Zhang Zhifa was from Zichuan, Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province.

In the 29th year of Wanli, he was a Jinshi. He was a master of Yutian and Zunhua. He was appointed as the chief minister of the Ministry of Rites and was appointed as the censor of the Censorate of the Censorate.

At that time, Fang Chi, Qi, Chu and Zhejiang were the party of Qi. Zhifa was the party of Qi. He submitted a memorial to Chen's internal surrender and wrote letters to impeach the chief assistant Ye Xianggao many times and became famous. He was a famous scholar in the Qingliu and a fighter among censors. He was a famous man and a fighter among censors. He was very famous for his time.

Later, he went out to pay the title of Henan. King Fu was in Luoyang. The envoys of the Central Committee looked at each other on the Tao. Zhou Zhifa made a ritual to punish him, but he did not dare to be arrogant. The Zong Lu refused to give him a charity land to support the poor. In the 43rd year of Wanli, he was hungry in Henan and asked to keep the money for the recovery. He also asked to change the grain and redeem the grain. He reported that he returned to the court due to illness.

In the first year of Tianqi, he joined the Dali Temple Chief and asked for the final support in three years. Wei Zhongxian recommended him and ordered the Ministry of Personnel to be promoted. Zhou Zhifa was very smart and used the excuse to offer his parents to not take office, so he avoided a disaster.

In the fifth year of Chongzhen, he was reinstated as the Chief of Shuntian Prefecture and promoted to Guanglu. He had accumulated corruption and made many corrections, so he was appointed by the emperor. In the spring of the seventh year, he was transferred to the Right Minister of the Ministry of Justice. In June, the emperor was about to add more ministers to the cabinet, and because the Hanlin did not practice the world affairs, he wanted to use other officials to participate in it. He summoned dozens of court officials, each of whom gave a memorial and ordered the order to draw an order. He was promoted to the Left Minister of the Ministry of Rites and the Grand Secretary of the East Pavilion, and entered the cabinet together with Wen Zhenmeng. Since Emperor Shizong's reign, he had entered the cabinet with an external official, and from Zhang to Fa.

At that time, Wen Tiren was the chief assistant, Qian Shisheng, Wang Yingxiong, and He Wuzuo were the second. Over the years, Tiren was the chief assistant, and Zhang Zhifa became the chief assistant.

During the Wanli period, Wang Xijue was in charge of politics in succession and summary, and the general purpose was summarized. It was called the passing of the robe and bowl. Zhou Yanru Wen Ti Ren did not keep the robe and bowl, but everything was followed by what he did, and his talent and wiseness became inferior to him. He ranked first with the rank, which was not the emperor's note.

Zhang Zhifa can be regarded as an old man in the officialdom. He is a veteran of all dynasties and has been in the officialdom for many years. He has not had any outstanding personal achievements. He has only achieved his current status by relying on his qualifications.

Almost like his ancestors in history, he has been through qualifications and has reached his current status. The rest are really not that good. In terms of reputation and talent, he is far inferior to Qian Qianyi, but he is in the position of chief minister after all.

In his mind, he would one day take this position, but when the country was ruined and his family and country was broken, he secretly wanted to leave, that was, he didn't want to become the chief minister of the empire.

Zhou Yanru is the best example. He was well-off at home, picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, and leisurely seeing the southern mountains. This would be great, but he just gave up and studied hard, and became the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty. Now, he has become a prisoner of the Chinese army, and has a reputation for his life, ruined it, and a living life has become a joke.

Such a life was not what Zhang Zhifa wanted, so Zhang Zhifa immediately declined the emperor's arbitrarily appointed him as the chief minister of the cabinet.

But the rest of the cabinet were not stupid, for fear that they would sit on the fire pit and roast them. Everyone wrote a letter to resolutely recommend Zhang Zhifa as the chief minister of the cabinet to preside over the work of the cabinet.

Such a scene is truly something that everyone hopes for. Zhang Zhifa cannot be pushed, so he had to reluctantly sit in this position.

After sitting in this position, Zhang Zhifa could not hold any celebration ceremony and receive the seal ceremony, but started working immediately. However, even if he had such a heart and no such ability, facing the current dilemma, even if Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di came, he would probably not be able to continue. He didn't know what to do, let alone an old fried dough stick like Zhang Zhifa.

The cabinet discussed and went. After a long time of discussion, they came to a conclusion, which was to order the nine gates of the capital to close and not be able to leave, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

Beijing City is a world-class giant city with a wall of twelve meters high and a city wall of 6 meters thick. It can be said that its standard is more than twice that of today's cities.

Since its completion, there has been no precedent for being defeated by the enemy head-on. They want to stick to the city in this way. It is not a problem for them to defend the city for a few years. Waiting for reinforcements to arrive and attack inside and outside can defeat the enemy.

Liu Bu was very tricky and treacherous in his military use, but he was mainly conspiracy. He had never heard of him being able to forcibly break a certain city, or seize any city after a tragic decisive battle.

