I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 179
Chapter 178

The premise logic of the master of high power earthquake is that the most important thing is "master", not earthquake.In Cheng Shijie's eyes, Emperor Chongzhen was not his master, but his boss.

The master asks the servant to do something, and the servant has to obey.But what excessive things the boss asks the employees to do depends on how much the boss pays.If you pay 3000 yuan a month and let you work overtime, if you don’t pay overtime pay, the employees will let the boss go.

However, if you pay [-] yuan a month, the boss will not let you work overtime, even if you let him stay overnight, he will have to grit his teeth and insist.

But the question is what did the boss, Emperor Chongzhen, give Cheng Shijie?
money?
Emperor Chongzhen was actually not as rich as Cheng Shijie.

that power?

Regardless of whether Emperor Chongzhen agrees or disagrees, Cheng Shijie has the final say in southern Liaoning.

This is a fact.

Of course, as a grassroots cadre of Hangang Group, Cheng Shijie is very good at talking about scenes.

"Gao Gonggong, if Cheng is afraid of his achievements, then there is no need to fight this battle!"

He said indifferently: "Do you know why Jiannu became stronger and stronger from a small tribe with only a few hundred thousand people, while Da Ming became weaker and weaker?"

Gao Qi subconsciously said: "What is it?"

"It's because there are too many people who are worried about the masters of the earthquake. They clearly have the opportunity to strangle Jiannu, but intentionally or unintentionally let them live, and even sit back and watch them grow stronger!"

Cheng Shijie smiled wryly and said: "If Li Chengliang wanted to destroy Jiannu back then, it would be like crushing an ant. Unfortunately, the court was worried that Li Chengliang would not lose his tail, so he was suspicious of him in every possible way, so he had to support himself. Jiannu is such a vicious wolf. Cub, slowly becoming stronger, slowly turning into a fierce tiger, how many Ming people pamper you behind you?"

Facing Cheng Shijie's words, Gao Qiqian was really speechless.

Cheng Shijie is right. A large part of the reason why Jiannu can grow from a small tribe with only a few hundred thousand people to stand against the Ming Dynasty is because the Ming army is supporting the enemy and playing with the enemy to support the bandits. !

The generals of the Ming army wanted to keep wars and chaos in their jurisdiction, so that the imperial court would not only dare not move them, but also had to send a large amount of food, fodder and military salaries and put them in his pockets!
This is also the suppression of generals by civil servants. When there is no war, the soldiers of the Ming army will not be able to eat enough to eat grass, because civil servants play like vicious dogs.

There are very few generals like Cheng Shijie who don't care about it and only want to destroy Jiannu, there are really few, too few!

Gao Qiqian was silent for a moment, and said, "Aren't you afraid that someone will impeach you in the future?"

"Impeach if you love impeachment!"

Cheng Shijie said angrily: "What else can they do except impeachment? When Jiannu is destroyed, Cheng avenges the destruction of his family and family, and he has no hatred. To Cheng, the rank and title are nothing more than the past. By doing business, Cheng can also become the richest man in the world, now, this battle is settled, and whoever dares to stop me, I will chop him up first!"

Gao Qiqian looked at Cheng Shijie's resolute expression, and was shocked in his heart.

He thought to himself, Cheng Shijie is indeed a loyal minister.

It is also Daming's hope. In fact, although Gao Qiqian is greedy, he never thought of letting the Ming court collapse. If Daming is gone, he will still make a lot of money.

Gao Qiqian suddenly thought of those people thrown out by Cheng Shijie's order. These people were Wen Tiren's henchmen. Cheng Shijie didn't give Wen Shoufu face. When he returned to the capital, Wen Tiren would definitely deal with Cheng Shijie.

Back then when Zhang Fengyi impeached Cheng Shijie, he could design Zhang Fengyi to play tricks on him, but to deal with the chief assistant of the dynasty, he was not capable of high potential, at least he didn't have the slightest say in the selection of the first assistant.

"All right!"

Gao Qiqian looked at Cheng Shijie and said: "Since General Cheng wants to destroy Jiannu wholeheartedly, our family has nothing to say, but there is one thing that General Cheng needs to pay attention to!"

Cheng Shijie laughed and said, "Tell me about it!"

