In the early morning, when the first ray of sunshine broke through the clouds and fell on the imperial capital city, the ancient city came alive instantly. People began to live their daily lives, merchants opened their doors to welcome guests, and cart dealers and goons paraded around the streets shouting for business.
In the past, feces and urine were everywhere, and the stench of Sijiu City now took on a new look. Garbage dumps were set up in every neighborhood in the city. The Soldiers and Horses Division patrolled and supervised 24 hours a day. Anyone found to be defecating and littering would be severely beaten and fined.
The perpetrators were directly arrested, and the imperial court was using strong tactics to forcefully change the bad habits of the people, build a clean capital, and strive to reduce or even eliminate the plague epidemic.
The tough measures of the imperial court have naturally attracted some criticism, but recently public opinion has not been about this. Two things are most talked about in the streets and restaurants and restaurants. First, the imperial court is vigorously combating corruption. The Metropolitan Procuratorate, Jinyiwei and Dongchang secretly investigate and arrest everyone.
One trial was carried out one by one, and the most severe cases were to be demoted from their posts, to more serious cases to be jailed and have their homes confiscated. For a time, everyone in the capital was in danger, and there was no such thing as complacency.
The second thing is also the most talked about from the court to the common people. Chang Yu, the governor of the East Factory, first went out to snipe the Qing army, killing Dorgon and escaping in panic. After that, he was ordered to go south to put out the fire in only half a month.
The siege of Baoding City was solved, and several thieves were captured. The capital was shaken for a while. The number one hot search on the daily list was definitely related to the situation of the war in the south. Various gossips were flying all over the sky. Chang Yu and others were rumored to be miraculous.
Dongchang has always been criticized by the world as being synonymous with cruelty and cruelty in framing Zhongliang. However, during this period, due to Chang Yu’s outstanding military exploits, people spoke highly of his kindness, even some literati and organized keyboard players such as Donglin and Fushe.
There was also a lot less squabbling with the angry youths.
One man attained the Tao, chickens and dogs ascended to heaven, and Chang Yu became famous in both the government and the public. The fans who obeyed the orders of Dongchang naturally had their backs straight and were proud of Dongchang. However, great joy brought sorrow, and they made a loud noise early this morning.
Chunxiang is the second-in-command of Dongchang's Qianhu, and in Chang Yu's absence he is the boss. Recently, he personally led the team to investigate corruption in Beijing, and his performance was very satisfactory to Emperor Chongzhen, who was generous with awards.
Dongchang is the emperor's eye and sword. In addition to fighting corruption, it also needs to establish intelligence stations in various places to collect intelligence. The intelligence also includes military and civilian conditions in various places, as well as knowledgeable officials.
In addition to these official matters, Dongchang also has many private businesses of its own. The Octopus Chamber of Commerce has Twelve Taibo to deal with it, so it doesn't require much involvement. However, the newly opened Octopus Escort, a logistics company, Dongchang is the major shareholder.
The Escort Bureau has just opened recently and is recruiting a large number of escorts and bodyguards. Years of war have caused refugees from all over the country to flood into the capital. The human resources are abundant and cheap, and there are many boxers who can wield swords and sticks among them. Therefore, the Escort Bureau is calling for applicants.
Ruliu...
Chunxiang had a habit of working outside at the Yamen during the day and returning to the Dongchang Yamen in the imperial city at sunset. It was this habit that allowed him to avoid disaster.
Early in the morning, my subordinates came to report that a burglar entered the Yamen in Dongchang Hutong next to the Imperial City last night. He was discovered and rounded up by the police officer on duty. The burglar killed people and stole the way, injuring six people. After hearing the news, the masters of Dongchang arrived and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.
Escaped at night, eleven people in Dongchang were injured and two died in this battle.
Chunxiang was shocked when he heard the news. In the past few months, Dongchang had recruited experts from the army and Jianghu. There were so many experts in the yamen. He was really shocked that he could let this snitch come and go freely. He then wondered why a snitch wanted to break into Dongchang.
In the yamen, there is nothing worthy of his concern.
I was surprised and ordered a city-wide search. I secretly thought that many corrupt officials had been arrested recently. Could it be... I thought about going to Qianbulang Jinyiwei Yamen to discuss it with Wu Mengming.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the palace gate, he saw Wu Mengming walking towards him with an anxious look on his face: "Master Wu..." Chunxiang was interrupted by Wu Mengming as soon as he spoke: "It's not good, something serious has happened..."
Chunxiang frowned and hurriedly asked what was wrong? He secretly thought that something was wrong in the south.
Wu Mengming sighed, kept walking, and whispered something in his ear. Chunxiang was stunned and shouted in shock: How could this be possible? When he came to his senses, he saw that Wu Mengming had walked away in a hurry.
The sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, the first generation Lao Zhu, and the second generation Zhu Di were all talented and strategic, and their descendants all had distinctive and unique personalities. There was the Ming Xiaozong who had a great reputation, Zhu Qizhen who was the emperor twice, the carpenter emperor Zhu Youxiao... there are
Even extraordinary people have dedicated people. Although Emperor Chongzhen was not the most talented, he was definitely the most hard-working and diligent emperor.
Needless to say, he is a hard worker. After taking over a mess, he has not had a solid night's sleep for decades. It is this kind of hard work that has developed another good quality in him, diligence.
