On the tenth day of the first month of February, after Chongzhen got the news that Kong Lin was burned, he was immediately shocked. Although it is clear that Dongyu has been in the Kou for so long, and has killed so many people and burned so many cities, the Holy Forest is not an ordinary place.

It is a sacred place in the hearts of scholars in the world. Now it's actually burned by a fire from the east.

"Every time the captives go deep into the Central Plains like this, as if they are in a no-man's land, how good!"

He walked up and down the palace, pausing and sighing from time to time. While sighing, he saw Hong Chengchou's excerpt of pleading. Although the text in the compromises is written with great sincerity. But the meaning of the words is the same meaning - the reason why he didn't expect Dongyu to set fire to the holy forest was because he was worried about state affairs and to guard against the son of Deshizi.

even vaguely revealed another meaning - this is for Your Majesty and for the Ming Dynasty.

This Hong Chengchou is quite good at making excuses. Well, when he said that, it seemed like it was all because of me!

"Alas, Hong Chengchou, it's useless at all, it's really too disappointing!"

He said in his heart that he put all his grievances on Hong Chengchou, and mentioned that Zhu had written an edict to blame Hong Chengchou for fearing the enemy and avoiding war, and working in vain, he really wanted to find someone to replace Hong Chengchou, but he couldn't think of a suitable person.

"Let him go for now! Now that Zhu Ciying is rebellious, she can't do without him in front of her! ”

Although it was Kong Lin who was burned, Chongzhen, as the emperor, also had to express it, thinking about it, Chongzhen still had to issue an order to comfort the Kong family, so it was okay to comfort the Kong family, but just like that, how could he appease the world's scholars?

It's a little hard to do!

Then the distraught Chongzhen continued to sit behind the imperial case and continued to review the documents. This imperial case, he has been on the top for thirteen years to review various documents, all about military affairs, personally wrote countless edicts, but from the first day after sitting in the imperial case, every time he faces this imperial case, he will worry. The various notes piled up on the case every day and the newspapers in various places are like a hill, and there is never any paper that will make him happy. These documents are either reports of the famine, full of shocking words such as "thousands of miles of red land" and "easy children and food", some are reports of "rogue thieves", and there are tragic scenes of rogue bandits running rampant and people cut off, and some are reports of what prefectures and counties were destroyed after the eastern captives entered the country, how heavy the killings were, and how many people were taken captive......

Papers like these would be delivered to his desk every day, and he didn't want to read them, but he had to, and sometimes, he wanted to kick them over.

Now, his heart is particularly heavy.

In the future, it is estimated that there will be more bad news about the rebellion......

For example, the eunuch guarding the town of Shandong was beaten to death by the rebels!

Not to mention that those riotous people were instigated by others, even Song Xuezhu disobeyed the order...... Sure enough, it's traitors everywhere!

Where will my loyal retainers be?

Although he was afraid of accessing the documents with bad news, he was very uneasy about his subordinates, and he had long developed a habit of "doing everything himself".

Although he didn't read the papers, but thinking about the rebellion, countless questions popped up in his heart, and he really couldn't understand how he had come to this point, breaking the ancestral system and letting him lead the troops. That's a lot of trust. With such a great kindness, why can't he be considerate?

Now he not only captured Nanjing, but also occupied Yangzhou.

I only thought that there might not be Nan Zhili's salary this year. Chongzhen felt that his scalp was numb for a while, and the daimyo couldn't do without the grain and tax money there.

Now what?

If there is no food and no salary, how can you fight?

He thought about it like this, suspicious, and had to put down the red pen in his hand. At this moment, Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the celebrant Bingbi, walked in with a document and respectfully placed it on the imperial case. Chongzhen was afraid that there would be another bad military situation or famine, so he asked suspiciously.

"What paperwork?"

"Emperor Qi, this is the transcript of the second auxiliary fan, and the clerical room was sent to the master of ceremonies and supervisors just now."

Fan Fucui...... What's the matter with him? ”

"He was worried about state affairs because of his rebellion and self-reliance, and begged the Lord of Long Live to send him to supervise the reinforcements in the towns."

Chongzhen was suddenly overjoyed when he heard this.

"What? He's going to inspect the towns and reinforcements? ”

"Yes, my lord, he said that he could make the rebels quit."

Strike?

Will he strike out?

If he strikes...... It seems unlikely!

In fact, if the kid is guilty and agrees to the boycott. I don't necessarily have to lock him up in the high wall of the central capital, he returns to Jinan to continue to be his son, and leisurely become a vassal king.

In fact, how good it is to be a vassal king, leisurely and comfortable do not need to worry about state affairs, if it weren't for the fact that the imperial brother had no heirs. How can he become an emperor, why do you have to work day and night for state affairs like now.

I worry about the people of the country and the country all day long, and I am worried about the country and the country of my ancestors. Hey, when you are an emperor, how can you be an idle vassal king?

Don't you like to rob people's daughters?

How could an emperor have the time to do such things?

I can ignore these sins. But you're going to have to quit.

The country that the ancestors fought down can't be left in the hands of you, my uncle and nephew.

