() The next day, the news of the assassination of Emperor Chongzhen in the palace began to spread among the people, and the central topic in the capital was immediately attracted to this. Regardless of men and women, mortals have a gossip heart, and the people of the capital, officials, and the three religions and nine schools began to communicate
The news and opinions I heard.
There are two more mainstream theories, one with a nose and eyes, which is also very mysterious. One is said to have come from the palace guards, saying that one day a man appeared in the air and fell into the pond in the imperial garden. He used to be able to ascend to the sky and the earth, and soar through the clouds and mist.
, but he violated the rules of heaven and was stripped of his magic by the Emperor of Heaven. He was demoted to the mortal world to practice again. Because Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, he went to the Emperor and borrowed the Emperor's energy to practice. He got twice the result with half the effort. It happened to be that His Majesty was in trouble.
So he came to the rescue.
There is another rumor that is widely spread among women. It is said that it was spread by the officials of Qin Tianjian. During the Tianqi period, the demon was born, the Wang Gong factory in the capital exploded, the drought, earthquakes in the Ming Dynasty, etc. were all demons causing chaos in the world.
Caused by this, Taizu saw that the Ming Dynasty was being made ridiculous by demons, so he reported to heaven and sent immortals to come down to earth to help His Majesty subdue demons and revive the Ming Dynasty. That day, His Majesty was in the Imperial Garden, and he felt something in his heart and looked up at the sky.
At that time, a colorful cloud fell from the sky, and there was an immortal standing on the cloud. The immortal told the Holy Emperor that Your Majesty was in trouble, and came to help according to the order of Taizu. Then in the blink of an eye, he figured out that there was a monster hiding in the palace.
If you want to harm the Holy Sage, you point your finger and the demon appears. It turns out to be a rat spirit.
In the end, it became more and more mysterious and unreasonable.
Emperor Chongzhen was approving memorials. He had just finished approving a stack of memorials. He raised his head and rolled his neck. He found Wang Chengen coming over with another notebook in his hand, and asked, "Where is the memorial that the eldest companion is holding?"
Wang Chengen replied: "Your Majesty, this is the information about the characters mentioned by Zhong Jinwei."
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he hurriedly said: "Send it to me quickly." Wang Chengen walked to Chongzhen in a few steps and handed it to him.
Emperor Chongzhen immediately put the other memorials aside and carefully read the book handed over by Wang Chengen. He saw the following introduction:
Lu Xiangsheng, whose courtesy name was Jiandou and whose name was Jiutai, was from Yixing County, Changzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili Province. He was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi, was the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was promoted to Yuanwailang, and is currently the magistrate of Daming Prefecture. It is said that he loves reading military books and riding horses.
Cao Wenzhao, a native of Datong, Shanxi Province, joined the army in Liaodong. He was good at spearing and bravely ranked first in the three armies. He accumulated merit and was promoted to guerrilla. He was not from Liaodong and was very marginalized. He is still under Yuan Chonghuan.
Hong Chengchou, courtesy name Yanyan and nickname Hengjiu, was born in Xiamei Township, Yingshan District, Nan'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province. In the 44th year of Wanli Period, he was ranked 14th among the top two in the Bingchen Palace Examination. He was granted a Jinshi background and was initially assigned to the Ministry of Punishment.
In the second year of the Apocalypse, he was promoted to a political official in Zhejiang Province. In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, he was promoted to the Political Left Councilor of Liangzhe Chengxuan. In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, he was promoted to the Governor of Shaanxi Province and participated in politics. In April of this year, Guyuan invaded Yaozhou.
He ordered the officers and soldiers to defeat him bravely and hunted down more than 200 heads.
Qin Liangyu, whose courtesy name was Zhensu, was born in Zhongzhou, Sichuan. He was married to Qiancheng. He died unjustly in prison in the 41st year of Wanli. According to the system of chieftains who died after the husband died and his wife died when the son was young, Qin Liangyu succeeded him as Shili Xuanfu envoy. Tianqi Yuan
In April of that year, he guarded Shanhaiguan and was repeatedly defeated by the rebels. Emperor Xizong awarded him a plaque with the words "Loyalty and Righteousness Commendable" and a concubine named Liang Yu.
