Although the courtiers were dissatisfied, they didn't dare to show it, after all, the emperor had spoken.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the general soldiers of Datong are guilty.

When the court is asleep and despises the court, it is a violation of etiquette and law, and it is not to be connived.

Falsely talking about the rebellion of thieves and robbers in northern Shaanxi is unsubstantiated, and this move is inappropriate.

Otherwise, everyone will follow suit, and everyone will open their mouths, which will definitely cause the court to collapse, please think twice. ”

He Rupet, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, suddenly went out of class to speak.

He Rupet, the word Kanghou, the number Zhiyue, the south of Tongcheng people, ancestors from Wuyuan County, Huizhou Prefecture He Tian pit migration.

Mingshenzong Wanli twenty-six years jinshi.

If he is a pet and erudite, he was elected to the Hanlin Academy and awarded the title of Jishi.

Hearing of his father's illness, he returned home to visit; His father died, and he kept filial piety for three years.

After returning to Beijing, he was awarded the editing and revision. The mother is old, take leave and go home to support. He and his brother Rushen made an appointment, and the two brothers did not go out at the same time, and if they went out, one of them would be by his mother's side.

In the thirty-ninth year of Wanli, if he applied for the military salary, he went home after the event, and then went to the capital if he was a pet, promoted to Zhongyun, and moved to the right concubine. When a certain Zhongshu was favored by the emperor, he was in power, such as the favor and the left concubine Zhao Shisheng were both relocated officials, and many people persuaded them to visit Zhongshu, but they were refused.

Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, the second Wei was punished, the court used He Ru pet as the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, and then changed to the Ministry of Rites.

What he said still carried a lot of weight, and Chongzhen had to pay attention to it.

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"Seconded."

The boss of the Ministry of Rites spoke, and these ministers hurriedly followed.

Chongzhen was a little embarrassed for a while, one side was the military general he had just received, and the other side was a Manchu courtier.

If all these people are against him, the court will be in chaos, and the kingdom will be unstable.

After Chongzhen hesitated for a moment, he still decided to punish Wang Zezhi.

"Wang Zezhi does not follow the etiquette law, and someone comes..."

"Shaanxi bad news, Shaanxi bad news, Shaanxi bad news!"

Before Chongzhen finished speaking, someone ran towards the main hall with an urgent military report.

"Bad news? What bad news? ”

"Shaanxi..."

"It can't be a thief, right?"

The ministers in the court shrank their necks one by one and muttered nervously to each other.

"Your Majesty, in early June, Wang Jiayin, a native of Shaanxi Fugu, led the crowd to make a rebellion, and Wang Er of Baishui County, Shaanxi Province led the crowd from Chengcheng to vote, and his crowd gathered 10,000 people.

Breaking the Fu Valley, attacking the sacred tree, all the civil and military officials of the two counties were killed.

Then the rebels turned to fight in various places in northern Shaanxi, attacking the town and seizing the village, breaking the prison, opening the granary, the hungry people in Shaanxi responded one after another, and the followers were like clouds, and now the thieves and soldiers have reached 50,000 or 60,000 people.

In mid-June, thieves all over Shaanxi rose up when they heard the news.

Shaanxi Ansai Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, the king of Shaanxi Suide, the king of Shaanxi, Zijin Liang, Zhang Yingjin, the king of chaos, the king of the king, the left hanger, the Luochuan Zhang Cunmeng, the number is not muddy, all responded to Wang Jiayin's call to make a rebellion.

The officials and soldiers of Shaanxi are rushing to kill from east to west, and the thieves are wandering around to fight, so they can't help the thieves in the slightest. ”

Chongzhen was shocked when he heard this, stumbled down from the dragon chair, and asked angrily.

"What about the Governor of the Trilateral Force? What does he eat? Straw bales, a group of straw bales. Chongzhen ran to the lobby and stomped his feet angrily.

The official who reported the news shuddered, took out another urgent report, and read it out in a careful low voice.

"The Guyuan border soldiers were short of pay, and the soldiers took advantage of the starvation of the people to rebel together and loot the Guyuan Prefecture Treasury.

Governor Hu Tingyan and Governor Yue of Yansui passed the buck to each other.

The mutineers robbed the state treasury and joined the starving people.

Shaanxi Governor Hu Tingyan and Yansui Governor Yue Hesheng reported that all parts of Shaanxi were being plundered.

