Chapter 167: Father and Son's Private Talk

"Shut up for me" Chongzhen couldn't bear it anymore and slapped the dragon case heavily, and the hall was immediately quiet, and several ministers looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"The thief broke two mansions in one day, and was about to come to the city of Taiyuan, so he didn't want to reject the thief, but he had the leisure to scold a eunuch for being arrogant and domineering.

I want to ask, why is Chang Yu tyrannical, why is he domineering, he was ordered to leave the palace, rectify military affairs, prepare grain and grass, in a short period of time, purge Xuanda Xiaoxiao, strictly punish lawlessness, first, did not cause a military rebellion, second, to stabilize the people's hearts, and more importantly, raised enough food and salary to stabilize the army's morale, and then look at what you have done in the past few months, in addition to talking in the court every day, you have done a practical thing, but you have been a little worried about me"

Chongzhen was indeed angry, if he wasn't forced to do this, if he didn't know that time was short, he wouldn't be able to say this kind of thing on weekdays.

"If this is considered tyrannical, I would like to have more such tyrannical people." Chongzhen snorted heavily after speaking, got up and left, and the prince hurriedly followed.

"Your Majesty, the eunuch is misleading the country!"

"How can the emperor say this, you are guilty of your own edict to show ......"

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There was another miasma of black smoke in the court.

Chongzhen, who was huffing, got out of the Qianqing Gate and went straight to the Qianqing Palace, and then his anger was still not discharged, and he turned over and smashed a few teacups before calming down a little.

"Father, things may still have a turn for the better" Zhu Cihong saw that Chongzhen's anger was almost gone, and then he spoke.

"Everything is in line with your dreams, in line with the will of heaven, what is the turning point" Chongzhen sighed heavily, and suddenly left tears; "This is the death of my Ming Dynasty and the death of my Zhu dynasty."

"Chang Yu! Chang Yu may be the turning point" Zhu Cihong's eyes were firm: "The child believes in him." Because he knew which so-called immortal dream was actually done by Chang Yu, but he couldn't say it.

"What do you believe in him" Chongzhen wiped away his tears, Chang Yu, the eunuch who was born out of nowhere, did bring him a great surprise and surprise, but several dreams were confirmed, and he felt more and more disappointed, this surprise may just be a dream of Huangliang, and he will return to the light before death.

"Although the dream has been repeatedly confirmed, but many details have been overturned, the child's dream of the three towns of Xuanda are due to lack of pay and lack of food, the military heart is unstable and was rebellious Kaicheng surrendered, but at this time the situation is very different, Chang Yu in the Xuanda three mansions, borrowing from east to west, eradicating the treacherous, at this time the grain and grass are sufficient, and the military heart is stable, this is the turning point."

Chongzhen's eyes narrowed into a slit: "In your dream, the thief army arrived in Taiyuan on the sixth day of the first month, and fell on the eighth day of the first month, if Taiyuan is not lost this time, or the time is not right, it is a turning point, is this what it means?" “。

Zhu Cihong nodded heavily: "I learned from the secret report that Zhou Yuji's tens of thousands of troops set up the first line of defense in Jiaocheng, how can the thief army easily rush over, today is the third year of the junior high school, the children don't believe that the thieves can arrive in Taiyuan on time on the sixth day of the junior high school, father, things have taken a turn for the better, you wait a while."

The Ming Dynasty stipulates that the documents such as the Holy Decree and the Military Newspaper in the field are generally intended to be sent to the cabinet and then handed over to the emperor, the original intention is that the cabinet helps the emperor share the heavy government affairs, but everything has advantages and disadvantages, and there are many concealments and seizures, so that the emperor can not get the news in the first time.

But before Chang Yu left the palace, he secretly set up a secret channel with Chongzhen, that is, the line of Jinyiwei, which could send the news directly to Chongzhen without going through the cabinet, which was also the reason why he could grasp the situation on the front line for the first time.

