Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 146 Gamblers don’t deserve mercy
Once the Jian Nu army breaks through the encirclement they set, the situation will once again get out of control, and the capital will be ravaged and plundered by the Jian Nu.

Therefore, in terms of insurance, since Zhu Tianqi knew in advance through historical records that the Jian Nu would detour to Tatar to attack the capital, and also knew the specific time of the Jian Nu sneak attack, he should have taken precautions in advance to resist the Jian Nu sneak attack.

But after careful consideration, Zhu Tianqi still decided to take a risk and make a bet!
There are three reasons:

First, now that the Chinese government is powerful, I, as the emperor, have done too much. If I want to establish the prestige of the king, subdue the ministers, defeat the slaves, and achieve unparalleled military exploits, now it is an excellent choice for me. ;

Second, sooner or later Jiannu will be eradicated. It is better to eradicate sooner than later. If we follow the current strategy and step by step, it is safe to fight a protracted war with Jiannu, but this will also give Jiannu time and opportunity to grow stronger. , who will be strong and weak in the future, it will be difficult to say who will win, and this time Jiannu sneak attack on the capital, all out, is an excellent opportunity to annihilate Jiannu's vitality;

Third, I have an immortality system and a krypton life store in my hand, which means I have weapons of mass destruction and super plug-ins in my hand. Why don’t I dare to gamble?

Of course, Zhu Tianqi also considered what would happen if he lost the bet. The consequences should not be too bad. It would just be the "Ji Si Incident" happening again. If that were the case, Zhu Tianqi would have admitted defeat. Anyway, "gamblers don't do it." Deserve mercy.”

However, my current situation is relatively better than that of Chongzhen. My northwest military industrial base has been built, and there have been no large-scale rebellions or famines internally. The overall situation is relatively peaceful, so even if I lose this bet, , there is still a chance to turn around, but by then, he will definitely be even more aggrieved as the emperor than he is now.

In any case, Zhu Tianqi has been preparing for this battle for more than a year, and he has invested almost all of himself. Now it is time to decide the outcome. Zhu Tianqi can no longer help but retreat and regret. Just keep moving forward.

In the blink of an eye, it was May, and it was time for the court to collect summer taxes. Zhu Tianqi sent Zhang Guoji to various places to collect grain as usual. However, the grain that could be collected this year should be less than last year. Because of the expansion of the disaster-stricken area, many places The grain harvest was severely poor, and Zhu Tianqi also reduced or reduced taxes based on the disaster situation in different regions.

But the more this is the case, the more important it is to collect grain. If the imperial court does not reserve enough grain in advance, if the disaster situation further expands, where will the imperial court go to find food temporarily?

Zhang Guoji could not think about whether the grain that could be harvested this year would be more or less than last year. He just followed the order to collect grain and only considered how to ensure the grain collection work and safety of the grain collection points located in various places.

However, Zhang Guoji's grain collection work this year was surprisingly smoother than last year. In fact, this is not surprising. When the officials saw that the emperor had sent Zhang Guoji to collect grain again, he thought that he had no ability to fight with Zhang Guoji. After grabbing the grain from Zhang Guoji, they were not in a hurry one by one, and gave up the batch of grain from Xia Shui directly.

All the officials are waiting calmly now. Anyway, the emperor's money is limited. He can't ask everyone to donate money again this year, right?When Zhang Guoji runs out of money, doesn’t the remaining food belong to everyone?
Zhu Tianqi indeed has no intention of asking them to donate money anymore. In normal times, Zhu Tianqi might find a way to "knock them off", but that won't work this year. Everything must give way to his war plan, so he has also asked Zhang Guoji, after the summer tax is generally collected in August, stop, and return to Beijing as soon as the received grain is stored in the warehouse, without delay.

Although Zhang Guoji didn't know why Zhu Tianqi was so restrained in collecting grain this year, the emperor naturally had his reasons. He didn't ask any more questions, just nodded in agreement and acted as ordered.

As the time for the war got closer and closer, Zhu Tianqi was also making final preparations. He bought ten military telescopes from the Krypton Life Store and sent five to Yuan Chonghuan to facilitate his detection of Jiannu. Used for the movement of the army.Then, Zhu Tianqi asked Zhu Youjian to select fifty people who were good at investigation from the Jinyi Guards, gave them five other military telescopes, and asked them to go to Longjing Pass and Da'an Pass, the Great Wall Pass in the Jizhou Town Defense Zone, to hide. Identity, secretly observe the movements of the Tatars, and report immediately if any abnormality is discovered.

Later, Zhu Tianqi asked Wang Yuanbao to arrange for someone to send a secret decree to the Datong Guard, summoning the general of Datong to go to Beijing to have an audience.

Mangui was very surprised after receiving the secret order. He really couldn't imagine why the emperor summoned him suddenly and secretly. Could it be that it had something to do with the last time the imperial court transferred troops from him?
Mangui could not imagine the reason, but the emperor's order could not be violated. Mangui had to explain it to his subordinates quickly, and then took a few soldiers and hurried back to the capital. Because the emperor summoned him secretly, Mangui arrived After the capital, he immediately went to the Forbidden City to request an audience and did not dare to wander around in the capital.

Upon hearing that Man Gui had arrived, Zhu Tianqi immediately sent someone to take him to the Huangji Hall. Zhu Tianqi also changed into his regular clothes and went to the Huangji Hall.

When Man Gui saw Zhu Tianqi, he quickly kowtowed and saluted: "The last general Man Gui, kowtow to the emperor, long live the emperor!"

Zhu Tianqi smiled slightly, raised his hand and said, "General Man please get up quickly!"

After hearing this, Mangui stood up and stood in the palace with his head slightly lowered, waiting for Zhu Tianqi to speak. After all, he didn't know why the emperor summoned him into the palace.

Zhu Tianqi first looked at this famous general in the world, and then said: "General Man, the reason why I am so anxious to see you is because I have an important task entrusted to you!"

As soon as Mangui heard this, he immediately clasped his fists and saluted and said loudly: "If the emperor has anything to ask the general to do, just follow the instructions. The general will definitely go through fire and water for the emperor, even to the death!"

"Good!" Zhu Tianqi couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised, "I've heard for a long time that General Manchu is unparalleled in his loyalty and bravery. Today I saw him. He is indeed well-deserved. With General Manchu here, I have nothing to worry about!"

"The emperor's absurd praise, the last general is ashamed!" Man Gui hurriedly lowered his head, clasped his fists and saluted.

In fact, Man Gui was surprised and a little baffled when he heard Zhu Tianqi's praise. What the emperor said sounded like it was the first time he saw her. Could it be that the emperor was so "noble people forget things so much" "?But if the emperor had really forgotten about me, how could he remember to summon him?

(End of this chapter)