It had been nearly a month since he defeated Li Zicheng. Zhu Youjian was dressed in a dragon robe and had been busy in the hall behind the Profound Language Pavilion.
Today, Zhu Youjian wanted to relax.
This month had exhausted him.
He read the memorials until dark and wrote the decrees until dawn. Just as he wanted to sleep, he was disturbed by the battle report.
Fortunately, Qian Qianyi was an expert in handling internal affairs. He was with Shi Kefa and Ding Qirui, who had just joined the Military and Political Affairs Office.
With the cooperation of several military officials, Zhu Youjian's central government was established.
On the shelf behind the Dragon Book Table, a pair of Dragon Spring Vases shone in the morning light.
Zhu Youjian held a celadon bowl with twining branches and gently tasted the spring plum soup.
The Empress had personally made this for him. Zhu Youjian was moved by the Empress's gentleness.
Although the country's father wasn't much, this Empress Zhou was able to see the big picture.
She was also very considerate and reminded Zhu Youjian to rest.
Just as Zhu Youjian relaxed a little, Chen Mingyu, who was on duty, trotted in with a letter.
"Battle report! Your Majesty! Dingzhou Battle Report!"
"Read it."
Chen Mingyu opened the letter and began to read it carefully.
This letter was sent by the new Dingzhou prefect. The gist of it was that after Li Zicheng rested for two days, he would split up.
The main force continued to advance south.
The other path was to defend the main road and resist Tie Futu's pursuit.
Ever since Li Zicheng left Baoding Prefecture, these hundreds of iron pagodas stuck to him like plaster.
He maintained a distance of fifty miles, no more, no less. This made Li Zicheng forget about Dingzhou City.
Even some small counties did not dare to attack, afraid that these hundreds of iron pagodas would cut off their retreat.
In his anger, Li Zicheng set up obstacles on the main road and arranged for more than 3,000 people to confront these iron pagodas.
The rest of them headed south. However, the thousands of rebel soldiers who had been defending against Tie Futu were defeated on the battlefield.
Li Zicheng's army still had not shaken off Tie Futu's tracking.
They ran through the night until they reached Jinan City. Just as Li Zicheng had expected, the city was high and the pool was deep, making it difficult to attack.
Thus, Li Zicheng did not stop. After passing Jinan, he did not go to Dingzhou but went straight to Jining.
Taking advantage of the empty defense of Jining City, Li Zicheng entered the city. After that, he closed the city gates and rested for a while, taking a breather.
Zhu Youjian lowered his head and thought for a moment before saying,"Pass down the decree. Tie Futu will continue to follow up. Unless Li Zicheng turns west, do not take the initiative to fight.”
"Yes, sir!"
"Oh, right, Minister Chen, where are General Guan and Yu Bao?”
"Your Majesty, Commander Guan has arrived at Huailai. The vanguard is already stationed at Jiming Posthouse.”
"Are there any movements from the Mongolian and Qing Dynasties?”
"According to the scouts, 5000 Mongolian and 2000 Qing troops are gathering 300 miles north of Xuanda. They are probably going south to attack.”
"These northern bandits are really underestimating my Great Ming! By now, they should know that we've sent nearly 20,000 people, but they've only sent 7000 people to attack the city.”
Zhu Youjian felt that he was being looked down upon by the Mongolians and the Qing Dynasty. He was determined to make these guys pay the price.
"Who is the leader?"
"It's rumored that it's Oboi of the Qing Dynasty."
"Haha! So it was this guy. Good! Pass down an edict to Guan Shou and ask him to be in front of the battle."
Just as he was thinking of killing Ao Bai in front of the Guanshou battle array to boost morale, Zhu Youjian suddenly changed his words.
"I want him in front of the battle. No, he wanted to capture Oboi alive. Once they are captured alive, they will be secretly escorted to the capital.”
Zhu Youjian was still at ease with Guan Shou's abilities.
