After receiving the order from Lu Xiangsheng, Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, and Hu Dawei, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, rushed to Lu Xiangsheng's supervisory camp. Both of them were wearing helmets and armor, and their armor clanged when they dismounted.
"Another three hundred and seventy-seven heads beheaded?"
Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, looked at Zhang Cheng with a look of disbelief on his face.
"Have you really caught a Jia La Zhang Jing?"
Shanxi Town Commander-in-Chief Hu Dawei was also very surprised and couldn't help but ask.
Wang Pu and Hu Dawei exchanged glances, and then fixed their gazes on Zhang Cheng.
They secretly thought that Zhang Cheng was young, but he was not afraid of danger, dared to fight with the captives in the field, and gained so much, and even captured Jia La Zhangjing. Such military achievements cannot be concealed!
A bright general star of the Ming Dynasty is rising. This time the news is reported to the imperial court, Zhang Cheng's name will surely stir up the government and the public, and the light is destined to be unblockable.
Shanxi Commander-in-Chief Hu Dawei glanced at Yang Guozhu meaningfully. Zhang Cheng once again made great achievements this time. Naturally, his old friend would follow the rising tide. He was happy for Yang Guozhu in his heart.
Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong over there, looked at Yang Guozhu with a hint of jealousy. There was such a brave and capable general in Xuanfu Town, and Yang Guozhu took advantage of it.
Governor Lu Xiangsheng stood in front of the banner of the Qing army leader, prisoner, and Jia Lazhang Jingguan. He enthusiastically encouraged Xuanda and the generals of the three towns in Shanxi to be loyal to the king from now on, to be brave in front of the battle, and to live up to the diligent king's rescue. original intention.
Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, first said: "Please be at ease, Governor. We will do our best to serve the king and fight bravely on the battlefield to make the Tartars fearful."
Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei also clasped their fists and accepted orders, saying that they would use their lives in front of the battle to fight the slaves bravely.
Then, the governor Lu Xiangsheng and the three general soldiers were in the military tent and talked about how to defend against the Qing army's offensive and defensive operations.
Near noon, all the general soldiers resigned to Governor Lu and returned to their base camp.
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In the eleventh year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, October 21st.
Beijing, Forbidden City, Imperial Palace, Yangde Zhai.
As usual, Emperor Chongzhen got up at dawn, washed himself under the service of a group of palace maids, put on his imperial robes, and then walked to the yard in front of the Qianqing Palace to burn incense and worship the sky.
After performing four obeisances and kowtowing, he silently wished for peace. Since the Qing army invaded, he had been praying like this every day, hoping that the capital would be safe and that the Tartars would retreat as soon as possible.
After the blessings were completed, he returned to Qianqing Palace. Because he was in a depressed mood, he asked the young eunuch beside him to pass on the usual greetings to the queen, prince, concubines and princesses.
Emperor Chongzhen put on a dark dragon yellow satin robe, sat in front of the imperial case and began to review the memorial.
He has reviewed various memorials related to the military and political affairs of the country for eleven years on this imperial record, and has also written countless edicts. However, every time he looks at this imperial record, he is very worried. worry.
The imperial desk was piled full of memorials and memorials every day, like a hill, and among these memorials and memorials, there was almost no memorial that could make him happy.
Those memorials reporting on famines in various places are full of shocking words such as "the land is thousands of miles away", "the human habitation is cut off" and "eating by exchanging children". There are also memorials about "bandits" and "country bandits", which are all reports. There are tragic scenes of civil unrest and military disasters in various places.
Recently, with the intrusion of the Tartar invaders, there have been reports of how the Qing troops continued to advance after entering Jifu, and how they destroyed those places, how much they burned and looted, how many men, cattle, sheep, mules, and horses were plundered, etc. , as well as a certain official in a certain place fled in the face of the wind, and an official in a certain place died for the country.
Various memorials like this were what he had to read every day, but he really didn't want to read them, and even some didn't dare to read them. Many times, he wanted to kick over the imperial record in front of him. .
Now, Emperor Chongzhen was sitting in front of the imperial desk. He was not in a hurry to review the memorials on the desk. He lowered his head and stared at a bronze incense burner on the imperial desk, and he was lost in thought.
Two extremely beautiful palace maids walked gently into the Nuan Pavilion. One of the palace maids held a peony petal-style silver lacquered red tray with a blue and white tureen and a silver spoon on it, and walked to the palace. Before the case.
Another palace maid hurriedly took down the bowl and silver spoon from the tray, placed it on the imperial desk in front of Emperor Chongzhen, and then opened the lid. Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the palace maid, then picked up the silver spoon, and slowly Drink the ginseng soup in the tureen.
After finishing the ginseng soup, I watched the palace maid carry the tray and leave the Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.
Emperor Chongzhen picked up a list of requests from the cabinet that had just been submitted from under a peach agate paperweight with two dragons protecting the sun. It listed the names of thirteen people, all of whom were to be promoted or transferred to other positions. For people holding official positions, there is a difference between selection and transfer.
Logically speaking, when the Qing army is raging across the capital, how many urgent military and state affairs are waiting for him to handle. Similar to ordinary promotion matters, which have been reviewed and approved by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the cabinet, he will probably You can directly approve the application with the word "can", or if you think someone is not suitable, just check off that person's name.
However, Emperor Chongzhen chose not to do that, because in his heart he was very afraid of coming into contact with documents related to famines, rogue bandits, especially the rogue cavalry that ravaged the capital;
The second is that he has always liked to put more thought into small things to highlight his "hands-on" attitude;
Thirdly, he was also very uneasy about the ministers above the court, so he was always suspicious of some subtle things, and would always make changes to some of the decisions made by the ministers, so as to "show the power of God against unexpected events". " means.
He picked up the list and looked at it carefully. Some of the names on it were familiar to him, and some were unknown to him.
He studied the names he knew, and a series of questions secretly arose in his mind: Isn't this person someone's fellow countryman? Hey, isn't that person his disciple? Also, who gave this person the title of censor?
He thought and doubted, and in his depressed mood, he used a red pen to randomly change the order of the names on the list.
Chongzhen was very proud of his casual change. He thought that this perfectly demonstrated the meaning of "showing the power of God against unexpected events", and a truly wise emperor had to make his subordinates unable to understand his thoughts. .
However, he did not notice that after such a casual change, he was supposed to be promoted, but instead he was demoted and appointed for no reason. The person who was supposed to be promoted from the seventh rank to Shizhong unexpectedly became the seventh rank censor. Or the leader of the sixth grade.
Later, when the ministers and ministers of the cabinet saw the promotion list that had been changed by the emperor's pen, they were also greatly surprised, but they did not dare to ask Emperor Chongzhen and could only passively comply with it.
What's even more ridiculous is that Emperor Chongzhen not only changed the order, he also randomly pulled out a more pleasing name from the "Jin Shen" booklet, added it to the back of the list, and marked the word "Censor".
Later, the cabinet and officials spent a lot of effort and could not find this person in the entire city of Beijing. After two months, they found out that this person had died of illness a year ago in Fujian.
