At the end of September of the second year of Chongzhen, the exchange trend of Xizhimen Street gradually subsided, and the practice of Yin Guangju Silver House to exchange gold and silver was ridiculed by everyone in the capital. They now realized that it was shameless to make money in the Ming Dynasty. Take the incident of redeeming gold and silver in the capital, Yin Guangju Silver House can be said to have made a lot of money. Although the exchange of gold and silver notes does not cost money, everyone used to exchange silver and silver when they exchanged silver. In this exchange trend, everyone finally exchanged bills. The gold and silver exchanged by Yin Guangju not only collected fire and silver, but also accepted silver.

As soon as he entered and exited, Ponuhou earned countless money from his heart with a rumor. They were cursing Ponuhou, a shameless thing, and tried every means to make ill-gotten money from them. However, on the third day of the October 10th, 800 miles of urgent reports came from Jizhen. The Jurchen Jiannu soldiers divided into three groups to attack the border of Jizhen. Dorgon led a 100,000 vanguard army to attack Da'ankou, and the general Zhou Zhen was killed and the border wall of Da'ankou was broken. The other two groups attacked Hongshankou and Longjing Pass respectively, and broke through the pass in just ten days.

This time, the shameless nobles and officials of the capital who were cursing Ponuhou a few days ago, changed their tone and began to praise Ponucheng Xuanwei to help Si Weimin relieve his worries. However, Emperor Chongzhen, who was handling government affairs in the Forbidden City platform hall, was stunned after receiving the urgent report. Only then did he realize that Ponuhou Zhang Ping'an did have a unique strategic vision for the war. It was also from this time that Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian turned the grassland fox wolf in his mind into the Ming Dynasty Ponuhou. But at this critical moment, Zhu Youjian could not have any hope for Ponuhou Zhang Ping'an. It was his partial listen and belief in Yuan Chonghuan that caused the crisis in the capital today.

After the court discussion, Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to various places for the king's resignation, ordering the troops in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong and Henan to enter the capital to serve the king. At the same time, the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty dispatched Chang Liang, the general of the Wanquandu Department, to lead 3,000 heavily armored cavalry and 5,000 light cavalry under his command to enter the west Zhimen of the capital. After the court came, Emperor Chongzhen recruited the eunuch of the Bianbi, Cao Huachun, and asked him to go to Zhangjiazhuang to find Zheng Tai, and found a way to persuade the Ponu army to send troops to the Zhili capital to serve the king. Cao Huachun was extremely depressed after receiving this job, and it was almost impossible to ask the Ponu Hou to send troops at this time.

Cao Huachun knew the bottom line of Zhang Ping'an of Ponuhou very well. Ponuhou still held high power in the hands of Yuan Chonghuan, the enemy of the Ming Dynasty. If the emperor did not kill Yuan Chonghuan, Ponuhou would not send troops at all. What's more, Zu Dabi, who was in charge of the Ministry of Justice, was also released after Yuan Chonghuan took office as the Ji Liao commander. Both of them had deep hatred with Ponuhou. The emperor's idea was too simple. He wanted Ponuhou to send troops without showing sincerity. With Ponuhou's vengeance, he would not sell the emperor's account.

Cao Huachun knew very well about Ponuhou's character, that is, if he wanted to do things, he had to take out money or other similar benefits that moved him. The empty imperial edict was useless to the cunning Ponuhou. However, Cao Huachun could only do it according to the emperor's will, and whether he could do it depends on the will of heaven. This time, after Cao Huachun sent a small eunuch to pay a visit, Zheng Tai invited Cao Huachun to Zhangjiazhuang as a guest. It was not Zheng Tai's show of the trick, but now he is the only one in charge of Zhangjiazhuang. Zheng Tai has been entangled in many miscellaneous things and has been unable to escape.

