Gu Tong agreed very much: "Lord Xiong said the same thing. [No pop-ups. He said that Sun Chuanting was domineering and domineering, and could not tolerate others, according to the villain, what was even more terrifying was that this person had a strong desire for human rights, and he asked for more troops, probably because he wanted to threaten the court. ”

Yang Sichang nodded very appreciatively, he felt that Gu Tong was very shrewd, and he actually said what he wanted to say. This is also what Yang Sichang said in his heart, but he didn't say it to Chongzhen, he just didn't want to completely break with Sun Chuanting so soon, because after all, at this time, Chongzhen still values Sun Chuanting in his heart, and he wants to leave this word until the most important time, and when the time comes, he is confident that he will use this sentence to completely kill Sun Chuanting.

It's just that at this time, he couldn't admit what Gu Tong said, so he still said in an official tone: "Mr. Gu is too worried, although Sun Chuanting has a strong desire for power, but what you said has the meaning of self-reliance and rebellion, Sun Chuanting still won't, he is still loyal to Daming." ”

Gu Tong also reacted, and hurriedly smiled: "Exactly, the villain is thinking too much." ”

Yang Sichang said: "As soon as the holy decree is made, Sun Chuanting will definitely be annoyed. And at this time, he didn't dare to resist the decree, what do you think he would do? ”

Gu Tong said: "Naturally, I obeyed the order and attacked the city fiercely." ”

Yang Sichang smiled and shook his head: "I don't think he will attack the city, because Sun Chuanting knows very well that Xi'an City is impossible to conquer for a while, and under the onslaught, the losses will not be mentioned, there will be no progress, and the saint will no longer trust him." By that time, his subordinates would resent him, and the saints would no longer trust him, and Sun Chuanting would be deposed. If Sun Chuanting wanted to understand this, he would never attack the city. ”

Gu Tong said: "But if he doesn't attack the city, he will resist the decree, and his head will fall faster." ”

Yang Sichang tapped his thigh with his fingers: "Naturally, he doesn't dare to openly resist the decree, but I think he must have a way to disobey the yang and the yin." Look, in a few days, he'll be playing tricks. ”

Sure enough, a few days later, Chongzhen received a fold from Sun Chuanting, opened it and took a look, and immediately got angry, threw it on the ground, hating and hating.

Yang Sichang hurriedly stepped forward, picked up the fold and looked at it, so he sneered repeatedly.

Chongzhen said angrily: "Sun Chuanting is so hateful, he actually called himself sick, said that he was deaf, could no longer lead the troops to fight, and asked to return to his hometown to recuperate, and now it is a matter of the safety of the Ming Dynasty, but he retreated from the battle, where is the loyalty, where is the shame." ”

Yang Sichang looked at the angry Chongzhen, stepped forward and said in a low voice, "How is Your Majesty going to decide this matter?" ”

Chongzhen said: "Doesn't he want to recuperate? Okay, I'll let him recuperate, I'll get rid of his officials, and let him go home and be a common man." I want to see, without him Sun Chuanting, my Daming can still die! ”

Yang Sichang secretly thought in his heart, while Chongzhen was on fire, those words should be said, so he said: "Your Majesty is generous and benevolent, and he is still gracious to the courtiers who do not obey the order, and the ministers are really unrespectful, but there is one sentence, the ministers are nested in their hearts, do not vomit or be unhappy, and please Your Majesty not be angry." ”

At this time, Chongzhen's most pleasing to the eye was Yang Sichang, and when he heard him say this, he said, "You can talk about it." ”

Yang Sichang said: "A few days ago, the minister said to His Majesty that Sun Chuanting always asked for additional troops, which would make it cost a lot and increase the burden on the court and the people, but there was another thing that I didn't dare to talk about at that time. ”

Chongzhen was stunned: "What are you talking about?" ”

Yang Sichang said: "That is, why did Sun Chuanting ask for additional troops one by one. ”

Chongzhen said: "Didn't he say that Xi'an City is difficult to conquer, and there is a team of thieves outside the city, which is often disturbed, and the addition of troops is to deal with this army." ”

Yang Sichang said: "The minister has already found out that the army that Sun Chuanting said is only three or four thousand people, and now Sun Chuanting has 100,000 male soldiers, how can he be afraid of these thousands of people?" Besides, if Sun Chuanting couldn't even deal with these thousands of thieves, then how could he deal with the 20,000 thieves in Xi'an City? Your Majesty also knows that Sun Chuanting once broke Gao Yingxiang's 50,000 horses with 20,000 people, what kind of majesty is that, why did he become so timid as soon as he arrived in Xi'an City? ”

Chongzhen frowned, he thought that Yang Sichang was right. Sun Chuanting used 20,000 horses to defeat Gao Yingxiang's 50,000 male soldiers, and captured Gao Yingxiang alive.

Yang Sichang looked at Chongzhen's expression, knowing that he had fallen into confusion, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, so he continued: "Therefore, the minister thinks that Sun Chuanting is by no means cowardly, and what he is thinking about in his heart is not the thief army of thousands of people, but has other plans. ”

Chongzhen nodded again and again: "What Aiqing said is extremely true, tell me, what are his plans?" ”

Yang Sichang said: "The minister didn't dare to speculate, for fear that he would say something wrong and be falsely accused." ”

Chongzhen smiled: "Words come out of your mouth, into my ears, outsiders don't know, just say it, I won't blame you." ”

Yang Sichang said: "Your Majesty must know the Zhonghui at the time of the Three Kingdoms." ”

As soon as these words came out, Chongzhen's heart was shocked.

