The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 385
April 12, Hongde.

It was bright day.

"Da da!"

"Da da!"

Suddenly there was a rush of horseshoes that broke the tranquility of Shenjing City. A horse galloped from the north, and a bright yellow flag stuck behind it fluttered in the wind.

The yellow puma under the seat was already tired, his eyes were red and his mouth was foaming, but the rider still swung his whip without hesitation, and kept whipping the horse's hind quarters.

"Urgent report from [-] miles east of Liaodong!"

"Whoever blocks the way dies!"

"Urgent report at [-] miles east of Liaodong! Anyone who stands in the way dies!"

The sound of horseshoes and sharp whips sounded, and everyone along the street hurriedly dodged.

This is a rush of [-] miles, and he really stands in the way, even if he is hit to death, he doesn't have to appeal for grievances.

That's it.

In the clear and rapid sound of horseshoes, the messenger quickly left with the servants.

The people on the street behind them looked at each other in blank dismay. They didn't know what kind of event happened in Liaodong, so they sent [-] miles to rush.

Everyone was talking for a while.

……

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"East Liaodong [-] miles urgent report, the Jurchen barbarian Nurhachi raised [-] troops a month ago and wantonly invaded our Great Zhou territory. And Fuyu, Duoyan and the three guards of Taining were defeated by him in one battle..."

"Snapped!"

On the high platform, "Emperor Hongde" looked gloomy, and threw the urgent report in his hand directly on the imperial case.

"Qiu Banban, take the notebook down and show it to all my ministers!"

Qiu Shi'an hurried forward and respectfully said, "Obey!"

The urgent report is short, with a total of less than a hundred words, and everyone can get a general idea just by scanning it at a glance.

a while.

All the ministers fell into silence after reading the urgent report.

The three guards of Duoyan fell!

He was defeated by those Jurchen savages that his family always looked down upon, and the strength of the other party was only about twice that of the defenders...

This is so special!

The ministers only felt the cool breeze blowing from their back molars.

But on the surface, all kinds of words in his mouth to reprimand those Jurchen savages seemed to be thrown out as if they didn't want money.

on the high platform.

"Emperor Hongde" stood there expressionless, listening to the people scolding the northern Jurchen with righteous indignation, his face was neither sad nor happy, which made the hearts of all the ministers beat a drum.

After a while.

"Emperor Hongde" continued: "After Nurhachi captured the three guards of Duoyan, he went outside the Chen Bingguan Pass and arrived at the city of Liaodong in a few days. You pillars of the Zhou Dynasty, you have to give me a perfect plan as soon as possible!"

It suddenly became quiet.

The ministers below said, "...how can this be a perfect plan?"

"What just happened?"

Look up.

"Emperor Hongde"'s expression that seemed to be a smile but not a smile caused all the ministers to feel a palpitation in their hearts.

To say that since the new year, "Emperor Hongde" has changed his previous style in the court, and dealt with all kinds of things with great openness and closeness, and he was extremely decisive in killing.

Make all the ministers love and hate.

What I love is "Emperor Hongde". Now it can be said that every meritorious service must be rewarded. I don't know how many people in the court have been promoted because of this.

The hateful "Emperor Hongde" is also hated here.

Today's court is not very friendly to those courtiers who fish in troubled waters.

Because the one above, he is really ruthless when he has something to do!

From the beginning of the new year to the present, in just three or four months, more than ten officials have been imprisoned or their homes ransacked and exiled. On average, two unlucky officials have to be carried away every time they go to court.

So at this time, hearing the question from "Emperor Hongde" above, many ministers couldn't help but tremble in their hearts.

Immediately, they all lowered their heads. Some ministers discovered some shocking secrets in their hands, and some ministers saw a flower growing on the ground under their feet...

It's just interesting, and it's beautiful!

don't look up...

At this time, Zhong Shou was a little bit unsteady. Others could fool him, but he, as Minister of the Ministry of War, couldn't fool him!

Without any choice.

Under the scorching gaze of "Emperor Hongde", Zhong Shoucai, Minister of the Ministry of War, had no choice but to take a step forward, "Your Majesty, I think that the Jurchen barbarians dare to offend my Zhou Tianyan, so I should immediately send the Liaodong army to wipe out the enemy army!"

"Send the Liaodong army over there?"

On the dragon chair, "Emperor Hongde" snorted coldly.

"In the three guards of Duoyan, there are nearly [-] defenders stationed in each of them, and they are guarding the city, so it is still difficult to resist the attack of the Jurchen barbarians, so that the three guard cities fell in the first battle.

The average level of the Liaodong army is even slightly inferior to that of Duoyan's three guards, and the number is only more than [-]. If you really want to take the initiative to attack, can you beat the [-] Jurchen army? "

"This one……"

Zhong Shou was speechless.

"If you don't understand military affairs, you can talk less and read more, and you won't make such a joke."

"Emperor Hongde" looked quietly at Zhong Shoucai below, "I remember that Zhong Aiqing was promoted as a civil servant to Minister of the Ministry of War, right?"

Zhong Shoucai immediately became agitated, and hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, yes!"

At the same time, Zhong Shoucai was secretly crying in his heart.

Could it be that I am the unlucky person today?

"As the Minister of the Ministry of War, to be able to say what you just said just now shows that you don't even know anything about military affairs, so don't occupy your seat here!"

"Emperor Hongde" above turned his head and asked Sheng Zong'an, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, "I remember that the Ministry of Industry still lacks a left servant, right?"

Sheng Zong'an's heart skipped a beat, why did it involve my Ministry of Industry again?

To complain in my heart is to complain.

On the surface, Sheng Zong'an took a step forward without changing his expression, "Go back to Your Majesty, I am about to ask His Majesty for instructions on this matter..."

But "Emperor Hongde" no longer looked at Sheng Zong'an, but turned his eyes to Zhong Shoucai again.

"Is Zhong Aiqing willing to work in the Ministry of Industry?"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Zhong Shoucai immediately knelt down to accept the decree. Although he was demoted to be the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, he still hasn't been taken away, has he?
This is already a blessing!

Zhong Shoucai, "I am content..."

Sheng Zongan, "..."

It seemed that he didn't see the embarrassment on Sheng Zong'an's face.

"Emperor Hongde" nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Since that's the case, the cabinet obeys orders and immediately draws up an order, writing: Zhong Shoucai, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, will immediately be transferred to the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, and Jia Zheng, the former right servant of the Ministry of Industry, will be promoted The left servant of the Ministry of Industry..."

Zhong Shoucai, (>﹏<.)
"...Isn't it Zuo Shilang? This is another level?"

Jia Zheng, who was admiring the floor tiles at the back, said, "I was promoted again?"

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Sheng Zong'an burst into tears at this moment.

He seemed to have seen that a large pile of small money that had already fallen into his pocket had just grown a pair of wings and flew away...

Such as mourning a concubine.

After casually replacing the top leader of the Ministry of War and appointing the second and third leaders of the Ministry of Industry, "Emperor Hongde" pondered for a while, and then continued to talk about the appointment of the Minister of the Ministry of War.

"Currently there is a temporary shortage of ministers of the Ministry of War, Cui Yu, come forward and listen to the letter!"

(End of this chapter)