Yuan Yuzong tried hard to suppress his excitement and said to Cao Youyi in a calm tone: "Mr. Cao, why don't you go and report to the Lord first, so that I and the two lieutenants can make arrangements?"
"Okay, then I will report to the Holy Spirit." Cao Youyi seemed to be in a good mood and didn't think much about it. Although he also knew that the troops in Tianjin Town were a bit unreliable, Emperor Chongzhen and Prince Zhu Cixiang did not come alone.
There were as many as seven battalions of troops defending them. In addition, there were 3,000 men pulled by Cao Huachun from Wang Qingtuo, as well as more than 1,000 officials' sons, nobles' sons, and capable servants from various families. A total of more than 10,000 people are capable of fighting.
This force, plus Cao Youyi's own 1,500 men, is enough to deter the rest of the troops in Tianjin Town.
Moreover, Zhu Cixiang also prepared fifty-five thousand taels of silver to reward the defenders of Tianjin Town! Each one counts as one, regardless of officers and soldiers, each person will be given 10 taels! Moreover, Zhu Cixiang also promised that after arriving in Jiangnan, each person would be given another 10 taels of silver and at least 50 acres of paddy fields... With so many benefits to give, he was afraid that he would not be able to stabilize the military morale of Tianjin Town?
So Cao Youyi handed over to Yuan Yuzong, Jin Bin, and Lou Guangxian, and turned around to report to Emperor Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong.
Seeing Cao Youyi leave, Yuan Yuzong immediately whispered to Jin Bin and Lou Guang: "God help me! This is a great achievement of the title of knight! Deputy General Jin, Deputy General Lou, you each lead your troops out of the city, and wait for the action inside the city to launch an attack." Make a surprise attack and defeat those big Han generals in one fell swoop.”
"Okay! Keep it with me!"
"Aren't they just some big Han generals..."
Jin Bin and Lou Guangxian are not afraid of a bunch of impostors! Besides, Yuan Yuzong and Yang Weihan were attacking Emperor Chongzhen in the city. This was to capture the thief first and capture the king first! Chongzhen has been captured, how can the Han generals outside fight?
In addition, there are three to four hundred Dashun Tian soldiers of Hao Yaoqi in the city. They are all the elites of the old battalion of Dashun army!
This kind of power is enough to deal with the few troops brought by Emperor Chongzhen!
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"Your Majesty, everything in Tianjin City is stable as usual. The bandits' cavalry is far away in Zhangjiabao, which is dozens of miles away, and has not approached Tianjin Acropolis."
A few hundred steps away from the bluffing Han generals, Cao Youyi knelt in front of Emperor Chongzhen's carriage and loudly reported the situation in Tianjin.
When they heard that the rogue cavalry was still far away from the Tianjin Acropolis, everyone including Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Cizhong, and Cao Huachun became furious.
Things are going pretty well!
"General Cao," Zhu Cixiang asked, "how many soldiers are there in Tianjin Guards? When can we leave the city to receive rewards?"
"Report to the Crown Prince," Cao Youyi replied, "the Tianjin town army plus the actual number of patrols totaled more than 5,500. Among them, a thousand patrols were led by Yang Weihan, who went out of the city to deal with the rogue cavalry. The remaining 4,500 were divided into the central army, the left army, and the left army. The right wing will be divided and controlled by the minister, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Jin Bin, and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Lou Guang."
"That means there are 3,000 people in the city?" Zhu Cixiang asked.
"Exactly."
"Okay," Zhu Cixiang nodded, "line up together outside the city gate, and I will personally reward them."
Zhu Cixiang was getting more and more slippery in using rewards to win people's hearts. In his view, as a financial dog of later generations, the human heart is a matter of profit distribution. If you don't give money (including land) and make people sell their lives, you are acting like a hooligan!
And the Ming Dynasty was rotten to the core. To put it bluntly, too many people were acting like hooligans! Emperor Chongzhen has so many soldiers, when will he get enough money? If you don't give me money and you think someone is rotten, isn't that a hooligan? As for Chongzhen's lack of money, it means that the landlords and capitalists who spent money to purchase the Ming Dynasty's repressive services were acting hooligans... This matter was actually easy to handle, because the gang of landlords and capitalists who were acting hooligans did not actually have much force to fight against the imperial court.
As long as we can firmly control a certain army and go to the economic center of Jiangnan, we will not be afraid of not receiving money. As for controlling the army, collecting money, and spending money, Zhu Cihong must do it himself!
"Cixang!" Emperor Chongzhen suddenly called Zhu Cixiang's name at this time. This was the first time Emperor Chongzhen spoke to his son after the emperor's palace coup!
"Father, you called me?" Zhu Cixiang was also a little excited, thinking: Was Emperor Chongzhen moved by his filial piety? That's right... In today's troubled times, there are not many sons who are as filial as myself! You have to know how to cherish it!
"My father is tired from the journey, so I want to go to the city to rest as soon as possible." Emperor Chongzhen said lightly.
