At this point, Xiong Mingyu, the secretary of the military department, did not dare to hide it anymore, and took Chongzhen's pleasure to report the matter.

Since the last time the court made a decision, Chongzhen always felt that there was something wrong, but he couldn't think of it even if he wanted to break his head. It wasn't until the birth of the third son of the emperor, Zhu Cican (later crowned king), that Chongzhen stopped thinking about it.

At this time, Chongzhen had just gone to see Zhu Cican, the third son of the emperor, and he was happy in his heart, and when he heard the report, he said unhappily: "Why did you report it at this time?" ”

Xiong Mingyu said truthfully: "Kong Youde also originally belonged to Mao Wenlong's old department, these people are resentful in their hearts, and from time to time someone will come out to rebel and make trouble, but the scale is not large, as long as they are suppressed, they will be wiped out."

I don't want this time to be different, Kong Youde took advantage of the unpreparedness of the government, colluded with internal and external parties, developed rapidly, and repeatedly succeeded in Shandong. ”

Chongzhen let out an "oh", and the inappropriate feeling in his heart immediately came up again, and he immediately had an answer: "The army is actually in chaos, what is the problem, it is not effective supervision." If we had strengthened supervision, even if we couldn't stop the turmoil, we would have been able to let me know about it early and take precautions in time.

But who will be sent to oversee the army? Send courtiers? Definitely not, these people have their own agendas, and they may cause even more trouble. Hmph, if you want to send someone who can only shoot me trustworthy. The question is, who can I trust? ”

Chongzhen pondered and meditated, and his eyes suddenly flashed: "Yes, the people around me, they are dangling around me all day long, I don't believe them, who else can I trust?" But they're all eunuchs.

In this way, wouldn't I have to go back to what the imperial brother did back then? The imperial brother's approach back then was all Wei Biao's suggestion.

It doesn't matter whose advice it is, as long as it's valid, whose advice can't be used?

In fact, although Wei Gelding is authoritarian and chaotic, what he has done is not completely unreasonable. I was so wrong to dethrone even the reasonable part of it......"

Seeing that he only looked down and pondered, Xiong Mingyu thought that he had said the wrong thing again, and said uneasily: "The matter of Shandong, please ask the emperor to decide." ”

Chongzhen was thinking about it, but he interrupted his train of thought, and he was unwilling, so he raised his head suddenly, and did not answer his words, and asked, "Is it unstoppable?" ”

Xiong Mingyuyan couldn't hear his unhappiness, so he was secretly startled, and hurriedly said: "It's controllable." ”

Chongzhen was relieved and said: "Suitable talent, I am thinking, the reason why there are many disasters is due to poor supervision, therefore, I decided to restore the old system and resend the eunuchs out of the city to supervise the army."

In addition, he ordered the eunuch Zhang Yuxian to pay the money and grain of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Labor, concentrate forces, strengthen scheduling and coordination, and ensure that all good steel is used on the cutting edge. ”

The eunuch went out of Beijing to supervise the army, and almost caused a catastrophe during the Apocalypse. After Chongzhen ascended the throne, it was abolished. At this time, Chongzhen actually had to recover again. The courtiers didn't know what they were thinking, and they all said, "It's not appropriate, the emperor." ”

"Wrong? Hmph, let you collude with each other and deceive me, is it all right? Let me tell you, I am not like the emperor's brother, and I can't let you come nonsense. ”

Thinking secretly, Chongzhen said, "Isn't what I said clear enough? Enough to understand, this is my decision, don't discuss it anymore. ”

"What's wrong with him?" The courtiers were puzzled, and when they saw that Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren and others also lowered their heads and did not speak, they could only give up.

Since the last confrontation between the courts, Zhou Yanru began to support and enable the Donglin Party members to contain Wen Tiren. In order to achieve his goal, Zhou Yanru tried his best to keep a low profile, and never spoke much until the critical time.

Wen Tiren was thinking: "What should we do about such things decided by the emperor?" Let's just keep an eye on Zhou Yanru. ”

Thinking about it, he peeked at Zhou Yanru, and saw that he lowered his head and didn't speak, so he couldn't help but think again: "Why didn't he speak?" Want to keep a low profile? No way.

Hmph, there is such a big mess in Shandong, is there no problem of improper employment? There must be, and when we get the chance, we'll have to burn another fire for him.

