With a bang, Emperor Chongzhen slapped the fold on the dragon table.
His pale face showed a trace of blood, and his thin chest heaved.
Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen stood at the bottom in silence.
They did not dare to make a sound at this time.
A pindrop could be heard in the room.
Only the sound of Chongzhen's heavy breathing echoed in the room, which made the atmosphere in the room even more depressing.
Chongzhen calmed down, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.
The reason why he was so rude just now was understandable.
After all, Denglai and Shandong have been in constant farce for the past half month.
Zhao Lie sent troops to Qingzhou despite the obstruction of the Denglai governor and Denglai guards, and fought with Liu Zeqing just for a cheap brother who looked like a wife.
It was not the first time that Zhao Lie had disobeyed orders and sent troops on his own, but in the past he had done it to the Jiannu and Yi people.
In his heart, he had some excuses, but of course he would not admit it on the face of his face.
If Zhao Lie hadn't sent troops first without waiting for the order from the Ministry of War, Lushun would not have been saved, and the Ming Dynasty would have completely lost Liaodong.
Although Lushun was only a small city, it represented that the Ming Dynasty was still standing on the border of Liaodong. superior.
The abominable Xiyi people have been harassing the southeast coast for more than ten years.
Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty was trapped in the north and had no time to go south.
They could only stalemate with the Xiyi people in the southeast.
But this time, several Xiyi people and Zheng Chenggong joined forces to attack the Ming Dynasty.
In the south, if Zhao Lie had not defeated it, it is conceivable that it would have caused disaster to the southeast.
That was the land of Ming Dynasty's current wealth.
If it was not stable, everything would be over.
Then there was the previous Eastern Conquest of the Japanese Kingdom, which defeated the Japanese Kingdom that had been a scourge for two hundred years and surrendered in one fell swoop.
Even their so-called generals who conquered the barbarians submitted letters of surrender.
To be honest, this was done brilliantly.
He, Chongzhen, also secretly held the letter of surrender.
Too proud.
Of course, Zhao Lie suffered heavy losses as a result of these three unauthorized dispatches, but they were too important to the Ming Dynasty.
This made Chongzhen puzzled.
Who was this Zhao Lie?
He seemed to be treacherous.
In short, Chongzhen was still extremely afraid of Zhao Lie, but he was extremely beneficial to the court three times.
Chongzhen could only endure it.
He couldn't get an advantage and deal with Zhao Lie.
Wouldn't it chill the whole world?
This time Zhao Lie sent troops to Qingzhou without authorization, which was completely different from the previous times.
It was for his own small gain, and it was completely against the laws of Shangguan.
He did not take him as the emperor seriously at all.
After all, Zhang Guoyuan was stationed in Denglai.
As the guardian envoy, if you don't give Zhang Guoyuan face, you won't give him the face of the emperor.
What is even more disgusting is that Zhao Lie had just refused the imperial court's order to march to Henan and turned around to send troops to Qingzhou City.
Fang Zhenghua had not yet left Shandong at that time.
What was he doing?
What Zhao Lie did this time made Chongzhen furious, and this matter must not be tolerated.
"Have the Ministry of War and Denglai stop all the food and salary for Zhao Lie's department.
From now on, not a single grain of rice can be sent to Zhao Lie."
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Chongzhen slapped the table again, causing Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen to tremble.
"Cao Huachun," Chongzhen looked at the fat Eunuch Bingbi, the chief eunuch with knife-like eyes, and Cao Huachun hurriedly came forward to kowtow.
"I asked you to find out where Zhao Lie's money came from.
How did you go about this errand?"
Today, Cao Huachun is the eunuch Bingbi, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, which means that all the documents submitted by the cabinet to the emperor for approval must first go through his eyes.
Cao Huachun submits the documents to the emperor for review based on the priority of the matter.
He also brought the document that made Chongzhen furious.
Those who entered Qianqing Palace.
In addition, he is also the admiral of the East Factory and is also responsible for the military affairs of the Beijing camp.
He can be regarded as the emperor's right-hand man.
However, in this era, it also means that it is very difficult to handle many things.
