Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 603 Your Majesty, the British Dukes are also planning to surrender

"Your Majesty, Hong Chengchou surrendered, he surrendered. He is now the governor of Xuanzhen to conquer the Japanese Kingdom, leading tens of thousands of troops to conquer the Japanese Kingdom. Now, half of the Japanese Kingdom has been attacked by Hong Chengchou.

Your Majesty, after Hong Chengchou failed to attack Xuanzhen, he took all his family members to Xuanzhen. "

Chen Xinjia knelt on the ground, shouting loudly, his face was full of resentment.

Chongzhen slumped down on the chair with a thump, his eyes were dull and his face was pale.

"How did this happen? How did this happen? How could Hong Chengchou surrender to Bandit Zhao? I have treated him well, how could he surrender to Bandit Zhao?"

Chongzhen seemed to have lost his soul, slumped on the chair, talking to himself in a panic.

"Impossible, how could Hong Chengchou surrender to Thief Zhao? I have treated him well, how could he fail me? How could he fail me? Chen Xinjia, tell me, this is not true, this is not true!"

Chongzhen stared at Chen Xinjia like a beast, and shouted loudly.

Chen Xinjia looked at Chongzhen in this state, and his heart was full of fear.

"Your Majesty, this is all true. Hong Chengchou has surrendered to Bandit Zhao, and he has surrendered to Bandit Zhao!" Chen Xinjia dared not deceive Chongzhen, even though Chongzhen kept roaring at him.

"Surrendered, Hong Chengchou actually surrendered!" Chongzhen's voice suddenly became quieter, he slumped on the chair, and smiled wryly, "Haha, hahaha, hahahaha!

Surrendered, Hong Chengchou actually surrendered, the trilateral governor Hong Chengchou actually surrendered. "

After Chongzhen finished speaking, he suddenly became silent.

The air in the imperial study seemed to freeze, making Chen Xinjia unable to breathe.

After a long time, Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief and said tremblingly: "Hong Hong Hong Chengchou did not surrender, he died in battle, he died on the way to attack Xuanzhen.

Chen Xinjia, I tell you that Hong Chengchou did not surrender.He died in battle, he died on the way to attack Xuanzhen.

If this news gets out, don't blame me for not saving face for you.If this news gets out, I will punish your nine clans. "

Although Hong Chengchou surrendered, for Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou could not surrender, but died in battle.

Once the news of Hong Chengchou's surrender comes, I am afraid that the minds of officials in the entire capital will change.

Who is Hong Chengchou?Hong Chengchou was a general under Chongzhen and a competent official in Chongzhen's hands.

For those officials in the capital, after Hong Chengchou surrendered to Zhao Wen, they could be reused, so if they surrendered to Zhao Wen, even if they were not as good as Hong Chengchou, they would not be so bad.

With the change of people's minds, no one in the entire capital would think about the imperial court anymore.

"Your Majesty, ministers and ministers accept the order." Chen Xinjia hastily buckled his head and received the order.

Chen Xinjia also wanted to understand why Chongzhen said this.

"Damn Hong Chengchou!" Chongzhen clenched his fists tightly, his teeth creaked, his temples protruded, and his eyes were full of coldness.

Although Chongzhen said that Hong Chengchou died in battle, this was also a lie.

Now not only can't tell the world about this, but also endure it.How could Chongzhen not be angry?
Chongzhen kept panting, constantly adjusting his mentality.

After a long time, Chongzhen looked at Chen Xinjia again, "Is there anything else besides this?"

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing. I don't know if I should say it or not!" Chen Xinjia looked at Chongzhen.

Chongzhen took a deep breath, "Is there anything more hateful than Hong Chengchou's surrender to the Zhao thief? Tell me!"

"Your Majesty, the thing is like this. After I went to Xuanzhen, I not only saw Hong Chengchou, but also met the people sent by the British Duke, Cheng Guogong and other dignitaries." Chen Xinjia did not dare to hide it, and said bluntly.

"What's going on?" Chongzhen half-closed his eyes, his eyes were sharp.

Seeing Chongzhen like this, Chen Xinjia hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Chongzhen.

