Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 420 Chongzhen 20 Years

Chongzhen smiled and said: "But now we should eliminate Jiannu first."

"I understand." Zheng Zhilong said solemnly, "After the spring thaws, I will lead the navy to the north, and go to Beihai to find an opportunity to annihilate the Jiannu navy."

[Note: The North Sea is the Bohai Sea]

"There's no need to look for it." Chongzhen said with a smile, "You just have to wait for Master Jiannu to deliver it to your door."

"What? Waiting for Master Jiannu to deliver it to your door?" Zheng Zhilong was taken aback when he heard the words, what did he say?Jiannu Navy is not short-hearted, so how could he come to die by himself?

"Zheng Qing doesn't believe it? I guarantee that Jiannu Navy will obediently come to his door and die."

Chongzhen then stretched out his hand and slapped the map heavily and said: "Because I want to use troops against Jiannu, and the troops will be divided into two routes from the sea to Dagukou and Gaizhouwei at the same time!"

"What, use two routes to attack Jiannu by sea?" Zheng Zhilong was stunned when he heard this.

"At the same time, there are Gaizhou guards using troops against Dagukou?" Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan were also shocked.

As expected of the Holy Majesty, his courage is stronger than them. They just want to attack a little bit, but the Holy Majesty wants to divide his troops into two groups to attack Jiannu's two vital points at the same time!
Chongzhen said again: "Yan Yingyuan."

Yan Yingyuan snapped to attention and raised his chest: "The minister is here."

"Hey, it's just a discussion now, and it's not about sending troops immediately." Chongzhen waved his hand, and said, "When the North Sea thaws in spring next year, you will lead a battalion of [-] infantry and artillery to raid Dagukou."

"At that time, the Navy will send you directly to the Dagu Port for landing at night."

"There will definitely not be many garrison guards at Dagukou. If you take advantage of the night to raid, you will be able to defeat them all at once."

"After the capture of Dagukou, immediately rush to repair the gun platform, and then nail it to Dagukou like a nail!"

Speaking of this meal, Chongzhen said again: "At that time, Jiannu will definitely launch a crazy counterattack to Dagukou, and the Jiannu navy will also come to support from Tianjin Wei, and the navy will take this opportunity to destroy them in one fell swoop. "

"The Holy Majesty's hand is really powerful." Zheng Zhilong said, "If Jiannu is compared to a person, the Dagukou is undoubtedly the key to the throat. If you can occupy the Dagukou, it is equivalent to choking Jiannu's throat. If you don’t want to die from suffocation, you have to take it back at any cost, and this gives us a chance to annihilate its navy.”

Yan Yingyuan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you take Tianjin directly?"

"That won't work." Chongzhen shook his head and said, "Tianjin Wei is a hundred miles away from the sea, and Tianjin must be guarded by heavy troops. When you arrive, Jiannu will already be ready. , This is a big taboo for military strategists, when the time comes, there will be a fortified city and slaves will be built to reinforce the troops, then it will be a big trouble."

Even if Yan Yingyuan didn't say anything more, he had read military books and war strategies.

Chongzhen said to Xu Yingwei again: "Xu Yingwei, if you lead [-] new troops and two battalions of artillery to attack Gaizhou, the navy will also send you to Gaizhouwei Beach, and you will directly land on the beach."

"Your task is to nail Gaizhou Wei like a nail."

"Don't worry about supplies, the navy will ensure the safety of your supply lines."

After a pause, he said: "But there is one thing, don't be greedy for success, what I want you to do is to firmly grasp these two strategic points, so that Jiannu can't breathe, and even more so Continue to lose blood, then two years later, when I lead the army to march northward along the canal, I will be able to severely injure and even wipe out Jiannu in one battle."

"The ministers and others take the order." Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan agreed at the same time.

Chongzhen said again: "Youzhen, Wuheng, this matter is no small matter. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is related to my century-old national destiny, so you two should not go home this Spring Festival. You should stay in Nanjing and hurry up to prepare , Make a list of the supplies that you may need when defending the city, and then prepare as soon as possible."

"When the weather gets warmer and the North Sea thaws, send troops to the North Sea immediately!"

After a pause, he continued: "Then stay at Dagukou and Gaizhouwei for at least two years!"

"Leader!" Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan clasped their hands together, then turned and left in a hurry.

From the expressions and body movements when they went out, it could be seen that Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan did not have too much worry or fear, but looked a little excited, as if they had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

Chongzhen said to Zheng Zhilong again: "Zheng Qing, you should hurry back to your residence, Zheng Sen and the others are probably waiting for you to go back to set off the first firecrackers, and after the firecrackers are set off, they will go to sacrifice to heaven and earth."

