Chongzhen was quick in thinking and understood immediately. There must have been major changes in the situation on the front lines of Jiuyuan City. These people are greedy for life and afraid of death, so they came back on their own.
The emperor was shaking with anger and cold.
If one or two of them come back, they can be arrested and punished. But hundreds of people all ran back. What to do, catch them all.
"What happened to Jiuyuan City?" Chongzhen asked hurriedly. "Uncle Dingyuan has a memorial coming up."
Wang Chengen said doubtfully: "I haven't seen Dingyuan Bo's memorial today. The Supervisor of Ceremonies probably hasn't received the new northwest memorial."
At this time, Father Shuangxi came in. He has now been promoted to the chief eunuch of Kunning Palace.
Kunning Palace is the main palace of the harem. There is a chief eunuch, who is the seventh-level executive attendant. The annual salary is four taels of silver and two dan of rice. The deputy chief eunuch is a seventh-grade eunuch. There are also twelve young eunuchs. They all serve the queen alone.
There are also a large number of palace ladies in Kunning Palace, and the status of palace ladies is much higher than that of eunuchs. The highest status is the first-grade palace official.
She is responsible for managing the trivial affairs of the harem. She is the empress dowager or the person next to the empress who holds the phoenix seal on her behalf, and has a very high status. So, Aunt Tao and Shuangxi went to find Yang Fan and Xiao Niangpi. They must be treated with respect and caution.
Seeing Chongzhen's hesitant expression, Shuangxi did not dare to say anything and stood behind Wang Chengen with his head lowered.
"What's the matter?" Chongzhen asked.
"Your Majesty, Governor Gao Qiqian has returned and is asking to see Your Majesty outside the palace. He said he has urgent military information to present."
Chongzhen felt better now. At least Gao Qiqian didn't come back by himself, Yang Fan sent him to deliver the message. It seems that nine out of ten people are asking for help. If the situation on the battlefield hadn't worsened, those losers wouldn't have come back.
Chongzhen is actually very smart and has a sharp eye. He can understand many things at a glance. It's not easy to fool him. When I think about several things connected, they are almost inseparable.
"Let him come in," Chongzhen said. It seems that I won’t be able to have a good meal tonight with the queen and concubines.
Gao Qiqian was a good man. He lowered his head and walked in hastily. He first looked at the emperor's face with his peripheral vision, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat. He has been by the emperor's side all year round and knows the emperor very well.
The emperor was on the verge of anger. The reason why he still talked to him in a pleasant manner was because the queen was pregnant and was afraid of frightening the queen.
On the train back, lying on the comfortable berth, he kept thinking about the risks of returning to Beijing this time.
To be honest, Jiuyuan City is in danger this time, and he is willing to come back. But without the emperor's will, I ran back. I'm afraid your majesty would not be able to pass the test.
Although the law does not punish everyone, and everyone has a reason to come back for business. They are not fools, they have already thought of countermeasures. But the emperor is not easy to fool after all.
As soon as he looked into the emperor's eyes, he knew he was going to suffer.
The emperor's eyes were full of anger.
This anger was not because they, a large group of people, were all greedy for life and afraid of death, and fled from the battlefield. Rather, they dared to return to Beijing privately without the emperor's will. This is touching the dragon scales.
Gao Qiqian plopped down and knelt on the ground, crying: "Your Majesty, the war in the northwest is extremely urgent. The Oirat people have gathered 240,000 cavalry, not counting the herdsmen who have come with them for grazing and protection. The capital camp is in Jiuyuan City. There are only 40,000 people. Uncle Dingyuan sent an old slave to ask for reinforcements from Your Majesty."
As if struck by lightning, Chongzhen asked in a trembling voice: "What did you say? Say it again. There are only 40,000 left in the capital camp of 80,000."
Gao Qiqian did not expect that what shocked the emperor was not that there were so many Oirat people, but that only half of the Jing camp was left among his best.
Gao Qiqian quickly said: "There are still 15,000 people in the Beijing Camp in Guihua City. But it is an important area and is also the retreat route for the Beijing Camp army. Those people cannot move and do not dare to move, Your Majesty."