"Your Majesty, the matter is like this..."

Chen Xinjia explained the ins and outs of the matter to Chongzhen in detail.

After Chen Xinjia finished speaking, the imperial study room fell into silence.

Chen Xinjia lowered his head, feeling uneasy.

After a long time, Chongzhen suddenly stood up, flipped the table in front of him to the ground, and all the memorials, pens, inkstones and inkstones on it fell to the ground.

Chen Xinjia was so frightened that he pressed his head to the ground and trembled.

"Is what you said true? If you dare to deceive me, I will not spare you!" Chongzhen asked Chen Xinjia, pointing at him.

Chen Xinjia said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, this matter is absolutely true, I dare not deceive you.

The ones chasing and killing the minister outside the city were the British Duke and his men. If it weren't for their pursuit, the minister would not have ended up in such a mess. "

Upon hearing this, Chongzhen's chest heaved and heaved in anger.

"Do you have any definite evidence that the British princes and the others secretly surrendered to the enemy?" Chongzhen asked.

Chen Xinjia replied: "Your Majesty, the guards who went with me can prove it.

If His Majesty really doesn't believe it, all you need to do is send a troop to capture the pursuers outside the city, and everything will come to light. "

After Chen Xinjia finished speaking, Chongzhen fell into silence again.

He was sitting on a chair, with his right arm resting on the armrest of the chair, his right hand resting on his forehead, rubbing it constantly.

"Go out, this matter is not allowed to spread, or I will punish your nine clans!" Chongzhen said in a deep voice.

Chen Xinjia saluted Chongzhen, and then hurried out of the imperial study.

When he walked out of the palace, he looked at the sun in the sky, his face was full of sighs, "I'm afraid it will be another bloody storm!"

After Chen Xinjia left, Chongzhen called Gao Qiqian in.

Gao Qiqian was standing outside the imperial study room before, and because it was far away, he couldn't hear the detailed conversation between Chen Xinjia and Chongzhen.

But the sound of the table overturning in the royal study can still be heard.

Gao Qiqian walked into the imperial study room, he looked at the extremely messy imperial study room, walked carefully to the side of Chongzhen, and saluted Chongzhen respectfully.

"Your Majesty!" Gao Qiqian said softly.

Chongzhen said: "You take Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and the horse inspector Tengxiang's left and right guards to the city wall, and let the British prince come here.

After you bring the Duke of England, you send someone to take over the city gate where the Duke of England is stationed, and at the same time monitor the men and horses led by the Duke of England.

Don't show any abnormalities when monitoring, and do it secretly.

Remember, don't show any strangeness. If the British Duke asks why I sent the horse guards to come out, you can say, I don't worry about it, and I specially asked you to mobilize the horse guards to supplement the city defense forces.

Remember, be cautious and cautious. "

Hearing Chongzhen's voice, Gao Qiqian was terrified.

Let yourself take Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Tengxiang's left and right guards to the city wall. Even if you let the British Duke come to the palace, it won't be such a big battle, let alone the men led by the British Duke. .This is really unbelievable and shocking.

"After monitoring the British men, at the same time send a sentry outside the city to arrest Chen Xinjia's pursuers outside the city.

Once caught, bring me directly to Zhao Prison without delay.If this is not done well, you know the consequences. Chongzhen glanced at Gao Qiqian coldly.

Gao Qiqian looked at Chongzhen looking at him, and his calves kept trembling.

"Follow the order!" Gao Qiqian didn't know why Chongzhen did this, and he didn't know what Chongzhen said about chasing and killing Chen Xinjia's pursuers, but he didn't dare to ask.

"Go quickly." Chongzhen waved his hand at Gao Qiqian.

Gao Qiqian took the order and left. When he walked out of the imperial study, Gao Qiqian told the eunuchs and maids standing outside the imperial study, and after telling them about cleaning up the imperial study, he headed outside the palace.

The Imperial Horse Supervisor was established by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, mainly for the royal horse breeding institutions.

But with the passage of time, during the reign of Zhu Di, the Imperial Horse Supervisor had evolved into an institution in charge of the soldiers and horses in the palace.