"Three days, there are still three days to see" Chongzhen sighed heavily, and suddenly thought of something, his face gradually warmed up: "Chang Yu is really good, I didn't mistake him."

In Chang Yu's secret report to him, in addition to informing him of the loss of the two cities, there is also a sentence: The rich family donated 300,000 taels of silver.

Chongzhen smiled when he saw this sentence, Chang Yu was able to borrow so much food and salary from the Jin Palace, it was already a big surprise, you must know that this year, if you want others to donate, it is difficult to ascend to the sky, he only got more than 10,000 yuan in the capital as a dignified emperor.

At the beginning of the thief army's crossing of the Yellow River, Cai Maode and a provincial official came to Pingyang Mansion to ask the two county kings of the Jin Domain, Xihe and Jiaocheng, who were sealed in Pingyang, to take the lead in "persuading the gentlemen and the people to donate money", but no one agreed to donate money.

But Chang Yu did it easily, and this 'rich donating 300,000 silver' is even more worthy of scrutiny, who is so generous to donate so much, and Wu Mengming's secret music did not mention this matter at all, that is to say, this money was obtained by Chang Yu through illegal means, and there was no intention of embezzling it privately.

There is another point that makes him secretly surprised, Chang Yu's secret report that Fenzhou Mansion was lost, it is not surprising that he can get this news in Taiyuan for the first time, but Huaiqing Mansion is thousands of miles away from Taiyuan, how did he know, the funny thing is that there is no news from Huaiqing Mansion at this time, but Chang Yu, who is thousands of miles away, sent the news.

This kid just took over the East Factory, and the tentacles are so long? Chongzhen was puzzled.

Chang Yu has been paying attention to the two teams of the thief army's eastern crusade, and may have sent someone to closely monitor the whereabouts of Liu Fangliang's partial division when he left Beijing, Zhu Cihong explained it this way, but he knew in his heart that Chang Yu had known it for a long time, because after all, he had made that dream.

This explanation actually has a big loophole, even if Chang Yu has already arranged the eyeliner, but thousands of miles away, those eyeliners can only send the news to Taiyuan for at least two days, which is not at all in line with the timeline of Chang Yu's secret report, not to mention that those eyeliners should send the secret report to the capital as soon as possible, there is no need to send it to Taiyuan to report through Chang Yu first. But at this time, Chongzhen didn't have the heart to think about these details.

"In the capital above the court, he was scolded for his blood, but he didn't want to have a good reputation outside, Zhu Zhifeng of Xuanfu and Wei Jingyu of Datong both mentioned Chang Yu in their recitals, and there was a lot of warmth between the words" Chongzhen said with a smile.

You must know that civil officials and eunuchs have been antagonistic mortal enemies since ancient times, and there have always been many twists and turns in the impeachment of eunuchs by civil officials, but they have never been seen and praised, Chang Yu broke the record.

"In fact, what the child admires most is his decisiveness in killing, I heard that he met robbers on the road, and the thieves who took the lead in killing fell into the water, and when he came to the kind of snake in Datong Jiang Xuan, he actually said that he would kill it, and he also found such a good excuse to block the mouth of Youyou, which is simply impeccable." Zhu Cihong said that his eyes began to appear stars again, and he really did not lose the number one master in the palace.

Chongzhen nodded heavily: "Troubled times, it's good to kill"

Then he said: "Wang Jiayan is also good."

Wang Jiayan is the new governor of Beijing after Li Guodong was removed, this person is honest and loyal, and he can actually have the power of Chang Yu's assistance to get on the throne.

After this person took the position, he immediately complied with Chongzhen's order, and made a bold move to strictly inspect and rectify the Beijing camp from top to bottom, counted the troops and military resources, and found out the moths in the army.

On the other hand, in addition to investigating and dealing with corruption in the army, Wang Jiayan also began to strictly investigate the abuse of soldiers in Beijing by his relatives and nobles.

Previously, Chang Yu took more than a dozen big nobles overnight, and he really extorted a large amount of silver on the grounds that they used them for public and private purposes.

