Win the Ding 1617

Those who were sent to Hue by the clipper ship, in addition to the businessmen belonging to various intelligence systems reporting the earth-shaking changes in the Kingdom of Portugal, there was also Gonzalez, the commander of the Restoration Army not long ago, and now the King of the Kingdom of Portugal, with humble words He asked His Royal Highness to allow him to manage the distant Portuguese people on his behalf.

As for the title, it can be rewarded according to His Highness's liking.

On Gonzalez's seal, Shouhan gave a very generous reply, "Quite. Can be called the Emperor of the Portuguese Empire. No. Gonzalez I."

Next to this seal is a document in the name of the Kingdom of Portugal declaring that the American colonies and rights will be handed over to the Southern Guangdong Army free of charge, in order to thank the Southern Guangdong Army for their righteous and selfless efforts in the difficult process of restoring the Kingdom of Portugal. assistance.

However, the representative of the Kingdom of Portugal in Haojingao, Father Alfonso, signed an agreement to loan 500 million yuan to Long Shenghong to purchase all the materials needed by the Kingdom of Portugal.

As one of the subsidiary conditions, the Kingdom of Portugal has the responsibility and obligation to provide the Southern Guangdong Army with no less than 5000 skilled sailors every year, as well as the ability to live in peace and conduct academic research in Europe because of the war. Those technicians, workers, and those physicists, chemists, mathematicians, astronomers, and heinous doctors who were regarded as heretics by the Holy See.They will all be dispatched to the far east by the Portuguese, and let His Royal Highness Ning Yuanbo, a good friend of Christianity, punish them severely.

Father Alfonso excitedly wrote this additional condition on punishing heresy to high-level people in the church, hoping to get the support and help of the Holy See in the process of implementation.

Along with this letter, it was transported by the fleet to the Mediterranean Sea.There are also hundreds of artillery for the Ottoman Empire, and enough weapons and equipment to arm the Ottoman Sultan's [-] guards.

"Let the west fight! The more lively and ruthless they fight, the more time we will have to occupy the space in the east."

Putting down these few documents and contracts related to the distant neighbors in the west, Shou Han let out a long sigh of relief, and his strategy of long distance and close attack has initially seen results.Take advantage of the 30 years of war in Europe to win a rare time window for China, so that we have time to complete the strategic deployment.

"My lord, this is a briefing from the Mainland."

Comparing the news from the inland with the news from the West, one is happy and the other is worrying.

However, Shou Han is no longer worried.It was even more tormented than Emperor Chongzhen, who was directly facing this messy situation.

The seventh day of August in the 14th year of Chongzhen.Just after Chen in the morning, several cabinet ministers, Minister of Rites, Minister of the Left and Right, Minister of the Ministry of War.Several people from the Li and Bing subjects are in the matter.The censors of Henan Province and the censors of Huguang Road, etc.There is also Ran Xingrang, an old son-in-law who is senior, white-haired and handsome, and is called into the palace.They first gathered outside the Jinshui Bridge inside the Huangji Gate, and passed through the Hongzheng Gate and the Zhongzuo Gate.To the right rear door.Inside the gate is the place where the emperor often summoned his ministers and workers, commonly known as the platform.Last night it was announced that the couple would be summoned here today, but it was deserted and deserted, with only one eunuch waiting here.He told all the officials that he was summoned in the Qianqing Palace because he felt unwell occasionally.So this group of courtiers continued to move forward, bypassing the back of the Jianji Hall and entering the Gate of Qianqing.There are two tall gilt lions outside the door, one on the left and one on the left, shining golden in the sun.On weekdays, if the courtiers have the opportunity to be summoned to the Qianqing Palace, if they are not too nervous, they can't help sneaking a few glances at these two lions, admiring their graceful demeanor. Beauty and liveliness in one.But today they have no leisure to admire the lion, and continue to move forward under the leadership of the eunuch.