This time, Guan Shou had taken away 2000 Iron Futu, 6000 kidnappers, and 10,000 Divine Arms Battalion.
In addition, Zhu Youjian gave 20 Hong Yi Cannons to Guan Shou.
Because the cannon was too heavy, Zhu Youjian even designed a cannon carriage. He added wheels to the cannon and it was dragged by two strong cows.
Guan Shou believed that this cannon would affect the speed of the army, but Yu Bao insisted on carrying it.
In the end, under Zhu Youjian's persuasion, Guan Shou reluctantly accepted these cannons.
Thinking of those cannons, Zhu Youjian thought of Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and the others.
After the mutiny at Wuqiao, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming brought cannons and surrendered to Houjin by sea.
Sun Yuan turned into a cannon made of metal, but in the end, he became a sharp weapon for Jin Xiangming to attack.
If only Sun Yuan Hua was not dead!
Zhu Youjian now deeply felt why Chongzhen was so anxious to kill people.
Lock up those problematic officials first, or temporarily remove them from their posts. Why destroy the Great Wall?
When Zhu Youjian read the history books, he also knew that Sun Yuanhua was innocent.
When Kong Youde rebelled, Sun Yuan Hua had already succeeded in persuading him. He was only waiting for the Imperial Court's order to appease him. Kong Youde naturally submitted, and the Imperial Court also agreed to Sun Yuan Hua's surrender.
However, Wang Daochun, the patrol officer of Shandong Province, was greedy for merit. Not only did he hide the edict, but he also sneaked an attack on the rebel army and expanded the chaos.
In the end, Kong Youde rebelled again, and Wang Daochun framed Sun Yuan Hua, causing him to be treated as Kong Youde's ally.
Looking at the drifting sandalwood, Zhu Youjian had an idea.
"Chen Mingyu."
"Your subject is here!"
"Go find Lu Xuan and ask him to investigate Wang Daochun. I suspect that Sun Yuan Hua has been wronged.
Also, he had to give Sun Yuan Hua a chance to be vindicated. He said that Sun Yuan Hua was deceived by Kong You De and recruited his son into the capital.”
"Yes, sir!"
The rehabilitation of Sun Yuan Hua was to return justice to the loyal and capable officials.
Zhu Youjian summoned Sun Yuanhua's son to the capital because he hoped that Sun Yuanhua's son would be influenced by his father and be able to make cannons.
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing in the Dingzhou military report.
It's a small matter and shouldn't be said. However, I still want to ask and ask for Your Majesty's explanation.”
"Chen Qing, speak."
"After Li Zicheng left Baoding Prefecture, there was a foreigner in the dungeon of Baoding Prefecture.”
"Barbarians? Then it was fine as long as it was handled properly. There was no need to say anything more.”
"But…" Chen Mingyu hesitated." But this person said that his name is Tang Ruowang.”
Chen Mingyu mustered up his courage and said.
Upon hearing that the person was Tang Ruowang, Zhu Youjian immediately stood up from his chair.
"What is it? Tang Ruowang! Why was he in the dungeon of Baoding Prefecture?”
It turned out that Tang Ruowang had accompanied Li Jiantai on his 'southern expedition' mainly to help him operate firearms.
After Baoding Prefecture was taken down, Tang Ruowang was captured. Because of his foreigner identity, the rebel army felt that killing him would bring bad luck.
Therefore, Tang Ruowang was locked up and could be considered to have escaped a calamity.
"Where is Tang Ruowang now?"
"This person is already on his way to the capital and will arrive in a few days.”
"Good! Chen Qing, send someone to welcome Tang Ruowang. Bring him to me immediately!”
Zhu Youjian needed someone to help him upgrade his firearms.
Even though he could summon powerful figures like Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuan Hua. However, money should still be used on the blade.
As Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua's good friend and colleague, Tang Ruowang was the most suitable person to lead the firearms research.
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