golden scales

Hong Chengchou asked again: "Could it be that the Yuanmen died when it was bombed? Didn't you send troops to resist?"

"The Ming army's tiger-squatting cannons are really powerful, and the gate is indeed dead with one blow." Bo and Tuo said with a gray face: "Although I ordered people to resist, the Ming army's phalanx is really like a hedgehog, and it can't get close at all. body."

Hong Chengchou stroked his beard and said, "Can't even the cavalry rush through?"

"If you point a stick at the horse, the horse won't bump into it, not to mention they are holding long guns." Bo and Tuo were upset, and they couldn't remember the respect in their words.

Abatai slapped the armrest again, which made his son restrain himself.

Hong Chengchou didn't intend to be serious with a kid, and asked again: "The phalanx is not moving fast, if you shoot arrows..."

"Their phalanx has muskets."

"The Ming army ran for two hundred miles, blasted open the Yuanmen in one fell swoop, and then formed a phalanx, calmly reloading and firing guns?" Hong Chengchou said in disbelief.

Bo and Tuo nodded and said, "Indeed."

Hong Chengchou was speechless.

He has always firmly believed that the Xiaozi battalion that surrounded his camp was the elite of the Ming army and the true direct descendant of the Eastern Palace.Unexpectedly, the East Palace still has such an elite army in Cangzhou. How old is the crown prince?There is such a gully!

If the elite soldiers of the East Palace are all in Beizhi, why did Shanxi lose Taiyuan again?Could it be that there are also elite Ming soldiers there?When did Ming's elite soldiers become so worthless!

Hong Chengchou was speechless.

If there was such an elite guarding Songshan back then, how could he become a prisoner?

Everything is luck!

……

"Wu Sangui is gone anyway!" Chongzhen was probably the last person to know about this major event.Fortunately, the Crown Prince Shangshu informed him, which is better than finding out after reading the newspapers later.

Zhu Cihong used a historical figure as a metaphor for Wu Sangui's anyway: Li Ling of the Han Dynasty.

Li Ling is the grandson of Li Guang, a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty.In the second year of the Tianhan Dynasty, under the order of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he went to conquer the Xiongnu. He led [-] infantry and tens of thousands of Huns to fight in Junji Mountain.Cooperate with the Han army inside and outside to defeat the Xiongnu.It's a pity that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't know Li Ling's ambitions, and the Yiqi tribe caused him to completely sever relations with the Han Dynasty.

In the eyes of historians of later generations, this period of history mostly sympathized with Li Ling and complained that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty acted too hastily.Of course, this does not rule out the influence of Sima Qian in it.Because Sima Qian was tortured for speaking for his friend Li Ling.

Before Chongzhen encountered this kind of thing, he also felt that Li Ling was a pity. Who knows if he will become the second Huo Qubing?However, once things happened to him, Chongzhen could understand Emperor Wu of Han's "too hasty".

Bearing the burden of humiliation, anyone can say Xu Tu's repeated words, how to distinguish whether it is loyalty or speculation?

For example, Wu Sangui, the crown prince should have valued him very much. Not only did he not forget to give him the title of King of Guangning when the country was destroyed, but he also bore the criticism of "excessively rewarding famous titles".And now Wu Sangui is compared to Li Ling.

But others said that the Wu family and his son really took refuge in Donglu!

If it is finally confirmed that Wu Sangui is indeed a traitor, wouldn't the crown prince be hit hard?Isn't it going to be the laughing stock of the world?Isn't it the same as setting up an altar to sacrifice to Hong Chengchou?

Chongzhen didn't want his son to repeat the same mistakes and become the laughing stock of the world, so he wrote to Zhu Cihong to warn him, and even used himself as a negative example.This family letter was not issued in the form of a decree, everything was like a loving father, and only a close eunuch in the palace was sent to send it.

After Zhu Cilang received the letter, he was even a little moved.But facing the city of Xi'an that is at your fingertips.As well as a new force of [-] to [-], at the same time, they also have to bear the risk of Wu Sangui's repetition-this risk is very small.Especially Wu Xiang is still in Jinan.According to Zhu Cihong's logic, of course he chose to accept Wu Sangui. No matter how much opposition there is, is it worth the lives of soldiers?

What's more, what are the "Huangming Bulletin" and the Cultural Management Department of the Metropolitan Procuratorate doing?It is a public opinion weapon born to deal with this situation!

Can the clamor of the people overcome the mouthpiece of the state?Can it overcome the iron fist of the country to control the mouthpiece?

Chongzhen arrived in October and finally got a reply from the crown prince.And the good news of the recovery of Tianjin.

The reason why it took so long was because the frontline military affairs were too busy.After the recovery of Tianjin, the Second Guards Battalion was expanded to a division-level establishment, and all logistics, training, and officer promotion required the crown prince's final nod.

Of course, it is impossible for Zhu Cihong to do everything personally, but even if he picks up a small question at random.It also takes a lot of time.What's more, one question will lead to more questions, and it will take more time to express opinions and make criticisms on the question.

No matter how well the procedures of the Eastern Palace system are set, if this kind of thing is completely let go, it will lose control over the subordinates.Zhu Cihong never believed that if someone set the rules, others would obediently follow them.Therefore, he not only has to monitor the process, but also plays an appropriate role as an encourager and a facilitator, so as to ensure that his influence will not retreat.

