Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 226 You can die with peace of mind
When Shi Kefa heard this, he felt unhappy again.

I'm the chief assistant, and I haven't made a statement yet, so you, the second assistant, can decide with one word, okay?
Jiang Yueguang glanced at Shi Kefa, and said: "Mr. Gaoge, the battle between Xuzhou and Huai'an Mansion is at a critical time right now, especially the safety of Huai'an Mansion is related to the safety of Yangzhou, and the safety of Yangzhou is even more related to the safety of Nanjing. Is it not good to allow the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate and then seal up the accounts of the salaries and food and rice paid by the scholar of Huai'an Prefecture, Lian Xiangyong?"

Xie Xuelong also said: "That's right, if it leads to Huai'an's defeat, it will be a small loss."

Gao Hongtu made sense after thinking about it, and said, "Then let the Metropolitan Procuratorate only check the accounts and not seal them."

"How to check the account if it is not closed?" Shi Kefa finally couldn't hold back, and rejected Gao Hongtu head-on, and said to the old servant who came in to report, "You go and tell Liu Duxian that the accounts of Huai'an Mansion are suspended."

"Yes." The old servant Chang Yi turned and left, Gao Hongtu frowned and did not stop after all.

After being interrupted by Ma Mingpao, the topic of the cabinet checking in on the house returned to the battle situation in Huai'an Mansion.

Xie Xuelong asked: "Shou Kui, Mr. Gao Ge and Mr. Jiang Ge, do you think Huai'an Mansion can be defended?"

Just as Shi Kefa was about to speak, Gao Hongtu preempted him: "If Lu Zhenfei was in Shanyang, the [-] transport troops from the Governor's Office of Hecao would still be in Shanyang City. It would be no problem to defend the city. As for now... ..."

Speaking of this, Gao Hongtu stopped talking, but the implication was that the Huai'an Mansion could not be defended.

Jiang Yueguang also agreed with Gao Hongtu's point of view: "Old Gao Ge's words are very true. The mission of the Holy Admiral to guard the Huai'an Mansion is given to a dozen or so scholars of Qin Wang. After going up to the Dabie Mountains and suffering for a few months, and then suddenly becoming a soldier? He was able to lead [-] untrained and less equipped Xiangyong to fight with tens of thousands of Jiannu who had experienced many battles. A tie between the elites?"

After a pause, Jiang Riguang sent out another soul torture: "Shou Kui, Mr. Gao Ge, and Mr. Xie Ge, do you believe this? Anyway, I don't believe it, so Shanyang's fall is a foregone conclusion!"

Shi Kefa sighed softly when he heard the words, with a bitter expression on his face.

Obviously, Shi Kefa didn't think he could hold on either.

Therefore, it is time to consider the defense of the Yangtze River.

……

Not only Shi Kefa and the others thought so, but Lu Zhenfei, Jin Xuan, and even Du Yinxi and others thought so. At this time, these three important officials climbed up Yunlong Mountain together.

Lu Zhenfei still came from Pizhou overnight.

Moreover, they broke through the Jiannu blockade and rushed in.

Jiannu was already digging a trench around Xuzhou at this time.

But it wasn't completely closed, so Lu Zhenfei was able to get in.

"Three lovers, what are you doing in Yunlong Mountain?" Chongzhen asked knowingly.

The three of them looked at me and I looked at you. In the end it was Lu Zhenfei who had the highest status and said: "Your Majesty, I have come to ask for orders. Please allow me to lead the army back to Shanyang."

Du Yinxi also said: "Your Majesty, Huai'an Mansion is the northern barrier of Yangzhou Mansion, and Yangzhou Mansion is the last barrier of Nanjing. If Huai'an is lost, Yangzhou will not be protected, and if Yangzhou is not protected, Nanjing will be in danger. Therefore, I invite you to lead an army to help. Sanyo."

Jin Xuan also said: "Your Majesty, I would also like to lead three thousand cavalry from the headquarters to help Huai'an Mansion in the starry night."

"What? What are you doing? What are you doing?" Chongzhen said angrily, "You can't trust the scholars and all the students, and you can't trust my arrangement?"

"Do you think I'm too hasty?"

"As important as Shanyang City, I handed it over to two scholars who have never led troops, and have never fought against Jiannu. Do you think I am too childish, oh?"

The three of Lu Zhenfei were silent, and silence was the default.

Chongzhen's eyes turned cold, and he said: "There are endless talented people and strange scholars in the world. My Ming Dynasty especially has no shortage of capable and virtuous ministers. Don't think that you are the only ones who can defend the city. The students in the Shiziying are just a group of fledgling scholars. Before Nanyang, he was just a fledgling scholar, and Han Xin was just a scholar before he came to the stage to pay homage to the general."

"This..." Jin Xuan, Du Yinxi, and Lu Zhenfei had pensive expressions on their faces.

Chongzhen was still angry and said: "You can doubt my ability to govern the country, but it is best not to doubt my vision, who is worthy of use, who is not worthy of reuse, who should be placed in what position and what position, I can see clearly than you , I can see it clearly, and I can see it clearly. After Jiashen's national disaster, did I ever use the wrong person? Oh?"

Jin Xuan, Du Yinxi and Lu Zhenfei thought back carefully, since the Jiashen national disaster, the Holy Majesty has indeed used people to the best of their abilities, and they have really used no one wrong, such as them.

Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Thirteen scholars including Yan Yingyuan, Huaxia, Lu Xiangtong and Maoxiang, I have been observing them since the day I led the scholar camp to leave Nanjing. , Wisdom, or the ability to train and command troops, all are the best choices, and they are good enough to defend any place."

Speaking of this, Chongzhen glared at Lu Zhenfei and the three of them again and said: "But you, as important ministers and shouldering important responsibilities, have left your post without permission and even neglected the information. If Jiannu suddenly attacked you, or You were injured or even died in the line of duty when you broke through the Jiannu blockade, causing Pizhou and even Xuzhou to fall, you are sinners of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Your servant, it's a death penalty." Lu Zhenfei and the three were panicked.

"You should be damned." Chongzhen snorted, "But now it's time for employing people, so I won't pursue it any longer. You should go back to Xundi immediately, and don't let Jiannu take advantage of the loophole."

"The ministers are waiting for the order." The three of Lu Zhenfei left in a hurry.

Chongzhen also specially told Jin Xuan: "Jin Qing, Lu Qing needs to break through the blockade of Jiannu's moat when returning to Pizhou. There will inevitably be dangers on the way, so I trouble you to give him a ride."

"The minister receives the decree." Jin Xuan responded.

Lu Zhenfei also bowed hurriedly to thank him.

Watching the three of Jin Xuan leave, Chongzhen turned his gaze to the direction of Huai'an Mansion.

Facts have proved that he used the right people in Chongzhen. Huaxia and Lu Xiangtong did not disgrace their mission. As for Yan Yingyuan, it is even more impossible to live up to his trust. Yan Yingyuan was able to defend the isolated city of Jiangyin under such unfavorable conditions. , not to mention Sanyang, which has a strong city defense and sufficient military pay!

……

In the middle of the night, Yan Yingyuan was awakened by footsteps.

When I probed to look, it turned out to be a group of bastards from the village brave team.

"My lord." Wu Erdan said respectfully, "According to your request, the villain selected [-] death row prisoners from the prison. These [-] death row prisoners are refugees from Shandong and even Liaodong. They wounded people to death for the sake of stuttering, and they were all wives, children, children, and a family of more than a dozen."

"Okay, you can bring them here." Yan Yingyuan said, "I'll have a few words with them."

"Yes." Wu Erdan immediately turned around and went down the tower, and after a while came up with twenty death row prisoners.

After all, you are a prisoner on death row, and you don't kneel down when you see Yan Yingyuan. You are going to die anyway. I care so much about you?
Yan Yingyuan was not angry, and said: "You have already committed a capital crime, and this life must not be saved."

The faces of the twenty condemned prisoners fell, and one of them even said with a dark face: "If you die, you will die. What are you doing talking so much nonsense?"

"However, death is different from death." Yan Yingyuan stared into the eyes of the death row prisoner and said, "As a prisoner, he was taken to the execution ground and his head was chopped off by the executioner. If you die, you will die. Your parents, wives and children will have everything. No, with the current situation in Shanyang City, it's really hard to say whether they can live on."

Sadness immediately appeared on the faces of the death row prisoners.

To put it bluntly, these death row prisoners are not the most vicious people.

They are willing to grab food for their relatives, and even fight with their lives, which shows that they still care about their relatives in their hearts, as long as there are people who care.

Yan Yingyuan said again: "I have already sent people to investigate. Your family members are old and young. If you are not here, you will not be able to support yourself at all. After you are executed, they will probably starve to death."

"God, open your eyes and look at this world, what kind of world is this?" The death row prisoner who spoke just now collapsed immediately, knelt on the ground and wailed loudly, "We peasants, we poor people want to Why is it so difficult to support my parents, wife and children, why is it so difficult?"

"It's useless to cry, and God can't take care of you." Yan Yingyuan said solemnly, "But I can show you a clear way. As long as you do what I say, your parents, wives and children will not only survive, but also live together." They can get the land and live a peaceful life with land and land in Xuzhou or Guide.”

"Really?" The howling death row prisoner stopped crying immediately.

The other nineteen condemned prisoners also turned their heads in unison.

"Really!" Yan Yingyuan said every word, "I, Yan Yingyuan, am worthy of the heavens, and I am not ashamed of the ground. In the world, I will not lie to you death row prisoners! If you lie to death row prisoners, you will be punished!"

"Okay, I believe you." The howling prisoner laughed.

The other nineteen death row prisoners also showed complicated expressions.

The howling prisoner said again: "Say, what shall we do?"

"What you have to do is actually very simple." Yan Yingyuan stretched out his hand and pointed to the Jiannu camp outside the city, and said, "Sneak into the Jiannu camp while it is dark, and burn the Jiannu's food and grass!"

"Ah?" More than a dozen death row inmates had a serious look on their faces.

"What are you afraid of?" said the howling death row prisoner, "We are going to be beheaded anyway, this time we can use our own life to earn a chance to survive for our parents, wives and children, it is worth it!"

After saying this, he turned back and said to Yan Yingyuan: "My lord, remember what you said, if you dare to break your promise and become fat, we will definitely turn into ghosts and come back to claim your life!"

Yan Yingyuan said: "If I break my promise, I will fall into the [-]th level of hell, and I will never be reborn forever!"

This is undoubtedly a very vicious oath. The faces of the twenty condemned prisoners all showed relief when they heard the words. Now there is really nothing to worry about, and they can die in peace.

(End of this chapter)