Chapter 706: Combat Readiness
"Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, there is no high-level person behind His Highness's guidance, but now there seems to be some movement on Wu Junhou's side......"
is making a small report to Emperor Chongzhen, that is, the representative figure of the nobles, Cheng Guogong, who was paid attention to by Chongzhen and the auxiliary government, can only say that Chongzhen's vision of seeing people is really not good, such as the first assistant Chen Yan, who was killed by Yang Yi in the early dynasty.
Although it can't be based on what hasn't happened yet, Yang Yi has a monopoly on power at this time, and he doesn't want to pay so much attention to it, so he just wants to kill chickens and monkeys, so he naturally kills the civil officials who take advantage of it first.
This also directly deterred the Xungui forces, after Yang Yi began to meddle in the Beijing camp today, the Xungui forces tacitly gave up the struggle for power, almost did not resist much, and let the military envoys and military candidates sent by Yang Yi take over the Beijing camp.
Because the current situation is really bizarre, a princess who originally did not have much sense of existence was able to come out to take charge of the court at this time and then govern; This kind of thing is rare in ancient and modern times, and the nobles have not figured out the details, and now they want to cooperate with it, and Yang Yi's collection of grain stores in the capital has hardly been hindered.
It seems that Zhu Youzhen is likely to have handed over the defense power of the Beijing Division to Yang Yi, if Zhu Youzhen is imprisoned, not many people believe it.
The Ming Dynasty is not the Tang Dynasty, women should not be able to be emperors?
This series of changes is really beyond everyone's expectations, if it weren't for Li Zicheng's troops to suppress the realm, many people would probably think that there was a coup d'état in the Forbidden City!
Of course, in everyone's common sense, a coup d'état is impossible, because at least yesterday, Zhu Youzhen, the emperor, still had enough authority, even if he wanted to dismiss the prime minister, it was just a matter of one sentence yesterday, and it should not be so cool.
In fact, Chongzhen is in power again at this time, and he has no one to use, no matter how loyal Wang Chengen is, but Zhu Youzhen will no longer trust him, and the civil officials of the six ministries are basically useless, not to mention that now in the face of Li Zicheng's soldiers, Zhu Youzhen is still very rational in his heart, he knows his situation very well, after all, there are a bunch of rubbish around him.
As for Zhu Chunchen, the governor of Jingying Rongzheng, who was able to visit him at this time, this one is still forgotten, this one is reliable and reliable in Chongzhen's heart, but he also knows that Zhu Chunchen can't fight at all, and he can't govern the army.
However, there is really no one available around him at this time, in the past, relying on means and rights, he could remove whoever he wanted, and no one in the inner and outer courts obeyed, but now look at it, this internal and external is already isolated, and the ministers have no use at this time, and the eunuchs have all become Yang Yi's, and only Xungui can borrow one or two.
Chongzhen was actually not very discouraged, because although Yang Yi was domineering at this time, it also gave him a sense of security, and the capital seemed to have hope of holding on to Yang Yi's actions.
Don't say that there is no money, just now, Yang Yi has already said in the post that Yang Yi sent to the harem that she has collected a large amount of military expenses!
By asking Zhu Chunchen, Chongzhen also knew that this was not a lie to him, but it was true, and there were at least dozens of carts of silver, which were being sent to the palace in a steady stream, listening to Zhu Chunchen, Yang Yi is still throwing a lot of money in Beijing, and it is said that hundreds of thousands of taels have been spent!
Chongzhen sighed, if only these silver had arrived earlier, why is it like this now, if there were several million taels of silver military expenses a month ago, then the army of Liaodong could go south, and the capital would be foolproof, so why not!
"Zhu Chunchen," Emperor Chongzhen put his mind back, and said to his most trusted nobleman, "Although the emperor is now listening to the government, your governor Jingying Rongzheng has not been removed, so you will go to participate in military affairs...... I'm optimistic about ...... Did you know? ”
Chongzhen said very vaguely, although after the early dynasty, Yang Yi transferred a lot of people from the inner palace, and the guards were not too strict, but there was still a team of people staring at Chongzhen, after all, Yang Yi also had to guard against someone attacking Chongzhen at this time.
"The minister obeys the order...... Zhu Chunchen paused, feeling a little embarrassed, this kind of royal thing, if you can stay away, you have to stay far away, wait for them to divide the victory and defeat themselves, then come and participate.
However, Chongzhen will not give him a chance for this team, after all, he is Chongzhen's most trusted person, as for whether he is trustworthy or not, this has to ask himself.