Of course, Chongzhen had this idea in his heart, he couldn't tell anyone. In fact, he was very jealous of this nephew in his heart, how could he have set up the merits of comforting his ancestors' souls in the sky?

Because when he didn't expect this, he had mixed tastes. I'm afraid only he knows the taste.

Let's not talk about that now.

The most important thing now is to get this matter right.

Could it be that he Fan Fucui really had a way to convince that kid to quit?

"Yes, Emperor."

"Read it to me! Read it to me! ”

The eager tone revealed how urgent Chongzhen's mood was. After all, now the capital is running out of food again. That kid still occupies Yangzhou.

Scofa damn it!

Why did you let him go to Yangzhou in the first place, why didn't you let him go to fight Dongyu! Don't you know what I told him to go south? When he went to Yangzhou, he suddenly cut off the grain in the capital!

Sure enough, it's damn bad!

Wang Chengen picked up Fan Fucui's recital and recited it in a tone rich in modulation and frustration. The words in the song were written passionately and generously, full of loyalty and patriotism, which moved Wang Chengen so much that his voice trembled, and Chongzhen was of course also very moved, and he couldn't stop smiling and nodding while listening, his eyes flashed with tears, and at the same time he said in his heart:

"Rare! Rare! I still have loyal ministers! ”

When the recital was finished, Chongzhen had already made a major decision, and he was originally thinking about who would replace Hong Chengchou, but now he had a suitable candidate.

So he commanded decisively.

"Go, quickly draw up a decree for me, and send Fan Fucui to replace Hong Chengchou, the governor of the world, and the soldiers and horses."

"What about Hong Chengchou?"

Wang Chengen asked timidly.

"Let him come to Beijing to listen to the survey!"

Wang Chengen's heart jumped, and he secretly glanced at the emperor's face, and saw an angry look flashing on the emperor's face. He knew that Hong Chengchou had not lost the battle, but Hong Chengchou had not made any contributions, and now Kong Lin had let his family burn down, and the emperor would always give an explanation to the world!

He Hong Chengchou just confessed!

After guessing the emperor's thoughts, Wang Chengen went out to draft the decree according to the emperor's instructions. As soon as he walked to the porch, he was called back by the emperor. He bowed down and stood solemnly in front of the emperor, waiting for new orders. But Chongzhen didn't say anything, obviously he couldn't wait for the eunuch Bingbi to draft the decree on his behalf, so he picked up a wolf pen and quickly wrote an edict:

"Auxiliary Minister Fan Fucui invited the superintendent, and his love words were generous, which was very gratifying. The auxiliary minister immediately went to the Qinghe army, the governor of the town, and the camera to do things, in order to secure the country. To Hong Chengchou, the superintendent for a long time, the division has no attack, the fear is not moving, to the east of the whole army and return, it is really hateful, and immediately go to the main and various positions, come to Beijing to listen to the survey, Qin this! ”

Although this decision was made, Chongzhen also knew in his heart that the current ministers had high prestige and experience, and only Hong Chengchou could sit in Liaodong to resist the Qing soldiers for him, and it was best for him to forgive his mistakes and make him more aware of the Thanksgiving Chart.

Let's deal with it a little first, let him realize that the thunder and rain are all Jun'en!

When Chongzhen thought about it, the anger in his heart subsided a little, but he still felt extremely anxious and heavy, almost every time. Looking at the contents of the paperwork, he threw down the paperwork, leaned back in his chair, looked up at the roof of the palace, and whispered to himself:

"Well, what to do? Rogue gangsters are rampant! Now Henan is full of hungry people, in case these rogue thieves can't be quickly extinguished, the spark can start a prairie fire! …… So what should we do then? ”

Thinking about it, just when Chongzhen's heart was worried about the rogues. As soon as the eunuch left, Wang Chengen, the eunuch of Bingbi, came in with a letter and respectfully placed it on the top of the imperial case.

"Whose notebook?"

When Chongzhen asked, he couldn't help but feel a fur in his heart, is it a bad thing? When will there be a few good things! Now he even misses the "good news" that Zhang Chun brought back when he came back, although it was Zhu Ciying's Shenyang, it was always a good thing for Daming.

"It's Yan Shenggong Kong Yinzhi."

"What's the matter?"

Chongzhen's brows furrowed, it must have been Yan Shenggong Kong Yinzhi crying about the burning of the holy forest.

"He played Hong Chengchou to support the troops to avoid the battle, fornicated with Dolgon, sat back and watched the captives leave the country, and blocked the reinforcements from taking prisoners......"

Chongzhen glared at him, picked up the song of Yan Shenggong Kong Yinzhi and took a cursory look, and understood the whole content, and scolded hatefully:

Hong Chengchou ...... Damn it! ”

Wang Chengen knew how unreliable the words of Yan Shenggong Kong Yinzhi were, but he didn't dare to confide a word in his mouth.

Yan Shenggong Kong Yinzhi's recital may not be reliable, but the problem is that his words have reached the emperor's heart!

The Holy Forest was burned because Hong Chengchou had no relationship with the emperor. Therefore, Your Majesty, you must severely punish Hong Chengchou, so that you can give the world an explanation!