Zhang Bin's family is jubilant and ready to celebrate the New Year, but Chongzhen and Wen Tiren are not having a good time this year.

Chongzhen can only say that he is to blame, Zhang Bin explained to him for a long time, he has already decided that Zhang Bin did not form a party for personal gain, but he still according to the original plan, only sent Zhang Bin a Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi, hung a royal history of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and did not let Zhang Bin take care of anything, he was only responsible for teaching the prince!

Moreover, Lu Xiangsheng's position has not been restored, he is still a famous governor, after Sun Chuanting returned to the capital, he was not removed from his post and investigated, but Chongzhen demoted him to Shuntian Mansion Cheng, which sounds good to be the fourth grade, but in fact, he has no power, because he still has a Shuntian Mansion Yin above.

Zhang Bin saw Chongzhen doing such nonsense, and became more and more cold to Chongzhen, he simply told Chongzhen to take a leave, saying that he was looking for a house to move, but in fact, he didn't want to help Chongzhen solve the problem of food and salary for the Qin army and the Qi family's army, he wanted to see how Chongzhen played and Wen Tiren played!

What can Chongzhen do, the treasury has always been tight, and it is difficult to pick out 10,000 taels of silver, not to mention the military expenditure of more than 100,000 taels per month, he can ensure that the army on the front line of Liaodong, Jizhou Town, Xuanfu Town and Datong Town is good, and in other places, he really can't do anything.

Chongzhen had no choice but to follow Zhang Bin's angry words and throw the pot of Qin Jun to Wen Tiren and let him find a way to go!

This Wen Tiren also said that others were nepotistic, and he himself promoted his brother-in-law to the governor of the three sides, and he still concealed the relationship between the two in front of me, which is really unusual.

Chongzhen was actually a little dissatisfied with Wen Tiren at this time, but he still had been stupidly believing that Wen Tiren was not a party or a group, and he could think about him and help him clean up those friends who tried to manipulate the government.

However, he really couldn't bear this "little mistake" this time, because he couldn't raise the food and salary of 50,000 Qin troops!

Therefore, he ordered someone to recruit Wen Tiren to the imperial study, ready to shake the pot.

Wen Tiren was really miserable by Zhang Jie and Shi Fan's affairs this time, so much so that he was a little weak when he saw Chongzhen, for fear that Chongzhen would suddenly say: "Did you send someone to kill Zhang Jie and Shi Fan, do you want to kill people?" ”

Fortunately, Chongzhen didn't ask him this, and after the monarch and ministers saw him, Chongzhen actually smiled and asked: "Changqing, how is the Jingchacha, this is about to be the New Year." ”

If it weren't for the approaching New Year, Wen Tiren naturally wanted to keep checking and control the cabinet, the six ministries, and the yamen in the capital in his hands, but the other scholars in the cabinet were all hard bones, and he couldn't get it for a while, so he could only find a chance to get it slowly in the future, he sighed regretfully in his heart, but on the surface, he pretended to be capable, and arched his hand: "Back to the emperor, it's almost over, and I will definitely be able to check it before the year." ”

Chongzhen nodded, and suddenly burst out: "I heard that Wu Zhenying, the governor of the three sides, is there an in-law with you, is there such a thing?" ”

When Wen Tiren heard this, he chuckled in his heart, what kind of bastard is so boring, he actually stabbed this matter to the emperor!

His eyes rolled for a while, and then he said vaguely: "This, Wu Zhenying is indeed the brother of Weichen's concubine, if you insist on counting, it can also be regarded as an in-law." ”

He is secretly changing the concept, in fact, Wu Zhenying is the cousin of his favorite concubine, and the relationship between the two families is still very close, however, the favorite concubine is also a concubine, and the cousin can also be regarded as a clan brother, this is not a bully, and the relationship between the clan brother of a concubine is much more.

Sure enough, Chongzhen's face was much better when he heard him say this, but he still had to find a way to pay the 50,000 Qin army.

Chongzhen pretended not to care, and said lightly: "Oh, so that's the case, since you brought him up, are you responsible, now that he is urging the Qin army's food and salary there, you can't ignore it, right?" ”

This means that he has to find a way to raise the food and salary of the 50,000 Qin army, how can he have any way, let him go to the food and salary of the 50,000 Qin army, it is almost the same, how can it be raised!

Wen Tiren thought about it, and simply asked: "Your Majesty, Weichen is brave, I don't know why I have to gather all the 50,000 Qin troops together?" ”

Chongzhen said wisely: "Sooner or later, the Jiannu in Liaodong will be eliminated, and the anti-thieves in the northwest will be solved sooner or later, now although Yuan Chonghuan has achieved a great victory in the Liaohe, but the elimination of Jiannu and the recovery of the entire Liaodong army is still slightly insufficient, not to mention the anti-thieves, basically there is no imperial army specifically responsible for encirclement and suppression, the Qin army is famous for its bravery and good fighting, I want to concentrate on solving the problem of Liaodong and the problem of the anti-thieves in the northwest next year, so that the Ming Dynasty will really become peaceful in the four seas, and the Qin army will definitely be used at that time, so, It is necessary to gather together and practice first. ”

Wen Tiren rolled his eyes when he heard this, it turned out that this was the case, eliminate Jiannu, exterminate the anti-thieves and close my, I know that I have no food, and I have to gather 50,000 Qin troops together to practice, you are full of panic!

