Chapter 718: Ning Chen
Zhang Jinyan surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and was a traitor. For Zhu Cixuan, there were not many good things for anyone who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
In February of the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng approached the capital. Zhang Jinyan refused to adopt the correct suggestion of urgently recruiting soldiers to defend themselves and calling on the world to help, and concealed the military information without reporting. At that time, Li Zicheng fought to Beijing, and Emperor Chongzhen knew nothing about it.
In March, Li Zicheng captured the capital, and Zhang Jinyan and Grand Secretary Wei Zaode led all officials to greet him. Such a dog official is really worth mercy.
Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Chunchen and Minister of War Zhang Jinyan. The two of them were planning how to ask Emperor Chongzhen to recall the crown prince back to the capital. Because they were more afraid that Zhu Cilang's power would continue to grow.
As a father, Chongzhen would never believe that his son would betray him. Zhu Cilang has always been filial, and this child could not be sorry for him.
As an emperor, especially Chongzhen, who was very suspicious, Zhu Cilang held heavy troops outside, and the court praised him again. Everyone knows that the Crown Prince saved the Ming Dynasty, and the Crown Prince was the hope of the Ming Dynasty.
On one hand, Zhu Cilang's prestige among the people had surpassed Emperor Chongzhen. This was by no means a good phenomenon, and the army was full of respect for the prince.
Not to mention anything else, the rectification of the three camps in the capital was made by Zhu Cilang. Many generals in the three camps were promoted by Zhu Cilang.
The Ming army in Liaodong, the ancestor of Hong Chengchou, Cao Bianjiao and others respect Zhu Cilang very much. Shandong general Li Shouyan was even more of Zhu Cilang's people.
Not to mention Zhu Cilang's 12th Regiment Battalion, as well as Sun Chuanting from Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Huguang. Most of the troops of the Ming Dynasty were closely related to Zhu Cilang.
If Zhu Cilang covets the throne as Zhu Chunchen and Zhang Jinyan said...
Emperor Chongzhen did not dare to think further.
When Zhu Chunchen and Zhang Jinyan proposed to let the prince return to Beijing, afraid that the prince would be too powerful, Emperor Chongzhen was furious and wanted to kill these two guys on the spot.
But these two were important officials of the court, Zhang Jinyan, Minister of War, and Minister of National Defense of the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention Duke Cheng, who was hereditary, was a hero who conquered the world with Emperor Chengzu.
Duke Chengguo was a first-class duke in ancient China. There were 33 people who had awarded this title in all dynasties. Among them, the famous ones were Zengzi, Li Mu, Qi Bi Heli, Song Lizong, Cheng Tan, Cheng Kan, Zhu Neng, etc. He was a hereditary duke in the Ming Dynasty. He originated from Zhu Neng, a famous general who was famous during the Jingnan period of the Ming Dynasty. Chengguo Public had ninth generations and twelve. Because "Zeng" was simplified to "Zeng", "Zeng Duke" was also included.
Zhu Neng, whose courtesy name was Shihong, was from Huaiyuan. His father was the King of Yan Qianhu in his early years. When he grew up, he was appointed as the deputy Qianhu, responsible for guarding the palace. In the 23rd year of Hongwu, he followed the King of Yan to the north to fight in the desert and was brave and good at fighting.
During the Jingnan Campaign, he defeated Geng Bingwen's troops in Zhending, promoted to the commander-in-chief, and defeated Li Jinglong's troops in Zhengcunba. In the first month of the fourth year of Jianwen, he conquered Dong'a and Dongping. He held three days of food and marched into Feishui. He also defeated more than 100,000 official troops in the battle of Feishui. In the battle of Lingbi, he captured 100,000 Ping'an and others, and took advantage of the victory to cross the Yangtze River and headed straight to the capital.
Chengzu ascended the throne and was promoted to the left governor of the Left Army Governor's Office and was granted the title of Duke of Chengguo. He died in the fourth year of Yongle.