"It's better to offend a gentleman than to offend a villain!"

Gao Qiqian said: "In the eyes of His Majesty, Wen Shoufu is a virtuous minister who doesn't care about fame and wealth; in the eyes of the ministers, he is gentle and elegant, he never competes with others, and is worth wooing. Not a political enemy at all. In fact, he is a poisonous snake!"

In fact, speaking of it, Gao Qiqian's eyesight is really accurate.

When Cheng Shijie judged people, he mostly made comprehensive judgments from various historical records, while Gao Qiqian relied on his own eyesight to make judgments.

During the more than 17 years of Emperor Chongzhen's reign, dozens of chief ministers of the cabinet have been changed.

It can be said that as an official in the Chongzhen Emperor, he had to worry about it every day. However, under such circumstances, there was one person who gained the lasting trust of the Chongzhen Emperor and held the cabinet for eight years. .

And this person is Wen Tiren.

When Wen Renti and Qian Qianyi first entered the cabinet, in the winter of the second year of Chongzhen, the Ministry of Officials selected a list of additional cabinet members. Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party, became a popular candidate, but Wen Tiren was not on the list.At this time, Wen Tiren, who "doesn't care for fame and wealth", couldn't sit still. He immediately joined forces with Zhou Yanru, who also hoped to join the cabinet, to criticize Qian Qianyi and impeach Qian Qianyi for forming a party for personal gain.

Emperor Chongzhen hated officials forming cliques the most, so he believed that the widely acclaimed Qian Qianyi was suspected of forming a clique, so he expelled Qian Qianyi from the capital and let Wen Tiren join the cabinet.

Wen Tiren first joined forces with Zhou Yanru to attack political opponents, including Yuan Chonghuan.After the Jisi Change, Wen Tiren immediately impeached Yuan Chonghuan for collaborating with the enemy, which became an important driving force for Yuan Chonghuan's imprisonment. All officials who supported Yuan Chonghuan were also impeached by Wen Tiren.

After Wen Tiren became the cabinet assistant, he ordered his followers to impeach Zhou Yanru, successfully removed Zhou Yanru from power, and became the cabinet chief assistant himself, and he served for eight years.

Wen Renti was able to serve as the head of the cabinet under the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen for eight years, but in fact he upheld an iron law: "If you don't do it, it's good, if you do it, it's wrong!"

During his tenure as the chief assistant of the cabinet, Wen Tiren seldom spoke, like an old man who fell asleep, standing there with his eyes closed and resting, without saying a word.Emperor Chongzhen wanted to raise taxes, but Wen Tiren neither stopped nor supported him. He only said that he was born in writing articles, taxation was not his profession, and he had no right to speak.When Emperor Chongzhen wanted to change the military system, he claimed to be a Ci minister with a background in writing articles. Military affairs were not something he was good at.

It can also be said that Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet for eight years, did not do a single job other than attacking political opponents.

Gao Qiqian looked at the officers of the Ministry of War who had been beaten up by Cheng Shijie's personal guards, and said with a faint smile, "If they return to the capital, what does General Cheng think will happen to them?"

"That goes without saying, the villain will definitely sue first!"

"Only the dead can't speak!"

Gao Qiqian said indifferently: "General Cheng disdains to dirty his hands, these dirty jobs, our family did it for you!"

Having said that, Gao Qiqian winked at a guard in Jinyi.

This Jinyiwei was a ruthless man, without saying a word, he drew out his Xiuchun knife and walked towards a dozen military officials.

"What are you going to do..."

Seeing Jin Yiwei approaching aggressively, these military officials were not fools, they realized something was wrong.

However, the problem is that these Jin Yiwei didn't talk nonsense to them, they swung their knives and slashed wildly. After a while, there were more than a dozen corpses on the ground.

Gao Qiqian looked at Cheng Shijie and asked: "Jiannu is now a battle of trapped beasts. If they break through, from which direction will they break through?"

"Needless to say, it must be the junction of Dongjiang Army and Guan Ning Army!"

Gao Qiqian smiled and said: "Did you hear that? Invite these dozen or so adults to the junction of the Dongjiang Army and the Guan Ning Army, and let's ask the court for their credit!"

