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"Okay, my concubine has to go to work, and there will be a messenger from Jinzhou asking for help, and I will send it to the capital directly with a boat ticket, that's it!"

Adelaine was in a good mood again, and she leisurely sat back at the table, holding a cup of beauty lemon black tea.Thinking about what she said was right, Mao Li didn't say any more, bowed, and immediately left the study office.

Dongjiang is not in a hurry, but Jinzhou is really like a beam of fire at this time. Huang Taiji's attack time is just right, just one month before the autumn harvest, and it is also the lowest grain reserve in Jinzhou City. At that time, a large number of border residents were gathered into the city, or hid in various border forts, and the sorghum and wheat that were about to mature in the fields were completely thrown to the Qing army.

The crowded half of the street inside the city wall is full of Liao people who fled in. Huazi usually live outside, and there is a long queue at the porridge market at the gate of the yamen, which is not the worst thing.

Standing on the city wall, Zu Dashou once again recalled the fear during the battle of Daling River. Less than 100 meters outside the city, the Qing army Baoyi was actively digging trenches, and the towering earth slope was like the city wall. Jinzhou City was tightly wrapped inside. In the last battle of the Daling River, people ate each other. When the city was built, there were [-] soldiers and civilians. When they escaped, there were only [-] left!Tragedy seems to be upon Jinzhou City once again.

Crackling fists, Zu Dashou turned his head anxiously and asked, "Is there no news about the messenger sent to Dongjiang for help?"

"Return to the General! Never"

"Send someone to Ningyuan. Sangui and Lord Mao, the Governor of Liaodong, are sworn brothers. Let him go to Dongjiang to intercede in person! As long as Dongjiang sends troops, even if this Liao Town is assigned to his Dongjiang Governor!"

Different from those fancy civil servants, military generals are most interested in strength, and they know who has a hard fist and who is a soft persimmon! In the last battle of Dalinghe, the imperial court's 5000 reinforcements were wiped out, and Mao Jue had less than [-] people, breaking the The encirclement, what a pity, if I knew this earlier, why bother! The treachery of Liaodong Town, Mao Jue is still not there, it is doomed that Jinzhou can only fight alone this time.

I just don't know, will history repeat itself again?

Chapter 445. Responsibility! Responsibility!

Anxious!

It seems that after the Emperor Chongzhen came to power, the capital hadn’t been restless for a few days. The flashbacks brought by Yang Sichang’s plan to spread the net on four, six corners and ten sides in the ten years of Chongzhen have passed by now, and the situation is getting worse. It couldn't be more appropriate.

In May of the 12th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong started Gucheng again, Luo Rucai started in Fangxian, and Yang Sichang couldn't sit still in the capital. The floating tent army and the general Meiyan appointed by the emperor are still helpless, especially the local officials are still intriguing and tearing each other down. The army of suppressing bandits is also full of contradictions. More than [-] main forces of the imperial court were dragged into Sichuan by Zhang Xianzhong. They scurried around like headless flies among the mountains. Every day, a lot of money was poured out like running water. The originally empty Daming treasury , more and more dry bottomed out.

On the other hand, Sun Chuanting's prophecy unfortunately began to come true little by little.

The year before last, Mao Jue had lured more than 50 refugees from Henan, including Xiaoyuanying, which relieved the local pressure a little, but before they could take up the vacated living space, those Henan people could take a breather, and their wages were choked again. On their necks, Yang Sichang transferred most of the northern officials and troops to Hubei and Sichuan, and the military pressure in the Central Plains dropped sharply. Li Zicheng, who had been wandering in the mountains at the junction of Shaanxi, Henan, and Huguang, finally let out a sigh of relief. Chongzhen 13 years In March, Li Zicheng's troops set out from Huguang, traveled to Shangluo Mountain in Shaanxi, and finally arrived in Neixiang, Henan.

In just one month, the 1000 ragged thieves who came out of the mountain quickly developed into a group of tens of thousands of thieves. This was equivalent to hitting Yang Sichang on the back of the head. His eyes were black.

