Borrow the day to change the day

The Jingzhong in Changli City rang "Dang Dang Dang". When the people in the city who didn't know the truth heard it, they thought that the Tartars were coming to attack the city again, and their mood sank immediately, wondering if they could resist this time.

But soon, their mood changed 180 degrees.

At first the cheers came from the top of the city, and anyone who heard it could hear the great joy from the heart contained in that voice.Soon, the good news reached the ears of all the people in the city with cheers.

"The imperial court's reinforcements are here to rescue us!"

"Thousands of Tartars were wiped out by the imperial army, and only three or two kittens ran back." [

"Children's mother, hurry up and report to her, seven or eight thousand Tartars have been wiped out by the imperial army, and Changli has been saved."

"The court sent a hundred thousand troops to wipe out the Tartars outside the city, have you heard about it?"

"..."

When Zuo Yingxuan told his guesses to the surrounding soldiers, yamen servants, and squires, and had circumstantial evidence from people who had seen the Tartars come and go and compared them, everyone believed that the imperial army had come to save Changli.

Although no one saw the shadow of the imperial army, everyone believed that the imperial court sent reinforcements, and it was a real army.

When Zuo Yingxuan returned to the county government from the city, he had already heard the people saying that the imperial court had sent 20 troops to wipe out [-] to [-] Tartars, and that so-and-so saw it with his own eyes.

Zuo Yingxuan didn't correct these outrageous words, he could feel that the morale in the city was unprecedentedly high, which was a good thing.

Besides, the leaders of the Mongolian tribes bargained with Daishan, and finally got Daishan to agree that the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom would also participate in the siege, and then slowly returned to his camp to mobilize and prepare to start in the afternoon.

Suddenly, they couldn't help being a little surprised when they heard cheers coming from Changli City.This Changli city is also a little far away from the camp, and you can still hear the movement over there. It must be a happy event to be so excited.

So, they sent people out to inquire about the situation.

After a while, the people who went out to inquire about the news ran back in panic and said that they went out to wipe out the troops of the Aohan and Jalut tribes of the Ming army, and the entire army was wiped out.

When the leaders of the ministries heard this, they were all taken aback, and rushed to Daishan to inquire about the news.

When they arrived at Daishan's big tent, Daishan was questioning the few people who escaped with their lives, including the leader of the Aohan tribe, all of them looked distraught.

As soon as these people found out that they were in an ambush, they turned around and ran away when they saw the Ming army charging all over the mountains and plains, so they had to pay attention to see how many people there were in the Ming army.That's why he ran ahead of everyone and became one of the few people released by Cao Wenzhao.

None of them could tell exactly how many people there were in the Ming army, some in the thousands, and some in the tens of thousands. Anyway, at the end of the day, Daishan was also confused.

If Daishan knew that there were only [-] Ming troops coming, his own strength would be enough to deal with it.Keep some police rings, and the rest can attack the city as usual, maybe you can use this as a bait to find an opportunity to encircle and wipe out these Ming troops.

But now no one knows the exact number of the Ming army, and the Ming army that could wipe out [-] Mongols at once is definitely not a minority.Based on their previous impressions of the Ming army, they could estimate the minimum value, but they had no idea about the maximum value.

The leaders of the various ministries in the big tent were as uncertain as Dai Shan, and a little panicked. They didn't know whether it was a tiger lurking in the dark or it was just a cat.

In the end, it was Daishan who took the case and decided on the countermeasures. Everyone waited, suspended the siege, and went back to stand by. [

At such a critical moment, Daishan couldn't trust these Mongols, and would rather find out the details of the Ming army if the scouts he sent out lost points.

Soon, a large group of Jianlu scouts came out, centered on Changli, searching for traces of the Ming army.

In the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen, like Daishan, had no idea what to do next.

Dai Shan had no idea how many Ming troops there were, and Emperor Chongzhen had no idea how many corrupt officials there were.

Judging from the confession submitted by Jin Yiwei today, there are fewer government officials than a few days ago, but judging from the results of the joint interrogation of the three divisions forwarded by Dongchang Wang Chengen, more people were drawn out, and even appeared. The case of generals in the army bribing and running away from officials, and the case of Jin Yiwei using power for personal gain a few years ago.

Judging from the situation these days, government officials have fully spread to the six departments of Li, Gong, Li, Xing, Hu, and Bing.

Whether or not to investigate further, Emperor Chongzhen was a little scared in his heart.But if you don't check it, you will let those moths go in vain, and you will be very unwilling.

Emperor Chongzhen remembered his ambition and wanted to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty.I have also been working hard to imitate the Emperor Taizu, who is not close to women, is diligent and thrifty, sleeps all day long, and has been working diligently for the people for the past few years.