The current situation can be described as cloudy and treacherous. The emperor's mood is extremely difficult to predict, so the ministers are very anxious, afraid of being severely punished, and the irresponsible officials and officials are half-true Pretending to show a sad look, and at the same time preparing in his heart to launch an indiscriminate attack on the generals and supervisors they don't like as soon as he has the opportunity, even Hong Chengchou, who is constantly receiving good news, is not happy. From time to time, some people came forward to impeach him for fearing the enemy like a tiger and being timid and not fighting, in order to gain a good reputation as "outspoken".

One month ago, Jian slave Rao Yubeile Abatai and puppet internal minister Turge led the army and horses to enter the pass from Qiangziling in Miyun. After entering the pass, they quickly conquered Jizhou. area.If it weren't for the fact that the Jingying army and horses guarding Nancao in Tianjin were also troops that had fought tough battles with Jiannu back then, I'm afraid that this group of thieves would have burned the more than [-] stones of grain and rice hoarded there.

In Henan, since the bandit Li Zicheng joined forces with Luo Rucai, the leader of Cao Ying's bandit, the two groups have been attacking cities and towns, looting places, and harassing counties in the hinterland of Henan.Everyone could see clearly that the goal of these two groups of troops was to go to Kaifeng in the east of Henan Province. Now the prefectures and counties around Kaifeng have gradually fallen into the hands of thieves.

"Second governors were established inside and outside the pass, and second governors were established in Changping and Baoding. There were also six governors of Ningyuan, Yongping, Shuntian, Baoding, Miyun, and Tianjin. Ningyuan, Shanhai, Zhongxie, Xixie, Changping, Tongzhou, Tianjin , Baoding Eight Generals. The stars are scattered all over the place, there is no place to defend, but the powers are different. The alarm is coming, and the towns are urgently recruited to help. The Eastern slaves have broken through Jizhou and parted ways to the south." Several officials of the science and road whispered Discussing, in their opinion, today's king's prelude is right, and it is necessary to impeach a few people. For this reason, they have connected in series and each wrote a watch. General soldiers.

Entering the Qianqing Gate is the imperial road, protected on both sides by white jade railings and railings with exquisite carvings, thick and soft lines.The ministers walked northward from both sides of the royal road until Chongjie, which is Danbi in the south.In the middle is a huge stone slab, engraved with two dragons protecting the sun, full of auspicious clouds and tides below.The structure is tight and complete, and the image is vivid.The ministers lowered their heads and went up the stone steps on both sides to the platform in front of the main hall of Qianqing Palace, which is the so-called Danchi.There are gilded bronze dragons, bronze tortoises and bronze cranes on Danchi, all of which are more than five feet high.As soon as the officials entered the Qianqing Gate, they were surrounded by a very solemn and solemn atmosphere, and the more they walked forward, the more reverence and fear increased.As soon as he arrived in front of the main hall of Qianqing Palace, he didn't even dare to let his breath out.

The eunuch did not lead them into the main hall, but led them eastward from the eaves of the main hall to the east corner gate.A few people were more courageous. When they looked up, they saw a faded yellow paper post on the wall, which read: "Madam chastity preaches: No noise is allowed inside the east corner gate." The outer court was almost isolated, and people who read this post didn't know who this lady called the chastity lady was.But everyone knew in their hearts that the emperor must be upset on weekdays and wanted to read the documents.Therefore, eunuchs and court ladies are not allowed to speak loudly in this corner gate.There is a small building next to the corner gate.There is a yellow brocade curtain hanging, and a small plaque hangs on the forehead, which says Zhaoren Hall.The eunuch lifted two brocade curtains in a row, and everyone bowed in.east.Two brocade curtains were uncovered in succession.The ministers entered the innermost room.Only then did they arrive at the place where the emperor summoned them.With a haggard face, Chongzhen sat on the imperial couch covered with a yellow satin mattress.On the couch was a small red sandalwood table with a few documents on it.There is also a tea bowl with a lid placed on a silver tea tray in the shape of a lotus leaf.A small plaque hangs on the left, which is the four characters of "restraining oneself and returning to ritual" written by Chongzhen's imperial pen.

