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

Chapter 332 Li Dingguo Charges to the Commander
Chapter 331

Li Dingguo said hesitantly: "Commander, Xie Zhiliang, Xie Shuai caused too much trouble!"

"What's wrong with him? He just did what he should do!"

With Cheng Shijie's current status and status, if he wants to protect someone, he can naturally do it.Back then, Di Qing couldn't protect his confidant and beloved general, but Cheng Shijie was different from Di Qing. Di Qing didn't have his own territory, but Cheng Shijie did.

No matter in Liaodong, Dayuan or Luzon, the imperial court has very little influence. It may have some influence in Liaodong, but in Luzon and Dayuan, the imperial court has no influence at all.

That is Cheng Shijie's kingdom.

If Cheng Shijie wants to keep Xie Zhiliang, he can use many methods, the simplest and most brutal way is nothing more than bringing Xie Zhiliang to Liaodong, and if he has the ability to let Jin Yiwei go to Liaodong to arrest people?

See if you can catch it?

The answer is very yes, there is absolutely no possibility.

Of course, Cheng Shijie definitely wanted to protect Xie Zhiliang, because if he kept Xie Zhiliang, he would have to fight those big shots in the capital.

The core of Ming's political struggle is Ming's state power, which is the root of Ming's internal struggle, and it also revolves around state power.The power of the Ming Dynasty is now in the hands of the traditional bureaucratic capitalist class, while Cheng Shijie represents the emerging bourgeoisie.

This right is like a piece of cake. There is a certain amount. If you take a bite, he will inevitably take a bite less. This contradiction is irreconcilable.

Cheng Shijie didn't want to retire, and he couldn't. If he did, countless people who followed him would die tragically...

In all fairness, Cheng Shijie heard that Xie Zhiliang stepped forward and temporarily stabilized Pingding Prefecture. Although Taiyuan City was not regained, it was already a very rare situation. At least now it is much better than Cheng Shijie expected.

As long as the Mongolian army in front of us is dealt with, at that time, it will be settled with them.

Cheng Shijie's pressure was relieved immediately, and he began to fall asleep.

Liaodong Management Committee Conference Hall in Jinzhou, Liaodong.

Zhou Ning looked at the members of the Liaodong Management Committee and said: "All the militiamen and recruits in Liaodong are mobilized. The militiamen are deployed along the Hunhe River defense line, and the recruits from the Ning Navy are ready to support at any time. The mobilization of all the militia requires the assistance of the Management Committee!"

Sun Zhichen said without hesitation: "There is no problem with this. We will do our best to assist. The commander-in-chief...is afraid that the soldiers and horses will go first before the food and grass are mobilized. Now we urgently need to transport food and supplies to the pass. The General Staff is now What charter?"

Zhou Ning rubbed his head and said: "This is the most troublesome problem. We have more than 20 troops entering the customs. It is expected to consume [-] shi of grain. How much transport capacity can the management committee provide?"

Sun Zhichen said: "The Transportation Department and the Transportation Bureau have prepared [-] ice boats. It is estimated that [-] ice boats can be prepared within ten days, and [-] ice boats can be raised within half a month!"

"Eight thousand vehicles, that's only the transportation capacity of [-] shi, too little!"

Zhou Ning smiled bitterly and said: "The eight thousand stone ice boat needs more than 6000 war horses, and the war horses need to consume 8 catties of forage every day. The more than [-] stone grain and grass will consume seven or eighty eighty-eight on the road. I am afraid it can be transported to There are very few in the hands of the handsome!"

"It's just a pity. If it weren't for the heavy snow and ice, we could use sea ships to transport..."

"How to solve the problem that can solve the transportation difficulties..."

At this time, an attendant of the General Military Mansion, Zheng Sen, the companion of the eldest son of the Cheng family Long Cheng, reported to the front: "My lords, the eldest son sent someone to report that he has a way to solve the problem!"

Sun Zhichen and all the members of the management committee laughed softly: "Young Master is worried about state affairs, this attitude is good, it's just..."

