Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

Fang Zhenghua had always been a serious person, but now he suddenly broke down and, as a close minister of the emperor, he actually knelt down before him.

Zhang Shikang's eyes were stern. He stared at Fang Zhenghua and said:

"Zhang Xianzhong rebelled?"

Apart from the resurgence of bandits, Zhang Shikang really couldn't think of anything else that would make the court so anxious.

"My Lord, it was a brilliant plan. Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of the fact that the imperial court was busy with the construction of the barbarians and betrayed his credibility and rebelled again!

Zhang Xianzhong launched a surprise attack on Xiangyang Prefecture, and Governor Xiong Wencan was killed. Luo Rucai, Ma Shouying and other troops rebelled upon hearing the news. Now they have joined forces, claiming to have an army of 200,000, and are marching westward to Xunyang and heading towards Sichuan.

Then... Li Zicheng didn't die at all, but fled to Sichuan, and now he is rising up again.

The Emperor... The Emperor fainted when he heard the news!"

Seeing that Zhang Shikang had already guessed it, Fang Zhenghua simply told him everything, wiping away tears as he spoke.

Now the Jianlu are wreaking havoc in the capital, and the court's finances are stretched to the limit. And at this very moment, a fire breaks out in the Ming Dynasty's backyard.

It was still a massive fire that covered the sky.

Everything before was an illusion, and everyone was deceived.

"Hmph, I've already said that Zhang Xianzhong is problematic, but Your Majesty didn't listen." Zhang Shikang was also very annoyed.

Combining the many records and anecdotes he knew about Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Shikang probably knew that Zhang Xianzhong was not a normal person.

But in fact, the most important thing is that Zhang Shikang knew the direction of this history. If Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng really died in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, then those guys who wrote history books should be executed along with their entire clans.

But it is useless for him to think so. He can't tell others that he is not from this world, that he knows what will happen to the Ming Dynasty in the future, and that Zhang Xianzhong is not really surrendering but waiting for an opportunity?

Others would definitely think that Zhang Shikang is a fool.

Moreover, everyone in the world was praising Yang Sichang at that time, and if I jumped out and sang a different tune, everyone would think I was being jealous.

Alas, if I had known this would happen, why did I do it in the first place?

"After His Majesty woke up, the first thing he did was to tell us and ask us to recall Lord Earl to discuss countermeasures. It's not that the Emperor didn't want to tell Lord Earl, but he was really worried that Lord Earl would leak the news and affect the morale of the army.

The Emperor also regretted not listening to the advice of the Lord. The Emperor said... Now he can only trust you, Lord!"

Thinking of this, Fang Zhenghua could no longer hold back, and this iron man burst into tears in front of Zhang Shikang.

It is said that when a king worries about his ministers, they will die if their king is humiliated. This point is more vividly reflected in eunuchs like Fang Zhenghua than in court officials.

"There's no point in crying, it's already like this, it's fucked up!

Come with me to arrange defense first." Zhang Shikang helplessly helped Fang Zhenghua up.

For more than ten years, the bandits have never stopped. Not only Fang Zhenghua, but also Brother Chongzhen probably has PTSD from the bandits.

Although it is not the right time to return to Beijing, based on Zhang Shikang's understanding of that old man, if he does not go back, he is really worried that this old man will start giving orders and making random arrangements again.

At this point, Zhang Shikang no longer had any doubts about Chongzhen's ability to govern, which was really unacceptable.

Fortunately, Uncle Lu is also in the military camp now. In terms of military response, Lu Xiangsheng is much better than Zhang Shikang, and Zhang Shikang firmly believes this.

Brother Chongzhen asked Yang Sichang to replace him as governor of all the troops. In fact, even if Zhang Shikang did not return to Beijing, he also planned to hand over the specific tactical arrangements to Lu Xiangsheng.

Zhang Shikang has always believed that professional matters should be left to professionals, and as the supreme commander, he only needs to make the final decision.