At this time, the duties of the horse supervisor were also expanded from "controlling the horses in the stables" to "controlling the horses and all the tributes and handling the collection of horses and mules in the animal husbandry", and then derived into two major functions of military and finance.

Since the imperial horse supervisor was in charge of the imperial horse, there were naturally horse breeders and horse trainers, and thus a forbidden army led by the imperial horse supervisor-Tengxiang Four Guards, Four Guards, and Warrior Battalion came into being.

In the sixth year of Xuande, these soldiers and horses had reached 100 people, and they had a very formal name called "Three Thousand Households of Habayashi".

Two years later, on this basis, Emperor Xuande formed Tengxiang left and right guards, and Wuxiang left and right guards in order to enrich the imperial horse guards and horse soldiers and the original Shenwu avant-garde army.

And Teng Xiang, Wu Xiang's left and right guards are collectively referred to as the "Four Guards", also known as the "Four Guards".

According to the establishment at that time, 600 people were one guard, and the Four Guards had a total of more than 2 soldiers.

The soldiers and horses commanded by the Imperial Horse Supervisor are not the same as those in the Beijing Camp. Although the soldiers and horses in the Beijing Camp can be called the Imperial Guards or the Imperial Forest Army, they are generally led by nobles and belong to the five armies. .

But the Imperial Horse Supervisor is different. This is a soldier and horse specially commanded by the emperor, and the military pay does not go to the treasury, but to the emperor's internal funds.

During the Jingtai period, because Emperor Yingzong was captured and the battle of Tumubao destroyed the elite of the Beijing camp, Yu Qian invited the young Emperor Jingtai to reorganize the Beijing camp, and dispatched imperial horse supervisors to supplement the Beijing camp.

Civil servants naturally did not want the emperor to have so many soldiers and horses in his hands, so after the Imperial Horse Supervisor was changed, it has not been changed back.

When they arrived in Chenghua, the three major battalions of the Beijing Army were reorganized into regiment battalions.The soldiers and horses of the Four Guards of Tengxiang were transferred, and the Warrior Battalion and the Four Guards Battalion were formed separately. The battalion officers were selected from the commanders of the Four Guards, and they were directly under the emperor's control.

However, at this time, the number of soldiers and horses in the Yumajian was not as good as before, and the quality of the soldiers was not as good as before.

This situation did not improve until the Zhengde period.

Emperor Zhengde was the most troublesome emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty. After he became emperor, he ordered the Xuanzhen, Datong and other towns to defend the capital, enrich the capital camp and the imperial horse prison.

Because the Yumajian was directly under the emperor's command, Emperor Zhengde added a large number of frontier troops to the Yumajian.

During the Zhengde Dynasty, there were as many as [-] soldiers and horses in the Yumajian.

After the death of Emperor Zhengde, Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne.The young Emperor Jiajing was fooled by the ministers and kept abolishing the imperial horse supervisor, and the final quota was more than [-] people.

The last time the Yumajian had a good time was in the Tianqi Dynasty. At that time, Wei Zhongxian was in charge of the government, and he wanted to replenish the manpower of Dongchang Jinyiwei and Yumajian.

Among them, the Yumajian has the most supplementary manpower.

Because Wei Zhongxian had the Imperial Horse Supervisor in his hands, even if Wei Zhongxian was not in charge of the Beijing camp at the time, he could still stand against the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and even suppress the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

After Chongzhen ascended the throne, although the Yumajian was dismissed by civil servants in the early stage, many people were also left behind.

In the previous battles of defending the city and various battles, Chongzhen did not want to pull out the Yumajian staff, after all, this was the only force in Chongzhen's hands.

But this time it was different, the lineage of the British Duke had served as the admiral of the Beijing camp for a long time, and the power of the British Duke was deeply rooted in the Beijing camp, so Chongzhen had to send out the imperial horse supervisor in his hand.

Because he was afraid of the power of the British prince in the Beijing camp, Chongzhen had to send only this few troops.

If there are too many people sent out, they will definitely be suspected by the British public.

Once the British public suspects and pushes the British public into a hurry, no one knows what will happen.

(End of this chapter)