In this cold late autumn season, the Ming Dynasty has entered a harsh winter.
The news of the defeat of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, the annihilation of the entire Beijing camp, and the loss of all military resources into the hands of the enemy was not reported by Shi Kefa, because now Shi Kefa does not know where to flee, and he has not had time to write a memorabilia, this news was the first time that Wang Fang's intelligence department received a letter from the Royal Post Station Flying Pigeon, and at the same time, Huang Weiwei, the editor-in-chief of Daming News, also got a copy of the same information from Xu Jie.
When Chongzhen got this report, Daming News was also urgently printing the number, and the matter must be hurried, this is an excellent opportunity to slap the face, how can Daming News miss it.
However, at this time, Chongzhen had not yet received the report of defeat.
Since the last Lu incident, Emperor Chongzhen's temper has become irritable and neurotic again, and when he opens his eyes all day long, it is Lu Hanqiang's various things that harbor evil intentions, in his opinion, what Lu Hanqiang did is a kind of betrayal, which has become a kind of mental obsessive-compulsive disorder, deeply tormenting his fragile and suspicious nerves, and now, everything related to Lu Hanqiang, except for silver, all ordered people to throw it away, and no longer dared to drink Lu Hanqiang's medicinal wine, and sent people to drink it every day, and then gradually increased the amount, At any time, a large number of imperial doctors were ordered to observe whether it was a chronic poison, and they observed and observed, but found that the little eunuch who was tested was actually in good health, his waist was no longer sore, his legs were no longer painful, his feet were no longer cramping, and he was also energetic when he walked.
As a result, Chongzhen's sleep was not good again, he couldn't sleep all night, the bags under his eyes also came down, his complexion became gray, and his back collapsed, giving people a feeling of illness all day long.
In fact, this is all heart disease, Lu Hanqiang's incident hit him too hard, almost completely destroyed his nerves, now, he went to court all day long, returned to the imperial study, and blasted out all the palace maids and eunuchs, walking around the imperial study like a sleepy beast, and from time to time he roared nervously: "Lu Hanqiang, you bastard, in vain Gu Zhen's sincerity to you, in vain Gu Zhen's trust in you, you run away, I just want you to see, without you I can still prosper the Ming Dynasty, without you, I can still restore Liaodong, Without you, I can still let the Haiyan River and all the states come to court. ” Then he yelled outside: "Dead people, let's see if there is a battle report in front of Wang Fang, there is no bastard Shi Kefa, and whether he has sent troops after a while." ” Now Wang Fang has been promoted to the rank of four-rank officer, and these days he has been left in the imperial city, waiting for the carrier pigeons coming from the front, receiving the battle report from the front at any time, and sending it to Chongzhen as soon as possible, Chongzhen, now he needs a victory to prove his wisdom.
As a result, the next day had just ordered the little eunuch to find Wang Fang, but Wang Fang hurriedly rushed into the courtyard with the corner of his robe, and reported to himself outside the door of the imperial study, regardless of etiquette, and rushed in directly.
When Chongzhen saw it, he stepped forward a few steps at that time: "What, the letter from the front has won, and you have won Liaozhong, how many enemies have been annihilated and captured?"
In the face of a series of interrogations, Wang Fang opened his mouth, and finally replied with difficulty: "Emperor Qiqi, the front is defeated, 50,000 Beijing battalions, 20,000 people have been wiped out, Tai'an has been lost, all baggage has been plundered, the governor of Liaodong and the governor of Liaodong are nowhere to be found, long live, we are defeated." ” Wang Fang's words were not high, but they were like bursts of thunder in Chongzhen's ears, which shook his ears and made his ears roar, his eyes were full of stars, and he stood in the middle of the ground in a daze, for a long time, suddenly he shook and fainted on the ground.
A group of little eunuchs immediately panicked, and they rushed up to lift Chongzhen to the chair, and rushed to rescue Chongzhen for a long time.
As soon as he woke up, Chongzhen grabbed Wang Fang's hand, his eyes were full of hope: "You lied to me, you lied to me, right, it must be like this."
Then he yelled hysterically: "You must be lying to me, you have a close relationship with Lu Hanqiang, you hold a grudge against me for removing Lu Hanqiang, you hate me, you hate me" Wang Fang was silent, looking at Chongzhen, his eyes were full of grievances and sympathy, but when he occasionally turned his head, a trace of schadenfreude flashed.
At this time, after Chongzhen roared for a while, his eyes looked out of the window in a daze, motionless and silent.
At this time, a group of little eunuchs and palace maids shook violently, but Chongzhen just didn't move, as if the whole person had no soul.
At this time, Wang Fang was also frightened, if the emperor came out with three long and two short, it would be really fatal, so he hurriedly said to a little eunuch: "Go and ask the imperial doctor, go and invite Master Sun, please Master Lu, please" gritted his teeth, "Please Empress Zhang, go quickly." ” At this time, no one else can do it, so I can only invite Queen Zhang, Chongzhen's sister-in-law.
After the order, Wang Fang hurriedly ran outside the study, knelt in the courtyard, and buried his head deeply, at this time, he should never stand by the emperor's side, if he stood there, he would not know how he died at that time.
A few little eunuchs agreed, and rushed out with a rolling belt, and after a while, the palace was completely chaotic, countless people ran around like flies without heads, and countless palace maids and eunuchs spread the news to all directions.
Just after a while, several old doctors were directly carried in by a group of eunuchs and began to diagnose Chongzhen's pulse.
When everyone was busy, there was another wave of footsteps, Sun Chengzong, Lu Xiangsheng, Jiang Yueguang, Gao Hongtu and even Qian Qianyi also rushed over, and Qian Qianyi didn't know if he lost his hat.
As soon as everyone came in, they saw Wang Fang kneeling in the courtyard, Sun Chengzong stepped forward a few steps, grabbed Wang Fang, and looked at each other angrily: "What's the matter, say it quickly." ” Wang Fang saw that all the adults had arrived, so he said the information again in a deep voice, and when he heard that Shi Kefa's whereabouts were unknown, Sun Chengzong stumbled, if it weren't for Lu Xiangsheng's quick eyes, he would have fallen to the ground.
This is a personal life, defeat can be, it doesn't matter if you throw away countless money and food, we haven't been defeated, but if this is really the loss of the Ming Liaodong governor, the loss of the Ming Liaodong governor, then it will really open the Ming precedent, that is the biggest blow to the morale of the entire Ming Dynasty, which is absolutely unbearable for the Ming Dynasty, and once the Manchu Qing Dynasty captures Shi Kefa, it will be a person's life, at that time the morale of the Manchu Qing will explode again, and their psychological advantage over the Ming Dynasty will be improved again, at that time, This Fuliao will once again drag down the Ming Dynasty.
And at this time, when the three leaders of Donglin heard the news, the sky was simply shattered, and the wood was completely petrified. t1706231537: