There are people in the court who understand, and when they heard Yang Sichang's words, they all shuddered a little, this Yang Sichang seems to be loyal and filial, but he didn't expect to be a ruthless character. [Full text reading. When the disaster is at the head, those who have made great contributions to him can be discarded, Xiong Wencan will never end well this time.

Sure enough, Chongzhen listened to his words, his face calmed down a little, and he returned to his seat, and the eunuch on the side had already sorted out the overturned dragon book case, Chongzhen said: "That is the case, Yang Sichang, what do you say to do?" How to clean up this situation? ”

Yang Sichang said: "Your Majesty, a defeat in Guanzhong is a big deal, but Weichen's worries are not in Guanzhong. ”

Chongzhen was stunned: "Oh? How do you say that? ”

Yang Sichang said: "Xiong Wencan lost to the Qin army, the situation in Guanzhong, the initiative is no longer in the hands of my court, not to mention, what I am worried about is a few people who have just been cared for, Liu Guoneng is upright, it seems that he will not rebel, and Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, it is difficult to say, these two are too insidious and cunning, when Xiong Wencan was not defeated, they were afraid that our official army was strong, but they did not dare how, at this time Guanzhong was defeated, Tongguan was in danger, and Hong Chengchou of Henan had to deal with Li Zicheng, a thief, so it was necessary to mobilize men and horses to reinforce Tongguan and Henan. In this way, Zhang Luo and the others have a chance, so I expect that these two will definitely rebel. ”

As soon as these words came out, many ministers in the DPRK shook their heads again and again, and many people stood up to vouch for Zhang Xianzhong: "Your Majesty, after Zhang Xianzhong surrendered, he was very stable, I heard that he bought a field house in Gucheng, married a wife, and had a very good relationship with local officials. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Zhang Xianzhong is an old man, among the thieves, he has always had a clear name, his rebellion is also caused by hunger and poverty, and now he has money in his hand, he can fish and meat every day, how can he rebel again?"

For a time, the ministers who interceded with Zhang Xianzhong shouted together, and Yang Sichang counted roughly, about twenty or thirty.

Yang Sichang sneered in his heart, he knew that these people had all been honored by Zhang Xianzhong's silver money, and Zhang Xianzhong had also sent someone to send him a huge amount of silver taels, but he refused.

Zhang Xianzhong's approach, in the eyes of ordinary people, is to tie up with the important ministers of the court and protect himself, but in Yang Sichang's view, this is a trick to stabilize the army used by Zhang Xianzhong before the rebellion.

As long as these people say good things for him, and the court relaxes its vigilance against him, Zhang Xianzhong will definitely rebel.

Seeing that the courtiers were talking a lot, and they all said good things for Zhang Xianzhong, Chongzhen had no idea, he asked Yang Sichang: "Are you sure, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai will definitely rebel?" ”

Yang Sichang said: "The minister is not so sure, but he can't trust Zhang Luo and the others." ”

Chongzhen listened to these many discussions, and he felt unsure, so he ordered the dynasty to disperse, and returned to the Qingxin Hall of the harem alone, wanting to be quiet.

The queen brought the tea, Chongzhen took a sip, felt that it was very fragrant, the dryness in his body dissipated a little, he reclined on the soft chair, closed his eyes and recuperated.

At this time, the queen came over with a three-year-old child in her arms, Chongzhen opened her eyes, looked at the queen and the child, and smiled slightly: "Come, give me a hug......"

The queen didn't hand the child over: "Your Majesty, you have been working very hard for several days, so let's come as a concubine." ”

Chongzhen smiled: "Where do you come from, I am in the prime of life, if I can't even hold my beloved, then what kind of emperor can I be?" Isn't it even as good as ordinary people? As he spoke, he took the child from the queen's hand, put it on his arm, and said with a smile: "Cijiong, you have grown so heavy......

This child is his third son, Zhu Cijiong. In addition to the crown prince, Chongzhen likes this son the most, this child is very good-looking, full of heaven, and his eyes are full of love.

Zhu Cijiong sat on his father's arm, touching Chongzhen's beard, which made Chongzhen laugh, and finally could temporarily forget about the bad things in the country for a while.

The father and son were enjoying a rare family fun, and suddenly a little eunuch came to report: "The governor of Huguang has an urgent official document delivered." ”

When Chongzhen heard this, his smile froze on his face, and for a while, he felt that the son on his arm was twice as heavy, and he hurriedly handed the child to the queen and ordered, "Submit it." ”

The eunuch Bingbi presented the official document, Chongzhen opened it and took a look, his face was suddenly cloudy, he snapped the official document and ordered someone to quickly summon Yang Sichang to see him.

At this time, Yang Sichang had just returned home from the court, and before he even took off his court clothes, the eunuch arrived, and Yang Sichang hurriedly got into the carriage and came to the Qingxin Palace to see the driver.

As soon as he saw Chongzhen, Chongzhen showed him the official document, and before he could read it, Chongzhen said angrily: "Sure enough, you guessed it, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai met to rebel and besiege Gucheng, Gucheng County ordered to die unyieldingly, Zhang Luo and the two of them claimed to be 100,000, which caused a disturbance in the entire Huguang, you say, what should I do?" ”

What is said in the official document is the truth.

It turned out that after Zhang Xianzhong sent Li Kang away, he lived peacefully outside Gucheng, but he lived but lived, but he did not stop his activities for a moment.