It saves both trouble and effort, and the credit for winning the battle will still be his. He only needs to get rewards and pensions for his subordinates to make the soldiers grateful to him.

Zhang Shikang originally thought that leading troops was difficult, but after more than half a year of actual practice, he found that it was just so-so. He didn't even understand why others always failed to do it well.

The only drawback of letting Lu Xiangsheng temporarily serve as the commander-in-chief may be the same as if he himself were the commander-in-chief, that is, he lacks sufficient prestige, and some people with ulterior motives may pretend to be supportive and delay the war.

What he has to do now is very simple, to eliminate this hidden danger.

When Zhang Shikang and Fang Zhenghua returned to the central army tent again, except Yang Sichang, no one had left. They all knew that something big had happened in the court and were waiting for the arrangements of the new commander-in-chief Zhang Shikang.

Zhang Shikang stood behind the desk, in the seat where Yang Sichang once sat, his eyes sweeping over Sun Weifan, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou, and the generals and deputy generals of other military towns.

He didn't say anything, but took out the Shangfang sword and held it in front of his chest with one hand.

"This is the emperor's Shangfang sword. I'm sure you've all heard of it. The one who holds this sword can execute first and report later. This is a special permission granted by the emperor. Gao Qiqian, the military supervisor of Xuanda, is a witness to this.

I am young and I know that you are not convinced, but it doesn’t matter. If you are not convinced, you can go to Your Majesty and impeach me.

But before that, I'm going to say this: if anyone dares to disobey military orders, I will kill them without mercy, regardless of your position or the backing you have! "

His eyes were cold and his words were loud and unyielding to rebuttal. This was how the army should be, from the top down, orders were passed down, and he didn't care what these people were thinking, it didn't matter, as long as you could sue him, he would give you the position of commander.

No one present dared to speak out and say anything, as everyone knew that the Governor of the Beijing Camp was favored by the Emperor.

Gao Qi, the confidant appointed by the emperor, was killed. Instead of being angry, the emperor handed over such great power to such a young man. This shows how much the emperor trusted Zhang Shikang.

Impeachment? Unless you want to die.

Since Zhang Shikang dared to kill even the military supervisor, no one dared to question his words. Even Sun Chuanting, who had been very dissatisfied with Zhang Shikang before, did not say a word.

Hong Chengchou still had his eyes narrowed, staring at the imperial sword in Zhang Shikang's hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

Zhang Shikang glanced at Hong Chengchou and said:

"Master Hong, what do you mean? Why are you closing your eyes? How dare you be so arrogant?

If you don't agree, just say it. Benbo hates people who don't express their opinions but try to trip you up behind your back. "

Among the many generals present, Hong Chengchou was the biggest unstable factor. He had the support of the Donglin Party and had been fanning the flames between him and Yang Sichang.

When Hong Chengchou heard this, he was stunned.

"My Lord, I did not close my eyes, it's just that my eyes are small." Hong Chengchou said quickly.

He had long known about Zhang Shikang's character from his colleagues in the capital, and had no doubt that Zhang Shikang would really dare to chop him off to establish his authority, so he spoke particularly honestly at this time.

Zhang Shikang was just trying to warn Hong Chengchou, and when he saw that he had surrendered, he let him go temporarily. Then he turned his attention to Lu Xiangsheng, the former governor of Xuanda.

"Governor Lu, listen to my orders."

Lu Xiangsheng, wearing armor, bowed and saluted Zhang Shikang.

He basically agreed with what Zhang Shikang had just said. In such a chaotic situation, only absolute authority and strength could make the generals of various military towns obey.

In his opinion, a new official has three things to do upon taking office, and the first person the uncle gave an order to was definitely him wanting him to cooperate.

Since he had already decided to follow Zhang Shikang in the future, he naturally did not hesitate and was very respectful.

"I order you to temporarily take over the post of commander-in-chief and control the various military garrisons.

I give you this Shang Fang Sword. If anyone dares to disobey your military orders in the future, I will kill him with this sword."

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