Only then did Chongzhen realize that there were still 55,000 people in the capital camp, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
He calculated carefully. Departed from last year. Fight all the way to Jiuyuan City. The Ordos Plateau was also pacified. It's all tough battles. The loss of 25,000 people is really not that much.
The Beijing camp is dominated by infantry, supplemented by a small amount of cavalry, musketeers, and artillery. against the enemy
Human elite cavalry is actually at a disadvantage. Yang Fan can achieve this result is already very impressive.
It seems that this old dog came back to ask for help for my Beijing camp.
Looking at the tired look on his face, the expression on his face relaxed.
"Bring the memorial from Uncle Dingyuan, you go back to the Royal Horse Prison to rest for a while. I will summon you if anything happens." Chongzhen said expressionlessly.
The longer he has been emperor now, the more he can get into the role, and the more joyful and angry he becomes, the more he becomes invisible.
Gao Qiqian knew in his heart that he had passed the test. As for the others, we don’t care if they die.
I felt grateful to Yang Fan in my heart. Fortunately, I gave him this letter, otherwise he might not have had a good time today.
He hurriedly retreated, and he didn't hurry up at this time. Are you waiting to see His Majesty attack others?
Chongzhen waved his hand and asked Wang Chengen to go down as well. He sat back on the chair and saw Queen Zhou and his two concubines looking at him.
"Queen and your two beloved concubines, you have what you want and ignore me. I will read Yang Qing's memorial first."
There were strong rules in ancient families. If the head of the family didn't eat, it would be hard for others to eat. The queen and others didn't take off their chopsticks, they just sat quietly.
Chongzhen picked up the memorial and found that it was very thick. He did not dare to eat it when he saw the queen and others. He stood up and said, "You guys can eat first while I go to Qianqing Palace to deal with political affairs."
The queen and three others stood up quickly, saluted the emperor and said, "I respectfully send you off to your majesty."
Chongzhen waved his hand from behind, without saying anything, and went directly to the West Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.
Yang Fan's memorial is very thick, with a total of 40,000 to 50,000 words written. The situation in the entire northwest. The one who peeled off the cocoon made it very clear. Moreover, he emphasized the importance of blocking the Oirat people.
They must not be allowed to enter Monan Mongolia. Because they are more ferocious hungry wolves.
Tumu Fort is not far away. The hatred between Jingying and Wala had not yet been settled.
Yang Fan put forward his ideas in detail in the memorial. Concentrate all your efforts to defeat the Oirat people and wait for them to retreat to the Western Region. Just backhand and deal with the Qinghai Haixi Mongolians and the Guanxi Mongolians outside Jiayuguan who followed the booing this time. At the same time, Alxa Mongolia was completely pacified.
The Juyanhaicheng City abandoned in the Han Dynasty was rebuilt, and together with Jiayuguan, it blocked the passage from the Western Regions to the Central Plains from the south to the north.
At the same time, a team of elite soldiers was dispatched to escort the master back to the Snowy Region and to the Holy City and Holy Palace. And help him reorganize the snowy area. In this way, the problem in the northwest will be completely solved.
And there are Hehuang Valley and Monan in Qinghai. Ming Dynasty will no longer be short of good horses in the future.
With high-quality war horses, we will have a better chance of winning against Jiannu and regaining Liaodong in the future.
After the emperor read the memorial, his heart was churning.
Yang Fan said it all. At this time, you are sailing against the current. If you don’t advance, you will retreat. If the Oirats are further defeated, the northwest will be completely settled. Monan also occupied it.
If it fails and allows the Oirat army to rush in, I'm afraid new border troubles will form.
Yang Fan's meaning is very simple. At this time, we can't pick on Sosou. We must use the strength of the whole country to win this battle first. Then the situation in the entire northwest improved.
With Yang Fan guarding it, the forces from the Western Regions cannot enter. The imperial court also tried its best to deal with Jiannu.
With horses, the gap with Jiannu will be much narrower. Chongzhen was really moved.
However, the thought of increasing troops and spending money gave him a headache. For a moment, I sat there confused.
