Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 148 Blood Sacrifice to the Slave Chief (please vote for me)
However, the first thing Emperor Chongzhen had to do was not to do this, but to lead all the civil and military officials to send the martyrs who had sacrificed their lives to the country in the past six months to the Hall of Martyrs.

Zhonglie Hall is in front of the Imperial Ancestral Temple and next to the Shrine.There is a couplet on the pillars on both sides of the entrance to the hall.

First couplet: Loyal to the liver, righteous and courageous, sacrifice one's life for the country.

Second line: The heroic name will last forever, and the loyal soul will shine forever.

Horizontal comment: Serve the country with loyalty and loyalty

There is just a tombstone in the center of the hall, with eight words engraved on it: The loyal martyrs of the Ming Dynasty will live forever.

Later, both sides can lead to the side hall.In the side hall, the deeds of heroic spirits are stored according to the layout of two capitals and thirteen provinces.Information about every heroic spirit can be found.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen led the empress, prince, princes, princesses, cabinet ministers and the six ministers and nine ministers at the entrance of Zhonglie Hall. The other civil and military officials lined up inside and outside Chengtian Gate because they could not stand.The standards of the memorial ceremony are basically as high as those of the memorial ceremony at the Ancestral Temple.

In this regard, some officials raised objections.I think it’s too heavyweight for the emperor, empress, princes and daughters to participate!
After hearing these reports, Emperor Chongzhen refuted without hesitation: "Without the loyalty of the Ming Dynasty to serve the country, how could the royal children have enough food and clothing to worry about! Being grateful is the duty of a human being!"

At this time, although it was almost noon, there was no sunshine and it was a cloudy day.The wind blows and the flag flutters.Apart from this, although there were hundreds of civil and military officials standing there, it was silent.

Emperor Chongzhen stood in front of the Hall of Loyalty and Martyrs, facing the royal children, civil and military officials, and spoke impassionedly:
"Since ancient times, heroes have emerged in large numbers in China, and they are all my heroic souls in the Hall of Loyalty and Martyrs. Every time I think of this, I feel admiration in my heart. I specially set up this hall to worship the martyrs who have served the country loyally. For one day, the Ming Dynasty will be sacrificed by the emperor himself, and the incense will last forever. !”

“Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, whenever the country faced crisis, there were always loyal people who came forward. They fought hard, strategized, or died for the country, demonstrating the loyalty and courage of the sons and daughters of the Ming Dynasty. Serving the country.”

"..."

"May the spirits of the loyal and martyrs rest in peace in heaven, may the Ming Dynasty prosper and the people live and work in peace and contentment!"

Everyone was listening carefully, remembering that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it had indeed been dangerous several times.The emperor was captured, the enemy came to the city, etc., but every time, loyal men came forward to save the country from difficulties.It is precisely because of people like them that Ming Dynasty can exist today!

Amidst the sound of gold and iron horses, the loyal and loyal people tried to save the nation, even risking their own lives...

Imagining such a scene, even the prince Zhu Cixi felt a little excited, wishing that he could bravely kill the enemy and sweep the world!

When Emperor Chongzhen said the last word, he said loudly: "Today the Zhonglie Hall was first opened, Zhonglie entered the hall, and I used the slave chief to pay tribute to the loyal hero! Come, bring the slave chief!"

Upon hearing the emperor's order, the imperial guards lined up on both sides shouted loudly: "Bring the slave chief!"

"Bring the slave chief!"

"..."

The voice was passed out one after another, and then, a man with a money rat tail was seen being carried by two imperial guards, passing among the civil and military officials, and dragged through the Chengtian Gate to the front of the Zhonglie Hall.

All the civil and military officials were surprised.

They did hear that the emperor captured a slave chief alive. It seemed that the Jianlu people called themselves Prince Heshuoying, one of the biggest people in the Jianlu people.

It is really unimaginable that such a person could be captured alive by the imperial court, let alone be captured alive by the current emperor himself!
It's really amazing!
Don't talk about them, just talk about Azig himself. I'm afraid he never dreamed that his way of death would be to be captured alive by the Ming Dynasty and then used as a blood sacrifice!
At this time, the wound on his leg was also pus-producing. He was groggy and not struggling. What was he thinking?Perhaps, regretting that he wanted to take advantage of him, he actually went to fight the Ming Emperor in a one-on-one fight, right?
As the ceremony progressed, Azig, the prince who built the captives, was beheaded in front of the Zhonglie Hall, and his head was laid in memory at the Zhonglie Hall.

