Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 898
In the end, Zhang Haogu still did not live in the Forbidden City.

He just returned to Wenyuan Pavilion where he used to work, this ordinary three-story building, and assumed the responsibility of the center again.

As for the home, it is naturally the small villa where I lived.

It’s not that the bigger the house, the more beautiful the courtyard is called a home. A place with family members is a home that Zhang Haogu recognizes. Anyway, Zhang Haogu’s family doesn’t have many people. He, Zhu Qiqi and Zhang Chengze live in that small house. The villas seemed a little empty.

Back in the familiar environment, Zhang Haogu groped for the furnishings in Wenyuan Pavilion, and finally looked at the plaque placed in the main hall: "Change this one."

Soon, the plaque in the main hall of Wenyuan Pavilion was replaced with the words "The world is for the public", and in the cubicle where Zhang Haogu worked, it was replaced with the "Datong under heaven" mentioned by Zhang Haogu himself.

Sitting in a familiar position, Zhang Haogu did not deal with government affairs from the very beginning. He first invited the central ministries and generals of the military, and Qian Qianyi was also invited by Zhang Haogu.

A group of people entered the cabinet, looking at the plaque that said the world is a public, Lu Xiangsheng smiled and stroked his beard: "It's still the habit of looking at it."

"Yes, the world is public. No matter when we are in high positions, we must not forget these words." Zhang Haogu said and came out of the cubicle.

Asking everyone to sit down, Zhang Haogu picked up the teacup and said softly: "Big fellows are invited here, everyone should know the reason. Speaking of which, what happened today shocked me. There are so many people, Shan Hu long live , want me to be emperor."

"Why did we establish the Datong Society in the first place, and why do we have the Datong Party today? Some people say that the emperor must be missing, and the Central Plains lacks the emperor, no way."

"The emperor is nothing more than a leader, and he is a leader who focuses on the world. There have been so many emperors throughout the ages, and there are too few worthy of praise."

"It's still the same sentence, Datong doesn't need an emperor, and there will be no emperor in the Central Plains in the future."

"We Datong Party members lead the people to progress, and I lead the cadres of Datong. Why? It's not because of Lao Shizi's destiny, but because I have this ability, so I am sitting here."

"One day I will be old and not capable enough, then I can give this position to the next capable person, and let him continue to lead the Datong Party and the people of the world. This person may be in the Datong Party right now, as a certain person. The post may not be in the Datong Party right now, but it will be added in the future."

"Will there be such a thing in the world? No, it will never happen. What we want to guarantee is not the rights of a certain person or family, but to ensure that the Datong Party will always lead everyone forward with a vigorous and healthy attitude. The center of the Datong Party must always maintain vitality, and there must be a steady stream of newcomers."

"Flowing water does not rot, households do not rot. This is the truth. I look forward to it. When we are old, there will be enough talented and enlightened newcomers in the party who can take our place, so that we can rest assured. Back off."

"Feudal ideology is bad. Regarding ideological construction in this area, the party still needs to strengthen it."

After a small meeting, everyone dispersed to get busy, and at the same time, they also started their own meetings to convey the spirit of the meeting.

Because he had just arrived in the capital, there were still many aspects to consider. It was not until three days later, when all aspects were completely clarified, that Zhang Haogu held the Datong Party Central Meeting again.

The heads of various ministries of the Datong Party Center attended the meeting, and Qian Qianyi, as the temporary head of Shuntian Mansion, also attended the meeting.

At the meeting, Zhang Haogu pointed out that the top priority of the Datong Party for quite some time to come is to reorganize the industry in the northern region, gradually restore the damaged industries in Shanxi, Zhili, Shandong and other places, and at the same time repair the damaged Chidao , to restore transportation linking the entire north.

At the same time, Zhang Haogu gave instructions on the drought problem in the Northwest, requiring the cadres of the Datong Party in the Northwest to reverse the disaster situation in the Northwest as soon as possible, make proper arrangements for the people, and give full play to the fact that the cadres of the Datong Party are not afraid of hardships under any difficult circumstances. The spirit of hard work that is not afraid of tiredness has rebuilt the northwest region into the once fertile soil of Guanzhong.

At the end of the meeting, Zhang Haogu placed great expectations on all the cadres of the Datong Party. He hoped that the cadres would give full play to their leading role, give full play to the traditions of the members of the Datong Party, go to the people, and lead the people everywhere to achieve economic recovery and people's livelihood development. As a basis, strive to complete the restoration of the northern provinces within ten years.

