The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 346 Abacus
When Chen Wang walked out of Prince Zhou's Mansion, it was almost midnight and there was already silence in Kaifeng City.

"This great victory was able to severely inflict heavy losses on the army of thieves, which is of great significance to the current situation in Henan."

In the past few days, Gao Mingheng had always frowned and looked solemn.

But now Gao Mingheng's face was glowing, and he was obviously in a good mood.

Gao Mingheng stood outside the palace gate, holding Chen Wang's hand enthusiastically and saying with a smile.

"General Chen's tiger and wolf divisions are truly famous generals. Without General Chen's thousands of miles of assistance, Kaifeng... I'm afraid there would be a risk of falling into the hands of thieves..."

Gao Mingheng's expression was complicated. For him, the past few days could be said to be like years.

When he heard that the main force of Henan soldiers and horses was defeated in Zhengzhou, governor Li Xianfeng died, and hundreds of thousands of civilian troops rushed in under the leadership of Li Yan, he had already prepared for the worst.

Posthumous reputation is extremely important to scholars of this era, especially officials.

Leaving a name in history is the expectation of countless people.

All officials and generals want to leave a good name in the history books, not a bad name or a bad name.

Losing his vassal and his territory, he would undoubtedly be nailed to the pillar of shame in history, which Gao Mingheng could never bear.

But who knows, there will be no way out of the mountains and rivers, and there will be a bright future in another village.

Chen Wang's arrival turned the entire battle around and turned the situation around.

Not only did they defend Kaifeng, they even won a great victory, severely damaging the main force of the Wan Min Army and bringing the siege of Kaifeng to a hasty end.

Now the remnants of the Wanmin Army have left Kaifeng and fled to other places.

After the battle, the news of success reached the capital. Gao Mingheng not only had no fault, but also merit.

From hell to heaven, it was all because of Chen Wang's arrival. Gao Mingheng naturally had a gentle attitude towards Chen Wang.

At this time, Gao Mingheng was also filled with emotion.

"This battle can be won only because of the last general. Without the patrol commander to recruit social soldiers, mobilize the people and stabilize the city, the last general alone would not be able to defend the city."

In the original process, the former governor Li Xianfeng was dismissed from his post for investigation, and the Ming court appointed Gao Mingheng, who was the inspector at the time, as the new governor.

The current situation is very different from that in history, but the only person who can take over as governor of Henan is Gao Mingheng.

Nowadays, the situation in Henan is complicated and rebellions are everywhere. We need a governor who is familiar with Henan affairs and has the reputation to control the generals in Henan.

Except for Gao Mingheng, who is currently the patrol commander of Henan, there is no such person in the entire DPRK and outside the DPRK.

Now that Gao Mingheng has made great achievements in defending the city, his appointment as the governor of Henan Province is almost certain.

Chen Wang, who knew the history of this matter, could deduce that it was natural to deal with the relationship with Gao Mingheng.

Gao Mingheng has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he may have expected it, so he has been releasing goodwill from the beginning.

Gao Mingheng is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

What kind of simple person can someone be who can patrol a province?

Chen Wang lowered his eyes and replied to Gao Mingheng with the same smile.

At the same time, he observed the expression on Gao Mingheng's face with his peripheral vision, trying to see some clues from Gao Mingheng's face.

But Gao Mingheng just had a smile on his face and narrowed his eyes, but he couldn't see the look inside.

Chen Wang shifted his gaze, changed the topic to another side, and looked at a middle-aged general next to him.

"Furthermore, if General Chen hadn't rushed to help, there would have been no chance to severely damage the main force of the ten thousand thieves army."

The General Chen in Chen Wang's mouth was naturally not himself, but Chen Yongfu, who was now the deputy general of Kaifeng City Guards.

Chen Yongfu is tall, has slender arms, and has a majestic face. There is a vague evil spirit between his eyebrows. He is wearing an arrow suit and is very majestic.

In history, the reason why Kaifeng City has been able to hold on for such a long time is indeed indispensable to Chen Yongfu.

Li Zicheng was unable to attack Kaifeng for a long time. Later, when he was attacking the city, he was shot in the left eye by an arrow.

There are different accounts in the records. Some say that it was shot by Chen Yongfu, some said that it was shot by Chen Yongfu's son Chen De, and some said that it was shot by a pawn under his command.

Chen Yongfu's performance in history can be regarded as remarkable and he has some abilities.

