New Empire at the End of Ming Dynasty

Since the fall of Fengyang, the capital of China, Emperor Chongzhen has been sad every day. He not only went to the Taimiao to cry and apologize to his ancestors, but also worked in vegetarian clothes every day.

Moreover, he also issued an edict to condemn himself and let people all over the world blame him. He hoped that through these methods, he would unite and inspire the morale of the army and the people, defeat the roving bandits and recover Fengyang.

Emperor Chongzhen was very decisive and quick in some aspects, that is, he quickly ordered the passing army to go all out to encircle and suppress Liu Kou army, and quickly completed a series of personnel adjustments.

However, he was very dissatisfied with the results. He believed that the roving bandits were always a group of armed forces wandering around. As long as his imperial army was successfully established, he could sweep them and conquer them immediately. However, Hong Chengchou, Zhu Dadian and Lu Jiude, who he had ordered, organized multiple armies to encircle and suppress them, However, these armies did not arrive in time, nor did they dare to attack the bandits with a fatal blow when they went south on a large scale. No matter how he issued a decree to destroy them, they were unmoved. What they always pushed was that there were not enough troops and supplies.

If people like Zhu Dadian and Hong Chengchou are worried about being taken advantage of by the rogue bandits, or are afraid of the enemy like a tiger and dare not move forward, this is in the past, but his servant eunuch Lu Jiude is a brave man, but he does not dare to go south easily, which shows the problem. This shows that the rogue bandits are far stronger than he imagined and want to recover Fengyang in Zhongdu, It can't be completed in a moment and a half.

Whenever he thought that Fengyang in his hometown was occupied by exiles and Zuling was ravaged by exiles, Emperor Chongzhen was as heartbroken as a knife and washed his face with tears every day.

He reviewed the memorials every day until late at night. He checked each memorials repeatedly for fear of any omissions. After returning to his bedroom, he took a nap and got up early.

The biggest difference between him and Emperor Wanli is that Emperor Wanli did not go to court for 28 years, while emperor Chongzhen was eager to go to court for the new year. Many times, he came to the court earlier than his ministers. He hoped that as a king, by setting an example, everyone would learn from him, be diligent and love the people, so that the world would naturally be ruled.

But what he couldn't figure out and understand was that he did things according to all the practices of Ming Jun in the book, but the government became more and more chaotic and worse, so he didn't know what to do.

The Ming Dynasty has declined unprecedentedly today. Even Fengyang has been broken. He doesn't know how to explain to his ancestors.

On this day, Emperor Chongzhen was still reviewing the memorials. Now he saw that the imperial army was still confronting the roving bandits in Xuzhou and Suzhou. He didn't dare to send troops to attack Fengyang. He was so angry that he sent several edicts to urge Hong Chengchou to go south quickly to recover Fengyang.

In the eyes of the emperor, if Fengyang was recovered one day earlier, his hometown would be ravaged by roving bandits one day less.

However, these ministers refused to move forward. They all dragged and found the same excuse to ask for more soldiers, more food and grass, and more food and grass.

The national treasury of the Ming Dynasty has long been unable to make ends meet. Now it has long been robbing East walls to make up for west walls, spending money and making ends meet. Where can there be so much money for them to fight, so the emperor is eager to solve the battle, annihilate the exiled bandits, let the country recover and get a breather.

But it happened that the sky failed to meet his wishes, as if everyone was against him in everything, which made emperor Chongzhen very angry and angry.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw Zhu Dadian's letter again and asked for more food and more troops, he couldn't help but be angry. He directly swept the memorial on the ground and patted the table angrily. He said: "Zhu Dadian, a famous official of his generation, was so decisive when he calmed the Wuqiao mutiny. Today, he is afraid of the enemy, greedy for life and death, and hesitant. He knows to ask for soldiers and food."

The emperor Longyan was furious, but the eunuchs and maids who waited on him were shocked and knelt down one after another.

Wang Chengen hurriedly came forward and advised, "the emperor calm down and take care of the dragon body."

Chongzhen sighed: "the emperor entrusted the mountains and rivers to me, but I let the mountains and rivers die. Day by day, I have no face to see the emperor."

At this time, the little eunuch came to report urgently and said, "Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of war, urgently asked for an audience."

Emperor Chongzhen was furious, but when he heard the Minister of the Ministry of war's urgent request for a meeting, he made a surprise, because the last time the Minister of the Ministry of war urgently asked for a meeting, that is, there was a civil commotion in Dengzhou, which happened in Shandong, a suburb of Beijing. Fortunately, the civil commotion in Shandong was quickly calmed down, and Liu Yuanqiao was also a capable minister. He quickly stabilized the place Live up to his expectations.

Emperor Chongzhen calmed down and said, "Xuan."

After the emperor opened his mouth and announced, the little eunuchs screamed loudly, "Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of the Propaganda Department, has an audience."

Zhang Fengyi came in, quickly made a bow to the emperor, and then said, "the emperor congratulates the emperor, congratulates the emperor."

