The next day is the New Year's Eve. Generally speaking, all officials take a break and everyone can celebrate the New Year happily together.
But now, 100,000 Manchu troops are roaming around the capital and wreaking havoc. Under such circumstances, who would dare to propose a break to celebrate the New Year?
In fact, this was not the first time this happened, and officials in the capital were used to it.
On the same day, Emperor Chongzhen summoned the imperial censor Liu Meicai and expressed his cordial condolences about his work and living conditions. Liu Meicai was surprised and a little flattered. However, he didn't know that the emperor's real purpose was just to recycle the eavesdropping seeds in him because he was short of money and had no extra eavesdropping seeds.
After the news came out, some people immediately became anxious. So, we quickly started to get active.
No, the Ministry of Officials will soon submit a list of candidates for the six vacancies. Emperor Chongzhen took a look and found that the imperial censors Liao Guolin and Liu Zhiqi were among them.
"Haha, that's it!" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sneered and said to himself when he saw it, "They are greedy for money, and then use it for activities to buy officials and continue to climb up, right?"
In the original history, these two people were indeed like this. They were famous for asking for money, and they climbed to the position of giving things as they wished. Then they continue to make money, no matter who they are, as long as they give them money, they will speak for them.
Now the reasons given by the officials are general and all-purpose reasons. They say that they have fulfilled their duties, are the best among the imperial censors, and have been heard to do things more often than others.
This is true, just like the last morning meeting, these two people stepped forward and impeached Dongchang with empty words. There are many things like this. But today's Emperor Chongzhen knows that the reason why they are so active is just because someone has provided money.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen did not want to touch the officials of the outer court, so in the end, he just kept the memorial without publishing it, and then deliberately released other rumors to the outer court.
As a result, some things that had happened were clearly presented to the officials in the outer court. They couldn't help but be a little surprised by this: Dongchang voluntarily handed over the dirty money, and the emperor let it go, and then Dongchang reported that he was investigating the major case of the Royal Horse Supervisor.
Now, they know that the Jinyiwei side is also waging war. The original Jinyiwei officials have been dismissed one after another. The commander Luo Yangxing, who had no news before, was originally imprisoned in Dongchang. Now he has been taken back to the Jinyiwei Prison to confess his crimes. . The emperor gave him a chance, but he didn't seize it.
The emperor was very angry just now. After seeing Luo Yangxing's charges presented by Jinyiwei, he ordered his house to be searched and executed, and his head was hung at the entrance of Jinyiwei's Yamen. On this New Year's Eve, the streets are full of Jinyi guards raiding the homes of criminals.
Dongchang and Jinyiwei were both directly subordinate to the emperor, and there was no chance for the outer court to intervene. Now the emperor is vigorously rectifying the situation, which makes the officials in the outer court panic for a while. Especially those officials who had bribed and colluded with Luo Yangxing were even more frightened. They were afraid that Luo Yangxing would give them away. As for Dongchang Cao Huachun, some people were also worried, fearing that Cao Huachun would sell them and he himself had been pardoned by the emperor and would be fine.
If the factory guards can no longer be as easy to get along with as before, many things will be difficult to handle!
This year, not only has it not been successful, but it has also been very difficult! The atmosphere in the capital suddenly became a little tense because of this incident.
Perhaps because of this, Fan Fu did not go out again. Therefore, no one from Jinyiwei came to disturb Emperor Chongzhen, and he was just about to have New Year's Eve dinner. Emperor Chongzhen decided to take this opportunity to get together with the concubines in the harem, appreciate the beauty, and discuss necessary matters. .
At the same time, outside Jinzhou City, a new attack on the city failed, and the Manchu and Qing Tatars once again paid for their troops.
Dorgon, who was watching the battle from a distance, looked at the glittering Jinzhou City Wall, his expression a little ugly.
My luck has not been good recently. Jiazhuang was not defeated before, but now Jinzhou has been attacked for several days, but it has not been defeated yet. Whether it was a strong attack during the day or a sneak attack at night, the city was heavily guarded, and water was poured into ice, making the city wall extremely smooth and impossible to succeed at.
"It seems that the chief official of Jinzhou is also a capable person!" Yue Tuo sighed beside Dorgon.
When they entered the pass this time, it was not like they had never conquered a city with tall walls. In other words, before Jiazhuang and Jinzhou, they had always been invincible. At best, you can't capture it during the day, but you can still steal the city at night. However, now they are unable to win the goal continuously, which puts them in a bad mood.
In fact, in the original history, when the Manchu and Qing troops entered the customs, it was in Jinzhou that they encountered a hard nail. The prefect, Chen Hongxu, mobilized all the forces in the city, provided money and strength, and finally blocked the attack of the Manchu army.
Hauge on the side felt a bit harsh when he heard Yue Tuo's words, so he said loudly: "It doesn't matter if you have the ability, we must win this place, otherwise, if other cities in the Ming Dynasty follow suit, we will still How to rob?"
"Why can't Jia Zhuang be taken down?" Dorgon asked impatiently after hearing this.
After fighting for several days, Jinzhou could not be defeated. Dorgon already had the intention to leave. His strategic goals were clear and he did not want to gnaw on too many hard bones.
When Hauge heard this, his face turned the color of pig's liver, and he immediately replied: "I'm going to defeat you soon, and it's not you who ordered the troops to retreat. Besides, Jiazhuang is defended by elite Ming troops. This Jin Does the state also have elite Ming troops? They are just a group of strong people!"
What he said can also be distinguished from the clothing of the defensive personnel. This kind of people can defend themselves with tall city walls, but they cannot conduct field battles. The combat power of the army under Lu Xiangsheng's command is simply incomparable.
Dorgon listened to Hauge's strong arguments. Could it be that a mere Jiazhuang could compare with Jinzhou with its tall city walls? When he was about to reprimand him, he suddenly saw a horse galloping towards him.