The Ming army cavalry that suddenly appeared in the northwest of the Wanmin Army, making it difficult for the Wanmin Army to look at its head and tail and focusing on one thing and the other, was the troop led by Chen Yongfu to quell the rebellion in the Yangwu area north of the Yellow River.

As early as when Chen Wang first entered Kaifeng Mansion, he had already sent people to Yangwu to look for Chen Yongfu and convey to Chen Yongfu the news that the Ten Thousand People's Army was about to besiege Kaifeng City.

In fact, Chen Yongfu had already rushed to the northern part of Kaifeng City two days ago.

Then based on the situation at that time, Chen Wangcai formulated a plan at dusk today, asking Chen Yongfu to cooperate with them to attack the Wanmin Army outside the city.

"The general is serious. This battle is just to support the partial division. The ability to defeat the bandit army is all due to the strength of the general's armored cavalry."

Hearing Chen Wang mention himself, Chen Yongfu didn't dare to complain.

Although Chen Yongfu and Chen Wang were not subordinate to each other, Chen Wang was not only the commander-in-chief of the town, but also the general with the seal, which was two levels higher than him for nothing.

Nowadays, the commanders, commanders, etc. in the guard station sequence may not understand the way of being an official.

But the generals in the camp had no way of understanding.

Being able to serve as the deputy general of the city guard, or the deputy general of the city guard in Kaifeng, Chen Yongfu is naturally not an unreasonable and unsophisticated person.

The current situation in Henan is extremely complicated. As the governor, Li Xianfeng was defeated in Zhengzhou and was even killed by the rebels.

As the commander-in-chief of Henan, Wang Shaoyu was killed in the mutiny and lost Luoyang.

In today's Henan, Gao Mingheng, as the patrol commissioner, actually took over the government affairs of Henan.

As for Henan's military affairs, nothing unexpected happens.

It will inevitably fall on Chen Wang, the common thief general.

Now Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Southern Zhili are at war with each other.

Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, led the officers and soldiers of Shaanxi to pursue Li Zicheng.

Yang Sichang, on the other hand, led the battalions from various towns and pursued them into Sichuan, wiping out Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai.

Liaodong in the north is also turbulent. I heard that Jiannu has gathered a large number of troops and seems to be preparing to attack Jinzhou again.

The border situation is critical and the war is about to break out. Soldiers and horses from all nine sides have begun to be mobilized. All along the Great Wall have been put under martial law. Baoding and other military towns in the north are also very nervous.

Today in Henan and its surrounding areas, apart from Chen Wang, no one else can take up this important role.

I am afraid that after the good news about Kaifeng reaches the capital, the imperial edict appointing Chen Wang to take charge of the Qing Dynasty will be issued.

Considering that he might serve as a servant under Chen Wang in the future, Chen Yongfu was naturally cautious and did not dare to neglect. "General Chen is right. General Chen has also made outstanding achievements in this battle. He has contributed a lot and he is not humble."

Gao Mingheng laughed loudly, and following Chen Wang's words, he also praised Chen Yongfu.

The atmosphere was quite harmonious for a while.

"It's late at night, and this is in front of the mansion. It's not convenient to stay for a long time. We'll discuss the rest tomorrow."

After chatting with each other for some time, Gao Mingheng was the first to say goodbye.

Naturally, Chen Wang and Chen Yongfu would not stop him. They stood there and watched Gao Mingheng get into the sedan and leave, and then they got on their horses.

Chen Yongfu's barracks was stationed in the north, and Chen Wang's station was in the west. They were on different roads, so they also separated at the palace gate.

When talking to Gao Mingheng and Chen Yongfu before, the other civil and military officials also wisely left early.

So when Chen Wang walked towards the military camp, it was peaceful all the way.

Walking on the street, the only thing that can be heard is the sound of the hoofs of war horses trampling on the ground.

Riding on a war horse, Chen Wang's body rose and fell as the horse walked.

The singing and dancing in Prince Zhou's palace was magnificent and magnificent. It was in sharp contrast with everything he saw outside Kaifeng City, and it was like a big stone weighing on his heart.

When he entered the imperial palace in Beijing, Chen Wang had no such idea.

As the face of a country, the palace should be luxurious and magnificent.

However, when he first entered the palace, Chen Wang did not feel much luxury and magnificence.
When he first entered the palace, Chen Wang only felt that the Forbidden City was foggy. Some places were even in disrepair, and the colors of many buildings were no longer bright.

The banquet given was also home-cooked dishes, quite simple.

The clothes of many of the palace maids and officials were equally dark and filled with a sense of twilight.

