Zhu Youzhen is also unlucky enough, after ascending the throne, conscientious, bent on revitalizing the Ming Dynasty, for this do not dare to have the slightest slackness, nor dare to have the idea of pleasure, it can be said that among the emperors since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the most self-sustaining, but unfortunately this is the way to do it, and it has not been able to completely change the decadence of the Ming Dynasty, especially in the first few years of his accession to the throne, it can be said that he has suffered too many tribulations, so that for a while, he thought about abdicating.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, the emperor Taiji of Houjin was officially called the emperor, and the country name was Daqing, at that time, the angry Zhu Youzhen was helpless, because the Houjin Tartars were too strong, and the Ming army was not an opponent at all, and at that time, the Ming Dynasty still had the riots of the Liukou, which could be said to be unpeaceful inside and outside, but fortunately Su Tiancheng appeared, exterminated the Liukou, and the Houjin Tartars bowed their heads.

It's a pity that the time came to the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Su Tiancheng also called the emperor, occupied the southern half of the Ming Dynasty, established the country as the Great Jin, and became the emperor of the Great Jin.

What made Zhu Youzhen even more angry was that when Su Tiancheng held the enthronement ceremony, the vassal states to which the Ming Dynasty belonged actually sent envoys to congratulate them, but in fact, for so many years, the imperial court has been too busy to take care of itself, and it can't control these vassal states at all.

The battle of Nanzhili ended in that way, which Zhu Youzhen never imagined, the army of more than 300,000 people, plus the army of the local guard, was actually such a result, almost no decent battle with the Jiangning battalion, all of them were wiped out, or surrendered directly, only Huang Degong made Zhu Youzhen feel sighing, but unfortunately, the previous Zhu Youzhen. I didn't notice a military general like Huang Degong at all.

The atmosphere in the imperial court is already very delicate, for such a long time, Jinyiwei and Dongchang have cleaned up a lot of people, and it can almost be said that all the officials who have a relationship with Su Tiancheng have been thrown into prison. Including Su Tiancheng's former mentor, Weng Tongzhang, the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials, and Fu Youliang, who was promoted from the Ministry of Industry to become the waiter of the Ministry of Works, because during the township test, he was Su Tiancheng's mentor and was also thrown into prison.

If you want to say that you have something to do with Su Tiancheng but have not been implicated, that is, the great eunuch Wang Chengen, the eunuch Qin Sande of Bingbi, and Dong Chang, the governor of Jinyi Wei, these people are because they are in charge of the clean-up matters. There is certainly no problem on its own.

The imperial court reacted very strongly to this purge action, and there were many ministers of civil and military affairs, in the early days of the cleanup, they had too much resentment and resentment against Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and even said it directly in the court, but later, this voice gradually decreased. Because it doesn't do much to say it.

In fact, Zhu Youzhen's mind has also undergone a process of transformation, in the early stage of purging. He also felt that this was a bit excessive, and it was likely to affect the stability of the imperial court, but with the increase of resentment towards Su Tiancheng, especially Zhu Xianxuan, Yang Sichang, Fan Jingwen and Lu Xiangsheng and others who took refuge in Su Tiancheng, it aroused the anger in Zhu Youzhen's heart, and this anger had nowhere to vent. can only be transferred to the civil and military ministers of the imperial court, and all the civil and military ministers who have been in contact with Su Tiancheng are regarded as the same as people like Zhu Xianxuan, and even Qin Liangyu, who has already become a minister, cannot be spared.

With Su Tiancheng's victory in the battle of Nanzhili, he completely controlled all the southern territory of the Ming Dynasty. When preparing to attack the north, the atmosphere in the court changed, and some civil and military ministers no longer said anything about resisting Su Tiancheng, nor did they put forward a proposal to exterminate the Jiangning camp, and even the cabinet had such an attitude.

Today's cabinet is not very neat, Qian Qianyi was captured by Su Tiancheng, Fan Jingwen directly took refuge in Su Tiancheng, and the rest of Zhou Yanru and others had a sad face all day long, with no suggestions or methods, and seemed to be waiting for Su Tiancheng to attack the north and finally occupy the capital.

Such a situation is unacceptable to Zhu Youzhen.

There are also ministers in the court who suggest that it is not to negotiate peace with Su Tiancheng and persuade Su Tiancheng to surrender to the court, the court can make Su Tian the king and govern the south and other places, and the fief can also be made clear that somewhere in the south, the court will not interfere, but this kind of naïve suggestion has hardly received any response, who doesn't understand, Su Tiancheng's purpose is to unify the Central Plains, and the people also have enough strength, the richest south of the Ming Dynasty was all occupied by Su Tiancheng, and he wanted money and money, and he wanted people, in this case, People will willingly surrender to the Ming Dynasty, isn't it a fool's dream.

Zhu Youzhen also felt that such a suggestion was too naïve, and categorically denied it, the situation has reached this point, he is ready to gamble, victory or defeat in one fell swoop, although many civil and military ministers in the court are opposed, but he also insists on issuing the holy decree, which can be said to use the power of the whole country to exterminate Su Tiancheng.

