Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

Even so, the old man's eyes were still full of wisdom, making people dare not look directly at him.

While listening to his children and grandchildren, the green jade hammer in his hand kept hitting his waist. He was getting older, and such long-term sitting had already made the old man feel uncomfortable.

This is the emperor of the Apocalypse Dynasty, the famous Liaodong governor Sun Chengzong!

In the Tianqi Dynasty, countless civil servants were swept off their horses by Wei Zhongxian. People in the world held their breath and did not dare to offend this eunuch. When Wei Zhongxian said that he was nine thousand years old, he had already knocked down the most powerful civil servant group, the Donglin Party. And stepped on countless feet.

At that time, whether it was Xunchen, Qi Wan, or civil servants and military officials, they all looked up to him, and no matter how hated Wei Zhongxian was, they would never dare to contradict him openly. [

Only Sun Chengzong, with the honor of the emperor's teacher and the respect of Emperor Tianqi, could barely maintain his independence and the character of a literati.

He never flattered or needed to be flattered. He used himself as a captive to the east. In his hands, he built hundreds of military fortresses, advanced and recovered thousands of miles of lost land, built countless cities, and cast an unknown number of artillery pieces.

The vehicle and artillery battalion he formed was the most powerful firearms unit in the world at that time, with more than 1000 firecrackers, more than 80 artillery pieces, and more than a hundred carts. This allocation cannot but be said to be super luxurious.

It's a pity that the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty were not treated as well as pigs and dogs, the supervision was weak, and the weapons they made were not satisfactory. In addition, there was no training, and the firing of artillery was all based on the gunner's personal experience, and even the most primitive means of measuring distances in the West at that time was not available. The pure firearms battalion gave up the meat blog instead, and the old grandson's thinking is still a little too advanced.

But in any case, when Sun Chengzong was in Liaodong, Hou Jin did not take much advantage at that time. Although there was a defeat in Yaozhou, the responsibility was not Sun Chengzong. Even Nurhachi didn't dare to go straight in to ask for cheap.

Later, the old grandson was impeached by the crowd and resigned. Not long after he left, Houjin launched a massive attack. Hundreds of forts, tens of thousands of armors, countless weapons and cannons, plus hundreds of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of stones of food, the whole country Hou Jin beat Caogu and ate fat sheep.

Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan are the only defensive lines built up by the Ming Empire for ten years.

So when some people are around, you don’t think much of him, only when he’s not around, you will miss him very much, and you know that he is a powerful person, absolutely incomparable.

Sun Chengzong's success is definitely not due to the approval of his own people. Even the commander of the Qing army and ordinary soldiers have some respect for old man Sun.

In real history, Sun Chengzong lived in his hometown in Gaoyang, Hebei. He was already 11 years old in the 76th year of Chongzhen.In the past, he was the prime minister of the university, and he was supposed to hide in the capital, or in the worst case, he should go to the fortified city of Baoding to hide, but Sun Chengzong chose the most virile one.

Just like this time!

"Father," none of Sun Chengzong's sons had the same knowledge as his father. Although two of them were awarded Jinshi and a few were awarded Juren, none of them were selected for the Imperial Academy.Of course, it is also possible that there is no one in the court. Now the sons of several officials all look anxious, kneeling on the ground to persuade: "Father is old, even if you go to hide, no one will say anything. Gaoyang City is small, and There are almost no soldiers, no pay, and no food. How can we defend? Once the slaves arrive, as long as they attack the city, the city will fall. Now my grandson’s family is nearly a hundred people, how could they die in the city for nothing..."

"That's wrong."

Hearing his son's words, Sun Chengzong didn't have any particularly angry expression. He just smiled lightly and said to the son who spoke: "My husband and you are both paid by the imperial court and devoted our lives to the country. Is this called death in vain?"

"Can……"

"I know I know."

Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "There is also a saying about death. It is a matter of dying in battle, or dying aggrieved. This is more important. You think that if you are trapped in such a small city, you will be caught in the urn, and you will die aggrieved, don't you? ?”

"Yes, that's exactly what my son thinks."

"Confused, confused." [

It was almost dusk at this time, and the golden light shone on the old man's face. Sun Chengzong's face was still very calm, but his eyes were extremely determined.

"Recently there has been a talk of reconciliation, have you heard of it?"

"heard."

"It is said that the emperor's will is far from being comparable to that of the previous emperors, but now that it is said, it must be because the country's affairs are becoming more and more difficult, and it is beneficial for the scholar-officials to bewitch and negotiate peace in front of the emperor."

Sun Chengzong bared his teeth and sneered, and said coldly: "When the old man was in Liaodong, he talked about making peace. Didn't it happen? The slave chiefs repeatedly asked for peace, but it was actually a trick. Many people think that there is civil strife in Ming Dynasty, so we might as well put an end to it." Internal strife, and then resisting foreign insults... This is simply stupid. Can people wait for you to calmly clean up the rivers and mountains, then train your soldiers, and then wait for death? You see, every time Donglu enters the customs, he is a pickpocket When we are embarrassed, even if it is not collusion with thieves, it actually has the meaning of coping with the civil strife in Ming Dynasty. More than ten years ago, Ming Dynasty still had the capital to negotiate peace. Now Donglu has clearly seen our depth and can enter the customs at will Come in, at this time, is he still willing to negotiate peace with you? A joke, it’s just a joke. The old man has made up his mind to spend all his wealth, buy weapons, and build the city wall. If slave soldiers come to attack Gaoyang, I will go to the city and beat the drums. Help the defenders of the city, and if I am unlucky, it will save me from staying in the world and surviving to see the day when the Ming Dynasty falls! The state affairs are so far, is it heaven, is this heaven? God, please don’t let me see such a genius good!"

As an old man who has been studying for 50 years, has been an official for 30 years, and has become the emperor's tutor and minister, at this moment, he finally revealed his true nature.

Under his seat, the sons and grandchildren of the Sun family also wept silently.

At this moment, the fate of the Sun family was decided.

Since Sun Chengzong had the intention of dying for the country, it was actually because he was gradually despairing of state affairs, and he saw that Chongzhen had the intention of negotiating peace. In order to prevent the emperor from being fooled, Sun Chengzong was willing to die in battle as a dignified former emperor's teacher to inspire the morale of the people.

This intention is not without deepness.

As members of the scholar-bureaucrat family, these sons of the grandson family knew that not only were there no further persuasions, but they had to stay in Gaoyang, including themselves, as the backing of their father and grandfather.

Otherwise, even if they abandon Sun Chengzong and live in the world by chance, the world will not be able to forgive them. It is better to die bravely than to live in the world.