It was difficult to say who was busiest during the Qing army's raid and siege. Emperor Chongzhen was the king of the country, and Chang Yu, as the eunuch of Dongchang, was ordered to supervise the entire city to defend the city. He also worked hard day and night, and the rest of the court
The big guys in the hall are not idle to share your worries.
But if we say who is the busiest among the civil servants of the court, the answer is definitely Wang Jiayan, the governor of Beijing.
As the governor of the capital, Lao Wang was ordered to assist Chang Yu in defending the city. He was doing his best. This loyal minister who was one of the most loyal ministers in the late Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty really demonstrated his dedication to the fullest.
Before the war, the soldiers were mobilized and trained and went to the city to patrol the city without removing their armor. During the war, they braved the flames of war to supervise the front line without leaving the firing line. After the war, all the aftermath matters were also handled by him. In just half a month, his hair was half white and haggard, but his spirit was
It's strong but very powerful.
He was commended several times by Emperor Chongzhen for his meritorious service in defending the city, which made him feel honored and more motivated. When he was organizing a cleanup of the battlefield outside the city before noon, Chang Yu sent someone to notify him and mobilized 20,000 troops from the Beijing camp to prepare for the battle and do a good job in mobilization.
After receiving the reward, Lao Wang looked extremely excited. Looking across the moat at the wilderness north of the city, he clenched his fists and said, "It's time to settle the score."
Wang Jiayan, the manager of the Beijing camp, has begun to heal his wounds after several months of scraping. Although the number of capable warriors is much less than what was previously listed, they are still slightly better than the Royal Guards. But why did Chang Yu only mobilize 20,000 soldiers?
Where are the men and horses?
The reason is very simple. There is no room for failure in the defense of the capital. The Guards are to defend the imperial city, and the capital camp is to defend the capital. He leads his troops to fight against the Tatars outside, and needs a stable rear area. The battlefield is changing rapidly, and one careless move may lead to the destruction of the capital.
If the army is annihilated, then the capital will be left empty in defense and unable to protect everything...
Therefore, even if Chang Yu is not a polite person, he does not dare to take away too many troops from the Beijing camp. He will leave at least 30,000 troops to defend the city, ensuring that when he goes on an expedition, there will be at least 50,000 defense troops in the capital (including relatives).
Wei, what I’m talking about here is combat-ready soldiers and horses, excluding meals for the elderly, young and sick)
Wang Jiayan was eager to deploy the Beijing camp to fight. Although he was a civil servant, he also knew the importance of actual combat training. If the Beijing camp was idle for too long and was not used, it would be useless. However, he did not agree with Chang Yu's deployment of the emperor's personal guards.
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The emperor now really has everything under the control of the little eunuch, and the military power of the emperor's personal soldiers has been given to him. He is really favored to the extreme, but he will inevitably be criticized by the courtiers, but the personal guards are equal to the emperor's personal soldiers, and they have
Absolute property rights and command rights do not belong to the Ministry of War or the Fifth Military Governor's Office, so no matter how unhappy you are, you can't point fingers, not even the cabinet bosses.
The Guards, haha, so what if they are famous and powerful. The Jinwu Guards and Tengxiang Guards performed well in the battlefield, but these in the city are probably not much better than the Beijing Camp, and perhaps far inferior to the Beijing Camp.
As for the camp, Wang Jiayan had the idea of comparison in his mind, and also thought that it was really a coincidence that the young eunuchs each allocated 20,000, and he was probably just trying to compare.
The sky became slightly clearer in the afternoon, and the common people in the streets and alleys of the city were still talking about various gossips and rumors about yesterday's war, while the various yamen and military camps of the Guards were busy mobilizing elites to prepare for war.
Under the flower stand in the backyard of Dongchang Yamen, Chang Yu lay on it and squinted at an insect crawling around on the grape stand. Fang San was busy making tea and pouring water beside him. Chen Suole and several other attendants were nearby.
We were watching a game of chess under the shade of a tree in the distance. It was a relaxing afternoon.
At least it looked so comfortable on the surface, but in reality Chang Yu had a headache. In addition to the upcoming large-scale field battle with the Tatars, he also had matters entrusted by Princess Kunxing.
In order to please the royal family, they prepared to arrange the marriage of Princess Kunxing, who had already agreed to marry him. However, the little girl was suffering from phobia of marriage at this time. She did not want to get married. Chang Yu could see it in her eyes and felt the panic and panic in his heart.
fear.
But, why can we stop this long-planned royal wedding?
"Where's Chunxiang? Send someone to find him." This matter is a very secret matter and needs to be handled with caution. Moreover, the situation is urgent and Chang Yu has no time to deal with it. After much deliberation, he can only leave it to Chunxiang.