At the end of the ceremony, Emperor Chongzhen announced that for all loyal martyrs in the Hall of Loyalty and Martyrs, their immediate family members would be exempted from military service, and they would only have to pay the official tax stipulated by the court, that is, the land tax.

Next, there is reward based on merit.

Rewards will be given based on the merits of rescuing Ningwuguan, rescuing Baoding, attacking Zhending, rescuing Taiyuan, and the battles of Xuanfu and Changping.

Several general soldiers in the Beijing camp, He Zhen who died in the battle, pursued the title of Marquis of Xuancheng, and his son was demoted to attack Xuancheng Bo.

Zhou Yuji was granted the title of Marquis of Zhongyong, He Zan, Ning Long, Liu Jiuqing, Wei Shizhen, and Ma Ke were also granted the title of earl, none of whom were hereditary.

In addition, Liu Lanyu, the staff general of the Lanling Camp, was promoted to deputy general, and the Lanling Camp was recruited from the common people of the capital and the Jiaofang Division.

Jin Zhensun, the staff general of the imperial battalion directly under the imperial command, was also promoted to deputy general, and at the same time, the imperial battalion directly under the imperial army was recruited from all armies.

Other meritorious officers and soldiers were promoted or rewarded with silver coins and grain fields.Even the general of Baoding was rewarded.

For a moment, the entire army was filled with joy.

However, relatively speaking, the rewards for staying in the capital are less.Especially Tang Tong, after all, he was fighting in the south and the north, and he fought too many wars. As a result, he saw that Ma Ke and others, these general soldiers who were like him at the beginning, had already been knighted. He was anxious and wanted to follow suit. It's better to go on an expedition.

Not only him, but other soldiers also wanted to go to war with the emperor.

In addition to these, Emperor Chongzhen also personally arranged for the disabled soldiers. He first arranged for people to teach them how to do things, and then arranged for them to do what they could in the major yamen in the capital and receive a salary.

For example, concierges, government servants, etc., they used to be laborers, but now they have become paid errands.

Empress Zhou was also personally responsible for the pensions for the soldiers who died in battle, and distributed them through the previous bank.

The army's uniforms, uniforms, ordnance, armor, etc., all created by the military strategy and ordnance, are also replaced.

In short, after Emperor Chongzhen returned to Beijing with his troops, almost everything revolved around the army.

In addition, it was only then that he remembered that there was someone who had been imprisoned in prison, so he immediately sent someone to release him and summoned him in the Wenhua Hall.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that the beard and hair of the visitor were all white, and he was much older than the image in his original impression. He couldn't help but get up quickly, went over to help the kneeling man in person, and said with emotion: "I listened to the slander before, but I couldn't use it." Your strengths are my fault!"

When the visitor heard this, he was immediately shocked. He quickly wanted to kneel down and plead guilty, and at the same time said: "It is the guilty minister who led the army poorly..."

Emperor Chongzhen supported him and stopped him from kneeling again. He looked at him and said, "You are the best at governing the river. I have an important task to entrust to you!"

This person is none other than Zhang Guowei, named Yuqi, from Dongyang.In the second year of Tianqi's reign, he became a Jinshi. In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen's reign, he served as the right minister of the Ministry of War and supervised the troops in the four towns of Huai, Xu, Lin and Tong to protect water transportation.He surrendered to Li Qingshan of the Peasant Army and became Shangshu of the Ministry of War of Jin.In the 15th year of Chongzhen's reign, the Jianlu invaders swept across the capital and reached Jinan, Shandong. The eight generals under his command were all defeated by the Jianlu and were impeached, dismissed and imprisoned.

In fact, his ability was not to lead troops in war, but to manage rivers. He accumulated decades of experience in water control, and wrote and published a 70-word "Wuzhong Water Conservancy Complete Book", which is the largest hydraulic masterpiece in ancient my country.

In the original history, Emperor Chongzhen also recognized his merits in river control, reinstated his official position, and served as the censor of Qiandu. He went to Jiangnan and Zhejiang to supervise military training, pay, and other matters. However, ten days after leaving the capital, the capital was captured by Li Zicheng. Breached.

In this dimension, Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly collected military pay and assembled an army to rescue Ningwuguan one month before the original city was destroyed, and then forgot about him.It was only after I came back that I remembered that this man was in the prison and let him out.

This Zhang Guowei also died for his country in the original history.

At this time, he quickly stood with his hands down and listened respectfully to his orders.

