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

Chapter 319 The dead friend is not dead

Chapter 318

In the capital, Dongzhimen Haiguo Mansion, above the lobby, there is an incense table.

An eunuch of the Huang family held an imperial edict in his hand, and was reading: "I rule the world with literature, and combat chaos with force. Outstanding, virtuous voice spreads all over the world; chaos is virtuous, martial arts are outstanding to the temple, and he worships the prime minister, the prime minister Liaodong town, Jizhou town, Xuanfu town, Datong town, Taiyuan town, Yansui town, Ningxia town, Guyuan town, Nine frontier military affairs in Gansu Town, and participate in major politics together, yes.

Cheng Shijie stretched out his hand to receive the imperial decree: "Minister Cheng Shijie—thank you for your grace!"

"congratulations!"

Cheng Shijie gave Lin Xuwen a wink, Lin Xuwen understood, and said with a smile: "Elder-in-law, it's freezing cold, let me have a cup of warm wine with this old slave!"

The Huangmen was full of joy, and followed Lin Xuwen down.

Meng En smiled wryly: "Marshal, Your Majesty put you on fire!"

"What can I do, handsome?"

"Why bother wading through this muddy water, Commander? Why don't you resign!"

"Of course the commander can resign, but if there is a loophole in the Nine Sides, and the Mongols and Jiannu break through, who will be spared from the Nine Sides? Innocent? It will not only damage the morality, but also harm the peace of heaven...!"

Cheng Shijie naturally knows that power also means responsibility. The nine sides of the prime minister means that Cheng Shijie has nearly 60 extra troops in addition to Ning Haijun.

The number of troops on the nine frontiers has been increasing and decreasing. In Wanli 48 years, the number was the largest, reaching more than 88. The Chongzhen Dynasty has dropped to more than 59. Of course, this is only the number on the military register, and the actual number can be one-third One is not bad.

With so many troops to mobilize, in fact Cheng Shijie may not be able to mobilize them. Even if Sun Chengzong formed the Guanning Army, even Zu Dashou and He Kegang were single-handedly promoted by Sun Chengzong. During the battle, not to mention that Sun Chengzong couldn't move the Guan Ning Army, even Zu Dashou, the leader of the generals in western Liaoning, couldn't move the Guan Ning Army either, and his own brother-in-law defected.

If it was possible, Cheng Shijie wanted to take care of this matter at all, but the question is, can he do it?The current history has been completely changed by Cheng Shijie, a butterfly from another world. The original history of Chongzhen was seven years old, and slaves broke into Datong Town, but they did not find it. Recorded and unrecorded snow disasters.

History has the irresistible inertia of history, and now the wheel of history is rolling forward, and with an irresistible momentum, it is pushing Ming Dynasty into a bottomless abyss.

Meng En is also very clear about the urgency of those officials. In their eyes, there is no common people, no common people, no country and society, and some only have personal self-interest.

"But, Marshal, you have been in a hurry at the border, and now the border is not lost, I'm afraid they didn't hold their farts well!"

Cheng Shijie nodded and said: "Yes, as long as the commander-in-chief takes office, they have already set up the situation."

Meng En said: "Mutiny? Complaints? Fear of the enemy and fear of war?"

"It is likely to be multi-pronged!"

Cheng Shijie smiled wryly: "The most frightening thing is that this commander has no time to mobilize Ning Haijun."

The Great Wall with nine sides and eleven towns has a total length of more than 300 kilometers.The east end of the Great Wall starts from the Hushan Great Wall on the Yalu River in Dandong City, Liaoning Province, and ends at Jiayuguan, Gansu Province, where the west end starts.Regardless of the fact that the Ning Navy now has more than 30 troops, the problem is that Cheng Shijie can mobilize less than 10 troops. If they are transferred to the Nine Frontier Defense Line, these troops will not be enough at all.

"Then what is the master going to do?"

Cheng Shijie sighed and said, "I can only bite the bullet!"

"According to what you said, cavalry mobile defense?"

"If it's normal, it's okay, but the problem is that the road is blocked by heavy snow now, and the cavalry can't run fast. Fortunately, the heavy snow now also limits the movement speed of the Mongols!"

Cheng Shijie looked at the huge map on the nine sides, thinking about countermeasures.

At this moment, footsteps came from outside the door.

"Marshal, there is news from Liaodong!"

Cheng Shijie took over the secret letter, which was sent by Ning Haijun with a kite eagle at the fastest speed. The news may be sent to Liaodong in the fastest three days. No accidents, Sun Zhilian told Cheng Shijie in short words that Huang Taiji sent Fan Wencheng arrived in Liaodong and was preparing for talks. According to Sun Chengzong's judgment, Jiannu also suffered a severe snow disaster, so he should have asked Ning Haijun for help.