Although the current Cheng Jialong was taken by Cheng Shijie to a small day, and occasionally came to the management committee to observe politics, but the problem was that no one believed that Cheng Jialong would solve this problem.

Looking at this scene, Zheng Sen was a little anxious: "My lord, please move, my lords!"

Zhou Ning said: "Where are you going?"

"Competition Town!"

Competitive Town is Cheng Jialong's toy. After the Competitive Conference, the place quickly calmed down. Many merchants saw that there was no profit, so they naturally withdrew their leases.

This blow made Cheng Jialong realize that engaging in real estate in Daming is not a good thing.In fact, Cheng Jialong only knew that real estate in later generations was a profitable industry, but in fact, the real estate prices in later generations were only able to skyrocket, which was inseparable from the policy.

If it weren’t for the bundling of housing and educational resources, the desire to buy a house would be too much reduced. At least two to three billion parents would not buy a house, and middle-aged men like Lao Cheng would not buy a house. After all, there is a house in his hometown. I live in the countryside of my hometown, and I still have a two-story house, so why squeeze in the city?
But there is no way not to buy a house. Children need to go to school, and the free school education system in rural areas has almost collapsed. This has stimulated the rise in housing prices.With the current loosening of policies, people can go to school even with a rental contract, which has caused housing prices to fall.

Cheng Jialong didn't understand this issue. In Liaodong, Cheng Shijie never tied household registration and educational resources together, so it's not impossible to speculate in real estate in Daming, but only one person can.That is Cheng Shijie, even if Cheng Shijie draws a piece of land casually, the value of this piece of land will skyrocket.

However, Young Master Long Cheng of the Cheng family doesn't have this ability yet.

When Sun Zhichen, Zhou Ning, and members of the management committee arrived in Jingjing Town, they saw a huge machine. It was a machine about six feet high and one foot or two feet long. It is unsightly, dark, with sharp edges and corners, not even painted, and the structure is very complicated. It is divided into boilers, condensers, cylinders, pistons, governors, throttle valves, etc. It is dizzy to look at.

Most people have never seen such a huge steel machine in their life, and they were stunned by it. Looking at it, a wave of steel-like overwhelming mountains and seas came, making them breathless!
"Is this a fire ox cart?"

Cheng Shijie named the steam engine Fire Bull, so everyone will call it Fire Bull. Now Liaodong is not too unfamiliar with Fire Bull machinery. Now there have been steam engine-type road rollers, mixers, crushers, cutting machines, rolling machines, etc. Triggers, lifts and even textile machinery.

Cheng Jialong smiled proudly: "This is a steam engine!"

"The commander-in-chief said, this is a fire bull!"

"Well, this is jointly developed by Guo Dajiang (Guo Xin) and Wang Dajiang (Wang Zheng)!"

Although Cheng Jialong has not experienced the steam era, he has visited the bus in the 60s and [-]s of the last century in Hangang Group. This is a trailer bus.

In fact, he drew this kind of car with half-baked painting skills. After research by Guo Xin and Wang Zheng, he found that it seemed feasible, so they built the largest steam engine in Liaodong.The front of this steam engine is a bit like a tractor of later generations, but it is a large tractor with a front engine.

"The train starts!"

When Cheng Jialong saw the audience entering the arena, he started the experiment. In fact, this experiment has been done several times. Under Cheng Jialong's order, a craftsman had already ignited the boiler, and then a strong man picked up a shovel and shoveled the anthracite He shoveled into the boiler, and soon, the fire ignited...

Fortunately, it was anthracite, otherwise the scene would have been covered with thick smoke and dark clouds.

The fire was getting hotter and hotter, and a trace of white water vapor gradually came out from this machine, and a low sound came out from inside. It was not obvious at first, but the sound became louder and louder.

A tow hook is used at the back of the car, and three flatbed carriages are towed. There are densely packed sandbags on the carriages, and bags of sand are filled in the sandbags.

Sun Zhichen seemed to understand: "How many stones can this fire ox cart hold?"

Cheng Jialong said triumphantly, "Master Sun, guess what?"

"Three hundred stones?"

"No, guess again!"

"Five hundred stones?"