The governor of the three sides, Wu Zhiwang, was afraid of becoming ill, and in June Wuyin, he committed suicide in the Guyuan Governor's Palace. "Qiyin

The news was like a bolt from the blue, and the court was in an uproar.

"It's changed, it's changed, it's changed." Only Wang Ze was the only one in the court hall who crawled on the ground and muttered to himself.

It's all messed up, everything is ahead of schedule.

It's like the Nomi card effect, because of his appearance, the whole plane is thrown out of order.

The courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty were like ghosts, and they all stared at Wang Zezhi who was crawling on the ground.

Wang Zezhi raised his head, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and smiled brightly.

Although it was inappropriate to laugh at this time, none of the courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty stood up and dared to say half a word.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu sighed even more and bowed to Wang Zezhi to apologize.

Chongzhen was like being struck by lightning, staggering, and unstable, Wang Chengen was alert, and immediately stepped forward to support him.

"The minister of the second rank and above, where is the general of the border pass?" Chongzhen calmed down, walked steadily onto the dragon chair, and sat upright.

"The minister is here."

"The end will be."

The ministers above the second rank and the border generals bowed down and waited for Chongzhen to speak.

As for Wang Zezhi who was crawling on the ground, no one dared to take a second look.

"I want to hear your plans to beg for thieves, so please speak freely."

"Minister, risking death to speak, the people are changing with the water gang, and the Guyuan soldiers have changed very much, and the minister thinks that if there is a million taels of silver, it can not only quell the rebellion, but also show the grace of heaven." The secretary of the military department, Wang Qia, went out of the class to speak.

"Whether it is a rebellion or a mutiny, it is a crime of great rebellion, and I will give money to appease them.

Today, Shaanxi has been appeased, and tomorrow Henan, Huguang, and Sichuan will all ask me what to do if I come to ask for money?

Do I have to appease them with money?

Quelling a rebellion will not solve the problem with silver.

For these rebellious people, I can use the Jinyi Guard, the Royal Forest Army, and the Shenji Battalion, and I will send them all out to suppress them, and I will be able to destroy these rabble in one fell swoop, and use the prestige of the Ming Army. ”

Chongzhen doesn't have any silver, let alone a million, there is no one in the treasury of 100,000 countries.

"The emperor must not, if all these three armies are sent, the Beijing division will definitely be empty in defense, and it will give the Tatars and Houjin outside the Guanwai an opportunity.

Moreover, if these three armies are exhausted, it will inevitably cause a larger-scale rebellion in the whole territory of Shaanxi, and the gains will outweigh the losses at that time. ”

Wang Qia knelt on the ground and persuaded in a deep voice.

"Doesn't Wang Shangshu know that in troubled times, heavy canons should be used?" Chongzhen was displeased.

"Your Majesty, the ministers know about those rebellious soldiers, they rebelled and rebelled, just to have a full meal, the emperor knows, the household department has not allocated a penny of food for ten months.

As for the hungry, it was just for a full meal.

If they hadn't been cornered, they wouldn't have rebelled. ”

Wang Qia spoke earnestly and explained solemnly.

"Oh?"

Chongzhen was moved by Wang Qia's words, and had the idea of settling it with silver.

"Bi Aiqing, the household department may come up with a million taels of silver?" Chongzhen inquired about the beginning of the household department, and Bi was strict.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, now there are only 100,000 taels of silver left in the household, the minister is holding this bit of silver, just like grabbing a handful of sand, the more careful the minister, the more cautious he is, the faster he will use it." Bi Ziyan knelt directly on the ground and began to plead guilty.

"Without this money, the rebellion in Shaanxi can't be resolved." Wang Qia said to Bi Ziyan beside him.

"Don't say one million taels, even if I give you all these 100,000 taels, it will also cost me my life.

Do you want me to die, you come to be the head of the household department when I die.

You just order directly, come, give the old man a knife. ”

"Lord Bi, the household department is in charge of the financial resources of the entire Ming Dynasty, if Lord Bi can't even take out this million taels, who in the world will believe it." Wang Qia said sarcastically to Bi Ziyan.

"Lord Wang, the Ministry of War is in charge of the soldiers and horses of the world, and you actually sit back and watch the hungry people and rebellious soldiers in Shaanxi, how does your Ministry of War govern the army?"

"Enough, I'm not going to listen to you quarrel, I'm asking you to come up with a way to quell the chaos."

Chongzhen heard enough of these prevarications, and shouted to stop the two from continuing to prevaricate.