As long as everyone can't stand it, he will have no choice but to do anything. Zhang Zhifa has been tortured for so long, and he can't help but disappoint the emperor.

The emperor was thinking that all these cabinet members were well-read and knowledgeable. When they brag in the court, they would demolish Fang Nai and give directions to the country, which was very awesome, but when they really asked them to come up with strategies to govern the country, everyone looked at them and did not make any plans.

However, all the officials of the court have now written letters to impeach Xu Jianqiang and scold Xu Jianqiang.

It is believed that the reason why the Ming Dynasty had such a tragic situation today was that Xu Jianqiang, a traitor, was confusing the public, provided false information, and lured the emperor to send troops south. It was not enough to calm the anger of the people in the world if he did not kill Xu Jianqiang.

The emperor was a little disgusted, and he asked, "After I kill Xu Jianqiang, the enemy will retreat?"

It is obvious that Emperor Chongzhen understood that even if he killed Xu Jianqiang, the Chinese thieves would not retreat.

He lost the last person who could use it. With Xu Zai, the emperor could at least get some silver and money.

Without Xu Jianqiang, Zhou Yanru's army yesterday would not be able to leave the capital. However, Chongzhen heard that these soldiers had asked for a lot of money before setting off, such as the opening fee and the settlement fee, and he would not leave without money.

Zhou Yanru became an official and had no time to embezzle him. He was honest and had no money. He relied on the money Xu Jianqiang got to make the army set off.

In the future, guarding the capital city requires mobilization of more manpower and material resources. In other words, the emperor cannot do without Xu Jianqiang, a person who can make money. If he leaves this person who can make money, it will probably make it more difficult for him.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen did not listen to these officials and chose to continue to remain in office for Xu Jianqiang. At this time, he understood that even if they were dead, if the Ming Dynasty was over, Xu Jianqiang would not be able to get it. All civil and military officials in the court could change their appearance and join the Liu family. Only Xu Jianqiang, because they could not coexist with the deep hatred and the Liu family.

Since the ministers had no good plans, they just passively chose the strategy of sticking to it. The emperor had no other plan and could only order the capital city, with the gates closed, and were not allowed to enter or leave, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

Through the process of hanging blue, they released countless messengers and asked them to go outside the capital to seek help.

In order to protect the capital, Emperor Chongzhen ordered that all the troops in the world should come to serve the king, including Hong Chengchou and Yang Sichang's troops.

After Hong Chengchou and Yang Sichang joined forces, the troops reached 300,000. The joint commander they established was responsible for and coordinated this 300,000 army to fight the enemy.

In addition, their troops deployed in Shandong have nearly 700,000 troops under them. Such a momentum is unparalleled in the world, which has become their confidence.

They were all thinking that after conquering Jinan, they would be awarded the position of prince.

Who knew that when they sharpened their swords and were about to force the Ji River, an amazing evil came.

First of all, Yang Sichang heard the news that Tianjin Wei was captured. He was having breakfast at the time. After hearing the news, the bowl of porridge he was carrying was spread in his crotch.

Tianjin Wei is his old nest. Since he went out to supervise the army, he established a camp in Tianjin and then recruited soldiers here. Finally, when the time was ripe, he came out in groups and marched south to Shandong, creating his career today.

Until now, Tianjin Wei is still his rear, and he often sends some food and grass to him, some gold, silver, treasures, and children's jade and silk that they plundered.

It can be said that on this acre of three-point land in Tianjin Wei, Yang Sichang's reputation was even better than that of the emperor, but in such a place, it was actually captured by the Chinese army.

Yang Sichang was not a stupid person either. He also knew that Tianjin Wei was a large coastal defense city and was easily attacked by the enemy. Especially the most powerful of the Chinese army was his navy, and the other party was likely to attack here.

So after he took charge of this place, the rebuilt Navy camp and the fortress strengthened its defense. He had enough confidence that the enemy would stop coming, and if he dared to come, he would be beaten to death.

Who knows that it is a place he regards as solid as a solid wall, so easily captured by the enemy.

When he heard that this place was captured, he was very shocked and full of questions.

Why?

But when he heard that Liu Bu was leading the army himself, he had no good questions.

Liu Bu is the god of war in the Chinese army and has created many miracles. People cannot do anything to them. If Tianjin Wei can be captured by others, Liu Bu is one of them.

But when Yang Sichang heard that Tianjin Wei was captured, he was so scared that he was sweating profusely. In this cold weather, he was still wearing a cotton jacket, but he was sweating all over and could not tremble.

Their army dared to move south with great momentum and fearlessness because they firmly believed that Liu Bu had been assassinated, the morale of the Chinese army was greatly boosted, and the morale plummeted, which gave them an opportunity to take advantage of.

That's why they dared to move south with great momentum, swaying swagger, and unscrupulous move.

We can say without hesitation that if Liu Bu, the god of the Chinese army, was in Jinan, they would never dare to go south unscrupulously when Hejian Prefecture, Linqing, Dezhou and other cities were not conquered. The policies they implemented would be more than twice as conservative than all current policies.
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