In Sun Chengzong's analysis, Huang Taiji may make a fuss about the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty who were captured in Jiannu's hands. If Cheng Shijie agrees, he will definitely promote Cheng Shijie to build slaves. If he does not agree, Huang Taiji may kill them. The military and civilian prisoners of the Ming Dynasty, and even the Han army flag, in order to reduce the population and reduce expenditure...

Cheng Shijie also agrees with Sun Chengzong's judgment. As the saying goes, if a family has an old man, if there is a treasure, if it were not for Sun Chengzong's early prediction, Sun Zhiyi would probably get Fan Wencheng's request after contacting Fan Wencheng.

Huang Taiji is really good at seizing opportunities. This is the vision and pattern of a powerful man with a city and means. He is using Yangmou now. Whether Cheng Shijie agrees or disagrees, it will cause great damage to Cheng Shijie's reputation. If he agrees to negotiate with Jiannu and refuses to accept Jiannu's blackmail, Huang Taiji will put hundreds of thousands of lives on Cheng Shijie's head.

At that time, those in the court will definitely bite Cheng Shijie like a mad dog.

"Huang Taiji is so poisonous!"

Looking at the secret letter, Meng En knew that Cheng Shijie had no choice, and neither did Ning Haijun. From the moment Fan Wencheng set foot in southern Liaoning, everything was doomed.

Except according to Huang Taiji's plan, ignore it?The soldiers and civilians of Daming captured by Jiannu will definitely be killed, and their family members of Daming will eat Cheng Shijie, and the memorial of the court officials is enough to build a grave for Cheng Shijie!

However, Meng En suddenly found that Cheng Shijie didn't have any displeasure on his face, but smiled faintly.

"Marshal, how can you still laugh at this time?"

"Don't laugh, is this handsome going to cry?"

"This……"

"Can crying solve the problem? If it can solve the problem, we can cry away more than [-] Mongolian troops. If we can save hundreds of millions of refugees, I can shed my tears!"

Cheng Shijie smiled faintly: "But the problem is, crying can't solve the problem... Huang Taiji is very calculating, but it's a pity that he met him!"

Cheng Shijie said seriously: "Meng En!"

"The end is here!"

"Record, order."

"First, the Ning Navy entered a strategic general mobilization. All factories produced bedding, cotton clothes, sleeping bags, and tents at full speed to keep out the cold. State assembly..."

"Second, the Changping Warehouse in Liaodong is open, all transport ships stop commercial transport, and all merchant ships are recruited for future use!":
"Thirdly, Da Yuan and Lu Song, except for the necessary food, all surplus food will be sealed up and not sold indiscriminately. Anyone who dares to hoard exotic goods and drive up prices..."

Cheng Shijie issued more than 20 orders in just half an hour, and these more than 20 orders were sent to Liaodong as quickly as possible.

……

In the courtyard of the Liaodong Management Committee in Jinzhou, Liaodong, in the front hall.Fan Wencheng was unattractive, short and thin, wearing a staff cap, with a thin beard, and a pair of eyes that were very active, giving him an impression of being savvy and shrewd.

Fan Wencheng saluted Sun Zhichen respectfully, and shouted: "Fan Wencheng, foreign minister, see Mr. Sun!"

In fact, Fan Wencheng didn't know Sun Zhishen's real official position, but he knew that Sun Zhishen was Cheng Shijie's right-hand man, even higher than Cheng Shijie's veterans Chen Guodong and Zhou Yandong, including Yang Yunniang.

Fan Wencheng speculated that Cheng Shijie was also unavailable, otherwise he would not be able to let his concubine show his face.

Sun Zhichen said: "Lord Fan, you don't need to be too polite, just sit down."

Fan Wencheng quickly thanked him, sat down, looked up and down Sun Zhichen, and seeing that Sun Zhichen was so young, he couldn't help saying: "Master Sun is still so young, he has achieved so much at such a young age..."

"I'm not familiar with you, if you're talking about irrelevant things, don't bother!"

Sun Zhichuan sneered and said, "What purpose do you have, just tell me!"

Fan Wencheng felt that he had punched the cotton with a punch, and he had a feeling that he had nowhere to use his power. If Sun Zhichen was an ordinary boy from a poor family, Fan Wencheng's flattery in front of him would definitely be complacent, but the problem is that Sun Zhichen belonged to Sun Chengzong. Grandson, follow Sun Chengzong to practice by his side, what kind of officials has he not seen?What kind of flattery have you never heard of?
Fan Wencheng arched his hands and said: "The foreign minister has admired Mr. Sun for a long time. Today I can see Mr. Sun. It is a real comfort in my life. It is a small thing to show my respect. I hope Mr. Sun will not be disgusted!"

Fan Wencheng said as he took out a gift list and handed it over.

