family was poor, he lost his father since he was a child, and was raised by his cousin-in-law, whose background was somewhat similar to Bao Zheng of the Song Dynasty, but later Chen Anmin's cousin-in-law Chen Wei was seriously ill, and Chen Anmin had no money to treat Wei Chen's illness, so he put down the face of the scholar, begged along the street, and used kneeling to raise money for Chen Wei's decoction and medicine. In this way, Shandong Tixue sent Chen Anmin to Taixue.

Chen Anmin's literary talent is average, and his talent is also very average, the key is that his cousin-in-law Chen Wei is old, so he decided to sell his life for three hundred taels of silver to Chen Wei's family as a settlement fee.

So, when Jinyiwei drove away all the students, Chen Anmin took the students who didn't know the truth to directly attack Damingmen, and was killed by Jinyiwei on the spot, and the students watched Chen Anmin being killed, and their emotions instantly lost control, and about 300 people directly broke out of fierce conflict with Jinyiwei.

Of these, 176 were arrested, 23 died on the spot, and more than 140 were injured.

Because Cheng Shijie decided to expose his ambitions, during this time, in addition to preparing for Liaodong Enke, Cheng Shijie also set out to reorganize the Ning Navy again.

This time the reorganization was large-scale, and it was reborn, Cheng Shijie abandoned the military system of the Ming Dynasty, changed his name, and formulated his military rank.

First of all, the team is changed to a squad, with 12 per class, and a squad leader.

The post was changed to a platoon, and every four squads were a platoon, with a platoon commander, a second lieutenant platoon commander, and a deputy platoon commander.

The division was changed to a company, the original hundred general, changed to a company commander, the division supervisor was the instructor, the company commander was awarded the lieutenant, the instructor was also a lieutenant, and the deputy company commander was awarded the second lieutenant or lieutenant.

The bureau was changed to a battalion, and the original general was changed to a battalion commander, the battalion commander was awarded a major, the former superintendent was an instructor, the battalion commander and instructor were both at the rank of major, and the deputy battalion commander and deputy instructor were both at the rank of major or captain.

The original commander-in-chief rank was abolished, and four battalions were directly divided into regiments, which were equivalent to the original two bureaus, and each regiment was between 2,000 and 2,500 men.

The name of the original capital supervisor remains unchanged, the regiment commander is the rank of colonel, the regiment commander and the metropolitan supervisor are both colonels, and the deputy metropolitan supervisor and deputy regiment commander are at the rank of lieutenant colonel or colonel.

The biggest change is still at the regimental level and above, with the regimental level and above being set up as brigades, the first brigade being under the jurisdiction of six infantry regiments and one artillery regiment, and the whole brigade plus the artillery regiment, cavalry battalion, scout battalion, and communications battalion directly under the brigade, which is equivalent to seven regiments and six battalions, and the number of the whole brigade is between 18,000 and 22,000 men.

Cancel the number of all the capital divisions and garrison divisions of the Ninghai Navy, such as the former capital division, the left capital division, the guard department, Jeju, and Shuangcheng,

With the original Shuangcheng Division, the Central Front Division, and the Guards Division, the First Brigade of the Ning Navy was merged to form the 1st Brigade of the Ning Navy, under the jurisdiction of the 1st to 6th Infantry Regiments, the 201st Artillery Regiment, and the brigadier general brigade commander Mao Yourong, but Mao Yourong has now changed his name, he has changed his name to Cheng Jinzhong, the brigade headquarters, and the station is in Sanhewei (today's Changchun).

The second brigade was under the jurisdiction of the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth regiments, as well as the 202nd regiment, with the brigade commander Li Xiaodong and the brigade headquarters stationed in Duoyanwei (now Qiqihar)

The Third Brigade was formed by merging the Right Capital Division and the Right Front Capital Division, and the Third Brigade was under the jurisdiction of the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th Regiments, as well as the 203rd Regiment, with the brigade commander Gao Zongsheng and the brigade headquarters stationed in Shenyang.

The Fourth Brigade was established with the Left Front Capital Division and the Left Rear Capital Division, under the jurisdiction of the 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th Regiment, and 204th Regiment

The 5th Brigade was formed with the Jeju Metropolitan Division, the Phi Island Metropolitan Division, and the Shuangcheng Garrison Bureau, under the jurisdiction of the 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th Regiment, as well as the 205th Regiment, with the brigade commander Liu Xingren and the brigade headquarters stationed on Jeju Island.

The Sixth Brigade was established with the 1st Guards Division, the 1st Right Front Division, the 1st Cavalry Division, and the 1st Ganing Front Division, with the 31st to 36th Regiments under its jurisdiction, stationed in Quang Ninh.

The 12 divisions of the original Ning Navy were combined into six brigades, and since then, although the territory of the Ning Navy has expanded by more than half, the defensive pressure has almost non-existent.

