Qianqing Palace.

Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair and said in a deep voice: "Now that Wang Duo, the left waiter of the military department, has been subdued, the position is vacant, and the domestic war is heavy, you are recommending a candidate to fill the vacancy of the left waiter as soon as possible, so as not to delay things." ”

Fang Yuegong smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the ministers don't know where to look for candidates for a while, but they are all the imperial historians Li Banghua, who knows about military affairs, but they are just ......"

"Nonsense!"

Chongzhen was full of displeasure, and said dissatisfied: "The current Li Banghua is the imperial history, and he is at the same level as Shangshu, do you want him to go to the military department to be your subordinate?" Isn't this a downgrade for someone? What's more, is there less of a Metropolitan Procuratorate now? ”

Fang Yuegong's face was stunned, and he came to his senses, very embarrassed, and replied: "Your Majesty, please discuss with your ministers before making a decision......

Chongzhen nodded and replied: "You are the secretary of the Ministry of War, you are responsible for the determination of the candidate for the squire of the Ministry of War, and implement it as soon as possible!" Zhu Jie! ”

When Zhu Jie heard this, he hurriedly stood up.

"In the past few days, how has Tongzhou Wei been rectified?"

Zhu Jie said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Tongzhou Guard has been reorganized, leaving a total of 6,000 people, but the minister decided to further reduce the number of soldiers to 5,000 according to the combat strength of the soldiers after two months of training!" ”

"Five thousand?"

Chongzhen frowned and asked, "Is there too few troops?" ”

Zhu Jie replied: "Your Majesty, the soldiers are fine but not many, five thousand elite soldiers on the battlefield are enough to defeat one or two hundred thousand ordinary soldiers, and even if we give these five thousand elite soldiers twice the salary, we only need the salary of 10,000 soldiers. ”

Chongzhen's brows furrowed, and he asked, "Since that's the case, then do what you want, what about the other twelve guards?" ”

"Your Majesty,"

Zhu Jie continued: "The minister is going to mobilize the two guards of Miyun and Changping to rush to Tongzhou for rectification today, and it will take a month and a half to streamline the four guards of Jingbei, and at the same time, the three guards of Tianjin will be merged into the two guards of Tianjin, with an infantry battalion, which will be changed to a sailor battalion to prepare for the construction of the Tianjin Guard Water Division!" ”

"Tianjin Weishui Division?"

Chongzhen was stunned and said, "How did Aiqing remember that the preparation of the water division was here?" ”

Zhu Jie said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, since more than ten years ago, the Qing army has entered Gyeonggi six times, and the Gyeonggi army has no way to resist turning Gyeonggi upside down every time, why?" That's because every time the Qing army is almost pouring out, relying on the military strength of Gyeonggi alone, it is not enough to resist the Qing army, even if the minister completes the rectification of the guards, it may not be able to withstand the Qing army that poured out of the nest, yes, the minister decided to prepare for the Tianjin Wei Water Division, once the Qing army Koubian, then we can gather troops in Tianjin Wei, take the naval division warship, go upstream, go straight to Jinzhou, and go straight to the Manchurians' lair. How can their cavalry still withstand our attack? ”

Chongzhen suddenly: "You, you are going to surround Wei to save Zhao!" ”

Zhu Jie shook his head and replied: "Your Majesty, it's not just as simple as encircling Wei to save Zhao, but attacking instead of defending!" Once our sailors attack Jinzhou once, then Dorgon and the others will never dare to act rashly, and our sailors can bring a deadly threat to the Manchurian Tartars at any time! ”

"Good, good! Not bad! ”

Chongzhen exclaimed: "Zhu Aiqing's words are true! With the restraint of the water master, Huang Taiji will definitely not dare to act rashly! ”

Fang Yuegong on the side said in a low voice: "Lord Zhu, why do you say that it is Dolgon, and not Huang Taiji?" ”

In Fang Yuegong's view, Huang Taiji was the enemy chieftain, the leader and commander of the Manchurian Tartars, and Dolgon was not at the level enough.

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "Lord Fang, a few days ago, Xia Guan had already told the emperor that Huang Taiji had been conquering for many years and killing countless people, and he would be punished by God, he would not live for a few days, and even now he is dead!" ”

What the?

When everyone in the court heard this, they were all amazed!

Fang Yuegong was stunned and said, "Lord Zhu, you're not joking, are you?" Huang Taiji is dead? How can it be? I know that this Huang Taiji himself is a brave and good general, and he is only about fifty years old now, how could he die? Don't tell me that if you kill countless people, you will be punished by God, if you are punished by God, he should have died a long time ago! ”

"That's right, Lord Zhu, aren't you fooling the emperor? Huang Taiji died? ”

The ministers questioned one after another, and even asked the emperor to confuse the public with evil words to punish Zhu Jie!

"Zhu Jie, apart from what you said, Huang Taiji died, but there is any other evidence?"

Chongzhen was also a little skeptical and asked.

Zhu Jie shrugged his shoulders and replied: "Your Majesty, there is no need for evidence, at least three or two days, at most half a month, the news of the death of Huang Taiji outside the Guanwai will be transmitted to the Central Plains, there is no doubt about this matter, the emperor should now consider how to prepare for Tianjin Wei, you must know that Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Phi Dao, was in Japan, and just put a brigade on Phi Dao, which formed a huge threat to Manchuria, so that Huang Taiji did not dare to go south easily, but unfortunately, we destroyed the Great Wall......

Chongzhen was silent for a while, before Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Phi Island, was killed by Yuan Chonghuan, the imperial court was able to barely maintain the balance of power in Manchuria, although there were many defeats and few victories, but it was still able to withstand it, but as soon as Mao Wenlong died, before the Ming Dynasty and Manchuria, the offensive and defensive forces were completely changed, and every time the Manchurian Tartars made a move, they did their best, and the imperial court could no longer threaten the rear nest of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"Okay, pass the decree, the household department will allocate a three-percent increase in the salary of the Tianjin Three Guards every year, and purchase warships, artillery and firearms for the Tianjin Guard, and hand them over to Zhu Jie, Zhu Jie, the affairs of the sailors will be handed over to you, don't let me down!"

Chongzhen gritted his teeth and said.

"Thank you, Lord Ron!"

As soon as Zhu Jie got up, the Huangmen official outside the main hall hurriedly walked up to the main hall and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, sent someone to send information!" ”

Chongzhen raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Xuan! ”

After a short time, a general walked into the main hall and bowed down: "The general of Chenshan Customs will see Emperor Kou Hai, may my emperor live long live long live!" ”

Chongzhen said in a deep voice: "Kou Hai, what is the purpose of entering Beijing this time?" ”

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, Lord Wu has obtained accurate information in Shanhaiguan, the enemy chief of Manchuria Taiji has died before ten days, and now Manchuria is fighting for the pseudo-throne, and there is tension, and there may even be a civil war! Lord Wu specially ordered the ministers to enter Beijing to report the good news for the emperor! ”

"Damn! Is Huang Taiji really dead? ”

Chongzhen didn't realize his gaffe at all, and directly burst into foul language!