Chapter 154 Princess Shang was granted the title of Prince Consort Captain

Chapter 153

"What, Marshal Cheng is missing?"

Sun Yuanhua shed a cold sweat at that time. In Dengzhou City, Zhang Shigang of the Zhang family in Laiyang and his personal follower Sun Fu robbed Cheng Shijie away at the governor's Yamen.

Ning Haijun, who had formed an army for just over a month and had less than 4,000 troops, brazenly launched the Dengzhou Mutiny. Without anyone noticing, he successfully occupied Dengzhou City and locked himself in a utility room for three days.

Although this is the capital, the problem is that there are nominally 200,000 troops in the capital. However, these 200,000 troops from the capital have long since turned into a group of rogues. Let them bully the unarmed people, each one more aggressive than the other.

If you beat the bandits, they will be beaten by the bandits. If you let them beat the slaves, they will linger but not move forward.

Man Gui was tricked to death by these Beijing camp veteran You Zi. He rushed forward with a roar, entered fifty steps in front of Jian Nu's formation, turned around and retreated, and threw General Man Da to Jian Nu. So,

Mangui led less than 400 servants and was surrounded by thousands of slaves. Until Mangui fell from his horse after being shot into a hedgehog, no one came to rescue him.

This group of fish and belly journey, let alone Ning Haijun, even Geng Zhongming, the commander-in-chief of Fubiao next to Sun Yuanhua, can easily defeat more with less. Once they face the fierce Ning Haijun, ten people may not be able to defeat Ning Haijun.

one person.

Wu Sheng and Cheng Shijie's soldiers were already on the verge of going berserk. Several Ning Haijun soldiers punched and kicked Zhang Jin: "Tell me, where did they catch our commander?"

"I have no idea……"

"I don't know...Humph, this is our first time in the capital, and we have never had any grudges with anyone else, only you..."

Wu Sheng's eyes were about to burst into flames: "Here comes someone!"

"Be humble!"

"Send him to Taikang Bo's house and ask them to hand over the commander within one day!"

Sun Yuanhua asked: "What's going on?"

Wu Sheng told Zhang Jin how to provoke Cheng Shijie and was arrested by Cheng Shijie's soldiers. Then, Cheng Shijie disappeared.

Hearing this, Wang Chengen and Sun Yuanhua were confused and stared at Zhang Jin, feeling as if their heads were as big as a bucket.

Empress Zhang only had a younger brother, Zhang Jin, who was regarded as a treasure by Zhang Guoji. He was the kind of child who would hold it in his hand for fear of dropping it, hold it in his mouth for fear of melting, would not be willing to beat or scold him, and would dote on him when he grew up.

Empress Zhang, Zhang Yan, is nine years older than Zhang Jin. She always responds to requests. If something goes wrong, Empress Zhang and Zhang Guoji will settle the matter for her. If they can't settle the matter, Emperor Apocalypse will be involved. After Emperor Apocalypse's death, Zhang Jin, who caused trouble, was entrusted by Emperor Chongzhen.

The generals who train bravery in the Beijing camp are the senior generals in the Beijing camp. On top of the generals who train bravery, there are also the general soldiers who train bravery, and above the general soldiers there are admirals.

At this time, Sun Yuanhua no longer bothered to visit Xu Guangqi, who was in hospital. If this matter was not handled well, Ning Haijun would explode. Wu Sheng looked at his second apprentice Meng En and said: "Take your troops and return to Liaonan immediately..."

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Listening to these words, Sun Yuanhua's brows felt straight.

If Meng En is allowed to return to Liaonan, the entire Ning Navy will probably be dispatched. Don't doubt the loyalty of the Ning Navy officers to Cheng Shijie. In today's Liaonan, Cheng Shijie is the god of millions of soldiers and civilians in Liaonan.

When Cheng Shijie got into trouble, the sky in southern Liaoning collapsed.

If tens of thousands of Ning navy soldiers were allowed to attack the capital from southern Liaoning, no matter whether the Ning navy soldiers could capture the capital or not, Huang Taiji would definitely be happy and the Ming court would become a laughing stock in the world.

