Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 599

In a coniferous forest in the northeast outside the pass, Xia Wanchun, the governor of the Northeast, reined in the reins and waited for Zhu Cijiong, the alias Zhu Keqing, to come over and said:
"I still say the same thing, I don't want to leave here, I know she is waiting for me, but I, Xia Wanchun, still want to continue to do something for Daming, Jianlu is not wiped out, ordinary people dare not be home!"

"I respect your choice. I have studied in the Army Military Academy for so long, and I also understand that now is the best time for us Han family sons to start a business, but we still have to be more careful. This is the hometown of Jianlu. Familiar and elusive, with a tenacious fighting spirit, it is very easy for you to lead people to chase after you so easily."

Zhu Keqing said.

"When was the son of the Han family afraid of death?" Xia Wanchun grinned.

But at this time, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes, and only the cavalry of the Ming army shouted: "There are Jianlu cavalry appearing!",

Xia Wanchun immediately chased after him with his army.

And Zhu Keqing also came over, but he glanced in the southwest direction during the attack.

And before that.

A soldier buried in the leaf pile in the southwest direction said to Jianlu who was holding a gun at the other end: "Fuck on time, as long as you can shoot him in the knee, the prince will reward you with [-] silver dollars!"

Snapped!
A bullet directly hit Xia Wanchun's right knee when he rode his horse.

A burst of severe pain came, and Xia Wanchun screamed. Before he could look back to see who hit him, another shot hit his knee, and then another shot, until the fourth shot. Immediately fell down.

"Taiwan making!"

Zhu Keqing let out a loud roar, and hurriedly led his cavalry to chase towards the southwest direction: "Where are the Tartars who dare to hurt our platform! I will not spare you!"

The two soldiers had already run away, and Jianlu, one of them with a gun, dropped the gun on the ground and said to the other soldier, "I hit four shots, you should give me [-] silver dollars!"

The soldier sneered, and suddenly stabbed the prisoner to death on the spot: "I still want to make money from me, it's a good idea!"

Here, Zhu Keqing found the gun: "It's Jianlu's new musket. It seems that it was injured by Jianlu's ranger. Hurry up and take the platform back to the city for treatment!"

But Xia Wanchun's knee was basically crippled, and as for whether to amputate his calf, he had to carry it back to the capital to be determined by the most famous surgeon in the capital. Therefore, under Zhu Keqing's strong request, Xia Wanchun had to leave his job and return to Beijing.

……

When Xia Wanchun returned to Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian received the advice of Ma Shiying, the chief assistant of the cabinet, to severely punish officials who obstructed the New Deal.

"This Ma Shiying finally understood my intentions, and told the Ministry of Punishment that, in accordance with the cabinet's written opinion, behead officials who obstructed the New Deal," Zhu Youjian ordered.

"But Your Majesty, the leader Cai Luobo is your in-law, the prince's father-in-law," Wang Chengen reminded, and Zhu Youjian replied: "Then I will kill you even more!"

Therefore, because more than a dozen officials who resisted Ma Shiying's cabinet's new policy were beheaded, the prince Zhu Cihong was furious when he heard about it, but he didn't dare to do anything to Ma Shiying.

However, Ma Shiying ignored these things at all, and his attitude towards implementing the New Deal was a bit tougher than before. Minister of the Ministry of War, Ruan Dayue, had the right to interfere with the local garrison troops. Therefore, the command departments of the provinces also actively cooperated with Ma Shiying and Ruan Dayue, which made many gentry dislike Ma. Shi Ying and Ruan Dayue hated each other very much.

……

On this day, Zhu Youjian received news from the Northeast.

"Northeast Governor Xia Wanchun was seriously injured and suffered a leg illness, so he had to leave his post and return to Beijing. Take a look." Zhu Youjian urgently handed Xu Zhaohua the gift from the Generalissimo's Mansion.

Xu Zhaohua hurriedly opened the express package, and burst into tears after reading it, but the next day he continued to deal with the government affairs of the Supervisor of Rites as usual.