By the end of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen was extremely kind to him. Such an important minister and the Minister of War made a statement, Emperor Chongzhen could only suppress the anger in his heart.
The first time he made a comment, Emperor Chongzhen was furious, and the second time he made a comment, Emperor Chongzhen had some thoughts...
These two guys have no other skills. When doing this, they fight or persecut their own people, and they have an indomitable spirit.
They were all afraid of the Crown Prince Zhu Cilang. No matter what, Emperor Chongzhen was still easy to fool. This Crown Prince was wise and powerful. As long as the crown prince came to power, they would never have any good results.
I urgently summoned the prince back to Beijing, and I must not let the prince move westward again. Once Zhu Cixuan takes over Sichuan and defeats Zhang Xianzhong, then the prince's reputation will reach unprecedented.
All the civil and military officials in the court, and the people in the world, were grateful to the prince. At that time, the prince raised his arms and shouted, and even if Emperor Chongzhen did not give way, the entire government affairs would be in the hands of the prince.
Before, Zhu Cilang had no good feelings for Zhu Chunchen. Perhaps he was still considering his identity as Duke Cheng and his relationship with officials in the court, the prince never took action against him.
Even so, Zhu Cilang was caught by Zhu Chunchen's iron factory to the military warfare issue. For this reason, Zhu Chunchen had to pay the money.
As for Zhang Jinyan, he has disliked him since he became the Minister of War Zhu Cilang. If it weren't for the treacherous thief Li Zicheng who made a fuss, the prince Pingko would have no time to take care of himself. Zhang Jinyan's life now would definitely not be better than that.
Don’t forget that Zhu Cixuan is also the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei. If the Jinyiwei wants to cause trouble for Zhang Jinyan, it is still very simple.
"The Northern Lights of Ming Ji" reads: "One of the words Zhang Jinyan was sitting in Zhengyang Gate, and Zhu Chunchen guarded Qihua Gate, and they all opened for a while. The two ministers welcomed the gate and surrendered. When they heard that the fire in the city was on fire, Shuncheng, Qihua, and Dongzhi Gate, and all opened for a while. The thieves first entered Dongzhi Gate."
In other words, when Li Zicheng entered Beijing, Zhu Chunchen and Zhang Jinyan opened the city gate to welcome the thieves into the city. Zhu Cilang did not kill them earlier, which was a mistake.
In fact, Zhu Cilang had thought about it. But the two of them were not something that Zhu Cilang could do. Even Emperor Chongzhen had to have sufficient reasons.
Speaking of which, Zhang Jinyan still has some fate with Li Zicheng. He was originally from Henan and had been a county magistrate in Qingjian and Sanyuan, Shaanxi. Originally, Feng Yuanbiao, the Minister of War, recommended Shi Kefa to replace him, but Chongzhen fell in love with Zhang Jinyan. It seemed that the rope on the tree in the coal mountain was prepared for him by Chongzhen.
It is no longer easy to be born in troubled times, but it is even more difficult to be an official in troubled times, but Zhang Jinyan seems to be in water and at ease.
Shi Kefa served as the Minister of War, which Zhu Cixuan most wanted to see. He also wrote to Chongzhen, but he had no time to take care of the government on the way to pacify the enemy. For some reason, Emperor Chongzhen finally chose Zhang Jinyan as the Minister of War.
Zhang Jinyan and Zhu Chunchen repeatedly made suggestions, and after saying too much, Chongzhen could not help but waver. You should know that Emperor Chongzhen was an emperor with a weak ear and was easily persuaded by his ministers.
At the end, these two guys burst into tears. Under the guise of loyalty to the country, they burst into tears and said that they were thinking about the country and the country.
In addition, Zhu Cilang did make too much contribution, even if Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to think too much, it would be unlikely.
"You two will retreat, I understand. Let me think about this again."
Chapter completed!