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Shenjing City

When Emperor Chongping suddenly heard the news, he was overjoyed for a moment. All kinds of feelings came to his heart, and he fainted in an instant.

As time went by, the sound spread throughout the entire Shenjing City and spread like wildfire.

Empress Song shouted "Imperial Physician", and the maids and eunuchs in Kunning Palace were also in a mess. They hurriedly approached Emperor Chongping, preparing hot water for those preparing hot water, and towels for those preparing towels.

After a while, several imperial doctors came quickly from outside with small medicine boxes, with a look of fear on their faces.

Empress Song did not care about the queen's majesty at this moment, and said urgently: "The king's court judge, your majesty has fainted, come and have a look."

An old man with gray hair twirled a silver needle in his hand, and while he was talking, there was a needle on the back of the neck among Emperor Chongping's people.

After a while, with a "hum" sound, Emperor Chongping opened his closed eyelids, and at this moment, Youyou woke up and turned around.

The middle-aged emperor's cheeks were sunken, and his body was shrouded in an aura of decline and haggard. Under his two thin and loose eyebrows, his eyes were scattered for a while, but then they became focused.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please don't frighten me, my concubine." Under the willow brows of Queen Song, her gentle and watery eyes seemed to be filled with tears.

At this moment, only the love between husband and wife for many years fills my heart.

Emperor Chongping's thin and slack eyebrows moved his lips, his eyes focused again, and he asked in a hoarse voice: "Zitong, where is the military report sent by Ziyu?"

Queen Song: "..."

At this time, I still pay attention to military newspapers.

Emperor Chongping turned to look at Dai Quan who was not far away, and ordered in a weak voice: "Go to the general and report to the general."

Dai Quan said quickly: "I will send someone to get it right now."

Emperor Chongping said "hmm" at this moment, and then slowly closed his eyes, as if he was resting his mind. In addition to endless joy, an indescribable sadness surged in his heart.

Liaodong was pacified, the world was at peace, and the prosperous age of Chongping was about to come, but his body was about to collapse.

Queen Song was a little worried and quickly called out softly: "Your Majesty."

Emperor Chongping waved his hand and said weakly: "I'm fine."

Empress Song nodded. Her fair-skinned face was obviously full of tears.

After many years of relationship as husband and wife, and having given birth to several children together, the beauty now feels inexplicably worried.

Emperor Chongping suddenly asked: "Have you informed the cabinet about my fainting?"

Empress Song was stunned for a moment, and under the willow-shaped eyebrows, her tear-filled eyes flickered, and she whispered: "No."

Emperor Chongping said in an indifferent voice: "Don't reveal even a single word."

If his body and bones are well taken care of, he can still last for three to five years. He will have to wait for future generations to completely conquer Jia Ziyu before he can completely close his eyes.

However, before that, the East Palace should be established first, the country's foundation should be determined early, and all national affairs should be handled by the East Palace. He would only control the general direction.

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At this moment, the entire Shenjing City is immersed in a sea of ​​joy because of Liaodong's victory. The sound of crackling firecrackers can be heard non-stop, shaking the heaven and earth, just like the New Year.

It seems like the entire country is filled with positivity.

Many people were talking and noisy.

Since Nurhaci raised troops in Liaodong, the entire Han Dynasty has spent almost thirty years being harassed by border troubles in Liaodong, without a day of peace.

Then during the Chongping period, there were frequent natural disasters. In the past few years, the Central Plains was in civil unrest, and it was even more like a scene where the mountains and rivers were in turmoil and the dynasty was at its end.

But only five years have passed, and the world has changed.

The New Deal flourished and spread its power to foreigners.

Now the Jurchens of Liaodong have been annihilated. From then on, the world is peaceful, rivers are clear and seas are flowing.

The petty officials in the six departments and yamen were also talking about the war, and they were all amazed. How did the Duke of Wei achieve such a great victory?

At this time, in the Wuying Hall where the cabinet was on duty, Li Zan, the first assistant to the cabinet, Gao Zhongping, the second assistant to the cabinet, Qi Kun, Lu Jiang, and Lin Ruhai, the cabinet ministers, sat down to talk.

As we entered the golden autumn of the 19th year of Chongping, the autumn grain collection of the Han Dynasty gradually came to an end.

In one sentence, it is another good harvest year.

"What's so noisy outside the palace?" At this time, Gao Zhongping frowned and asked, with a hint of sullenness in his majestic and calm eyes.

After all, he was the prime minister who was in charge of the party. At this moment, he became so powerful that he made the few servants around him tremble with fear.

Li Zan also raised his eyes to look outside with some surprise, and exchanged glances with Lin Ruhai, Qi Kun and others beside him.

"Go and see what's going on outside?" Li Zan said.

The secretary of the cabinet and other minor officials looked a little solemn and said quickly: "Sir, I'm going to go and have a look."

After a while, the little official had left and returned, with a happy face and said with a smile: "Mr. Ge, Mr. Ge, great news, good news, good news, good news."

