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

Chapter 349 Mastering Your Own Destiny

Chapter 349

As Ning Haijun's attack in Shenyang City suffered a setback, of course this was not actually a setback. If he really tried his best, Ning Haijun could definitely break through Shenyang City. If he had to pay heavy casualties, this result was not what Cheng Shijie wanted to see. .

Generals of the Ning Navy, especially those from Liaodong, called for the battle one after another. They were red-eyed and insisted on demolishing Shenyang City.

But Changyu rejected their invitation to fight. Changyu knew very well that anger was useless. Shenyang City was originally the largest city in Liaodong, but with the rise of Jinzhou City, although Shenyang City was not as good as Jinzhou City, it passed through Liaoyang, Guangxi Ning and other cities are too huge.

Tall city walls and adequate preparations. Jiannu's use of city walls for defense was enough to offset Ning Haijun's huge advantage in equipment. A forceful attack would require heavy casualties.Whether it is Cheng Shijie or Ning Haijun's combat system, human lives will not be exchanged for victory unless it is absolutely necessary.

Of course, when there is no way to retreat, you can only defend and fight to the death without retreating.

Zhang Yu ordered to stop the attack and continue the bombardment. At the same time, he released all the scouts to see if he could catch Jiannu around Shenyang City.

Zhang Yu also knows very well that this is the first battle of his overall command and must be fought well. If the first time he leads troops in battle leaves a bad impression that he will only risk human lives, then his future in Ning Haijun will be That's worrying. Who knows how many people are secretly watching his position!
Another advantage of stopping the attack after the attack is frustrated is to tell Jiannu: We can't take over Shenyang City in a short time, you can still stay in Shenyang City for a while!
Jiannu obviously understood the message that Changyu wanted to convey to them, so he has been actively planning and mobilizing troops during the fierce battle, intending to play a big game.Now the main force of the slave building is trapped in Kuku and Tun, with a journey of more than 2000 miles. Although the slave building has sent a rescue messenger.

It will take at least ten days or even half a month for the main force to return to aid. After all, the main force of the slave establishment has a large amount of captured supplies and cattle and sheep, and they can't get up sooner than they want.

However, when Zhang Yu dispatched Ning Haijun to reconnaissance around, that night, a mysterious person came to meet Zhang Yu and told Zhang Yu an amazing news.

"What did you say? Shenyang City is already empty? How is this possible?"

"More than a month ago, the thief chief Huang Taiji, like his Fujin Zhezhe, and dozens of people including his fourth son Ye Bushu, fifth son Shuosai's eldest daughter, and second daughter quietly left Shenyang! Among them, Daishan, Dorgon, etc. , and the family members of the nobles of the Manchu Dynasty!"

Zhang Yu stared at the man in his 30s: "Who are you?"

"I am Aixinjueluo Shuotuo, time is running out, you can verify my identity with Cheng Shuai!"

Shuo Tuo pointed at Shenyang City and said: "Now Shenyang City only has more than 4000 slaves and more than [-] Han military flags. Their family members are also not in Shenyang City. Huang Taiji's order to them is that once you launch an attack, they will do whatever it takes." If they dare to surrender, all the men in their families will be beheaded, and the women will be sent as armored slaves."

Zhang Yu did not believe Shuo Tuo's words: "You go down and rest first, the general has his own plan!"

As Shuo Tuo was arranged, Zhang Yu said: "Li Xiaodong!"

"I am humble!"

"Lead the team yourself, bypass Shenyang, and go to Kaiyuan to investigate!"

"Yes!"

After Li Xiaodong received the order, he hurriedly set off with the Ning Navy scout cavalry.

……

In Yanqing, Meng En took a piece of information to Cheng Shijie's account.

His face was full of indignation: "Those civil servants deserve to die, look at what they have ruined this country into!"

Zhou Ning was a little puzzled: "What happened again?"

"What happened, what happened!"

Meng En gritted his teeth with hatred and said: "Chief of General Staff Zhou, see for yourself!"

"Nanyang fell?"

Zhou Ning looked unbelieving: "How is this possible?"

"What else is possible?"

Zhou Ning said in confusion: "More than a month ago, Lu Xiang Sheng Lu didn't fight against Li Zicheng and they were beaten to the last breath. How could it be possible to capture Nanyang now?"

Meng En smiled wryly, "It's not because of King Tang!"

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, following the old system of the Yuan Dynasty, Nanyang Mansion was established to govern Nanyang, Nanzhao, Tangxian, Biyang, Tongbai, Zhenping, Xinye, Neixiang, Dengzhou and other places.

Nanyang is the fiefdom of Zhu Yuan, the third son of Zhu Yuanzhang No. 20, the Tang king. During the Yongle period, a large-scale Tang palace was built in Nanyang City. During the Chenghua period, nine more county palaces were built.As Zhu Yuanzhang's anti-human ancestral system gradually loosened, Nanyang's commerce became active. Merchants from Shan, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan, and Hubei came in droves. Various business halls and mansions sprang up in various places. Food, cotton, raw silk, Tobacco, silk, oil, fur, wood, medicinal materials, etc. flooded into the market and were sold all over the country.

In 1632 (the fifth year of Chongzhen), Zhu Yujian succeeded him as the king of Tang Dynasty and enfeoffed Nanyang.Emperor Chongzhen bestowed upon him the Ancestral Instructions of the Ming Dynasty, the Great Ming Huidian, the Five Classics and Four Books, the 21 History, the Tongjian Compendium, and the Classic of Loyalty and Filial Piety.

This Zhu Yujian is rich and rich, and he did not study hard behind closed doors as Emperor Chongzhen asked. Zhu Yujian likes military affairs, so he asks for his own money, expands the palace of the palace, and recruits two or three thousand people to practice. At that time, Zhu Yujian was just working behind closed doors, practicing nonsense by himself.

Until May of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Yujian won the support of Chen Xiangfei, the commander of Linqing general Liu Zeqing. This Chen Xiangfei was killed from an ordinary military household, because someone was responsible for Song Xiance's Dashun Army, so Chen Xiangfei was treated as a scapegoat.

With Zhu Yujian's command under Chen Xiangfei's training, he became more stylish. After learning that the 40 Mongolian army in Mobei was going south, Zhu Yujian asked Emperor Chongzhen to go north to defend against the enemy.Emperor Chongzhen forbade.

Zhu Yujian actually disregarded the national rule that "vassal kings do not control soldiers", recruited troops, and personally increased the number of guards from more than [-] to [-]. Because Cheng Shijie sold a large amount of iron to the Central Plains in this time and space, the army recruited by Zhu Yujian was more than ten thousand. The historical equipment is much better. He used the ironware he bought to forge thousands of armors privately.Zhu Yujian went north from Nanyang. When he arrived in Luoyang, the governor Yang Shengwu personally led the Nanyang defenders northward to chase the Tang Palace guards. Nanyang City, taking advantage of the emptiness of the defenders, captured Nanyang City in one fell swoop.

Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang's troops rushed into Nanyang City. Nanyang is currently the most prosperous city in Ming Dynasty with a large population. Gao Yingxiang used the food in Nanyang City to force the people of Nanyang to rebel. In just a few days, Gao Yingxiang's troops surged to tens of thousands. After eating up Nanyang City, Gao Yingxiang led his troops south to threaten Xiangyang.

Now, even Emperor Chongzhen panicked.

Zhou Ning sneered again and again: "Is it really just the credit of the civil servants? Without the active cooperation of the arrogant, self-willed emperor who is above all living beings, would these civil servants have the ability to destroy the good situation created by the general? ?”

Zhou Ning has always had a bad impression of the Ming court. He has seen too many corrupt officials among the people, not one or two, but the whole country.These bastards colluded with the gentry, and not only did not provide relief in the event of famine, but also let those gentry who have not lost their conscience provide relief. They were determined to starve the hungry people to death so that they could annex their fields, or use the famine to raise the price of the hoarded old grain to sky-high prices. Sell ​​it, make a fortune, and ruin the families of the people.

Corrupt officials live a life of debauchery, and the few good officials who want to do something for the common people are forced to hang themselves by the Beijing police. ...

All of these prove that this old dynasty is exhausted and it is time to collapse.After joining Cheng Shijie, especially in southern Liaoning, which was originally a barren land, it took Cheng Shijie just three or four years to run the business as prosperously as the capital.

This changed Zhou Ning's perception of the Ming Dynasty. Although this aging dynasty has various shortcomings, it is absolutely unambiguous in its external affairs, which is worthy of recognition.He became Cheng Shijie's right-hand man in handling major military affairs, and with his help, Ning Haijun got on the right track of development.

Seeing the improvement of the living standards of the people in Liaodong and seeing the news of border defenses getting stronger and stronger, Zhou Ning also felt a little more hopeful, thinking that the country could still be saved, as long as Cheng Shijie's model was followed to reproduce the Hongwu and Yongle periods The brilliance of it is a matter of time.

However, this time, Zhou Ning was completely disappointed with the Ming Dynasty and Emperor Chongzhen. What were those ministers doing?It was obvious that those civil servants were collaborating with the enemy and would not hesitate to push the Ming Dynasty into a bottomless abyss, but the question is what was Emperor Chongzhen doing?