At this juncture, the news of the siege of Jinzhou City by the Qing army outside the pass came again. It can be imagined that sitting in front of the dragon chair, Emperor Chongzhen was furious.

"Wine bag and rice bag!"

Patting the armrest of the dragon chair, Chongzhen couldn't help but stand up abruptly, roaring at the ministers' cup.

"Zheng Chongjian, you should be killed! Shao Jiechun, you should be killed! Li Xianfeng, you should be killed! A bunch of bastards, you should be killed!"

"The minister deserves death!"

The few people who were nagged by the emperor were basically hopeless, mourning silently in their hearts, and a large group of civil servants also hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed their heads in apology. At this moment, everyone was afraid that the emperor would vent his anger on themselves.

After venting for a while, Chongzhen sat back on the dragon chair again exhaustedly, his eyes were bloodshot, and his thin body gasped like a clown for a few seconds, then he raised his head weakly again, gloomy and hoarse asked the ministers.

"The siege of Jinzhou, who can lead the troops to solve it!"

But under the hopeful gaze of Emperor Chongzhen, what answered him was deathly silence.

Those who can fight, such as Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Yuan Chonghuan, Chen Qiyu, etc. were either sold by Chongzhen, or were killed and exiled. There is also a large group of censors who are staring at you and waiting to catch your little braid, just like sitting on the crater of a volcano, who will go out to fight for you?

Without thinking about what he did, once again, Emperor Chongzhen took his anger out on his ministers, but this time he didn't fly into a rage again, instead he narrowed his eyes and stared at his ministers threateningly.

"Master Fu, you are the Ministry of War, how do you think the court should defend against the enemy?"

Xue Guoguan, a scholar of the first auxiliary university, was obviously relieved. Liu Yuliang, a senior scholar who went out to supervise the army a while ago, did not have a good end. Now Yang Sichang is also suffering as if sitting on a volcano. He does not want to go out to supervise the teachers.

But at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief, he still secretly looked back with his heart hanging. If Fu Zonglong, Minister of the Ministry of War, couldn't solve it and was taken down by Jin Yiwei, the emperor would still have to point his finger at him.

Fu Zonglong was recommended by Yang Sichang, who took over the mess left by Zhang Fengyi, the former military department who committed suicide by swallowing rhubarb. However, this person can be regarded as an upright minister. Stage fright, walked from the standing position to the atrium, knelt down with cupped fists, and immediately started talking.

"Your Majesty, why do you need to ask this question? Liaodong has its own Liaodong Governor! Jiannu attacked Jinzhou City in Liaozhen. He should be the Liaodong Governor leading his troops to defend against the enemy. Why use others?"

The hall was still dead silent just now, but now it was dumbfounded, and the ministers looked at Fu Zonglong who was talking in disbelief.

This adult from Sichuan is so courageous!

Everyone knows that Mao Jue is a taboo in the court and a thorn in the emperor's heart! Supervisor!Ever since he had such a position, he had never been awarded a martial artist. Letting such a vulgar person as Mao Jue supervise the division and master the military and political encyclopedia, it was simply a reenactment of the late Tang dynasty!

Everyone wished that the Dongjiang River did not exist, but Fu Zonglong had only taken over as Minister of the Ministry of War for half a year, and he poked the emperor's sore spot with his mouth, he was stunned.

But after being stunned for a few seconds, Li Xikang, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and Wang Zhiju, who was in charge of the Ministry of Accounting, stood up one after another, and they also stood firmly behind Fu Zonglong.

"What Fu Bingbu said is very true! Your Majesty, why use others to supervise the army in the Liaodong War?"

"Your Majesty, Mao Jue, the governor of Liaodong, happened to be the governor of Liaodong. In the battle of Dongjiang, Mao's manpower defeated 20 captives. His subordinates were brave and good at fighting, and their bravery was not inferior to that of Li Chengliang, the general of Liaodong. What's the point of being a slave?"

"Your Majesty, I recommend Governor Mao to break the siege of Jinzhou!"

However, there were those who agreed and those who disagreed, otherwise it would not be the Ming court. Shao Zhan Shi Huang Daozhou and a dozen or so officials followed up and went out of court again, screaming angrily.

