Chongzhen Chat Group

With this in mind, Emperor Chongzhen quit the chat group, took out the previous design plan and started browsing and revising it again. He stayed busy until the evening, then revised the draft again, threw it to the eunuch on duty, and copied it again. It is planned to hold a meeting to formally discuss it tomorrow.

After finishing this, Emperor Chongzhen went to the chat group again to check the information. Unexpectedly, I received multiple messages from Hai Lanzhu at once.

"Your Majesty, my brother was chasing Tong Yangxing. In the afternoon, he encountered the elite Jianlu troops, the one led by Hauge. My brother was defeated, with 1,500 horsemen, and only 300 escaped. My brother ...My brother was caught up and killed by Obai!"

"There are traces of Jianlu to the east, west and south of us. We are now fleeing north."

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Emperor Chongzhen was shocked when he saw it. He didn't expect that his vague worries before had turned out to be true. The Horqin army was overtaken, Wu Keshan was killed, and Hai Lanzhu fled with the remaining soldiers.

He quickly asked: "Where are you now?"

Emperor Chongzhen's question was directly conveyed to Hailanzhu. It was already evening. Hailanzhu was lying on his horse, running wildly, and replied anxiously: "I don't know. Anyway, I kept running north. This is the only way." , can we escape from Jianlu’s pursuit and interception.”

This strategy should be right. Emperor Chongzhen thought about it and comforted him: "Jianlu can't be pursued for a long time. After getting rid of Jianlu's pursuit, we can circle back. Tell me the route when you turn back, and I will send cavalry to pick it up." You. In addition, I will also make the army at Anshan Posthouse more active to attract the attention of Jianlu."

After hearing this, Hai Lanzhu could only do this. Fortunately, as children of the prairie, they have a stronger tolerance for such things. Each of them has excellent riding skills. If they just try their best to escape, I believe Jianlu will not be able to catch up. Now that he is on the run again, he has no chance to grieve.

One thing, Emperor Chongzhen was quite strange. He felt that with the riding skills of Wu Keshan's cavalry, how could they be overtaken by Hauge's cavalry?

Forget it, let’s not think about this now, the ending has been decided. I'm afraid Bu He needs to be comforted. He is probably arriving in Ningjin soon, and Sun Chengzong needs to be notified. Hai Lanzhu should also pay more attention.

Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about these things and began to be busy again.

The next day, in the Wenhua Hall, the ministers who came with the order continued to gather. There were all the eunuchs, eunuchs, assistant ministers of the cabinet, six ministers, the Metropolitan Inspectorate, and even the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army. This large formation made it difficult for people to They were extremely surprised. Except for Wen Tiren, the first assistant, and Cao Huachun, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, no one else knew what the emperor wanted to discuss, so they could not help but turn their heads and look around, or whisper.

Many ministers were a little unaccustomed to this kind of court discussion that was out of their control. Except for the founding ancestors and Chengzu, generally speaking, the emperors in the deep palace relied on their ministers to obtain information, and then made decisions about whether to deal with it or not, and what kind of meetings were held based on this, etc., all the ministers also had in mind There are several.

What they didn't expect was that Emperor Chongzhen also came from a deep palace and didn't have much experience. In the first two years, there were indeed no surprises. His officials knew what he was going to do and how to deal with it. Moreover, the handling of court affairs is often made by the emperor on the surface, but the real results are actually struggles, discussions, compromises, etc. among the courtiers to guide the emperor to make the decisions they want.

But since the Jianlu invaded the capital, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to have changed into a different person. He had the style of a great ancestor and became an ancestor. The affairs of the court were no longer in the hands of the ministers, but reflected the emperor's will. It may be difficult for foreign ministers to feel the difference, but the senior officials in the center feel it deeply.

While they were thinking about it, with a loud shout of "The Emperor has arrived," the Wenhua Hall suddenly became quiet, and all the courtiers respectfully welcomed the Emperor.

Emperor Chongzhen was sitting on the throne. After the ministers had finished the ceremony, he smiled and announced the good news: "Over in Liaodong, they just captured the Anshan Posthouse, pretended to attack Liaoyang, mobilized the entire army of Jianlu, and spent some days. The food is further depleted. I believe that this year’s Jianlu, even if it is a tiger, is just a hungry, skinny and dying tiger. In Liaodong, at least in the short term, the Jianlu will not pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty! "

Only a few of the officials below knew this news. Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, many ministers felt a little incredible. Jianlu, who had tried so hard to deal with the Ming army before but still suffered successive defeats, now suffered another casualty without alerting the court. A major setback?

Suddenly, they suddenly made another discovery. Since the Jianlu invaded the capital, the issue of Jianlu in Liaodong no longer seemed to be a matter for the court to be prepared and go all out to solve. Unknowingly, battles were won one after another. The situation in Liaodong was getting better day by day, and it no longer dragged down Guan Nei and other parts of the Ming Dynasty as before.

With this in mind, they, led by Wen Tiren and Cao Huachun, congratulated the emperor together.

However, Emperor Chongzhen changed the topic, and at the same time the smile on his face disappeared, and he said to these ministers: "The army we created at the founding of the Ming Dynasty has been unable to be used for a long time. As early as the Jiajing period, the capable soldiers The army is all obtained by recruiting soldiers. What do you, ministers and ministers, think of our Ming garrison?"

The Wei Suo Army was notoriously bad. When the Japanese pirates made trouble during the Jiajing period, dozens or even hundreds of people could reach the gates of Nanjing, but the Wei Suo Army was unable to do anything. This can be seen from this. None of the courtiers in the Wenhua Palace could deny this.

In fact, the failure of the guard army forced the imperial court to start a recruitment system during the Zhengtong years. This recruitment system is called the camp sentry system.

"At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were many wastes waiting to be revitalized, but the strength of the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty could not be ignored. Therefore, Taizu created this guard system to make the army self-sufficient, reduce the burden of supplying military supplies to the people, and maintain a sufficient army. Defend the homeland." Emperor Chongzhen had obviously done his homework in advance, so he talked eloquently in the Wenhua Palace, "However, it is normal for soldiers to work in the fields, which is bound to be insufficient training and low combat effectiveness. After the country is at peace, this situation will become more serious. Although the current guard army is mainly responsible for garrisoning, public security, training new recruits and farming, this is no longer the norm for the army! I thought..."

When Emperor Chongzhen said this, he glanced majestically at his ministers, and then said solemnly: "It's time to change the military system of the guard station!"

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