"My lord, please go back and report to Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty can come forward and persuade Uncle Taikang to release him!"

Wang Chengen did not dare to neglect Zhang Guoji, who was a reckless man without a brain. A smart man could not do such a thing as arresting Cheng Shijie, but a reckless man could really do it.

"General Wu, please believe in this constitution and the court. This matter will be resolved properly. Don't act rashly!"

"No, the commander's safety is in danger..."

Sun Yuanhua pointed to his head and said: "How about the head of this constitution as a guarantee?"

Wu Sheng smiled bitterly and said: "Master Governor, I can't control them with my humble position!"

Ning Haijun has two sets of management teams and a military supervision system. Even if a general of Wu Sheng's level wants to surrender to the enemy on the battlefield, he can't do it. Once he issues an order that is detrimental to Ning Haijun as a group or to Cheng Shijie

, someone will kill him later.

Sun Yuanhua also knew that Wu Sheng was telling the truth. Wu Sheng's status in the Ning Haijun Army was not high. The people who really had the say in the Ning Haijun Army were Shen Mingyu, Chang Yu, Chen Guodong, Zhou Yandong, Li Zhixiang, including Zhao

Wencai and others, including Liu Qingsong, Zhou Ning, and even Chen Dayong, all have greater say than Wu Sheng.

"Just wait, give me three days!"

"Forgive me, Mr. Futai, but I don't have three days to spare for my humble position. The brothers have already searched the surrounding areas of the capital, and now they are going to the city to find the commander-in-chief!"

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Cheng Shijie also knew the seriousness of the problem. If he did not return to the late Ming Dynasty on time, Ning Haijun would definitely cause trouble. But the problem was that he was in trouble now.

Cheng Jiayue's kindergarten was going to hold a parent-teacher meeting, and after attending the parent-teacher meeting, there were also parent-child activities. Xiang Hui was a busy person now, so Cheng Shijie was arrested.

Accompanying his baby daughter to play two-person and three-legged games, Cheng Shijie did not follow the routine and directly picked up Cheng Jiayue with one hand while running quickly. Because the people participating in the parent-child activity were either the child's grandparents or the child's mother, Cheng Shijie relied on

Taking advantage of his physical strength, he won first place in various activities.

This made Cheng Jiayue extremely proud.

After finally finishing the parent-child meeting, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Shijie discovered that Wu Sheng and his soldiers were going to enter Beijing to search for Cheng Shijie.

"okay!"

Cheng Shijie looked at the soldiers around him and said, "Commander, I'm fine, but..."

"I was just drunk and overslept!"

Cheng Shijie was naturally not drunk now, and when he came over, he deliberately sprinkled some wine on himself.

Seeing Cheng Shijie's disheveled appearance, Sun Yuanhua's heart finally fell back into his stomach.

Fortunately, Cheng Shijie had no accident. Otherwise, if Ning Haijun launched another mutiny in Beijing, it would be a lot of fun.

Seeing Cheng Shijie's disheveled clothes, Sun Yuanhua said: "General Cheng, your Majesty has summoned you, you'd better take a shower and change your clothes!"

"clear!"

Cheng Shijie's personal soldiers also know Cheng Shijie's living habits. As long as conditions permit, Cheng Shijie likes to take a bath. Of course, if conditions do not permit, he can endure it if he goes around for half a month without taking a bath.

When Cheng Shijie finished taking a shower, it was almost four or five o'clock in the afternoon. Cheng Shijie was dressed in military uniform, with silver armor and silver spears, and followed Wang Chengen into Beijing.

Wu Sheng followed Cheng Shijie no matter what. After getting Wang Chengen's permission, the two entered the capital on horseback.

The city of Beijing had a completely new look at this time, at least it was much cleaner than before, which made the Dongchang fans who had been relying on fines feel very unhappy.

Everything is as usual in Beijing. The dignitaries continue to spend money like water, and the merchants and commoners continue to rush around for three meals. The further they go towards the Forbidden City, the better the houses and roads there are.

