"That's enough." Chongzhen listened to the chaotic words of the Manchu Dynasty ministers and shouted angrily.

There was silence in the court, and the ministers returned to their places, waiting for Chongzhen to speak.

"I have made up my mind to add the post of governor of the five provinces, and the matter of the moment, Zhong Aiqing should nominate a suitable minister to serve."

Chongzhen's words diverted the attention of the courtiers.

Chongzhen was a very diligent emperor, and he was very smart.

Therefore, for what Wang Zezhi said, he made a decision after a little thought.

Being good at accepting advice can be said to be a very good virtue of him.

First of all, Chongzhen came to the throne in a hurry, and he was not prepared to be the emperor at all.

Secondly, when Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, the Ming Dynasty was already in a state of external and internal troubles.

In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, a severe drought occurred in southern Fujian.

The influx of silver and the extreme inflation of the currency made the situation in the region even worse.

After the Battle of Nuerha Chisarhu in Liaodong, the Later Jin continued to expand the results of the war, occupying Fushun, Tieling, Qinghe, Liaoyang, Shenyang, and Guangning in Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty, and even established the capital in the newly occupied Shengjing, and the troops were directed at Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty.

All of a sudden, the four major towns of the Ming Dynasty, except for Liaodong, Ji, Xuan, and Da were directly exposed to the eyes of the Houjin.

In the southwest, the rebellion of luxury has continued from the first year of the Apocalypse to the present.

In the northwest, disasters and famines continued, relief was continuous, and peasant uprisings sprung up one after another.

The five provinces of the Central Plains, because for many years, Fu, Lu and other vassal kings are in Henan, Huguang and other places, here has become the hardest hit area for the people to support.

In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the treasury was already unable to make ends meet.

Chongzhen's talent is not excellent, and he has not received a good education, he can only rely on the acquired diligence to make up for it, and wants to find a way to save the country in practice.

His acceptance of Wang Zezhi's advice is a kind of practice.

In the court, the ministers began to discuss who should be elected as the governor of these five provinces.

After a while, there was silence in the court.

"General Wang Bing, since you think Yang He is not suitable, then who do you think should be the governor of these five provinces?"

Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the ministry, asked Wang Zezhi.

Everyone wants to be the governor of the five provinces, and they are afraid that the people they nominate will be unfavorable and implicated.

So, in the end, they agreed to let Wang Zezhi say.

In this way, he elects a person to come out, and it is Wang Zezhi who offends people, and if the person he recommends is not good, the person who is implicated is still Wang Zezhi.

"The last general thinks that he should be the envoy of Shaanxi Chen Qiyu." Wang Zezhi held his chest high and said loudly with full of anger.

In history, this Chen Qiyu was a figure who almost destroyed Li Zicheng, and it was right to recommend him.

"Chen Qiyu, this person was quite benevolent when he was the magistrate of Luoyang..."

"This guy is good..."

"Is the qualifications a little worse?"

"Hmm..."

The civil officials in the court muttered as soon as they heard Chen Qiyu's name.

"Oh? What is the basis for Mr. Wang to recommend Chen Qiyu? Chongzhen heard Chen Qiyu's name, and he thought that Wang Zezhi would not be promoted for no reason.

"Your Majesty, when Yang Lian impeached Wei Gelding, Chen Qiyu once risked his life to take a recital, which shows that this person is an upright official.

Chen Qiyu, the deputy envoy of Shaanxi in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, and later reappointed as the right to participate in politics, and now he has been added to the post of inspector, which shows that this person knows the government and knows the soldiers, and the last general is willing to use the head of the person on the item as a guarantee, and elects Chen according to the envoy as the governor of the five provinces. ”

Wang Zezhi knew that Chongzhen hated Wei Zhongxian very much, and according to his heart, it was always right.

"Good.

Spread my will, exempt Fugu and Shenmu counties, pay taxes for two years, and summon Chen Qiyu to Beijing. ”

"Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty."

Chongzhen had a morning of court meetings, and he was already tired.

"Retreat." Wang Chengen understood and sang in class.

The officials of Honglu Temple "sang" after the recital, sounded the whip and drove the joy, and after the holy car retreated, the hundred officials also retreated, and each returned to the yamen to do business.

As soon as Wang Zezhi exited the hall, he was stopped by a small eunuch, and he took Wang Zezhi to the back garden.