More than a dozen military officials who followed Fu Zonglong were killed by Gao Qiqian in this way. After these people died, they would be chased after by the court, at least they could end up with a good end.

Of course, in the officialdom, it is not scary to do wrong things, the most fearful thing is to stand on the wrong team, that is the most terrible thing.

Fu Zonglong watched this scene with cold eyes, and he did not express any opinions.

As an official of the Pragmatic School, he is actually a member of Sun Chengzong's party. Of course, Sun Chengzong himself is actually a member of the Ming Dynasty, that is, an official of the Pragmatic School.

He was really afraid that Cheng Shijie would be pedantic, so he just threw these dozen officials outside. When these officials returned to Beijing, they would bite Cheng Shijie like mad dogs and spare no effort.

On the contrary, it is certainly not appropriate to do so at a high dive.

But the problem is, because this is for Cheng Shijie, there is nothing inappropriate.

Fu Zonglong looked at Sun Chengzong and said: "Old Sun Ge, General Cheng, are you getting too close to the servant?"

"Can't you come closer?"

Sun Chengzong smiled wryly and said: "If the old man put down his body and bowed his head to Wei Zhongxian, how could Liaodong be corrupted again and again?"

Having said this, Fu Zonglong stopped talking.

In Liuhe's defeat at the beginning, Sun Chengzong was impeached and resigned. After the battle with Dalinghe, Sun Chengzong was relegated again, which dealt too heavy a blow to Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong lacks Cheng Shijie's flexibility.

If you want to really do things, you must be flexible, you need someone above, and you need someone in the palace.

Just like Qi Jiguang and Qi Shaobao, when he wrote a letter to Zhang Juzheng, the title was "Minions..."

Of course, in the Ming Dynasty, the word minion was not a derogatory term, but it meant loyalty, reliability, and trustworthiness.

Sun Chengzong did not live in Cheng Shijie's Chinese military tent, after all, his name was not justified, but he lived in an independent horse-drawn caravan given to him by Cheng Shijie.The specification of this horse-drawn caravan is the same as that of Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua, including Gao Qian.

They are all eight feet wide, one foot six feet long, and one foot four feet high. The interior of the horse-drawn caravan is divided into three parts: the living room, the kitchenette and the bathroom.

Especially in the living room, there are two sofa beds, one main and one secondary, which can be used for sitting or lying down to sleep.

In Sun Chengzong's carriage, Sun Chengzong asked Fu Zonglong to take off his boots and asked people to prepare hot water to soak his feet.

Just as Fu Zonglong was soaking his feet, there were violent screams outside.

Sun Chengzong said: "What's going on?"

Sun Zhichen came back soon and said, "Jianu is breaking through!"

Fu Zonglong hurriedly looked for boots.

Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "Zhong Lun, don't panic, there is Beiping in all wars!"

Fu Zonglong asked: "Where did Jiannu break through?"

"Don't ask, it must be the junction of Dongjiang Army and Guan Ning Army!"

"Huang Taiji is really shrewd!"

Fu Zonglong had to admire Huang Taiji's strategic vision and tactical literacy. Among the tens of thousands of Ming troops, the Dongjiang Army was the weakest one. It was relatively weaker in terms of discipline and fighting will, and it was easier to be defeated. Guan Ning Although the army's combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the Dongjiang army, the cooperation with the Dongjiang army is far from tacit. Choosing to use the junction of the two troops as a breakthrough, Jiannu's vision is really poisonous!

When Shen Mingyu heard the news, he was very worried and said, "Marshal, do you want to send someone to support the Dongjiang Army?"

"Need not!"

Cheng Shijie has actually sent Zhou Ning to take over the Dongjiang Army, and on behalf of Cheng Shijie, he promised to the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army that the officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army who participated in the battle will automatically become soldiers of the Ning Navy. , became a hundred households in Tuntian.

In Cheng Shijie's view, the old, weak, sick, and disabled soldiers of the Dongjiang Army, and their poor physical fitness, does not mean that they are inexperienced. Those who can survive in such a cruel environment in Liaodong have two brushes. .

Facing Jiannu's breakout, Cheng Shijie was neither surprised nor panicked. In his opinion, Jiannu was just fighting a trapped beast.

