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Chapter 81
After receiving Lu Xiangsheng's order, Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, and Hu Dawei, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, rushed to Lu Xiangsheng's camp.

"Behead 370 seven more heads?"

Datong General Soldier Wang Pu looked at Zhang Cheng in horror, with an expression of disbelief.

"Did you really catch Jialazhangjing?"

Hu Dawei, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, was also very surprised, and couldn't help asking.

Wang Pu and Hu Dawei exchanged glances, and then fixed their eyes on Zhang Cheng.

They thought to themselves, Zhang Cheng is young, but he is not afraid of danger, he dared to fight against the captives in the field, and he captured so many, and even captured Jialazhangjing, this kind of military achievement cannot be concealed!

A bright star of the Ming Dynasty is slowly rising. The name Zhang Cheng is bound to cause a sensation in the government and the public, and the light is destined to be irresistible.

Hu Dawei, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi, took a meaningful look at Yang Guozhu. Zhang Cheng made great contributions again this time. Naturally, his old friend has risen with the tide, and he is happy for Yang Guozhu in his heart.

Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong over there, looked at Yang Guozhu with a hint of jealousy in his eyes. There was such a brave and skilled general in Xuanfu Town, which made Yang Guozhu follow suit.

Governor Lu Xiangsheng stood in front of the banner of the leader of the Qing army, the captives, and the official flag of Jialazhang Jing, and impassionedly encouraged Xuanda and the commander-in-chief of the three towns in Shanxi to be loyal to the king's affairs, to fight bravely in front of the battle, and to live up to the king's rescue. original intention.

Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, first said: "Please be at ease, the governor. We will definitely devote ourselves to the king's affairs and fight on the battlefield to make the Tartars fear."

Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei also held their fists together to accept the order, expressing that they would use their lives before the battle and fight the slaves bravely.

Then, Governor Lu Xiangsheng chatted with the three chief soldiers in the military tent about how to defend against the Qing army's offensive and defensive operations.

Near noon, all the commanders-in-chief bid farewell to Duchen Lu and returned to the camp.

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Ming Chongzhen 11th year, October 21st.

Beijing, Forbidden City, Imperial Palace, inside Yangde Zhai.

As usual, Emperor Chongzhen got up before dawn, washed and washed under the service of a group of court ladies, dressed in the imperial uniform, and then walked to the courtyard in front of the Qianqing Palace to burn incense and worship the sky.

After kowtowing four times, he silently wished again. Since the Qing army invaded, he wished the capital safe and the Tartars would retreat as soon as possible.

After the congratulations were completed and he returned to Qianqing Palace, because he was depressed, he asked the little eunuch around him to pass on the usual greetings from the queen, prince, concubines and princesses.

Emperor Chongzhen put on a dark dragon yellow satin casual robe, sat in front of the imperial case and began to review the memorial.

He has already reviewed various memorials on the imperial case for eleven years, and he has personally written countless imperial edicts, but every time he faces this imperial case, he is very nervous. worry.

The royal case is full of memorials and pond newspapers every day, like a hill, and there is hardly a single memorial in these memorials and pond newspapers that makes him happy.

The memorials reporting famines in various places are full of shocking words such as "thousands of miles in the red land", "cut off the population" and "eating children after changing children", as well as the memorials about "traitors" and "local bandits". The tragic scenes of civil unrest and military disasters everywhere.

Recently, following the entry of the Tartars, there have been reports on how the Qing soldiers continued to advance after they penetrated into Jifu, how they destroyed those places, burned and looted heavily, how many young men, cattle, sheep, mules and horses were taken away, etc. , and a certain official in a certain place fled in hopelessness, and a certain official in a certain place died in the country's disaster.

All kinds of memorials like this are what he has to read every day, but he really doesn't want to read them, and he is even afraid to read them. Many times, he can't wait to kick over the royal case in front of him. .

Now, Emperor Chongzhen was sitting in front of the imperial case, and he was not in a hurry to review the memorials on the case. He lowered his head and stared at a bronze incense burner on the imperial case, lost in thought.

Two extremely beautiful maids walked into the warm pavilion gently. One of the maids held a peony petal-shaped silver lacquered red tray with a blue and white covered bowl and a silver spoon on it. Before the case.

Another court lady hurriedly took down the covered bowl and silver spoon from the tray, put them on the imperial case in front of Emperor Chongzhen, and lifted the cover casually. Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the maid, then picked up the silver spoon, and slowly Drink the ginseng soup in the gaiwan.

After finishing the ginseng soup, I saw the maid carrying the tray and left the Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen took from under a peach-colored agate-carved Ssangyong Sun-protecting paperweight, and picked up a list of requests just submitted by the cabinet. On it were the names of thirteen people. People with official positions, so there is a difference between selection and transfer.

It stands to reason that now that the Qing army is raging on the land of Gyeonggi, how many urgent military and state affairs are waiting for him to deal with. Similar to ordinary matters such as removal of awards and promotions, both the Ministry of Officials and the Cabinet have already approved them. You can directly approve the word "yes", or if you think that someone is not suitable, just tick off that person's name.

However, Emperor Chongzhen chose not to do that, because he was very afraid of accessing documents related to famines, bandits, and especially the captives who ravaged the capital;
The second is that he has always liked to spend more time on some small things, in order to highlight his "do everything by yourself" attitude;

The third is that he is also very worried about the ministers and workers above the court, so he is always suspicious of some subtleties, and will always make some changes to some things that the courtiers make decisions, so as to "show the power of heaven." "meaning.

He picked up the list and looked at it carefully. Some of the names on it were familiar to him, while others he didn't know.

He studied the names he knew, and a series of questions secretly arose in his heart: Isn't this person from someone's hometown?Hey, isn't that person his protégé?Also, was this person ordered by the censor to be the principal?
He pondered, doubted, and in his depressed mood, he used a Chinese ink pen to randomly change the order of the names on the list.

Chongzhen was very proud of his random changes. He thought that this perfectly showed the meaning of "showing the power of the sky", and a truly wise emperor had to make his subordinates unable to understand his thoughts. .

However, he did not notice that after such a casual change by him, he should have been promoted, but was demoted and appointed for no reason. Or the master of the sixth grade.

Later, when the ministers and workers of the cabinet saw the list of promotions and awards that had been changed by the imperial pen, they were also very surprised, but they dared not ask Emperor Chongzhen, so they could only passively follow it.

What's even more ridiculous is that not only did Emperor Chongzhen change the order, but he also picked out a name that was more pleasing to the eye from the "Gentleman" booklet, added it to the end of the list, and marked the word "Yu Shi".

Later, the cabinet and the Ministry of Officials spent a lot of effort, but they couldn't find this person in the whole city of Beijing. After two months, they found out that this person had died of illness in Fujian a year ago.

(End of this chapter)