In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the Jingshi City rarely showed a kind of calm.

The leader of the big anti-thieves who are rampant in the world, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, is said to have been ambushed, I don't know which wilderness is rotting in the mountains of Longxi, the leader of the big thieves Zhang Xianzhong Zhao'an, the five battalions of the left are surrounded by bushes, and the seventy-two battalions of the glorious Xingyang Conference have now been almost annihilated.

Although there are still people fleeing to the city every day, and people who die of hunger and disease on the streets every day have to push carts to transport them out, but for the old and young masters who live in Beijing, the war seems to be gradually going away, and they can return to the days of drunken dreams and deaths in the Wanli years.

However, just like this day in history, more than a dozen fast horses from Liaodong galloped wildly in the crowd like madmen, and the red banner behind the knights was angrily pulled against the wind.

"Oops!"

The bean juice that I had just bought was directly taken away by Puma, and the scholar who was burned was angry and stomped his feet: "Where did the barbarian come from, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, dare to ...... Lean ......"

Looking at the back of the departing knight, the scholar's eyes couldn't help but straighten, and even the corners of his mouth couldn't help but tremble.

"These brutes, like! It seems to be a Liao Zhen soldier!"

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, for hundreds of years, there were only two battles to defend the Beijing Division, the first time was the defeat of Tumubao during the Yingzong period, and the 500,000 Ming army was annihilated.

That time left a permanent fear for the residents of Jingshi, under the city wall, the official army fought desperately for more than half a month without repelling the Tartars, arrested Yuan Chonghuan, the thief army retreated slightly, the official army pursued, but encountered a trap, the reflexive blow of the Houjin army easily broke through the Ming field troops, and plundered in the heart of Gyeonggi for more than a month, then retreated satisfactorily.

Changping, Tongzhou, Miyun, a series of county towns have become ruins, countless have been killed and plundered, and the retreating soldiers are also trampled on the bloody bones in exchange, until now, the people of Beijing still hear the sound of horses' hooves and change color.

In this case, seeing the messenger in Liaodong who was in an emergency again, the shock to this scholar's heart can be imagined.

"I must have read it wrong! Must be wrong!"

Muttering hurriedly, the scholar tilted his head like an ostrich, but to his despair, there were countless people in the streets who were as stunned as he was.

It's going to be war again!

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The Jinyi Guard Inspector's Hall is also a rumor, and the commander makes Luo Yangxing sit on the chair in the upper hall, pillowing his right hand, and his clear and upright face is full of smiles, but his eyes are gloomy like a thunderstorm in the seventh month of the Beijing Division, staring at the eight Beizhen Fusi Thousand Households and the six Jinyi Wei stalls below.

At the meeting of the senior officers of Jinyiwei, Lu Zhong, who was not even a small flag a year ago, was also among them, and his robe also reached the level of a thousand households in Jinyi.

This person is indeed a talent, good at management, coupled with the financial support behind Dongjiang, it has only been a year, and he actually squeezed his top boss Zhou Jichun to retire.

But to tell the truth, except for the three heads brought back from the Dongjiang River, Lu Zhong no longer has the slightest credit, relying on silver and drill camps, he can climb so fast in Jinyiwei, the most important spy agency in the Ming Dynasty, and the unspoken rules that have been precipitated for hundreds of years have indeed made the Ming bureaucracy rotten.

Today's incident illustrates this even more, Liu Yu of Beizhen Fusi Ding Zi Qianhu knelt in the middle of the hall, although his face was smiling, it was obvious that he was about to cry, sitting on a chair next to him and waiting, although Lu Zhong was old and rigid, but inside, there was always a gloomy smile.

Mao Jue passed the news of the Qing army's return to the customs to him in advance, and he was also kind, hoping to add some merits to him, but in Jinyiwei, the more merits, the better.

"Liu Qianhu, this time your department took the lead in detecting Jianyu's entry into the south, which can be described as an outstanding achievement! Even His Majesty has praised you, such loyalty to the country is really worthy of the admiration of your colleagues, don't you say? ”

"What the Governor said is very true!"

"Lord Liu, a hero!"

The leader's thigh must be carried quickly, as soon as Luo Yangxing spoke, the head of the thousand general stalls below was followed by a burst of praise, but in that voice, a wave of schadenfreude could be clearly heard, and Liu Yu himself also understood, a face became more and more crying, and in his heart he scolded the 100 households under his command who were eager for quick success and ignorant to scold a dog's blood, but his face was forced to hold a smirk, and he kowtowed there to thank him.

"Thank you for the compliment, this incident was also the first to be discovered by Liu Xiang, a hundred households under the command of the lowly position, and the lowly did not dare to take credit, so let Liu Xiang lead the army with him, how about it?"

"Mr. Liu Qian is modest, after all, it is under your command, you are also a good leader, and also, the army resists the captives, how can a hundred households be enough, and I bother Mr. Liu Qian to take a trip! The governor is also looking forward to Liu Qian's new achievements and add glory to our brocade pro-army! ”

This smile was more like crying, and it was dry for a few seconds, and then Liu Yu kowtowed sadly.

"Humble duty, obey!"

It stands to reason that the errands of Jinyiwei are all beautiful errands, in Gyeonggi, Jinyiwei has five or six thousand, and they are not even worth the officials of Shuntianfu, and they are just poorly guarded with some military salaries, but when they get to the place, they are the people around the emperor, grandpa! The silver, which could not be stopped, flowed into his pocket, and he could not stop it.