To be honest, during his time in prison, he naturally heard about various things happening outside.First, there was a chaos in the capital, and the emperor was killed in various ways. At that time, he thought that the emperor had gone crazy. From the top to the chief minister of the country, to other officials, even Jiading Bo Zhou Kui was not spared.Then he heard that the emperor personally led the troops to go on an expedition, and he even felt that the emperor was doomed.

No matter what, he believed that in terms of knowledge and experience, he must be stronger than the current emperor.After all, this emperor was originally just a vassal king, and he was not trained as an emperor, so he temporarily ascended the throne.And he has always been in the capital and has never left the capital.

So what if someone who has experienced this, even if he is a king?The thieves will not tolerate you as the emperor. If they even heard that the emperor was leading the army, they might kill him even more desperately.

Therefore, he is really not optimistic.

Unexpectedly, news came one after another that the emperor led the troops to win the battle. The jailers were still talking vividly about how the emperor was so powerful, how powerful he was, how he could carry cannons, and how he defeated bandit generals alone. He didn't believe it anyway. .

However, later on, the emperor personally led the troops to defeat the Jianlu and even captured the slave chief alive.This has already arrived in the capital, so you have to believe it even if you don’t believe it.

Shocked and surprised, Zhang Guowei was already full of awe for the emperor in front of him.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen said to him: "I have put down the rebellion in central and northern Shanxi, especially in northern Shanxi, and I have arranged the farm work. But I am not yet relieved, so I want you to go over and govern the Shanxi area. Farming must ensure the harvest of grain fields. Unless the bandit army invades in a large scale, everything must be farmed first. Manpower, materials, etc., you can prioritize the deployment, can you do a good job?"

On the Xuanfu side, Jianlu had just broken through the border and had not caused much damage to farming.Of course, this is also related to Jianlu's entry into the pass this time, not to plunder but to seek hegemony in the world.Therefore, generally speaking, farming in northern Shanxi has been preserved.

After hearing this, Zhang Guowei felt confident and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the guilty minister will do his best to live up to the holy hope!"

Hearing that he was still claiming to be a guilty minister, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "In this case, I will appoint you as the governor of Jin land and the imperial envoy for agricultural affairs. I will give you Shang Fangjian. There is no need to report to him about farming. You have the power to act arbitrarily, and local governors and governors have no power." put one's oar in."

When Zhang Guowei heard this, he quickly bowed to accept the order and said: "I obey the order!"

Emperor Chongzhen still had something to explain, so he turned back to his throne, picked up a memorial from the table, and then said to Zhang Guowei: "Back then, Xu Guangqi and Xu Qing once sent a memorial to sweet potatoes, talking about the benefits of sweet potatoes and how to grow them. But at that time, Everyone in the world thinks that if oranges grow in the south, they become tangerines, and if they grow in the north, they become tangerines. Now I know that this is a prejudice! You are now in charge of farming, so you can transplant sweet potatoes to Shanxi without occupying grain fields, and How’s the effect?”

This memorial has been lost in later generations, but the "Sweet Potato Preface" was collected in "Qunfang Pu. Gu Pu" and passed down to future generations.Emperor Chongzhen knew better than anyone what kind of plant sweet potato was. Now that he had to deal with agricultural matters, he would naturally not miss this sweet potato.

As for crops such as corn and potatoes, he didn't know if they had been introduced to Ming Dynasty at this time, and he didn't have time to care about it. He just started to do what he had already decided.

In fact, as far as farming is concerned, I still find time to deal with it in my busy schedule.After all, the Jianlu army is still in the capital, and its strength is stronger than what he can control. The priority goal is to defeat this Jianlu army.

When Zhang Guowei heard what the emperor said, he didn't necessarily want him to do anything, but asked him to try it out without occupying the grain fields. It would only cost him some thought and time and would not affect the farming. He immediately bowed and took the servant After passing the memorial to him, Xu Guangqi thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, Wei Chen wants to help Wei Chen do this by himself. Is it possible?"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he asked: "Who?"

Zhang Guowei immediately responded: "This is Chen Zilong, a disciple of Xu Shaobao. He was named Renzhong and was a Jinshi in the tenth year of Chongzhen. The Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs was compiled and published by him. Wei Chen thought that he must have a deep knowledge of agriculture and could be his arm!" "

Chen Zilong wrote to him to give advice when he led the army to fight against the Jianlu in Shandong, and the two of them had an intersection.At this time, I heard that the emperor asked him to promote the sweet potatoes recommended by Xu Guangqi, and naturally he thought of Chen Zilong.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he said happily: "I have also remembered it, so I will appoint him as deputy envoy!"

