Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 47 Yangzhou Skinny Horse
"what?"

"Yangzhou skinny horse?"

Huang Jiarui and Ma Mingpao immediately turned dark.

You are a eunuch, what do you want this for?

Besides, don't you look at what time it is?
"Ah what?" Gao Qiqian said angrily, "Hurry up and find some Yangzhou skinny horses. Long Live Lord is waiting outside the city. Hurry up."

"Long Live Lord? King Fu?"

Huang Jiarui and Ma Mingpao looked at each other in dismay.

"What is Fu Wang?" Gao Qiqian said, "Our family is talking about Long Live Lord."

"Could it be that Shengjia has arrived in Yangzhou?" Huang Jiarui and Ma Mingpao were shocked when they heard this.

Immediately, the two were furious again, saying in their hearts that you are a fool, just escaped from Beijing to Yangzhou, and you were lucky enough to get your life back, and you didn't want to hurry up to calm down the people, so you wanted to find a woman first?
The one he was looking for was not a fucking decent woman.

But anger returns to anger, and the imperial decree must be obeyed.

Immediately, the two of them looked for Yangzhou Shouma with dark faces.

……

Chongzhen was not in a hurry to find a woman, but Zhu Yousong really wanted to.

Because the Nanjing palace city has been in disrepair for a long time, it has long been dilapidated and there is no way to live in it, so Zhu Yousong has been living in the Xingyuan of Nanjing's guarding eunuchs these days.

It has to be said that the residence of Nanjing's garrison eunuchs is really luxurious.

Not only does it cover a very large area, but there are also pavilions, towers, pavilions, ponds and rockeries in the Xingyuan.

There is even a theater in Xingyuan, and a theater troupe, just because the Nanjing garrison eunuch Han Zanzhou likes to listen to operas, the godsons under him set up everything for him.

Now it's all cheap for Zhu Yousong.

There is also a dan role in the troupe.

But Zhu Yousong immediately felt tired after staying with Linxing for a few nights.

Early this morning, Zhu Yousong called Han Zanzhou over and asked, "Han Daban, when I was in the hidden residence in Henan, I heard that Qinhuai famous prostitutes are both excellent in sex and art. Go and find some for Gu."

"Ah, this?" Han Zanzhou looked troubled.

It's not easy, and rather difficult.

"What?" Zhu Yousong asked, "It's not easy?"

Han Zanzhou said patiently: "Your Highness, the famous prostitutes on the Qinhuai River have many friends with the gentlemen and gentlemen in the south of the Yangtze River, and these gentlemen and gentlemen can even influence the scholars' opinions of the Ming Dynasty, so they are not easy to provoke."

"Can you influence scholars' opinions?" Zhu Yousong was surprised.

Han Zanzhou said: "Ruan Dacheng and Ruan Huzi, do you remember, Your Highness?"

"Gu remembers." Zhu Yousong said, "I just gave Gu [-] taels of silver."

Han Zanzhou said: "Because Ruan Huzi offended the scholars and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, he was ruined by a piece of "Liudu Anti-Riot Public Exposure", and he has since become a street mouse that everyone shouts and beats."

"That's it, forget it." Zhu Yousong immediately hesitated.

Han Zanzhou breathed a sigh of relief, and when he was about to turn around and leave, a young eunuch rushed in.

"Godfather, godfather is not good!" The little eunuch yelled in panic, "Something happened!"

"Shut up!" Han Zanzhou said angrily, "Even if the sky falls, it won't hit you, so why panic?"

"Godfather, something really happened." The little eunuch wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and then said, "Long Live Lord has already arrived at Yizhen in Jiangbei."

"What should I do? Isn't it Long Live Lord..."

Speaking of this, Han Zanzhou paused for a moment, and then yelled: "What are you talking about? Long live God?!"

Long live God?Zhu Yousong, who was sitting on the chair, was also stunned on the spot, what happened?What's the situation?