At this time, Wang Jiayan made another move, and for a while, the nobles in the city were panicked, and they hurriedly drove away the soldiers who were intercepted, and did not dare to commit crimes against the wind.

Wang Jiayan is not Chang Yu after all, he doesn't have the means, he doesn't have the cheekiness, and he is a little tactful in doing things, he doesn't dare to offend these nobles too much, he accepts it when he sees it, and he doesn't delve too deeply.

But in general, Chongzhen, the governor of the Beijing camp, is still very satisfied, of course, there are times when he has a headache, Wang Jiayan proposed to streamline the Beijing camp, verify the lack of additional soldiers, and force the old, weak, sick and disabled to be discharged, which is a good thing, but the pension made him worried, which is a lot of silver.

Although the grand ceremony that Zhu Cihong held in front of the palace in the past few days made him get nearly one million into the account, plus the bail money of the nobles who were seized and imprisoned before, the treasury now has two or three million, but it seems to be a lot, but the Ming Dynasty now uses too many places, natural disasters and man-made disasters continue, and relief is needed everywhere, not to mention that there are still arrears of military salaries everywhere, the border army needs money, the resistance to the Manchu Qing Dynasty needs money, the suppression of Li Zicheng needs money, and the southwest suppression of Zhang Xianzhong also needs money.

"Father, the 200,000 taels of silver from the Datong Dynasty palace must be returned," Zhu Cihong reminded.

Chongzhen nodded, Chang Yu and Wei Jingyu borrowed money and grain in Datong, and Chang Yu planned to repay the debt, and the silver said that it would be repaid within half a month, so it had to be repaid, because this is the time to re-establish the royal prestige, and you can't break your word, not to mention that if you don't change the money from the vassal king on time, the royal face is not good-looking.

Killing Jiang Jiu is Liwei, and in exchange for money, it is Lixin.

The old Zhu family is about to regain its prestige.

"Father, the thieves in Taiyuan are blocked by Chang Yu and Zhou Yuji, but Liu Fangliang, the thief on the East Road, is like a bamboo, and now he has captured Huaiqing Mansion, and Weihui Mansion is in front of him, I'm afraid ...... Do my father and the courtiers have a good plan? ”。

As soon as it came to this topic, Chongzhen almost couldn't control his emotions and smashed the dishes again, the thieves were like a bamboo, and the generals of the Ming Dynasty only cared about surrendering, although he had the heart to dispatch troops, either there were no soldiers to adjust, or they would not obey orders, and the courtiers were not doing business all day long, and were only interested in gossip.

Wu Sangui was still wandering outside the pass, and Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, did not come on the grounds of falling from his horse, only Tang Tong of Jizhen was packing his bags and preparing to go north......

I will kill Liu Zeqing! Chongzhen slapped heavily, Zhu Cihong had already told the dream earlier, and Liu Zeqing really took this as an excuse.

"Father is angry, since Liu Zeqing is not here at this time, Taiyuan has heavy defense at this time, whether he comes or not has little effect for the time being, why not let him go south directly or rest on the spot to wait for Liu Fangliang's troops, and Tang Tong can also let him turn his horse's head to meet Liu Thief at this time."

Chongzhen's eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhu Cihong and sighed for a long time: "My son has grown up, and he already has such a vision, and he knows how to be fickle compared to those mediocre ministers above the court."

"The child is stupid, since he can't bend his edge, he has to go with the flow!" Zhu Cihong sighed slightly.

"Although what my son said is right, but I am the emperor, but I can't break the edge of the ministers, it is really an insult to the royal face, and I am ashamed of the ancestors." Chongzhen brushed his face.

"This time and that time, for the time being, for the time being, after this time, it is not too late to settle accounts after the autumn!" Zhu Cihong smiled slightly, Chongzhen was stunned, and suddenly felt that his son had not only grown up, but also was very unfamiliar, compared to a few months ago, judging the two of them, whether he had experienced too many changes during this period of time, or had he been hiding it before.