Borrow the day to change the day

() In the Wenhua Palace, Sun Chengzong, who was in command of King Qin's army outside the city, was reporting the situation to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, based on the past few times, cities with heavy troops were captured by Jianlu, such as Zunhua and Yongping. It was caused by insiders taking advantage of the late night to meet Jian captives in the city. Therefore, I sent a fast horse to inform other cities in the capital to strictly guard against insiders."

"It's all about eating what's inside and outside. If you take refuge in Jianlu, your ancestors don't want it!" Emperor Chongzhen said angrily, if it weren't for these traitors, the war would have been so bad.

Sun Chengzong also felt the same. In fact, in Liaodong, one of the most important methods used by Jianlu to attack the city was to send people into the city to lurk in advance, and then attack inside and outside, leading to the fall of the city.Later, the cities in eastern Liaodong learned the essence and took strict precautions internally. Only then did Jianlu repeatedly attack Jinzhou, and Ningyuan would not let go.

It's just that I didn't expect that Jianlu would take this tactic when he took a detour to invade the pass, which was unexpected.Now that the cities in Gyeonggi are well prepared, relying on Jianlu's crappy siege methods, if they want to capture the heavily guarded cities, they can only be daydreams.

After venting his anger, Emperor Chongzhen asked Sun Chengzong with a hint of expectation: "Master Sun, how long will it take to counterattack Jianlu, drive Jianlu out or destroy them on the spot?"

Sun Chengzong was a little ashamed: "Your Majesty, there are as many as [-] Jianlu, and they came here with all their soldiers. Although the army of the king outside the city has passed through the elimination of soldiers, the number of elite soldiers left behind is also more than that of Jianlu. But... "Sun Chengzong sighed when he said this.

"How about it, Master Sun, tell me quickly." Emperor Chongzhen became anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly urged.

"But the commanders of the various ministries are selfish. They always want others to go first and take advantage of themselves. No one is willing to confront Jianlu head-on. Therefore, these troops can fight smoothly. If the battle is difficult and stalemate, it may drag down the friendly army. Your Majesty, now there is a lack of an army capable of confronting Jianlu head-to-head in field battles." Sun Chengzong shook his head slightly and sighed, he did not hide from Emperor Chongzhen, and revealed the biggest problem in King Qin's army.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, the anger that had just been suppressed broke out again: "The army is my army, it is the army of Ming Dynasty, not the army of these general soldiers. Treating the army as their own, greedy for life and fear of death, everyone should beheaded !"

Why doesn't Sun Chengzong know, but now it's not a general soldier like this, but almost all general soldiers have this virtue, they can't do anything, and the law does not blame the public.

Emperor Chongzhen was a little angry when he saw that Sun Chengzong didn't answer his words, and he shared the same hatred with him.But after thinking about it, I realized that being so angry would not help the state affairs at all.

Emperor Chongzhen took a deep breath, calmed down, and asked Sun Chengzong, "Master Sun, what should we do now?"

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty dared to fight head-to-head with Jianlu in the field, and was able to fight until Jianlu was terrified. There used to be two troops." Sun Chengzong was already thinking about it, and when Emperor Chongzhen asked him, he analyzed it for him.

"Master Sun, tell me quickly." Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen leaned forward on the imperial table, waiting for Sun Chengzong's answer.

"In the first year of Tianqi, there was a bloody battle in the Hunhe River. Jianlu, who was killed in a field battle, was bloodied and terrified."

When Sun Chengzong said this, Emperor Chongzhen remembered that Master Sun was referring to the Xichuan Baigan soldiers and the Zhejiang soldiers left by Qi Jiguang.

Emperor Chongzhen sat back again and sighed: "It's a pity that the Zhejiang army has been wiped out. Otherwise, the sea ship will go straight to Tianjin, and it can be used now."

Emperor Chongzhen stopped for a while when he said this, and then analyzed another army for himself: "King Qin should have arrived in Xichuan. I don't know if the White Pole Army has set off. Well, it must have set off."

Emperor Chongzhen raised his head and said to Sun Chengzong: "By the way, Master Sun, I met Qin Liangyu, the commander-in-chief of the White Pole Army last year. She is a hero among women. I believe she will not ignore Qin Wang's edict, or procrastinate."

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen changed his tone, and asked Sun Chengzong with a hint of discussion: "I will send a messenger to Sichuan immediately, one to see where the white pole army is, and the other is to coordinate the provinces to facilitate the white pole army. , Master Sun, do you think this is good?"

