I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 154
Chapter 153

"What, Marshal Cheng is gone?"

Sun Yuanhua's cold sweat flowed down at that time. Back in Dengzhou City, Zhang Shigang from the Zhang family in Laiyang, together with his relative Sun Fu, took Cheng Shijie away in the governor's yamen.

At that time, it had only been more than a month since the army was formed, and Ning Haijun, with less than 4000 troops, brazenly launched the Dengzhou Mutiny. Without anyone knowing it, he successfully occupied Dengzhou City and locked himself in the utility room for three days.

Although this is the capital city, the problem is that nominally there are 20 troops in the capital city, but these 20 troops have already turned into a group of rascals.Let them bully the unarmed common people, one by one more fierce, let them beat the bandits, they will be beaten by the bandits, let them beat the slaves, they just won't come forward.

At the beginning, Man Gui was beaten to death by this group of veterans of the Beijing camp. Hula rushed up, entered the front fifty steps of Jiannu's formation, turned around and retreated as a whole, and threw General Man to Jiannu.As a result, Man Gui led less than [-] Ding soldiers, and was besieged by thousands of Jiannu. Until Man Gui, who was shot into a hedgehog, fell off his horse, no one came to rescue him.

This group of fish belly trips, not to mention the Shangning Navy, even Geng Zhongming, who is next to Sun Yuanhua, can easily fight more with fewer enemies.Once facing the vicious Ning Haijun, even ten people might not be able to defeat Ning Haijun alone.

The soldiers of Wu Sheng and Cheng Shijie were already on the verge of going berserk, and several Ning Haijun soldiers punched and kicked Zhang Jin: "Tell me, where did you catch our commander?"

"I have no idea……"

"I don't know... Hmph, it's the first time our commander-in-chief has come to the capital, and we haven't had any grudges with others, only you..."

Wu Sheng's eyes were about to burst into flames: "Come on!"

"Humble!"

"Send him to Tai Kangbo's residence, and let them hand over the commander within a day!"

Sun Yuanhua asked, "What's going on?"

Wu Sheng told Zhang Jin how to provoke Cheng Shijie, and was arrested by Cheng Shijie's personal soldiers. After that, Cheng Shijie disappeared.

Hearing this, Wang Chengen and Sun Yuanhua stared at Zhang Jin in bewilderment, feeling dizzy.

Empress Zhang has only one younger brother, Zhang Jin, who is regarded as a treasure by Zhang Guoji. He belongs to the kind of child who is afraid of being lost when held in the palm of his hand, or melted when held in his mouth, who is unwilling to be beaten or scolded, and spoiled when he grows up.

Empress Zhang and Zhang Yan are nine years older than Zhang Jin, and they usually respond to requests. When something happens, Empress Zhang and Zhang Guoji will settle it for him. If it is not settled, there will be Emperor Tianqi. The generals who practice bravery in the Beijing camp belong to the senior generals of the Beijing camp. Above the generals who practice bravery, there is also the commander-in-chief who trains bravery, and above the commander-in-chief is the admiral.

Sun Yuanhua didn't care about Xu Guangqi who was in the hospital at this time. If this matter is not handled properly, Ning Haijun will explode. Wu Sheng looked at his second apprentice Meng En and said, "You take your part and return to southern Liaoning immediately... ..."

Hearing this, Sun Yuanhua frowned.

If Meng En was allowed to return to southern Liaoning, the Ning Navy might have to dispatch all of them. Don't doubt the loyalty of Ning Navy officers and men to Cheng Shijie.

If something happened to Cheng Shijie, the sky in southern Liaoning would collapse.

If tens of thousands of Ning navy soldiers were to go straight to the capital from southern Liaoning, no matter whether the Ning navy soldiers could capture the capital, then Huang Taiji would definitely be happy, and the Ming court would become a joke in the world.

"Wang Gonggong, please go back and report to His Majesty, let His Majesty come forward and persuade Tai Kangbo to let him go!"

Wang Chengen didn't dare to be negligent, Zhang Guoji is a brainless reckless man, a smart person can't do such a thing as arresting Cheng Shijie, but a reckless man is really possible.

"General Wu, please believe in this constitution and the imperial court. This matter will be resolved properly. Don't act rashly!"