After the ministers kowtowed, Chongzhen called them up, then sighed, and said with a sad expression: "Now the Dongnuliu thieves are intensifying, and my imperial army is confronting the slave chieftain Huang Taiji on the front line of Jinzhou and Guangning. Don't move easily, everyone. What do you think sir?"

These people, when it comes to impeaching ministers, accepting respect from the ice and charcoal, and accepting disciples are all experts. When there are really important national military affairs, there are two manifestations. One is that they have some self-knowledge, and people are like The sawed gourd is generally speechless.And the other is to harm the country and the people, for example, talking nonsense, saying that he can pacify the Liao Dynasty in five years and so on.

Today, everyone is still quite self-aware, able to guess what is going on, and after hearing Chongzhen's words, they don't plan to mobilize the frontline troops in Jinzhou to return to defense. Those who plan to impeach Hong Chengchou put away their thoughts.

Under the nomination of several cabinet chiefs, Bingke reluctantly raised his head to say yes to Chongzhen.

The opinion given by the Bingke is to transfer the elite of the Beijing camp to the south, to the front line of Daming and Zhangde Mansion, firstly to prevent Jiannu from going south to plunder, and secondly, to attack Henan at any time to aid Kaifeng.Be sure to prevent this important feudal land in eastern Henan from falling into the hands of thieves.

The so-called elites of the Beijing camp in his mouth are based on the troops who accompanied the princes and grandpas to the south to proclaim the decree, and fought against Jiannu side by side with the Southern Guangdong Army in Jinan. The elite are selected from the army and trained deliberately.In order to make this army more powerful, Chongzhen agreed with the ministers and eunuchs very rarely, and transferred more than [-] officers and soldiers from Wu Biao's department, each of whom was promoted to a higher level, and served in the Beijing camp as various officials. Senior officers, in order to achieve the purpose of strengthening the muscles and bones.

This current team of less than 8000 people can be said to be the darling of Chongzhen and the Supervisor of Rites. How can they move south at will?But if it is not mobilized, the imperial court will have no soldiers at the moment.

While hesitating, a few young eunuchs outside hurried in with a stack of documents, not daring to raise their heads.No need to look at those documents, just by looking at the looks of the little eunuchs, people can know that the contents of these documents are probably more or less ominous.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense, people seemed to be in an ice cellar, and the timid eunuch and maid were already trembling slightly, fearing that once the emperor read these emergency documents, he might find a fault in himself and drag him out to be killed with a stick have to.

As for Chongzhen himself, who was the focus of everyone's eyes, his face was pale when he looked at those documents.From the official title above, he can probably guess [-]% to [-]% of it.It's nothing more than where Dongnu Abatai and Turge's troops have fought now, which cities have been captured and looted, how many young people, property, cattle and horses have been plundered, etc.Then there are the emergency documents from Henan, which is also the case when you think about it. The tens of thousands of elite thugs from Chuang and Cao have tasted the sweetness in Luoyang and Xiangyang. Tokyo Bianliang?

Now Chongzhen is worried about one thing. If Li Zicheng conquers Kaifeng, what if he builds his title here and proclaims himself emperor?

Taking two deep breaths and trying to calm down his emotions, Emperor Chongzhen slowly recovered his composure, bravely dismantling the secret performance of Gao Mingheng, the Henan inspector, and hurriedly read the two sentences of "reasons", with a sad smile on the corner of his mouth , "As expected!"