It shows the financial difficulties and the country's weakness.

But inside the Prince Zhou's palace, it was extremely luxurious, splendid, and a scene of luxury and decadence.

This kind of scene may be the same in other palaces.

Not only the palace, but also the Ming Dynasty’s tax revenue was decreasing day by day, becoming less and less.

There are also reasons for giving preferential treatment to scholars. Becoming a scholar can exempt you from some taxes. After becoming a scholar or a Jinshi, you will have the privilege of being exempted from taxes. This is a kind of preferential treatment for them.

This also caused a large number of people to come to seek refuge as soon as they became civil servants and store their fields under their names in order to evade state taxes.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the reasons for the disastrous taxation, apart from administrative corruption, were the burden of supporting the clan and the preferential treatment of scholars.

These two items greatly reduced the tax revenue in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, which was not even enough to maintain the normal operation of the state machinery.

Along the way, Chen Wang's mind became deeper and deeper as he passed each archway and each building with carved beams and painted beams.

The night was dark, Chen Wang closed his eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

Since ancient times, no one has achieved more justice than the Han and Ming dynasties.

The mountains and rivers are about to reach the land of China, and the sun and moon reopen the Great Song Dynasty.

If there had been no Ming Dynasty, perhaps Chinese culture would have been completely cut off from inheritance.

The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun have lost hundreds of years. The people living there have changed their customs and lost everything in the past.

One of the poems Xin Qiji once wrote includes a sentence: "Under the Buddha's Temple, there is a sacred crow drum!"

The Buddha and Li Temple was a palace built by Tuoba Tao, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, after defeating the Liu and Song armies of the Southern Dynasties. It was later called the Buddha and Li Temple.

Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty, Liu Yilong, suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of Tuoba Tao, who led a mighty Northern Expedition to the Yangtze River, but failed to make a hasty expedition to the north.

Afterwards, the local people worshiped the former invaders as gods, forgetting the hatred between the country and the family.

Even with the Ming Dynasty, many cultures and inheritances were still lost in the subsequent turmoil and catastrophe.

The costumes and clothing are gone, and in many cases, people in later generations can only explore, deduce, and imagine from the broken books and murals to restore them...

I don't know how long it took, but Chen Wang felt the noise in his ears starting to sound, and it was getting louder and louder.

When Chen Wang opened his eyes, he was already in front of the gate of the military camp.

The celebration banquet in Prince Zhou's palace has ended, but the celebration banquet in the military camp has not yet ended.

It was past midnight, and the soldiers who came down from the city wall to change defenses had just had time to rest.

They walked into the military camp and were quickly warmly welcomed by their companions. All the wine, meat and delicacies rarely seen in the past were placed on the table in the camp, waiting for them to feast without restraint.

Drinking is not allowed in the army, but at such a celebration banquet, Chen Wang decided to distribute a certain amount of alcohol to add to the fun of the banquet.

The generals in each department also shed their usual serious expressions, with smiles on their faces, and sat around talking and laughing with the soldiers.

"General!"

When they saw Chen Wang walking in from outside the military camp, all the soldiers and generals stood up and saluted Chen Wang with excited expressions.

Chen Wang got off his horse, without any pretense, and returned the salute to the soldiers and generals.

Chen Wang has a very good memory and can remember the names and appearances of many people.

When passing by everyone, Chen Wang would occasionally give a few words of encouragement to the generals and soldiers who had impressed them.

Chen Wang's move naturally made many generals excited.

As the most ordinary soldiers, their names are almost never remembered by their commanders.

Chen Wang not only remembered their names, but even remembered some of their deeds, which made everyone burst into tears of gratitude.

Walking all the way outside the Chinese army's tent, Chen Wang took a wine glass from the guard's hand, raised it above his head, and signaled to the soldiers who were following him.

"Enjoy yourselves, I drank too much at King Zhou's banquet, so I will rest today."

Chen Wang's words caused laughter from the surrounding soldiers. They also raised their drinks in their hands and gestured to Chen Wang.

"The general is well!"

Chen Wang raised his wine glass and drank the wine in one gulp, which once again attracted cheers.

The men in the army naturally appreciated the heroism, and they also drank all the wine in their glasses and paid the highest respect to their general.

The curtain fell, blocking out the noisy noise outside the tent.

The lights in the tent were brightly lit, and a group of soldiers were guarding various places in the tent.

In the center of the tent, Gao Qian, a guerrilla, was kneeling on the cold ground.