Sun Zhichen took it over and took a look, good guy, all these miscellaneous things add up to at least 4 to [-] taels of silver, what a generous move!
Liaodong did not accept bribes or crimes. Accepting and accepting bribes and bribes is not illegal, but the problem is that if you accept the other party's benefits and do things for the other party outside the legal permission, then you will break the law.

Sun Zhichen accepted it unceremoniously. Anyway, he made up his mind to report the truthful experience of accepting and bribery. He would spend the money without any psychological burden.

Sun Zhichen said: "Such a heavy gift really makes one's heart skip a beat... Tell me, what can I do for you?"

Sun Zhichen was really not polite at all, it was probably the first time Fan Wencheng had met such a person, and he felt at a loss for what to do.

According to the script, shouldn't you be furious and scold me, and in the end, I would flatter you and accept this gift half-heartedly, and then I would ask you to do something, this rhythm is completely wrong !He was terrified, always feeling that there was a hole ahead, but the arrow was on the string, so he had to shoot.

Fan Wencheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Sun, the foreign minister was ordered by King Khan to come to Liaodong to discuss a deal!"

"But it doesn't matter!"

"I heard that Liaodong is trying its best to buy people!"

"That's right!"

"Our Dajin Kingdom has more than 20 Ming prisoners of war. I wonder if Mr. Sun is interested in these more than 20 prisoners of war?"

Sun Zhichen laughed secretly in his heart: "Xiao Mian, I won't kill you and me with your surname Fan!"

"interested in!"

"Well, I heard that one of you wants ten taels of silver?"

"That's right, ten taels of silver for young adults, eight taels of silver for women and children!"

"Among our more than 20 people, most of them are young and strong. How about a price of ten taels of silver per person?"

"can!"

"Then, if we sell all these 20 people to you, it will be more than 200 million taels of silver!"

"Small, we have plenty of money in Liaodong!"

Sun Zhichen went on to say, "Whenever you trade, you pay the person and the money!"

Sun Zhichen had already settled for Fan Wencheng, so what if Fan Wencheng took the money?Now Ning Haijun is blocking the lifeline of Jiannu, and the eight major Shanxi merchants have also been stolen by Gao Qi. Now no one dares to do business with Jiannu. Even if they want to buy more than 100 taels of grain, there is nowhere to buy it.

In fact, Fan Wencheng didn't expect this trip to be so smooth. He smiled and said: "Silver is something that can't be eaten or drunk. We don't want money, but grain. I've inquired about it. Last year, wheat was seven coins per stone, rice Nine coins per shi, isn’t there a disaster now? We don’t pay last year’s price, how about one or two taels of grain per shi? Erase the odds, and we only need to pay us 200 million shi of grain, which can be exchanged at any time!”

"Master Fan, do you know what the price of food is now?"

"what price?"

"Right now, grain in the capital is nine taels of silver per stone, and the price is one a day. There is no market for the price!"

Sun Zhichen said with a smile: "The grain we sell to the capital today is ten taels of silver per shi, with 20 people, we can only sell you 20 shi of grain!"

20 shi of grain is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for the millions of soldiers and civilians in the Kingdom of Jin. On average, each person is divided into two buckets of grain. How many days can they eat?No, remove more than 20 soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty, who are also the coated slaves who built slaves, each of them can be divided into two buckets and five liters.But the problem is that two buckets and five liters of grain can't eat the beginning of spring.

Fan Wencheng frowned and said, "Isn't this too expensive?"

"Oh, it's not expensive, Mr. Fan. The grain we sell to the capital only needs to be loaded on a big ship and shipped to Tianjin for unloading. If we sell it to you, we will still suffer. If Liaodong didn't need people, we wouldn't be able to do it at all." Make a deal with you!"

Fan Wencheng said bitterly, "Can I borrow some food?"

"Oh, I know, you Jin Guo has no money, right?"

Fan Wencheng nodded: "There is money, but it's too expensive!"

"We still have a business, I don't know if you are willing or not!"

"what business?"

Sun Zhichen said with a smile: "Monan Mongolia Sixteen Division 49 led from Lin Dan Khan and joined your Jin Kingdom!"

"That's right!"

"Now the Zasaktu Khan, Tuxietu Khan and Chechen Khan of Mobei Mongolia have gone south and are attacking the Great Wall defense line of the Ming Dynasty. If you Jin Kingdom can accept the employment of our commander, You immediately send troops to attack Mobei Mongolia, and every Mongolian head beheaded can be worth ten taels of silver, and can also be exchanged for a stone of grain!"

After Sun Zhichen received Cheng Shijie's secret order, he realized that Cheng Shijie's situation was too big, and he actually thought of using this method to break the situation.

Fan Wencheng gritted his teeth and said: "Impossible, we Manmeng are a family, as close as brothers!"

"Brothers are for betrayal!"