Especially the outer inner city and the inner city of Beijing are simply two worlds. When entering the inner city, you can hardly see refugees or beggars because poor people cannot enter the inner city.

The daily entry fee alone can stop most people.

Wang Chengen was very surprised. When others entered Beijing for the first time, they would look around and marvel at the prosperity of Beijing, but there was nothing unusual about Cheng Shijie.

Wang Chengen smiled and said: "General Cheng has been to the capital before?"

"Of course I've been here!"

Cheng Shijie felt a little regretful after saying this.

Sure enough, Wang Chengen looked at Cheng Shijie in surprise.

Cheng Shijie felt guilty. He had indeed been to Beijing not long ago, but this capital was not that capital. What he came to was not the Beijing of the Ming Dynasty, but the Beijing of later generations. He also brought Cheng Jiayue and Xiang Hui with him.

Cheng Jialong went to visit the Forbidden City.

Wang Chengen didn't mind. In fact, he could recite Cheng Shijie's resume and there should be no record of ever coming to the capital. However, he smiled and said: "Beijing is a good place!"

"In terms of strategic location, Beijing is actually not as good as Chang'an in Guanzhong, nor is it as good as Luoyang!"

Cheng Shijie also traveled to Xi'an. According to the tour guide, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang planned to move the capital to Xi'an in the 24th year of Hongwu (1391), so he sent the prince to inspect the northwest. However, due to bad luck, the prince died after inspecting the northwest.

He fell seriously ill and died.

This incident dealt a severe blow to Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already some years old. It was originally a move to suppress the capital, but it caused Zhu Yuanzhang to lose his most valued son. This directly caused the plan to move the capital to come to an end.

Looking at the border defense map of the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing's location is not very conducive to the control of national defense. This is what Zhu Yuanzhang is worried about. If troops are stationed around Nanjing, the border will be invaded by barbarians, and all the troops will be transferred to border defense.

The guards in the capital would be very empty, not to mention that the coastal areas at that time were mostly plains. Once the northern nomads broke through Shanhaiguan, they would go straight to the Nanjing capital, which would worry anyone who was an emperor.

However, it does not mean that Beijing is definitely suitable as the capital. When Zhu Di became emperor, he moved the capital to Beijing. He built tall city walls in Beijing and was ready to stand on the front line against invasion. But the disadvantages are also obvious, for Jiangnan and northwest

Due to insufficient control, various uprisings in Shaanxi at the end of the Ming Dynasty directly affected the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

It was just that when Chengzu became emperor, he was restricted in Nanjing, so he moved the wealthy households in Nanjing northward and built the new city of Beijing.

If the capital of the Ming Dynasty was built in Chang'an, there would be no need to station heavy troops in the Gyeonggi area. This must be where Beijing is inferior to Chang'an. No matter how bad Chang'an is, there are four passes that can be defended. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. There are still 800 passes in the pass.

In Qinchuan, a large number of civilians and soldiers and civilians can be accommodated, which is incomparable to Beijing.

Beijing is a city severely lacking in resources. It is short of water, firewood, and food. All living and production materials need to be transported from outside. Although there is a canal, the problem is that the problems of the canal are also very big.

It was clear that the imperial court could not spare the money to manage the canal, and it was clear that sea transport was more economical than water transport. However, it involved the interests of millions of canal workers and this interest group, and the reform of water transport ended in vain.

"General Cheng thinks Xi'an is better than Beijing?"

When it came to this topic, Wang Chengen was just wondering what Cheng Shijie meant.

Could it be said that Cheng Shijie intends to abandon the Guanning line of defense?

Cheng Shijie nodded and said: "Chang'an is still as prosperous as ever, but the emperor is no longer willing to build a capital in Chang'an..."

Wang Chengen said for a long time: "That's what the general said! Guanzhong is no longer prosperous, and water transportation is underdeveloped. Building a capital in Xi'an is indeed not a good choice."
To be continued...