In fact, Hong Chengchou was quite cautious in using troops, but the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Army has now made him a little inflamed. Zhu Cixuan strongly opposed him sending troops to fight the enemy. Hong Chengchou thought about it and finally agreed.

Zhu Cilang was still worried: "Mr. Hong, remember, if Huang Taiji launches troops, no matter how he threatens and tempts him, he must not attack easily."

Zu Dashou, who was standing beside him, asked, "Your Highness, if the Jiannu is really an opportunity to find. The fighter opportunity is fleeting. Should we really watch it not fight? If we don't fight, someone in the court may say we are afraid of fighting."

Zu Dashou and the others knew the most. These officials who were in charge of the corpse were not able to do anything else, and they were able to find their own faults.

Especially those censors, many officials regard causing trouble for their colleagues as their lifelong career. Some censors are no longer satisfied with provoking their colleagues, but instead aim at the emperor.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen was so hurt by these censors that many of the decrees he issued ended in vain. For example, Emperor Chongzhen tried to move south and also tried to negotiate with Huang Taiji, but in the end they were blocked by the censors.

Even when Li Zicheng fought to the capital, the court was still clamoring whether to abandon the city or not to go south. In fact, Emperor Chongzhen left Beijing and went south to Nanjing was the most correct choice.

When Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, he wanted the emperor to guard the country's gates. The Ming Dynasty would naturally not be afraid of any hostile forces in the hands of a hero like Zhu Di. However, when it came to the successor, problems arose.

Zhu Di thought that in the future, his descendants would not be able to defend the world. Especially the nomadic peoples in the north would pose a great threat to Beijing.

Therefore, Zhu Di retained a complete set of imperial systems in Nanjing, and the three provinces and six ministries in Nanjing were very complete. If Chongzhen went south and Nanjing was the capital, the Ming Dynasty would not have perished.

At that time, although the Ming Dynasty was in ruins, the main force of the Ming army in the country was still there. If Chongzhen went south to Nanjing, no one could tell who would win in the end.

However, Chongzhen's decision to go south was blocked by the court officials, so he missed a great opportunity in the end, which was also closely related to Emperor Chongzhen's indecisive character.

Even if Chongzhen refused to go south, he should have sent his son to Nanjing. As a result, Chongzhen did not make up this determination until Li Zicheng fought under the city of Beijing.

Zhu Cilang killed Haoge, and Huang Taiji was furious. If he raised troops in the future, he would come to take revenge. Zhu Cilang meant that Hong Chengchou would not move his troops and rely on the city wall to stand firm. He would defend himself passively and would never take the initiative.

However, the consequence of this is that it will be impeached by officials in the court with ulterior motives. They will write to Emperor Chongzhen, saying that Hong Chengchou is afraid of fighting.

The failure of the Battle of Songjin in history was the result of Hong Chengchou being forced to send troops by the court officials. There were also Sun Chuanting's death, Lu Xiangsheng's death, etc. Many of these famous Ming generals did not die because of their command ability. Instead, they died because of the forced by the officials in the court.

Chongzhen was in charge of Beijing and did not know much about these things. Chongzhen, who was anxious, was agitated by his ministers, so he forced them to send troops. As a result, these famous Ming generals often ended up dead at their own hands.

Zhu Cilang nodded: "If you don't fight, I will deal with the matters in the court. If you dare to impeach you by the court, I will never let them go."

That's right, this time, no one dared to provoke censors. Even Emperor Chongzhen sometimes had to be controlled by these censors. But he was not afraid of him, and Zhu Cilang never cared about his reputation.

If you provoke this scheming prince, you deserve to be unlucky. The censor dared to impeach the Liaodong army and fight in a cowardly manner, Zhu Cilang would deal with a bastard.

With the words of the prince, Hong Chengchou finally felt relieved: "Don't worry, your highness, the old minister will definitely listen to your orders. No matter how coercive and tempted Huang Taiji, I will never send troops."

Zhu Cilang breathed a sigh of relief. Hong Chengchou was able to understand his intentions, which was more important than anything else.

If a general who is eager to make meritorious contributions, Zhu Cilang is really worried about the situation in Liaodong. Fortunately, Hong Chengchou's tactics have always been very stable, and he can listen to his suggestions, which is the best result.

No matter how powerful it is, it is a taboo to face fighting on both sides. What's more, the Ming Dynasty today has nothing to do with power.

He had to deal with both domestic bandits and Huang Taiji in Liaodong. Even Zhu Cixuan did not have the ability to fight on both sides.

The people of the Ming Dynasty were already in a state of difficulty and could not withstand even greater trouble.

As long as Hong Chengchou defended the Liaodong defense line, he did not seek merit but did not seek any mistakes. He relied on the strength of the city and made Huangtai-Keda unable to enter the pass, Zhu Cilang could free up his hands to deal with the bandits at home.

Although Li Zicheng had retreated to Huguang and Zhang Xianzhong went to Sichuan, once these bandits had a soil for survival, they would cause great harm to the people.

Zhu Cixuan decided to attack these bandits after returning to Beijing. Only by completely annihilated these bandits and eradicating them can the bandits prevent them from growing stronger like snowballs.

Zhu Cixuan and his group left Liaodong and took his more than 30 cavalry to the south and headed south back to the capital.

However, what you saw and heard along the way really shocked Zhu Cilang. The damage from the Little Ice Age was shocking to the Ming Dynasty.

Although it is not as exaggerated as the snow in June, even when it is approaching midsummer, the weather is still surprisingly cold. Such a ghost weather is a huge test for the crops grown by the people.

Famine is still everywhere, although it has not reached the level of a thousand miles of barren land. However, for these suffering people, they still have cut off their hope of living.

Zhu Cilang has become numb. If he had seen this era with a compassionate heart before, but now he has become numb.

Sometimes when you think about it, you really can't blame this corruption dynasty. The real triggers of grain production reduction, drought, locust plague, and freezing flood during the Little Ice River period.

The people were forced to have no food to eat, so they had no choice but to rebel. Who would have to put their heads on the belt and fight to the death?

The hungry people still appeared sporadically, and Zhu Cilang had no choice. The court has been providing disaster relief and spared no effort to provide disaster relief. However, it is still a drop in the bucket.

It was not until the time we arrived around Gyeonggi that the situation improved slightly, and it was only a little bit.

Like Huajiazhuang in the suburbs of Beijing, it can be said to be a paradise. When Zhu Cilang returned, he passed by Huajiazhuang.
Chapter completed!