At the wine table, Wang Chengen only drank three glasses before getting drunk.

He started shaking his head and talking nonsense.

He told Wang Zezhi that after Chen Qiyu was imprisoned, the courtiers elected Yang He as the new governor of the five provinces.

In the early years of Chongzhen, thieves raged in Shaanxi and Shanxi, and Zeng Shangshu pointed out that the rise of "thieves" was "always due to famine, and the people were not able to make a living."

Yang He put forward the strategy of "appeasement first, supplemented by pursuit and suppression".

Yang He believes that in the final analysis, the rebels are still ordinary people.

If you kill too many people, it will damage the vitality of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is more difficult now, so you can't kill people indiscriminately, and you should train more people to come out.

Yang He's cultivation of the vitality of the small people, the vitality of the feudal territory, and the vitality of scholars and doctors is not a general talk, but aimed at the murderous intent in the minds of some high-ranking officials.

In the case of Chen Qiyu's failure to suppress the thieves and the courtiers' strong recommendation, Emperor Chongzhen realized this intention and gave instructions on the song to "cultivate vitality, today's priority" and expressed his approval.

However, the cabinet officials in power thought: "This knowledge is useless." ”

It is not time to cultivate vitality, and it is determined to squeeze out Yang He, who does not follow the trend and expresses his own opinions, from the central government.

As a result, Yang He became the new governor of the five provinces.

He told Wang Zezhi that these ministers in the court were not thinking about the country, but for their own selfishness, and sent Yang He to the position of governor of the five provinces.

Don't think that this position is very good, the last governor of the five provinces, Chen Qiyu, is a good example.

Thanks to Yang He's efforts, the appeasement policy achieved a certain degree of success, and almost all the anti-thieves in Shaanxi accepted Zhao'an.

The reason why he will go so smoothly is because Chen Qiyu has already laid a good foundation for him.

Chen Qiyu wiped out most of the anti-thieves with the strength of the five provinces, and the rest were defeated by the remnants of the thieves.

Even a big thief like Wang Jiayin was killed.

There is another point, that is because Chongzhen took 100,000 taels of private silver from his small treasury to Yang He, and the vassal kings of Shaanxi also donated 50,000 taels of silver and 20,000 stone rice grain.

Wang Chengen is very worried about this.

Both the courtiers and Chongzhen knew that these silver and rice grains were just a drop in the bucket for the thieves in the entire Shaanxi region.

When the silver and rice grain are used up, it will be the time when the war will break out again in Shaanxi.

The courtiers roasted the crane on the fire.

The courtiers supported him because they hated him and wanted to squeeze him out of the court and kill him.

The reason why the emperor supported him was to save trouble.

In the eyes of the courtiers, it was best for Yang He to die in office, if he didn't die, he would have survived, and his fate would not be much better.

The reason why Chongzhen supports him is that a dead horse is a live horse doctor, and Chen Qiyu, who is in the main battle, has already been defeated, and he doesn't know who else to count on.

Second, he only gave 100,000 silver, and if he could quell the Shaanxi thief rebellion at the lowest cost, it would save him a lot of silver.

Third, if Yang He is not doing well, then he will be dragged back to the capital and beheaded, so that the people will be angry.

No matter what, Chongzhen will not suffer.

Wang Chengen drank only three cups, and then poured beans there and told all the things in the court.

He pretended to be drunk while observing Wang Zezhi's reaction.

Wang Zezhi is not stupid, he knows that Wang Chengen is testing him.

So, this wine became a stage for two people.

Wang Chengen pretended to regard Wang Zezhi as a close friend, and said the "truth" in his heart.

The king was startled, accompanied by sometimes angry, sometimes excited curses.

The two chatted like this until dark, and after dark, Wang Chengen was staggered by the little eunuch beside him and went to the place arranged by Wang Zezhi to rest.

After he left, Wang Zezhi called Yu Zhong over.

"Keep an eye on them."

"Yes."

As a result, there were patrols near Wang Chengen's residence from time to time, gongs to tell the hour, and feces to collect.