Last time, the emperor clearly had doubts about him, and this time, even if he couldn't bring him down, at least he had to make the emperor's doubts about him deeper. ”

Having made up his mind, Wen Tiren was patiently waiting for the opportunity.

Chongzhen's most annoying thing is that as soon as he speaks, the courtiers immediately talk non-stop, but they have their own opinions, and it is extremely difficult to unify. After Zhou Yanru became the first assistant, this situation has changed significantly. Therefore, he is quite satisfied with the current cabinet.

Seeing that the courtiers no longer squeaked, Chongzhen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, since there is no one to oppose it, this matter is settled." As for Shandong's affairs, since it is controllable, it is up to Xu Congzhi, the governor of Shandong, to make his own decisions. ”

Wen Tiren didn't know much about the situation in Shandong, but he thought that the opportunity to slander Zhou Yanru had come, and when Chongzhen finished speaking, he stepped forward and said: "The emperor is sage, but the minister thinks that the reason why Shandong has caused trouble must be the problem of improper use of people, who should bear this responsibility?" ”

After speaking, he involuntarily glanced at Zhou Yanru.

"Fuck, this Wen Tiren has a black belly, and he declares war with us everywhere. Hmph, since you declare war, we will fight, how can we let you take advantage? ”

Zhou Yanru scolded secretly, and was thinking about how to speak, but saw Liu Erzhi, the great calligrapher of the household servant, stumbling in, and shouted in his mouth: "The emperor is wise, send reinforcements quickly." ”

Chongzhen knew that Wen Tiren was slandering Zhou Yanru, which was exactly what he wanted, but he didn't think much of Wen Tiren's words, and he didn't want to mediate these two in the middle. ”

Liu Erzhi kowtowed and said: "The minister's hometown, Laizhou, is now suffering from the scourge of the rebels, and the minister is worried, so he lost his honor, and I ask the emperor to forgive me." ”

Chongzhen turned to Xiong Mingyu and said, "Laizhou is also in Shandong, right?" Why didn't you hear about it? ”

Xiong Mingyu was afraid of Chongzhen's criticism, so he hid this paragraph, not wanting to be exposed by Liu Erzhi, he was very embarrassed, and insisted on his mouth: "The minister has never received a report, I really don't know." ”

Liu Erzhi glared at him angrily and said word by word: "Isn't it?" Such a major event, Shandong dare not report? Isn't Lord Xiong trying to hide something? ”

Xiong Mingyu said angrily: "I'm just truthfully forwarding it to the emperor, joke, is it necessary for me to hide it?" ”

Chongzhen said: "Yes, is it necessary for Xiong Mingyu to hide it?" ”

Liu Erzhi knew that Chongzhen had a preconceived idea, and had already believed Xiong Mingyu, and said hurriedly: "As far as the minister knows, the rebels are indeed besieging the minister's hometown, and those who fell into the encirclement are the new Shandong governor Xu Congzhi, the new Denglai governor Xie Lian, the Laizhou prefect Zhu Wannian, and the general Yang Yufan who came from Tongzhou to help, Peng Youmo, the general of the Shenji Battalion, and other civil and military officials.

Xu Congzhi, the governor of Shandong, was unfortunately killed by enemy artillery at the head of the city; Sun Yinglong, a Liao general who came to aid from the sea, fell into the rebel Kong Youde's trickery and was killed when he landed; Zhu Wannian, the governor of Laizhou, was arrested while negotiating with the rebels, and was taken hostage, bravely and unyieldingly, and unfortunately died, injuring tens of thousands of people.

Your Majesty, Laizhou's important geographical location is extremely important, and the loss of Laidi will cause serious consequences of 'facing the north in the middle of the terrier' and 'the unspeakable people in the world'. ”

"Is this true? Otherwise, how could he say it so sincerely? Could it be that Xiong Mingyu dared to hide it? No, he had no reason to hide it. ”

Chongzhen thought secretly, and didn't distinguish the truth from the fake for a while, turned to Xiong Mingyu and said, "You are in charge of the military department, you say, what should I do?" ”

Xiong Mingyu said: "Lord Liu's hometown has changed, and his heart should be concerned, and the minister suggested that he order Zhu Dadian, the military commander of Tianjin, to take over as the governor of Shandong, and lead the Shandong officials and troops to quell Kong Youde's rebellion. ”

Liu Erzhi wanted to say more, Chongzhen was a little annoyed, and said: "Okay, just follow Aiqing's suggestion, but the result must be reported to me and disperse." ”