Prince Chongzhen

Chapter 67 Disgust (With everyone's support, I entered the fourth round, thank you, thank you)

For the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, competing for power with the emperor and the military generals was an instinct ingrained in their bones.

Some people may feel that when the nest is overturned, all the eggs will be broken, and it is unreasonable for civil servants to be obsessed with fighting for such a small amount of power at such a critical time.

But if you zoom out a little bit, you can easily understand the reason.

Civil officials are representatives of the big landowners. If the emperor has too much power, he will find ways to deduct money from them. If the military generals are not checked and balanced, he will take direct action.

How could they not be wary of Zhu Cilang when he possessed both of these attributes?
As for the Tartars
Judging from the situation in the north, they are here to compete with the Zhu family for the world. They will not divide your land like bandits. So it doesn't matter even if they take over the world.

After thinking it through, Zhu Cilang felt less resentful towards Liang Yungou personally, but his disgust towards this group became much stronger.

However, no matter how disgusted he was, Zhu Cilang was not so far away from being able to figure out what the main contradiction facing him was.

Ok.

Zhu Cilang was able to identify the main contradictions, but that didn't mean he could accept them calmly.

However, having a fit of childish behavior such as making a scene on the spot was not an option for him.

How to warn these people?
"Your Highness, there is no need to do this. There are many things to do in the city. If you have someone to share the burden, you can also spare some time to recuperate."

Only a few words were spoken before, but the noble civil servant won his first victory in the confrontation with Zhu Cilang.

Afterwards, a large group of people sang praises to Zhu Cilang and then left satisfied.

The people who stayed behind were wondering how to comfort the Crown Prince as he looked unhappy.

But then again, who has the confidence to resolve this situation?
We had just fought hard to win a battle, but in the blink of an eye, someone couldn't wait to jump out and make trouble. Anyone else would be furious, let alone the strong-willed Crown Prince.

So in the end, Xu Yu had to take the lead.

"Yes, Your Highness, you are already injured. Why don't you find a doctor to take a good look at it in the next few days?"

"Master Xu is right. Your health should be the first priority."

"Your Highness is responsible for the country and must not take your health lightly."

Everyone was talking at once, and in the end they not only planned to immediately invite a royal physician from the city to treat Zhu Cilang, but some even suggested that his health was indeed not suitable for him to live in the mountains permanently.

Naturally, he agreed to the treatment, but moving out of the guard camp was absolutely not an option.

Originally, Zhu Cilang moved out of the city just to appease the soldiers. Now that all measures have taken effect and his health is in this condition, it is reasonable to move back into the city.

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Thinking about those predecessors who died inexplicably, and looking at the appearance of those noble ministers today, Zhu Cilang finally decided to stay outside the city with the guard camp.

As for the reason, it was convenient. He had to run to the city all day anyway, so it would be better for him to live in the outer city and save the pain of going back and forth, which would be really beneficial for his recovery.

When they arrived here, although Zhu Cilang still planned to live outside the city, everyone saw that he seemed to be in a better mood than before and stopped forcing him.

Afterwards, Xu Yinjue and others who were stationed in the inner city planned to say goodbye and leave.

"Duke, do you have any books about night raids in your collection?"

Hearing this, Xu Yinjue was stunned at first, then he recalled a little and said: "Of course there are night raids. I have sorted out some of them in the past few days."

"It's impolite not to return the favor. Duoduo can do this to me at night, so why can't I do the same to him?"

Although we won this battle, it was a hard-won victory and a lucky one.

Talking about the process, the Ming army was always in a passive position to meet the enemy, and several attempts to form a battle array to meet the enemy were all broken up by the Tartars at lightning speed.

If Xiang Rensheng had not led the guard battalion to cut off the Tartars' retreat, the outcome would have been uncertain. In terms of the results, more than half of the defenders were killed or wounded, and although the Tartars also left dozens behind, only more than 20 of them actually died in the battle.

Of course, as an eyewitness of the battle, how could Zhu Cilang not know that the soldiers had tried their best? But this did not mean that he could calmly accept being stabbed in the waist.

That's why he was thinking about whether he could find an opportunity to do the same to the Tartar, so as to avenge the arrow shot at him as soon as possible and make his thoughts come true sooner.

"Your Highness, a night raid requires a lot of soldiers, and it's only two days..."

"It's okay, don't worry, you can train here first, so that you won't miss the opportunity if a battle opportunity comes."

Zhu Cilang had previously considered launching a night attack on the Tartars, but the conditions were not ripe, which allowed Duoduo to take the lead.

However, he was not a person who was eager for quick success and instant benefits. He knew that it would be impossible to complete such a special operation with the situation under his command. Therefore, Zhu Cilang just took this opportunity to emphasize it again so that Xu Yinjue and others would pay more attention to it.

Sure enough, the leader's attention can motivate subordinates to take action to a great extent.

As soon as Zhu Cilang finished speaking, Chang Guanlin, who had been sitting aside like a little wife, spoke up.

"Your Highness, when Lao Chang was under the command of the Grand Tutor, he also attacked the bandit camp at night. Once the Duke has decided on the training method, I will lead the troops."

Hearing this, Xiang Rensheng immediately became anxious.

Although the Tartars were already at the end of their strength when the Guard Battalion arrived, they still caused some casualties to the Guard Battalion before their collapse. How could he not want to avenge this arrow?

But before he could open his mouth, Zhu Cilang waved his hand, so he swallowed his words.

"No rush. A night raid is not something we can accomplish with just a few words. Let's wait for the Duke to decide on how to conduct the training before we talk about other things."

"Yes."

Chang Guanlin responded, but anyone could see from his face that he had not given up.

Afterwards, everyone expressed their opinions on the night attack, and the meeting was not very satisfactory. Only Zhu Cilang, Wang Fuping and Xiang Rensheng were left in the city tower.

"Brother Wang, how have things been these days?"

When Xu Yinjue and others were here, Zhu Cilang had never spoken to Wang Fuping, and Wang Fuping seemed to know that his job was not to be seen in public, so he stood quietly in the corner.

By this time, everyone else had left, and Zhu Cilang then asked about the assignment assigned to him.

Does this count as avoiding Xu Yinjue and others?

Probably should be counted.

But this does not mean that Zhu Cilang does not trust them enough.

There is an old saying: If a ruler does not keep secrets, he will lose his ministers; if a minister does not keep secrets, he will lose himself.

After all, no matter what the considerations are, not revealing certain things to Xu Yinjue and others, and giving everyone a chance to pretend to be ignorant is also a protection for everyone, isn't it?
"Reporting to Your Highness, the case files of several government offices are already being checked, and the Jinyiwei has also been informed."

After saying this, Wang Fuping closed his mouth tightly, obviously having successfully entered the identity setting of a spy.

"Did anyone notice?"

"Yes, but they only noticed me going in and out of various government offices. They probably have no idea what I am doing."

Hearing this, Zhu Cilang just nodded slightly but didn't seem surprised by the "ignorance" and didn't have any intention of continuing the topic.

"Let's go to the wounded camp and take a look."

(End of this chapter)