After the central meeting was held to set the tone for the development of the northern provinces, Zhang Haogu started a military meeting with the generals of the military non-stop.

At the Datong central military regular meeting, Zhang Haogu clearly pointed out that the next strategic goal of Datong is to completely wipe out the enemies north of the Yangtze River, bring the vast Central Plains under the rule of the Datong Party, and liberate those people who are deeply in dire straits. Pave the way for the next phase of Datong's strategy.

This means that next, Datong will take over Henan, half of Huguang and half of South Zhili. This is the essence of the Central Plains, and it is an important place that must be won.

To win these places, the focus is on Nanzhili and Henan. More precisely, it is the Xuzhou area, the hub of the Central Plains, where the three provinces meet.

At this time, the Ming court still had 15 troops from Zhu Chunchen and Zhu Guobi from Henan in the Jiangbei area, 30 troops from Hong Chengchou who retreated to Henan, and tens of thousands of Ming troops from Jiangsu, plus the Ming army from Huguang. In the area north of the Yangtze River, the Ming army still maintained more than [-].

And with so many Ming troops, the highest commander right now is Cheng Guogong Zhu Chunchen.

After Chongzhen ran to Yingtian, he was afraid that Zhang Haogu would call again, so he directly appointed Zhu Chunchen as the governor of Jiangbei, and ordered him to be in charge of the war in Jiangbei area, and directly command the commanders of the guards and the generals.

Although Hong Chengchou said that he ran to Henan, he directly led the army to Zhili to rescue Chongzhen at the last moment, which moved Chongzhen very much. In addition, there were indeed too few people in Jiangbei who could fight, so Hong Chengchou was appointed as Jiangbei In addition to the [-] self-recruited soldiers and horses under his command, the governor also allocated tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from Jiangsu to him.

At present, the Ming court has two largest troops in Jiangbei, one is Zhu Chunchen's 15 troops, and the other is Hong Chengchou's [-] troops. backup.

Obviously, Zhu Chunchen and Hong Chengchou are gearing up, planning to have a good fight with the Datong Party north of the Yangtze River.

In the area north of the Yangtze River, Datong obviously gathered a lot of elite soldiers and generals, including Zhao Yuqi and his three towns who had returned from Dongying, four towns of Zhou Yuji in Shandong, four towns transferred by Shi Kefa from Northwest China, and three towns under his command from Northeast China. Three towns brought by Cao Wenzhao and Fang Yunchu and two towns brought by Han Yaowei.

In this area, Datong gathered 26 towns with a total of more than [-] people.

There are a total of 28 towns in Datong, more than half of which are concentrated in this area, and the remaining troops are either in the northwest or in the southwest, northeast, and grassland areas. Obviously, they cannot be easily mobilized.

It is obviously a waste for so many generals to be concentrated in the Central Plains. The situation in the Northwest cannot be separated from Shi Kefa. He needs to be responsible.

The Northeast region and Monan Mobei are also inseparable from people, Cao Wenzhao and Han Yaowei still have to go back.

In this way, Zhao Yuqi, Zhou Yuji, and Fang Yunchu were left in the Central Plains.

In fact, Datong and the Ming court are currently fighting not only in the Jiangbei area, but also in the southwest. Huang Degong is holding down the Ming army's troops in the southwest in Yunnan and Guangxi, and has even achieved very good results in the Yunnan frontline.

At present, Chongzhen seems to be in control of a large area of ​​the southern country, but these places are not so stable, so Chongzhen asked Zhu Chunchen and Hong Chengchou to defend Jiangbei to block the Ming army on the one hand, and on the other hand wanted to transfer these troops who had experienced wars to Yingtian. Let yourself sit more securely.

To put it bluntly, he was the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty to hunt in the south. There are so many emperors in the Ming Dynasty, so many wonderful things, and no one was defeated by the capital. But he abandoned the capital and the whole northern country and ran to the south of the Yangtze River. It was a huge blow to his political reputation.

What's more, when Chongzhen came to power, his foundation was inherently unstable. If it weren't for Zhu Youxiao's will and Zhu Youxiao did not leave any heirs, Zhu Youjian would not be the emperor at all, and if Zhang Haogu didn't take the initiative to retreat, Zhu Youjian The throne was not stable for the first year.