When Cao Huachun came to Zhangjiazhuang, not far from the capital, he saw Zheng Tai, sweating-ridden Zheng Tai wearing a gray cloth robe holding a whip in his hand, like a gangster on the street rolling up his sleeves, either swearing or whipping people with leather. When Cao Huachun approached, he saw Zheng Tai's tired face, and two big blisters appeared on the corner of his mouth. The worldly-wise Cao Huachun saw how much pressure he was under from Zheng Tai's face. Cao Huachun also saw several black-robed veterans on the protective wall who either lacked their left hand or their right arm, holding sticks to direct people to fill sandbags on the wall. No wonder Zheng Tai was anxious to get angry, and the people who came to ask him for errands one after another. Zheng Tai had time to rest when Cao Huachun arrived.

Zheng Tai sent Cao Huachun into the meeting hall of the Ponuhou Mansion, and after giving tea, he left the two to talk alone. Cao Huachun said awkwardly that Emperor Chongzhen wanted Ponuhou to send troops to serve the king, but Zheng Tai refused very firmly. In Zheng Tai's opinion, Emperor Chongzhen treated Marshal Zhang as a rag, and used it as he wanted to use it, without throwing it in a corner and stepping on it a few steps. Looking at Cao Huachun's embarrassing expression, Zheng Tai still felt a little reluctant. Marshal Zhang's previous predictions came true, and he really deserved to be the commander of the God of War of the Ponu Army.

"Don't be anxious. Mr. Ponu has now confronted Borjihakhan, the younger brother of the Mongolian Lindan Khan, in the Tumote realm. Although the result is not known yet, Mr. Ponu's ability to fight is not bad, and he should be able to destroy this powerful enemy. However, the war is very anxious, and it is almost impossible to send troops to the Ponu army. Eunuch Cao, do you think this is OK? The Xizhimen and Xibian Gate of the Capital City are defending our Ponu City Xuanwei envoy Bao Yuan. I heard that the Wanquandu General Chang Liang, the general of the Wanquandu, settled in Xizhimen, and simply let them enter the city. Outside the city, I will give them the guards of the Ponu City Xuanwei envoy. However, brother, I am ugly and said in front. Yuan Chonghuan wants to transfer me to the Ponu City Xuanwei envoy, and we will not participate in other matters."

Zheng Tai paused for a moment, and he thought for a while and then said, "Since my Ponucheng Xuanwei envoy wants to defend the capital, I cannot go out to Wuming. If there is no emperor's order, I will bring disaster to the Ponuhou! If the emperor does not agree, my Ponucheng Xuanwei envoy will only take care of my own land. We are not far from Xizhimen, and we are here in Jiannu and I dare not make trouble here!"

After hearing this, Cao Huachun nodded secretly. Zheng Tai was very politically wise. He was testing the emperor's attitude towards the Ponu Army. If the emperor issued an edict to allow the Ponucheng Xuanwei envoy to serve the king, it would indirectly implicate that Yuan Chonghuan pacifying Liao in the fifth year was a joke. The court officials who received this hint would inevitably impeach Yuan Chonghuan. If the emperor did not issue an edict, and the Ponucheng Xuanwei envoy was in the overall situation and guarding the Xizhimen on the west side of the capital, the ultimate unlucky one would definitely be the current Chongzhen Emperor.

Because the emperor's trust in the treacherous Yuan Chonghuan led to the Jurchen Jiannu entering the pass. If the Changping Imperial Tomb is threatened, Emperor Chongzhen issued a self-criticism edict, and Zhang Ping'an, the biggest winner of this political struggle, is now the court officials are accusing the emperor publicly or privately. Their basis is that the Jurchen Jiannu had long judged that as long as Yuan Chonghuan was appointed as the governor of Ji Liao, the Jurchen Jiannu would definitely be detained. Speaking of Zheng Tai's political mind, Cao Huachun thought of a bitter joke.

