Saving the Ming Dynasty: I can exchange bodies with Chongzhen

Chapter 20 Is the Emperor sick again?

In the afternoon, Zhu Changgan did not go out, but kept looking for some previous case files in the palace.

The most important thing was to find the officials who had been demoted by Chongzhen before. Two of them were picked out by Zhu Changgan.

One is from Sun Chengzong and the other is from Li Banghua.

"Wang Chengen, bring my personal letter and secretly summon these two to the capital."

Wang Chengen took the case files of the two men and said, "Your Majesty, Li Banghua, didn't you say you would never hire him?"

"When did I say that?" Zhu Changgan asked coldly.

Li Banghua was an expert at rectifying military affairs. The Beijing Camp was revitalized under his leadership, and in a short period of time, many malpractices such as eating empty salaries and falsely claiming military salaries were eliminated.

Unfortunately, he was framed by the vested interests in the Beijing camp and returned to his hometown to retire.

As soon as he left, the Beijing army became rotten again, and once again became conservative and tolerated evil.

Military and political affairs were the hurdles that Zhu Changgan had to deal with, and Li Banghua was also someone he could not get around.

"..." Wang Chengen didn't dare to say a word.

Zhu Changgan snorted in his heart. He was not Chongzhen, so what even if Chongzhen said that?
I am the emperor, and I am shameless in front of a eunuch like you. What can you do?

"Still alive, fortunately still alive."

Zhu Changgan was somewhat fortunate that this year was the tenth year of Chongzhen, not the eleventh year of Chongzhen, because in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Sun Chengzong led his family to defend Gaoyang City against the Later Jin Dynasty, and hanged himself when the city was broken.

And he had to recall Sun Chengzong to Beijing. On the one hand, it was because of Sun Chengzong's ability, and the Shanhaiguan defense and Guanningjin defense line he built.

For more than 20 years thereafter, from Nurhaci to Huang Taiji, no one was able to break through this heavily fortified and tightly guarded military defense line.

When he was in charge of the army at Shanhaiguan, the gates were closed and the war smoke was not burning.

It seems that they have no military achievements, but "those who are good at fighting often have no glorious achievements." On the contrary, the Later Jin Dynasty planned for decades but could not advance even a single step.

Not only that, in just four years of leading his troops in Liaodong, he repaired nine large cities, 45 fortresses, and recruited and trained 110,000 soldiers.

Build twelve chariot camps, five water camps, two firearms camps, and eight vanguard and rear-end camps.

They manufactured millions of pieces of armor, military equipment, bows and arrows, cannonballs and other equipment for warfare, expanded the territory by 400 miles, and established more than 5,000 hectares of cultivated land.

At the moment, Zhu Changgan does not need someone who can pacify Liaodong in five years, but needs someone who can temporarily stabilize the situation in Liaodong.

A person who can give himself more time to sort out his internal affairs before dealing with external problems.

Undoubtedly, Sun Chengzong is the most suitable person.

On the other hand, many generals in Liaodong were his followers, such as Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui, He Kegang and others.

Huang Taiji took poaching to the extreme among veteran Liaodong generals such as Zu Dashou and kept trying to recruit Zu Dashou.

When Yuan Chonghuan was arrested, Zu Dashou, his trusted and beloved general, was so frightened that he chose to flee. Later, he continued to remain loyal to the Ming Dynasty despite the grievances.

But there was already a grudge in his heart, which laid the seeds for the next rebellion.

If Sun Chengzong were to be re-employed, it would certainly be a shot in the arm for the Liaodong soldiers.

Unfortunately, Yuan Keli, Ma Shilong and other practical generals who partnered with Sun Chengzong had just passed away, otherwise Zhu Changgan would have wanted to recall all of them.

Wang Chengen said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, you have invited Sun Chengzong to the capital many times before, but he has declined every time on the grounds of old age."

"Sigh~"

Zhu Changgan was in a difficult situation now.

