"What?"
Chongzhen felt cold on the soles of his feet, and hurriedly stepped forward and snatched the military report from Wei Zhongxian's hand to read.
Sure enough, on the 20th of last month, Huang Taiji and Daishan led the army to move towards Jinzhou, accompanied by the Horqin Mongolian cavalry.
If both sides act together, the number of troops going south will be at least one hundred thousand!
For Ming Dynasty at this time, it was nothing less than a thunderous blow.
"His Majesty……"
Just when Chongzhen was thinking about how to defend himself against the enemy, the ministers outside the door walked in with livid faces, and the chief minister, Han Xu, was trembling with anger!
As important officials of the imperial court, when had they ever been so angry? Moreover, he was still under the supervision of Wei Zhongxian and other eunuchs. He was even more angry and could not tolerate the eunuchs.
"Here are your lords a bowl of hot soup."
Chongzhen also glanced at everyone, said nothing, and sat on the main seat with a pale face.
After drinking the hot soup, everyone's expressions softened a bit, and they all arranged their clothes and sat down.
"This is the military report from Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou. You all should read it."
General Chongzhen handed the report to Wang Chengen and motioned him to pass it on to Han Xu and others for viewing.
For a moment, the entire hall was eerily quiet.
Chongzhen picked up the tea cup and drank the floating tea, but did not drink it. He stared at the few people with his eyes.
"Hong Taiji's wolf ambition is clearly revealed."
Seeing that the emperor didn't speak, Han Xu knew that he was waiting for everyone to speak, so he stroked his beard and said slowly.
"I don't want to hear this. Tell me, how to use troops and how to solve it?"
Chongzhen took a sip of tea and said coldly while biting the tea leaves.
"this……"
Han Xu's expression suddenly became hesitant, and then he glanced at the other people.
But who knew they were either looking down at the floor tiles or clasping their fingers, and no one looked at him.
Seeing this scene, Chongzhen's face became even more ugly.
"Your Majesty, Hong Chengchou should be urged to go to war!"
Han Xu mustered up the courage and said, "Now a natural barrier has been formed from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou, like an iron barrel, and he has been training troops for a long time..."
"What I want is a specific answer to the use of troops. Who wants you to say this?"
Chongzhen immediately put down his tea cup and stood up, his face turned pale with anger, "Is it possible that I don't understand what you said? You are all important officials of the imperial court!"
"His Majesty!"
At this moment, Cui Chengxiu stood up and said with a serious face, "I think Master Han is right. Hong Chengchou has done nothing in the north except asking for money!"
"You are the Secretary of the Ministry of War. Please issue a military order immediately for him to go to war."
Hearing this, Chongzhen immediately scolded, "Also, if he asks for money again, let him ask me directly."
"Your Majesty, he even sent a 800-mile expedited message this morning saying that winter is coming and Guan Ningjun's cotton clothes need to be replaced..."
Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Household Affairs, also raised his head and looked at the emperor.
"We can't give it to him first. The whole of Kyoto is in trouble now. Besides, buying rat poison..."
"What if it causes a mutiny?"
"If you want to use it, give it to us first..."
For a while, the ministers were arguing over the little money, and the Cultural Hall was like a vegetable market.
"enough!"
Chongzhen was so angry that he slammed the table, and these people would keep arguing over the sesame seeds and mung beans. They really wanted them to come up with a solution, but they each shirk the blame.
Each one is really useless!
"You guys have to deal with this matter when you go back! You must give me an answer tomorrow! Also, I have already thought of ways to prevent the plague for you!"
He suppressed the anger in his heart, stared at several people and shouted, and then told Hu Yunqing's plan.
"Your Majesty is wise! This move will definitely eliminate the rat problem!"
After hearing this, the officials immediately looked at the emperor with admiration.
They never thought that this young emperor could have such an insight.
"Cao Yu, please listen to me."
Looking at the officials' faces full of admiration, Chongzhen felt very proud, and then looked at the Minister of the Ministry of Works, "I will leave this rat trap, quicklime, and mugwort to your Ministry of Works to prepare. If something goes wrong, the only You’re asking!”
"yes!"
Although Cao Yan was a little reluctant, he didn't want to get into trouble at this time.
"Everyone, please step back!"
Chongzhen waved his hand, indicating that they could leave.
The ministers immediately fled as if they had been granted amnesty.
Chongzhen fell asleep after explaining some things to Wei Zhongxian and Wang Chengen.
"boom!"
The next day, at dawn, Chongzhen was immediately woken up by a loud noise.
He comforted Queen Zhou beside him and then left the palace.
"Your Majesty, you are awake."
As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Wang Chengen shivering with cold, and he came up to him with a sigh of relief.
"What's going on? Where's the explosion?"
Chongzhen put on his clothes and looked around.
"It's the boiler and iron pipes sent by Mr. Cao. I plan to install floor heating in the palace first, but I don't know why. Either the boiler exploded or the iron pipe exploded."
Wang Chengen hurriedly explained with a smile, "I always feel like something is wrong. I was at Hu Yunqing's house yesterday, but there was nothing wrong at all."
"There should be something wrong with my drawings."
Chongzhen thought for a moment and immediately realized the problem.
Yesterday, out of sympathy, I did not ask Hu Yunqing for the drawings. It seems that this matter still has to be left to professionals.
"Are the officials here?"
He glanced at Wang Chengen and ordered, "Tell them to hand over the military report to Han Xu, let him read it over, and then summarize it before giving it to me. We will go to Hu Yunqing now."
In addition to the drawings, he also wanted to hear the guy's thoughts on using troops in the north.
"Your Majesty, are you not going to court today?"
Wang Chengen's expression changed slightly. This was the first time he saw the emperor not attending court.
After all, the young emperor had not even slept since he ascended the throne.
“To hear them say that is nonsense and not helpful to national affairs.”
Chongzhen waved his hand and signaled Wang Chengen to prepare the car, "It's better to ask him, maybe it will be of great help."
Afterwards, the master and the servant drove towards the outside of the city.
Just as the two got out of the car, they suddenly saw Niu Wazi leading two strong men out of the house. They seemed to be in a hurry.
"Niu Wazi, what happened? Are you in such a hurry?"
Chongzhen still had a good impression of this little kid and couldn't help but pull him and ask.
"It's you, something big happened!"
Niu Wazi recognized the two of them at a glance and couldn't help but say, "I don't know who it was that spread the word that Brother Yunqing had done the floor heating, so a group of people came this morning, saying that Yun Qing Brother Qing handed over the drawings, but Brother Yun Qing refused, so they are going to let the government intervene! It's really abominable!"
"Is there still this matter?"
When Chongzhen heard this, his expression immediately changed. Is this still in the Ming Dynasty?
Why are bandits so rampant?