"No, the commander's safety..."

Sun Yuanhua pointed to his head and said, "This constitution is guaranteed by the head of the item, how about it?"

Wu Sheng smiled wryly and said: "Master Governor, humble posts can't control them!"

Ning Haijun has two sets of management teams, and there is also a military supervision system. A general of Wu Sheng's level, even if he wants to surrender to the enemy on the battlefield, he can't do it. , someone will kill him later.

Sun Yuanhua also knew that what Wu Sheng said was the truth. Wu Sheng's status in the Ning Haijun was not high. The people who really held the right to speak in the Ning Haijun were Shen Mingyu, Zhang Yu, Chen Guodong, Zhou Yandong, Li Zhixiang, including Zhao Wencai and others, Liu Qingsong, Zhou Ning, and even Chen Dayong have more power to speak than Wu Sheng.

"Wait a minute, give Ben Xian three days!"

"Forgive me, Master Futai, but there is no humble job and there is no three days. The brothers have searched around the capital, and now they are going to the city to find the commander-in-chief!"

……

Cheng Shijie also knew the seriousness of the problem. If he didn't return to the end of the Ming Dynasty on time, the officers and men of the Ning Navy would definitely cause trouble. But the problem is that he is in trouble now.

Cheng Jiayue's kindergarten was going to hold a parent-teacher meeting, and after attending the parent-teacher meeting, they held parent-child activities. Xiang Hui is busy now, so Cheng Shijie was arrested.

Accompanying his precious daughter to play two-person three-legged, Cheng Shijie didn't play cards according to the routine, and directly mentioned Cheng Jiayue with one hand, while running quickly, because the people participating in parent-child activities were either the child's grandparents or the child's mother, Cheng Shijie relied on Relying on his own physical advantages, he won No.1 in various activities.

This made Cheng Jiayue so proud.

After finally finishing the parent-child meeting, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Shijie discovered that Wu Sheng and his soldiers were going into Beijing to search for Cheng Shijie.

"okay!"

Cheng Shijie looked at the surrounding soldiers and said, "I'm fine, it's just..."

"Just drunk and overslept!"

Cheng Shijie is naturally not drunk now, and when he came over, he even sprinkled some wine on his body.

Seeing Cheng Shijie's disheveled appearance, Sun Yuanhua's hanging heart finally fell back into his stomach.

Fortunately, Cheng Shijie had no accidents, otherwise, Ning Haijun would have another Beijing mutiny, and it would be a lot of fun.

Seeing Cheng Shijie's disheveled clothes, Sun Yuanhua said: "General Cheng, Your Majesty summoned you, you'd better take a bath and change clothes!"

"understand!"

Cheng Shijie's soldiers also knew Cheng Shijie's living habits. As long as conditions permit, Cheng Shijie likes to take a bath. Of course, if conditions do not permit, he can bear it if he does not take a bath for half a month.

After Cheng Shijie took a bath, it was almost four or five o'clock in the afternoon. Cheng Shijie was now in military uniform, with silver armor and a silver spear, fully armed, and followed Wang Chengen into Beijing.

Wu Sheng said that he would follow Cheng Shijie. After Wang Chengen's permission, the two rode into the capital.

The city of Beijing has taken on a new look at this time, at least it is much cleaner than before, which makes the Dongchang fans who have been relying on fines feel very uncomfortable.

Everything in Beijing was as usual. The dignitaries and dignitaries continued to spend money and food, and the traffickers and pawns continued to rush around for three meals. The more they walked towards the Forbidden City, the better the houses and roads there were.

In particular, the outer and inner parts of Beijing and the inner city are simply two worlds. When entering the inner city, refugees and beggars are hardly seen, because poor people cannot enter the inner city.

The daily entry fee alone can stop most of the people.

Wang Chengen was very strange. Others would look around and marvel at the prosperity of Beijing when they entered Beijing for the first time, but Cheng Shijie did not have any abnormalities.

Wang Chengen smiled and said, "General Cheng has been to the capital before?"

"Of course I have!"

After Cheng Shijie said this, he regretted a little.

Sure enough, Wang Chengen looked at Cheng Shijie in surprise.

