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Chapter 379 Chongzhen is angry and the chief assistant plots

Capital, Forbidden City.

Wuying Palace.

"The Jiang family has been our Ming generals for generations, and now they are the third general of the army. I have great trust in them and allowed them to bear the seal of General Zhenshuo. A few days ago, I also named them Uncle Dingshuo.

But how did he repay me? There were 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers and horses and hundreds of thousands of civilians in the fortified city of Datong, but he actually offered the city directly to subdue the thieves! How unreasonable! This is really unreasonable! "

Chongzhen was really angry when he learned that Jiang Xiang directly surrendered the city.

Because in his opinion, he and Daming were extremely kind and trustful to the Jiang family - Jiang Xiang's brother Jiang Rang was previously the commander-in-chief of Yulin, his younger brother Jiang Xuan served as the deputy commander-in-chief of Yanghe, and Jiang Xiang himself served as the commander-in-chief of Datong. soldiers.

In the Ming Dynasty, how many brothers had three brothers serving as commander-in-chief?

Not to mention that he also asked Jiang Xiang to bear the seal of General Zhenshuo and made Shuo Bo.

He believed that Jiang Xiang should defend Datong and lead the army and people of Datong to live and die with the city, so that he could repay the emperor's kindness.

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Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant, secretly raised his head and glanced at Chongzhen. Seeing that Chongzhen's eyes were red, he felt even more nervous.

A few days ago, the puppet Shunnan Route Army marched northward, and the officers and soldiers retreated steadily. Guangping and Shunde Prefectures fell one after another, and a considerable part of Zhending Prefecture also fell.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the commander-in-chief Zhou Yuji arrived with the elite of the Beijing camp (i.e. the Yongwei camp) and defeated several formations of the Puppet Shunnan Route Army, thus stabilizing the situation in the south.

However, the military pressure on Hejian Mansion in the southeast is also great.

The Puppet-Shun South Route Army was actually divided into two groups. The one coming from Henan was led by Puppet-Shun General Yuan Zongdi, and the one coming from Shandong was led by General Liu Fangliang.

At present, the two armies are attacking Zhending Mansion and Hejian Mansion respectively. The elite troops from the Beijing camp led by Zhou Yuji are somewhat concerned about one thing and not the other.

Therefore, a few days ago, Chongzhen had hinted and even made it clear that he hoped Zhou Yanru could go south to supervise the army, stabilize the situation in the south, and even defeat the two puppet troops in the south.

Zhou Yanru knew that Chongzhen had high expectations for him.

But although he speaks eloquently about military and national affairs, he has no experience in actually leading troops, let alone fighting. How can he be the opponent of the two hypocritical generals?

And based on Chongzhen's past behavior, if he were defeated, he would probably be punished and beheaded.

The most important thing is that Zhou Yanru feels that in the current situation, Daming is almost as sick as a terminally ill person and can only wait to die.

Although the situation in the south is unknown due to the lack of news, the capital cannot use its money, food, and personnel, so it is no different from being lost.

In the north, the Ming Dynasty cannot even completely own Beizhili. What hope does this Ming Dynasty have?

Recently, in addition to trying to trick Chongzhen into sending him to leave the capital to supervise the army, he was also considering whether to surrender to Wei or Shun next.

In today's world situation, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the power of Dawei is stronger than hypocrisy.

But the problem is that now it is the Shun army that is about to attack the capital, not the Yi army.

Even if he was optimistic about Damei and wanted to bring him down, he still couldn't reach it.

This made Zhou Yanru feel particularly painful - if he had known that the world situation was changing so quickly, he should not have ordered him to come to the capital to be the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty. With his reputation, if he stayed in his hometown (Yixing, Changzhou Prefecture), he might be able to become a cabinet minister when Damei was founded.

Just when Zhou Yanru thought about it more and more, he regretted it more and more. An angry Chongzhen looked over and asked, "What does Yuan Fu think we should do about the current situation?"

What to do?

Serve cold.

Zhou Yanru muttered something secretly in his heart, but said seriously on his face: "Since the intruders have captured Datong Mansion, they will definitely attack Xuan Mansion next. To strengthen the Xuan Mansion's troops, it is best to send a capable civil servant who knows military affairs." The supervisor stopped it."

Zhou Yanru knew that if he wanted to stay in the capital, he would definitely not be able to fool Chongzhen - today's Chongzhen is no longer as easy to fool as he was when he first became chief minister, and he would often put ministers in jail and ransack their homes, which is scary. of.