Soldier. After putting down the Songpan Rebellion, he guarded Sichuan.
After Emperor Chongzhen read it, he remained silent for a long time, and then said to Wang Cheng'en: "These people are supposed to be rescuers, but they have already decided not to move Yuan Chonghuan, so Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Wenzhao have not moved. I heard that Qin Liangyu is a hero among women, and it is better to meet him than to be famous. I sent an order to recruit Qin Liangyu and Hong Chengchou to come to Beijing to meet the saint."
Wang Chengen accepted the order, but remembered something, so he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, Zhong Jinwei once said that Jianlu would take a detour from Zunhua to invade the capital, and he proposed to recruit Qin Liangyu to defeat his white pole army and enter the capital for defense. Is it necessary for Qin Liangyu to come to Beijing to face the emperor this time? He led troops to Beijing?"
Emperor Chongzhen thought about the treasury that could not make ends meet, sighed, and said: "Let's postpone the matter of leading troops." As soon as Wang Chengen heard Emperor Chongzhen sigh, he knew that it was still a matter of money, so he said no more.
In Shenyang in the northeast, in the Chongzheng Palace, Huang Taiji, the three major Baylors, and the four minor Baylors were discussing matters. In these years, not only the Ming Dynasty suffered natural disasters, but also the Houjin Dynasty suffered from natural disasters one after another. No, the days are sad, and several big bosses are discussing whether to go The neighbor next door was fighting against the autumn wind. This one meant that the Ming Dynasty was rich and it was right to seize the Ming Dynasty; the other objected that the Ming Dynasty's Ningjin defense line was too hard and might have broken the teeth in the past, not to mention that there was a cowhide candy behind who took the opportunity to fight against the autumn wind. , it didn’t work. Another person said that he could just go and kill Niubi Tang. Another person objected, saying that Niubi Tang was poorer than us, Daikin, and it was a loss-making business to beat him in the past, not to mention that Niubi Tang had never been with us. Daijin is fighting head-on. When there are too many people passing by, Niupitang shrinks to the island, leaving Daijin powerless and unable to do anything. He bribes him, deals with him verbally, and accepts the money. The one who should be robbed of Daijin should be robbed as usual. Discuss and discuss. There is no satisfactory method.
Just when everyone was about to leave the meeting, the second-class military officer Tong Yangxing ran in. Belle Dudo disliked Han people the most, and he couldn't help himself. When he saw Tong Yangxing, a Han man, even though he He said he was a Manchu and ran in without permission. His face fell. He didn't care about Huang Taiji's presence and scolded him directly: "You are a slave, you didn't see the master discussing things. Are you tired of living? You want to try it?" Is the knife in my waist sharp?"
Tong Yangxing was very happy at first. He wanted to take credit from Huang Taiji, so he ran in. Hearing Duduo's scolding, he was startled. He quickly kowtowed to the ground and said: "You deserve to die, you deserve to die, you have great news." Report."
Huang Taiji had no intention of blaming Duoduo for a dog. After hearing Tong Yangxing talk about the great news, he said: "After all, he is also the chief military officer of Daijin. Get up and answer. What is the good news that makes you so rude?"
Tong Yangxing kowtowed and then stood up and said: "The agent sent by the slave to Pi Island sent back a message saying that Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao in the Ming Dynasty, killed Mao Wenlong, the chief military officer of Pi Island on the fifth day of June."
"What?" Duduo couldn't hold his breath after hearing this. He stood up and said, "Say it again."
Tong Yangxing was very afraid of Duduo. When he saw Duduo speak, he was startled, so he stammered and said it again.
When Huang Taiji heard this, he was overjoyed. He immediately stood up and walked to Tong Yangxing and said, "Can this matter be verified?"