Although Zhu Youjian supports and promotes many people, especially the first-line gentry and landowners in the southeast and southeast of the south of the Yangtze River and the official family, they are still a little hesitant in the face of the obvious disadvantages. After all, Zhang Haogu and Datong The party is not easy to mess with.

This also caused Chongzhen's strange attitude towards the 30 troops staying in the Jiangbei area. The attitude of wanting to fight but not wanting to fight put Zhu Chunchen and Hong Chengchou in a very uncomfortable situation. They didn't understand what the emperor wanted. what to do.

And Yingtianfu, as the Nanjing of the Ming Dynasty, moved a large number of northern dignitaries and gentry, which brought a short-term prosperity to Jiangnan, but so many dignitaries came to Yingtianfu, and the dignitaries who were natives of Yingtianfu naturally did not want these northerners to come and make peace with them. They fight for power.

After all, there are only so many official positions, if you get more, you will lose one here.

Therefore, in the court hall of Yingtian Mansion right now, the North-South confrontation is very serious. Those northern bigwigs and dignitaries who accompanied Emperor Chongzhen to Yingtian fought fiercely with all the southern dignitaries. This made Chongzhen a headache. The environment also affected Zhu Chunchen.

The emperor's hesitant attitude and the chaotic situation in Yingtian Mansion made Zhu Chunchen even more hesitant. He didn't know whether he should fight the Datong Party on the Jiangbei line, or go to Yingtian to maintain the situation.

Compared with Zhu Chunchen's hesitation, Hong Chengchou's thinking is more pure. If Jiangbei can't hold on, and Datong takes the entire hinterland of the Central Plains, how long can Jiangnan survive?
One year or two years?
Therefore, Hong Chengchou really wanted to stop Datong in Jiangbei, at least for a period of time, so as to buy time for Jiangnan to develop.

In this way, under the active or passive preparations of both sides, a war is about to break out in the vast area from Huai'an, Jiangsu to Xuzhou, to Yanzhou, Shandong, Kaifeng, Henan, and Runing to the Huaihe River.

Shandong, Yanzhou Prefecture.

Zhou Yuji's four towns are moving here. Since Datong gathered [-] towns and moved to the Central Plains, Zhu Chunchen immediately led the army to retreat to Kaifeng and Runing, which is very close to Xuzhou. Hong Chengchou's army is in Xuzhou, Defenses were being prepared along the Guide line, and with Zhu Guobi's army along the Huaihe River, the Ming court's soldiers and horses in the north of the river were all known.

In Daming Mansion, the six towns under Fang Yunchu's command were initially colliding with Zhu Chunchen's army, while Zhou Yuji of Yanzhou Mansion had launched a tentative offensive with Hong Chengchou. Finally, the six towns under Zhao Yuqi's command had already rested and assembled. Soon to be in the war zone.

In July of the seventh year of Chongzhen, the Ming army and the Datong army had more than fifteen small-scale collisions around this area stretching from Huai'an in the east, Runing in the west, Huaihe River in the south, and Yanzhou in the north. None of them were mobilized, only a few hundred households, one thousand households of the Ming army and several battalions or one school in Datong started a confrontation.

This is undoubtedly a mutual test before the war, and such a fierce test also means how tragic the upcoming war will be.

"Mr. Zhao is here. I have lived in Dongying these years, and my life is much more comfortable than here."

"Hahaha, although Dongying is good, it is still a land of alien races. Surrounded by tens of millions of Dongying barbarians, I am worried every day."

"You're just talking nonsense. How come I heard from the businessman that Mr. Zhao, you are very prestigious in Dongying."

"How can there be, but it is not as enviable as the few of you commanding the army to gallop across the battlefield. Speaking of which, I squeezed out Lao Cao and Lao Han in this battle, and they are very annoyed."

Zhao Yuqi, Zhou Yuji, and Fang Yunchu smiled and entered the temporary command room. Sixteen towns were arranged on the battlefield. The three parties always needed to work together, so there was a temporary command post for the three parties to coordinate and cooperate.

"Come on, Mr. Zhao, Mr. Fang, take a look."

Zhou Yuji said, pointing his hand on the map: "Hong Chengchou's 15 troops are in Xuzhou, Zhu Chunchen's [-] troops have retreated to Runing, plus Zhu Guobi's [-] troops along the Huai River, the three legions of the Ming court are in the shape of Pin The defense has been launched, and one of the most critical points is in Xuzhou."

