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Chapter 619
On the Chenghai Tower in the south of Shanhaiguan, Hong Chengchou suddenly heard the arrival of the angel and was shocked. He was deeply afraid that Emperor Chongzhen would be furious because he failed to leave the pass and enter Jinzhou as soon as possible.

Although Hong Chengchou was now the governor of Jiliao, and he still held the titles of Minister of the Ministry of War and Yudu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He seemed to be heavily relied on by Emperor Chongzhen, but every time he heard about the arrival of an angel, he could not help feeling suspicious and fearful. Sometimes cold sweat breaks down my spine.

He couldn't predict whether the Emperor Chongzhen was already suspicious of him, dissatisfied, or even furious, and he couldn't predict whether the Emperor Chongzhen would listen to the criticism of some speech officer or the secret performance of Jin Yiwei. An angel was sent to make a sudden arrest, and he was thrown into prison.

Although he was uneasy in his heart, he tried his best to pretend to be calm, and ordered his staff and other officials to prepare incense cases, and respectfully welcomed the angel to deliver the decree.

This side was just about to stop when a young eunuch who had never seen before entered Chenghai Tower. Although he was not a close minister of Emperor Chongzhen's favor, he generally held his head high. He went straight to the incense table and screamed: " Hong Chengchou accepts the order!"

Hong Chengchou hurriedly knelt down to accept the imperial decree, and then bowed his head to thank him. Because it was a secret decree, he did not read it on the spot. He ordered his staff to hold a banquet for the eunuch who came to deliver the decree, and he went into the private room in the inner room with the secret decree in hand. go.

He gently opened the imperial decree with both hands, and his fingers could not help trembling slightly. This is the imperial decree from Emperor Chongzhen, and the content is very short.

Hong Chengchou just read it quickly, and then he was relieved. Only then did he read it carefully from the beginning to the end, and saw that the handwriting read: "To Hong Chengchou, Governor of Jiliao: Your soldiers are paid enough. Go quickly to Ningyuan, encourage the soldiers, and break the siege of Jinzhou. Even if Liaoshen cannot be restored in one fell swoop, it can also relieve my worries in the north.

Don't stay any longer and close the door, and bear my high hopes.Zhang Ruoqi, the director of Fang Silang of the Ministry of War, has been dispatched to assist Jin's division and quickly go to the Liaodong Army to help you.How to enter the army and fight, we should work together with Zhang Ruoqi and make a careful decision, so as to go to the military opportunity as soon as possible and achieve the merits of the skin as soon as possible.This edict! "

Hong Chengchou carefully read the upper edict word by word twice, put it on the table, and sat down silently. Before he could think for a moment, several trusted staff members came in, all with doubtful expressions on their faces, and asked the upper edict What did you say.

He then passed the edict to everyone so that they could analyze it together. Everyone saw that the edict only urged to send troops as soon as possible without any words of condemnation, so everyone was relieved.

But then everyone started talking about Zhang Ruoqi. In fact, the matter of supervising the army had already been circulated in Xingyuan earlier, but there was no decree at that time, so even if it was serious, it was just a private discussion.

But today the decree came, everything has become a fact, and he will come to Guancheng to take up his post soon. Some people say that Zhang Ruoqi is young and energetic, fearing that he will be impetuous, and will insist on a quick battle after taking office.

In this way, it is convenient for the Governor's established strategy to conflict with each other, which will definitely hinder everything, making Hong Governor unable to fight and defend independently, and the future of Aid Jin is unpredictable, and everyone can't help shaking their heads and sighing.

When everyone was discussing, Hong Chengchou didn't say a word, neither stopped nor expressed his worries. At this time, he walked out of the house slowly, leaned on the railing and looked at the distant sea, thinking for a while.

He suddenly turned back to the room, and said to his staff and trusted generals: "Don't discuss any more, everyone. The emperor is very anxious about the Liaodong military. Conscientiousness, success or failure, it is the destiny to pay.

I have made up my mind that the army will set off ahead of schedule on the eighth day of the lunar month to break the siege of Jinzhou. "

He turned around and said to Chen Zhongcai, the deputy general of the Chinese army: "Go and send the order to the camp, and make preparations as soon as possible. Today, all the generals and battalions will inspect the soldiers. Tomorrow, they will have breakfast at Mao, and they will start at Chen, and the whole army will leave the pass."