Several cabinet ministers in the palace looked at each other and immediately asked: "What good news?"

At this moment, the little official came quickly and said: "Duke Wei captured Shengjing in Liaodong and wiped out the Jurchens."

It is worth mentioning that at this moment, the Han court did not refer to the Jurchens as Manchus, but only as Jurchens or Donglu.

As soon as the little official's words came out, the faces of several cabinet ministers in the entire palace suddenly changed and they were in disbelief.

Is Shengjing City broken?

The Jurchens were wiped out?

Although it was expected that it was only a matter of time before Shengjing City was breached, it was so fast that several ministers present were caught off guard.

Lin Ruhai's elegant and fair face immediately glowed with joy.

Did Ziyu win the battle? The Jurchens were destroyed?

Li Zan asked: "Ziyu captured Shengjing?"

With a prosperous smile on his face, the young official said: "Mr. Ge, the good news of Duke Wei has been delivered to Beijing. At this time, troops have been sent to capture Shengjing City."

Li Zan asked: "Where is the good news?"

Several ministers in the palace also stared at the little official at this moment and asked: "Where is the good news now?"

At this moment, a young eunuch quickly entered the palace, with an inexplicably excited expression on his face, and said, "Mr. Ge, the red-feathered messenger is outside the palace asking to see His Majesty."

"Get into the palace quickly." Li Zan urged, his voice less calm than before.

Because Emperor Chongping was in the Kunning Palace in the harem at the moment, even if the red-feathered messenger entered the palace, he would first talk to Li Zan and Gao Zhongping.

After a while, accompanied by several guards, several red-feathered messengers entered the palace, saluted Li Zan, and said in a hoarse voice: "I have seen Mr. Ge in this humble position."

Li Zan stared at the messenger with bright eyes and asked: "Where is the military report?"

The few red-feathered couriers did not waste any time and immediately took out a military report from the cowhide bag and quickly handed it over.

A clerk in the cabinet took the military report and turned around and handed it to Li Zan.

Li Zan took a military newspaper and just started reading it attentively. After a while, his stern and calm face showed uncontrollable joy. Facing the eyes of Gao Zhongping, Qi Kun and others, he said excitedly: "Duke Wei Guo

After capturing the city of Shengjing, the Jurchen regent Prince Dorgon burned himself in the palace, and all the other Jurchen princes were beheaded by our powerful Han generals. The Jurchen false leader was captured without hesitation, and the Jurchens will no longer be a trouble to our Han men!"

As soon as these words came out, the palace was suddenly enveloped in a joyful atmosphere.

At this moment, Gao Zhongping also took the military report delivered by Li Zan, read it attentively, and then passed it around to each other, with a look of joy on his face.

The battle history recorded in the military newspaper is very familiar. From the siege of Shengjing City, which could not be taken for a long time, to the burning of grain and fodder through the inner city, and the attack on the heart of the city, the whole process is very clear.

Gao Zhongping nodded and said in a deep voice: "Duke Wei's victory, if coupled with Hetuala's attack, I, the big man, have basically wiped out the Jurchens' existence."

Li Zan nodded and said: "The Jurchen hypocrite has also fallen into the hands of the Jurchens. From now on, the Jurchens can no longer cause trouble."

"The follow-up still focuses on treatment." Gao Zhongping said.

At this moment, Qi Kun also finished reading the military report, and he felt a little emotional in his heart, saying: "Previously, Duke Wei mentioned that we, the Han Dynasty, should set up a government system in Liaodong to cultivate fertile land, and mentioned the acres of land in Liaodong.

It is fertile and can produce countless amounts of rice."

Gao Zhongping nodded and said: "But Liaodong is a vast land with few people, so people need to immigrate to the border. However, the land in Liaodong has always been bitterly cold, so there may not be many people who leave their homes and go to cultivate land."

In fact, this is the corresponding strategy mentioned by Jia Heng in subsequent memorials.

That is, the Production and Construction Corps, and then there were large-scale marriages between the soldiers of the Corps and local Mongolian and Jurchen women.

Then they completely assimilated the Jurchen, Mongolian and other tribes in terms of nationality.

"This matter still needs to be decided by the Holy Emperor himself after the complete recovery of Liaodong." Li Zan's eyes narrowed and he said softly.

At this moment, a young eunuch quickly entered the hall, raised his hands and said: "Several elders, Your Majesty summoned several elders to come over in the inner study."

After Emperor Chongping vomited blood and fainted, he thought for a while and finally decided to summon a few people to talk and discuss the subsequent governance of Liaodong.

Mainly, I wanted to read military newspapers and understand the specific situation in Liaodong.

Hanyuan Hall, inner study room——

Emperor Chongping was currently sitting on a pearwood chair behind the lacquered wood desk, with a blanket covering his legs. His eyes were slightly narrowed under his thin, slack eyebrows. Apparently, the mouthful of blood just now worried the emperor.
To be continued...