"Oh." Zhu Cixi thought for a while, "I will ask Admiral Wu to escort you and your mother into the city first. The others will rest outside the city first. After your father and mother are settled, it will not be too late to enter the city one after another. But It can’t be the same as when I entered Wang Qingtuo.”
There were many royal officials who arrived with Chongzhen and Zhu Cixiang, and with their servants accompanying them, the number was even greater. So many people were in chaos when they entered Wang Qingtuo. Many high-ranking officials could not find a place to live and slept on the street! Now with the addition of the people brought by Wang Qingtuo, the number is even greater. If we don't arrange it well, it will lead to chaos.
Moreover, it will also bring disgrace to the Ming court - the court on the run is already a bit shabby, but it can no longer act like a beggar! The majesty of the Heavenly Family should be maintained!
Therefore, we cannot rush into the city in a rush, we must enter the city in an orderly manner, and we must arrange things properly.
"That's very good, but there is no need to trouble Wu Xiang to protect him. The convoy of Queen Zhang and the two princesses of Yi'an is behind them. They can't enter the city for a while, so let Wu Xiang protect them." Chongzhen said, "I have Feng Yuanyang and Cao Youyi. Just protect them. They are the landlords of Tianjin, and I trust them."
"It's all up to the father." Zhu Cixiang was a rare filial son, so of course he would not disobey his father in person.
Besides, when he left Wang Qingtuo, he had already given Cao Youyi's 1,500 soldiers a reward! Spread out 15,000 taels of silver at a time! Cao Youyi's subordinates were so grateful that they almost called Zhu Cixiang godfather. As for Cao Huachun, his elder brother Cao Huachun and several nephews and grandnephews followed Wu Xiang to protect Queen Zhang and the two princesses.
"Cao Banban," Zhu Cixiang turned around and called Cao Huachun to him again, and said to him in front of Chongzhen, "Now most of the twelve eunuchs' palm seals are vacant, and there are not many chamberlains and palace people following them out of the palace, so it is difficult to support them. In the inner court of Xing Zai. You are an old man in the palace and an old minister who came from the emperor's father's palace. You should take responsibility. Why not temporarily take charge of the five eunuchs including internal officials, chief ministers, imperial officials, Zhidian, and douzhi. Shang Aunt Wei and Aunt Wu can take charge of the two prisons of Shangyi and Shangyi...Father, do you think this is okay?"
Damn it! Chongzhen was so angry that the seven eunuchs, namely, Neiguan, Sishe, Yuyong, Zhidian, Duzhi, Shangshan, and Shangyi, all served their masters and did miscellaneous tasks, and had no real power. The ceremonial supervisor and the imperial horse supervisor are the most powerful supervisors in the inner court! In addition, the two prisons of Shangbao and Yinshou are also very important now. They manage the seals, imperial talismans, seals, iron scrolls, imperial edicts, Kanhe, and talismans.
As for the Shrine Supervisor, it doesn’t matter. The Imperial Ancestral Temple in Beijing and the imperial tombs in Changping are gone...
"Who is in charge of the four eunuchs of Si Li, Yu Ma, Shang Bao and Yinshou?" Emperor Chongzhen asked softly, suppressing his anger.
Zhu Cixiang wanted to laugh when he saw his father angry. The Ming Dynasty was like this, and you still want to fight for power with a filial son like yourself. How can you live up to your ancestors? Does your conscience really not hurt? This filial son was sent by Emperor Taizu Gao to rescue you and the Ming Dynasty!
"Father," Zhu Cixiang said to Chongzhen with a smile, "the affairs of the three prisons of Si Li, Shang Bao and Yinshou can be merged, and Huang Dabao will be temporarily in charge. As for the imperial horse prison, the former Jingjun Qian will Chief Pan Shuchen will be in charge... Of course, this is all temporary management, and it won’t be too late to re-select suitable candidates when we get to the capital in the future."
"Huang Dabao is yours," Emperor Chongzhen asked. "He has gone to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Who will serve you?"
"As long as I have the palace servant Wu to serve you," Zhu Cixiang replied with a smile.
"Palace lady Wu?" Emperor Chongzhen was stunned. He didn't remember that there was an old lady named Wu next to Zhu Cixiang.
In fact, the old lady palace people around Zhu Cihong were dismissed or sent back to Queen Zhou after the Huangjimen palace incident. There is only one Huang Xiaobao left among the personal eunuchs - he is Huang Dabao's godson. He is only fifteen years old this year. He is very smart and thoughtful.
"Your Majesty, Mrs. Wu is the daughter of Admiral Wu." Empress Zhou, who was next to Chongzhen, remembered the letter well and still remembered Wu Sanmei.
Emperor Chongzhen frowned. It was not good to have only Wu Sanmei next to Zhu Cihong...
"Queen, is Ning still there?" Chongzhen asked Queen Zhou, "Is there anyone else following the woman who entered the palace with Ning?"
"Ms. Ning is with her sister-in-law," Queen Zhou replied. "There is also the palace servant Fei Ming who also entered the palace with Mrs. Ning and is also with her sister-in-law."
"Okay, let them both serve Brother Chun." Chongzhen said.
