After nearly a month, the 36th battalion of the main force of the peasant army was finally defeated, and this time it not only beat them away, but also captured more than 100,000 people.

The news was transmitted back to the capital, and the city immediately celebrated, but not many people in the capital hoped that the peasant army would come in, because there were still very few people in the capital who could not live at this time.

Therefore, the people of the capital do not want war in the capital.

As for the gentry, not to mention, the peasant army was the one who cleaned them up, and if the peasant army was allowed to enter the city, the consequences would be unimaginable.

After Chongzhen received the news, he was naturally so happy that he couldn't do it, this gang of thieves annoyed him so much, the more he suppressed, the more he suppressed, the more he suppressed, as if he could never be destroyed, this time, he caught more than half of it, and he finally saw the hope of extermination.

For this reason, he deliberately recruited Zhang Bin back to the capital to discuss the suppression of thieves, at this time, he already had a little idea, wanting Zhang Bin to be the governor of the five provinces and exterminate the thieves as soon as possible.

The emperor called, Zhang Bin naturally did not dare not go, he hurriedly handed over the matter at hand to Lu Xiangsheng and Qi Yuangong and set off with the guards, of course, on the surface, he only brought more than ten guards, and the rest of the guards still had to sneak into the capital through other means.

He is quite jealous of Chongzhen's suspiciousness and soft ears, this guy wants to launch a crazy arrest of whoever kills whom, it is unreasonable at all, so every time he enters Beijing, he is ready to run away, if Chongzhen listens to slander and insists on killing himself, then he can't say it, only to run away.

Although the Daimyo's Mansion is subordinate to Beizhili, it is actually quite far away from the capital, the straight-line distance is eight or nine hundred miles, and if you take the official road, there are at least thousands of miles, Zhang Bin hurried to catch up for three days before arriving in the capital.

In order to escape the torture of the early dynasty, he deliberately rested in Gu'an for a night, and only entered Beijing the next morning, and came to the outside of the imperial city just after the end of the early dynasty.

Chongzhen heard that Zhang Bin had arrived, and immediately pushed away everything and recruited Zhang Bin to the imperial study.

After a salute, Chongzhen immediately approved: "Shuangquan, you are still the best at sharing my worries, this thief who has caused me a headache for several years was beaten and fled by you in less than a month, and most of them were captured, which really makes me happy." ”

Zhang Bin immediately said modestly: "The emperor has won the award, and it is an honor for Weichen to share the emperor's worries." ”

Chongzhen immediately took advantage of the situation and said: "Okay, you have made a great contribution in this battle, otherwise, you will now hang a right capital imperial history in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the military affairs of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan, and Huguang provinces will help me completely exterminate this gang of thieves." ”

Do you think you drink porridge, Zhang Bin heard this, and wanted to roll his eyes, is the anti-thief so easy to exterminate, they are almost all cavalry left at this time, how many cavalry are there in the imperial court at this time, the cavalry is not enough to encircle them at all, and the infantry can't catch up with them, the only way is really only Yang Sichang's "four positive and six corners, ten sides of the net" strategy, but, in that case, at least more than 100,000 horses, where can the imperial court transfer so many people and horses at this time!

Even if he is given so many people, he will not go, if Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are not caught, even if the current peasant army is wiped out, it is useless, the so-called "wildfires are inexhaustible, and the spring breeze blows and grows." These two guys are the tinder, as long as the spring breeze blows, they will bang and get up again.

He won't do this kind of thankless thing, besides, this wildfire can't be extinguished now, and they must be allowed to burn for a few years to burn most of the dirt of Daming.

Zhang Bin pretended to be embarrassed, and said carefully: "Your Majesty, Weichen wants to share the emperor's worries and exterminate the anti-thieves, but Fuguang really can't leave at this time, Hongmao Fan is gathering people and horses to prepare for a decisive battle with the Ming Fujian Sailor and Guangdong Sailor, Wechen is afraid that this will go away, in case the red-haired fan wins, then the moon port, Zhuhai, and Dongfan are all over." ”

Fortunately, he didn't report the occupation of Batavia, if Chongzhen knew, he would definitely rest assured and boldly send himself to exterminate the rebels, it was not a good errand, I don't know how many civil and military generals have planted on it, at least, he will not take over until he is sure.

When Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but regret it: "I forgot about this, alas, then who should I send now, I think about it, and only you can share my worries and exterminate these thieves." ”

Zhang Bin hurriedly diverted the topic and said: "The emperor has won the award, the Ming Dynasty is full of talents, there must be someone more suitable than Weichen, by the way, the emperor, I don't know how to deal with the more than 100,000 captives, if you gather there, you will consume at least 100,000 stone of grain a month, and Weichen is afraid that the household department will not be able to afford it." ”

This is indeed a headache, at this time, even the food and salary of the border soldiers are not paid, and the grain from the household department feeds the more than 100,000 anti-thieves.

How to deal with it, have you killed them all?

This will definitely not work, although Chongzhen sometimes has a bit of a problem of killing people indiscriminately, but that is also for the minister, at most, it is the Zhulian Nine Clans, killing hundreds of people at a time, and letting him order to slaughter more than 100,000 prisoners at a time, he really can't do this.

Moreover, many of these people are ordinary people who have been coerced, and it is inevitable that killing them all will definitely cause panic among the people, and if they are coerced, they will be killed, so everyone in the peasant army will have to fight to the death with the court!

Chongzhen thought about it, and then sighed: "Just pick out all the leaders at all levels and punish them, and send everyone else back to their hometown." ”

If they are sent back to their hometowns, they will have to rebel, because they will have nothing to eat when they go back, and if this problem is not solved, the peasant army may never be wiped out.

He hurriedly reminded: "Your Majesty, these people originally followed the thieves because they suffered a disaster and had no food to eat, even if they were sent back to their hometown, they still had nothing to eat, and they would still rebel when the time came!" ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help frowning, he had a headache when he mentioned money at this time, food is actually the same nature as money, if he wanted money and food, he would have organized a million army to destroy all the thieves and slaves, the problem is that he has no money.

He thought about it for a long time, but there was still no way, so he could only ask with hope: "Shuangquan, do you have any good plans?" ”

Yes, isn't this waiting for you to ask, Zhang Bin knows that Chongzhen is a stubborn donkey temperament, you can't teach him to do this and that, only he thinks and thinks about it himself, there is really no way, come and ask you again, so that he will not be disgusted.

As long as Chongzhen asked, he could make suggestions, Zhang Bin immediately replied: "Your Majesty, otherwise, Weichen will pull them all to Dongfan, anyway, Dongfan has not suffered a disaster at this time, and it is not a problem to feed millions of people, and it is becoming more and more difficult to relocate civilians in Liaodong, these captives are still food to eat, and Dongfan is an island, as long as there are no ships, they will not be able to come back, so they will not be pulled to rebel again." ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but ask with interest: "Oh, can Dongfan still feed so many people?" ”

Zhang Bin hurriedly nodded and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, Dongfan is enough to feed millions of people, and there are less than 500,000 people over there. ”

What else is there to say about this kind of good thing, Chongzhen immediately nodded and said: "Okay, let's deal with it like this, the leaders at all levels will be escorted to the capital to punish the crime, and the others will all be pulled to Dongfan." ”

Zhang Bin hurriedly patted his ass and said, "The emperor is wise." ”

Chongzhen was born with this sycophancy, and a smug smile appeared on his face.

The matter of the peasant army's coercion of the capital is now over, Zhang Bin originally thought that he would return to Dongfan after disposing of the prisoners, but he never thought about it, but one thing dragged him back.

That night, in the mansion of Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, people sneaked into the study of the main house one after another, and these people were all dressed in civilian clothes, covering up, as if they wanted to hide people's eyes and ears, in fact, the court officials all knew that these people were Wen Tiren's henchmen!

Wen Tiren summoned the henchmen to come, naturally there was an important matter to discuss, and when all the henchmen arrived, he immediately said gloomily: "Zhang Bin, the governor of Fuguang, defeated the rebels in the Daimyo Mansion, what do you think of this?" ”

What do you think?

Is it to clean up Zhang Bin?

Wen Tiren's new favorite, the official Shangshu Wang Yingxiong immediately flattered: "Why don't you gently hold him up and stab him down?" ”

If he was about to be stabbed, he would have been stabbed down early, Wen Tiren shook his head and said: "No, this guy is getting the emperor's favor, and he can't move for the time being, so he can only wait for his three-year term to come up and then find a way." ”

Can't move Zhang Bin, so why do you mention Zhang Bin, all the important ministers of the court in the study showed puzzled expressions.

Wen Tiren saw that everyone didn't understand what he meant, and his eyes couldn't help but flash with disappointment, but on the surface, he patiently reminded: "I mean to make a fuss about the defeat of the thief." ”

Everyone is still puzzled, what can be done about this matter?

Seeing everyone's expressions, Wen Tiren couldn't help but sigh secretly, these people are still a little worse, and they can't take the initiative to help themselves eliminate dissidents, and they have to mention everything by themselves.