"Long live Bing, Zhao Lie's troops are very defensive.
So far, Dongchang has only discovered the source of part of his Zhao family's money and food."
Cao Huachun lay on the ground without daring to raise his head.
"They are also a bunch of trash."
Chongzhen cursed, and Cao Huachun didn't know who the emperor was scolding, whether it was him Dongchang or others. . .
"Tell me where the Zhao family's money and food came from."
Chongzhen pointed at Cao Huachun.
"Your Majesty, part of the Zhao family's money and food comes from business taxes on shops in Denglai Shidao and other places, cement and other items, and smuggled salt."
"Hahaha, what a Zhao Lie, smuggling salt goods right under the eyes of the imperial court, leaving the official salt at the top, while the Zhao family seizes the real profits below.
No wonder, with all this money and food, they have trained nearly 10,000 elite soldiers."
Chongzhen spat out the words with difficulty, "It turns out they are just blood-sucking moths lying on Daming's body.
Cao Huachun, leave these to Dongchang.
Zhao Lie must cut off these incomes."
"My slave takes orders."
Cao Huachun fell to the ground and took orders.
"As for what is said in this brochure, I am also correct.
I will immediately make a decree to remove Liu Zeqing from the post of Commander-in-Chief and go home to wait for investigation.
This will save him from being embarrassed in office."
Chongzhen also pointed to the report submitted by the cabinet on how to deal with the Denglai General Soldier and the Shandong General Soldier.
Chongzhen was very angry when he mentioned this report.
This is where the governor of Shandong Yan Jizu, the general of Shandong soldiers Liu Zeqing, and the governor of Denglai Chen Yingyuan are dealt with.
Yan Jizu was demoted to stay in office, Chen Yingyuan was demoted to stay in office, Liu Zeqing resigned and returned home to await investigation.
As for Denglai guard Zhang Guoyuan, he was from the emperor's palace, and they did not The authority proposes how to punish.
The main culprit, Zhao Lie, was demoted and remained in office as the acting general of Denglai Army.
Everyone knew that even if Zhao Lie was removed from his official position, Zhao Lie would not be able to follow the order.
Could it be that if a large army could not be sent out to attack, then hundreds of thousands of troops would be there?
Where?
Therefore, it was just a painless punishment to deal with the situation, which saved the face of oneself and the emperor.
"This, the disposition of Liu Zeqing proposed by the cabinet elders needs to be discussed."
Cao Huachun raised his head and said.
"Well, how can a defeated general have the dignity to sit in that position?"
Chongzhen's face was full of displeasure.
Chongzhen had never expected that Cao Huachun would intercede for Liu Zeqing, an incompetent man.
In his opinion, it was too dishonorable for him to leave a guy who could kneel down and apologize to his generals at the same level.
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"Long live Bing, Zhao Lie asked this man to kneel down and apologize in public.
How humiliating it is.
This Liu Zeqing must hate Zhao Lie to the core, and he will always keep an eye on Zhao Lie's shortcomings, and try every means to kill him with one blow.
This is Zhao Lie is the one who can control Denglai."
Chongzhen thought thoughtfully after hearing this.
Well, yes, according to common sense, this Liu Zeqing must be extremely resentful of Zhao Lie.
He would also secretly look for Zhao Lie's shortcomings, and then find an opportunity to kill him with a fatal blow.
Chongzhen couldn't help but nodded, and Cao Huachun, who had been peeking at Chongzhen's face, couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that I, Cao Huachun, am worthy of the 50,000 taels of silver offered by you Liu Zeqing, and the next thing is your bastard's fault.
Chongzhen wanted to deal with it based on common sense, but this hatred was really not a big deal for a person who was obsessed with profit, which also made Chongzhen's arrangement completely unsuccessful.
Huang Taiji, Hao Ge, Azige, Dorgon and others, accompanied by a group of imperial guards, came to the test range of Shengjing South.
Huang Taiji was not here to test the artillery this time.
A battle in Lushun had already made him understand that the forged general artillery would be wiped out if it faced the Polu army's giant artillery.
These cannons were more than enough to attack other Ming armies, but it was far away to catch up with the Polu army's cannons, because they could not produce a large amount of fine iron.