Natural disasters and man-made disasters continued. Emperor Chongzhen went to bed late and got up early. He would get up at around 3 a.m. every day to deal with government affairs. As the saying goes, he slept later than a dog and woke up earlier than a chicken. During emergencies, he often suffered from insomnia for days on end.
The whole person looked haggard.
In the past few months, the rebel army has been approaching Taiyuan, the Qing army has entered the pass, and the rebel army has moved north to approach the capital. Every military situation has made him unable to sleep or eat well. The thought of the prince's "strange dream" has made him even more panic-stricken, and he even held his head in a frenzy in the dead of night.
Howl to vent stress and release fear.
Fortunately, God favored and sent a young eunuch to help him overcome obstacles. Every time a bad thing turned into a good thing, he would always hold his chest and sigh with false alarm afterwards. In the past few days, Shi Tianyu had been winning many battles in the south. The emperor was very happy, and he sat waiting for the news of victory.
On the one hand, he handles civil affairs with the cabinet ministers.
The plague was infested, the world was in severe drought, and many people in many provinces were destroyed and displaced due to the war. How to resettle them after the war was a headache. He was discussing with the courtiers every day to come up with countermeasures as soon as possible, otherwise the people would be desperate and would continue to rebel.
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"Your Majesty, Wu Mengming, commander of the Jinyi Guards, asked to see him, saying that there is an urgent military situation." Wang Chengen came in and whispered. Emperor Chongzhen, who was reading the document, couldn't help but panic. A bad feeling came over him. The military situation of suppressing bandits in the south had been controlled by Chang Yu's Dong.
The factory sent it directly to the case. Where did Jinyiwei send it at this time?
As the morning sun rose, Chang Yu, who had practiced boxing with Chen Wangting after getting up, climbed up to the city and looked into the distance. He had a panoramic view of the wilderness outside the city. It was supposed to be a good time for spring plowing, but it was abandoned due to the war. He couldn't help but sigh. He turned to the southeast and saw the officers and soldiers camp on the bank of the Hutuo River.
It seemed that he had done morning exercises, with a look of relief on his face. Teng Xiangwei left the capital and knew that he had sharpened his sword.
The refugees who had originally gathered outside the city were all queuing up outside the west gate. A porridge shed was set up there and food was being distributed to Zhending. The local refugees in the two prefectures of Baoding were allowed to return to their hometowns to farm after the war between the two prefectures. This was also what Chang Yu said.
This is the best we can do now.
After a while, Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji and all his subordinates came to the city to watch the scenery. They followed him around the city and chatted while walking, and the topic was about chasing the intruder.
Chang Yu still looked neither arrogant nor impetuous: "You still have to chase, but you don't have to be so hasty. Only when you have a full stomach will you have strength. Otherwise, your legs will become weak and your eyes will be dizzy when you catch up, and you will end up dead."
"But the Factory Superintendent said that he must hold on tight," Huang Degong said urgently. He was beaten up by Luo Hu yesterday, and the hatred in his heart could not be eliminated.
Chang Yu nodded: "Of course you have to hold on tight, but leave the matter of biting the dog's hair to Liu Zeqing. You have been fighting for several days and your troops are exhausted, so there is no need to be so anxious." Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong looked at each other and sneered: "Mr. Liu
How can a dog be so obedient?"
Chang Yu chuckled: "Liu Zeqing is a good dog. He has been watching this battle from the sidelines and has been jealous for a long time. Now that the rebel army has fled, he will not let go of such a good opportunity to attack. If you don't let him bite, he will bite.
Don’t let it go, dog biting dog is the funniest thing.”
After a pause, he continued: "Li Yan reported last night that the intruders had arrived in Gaoyi, and Liu Fangliang's troops were in Luancheng. They had to rest that night and could not run far. According to the spies, Gao Jie had broken through Shunde.
We have prepared a posture in the capital and are waiting for him. I will wait and see how the intruder escapes and ascends to heaven this time."
At noon, the officers and soldiers who had had enough food and water to rest for the night went out of the city to assemble. Chang Yu ordered Huang Degong's general Ma De to lead two thousand troops to stay in Zhending City to deal with the sick, sick, prisoners and refugees. The rest of the troops went south to chase the thieves. The original Ma Shiyao troops fought
Later, the remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses were divided into groups under Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong to supplement their strength.
He promoted Cheng Ming as the vanguard general and led the Tengxiang Four Cavalry to pursue the enemy first, with the rest of his troops following closely behind without delay. At the same time, he ordered Li Yan to keep an eye on him and pursue slowly, while Liu Zeqing moved in a hurry...
Liu Zeqing was scolding his mother. He rushed nearly a hundred miles overnight and crossed the river to Jinzhou City in the early morning. He completed the military order ahead of schedule. When he took a short rest, he learned that Li Yan was in Zhaozhou. He was afraid that his trip would be in vain if he took the credit.
He gritted his teeth and led the cavalry in a hurry, and ordered general Yuan Xingzhong to lead the infantry to follow.
At the same time, Li Yan received news that the main force of the bandit army had settled in Gaoyi last night. A large group of bandit troops behind them were holding the refugees twenty miles behind. The generals asked if they wanted to pursue them. Li Yan headed to the northwest with a calm expression: