"Borrowing from Kaifeng?" Zhu Cijiong on the side snorted, "Isn't it Liu Bei who borrowed from Jingzhou and never returned it?"
Huang Zongxi's face froze, and he said with shame: "Your Majesty, the student took it upon himself to lend the Kaifeng Mansion to Pseudo Shun. Please punish him according to the law."
"Well, lending is not ceding, so why is it wrong?"
Chongzhen said: "Not only will I not punish you, but I will also reward you. If your trip to Luoyang can prompt the hypocrites to send troops, you have successfully completed your mission."
Gao Qiqian, Lu Jiude and others cast surprised looks at Chongzhen.
I thought in my heart that the Holy Master today is really different from before, as if he were a different person. If it were the Holy Master from before, he would never tolerate such things as losing his teacher and losing his land.
If you dare to lend the Ming Dynasty city to Pseudo-Shun, who will lend you the courage?
Chongzhen said again: "Huang Zongxi, what reward do you want?"
Huang Zongxi said: "Back to the Holy Spirit, this is what students should do, so students dare not take credit."
"That won't work." Chongzhen said, "There are punishments for demerits and rewards for merits. The rules cannot be abolished."
Huang Zongxi's mind flashed through the conversation he had with Yan Yingyuan on the boat that day, and he immediately said: "Since the Holy One said this, the student has the courage to speak out."
"Tell me," Chongzhen said, "What do you want?"
Gao Qiqian and Lu Jiude next to them were stunned, weren't they? They really dared to ask for it?
Huang Zongxi straightened his face and said: "The students hope to revise the ancestral precepts of the Emperor Ming Dynasty and add the phrase 'the people are the most important, the country is second, the king is the least important' and put it on the headline of the ancestral precepts of the Emperor Ming Dynasty!"
"Huang Zongxi!" Before Chongzhen could say anything, Gao Qiqian shouted, "Who gave you the courage to dare to revise the ancestral precepts of the Emperor's Ming Dynasty ordained by Taizu!"
Huang Zongxi said: "The earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature. The sky has the changes of the four seasons, and the earth has the prosperity and decline of all things. The laws of nature are not static. Why can't the ancestral precepts of the Emperor Ming Dynasty ordained by Taizu be changed?
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, our country has been in existence for nearly three hundred years, and many regulations and systems have long been out of date, such as the military system of the guards..."
"Huang Zongxi!" Gao Qiqian was furious, "Criticizing Taizu and making false statements about the imperial government's national policies are simply treason..."
Just when Gao Qiqian was cursing vigorously, he suddenly felt that the temperature in the hall had dropped a lot. When he looked back quickly, he found that Chongzhen was staring at him coldly.
"Long live the Lord!"
Gao Qiqian shivered violently in fright.
But Chongzhen snorted coldly and said: "Drag him out with twenty sticks!"
When two Yiding rushed in like tigers and wolves, they dragged him up and walked out.
Immediately outside the cabin, there was the sound of wooden sticks and meat snapping, as well as screams like rising from the ground to kill a pig. Wang Chengen and Lu Jiude simply couldn't bear to see it. How many times had this happened?
Eunuch Gao’s butt is almost calloused, right?
But then again, some things are really hard to change.
Chongzhen said to Huang Zongxi again: "Huang Zongxi, the reward you want is too relevant, and I can't give it back to you for the time being, but I can promise you that I will give you an explanation when the time is right."
"The Holy One is wise." Huang Zongxi bowed his head to the ground, and he was already very satisfied with this.
Because this at least shows that the Holy One supports it, and having the Holy One’s support is enough…
Chongzhen then ordered Wang Cheng'en: "Wang Daban, please invite Zheng Hongkui, Du Yinxi, Jin Xuan, the generals of each town and the chiefs of the sergeants to come and discuss the matter. It's time for me, the Ming Dynasty, to launch a counterattack."
Soon, Du Yinxi, Jin Xuan, the chief soldiers of each town and the chiefs of the soldiers arrived one after another, and suddenly Li Xiangjun was also there.
By the way, Chongzhen did not make his relationship with Li Xiangjun public, mainly because he was afraid of trouble, because the Ming Dynasty's imperial censors had a tradition of defying the emperor.
Once these censors and officials get a whiff of it, he will never think about having a peaceful life.
So at least now Chongzhen doesn't want to make the relationship public, and we will talk about the future matters later.
"I have a piece of good news for you." Chongzhen glanced at the soldiers and the general soldiers, "Pseudo-Shun has sent out troops, and not long ago he fought a big battle with Jiannu outside Shangqiu City."
All the soldiers and soldiers were immediately refreshed.
Du Yinxi asked: "Your Majesty, what is the outcome?"
Chongzhen said with some regret: "The puppet army was defeated."
"We still can't beat Jiannu in a field battle." Jin Xuan sighed and said, "It's a pity. If the puppet army can successfully capture Guide City and form a confrontation with Jiannu, we will have a chance to launch a counterattack."
"It's no need to be a pity." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Although the puppet army suffered a defeat and failed to capture Shangqiu City, I have lent them Kaifeng City. With Kaifeng City, the puppet army has formed an alliance with Jiannu.
Confrontation."
"Ah? Lend Kaifeng City to Pseudo Shun?" All the scholars and the general soldiers looked at each other in confusion.
Huang Zongxi was grateful in his heart. Chongzhen wanted to take the responsibility on himself and not let him take the blame.
Wang Cheng'en, Lu Jiude, and Gao Qiqian, who had just fought twenty battles, sighed in their hearts, "Long Live Lord is really different from what he used to be. He used to shirk responsibility in every possible way, but now he takes the responsibility for his subordinates."