Although he can't fight and manage the army, he is better than anyone else in figuring out his intentions, and this kind of person, seeing that the situation is not good, is naturally the fastest to slip away.
Just when Emperor Chongzhen wanted to end the dialogue between the monarchs and ministers, and then go to find a way to curb Yang Yi with Empress Zhou, at this time, an urgent report suddenly came: "Emperor, the fire outside Fucheng Gate is soaring, and the thief army is coming." ”
In the palace, there are still some people in Chongzhen, but these people are very careful, basically they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, so they didn't let Yang Yi waste his efforts, but at this time, it would be good for Chongzhen to have someone to use, and if he wanted to choose, there was no room for selection.
Although he is trapped in the inner palace, he can also instruct people to check the situation, if the capital is lost, he doesn't know yet, and he must always give him a chance to martyr the Son of Heaven.
Fuchengmen is one of the two city gates opened to the west of the inner city of Beijing, only more than three miles away from the west wall of the imperial city, once the Fuchengmen is lost, Emperor Chongzhen knows that he should be martyred, so the people in their hands are concerned about the situation over there.
Chongzhen was stunned when he heard the news, his eyes showed a look of horror, and he turned his gaze to Zhu Chunchen: "Chengguo Gong, you immediately go to assist the emperor to arrange the battle guard!" Don't let the rebels break into the Beijing Division! ”
When it came to the end, Chongzhen found that this was really frightening, after all, this was different from Yang Yigong's change of power, in his eyes, Yang Yi was still Zhu Weijiao, his daughter, he would never kill him, and the Ming Dynasty would not lose the country.
But the rebellion is different, this is a battle for the country, a battle with thousands of miles of mountains and rivers as a bet, and the future of the world is a battle for the surname Zhu or the surname Li.
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Yang Yi was unusually calm when he learned that the vanguard of Li Zicheng's army had appeared outside Fucheng Gate and set fire to the farmhouse outside the city.
It is very common to burn, kill and loot, and for the feudal armed forces, this is commonplace, and Yang Yi naturally does not care; What's more, Yang Yi also understands the cause of this fire, and Yang Yi has been in a hurry since the morning, and the first thing he has been targeting is the west.
What should be confiscated outside the city, those people in Beijing will not let go, they came against the grain, they didn't grab anything, and they should burn a fire in the face of an empty farmhouse.
Yang Yi instructed all the generals to stabilize the morale of the army, and asked Wang Chengen, who had just finished inspecting the "Blocking Project", to continue to be on duty at night, and then announced the end of the military discussion.
After all, this is a person who is really loyal to Daming and Chongzhen, this kind of person, at least in the face of foreign enemies, still has the same interests.
At this time, Wu Xiang quietly walked last, this person represented the interests of the Liaodong Military Gate, and naturally wanted to talk about some conditions at this time.
Liaodong can compete with the Manchu Qing Dynasty by virtue of its topography, which is naturally a chess player who can stand on the chessboard, and he is used to cooperating with the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally wants to continue to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty.
Yang Yi is also very clear about the forces of the Liaodong Military Gate; This was the main force of the later defeat of the armed forces in Dashun and Nanming and other places, and the combat effectiveness of the Manchu Qing at this time was indeed very strong, but it was also relatively weak.
During the Xiaoice River period, the Ming Dynasty was affected, and the Liaodong side was even more serious, not even more, as long as the Ming Dynasty had another three or five years, the Manchu Qing Dynasty would collapse on its own.
It's easy to say that it is easy to feed the war with war, but is it so easy to grab the Ming Dynasty? Can you grab it without losing some points this time?
"Wu Junhou stayed."
Seeing this, Yang Yi knew that Wu Xiang was going to talk to him secretly, so he retreated left and right, waiting for Wu Xiang to see what he had to say.
"Your Highness, please visit Liaodong." Wu Xiang looked a little nervous, and his voice was very low; coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, Dong Zhuo did Cao Cao, and he also did it; Wu Xiang thought it was beautiful.
Yang Yi smiled slightly, this person still can't see the situation clearly, should he give him a "life and death talisman" and let him taste it?
Yang Yi didn't want to move him for the time being, after all, on the Manchu side, Wu Sangui must be talking about the conditions, and it was a good calculation to fight left and right, so Yang Yi didn't want to move Wu Xiang either, and waited for Li Zicheng to collapse first.
With hundreds of thousands of thieves, they tried in vain to attack the capital, Zhang Jiao did this, and the Han Dynasty was indeed powerful, and it was worthy of "the country is always weak to destroy, and the Han Dynasty is strong to die", although the strength of the Ming Dynasty should not be underestimated, but it just can't be played.