"Break through Xuzhou, and you can go straight to the south of the Yangtze River. Fengyang and Yangzhou along the way can't stop us at all!"

Zhao Yuqi nodded: "That's right. Nearly 60 troops from both sides are gathered in this area. It seems that every place is a vital point, but the real point is Xuzhou, which is right in the middle. It is also a battleground for military strategists.”

"We won Xuzhou, and we have basically completed the task assigned by the chief."

Fang Yun said: "That's right, the key points in Jiangbei are first in Xuzhou, and under Xuzhou, Jiangbei can be determined sooner or later."

"The three enemy armies can support each other. Hong Chengchou and Zhu Chunchen rely on each other. Zhu Guobi can support any of them at any time along the Huaihe River. It will not be easy for us to deal with them." Zhao Yuqi can see clearly how capable Zhu Guobi is. Not to mention, but Hong Chengchou is definitely a talent, and Zhu Chunchen is actually not bad.

If these two people can really cooperate with each other tacitly, then the war in Jiangbei will not be easy to resolve.

Zhou Yuji thought about it and said: "In these days, my department has fought many times with Hong Chengchou's men. Hong Chengchou's soldiers are divided into two parts. One part is about [-] soldiers recruited and trained by himself. It was this army at the beginning. Blocked the offensive of the two towns in the northwest."

"As for the 5 people transferred to him after Chongzhen, according to intelligence, these may be soldiers and horses drawn from Yingtianfu's camp, and they were also former elites."

"The 15 soldiers commanded by Zhu Chunchen are all veterans who have experienced war."

"These two armies are in front of us. It is not easy to cross them. The best choice is to solve one first and hold the other."

Zhao Yuqi pondered: "Holding one and solving the other is indeed the best choice at the moment. If we can gather around and fight for aid, just like the battle in Jinzhou, then the situation will be even better."

Fang Yunchu took out a charcoal pencil and said while drawing: "Hong Chengchou's position is very important. It will be very difficult for us to get through if these 10 people are blocked in Xuzhou. In this case, we might as well put our current target on Zhu Chunchen. He is in Ruzhou. Ning deployed a large number of troops on the front line, and used him as an introduction to attract Hong Chengchou and Zhu Guobi to fight for help."

Zhou Yuji then expanded his thinking: "Runing, Kaifeng, and Guide are stationed with Zhu Chunchen's soldiers and horses respectively. Our army can take a detour to launch an attack. It is best to deal with Zhu Guobi in the Huaihe area first, or contain him. Then Then launch an offensive against Kaifeng and Guide, forcing these two places to ask Zhu Chunchen for help, and now in the Henan area, Zhu Chunchen is being hurt."

Zhao Yuqi smiled and placed a pawn on the map: "In this way, Hong Chengchou must rescue Zhu Chunchen. We don't have to eat Zhu Chunchen's army in one bite. Let it become Hong Chengchou's drag, which is more in line with our strategic goal."

"Once Hong Chengchou and Zhu Chunchen get in touch, we can play more things, including Ying Tianfu's attitude, which can become our magic weapon for victory."

Several people communicated and quickly made up their minds.

On the third day of August in the seventh year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, Datong sent troops from Daming Mansion, a total of six towns, and went south to Guide Mansion.

The Ming army in Guide Mansion was only less than [-], and it was difficult to resist the attack of the Datong soldiers from the six towns. For this reason, the Ming army in Kaifeng Mansion had to launch a rescue. However, the Ming army in Kaifeng Mansion encountered two towns of Datong Army in the middle Therefore, the Ming army in Guide Mansion immediately asked Zhu Chunchen's camp in Runing and Hong Chengchou in Xuzhou for help.

Naturally, it was impossible for Zhu Chunchen to let his tens of thousands of soldiers be dealt with by Datong in this way. The Ming army in Kaifeng and the Ming army in Runing were quickly mobilized to fight the Datong army in Guide area.

And the Datong Army of the Six Towns fought a big battle with Zhu Chunchen's main force in Guide Mansion. The two sides fired an unknown number of shells. In Guide Mansion, the rumble of artillery was like thunder.

Then the Datong Army launched support to the Guide area, transferred two towns into the field, and assembled troops from eight towns. It was extremely difficult for Zhu Chunchen to resist in Guide, so he had to ask Hong Chengchou for help.

In the land of Jiangbei, the storm is about to come!
(End of this chapter)