Sun Zhichen said with a smile: "You can think about it slowly, if you can't make the decision, go back and discuss it with Huang Taiji!"

"Those prisoners of war..."

"It's a deal!"

Sun Zhichen said with a smile: "If you agree, exchange in Liaoyang, if you don't agree!"

Sun Zhichen said with a serious face: "Go back and prepare for the battle immediately!"

In front of Fan Wencheng was an ultimatum signed by Cheng Shijie. Five days later, it was up to Huang Taiji to decide whether it was war or peace. , More than [-] troops rushed to Shenyang.

Although it is said that there are many slave cavalry, almost all the people are nomads, but the problem is that the road is blocked by heavy snow right now, and the young and old can run if they can't fight, but where can the old, weak, sick, and women and children run?
On the second day of December in the eighth year of Chongzhen, the sky in Shenyang City was gloomy, with dark clouds pressing down on the top of the city, as if the city might be crushed at any time. Where does the wind blow.The whole city was shrouded in suffocating silence.

The brisk drumbeat broke the silence, followed by the sound of sonorous and powerful footsteps. It seemed that thousands of feet were raised and lowered at the same time. Every step fell, and a cloud of snow powder was thrown on the ground.

Amid the snowflakes, a large army appeared in the sight of the people of Shenyang. They were wearing black battle jackets, the generals wore black cloaks, and the helmets were also decorated with black helmet tassels, like a piece of black ink in the cold wind. Dancing in the air, spears like a forest, and armor clattering, although his face was covered with dust, it couldn't hide his high fighting spirit.

"Ning Haijun is here!"

The whole city seemed to come alive in an instant. Adults made children cry, people turned their backs on their backs, and were in a mess. What was even more frightening was that under the horrified eyes of the slave soldiers on the city wall, artillery, rocket launchers, and densely packed The cavalry also slowly appeared at the north gate.

Dai Shan stood on the city wall with a livid face. He didn't know whether he was blown by the cold wind or angry by Ning Haijun. Cheng Shijie obviously gave them five days, but the problem was that Fan Wencheng had just arrived in Shenyang and was receiving Huang Taiji. After the meeting, the Ning navy army arrived on the back foot.

"Too deceiving!"

Shuo Tuo was different from almost all the Jiannu generals who were ashen-faced. He was full of excitement, looking at Daishan, his father, with a fierce look in his eyes.

Huang Taiji looked at the densely packed ministers below, feeling very complicated. He originally posed a difficult problem for Cheng Shijie and came up with a conspiracy. He believed that Cheng Shijie had fallen into his deadlock, whether it was war or peace, he would fall into endless Trouble.

However, Cheng Shijie backhanded him into the army.

Haven't you been promoting the Manchu family?
I will let you kill Mongolia in exchange for food, you can choose not to exchange it, I really can't stop the [-] troops of Mobei Mongolia, but I can easily crush you to death.

The problem facing Huang Taiji is that if he does not accept Cheng Shijie's threat, he will suffer disaster immediately. Although he can escape with some people, the problem is that they have no food now, and too many cattle, sheep and horses have frozen to death. Fleeing in the ice and snow without luggage, how far can they run?
How many people can survive in this cold wind?

As for fighting Ning Haijun, it is a dead end. The battle of Haizhou, Baliwan, and Liaoyang is still vivid in my mind. As long as Ning Haijun's cannon is fired, it is estimated that Jiannu's entire army will be scattered.

Huang Taiji looked at Fan Wencheng and said, "Fan Qing, what do you think Ben Khan should do now?"

"King Khan, if you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood!"

Fan Wencheng has been thinking about this issue without sleep for the past few days, thinking about how to break the situation. In fact, Jin Guo has no choice at all now.

Fight with Ning Haijun?

They can't fight, they have already tried, Jiannu's strong bow and crossbow are rubbish in front of Ning Haijun's guns, and they can only die.

Running is also difficult.

Just when they were hesitating, Ning Haijun's silent army began to move. A cavalryman stepped forward and shouted with a tin horn: "The time for the last stick of incense, if you don't decide, it will be regarded as a decisive battle!"

Regardless of whether Jiannu understood or not, the Ning Haijun soldier turned around and left without dragging his feet.

After half a stick of incense time, a loud whistle sounded from Ning Haijun's artillery position.

"Everyone, everyone, get ready!"

The barrels of the artillery were lifted up, and the muzzles pointed directly at Shenyang City. There were more than 100 artillery pieces, more than 200 rocket launchers, and countless thunder cannons as thick as buckets.

"Master, make up your mind, they are going to fire!"

A minister knelt in front of Huang Taiji, his head was already sweating.He would rather be crushed to death than be blown out of his wits.

"King Khan!"

Hurrah, there was a crowd of people kneeling in front of Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji closed his eyes in pain: "Ben Khan, I agree with you!"

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