The rumbling war drums did not sound outside Kaifeng City, but first sounded in the court, the big court meeting at the end of April, even if it was Shao Zhongyun, who was sick and asked for leave, and a few old guys from Zuo Yuan came.

Sitting on the dragon chair, looking at these neatly kneeling ministers, Emperor Chongzhen felt a murderous aura rushing towards him, as if he was facing a neat army formation of hundreds of thousands.

Even the emperor felt uneasy for a while.

"If you have something to do, you can play early, and you have nothing to retreat!"

Wang Chengen raised the dust, and it was considered that he had completely sounded the horn of this battle array, and before his words fell, the military section in charge of the inspection and military department gave Fang Shiliang a young man, an old civilian official in his early fifties had already knelt out viciously like a fighter jet, his head was knocked to the ground with momentum, and he groaned murderously.

"Your Majesty, the minister Fang Shiliang has a book to play, the minister wants to inquire about the Chen Pavilion Department, yesterday's military department Tang report, can it be true?"

At about one o'clock in the morning last night, the newspaper was sent out, and at two o'clock in the morning, Chen Xinjia already knew about the catastrophe he had broken into, and his face was pale, but the secretary of the military department was silent without saying a word.

Seeing that Chen Xinjia didn't speak, the civil officials jumped out one by one like monkeys with their butts on fire.

"The Lord of the War Department doesn't say anything, could it be that this matter is fake? In this case, where is this false news to confuse the public, and what is the intention of the Ministry of War? ”

"How can the military department report be faked? Chen Xinjia, you concealed the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, concealed your Majesty, bowed down to Jianju without authorization, humiliated the country and sued for peace, you are simply a sinner through the ages! Your Majesty, please kill this fang!"

"Respectfully, kill this thief!"

Don't look at the repeated defeats, this group of scholars who do not personally go into battle have high self-esteem, completely ignoring the fact that the Ming Dynasty is already riddled with holes, and the army will die under the drag of fighting on both sides, and it is unable to fight again, for the Qing country, I would rather face the Qing army's iron weapons again and again, and I am not willing to bow my head, but I forgot that even if Tang Taizong, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had also suffered the humiliation of Weishui, and then I had to lie on salary for three years, and then I fought back.

The negotiation secrets leaked by Chen Xinjia also happened to touch Wenchen's sensitive nerves. At this time, the negotiations have entered a critical moment, and Shi Fengtai, the deputy envoy of Ningqian Dao, sent a message to the Jingshi, just in time for the Qing army to seize Xingshan, and when the arrogance was high, he asked for 100,000 taels of gold and 2 million taels of silver as soon as he opened his mouth.

It's not about money, but to spend money to buy and? Giving New Year's coins? Then he will not become a minister like the Northern Song Dynasty, more than 280 years of the Ming Dynasty, even if the emperor is captured, the capital master is in danger and has not bowed his head to these barbarians, and he has bowed his head to himself! Cut the land and sue for peace! How will the historian record himself?

For the sake of fame, it is also tolerable or unbearable, and neither can uncles and aunts! The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were excited, shouting that they were about to cut down the stunned Chen Xinjia.

If this pressure is followed, I am afraid that Emperor Chongzhen will have to slipper, but these civil officials made a mistake when they were in control of victory.

They overstepped!

A good civil official kowtowed there and shouted two voices, he had to make a cameo appearance as a military attaché, a few excited red-eyed imperial historians, the old ones also had them, and the young ones also came forward to grab Chen Xinjia's collar, and they actually greeted him directly with their fists.

Kneeling and kowtowing is your civil official's job, and no one can take away your rights, but this is a transgression! Seeing that the emperor was still there, he was stunned and didn't pay attention! Wang Chengen, the great eunuch who knew that the peace was the emperor's intention, seized the opportunity to shout violently.

"Bold! Above the court, is it a place where you are spreading wild and showing! Where are the Samurai of the Standing Temple? Where is the Great Han General? Drag it out!"

Dozens of wolf-like brocade guards rushed in, they don't care whether you are worried about the country and the people, the officials are big and small, and they also pull the collars of those troublesome officials and drag them out, and they are a little afraid that they won't be able to come back if they go out, and then rush back, the order of the court is completely chaotic, taking the opportunity, Chen Xinjia escaped from the middle of the court in embarrassment, hiding under the protection of his own small henchmen, and the chaotic scene saw Chongzhen himself is also angry Tie Qing, and roared out angrily.

"Retreat!"

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In the next few days, the political center of the Ming Dynasty was almost paralyzed, whether it was in the court, or going back, no matter what yamen, as long as the officials who had the right to write to the cabinet, they would all impeach Chen Xinjia and criticize the peace talks into the cabinet.

Ding Qirui's 180,000 army, who was sharpening his knives in Zhuxian Town, was going to fight to the death with the main force of the peasant army in the world, but no one paid attention to it.

After all, the negotiation of peace was proposed by Zhu Youzhen himself, and for the Great Qing Kingdom of Liaodong, the imperial court is indeed helpless, and the negotiation of peace seems to be the only way out.

At this time, there is still a heavyweight in the world who is not in the Beijing Division, and the first auxiliary scholar who is promoted by the brothers Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai of the Fushe Society, Zhou Yanru!

In the previous Yang Sichang era, although this weak gentleman was in charge, he was also stupid, but Yang Sichang's characteristic was that he could resist! Emperor Chongzhen needs him to come out of something, he never looks forward or backward, and always stands up with the courage to take responsibility, so he is the most suitable one for Emperor Chongzhen among the ministers of the past dynasties.

If Zhou Yanru can also become a strong support of the Chongzhen Emperor in the cabinet like Yang Sichang, this confrontation with the Chinese officials of the dynasty, this peace situation may not last.