Sun Chengzong smiled slightly in his heart. After all, the emperor is still a young man. He said it with confidence just now, but now he has revealed a trace of lack of self-confidence in his heart.Therefore, Sun Chengzong encouraged Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, this strategy is very good. I see that Xichuan is far away, and it will take time to gather troops. If there are angels to coordinate the provinces to provide convenience, they should be able to come to the capital quickly."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded: "Master Sun and I see the same thing, I will send a messenger immediately."

It was here that Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet, came to see him.Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen sent an order to meet him.

Wen Tiren entered the Wenhua Palace, saw that Sun Chengzong was there, nodded his head, and then reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the cabinet received two more resignations today, one from Yushi Gaojie, and the other from Liu Peng, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials. Please make a decision, Your Majesty."

Emperor Chongzhen was a little strange. Two resignations, plus Zhang Fengxiang's, made three.Cheng Jiming's share was implied by Emperor Chongzhen himself, so he didn't count it.

"It's all unwell?" Emperor Chongzhen knew that Gao Jie and Liu Peng were not old enough to retire, so he guessed another most likely reason.

Wen Tiren looked at Sun Chengzong, and then replied: "Yes, Your Majesty. However, the cabinet has also received three resignations from officials below the seventh rank submitted by the ministers of various ministries."

"Those below the seventh rank will be instructed by the cabinet, and transferred to the ceremonial supervisor to wear red. What does Mr. Wen Ge think of these two unwell?" Emperor Chongzhen's attention was obviously focused on Yushi Gaojie and the right servant Liu Peng of the Ministry of Officials. .

Compared with the Tianqi Dynasty, the Supervisor of Rituals in the Chongzhen Dynasty was like a soy saucer, and it was all because the Emperor Chongzhen was too diligent.Now, the Supervisor of Rituals only makes red marks on trivial matters.

"I haven't seen these two people before, so I dare not make a statement." Wen Tiren replied to Emperor Chongzhen, with a hint of hint in his words.

"The resignations of these two people will be kept first, and the cabinet will send people to visit them. If they are really unable to serve the court, they will approve them later." Emperor Chongzhen ordered Wen Tiren after hearing what he said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wen Tiren took the order, and then he asked with concern: "Your Majesty, has the battle ahead changed?"

The cabinet only received the battle report of the fall of Yongping two days ago, but Wen Tiren saw that Sun Chengzong personally faced the saint, thinking that something happened again.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Sun Chengzong, and then said to Wen Tiren: "Master Sun, he is here to make a request for me, otherwise it would be difficult to defeat Jianlu."

"Oh, the military supplies are running low again? Didn't you just allocate a million taels of silver?" Wen Tiren was a little surprised.

Emperor Chongzhen smiled bitterly and asked Sun Chengzong to explain to Wen Tiren.

After hearing this, Wen Tiren suddenly realized that it was because of this reason.The cabinet is now having criticisms. Some cabinet ministers asked why the army outside the city did not go to Jianlu for a decisive battle. This is the original reason.

Just as Wen Tiren was about to say something, the servant reported to Zhongxing Bozhong Jinwei and Xu Guangqi, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, to see him.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard it, he felt keenly that it was the result of cement firing.I couldn't help feeling a little worried about gain and loss, so I forgot to speak.

If the cement is fired successfully, it means that the method of raising the temperature is available.According to Master Zhong, there will be a leap forward in Western glass and steel urgently needed by the military and civilians, followed by the establishment of state-owned enterprises, and the stagnant pool of Daming will be revitalized.

The servant waited for a while, but there was no movement. He looked up at Emperor Chongzhen in surprise, whether to pass it on or not?

Sun Chengzong didn't know what Zhong Jinwei was doing, but it must be important to come to see him.Seeing Emperor Chongzhen in a daze, he reminded him: "Your Majesty, Uncle Zhongxing is asking to see you."

Although Sun Chengzong didn't deliberately raise his voice, the power of his natural loud voice was still possible, which directly woke up Emperor Chongzhen from his worries about gains and losses.

Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly said: "Quickly pass it on."

Wen Tiren watched the servant turn around and go out of the hall to pass on Zhong Xingbo, and he knew what was going on.So, he bowed to Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty."

Emperor Chongzhen laughed when he heard it, and then turned his attention to the outside of the hall, trying to find out whether it was good news or bad news from Uncle Zhongxing's footsteps or walking posture.

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen like this, Sun Chengzong was a little puzzled, what did Uncle Zhongxing do to make the emperor look forward to it so much?I haven't been outside the city for a long time, did Uncle Zhongxing make any noise again?