The scholars who came with enthusiasm for their ideas, under Chongzhen's sincere and firm excuse, finally left Miyagi with nothing to be found.

Seeing these scholars leaving, Qian Qianyi also said goodbye to Chongzhen with some restlessness, wanting to go back as soon as possible to discuss a unanimous external decision with his colleagues in the cabinet, he was not willing to let this fire burn on himself in the end.

Chongzhen, who was standing outside the door of the sixth duty room, looked at the back of the scholar who was far away, and didn't know what he was thinking. Wang Chengen, who was behind him, looked at the surroundings and saw that there were no outsiders around, and quietly stepped forward to congratulate Chongzhen with a smile: "Your Majesty is really benevolent and virtuous, but only a little touch, these sour talents who don't know the height of the sky and the earth are inspired by Your Majesty to retreat." ”

Zhu Youzhen was not as proud as Wang Chengen thought, he replied with a normal face: "It's not that I am benevolent and virtuous, it's really that they are not the same heart." It seems that hundreds of scholars knelt down at the palace gate, and everyone spoke in unison. But except for those Henan scholars who really want to seek justice from me, some others are for fame, some are following the crowd, some are impulsive, and only a few people really want to ask for political clarity.

Such a group of people, as long as there is no pressure from the outside and they still have a way out, will not twist into a rope and distinguish right from wrong in black and white. It's not that I persuaded them with benevolence, but they pretended to be persuaded by my reasoning, so they just made excuses for themselves to retreat.

This matter will not end here, until they go to the place and gather more evidence, and the next time they come back, it will be the real storm. ”

Wang Chengen didn't expect that his small compliment would attract so many complaints from the emperor, but he quickly came to his senses and whispered to Chongzhen: "Since Your Majesty is so worried, why do you still let these students from Yenching University go down to investigate?" It is better to let the old minister send a message to Xu Xianchun and Yang Suoxiu, and destroy the local evidence first, so as not to let these scholars take the evidence and then go back to the palace gate to make trouble. ”

Zhu Youzhen turned his head and glanced at Wang Chengen, shook his head and said, "I can do such a stupid thing as covering my ears and stealing the bell?" As a great tomorrow, how can I take the initiative to wipe dirt on myself.

I didn't tell much of the truth just now, but some of my words weren't lies. This student of Yenching University will definitely be the pillar of my Ming Dynasty in the future, but it is not comparable to the literati of the Yantai Ten Sons Alliance.

If none of the scholars of Yenching University support my policy, then who else in the world will support me? Let them go down and have a look, to see the real life of the people in my Daming area, this is also my sincere words.

The ancients said that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. If these students sit in the university all day long and recite poems against each other, but they don't even know what the people eat for three meals a day, how can they manage the world for me in the future?

The purpose of letting the students of Yenching University form an investigation team to go to the local area is to let them understand the local people's conditions and not become two-legged bookcases that do not understand the world. If they can really find out the problems of local officials, it will be a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.

What's more, I let Xu Xianchun and Yang go down to repair in order to punish those local tyrants and gentry who refused to cooperate with the imperial court and dared to resist the laws of the imperial court by force. I didn't say it, I gave them extraterritoriality, and let them do anything wrong in Henan in the name of me and the imperial court.

Some problems arise in the process of land and grain requisition, and I can tolerate them. After all, this policy is also being implemented for the first time, and there will always be mistakes. But what do they want to do by taking bribes and usurping the land of ordinary people with local tyrants and gentry? In the name of the imperial court, oppose the policies of the imperial court? ”

Wang Chengen suddenly felt a little sweaty on his back, and Xu Xianchun and Yang Suoxiu began to move closer to Wei Zhongxian after he was driven out of the capital. At the beginning, Wang Chengen was still a little cautious and didn't want to have any dealings with these Wei Zhongxian's former subordinates.

However, with the passage of time, and Chongzhen did not seem to have any intention of completely eradicating it, the officials who had once relied on Wei Zhongxian in the DPRK and China began to slowly accept these Wei Zhongxian's former subordinates.

Regarding the emperor's promise to those scholars and his agreement to send people to investigate whether the accusations of these Henan scholars were true, he felt very aggrieved at first. There is no such thing as letting a horse run and not letting a horse graze. Xu Xianchun and Yang took such a big risk when they went down, and it was normal for some things to go out of line.

Therefore, after the others left, he thought about persuading the emperor from the side, so as to block the investigation for the two who took refuge in him. However, he had only just started, and the words that helped the two of them get rid of their sins were swallowed back into his stomach by Chongzhen's fierce words. He sighed secretly, and could only help the two of them pray a few words in their hearts, hoping that they could turn evil into good fortune.

Zhu Youzhen stopped after saying a few words, Xu Xianchun and Yang Suoxiu were not in front of him now, even if he was angry, the two of them couldn't see it, so he was too lazy to waste his saliva.

He quickly turned his mind to other places, and after being silent for a while, Zhu Youzhen asked Wang Chengen thoughtfully: "Did Mr. Sun and the wartime base camp go to the big school field in the northern suburbs today?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen tilted his head slightly to look at the sky, and then added: "These days, the General Staff and the General Logistics Department in the Wuying Hall have sent personnel to contact the wartime base camp every day. If the minister hadn't calculated the time, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon today, the wartime base camp and the vanguard of the front-line support troops in Datong would have arrived in the capital. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded first, and after walking back and forth for a few steps, he asked him like a cannon: "Have you prepared the food for the expeditionary troops?" Has a mourning hall been built to temporarily house the ashes of the fallen soldiers? Has the expansion of the wards of the military hospital for the reception of wounded officers and soldiers been completed..."

