The first time the capital was surrounded was in the second year of Chongzhen, which was a little later than Xu Guangqi expected. Huang Taiji had few main people and only about 6,000 elite troops. After defeating Xuan Dabing and Liao Town in succession, he did not completely encircle the capital after Zu Dashou escaped, but instead plundered wealth and manpower everywhere. Even so, he stayed in the territory of the Ming Dynasty for a long time. Before the Ming army gathered in large numbers, the main force of the Eight Banners retreated to the exit, and calculated that the capital was really besieged for several months.

Fortunately, the Eight Banners have few people and have not isolated traffic. The capital has not cut off absolute external contacts and food channels. Otherwise, it will lead to a huge tragedy like Li Zicheng besieged Kaifeng.

This is also related to Huang Taiji's strategy. Since he was a detour, rather than breaking the pass as Xu Guangqi was worried about, the logistics was weak and there were too few people to directly attack the Ming Dynasty's capital or besieged for a long time.

"What the teacher sees is reasonable." Sun Yuanhua said in a terrifying manner: "The students will also prepare more food after they go back."

"Even if it is useless for a while, you must prepare it often." Xu Guangqi reminded: "If there is not enough money, withdraw some from me. Also, be careful and do not cause chaos in the market, even if you are a teacher, you will not be able to protect you."

The Xu Mansion buys grain for dozens of stones at a time, and it is slowly purchased from many grain merchants. It is common for a large family to prepare some grain in wars, and it has not triggered any bad trend.

"Students understand." Sun Yuanhua was very moved. He looked at the teacher who was already pale and said in a deep voice: "Students are incompetent, so the teacher is worried."

Sun Yuanhua said again: "Kong Zhizhi is still so powerful, follow Zhang Han early. Teacher, I think Zhang Han will definitely achieve great things in the future."

The news of the reconnaissance had long been heard, and Sun Yuanhua was very amazed at this, while Xu Guangqi was full of doubts. A few years ago, Xu Guangqi ordered Sun Yuanhua to go to the grasslands in person. At that time, Hutchison had not attracted much attention or fear, but was just a business that was very close to the eunuch party.

To this day, Hutchison has become a giant, but Xu Guangqi still couldn't believe that the regiment training trained by the boss of such a business firm could really rampant on the grassland and cross one grassland tribe after another. The Mongols were invincible twenty years ago and were invincible in cavalry, which made the Ming border defenses very stressful. They were still surrounded by the Ming Dynasty's capital decades ago, and were tough and difficult to control. They had to use the method of giving titles to the king to appease. In the defense of the nine borders, less than 10% of the Jurchens can defend against the Jurchens, and more than 90% of the financial and material resources were used to target the Mongols. What was the result? Hutchison's business firm directly entered the grassland and completely ate the grassland.

No, and Lin Danhan...

Xu Guangqi said: "Does Zhang Wenlan have any plans to join the Han army to continue using troops?"

He knew that Sun Yuanhua and Kong Minxing had letters in daily life, so he asked this question.

"I don't know." Sun Yuanhua shook his head and said, "The letter Kong Zhizhi gave me only talks about family matters, at most it was farming. He had some new opinions and insights to discuss with students. More, especially things related to matters related to and remembering matters, he rarely involved them."

Xu Guangqi nodded slightly. Kong Minxing and Sun Yuanhua were both his favorite disciples, but Sun Yuanhua focused on military science and casting, and of course he also had to be proficient in geometric arithmetic. Kong Minxing's focus was on agriculture, and it was also a good seedling that Xu Guangqi himself discovered when he was farming in Tianjin. He was carefully cultivated back then, but now he finally bears fruits.

However, Xu Guangqi still sighed loudly. His good student followed Zhang Han, who was unwilling to do so, and he didn't know what would happen in the future.

If you might have to stay on the grassland all your life. Although Hutchison ate the grassland, in Xu Guangqi's opinion, it would take decades to digest it. At most, it would only build a foreign country like the Bohai Kingdom in the Tang Dynasty with the influence of Central Plains culture. Kong Minxing might become a founding hero, but as a minister in a small country, how could he become a famous minister in the Ming Dynasty?

