Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 52
This question was actually asked on behalf of Huang Taiji, so Huang Taiji was also full of curiosity.

"To tell you the truth, I and Sun Chuanting are Jinshi of the same department, and we have worked together to wipe out the bandits in Guanzhong."

Hong Chengchou said softly.

This is indeed the case. In the 44th year of Wanli, in the Bingchen Imperial Examination, he was No. 14 in the second class, while Sun Chuanting was only 31st in the third class.

Therefore, he stayed in the capital from the beginning, and Sun Chuanting was awarded the magistrate of the county.

Later, the gap widened step by step. As early as the fourth year of Chongzhen, he served as the three-sided governor of Shaanxi. It was not until last year, that is, the 15th year of Chongzhen, that Sun Chuanting took up this position.

In the imperial examination, one step was wrong, every step was wrong.

What is even more astonishing is that Sun Chuanting has now become the pillar of the Great Ming Dynasty, while he, the former pillar, has become a captive, without a single official position.

Hearing the word Jinshi, Fan Wencheng's eyes darkened, feeling quite uncomfortable.

At the beginning, he was just a scholar.

"Sun Chuanting, among the Jinshi of the same discipline, has a quite upright personality, never breaks the law, and enforces the law very strictly. Because of this, he served as the governor of Shaanxi, and he had to clear the army and offended many gentry."

Hong Chengchou said with emotion: "The officialdom is turbid, and it is extremely rare for Sun Chuanting to maintain himself."

As he said that, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but say something interesting.

When Sun Chuanting was the magistrate of the county, when the family got married, their father died, so they lived in a hut, and the newlyweds lived with their mothers.

However, a hooligan, wearing mourning clothes at night, entered the fiancée's room (in ancient times, the husband and wife did not meet each other, so the fiancée did not know the true face of the husband). After the mother found out, she scolded her son for being unfilial.

As a result, the son kept watch at night and found the hooligans coming. He took off his clothes and belts, but was unable to catch up with him, so he fled.

The fiancée had to hang herself, the filial son also hanged himself, and the old mother had to take the filial clothing and sue.

Sun Chuanting directly summoned all the tailors in the city to find out the rogue, and learned that he was the son of a Beijing official and attached to the eunuch party, so he was quite powerful.

But he was still unafraid, and personally led people into the invigilator, and the death penalty needs to be reviewed by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. To avoid accidents, he directly used torture, saying "the thief escaped from prison", and people died in prison directly.

This is also because his officialdom was not going well in his later period, so he had to resign and stay at home.

As he paid close attention to the Ming court, Huang Taiji was also very interested in Sun Chuanting's matter, after listening carefully, he couldn't help sighing:
"It can be said to be a great talent. There are so many talents in the Ming court."

"There are many talents, but the Ming court doesn't know how to use them."

Fan Wencheng couldn't help laughing and said: "In the past 16 years, eighteen chief assistants have been changed, and the decree has been changed from day to day, causing endless troubles. However, when the Holy Lord of our country is in power, people will give full play to their talents, and they will surely rule the world."

"Hahahaha!" Huang Tai laughed extremely, accepting this flattery bluntly.

"Mr. Hong, continue talking."

Hong Chengchou cupped his hands and continued: "He is straightforward and decisive in using troops. This time the Ming court persecutes him, he will definitely obey, and he will send the whole army to finish his battle, so as to satisfy the court."

"However, I also know a little bit about the intruders. They have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of elite old thieves. As long as they don't fight head-on, and spend a little bit of time, they will definitely not be able to support them with the money and food of the Ming court."

"You mean, Sun Chuanting will be defeated because of lack of money and food?"

Huang Taiji was taken aback, quite surprised by this conclusion.

Hong Chengchou smiled and said: "The land in Henan is thousands of miles away, and food is extremely difficult. It is really not a good battlefield."

"Besides, the Ming court doesn't have many reinforcements, let alone much food. If I were a thief, I would surround and kill them with superior forces. Sun Chuanting's [-] Qin army, let alone newly trained soldiers, can last for a few days?"