"Your Majesty, don't do it! The governor Mao Jue is greedy and lazy, and the ministers have repeatedly received him to open the frontier market without permission. Even in the battle of Dongjiang, he suffered a complete defeat. Only by donating gold and silver children did he bribe Dong To capitulate the soldiers, Jinzhou is the important place of our Ming family, how can such an important battle be entrusted to such a greedy and wretched person?"

"Your Majesty, what Master Huang said is absolutely true!"

Mao Jue once again became the star of the court. Around him, hundreds of ministers talked and quarreled.However, after careful observation, the Ming Dynasty's party struggle, which has always been full of swords and swords, is surprisingly not much murderous this time. Except for the real quarrel between Huang Daozhou and Fu Zonglong, the rest are almost fish in troubled waters.

Regardless of whether Fu Zonglong is stupid or not, he came up with a solution anyway! This is the only solution we have, whether you adopt it or not is up to you, Your Majesty! As for those who followed Zodiac Zhou, they took the opportunity to muddy the water and quarrel. If there is no end, it will naturally be dragged on.

There is an idiom called oranges born in Huainan, oranges born in Huaibei, and oranges born in Huaibei. Chongzhen was mean, suspicious, cruel and ungrateful, and his courtiers were also forced to be proficient in the way of protecting themselves. Think about it, if this procrastination continues, what will happen to the Ming Empire once Guan Ningjin is broken?

The quarrel did indeed have an effect. Seeing the chaotic imperial court, Chongzhen's face turned red with anger, but he couldn't do anything for a while, really let Mao Jue supervise the teacher?Not to mention whether Mao Jue could serve the edict, even if he could, Chongzhen didn't want to use it! He couldn't afford to lose face, and the frustrated emperor finally knocked down the dragon chair severely.

"Discuss this matter later, retreat!"

It was as if the whole world was amnesty, the crowds of civil servants were sweating profusely, and they escaped from Qianqing Palace like fleeing for their lives. Xue Guoguan, a senior scholar of the first auxiliary university, was the fastest runner. Unfortunately, no matter how fast he ran, he was not as fast as the emperor! Before leaving the gate of the palace, the young eunuch in green robe was already swept by Shi Shiran.

"Graduate scholar, don't leave! Your Majesty's platform is calling!"

Summoning on the platform can be regarded as a kind of extremely honorable courtesy of the Ming Dynasty, but the platform summoning of the Chongzhen Dynasty was like a curse. Yuan Chonghuan was summoned and sent to Liaodong!Now I don't know where he died, summoned Yang He! The hairpin is dead! Summoned Lu Xiangsheng?Died on the battlefield! Originally, Sun Chengzong was considered to have escaped the curse, but a while ago, he was captured by the bandits! Gaoyang County was breached, and it is said that his whole family died in the battle in Gaoyang City. It is understandable for Xue Guoguan, who was kneeling on the ground trembling like before the ghost gate !

It's just that looking at his appearance, Emperor Chongzhen was extremely angry. At this time, he was thinking of Wen Tiren, who was dismissed and returned to his hometown, and Yang Sichang, who was far away as the supervisor in Huguang!

Regardless of whether Wen Tiren formed a clique or not, whether Yang Sichang harmed Zhongliang, when Chongzhen needed it, these two would definitely sharpen their heads and push them up! There is no need for the emperor to resist!

But the nostalgia is the nostalgia, one of these two people has been an ancient man, and the other is also far away in the south of the Yangtze River!I still have to rely on the plague chicken in front of me!

Suppressing his disgust, Emperor Chongzhen forced a smile and reached out to greet Xue Guoguan.

"You don't need to be formal, please get up quickly! Come on, give me a seat!"

The little eunuch moved a chair, trembling and reluctantly put up half of his buttocks. Xue Guoguan sat down anyway, and he still had a pleasant appearance. Emperor Chongzhen asked again with a pleasant smile.

"The thieves in Jinzhou are raging, and our court defense is at stake! In the opinion of the academician, who can defend against the enemy?"