As for whether the head of the household department is a good person, I will not judge.

But it can be proved that the two people he gave to the imperial court - Yuan Chonghuan and Zuo Liangyu are not good birds, and they simply gave Da Ming half a life.

It can also be confirmed that his son Hou Fangyu is a scumbag-level traitor, Hou Fangyu is very famous, one of the four sons of the Restoration Society.

In order to flatter the Manchu court, this kid actually offered advice to Zhang Cunren, the governor of the three provinces of Shandong and Henan in the Manchu Qing Dynasty at that time, and accurately opened the embankment of the Yellow River at Jinglongkou, turning many areas of Zhili, Shandong, and Henan into no man's land.

This move killed millions of people with water instead of soldiers, and suppressed the rebel army in Yuyuan, which claimed to have millions of people, and successfully solved a major crisis in the early years of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The imperial court was so tight on money and food, the Hubu Shangshu actually mispaid the country, and the emperor who was angry and turned his face and did not recognize people threw Hou Sui into Zhao Prison on the spot, and Cheng Guoxiang, the left attendant of the Hubu, took over the post of Shangshu.

Zheng Guochang didn't expect to be used as a gun, which led to the imprisonment of Hubu Shangshu, and he didn't apologize at all, because he was not a member of the Donglin Party.

The old man now stands firm, thinking that the people who pit his son-in-law are not good people, and they should all be knocked to the ground and stepped on again.

Because the son-in-law has great ambitions, he wants to complete a five-year Pingliao plan that benefits the country and the people, and is willing to break his family for the country.

Zheng Guochang then took out the coins minted by his son-in-law and explained the benefits of the new coins that would save fire consumption and facilitate the public if they were popular.

The result was satisfactory, Wen Tiren had just squeezed out a member of the Donglin Party General Hou Sui who was in an important position, and he was in a good mood, besides, he was a Qing official, and it was impossible for him to have personal interests in the minting of coins, so he took the lead in agreeing to capture the generals to mint coins.

The newly promoted Hubu Shangshu was shocked, he didn't want to go to prison, he didn't dare to disobey the first assistant, and he was also a Qing official, and he had no interest in coinage, so he seconded it on the spot.

As soon as Zheng Ge Lao went to the court, he opened fire on the Hubu Shangshu, and then openly asked for the minting of coins for his son-in-law, but he did not mention the "Red Banner Army" sending troops, Chongzhen couldn't wait, and asked:

"Zheng Aiqing went to Shanhaiguan to negotiate with the general of the conquest? I haven't thought about tea and dinner these days, just waiting for Aiqing to bring back good news! ”

Zheng Guochang remembered that he had not yet returned to the emperor, and let the emperor know that Huang Han issued an order that day, and there were 50,000 or 60,000 regular soldiers of the "Red Banner Army" stationed or in training, to assemble at Bauhinia Pass.

He said: "The old minister just conveyed the intention of the imperial court to send the 'Red Flag Army' into Shanxi to fight against Dongnu, and there was no negotiation.

As soon as the old minister's words fell, the general of the conquest stated that the 'Red Banner Army' and the imperial court were indistinguishable from each other, announced the dispatch of troops on the spot, and immediately issued an order in front of the old minister and the supervising army.

Now in training, the men and horses of the 'Red Banner Army', which were preparing to launch an attack at the end of the month to regain Jinzhou, hurriedly gathered at Bauhinia Pass to assemble, and the plan was to recapture Yanmen Pass and approach the base camp set up by Jiannu in Shuozhou City. ”

The ministers were talking about the coinage in a mess, and many people were ready to jump out to oppose it, but the emperor turned to the topic of whether the "Red Banner Army" would send troops, and then quieted down to listen.

Zheng Guochang of course wanted to do his best to show his son-in-law's loyalty at this time, and he continued:

"In the case that the imperial court did not pay the silver for two months, the general did not complain, and in order not to lose his trust in his command, he smashed the pot and sold iron to pay the salary on time.