For this reason, the leaders of the entire Jianghuying camp were whipped, but even if they were made Not out.
And a large number of the secret workers who touched the Shidao smelting plant were captured by the Polu army, so Huang Taiji no longer had any hope for the giant cannon.
This time, a group of the Qing royal family came here to test the flintlock muskets, and Jianghu Ying finally made the flintlock muskets.
Bang bang bang, the soldiers with the white flag more than a hundred steps away fired their muskets one after another, and the targets sixty or seventy steps away were hit one after another and kept shaking.
Huang Taiji watched with a smile, swinging the riding crop in his hand casually, feeling quite comfortable.
"Greetings to the Emperor, this is the newly made fire gun made by Jianghu Ying."
Tong Yangxing's younger brother Tong Liushuo presented a black fire gun with both hands.
Huang Taiji grabbed the fire gun, which weighed about the same as an old-fashioned fire gun with a match rope, except that there was no longer a fire door on the right side to insert the match rope.
And pulling the trigger pulls a curved iron piece to hit a new fire door, allowing the sparks to ignite the black powder.
It's just such an iron piece.
It took several years to build a slave craftsman camp.
Even now, there are not many qualified fine iron pieces produced.
However, it is enough to make these flintlock muskets, but it is far from enough to cast cannons.
"Your Majesty, this fire cannon can still fire even in light winds and drizzles, but it can't withstand strong winds and heavy rains."
Tong Liushen's waist almost reached ninety degrees, and he said with a flattering smile.
"Don't try to trick me with nice words.
Tell me what's wrong with this gun."
Huang Taiji looked at Tong Liushi coldly.
Tong Liushi trembled.
Well, King Khan is really hard to fool.
After his brother Tong Yangxing died, he is now taking over Tong Yangxing's position and is in charge of the craftsman camp.
He also tried his best to complete the emperor's TOEFL as soon as possible.
The emperor It’s hard to cope with the high demands.
"It means that nearly 40% of the fire is misfire when firing."
Tong Yangxing replied tremblingly, and he glanced at Huang Taiji secretly.
Huang Taiji frowned.
This was a bit useless.
It was useful, but not very useful.
It was such an annoying feeling.
But it still had to be built, because this kind of firecrackers could be used in windy and rainy days, so as not to turn into fire sticks.
And the opponent Zhao Lie's men had prepared a large number of such firecrackers, so the Han army flag would not be equipped without it.
"Then let's make two thousand guns first and let the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty try them out.
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We can train the military formation and see the power of this kind of firecrackers."
Huang Taiji finally decided to equip some equipment first and let the Han military flag be used to see the pros and cons before making a decision.
"I will obey the imperial edict."
Tong Liushi hurriedly kowtowed.
He was full of guilt.
He finally passed the test.
As for the misfire, it was a matter on the battlefield.
A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist.
Anyway, he passed the test. .
At this moment, a cavalry team rushed up with the flag of Jilhalang on it.
Huang Taiji's heart moved, well, could there be something going on in the Ming Dynasty again?
"Your Majesty, it's a great joy, a great joy."
Jierhalang dismounted and hurriedly approached.
He was always cautious and rarely behaved like this.
"Denglai Zhao Lie sent out a large army to fight against Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief of Shandong Province.
There was trouble within the Ming Dynasty."
As soon as he said this, Huang Taiji curled up his lips and said, Zhao Lie, you are indeed a little arrogant.
You actually brazenly fought with the Ming army.
This is simply the biggest challenge to the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty.
He is also the leader of a country now.
How can you be so proud of such a powerful person?
The general who was capable but kept giving orders was also deeply disgusted.
He could imagine the anger of the Ming Dynasty.
It seemed that the Ming Dynasty was entering a troubled period again.
Of course, the more internal chaos in the Ming Dynasty, the more beneficial it is to him, "Jilharang, you have to find out more about the conflict between the Ming Emperor and Zhao Lie and report it at any time."
After listening to everything that happened, Huang Taiji ordered with a happy face, and Jierhalang bowed to accept the order
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