The little eunuch hummed heavily, and then said: "Long Live Lord arrived at Yizhen last night, and seven officials including You Sikou, who was driving the Southern Tour, have already arrived at Yanziji Wharf!
"Plop!" Zhu Yousong slipped from the chair and fell to the ground.

Han Zanzhou didn't bother to pay attention to Zhu Yousong anymore.

Lord Long Live has already arrived in Yizhen, and you still want to be a prisoner?
"Let's go, let's go!" Han Zanzhou ran away with the little eunuch.

Watching Han Zanzhou go out, Zhu Yousong was really confused.

who I am?where am I?What have I been doing these days?Oh no!
As soon as Han Zanzhou ran to the gate of Xingyuan, he met Lu Jiude head-on.

Because of his meritorious service in supporting King Fu, Lu Jiude has been promoted to the eunuch in charge of the ceremony and seal.

"Where is Eunuch Han going?" Lu Jiude stopped Han Zanzhou and asked.

"Get out of the way, our family is going to Yizhen to meet the Lord Long Live." Han Zanzhou said with a dark face.

"Long Live Lord, it's the Supreme Emperor!" Lu Jiude snorted, "It's the Supreme Emperor!"

"Nonsense! Where did the Supreme Emperor come from?" Han Zanzhou pushed Lu Jiude away and ran out.

"Damn it, Shuzi is not enough to plan." Lu Jiude stomped his feet and ran out, too. Let's go too.

Two old eunuchs and a group of young eunuchs hurried to Yifengmen, only to find that Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, Wang Duo, Jiang Yueguang and other Nanjing officials had also arrived after hearing the news.

And all of them are very excited.

Obviously, it was a great surprise to them that Chongzhen did not die.

An obvious fact is that Chongzhen's appeal must be far greater than that of King Fu, and he can also twist the southern half of the south and the southwestern provinces into a single rope. There is still hope for the Ming Dynasty.

After waiting for a while, several officials came from the river.

Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu and other Nanjing officials hurried forward.

Han Zanzhou, Lu Jiude and other eunuchs could only squeeze in the crowd.

It was Meng Zhaoxiang, Wu Linzheng and other seven Beijing officials who came over.

When Beijing collapsed, there were a total of nine civil servants, but Wang Jiayan was defeated and captured by the Dashun Army, and Jin Xuan followed Chongzhen because he knew the soldiers.

Among the remaining seven, the highest rank is Meng Zhaoxiang, the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment, who is the third grade.

However, among the officials in Nanjing, there were several officials of the second grade, such as Shi Kefa, Minister of the Ministry of War, Gao Hongtu, Minister of the Ministry of Households, and Wang Duo, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, so they had to pay homage in reverse.

Wu Linzheng and other six people followed Dali to worship.

"The lower officials refer to Da Sima, Da Situ, and Da Zongbo."

"Free, quickly free, everyone has worked hard all the way."

After two groups of officials saw the ceremony, Shi Kefa asked directly, "Where is the holy car?"

Meng Zhaoxiang said: "The Holy Majesty has already led a thousand barbarian escorts and seven thousand cavalry seconded from Bo Jingnan to Yangzhou to suppress Gao Jie."

"what?"

"what?"

"Suppress Gao Jie?"

Shi Kefa and the others suddenly changed countenance.

They were surprised that Chongzhen dared to bring [-] cavalry to suppress Gao Jie, and they were even more worried that if Gao Jie was forced to rebel, the whole south of the Yangtze River would immediately be turned upside down.

"Your Majesty's move is reckless!"

Shi Kefa stomped his feet and lamented, "Why didn't you stop me?"

Zhang Shenyan, the censor of Nanjing Youdu, even dragged out Wu Ganlai, the supervisory censor, Chen Liangmo and Hu Ke, and scolded him head-on and face-to-face. The censor had to persuade him!

Chen Liangmo and Wu Ganlai were speechless.

I said in my heart that you, a retired Nanjing Youdu censor, dare to teach us a lesson?

Where were you old man when we followed Shengjia and broke through Chaoyang Gate?Where were you when we followed Shengjia to eat and sleep on the Chahar grassland?You can take care of yourselves with peace of mind, what kind of carelessness.