……

In name, Zhu Cijiong, Governor of the Northeast, was directly under the commander and chief of staff of the cavalry battalion, so he personally escorted Xia Wanchun back to the capital, and he and Xia Wanchun had a very close personal friend.

According to Zhu Cijiong's words, Xia Wanchun is his real brother who died on the battlefield.

So for Xia Wanchun's injury, Zhu Cijiong was the most distressed. He even led his troops to risk his life and rushed into the deep mountains of Linyuan overnight and killed 67 Jianlu heads before returning, saying that he was avenging Xia Wanchun.

"Don't worry, your injury will heal. You still have to be the bridegroom's official. My king is still waiting to go to your house for a wedding."

The knee joint suffered a shattering blow. Xia Wanchun can't even move his right leg now, but he is also very touched to be comforted by the dignified prince: "What you said is that now that you are injured, you can only put down your achievements temporarily. I just hope she doesn't think I'm a cripple now."

"No, your Majesty made a marriage contract. Xu Zhaohua is now His Majesty's adoptive daughter and this king's imperial sister. As an elder brother, I will not agree to her decree!"

King Ding Zhu Cijiong did meet Xu Zhaohua not long after he entered the capital, and he didn't shy away from it at all. He asked Xu Zhaohua in front of all the palace officials and maids on the spot: "Sister, you hoped that Xia Wanchun would resign and come back to marry you. Now that he's back from injury, you should know what you're going to do next."

"Zhaohua doesn't understand what His Highness means, so you still want His Highness to express it?" Xu Zhaohua replied.

"Do you really don't understand or you don't understand? Xia Wanchun has returned to Beijing now and has resigned. Shouldn't you fulfill your promise and marry him?" Ding Wang Zhu Cijiong asked.

Xu Zhaohua took a deep breath: "It's late, I've changed my mind now, please tell him, Your Highness, I don't want to get married now, I want to stay in the Supervisor of Rites, as he said, it's hard to lose the Qing and the country."

After Xu Zhaohua finished speaking, he turned and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Ding Wang Zhu Cijiong: "Wait a minute, Xu Zhaohua, tell me honestly, do you despise him as a cripple, you don't like him anymore, you don't want to marry him, Let me tell you, don't go back on your word, your marriage contract with him was made by His Majesty!"

Xu Zhaohua couldn't bear Ding Wang Zhu Cijiong yelling at her like that, so he responded loudly: "Yes, I despise him, I don't want to marry him, what's wrong!"

Snapped!
Ding Wang Zhu Cijiong slapped Xu Zhaohua on the face: "You are shameless!" Then pointing to Xu Zhaohua: "This marriage will happen if you succeed, and if you don't, you must succeed!"

Xu Zhaohua covered his face and left crying.

And Ding Wang Zhu Cihong also told Xia Wanchun what he and Xu Zhaohua had said. After hearing this, Xia Wanchun was also very sad and angry, and clamored to see Xu Zhaohua and ask Xu Zhaohua face to face.

Next, Ding Wang Zhu Cihong went to Xu Zhaohua every day when he had nothing to do, and forced him to question Xu Zhaohua, as if he wanted to fight Xia Wanchun's injustice to the end.

"That's enough, His Royal Highness, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. He Xia Wanchun is the governor of the Northeast, and he was successfully attacked by Jianlu. You are the commander of the guard cavalry battalion. Why did Xia Wanchun get injured? You know better than me!" Xu Zhaohua questioned.

"Are you doubting me?" Ding Wang Zhu Cijiong asked.

"Need to say, do you really think you've lied to everyone?" Xu Zhaohua asked with a sneer.

"Nonsense, Xu Zhaohua, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person! Xia Wanchun now wants to die because of you drinking to drown his sorrows every day. Do you know that as his comrade-in-arms, I will put the words here today. If you don't If you marry him, even if you are punished by your father, I will never end with you!" Ding Wang Zhu Cijiong roared angrily.

(End of this chapter)