Suddenly, he saw a sentence on the case file, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "Got it!"

……

Xiangyang Palace,

Chongzhen heard Zhu Changgan wanted to summon Sun Chengzong to Beijing, and he agreed with this. Since Yuan Chonghuan's death, the Ming Dynasty had suffered defeat after defeat on the Liaodong battlefield. He thought of Sun Chengzong more than once, but was dismissed without exception.

The next sentence, his face suddenly flushed, because he heard Zhu Changgan said in surprise: "This case file says that Sun Chengzong's son seems to have inherited the title of Jinyiwei Qianhu, recruit him."

"Tell him to take my personal letter back to persuade his father. If that doesn't work, have the accompanying personnel kidnap Sun Chengzong."

Chongzhen's heart was beating "boom boom boom", his throat felt like it was on fire, and his face was burning with pain.

You are the emperor, not a robber, so don’t you have any respect for your dignity?
"Oh, my... my image as a holy king among my ministers has been completely ruined."

The afternoon passed quickly.
Watching the sunset glow in the sky dye the entire sky.

Chongzhen's eyes became hot and bright again.

"It's almost time. I can go back again. I..."

At this moment, Chongzhen suddenly stopped because he heard what Zhu Changgan said.

"At this time, the Wen Party should have already put Qian Qianyi in jail, right? In the next few days, please wait and see if Qian Qianyi asked Cao Huachun for help?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen replied.

Chongzhen's chest suddenly heaved and his breathing became heavy.

"Sure enough, he knew. He actually knew that Wen Tiren was forming a clique a long time ago."

"But since they knew that, they still kept Wen Tiren as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet."

At this moment, a mechanical voice sounded in my ears.

"The time has come. In one minute we will swap bodies and return to our original forms. Please be ready."

hum~
When Chongzhen's vision lit up again, he had already returned to the Qianqing Palace.

This time,
He didn't shout, nor was he panicked, nor was he hysterical. Instead, he stared at Wang Chengen with eyes like nails.

"My dear, I..." Chongzhen thought about what he had heard today and some of the things he didn't understand.

"Tell me everything about Luo Yangxing today."

He could sense that Zhu Changgan wanted the Jinyiwei to take action, but why did he confer a higher title on Luo Yangxing during this period?
Wang Chengen was stunned for a moment and his heart was shocked.

Sure enough, the emperor fell ill again. He fell ill at this time yesterday and at this time today.

But it seems that the emperor's illness is not as serious as yesterday.

He swallowed dryly, "Your Majesty, today you ..."

Wang Chengen recounted Chongzhen's arrangements for Luo Yangxing today, and then handed the emperor a list of all those going to Luo Yangxing's mansion, as well as the details of Luo Yangxing's property that had been secretly investigated.

Chongzhen looked at the thirty or so names on the list and the densely packed words on the details of Luo Yangxing's property, his eyes sparking with anger.

There were only eight at lunch, but the number increased to thirty in the afternoon.

"Another corrupt official! None of them are good people." Chongzhen slammed the list on the desk in anger. His voice rolled like thunder and spread far away.

Then he asked, "Why don't you catch them now?"

Wang Chengen said stiffly, "Your Majesty, you just told the eunuchs to wait until tomorrow to close the net. You said that Luo Yangxing would be promoted to the position of Prince Taifu in the afternoon. What was it called today and tomorrow... Yes, I remember now, it was called the Highlight Moment."

"Your Majesty, do you want to... close the net now? Without waiting for the money?"

Chongzhen's angry face was a little distorted. He finally remembered the agreement between him and Zhu Changgan. He exhaled sharply and finally calmed down some of his anger.

"Okay, just tomorrow!"

No matter how anxious you are, you have to wait for those people to send the money to Luo Yangxing.

His lips turned black as he glanced at the list again before asking, "Where is Wen Tiren? I already knew about Wen Tiren's clique."

(End of this chapter)