At this time, the emperor's gaze also hurriedly cast south.

The question is, is Zhou Yanru the kind of person who is dedicated to the public and selfless?

Apparently not!

Because of the lack of Liu Zeqing in history to curry favor with the guards, a part of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution Zuo hit the southern part of Shandong, so that Zhou Yanru's trip was more than half a year later than in history.

At this point, his speed was even slower.

Yangzhou salt merchants are rich in the world, wealth all over the country, in Xuzhou, they also have houses, especially the big salt merchant Zhang Hetang's Ju Dove Garden is the most outstanding.

But this dove garden is no longer the sound of doves, but full of people's noise, like a stone thrown into the quiet pool, another day, and a dozen brocade guards rudely slammed open the door from the front door, shouting and breaking in.

"Where is Lord Zhou? This official is ordered to welcome Lord Zhou to enter Beijing as soon as possible!"

While arguing, the brocade-clothed guards pushed away the servants of the Zhou family who were blocking the way, and slammed the door open in the innermost room.

"Ah!!h

The sharp woman's scream pierced people's eardrums hurt, the women here are not as strong as the women in the borderlands, full of small family spirit, the two little women in Jiangnan immediately lowered their heads and carried their skirts to the back house, and did not chase them, and the hundred households in brocade clothes walked straight to the bed, and bowed heavily to the middle-aged man lying still on the bed.

"Lord Zhou, the emperor has summoned you to enter Beijing quickly! Please go north with the last general!"

But even shouted a few times, the person on the bed didn't react, his face changed slightly, Jinyi Wei Baihu tilted his head behind him suddenly, and Lang Zhong, who was wearing a Taoist robe and carrying a medical box, followed in tremblingly.

With his hand on Zhou Yanru's wrist, he cut his pulse for more than a minute and looked at Zhou Yanru who was asleep, Lang Zhong shook his head with difficulty, and the brocade guard couldn't help but stumble.

It's not pretending to be sick, it's really sick!

At this time, Zhou Dafu, the housekeeper of the Zhou family, also squeezed in, shouting there angrily.

"You coarse warriors, filthy things! My lord is a first-of-a-century scholar personally recruited by His Majesty! When the first product! You broke into this mess, and it shocked my master, in case there is a good one, how many of your heads are enough to cut off? ”

"Don't get out of here! Get out!"

Babbling, pushing the brocade clothes and guarding the hundred households, Steward Zhou drove out without saying anything. couldn't take Zhou Yanru away, Jinyiwei's momentum had been discharged, and he was really pushed out by a group of house slaves, but listening to the sound gradually faded away, Scholar Zhou, who was still "fainting" in bed just now, turned over violently with a grunt.

"Hurry up and give me a gong bucket for the master! Hurry!"

The two Jiangnan people who had just escaped ran back in a hurry, and they also brought back a vermilion lacquer toilet together, and their pants almost didn't have time to take off, Zhou Yanru shook off the quilt and squatted over.

At this time, Steward Zhou, who had sent away the Jinyi Guard, came in with a small half bowl of soup and medicine with a sad face, looked at his master who was blue, and asked sadly.

"Master, do you still drink? This...... Enough is enough! ”

This is not a tonic! The medicine of the tiger and wolf that Zhang Fengyi, the former secretary of the military department, committed suicide and drank, rhubarb! No wonder the academics are squatting like this this week. In order to deceive Jinyiwei, he was ruthless enough to himself.

"Bring it!"

Stretched out his hand and grabbed the medicine bowl, raised his head and poured a fine light, and his stomach seemed to be overturned, and again, there was a burst of rancid smell crackling in the room, and he didn't dare to cover his nose, Steward Zhou was sad there.

"Sir! If there is a cavalry official, the old slave is in the way, why do you bother to practice yourself? ”

"You know what! Oops!"

Another grin, this teenager was admitted to the top prize, but now the prime minister of the Ming Empire hummed with an ugly face.

"If it is blocked, the emperor should take people directly! Now the Jingshi is in a uproar! The basket poked out by the emperor, if I want the lord to resist, can I resist? It's not good, master, I'm the next three-sided Yang He! And if you support the emperor, you have to offend those mad dog-like royal histories! Master, how can I be an official? ”

"This old man is not good at doing things, and the emperor and his old man can't do anything, and now everyone knows that to deal with the Qing Kingdom, you can only make peace! I really can't wait, the emperor gritted his teeth and put the burden of negotiation and peace on his head. When the time comes, this peace situation will first take shape, and this master will be good again, and he will go to Beijing to take over this political achievement, wouldn't it be happy......"

The smug smile didn't last long, and his stomach hurt again, and the shuai Shoufu University Scholar grinned fiercely again.

The head and auxiliary prime minister of a country can't shoulder the responsibility, they just want to pursue the advantages and avoid the disadvantages, sit on the profits of the fisherman, throw the burden to the emperor, and let the emperor resist this responsibility.

The question is, is the emperor resisting?

If it is really Tang Taizong Li Shimin, the answer is yes, Emperor Taizong does not lack this courage, but it is obviously impossible for Emperor Chongzhen, an imitator of Tang Taizong who is rigid and self-serving but has an excellent face, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard.

After carrying it for more than 20 days, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't bear it, and on April 29, an unprecedentedly severe holy decree was issued from the palace and sent to Shangshu Mansion, reprimanding Chen Xinjia for seeking peace and humiliating the country, which was a great crime.

Obviously, Emperor Chongzhen threw the pot on the head of Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, again, and asked him to take the blame for the matter of negotiating peace with the Qing State, and he was going to lose his pawn and protect the commander!

But the question is, is Chen Xinjia willing to be this scapegoat?

(End of chapter)