In the early morning, when the first ray of sunshine broke through the clouds and fell on the imperial capital city, the ancient city came alive instantly. People began to live their daily lives, merchants opened their doors to welcome guests, and cart dealers and goons paraded around the streets shouting for business.
In the past, feces and urine were everywhere, and the stench of Forty-Nine City was now completely new. Garbage dumps were set up in every neighborhood in the city. The Soldiers and Horses Division patrolled and supervised 24 hours a day. Anyone found defecating and littering would be severely beaten and fined. The perpetrators were directly arrested, and the imperial court was using strong tactics to forcefully change the people's bad habits, build a clean capital, and strive to reduce or even eliminate the plague epidemic.
The court's tough tactics have naturally attracted some criticism, but recently public opinion has not been about this. Two things are most talked about in the streets and restaurants and restaurants. One is that the court is cracking down on corruption. The Metropolitan Procuratorate is investigating, Jinyiwei and Dongchang are secretly investigating, and they are arresting everyone. One trial was carried out one by one, and at the most severe cases, they were demoted from their posts, and at the most serious cases, they were imprisoned and their homes were confiscated. For a time, everyone in the capital was in danger, and there was no such thing as complacency.
The second thing is also the most talked about from the court to the common people. Chang Yu, the governor of the East Factory, first went out to snipe the Qing army, killing Dorgon and escaping in panic. After that, he was ordered to go south to put out the fire in only half a month. The siege of Baoding City was solved and several thieves were captured. The capital was shocked for a while. The number one hot search on the daily list was definitely related to the war situation in the south. Various gossips were flying all over the sky. Chang Yu and others were rumored to be mysterious.
Dongchang has always been criticized by the world as being synonymous with cruelty and cruelty in framing Zhongliang. However, during this period, due to Chang Yu’s outstanding military exploits, people spoke highly of his kindness, even some literati and organized keyboard players such as Donglin and Fushe. There was also a lot less squabbling with the angry youths.
One man attained the Tao, chickens and dogs ascended to heaven, and Chang Yu became famous in both the government and the public. The fans who obeyed the orders of Dongchang naturally had their backs straight and were proud of Dongchang. However, great joy brought sorrow, and they made a loud noise early this morning.
Chunxiang is the second-in-command of Dongchang's Qianhu, and in Chang Yu's absence he is the boss. Recently, he personally led the team to investigate corruption in Beijing, and his performance was very satisfactory to Emperor Chongzhen, who was generous with rewards.
Dongchang is the emperor's eye and sword. In addition to fighting corruption, it also needs to establish intelligence stations everywhere to collect intelligence. The intelligence includes the military situation, people's situation in various places, and knowledgeable officials.
In addition to these official matters, Dongchang also has many private transactions of its own. The Octopus Chamber of Commerce has Twelve Taibo to take care of it, so it doesn't require much involvement. However, the newly opened Octopus Escort, a logistics company, Dongchang is the major shareholder.
The Escort Agency has just opened recently and is recruiting a large number of escorts and escorts. Years of war have caused refugees from all over the country to flood into the capital. The human resources are abundant and cheap. Among them are many boxers who can wield swords and sticks. Therefore, the Escort Agency calls out to the applicants. Like flow...
Chunxiang had a habit of working outside at the Yamen during the day and returning to the Dongchang Yamen in the imperial city at sunset. It was this habit that allowed him to avoid disaster.
Early in the morning, my subordinates came to report that a burglar entered the Yamen in Dongchang Hutong next to the Imperial City last night. He was discovered and rounded up by the police officer on duty. The burglar killed people and stole the way, injuring six people. After hearing the news, the masters of Dongchang came and fought fiercely. Escaped at night, eleven people in Dongchang were injured and two died in this battle.
Chunxiang was shocked when he heard the news. In the past few months, Dongchang had recruited experts from the army and Jianghu. There were so many experts in the yamen. He was really shocked that he could let this snitch come and go freely. He then wondered why a snitch wanted to break into Dongchang. In the Yamen, there is nothing worthy of his concern.
I was surprised and ordered a city-wide search. I secretly thought that many corrupt officials had been arrested recently. Could it be... I thought about going to Qianbulang Jinyiwei Yamen to discuss it with Wu Mengming.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the palace gate, he saw Wu Mengming walking towards him with an anxious look on his face: "Master Wu..." Chunxiang was interrupted by Wu Mengming as soon as he spoke: "It's not good, something serious has happened..."
Chunxiang frowned and asked quickly what happened? I thought to myself that something was wrong in the south.
Wu Mengming sighed, kept walking, and whispered something in his ear. Chunxiang was stunned and shouted in shock: How is this possible? When he came to his senses, he saw that Wu Mengming had walked away in a hurry.
The sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, the first generation Lao Zhu, and the second generation Zhu Di were all talented and general, and their descendants all had distinctive and unique personalities. There was the Ming Xiaozong who had a great reputation, Zhu Qizhen who was the emperor twice, the carpenter emperor Zhu Youxiao... there are There are also hard-working people among the weirdos. Although Emperor Chongzhen was not the most talented, he was definitely the hardest-working and most diligent emperor.