"Your Highness just stayed up for two nights, it hurts too much." Lu Suyao said, "It's better to take a carriage."

After regaining Tianjin, Zhu Cihong naturally had to visit Xiao Donglou, otherwise he would not be able to show that he valued him.Follow the first teacher all the way, it is inevitable that people will have a heart of separation.

"The road has not been repaired, and the carriage is still too tiring." Zhu Cihong said: "It's better to ride a horse."

Besides, is it a problem to stay up late and work?Not to mention that I didn't pay attention to the time when my body was at its peak in the previous life, even when I was studying, how could I go to bed before two o'clock?Now those officials are used to laziness. Working eight hours a day is considered tyranny, and adding four or five hours to work is like the end of the world.

Let's look at the high school students of later generations. If they want to get into a good university, how can they only study for twelve hours a day?

However, after Wanli, the atmosphere in the officialdom has really deteriorated too much.In the era of Zhang Juzheng, which official would dare to be late and leave early?If it had been earlier, those officials would have to live in the yamen, and they could only go home when they were on vacation.It was only after Wanli and the courtiers got into a stalemate that the officials gradually became unscrupulous, and even the basic commuting time could not be guaranteed.

In the Chongzhen Dynasty, under the emperor's diligence, it improved slightly, but it no longer had the rigor of the middle and early Ming Dynasty.After ten years in Chongzhen, the officialdom was just as lazy.

Some people think that arriving late and leaving early, and having short errands at work are nothing serious, but this phenomenon is a barometer of the rise and fall of a dynasty.As the operators of the state power, if the officials are not interested in official duties and only think about killing time and eating, then the dynasty has lost its vitality and become a walking dead.

"Your Highness, I... have been feeling unwell recently... it's not convenient for me to ride a horse." Lu Suyao blushed with embarrassment, and her voice was as soft as a mosquito.

"Well, then don't go." Zhu Cihong said: "Pay attention to rest."

"Your Highness, but there are still so many things to do..." Lu Suyao thought about the task at hand, and dared not take a step away from Zhu Cihong.Once separated, I can't bear it at all in the future.

"Don't challenge your body, otherwise you won't be able to make up for it in the future." Zhu Cihong said: "By the way, you stay in Zhending and make a welfare plan: all female officers receive fourteen eggs a month."

Lu Suyao looked at this "inexperienced" crown prince in surprise, both moved and a little funny.She said: "Your Highness, it's not that much..."

"Two eggs a day, nourishing the body." Zhu Cihong said: "Outsiders may not understand female officials, but you and I both know that the achievements of female officials are not inferior to men. And this is also a benefit that should be given based on different physiological conditions."

"Yes, thank you, Your Highness." Lu Suyao hurriedly agreed, but said in her heart: How can anyone be famous for seven days?It's only about four or five days.

She thought that it was her task to teach the crown prince "personnel affairs", and she couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Should he serve the crown prince straightforwardly once, or should he present an erotic picture?

When I was in Jinan at the beginning of the year, there were rumors in the palace that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was going to get married, but it was ignored later, and it was said that the Holy Son of Heaven thought it was necessary to offer sacrifices to the ancestors in the Taimiao.Right now, the recovery of Shenjing is already in sight, and I can't delay my own work!

"That's right!" Zhu Cihong suddenly raised his voice, unable to conceal the joy in it: "This year Luxi and Henan have reported bumper harvests, and the office expenses can be slightly relaxed."

"Yes!" Lu Suyao was also sincerely happy.

After years of natural disasters, there is now a bumper harvest. This is really great news.

"I heard that it's because His Highness is originally a vice-lord, and his position should be in the east, and his color is green. Shandong was Qingzhou in ancient times, and when His Highness arrives in Shandong, he naturally obeys heaven and people, and heaven and people return together." Lu Suyao laughed.

"This...well, it's not bad, let the tabloids in Jiangnan mention it more." Zhu Cihong himself is not interested in this kind of flattery, but it doesn't prevent it from being used as a propaganda tool.The idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor is now being attacked by people-oriented advocates, and even embarked on a morbid path, that is: anyone who dares to scold the emperor is a real gentleman!

Although the emperor has something to scold, but to this extent, I am afraid it is too irrational.

Especially in this period of war, ideological unity is still very much needed.

What's more, Tian Cunshan sent a secret report from Nanjing, saying that someone in Nanjing Shilin secretly contacted the feudal town, which is quite suspicious.

According to the old tradition, Jinyiwei and Dongchang did not go out of Beijing, and the local espionage work was in charge of the inspector, the censor, and the guarding eunuch.Now the eunuch Wang Zhixin in Nanjing is quite capable, and he can always win the products in the south of the Yangtze River. Although it is not very important, it is also of great benefit.

But in terms of relationship, Wang Zhixin is still the emperor's personal, and he can't get too close to the crown prince, and Tian Cunshan, who was sent to Jiangnan to publish a newspaper, does not have this problem.Although he does not have any official status, but as a mid-level official sent by the crown prince, with such huge political resources in hand, it is natural that people will gather around him.

This kind of pure folk status is more suitable for Tian Cunshan to understand the people's sentiments, especially his ally is Ruan Dacheng, a well-known rich man in Jiangnan scholars. (To be continued..)

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