The Temple of Nourishing the Heart.

Zhou Yanru, Chen Xinjia, Liu Zunxian, Zhang Guowei, as well as Shi Kefa, the governor of Liaodong, Wang Daozhi, the governor of Datong, and others were all here, and Zhu Youzhen's face was very serious, with strong sadness and indignation.

"I have already decided, mobilize the Liaodong Border Army and the Datong Border Army, and enter Baoding Mansion, Taiyuan Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion, didn't Su Tiancheng occupy Nanzhili, didn't he claim the emperor in Nanjing, I will personally lead the army, directly attack Nanzhili, attack Nanjing, I don't believe it, can it be said that my people will follow the thief Su Tiancheng......"

When Zhu Youzhen was still talking, the faces of Zhou Yanru and the others changed, and even Wang Chengen, who was standing behind Zhu Youzhen, his face also changed.

This point of view, the emperor has already put forward it, but it has encountered strong opposition, even if the emperor is ambitious, but the cabinet unanimously disagrees, even Wang Chengen and Qin Sande, Dong Chang and others, are not optimistic about this plan, after all, the Houjin Tartars have not yet suffered a devastating blow, and the Mongolian Tartars are also eyeing the tiger, if it were not for the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe to hold the border pass, the direction of Datong would have been in danger long ago, and because of Su Tiancheng's rebellion, the situation in Liaodong is already very unoptimistic, It's not too much to say that it's dangerous.

Dolgon, who was stationed in Yaozhou and Haizhou and other places, had already moved his army in the direction of the Liao River in eastern Liaodong, first set up a military camp not far from the Liao River, and was ready to be stationed for a long time, and then when the Ming army suffered defeats one after another and could not stabilize the south, he crossed the Liao River and set up camp in a place only more than 100 miles away from Guangning. Heishang and Dalinghe City and other places directly threatened the Guanningjin defense line and directly threatened the capital.

If it is a large-scale transfer of troops from Liaodong, I am afraid that the attack of the Houjin Tartars will not be able to stop, maybe the capital will really encounter danger, at that time, there may be no army of King Qin in all parts of the Ming Dynasty, if the capital is broken by the Houjin Tartars, Liaodong is also lost, and the Ming Dynasty will really have no hope.

Judging from the current situation, although Su Tiancheng occupies the south and occupies Nanzhili, Shandong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Huguang, Sichuan, Guangxi and other places, the imperial court can also rely on the north to see if there will be any changes in the situation, and Su Tiancheng still has to spend energy to stabilize the south, and also occupy Yunnan, Duogandusi, Wusizangdusi and other places, so that it is possible to completely stabilize the south, otherwise these places are very troublesome places. Ethnic minorities are the majority, and they like to rebel and set themselves up as kings.

There is some truth in this kind of analysis, but Zhu Youzhen doesn't see it that way.

Looking at the silent crowd, Zhu Youzhen spoke again, and his tone was a little gloomy.

"I know what you think, think that the Liaodong Border Army and the Datong Border Army cannot be mobilized, if the Houjin Tartars and the Mongolian Tartars take the opportunity to attack, the capital may be lost, I don't understand this truth, but you tell me what to do, are you waiting for Su Tiancheng to come to attack, waiting for Su Tiancheng to occupy the capital, really at that time, what can the Liaodong Border Army and the Datong Border Army do, the truth of drinking to quench thirst, how can I not know the Dao, but I don't mobilize these troops, what to use to deal with Su Tiancheng, How can Su Tiancheng's rebellion be suppressed. ”

Still no one spoke, such an atmosphere made Zhu Youzhen feel suffocated, in fact, the meaning of this is expressed, he knows the way, and he knows it even more clearly, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty all think that Su Tiancheng is unable to resist, Jiangning Ying is invincible in the world, and it is a matter of time to attack the capital.

It's just that the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have different views on Su Tiancheng and Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji is a foreign race after all, if he occupies the Central Plains, then it is really the Han people who have lost the country, Su Tiancheng occupied the Central Plains, but it is just a change of dynasty, and the world is still Han people.

Zhu Youzhen's face turned pale, he was ready to make a decision, when he burned his eyebrows, where did he care so much.

At this time, Zhou Yanru spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Liaodong border army can not be mobilized for the time being, if the emperor wants to mobilize troops, you can adjust the Datong border army, the emperor gave the Xibe tribe and the Dauria tribe leaders the holy decree, asking them to guard the border passes, to prevent the Houjin Tartars and Mongolian Tatars from sneak attack, Datong has a total of 150,000 border troops, and the problem of all the mobilization is not too big, plus the army of the Beizhili Guard, as well as some of the soldiers of the Beijing camp, there is no problem at all to form an army of more than 200,000."

Zhu Youzhen stood up and did not give everyone time to discuss and argue.

"According to what Zhou Aiqing said, mobilize 150,000 border troops in Datong, and at the same time recruit 100,000 troops in Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Ningxia and other places to form 250,000 troops, my requirements are clear, within one month, the army must be recruited in place, the officials, households and soldiers, go all out, if you can't complete the task on time, I will definitely be punished." (To be continued......)