The capital, the Imperial Palace.

In addition to sometimes holding various ceremonies, the Huangji Hall is actually rarely used for the upper dynasty, the Ming Emperor deals with political affairs, generally placed in Fengtianmen, Qianqing Palace, etc., and the real core of power is in the cabinet and the Qianqing Palace Dongnuan Pavilion. The Imperial Palace, like the platform, only holds some ceremonial ceremonial ceremonial activities.

However, recently, there has been a constant flow of people in the Imperial Palace, and frequent court meetings have been held here again and again.

Those dressed in red and blue robes, embroidered with the complement of the crane, the complement of the golden pheasant, the complement of the unicorn, the complement of the hedgehog, and the jade belt and the rhino horn belt around the waist, the well-dressed beasts had different expressions on their faces, but their mouths were in strict accordance with the etiquette regulations to worship Chongzhen on the throne.

Emperor Chongzhen looked expressionlessly, looking at the etiquette of this whole set of strict systems carried out by these officials below, long live the mountain and worship the dust. This kind of unnutritious thing made him quite bored, and he deeply realized why Emperor Shenzong was unwilling to go to the court to face this group of ministers, in addition to attacking each other, fighting for power and passing the buck, but few people could come up with an effective solution to the problem.

His heart was not without sorrow: "This is my servant. ”

After some etiquette, the monarchs and ministers are in place. Generally speaking, Comrade Chongzhen is very numb to the previous court, and every day is nothing more than constant quarrels, and he is neither too lazy to listen to nor to care, of course, he is also unable to care.

But today, he felt extremely keen, as if he had five senses and seven orifices, and although the ministers had not yet spoken, he felt a strong smell of gunpowder.

Really. Soon someone fired the first shot: "Your Majesty, the minister impeached Ning Yuanbo, and ordered the governor of Jimen, Tianjin, Shandong, Denglai and other places to fight and defeat Li Shouhan repeatedly, abandoned the city and lost land, led the people to be plundered, the lives were ruined, and humiliated the majesty of the Ming Dynasty." Please ask His Majesty to take him to prison and hand it over to the priest to ask for the guilt! ”

When Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, heard this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, what a Confucian opinion! Repeated defeats. Abandon the city and lose the land. The people are plunged into an abyss of misery? If this can be convicted, it is estimated that the local officials and leaders of the Ming Dynasty will each die several times!

Unexpectedly, today's imperial historians seem to have already communicated with each other, and this person just spoke. Immediately, several people went out to second: "The minister seconded the proposal." Ning Yuanbo and Li Shouhan have always been arrogant and rude. He is proud of his strong soldiers and horses, rich in money and food, and has no monarch father. and under his rule. The cultural relics and legislative system are different from the Ming Dynasty, and the ambition of the wolf is obvious. ”

The minister also seconded. Li Shouhan was not only ambitious, but also accustomed to looting the people's wealth, and under his rule, he set up clever projects, exacting taxes and miscellaneous taxes in an endless stream, and all merchants of goods entering and leaving were required to pay heavy taxes, so that the people were not able to make a living. ”

Just when Donglin Zhong was attacking Li Shouhan with great interest, a disdainful cold snort suddenly came. The people couldn't help but look in the direction where the sound came from, and couldn't help but be a little annoyed, it turned out that it was Zhu Chunchen, the backstage of the Jingying Gentleman, the noble leader of the DPRK, and the veteran Duke of Chengguo.

The first to attack the imperial history must be horizontal. The two eyes were wide open, and the voice in his mouth was like a bell: "May I ask what is the opinion of Cheng Guogong?" ”

Zhu Chunchen unhurriedly saluted Chongzhen on the throne and said: "The minister also seconded the proposal, Li Shouhan should indeed be killed." However, before killing Li Shouhan, the minister asked His Majesty to kill all the people who were guilty of the same crime as Li Shouhan, Hong Chengchou and Fu Zonglong. Then send these adults to fight the thieves, and if it is insulting to the mission, kill these adults again. Anyway, these adults have vast magical powers and important identities, and if they want to come to Guangning, 100,000 pixiu are not more than a feather, the southern middle armor soldiers are just a little dust, the Central Plains thieves are all local chickens and tile dogs, and the anti-thieves in Liaodong are all ants gathering and swarming. These adults flicked their sleeves, talked and laughed and told the world that the world was peaceful and quiet after death, and the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty was expected, so why let the above-mentioned traitors mislead the country and harm the people? ”

"You ......" A few imperial historians didn't expect Zhu Chunchen to say such a thing, and he was suddenly suffocated, his face was red, and he opened his mouth to stammer, even though there were thousands of words, he couldn't play it. I didn't expect Zhu Chunchen to use such hooligan methods to deal with the mouthpieces who have always played hooligans! Because the facts are very clear, as Zhu Chunchen said, now the life of the Ming Dynasty is in the palm of Li Shouhan's hand, but you don't know how to impeach, what do you want to do? If you want to die, let the emperor give you a ride.

