After Xiong Ming, the secretary of the Ministry of War, went to quell the rebellion in Shandong with all his might, Chongzhen returned to the harem irritably, but suddenly became confident: "Hmph, my Ming Dynasty has gone through 12 generations, 16 emperors, 17 dynasties, and more than 250 years of national ancestry. ”

Therefore, he had an idea, and could not help thinking, "In that case, why don't I leave all these annoying notes to the courtiers to deal with, and I can rest for a while, and test their abilities and loyalty." ”

After making up his mind, Chongzhen really lived a leisurely life with peace of mind. When Concubine Tian was pregnant, she was happy and accompanied her day and night.

It is said to be leisurely, but in fact, every day there are battle reports and reports of the recital. Chongzhen has already developed the habit of watching the music, and if he doesn't watch it for a day, he will feel as if he is missing something. Looking at it, Chongzhen never dealt with it, and left it all to the courtiers.

On this day, it happened that Lu Xiangsheng repelled the Liukou's recital. Chongzhen couldn't help but be surprised: "It's only been a few days, and the Liukou actually attacked Gyeonggi from remote Shaanxi, and the courtiers are incompetent, it seems that I can't rest anymore." ”

While thinking about it, Chongzhen had arrived at the Wenhua Palace, and when he saw that the courtiers were there, he suddenly threw the music in his hand on the imperial case, and said angrily: "What the hell is going on?" ”

The courtiers saw that he did not come to the court for many days, and once he came to the court, he was actually thundered and angry, and no one wanted to touch his head, so they lowered their heads and did not speak.

Chongzhen knew their mentality, didn't bother to deal with it, turned to Xiong Mingyu and said: "You are the Ministry of War, tell me, what is going on with Lu Xiangsheng?" ”

"It's a good thing that Lu Xiangsheng repelled the Liukou, why is he still thunderous and angry?" Xiong Mingyu was suddenly asked by him, but he didn't come back to his senses, he thought secretly, and said: "Lord Lu defeated the Liukou and guarded the safety of Gyeonggi, which is gratifying." ”

Chongzhen knew that he would be wrong, and laughed angrily: "Lu Xiangsheng repelled the Liukou, naturally he has merit, what I ask is, why did the Liukou suddenly attack Gyeonggi?" ”

When Xiong Mingyu heard this, he secretly praised Zhou Yanru as an official, and he was busy: "After Hong Chengchou took over as the governor of the three sides, he greatly changed Yang He's strategy and made every effort to clean it up. Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi, was incompetent and allowed the Liukou to sit big.

Some time ago, the minister and the first assistant had already adjusted Song Tongyin, and sent two more armies to clear the ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Chongzhen interrupted him and asked, "Since you have sent people to clear it, how did they attack Gyeonggi?" ”

Xiong Mingyu couldn't tell for a while, for fear of offending people, and didn't dare to talk nonsense, he eagerly remembered that Hong Chengchou didn't seem to have any backstage, and snorted: "This has to be blamed on that Hong Chengchou, it was he who drove the Liukou to Shanxi, otherwise, how could the Liukou take advantage of the situation?" ”

Chongzhen said angrily: "The answer is not what you asked, nonsense, oh, Hong Chengchou has cleared out the rogues in his jurisdiction, according to your words, not only is it useless, but he is guilty?"

Hmph, if the officials of the imperial court are like Hong Chengchou, take care of their own affairs and watch their own doors, where else will they go to find rogues in this world? ”

Xiong Ming was embarrassed, and quietly went to see Zhou Yanru, Zhou Yanru understood, and was busy going to see Zhang Chenji, the imperial historian.

Undoubtedly, at this time, Yu Shi spoke to the mouth, which was the best way to solve Xiong Ming's trouble.

Zhang Chenji naturally understood this truth, and after responding with a smile, he secretly thought: "It's naturally good to help Xiong Ming solve his difficulties, and more importantly, Cao Wenzhao, who has made great achievements but can't get fair treatment, we have to help him, and it can be regarded as retaining talents for the country."

