Yang Fei's answer made Emperor Chongde bittersweet, and he hurriedly asked, "Sir, are you saying that Zhang Bingzhong does not plan to rebel for the time being?" ”

"Your Majesty," Yang Fei said, "Zhang Bingzhong's wolf ambition is certain. Yang Fei said, "But if he really colluded with Huang Zide, how could the envoy sent by Huang Zide come up with these things?" Your Majesty, you see, whether it is in Gucheng or Gwanghua, they all take the initiative to cause trouble and kill people, and they do not hide their origins at all. Hehe, killing people on the street, and then shouting 'murderer' Shuntian King "Hu Yidao" under his command, isn't this clearly wanting the court to connect them with Zhang Bingzhong? If Zhang Bingzhong really planned to rebel immediately, how could Huang Zide's subordinates do so? ”

Emperor Chongde thought for a moment and asked, "How long does Mr. think it will take for that Zhang Bingzhong to rebel?" ”

Yang Fei shook his head and said, "This is not something that Weichen can know. However, Weichen thought that a few days ago, He Dalong reported that he and Huang Zide had a fight. He Dalong said that Huang Zide already had a team of tens of thousands of people in his hands. The last time Wei Chen and His Majesty talked about this matter, they once thought that He Dalong was exaggerating the enemy. Because there is no way to feed so many people and horses in Shangluo Mountain. But now seeing that Huang Zide is so anxious to let Zhang Bingzhong rebel, I am afraid that the power in Huang Zide's hands is really not small. ”

Emperor Chongde nodded, he understood what Yang Fei meant. Shangluo Mountain is barren, if Huang Zide's strength is very small, it is no problem to hide in it, but if there are really many people and horses in his hands, then unless they suddenly find out their conscience and are willing to starve themselves to death in Shangluo Mountain, (why are those rebellious guys so conscienceless, why can't they starve to death honestly?) Otherwise, they will have to come out of Shangluo Mountain. And if Zhang Bingzhong does not rebel, then he will rush out recklessly, and he will become the target of public criticism, and it will be very dangerous. The last time he was defeated by He Dalong illustrates this.

"Sun Baigu also said that Huang Zide was only spared, and it seems that there are not one or two people who are only spared." Emperor Chongde gritted his teeth and said, "There is not a large population in Shangluo Mountain, where will Huang Zide suddenly have so many people that there is not enough food to eat?" Most of these people are what Sun Baigu said, "only to spare" thieves. It can be seen that Sun Baigu was ...... Mr. Yang, now that Huang Zide has made such a move, Zhang Bingzhong has different ambitions, and he is afraid that he will rebel soon. What should the imperial court do now? ”

Yang Fei thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, now Zhang Bingzhong and Huang Zide are in trouble. Considering how many people could not be supported in Shangluo Mountain, Huang Zide's strength was only a few thousand henchmen at most, and they were all newly defeated rabble. And Zhang Bingzhong is much stronger. Therefore, Weichen felt that the first thing to guard against was Zhang Bingzhong. The closest to Zhang Bingzhong, one is Zuo Liangyu's department under Xiong Shanhuo, and the other is the Qinwang army of the imperial court now in Baoding, Shandong, Henan and other places. These soldiers and horses were originally controlled by the governor Hong Yan, and now that Hong Yan has gone to Liaodong, His Majesty still has to send another capable minister to control the army. ”

"Is there a candidate for Mr. Yang?" Emperor Chongde asked. This is indeed a big problem, there are many ministers in the DPRK and China now, but most of them can only sing high-pitched, and there are too few ministers who can lead troops to fight.

"The minister thinks that Sun Bai must be lonely." Yang Fei replied very simply.

"Sun Baigu?" Emperor Chongde said, "If it weren't for this person......

"Your Majesty." Yang Fei said, "Sun Baigu has exaggerated military exploits. But Sun Baigu broke in Tongguan, but Huang Zide was also really broken. Otherwise, where would Huang Zide go to Shangluo Mountain? Among the ministers, if you want to talk about the experience and ability to lead troops to suppress bandits, there is really no one who can compare to Sun Baigu. Now is the time of critical survival, and Weichen hopes that His Majesty can not think of small grievances and use them personally. ”

Emperor Chongde sighed, looked at Yang Fei and said, "Sir, do you know how Sun Zi Bai Gu talked about Mr. a few days ago?" ”

Yang Fei said: "Wechen has heard a little. Your Majesty, Sun Baigu's temperament is not very good, and his speech is not very good. Some of his accusations against Weichen are also biased, but some of his words are not unreasonable. This man is indeed talented, and may His Majesty make great use of it. ”

Emperor Chongde sighed when he heard this: "Outsiders do not avoid revenge, Mr. really has the style of an ancient minister." It's just that Sun Baigu wrote a book, saying that he had a problem with his ears and wanted to resign from his official position to recuperate. As he spoke, his voice cooled.

In fact, Yang Fei is not a big-minded person who can really "move outside and not avoid hatred", but he knows that if a courtier wants to stand firmly in the court, of course it is not possible to have no merit, but only merit is not good. Even many times, the greater the credit, the closer it is to death. If you want to stand firm in the position of the court, the most important thing is to have a "holy family".

Sun Baigu's various practices have already made the emperor feel bad for him, and on this basis, no matter what he does, it will only deepen this bad feeling, even for the sake of the country. The greater the credit, the more suspicious the emperor was of him. So Yang Fei doesn't need to come out to be a villain at all, if he wants to deal with Sun Baigu, he only needs to be a good person, and he just needs to constantly provide him with opportunities to make meritorious contributions.