This Chen Zilong was a member of Fushe in his early years. After Fushe was suppressed, he has never been reused and was squeezed out by people from other factions.

At this time, he had meritorious service in inducing Xu Du to riot in Dongyang County, Zhejiang Province. However, because Zhejiang Inspector Zuo Guangxian ignored Chen Zilong's repeated requests and violated his original promise as long as Xu Du surrendered himself, "We should wait for the future." With the promise of "I will not die", Xu Du and more than [-] people from his tribe were killed after Xu Du led his troops to surrender.As a result, Chen Zilong's friends broke up with him, and he angrily sued and asked to return home.

After arranging this matter, Emperor Chongzhen relaxed a little.The food problem is a fatal problem. Without food, the most elite army will collapse.Therefore, outside of military affairs, he had to take time to deal with this matter.

After finishing this matter, he asked the people waiting to see him, and first asked Zhou Yuji to come.

After seeing the ceremony, Zhou Yuji immediately reported to Emperor Chongzhen with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, Ye Bushou has discovered that the Jianlu army went south, captured Tianjinwei, Wuqing, and Jinghai areas, and stationed themselves there."

At this point, he was afraid that the emperor would not understand, so he immediately reminded him: "Looking at the movements of the Jianlu, it seems that they want to cut off the supply of grain and grass materials to the capital! Whether it is the water transportation of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal or the sea transportation, they are all blocked by the Jianlu Truncated.”

Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised when he heard this.

He thought that Dorgon might withdraw from the pass after learning about the defeat of the other two armies.After all, Jianlu only has so many troops. If they are all used up in the pass, will Liaodong still need them?

Unexpectedly, Dorgon gathered an army and cut off his food route. This was really a hard fight!

If we can eliminate the Jianlu forces within the pass, that would indeed be the best thing.But the crux of the problem is that if there is a head-on confrontation now, Emperor Chongzhen is not sure of defeating Dorgon's army. The strength of the army is about double, making it absolutely difficult to defeat.If you use the winning rate, I'm afraid it's only a [-]% or [-]% winning rate.

In other words, for now, Emperor Chongzhen does not dare to destroy his army. This is his only capital!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately asked someone to hang up a map of the capital, walked to the screen, and discussed with Zhou Yuji on the map.

The place where Jianlu was stationed was indeed the vital point of the capital.

The two discussed it and found that facing the still powerful Jianlu army, there was no good solution for the time being.

Sometimes, strength really determines everything.

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and then said to Zhou Yuji: "The army in the capital must continue to expand and train. I will call Huang De's troops to come back. Wu Sangui's troops in Shanhaiguan can also be considered for reorganization."

This strategy is to strengthen the strength in your hands.

The foundation of Huang Degong's army is the same as that of Zhou Yuji's side, which is the foundation of the original Yongwei camp. Moreover, Huang Degong is also loyal to the court and is worthy of trust.

Wu Sangui has 1 troops, so there is no problem in selecting [-] elite troops.The remaining troops, including Gaudi's [-] troops and the local army of [-], are only stationed at Shanhaiguan, so they don't matter much.After all, the Jianlu army that needs to be guarded against is all within the pass, and the main force of the Beijing camp is also restrained, so it is impossible to attack Shanhaiguan.

Emperor Chongzhen calculated that if the army was integrated in this way, there should be about [-].Dorgon's army was about [-], which could be considered a fight.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Zhou Yuji ask quickly: "Your Majesty, if Marshal Huang's troops are recalled, what will happen to Fengyang?"

Huang Degong was stationed in Fengyang to protect the Zhu family's ancestral tomb.

The original Emperor Chongzhen would definitely have hesitated.However, as the Chongzhen Emperor who came from time-travel, he would care about the Zhu family's ancestral tombs, and he would immediately say: "If the land is saved and the people are lost, both the people and the land will be lost. Only by mobilizing troops and defeating the Jianlu can we preserve the place we want to preserve!" "

After hearing this, Zhou Yuji thought for a moment and said with admiration: "Your Majesty is wise!"

For the time being, there is no other way.

On Zhou Yuji's side, he followed the order and continued to send out a large number of people who stayed at night to monitor Jianlu's movements.

Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to summon Huang Degong to take a detour and rush back to the capital.

Later, he prepared to write an imperial edict and summon Wu Sangui to lead his troops to the capital.

But just as he picked up the brush, he suddenly stopped again.

(End of this chapter)