Borrow the day to change the day

In the Wenhua Hall of the Beijing Normal University, glass replaced the window paper, which made the light in the hall very good.

Emperor Chongzhen was dealing with government affairs, discussing with Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet, about spring plowing in various places.

At this time, Wen Tiren was eloquently telling the Emperor Chongzhen about the situation in various places, emphasizing that the inland areas, especially Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Gansu and other places, did not have heavy snowfall, and the spring plowing might be affected due to lack of water.

As he was talking, he suddenly noticed that Emperor Chongzhen was frowning, his face was worried, but he seemed absent-minded.

Wen Tiren was a little speechless, so he had to suspend the report, and called Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

The sound became louder and louder, and finally the Emperor Chongzhen who was in a fugue state was called back to reality.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wen Tiren's beard and raised his face, showing dissatisfaction.He felt a little embarrassed, knowing that he was distracted again, so he explained to Wen Tiren: "Just now I was thinking that the governor of Liaodong was seriously ill, but Master Zhong may have arrived in Liaodong, and the war in Haizhou is about to start, and I don't know that he will fight How are you doing?"

Wen Tiren knew that Emperor Chongzhen was worried about this, because this had happened more than once.

However, he can also understand that not to mention that Emperor Chongzhen was still young and impatient, he was worried about the gains and losses of the first battle to recover Liaodong, and he also worried about the safety of Zhongxing Hou. Even Wen Tiren himself would often think of this incident when he was busy. fighting.

But he couldn't sit in the Forbidden City with Emperor Chongzhen and daydream, because it wouldn't help.

So Wen Tiren had no choice but to persuade Emperor Chongzhen: "I have said many times that the Marquis of Zhongxing has already mastered the use of firearms troops. Jianlu will be afraid when he hears about it. This battle should be all right. Your Majesty can rest assured to wait for the good news." That's it. Daming still has a lot of things to do right now, so we have to deal with them first!"

Emperor Chongzhen actually knew this truth, but he was really worried.

He sat up straight, and said to Wen Tiren in a serious manner: "Wen Qing, I understand, please ask Wen Qing to explain the situation in various places again."

Wen Tiren nodded, he was satisfied with Emperor Chongzhen's attitude.So, he started to explain again.

But before Wen Tiren could say a few words, an urgent report suddenly arrived.

This time, both Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren became nervous, and the war would not end so soon.

But when they knew that the urgent report came from Fujian, they relaxed again.At the same time, they were also a little surprised, how come there is such an urgent report from Fujian, Japan has surrendered, it is impossible to make trouble with Japanese pirates?

Emperor Chongzhen unhurriedly opened the urgent report with a hint of doubt, and began to read it.

Wen Tiren noticed that Emperor Chongzhen's expression changed immediately.This time, Wen Tiren's heart was raised again, it must not be a good thing.

Sure enough, after reading it, Emperor Chongzhen looked grim. While handing the urgent report to his servant, he said to Wen Tiren: "Wen Qing, the Fujian navy is almost completely wiped out, and the coastal defense situation on the southeast coast is very serious."

Wen Tiren understood the importance of coastal defense better than Emperor Chongzhen. When he heard it, his face immediately became heavy, and he quickly read the urgent report sent by the servant.

After he finished reading, Emperor Chongzhen said again: "From Master Zhong's point of view, then Zheng Zhilong should be a very powerful person, how could he wipe out the entire army?"

"Your Majesty, in this urgent report, it is said that the Pirates and Hongyi teamed up, and the number of warships has already surpassed that of the Fujian Navy. And that Hongyi's warship is even more powerful. The cannons on the light battleship are ten times the cannons of my Daming Navy's warships." Many times, there is no way to fight with him." Wen Tiren reminded Emperor Chongzhen of the reason.

Emperor Chongzhen frowned, and asked Wen Tiren suspiciously, "Can't we put a few more cannons on the warship of the Daming Navy?"

Wen Tiren was not very clear about this matter, but he knew that there must be a reason for not firing so many cannonballs.

Therefore, he suggested to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty has banned the sea for many years. There may be some bottlenecks between the artillery and the battleship, which made it impossible to fire multiple artillery pieces. In my opinion, it is better to recruit Zheng Zhilong." Come to the capital."

"Huh?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little puzzled, why Wen Tiren suggested recruiting Zheng Zhilong to Beijing instead of arresting him.

Wen Tiren listened to the doubtful tone in Emperor Chongzhen's tone, and further explained: "Your Majesty, in the future, the feudal kings of the Ming Dynasty will feudalize overseas, and naval battles will be inevitable. Therefore, we should find out the difference between the Ming warship and the Hongyi warship as soon as possible. Narrowing this gap will inevitably affect major events.”

"This Zheng Zhilong is a big pirate. If he knows that the court wants to question him, he will definitely not bow his head and arrest him. That's why I suggested to invite him to come and ask him. If the defeat is due to his own incompetence, why not question him again?" Late."

What Wen Tiren said made Emperor Chongzhen nod repeatedly, but he still had doubts: "Will Zheng Zhilong be willing to come to the capital?"

Zheng Zhilong was not an idiot, of course he knew that if he came to the capital, he would be like fish on a knife board and could only be slaughtered.

Wen Tiren thought for a while, and then continued to explain: "It can be seen from this urgent delivery that Zheng Zhilong's warships are running out. Unless he wants to give up the power and influence in front of him, and is willing to hide his name and become a rich man, he must Relying on the imperial court, rebuilding the Fujian Navy will allow him to have a bright future. Therefore, as long as the imperial court is clear about why he came to the capital, I think that such a hero will definitely let go of his gamble."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "Okay, then according to what Wen Qing said, the matter of this defeat will be postponed for the time being, and we will deal with it after the truth of the defeat is found out."

But after he finished speaking, he asked Wen Tiren again: "Wen Qing, do you think Master Zhong will know the difference of this warship?"

Wen Tiren thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I don't think the Marquis of Zhongxing may know. Otherwise, he would have reminded the shipyards around last year when they ordered them to start construction."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded slightly disappointed, after all Master Zhong was not omnipotent.

"Then the combined fleet of Hongyi and Pirates just defeated the Fujian Navy, and left like nothing happened, what's going on?" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't understand this point, so he asked He also consulted Wen Tirendao.

Wen Tiren was stumped now, and he didn't believe that those robbers would be so magnanimous, spending money and effort to fight a battle, and then left without asking anything?

The monarch and his ministers still couldn't figure it out in the end, so they could only do this first.

They didn't expect that after only five days, a shocking news would reach the capital.All eyes, including Emperor Chongzhen, did not even pay attention to the Liaodong War anymore, and were all shocked by the combined fleet of Hongyi and Pirates.