"The last time I saw him, he was fine. I just struck him lightly twice, and he pretended to be sick for me! I know that he has the ability, and those who have the ability are a little arrogant. I am not a mediocre lord who cannot tolerate people, so I have already sent Yang Jun to visit him, Yang Jun is the same year as him, and Sun Baigu should be able to listen to what he says. I also asked him to tell Sun Baigu that the situation is critical now, and let him focus on the overall situation. It's just that Yang Jun's recital hasn't come up yet. I hope Sun Baigu can understand the general ......"

……

The next day, the concert of Yang Jun, the governor of Baoding, came up. Yang Jun reported that Sun Baigu was really deaf, not pretending, and he was indeed unable to serve the country anymore. After seeing this recital, Emperor Chongde's anger could no longer be suppressed. In his opinion, Sun Baigu was deliberately demonstrating to him, and Yang Jun was colluding with him. Enraged, Emperor Chongde immediately ordered the Jinyi Guard to be sent to arrest Sun Baigu and Yang Jun and put them in prison.

"I really thought that without you, I wouldn't be able to destroy the Liukou, and Zhongxing wouldn't be able to Dazhao!" Emperor Chongde thought hatefully.

After the arrest of Sun Baigu, Emperor Chongde appointed Ding Xinru as the governor of Shaanxi and instructed him to step up the extermination of Huang Zide; He also appointed Zheng Dazhang as the governor of the three sides, and the governor of the trilateral army and horses, prepared to deal with Zhang Bingzhong and Huang Zide.

Zheng Dazhang had some previous experience of fighting with the Mongols, but he did not perform well in the previous war to suppress the Liukou, while Ding Xinru had little military experience. But that's not the biggest problem, the biggest problem is the lack of money, the second is the lack of money, and the third is the lack of money. Since last year, Emperor Chongde has levied additional salaries, originally said that this salary will only be increased for one year, and now the plan to increase the salary has been denied, but naturally no one mentioned that this salary should be stopped. Last year, the Tartars swept through Zhili and Shandong, and it stands to reason that these places should not only be exempt from taxes, but should also allocate money for grain relief. However, the imperial court only exempted the most seriously injured and almost became a few places in a no-man's land, and as for relief, don't even think about it. In this way, military spending is still not sufficient. When Emperor Chongde looked through some historical records before the Jokhang Dynasty, especially the records of the founding of the Jokhang Dynasty, he found a very strange thing, that is, when Emperor Taizu launched those military operations that were much larger than the current ones, it seemed that he spent much less money and food than now.

"Emperor Taizu only had the land of Jianghuai back then, I really don't know how he supported the perennial southern expedition and northern war." Emperor Chongde couldn't help but think. In fact, this question is not difficult to answer, because during the time of Emperor Taizu, the bureaucratic system of the Jokhang Dynasty was much more incorruptible and efficient than it is today.

After arranging these things, Emperor Chongde could not rest. There's a lot more to him. For example, a few days later, in Nangong's Luo Tian Dajiao, he still has to see how the green words prepared for this are written......

Early in the morning, Emperor Chongde was going to Nangong Jianjiao to pray for the blessing of the country. For this reason, he specially issued an order to summon Zhang Zhenren of Longhu Mountain to preside over this ceremony. In fact, Zhang Zhenren has been here for more than a month, but it takes a long time for Luo Tian to make Jiao, and among them, there are not many times when the emperor is to come in person. In addition, because he was too busy, he didn't have the time to meet this big real person until now.

"I hope the real people can understand my suffering." Emperor Chongde could only think like this.

In fact, when he first ascended the throne, Emperor Chongde did not believe in such things. Even the "celestial induction" he didn't quite believe it. In those days, an official once wrote a book, saying that if there were so many disasters today, it was a warning from heaven, and the Son of Heaven should reflect on himself and practice virtue. At that time, Emperor Chongde immediately retorted: "I heard that 'heaven is constant, not for Yao's survival, not for ruin', besides, Yao has nine years of flooding, Tang has seven years of drought, but I don't hear that Yao and Tang have any immorality!" ”

But now it's different, the frustration again and again has made his heart drop a lot, and he has begun to believe more and more, and even rely on things like immortals.

"Alas, I don't know if Zhang Zhenren's big Jiao this time can save the country's fortune." Emperor Chongde thought, "If you can't, maybe ...... Monks from outside are good at chanting......"

Two days ago, Huang Yuanli, who painted the portrait of the Empress Dowager, mentioned when he met Emperor Chongde that the Cross Sect also has a ritual of praying for good luck from God, which seems to be called "Mass".

"I hope it helps."

Emperor Chongde thought so. At this time, Emperor Chongde, Empress Zhou, Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan's chariots were slowly passing through the west of the Wenhua Palace, out of the Donghua Gate, and walking south along the bluestone royal road on the east side of the moat. Since the beginning of spring, the wind and sand in Jingshi have been extraordinarily large, and it is almost impossible to find one or two mild days without wind and sand in a month. However, the weather today is very good, the sun is shining, and the slight south wind is particularly intoxicating. The willows by the moat also spit out tender green sprouts, and the two yellow Peng weaved through the willow branches, making a tactful and soft call.

Emperor Chongde hadn't been out of the Forbidden City for many days, and he couldn't help but feel refreshed, with a hint of a smile in his eyes, as if all kinds of distress had temporarily left his heart.

"Maybe that's a good sign." Emperor Chongde thought.