Meng Zhaoxiang also said calmly: "Don't worry, Da Sima. Your Majesty uses soldiers like gods. How can Gao Jie and others be able to resist? If there is no accident, the siege of Yangzhou may have been lifted at this time."

"You Sikou, what are you talking about? Your Majesty uses soldiers like a god?"

Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, Zhang Shenyan and others looked at each other.

When will His Majesty use soldiers?I haven't heard of it.

Meng Zhaoxiang smiled again and said, "My Majesty Zhibing, this matter is indeed a little unexpected, but it's not too late to talk about it later, there are more important things to do right now."

Once he straightened his face, Meng Zhaoxiang said loudly: "There is an edict!"

Shi Kefa and other Nanjing officials hurriedly bowed: "Your servants respectfully invite the Holy Spirit to Jin'an."

"Sheng An." Meng Zhaoxiang bowed to the north of the river, and then said, "An official in Liudu: Immediately post an Anmin notice in all provinces, prefectures and counties, stating that Sheng Jia will patrol the south, and the household department will immediately raise 500 million taels of salary and send it to him. Yangzhou, there must be no mistakes."

"The ministers are waiting for the decree." Shi Kefa and other officials bowed their heads and worshiped again, while Gao Hongtu, the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, had a bitter expression on his face, 500 million taels?They only raised 360 million taels.

[These 360 million taels are recorded in history books, not fabricated]

Meng Zhaoxiang also specifically said to Gao Hongtu: "Big Situ, the Holy Majesty specifically ordered that the 500 million taels of payment should not be delayed, because the large-scale movement of slaves to the south is imminent, and my Ming Dynasty must build a defense line in the Huanghuai area before the slaves go south. It is absolutely impossible to build a complete line of defense without sufficient food and pay."

Shi Kefa and other Nanjing officials were even more confused. Jiannu wanted to go south?
Wasn't it the thieves who captured Beijing?Why did you become a Jian slave again?

"Your Secretary Kou Rongsheng." Gao Hongtu said bitterly, "At present, only 360 million taels have been raised."

After pondering for a while, Meng Zhaoxiang said decisively: "Then send the 360 million taels to Yangzhou first."

Seeing this, not only Gao Hongtu, Shi Kefa and other Nanjing officials all had inexplicable expressions on their faces.

How dare you, a third-rank servant, act as the person in charge in front of us second-rank officials?What's more, you are still a servant of the Ministry of punishment, and the affairs of the Ministry of household affairs are out of your control.

But after thinking about it carefully, he immediately felt relieved.

After all, Meng Zhaoxiang and the other seven people are envoys and are imperial envoys.

Meng Zhaoxiang paused, then asked, "Where is King Fu? Is King Fu here?"

"I'm here, I'm alone." Zhu Yousong squeezed forward from behind the crowd, his hat was squeezed out.

Squeezing in front of Meng Zhaoxiang, Zhu Yousong was about to kneel on the ground as soon as he got low: "Meet the angel."

"Don't dare." Meng Zhaoxiang hurriedly stopped Zhu Yousong, and then continued, "Since Fu Wang is here, I don't need to go to the city this time. Fu Wang will go to Yangzhou across the river."

"Go to Yangzhou?" Zhu Yousong asked in amazement, "What are you going to do in Yangzhou?"

"Naturally, it's the face of the saint." Meng Zhaoxiang said sarcastically, "The sage is waiting to see you."

Jian Guo must not allow Zhu Yousong to supervise the country, so he still took it to the Holy Majesty.

"Ah, oh." Zhu Yousong nodded again and again like a dream, "Go to Yangzhou, go to Yangzhou."

Shi Kefa, Jiang Yueguang, Zhang Shenyan, Lu Daqi and others looked at each other and said, "I'll go together later."

Meng Zhaoxiang didn't stop him either. He vaguely guessed the intention of Shi Kefa and others to go to Yangzhou to face the saint.

To put it bluntly, it is to strive to be the prime minister of the cabinet.

(End of this chapter)