In the face of heavy losses, Dolgon began to show his cruel nature, this time with the Ming army joint operation, brought 50,000 warriors, killed more than 10,000 people, the strength of the greatly reduced, these losses, he must be recovered, according to the habit, the full eight banners into the battle, the following sergeants are able to harvest a lot of property, but unfortunately this time, Huang Taiji also put forward a clear request, the purpose is mainly to unite the Ming army to defeat the Jiangning battalion, but unfortunately this purpose was not achieved.

By fighting in Cangzhou, Dolgon felt that the Qing Dynasty had to find another way, and the United Ming Dynasty did not have much effect, and Su Tiancheng's unification of the Central Plains was probably irreversible.

Dolgon's understanding, through the battle of Cangzhou, made it even clearer, after returning to Shenyang this time, he will definitely report to Huang Taiji, even if Huang Taiji has a different opinion, he will fight for it.

After leaving Cangzhou, he entered Baoding from Hejian Province, then Zhending Province, Shanxi Province and Mongolian steppe from Datong. Choosing this remote route, Dolgon's purpose is also very clear, the focus is to loot money, and the longer the route, the more money can be looted.

Approaching the Spring Festival, the common people are preparing for the New Year, and there is a lot of money and food gathered at home, looting at this time, there will definitely be a huge harvest, of course, because of the remoteness of the route, the problem also exists, and there are a lot of dangers along the way, fortunately, Dolgon knows very well that the main energy of the Ming army is placed in Cangzhou and Tianjin. The rest of the place is not taken care of for the time being.

The capital, the palace of nourishing the heart.

Zhu Youzhen's face was pale, and his eyes were a little scattered.

Zhou Yanru lowered his head and stood below, Chen Xinjia's recital had already arrived at the imperial court, the situation of the battle in Cangzhou. It is very clear that it should be said that the joint operation of the imperial army and the Manchu Eight Banners has achieved certain results, compared to the battles between Zhejiang and Nanzhili, it is very good, at least it resisted the attack of the Jiangning battalion, and before the evacuation of Cangzhou, the main force still exists, but the biggest problem is that Dolgon evacuated without authorization. After leaving Cangzhou, he will not continue to fight with the Datong border army.

Chen Xinjia expressed great anger at Dolgon's unauthorized decision, and even cursed the Houjin Tartar in the middle of the play, believing that barbarians do not understand faith.

This was not meant to be a fatal thing, but the next twist and turn made the court restless.

Dolgon left Cangzhou and began to plunder along the way, and the snowflakes of the local government flew to the imperial court. Because after the troops of the Beizhili Guard were transferred, most of them were concentrated in Cangzhou. Facing the Jiangning battalion, the defenses in various places are almost empty, and they are powerless to deal with Dolgon, so they can only watch the Houjin Tartars plunder, and then again, even the guards are still holding on. It is not the opponent of the Houjin Tartars, and they dare not face the Houjin Tartars head-on at all.

This is tantamount to adding insult to injury.

After receiving Chen Xinjia's recital, Zhu Youzhen thought of mobilizing the Liaodong Frontier Army, and although Dolgon's withdrawal caused losses, it was not a fatal blow. The hundreds of thousands of Liaodong border troops still have good combat effectiveness, but unfortunately Dolgon began to plunder in Beizhili, indicating that the situation in Liaodong will quickly become tense, and Zhu Youzhen's plan to transfer the Liaodong border army was directly blocked.

Su Tiancheng will not stop the pace of the expedition, Tianjin will become the focus of the imperial court's attention in the next step, the atmosphere in the imperial court, there have been more changes, there are fewer ministers who are willing to speak, and there are more silent, even Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, is also silent a lot.

These circumstances, Zhu Youzhen is very clear, because of the hatred of Su Tiancheng, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang cleaned up many civil and military ministers in the court, and the prison was already overcrowded, such behavior seriously hit the civil and military ministers in the court, and some people even compared Wang Chengen with Wei Zhongxian, such a long time has passed, and few people have directly put forward opinions and suggestions in the court, of course, in this process, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang have secretly attacked the honest ministers because of venting their personal anger, or in order to establish authority, In Zhu Youzhen's view, these problems are not the biggest problem.

Although he has not received the education and indoctrination of authentic imperial arts, Zhu Youzhen has been on the throne for so many years, and one thing is clear to him, that is, at the moment of crisis, he can rely on the eunuchs and Jinyiwei the most, most of the civil and military ministers in the court, most of them are unreliable, and after mastering power, they are all for themselves, the biggest example is Su Tiancheng, after having enough power, he actually wanted to be the emperor.

After a few minutes, Zhu Youzhen concentrated, and his eyes began to become sharp.

"Zhou Aiqing, I want to ask, how should I deal with these situations."

