In the first year of Chongzhen, in July 1628, in the Fengtian Palace, Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair, the internal official Wang Chengen held the tail and his eyes narrowed slightly, and the ministers standing in the hall were: Huang Liji, the first assistant minister of the cabinet, Shi Fenglai, Zhang Ruitu, Li Guopu and Yuan Chonghuan, the secretary of the military department, Jiang Qingsheng, Xu Yuqing in the military department, Zhao Hongxiang, the governor of the five armies, Guo Junshan, Zhang Changgui in the governor's office, He Gongding, the head of the household department, and Luo Shengxu, the head of the household department. Thirteen people in total.

Yuan Chonghuan, the word element, born in Shijie, Dongguan, Guangdong, in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Yuan Chonghuan Ning Yuan's great victory did not receive any reward, and was repeatedly excluded and persecuted by Wei Zhongxian, and resigned angrily, Chongzhen took the throne, after getting rid of Wei Zhongxian, he was reused, and served as the secretary of the military department and the right deputy capital of the imperial history, supervising Ji Liao, and supervising Denglai and Tianjin military affairs. In July of the same year, Yuan Chonghuan returned to the capital and made a statement on the military affairs.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The ministers sang.

"No courtesy, flat!" Chongzhen said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers stood up and said.

"A few days ago, there were frequent civil uprisings in Shaanxi, has the military department ever found out?" Chongzhen asked.

"Your Majesty the Emperor Qiyu, a few days ago, Shaanxi commanded the envoys, Shaanxi Cheng announced that the political envoys were on the same page, reported the public opinion of the people in Shaanxi, the matter is true, the report was sent out in mid-June, just arrived at the military department yesterday, and now there are, Fugu, Suide, Qingjian, Mizhi, Yichuan, Luochuan, Baishui, Chengcheng, Shanyang, Shangzhou in Xi'an Prefecture..." During the incident, Xu Yuqing stepped forward and said.

"Enough!" Chongzhen was furious: "So many counties, all rebelled? ”

"Your Majesty, only a few counties rebelled, and many of these were lost because of the unfavorable garrison of the local garrison." Jiang Qingsheng, the squire of the military department, stepped forward to pay his respects.

"Humph!" Chongzhen said angrily: "The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies! You're good, what do I want you to do? ”

"The ministers are guilty!" Zhao Hongxiang, the governor of the Five Armies, and others hurriedly knelt on the ground and sang in unison.

The armed forces of the Ming Dynasty are divided into two departments, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies and the Ministry of War, the Ministry of War has the power to transfer troops without the right to command the troops, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies has the authority to command the troops without the right to transfer troops, the authority of the Ministry of War in the last years of the Ming Dynasty is flourishing, the Ministry of War is completely in charge of the battalion sentry power of the recruitment system, and the military household guard system controlled by the Governor's Office of the Five Armies is completely reduced to the military tun and local garrison troops, and the combat effectiveness is extremely low, and the early years of the Ming Dynasty chased the Yuan Dynasty royal court into the depths of the desert. The struggle for military power between the two has never stopped.

"Now there are more than 100,000 bandit armies from all walks of life, all over the territory of Shaanxi, especially in Yan'an and Xi'an, the two prefectures are the heaviest, and the local garrison is outnumbered, so there are losses, and the guard has not participated in the battle for many years to Tuntian as the main business, resulting in insufficient combat effectiveness, which cannot all be blamed on the head of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. Is it Fu? I also ask Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible to relieve the people and the upside down. Cabinet Minister Li Guopu stepped forward and said that Li Guopu has no party affiliation and is upright.

"Humph!" Chongzhen snorted coldly that Li Guopu's words were true, so he said, "Get up." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The three officials of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies wiped the sweat from their foreheads and glanced at Li Guopu gratefully, and stood up again.