"If this is the case, I will leave first." Zheng Zhilong stood up and bowed, then turned and ran outside.

After Zheng Zhilong ran away, Zhu Cihong said to Chongzhen: "Father, this is a two-step dangerous game. If you make a careless move, you will end up dead. Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan are both talented. If you die in Gaizhouwei and Dawei Wouldn't it be a pity to go to Gukou? How about two scholars go to Dagukou and Gaizhouwei?"

"Brother, I don't agree with my younger brother." Zhu Cijiong said, "A handsome talent is not saved, but from the battlefield. If Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan can survive this test, then they are the real handsome talents. , or else there are two slightly better scholars, and they can't be called handsome talents."

Chongzhen turned his head and saw a plate of frozen pears on the coffee table next to him.

Immediately, Chongzhen took two frozen pears and asked his two sons: "Now there are two frozen pears, one is good and the other is damaged, which one will you two eat first?"

Zhu Cihong said: "My son will eat the damaged one first, and leave the good one for last."

Zhu Cijiong said: "I eat the good one first, and leave the broken one for last."

Chongzhen smiled, and asked again: "Then, which of these two ways of eating do you think is better?"

The two brothers turned their heads and looked at each other, and then said in unison: "There seems to be no difference."

"So." Chongzhen said leisurely, "There are two methods of employing people, one is safe and the other is radical. There is no difference between the two in essence. The only difference lies in your needs."

"When you need to be safe, use a safe employment method."

"And if you need to be aggressive, use aggressive personnel."

After a pause, he continued: "As for now, Daming needs Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan to guard Gaizhouwei and Dagukou, because only by doing so can we ensure that Daming can annihilate Jiannu in the shortest possible time without leaving any future troubles!"

The two brothers looked at each other again, cupped their hands and said, "Thank you, Father, for clarifying the confusion."

As soon as the words fell, dense firecrackers suddenly sounded outside Yilun Hall.

The father and son went to the hall and went to look outside the Yilun hall.

I saw that the entire night sky in Nanjing was lit up by firecrackers.

19 years of Chongzhen has become the past,
The 20th year of Chongzhen has arrived!
At this time, Wang Chengen stepped forward with a smile on his face.

Behind Wang Chengen, Gao Qiqian and Lu Jiude followed from left to right.

Lu Jiude held a plate of apples in his hand, while Gao Qiqian held a pot of secret money in his hand.

Chongzhen picked up an apple with his left hand and took a bite first, then grabbed an apple with his right hand and put it in his mouth.

Wang Chengen immediately sang in a shrill voice: "Long live God eats pinpo fruit, the world is safe, Long live God eats sweet money, all the subjects are sweet and smooth, Chongzhen has been prosperous for 20 years!"

The little eunuch outside the hall fell to his knees in a large area in the snow.

Then Gao Qiqian brought Chongzhen a fox fur cloak.

The other two young eunuchs also brought big cloaks to Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong.

These three fox fur cloaks were newly made, with money allocated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Let's go to the great altar." Chongzhen raised his leg and walked out, "Worship to heaven!"

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Emperor Yili had to pray to heaven and earth together with all civil and military officials and nobles of the clan. In the past, when he was in Beijing, he had to go twice to the southern suburbs and the northern suburbs, but after arriving in Nanjing, it was easy.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang combined the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Earth into a great sacrificial altar.

When the Chongzhen father and son arrived outside the Chaoyang Gate, all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, as well as the nobles of the clan, were all present.

Standing in front of the team were the sons of the clan. By the light of the fire, Chongzhen saw many familiar faces, such as Fu Wang Zhu Yousong, Lu Wang Zhu Changxie, and Tang Wang Zhu Yukai.

Zhu Yousong smiled flatteringly at Chongzhen.

Zhu Yousong is now completely used to the work of the Municipal Exchange.

I even think it's more interesting to be an errand in a city exchange than to be a vassal king.

Because Zhu Yousong has found the value of life in the Exchange, he is now one of the top ten gold medal guys newly selected by the Royal Exchange, and he needs to queue up to be an agent.

Chongzhen, the clan behind Zhu Yukai, king of the Tang Dynasty, did not know a few.

One of them wore a county king's dragon robe with a very embarrassed face, and he was probably King Jingjiang.

But Chongzhen didn't pay attention at all, I don't care if you're in a good mood or not?In a bad mood, I banged my head against the wall.

After the descendants of the clan are nobles, and there are many familiar faces, such as Zheng Zhilong, the Duke of Fujian, Zuo Menggeng, the Duke of Chu, and Huang Degong, the Duke of Xia.

There are also first-class loyal and brave son Jin Shenghuan and other former generals of the frontier army.

Chongzhen went up to shake hands with Huang Degong and others one by one and exchanged a few words.

Zheng Zhilong, Huang Degong and others were a little confused when they were newly promoted, shaking hands with the Holy One?

Xu Hongji, Zhu Guobi, Chang Yanling, Liu Kongzhao and other veteran dignitaries also waited for Chongzhen to come over to shake hands with them, but Chongzhen walked past them directly.

One cannot please everyone.

If Ming Dynasty wants to rejuvenate, it will definitely offend the old nobles all over the place, this is absolutely inevitable.

So there is no need to waste precious energy on these old nobles. Anyway, these old nobles can't make any waves, and the oil and water have been squeezed out.

Behind Xungui are civil and military officials.

In addition, there are some officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

After gathering everyone, a group of people came towards the altar in a mighty manner.

At the same time when Chongzhen brought the clan's children, new and old honored officials, and civil and military officials to the altar to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, Dorgon also held New Year's sacrifices in the East Shaman Hall of Yuhe Bridge.

Although Jiannu's state religion has been changed from Shamanism to Lamaism,
However, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the shaman on the first day of the new year was preserved, which is also a respect for the old slave Nurhachi.

The ritual of offering sacrifices to the shaman is not very interesting. What is interesting is who will preside over the sacrifice?Should the little emperor Shunzhi officiate, or Dorgon, the emperor's father and regent, be in charge of the officiant?
The little emperor Fulin was now ten years old, and his head reached Dorgon's shoulder.

However, Fulin was more submissive to Dorgon, and even directly changed his name to Huang Ama.

"Huang Ama." Fulin said respectfully, "You will be the officiant this year."

"Isn't that good?" Dorgon said hypocritically, "It's not appropriate for the regent to officiate."

"What's wrong with the regent's officiant?" Gang Lin immediately came out and said, "In the past, when the old Khan was unwell, Dabeile would perform sacrifices on his behalf. Dabeile is okay, why should the emperor's father be the regent?"

Many Eight Banners nobles present glared at Gang Lin upon hearing this.

Even Dorgon's brother Azig looked unkind.

At Fulin's insistence, Dorgon finally presided over the sacrifice.

After the sacrifice to the shaman god, the more interesting scene came, because according to the etiquette, the emperor and the empress should go to the Kunning Palace to worship and send their children to the empress, praying for more children of the royal family.

This didn't happen before, because Fulin wasn't married yet.

But now Dorgon is the officiant, so it can be sacrificed.

Although Dorgon has a Fujin, his Fujin is not a queen.

Bumbutai is quite suitable, but she has not married Dorgon after all.

But this year's Dorgon didn't know if he had lost his mind. He actually forced Bumbutai to kneel side by side under the shrine of the Son-giving Empress and kowtowed nine times.

What's even more amazing is Fulin, the little emperor.

After Dorgon and Bumbutai got up, Fulin flicked his sleeves and knelt down in front of them, saying loudly: "My minister Fulin wishes Huang Ama and Huang'eniang many sons and blessings. "

"The emperor is flat." Dorgon looked satisfied.

Bumbutai's pretty face was also blushing, I don't know if it's from anger or embarrassment?

But the nobles of Xianghuang Banner and Zhenghuang Banner watching the ceremony below, such as Aobai, Tan Tai, Ta Zhan, Tulai, Gong Adai, etc., all of them were so angry that their faces were livid and trembling.

After finally finishing the New Year's sacrifice process, Dorgon took Duoduo back to Prince Rui's mansion.

"Brother Fourteen, this brat Fulin must be faking it." Duoduo whispered, "You have to be careful, this brat has such forbearance at a young age, can he grow up? You should get rid of it as soon as possible."

"Old fifteen, why are you in a hurry." Dorgon waved his hand and said, "I have my own plan."

Duoduo's expression changed, and he asked again: "Brother Fourteen, so today's sacrifice was done on purpose?"

"What else? Do you think I would be so stupid? Stupid enough to offend two yellow-flag nobles because of a woman?" Dorgon snorted and said, "This is a temptation and a temptation."

Duoduo said: "To lure those who are dissatisfied with the fourteenth brother to jump out? And then take the opportunity to carry out a flag affairs rectification? It is best to change the flag again, and change the colors of our two white flags and two yellow flags back."

"Change the flag?" Dorgon snorted, "What I want is not just to change the flag."

After a pause, Dorgon showed another look of worry on his face, and then said: "Old fifteen, I don't know if you have discovered that the Eight Banners political system established by Old Khan has hindered the growth of the Qing Dynasty."

Duoduo said awe-inspiringly: "Brother Fourteen, you want to abolish the Eight Banners political system?"

"Yes." Dorgon said, "The imperial power of the Qing Dynasty must be centralized."

(End of this chapter)