He was actually pretending to be deaf and dumb. Although Qiao Zhaolin was dead, his confession could not be false. Xie Zhiliang was still alive, but he asked the Third Division to investigate strictly because there was no evidence.

These were originally done by the civil servants. Let the civil servants investigate and investigate themselves. It would be strange if the problem could be found out. Cheng Shijie sent three memorials to Emperor Chongzhen, hoping that Emperor Chongzhen could find out the truth about Wu Zongda's death, but the problem Yes, Wu Zongda's coffin has arrived at Tianjin Wei, but there is still no clue about this case.

If Cheng Shijie encountered this kind of thing, he would definitely arrest the relevant responsible persons for interrogation. There would be no hesitation at all, because Cheng Shijie believed that none of the officials in Ming Dynasty had a clean ass. Whether it is corruption, malfeasance, private life or morality, no matter who it is, it cannot escape the scrutiny of these crimes.

If there is no evidence, you can slowly find it. Only when there is absolutely no problem will it be released. Those who deserve compensation will be compensated, and those who deserve punishment will be punished. Emperor Chongzhen was better off, because he wanted both dignity and face.In addition to talking about evidence, in Cheng Shijie's eyes, there is only suspicion, and whether there is evidence is actually not important.The case of Yuan Chonghuan, he had actually been tried by the three divisions for ten months.

Meng En smiled bitterly and said: "Now we are in big trouble. The border issues have not been resolved yet. We still don't know what the situation is in Lanzhou. But if something happens again in Jingxiang, you say, I can't tell which one is more serious!"

"They can tell the difference!"

"What is the commander in charge of working hard in Liaodong? What is Ning Haijun trying to do by drinking blood and chewing grass roots outside the customs for several years? What is Ning Haijun trying to hold on in Liaodong? What is the use of our hard work and desperation? So many people are dragging their feet, turning their hands into clouds and rain, and all our efforts will be in vain!"

Zhou Ning said bitterly: "Isn't it always like this for 2000 years? Tan Daoji made Suo Lu frightened by the news, and he was invincible. Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty killed him with a piece of edict, and the national destiny of Liu Song took a turn for the worse; Chen Qingzhi's seventh Qian Baipao crossed the Yangtze River in the Northern Expedition, defeated the Northern Wei Dynasty and attacked Cloyang. Emperor Wu of Liang sat back and watched the Northern Wei Dynasty counterattack, which eventually led to his defeat and the entire White Pao Army was annihilated... and Yue Fei was about to reach Bianliang. Zhao Goushi Three gold medals brought him back, and then an unfounded crime cost the lives of his father and son! It has been like this for 2000 years, and it has never changed. Those of us who are ministers can only pray that we can meet someone like Emperor Guangwu. Such a wise, mighty and magnanimous monarch, otherwise he might die at any time!"

Meng Enguang flashed and murmured: "Why can't we control our own destiny? Why do we let the emperor rule everything about us, even if he is a stupid pig? Why does he rule us? Why does he selfishly think that this country is theirs? His private property can be squandered wantonly, just because his surname is Liu Li, Zhao surname Zhu?"

"Meng En, what do you want to do?"

Zhou Ning said in a stern tone: "Your idea is very dangerous!"

"My thoughts are not dangerous!"

Meng En took a breath and said: "Chief of General Zhou, you also know that all the good birds are hidden, the cunning rabbits die, and the lackeys are cooked. Our Ning Navy has developed to this point, and there is no turning back."

Zhou Ning said: "It's enough to say this, you control your own mouth! If you don't keep secrets, you will lose your ministers, and if your ministers don't keep secrets, you will lose your body!"

"I'm not for myself, I'm for the Marshal, for all of us in Ning Haijun!"

Meng En pointed to a Ning navy officer next to him: "Have you had enough?"

"what?"

The soldier was a little confused.

Meng En said angrily: "I've had enough, I don't want to go on like this anymore! Why can't we control our own destiny?"

"Why can't you control your own destiny?"

Can Zhou Ning understand Meng En's words?

He can understand, but the problem is that this matter is too big, once it is pulled apart, the problem will become bigger, and Daming's sky will collapse: "At least not now, the commander must return to Liaodong safely!"

Meng En seemed to understand Zhou Ning's meaning: "I know how to do it!"

"Don't mess around!"

"I'm not a person without a brain. Let me ask you, who in the world doesn't want to fight side by side with the commander-in-chief to open up territories? His name will go down in history?"

Meng En said: "I think, even in my dreams."

Zhou Ning said: "Meng En, that's it, you call the officers above the commander-in-chief and have a small meeting, that's it..."

(End of this chapter)