34, Li Guozhen wants military power, and Zhu Cizhen is generous to you
This was the third night after Zhu Cilang traveled through time, and it was also the night when he slept the most peacefully.
On the first night, he was worried that someone would suddenly offer the city.
The next night, he was worried that Li Zicheng would suddenly launch an attack and whether the defenders in the city would not be able to defend.
These two problems have been temporarily solved at present.
The military power was firmly controlled by the generals loyal to the Ming Dynasty. After the main defending troops in the city paid full military pay, the morale of the troops in the capital was also high. At least it should be no problem to resist Li Zicheng's attack in a short period of time.
But how could the Ming Dynasty be just a stable option of "guarding Beijing City"?
Set a small goal first - to rescue Beijing City.
Next, let’s go to this goal!
There was nothing to say all night. The next morning, Zhu Cixuan had just woken up and was having breakfast after washing up.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty, please go to the side palace to discuss matters."
Wang Chengen's attitude towards Zhu Cilang can be said to be very respectful. As the number one controller of the Silijian, this attitude is actually very rare.
If you look through the history of the Ming Dynasty, you will see many stories about princes and princes wanting to hand over the eunuchs of the Silijian.
This shows that Zhu Cilang's ability has indeed been recognized and admired by Wang Chengen.
So Zhu Cilang came to the side hall.
Here, Zhu Cixuan saw that there were still those people, Zhang Shize, the governor of the Beijing Camp, Li Guozhen, the Minister of Revenue, Fan Jingwen, the Minister of Revenue, who is temporarily in charge of the cabinet work, and several other Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.
Since the Ming Dynasty had its own national conditions, two eunuchs from the Inner Court's Silijian were also participating in the discussion, namely Wang Chengen, the new eunuch in charge of the seal and Wang Huamin, the new eunuch in charge of the Silijian.
Chongzhen looked pretty good and said, "Ji, although the situation in the capital has stabilized a little, Li Zicheng's thief army continues to siege. I am uneasy. I wonder if you have any way to rescue the capital?"
After Chongzhen finished speaking, the British Duke said, "Your Majesty, the old minister believes that now, as the prince said before, should recruit enough soldiers to join the army in the capital as soon as possible. As long as you obtain enough troops to let go, Li Zicheng's bandit army will not be afraid.
Now that the capital is surrounded, Wu Sangui's Guanning army and the king-supporting troops from all over the country should be on the way. As long as many king-supporting troops gather together, they will definitely be able to defeat the thief army and restore the capital and the Ming Dynasty to the bright world."
Upon hearing this, Chongzhen nodded and said, "This is indeed the case. So, who will be responsible for this recruitment work?"
At this moment, Wang Huamin, who was standing beside him, said: "Your Majesty, I have an idea."
Chongzhen looked at Wang Huamin and signaled him to speak.
In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the emperors were accustomed to using eunuchs led by the Silijian to check and balance the cabinet, so it was not rare for eunuchs to participate in political affairs and express opinions on a small scale, so no one was present to object, and they quietly waited for Wang Huamin's next words.
Wang Huamin coughed lightly and said in the eunuch's unique yin and yang voice: "Your Majesty is this. The Duke of England and Xiangcheng Bo are also old generals of the Ming Dynasty, and they are good helpers of our Ming Dynasty and Your Majesty.
Lao Nu felt that it would be better to let the two of them lead the army and recruit soldiers and horses. After they are formed, the two armies will be launched together. It will be a matter of time before Li Zicheng will be awarded the head."
After listening to Wang Huamin's words, Zhu Cilang's eyes flashed.
As a time traveler, Zhu Cilang had already blacklisted the traitors who surrendered to the enemy, which had already been preset as being the enemy type.
From this perspective, Zhu Cilang suddenly understood Wang Huamin’s intention.
The current admiral of the Jingying camp is the Duke of England, and he can be said to be obedient to Zhu Ciying, which means that the entire Jingying camp is controlled by Zhu Ciying.
If the Jing camp was divided into two, Li Guozhen would definitely not be able to listen to Zhu Cilang's greetings. Then Zhu Cilang had only half of the Jing camp's troops, and his strength instantly decreased a lot.