Seeing that several imperial histories were speechless for a while, Zhu Chunchen said with a mocking face: "Don't think that only you will be impeached, those rabbit cubs in Beijing also have something to say." After speaking, he turned to Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know if Your Majesty has ever read the latest newspaper in Jingying." Yesterday the minister received a letter from home, in which he scolded Shandong officials for fearing the enemy, avoiding war, greedy for life and fearing death. said that their 3,000 battalions would win every battle, and Jiannu was terrified and forced to avoid them. If the Shandong officials can cooperate to resist the enemy, if any city can hold out for three days, 3,000 battalions will arrive. It's a pity that to this day, no city in Shandong can hold on for two days. So much so that Weichen's relatives ridiculed that Shandong officials were brave when they collapsed at the first touch, and they fled when they heard the wind for the middle brave, and they fled for the wind when they looked at the wind. And there are many braves, and there are few braves. The 3,000 battalions were dragged to death by the fat and thin because of the incompetence of the Shandong officials. ”

Zhu Chunchen's words made Chongzhen and all the ministers change their faces, in fact, everyone knows many things, but they always feel that it is inconvenient to expose them, and now Zhu Chunchen has pierced this layer of window paper, so that all the things that can see the light and the light are exposed, and everyone feels very embarrassed for a while.

Of course, the most embarrassing thing is the group of imperial historians who impeached Li Shouhan just now, but since they have come to this point, they can only be stubborn to the end.

"Your Majesty, the minister learned from the book of the 3,000 battalions that the soldiers of Ning Yuanbo's department, in order to ensure the safety of Jinan, marched day and night, and rushed to the front of the Jiannu thieves with tens of thousands of foot soldiers. The soldiers of the 3,000 battalion did not get off the saddle for several days and nights, and galloped for hundreds of miles to drive directly to Jinan. If it weren't for the soldiers under the command of Ning Yuanbo and the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp who fought so bravely, I am afraid that Jinan would be reduced to a bloody situation again! ”

"Your Majesty, Hugh listened to Cheng Guogong's words, Jingying was mostly his relatives and friends, these people followed Li Shouhan to reap the benefits, of course they spoke to Li Shouhan. Of course, Shandong officials are responsible for failing to defend the city, but it is a fundamental matter. It was Li Shouhan's improper measures that caused Abatai to crisscross Shandong, as if he was in a no-man's land. ”

This was no less than stabbing a hornet's nest, and there was immediately a buzz of discussion in the noble queue.

"Ning Yuanbo's measures are inappropriate, and other people's measures should be taken seriously? Did the prince have a strategy for guarding Jinan? Countermeasure?! ”

"The Liao thief has been in the Kou three times before, which time is not like entering a no-man's land? Shouldn't the other generals who lead the army be punished? ”

"Back then, Yuan thief Chonghuan bewitched Shengcong, and said that he had been leveling Liao for five years, and he recommended Yuan thief, but he was punished in the slightest? Zuo Kunshan plundered the prefectures and counties, slaughtered good people, and saw thieves hurrying away. Raise your own self-respect. Has the person who recommended this person ever been punished? ”

"Say that Jingying has taken the benefits? The biggest advantage is that the emperor has obtained an elite army that can defeat the Liao thieves! ”

These discussions undoubtedly gave Zhu Chunchen a strong momentum and represented the opinions of the entire Xungui group. They have been suppressed and bullied by the civilian clique for many years, and they have long been resentful. Now there is such an opportunity. How not to come out and smash black bricks to punch cheaply? I've listened to that. Zhu Chunchen had a smug smile on his face, and was just about to speak, when suddenly a person jumped up and scolded: "The erector is vain!" ”

Everyone looked at each other. It was Li Guozhen, the uncle of Xiangcheng, who spoke, and saw that this uncle of Xiangcheng's beard was trembling and panting like a cow, and he showed his arms and sleeves to make a look of being about to beat someone, and everyone hurriedly stopped him, which did not turn the court into a boxing ring. Seeing that he couldn't beat people directly, Xiangcheng Bo angrily said to Yu Shiyan, who was the first to attack: "Wait for the next court, the old man will fight all over the house, and he will also slaughter your erection." (Sun Tzu, there is a Ming Dynasty version of not leaving after school?) ）