Xu Guangqi believes that Kong Minxing has this potential. If he passes the Jinshi exam, he can at least be in the ministry hall. Tomorrow, he will be the stage where Kong Minxing can truly play.

As for the administrative abilities of Kong Minxing's subordinates and the overall governance abilities of Hutchison, Xu Guangqi has not seen them with his own eyes and has not been able to understand them. In his opinion, the achievements of agriculture on the grassland must of course be attributed to his good students.

Sun Yuanhua knew some inside stories, but it was not easy to talk to the teacher. After all, the inside story about Hutchison was involved. When he went to the grassland to help Hutchison, the other party had a first words and asked Sun Yuanhua to keep it as confidential as possible. Since it was a gentleman's agreement, Sun Yuanhua was not good at violating it. Otherwise, it would be contrary to the gentleman's way. Even if he was to his teacher, he should try his best to keep it confidential.

At this time, the head of the Xu Mansion trotted all the way and saw Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua standing in front of the courtyard. The head of the country quickly said, "Mr. Sun, the palace sent a small yellow gate out and went to the palace first. But he didn't find the teacher, and he touched our mansion again."

Sun Yuanhua quickly said, "What's the matter?"

"I said it, it was the Emperor who summoned him."

"Oh, then I'll follow him into the palace quickly." Sun Yuanhua was wearing casual clothes, but he came down from the yamen, and the official clothes and bags were carried by the servants. When he was on the way, he could just change into the official robe in the sedan chair.

"The emperor summoned you, probably to ask Ning Yuan about it." Xu Guangqi said: "Your preface is to be careful, especially in front of the palace people, you must be cautious."

Sun Yuanhua is a typical technocrat. His understanding of officialdom and people's hearts is at the level of childishness. Fortunately, Xu Guangqi often makes suggestions, so there will be no big mistakes.

Unfortunately, no one gave advice for Sun Yuanhua after he arrived in Dengzhou, and there was no big shot like Sun Chengzong to take care of him. Sun Yuanhua immediately killed himself.

"Don't worry, teacher." Sun Yuanhua hurriedly clasped his fists and rushed towards the door.

Xu Guangqi sent this disciple to the second gate and returned to the courtyard worriedly. Judging from the emperor's urgent attitude of sending people to summon him, it is estimated that the overall situation in western Liaoning is not good.

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As the head of the Ministry of War, Sun Yuanhua often participated in major affairs of the court. He was famous for his master. He was once within the shogunate of Sun Chengzong, and helped Yuan Chonghuan plan defense and cast artillery. The court center would consult his opinions if he had major measures.

Previously, including when he was appointed by Gao Di, who had retired, some bigwigs in the court had asked Sun Yuanhua for his opinions.

Sun Yuanhua responded to Gao Di's memorial after Liu He's defeat. Gao Di immediately submitted a memorial after hearing about Liu He's defeat and clearly put forward his own opinions.

After the defeat of Liuhe, he wrote a memorial: "Since Guangning abandoned, Jizhen was weak, and the only thing that depends on protecting the country and resisting slaves outside was Yuguan as a brief summary. Recently, I heard that crossing the river and defeating the enemy, it is advisable to select elite troops to guard against the mountains and seas. When checking Guanshan, there were three generals, each with their own jurisdiction and were distributed to defend against the defense. Unexpectedly, in this spring and summer, all three troops drove out of the pass... What time did you still not think about protecting the inside but preventing the outside?" According to Gaodi's meaning, it was necessary to protect the inside and protect the outside, and Jizhen was weak, not only Wang Zaijin proposed, but also a large number of knowledgeable people such as Gaodi could see. From the Qi Jiguang era to the present, Jizhen's defense power was cut again and again.

The imperial court later added the governor of Baoding, but it did not improve much.

What is important is that real soldiers and generals, increasing military pay, increasing military deployment, and configuring cannons. None of these can be achieved.

Enter the palace gate from the side door of the Meridian Gate, then go all the way to Huiji Gate, and then enter Da Nei, follow the road between Duan Ben Hall and the cabinet, pass the Fengtian Gate, and bypass the huge square area. In front is where the Ganqing Gate is located, and it is also where Emperor Tianqi wants to summon Sun Yuanhua.

Although he entered the palace many times, this was the first time such a summoning was so summoned, and Sun Yuanhua couldn't help but feel quite nervous.