"No, guess again!"

Sun Zhichen was about to guess again, but Yang Yunniang came over and asked, "How much?"

Cheng Jialong saw Yang Yunniang's head shrank. Cheng Jialong knew that Yang Yunniang was in charge of Cheng Shijie's bank. In Cheng Jialong's eyes, Yang Yunniang was Cheng Shijie's mistress.

He couldn't offend Yang Yuniang, and said nervously: "A total of eight hundred bags, this is not the limit... I don't know what the limit is."

Sun Zhichen was dumbfounded: "So much?"

In fact, 1000 two hundred stones is really not much. In the Ming Dynasty, one stone was 150 four catties, and eight hundred stones totaled 12 two hundred catties, which is equivalent to 3000 tons of six, which is not as good as a heavy truck of later generations.

As the steam pressure reached the standard, the steam engine tractor began to drag the three flatbed carriages forward slowly. It was a little slow at the beginning, but as time went by, the speed became faster and faster.

Cheng Jialong said happily: "Success, success!"

Looking at the train, Sun Zhichen let out a long sigh.

Cheng Jialong asked puzzledly, "Why is Master Sun sighing?"

"How long does it take to build this car?"

"About three months. If there are enough people, then the speed will be faster!"

"This fire bull can't solve the problem!"

Sun Zhichen said with a wry smile: "Even if a car can hold eight thousand shi, even [-] shi will not be able to solve the problem at hand!"

When the train ox made by Cheng Jialong roared forward in Jingjing Town, countless people and businessmen cheered. They have been groping to use the steam engine for a while.No, it should be a fire ox.

Not far away, Father Robben watched this scene, dumbfounded.

Robben has been in Daming for more than ten years. His impression of this country is that this is a very unique country. Most of the people are very diligent, studious, love cleanliness, and respect their ancestors more than gods.

To put it simply, the whole world is full of myths about the ancient flood. All the myths about the ancient flood are the gods who could not bear to exterminate all human beings and saved them. Only the myth of Ming Dynasty is: a hero emerged from among our ancestors. Leading everyone to overcome all difficulties, dredging the river, one after another, and finally the flood bowed to us!
Some of the most outstanding talents rule this huge empire. They only rely on the experience of governing the country for thousands of years and the moral principles handed down from the classical golden age. Religion has no market in the ruling class of this empire. Anyone who tries to control this country The religion of the regime will suffer a very tragic fate.

For example, Buddhism was so arrogant at the beginning, but after the three martial arts and one sect destroyed Buddha four times, it was completely discouraged.This country can tolerate all religions, but it will never allow any religion to threaten the rule of the country. If you want to establish a theocratic regime in this country, let's save it.

In addition, the attitude of Ming people towards science is also tolerant. Many theories that are regarded as outrageous in Europe are popular here. For example, the banned book "The Movement of Celestial Spheres" has printed and sold more than 6 copies in just one year. , and the supply is in short supply, who dares to do this in Europe, you just wait for the stake or the barbecue!

But the people of Ming Dynasty are different. They discussed, researched and tried every means to verify it with great interest. Their tolerant attitude is amazing.

Once upon a time, Daming, who needed to spend huge sums of money to import red-clothed cannons to Europe, in turn exported more powerful cannons to Europe. The scientific theories from Europe sparked dazzling sparks with the scientific views accumulated by Ming over thousands of years, such as Speaking of mathematics, it is blooming everywhere, and the speed of development is jaw-dropping. In this respect, Europe has fallen behind!Now they have the steam engine again...

"Hey Robben, what are you thinking?"

Father Robben said: "I'm wondering if we did something wrong... With the steam engine, the giant Ming Dynasty will soon be revived, and they can easily tear the whole world into pieces!"

Father Xiao En shrugged his shoulders and said, "Your worries are not unreasonable, but what does this have to do with us? We are all Da Ming now!"

Father Robben couldn't help laughing... That's right, they all joined Daming's Liaodong household registration and became Daming people, so what does it have to do with them whether Daming will tear the whole world into pieces?