Due to the excitement in his heart, Chongzhen's fingers trembled more fiercely, although he forced a smile on his face.But the muscles twitched uncontrollably.A court lady lowered her head to add incense to the Xuande censer, she didn't dare to look up at his face, only saw his fingers trembling terribly, for fear that the emperor would kick her violently to vent his anger on her, her heart constricted in fright, her face paled. Pale, his calves trembled, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

Chongzhen didn't look at her, and quickly opened Zhou Wang's memorabilia.Read it again.The smile on his face brightened a little.Only then did he notice that the 14-year-old court lady Fei Zhen'e had finished adding incense, and was withdrawing her white and tender hands from the incense burner, turning around silently, and was about to leave.Only then did I realize that the maid was as tall as a 16-year-old girl.Slender.Wearing a light red robe, a velvet rose is inserted on the temple, and the cloud is thick black.The neck is pink and white.

If it were his ancestor Ming Wuzong or other emperors, even his father and grandfather, he would have to use this small man to vent his anger, and dilute the pressure in his heart with a little bit of falling red and bursts of coquettish cries. However, as an emperor who wholeheartedly wants to be the king of Zhongxing Mingzhu, and in front of many officials, he naturally has no sexual interest in this beautiful little loli.He just waved his hand irritably to make her go down quickly.

"Now the two thieves who broke Cao have conquered Qi County, Changge, Tongxu, Zhuxian Town, Weishi, Fengqiu, Lankao and other places. If it weren't for the backing of the Yellow River, the Chinese and military equipment in Kaifeng City had disembarked ships for traffic. At that time Kaifeng was already an isolated city, surrounded by thieves like an iron barrel!"

"How can you retreat from the enemy?"

Emperor Chongzhen's cold tone fell on the heads of all the ministers present.

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Zhou Yanru, Minister of War Chen Xinjia, cabinet ministers Wei Zaode, Chen Yan, etc. looked at each other, but the old son-in-law Ran Xingrang was adhering to the ancestral system, and the son-in-law was not allowed to interfere in the government. The gray beard at the top counts the white beard above.

He can stay out of the matter like this, but Zhou Yanru and others can't, especially Chen Xinjia. As the Minister of the Ministry of War, it is his duty to mobilize the whole country's army.

Moreover, Chen Xinjia, as the emperor's confidant, kept dispatching food and military equipment to support Hong Chengchou's battle in Jinzhou, but secretly arranged for capable people in his confidants to quietly discuss with the enslaved envoys to discuss the matter of stopping the soldiers and making peace.The envoys for establishing slaves spoke very humble words, and only asked for a king title, rewarding some year-old coins and satins with reference to the Mongolian Altan Khan, North Korea, and Ryukyu, and then allowed trade and opened several border markets.Such requirements are indeed not high.However, these are all based on the victory of Hong Dushi, otherwise, the group of officials in the court, the Hanlin Academy, the Imperial College, and the Fushe in Jiangnan will only play with their mouths and pens Such a guy, the crowd is raging, and he will direct the anger of the world to him, Chen Xinjia!

Chen Xinjia cast a fierce glance at Zhou Yanru's back, "What kind of virtue does a good-looking man with a beard have? It's just relying on the power of Donglin, but he took away my throne as the chief assistant!"

From the corner of his eye, he glanced at his colleagues on the left and right. Li Rixuan and the others were expressionless, while Wei Zaode and Chen Yan's gloomy expressions flashed past.Wei Zaode used to be Xue Guoguan's disciple, because Zhou Yanru's confidant Wu Changshi played a role in Xue Guoguan's bestowing death, so Wei Zaode hated Wu Chang very much, and always looked for opportunities to avenge his teacher, he even hated Zhou Yanru.