Jiannu's breakout was actually Huang Taiji's idea, and it was also Huang Taiji's resolute implementation against all opinions. Although the Eight Banners of Jiannu were elite at this time, they were exhausted, and their arrows were almost exhausted. The reinforcements brought some food and supplies.

But the problem is that the Dajin warriors need time to recover their physical strength, but the Ming army needs more time. Now the Ming army has the Ning Navy, the Dongjiang Army, and the Guan Ning Army. The Guan Ning Army is divided into the Wu Family Army and the Zu Family Army. There was a lack of tacit understanding between them, and they forcibly broke through and fled to Liaoyang, only to have a glimmer of life.

In Liaoyang, Nurhachi led the Jurchen Eight Banners elite in the first year of Tianqi (1621), and attacked for three days and three nights. Finally, when the traitors opened the city gate, they occupied Liaoyang City.

And Liaoyang City is the largest city in Liaodong. The city is made of masonry and made of glutinous rice juice. Bombardment, the city is also as strong as a mountain.

As for whether the Ming army will come after them relentlessly... Huang Taiji is willing to think about it, after all, they are only qualified to think about these things if they break out of the encirclement of the Ming army.

Speaking of which, the physical fitness of these Jurchens is really strong enough. After eating two full meals and sleeping, most of their spirits have recovered.

They did not attack directly, but wore white cloaks and used the cover of snow to creep over quietly when the Ming army was most slack.

Before arriving at the junction of the Guanning Army and the Dongjiang Army in the southeast of the encirclement, they suddenly started setting fire, and then sprinkled snow on the fire, causing thick smoke to appear from the fire.

Under the cover of thick smoke, the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army and the Guanning Army were so smoked that they burst into tears. They couldn't see Jiannu's figure clearly.

The archers of the Dongjiang Army drew their crossbows one after another and shot at Jiannu.Although the bows and crossbows equipped by the Dongjiang Army are almost the same as the crossbows equipped by the Ning Navy, the problem is that Jiannu learned very quickly through the war.

If, as usual, they stood up and lined up in a dense formation, the crossbows of the Dongjiang Army could easily shoot them into hedgehogs, but the problem is that they are now wearing white cloaks and crawling in the snow, even if It was standing soldiers, also holding large shields.

This kind of large shield is two feet wide, five feet long, and about an inch thick. The two hides are wrapped with horse or cowhide, almost covering the whole person.Although the weight has increased a lot, the defensive ability has also been strengthened. The crossbow arrows of the Ming army shot at the shield like locusts, but they couldn't penetrate it.

Jiannu's archers hid behind the shield wall, raised their cavalry bows and swished and threw them. Thousands of sharp arrows pierced through the air, and the Dongjiang army who was shooting from the ground on the earth base was immediately shrouded in darkness. In the rain of arrows, there were endless screams, and it is unknown how many people fell to the ground after being shot by the arrows.

Relying on the protection of the shield wall, Jiannu's archers calmly threw arrows, pouring a rain of arrows towards the Dongjiang Army, while the soldiers with heavy swords raised their heavy swords, facing the arrows chopped off by big axes. Most of the stakes were cut down severely.

The stakes were chopped off one by one, and gaps appeared in the barbed wire.

The crossbow arrows could not do anything with those damn big shields, and the barbed wire fence was opened one after another. The Dongjiang army was a little panicked and didn't know what to do.

If it was in the past, they might have been preparing to retreat, or turned around and ran away. After all, the Dongjiang Army has always been a guerrilla.

But the problem is, they all know now that this is the last time they participated in the war in the name of the Dongjiang Army. After the war, they will accept the reorganization of the Ning Navy, just like the brothers of the Dongjiang Army in Haizhou, and officially become the Ning Navy Soldier.

You know, every Ning Navy soldier, in addition to eating three full meals a day, can eat meat every now and then, and can also receive a military salary of 18 taels of silver.The Ning Navy soldiers have military land and are willing to divide the land in Jinzhou, which can be divided into [-] mu, Gaizhou is [-] mu, Fuzhou is [-] mu, and Haizhou is [-] mu.

Not only is there military merit in beheading, but the family members who died in battle also have a [-]-acre pension field. However, once they escape, their military land will not only be taken back, but the whole family and three clans will be driven out of southern Liaoning.