Chunxiang is handling official business in Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town. Although they are different yamen, Dongchang is awesome. Although Jinyiwei has a reputation for being ruthless and ruthless on the outside, he is actually doing miscellaneous work for Dongchang. If there is a case, Dongchang can directly take over it, but the manpower is not direct enough.
Tiao Jin Yiwei added, it's always been like this.
What's more, this official matter at this time concerns Guandong Factory.
An official business that involves both Dongchang and Jinyiwei is certainly not a trivial matter, and the parties involved are definitely not ordinary people.
He is indeed unusual, because he is the father of the Empress of the Ming Dynasty and the current head of state, Zhou Kui!
That's right, Zhou Kui, the father-in-law of the state, intercepted Chang Yu at the gate of the imperial city, but he couldn't do it, so he rushed to Fusi, Beizhen, to find Wu Mengming, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, who came to fight with him.
If the father-in-law had come to visit earlier, Wu Mengming would have gone out of his way to greet him personally, but Wu Mengming, the father-in-law who had fallen out of favor, would not be so welcoming, let alone someone who was looking for trouble, so he directly refused to see him.
With the support of the eunuch of Dongchang, Lao Wu felt confident.
But how could Zhou Kui be such a good person? You just disappeared when you said you didn't see him. He rushed in directly, but the guards in uniform at the gate of the yamen couldn't stop him, so they rushed in too.
Old Wu had to go away now. He made a cup of tea with a smile on his face and said: "Master Zhang, what are you doing? The Tatars are wandering outside right now. Everyone in the city is busy, and I am also busy.
Don't touch the ground, if you have something to say, just say it, if you have nothing else to do, please do it yourself."
Seeing that he was putting on airs, Zhou Kui yelled at Wu Mengming and Chang Yu for collaborating and taking money to do nothing... He has always been arrogant, no matter who you are, the commander of the Jin Yiwei is still the commander, if you don't believe it, you really dare to do something to him.
Wu Mengming didn't dare to do anything to him, but he didn't tolerate him either. He warned him righteously that this was an emergency and not to make trouble. If the trouble got bigger, the emperor would be so angry that he would not be able to really give him a hard time.
Zhou Kui thought about it carefully, and felt a little wary. Wu Mengming took the opportunity to say soft words again. At this time, the young eunuch was busy with military affairs and had no time to attend to his personal affairs, so he asked him to wait patiently.
However, Zhou Kui, a cunning old man, felt that things were not that simple. These two bastards might be trying to trick him, so he asked Wu Mengming to write him a note, either promising to do something or writing a receipt for one hundred thousand silver.
Naturally, Wu Mengming couldn't write. The most he could say was to write a receipt for "one hundred thousand taels of silver donated by Zhou Kui, the emperor of the country."
The relationship between Yu and Yu was very close, so Chunxiang was consumed again.
But Chunxiang is a cold-faced god. Except for the emperor and Chang Yu, few people have seen him smile. He treats everyone with a cold look, even the abbot is still like this. He even said: "
In an emergency, Dongchang has been ordered to monitor the entire city. Anyone who commits adultery or causes trouble has the right to behead first and report later. Did the country's abbot want to drink tea at Dongchang Yamen?"
The intimidation in his words was too obvious, meaning that if you cause trouble for me, I will arrest Dongchang and throw him in jail. As soon as he said this, Wu Mengming sighed, old man, old man, young people nowadays are not only cruel but also dare to say!
After Zhou Kui heard this, he was furious and shouted that he did not believe in evil. He asked Chunxiang to try to catch him, and if he had the ability, he could catch the emperor's father-in-law and show it to the people of the world.
Chunxiang was a little hesitant when he resisted the emperor's banner. After all, he was not Chang Yu, and he was not at the level where he could arrest the emperor's relatives at will. Seeing that this old rogue was difficult to deal with, he was also in trouble for a moment, but at this moment he had
Fanzi came over to inform him that Chang Yu was looking for something to do with him.
"If you have the guts, go to Dongchang and make a fuss and see if Eunuch Chang dares to lock you up." Chunxiang glared at Zhou Kui fiercely and left.
When Wu Mengming heard this, he screamed inwardly. After all, he was a young man who spoke without thinking. As soon as he said these words, he would definitely bring trouble to Dongchang and Chang Yu. How dare a eunuch dare to intimidate and contradict the current king in person like this? How arrogant and domineering this is.
How arrogant! And Zhou Kui will definitely use this to make a fuss and make a fuss.
Well, I thought that this kid Luo would be able to save himself when he came, but he added fuel to the fire, poured a bucket of oil on him and ran away. Wu Mengming suddenly felt extremely dizzy. (To be continued)