Cheng Shijie was a little guilty. Not long ago, he had indeed been to Beijing, but this capital was not that capital.He did not come to the Beijing city of the Ming Dynasty, but the Beijing city of later generations. He also took Cheng Jiayue, Xiang Hui, and Cheng Jialong to visit the Forbidden City.

Wang Chengen didn't mind. In fact, he could recite Cheng Shijie's resume, and there should be no record of being in the capital.However, he smiled and said, "Beijing is a good place!"

"In terms of strategic location, Beijing is not as good as Chang'an in Guanzhong, nor Luoyang!"

Cheng Shijie also traveled to Xi'an. According to the tour guide, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang planned to move the capital to Xi'an in the 24th year of Hongwu (1391), so he sent the prince to inspect the northwest, but the luck was not good. After inspecting the northwest, the prince fell seriously ill. He died of a serious illness.

This incident dealt a heavy blow to Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already a few years old. It was originally a trip to relocate the capital to suppress, but Zhu Yuanzhang lost his most valued son.This directly led to the end of the plan to move the capital.

Looking at the border defense map of the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing's location is not very conducive to the control of national defense, which is what Zhu Yuanzhang is worried about.If troops were stationed around Nanjing, the border would be harassed by barbarians, and if all the troops were transferred to the border, the guards in the capital would be empty. What's more, the coastal areas were mostly plains at that time. Once the northern nomads broke through Shanhaiguan, they would go straight to Nanjing. In the capital city, anyone who is an emperor will be worried.

However, it does not mean that Beijing is definitely suitable as the capital of the country. Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing when he became emperor.A tall city wall was built in Beijing, ready to stand on the front line of resisting aggression at any time.But the disadvantages are also obvious. The lack of control over the south and northwest, and various uprisings in Shaanxi in the late Ming Dynasty directly affected the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

It was just because Chengzu was restricted in Nanjing when he became emperor, so he moved the wealthy households in Nanjing to the north to build a new city of Beijing.

If the capital of the Ming Dynasty was built in Chang'an, there would be no need to garrison heavy troops in the Gyeonggi area. This must be a place where Beijing is not as good as Chang'an. No matter how bad Chang'an is, there are four passes that can be defended. Li Qinchuan can accommodate a large number of civilians and soldiers, which is incomparable to Beijing.

Beijing is a city seriously short of resources. It lacks water, firewood, and food. All living and production materials need to be transported outside. Although there are canals, the problem is that the problems of the canals are also very serious.

Obviously the imperial court can't afford the money to manage the canal, and it's clear that sea transportation is cheaper than water transportation, but it involves millions of waterworkers and the interests of this interest group, and the reform of water transportation has come to nothing.

"General Cheng thinks Xi'an is better than Beijing?"

When it came to this topic, Wang Chengen was just wondering what Cheng Shijie meant.

Could it be that Cheng Shijie intentionally gave up the Guan Ning line of defense?
Cheng Shijie nodded and said, "Chang'an is as prosperous as before, but the emperor doesn't want to build a capital in Chang'an..."

Wang Chengen said for a long time: "What the general said is true! Guanzhong is no longer prosperous, and the water transportation is not developed. It is really not a good choice to build a capital in Xi'an."

"actually not!"

If Cheng Shijie had to choose, he would definitely choose Chang'an or Luoyang instead of Beijing.

It makes Beijing incomparable, especially when it is attacked from the sea. If the Qing Dynasty also followed the Ming Dynasty to establish Chang'an, then the western powers would not be so easy to attack the capital.

What's more, establishing the capital of Chang'an can better control the Western Regions.

Cheng Shijie and Wang Chengen rode their horses and chatted while walking, and soon came to the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City. The main gate of the Meridian Gate is usually only the emperor can enter and leave. When the emperor is married, the queen enters once. One can walk out of this door once.Ministers of civil and military affairs enter and exit the east door, and clan princes enter and exit the west door.

Wang Chengen brought Cheng Shijie to the Wenhua Palace, which is indeed the Wenhua Palace of the University of Wenhua Palace. This is the place where the emperor summoned his officials in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and it was also the busiest place.

Only then did Wang Chengen go to report to Emperor Chongzhen. During this period, Emperor Chongzhen was still very busy. The main problem was that the banditry in Shaanxi was very serious.Continuously conquer Daning, Xizhou, Zezhou, and Shouyang counties.