But this in no way includes military service, especially the war against Jiannu.

The movie "Jinyiwei 2" in later generations, the beginning is about the battle of Salhu, the Jinyiwei Shen Lian and his eldest brother Lu Wenzhao escaped death in the pile of dead people, this scene is very real!

Not only can you not get any oil and water from the army, but you also have to experience the hardships of the army, especially the Ming army has been wiped out by the Qing army several times, maybe it is the worry of life, absolute drudgery, with Liu Yu receiving the order, this brocade clothes guard injustice is also generated, and said a few words of unnutritious scenes, Luo Yangxing is to announce the dissolution of the meeting, and I don't know which alley to go to be happy, because of the addition of three salaries, recently the Beijing division of the hook column has entered a lot of fresh goods.

As the wronged leader, Liu Yu also had a privilege, and walked in the front with a sad face, but he followed behind, but everyone's awe-inspiring eyes fell on Lu Zhong.

Three months ago, Lu Zhong was promoted to a thousand households, and it belonged to Liu Yu who relied on his old qualifications and blocked the opposition there, but he didn't expect Lu Zhong to smile and laugh, and kicked him out when he turned around, God knows if Liu Yu can still live this trip.

Just after leaving the yamen, Qianhu Du Zhong and the stall leader Zhao Guan stopped in front of Lu Zhong with a smiling face.

"Lord Lu, there is a new Shaanxi restaurant in Dongdaemun, I heard that the taste is quite strange, I wonder if you can appreciate your face?"

Jinyiwei is such a force, you have the ability, others are scrambling to kneel and lick, looking at the two smiling faces, Lu Zhong naturally will not sweep people's face, and he also hugged his fists with a smile.

"Where are the two adults! Both of them are Lu's old-timers, how can you let the two of them break the bank, Lu is the east, please!"

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In the face of the upcoming war, the people at the bottom are worried, and the wealthy officials and gentry at the top continue to spend all their time drinking, and the court at the top has gone one step further, and the ministers of the court and the central government continue to compete for power.

Jiannu invasion, Chongzhen's convening of a promotion military meeting, the court, the serious resistance strategy did not come up with a one, but mutual accusations, mutual impeachment and snowflakes, among which the main spearhead is aimed at Mao Jue, there is an impeachment of him for falsely reporting his military exploits, when the imperial history is strictly investigated, there are impeachments for his ineffective combat, sit back and watch Jiannu enter the Kou, should be removed from office like Yuan Chonghuan and won, and even impeached him for colluding with Jiannu to rebel, should copy the nine clans, Liaodong Governor has always been in the pocket of Wenchen, and he was actually seized by a martial artist, It has long caused the dissatisfaction of the ministers, and the pick-up is a burst of brains.

In fact, what they impeached was really right, Mao Jue was falsely reporting his military exploits, but it was a big report and a small report, and the number of beheadings was only reported to be 3,000 levels, Mao Jue did sit and watch Jiannu enter the customs, he also took Huang Taiji's edict to the king and Emperor Chongzhen's envoy to bargain and intimidate Ning Yuan, which can be regarded as a great crime, but unlike the previous Liaodong Governor, Mao Jue is so crazy, you have the temper to cut me?

If he had the ability to cut Mao Jue, Chongzhen would have cut him seven or eight times, and now that Mao Wenlong has arrived in Beijing, he has reached a fragile containment with Dongjiang, and his liver hurts, Chongzhen has to find a way to refute him and postpone the matter before discussing it.

These attacks on Mao Jue are quite good, and some people take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and shoot black guns, and the spearhead falls on Xue Guoguan, a scholar of Shoufu University, and impeached him for his corpse vegetarian meal, Yang Sichang did not escape well, and there were not a few who were jealous of him.

"A bunch of mediocre, selfish bastards!"

In the court, he still had to maintain the demeanor of the emperor, but when he arrived in the palace, Emperor Chongzhen really couldn't hold back his anger, and a large number of folds smashed on the ground, roaring violently.

With a bang, a splendid article like a mountain fell in front of him, and Yang Sichang also quickly kowtowed and confessed.

"The minister is guilty of capital crimes, and the ministers are afraid!"

"Didn't say you! Weak! The civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, if everyone is like you who share worries about me, why is the state so difficult to this day? ”

When the anger was over, the emperor slumped into his chair like a deflated ball, humming softly.

"Now that the war in Huguang has not been settled, the drought in Henan, the whole country is traumatized and dilapidated, at this time, I have come here to build a disaster, Qing, how do you say I should deal with it?"

While speaking, Zhu Youzhen's thick dark circles were already full of anticipation on Yang Sichang's body, but this look made the cold hairs on Yang Sichang's back stand up, he was too familiar with Emperor Chongzhen, and he knew too well that this was the emperor's decision, but he didn't say it himself, and asked his subordinates to propose it and come to bear the blame for him.

Didn't his father Yang He carry a cauldron and die in exile? But in his position, this pot can't be carried without carrying it!

His voice trembled, and Yang Sichang returned with a trembling kowtow.

"Why don't you follow the example of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo and send envoys to ...... to Jianyu and negotiate peace?"

(End of chapter)