The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 771 The emperor is not easy to be

After pacifying Zuo Liangyu.

Ding Yi appointed He Tengjiao to continue as the governor of Hunan, and Pan Yongchang, formerly Wu Sangui's subordinate, was the commander-in-chief of Wuchang. The defense areas are Wuchang Prefecture, Hanyang Prefecture and Huangzhou Prefecture.

Huang Fei was the commander-in-chief of Xiangyang, leading [-] troops ([-] were for Ding Yi, and [-] were for Zuo Liangyu's retraining). He was in charge of Xiangyang, Yunyang, Jingzhou, De'an, and Chengtian. defense.

Wu Xueli is the commander-in-chief of Yuezhou, leading [-] soldiers (chuangjun is heavily trained, and the officers are all Ding Yi's people.), responsible for the defense of Yuezhou Prefecture and Changde Prefecture.

Liu Zhaoji was the commander-in-chief of Changsha, leading [-] soldiers (Zuo Liangyu’s subordinates, all officers are Ding Yi’s people.) Responsible for Changsha, Hengzhou, Baoqing, Chenzhou, Yongzhou, Jingzhou, Chenzhou and other places defense.

Zhang Xianzhong's counties in Hunan were breached one after another by the government army, and he retreated to Sichuan.

By the end of June, Hunan was in the hands of Ding Yi.

mid-July.

Huang Degong's [-] soldiers and horses, Zu Jinzhong and Xu Wenhu's [-] soldiers and horses arrived in Hanzhong successively.

On the Hanzhong side, Zhang Jing's [-] troops have already gathered, as well as a large amount of grain and grass transported from Yulin and Datong in the later period.

After the three groups of soldiers and horses gathered, there are already 11 soldiers and horses here.

When the princes of the imperial court were discussing matters, they originally planned to let Huang Degong and Zu Jinzhong and Xu Wenzhong's troops attack from Yiling in Huguang to the east of Sichuan.

But Ding Yi wanted to decide for a battle, and was afraid that other Ming troops would not be Zhang Xianzhong's opponents. After all, Zhang Xianzhong had an army of 60 at this time, and there were famous generals such as Li Dingguo under his command.

He hoarded a large amount of food, grass and resources in Hanzhong in the early stage, and waited until July, when the three routes of soldiers and horses gathered, and unified command.

Ding Yi, the commander of this battle, thought for a long time. Although his soldiers and horses far surpassed the peasant army in terms of weapon generation, he didn't want to drag the front line too long.

Because all his food and grass would need to be transported from Yulin and Datong. Daming had no food in other places in Shaanxi, and Hunan was too far away.

Yulin and Datong are still because of the good reason he hoarded fields there before.

But no matter how well stocked, the food is limited, so it must not be too long, and it must be resolved quickly.

In the end, Ding Yi decided to let Wang Weizhong command and transfer back to Zhang Jing.

Zhang Jing's qualifications are older than Wang Weizhong's. The last time he fought in Xi'an, he was able to command.

Ding Yi transferred Zhang Jing to be the general army in Nanchang, Jiangxi for the time being, and ordered him to take [-] troops from the Dongjiang headquarters to Anqing first, and then bring another [-] troops from Zuo Liangyu from Hunan to Jiangxi for training. After Zhang Xianzhong, Xu Wenhu took over as the general of Nanchang, and Zhang Jing returned to the capital.

In this way, Ding Yi's soldiers and horses in Hanzhong in front are about [-], and the coach is Wang Weizhong.

The Ming army guarded [-] soldiers and horses in Hanzhong, and [-] soldiers and horses entered Sichuan from Hanzhong.

After entering Sichuan, he was not in a hurry to find Zhang Xianzhong for a decisive battle, but put on a look of fear and dodge.

According to Ding Yi's strategy, first go south to capture Baoning Mansion, and then divide [-] troops to go east to capture Kuizhou Mansion, leaving [-] soldiers and horses to garrison each of the two mansions.

The [-] soldiers and horses continued southward, first attacking Shunqing Mansion and then Chongqing.

After these four places were captured, the entire eastern part of Sichuan became one piece.

The key is that these four places have official post channels and are connected to Huguang.

Grain, grass, utensils, and even soldiers from Huguang could enter Sichuan continuously from Huguang Yiling until Chongqing.
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July capital.

Ding Yi sat in the Hall of Martial Heroes a little annoyed.

In the past, he wanted to kill Chongzhen every day and live in the palace, but now after living in the palace, Ding Yi knew that it was not easy to be the emperor.

Really busy, not ordinary busy.

He used to occupy a Shandong province, and Lushun Dongjiang, he was already very busy, running around all year round.

Now that he has entered the capital, he can no longer run around so willfully. His first thing now is to stabilize the rule of the capital and the palace, so many things can only be done by his subordinates.

But to be honest, among his subordinates, there are not many generals who are capable of acting alone.

Now that the affairs of the entire Ming Dynasty are placed in front of him, he can finally understand Chongzhen's suffering.

Let’s not talk about the business, the fart is too big, the officials below can make an excerpt, and the emperor wants to read every excerpt, it will really be exhausted, and you can’t read it all.

For example, recently, with the general soldiers from all over the country entering Beijing and then being relieved of their military power, all civil and military personnel in the Ming Dynasty have already seen the situation clearly.

So from the beginning of July, all civil and military officials in the capital, including those who were dismissed by Chongzhen and who still want to become officials, went to the Ministry of Rites.

Because everyone knows that it is necessary to stand in line as early as possible.

So starting in July, letters of persuasion poured into the Ministry of Rites like ants.

Wang Duo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, brought a large pile of them every day and handed them to Ding Yi with a smile.

At first Ding Yi watched it with relish.