After speaking, he said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, you must also know that the bunnies of the Shenji Battalion and the Three Thousand Battalions, how can any of them have a family that is short of money?" All eyes are above the top, unruly. There are many gentry and giants in the capital, and you can see which one can make them obedient. All of them pretend to be rangers, and they drink prostitutes and pheasants every day. For the sake of a drama prostitute, these bunnies can directly beat people half to death. The old man is in charge of the Beijing camp, and when he talks about these things, he can really anger the old man. But since following Ning Yuanbo to Shandong, these rabbit cubs are all promising. Lao Chen just heard that this group of monkey cubs could break through tens of thousands of bandits with Ning Yuanbo's subordinates, and he was still skeptical. But later, there was a good news of the defeat of the powerful army of the slave chief Abatai, claiming to have beheaded more than 300 levels, and seized countless armor, weapons, and horses. Therefore, the old minister sent a powerful confidant to personally see what kind of virtue these rabbit cubs in Shandong had become. As a result, this is unbelievable, the rabbit cubs of the Shenji Battalion can walk thirty steps and queue up, and the boys of the 3,000 battalions ride their horses to rush into battle like a wall, and that look is that the three major battalions of Grandpa Cheng and Qi Shaobao's Zhejiang soldiers are nothing more than that. When the people I sent saw this, they told me that if Jiannu dared to fight these rabbit cubs, it would be cheaper for them to behead them for 300, and they would run fast. ”

After speaking, Xiangcheng Bo said to the imperial historians: "I want to ask the lords, which of you can guarantee me that in such a short period of time, these monkey cubs of the Shenji Battalion and the Three Thousand Battalions will be trained into such elites, so that the emperor has a hundred elite soldiers in his hands." If any of you can guarantee it, how much grain will be needed, and the old man will be bankrupt and sell iron. However, if you can't do it, the old man will impeach you for slandering loyal ministers and good generals, and framing the soldiers of the Beijing camp. ”

For a while, Yushi had nothing to say, but he couldn't just admit defeat, so he had to bluff and say: "Who knows if this military merit head was given by Ning Yuanbo, anyway, Ning Yuanbo doesn't care about these hundreds of Jiannu heads." ”

But soon, the person who said this knew one thing, and there were some things that he didn't dare to say.

Before he could understand what was going on, he felt his body first soar slightly, and then a huge fist flew towards his face, and with a single blow, he was knocked out of the air. What's even more subtle is that when he landed, he actually kicked five feet at the same time. But fortunately, the quasi-head of the three feet is basically close to the footwork level of the national football team, and the kick was not hit. But the remaining two acupuncture points kicked him firmly, and immediately kicked him like a beaten wild dog.

Although it shows that it is not uncommon for the ministers of the court to fight in the court, and even kill people, but after all, there is really a decent injury in front of the Son of Heaven. However, perhaps because of the creation of a democratic atmosphere in the cabinet and the imperial court, and the creation of a coordinated government structure of small government and large society, it is normal for other Min Zhu regimes that we are familiar with to engage in lively debates between the body and soul at the slightest disagreement. Chongzhen on the throne. actually looked at this qiē as usual, like an audience observing a boxing match, and even there was a hint of schadenfreude at the corner of his mouth.

"My son fought a bloody battle with Jiannu, and he was wounded in many places, but he was determined to serve the country and fight again. What are you?! ”

"That's it! Beat! Hit this dog crow hard! ”

From time to time, there were angry shouts and curses from the crowd that surrounded the imperial history, and the sound of fists and kicks being added.

In the next minute, the envoy fully appreciated what it means to kick and sell teammates. Needless to say, seeing the emperor's look, the other envoys suddenly looked at their noses, noses, mouths, mouths, and hearts. watched this wonderful lap kick with a stern face. It's like fighting just a wild dog, it's really hot and cold.

