General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 87
Since the first sound of the "Signal Cannon", the capital's next few days and nights, the letter cannon was extinguished almost every night.

The Ministry of War has already sent troops to Datong, Hejian, Liaoyang, Baoding and other six prefectures, but the mobile forces on hand in these seven towns are only 6 to [-].

In the cabinet's office, Yan Song looked at the memorabilia presented by the Ministry of War, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat.

"Da Zhang, are there only a few soldiers on the nine sides of the imperial court?"

Ding Rukui fell to his knees with a "plop".

"Mr. Yan Ge, this is the "Ten Essentials of Preparing Frontiers" drafted by the lower officials and the long-term strategy for keeping captives. Please, Mr. Yan Ge, send it to your father as soon as possible!"

Weng Wanda's life and death are unknown, and there is only one Ding Rukui left in the Ministry of War.

Ding Rukui had long been frightened, and only then remembered the letter that Zhan Rong had left him.

After finding it, he came to the cabinet immediately.

Yan Song threw the memorabilia in Ding Rukui's hand aside, and walked in front of Ding Rukui holding the memorabilia of soldiers from the Six Prefectures.

"Defeat on the front can be concealed, and the emperor knows all about the failure. Who is to blame? Dazhang, do you know?"

Ding Rukui's heart is also full of galloping horses.

On weekdays, Liqing military service is full of staff.

At this juncture, the commanders-in-chief of the towns could no longer hide, and they all quietly revealed the truth to the cabinet and the Ministry of War.

It may be nothing if one person sees it through, but if you can't stand it, you will see everything through it.

Only then did the cabinet and the Ministry of War find out that this is not a bottom line, the court clearly has no bottom line!

In previous years, it was supported by Zhou Shangwen and the frontier army in the Xuanfu town at the foot of the emperor.

Xuanda has nothing to do with the nine sides.

According to the regulations, these frontier troops can't even enter the city, they can only defend against the enemy outside the city, using their own weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths, the odds of winning are very clear to Ding Rukui.

"Also ask Mr. Yan Ge to help!"

Ding Rukui knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Yan Song's hand holding the memorial book fell quietly, and the memorial book also fell to the ground.

"Wait for Zhou Yanzhang first."

"The Ministry of War will go to Jianbi first. If it doesn't work, we can only wait for the bandits to boast."

Yan Song is not stupid, the emperor can know that the capital has been defeated, how can he not know that the generals are hiding in the camp and pretending to be bastards?

Obviously, the end of being a bastard is much better than that of not being a bastard.

Yan Song had no choice.

"Da Zhang, the cabinet doesn't care about other matters. You just need to remember that not only the capital, but also Gong Hua will not make any mistakes!"

After being reminded by Yan Song, Ding Rukui suddenly came back to his senses.

"Thank you, Mr. Yan Ge, for your support. The next official will discuss with the relatives in Beijing, and choose a general to enter Gonghua."

Yan Song nodded slightly, signaling Ding Rukui to leave.

It's just that what Yan Song wants to protect is not the people of Gonghua. Compared with the people, the seven imperial tombs of Gonghua are what he is most worried about.

If I Da enters Qiling, his Yan family can hang himself collectively at home.

The Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies were frantically inquiring about the news of the Xuanfu, but the Xuanfu didn't send back a word, only a few fragments of words brought back by some border residents.

Ask the thief how much, the answer is: a lot.

When this happens, the Ministry of War has probably already guessed it.

The Xuan Mansion is afraid that it has already fallen.

The Weng family's mansion was full of crying, and the Fujian people in the court and officials from Guangnan [-]nd Road had already started to visit Weng's house one after another.

When there was chaos inside and outside the city, Zhang Zuo quietly appeared at Ning Jue's house with a team of Tiwei.

"Eunuch Zhang? But Junfu wants to punish me?"

There was light in Ning Jue's eyes, and he looked at Zhang Zuo excitedly.

Zhang Zuo ignored Ning Jue, but walked up to Zhou Shangwen.

"Old general... Someone reported that you colluded with Zhan Rong and plotted to kill the prince. Why don't you come back with our family."

As soon as these words came out, Xu Yande, who was carrying the military book on his back in the courtyard, rushed over immediately.

"Zhang, are you out of your mind?! You took Master Zhou away, and you people from the East Factory are going to fight the enemy?!"

"Ding Gong, don't worry! Our family knows it well, but there are thieves out of thin air, our family is just doing things according to the rules, just treat it as General Zhou with our family to Dongchang to have a cup of tea, and promise to come back before nightfall!"

If the matter is urgent, Zhou Shangwen must at least go there. After all, Zhang Zuo is more worried about what the person who reported Zhou Shangwen will do next. Dongchang needs to be prepared when he asks clearly.

"Okay, Xiao Xu, you continue to study military books here, take care of Ke Zhong, and go every time you go, it's okay."

Zhou Shangwen was careless, but he didn't have any precautions, so he followed Zhang Zuo into Dongchang's carriage carelessly.

It's just that Zhou Shangwen didn't see that in the tea shed outside Ning Jue's house, two of his own soldiers witnessed the scene when he stepped into the Dongchang carriage.

"You two, have you seen it clearly? We really feel wronged for General Zhou!"

"Our brothers were born and died outside, just to protect him, Yan Song and Yan Shifan, father and son, two bastards, domineering?!"

"Brothers who died in battle, they owed a year's salary without payment, and they couldn't even get a pension after they died in battle. His surname Yan's family wanted a chamber pot to be inlaid with gold, and they were reluctant to pay a life and a pension of three taels of silver." ah!"

"Hey, two, I haven't finished yet."

Looking at the family soldiers leaving, the sergeant sitting in the tea shed sighed, drank the tea in the cup, and then carefully counted more than 20 copper coins while holding the helmet.

"Boss, bring another roast chicken. The children in the family haven't eaten meat for two months, and they are growing."

"How can you be so tall? I'll pick a fat one for you. Wait a minute."

"No way, the child's father has no skills."

The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment when he heard the words, and then said nothing more. He wrapped a roast chicken in kraft paper and handed it to the sergeant.

"Master, go slowly."

An hour later, it was late at night, and dozens of people quietly appeared outside the Yamen of the Ministry of War.

Before Ding Rukui walked out of the government office, he was directly blocked by that group of people in the government office.

"Surnamed Ding, when will the bounties of our brothers be distributed?!"

With a loud shout, Ding Rukui was so frightened that he shrank back, and retreated back to the yamen of the Ministry of War.

"Who are you waiting for?"

"We are all soldiers from Datong. The imperial court has been suppressing the pensions of our brothers. The family can't open the pot. Come to ask the imperial court for money!"

In fact, these family soldiers are not short of salary, even if Zhou Shangwen pays for it himself, he will pay the salary of the family soldiers first.

But they were also selected from the ordinary frontier army, and some of their brothers died in the ordinary frontier army.

After the person said that, just the breath came up and he couldn't hold it back.

Aggrieved, the more I think about it, the more aggrieved I become.

Ding Rukui was startled when he heard this.

"Soldiers from Datong? Didn't you say that the money in the pension was paid out?"

It's good not to say this, but when these words came out, all the soldiers who had gathered outside the Yamen of the Ministry of War all turned red-eyed.

"Fart! I haven't seen a tael of silver, where is the silver?!"

The imperial court said that the money was distributed, but the frontier army did not take the money.

Let’s just say that someone is greedy for ink from the middle.

Many people were suffocated because Zhou Shangwen was taken away by Dongchang.

This time it was completely uncontrollable.

"Where is Yan Song?! We want to see old thief Yan!"

(End of this chapter)