Borrow the day to change the day

Zhong Jinwei was the Emperor Chongzhen who met in Wenhua Palace, and Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was also present.

He found that the spirits of Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren were not very good. The lack of sleep was one aspect, and there was a sense of anxiety and worry in their expressions.

Emperor Chongzhen saw Zhong Jinwei coming into the palace and wanted to salute, so he quickly stopped him and said, "Master Zhong, you don't need to be too polite."

Then seeing that Zhong Jinwei lost a lot of weight after not seeing him for a few days, but he was in good spirits, he said to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Zhong, don't take risks next time, I can't live without you here!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern, but to be honest, I learned a lot when I went out this time." Zhong Jinwei said with a smile. [

Zhong Jinwei's smile infected the people in the hall, and Wen Tiren smiled and said to him: "Why, Zhongxingbo is still so humble after making great contributions?"

"Master Wen is talking about the extermination of [-] Mongolian Tartars? This is the result of He Kegang and Cao Wenzhao, the leaders of the army, who commanded well and the soldiers worked hard. I just watched it from the sidelines. The battle is about verbal and actual It's really different!" Zhong Jinwei turned to Wen Tiren to explain, and then sighed.

Looking at the sunny Zhong Jinwei, Wen Tiren stroked his long beard and thought in his heart: "People in later generations are as humble and open-minded as Zhong Xingbo, it's rare to see generals who don't take merit now. .”

Zhong Jinwei didn't know that Wen Tiren was secretly praising himself, so he turned to Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, I have one more thing to do, I must congratulate Your Majesty!"

"Oh, where does the joy come from?" Emperor Chongzhen has been annoyed to death recently, except that he just heard that Zhong Jinwei's cavalry army wiped out four thousand Mongolian Tartars, he has never been happy.

"Relying on a group of rural soldiers, Changli withstood tens of thousands of Tatars' siege. I have the specific victory report and the list of meritorious personnel. Please have a look at the emperor." Zhong Jinwei took out the victory report given to him by Zuo Yingxuan, and asked the servant It was forwarded to Emperor Chongzhen.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard it, he thought it was a happy event, but it turned out to be an event in Changli. Isn't this a known thing?

He didn't even bother to read the good news carefully now, so he flipped through it and put it aside temporarily, thinking about the court situation, and was going to let Master Zhong talk about this important matter.

Zhong Jinwei kept looking at Emperor Chongzhen, seeing that he seemed to be absent-minded, and he didn't pay attention to it, so he knew that he was worried about anti-corruption.

Therefore, Zhong Jinwei said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I believe that the battle of Changli will be a turning point in the battle with Jianlu in the land of Gyeonggi. Therefore, I congratulate Your Majesty!"

Jianlu was also a heart disease of Emperor Chongzhen. Now that Zhong Jinwei said this, he became interested and asked Zhong Jinwei: "Master Zhong, how do you say this?"

Wen Tiren was also very concerned, looking at Zhong Jinwei, waiting for his explanation.

"Your Majesty, when the Jianlu first broke through the pass, the momentum was like a broken bamboo, and the soldiers were unstoppable. Our important town is like Zunhua, and Yongping fell in a day. If someone told you at that time, the tens of thousands of Jianlu's army could not conquer a city. The county town guarded by the soldiers, the leading county magistrate has only been in office for three days, will you believe it when you hear it?" Zhong Jinwei began to discuss his reasons in a guiding way.

"I don't believe it." Emperor Chongzhen shook his head.

"But the fact now is that Changli has been defended, and Jianlu has no choice but to attack Changli and lose troops. This is enough to show that Jianlu's spirit has lost, and he no longer has the courage to enter the pass."

When Zhong Jinwei said this, he thought of the German attack on Stalingrad during World War II. The process was very similar.

"So what?" Emperor Chongzhen didn't quite understand.

"At the end of a strong crossbow, you can't wear Lu Jin. Now Tartar soldiers dare not fight to the death. Generals cherish their feathers, and morale will not be high. Morale in this cold weapon era is the most important." Zhong Jinwei explained.

"Cold weapon?" Wen Tiren didn't know much about military affairs, so when he heard a new term, he didn't understand it. [

Zhong Jinwei looked at Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren in the hall, both of whom knew their origins, and explained: "In my hometown, all of them fought with firearms. The Age of Weapons."

After explaining this concept, Zhong Jinwei said to Emperor Chongzhen again: "Your Majesty, the impression of building a captive enemy is probably engraved on the bones of all the soldiers and civilians in the northern theater. Since many years ago, all the campaigns we initiated on our own initiative have failed. The Jianlu can only defend the city, and the soldiers are afraid of the Jianlu before they start the battle. This battle will not be easy. But now, we have a chance."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen quickly asked, "What opportunity?"