Chongzhen said again: "I know what you want to say. You want to say that I have abandoned the country of my ancestors, right? There is no need to say these words again, and I don't want to hear them. I only want to say one thing to you now. As long as I can defeat Jiannu
, let alone Kaifeng, even the whole of Henan, I can borrow it, no, I can give it to hypocrites!"
"This?" Du Yinxi said, "Your Majesty, it's better not to say this."
"Qing Du, I know what you are worried about. You are worried that I will leave a bad reputation, right?" Chongzhen said, "But I don't care. As long as we can hold the Huanghuai defense line, we can wipe out the slaves and revive the Ming Dynasty.
What’s the point of just being called a name? Even if the history books in the future call me a tyrant or a coward, it doesn’t matter to me.”
Hearing this, Du Yinxi, Jin Xuan and a group of general soldiers and soldiers understood.
In a word, His Majesty, he doesn't care about reputation. Reputation is worthless to him. All he cares about is actual benefits. As long as he can get real benefits in return, he is willing to bear any kind of infamy.
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Thinking of this, Du Yinxi and Jin Xuan couldn't help but turn around and glance at Li Xiangjun, saying to themselves that it's no wonder that the Holy Master dared to accept Li Xiangjun, because he really didn't care about the censor Yan Guan's saliva.
But then again, such a saint is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty and the blessing of all people...
Chongzhen continued: "Now the main force of the slave establishment has been attracted to Kaifeng by the puppet army, and the two sides are confronting each other, so this is a God-given opportunity for our Ming Dynasty."
"I decided to take this opportunity to launch a comprehensive counterattack."
"Comprehensive counterattack?" Jin Shenghuan and other border army commanders looked at each other in confusion.
However, Zheng Sen, Xu Yingwei and other senior officials looked excited and finally waited for the counterattack.
Chongzhen added: "This counterattack will not only destroy Jiannu's Yellow River defense line, but also completely destroy the blockade ditch and protective wall outside Xuzhou City, and even destroy all Jiannu's farmland! I want to see it.
How many seeds can the Jiannu have to replant? Is it faster for them to replant, or is it faster for us to destroy it? Humph."
Zuo Mengeng hesitated for a long time, then went out to persuade: "Your Majesty, Jian Nu has always been cunning, is there any deceit in it? If this is Jian Nu's plan to lure the snake out of the hole, wouldn't we fall into the trap if we go out of the city to fight back?"
"What Commander Zuo said is absolutely true." Wang Zuntan, Ma Huabao and other commanders all agreed, "If we fall into the trap, not only will we not be able to destroy the trenches, protective walls and Yellow River defense lines built by the slaves, we might even lose Xuzhou.
.”
Jin Shenghuan also said: "Your Majesty, I think we should act with caution and not be reckless."
The battle on the ninth peak of Yunlong Mountain gave Jin Shenghuan some confidence, but it was limited to defensive battles.
He didn't have the guts to ask Jin Shenghuan to lead his troops out of the city to fight Jiannu in the field, at least not yet.
More than sixty sergeant chiefs asked for battle one after another, which was in sharp contrast to Jin Shenghuan and other generals.
However, the paradox of the matter is that the Shiziying wanted to go to war, but Chongzhen refused to let them go. Jin Shenghuan and other general soldiers of the border town did not want to go to war, but Chongzhen did not force them to go to war.
"My decision has been made. Please don't say any more, otherwise it will be like this."
After saying this, Chongzhen pulled out his sword and chopped off a corner of the imperial case.
Jin Shenghuan, Ma Huabao, Wang Zuntan, Zuo Mengeng and others did not dare to say more.
Today is different from the past. They, the general military officers, no longer have real power.
The officers and soldiers below only knew that there was the Holy Sage and the Ming Dynasty, but they did not know that there was a general soldier.
Therefore, without the support of the Holy One, they would not be able to command a single soldier.
Chongzhen snorted coldly and said: "Zuo Mengeng, Hu Shoujin, Shen Bao, Cao Hu..."
The commanders of the frontier armies of the seven towns who were named stepped forward one after another, raised their hands and agreed, "I'm here."
Chongzhen said: "In addition to leaving two thousand people in each town to guard the gun platform, the other three thousand people will attack from all directions at the same time. The attack time is set at the end of Haimo. Please tell me. When the time comes, each town will need
Attack at the same time, without any excuse, if you find that the delay is not the first, kill the general above immediately, and attack the three tribes of Yi from the general!"
"Accept the decree!" Zuo Menggeng and other seven-town commanders agreed.
Jin Shenghuan, Wang Zuntan and Ma Huabao were shocked.
The three Yi tribes? This is too cruel, but why are there not three towns of them?
Could it be that the Holy One has a more arduous task for the three towns?
While thinking, Chongzhen's eyes turned to Jin Shenghuan and the others: "Jin Shenghuan, Wang Zuntan, Ma Huabao!"
Jin Shenghuan, Wang Zuntan and Ma Huabao took a step forward at the same time, bowed their hands and responded proudly: "I'm here!"
Chongzhen said: "Your three towns have the most troops. The other towns only have 5,000 people, but your three towns have 8,000 people. Your equipment is also the best among your three towns. You also have the most squatting tiger cannons and bird muskets, so your three towns have the most tasks."
And the most important thing is that you not only have to break through the blockade ditch east of Yunlong Mountain, but also continue to push eastward after breaking through the blockade ditch, and cooperate with the navy to destroy the dozens of forts built by Jiannu on the west bank of the Yellow River!"
"Your Majesty, please accept the order!"
Jin Shenghuan and the others could only accept the order.