He had to come up with something to fool him. Sure enough, after listening to his words, Chongzhen's red and gray eyes became a little brighter, and he asked urgently: "Who does Yuan Fu think should be sent to supervise the division? And which troops should be deployed to strengthen the Xuanfu's troops?"

Because he had not yet decided whether to submit or not, Zhou Yanru really racked his brains over this matter.

He pondered for a moment and couldn't help but look at the other cabinet ministers who were recruited into Wuying Palace.

Secondly, he assisted Xie Sheng, cabinet ministers Wei Zhaocheng, Chen Yan, Zhang Sizhi and Feng Quan.

Xie Sheng is a veteran of the Four Dynasties, a native of Dezhou, Shandong Province, and a Jinshi in the 35th year of Wanli. He is sixty-four years old and has very senior qualifications.

He was considered his political opponent a few months ago, but now he really has no intention of fighting with him. After all, the Ming Dynasty is going to be gone, so what's the use of having more power? It's better to make more money.

Wei Zhaocheng used to be part of Xie Sheng's group, but now he seems a little absent-minded.

Zhang Sizhi belonged to the neutral faction and was a loser, while Chen Yan and Feng Quan were considered his younger brothers.

Especially Feng Quan, who was already his in-law. A few days ago, he took advantage of Chongzhen's urgent need for talents and capable people to allow this in-law who was once eunuched and cut off from his official career for more than ten years to re-enter the officialdom. He became a minister in one fell swoop.

This matter was done beautifully, which made Zhou Yanru quite proud.

His younger brother definitely cannot be pushed out, and Xie Sheng Chongzhen will probably not let him out either - Chen Xinjia previously leaked the peace talks with Jiannu, Xie Sheng was also implicated, and was impeached by the imperial emissary. He was about to resign, but Chongzhen asked That he left behind shows this person's status in Chongzhen's heart.

As for Wei Zhaocheng and Zhang Sizhi, neither of them had any military experience, so Chongzhen might not be interested in them.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yanru said: "The former governor of Sichuan, Shao Jiechun, has a military strategy. If your majesty can forgive his previous sins, he will be wiped out to repay the emperor's favor."

Historically, the former Sichuan governor Shao Jiechun committed suicide by taking poison for various reasons soon after he was arrested and imprisoned.

But in this time and space, due to various changes, he is still locked up in the capital prison.

So Zhou Yanru named this candidate - this was indeed the one he thought was the most suitable candidate.

However, when Chongzhen heard that his suppressed anger resurfaced, he sneered and said, "If you forgive his past sins, you will go to great lengths to repay the emperor's favor? Yuanfu, why do I feel that these words sound familiar to me?"

Zhou Yanru's heart skipped a beat and he thought to himself: It's over! He forgot someone!

Sure enough, Chongzhen continued: "Oh, I remembered that Yuan Fu also said the same thing last year when he recommended Sun Chuanting to be released from prison and lead the army.

But what about now? Where is Sun Chuanting? The commander-in-chief was defeated in the suppression of bandits, and he still dared to survive after losing Shaanxi. Now he is huddled in Hanzhong, holding his own troops, and plotting evil!

Is this what Yuan Fu said that he wanted to repay the emperor's favor by destroying his body and brains? ! "

Zhou Yanru had to explain: "Your Majesty, Sun Chuanting finally blocked the intruders in Hanzhong and protected the Qin and Rui vassals. It was really no choice but to retreat to Hanzhong."

Chongzhen actually understood what Zhou Yanru said, but he felt resentful when he thought that Sun Chuanting did not accompany Shaanxi to die.

Therefore, he was also worried that after Shao Jiechun, the criminal official, was appointed and had troops, he would also "betray" him, so he said: "Shao Jiechun's crime is much more serious than Sun Chuanting's, and cannot be forgiven lightly. Yuan Fu should recommend another candidate. If it really doesn't work, it might as well be that Yuan Fu goes to supervise the division."

Zhou Yanru's heart skipped a beat after hearing this, and he thought to himself, could he have dug a hole to trap himself?

So he quickly said: "The cabinet minister Wei Zhaocheng and the left minister of the Ministry of War Wu Di both have military strategies and can also lead troops and supervise divisions."

Wei Zhaocheng, who was in a daze at first, immediately woke up when he heard this and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I have only served as the minister of the Ministry of War for one year and have no experience in leading troops. I really cannot be regarded as a chief assistant who has military strategy."

Furthermore, the task of leading the army and supervising the division this time is related to the great danger of the Ming Dynasty. It must not be ignored. Your Majesty, please think carefully about it! "

　Second update.

　　Good night~

　　

　　

　

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