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In Jinzhou City, the cold wind is biting outside, but the ancestral mansion is as warm as spring, and it can even make people sweat a little.Although Zu Dashou is a martial artist, he knows how to enjoy it. As soon as the heating system in Liaodong came into the market, he traveled thousands of miles to get people to purchase dozens of sets, some of which were given to his confidantes, and one set for his own enjoyment.

The technicians in southern Liaoning were hired with high salaries to teach, install and debug, and it was finally done before the winter of the year before last.Not to mention, this thing really works. After a few shovels of coal pass by, waves of heat will overflow from the heat sink. It is warm. It is frozen and snowy for thousands of miles outside. It is enough to wear a single shirt inside.

In addition, Zu Dashou also built a greenhouse, where he grew leeks, tomatoes, bean sprouts and other vegetables.The Northeast is too cold. After autumn, there is no green at all. No matter how rich Guan Ningjun is, he can’t buy vegetables. He can only eat cabbage. Under the circumstances, a variety of vegetables were grown in the west of Liaoning where the water was pouring into ice.

Now there is a plate of tomatoes on Zu Dashou's desk, which are as big as eggs and bright red like blood. The servants who come in and out swallow their saliva fiercely, wanting to get one and take a bite in their dreams.However, this thing is now worth more than silver, and most of the generals of the Guan Ning Army will not be able to enjoy it, let alone their servants?
Zu Dashou held a book of war and looked at it carefully. He casually picked up a tomato and brought it to his mouth. He opened his mouth, but he didn't bite it down. After a while, he put it back again.

Mrs. Zuo, who was sitting across from him and was painting, stopped her pen and raised her head, looked at him, and asked softly, "Master, what's on your mind?"

Zu Dashou shook his head and said, "No..."

How could it be okay?
In the Battle of Dalinghe, the ancestral Guan Ning army suffered heavy losses, and they have not recovered their vitality so far. After that, they have not passed smoothly.He first feigned surrender, and then escaped from Houjin and returned to Jinzhou. The court did not pursue his surrender, and let him return to his original post and continue to guard Jinzhou.

In all honesty, although the ancestral Guan Ning army suffered heavy losses in the Battle of the Daling River, if it weren't for the appearance of Cheng Shijie, the Zu family still had no way to recover their strength now.

During the Battle of Haizhou, Cheng Shijie rescued more than [-] soldiers of the Ancestral Army from Jiannu. Later, Zu Dale and Zu Dabi took over Baliwan and learned a set of tactics from Ning Haijun that subverted the traditional tactics. , Incomparably powerful combat methods, using this combat method to train these elite soldiers who have survived a hundred battles, their combat power is even stronger.

Zu Dashou is willing to invest enough patience and resources, and it is only a matter of time before the ancestral Guan Ning army makes a comeback.However, time was not on their side. In the Battle of Haizhou, Ning Haijun became famous in the first battle and rose at an astonishing speed. Potential.

This is the last thing Zu Dashou wants to see. It means that the dominance of Guan Ningjun's family has been broken, and the imperial court will no longer rely on them as before, and will not ask for anything from them!

Sure enough, in the subsequent series of battles, Cao Bianjiao, Cao Wenzhao, Zu Dale, Zu Dabi, Zu Kuan and other generals were transferred to the pass one after another to cooperate with Lu Xiangsheng or Hong Chengchou to fight. The Guanning Army was no longer the dominant force.

Right now, Mobei Mongolia is suffering from a snowstorm, and Liaoxi is also suffering from a snowstorm. The loss is not light. Hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops marched south. On the defense line of two to three thousand miles as far as Hexi in the west and Xuanfu in the east, there was a lot of smoke, but the Guanning Army Nothing happened.The imperial court seemed to have forgotten about Guan Ningjun.

No, it has not been forgotten. The dissatisfaction with the Guan Ning army in the court is growing day by day. Many censors who fear that the world will not be chaotic have even revealed the story of Zu Dashou's surrender of gold, and criticized him verbally and in writing.