In addition, Wu Shengsheng, the inspector of the imperial history, also valued him very much, and mentioned to us more than once, last time, Wu Shengsheng also helped us, so we might as well return this love together. ”

Thinking secretly, Zhang Chenji stepped forward and said, "Liukouguo is from Shaanxi. There was a general named Cao Wenzhao in Shaanxi, who was known as prestigious, and the gentry and common people made up songs and ballads to praise him, saying, 'There is a Cao in the army, and the western thief is afraid when he hears it.'" ’。

Previously, he had also killed Wang Jiayin, the leader of the Liukou, in Shanxi, and was familiar with the situation in Shanxi. Now that the thieves in Shaanxi have been wiped out, the minister suggested that the emperor order him to lead his troops into Shanxi to help encircle and suppress the thieves. ”

Chongzhen glanced at him and said, "Okay, according to Zhang Aiqing's words, I ordered Cao Wenzhao to go to Shanxi as soon as possible." ”

After speaking, he said: "I can't figure it out, you are either full of Confucianism, or strong in martial arts, seeing what is going on in your head in the sky, why can't you be like Zhang Aiqing and worry about me?" ”

Hearing him say this, Xiong Mingyu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and looked at Zhou Yanru and Zhang Chenji gratefully, these two were also looking at him, and they each smiled knowingly.

Chongzhen didn't have the slightest intention of dispersing the dynasty, paused slightly, and said, "Is there any news from Tongnu?" ”

Xiong Mingyu said: "After Huang Taiji retired from the army, he carried out a series of reforms in imitation of us, and was busy preparing to conquer Mongolia in person, where can he take care of us?" ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he said, "Oh, if there is anything you need help from in Mongolia, just help." ”

Xiong Mingyu hurriedly answered, secretly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and secretly thought, "Well, it's time to disperse now, right?" Fuck, where is this in the court, it's clearly a passing court. ”

secretly thought that he had lost face, and he was unwilling. Suddenly, remembering an incident, I thought that this incident would definitely save some face for myself, so I didn't know if I was praised, so I hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Enlighten the emperor, on the orders of the emperor, supervise the relevant armies, and make every effort to quell Kong Youde's rebellion, and now there are results." ”

Chongzhen was about to ask about this, but he didn't want him to take the initiative to say, "Oh", and asked, "What's the result?" ”

Xiong Mingyu wanted to say it in person, but unexpectedly, because of excitement, his brain was empty, and seeing Chongzhen looking at him eagerly, he simply took out Zhu Dadian's recital in his sleeve, and respectfully handed it to the eunuch and handed it over.

Zhu Dadian's recital just arrived today, and Xiong Mingyu hadn't had time to see it, so the reason why he wanted to say it himself was naturally because of this.

Obviously, Xiong Mingyu's heart was bottomless, and seeing Chongzhen watching it seriously, he couldn't help but think: "Let's treat Zhu Dadian well, Zhu Dadian's recital will definitely be written according to what we told in advance, and it doesn't matter if it is handed over directly to the emperor." ”

But I didn't know that Zhu Dadian lamented the losses suffered by Shandong, so he didn't listen to him and played truthfully.

He was still thinking about it here, Chongzhen was furious after reading it, and said sharply: "Xiong Mingyu, do you think Shandong has a merit in quelling the chaos?" ”

"Well, meritorious, the emperor is joking, right?" Xiong Mingyu was dreaming, and when Chongzhen asked him, he couldn't help but tremble, but he was still thinking about it, and his eyes looked at Chongzhen pitifully.

Chongzhen glanced at him coldly, and then said: "Oh, you used so many troops, countless losses, and actually let the first rebel escape to Tongnu with more than 10,000 people, as well as Hongyi cannons and manufacturing craftsmen to finance the enemy, you say, what kind of fucking credit do you have?" ”

Xiong Mingyu felt that if he didn't speak, he was undoubtedly admitting his guilt, and when he was about to say a few words, Chongzhen didn't give him time to speak, and continued: "Not only that, in this battle, Xu Congzhi, the governor of Shandong, and Xie Lian, the new governor of Denglai, were killed by the rebels, and more than a dozen generals such as Ding Sihou, the deputy commander-in-chief, Cheng Zhongwen, and Zu Banglou, as well as the new king of science and technology, came to hire me to die bravely, can you still think that it is a credit?"

Whoever comes, Sun Yuanhua and Zhang Tao, who bear great responsibility, abandon the city, Song Guanglan and Wang Zheng are sent to the army, Xiong Ming is relieved to listen to the investigation, Zhang Fengyi takes over as the secretary of the military department, and quickly sends people to deal with Liu Yulie, who is unfavorable in battle, and Wang Hong, who fled first in fear of war, to Beijing for questioning. ”

After speaking, seeing that the courtiers were about to speak, he said: "No one is allowed to intercede, and whoever intercedes will be guilty of the same crime as others." Scattered Dynasty. ”