I didn't expect there to be so many moths. It seems that if I don't learn Taizu's determination and methods, my efforts will be in vain, and my ambition will not be realized.

When he thought of this, he stopped hesitating and made up his mind. He immediately said to Wang Cheng'en who was standing beside him, "Big Companion, those people from Jinyiwei will be arrested and interrogated by you in Dongchang."

When Wang Chengen heard this, he was secretly happy, agreed quickly, and was ready to go to work.

Dongchang arrests people, and what they arrest is the emperor's internal ministers. It doesn't need to be as troublesome as Jin Yiwei arrests people. Wang Chengen can arrest people directly with the imperial decree.

Unexpectedly, he was called back by Emperor Chongzhen before he walked out of the palace gate.

It turned out that Emperor Chongzhen remembered that Zhong Jinwei said that it is best for Dongchang and Jinyiwei to be on the same level, and one should not overwhelm the other, lest one side be too big to control, which is not a good thing.

I just heard him say to Wang Cheng'en: "From now on, it will be a common practice that the Dongchang interrogation requires more than a thousand officials from Jinyiwei to attend the interrogation. You can remember it."

When Wang Chengen heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, but he immediately came to his senses, agreed, and left after seeing that Emperor Chongzhen would not give any further instructions.

He didn't want to learn from Wei Zhongxian, but he couldn't understand Jin Yiwei's recent arrogance.No matter what, there must be a competitive relationship between the two departments with similar functions. Now it is a happy thing to take this opportunity to suppress Jin Yiwei, and that's all.

Therefore, although Wang Chengen was dissatisfied with Emperor Chongzhen's orders, he did not respond much.

Emperor Chongzhen was not a brainless person. He did not investigate the generals involved for the time being, and waited until Jianlu was resolved. Therefore, he temporarily put aside the disposal of those people, and did not let Dongchang or Jinyiwei arrest them. .

I don't know how troublesome it will be to deal with those generals in the army. Emperor Chongzhen felt a little dizzy when he thought about it.

When he first came to the throne, although Wei Zhongxian's power was so powerful at that time, he was not flustered at all, calm and calm, and was disposed of by himself in a chic and easy manner.Thinking about it now, I'm still a little proud.

But now, in the face of each confession, there is a sense of fear, and I have to think over and over again. I am not sure yet, and I feel a sense of strength.Is it because I am not as capable as before, or is my opponent better than Wei Zhongxian? [

Emperor Chongzhen was sitting on the throne thinking about this issue. Before he could figure out why it was because Wei Zhongxian was in the Ming Dynasty, it was easy to deal with, but corrupt officials were in the dark, involving too many people and it was difficult to deal with it. He was interrupted by Chief Assistant Wen Tiren.

Emperor Chongzhen was a little tired, pressed his temples, and asked Wen Tiren who came in: "What is Wen Qing looking for?"

"Your Majesty, too many officials have been arrested in the ** case, and now the Ministry of Officials has spare officials available." Wen Tiren has also been a little overworked these days, and he doesn't look so energetic.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he didn't bother to press his temples, and asked Wen Tiren in surprise, "Have you run out of so many candidates?"

Wen Tiren smiled wryly, and explained to Emperor Chongzhen: "Many of those candidate officials have problems and have already been imprisoned. Moreover, not only the shortage of officials is severe, but the shortage of officials is even worse. We can’t handle business as normal.”

Emperor Chongzhen only felt his forehead hurt again, and he asked Wen Tiren again: "What about those Juren who are preparing for the Jinshi examination at home, if they have talents, use them."

It is not uncommon to raise people to be officials, but generally they are officials below the seventh rank.Many of the vacancies now are above rank seven, and Wen Tiren felt that Emperor Chongzhen was a little ill and went to the doctor in a hurry.

He replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the available Juren have already filled the vacancies."

Emperor Chongzhen didn't believe it anymore, he couldn't even find an official, so he said to Wen Tiren: "Then look for it from the local area, and the mansion newspaper will be copied all over the world, so that all the people from all over the country will come to Beijing for an interview, and after that, they will fill up the vacancies. "

Wen Tiren was a little speechless, knowing that Emperor Chongzhen was angry, he persuaded Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the list of prostitutes has already been involved in the local government, if your majesty insists on arresting them, I am afraid that there will not be enough officials in the local government. "

Emperor Chongzhen heard that one head is bigger than two, does he really want me to stop here?

Then how to deal with those officials who are now arrested, and all of them will be convicted according to the law?It's a mess now, there is a shortage of people to do things, but you can't let them all go, right?If you don't let go, there is another possibility, they continue to bite other people out, what should I do?

Did he grit his teeth and arrest all the people who confessed, the government will be clear, and the world will be peaceful!