"It is an opportunity to boost morale. We must vigorously publicize the victory of Changli and let everyone know that Jianlu can't even defeat a small town guarded by a group of rural soldiers. What is there to fear about Jianlu?" Zhong Jinwei raised his voice and said in a tone Firm and forceful and set off his conclusions.

The victory in the Battle of Changli was the result of many influences, and there was a certain element of fluke, but victory is victory. This is an iron-clad fact that cannot be doubted!

Emperor Chongzhen always thought that Jianlu was a very terrible enemy, with one enemy ten, because Jianlu often beat the Ming army several times and fled in embarrassment or was wiped out directly.Now hearing what Zhong Jinwei said, I feel that Jianlu is nothing more than that.

"Okay, let the soldiers and civilians of Ming Dynasty know the true face of Jianlu, Master Zhong, what should we do about this matter?" Emperor Chongzhen's emotions were aroused, and he asked Zhong Jinwei.

"First, those who have meritorious deeds should be rewarded heavily; second, specially send people to interview the heroic deeds of the Battle of Changli, compile them into operas, storytelling and other popular forms and widely publicize them among the military and civilians." Zhong Jinwei said without hesitation. Cases can be found casually in later generations, just use them at your fingertips.

"Okay, Wen Qing, the matter of meritorious deeds and rewards will be decided by the cabinet and the Ministry of War." Emperor Chongzhen instructed Wen Tiren.

Wen Tiren recalled the current situation of the court, smiled wryly, and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Then Emperor Chongzhen turned to Zhong Jinwei and said: "I know Master Zhong is very concerned about the guidance of public opinion, and this matter is related to the morale of the enemy, so I will trouble Master Zhong to worry about it."

"Okay, no problem." Zhong Jinwei remembered the last time he went to the Jiaofang Division. He didn't know how their previous publicity tasks were going, so he just went to have a look.

Then Zhong Jinwei remembered that he should remind Emperor Chongzhen, and said: "Your Majesty, Jianlu's military strength is still very strong. Soldiers can despise Jianlu, but senior generals and ministers should still have a clear understanding."

Emperor Chongzhen was taken aback for a moment before agreeing: "Okay, I understand."

After finishing speaking, seeing that Zhong Jinwei stopped talking, he knew that the matter had come to an end.

At this time, after Zhong Jinwei's intervention, Emperor Chongzhen's heart was not so heavy, he felt hungry.

He looked at the sky, and said to Zhong Jinwei and Wen Tiren: "It's past noon, and the two lovers will have dinner with me, and there are things to discuss afterwards."

As soon as they heard it, they knew what was going on, and they said to Emperor Chongzhen together: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the banquet."

As before, Emperor Chongzhen asked people to set meals directly in the Wenhua Hall.Because they were concerned about the court situation, they all finished their meals in a hurry.

After the servant who packed the lunch left, Emperor Chongzhen changed the topic to the current court situation, and said to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Zhong, I hastily sent someone to send you back, why do you know?"

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he finally got to the point.This matter is not easy to deal with. I wanted to think about it last night, but I fell asleep like a dead pig immediately.

The reason why he talked about Changli first was because he was afraid that the discussion on the anti-corruption issue would be too heavy to resolve, so he started talking about Changli first. [

The second is to take this opportunity to enliven the atmosphere and give yourself more time to think.

But now my mind is not very clear, so I can only analyze it step by step. This is one of the things Zhong Jinwei is good at in later generations. Business needs often need to be sorted out, and it will become clear after sorting out.

Zhong Jinwei looked at Wen Tiren, and then replied to Emperor Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, after I returned to King Qin's camp last night, Mr. Sun told me something, but not in detail."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he said to Wen Tiren: "Wen Qing, first show Master Zhong the collected corruption memorial."

This memorial was just sorted out by Wen Tiren, because too many people were involved, some in high positions, and even people in the palace. In order to avoid the spread of the contents of the confession, Emperor Chongzhen asked Wen Tiren to collect it all The confession that came over was rearranged into this memorial.

In the past two days, all the yamen have been paralyzed, unable to do much.The first and second members of Daming were so anxious that they could not help but remember that Zhong Jinwei came from a later life, and maybe there was a way, so they hurriedly passed it back.

Before Zhong Jinwei came, Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren were still discussing the content of this memorial, but they didn't know how to deal with these people.

Zhong Jinwei took it from Wen Tiren's hand and looked at it. There was a long list of people's names, official positions, brief content of corruption and the amount of money.

He looked at the list carefully, and he didn't know if he didn't read it. He was shocked when he saw that some people he was familiar with were also included.