Needless to say, he is a hard worker. After taking over a mess, he has not had a good night's sleep for decades. It is this kind of hard work that has developed another good quality in him, diligence.
Natural and man-made disasters continued. Emperor Chongzhen went to bed late and got up early. He would get up at around 3 a.m. every day to deal with government affairs. As the saying goes, he slept later than a dog and woke up earlier than a chicken. During emergencies, he would often suffer from insomnia for days on end. The whole person looked haggard.
In the past few months, the rebel army has been approaching Taiyuan, the Qing army has entered the pass, and the rebel army has moved north to approach the capital. Every military situation has made him sleepless and uneasy. The thought of the prince's "strange dream" has made him even more panic-stricken. Howl to vent stress and release fear.
Fortunately, God favored and sent a young eunuch to help him overcome obstacles. Every time a bad thing turned into a good thing, he would always press his chest and sigh with false alarm afterwards. In the past few days, Shi Tianyu had been winning many battles in the south. The emperor was very happy, and he sat waiting for the news of victory. On the one hand, he dealt with civil affairs with the cabinet ministers.
The plague was infested, the world was in severe drought, and the people in many provinces were destroyed and displaced due to the war. How to resettle them after the war was a headache. He was discussing with the courtiers every day to come up with countermeasures as soon as possible, otherwise the people would be desperate and would continue to rebel. .
"Your Majesty, Wu Mengming, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, asked to see him, saying that there is an urgent military situation." Wang Chengen came in and whispered. Emperor Chongzhen, who was reading the document, couldn't help but panic. A bad feeling came over him. The military situation of suppressing bandits in the south had been controlled by Chang Yu. The factory sent it directly to the case. Where did Jinyiwei send it at this time?
As the morning sun rose, Chang Yu, who had practiced boxing with Chen Wangting after getting up, climbed up to the city and looked into the distance. He had a panoramic view of the wilderness outside the city. It was originally a good time for spring plowing, but it was deserted due to the war. He couldn't help but sigh. He turned to the southeast and saw the officers and soldiers camp on the bank of the Hutuo River. It looked like he had done morning exercises, with a look of relief on his face. Teng Xiangwei left the capital and knew that he had sharpened his sword.
The refugees who had originally gathered outside the city were now queuing up outside the west gate. A porridge shed was set up there and food was being distributed to Zhending. The local refugees in the two prefectures of Baoding were allowed to return to their hometowns to farm after the war between the two prefectures. This was also what Chang Yu said. This is the best we can do now.
After a while, Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji and all his subordinates came to the city to watch the scenery. They followed him around the city and chatted while walking, and the topic was about chasing the intruder.
Chang Yu still looked neither arrogant nor impetuous: "You still have to chase, but you don't have to be so hasty. Only when you have a full stomach will you have strength. Otherwise, your legs will become weak and your eyes will be dizzy when you catch up, and you will be killed."
"But the Factory Superintendent said that he should hold on tight," Huang Degong said urgently. He was beaten up by Luo Hu yesterday, and the hatred in his heart could not go away.
Chang Yu nodded: "Of course you have to bite the bullet, but leave the matter of biting the dog to Liu Zeqing. You have been fighting for several days and your troops and horses are exhausted, so there is no need to be so anxious." Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong looked at each other and sneered: "Can Old Gou Liu be so obedient?"
Chang Yu chuckled: "Liu Zeqing is a good dog. He has been watching this battle from the sidelines and has already become jealous. Now that the rebel army has fled, he will not let go of such a good opportunity to attack. If you don't let him bite, he will bite." Don’t let it go, dog biting dog is the funniest thing.”
After a pause, he continued: "Li Yan reported last night that the intruders had arrived in Gaoyi, and Liu Fangliang's troops were in Luancheng. They had to rest that night and could not run far. According to the spies, Gao Jie had broken through Shunde. We are waiting for him in Fucheng. I will wait and see how the intruder escapes and ascends to heaven this time."
At noon, the officers and soldiers who had had enough water and food to rest for the night went out of the city to assemble. Chang Yu ordered Huang Degong's general Ma De to lead two thousand soldiers to stay in Zhending City to deal with the sick, sick and prisoners and refugees. The remaining troops went south to chase the thieves. The original battle of Ma Shiyao's troops Later, the remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses were divided into groups to supplement the troops under Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong.
Cheng Ming was promoted to the vanguard general and led the four Tengxiang cavalry to pursue the enemy first. The rest of the troops followed behind him without haste. At the same time, he ordered Li Yan to keep an eye on him and pursue slowly, while Liu Zeqing rushed forward...
Liu Zeqing was scolding his mother. He rushed nearly a hundred miles overnight and crossed the river to Jinzhou City in the early morning. He completed the military order ahead of schedule. When he took a short rest, he learned that Li Yan was in Zhaozhou. He was afraid that his trip would be in vain if he took the credit. He gritted his teeth and led the cavalry in person, and ordered general Yuan Xingzhong to lead the infantry to follow.
At the same time, Li Yan received news that the main force of the bandit army had settled in Gaoyi last night. A large group of bandit troops behind them were holding the refugees twenty miles behind. The generals asked if they wanted to pursue them. Li Yan headed to the northwest with a calm expression: "Awaiting order".
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