As for the original Annam Legion, the Grand Legion, and the Luzon Legion, the establishment remained unchanged. In this way, the brigade is the highest-level establishment of the Ning Navy, and as for the corps-level establishment, it is only a temporary establishment, just like the Annan Army, as long as Annan is finished, this corps will be cancelled.

At the same time, the naval adaptation of the Ning Navy is the same.

Slightly different from the navy, the fleets of the three main warships of the Ning Navy, namely the Sea Wolf, the Sea Shark, and the Giant Shark, are the ranks of second lieutenant, lieutenant, and captain.

The commander of the detachment was at the rank of colonel and did not have the rank of brigade, while Li Zhixiang and Shen Shikui were awarded the rank of commander and deputy commander of the navy respectively.

Men like Zhang Yu, Zhou Ning, Shen Mingyu, Liu Qingsong, Chen Dayong, Li Zhixiang, Shen Shikui, Chen Shiji, and Li Fang all joined the Military Management Committee of the Ning Navy.

Cheng Shijie is going to be responsible for managing government affairs in the Liaodong Management Committee and managing military affairs as a member of the Military Management Committee, while the General Staff Headquarters only needs to formulate the problems of how to fight and how to fight well, and the Military Management Committee only solves the problems of whether to fight or not, as well as the daily management and operation.

finally waited for Cheng Shijie to finish these things, Huang Taiji's accession to the throne, and the reaction of Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers in the capital, these news were sent to Cheng Shijie, of course, including the Damingmen tragedy, for many days in a row, the bigwigs from all sides began to express their opinions in the newspaper, criticizing Emperor Chongzhen for being too cowardly.

Cheng Shijie also wanted to write a letter to ask for war, but for a long time, half of this letter was written, but he put his eyes on it, sighed and said, "Forget it!" ”

"Forget it?"

"The marshal is not ready to ask the court for war?"

Zhang Yu was a little puzzled and said, "Shouldn't Jiannu be cleaned up?" ”

"It's time to clean up, but the court will definitely not use us!"

In fact, when Emperor Chongzhen and Li Guofu discussed buying Zhou Yandong and robbing Cheng Shijie's Liaodong, there was a rift between Cheng Shijie and Emperor Chongzhen.

Even if Emperor Chongzhen wanted to try to mend the rift with Cheng Shijie, this rift could not be repaired. Anything, once the seed is planted, will surely grow into a towering tree.

Zhou Ning nodded and said, "They won't let us go to war!" ”

"That's right!"

Chen Guodong took the intelligence report: "Now there are some rumors in the capital, which is especially unfavorable to the handsome!" ”

Cheng Shijie received this information, and there were three major rumors in the capital, of course, it can be considered that it was actually a rumor. The first is that Emperor Chongzhen is Cheng Shijie's marionette, whatever Cheng Shijie says, Emperor Chongzhen will do anything, and Emperor Chongzhen will do nothing except seal and seal! The second is that now Haiguo Gong is not in good health, resigned from important positions such as the Prime Minister of the Nine Sides, I heard that Cheng Shijie's health is getting worse and worse, and even eating is a problem, in this case, Emperor Chongzhen does not even have the courage to fight with Jiannu.

In the end, it is okay if Hai Guogong is seriously injured and dies, in case he really recovers, it is difficult to say whether this Daming Jiangshan will be surnamed Cheng or Zhu in the future!

Needless to say, these strange words reached the ears of Emperor Chongzhen word for word, making him furious.

It is true that he is very dependent on Cheng Shijie, but it is too much to say that he is just Cheng Shijie's echo worm! In addition to being angry, he also began to worry that Cheng Shijie's influence was too great!

Now that the relationship between the monarch and the minister is harmonious, everything is okay, but what about the future? Can the prince really harness this unruly lion? Even if you can control it, it will not be appropriate in the long run, but I am afraid that in less than 20 years, the whole world will only know that there is a journey, and I don't know that there is a Zhu, right?

Emperor Chongzhen was originally a suspicious person, but Cheng Shijie has done a really good job in the past few years, and he doesn't need to worry about many things at all, so he didn't make any trouble.

On the fifth day of the fifth month of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen had a dream on this day.

In the dream, Cheng Shijie led countless armor soldiers to break into the palace and killed his family like a chicken......

Emperor Chongzhen was so frightened that he woke up from a nightmare, Emperor Chongzhen was covered in cold sweat, staring in horror in the dark night and panting.

"Emperor, Emperor, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Wang Chengen come in, Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and said, "Where is the prince?" ”

"Prince, still in Liaodong!"

"I miss the prince, send someone to Liaodong and tell the prince that I miss him and let him return to Beijing soon!"

Wang Chengen's face was a little bitter.

Emperor Chongzhen is very lame, I'm afraid he himself doesn't believe in this excuse.

But the problem is, this is a very bad sign.

(End of chapter)