Zhu Cilang couldn't help but look at Wang Huamin, "You old guy, you really deserve to be an old Yin-Yang man."
After hearing Wang Huamin's words, Chongzhen's heart was also moved.
From Chongzhen's perspective, yesterday after seeing Zhu Cilang being supported by the soldiers of the Beijing camp and the lower-level officials, he was certainly moved, but he also felt a little uneasy.
It’s clear that I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, why do everyone love my son?
Although Chongzhen had been comforting himself, thinking that Zhu Cilang would not be Li Shimin, due to the instinct of an emperor and the desire to monopolize the power, Chongzhen still couldn't sleep.
Now, Wang Huamin's idea gave Chongzhen a very good reason.
Li Guozhen was promoted by Chongzhen, and he was also the relative of Zhou Guozheng, so it was impossible for him to stand with the prince.
If Li Guozhen gained half of his troops, he could effectively check and balance the Duke of Britain and Zhu Cixuan, wouldn’t that be much easier?
When Chongzhen thought of this, he smiled and said, "This is indeed a good idea. I think it's very good. What do you think?"
After Chongzhen finished speaking, the others fell into a brief silence, and then nodded in agreement.
Listening to Chongzhen's tone, it was not a hint, it was simply an obvious statement.
If anyone dares to object, wouldn’t it be obvious that Chongzhen was in trouble?
Chongzhen turned his eyes to Zhu Cixuan and said slowly: "Yan'er, what do you think?"
Everyone in the hall looked at Zhu Cilang, and the atmosphere began to become a little stagnant.
Those who can stand here are not fools. Everyone can notice that His Majesty is afraid of the prince in his heart.
Yes, fear.
Zhu Cilang was silent for a moment and smiled: "Of course, the son minister obeyed the will of his father."
Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "That's great. From today on, the Beijing camp will be divided into two branches, led by the British Duke and Xiangcheng Bo respectively. The British Duke, you are stationed in the south and east, and the Xiangcheng Bo is responsible for the west and north. If you say that, you will help the British Duke recruit soldiers in the army, and don't do anything else."
Zhu Cilang smiled and nodded: "Son minister obeys the order, father."
At this moment, the system's sound suddenly sounded again.
"Please go to the sign-in location - the Beijing Camp Recruitment Office within three hours to receive sign-in rewards and tasks."
After a while, Wang Huamin smiled as he looked at Zhu Cilang's hurried away, and then accelerated his pace and walked to Li Guozhen's side.
"Xiangcheng Bo, congratulations."
Li Guozhen stopped, blinked at Wang Huamin, and smiled and said, "Eunuch Wang, be happy together."
Both of them smiled very happily.
For Li Guozhen, Wang Huamin and others, it was a surprise that Zhu Cilang made such a concession so easily.
However, it would sound quite reasonable to attribute this matter to the concessions made by His Highness the Crown Prince when facing his father.
Li Guozhen smiled at Wang Huamin and said, "I'm going to recruit soldiers now. Please rest assured. I will definitely not let down the promotion and trust of the prince."
Wang Huamin smiled gently and said, "No matter what, our family hopes that Xiangcheng Bo can truly grow into a pillar of the Ming Dynasty. The prince is still too young after all. By the way, does Xiangcheng Bo need help in this recruitment?"
Li Guozhen laughed, patted his chest, and said confidently: "Please rest assured, Eunuch Wang, the capital is surrounded now, as long as it is a job that has money, are you afraid that no one will come? We will definitely not be able to fall behind the prince."
Li Guozhen still has self-confidence. He thinks he is also a general, and the prince is just a young man with a yellow mouth. If the recruitment of troops is started, would a normal person go to join a young man with a yellow mouth?
Wang Huamin's eyes turned and suddenly smiled: "It is better for general to go directly to the near the Prince's recruitment site to recruit soldiers. In this way, once the Prince cannot recruit any troops, His Majesty's trust in the Prince will inevitably decrease, and the general will be more relied on, right?"
Chapter completed!