The urgent memorial and the document asking for help have already caused Emperor Chongzhen to burn out. It can be said that the current Ming Dynasty is full of flames and smoke everywhere.

However, mobilizing troops requires money, and the imperial court really has no money, no food, and is poor.

Emperor Chongzhen also had a hard life, with this mess and such an unreliable minister...

What troubled Emperor Chongzhen even more was that his eighth younger sister, Zhu Weiti, was currently the only princess who was married on behalf of an unmarried princess, but this Zhu Weiti was soft on the outside and strong on the inside. , but did not make Zhu Weiti change his mind.

Now that Cheng Shijie has come to the capital, taking advantage of Cheng Shijie's report, at least the marriage must be finalized. Only when Cheng Shijie and him become a family can southern Liaoning reassure Emperor Chongzhen.

But the problem is that Zhu Weiti's attitude is very firm, even if he disagrees, it's not that he disagrees, but with conditions.

Zhu Weiti's condition is that Concubine Li Kang, her biological mother, must be released from the cold palace.

This made Emperor Chongzhen very embarrassed. Concubine Li Kangzhen, a fierce woman, left too much shadow on Emperor Chongzhen's childhood. If it wasn't for the issue of etiquette, Emperor Chongzhen really wanted to kill Concubine Li Kangzhen...

However, for the sake of the country, he must endure.

Cheng Shijie was a little tired. He had some breakfast in the morning, and was busy playing games for Jiayue in the morning. Before he had lunch, he hurried back to Ming Dynasty.

Cheng Shijie drank a bowl of tea, but felt even hungrier.

"that whoever……"

"What is General Cheng's order?"

Cheng Shijie was neither restrained nor polite, nor embarrassed, he said to the little eunuch at the door: "Is there anything to eat, give Cheng some order!"

"Yes!"

The plan couldn't keep up with the change, the little eunuch hadn't brought Cheng Shilai food yet, Gao Qiqian came, and he happened to watch Cheng Shijie ask the little eunuch for food.

Gao Qiqian said: "General Cheng, wait a moment, His Majesty has set up a banquet in the imperial garden, and is going to entertain General Cheng!"

"It's great to have something to eat!"

"General Cheng, His Majesty is not in a very good mood today, but he still decided to entertain General Cheng. Even the Chief Assistant will be jealous of this holy family..."

Cheng Shijie understood Emperor Chongzhen's feelings. Those ministers who did not do anything formal and used to contradict the emperor to invite direct purchases, don't tell them what they eat, even if they feed a dog, the dog will wag his tail and beg for mercy.

But the problem is, many civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty who were supported by Chongzhen would eat meat with their bowls and put down their chopsticks to scold their mothers. Faced with this kind of people, it would be good if they were not killed, and they were invited to eat. almost.

Cheng Shijie lowered his voice and asked, "By the way, Eunuch Gao, why is Your Majesty in a bad mood today?"

Gao Qiqian smiled wryly and said: "... Sigh, Shanxi and Shanxi are fighting fiercely, rogue bandits may invade the Central Plains at any time, Huguang is also in chaos, and now Jiannu is ready to move, how can your majesty be in a better mood?"

"Jian slave change?"

Cheng Shijie asked in surprise, "When did this happen?"

"Three days ago, Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army, went to the memorial. Huang Taiji had already issued a call-up order to all the ministries. Two out of two people will draw one, and they are limited to assemble in Shenyang at the end of September!"

"Gouri's wild boar skins, they were cleaned up lightly in Haizhou, and the bones are itchy again!"

Gao Qiqian was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "General Cheng, be careful! Speaking obscene words from the deep palace is a capital offense!"

"Is it okay to scold wild boar skin?"

"In other places, you can scold you however you like, but you can't in the palace!"

While talking, Gao Qiqian brought Cheng Shijie to the Royal Garden.

Cheng Shijie saw the legendary Emperor Chongzhen. He saw that Emperor Chongzhen was very thin. Although he was not very old, he could vaguely see gray hair on his head. Not as old as Cheng Shijie, but Cheng Shijie doesn't have gray hair yet.