"Let's talk about it, how to deal with the civil uprising in the two prefectures of Shaanxi?" Chongzhen asked.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that we should quickly dispatch a large army and destroy it while it is still in its fledgling." Cabinet Minister Zhang Ruitu said.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Jiang Qingsheng, the squire of the military department, said.

"Elder Huang Ge, what do you think?" Chongzhen saw that Huang Li was extremely silent, so he asked.

"Your Majesty, it's just a few chaotic people, since it is the jurisdiction of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, then it should be dealt with by the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies." Huang Li, the first minister, said very flatly, not taking this matter seriously at all.

"Your Majesty, since the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies can't manage these chaotic people, it should be handed over to our military department to be responsible." Jiang Qingsheng, the squire of the military department, said.

"Your Majesty, this matter should be handed over to our Governor's Mansion, and our Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies will definitely handle it properly." Zhao Hongxiang said.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has more important things to deal with, and Huang Ge is honest and old to seek the country." Cabinet Minister Shi Feng said.

"Okay, then this matter of the Shaanxi civil uprising will be handed over to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies to deal with it with all powers." Chongzhen finally decided: "Let's discuss the military affairs of Liaodong." ”

"Your Majesty, although the minister has been idle at home for a year, the minister has many years of valuable experience in fighting with the Houjin army, and is familiar with its tactics, as long as I return to Liaodong to rectify the armament, the Liao people guard the Liao soil, the Liao soil recuperates people, the defense is the main, the attack and plunder are corrected, the Houjin position is northern, the weather is cold and frozen, the grain and grass are its lifeblood, our army only needs to hold its road to the south, within two years, its national strength will decline, our army only needs to step by step, only five years! You can attack Liaodong and suppress the Houjin rebellion. Yuan Chonghuan said loudly.

"Good!" Chongzhen shouted: "I have Aiqing like this, why are you afraid of the Houjin Army?" ”

"Your Majesty Xie praised, these are what the ministers and border guards can do, but the people who choose people in the court, the people who employ people, are the key to the emperor's grasp, how to do the people who use people are not half-hearted, believe and do not doubt, control the border minister is different from the minister of the court, there are many suspicious things in the army, you don't have to mind the details of its words and deeds, everything needs to be concluded to talk about success or failure, and many of the things that are beneficial to the border defense are not conducive to themselves, the border minister seeks the enemy, and the enemy is also separated from it, so it is difficult to be a minister in the frontier, Your Majesty loves and protects the ministers, so why should the ministers be too suspicious and afraid? But there was a danger in my heart, and I didn't dare not say it. Yuan Chonghuan said heartily.

"Good! I have ministers like this, why don't you worry about the trouble of Houjin? Chongzhen Dayue said: "Give Shang Fang a sword, and reward the jade with a python robe." ”

"Panic!" After hearing this, Yuan Chonghuan hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank him and said: "Your Majesty cherishes your courtiers, and the ministers will do their best to die after that, and please ask Your Majesty to take back the jade belt python robe, and the ministers dare not overstep!" ”

"Quasi-play!" Chongzhen was in a good mood and said, "Aiqing, please hurry up, what's the matter?" Play together. ”

"The five-year plan for the restoration of Liao, the project is huge, and the non-ministers can complete it by themselves, and it also requires the concerted efforts of the imperial court, the selection and employment of the officials, the allocation of money and grain, military salaries, the Ministry of Industry, the deployment of military weapons, and the deployment of troops by the Ministry of War. Yuan Chonghuan said.

"What Aiqing said is extremely true!" Chongzhen nodded and praised: "Elder Huang Ge, cabinet ministers, can you hear me?" The cabinet is in charge of six affairs, and in this matter, Liaodong military affairs are given priority, and other matters must be aside. ”

"Wait for the order!" Huang Liji and other ministers present bowed down one after another to receive the order.

"Something's coming!" After receiving Chongzhen's signal, Wang Chengen shouted sharply: "It's okay, quit!" ”