Immediately afterwards, he asked a trusted staff member to draft a manuscript for him immediately, dictating the general idea: "I knelt down and recited the edict. I deeply felt the emperor's hope, and I was very excited. I originally chose to leave the customs on the tenth day of the first lunar month. There is already a secret version.

Now it is decided to leave the customs early in the morning on the eighth day of the lunar new year and go to Ningyuan to advance and break the siege of Jinzhou. "

When everyone in the inner room heard this, they were all amazed. It was only two days away, so why change the date of departure?

But they didn't know that Hong Chengchou had a lot of thoughts in his heart, and his intentions were deep, but it was inconvenient to say it in public. When everyone dispersed and only two of his most trusted staff were left in the inner room, he whispered: "You I don't know, the emperor's secret decree has not sinned against me yet, but if my army continues to stay here and never leaves the customs, I'm afraid the next time the secret decree comes, the students will be in great trouble.

What's more, the emperor has issued three imperial edicts to urge him to leave the customs, I really shouldn't violate it any more, as the governor and minister, the student should obey the edict and set an example for the generals.

Although it is only two days ahead of schedule to march, it is still the way to be loyal to the king for the ministers. "

An elderly staff member with three beards said softly: "Minister, Zhang Ruoqi, the supervisor, is coming to take up his post soon, why not wait for him to come and go out together, wouldn't it be great?"

A bitter smile flashed on Hong Chengchou's face, he just shook his head lightly, but he didn't want to express his concerns.

Another young staff member also agreed: "That's very true. Wait for Supervisor Zhang, so that he won't say that the governor deliberately slowed him down. I think this opinion is quite good, and I hope the governor will accept it."

Hong Chengchou looked around and saw no outsiders in the room, so he said: "Zhang Ruoqi was young and proud, he was impetuous, and he was the confidant of my soldier.

Now the emperor sent him to supervise the army, of course he can give secret military reports at any time, but today the emperor is suspicious, especially suspicious, so his secret reports are very scary.

If I wait here and get up and leave the customs after he arrives, he will probably tell me in secret that we had no choice but to lead the army out of the customs under his various urgings.

I decided to lead the army out of the customs tomorrow, just to prevent him from doing this. He got up first, so that he would have nothing to say. Although we must not have the intention of harming others, we must guard against others! "

After he finished speaking, he smiled lightly, with a look of distress and helplessness on his face.

The two confidantes and aides were stunned, admiring Hong Chengchou's thoughtfulness, but they also sighed lightly, saying that the affairs of the court were broken because of each other's sects, fighting against each other, and not focusing on the overall situation.

The elderly staff member said: "It has been like this for many years, why is it today?"

The young staff member also said: "Probably it has been the same since ancient times, but it is more fierce now."

Hong Chengchou smiled again, and said: "The imperial court sent Zhang Ruoqi to supervise the army. I feel very lucky to be a student, and I have nothing else to say."

The young staff member was shocked and asked: "Why did the governor say that? One more supervising army is one more constraint!"

Hong Chengchou glanced at him, and said with a smile: "You don't know, Zhang Ruoqi is not an eunuch after all. If the emperor sends eunuchs who are close to him to supervise the army, what should we do?

After all, Zhang Ruoqi is a civil servant, so he is much better than a eunuch.If it weren't for Gao Qi's latent supervisory army, how could Lu Jiutai be killed by the Haoshui Bridge. "

After hearing his words, the two of them nodded their heads in agreement. They both felt that the sending of eunuchs to supervise the army in this dynasty was indeed a deep-rooted evil. After all, Zhang Ruoqi was different from those eunuchs, and maybe he could still work with them.

While they were talking, a Chinese army outside came in and reported: The eunuch who came to pass the imperial decree came here for the first time, and wanted to go to Guancheng for a stroll. He got up in the afternoon and returned to Beijing to return to his order, and he did not want to stay here any longer.

Hong Chengchou immediately ordered him: accompany the eunuch who passed the decree well, and there should be no mistakes. In addition, he will give him 500 taels of silver as Cheng Yi.

The young staff member said: "Minister, such a young eunuch, if he goes on a business trip and sends an imperial decree, he may not be able to see the emperor again after that, so sending him 200 taels of silver is almost enough."

Hong Chengchou glanced at him, first smiled, then shook his head, and said, "You guys still don't know much about things. Eunuchs, no matter how big or small, all have a mouth to talk to the palace.

Don't just look at his status, you must know that he has a mouth. "

(End of this chapter)