Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 43
After all, only a few people died when the capital city was destroyed.Even if Emperor Chongzhen remembered everything at this time, the available manpower would still be too few.

Therefore, it is impossible to appoint these civil servants and generals with complete morality.

Otherwise, among those who committed suicide and died for their country, many actually had problems with Emperor Chongzhen and were dissatisfied with him.

The end of the Ming Dynasty would eventually evolve into this, and Emperor Chongzhen himself also had an unshirkable responsibility.

Among the three cabinet ministers named by Emperor Chongzhen now, Fan Jingwen has nothing to say. Although Jiang Dejing died after the Tang Dynasty, his son was a Hanlin of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. It is hard to say what the history is like.

As for Fang Yuegong, there must be no difference in integrity.But what he did in Songjiang Mansion proved that he could indeed do practical things.But today's Emperor Chongzhen needs someone who can do things, so he named him.

In the cabinet, there was actually another cabinet minister named Qiu Yu, who also surrendered to Li Zicheng, but was still chased for money and paid, and 2000 taels of silver were found. Then, together with Fang Yuegong, Li Zicheng ordered him to commit suicide because he was dragged down by Chen Yan. .

This person was not considered a corrupt official in the late Ming Dynasty, but he had been an official in the Chongzhen Dynasty without doing much, and later joined the cabinet together with Fan Jingwen.However, there are records of his son pretending to defect to Li Zicheng and then contacting Sun Chuanting in an attempt to cooperate internally and externally. As a result, Li Zicheng intercepted the secret message and was killed.

Based on this, Emperor Chongzhen does not intend to name him, nor will he punish him until he performs later.

At this time, he looked at the three people who were called, his face looked a little better, and he said: "Fan Qing has been affected. From now on, he will be the chief assistant of the cabinet. Jiang Qing and Fang Qing will assist him, and together they will assist the prince in supervising the country."

Fan Jingwen was surprised and happy when he heard this. What he was happy about was that the emperor promoted him to the position of chief minister of the cabinet. What was surprising was that why did the emperor say that the prince oversees the country?
Others were also shocked. The prince oversees the country. What does this mean?
Then Fan Jingwen quickly said: "Your Majesty, how come you are the crown prince supervising the country? But you want to move south?"

If the prince moved south, that would explain it.After all, among the recent rumors, there is news of moving the capital.

When the others heard the question from the new chief minister of the cabinet, they all looked at Emperor Chongzhen, waiting for an answer.

Even those who were kneeling on the ground to be punished were a little curious and raised their heads, wanting to know why the prince was in prison?
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Fan Jingwen and said with a stern expression: "If it is not about moving south, Emperor Taizu asked me in his dream to personally lead the troops to conquer the world and pacify the four directions! Therefore, the prince is left in the capital to supervise the country!"

Hearing this, everyone in the Jinluan Palace, including Zhu Chunchen and others, were dumbfounded for a moment.

In addition to the founding emperors of the Ming Dynasty and Emperor Chengzu who personally led troops to fight, only Emperors Yingzong and Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty personally led troops.The results of this leadership are shown in history.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is in such a situation, all the famous generals and commanders have been defeated one after another. How can you, an emperor who has never been outside the capital, lead troops to bring peace to the world?Will riding a horse be a problem?
To be honest, no one believes it!

This is outrageous too!

Leading troops to fight is not just playing house, it can be played for fun!The situation was already precarious, but the emperor still wanted to play the game of leading troops to conquer personally?
Some people even immediately thought, could it be that the emperor actually wanted to lead his troops to Nanjing, so he made such an excuse?

Fan Jingwen, as the newly promoted first assistant, immediately said: "Your Majesty, the matter of the imperial commander's personal expedition is not a trivial matter, and must not be left to chance..."

He has led troops to fight, and he is considered to be both civil and military. He knows how to lead troops to fight, especially if you want to win a battle, you must make a lot of preparations. It is not just that you can lead troops.Therefore, even if the emperor's dream brought him enough benefits, he still wanted to say that the dream could not be taken seriously.As a result, before he could finish speaking, Emperor Chongzhen interrupted him and said: "Emperor Taizu gave me great power in a dream, which is what I need to lead the troops in battle. I have made up my mind on this matter, and there is no need to say anything more!"

That won't work!

Fan Jingwen already had the consciousness of the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, so he wanted to persuade him again. At this moment, there was movement outside the palace, and it was Tang Tong, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, who had arrived.

Tang Tong, nearly 40 years old, tall and from Qin, was wearing armor. After arriving at the Jinluan Hall, he paid tribute to Emperor Chongzhen and shouted long live the mountain.

At the same time, he was very puzzled.

First, he didn't know why the emperor traveled eight hundred miles to summon him. What was the special matter?

Second, when he entered the imperial city, he found that soldiers were escorting carts toward the Meridian Gate.Based on his experience, this car is probably full of money.Where does this money come from?

Third, why is it so solemn today that we are holding a grand meeting in the Jinluan Hall?

After entering the palace, he found a large group of people kneeling on the ground, including nobles and civil servants in scarlet robes. What was going on?
Emperor Chongzhen, after receiving the courtesy from Tang Tong, said with a smile: "I am very relieved that you can lead the troops to the capital in time. I am now forming a new capital camp. Your troops will be transferred to the capital camp in the future. You are also appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Beijing Camp!"

Selecting generals from the border army to join the Imperial Guard has always been a thing.Let's not talk about the distant ones, let's talk about the Chongzhen Dynasty. The Yongwei Battalion formed before, Zhou Yuji, Sun Yingyuan and Huang Degong were all selected from the border troops.

Generally speaking, the treatment of the Imperial Guards is definitely better than that of the border troops. Not only do they have better logistical support, but their military exploits are also less likely to be embezzled by others, and they are easily promoted.

However, what is the situation in the Ming Dynasty today? Tang Tong, who has been leading troops in the army for a long time, knows the situation even more clearly.Therefore, he has become somewhat immune to empty promises.

No, after hearing the emperor's words, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, the general obeyed the order, but many of the military pay was in arrears, and there were a lot of complaints in the army. The general finally brought them to the capital with great difficulty. If he does not appease the morale of the army, , I’m afraid it will be difficult to get them to do their best, and it will damage the prestige of the Beijing camp!”

When he came, he actually had the idea of ​​asking for money. Therefore, he not only brought two thousand cavalry troops, but also brought an additional six thousand infantry troops here just to ask for money.

In the original history, Emperor Chongzhen only gave him a small amount of money in the end, which made him very dissatisfied. He immediately requested to garrison at Juyongguan on the pretext that he had too few troops to fight against Li Zicheng's army in the capital.And before Emperor Chongzhen agreed, he took the people and horses away.

At this time, as soon as he finished speaking, Emperor Chongzhen said to him: "There is no problem with this matter, the arrears should be paid off!"

The more than 50 in cash copied from Zhou Kui was enough to pay off the wages of 8000 people in Ji Town no matter what.Because this Ji Town team was actually just reorganized in the past two years, so there won’t be many years of unpaid wages.

However, as soon as he said these words, Tang Tong was shocked on the spot.Arrears in paying the border troops have been a common phenomenon since the Tianqi period.Tang Tong has always been used to it.When I spoke this time, I just wanted to make a few points. Unexpectedly, the emperor actually said that it was no problem and wanted to pay off the arrears?

(End of this chapter)