Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

"Zaozuka Zai, we can't take this matter lightly."

Wu Linzheng said: "This time, the court's push is aimed at our country's disasters and Jiuqing, but it is actually aimed at the Holy Majesty. As expected, these people will deprive Yan Yingyuan and other Qin Wang scholars of their military power in the next step."

"The next step?" Meng Zhaoxiang said angrily, "It was raised at the court meeting today that the compilation and training of Xiangyong belongs to the local officials and the Ministry of War. Only the power of staff supervision remains."

"Ah? These people really dare?"

Wu Ganlai and Chen Liangmo couldn't believe it.

"Why don't they dare?" Meng Zhaoxiang snorted, "Didn't they all do this all these years? These people only want to have a little bit of bottom line in their actions, and they only want to pretend to be Ming, the country and the common people, Lu Taishi and Sun Du The division would not have been defeated, so how could Daming be reduced to such a state?"

Meng Zhaoxiang's words are not objective, they are purely splashing dirty water.

Lu Xiangsheng killed Jia Zhuang in battle because he was killed by Gao Qiqian, a eunuch.

And Sun Chuanting's defeat was prompted by Chongzhen again and again.

However, Meng Zhaoxiang was right in saying that Chongzhen was certainly responsible for the decline of the Ming Dynasty to its current state, but the factional struggles and inaction of the civil official group were also the main reasons.

Chen Liangmo said, "I'll have to go to school on this matter."

"It's useless." Meng Zhaoxiang shook his head and said, "What's the use of going to the gym by yourself?"

If the censors want to form the public opinion of scholars, they need hundreds or even thousands of people to have a voice, and then it will work.

The reason why the Donglin Party formed a climate during the Wanli period was because it led Jiangnan Shilin and Jiangnan officialdom.

Chen Liangmo fell silent, and at the same time was a little discouraged. He thought that even if he didn't punish the entire Metropolitan Procuratorate, at least half of the censors would be punished, but now he suddenly discovered that the Metropolitan Procuratorate's colleagues were just perfunctory, deceive him.

Chen Liangmo suddenly felt that he was ridiculous. For more than a year, he was like a clown, and was seen as a joke by his colleagues.

Wu Linzheng said: "Why don't you give the Holy Majesty a secret report? Then ask the Holy Majesty to send an imperial envoy back to Nanjing to deal with this matter?"

"It's useless." Meng Zhaoxiang shook his head and said, "Not to mention whether Mizuo can enter Xuzhou City, even if he enters Xuzhou City, how can the Holy One have time to take care of these bad things in the court?"

"The Holy One is a holy king, different from these people."

"The Holy One really pretends to be the country and the common people in his heart."

"So now the Holy Majesty will not care about these things, but only think about the battle situation in Xuzhou."

Speaking of this meal, Meng Zhaoxiang went on to say: "During this period of time, you should also be quiet. Don't add trouble to the Holy One, and don't add trouble to the Ming Dynasty, which is full of disasters."

The three of Wu Linzheng were silent again.

……

Chongzhen really can't care about the bad things in Nanjing now.

Those things that seem big to the civil official group are not big things to Chongzhen.

For example, Xiangyong in Huai'an Mansion, the civil official group thinks it is a big deal, so it must be in their hands, but Chongzhen didn't take it seriously at all, and just took it if he wanted it.

Of course, Chongzhen doesn't know these things yet. …

Jiannu's blockade of Xuzhou was truly watertight.

Since Wu Sanwang was lucky enough to break through the blockade last time under the support of the cavalry, no one who wanted to come in from outside or the messenger who wanted to go out from inside has been able to break through the blockade.

The reason is simple. Jiannu not only has trenches and walls,
There are also Yebushou and Fu Lujun who wander in the dark night.

At this time, Gao Qiqian and Lu Jiude are trying their best to dissuade Chongzhen.

"Long live, you can't go up, you can't go up, it's too dangerous."

"That's right, this big Kongming lantern flies too high, it's terrible if it falls."

Gao Qiqian and Lu Jiude almost knelt down and hugged Chongzhen's thigh, refusing to let you go.

"Get out, what's the danger?" Chongzhen scolded angrily, "Zheng Sen and the others have flown into the sky so many times, and they have never seen them fall. Could it be that I fell when I went up? There is no such thing."

At present, Chongzhen insisted on flying into the sky regardless of Gao Qiqian and Lu Jiude's objections.

The large Kongming lantern that Chongzhen asked Gao Qiqian to sew was actually a hot air balloon.

The safety factor of the hot air balloon is very high. As long as the ball is not burned, there will be basically no problems. So instead of worrying about falling, it is better to worry about the tether breaking and finally flying to Jiannu's head.

After a while, the hot air balloon slowly rose to an altitude of thirty feet under the action of heat.

In fact, the ceiling of this hot air balloon has been raised to fifty feet by Zheng Sen and the others.

But after reaching thirty feet, Zheng Sen, who came up with him, refused to go up again.

"Your Majesty, let's go here." Zheng Sen said, "The wind is too strong and the shaking is severe."

"Okay, let's stop here." Chongzhen knew that Zheng Sen had good intentions, so he didn't make things difficult for him.

Immediately, Chongzhen opened the three-section monocular telescope Tang Ruowang gave him, and pointed it at the outer blockade ditch.