"This is a conspiracy!" Fan Wencheng whispered.

"That's right!" Hong Chengchou shook his head and said, "But Sun Chuanting has to do it for you."

"Hahahaha!"

Huang Taiji immediately understood what it meant, and said, "Emperor Chongzhen can't wait."

"The Battle of Pine Brocade was a total loss outside the customs. He wanted to take advantage of our recuperation to end the civil strife as soon as possible, so as to resist our invasion."

As he said that, his face turned red, as if a mouthful of blood was about to come out, Fan Wencheng hurriedly took out a handkerchief to catch it, and then quickly handed it to the waiter at the side: "Take it and burn it."

Soon, a little black smoke lit up on the side.

Only then did Huang Taiji heave a sigh of relief, sat down and said with a sneer: "Emperor Chongzhen is a man who is eager for success and is quite mean. He can't wait to see results immediately, but he doesn't know, how can it be so easy to do things according to man's will?"

"Sun Chuanting has been guarding Guanzhong for more than a year. Of course he has doubts and forced him to send troops."

"According to Mr. Hong's words, Sun Chuanting will be defeated in all likelihood, and there may be great changes in the pass."

"Then we?" Fan Wencheng couldn't help asking.

"Wait and see what happens!" Huang Taiji said calmly: "As for Wu Sangui, send more people there, even if he is crowned king, he will not hesitate."

"Yes!" Fan Wencheng replied.

Hong Chengchou watched from the side, smiling wryly in his heart.

This pair of monarchs and ministers have thoroughly studied the entire Ming Dynasty, with countless spies, how can the Ming Dynasty win?

……

Under the urging of the supervising army Su Jing, the gentry inside and outside Xi'an, and the imperial court, Sun Chuanting swore an oath at the Guandi Temple in Xi'an on August [-] and decided to lead [-] Qin troops east out of Tongguan.

According to Sun Chuanting's plan, Zuo Liangyu was the left army, Qin Yiming, the Sichuan army, was the right army, and he was the middle army, attacking Li Zicheng on three sides.

The army of one hundred thousand is mighty and mighty, stretching for hundreds of miles, it can't be seen at a glance.

As the head of the craftsman battalion and the chief medical officer, Zhu Yixi was at the end, and even, under some words, he was left in Tongguan to guard Tongguan together with general Li Jizu.

In this battle, Zhu Yixi's role was negligible, so he was not in a hurry.

Went to the Jinxian Temple, took care of the children, Miaoxian, who was tall and cold and had long legs, couldn't help showing a bit of dignity, gritted her teeth, said, be careful, and ran back with a blushing face.

After that, Zhu Yixi returned home, which was the courtyard of his Jinyiwei Qianhu House.

On the side, Zhu Mou, Zhu Meng, Zhu Jing, and the three of them were all there.

"Has the tunnel been dug?"

Zhu Yixi couldn't help but look at the dark tunnel.

"Sovereign, it has been planned to dig together from outside the city and inside the city. It will take about three or four days to connect."

Zhu Mou said softly.

"The main reason is that we are slow here. There are 2000 people outside the city, and we only have a hundred people."

"I can stay a few more days."

Zhu Yixi nodded and said, "We must get through it in the past few days."

This tunnel is a great opportunity for counterattack in the future.

And it is hidden in the underground prison of Qianhusuo, and its secrecy is so strong that no one can think of it.

"Big head!"

"Sect Master!" Zhu Meng hurriedly responded.

"Five days after I left, I will lead the army to Tongguan in the name of transporting luggage."

As he said that, Zhu Yixi took out a token, which was a customs clearance token, and a fake letter, just in case.

Glancing here, Zhu Yixi murmured: "Hope, it doesn't matter."

It's a pity, if he travels with a history of the Ming Dynasty, he will be able to predict things like a god.

　Ask for votes, ask for support

　　
　
(End of this chapter)