Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 414
During the Ming court meeting on this day, all civil and military officials were silent, waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to speak.Because the theme of this court meeting is very heavy.

"The two border towns of Datong Mansion and Xuan Mansion, Yanmen Pass, Juyong Pass and other important passes all surrendered to the intruders. The intruders are not far from the capital. I ask you whether you should stick to the capital and wait for the arrival of reinforcements from all over the world, or should you move the capital to the ancient capital of Nanjing? Restore the mountains and rivers with pictures?" Chongzhen's words were very straightforward.

Now there are only two paths before the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, one is to go, and the other is to stay.

Civil and military officials were in an uproar and whispered to each other.

Li Zicheng's progress shocked all the officials. It didn't take long for the North Road Peasant Army led by Li Zicheng to kill the emperor.Datong Town and Xuanfu Town, which had been placed with high hopes, are useless.

"Your Majesty, please issue a decree to move the capital to Nanjing to preserve strength and make a comeback. In addition, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and a group of ministers can be left to stick to the capital. This is the safest strategy, and the fate is very close. The sacred heart should be broken internally, so as not to cause the worry of eating the navel. " Li Mingrui, an official of the Imperial Academy, stood up and said.

Chongzhen leaned forward slightly, obviously agreeing with Li Mingrui's words.

However, under the signal of the officials in the north, some officials soon stood up to oppose Li Mingrui: "The Holy One must not, Li Mingrui should be killed!"

"Why does Aiqing make such an assertion?" Chongzhen was displeased, but he didn't dare to attack in front of many ministers at the court meeting.

"In the past civil fortress changes, hundreds of thousands of elites from our Ming Dynasty were destroyed, and less than [-] old, weak, sick and disabled stayed in the capital. The Oirat leader personally led hundreds of thousands of Oirat cavalry to the capital. Compared with the current situation, the situation is more critical. However, Yu Qian, the minister of the Ministry of War, strongly advocated sticking to the capital, and finally the Oirat cavalry retreated, and the court turned the corner. Therefore, we must have the confidence to fight to the death in order to preserve the imperial artifact!" A northern official stood up and said.

"The changes in Tumu Fortress are not the same as the current situation! The Oirat cavalry is a foreign race. Once they enter the customs, they will be resisted by the subjects of the world, and they will be restrained everywhere. And Li Zicheng himself is Han, and he has countless farmers. To put it bluntly, The thieves have already won the hearts of the people, and the soldiers are all afraid. Our army's morale is gone, and if we stay in the capital in vain, it is tantamount to drawing the ground into a prison." Li Mingrui said loudly.

"You are boosting the enemy's morale and destroying the prestige of the officers and soldiers! My Ming capital still has 45 elite soldiers, Hebei Gaoqiqian commanded [-] soldiers and horses, and Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan have [-] elite soldiers, Heluo [-] elite soldiers, and [-] reinforcements from various places." [-], a total of [-] elite soldiers, why be afraid of mere Li Zicheng!" said the official of the steadfast faction.

"Hehehe, 45 elite soldiers, if we still have 45 elite soldiers, why did the intruder Li Zicheng break through three passes in a row and go down to three towns! Hebei soldiers and horses were dragged down by the thief general Zhang Yuan, and Heluo was caught in the hands of the local peasant army. Encirclement. Placed in Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan elite soldiers, with the Liao army watching, who dares to mobilize easily?" Southern officials who supported Li Mingrui stood up to support Li Mingrui.

"The difficulty is only temporary. As long as we order the soldiers and horses from all over the world to come to serve the king, we can have millions of troops in an instant, so why not be afraid of trespassers."

"You are joking about the life of the Holy Majesty! The time to move the capital is fleeting, and if the bandits capture Shandong, Jianghuai and other places later, our journey to the south to move the capital will be broken. If we can go south in time now, gather all the places along the way With soldiers and horses, after we march to Nanjing, we can win over [-] troops and stick to the defense of the river. Moreover, there are six divisions in Nanjing City, which are like the capital, and they will be able to function soon."

"Abandoning the 200-year-old foundation of the Ming Dynasty and moving to Nanjing City is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst. This is absolutely impossible!"

Above the main hall, officials from the north and the south were in a mess.Officials in the south catered to Chongzhen's wishes and agreed to move the capital. If Chongzhen used Nanjing as the capital, the southern officials' right to speak would undoubtedly increase.Moreover, almost all the property and family members of southern officials are in the south, so it doesn't matter if they abandon the northern continent.

But it is completely different for officials in the north.If they follow Chongzhen to the south, then their fields and property in Gyeonggi, Shandong, Hebei and other places will be equivalent to giving up all of them.

Officials of the two factions debated whether to move the capital, how to retreat if the capital was moved, and whether the Emperor Chongzhen should stay in the capital or the young prince should stay in the capital. In short, there were constant quarrels.

However, none of the civil and military officials thought that the opportunity to move the capital was being lost. After such a delay, they would never have the opportunity to move the capital again.Li Zicheng in the north gradually approached, while Zhang Yuan of the South Route Army surrounded the Ming army in Hebei.

Compared with Li Zicheng's overwhelming momentum in the north, Zhang Yuan's southern army has made slow progress recently.But this does not mean that Zhang Yuan has no progress at all.Under Zhang Yuan's command, more than [-] originally unorganized refugees were divided into several teams and seized important strongholds near Baoding, making Gao Qiqian and other Hebei Ming army supervisors and generals under the control of others, which was very uncomfortable.

"Urgent report, there are rogues behind us. A group of thieves have already circled behind us and are cutting off our food road and the connection with the rear!" A logistics officer hurriedly rushed into Gao Qiqian and other Ming army generals. In the army tent, he said hastily, "Our grain cart has been robbed, and the grain in the army won't last for three days!"

"How do you become a quartermaster?! Such a serious incident happened, and you only come to report it now?" Gao Qiqian roared with a drake voice.

"Do you know that you have dereliction of duty, according to the law of Ming Dynasty, you should be executed!" said one of the generals.

"My lords, I just discovered this. The generals defending the left and right sides should be responsible for this matter. They let the bandits bypass their own defense lines and robbed our grain trucks. How can we have no combat effectiveness? The troops are in charge!" the quartermaster called out.

"Now we are not the time to pursue who is responsible, but we should think about what to do. We will run out of food in three days. Once this matter is spread, people will definitely panic. If the thief general Zhang Yuan takes the opportunity to drive the army to rush up, I am afraid we will be finished. Already." A somewhat rational general of the Ming army stopped internal disagreements.

"Don't spread the news about the loss of the grain carts. We concealed it from the soldiers, gave up Baoding and retreated to the capital, merged with the army defending the capital, and defended the capital together. With the capital's grain, it is more than enough to defend until the arrival of reinforcements from all over the world." A the officer suggested.

"But...the robbery of the grain cart by the rogues was a big deal. I saw thousands of grain transporting soldiers and thousands of laborers with my own eyes. It spread quickly. This incident cannot be covered up." The quartermaster said with a sad face.

(End of this chapter)