The day before yesterday, I saw the old man and learned that the Son of Heaven was in trouble, so he readily agreed to suspend the implementation of the Pingliao plan, and immediately led his men and horses to Shanxi to fight a decisive battle with Jiannu. ”

Talking and talking, Zheng Guochang couldn't help but get excited, he looked at the ministers with blazing eyes, and asked loudly: "I don't know how the adults who negotiated the Liao salary together that day felt at this time?" Not only did he not allocate the salary on time and unilaterally broke the promise, but the court would be embarrassed? ”

was questioned by Zheng Guochang, but the ministers had nothing to say, because too many important ministers had witnessed the five-year Pingliao plan, and the Di Bao had already published the specific content.

It is obvious that Jiannu's first intention was to break through from Xuzhen, but the "Red Banner Army" was properly armed, and Jiannu stole chickens and retreated.

The general of the conquest warned in time, and the imperial court also took precautions, but Jiannu's choice to attack the side walls of the three towns of Xuanda and Taiyuan was simply overwhelming.

The imperial court is not only the "Red Banner Army", and the military expenditure is not only 300,000 taels of silver a month, but the men and horses of other border armies and generals from all walks of life are also the troops supported by the imperial court with silver.

Now it seems that the vast majority of the other armies raised by the imperial court spending hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every month have done useless work, and in the end, the "Red Banner Army" has to turn the tide.

This time, Jiannu invaded the territory on a large scale, and the general was not responsible for the conquest, and the imperial court could not requisition the soldiers and horses used to recover Liaodong in training according to the agreement, which missed the five-year plan to level Liaodong.

However, the general refused to be a spectator, regardless of the gains and losses, he readily agreed to send troops to Shanxi, Xuanda and Jiannu worked hard, who could find fault with such an attitude?

When the emperor learned that the "Red Banner Army" was already in action, he was relieved a lot, and said: "The general is loyal and courageous, and I am very relieved, and the household department must allocate the outstanding salaries within ten days!" ”

Cheng Guoxiang was originally the second-in-command of the household department, and he knew that Hou Sui had some intention of deliberately making it difficult to recruit the general, and he estimated that he was trying to collect benefits.

Who knew that in most of the half a year, the "Liao salary" became an iron rooster and was unstoppable, so it was maliciously owed for two months.

The household department said that there is no money, there must be no money every day, and if there is money, it will always come out of money, it all depends on the attitude of the household department's Shangshu, and now Cheng Guoxiang, the Shangshu, has a good attitude, and there is no idea of benefiting himself at all.

He immediately went out of class and said: "The minister's decree is that there will definitely be no shortage of the 'Red Banner Army' who is about to fight against Jiannu. ”

Zheng Guochang hit the railway while it was hot: "Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't know why the general wants to contract the coinage, and he doesn't know what benefits there will be here?"

But the old minister knows his son-in-law, he never does anything treacherous, and he will not harm the court.

He asserted that the coinage of the 'Red Banner Army' would benefit the country and the people, and the old minister was convinced of this, so the old minister asked His Majesty for permission! ”

Chongzhen didn't know what would happen if he agreed to the Huang Han coinage, but he got along all these years. It seems that Huang Han has never harmed Da Ming, nor has he deceived himself.

He agreed without hesitation: "Zheng Aiqing asked for the minting of coins for the general of the conquest, and I approved it, and the cabinet immediately issued a decree for the celebrant to approve the red issue." ”

Many Wenchen and Xungui who had interests in the coinage were dumbfounded, but at this time, Zheng Guochang was in the limelight, and the emperor was in a bad mood, so it was not good to jump out and be thrown into Zhao Prison.

Huang Han is destined to be happy to get the power of coinage, and with a series of reforms in the future, the days of corrupt officials and corrupt officials exploiting the people by eating fire will be gone forever.