Emperor Chongzhen had a gloomy face, but when he heard that the Minister of war Zhang Fengyi congratulated him directly, his nervous face relaxed. Since the Minister of war congratulated him, it should be a good thing, not a bad thing? He was dizzy and distended by bad things.

Chongzhen was also an acute child. He said, "where does joy come from?"

Zhang Fengyi said: "Seeing that Hong Chengchou and Zhu Dadian had been standing still in the north of Xuzhou, Wei Chen sent Dengzhou soldiers to calm the civil commotion and go south along the sea, back to the river and west to help Anqing. He decided that the exiles would invade Anqing and spy on Nanjing, so he sent Dengzhou guerrilla general Liu Bu and 4000 elite soldiers to help Anqing. Liu Bu did not live up to the emperor's expectations and attacked Anqing city Defeated Zhang Xianzhong's army and captured Zhang Xianzhong alive. Now Liu Bu is going north to recover Fengyang, the capital of China. "

Zhang Fengyi read out such a long war report in one breath, which made the emperor overjoyed and Longyan happy.

Emperor Chongzhen heard that they defeated Zhang Xianzhong's army under Anqing city and captured him alive. Now the army of Chaoting court is attacking Fengyang with all its strength, which makes him overjoyed. He quickly took over the war report from Zhang Fengyi and watched it carefully, as if he was afraid of being deceived by the other party.

Emperor Chongzhen took over the war report and read it at a glance. His happy Longyan was happy, looked up to the sky and laughed and said, "protect your ancestors."

Because it was great news, Huang Chengen and other eunuchs congratulated the emperor one after another. The whole study was full of laughter.

Emperor Chongzhen looked up to the sky and laughed. He said, "Zhang Xianzhong, you dog thief, also has today. Pass on my Edict and escort Zhang Xianzhong to the capital. I will cut him thousands of times and put him to death."

Zhang Fengyi said loudly, "yes."

Emperor Suzhen said to him, "Zhang Aiqing, what is this matter? Tell me quickly."

So he said: "Wei Chen received the war report from Dengzhou guerrilla General Liu Bu, saying that they had already evaluated the civil uprising in Dengzhou and had nothing to do after calming the civil uprising. He asked the Ministry of military whether to continue to implement the previous military order and go south to support Zhu Dadian."

When it comes to Zhu Dadian, Emperor Chongzhen's face is not very good-looking. He has high hopes for Zhu Dadian, but Zhu Dadian has become an official oil son and refused to work hard for him. He immediately felt unhappy and no longer relied on him.

Zhang Fengyi said: "Considering that Liu Bu's troops were only 4000, not many at all, and that his 4000 troops went to support Zhu Dadian, their hundreds of thousands of troops were a drop in the bucket, which didn't help. Wei Chen decided that the rogue bandits would invade Anqing and spy on Nanjing, so he sent them down the great Hainan to go west along the Yangtze River and help Anqing. As a result, he guessed right. Liu Bu led the army, too Not living up to the expectations of dangerous dust, they defeated Zhang Xianzhong's army under Anqing city and captured Zhang Xianzhong alive. Now after they captured Zhang Xianzhong alive, they sent their commander to attack Fengyang. I believe the good news will come soon. "

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy to hear the news. His wrinkles were all gone. He sat down happily, drank a sip of tea, and then said, "who is Dengzhou guerrilla general?"

Wang Chengen hurriedly came forward and said, "Dengzhou guerrilla general is the son of Denglai Governor Liu Yuanqiao. Liu Bu just joined the army last year. Unexpectedly, his young general's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. He went so deep into the tiger's den, raided the roving bandits, captured Zhang Xianzhong alive, and made great achievements for the Emperor Yu. I congratulate the emperor on being a tiger general."

Zhang Fengyi said with a smile: "back to the emperor, Liu Bu was personally introduced by Wei Chen. Wei Chen also met the Liu family. Seeing the Liu family, the young man was wandering and didn't do his job, he recommended him to join the army. Unexpectedly, he didn't live up to his expectations and made great achievements, which is also a blessing for the imperial court."

The emperor Longyan was very pleased when this happened. He said, "Zhang Aiqing, you have made great achievements in recommending talents for the imperial court. I will certainly be rewarded."

Zhang Fengyi said hurriedly, "why should the emperor reward? This is what Weichen should do."

After he said this, he quickly took out a map and pointed out to the emperor the current location and occupied place of Chuang Bu army. He said: "This is an emergency war report, a more detailed war report. They will report it later, but I believe it should be good news. If they are lucky, they can attack north and South and destroy the exiled bandits at one fell swoop. This mainly depends on the performance of Hong Chengchou and Zhu Dadian, because Liu Bu's troops are not much at one step, only 4000 people, and they are all injured after the tragic war It is difficult for them to pose a threat to 100000 exiled bandits when they are more than half dead, but they are not afraid of death, go deep alone and recover Fengyang. In fact, this spirit is very worthy of learning by every officer and soldier of the Ming Dynasty. "