When I arrived at the Ganqing Gate, I found out that there were several cabinet masters in the cabinet, Li Chunye, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and there were also several eunuchs with Wei Zhongxian.

It seems that it was the imperial meeting. Summoning Sun Yuanhua, the little shrimp, must be a consultant.

Thinking of this, Sun Yuanhua was not very nervous. He just needed to provide the opinions he should give and didn't have to worry about taking too much responsibility.

"My minister, Sun Yuanhua, the head of the Ministry of War, bowed to His Majesty the Emperor."

On both sides of the imperial throne are eunuchs holding copper whisks, and there is a circle of eunuchs standing on both sides of the imperial throne, with several Jinyiwei officials standing under the eunuchs, and opposite are Hanlin officials.

The prince consort and nobles are not many. They are all closer to the royal family now. Only those who are favored have the opportunity to enter the palace to serve the station.

Then there were eunuchs in charge such as Wei Zhongxian, as well as cabinet masters and officials of the Ministry of War.

When Sun Yuanhua came in and kowtowed, the emperor nodded slightly and said, "You have built a city in Ningyuan and cast heavy artillery this time, and I have made great contributions. I am very happy."

The emperor has not convened a court meeting for a long time, and there are not many people attending this time, and no more than ten people actually attended the meeting.

This kind of small-scale meeting is not common. Most of the time, the emperor is missing in the inner court, and the criticism is also a submission by the official ceremony. Only a small number of memorials will be seen by the emperor's personal red comments. It is already a very rare situation.

Before the fourth year of Tianqi, the emperor was only in his teens. Thanks to the Donglin Party's support, he not only gave the credit for seizing the palace and expelling Li Xuanshi, but also for decades the Donglin Party has insisted on standing on the side of Emperor Guangzong, the crown prince during the Shenzong period. Because of their support, Emperor Guangzong successfully succeeded to the throne and suppressed the party of King Fu and Concubine Zheng. Therefore, the emperor was at ease to appoint the Donglin Party at the beginning of his succession. Not only did the cabinets have Donglin, six ministries, and inspectors, and all the important positions were held by the Donglin Party members, and the other three parties were suppressed by the Donglin Party.

If the leaders and backbones of the Donglin Party have some political wisdom, they should understand that if they leave a proper opposition, they will not be so vicious and fierce, and give the opposition a place, the Ming Dynasty may be much better now.

However, once the party struggle began, it was like a bow was drawn without a turning back. The gentlemen of Donglin, who had been in the fourth year of the Tianqi relentlessly pursued the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang. Several times of Beijing investigation became a battlefield for both sides. In addition, Wang An and Wei Zhongxian involved in the inner court, the harm of this party struggle exceeded that of the Niu and Li party struggle of the Tang Dynasty, and ran through the entire late Ming Dynasty, even the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Before the fourth year of the Tianqi revelation, because the Donglin Party had strict requirements for the emperor and the emperor was humble and was very obedient to learn, the emperor's emperor's mind was immature and made many wrong decisions.

However, as the emperor's mind matured, the number of convenings of the ministers became less and less, and the number of meetings of the ministers was held was less and less. By the time the Donglin Party was eliminated, the emperor was already like his grandfather and rarely saw foreign ministers, let alone convening large-scale convenings of the court.

There were only important events. The emperor would summon the cabinet and relevant ministers to hold a small imperial meeting together. The emperor asked questions and made a speech. However, such records were quite rare. Unlike during the Chongzhen period, Emperor Chongzhen had to meet ministers on the platform almost every day. Whether it was a local official or a central official, the court meeting was often held. Emperor Chongzhen's personality and temper were more impatient than Emperor Tianqi. In his own words, he was resolute and strong. Unfortunately, Emperor Chongzhen's methods and results in controlling the ministers were not as good as that of Emperor Tianqi. The two brothers were really far apart in their abilities.

When Sun Yuanhua heard the emperor's voice a little weak and even weak, he was shocked. He remembered the recent rumors in the capital, and it seemed that the emperor was not in good health. It seemed that this was not a rumor, but a fact.

Due to concern and suspicion, Sun Yuanhua secretly looked at the emperor on the throne before answering.

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