Thinking that when Father-in-law Wei was in Japan, Cui Chengxiu, Tian Ergeng, Zhou Yingqiu, Wu Chunfu, etc., all of them were very clever, and many things didn't need to be mentioned by Father-in-law Wei, they could all take the initiative to help Father-in-law Wei handle it, and Father-in-law Wei only had to kill people.

Alas, these guys, when will they be able to share their worries.

He reminded helplessly: "Do you remember Yang He's dog thief? ”

The right Yushi, the right squire of the military department, and Yang He, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, who doesn't know this!

The others still didn't understand very well, but Zhang Jie, the oldest veteran of the Zhejiang Party among these people, and the right deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, immediately bowed his hand and said: "What do you mean, the time has come to take revenge on this dog thief?" ”

Wen Tiren nodded coldly and said: "Yes, this dog thief took the lead in impeaching Yang Hao, which caused us to lose a favorable candidate to compete for the secretary of the military department, so that we had no power to say anything in the Apocalypse, and we could only give people a hand, all of which were good things done by this guy!" ”

Zhang Jie recalled: "Yes, if it wasn't for this dog thief biting Lord Yang and not letting go, why would Lord Yang have been sent to prison and sentenced to death. ”

These guys are really shameless, when Yang Hao escaped from the battle in the Wanli Korean War, more than 20,000 Ming soldiers were killed, causing the most painful defeat of the Ming army in the Wanli Korean War.

Later, Yang Hao was able to take on the important task of Liaodong Economic Strategy, it was precisely because of his personal vendetta and murder of the fierce general Liu Wei that led to the fiasco of Salhu, such a monstrous crime, they still want to eliminate it invisibly!

What's wrong with Yang He in this matter, shouldn't he impeach Yang Hao?

In their opinion, yes, because Yang Hao is an important figure supported by the Zhejiang Party to grasp the military power, no matter how big a mistake he makes, he can't fall!

Now that Yang Hao has been beheaded, they naturally want to avenge this revenge.

However, what does this Zhang Bin's defeat of the rebels in the Daimyo Mansion have to do with Yang Hao? Can a great victory still implicate a governor in his punishment?

Since Wen Tiren has put it forward, he is naturally able!

He began to give face-to-face lectures, pulling his henchmen to explain one by one.

It was still this night, at three o'clock, Zhang Bin got up again, there was no way, he lived in a foreign city, and he had to get up if he wanted to participate in the morning court on time.

He didn't plan to stay in the capital for a few days, although it was uncomfortable to get up in the middle of the night, it would be over after staying up, and he didn't want to be seized of the opportunity to be impeached because he was late or didn't arrive early.

I didn't know how long I was squinting on the carriage all the way, and the west gate of Chang'an finally arrived, this time his waist card for the early dynasty had already been done, as long as he lined up to go in.

It is still rare for him to be such a young member of the Zhengsanpin Imperial Court, and he was recognized by many officials as soon as he appeared, this is a red man in front of the emperor, a real feudal official, and just a few days ago, he led the army to defeat the rebels in the Daimyo's Mansion, and then made new contributions, and the future is absolutely limitless, so the voice of stammering along the way, showing goodwill, has never stopped.

Zhang Bin is embarrassed, he doesn't know a few court officials, almost all of them are court officials above the third grade, and it is impossible for people to come to talk to him, in the face of these "low-level" officials who are good at stammering, he doesn't know how to answer well, so he can only give up his hand to greet each other, and finally get to the area of the top three grades or above to calm down.

Of course, when Bi Ziyan, Cao Yubian and other familiar court officials arrived, they inevitably exchanged pleasantries.

He felt like his mouth was running dry, and the morning time had finally arrived.

Zhang Bin thought, he was here to observe, and he didn't have to care about the affairs of the court at all, this time it was finally quiet, but he never thought that just after the right link, the imperial history Shi Fan hurriedly came out of the ranks, knelt on the royal road and said "righteously": "Your Majesty, Weichen impeached Yang He, the governor of the three sides, he advocated to appease the anti-thief, but the anti-thief was more and more soothing, the anti-thief almost attacked the capital, Yang He is really unforgivable!" ”

What are these words, the peasant uprising blames Yang He!

Zhang Bin knew that this Shi Fan was Wen Tiren's dog, and it seemed that they were going to do something to Yang He.

He also knew that in history, Yang He was removed from his post and investigated, and finally deserved to be killed, if it weren't for his son Yang Sichang who had been going to die on behalf of his father, and Chongzhen loved Yang Sichang very much, Yang He would definitely be dragged out and cut down!