In Ponucheng, Ponuhou promoted the "three lectures" education of political, learning and righteousness in major events. However, according to Yang Lian, the ruler of the Legal Affairs Office of Ponucheng, and Emperor Chongzhen, who had just ascended the throne. In addition to being slightly more reliable in politics, Ponuhou talked about learning is a fig leaf for him to see. As for being righteous, it was even more unbearable. Ponuhou did not have much righteousness in his body, and it seemed that there was more evil than righteousness. Only talking about politics allowed Cao Huachun to feel the power of this. Zheng Tai was born as a businessman, and now he was planning to the emperor, he was no less than the old officials of the court.

Cao Huachun knew very well what he could say and could not speak. He could only listen silently to what Zheng Tai said. Emperor Chongzhen agreed or not, Cao Huachun dared not make decisions privately. Cao Huachun, who was sophisticated, still proposed a possibility to Zheng Tai: "I say Brother Zheng, if, what we are talking about is if, Mr. Sun Chengzong came forward to organize the defense of the capital, look..."

"Eunuch Cao, I still say the same thing. As long as I am not under Yuan Chonghuan's command, I am willing to accept the dispatch of the court. But there are several conditions: one is not to be with the Liaodong border army, two is not to stay away from Zhangjiazhuang outside Xizhimen, three is to have the imperial department of war or the emperor to send documents."

Zheng Tai's concession made Cao Huachun feel much better. Perhaps Zheng Tai also saw his embarrassment and specially replaced the emperor's order with the normal dispatch of military documents of the imperial court. In this way, Emperor Chongzhen, who was very handsome, had a step forward, and Zheng Tai also asked him, the eunuch who was a big pen, to go back. After sending Cao Huachun away, Zheng Tai breathed a long sigh. The late emperor Tianqi issued an edict to allow the Xuanwei envoy to keep three thousand armored guards in the Xuanwei envoy in the yamen of the Xuanwei envoy in the north and south. There are prerequisites, that is, the Xuanwei envoy in the north and south.

If the Tartars had not entered the pass this time, the Xuanwei Envoy Office would have been caught by the political enemy Yuan Chonghuan for this crime. Fortunately, everyone's eyes were focused on the Tartars who had broken through the pass, and no one could care about the number of guards in the Ponucheng Xuanwei Envoy Office. Now the Ponucheng Xuanwei Envoy Office can repair the fortifications with great fanfare, and no one will tell them any more. Chang Liang, the general of the Wanquandu Office, led 8,000 cavalry to the capital first. They were prepared to camp in Xizhimen according to the Ministry of War's dispatch documents.

The general Chang Liang had a good relationship with the Ponu Army. He came to Xuanwei to the Ministry of War and was mainly short of money. As the chief general of the army, he still owed the soldiers the silver to drive out. If it weren't for the fact that Chang Liang had asked everyone to help Ponu City transport goods to solve the problem of everyone's meals some time ago, he would have coaxed and deceived the army to the capital. However, his subordinates asked the Ministry of War for silver. The Ministry of War replied that almost all the money this year was given to the Liaodong border army, and Wanquandu Department asked the Ministry of War to solve the food and salary on its own.

Now the Wanquandusi cavalry who entered the guards were in an uproar. They shouted that Chang Liang would take everyone back. The battle was dispersed before the army was conquered. What was even more fatal was that these soldiers were not afraid of scolding people. They shouted that Liao Town received millions of food and money every year. Didn’t it mean that they could pacify Liao in five years? How could the Jurchen Jiannu be allowed to enter Ji Town? There was no money to serve the king. Even if the enemy entered the guards, the Liao Town official army should go and pay the Jurchen Jiannu’s nest. The Wanquandusi’s officers and soldiers made money in the capital, which swollen Emperor Chongzhen’s face, but the nobles and officials in the capital also urgently needed this powerful army to stay in the capital.

They also saw from the speed of the Wanquandusi cavalry marching, and they were a trustworthy straw. If this strong army was forced away, their home in the capital would be no longer safe. Therefore, civil officials who had always dared to argue with the emperor jointly pressed Emperor Chongzhen, asking the emperor to take out the inner treasury silver to appease the Wanquandusi cavalry. (To be continued)
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