After kicking in the circle happily, the group of nobles who beat people wept bitterly one by one. An old man took the lead in kneeling down and cried bitterly to Chongzhen on the throne: "Your Majesty! You have to call the shots for the minister. The old minister's unsuccessful son was cultivated by the emperor and sent to Ning Yuanbo's command to listen to it. The previous bloody battle with the elite of Jiannu. He was wounded by four arrows. Two stab wounds, one burn, and one arrow piercing the armor. Fortunately, it only shot through the shoulder and did not hurt the five organs. However, he was grateful for His Majesty's kindness, broke the shaft of the arrow, and fought again, and one person won three Jiannu heads, and went down to the battlefield and lay in bed for a few days without moving. My son does not seek to be a high-ranking official of His Majesty, but only to share his worries for His Majesty, to make meritorious contributions to the imperial court, and to be a thief of the Ming Dynasty. As a result, he was falsely accused by a traitor. The old minister doesn't want to live, the old minister begs His Majesty to give permission, the old minister will kill this fang for my Ming court, it's a big deal that the old minister will pay for his life! ”

Before Chongzhen could play a round, another person said: "Your Majesty, this person has always been hostile to the soldiers of the Beijing camp, and has personal grudges with the soldiers of the Beijing camp. I heard that before the Beijing camp was released, he relied on the power of the imperial history to bully men and women in the market, but he was stopped by several Beijing camp officials who were brave enough to see righteousness and righteousness, and this fang never succeeded. There must be resentment, so the public weapon is used for private purposes, and he seeks revenge in front of His Majesty. ”

Everyone present from the cabinet ministers to the six ministries and the nine ministers Han Zhan Kedao, hearing this, their expressions were much richer. Silently translated this into standard human words: The sons of several of us once fought with this product in Yihong Courtyard for the first brand, and this product held a grudge because of this. Today's incident is clearly that this guy came to take revenge by virtue of the authority of the imperial history!

Seeing that it would be too unreasonable to see that he didn't care about it, Chongzhen spoke: "Chengguo Gong and Xiangcheng Bo don't need to be angry, you two are the ministers of my shares, and the pillars of the country are highly respected, how can you be as knowledgeable as such people?" Come on, drive out this man who is not good from the bad, and the loyal and treacherous. Jiaobei Town Fusi Haosheng asked to see what his purpose was, whether he colluded with the Liaodong anti-thieves, or was he entrusted by the traitor to accept bribes to casually frame my loyal ministers and good generals? ”

When Yushi, who was beaten half to death, had more breath and less breath, was carried out by seven or eight Han generals like a dead dog, Xu Xianchun, the commander of Jinyiwei, quietly explained to a Lang Zhong who followed closely from the official department: "Do you understand what the emperor meant?" Go back and tell your officials Lord Tianguan, you all know what to do, so you don't need me to say more, right? ”

"There are also those of your Dali Temple and the Criminal Department. Be sure to ask for a charge of accepting bribes from traitors and casually framing Ning Yuanbo and the loyal and brave soldiers of Jingying. I also want to preserve the reputation of the lords. ”

"My lord's kindness, we all understand it. Please also end this person early, don't have any more branches! ”

After dealing with the matter of the imperial history, Chongzhen said to Chengguo Gong and Xiangcheng Bo: "Although I dare not call the lord, but the bloody battle in Beijing is hard, and I know in my heart that whoever dares to talk about it again is a father without a monarch." But the two of you also have it, the court is a place of discussion, how can you fight at will, don't take it as an example, forget it this time. ”

Chengguo Gong and Xiangcheng Bo hurriedly asked for guilt, and the ministers also asked for guilt, Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "Okay, there is no need to be like this, these are all trivial matters, and the urgent task now is how to assist Li Aiqing to quickly solve Abatai, I don't know if Zhongqing has a good plan for this matter?" ”

These adults and gentlemen have always been quick to think for their wives and children, and they have the courage to fight for the party, but when it comes to national and military affairs, these gentlemen have become mud puppets in the temple, standing there one by one, speechless. The court suddenly changed from a pig killing farm just now to an ancient tomb in the deep mountains.

Chongzhen saw that no one spoke, so he said to himself: "I have made up my mind to fully support Li Aiqing, since the Shandong officials are afraid of the enemy and not afraid of me, then what use do I want them?" I have three kills, those who fail to defend the city, those who fear the enemy and avoid battle, and those who cooperate with the enemy to report the news. Regardless of whether you have any objections or not, I will issue this edict to the cities of Shandong, Denglai, and Liaodong! In addition, if the Shandong officials can't fight the enemy desperately, I will send their whole family back to the west, and all the family property will be used as the military salary of the Beijing camp, Ning Yuanbo's subordinates, and Shandong officers and soldiers! ”

At this time, Li Shouhan, who was far away in Shandong and was constantly troubled in order to travel all over the country, inadvertently became a sworn enemy in the eyes of civil officials and Donglin gentlemen again.

Emperor Chongzhen's will completely cut off the possibility of reconciliation or even collusion between him and the civilian clique. (To be continued......)