Chongzhen had already set up the meal and was waiting for him.

"Then sit."

"Yes."

Wang Zezhi sat down solemnly. Fall in love with the literary network

"Then I should give you a drink."

"Your Majesty."

As soon as Wang Zezhi sat down, he immediately stood up in panic.

"I originally wanted to put on a big feast and invite the ministers of the DPRK and China to celebrate Zezhi's defeat of the tiger and the rabbit in Xi'an Fort, but it is inconvenient for us to talk to the two of us as long as there are many people."

"Your Majesty." Except for these three words, Wang Zezhi really couldn't think of any other words to answer Chongzhen.

"You don't have to be inhibited, you can eat and drink as much as you like."

"Yes."

Wang Zezhi sat down again.

"You broke the thieves in Yuxian County, and then went to Xi'an Fort to defeat the tiger and squat the rabbit, and greatly increased the military prestige, I was very happy when I found out.

I haven't been so happy for many days and nights since I ascended the throne. ”

"This is all the emperor's sage, and the last general also relied on the emperor's grace to get lucky."

Wang Zezhi humbly stood up and replied.

"The battle of Xi'an Fort, although there was no big tiger squatting rabbit, but it didn't matter.

The important thing is that you have proved one thing, for the generals, not in the amount of money and people, but in the word loyalty, the loyal and brave are invincible and invincible. ”

"The last general will thank the emperor for his teachings."

Wang Zezhi just sat down, stood up and replied.

There is always nothing wrong with patting the emperor's dragon fart.

"Hehe..."Chongzhen saw that Wang Zezhi was humble and polite, as a military general, he was not proud of his achievements, and laughed happily.

"You have done me a great favor, a few days ago I took you as a model and spurred those ministers on the court.

They just told me to ask for food, not to say that without food, there would be no big war, and your king would not help me fight a big war, come, then, I will toast you again. ”

Chongzhen raised his glass, Wang Zezhi stood up and raised his glass, and the two drank it all.

"Wang Zezhi obeyed the order."

As soon as the two of them finished drinking, Chongzhen's face suddenly turned grim.

When Wang Zezhi heard this, he immediately knelt on the ground.

"Wang Ze's military exploits are outstanding, his loyalty and courage can be commendable, and he is awarded the captain of the light car on the three grades, and he is given a python robe."

Although Chongzhen is a military rank, it can also be regarded as a third-grade martial artist, which means that Wang Zezhi is no longer a military general without a grade.

"Thank you, Emperor Longen."

"Aiqing, please get up."

In the court, Chongzhen is called the chief soldier, but at the moment he is called Aiqing, it seems that Chongzhen treats Wang Zezhi as his confidant, and even the title has changed.

"I gave you a mansion in the capital, Wang Aiqing rushed to the capital, the journey was tiring, and he should travel in the capital for a few days, and then send him back to office."

"The emperor's grace is vast, and the last general will be grateful, and he will repay the emperor's kindness with death in this life."

"I heard that you have taken in a lot of homeless people."

"Yes."

"After I learned about this, I felt that you could enter the court as an official, and it was not a problem for you to become a general, so you can say it yourself, what reward do you need now?"

"The last general... The last will not dare. ”

When Wang Zezhi heard this, he immediately gave a salute and refused nervously.

He knows very well that a companion is like a tiger, and if he takes it seriously like a stunned man, he is afraid that there will be no good end.

"Alas, where is your courage to fight in Xi'an Fort? Where is the courage of the flat thief who entered Yuxian County at night? Where is the courage to stop and kill Shouyang's thieves?

You are my beloved general, and you are also my thousand-hundred-hundred- ”

Chongzhen sincerely persuaded him.

Wang Zezhi didn't take it seriously, the back of his neck was already covered with beads of sweat, condensed into beads and slipped into his back.

"Your Majesty, the last general has nothing else to ask for, the last general only wants to die on the battlefield, return the horse leather shroud, and be loyal to the monarch to serve the country."

Wang Zezhi knelt on the ground and said sincerely.

Chongzhen was overjoyed, personally helped Wang Zezhi up, and said to him again.

"Remember, you are my beloved general."

Wang Zezhi said yes again and again, and then was taken by the eunuch and sent to a mansion in the capital.

Ever since he entered the mansion, he found that he could not go anywhere but the mansion.

He was placed under house arrest by Chongzhen.