This result is very serious. Except in southern Liaoning, where else can they find a place where they can eat well except under Cheng Shijie's rule?
In this way, even in the face of overwhelming attacks and Jiannu's crazy breakout, even though the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army were at a loss, some of them were frightened and cried.

Although they were killed layer by layer, none of them retreated.

"Marshal Cheng, you have to keep your word, give my old lady a hundred acres of land, otherwise I will never let you go!"

A soldier of the Dongjiang Army was scarred and his right arm was broken at the elbow. While crying, he blew four grenades on his body and rushed towards Jiannu.

"Boom..."

With a loud bang, the Dongjiang Army soldier died together with a dozen Jiannu soldiers.

It's like opening Pandora's box.As No. 1 soldier of the Dongjiang Army who died with Jiannu appeared, these wounded soldiers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army who were at a loss fired grenades one after another.

"Second brother, adopt Ermao to me, and don't let me lose my incense!"

"Brother, take good care of my father!"

"Cui Niang, raise the cubs for me!"

There were roaring sounds one after another in front of the Dongjiang Army's formation, Jiannu's offensive was like a hot knife cutting butter, and was delayed, and finally they waited for the reinforcements.

Shang Keyi led the reinforcements to arrive. Seeing that the crossbow arrows couldn't hit the big shield covered in thick mud, he made a decisive decision and said, "Use a grenade to smash them back!"

Every soldier of the Dongjiang Army is equipped with four grenades, just like the soldiers of the Ning Navy. Their throwing methods are slightly different from those of later generations. Under the action of inertia, throw the grenade out.

In this throwing method, the Dongjiang Army's grenade can actually fly fifty or sixty steps away, and what's more, it can be thrown seventy or eighty steps away.

More than [-] men under Shang Keyi's command threw out [-] grenades, and saw balls of flames bursting up. Many Jiannu soldiers threw away the large shields in their hands, and fell to the ground wailing, with blood flowing from each wound. gushes out.

The raid failed in the end, and Du Du said in disbelief: "Did you make a mistake, isn't this the Dongjiang Army?"

"They're still wearing the military uniforms of the Dongjiang Army, it's unmistakable!"

"Aren't they Ning Haijun wearing Dongjiang Army uniforms? Can the clothes be changed?"

"It's impossible to admit mistakes. Ning Haijun's soldiers are all big and round. Look at them, everyone has a disheveled face!"

Du Du frowned: "Damn it, did these Dongjiang soldiers take the wrong medicine?"

Not only Du Du was surprised by the performance of the Dongjiang Army, but even Cheng Shijie couldn't believe it. In fact, in order to strengthen the defense force of the junction of the Dongjiang Army and the Guan Ning Army, Zhou Ning's 32 Thunderbolts and 68 Feilei Cannons have never been used. In time to fire.

However, Cheng Shijie is absolutely unwilling to sacrifice human life for those who can use equipment to deal with the enemy.

In Cheng Shijie's eyes, the Dongjiang army was already his own.

Cheng Shijie ordered helplessly: "Abandon the first and second lines of defense on the front line, and the Dongjiang Army headquarters will shrink the defense!"

As the Dongjiang Army received the order to retreat, Du Du immediately discovered that the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army were retreating.

"Hmph, the Dongjiang Army is indeed the Dongjiang Army we are familiar with!"

Du Du: "Follow me if you are not afraid of death!"

When Du Du led his men and horses into the third line of defense of the Dongjiang Army, suddenly there was a bean-like gunshot.

"Bang bang bang..."

The Thunderbolt shot out tongues of flame, like a sickle slammed at countless living beings.Every time a bullet hit, the slave soldiers who were trying to destroy the barbed wire would overturn a large area like harvesting wheat.

After paying more than [-] casualties, Jiannu had to recognize the reality.Especially the heavy shield they are proud of, in front of the bullets of the Thunderbolt, it is like paper.

Niu Lu, a Jian slave, was really going crazy. A few tongues of fire swept over him, and half of his 300 troops in Niu Lu disappeared.

How is this fight going?
PS: Teammate Jitian has boundless mana, and recommends a book "Salt Sellers Go Wild, Rise of the Wild, The Emperor Panic!" "

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