While thinking about it, Wang Chengen was busy answering Chongzhen's questions, and asked the emperor to confirm again that these things had all been completed.

After Zhu Youzhen asked, he felt a little relieved, and he said to Wang Chengen, who was in a hurry to be asked: "It's not that I'm too careful, it's just that these things can't go wrong."

These soldiers fought with their lives on the front line, so that we could live a leisurely life in the rear. If we can't treat these soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the Ming Dynasty, then who is willing to defend the Ming Dynasty with their lives in the future? I don't want to be the second Song Huizong. ”

Wang Chengen carefully wiped the fine sweat on his forehead, and replied seriously: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the ministers have supervised and inspected the things that Your Majesty has explained to the ministers these days." His Majesty also admonished the deacons who were in charge of all things what His Majesty said to his ministers.

The ministers dared to use their lives to assure His Majesty that there would be no problems with the public memorial of the fallen soldiers in the Daxiao Field tomorrow, and the bereaved families of those fallen soldiers, as long as they were near the capital, the ministers also invited them one by one, and they could all participate in the public sacrifice tomorrow. ”

Wang Chengen's full of assurances finally made Zhu Youzhen return to the harem with confidence. Less than 3 p.m. on the same day, the northern suburbs battalion sent someone to deliver the news that an outpost of the 1st Cavalry Wing, which had returned to Beijing with the wartime base camp, had arrived at the northern suburbs.

By 10 p.m., the wartime base camp and all the troops had arrived at the northern outskirts of the camp. As soon as Sun Chengzong arrived at the camp in the northern suburbs, he wanted to hand over the troops in his hand to Yu Zhigao, and rode into the city alone.

However, Yu Zhigao, who stood in front of the gate with the officials of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion to greet him, refused him and said to him: "The last general does not dare to accept the order of the marshal, Your Majesty has already issued an edict, Your Majesty has granted the military power to the marshal, and after the triumphal ceremony of entering the city is held the day after tomorrow, Your Majesty will personally take it back, and no one shall be relieved of the commander's right to command before that, which is a military regulation." ”

Sun Chengzong, who was standing outside the gate, was slightly stunned, and finally called back the two subordinates who stepped forward with the Lingqi Tiger Talisman, but no one accepted them. He thought about it for a while, and then said: "In this case, the old man will work hard for another day, and Yu Dudu will also work hard tonight, so let's stay in this camp in the northern suburbs with the old man." ”

Seeing that Sun Chengzong had taken back his fate, Yu Zhigao had a smile on his face again, and turned sideways to Sun Chengzong and said respectfully: "Although the marshal can't enter the city today, His Majesty has personally ordered Guanglu Temple to renovate the good banquet, so that the marshal can relieve the lack of the road..."

Early the next morning, Chongzhen, dressed in military uniform, rode his own red wind, left the Forbidden City with the imperial guards, and went out of Desheng Gate to the north.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning, Sun Chengzong and Yu Zhigao, who were waiting outside the gate of Daying in the northern suburbs, saw hundreds of men and horses wearing red armor rushing over from the direction of the capital.

Regarding Chongzhen's habit of inspecting the military camp and wearing military uniforms, Sun Chengzong and Yu Zhigao have become accustomed to it. Chongzhen had obviously also seen the appearance of a large group of generals erected on the edge of the avenue.

He didn't ride a horse and ran directly in front of Sun Chengzong and Yu Zhigao, and when he was still about a hundred meters away from the two, Chongzhen signaled the attendants around him to stop, and then dismounted and walked in front of them.

Zhu Youzhen hurried a few steps, stretched out his hand to stop Sun Chengzong, who wanted to bow to him, and said to him with a smile: "Mr. Sun doesn't have to be polite, even if you are in the army, you don't have to do these regular salutes." Governor Yu, you should also get up, there are so many false courtesies in the army. Let us go into the camp and speak, and today we will pay tribute to the martyrs, and we will not miss the auspicious time. ”

Sun Chengzong originally wanted to return the military power as soon as they met, but when he heard Chongzhen's words, he also felt that now was not the time to talk about it.

The reason why he was in a hurry to hand over military power was that he was afraid that because of the party struggle that had once again set off between the DPRK and China, he and the General Staff would eventually be involved.

Sun Chengzong is actually not worried about himself, with the teacher-student relationship between him and Tianqi, even if Chongzhen really doubts him, at most he will let him return to his hometown to raise him.

What he was worried about was that it would be a pity if the General Staff Headquarters, which he had devoted most of his efforts to building up for half a year, were to be disbanded because of his sake.

After nearly a year of construction, the General Staff has actually replaced the Governor's Office of the Five Armies and has become the highest body to manage the Ming army.

Moreover, the original power of the military department to manage generals, money, food, and ordnance has now been taken by the General Staff.

Sun Chengzong once thought that the Ming military system had reached the extent that it was necessary to change, and the direction of his reform was to re-emphasize the power of generals, but after strengthening the commanding power of generals in the army, how to check and balance so that there would be no disaster in the feudal towns, he did not think about it.

However, after the new emperor ascended the throne, the general staff that authorized him to establish made him see how to reduce the constraints of civilian officials on the army, and to ensure to the greatest extent that the army would not be privatized by the generals.

Therefore, Sun Chengzong earnestly hoped that the General Staff could be preserved, and finally replace the original Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and change the incompetent appearance of the old military system of the Ming Dynasty.