Yang Yi wanted to try it this time, although she didn't use such troublesome means to pass the test, with her force, Wan Jun took the enemy's head from it, Huang Taiji and Li Zicheng, in this copy, it is not a problem.
The belief power of fate betting is too little, which also gives Yang Yi a chance to experience, after all, she has not tried it for a long time to take charge of the army and seize power in person.
However, how to deal with this Wu Xiang, Yang Yi is still a little embarrassed, at this time he will tear his face, it is not Yang Yi's wish, after all, the capital is still in a state of foreign strength and middle cadres, and the training of young and strong people will take some time, Li Zicheng has fought, and then faced the Manchu Qing, this is the right way to play a copy, from a small boss to a big boss, take your time.
Yang Yi was thinking about his words, when the eunuch waiting outside the palace came to report: "Your Highness, Chengguo Gong has arrived, saying that he was ordered to assist His Highness in arranging the battle guard." ”
When Yang Yi heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo! The richest man among the nobles, he was about to look for him, and he was actually sent to the door.
Xungui Group is Yang Yi's next target, after all, now trapped in the capital, Yang Yi must solve every bit of restless power, and Xungui Group is the top priority.
After solving the merchants, there are a large number of families and young people, and these are the nobles who share weal and woe in the Ming Dynasty, these people seem to be inconspicuous, and in ordinary times, they are also pressed by the civil officials steadily, but after Li Zicheng later occupied the capital, he was able to stabilize the power and people's hearts, and it was by relying on the silver dug up from the hands of these Ming Dynasty nobles, which was as much as tens of millions of taels.
Of course, Li Zicheng also paid the price, and with this silver, the country that he had seized was gone, and the price was not heavy.
Yang Yi naturally wants silver, and he doesn't want to pay the price, so he needs to be cautious, this Zhu Chunchen, as the representative of the current nobles, cleaned him up, so it would be easy for others to do it.
"Wu Junhou, please go back! In addition, the capital will have a curfew from today, and from tomorrow, all ordnance and iron weapons will be confiscated, and Wu Junhou will also set an example! ”
For Wu Xiang, you can't start, but you don't have to be too polite, if you want to be beautiful, you have to let him taste the coldness of reality, and in addition, it is also to solve the hidden dangers, these military gates in Liaodong, in the house of the capital, there are definitely hundreds of young and strong, this is not that they have not experienced the war, there must be many soldiers among them, and there will definitely be dead soldiers!
However, don't worry, as long as Yang Yi collects his weapons and waits for three or five days later, when the young man is trained and pulled to the city wall to pass the fire, then everything in the city will be Yang Yi's.
At that time, it is natural to dispose of it at will, and tomorrow, Li Zicheng will not be able to afford to send the advance army, and under this pressure, it is just right to clean up the city; Yang Yi has already asked the master craftsman to prepare the magnet, and he is not worried that they will hide the ordnance and iron.
No matter what the atmosphere in the city is, as long as it is guarded for a month and a half, Yang Yi's task can be successfully completed, according to the current situation, Li Zicheng is likely to be able to come within three days before the army can come, then Yang Yi's task of clearing the field is basically completed, and today's assault is from the west, from far to the present.
The current Beijing camp can't do anything else, but it's no problem to be a strong-walled and clear-field character, tens of thousands of troops are spilled out, and Fuchengmen is almost demolished in a day today.
After three days, Li Zicheng will be hungry and crying; There will definitely not be much food to bring, it would be good to be able to support it for three or five days, gritting his teeth, maybe a few more days, but eating and drinking in the capital for a year is no problem, without the help of those teammates on the opposite side, Li Zicheng's task this time is very arduous, but this also saves Yang Yi has no choice but to go down and take his head.
If you fight the world, you can fight well, and you can't pick up cheap; This is a lesson that Yang Yi is going to teach Li Zicheng, since ancient times, there are almost few who have surpassed Li Zicheng in the speed of making a fortune, but there are few who have surpassed the speed of losing the world.
"Zhu Qing, I heard that your family has tens of millions of silver?"
This is Yang Yi's first sentence after Zhu Chunchen came in, just this sentence made Zhu Chunchen sweat coldly, the lord in front of him seemed weak, but he had never forgotten the coldness when he killed those civil officials in the morning.
There are also six relatives who confiscated the property of the uncle's family and deny it, how dare Zhu Chunchen show his wealth?