"Your Majesty, you can win by surprise. In this case, the surprise naturally refers to Shanhaiguan. If you can send an elite force to attack Shanhaiguan for a long distance, recapture Shanhaiguan and cut off the food route for the slaves, then Dorgon will not be able to wait for work like this.
, it’s as stable as Mount Tai, alas! It’s a pity…”
The red lady also smiled bitterly.
He finally sighed helplessly.
For the past two months, she racked her brains and tried every means, but finally found out that it was impossible for the sneak attack to reach Shanhaiguan without being noticed by the Tatars.
"Yes!"
"Why didn't I think that the key lies in Shanhaiguan!"
"If you are really blind, smart and confused for a while, as long as Shanhaiguan is captured, the Tatars will definitely not dare to stand still any longer. They will either attack the capital, conquer Tongzhou, or have no choice but to retreat!"
"Ha ha!"
"My beloved concubine, you are truly my lucky star and general!"
Zhu Cihong slapped his thigh and stood up, suddenly enlightened as if the clouds were clearing and the sun appeared, and he said that the last thing he was excited about was laughing out loud.
He subconsciously hugged the red lady and kissed her fiercely on the face.
"you you…"
The red lady didn't react at all and immediately froze. Then she took a few steps back, feeling embarrassed and annoyed. She clenched her fists and looked like she wanted to hit but didn't dare to hit her. Her eyes were filled with redness.
"My dear, forgive me, I was so happy just now that I lost my composure, haha!" Zhu Cixiang also woke up and could only smile awkwardly.
Then I remembered that this imperial concubine was only in name only, and I might not want to be one at all.
The red lady thought that he was indeed overly excited just now, and it was hard to say anything for his unintentional act. Besides, he was the emperor and she was a concubine in name only. Is it possible that she could really punch him?
After calming down, I didn't want to attack him, but I had to say: "Your Majesty, Shanhaiguan is nearly a thousand miles away from here. The Tatars will definitely take strict precautions. If they send fewer people, they will not be able to succeed in a sneak attack. If they send more people, they will not be able to escape."
If we set up a Tatar sentry, we will only end up with the entire army annihilated."
After saying that, the red lady couldn't bear to see his reaction from hope to despair.
Who would have thought that Zhu Cixi waved his hands and smiled: "Haha, my beloved concubine, don't worry, it's really not possible on land, but you can go by sea!"
"Sea route?"
"That's right! Why didn't I think that we could also take the sea route... ugh!"
This time it was the red lady's turn to scream excitedly, and then she gave herself a hard blow on the forehead in regret.
"My beloved concubine, come with me..." Zhu Cixiang grabbed her hand and walked towards the map hanging on the wall next to her.
The two people have completely different ways of thinking. As an ancient, Red Lady's thinking is completely fixed on land. She only thinks about how to avoid Tatar sentries and has never thought of taking the sea route.
The key point can also be seen at a glance.
As a novice in modern military affairs, Zhu Cixiang could not even understand some ancient military common sense, and he only thought about how to deal with the Tatars in the camp.
I even thought about building a hot-air balloon, and then flying in the hot-air balloon over the enemy camp to throw gunpowder packets, conduct an aerial attack, or poison and set fire to etc.
But he never thought that he could sneak attack Shanhaiguan and cut off the opponent's food route.
"My beloved concubine, look at this. This is Shanhaiguan, this is Tianjin Wei, this is Dengzhou, and this is Tongzhou. You can first send someone to Dengzhou to send orders to the Dengzhou Navy to come to the vicinity of Tianjin Wei to respond.
Then we took a boat from Tongzhou south along the canal at night, then went out by day and night, boarded the ship near Tianjin Wei, and chose a place east of Shanhaiguan to disembark. The Tatars would never have thought that the enemy would come from the east."
Zhu Cixiang pointed at the map and explained it nonstop.
The red lady's eyes brightened the more she listened, and she would add a few words from time to time.
In this way, one of the two has a broad mind, and the other has rich practical experience. The two complement each other. After some deduction, they found that the possibility of success is very high.
"Oh, it's a pity that two months of time were wasted. Otherwise, I might not have defeated the Tatars by now."
Zhu Cixiang clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the map with regret on his face.
