"This is how the Heavenly Furnace strategy is achieved!"
"This time I want to wipe out the slave-building alliance, so I'll ask them if they know it hurts!"
Looking at Li Ruolian and Sun Chengzong leaving quickly, Chongzhen said harshly.
Then he let out a long sigh of relief. The capital city had been in a commotion these past few days, and many people demanded that the city gate be opened to let them leave.
Although he will make a lot of preparations and adjustments, he has no idea whether the Heavenly Furnace strategy can be successful.
In fact, the battlefield is changing rapidly and the speed of transmitting information is slow. No one knows where problems will occur, resulting in failure.
Now this battle report from Zunhua City finally allowed him to sleep comfortably.
Half an hour later, the entire city of Beijing was completely boiling.
Just because of a notice from the imperial court posted all over the streets of Beijing.
The content of the notice is very simple. It only states that on July 18th, the first year of Chongzhen, the slaves attacked Zunhua City.
However, they were repulsed by the Zunhua defenders. Zunhua suffered more than a thousand casualties, while Jiannu suffered nearly 7,000 casualties and more than 5,000 horses. It was a great victory.
It hides the content of building slaves' internal support, taking advantage of the situation, etc., but it is clearer.
Not only the notices, but also the officials of the Five Cities Patrol Department took to the streets and conveyed them orally.
Although the city gates of Beijing have been closed, there is no complete ban on movement within the city. Although it is a bit deserted,
But at this moment, everyone was blown away by this notice, and groups of three or five gathered together to discuss.
"The imperial court is really speechless. Even if you want to calm the people's hearts, you should at least make it look more like it. Injuring the enemy by seven thousand and losing one by yourself? You are still establishing slaves. Do you believe it?"
"That's right, the official from the Ministry of War who wrote this notice can be dismissed from his post and investigated. He clearly injured the enemy 70 times and lost 1,000 to himself!"
"Jiannu's combat prowess is unparalleled. The military prowess of Ming Dynasty's soldiers... Hehe, which brainless official came up with this idea?"
"No, I don't think so, I think it's true!"
After one person finished speaking, without waiting for anyone to refute, he immediately said urgently: "Do you know anything about military affairs? Are you as smart as the officials in the Ministry of War and the Cabinet?
No, since you can see such an obvious mistake, no matter how corrupt the Ministry of War and the Cabinet are, they will not create such a big loophole, right?
The imperial guards all over the city will definitely report this to the emperor. Do you think this group of people would dare to do such a lie that can be easily exposed? "
"Brother Li is right. The cabinet now includes Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli and others. These people are famous officials and will never do such a thing."
"Hahaha... You are really naive. What if the emperor, together with the cabinet and the Ministry of War, made the decision in order to stabilize the morale of the military?"
"I agree. Now that Beijing is closed, we don't know what's going on outside Beijing, let alone Zunhua City hundreds of miles away."
"The official word means two things. They have the final say anyway. Just treat this matter as a joke!"
"I think what you are saying is wrong. If it is really a joint act, then why did the court tell us about the slaves entering the customs?
Is it difficult to find any excuse to close down Beijing? Why go to so much trouble to create panic first and then appease?
Therefore, I think this great victory should be real. The establishment of slaves is not that terrible, and I, the Ming sergeant, are not that miserable. "
…
In the huge city of Beijing, less than 10% of the people believed this announcement.
And this percentage includes most of the gentry and nobles.
They know very well who the emperor is. You can defeat the battle. After all, you are facing an army of slaves.
But we must not make a fuss about a great victory, and such an outrageous victory. If we do, there will only be a dead end.
Therefore, they were sure that the news of this great victory was 90% true, and the other 10% was a conspiracy between the emperor and the cabinet.
This news is like a mountain weighing on the hearts of the gentry and nobles.
They looked further ahead, if the Ming Dynasty won the battle of setting up slaves and entering the customs.
Then the emperor, with the overwhelming momentum of victory, can start to control them, and the matter of returning land to the people can be thoroughly promoted.
It was a pity that they could not discuss it with other gentry and nobles, because at this moment, they were convinced that the emperor must have sent imperial guards to keep an eye on them.
Compared with the gentry and nobles who dared not speak out and were worried, the air in the Kong family's mansion in the capital seemed to be frozen.
At this moment, the Holy Son Kong Xingxie no longer had the aloof aura he had a few days ago, only the occasional flash of panic in his eyes.
A few days ago, he came to the capital on his father's order to ask the emperor to issue an edict to punish him. Before he arrived in the capital, another couplet leaked out saying that his Kong family had taken refuge in the Jiannu.
Before the matter was resolved, the imperial court announced that Jiannu would bypass the Haraqin tribe and attack Da'ankou, Longjingguan and other Jizhen defense castles.
Since then, the Kong family was immediately pushed to the forefront, and the suspicion that the Kong family was collaborating with the enemy was basically confirmed.
There is an endless stream of people who come to curse the traitors of the Kong family every day. If the Jin Yiwei hadn't stopped them, I'm afraid the Confucius Mansion would have been demolished.
The old man in the first seat looked at the frightened Holy Son and sighed in his heart. After all, he was still young and had not experienced enough.
He is Kong Shangda who was sent to investigate for the second time by the Confucius Mansion, the second uncle of Kong Yinzhi, the 64th generation Yanshenggong.
Controlling the Wenshang Confucian Temple, the most powerful person in the Confucius Mansion is second only to Yan Shenggong.
Although these incidents were very detrimental to the Kong family, they were all superficial and had little impact on the Kong family.
"Be calm when faced with big things. Be calm and then you will be at peace. After being at peace, you will be able to worry about it. After you are worried, you will be able to gain!"
Look at what you are like now. If your father sees you, I'm afraid you will be sent to the execution hall for a month! "
When Kong Xingxie heard this, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and he trembled all over. Then he took a long breath and became miraculously quieter.
But in an instant, he grimaced and said softly: "Second uncle, if the Confucius Mansion in the capital had not been blocked by the Jinyi Guards these days, I am afraid it would have been demolished, and we might have all been beaten to death.
The current rumbling in the capital is very detrimental to my Kong family. If it continues to develop, this, this..."
"What's this?"
Kong Shangda snorted coldly: "As for the people being angry and scolding, so what? In the Ming Dynasty, scholar-bureaucrats and the emperor ruled the world together."
At this point, Kong Shangda sneered, his eyes full of sarcasm.
Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang said that in the Zhu Ming Dynasty, the emperor and the people ruled the world together, but they did not take the people into consideration when doing things, and the kings of later generations completely deviated from this.
Without the management of scholar-bureaucrats, how could the Ming Dynasty have achieved national prosperity for many years?
Just ridiculous.
“The common people are ignorant, three men become tigers, and they will only follow the scholar-bureaucrats and scholars.
And my Confucius Mansion is a holy place in the hearts of scholars. As long as we climb up and raise our arms, can’t we control the sound of the wind? "
"But these are not important, what is important is the evidence!"
