"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry to go to Kunning Palace!"
Listening to Wang Chengen's low voice, Chongzhen asked curiously: "Why?"
"Your Majesty, when you come back from Longjing Pass, hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting. The blood, resentment, and evil spirits are very strong. You are the emperor, so naturally you are not afraid of these.
But the Empress is pregnant, so if you go directly, you will easily shock the Empress and the dragon in her belly! "
"You first step over the brazier in front of the Qianqing Palace, and then go around the Huangji Palace to take a shower and change clothes!"
Seeing the confusion on Chongzhen's face, Wang Chengen whispered: "Your Majesty, it is rumored that the brazier seems to represent the junction of yin and yang. If you step across it, you will be isolated from the underworld.
Walking around the Huangji Hall, one is to use the power of the dragon and the luck of the officials to calm down the evil spirits, and the other is to take away the evil spirits! "
"Fine!"
After listening to Wang Chengen's explanation, Chongzhen chuckled. What is the separation between yin and yang and suppressing evil spirits? It is simple physical high-temperature disinfection and using time to reduce the survival time of the virus.
It’s hard to say whether it’s true or not, but in this situation, it’s better to believe that it’s true than to believe that it’s not.
After struggling for an hour, I changed into a set of uniforms and headed towards Kunning Palace.
"I have met your Majesty. Your Majesty is blessed!"
As soon as they entered Kunning Palace, Queen Zhou Yufeng led everyone to salute Chongzhen.
Chongzhen immediately stepped forward to support Zhou Yufeng: "The queen is pregnant and has difficulty moving, so there is no need to be more polite in the future!"
"I thank you, Your Majesty!"
Chongzhen supported Queen Zhou and sat on the soft couch: "How does the Queen feel? Is there anything uncomfortable? Just tell me what you want to eat, and when you have free time, go to the garden for a walk..."
"Queen, you have a good rest these days. I have invited famous doctors from all over the world to come to Beijing.
After I finish dealing with the war, I will meet them in person and let them diagnose you! "
Chongzhen talked a lot, and Queen Zhou listened quietly, with a happy smile on her lips.
She is the queen of the world, and her status is beyond words.
But in the final analysis, she was still a woman, and she also wanted to be cared for by her husband. Now the emperor's love for her was truly felt.
After a while, Chongzhen stopped. Only at this time did he feel that he was an independent and his own individual.
"Your Majesty, you can handle the government affairs with peace of mind. There are people taking care of you in the harem, and the emperor's sister-in-law comes here every day to accompany me!"
Queen Zhou touched her abdomen as she spoke, her face filled with maternal glory.
Seeing this, Chongzhen said to Wang Cheng'en: "Instruct the Ministry of Rites to draft a name for my dragon son in advance, for later use!"
After chatting with Queen Zhou for a long time and having lunch, Chongzhen returned to Dongnuan Pavilion.
Looking at the furnishings in Dongnuan Pavilion, Chongzhen was very moved. He had only been away for ten days and it felt like he had been away for half a year. The battlefield in front of Longjing Pass seemed to have given him a rebirth.
After resting for a while, Chongzhen summoned Li Ruolian and wrote a few words on the rice paper. Li Ruolian's pupils tightened immediately after looking at it, and then he saluted Chongzhen and left immediately.
In Dongnuan Pavilion, Chongzhen took the new coins and bank plans, military reform and other plans and fell into deep thought.
At the Kong family's residence in Beijing, the same guard ran into the lobby holding a copy of the Ming Dynasty Daily that had been passed through countless hands.
"Master, Holy Son, I got today's Daming Daily!"
Looking at the tattered Daming Daily in his hand, Kong Xingxie frowned and said displeased: "Why is it so tattered?"
"Holy Son, my subordinates have failed in their duty. We are banned in the palace. This..."
"Okay, you go down first!"
After Kong Shangda, who was sitting in the first seat, finished speaking, he quickly flipped through the Daming Daily. After just a moment, his face suddenly darkened.
Upon seeing this, Kong Xingxie quickly took the newspaper and read it together with the others. Then the same expression as Kong Shangda appeared on everyone's faces.
The atmosphere in the lobby seemed to be frozen, with surprise, uneasiness, and suspicion filling everyone's eyes.
After a while, Kong Xingxie said softly: "Second uncle, what is the battle report?"
"It's credible, but not entirely trustworthy. On July 15th, Jiannu broke through the pass. Today, the first day of August, excluding the five or six days when the army returned from Longjing Pass,
With less than ten days left, where can one mobilize 100,000 or even 200,000 troops to rush to Zunhua?
Assuming that the imperial court can mobilize them, wouldn't the Dajin Cavalry be a fool not to withdraw voluntarily and wait to be surrounded and annihilated?
Therefore, it is unknown whether Dajin left the pass on his own or whether it was fought by the imperial army, so there is no need to panic! "
Hearing Kong Shangda's analysis, Kong Xingxie felt a little more at ease, and then hesitantly said: "Second uncle, do you know the soldiers of Jizhen..."
"It's impossible. According to the information revealed in the Zunhua victory a few days ago, the Ming army in Longjing Pass and other surrounding castles surrendered.
There are more than 80,000 people in Ji Town. Excluding those who surrendered and died in battle, what can the remaining 60,000 do?
After Qi Jiguang's death, Jizhen was almost deserted. They were just worms who didn't do anything and only ate free money! "
"I heard that after the emperor ascended the throne, he reorganized the twenty-one guards of the personal army into the nine guards of the Forbidden Army. Although I don't know the number, there should be a lot of them. Plus the Tengxiang Four Guards and the Beijing Camp, there must be quite a few people!"
"There are a lot of people, and their combat strength needs to be considered.
I'm still saying the same thing, knowing that the imperial court is dispatching a large army, will Dai Jin withdraw?
Even if a hero like Huang Taiji personally leads the army, he would not dare to take a gamble when facing an army of one to two hundred thousand with average combat strength.
You have to know that many Baylors from the Mongolian tribes and the Dajin tribe have gone. It doesn't matter if three or four die.
But with hundreds of thousands of troops fighting, accidents would inevitably happen. How would he explain it to the ministries then?
Even if the Ming army replaces five with one, Dajin will still suffer 30,000 or 40,000 casualties. Can the Dajin coalition bear such losses?
The most important thing is, what is Huang Taiji's purpose of breaking through alone?
The first is to stabilize the Khan's position through this battle, and the second is to prove himself to consolidate the status of the leaders of various tribes.
The third is to use this battle to undermine the confidence of the Ming army and civilians. The Jin army was unstoppable, making the Ming army generals afraid of war and the sergeants afraid of death, laying the foundation for the future army to attack the Guanning defense line.
Therefore, I believe that the Ming army fought against the Jiannu several times, destroyed some of the Ming army, and achieved the set goal.
When they saw the army coming, they withdrew. Then in order to cover up the losses in the battle, the court just put a little gold on their faces. "
Everyone in the lobby suddenly understood after listening to Kong Shangda's analysis.
"Master, Holy Son, someone is coming to the palace!"
"please!"
After a while, a royal guard led a few people into the lobby and glanced at everyone: "His Majesty has spoken!"
Kong Shangda and others' expressions changed slightly, and they knelt down towards the leader. This was not the Kong Mansion, so they had to kneel down.
"His Majesty has issued an oral message to the Confucian government in Beijing and the Holy Son, Kong Xingxie, will come to court tomorrow morning and is waiting for an audience. I appreciate this!"
After the Jin Yiwei finished reading, he glanced at everyone: "At the court meeting, don't be too late!"
After saying that, he turned around and left without giving everyone in the Kong family a chance to speak.