Taking advantage of Chongzhen's observation of Jiannu's blockade of the ditch, Zheng Sen said in a low voice, "My lord, the student has an idea, so don't make a joke if you say it."

Chongzhen said: "Tell me, I promise I won't laugh at you."

Zheng Sen scratched his head and said, "Your Majesty, this is what the students think. This large Kongming lantern can actually fly even higher. Jiannu's bow and arrow can't reach it, and the Hongyi cannon can't hit the sky, so if our people can Flying over with a Kongming lantern, wouldn’t it be possible to throw thousands of enemies down on Jiannu’s head? And Jiannu has nothing to do with us.”

Chongzhen paused slightly when he moved his hands, and turned his head to look at Zheng Sen in astonishment.

Yes, this belongs to air combat thinking. It seems that I have come up with an idea after playing with hot air balloons in the past six months.

Zheng Sen also said that Chongzhen objected to doing this, and hurriedly said: "My lord, that's what the students said..."

"Don't, your idea is very good." Chongzhen said, "But there are no conditions yet. When Jiannu is defeated, I will grant you a sum of money, and you can choose a group of people to form a flying force. But The Kongming Lantern like this is not good now, and some improvements must be made at that time, at least the Kongming Lantern must be able to fly forward."

"Really?" Zheng Sen was overjoyed when he heard the words, it really came true.

"Really." Chongzhen smiled and said, "From now on, you are the chief of the flight department and belong to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After this battle is over, go to Nanjing to find Ma Mingtao for money."...

"Abiding by the order." Zheng Sen waved his fist vigorously.

The two scholars behind pulling the bellows also looked excited.

If they really form a flying force, they should not need to pull the bellows.

Chongzhen didn't take it seriously, and the hot air balloon air force was just a scout. If he wanted to really play a decisive role on the battlefield, he had to wait until the plane appeared.

It is rare to see him in this life.

But it's good to be a scout.

Moreover, a large group of hot air balloons flew over the enemy's head and threw tens of thousands of enemies. In the future, they can also throw grenades, which is also very cool, and the blow to the morale of the enemy should be quite large.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen laughed, and the Shiziying was showing its glory little by little.

However, whether the Ming Dynasty has a chance to be reborn from Nirvana still depends on whether it can survive the difficulties in front of it?If you can't make it through this level, let's stop talking about it.

At that moment, Chongzhen once again raised the binoculars.

But this time Chongzhen didn't look at Jiannu's blockade.

Instead, focus on the slave camp in the northeast.

Then, Chongzhen saw a team of rooster carts and unicycles, like a long gray dragon winding out from the back of Jingshan Mountain, and coming towards Zhakou Town along the east bank of the canal!

Zhakou Town used to have no people, only a ship lock connecting the canal and the Yellow River, because the water level of the Yellow River was higher than the canal, so a ship lock had to be set up here.

However, due to the passing ships need to wait when passing the lock.

After waiting for a long time, the business travelers on board need to eat.

So slowly, small traders began to open restaurants and wine shops here.

Later, foot shops, inns and even guild halls appeared for business travelers to rest, and then there was Zhakou Town.

Before the Xuzhou War, all the families in Zhakou Town were transferred into Xuzhou City, leaving only an empty town, which was occupied after the arrival of the slave-building army.

After Duoduo returned from Shanyang, he set up the Xingbai Banner Xingyuan here.

Looking at the line of slaves winding down the east bank of the canal, Chongzhen said quietly: "I'm afraid there must be hundreds of thousands of people? Did the slaves even pack their clothes out of the nest? Are you really planning to farm?"

……

Almost at the same time, Dorgon also saw a large Kongming lantern high in the sky.

"What is this?" Dorgon pointed to the Kongming Lantern hanging on the top of Yunlong Mountain with a solemn expression.

Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, and Ning Wan, who were following Dorgon, also looked at each other in blank dismay.

Duoduo's eyes fell on Hong Chengchou and the other three, and said, "The three gentlemen are well-informed, so you might as well make a guess."

Hong Chengchou and Ning Wan and I frowned, and finally Fan Wencheng whispered: "Ten Kings, is this a Kongming lantern?"

"As expected of Mr. Xiandou." Duoduo said with a smile, "Yes, this object is the Kongming Lantern, which was specially made by the dog Emperor Chongzhen to bluff people. When I first saw this object, I was also shocked. Only a dog servant reminded me that this thing is nothing more than a large Kongming lantern, so it’s really not worth mentioning.”

"So it's just a Kongming lantern." Dorgon breathed a sigh of relief.

Duo Du suddenly smiled and said to Dorgon: "Brother Fourteen, I found you a good servant."

"Nonsense, I want you to find some slaves." Dorgon said angrily, "Just lead your troops and fight well, and don't think about these messy things in your mind."

"Brother Fourteen, this slave is different." Duoduo turned back and waved, "Hou Fangyu, come here."

Hou Fangyu, who was following behind, hurried forward, knelt down and said, "Your servant knocks on the master and the king regent."

Hou Fangyu, that son of a bitch, was really lucky, he managed to survive, and after more than half a month of raising him, the wound had basically scabbed over, but it was inconvenient to relieve it, and it kept leaking.

Duoduo laughed and said, "Brother Fourteen, this dog slave is a great talent."