Of course, this kind of idiot made Chongzhen kick back to his hometown to eat old rice, grandma, you think the world is not chaotic enough, right?Despite this, Zu Dashou still felt fear and hesitation. The glory of Zu's family all stems from the imperial court's dependence on the Guanning Army. It is because of the imperial court's dependence on them that they have done too many things that should not be done. , Now that the imperial court no longer relies on the Guanning Army, once the old accounts are counted, one of them Liaodong warlords will count one by one, and they will not be wronged if they go out and behead one by one!

Where is the way out for Guan Ningjun?
Zuo seemed to have read his mind, put down his pen and walked over, rubbed his shoulders, and said, "Master, don't worry too much, the ancestors have guarded Liaodong for generations, and there will be hard work without credit, no matter what the court says We also have to be sympathetic. Besides, the Guanning line of defense guarded by our Guanning army of tens of thousands of tigers is Daming's lifeline. Although Jiannu has been weakened, as long as they can pass through the Guanning line, they can still pose a fatal threat to Daming. Threat, before Jiannu is wiped out, forgive your majesty for not daring to touch our ancestral home!"

Zu Dashou smiled wryly and said, "What if Jiannu is wiped out?"

Zuo smiled slightly and said, "Whether Jiannu is destroyed or not, others say it doesn't matter, and our Guan Ning army doesn't matter. Cheng Shijie is willing to learn from the past. Cheng Shijie is actually more worried about Jianu being wiped out than our Guan Ning army."

Zu Dashou looked even more bitter.What Zuo said is right, it doesn’t matter whether Jiannu is destroyed or not, it doesn’t matter if Ning Haijun decides. With Ning Haijun, no matter how strict the blockade of Ming Dynasty is, Jiannu can still obtain a large amount of supplies continuously. don't die!
Now he has heard the news that Cheng Shijie has opened the mutual market in Liaoyang to trade with Jiannu. Jiannu can obtain food through Ning Haijun, a large amount of food.

Now Jiannu has almost become a vicious dog raised by Ning Haijun, and only Ning Haijun can subdue this vicious dog. Now that the Mogu army is attacking the three sides, what should Guan Ning army do?
Jiannu's tens of thousands of troops have disappeared, and Zu Dashou is very nervous now. He doesn't know whether Jiannu is attacking Liaoxi, or going to the Hetao area, preparing to unite with Mongolia to deal with Datong?
Now the position of the Guan Ning army is very embarrassing, they don't even have the qualification to continue to support the bandits, Zu Dashou has already seen the terrible crisis hidden under this great situation.Facing this rapidly changing current situation, what should the doomed Guan Ning army do?

Zuo is a very assertive woman, she has no other shortcomings other than infertility, she looked at Zu Dashou and said: "Master, you have done well enough. You have been in charge of Liaoxi generals for more than ten years, but, Mr. , to put it bluntly, you still lack structure!"

Zu Dashou was full of doubts: "In the pattern?"

"When the little tree is facing the strong wind, it must not stand upright and bear it hard. When the catkins are facing the iron fist that is hitting hard, they must be blown away by the wind of the fist. Similarly, when facing a strong enemy that they cannot resist, it is the most important thing to fight to the end. stupid!"

Zuo continued: "When Uncle Ning Yuan (Li Chengliang) was in charge of the Liaodong generals, including the Zu family, who would not bow their heads to Uncle Ning Yuan and bow their heads? It is not ashamed to bow to Ninghai Kingdom."

Zu Dashou said in astonishment: "Madam, do you mean to let me surrender to Cheng Shijie?"

Zuo smiled lightly and said: "Why not? This opponent is so powerful, even if we fight with all our hearts, we have no chance of winning. It will also implicate 10,000+ officers and soldiers of the Guanning Army and nearly [-] people in western Liaoning. You will gain the respect of your opponent, and you will only win the eternal curse from the people of Liaoxi and the fierce revenge from Hai Guogong, why bother? How about taking advantage of the fact that you still have some capital, just take refuge here, and get a better condition!"

Zu Dashou asked suspiciously: "Do we still have the capital to bargain?"

"Why not? The Mongolian Tartars are now massacring the Great Wall defense line, massacring the subjects of the Ming Dynasty, trying to drink horses from the Yellow River and occupy the north?"