Zhou Yanru always despised Chen Yan, and Chen Yan hated him, but Zhou Yanru was in the limelight, and the two wisely chose to avoid the edge for the time being.These two people were immediately labeled in Chen Xinjia's mind as allies against Zhou Yanru.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. From my point of view, don't send a group of Dongnu to enter the customs to plunder. It's just the moment when the fuel is exhausted. They plan to use this to lure me to send troops to the rescue, and to ease their tension on the front line of Liaodong." Pressure. Now more than [-] elite soldiers from the Ming Dynasty have gathered in Liaodong Shibao Ma Teng, and we are eradicating the Donglu who have caused disasters in Liaodong for decades. At this time, we must not divide our troops. Once troops are dispatched from the front line to rescue, it is bound to give Dongnu more You can take advantage of this opportunity. Your lords will naturally know which is more important. Besides, Uncle Ning Yuan is loyal to the country, and his troops are strong and strong. He can also bring tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to the north to support at any time. Now Dongnu Abatai enters the pass to plunder, we Daming only lost some states and counties and lost some property and population, but not at all. To defeat the Eastern Barbarians, Uncle Ning Yuan and Hong Du’s soldiers joined together, and the bandits pointing southward were no more than jumping clowns. How could they compete with our imperial army? It's just a mantis arm as a chariot, so of course peace in the country can be expected. The key today lies in the battle situation in Liaodong. The sooner Governor Hong defeats the bandits, the sooner tomorrow will be peaceful."

After Chen Xinjia said, all the ministers agreed.Seeing that the emperor's face had softened, one person said: "Inspector Hong sent troops to Liaodong to relieve the siege of Jinzhou, and now the siege of Jinzhou is to be relieved. If you let Inspector Hong go back to the pass to attack Li Bandit, if Li Bandit is determined, then Joining forces with Ning Yuanbo, the Liao bandits will surely be doomed."

"Definitely not!" Emperor Chongzhen and Chen Xinjia scolded the censor almost at the same time, and Zhou Yanru also cast a bitter glance at the official who was born in Donglin Academy.The war in Liaodong has reached this point. Once Hong Chengchou's army and horses are withdrawn from the front line, all previous efforts will be wasted. Jiannu will once again rush a large group of cavalry to the city of Jinzhou. In the north, Li Shouhan is far away in Nanzhong. Where can I find these 10,000+ people?How to supply and dispatch rations and weapons?

The decree: "The governor of Henan Province, Li Xianfeng, was immediately arrested in Beijing for questioning. The censor Gao Mingheng made great contributions to defending the city and was promoted to governor. The deputy general Chen Yongfu was promoted to the commander-in-chief. His son Chen De was promoted to the guerrilla guard. Xiangfu county magistrate Wang Xie was promoted to the censor, and the rest made contributions. The personnel were identified separately, and rewarded for their merits. Kaifeng's civil and military officials, soldiers and civilians, are commendable for their loyalty and bravery. Authors and directors report to each of them with commendations and rewards."

Following the edict sent out by the chief inspector of ceremonies, two eunuchs of the chief of ceremonial affairs applauded a secret decree, and hurried to Uncle Ning Yuan's mansion in the capital to contact the official Titang who was staying here, and then It was a group of people who rushed out of Chaoyang Gate and came to Tianjin in a hurry.

A few days later, the [-] elite from the Beijing camp also left Yongding Gate, passed through Wanping City, and crossed the Lugou Bridge all the way south to Daming Mansion and Zhangde Mansion.

Another special decree written by the Chongzhen emperor's personal soldiers was carried by Wu Liangfu, a celebrity next to the new emperor, to Tianjin on horseback, and then to Jinzhou on a fast boat from the Dragon and Tiger Navy.

"Eunuch Wu, what's the matter with you?"

Wu Biao and Wu Liangfu, who were training the troops in Songshan Fort, were also acquaintances. When they saw Wu Liangfu coming in a hurry, they felt a little confused.

"The emperor has a special decree, and ordered our family to read it in front of the army." Seeing that Wu Biao's fellow countrymen from Guangdong are all on the left and right, Wu Liangfu stepped forward with confidence and whispered in Wu Biao's ear: "The emperor's decree Governor Jiamian Hong and the former generals in the army ordered our army in Liaodong to make persistent efforts to wipe out Jiannu with the ambition of destroying the dynasty!" (To be continued..)

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