For example, Wang Duo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, wrote the first piece of the first batch of persuasion forms.

Wang Shang's writing is really flesh and blood, and it can also resonate with people, and Ding Yi is also elated when he reads it.

The replacement of dynasties has existed since ancient times, and there must be a hero in the chaos of the world. Wang Shang's writing is really good, and Ding Yi praised a few words without any trace at that time.

Wang Duo was also extremely excited.

But then look at the following, his grandma's, the literati of Daming wrote Jinxiu's articles in a set way.

For example, the two in Nanjing, Qian Qianyi and Ruan Dacheng, both wrote hype, which is better than Wang Duo's.

However, Ding Yi knew that these two bastards were famous surrenderists.

At that time, Ding Yi's face became dark, and he took out what the two men had written, and tore it up on the spot.

Seeing this, Wang Duo remained calm, thinking that Qian Qianyi and Ruan Dacheng were beaten to death in his heart.

Ding Yi only tore up a few of the court ants who persuaded them to enter the table. Obviously, he was dissatisfied with these few people.

Ding Yi had been working in Beijing until July, but he couldn't take it anymore. The emperor is not easy to do.

However, no matter how difficult it is to do it, you have to do it, because if you don't do it, when someone else becomes the emperor, they can kill you.

July [-], around five o'clock in the afternoon.

Ding Yi had just finished reading a wave of persuasive letters with relish, when Zeng Rou came in from outside: "My lord, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived."

Ding Yi stood up with a smile and waved his hand.

Several maids from all around came over, put away all the persuasion forms on the table, turned around and took them to the apse.

When they came back, everyone was holding a lot of memorials.

At the same time as the maids were putting down the memorial, Prince Zhu Cihong just walked in.

"His Royal Highness."

"King of Zhenbei."

The two greeted each other.

Zhu Cihong immediately turned pale when he saw the maids put down a large pile of memorials.

The maids put down the memorial, bent down and called the prince, then returned to the apse, and then took out a large pile.

After three consecutive exchanges, memorials have been placed on the table, piled up to the height of the nose.

Very exaggerated.

Zhu Cihong's face became even more ugly.

After the maid retreated, he said in a trembling voice: "King Zhenbei, what's the matter today, so many?"

"Zhang Xianzhong, chieftain of the thieves, ravaged Huguang, and memorials from all over the place came like snowflakes. It's only a small half. After His Highness finishes reading it, I'll send someone to bring it later."

"Ah." Zhu Cihong sat down on the ground, with a mournful expression.

Ding Yi went to Beijing in April, and all the officials pushed him to assist the government. At that time, Zhu Cihong thought that Ding Yi wanted to be Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo.

Unexpectedly, soon Ding Yi persuaded him to study government affairs well, follow Ding Yi to read the memorial first, deal with state affairs, and prepare for his future enthronement.

In case the other two princes cannot be found, they still have to support him as emperor.

At the beginning, Zhu Cihong was very excited, and devoted himself to studying with Ding Yi. He was very interested in participating in whether it was the imperial gate hearing or the cabinet meeting.

What I like most is reviewing memorials every year, watching state affairs, and the reactions of all officials in the world.

Unexpectedly, after watching it for half a month, Zhu Cihong couldn't take it anymore.

Hundreds of officials regarded him as a flood, Yumen listened to the government and ignored him, most of the matters discussed by the cabinet ministers, he could not intervene.

What's more terrible is the review of memorials, which seem to be endless every day. At first, there were dozens of copies, and now there are hundreds, or even hundreds of copies.

For the past three consecutive days, he has seen one or two o'clock in the middle of the night, tired and exhausted, so that he doesn't want to go to court the next day, and just wants to sleep late.

Now Zhu Cihong finally understands that this emperor is not easy to do, no wonder even his father is unhappy.

"His Royal Highness, you are the crown prince, and you will be enthroned as emperor in the future."

"Reviewing the memorial is the first step in governing. If you can't even do this step well, how can you live up to the great trust your father gave you?"

At this time, Ding Yi spoke uprightly, with an upright light flashing on his face: "Your Highness, for the sake of the people of the world and the country, please persevere no matter what."

Zhu Cihong gritted her teeth and sat down bravely.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he picked up the first memorial on it, opened it, and found that it was the magistrate of Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture, the capital city.

"The weather is fine today. The people are plowing the fields. Everyone is grateful to His Highness the Crown Prince and King Zhenbei for their cattle and farm tools. Your Highness is a thousand years old, and the prince is a thousand years old."

Niang's, Zhu Cihong cursed secretly in his heart, and it was all nonsense, but he had no choice but to reply, I have read it.

Then took another one.

When I opened it, my eyes were slightly dark.

And Daxing County, this is the booklet of the county magistrate.

"The county magistrate Zhu Ruoyu didn't get promoted today. He said that he was neglecting his official duties due to family problems. Please enlighten the prince and the prince."

Zhu Cihong gritted his teeth and read these nonsense matters again.

In the past, he would write a few more words, and the Ministry of officials sent people to investigate and so on.

He looked at more than a dozen in a short while, all of them were trivial matters.

He hadn't eaten dinner yet, so he looked drowsy and became more and more listless.

He couldn't take it anymore, thinking about the little eunuchs in his East Palace who were still waiting for him, he finally couldn't help but have other thoughts.

At this time, Ding Yi said: "His Royal Highness, Wang Duo and the other ministers will come over later, Your Highness will have a meal with everyone."

Zhu Cihong was furious when he heard that, those capitulators?It's fine if Bengong didn't kill them, but he still has dinner with them?
He hurriedly stood up: "King Zhenbei, I'm not feeling well today, do you want to go back and rest?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a voice behind him, and when he looked back, it was Wang Duo and the other ministers.

(End of this chapter)