Zuo said lightly: "If you announce what the Mongol Tartars have done in Shanxi now, and then declare that you are willing to join hands with Ning Haijun to deal with those lawless Mongol Tartars, you will surely win a lot of applause. If Hai Guogong agrees, it means Now that we have room for bargaining, if he refuses to agree, of course, he has no reason not to agree now. With Hai Guogong’s structure, he will definitely not ignore the interests of the country. I think, he is so smart, he will definitely Choose wisely!"

Zu Dashou's eyes lit up, he pondered for a long time, and said excitedly: "After hearing Madam's words, I suddenly understood! I know what to do!"

Zuo said: "Then hurry up and make arrangements, time waits for no one."

Zu Dashou immediately went to the festival hall and opened up.

When Zu Dashou left, Zuo Shi struck with two palms, and a heroic figure in fluttering white clothes flashed out from the darkness.

This woman was none other than Gu Ziyi, Zhu Weiti's close confidant.

Zuo bowed to Gu Ziyi and said, "Miss Gu, I have done everything you asked me to do!"

Gu Ziyi is following Zhu Weiti's order to come to Jinzhou.

Although the Liaodong Management Committee used food and military threats to temporarily restrain Jiannu, the Guanning Army is now an untimely bomb. If it detonates, the consequences will be disastrous.

At this time, Zhu Weiti clearly felt the pressure and responsibility facing Cheng Shijie, so Zhu Weiti decided to take action. In fact, this time it was only Gu Ziyi who led the team and dispatched dozens of deacons from the palace.

Women and husbands are also equal.Cong Nv, Cong Cheng, Cong You.Also, to be in charge, to be a wife.

Zhu Weiti only helped Cheng Shijie in this aspect.

As Zu Dashou decided to take the initiative to seek refuge with Cheng Shijie, in Zhu Weiti's eyes, she just hoped that Cheng Shijie could become the head of the generals and the emperor's right-hand man like Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan County in the early Ming Dynasty.

Why can Xu Da become the head of the gate?Because the famous founding generals, the founders, and the founders all obeyed Xu Da.

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Taiyuan Prefecture, Pingding Prefecture.

Xie Zhiliang led the remnant soldiers of Pingding Prefecture to start a bloody slaughter with the Mongolian army. The Mongolians besieged day and night, rushed into the city several times, and were beaten out again. Layer upon layer, its tragic degree is indescribable.

The 10,000+ Mobei Mongolian army was besieged on all sides, and all the elite soldiers and strong generals pressed forward. They were repelled by Xie Zhiliang time and time again, and were suppressed by Xie Zhiliang time and time again.

This bloody battle of extreme disparity in strength lasted for a full seven days. After paying a heavy price of 3 casualties, the Mongols finally broke through the city wall of Pingding Prefecture. At this time, there were only a few hundred people left in Pingding City Tired and hungry, wounded soldiers who couldn't even stand up.

Xie Zhiliang's injury was not healed in the first place, and the seven days of high-intensity combat had severely overdrawn his life. Now he was seriously injured and unconscious, and Xie Shangkui was covered in blood, and he couldn't even hold a knife.

At this time, Xie Zhiliang slowly opened his eyes: "Shang Kui, send my father for a ride, I don't want my father to be late..."

"Do not……"

"Shang Kui, because my father can't fall into the hands of the Mongols alive..."

"Yes!"

Xie Shangkui gritted his teeth and slowly raised the knife.

At this moment, Xie Shangkui gritted his teeth, raised his knife, and chopped off at Xie Zhiliang's head.There were bursts of gunfire in the distance.

Xie Shangkui heard cheers coming from a distance: "Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming..."

Just when the Mongols boarded the west city wall of Pingding Prefecture and were about to take Pingding Prefecture, Cheng Shijie led the reconnaissance cavalry of the Annan Army of the Ning Navy to Pingding Prefecture.

Cheng Shijie looked at Pingdingzhou City, and heaved a sigh of relief: "It's still there, it's not too late!"

"Li Dingguo, rush over!"

(End of this chapter)