Zhou Yanru's body trembled slightly, this question is too difficult to answer, but since the emperor asked, he must answer it, otherwise maybe one day, he will be thrown into prison by Jinyiwei and the eunuch.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the focus that needs to be paid attention to at present is still the direction of Tianjin, Dolgon has no faith, the minister thinks that there is nothing unusual, the Houjin Tartar is originally a barbarian, it is impossible to trust, the battle in Cangzhou, Lord Chen and Lord Wang's performance is still very good, if it is not for the difficulties, Su Tiancheng will not mobilize the Jiangning battalion sergeants in Henan, although Lord Chen's recital does not mention the casualties of the Jiangning battalion, the minister feels that the Jiangning battalion has also suffered a heavy blow in Cangzhou."

Zhu Youzhen nodded slightly, thinking that Zhou Yanru's analysis was still very good.

Receiving the emperor's encouragement, Zhou Yanru secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"The reason why the minister suggested to focus on the direction of Tianjin is because Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning battalion, which is about to attack Tianjin, and the Datong border army led by Lord Chen, including the Tianjin Sanwei, as well as the army of the Beizhili Guard, has a total number of more than 200,000 people, and it should be able to hold on to Tianjin, but the consumption of the army is very huge, and it is during the Spring Festival, the emperor has a lot of encouragement, and he will definitely be able to arouse the fighting spirit of the soldiers and start a tenacious fight with the Jiangning battalion."

"As for the Houjin Tartars led by Dolgon, in the battle of Cangzhou, they also suffered heavy losses, along the direction of Baoding Mansion and Zhending Mansion, and fled towards Shanxi, just thinking about leaving Guannei from the direction of Datong, and the Datong border army was transferred to Beizhili, and the defense was empty, even if the army was mobilized at this moment, it was too late to intercept it."

"The Liaodong border army cannot be dispatched for the time being, Dolgon's behavior, the Emperor Taiji of Houjin must be aware, in this case, it is rare to guarantee that there will be no changes in Liaodong, and there will be no problems in the Guanningjin defense line."

"The lesser of the two powers, the minister understands this, if there is something wrong, please punish the emperor."

Zhu Youzhen didn't speak for a long time, which made Zhou Yanru, who was secretly a little proud, nervous again, he didn't know if the Emperor was satisfied, maybe he didn't speak somewhere, the current situation in the court is clear, he would rather not speak, than because he talked too much, he would not expose any problems.

"Zhou Aiqing's suggestion is still good, I am very pleased, so long time has passed, the situation of the imperial court, the thoughts of many civil and military ministers, I know the way, the practices of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, some places are indeed excessive, and they need to be corrected, I look at this matter, just ask Zhou Aiqing to handle it, so many ministers are imprisoned in the prison, I can't talk about it......"

Accepting such a task is tantamount to setting things right, which is something to be happy about, but Zhou Yanru does not have the slightest joy, he knows the emperor's temper, and he has a bit of a change in the order and the meaning of the snake shadow, maybe the things he corrected today will have problems in the court tomorrow.

In order to test the emperor's attitude, Zhou Yanru cautiously spoke.

"The minister obeys the order, and the minister suggests that the matter of Yan Zizhang be solved first."

Yan Zizhang has been imprisoned all the time, and the problem has not been solved, which is also because Yan Zizhang refuses to bow his head, always thinks that he is right, and even directly criticizes the government, which makes Zhu Youzhen very unhappy.

The look on Zhu Youzhen's face changed.

"Zhou Aiqing, since I asked you to handle these things, I don't need to open my mouth on how to do it."

Leaving the Heart Cultivation Palace, Zhou Yanru went back to the mansion directly under the pretext that there was something.

After entering the secret room, Zhou Yanru spoke directly to Zhou Kang.

"Da Ming's qi is exhausted, there is no hope, it is only a matter of time before Su Tiancheng takes Tianjin, you don't want to stay in the capital this Spring Festival, or use the excuse to go home for the New Year, and directly find Su Tiancheng to contact, if you can't find Su Tiancheng, find Zhu Xianxuan and Yang Sichang and others, it's the same, I don't want to say more about confidential matters."

"Master, the little one must complete the task, and the little one thinks that the master doesn't have to be in such a hurry."

"Do you know what to say, in the past, the imperial court and the Houjin Tartars united to deal with Su Tiancheng, and now the imperial court needs to face Su Tiancheng's attack, and also to prevent the Houjin Tartars from fishing in troubled waters, and it is difficult to cope with it on both sides, not to mention facing the attack on both sides, in this case, how long can the imperial court be able to support it, but at this time, Jinyiwei and Dongchang have controlled the government, which has made the heavens angry and resentful, and the emperor today asked me to correct the mistakes of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, But he didn't say how to punish those evil Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi, what kind of arrangement is this, it's better not to say, I really don't understand, what did the emperor do for Lu to become like this, I can't understand the simple questions. ”

"Master, I thought about it, after seeing Su Tiancheng or Zhu Xianxuan and others, would I be able to make a clear request."

Zhou Yanru nodded, the so-called clear requirement is nothing more than to be able to become an official of the Great Jin Dynasty in the future, and the status is not too low, of course, this needs to be contacted in advance, so as not to touch the nose when you get it. (To be continued......)