He read history books extensively, how could he not know this history. Zhong Hui was a famous general of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, Sima Zhao was in power and sent him to destroy Shu, but after Shu surrendered, Zhong Hui listened to the words of Jiang Wei, a general, and wanted to stand on his own feet according to Shu.

Now that Yang Sichang has moved out of this person, the allusion is self-evident.

Chongzhen glanced at Yang Sichang, then turned his gaze to the letter of Sun Chuanting, and did not speak.

Yang Sichang knew that Chongzhen had moved his mind, but he couldn't think deeply, so he continued: "Zhonghui was holding heavy troops at that time, the so-called generals were outside, and the king's order was not affected, Sun Chuanting besieged Xi'an, and never attacked, but he still wanted to add troops, Yichen guessed, maybe he had the intention of doing Zhonghui." ”

Chongzhen waved his hand to stop Yang Sichang, he stood up, walked around the hall a few times, and asked, "How can Sun Chuanting dare to do this?" You know, it's not the Three Kingdoms at this time, and I have a stable Ming dynasty, so he won't be unclear. ”

Yang Sichang has already had a remark: "The minister naturally knows, so it's just a guess, but now it's different, the minister heard that Sun Chuanting is very strict in governing the army, and he is very honest, and all the rewards he gets are given to his subordinates, and they don't go into his own pocket at all." Moreover, the minister also heard that every time Sun Chuanting won a victory, only a small amount of the seized money was handed over to the treasury, and most of it was privately distributed to his subordinates, so his subordinates were grateful to him. ”

Chongzhen patted the dragon case and said angrily: "Damn, Sun Chuanting bought people's hearts, what do you want to do!" ”

Yang Sichang also continued: "Sun Chuanting is resourceful, and has the style of a famous general, won the support of his subordinates, the more troops he added, the more powerful he became, and at that time, whether the country suppressed the thieves or resisted the Manchurians, it had to rely on him Sun Dashuai." Your Majesty is deeply alluded to, didn't Liu Yu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Zhao Taizu of the Song Dynasty all start like this? ”

That's a lot of power.

One is a general, the most feared thing for the monarch is that the heavy troops are in hand and do not listen to the dispatch, so since ancient times, military power is the top priority of a country, after Zhao Taizu ascended the throne, a glass of wine released military power, is afraid of the rebellion of his generals. Now Sun Chuanting has 100,000 male soldiers, which is not enough, and it seems that his heart is unpredictable. But Chongzhen was not a fool, and asked rhetorically: "But now that he is sick, what does it mean?" ”

Yang Sichang pondered for a moment before he said: "From Weichen's point of view, this is him trying to threaten Your Majesty." ”

There was a faint murderous aura in Chongzhen's voice: "How do you say this?" ”

Yang Sichang said: "Since ancient times, changing generals in battle is a taboo for soldiers, and he Sun Chuanting will not know that at this time he is sick, just to see His Majesty's jokes." To put it bluntly, it is to see who can command this team without him Sun Chuanting. ”

Chongzhen said: "Aiqing is saying that even if I send another person to replace Sun Chuanting, I can't command his men?" ”

Yang Sichang nodded: "Since ancient times, fierce generals must have proud soldiers, and the minister just said that Sun Chuanting gave kindness to his subordinates in exchange for the loyalty of his subordinates, and the minister dared to assert that at this time, the 100,000 male soldiers had become Sun Chuanting's private soldiers." ”

Chongzhen was furious, and his words reminded him of Yue Fei. Back then, Yue Fei flew to the Northern Expedition and triumphed all the way, but Zhao Gou, the king of the Song Dynasty, recalled him to death, a generation of famous generals, and left with grievances. Many people are saying that it was Yue Fei who wanted to welcome back the second emperor, and Zhao Gou was afraid that his throne would be unstable, but Chongzhen knew that Zhao Gou's mind was by no means what most people thought.

In the final analysis, he is not afraid of the second emperor returning to Beijing, what he is afraid of is that Yue Fei has a heavy army, which is really difficult to control. Once Yue Fei has the intention of rebellion, who can resist it! You must know that the 100,000 male soldiers under Yue Fei at that time were known as the Yue Family Army.

The same is true now, once these 100,000 people become Sun Chuanting's private army, then even if Sun Chuanting doesn't want to rebel, his generals may force him to rebel. Zhao Taizu back then, didn't he do that?

But Chongzhen was not a faint monarch after all, he looked at Yang Sichang and asked, "If it is really as Qing said, how should I decide this matter?" ”

Yang Sichang said: "Sun Chuanting secretly showed grace in the army, his heart was unpredictable, and he used illness to threaten the court, and his deeds were bad, and the ministers thought that if he was not punished severely, it was not enough to reassure people. ”

In these words, there is already a murderous intention.

Since ancient times, for those who rebel or have the motive to rebel, the court's general strategy is to kill without mercy.

When Yue Fei died, wasn't it also An's "trumped-up" crime?

But Yang Sichang is also very shrewd, he knows that Chongzhen means to let him say the word "kill", and then whether Chongzhen kills Sun Chuanting or not, it is instigated by him Yang Sichang, if it is found out that it is the wrong killing in the future, then the blame will also fall on his head.

Therefore, he only said heavy punishment, and never said the word killing.

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