On the one hand, he sent huge sums of money to the ministers of the court, asking them to say good things about themselves in front of the emperor. On the other hand, he secretly kept sending people to contact Luo Rucai, and the two kept secret letters, both of which were about meeting for the uprising.

These two people are in love, and they rebel wholeheartedly, no matter what kind of official position the court gives, they are not satisfied, in their eyes, unscrupulous murder, arson and robbery is the whole meaning of life. Conquering the world and hitting the state is the greatest happiness.

Therefore, the surrender of Fu Fu is only a temporary measure of rights and interests, Xiong Wencan can't understand this, so he must fail, and this move, Qin Jun and Li Zicheng, both expected.

After reading the official document, Yang Sichang secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was right, in this way, Chongzhen would trust himself more.

Sure enough, Chongzhen was asking him what he thought.

Yang Sichang thought for a while: "Your Majesty, the rebellion of Zhang Luo and the others is not a big deal, in terms of combat effectiveness, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai are only third-rate, among the thieves, Li Zicheng is the strongest, it is considered second-rate, and the real first-class army is our Ming official army." Therefore, Your Majesty does not need to worry too much. ”

Chongzhen sneered: "But the truth is that the first-class people of the official army and the second- and third-rate thieves only have a small victory, but no great success, and they will report victory today and tomorrow, but the thieves are fighting more and more, hum, those generals really treat me as a deaf person?" ”

Yang Sichang said: "There is nothing wrong with reporting success, but the thieves are good at catching strong men, and everywhere they go, they will catch the local youth into the team, if someone does not follow, they will be killed immediately, not only killed, but also beheaded by the whole family, so those young people dare not disobey." ”

Chongzhen said: "The current situation, in your opinion, how is it good?" ”

Yang Sichang seemed confident: "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan. The encirclement and suppression strategy of the four positives, six corners and ten nets offered by the previous ministers has been very effective, and it may as well be followed. And this time, Weichen is not talented, and is willing to supervise the army to suppress, first extinguish Zhang Luo's anti-thieves, and then enter and suppress the Qin army in the pass. ”

When Chongzhen heard this, his face finally brightened: "If Yang Qing personally supervises the army, it would be the best, but I want to listen to your strategy of attacking." ”

Yang Sichang had already thought about everything last night, so when he heard Chongzhen ask him, he was even more arrogant and talked eloquently: "Your Majesty, Zhang Luo and the two, although there are many people and horses, they are mostly rabble, and it is easiest to defeat them, as the saying goes, eat persimmons and pick up soft pinch, and the two Zhang Luo at the moment are soft persimmons, and they must be eliminated before their wings become hard." Therefore, I think that these two bandits must be fought first. At present, Guanzhong is defeated, if we go to fight the Qin army in Guanzhong, it will be protracted and not easy to win, and take this opportunity, Zhang Xianzhong Luo Rucai will desperately develop his own people, therefore, the minister wants to defeat Zhang Luo and the thief first, it is best to capture or kill these two people alive, and never suffer in the future. ”

Chongzhen nodded again and again: "Go on." ”

Yang Sichang said: "As long as you destroy Zhang Luo's thieves first, and then Your Majesty asks Hong Chengchou to deal with Li Zicheng exclusively, and the army of ministers and overseers enters the pass to destroy the Qin army, and the two-pronged attack will be successful." ”

Chongzhen said: "Sun Chuanting led 100,000 horses, but did not dare to start a war, Xiong Wencan succeeded Sun Chuanting, but the defeat was lost, the Qin army won this big victory, completely occupied the center, it is not impossible, if it is not eliminated as soon as possible, it will become a big disaster in the future." Have you thought of this? ”

Yang Sichang said: "The minister has thought about it, but from the perspective of Weichen, even if the Qin army occupies Guanzhong, it doesn't matter too much." ”

Chongzhen was stunned: "How do you say this?" ”

Yang Sichang said: "The Qin army is said to have been resurrected from the underground palace of Qin Shi Huang two thousand years ago, and they are eager to restore their homeland, so since they were born, their attention has been all on Guanzhong. Even if that King of Qin is really the resurrection of Qin Shi Huang, if he wants to unify the world again, wouldn't it be a fool's dream. In his time, the Seven Kingdoms were divided and their forces were scattered, but today, the Ming Dynasty is unified, and the strength of the official army is more than a hundred times greater than that of the Qin army, so the Qin army in Guanzhong is not to worry. The minister has an idea, I don't know if His Majesty can listen to it. ”

Chongzhen said: "Tell me about it." ”

Yang Sichang said: "Since we can't destroy the Qin army right now, it's better to appease it." ”

Chongzhen shook his head lightly: "This anti-thief is not like Zhang Xianzhong and others, they have been stubborn to the end since they captured Huayin, where will they accept the court's appeasement?" ”

Yang Sichang said: "This is not necessarily. Although the Qin army won this battle, but in my estimation, the losses are not a few, and they are also greatly injured, if we force too quickly, the Qin army will definitely stand up to the last breath and fight to the death with the court. At that time, the official army was dragged in Guanzhong, and Zhang Xianzhong and others took the opportunity to sit big and crisscross the Central Plains. Your Majesty might as well reward him with a heavy knight and stabilize the Qin army in Guanzhong. As long as they don't make trouble for three or five months, the minister can wipe out Zhang Luo's anti-thieves, and it is not too late to destroy the Qin army. ”

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