In the middle of the night, Wang Chengen quietly opened the window and looked around.

"Go, take this token, go find someone to deliver a secret message, this is the map."

Wang Chengen took out a secret decree from Chongzhen, a secret decree used by Jinyiwei, a portrait of Yang Guo, and a map of Naturalized City.

He handed these over to the little eunuch beside him and told him to go to Yang Guo.

Yang Guo is the commander of a battalion, and now it is time to prepare for war, and he is leading people to patrol the Naturalization City.

The little eunuch held up the fire fold and looked at the area drawn on the map, which was the area of Yang Guo's patrol.

Wang Chengen, as the head of the most terrifying spy agency in the Ming Dynasty, really has his advantages.

If Wang Zezhi was here, he would definitely be surprised, he didn't expect that Jin Yiwei had already stretched out his hand to him.

"General, please stay."

After the little eunuch hiding in the dark saw Yang Guo come out, he walked out of the darkness quickly.

"Stop coming." When the sergeant who was patrolling with Yang Guo saw him, he thought he was a fine workman, and immediately drew his sword and set him up.

"Isn't this the angel who has come to proclaim today?" Yang Guo's mind raced, and he said unexpectedly.

"Exactly."

"What's the matter with the angel looking for me?"

"The little one brought a message to General Yang, there is an acquaintance of the general who has been thinking about you, just afraid that you will forget, this is a token from that person to the general."

The little eunuch held up the secret order, and the sergeant took it in his hand to check that there was no problem, and handed it to Yang Guo.

After Yang Guo got the secret order, his whole body trembled, and the corners of his eyes jumped slightly.

"The angel has a tiring journey, please move, let's talk in another place."

Yang Guo ordered his sergeants to continue patrolling, and he took the little eunuch back to his residence alone.

"Yang Guo, the captain of the Jinyi Guard, listens to the order." After arriving at Yang Guo's room, the little eunuch unfolded a secret edict and read it.

Wang Zezhi never imagined that Yang Guo, whom he had been reusing, turned out to be a brocade guard.

The captain of the Ming Jinyiwei is the same as the errand officer, and the captain of the Jinyiwei is not an official name, and any one of them can be called a captain.

The lowest official position of Jinyiwei is Xiaoqi, Xiaoqi is in charge of ten people, and the captain is Xiaoqi's subordinates.

In the Ming Dynasty, brocade clothes were rampant, and it was said that the secret spies of Jinyiwei were pervasive.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor summoned and said, Wang Zezhi, the chief soldier of Chashanxi, supported the army and respected himself, bullied the king, opened the mutual market privately, and robbed the township, he was a Kou wearing the emperor's skin, bringing disaster to the country and the people, and the captain of the guard in brocade clothes arrested Wang Zezhi, and admired this!"

"Ah, why did General Wang bring disaster to the country and the people? General Wang's expedition to the east to fight outside the Saiwai region, hard work and high achievements, how did he become a coward? This is a frame-up, and it must be those ministers in the court who are framing the chief soldier. ”

Although Yang Guo had long known that Wang Zezhi was planning to rebel, he still argued excitedly.

As soon as he thought that he followed Wang Zezhi to fight hard outside the Saiwai battle, he felt aggrieved, and he felt worthless for Wang Zezhi.

"Shut up, is the chief soldier of Shanxi Kou, let's say it doesn't count, the emperor said it, why do you want to resist and disobey?"

The little eunuch's face changed, and he scolded him inwardly.

"The subordinates don't dare."

"Forgive me and don't dare, Yang Guo listens to the order." The little eunuch handed the secret decree to Yang Guo, flicked his sleeves, and began to read a dictation.

"Subordinate orders."

"Yang Guo looked at the border for me, conscientious, I am very relieved, I named you as the deputy of Jinyi Wei, from the five products."

"Your Majesty." When Yang Guo heard this reward, his whole body trembled with excitement, and even his face turned red with excitement.

"The emperor said that if you can catch Wang Zezhi, the emperor will make you the chief soldier of Datong."

The little eunuch patted Yang Guo's shoulder and said condescendingly.