"Your Majesty, fortunately it's not too late now. It's not too late. I'll go back to Tongzhou immediately to make arrangements."
The red lady cupped her hands and said, wishing she could fly back to Tongzhou immediately.
"Well, thank you for your hard work, concubine. After defeating the Tatars, I will reward you." Zhu Cixiang nodded.
"Your Majesty already values me very highly. I don't need to reward you any more. I just ask that your Majesty will allow me to lead troops to fight against the intruders and then resign as a noble concubine..."
"That's easy to say!"
Zhu Cixiang waved his hand, as if it would be easy to discuss when the time came.
But he was thinking, can a noble concubine resign? Why has he never heard of it?
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take my leave!"
The red lady was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down to thank her, and then hurriedly left the imperial study.
She really didn't want to stay for a moment longer. The little emperor screamed about his beloved concubine on the left and his beloved concubine on the right. She was really upset, but she couldn't tell him to stop screaming, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.
Not long after the red lady left, Li Ruolian came again.
"Your Majesty, I have investigated clearly and it was Chief Assistant Chen Yan who first raised the rumor."
Snapped!
"I knew it was this old dog who was the leader."
Zhu Cixi slapped his palm on the table.
"Who else is involved?"
"Your Majesty, all civil servants of third rank and above are involved."
"Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu also participated?"
"Although the two of them were not directly involved, they knew the truth. Duke Dingguo and other nobles were also secretly adding fuel to the flames. Your Majesty, this is the detailed list!"
After Li Ruolian finished speaking, he took out a booklet from his arms. It was obvious that Jin Yiwei had been severely punished this time.
Zhu Cixiang took the book and flipped through it, then fell silent. After a full quarter of an hour, he said:
"Except for Chen Yan, let everyone else go!"
"That old guy, give me two bowls of rice bran a day to take good care of him. Don't let him die!"
If they had not thought before the surprise attack on Shanhaiguan, one of them, Zhu Cihong, would have definitely delayed them all and then moved the capital south.
Except for soldiers and confidants, all the nobles, nobles, and ministers should die. He will not take away any of them. He will only take away their women and money.
But now that he has hope, he has to think about it after repelling the Tatars. It is easy to kill all the civil servants, but in the end he has to get another batch. After all, such a large court cannot be without civil servants, right?
Instead of making a new batch, it is better to use the current batch.
After all, after several times of manipulation by him, these civil servants at least did not dare to deal with him anymore, and now they are quite honest and adapted to his new emperor's behavior.
Anyway, civil servants in the late Ming Dynasty, whether they were loyal or treacherous, were all the same as long as their core interests were involved.
So he planned to wipe out Chen Yan and the nine clans, and then make Zhang Jinyan a bad person. Adding the more than a hundred officials who died on the city wall that day, the shock effect should be enough.
As for whether a civil servant is loyal or traitorous, he really doesn't care, as long as he is obedient and can do his job.
If you are disobedient, you can't get anything done. No matter how good your loyalty and character are, it is of no use and will only cause more trouble.
When all the civil servants and scholars were released, everyone was in mourning and felt as if they were in another world.
The scholars were okay, they were just frightened and were not tortured.
The civil servants were in dire straits, especially those of the third rank and above. Thinking of the endless torture methods, every one of them shuddered.
Although there appear to be no wounds on the surface, just like normal people, only they themselves know how painful they were when they were tortured.
The second assistant, Wei Zaode, received the same sentence as Chen Yan. At this moment, he could no longer think of resisting the emperor. He did not even dare to resign and return to his hometown. As soon as he returned home, he went to the court to express his loyalty to impeach Chen Yan.
Most other civil servants did the same and wrote letters expressing their loyalty to impeach Chen Yan.
They finally figured it out. If they were to fight against the current emperor, it would range from losing their heads to the ground, or at the worst, confiscating their homes and annihilating their clans. Unless they could directly kill him, all means would be useless in front of him.
Never in the history of the dynasties has an emperor dared to imprison all civil servants and torture them to extract confessions.
Even Taizu, who was so ruthless at the time, didn't dare to do this.
Now that His Majesty has given you the opportunity, how can you miss it?
As for the collective interests of civil servants, it is none of their business until they protect their own interests first.
The main reason is that this dog emperor is too careless.
Apart from obedience and death, there is no third way for others.