"Cough cough..."

Seeing Cheng Shijie stunned, Gao Qiqian hurriedly reminded Cheng Shijie to salute.

"Chen, Cheng Shijie pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor, long live long live long live long live!"

"Cheng Qing is free of courtesy,"

Emperor Chongzhen has been staring at Cheng Shijie. Cheng Shijie is indeed very heroic. The height of Emperor Chongzhen is not too low. He is about 1.7 meters seven. He is also tall in Ming Dynasty. In addition, Emperor Chongzhen is very thin and looks even taller. .

But compared with Cheng Shijie, he bowed his head halfway.

"Come and give me a seat!"

Following a little Huangmen moved a stool behind Cheng Shijie, Cheng Shijie sat down.

The Huangmen staff who were serving the meal came and went in an orderly manner, and a rectangular low table was lifted up, followed by some oranges, apples, pears, grapes, persimmons and other seasonal fruits, which were served one by one. It was brought up on a silver plate, followed by the grilled and cooked meat.

In Cheng Shijie's opinion, the simplicity of this imperial meal is really good enough, and its level is not even as good as the level of a restaurant for department-level leading cadres in his time.

However, what is different from the imagination is that the feasts of this era are very real, and the amount of vegetables and fruits is very large.

However, Cheng Shijie was a little unaccustomed to eating like this, and the large pieces of meat piled up in front of him felt very greasy.Fortunately, soon, the servants brought a charcoal-fired pot, and the clear soup in the middle was boiling, in which the onion, garlic and other ingredients were tangy, and it smelled very pleasant to eat.

Cheng Shijie was already hungry, and he was not polite. He cut the meat into small pieces, dipped them into the boiling soup, and ate them like eating hot pot.

Since then, it really doesn't feel greasy.

When Cheng Shijie was eating fiercely, Emperor Chongzhen stared straight at Cheng Shijie, with a slight smile on his lips.

The relationship between the emperor and his ministers is actually like falling in love. As long as the relationship is reached, any problems will not be a problem.

Cheng Shijie ate and drank like no one else was around. In the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, this was Cheng Shijie's sincerity.

After Cheng Shijie ate for more than a quarter of an hour, he put down his chopsticks. At this time, the dishes before Emperor Chongzhen's court case were basically unchanged.

"Cheng Qing, are these dishes satisfactory?"

"Thank you Your Majesty for giving..."

"Don't be so polite!"

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Cheng Shijie's side and back from time to time, but Cheng Shijie didn't look back. He had already discovered that there should be someone peeping behind him.

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Cheng Qing fought bloody battles, re-created the slaves, and made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty. I admire him very much. Let Cheng Qing have a glass of respect!"

"I dare not!"

"You deserve it!"

Cheng Shijie didn't refuse, got up and drank a glass of wine.

At this moment, a gust of fragrant wind blew, and Empress Zhou came in a full suit.

"I pay my respects to the empress!"

"Cheng Qing is free!"

Empress Zhou gave Chongzhen a wink, Emperor Chongzhen understood what Empress Zhou meant, and the husband and wife actually flirted in front of Cheng Shijie...

This made Cheng Shijie feel a little unbelievable.

Empress Zhou encouraged Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "Cheng Qing, I have something to ask you..."

"I should know that I can say everything, and I can say everything!"

"Based on Cheng Qing's achievements in Sheji, I should enshrine Cheng Qing's son as Jin Yiwei's hereditary family. However, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War have no records of Cheng Qing's heirs. I don't know if Cheng Qing has any heirs!"

"I have a son...named Jialong, who is 12 years old now, but...the minister and his wife were separated at the time, and neither mother nor child has been heard from!"

Cheng Shijie was not a fool, he could tell that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to give him a marriage, and he couldn't refuse it. The Liaonan military group had just formed, and it would be the most stupid act to turn against the court.

"There is no news at all, and it can be said that life and death are uncertain!"

Emperor Chongzhen said: "There are three types of unfilial piety, and having no heir is the greatest. For the sake of the Cheng family's incense, Cheng Qing, I will appoint a marriage for you."

"Can the minister refuse?"

"My eighth younger sister, Princess Le'an, is promised to be the wife of the Cheng family!"

(End of this chapter)