When Tong Yangxing saw Huang Taiji coming up to ask questions, he didn't dare to stand with him. He knelt down quickly and replied: "I didn't believe it at first. After repeated verifications, Mao Wenlong is indeed dead. On the surface of Dongjiang Town, Having succumbed to Yuan Chonghuan's coercive power, secretly people are in panic and have become a piece of loose sand."
When Huang Taiji heard this, he laughed loudly, and several Belles also laughed. They were still having a headache because of the brown sugar, but they didn't expect that the brown sugar would die on its own in the blink of an eye. After Huang Taiji finished laughing, he said: "God helps me."
Gold, haha, God helps gold!" Several Belles came together to congratulate Huang Taiji.
Huang Taiji smiled and accepted the congratulations of several Baylors, then rewarded Tong Yangxing heavily and let him go out. After he went out, Huang Taiji announced: Once Mao Wenlong leaves, Dongjiang Town in the Ming Dynasty will not be in trouble. We will gather in five days.
The main force of the Eight Banners went to Yuan Chonghuan's place to fight against the autumn wind. Seeing that the brown sugar had gone, several Belles naturally found it meaningless, so they all went back to gather their own main force, preparing to fight against the autumn wind and grab a vote.
Let's talk about Zu Dashou. When he heard that Yuan Chonghuan had killed Mao Wenlong, he was so shocked that he ran to find Yuan Chonghuan regardless of the rule of not leaving the station without orders.
Yuan Chonghuan heard that his confidant General Zu Dashou came to see him secretly. He knew what was going on, so he arranged to meet Zu Dashou in the back hall.
When Zu Dashou saw Yuan Chonghuan, he was an old acquaintance, so he stopped being polite and asked directly: "Supervisor, did the Emperor secretly ask you to kill Mao Wenlong? You can't take random lives. Once Mao Wenlong goes, Jinzhou will be under great pressure.
Well, Jianlu has nothing to worry about, so he must attack with all his strength."
When Yuan Chonghuan saw Zu Dashou's urgency, he shouted: "Don't panic when things happen, that's how you deal with it. Look at how decent you are!"
After being scolded like this, Zu Dashou had no choice but to calm down his panic. Then Yuan Chonghuan spoke again: "I have no secret decree from the Holy One, so I will kill him with Shang Fang's sword."
Zu Dashou just picked up the tea cup and wanted to take a sip of tea to calm down his shock. When he heard what Yuan Chonghuan said, he was startled. He lost his hand and the tea cup fell to the ground with a clang and broke into several pieces.
Zu Dashou didn't care that the tea splashed on his shoes and stammered: "Mao Wenlong is the governor of the left. He wears the general's seal and carries the Shang Fang Sword. He is a first-class military officer. If he kills him without the consent of the Holy Emperor, the court will definitely blame him. When the time comes.
..”
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yuan Chonghuan, who said: "Fuyu, there is no need to panic. I expect everything will be fine. I am the general. If Mao Wenlong dares to disobey my orders, not killing him will not establish his authority." After a pause, he said again.
Zu Dashou said: "I have already prepared for Jianlu. I will send more artillery and food to Ningyuan and Jinzhou. Either Jianlu will not come, and if they do come, they will have to break their teeth."
Zu Dashou had learned about Yuan Chonghuan's toughness a long time ago. Although he did not agree with killing Mao Wenlong, now that the people had been killed, it was useless to talk about it. Besides, Yuan Chonghuan also sent additional artillery, food and grass, and was already prepared.
In this way, the only thing I was worried about was the attitude of the court, but it was useless to worry now. So, I took the artillery and food and went back.
Sure enough, not long after, Zu Dashou heard the news that the imperial court not only did not blame Yuan Chonghuan, but also praised him, and his heart was relieved. Governor Yuan's backstage was really tough, it was okay, and he could be held firmly in the future.
It's better to live on this thick leg. Now I am worried that the Jianlu will attack, so I step up the construction of city defense and send Ye Bushou out far away to prevent the Jianlu from suddenly attacking the city.