He rolled his eyes and said: "Your Majesty, the Qin army has been assembling and practicing for so long, and it is almost the New Year's Day now, so it is better to disband them and let them go back to their respective stations to have a good New Year, in this way, wouldn't we save the food and salary, and it will not be too late to use the Qin army to assemble again next year!" ”

Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this, this method is really a way that is not a way, dismiss them, even if it is a border tun, the court will not have to pay food and salary, but it will take time to assemble at that time, but I don't know if it will delay the fighter.

Chongzhen thought for a while, but there was really no better way, so he could only nod helplessly: "That's okay, let Wu Zhenying order the dismissal of the Qin army, let them go back for the New Year first." By the way, there is also the food and salary of the Qi family's army, Changqing, do you have a good plan? ”

Wen Tiren couldn't help but have black lines on his face when he heard this, what a mess this is, Qi Jiajun's food and salary are my shit, all he wants is power and interests, these bullshit things, he is really too lazy to take care of them.

He thought about it for a while, and simply shirked it and said, "Your Majesty, it seems that the Qi family's army only has more than 10,000 people in total, how much food and salary can 10,000 people want?" ”

What he meant, what is there to say about the 10,000 people's salary, but Chongzhen said bitterly: "This Qi family's army is the elite of the Ming Dynasty, and the monthly salary is more than 60,000 taels!" ”

, more than 60,000 taels, why don't you grab it, the elite is amazing, just some soldiers, why do you want so many money, he rolled his eyes, and thought about it, aren't these all cultivated by Zhang Bin, disgusting to you!

He pretended to be worried about the country and the people, and said righteously: "The imperial court is in a difficult period, and their Qi family army has not fought and has not done anything, so they want so much food, isn't this deliberately embarrassing the imperial court, what is the use of such an elite?" If the emperor decrees that the army that has not participated in the war only has food and no salary, it is good that the court can let them eat enough, and there are still many disaster victims in the northwest who can't eat enough! ”

Chongzhen's heart moved when he was said, Qi Jiajun didn't do anything for a day, he just rested there, and he shouldn't be fine if he didn't pay money, right?

He was taken into the ditch by Wen Tiren, if they never use the Qi family's army to fight, it is indeed okay if you don't pay the silver, and the soldiers of the Qi family army also figured it out, anyway, they have nothing to do, the day is rest, and it is really good to be able to eat a full meal.

However, the problem is that the Qi family army is used to fight tough battles, when they are fine, they are not resting, but practicing desperately, and when there is something, they are really desperate.

Like Wen Tiren said, when you have nothing to do, just throw some food to people, and when you have something, let people work hard, who will give you a hard time, in Fuguang, isn't it easy to eat a full meal, you don't have to work hard at all, you can eat a full meal every day with a sack!

Chongzhen really has no money, but Wen Tiren is irresponsible nonsense, and in the end, Chongzhen chose to accept Wen Tiren's suggestion!

He hesitated and said, "Is this okay, even if it is a ration for 10,000 people, it is not a small amount!" ”

Wen Tiren saw that Chongzhen was deceived, and simply flickered: "It is definitely not possible to change the Liaodong Army, because they may have to fight hard all the time, the Qi family army is far away in Fuguang, and there are no foreign enemies around, if there is anything that can't be done, it will be good to give them a full meal." The emperor doesn't have to worry about the problem of rations, isn't Fuguang rich in grain, let Bi Maokang and Cai Shanji raise it, Fuguang is such a big two provinces, and they can't raise 10,000 stone grains a month, so aren't they corpse vegetarians! ”

Chongzhen was fooled like this, although he felt that something might be wrong, he still nodded and said, "Well, then let's do it first." ”

The problem of Qin Jun and Qi Jiajun was so hastily set a countermeasure, Chongzhen asked Yu Wen Tiren, it was even more unreliable than asking Yu Blind, because Wen Tiren didn't know anything about governing the country and strengthening the army at all, his only strength was to fight for power and profit, you don't ask him, you ask him, he has to take the opportunity to exclude dissidents!

Historically, he went from Chongzhen for four years to Chongzhen for ten years, served as the first assistant for six years, and never offered a countermeasure to the invasion of the Houjin, the uprising against the peasant army, the disaster relief in the northwest and other major national events.

At this time, it seems that he is going to return to the old path of history again, Zhang Bin, the only one who can pose a threat to him in the court, has been slandered by him and degraded to accompany the prince to study, and others like Bi Ziyan, Wen Zhenmeng and others are weak and weak, and they are not his opponents at all, and Daming slowly began to weaken again.

The beginning of the weakening was his strategy for the Liaodong Army, the Qin Army, the Tianxiong Army, and the Qi Army.

Like the Liaodong Army, in order to prevent Yuan Chonghuan from shaking his control of the court after his successful return to the dynasty, he specially took down such a meritorious hero as Bi Zisu and replaced him with his own cronie Hong Chengchou to be the governor of Liaodong, he did not help Yuan Chonghuan deal with Jiannu, but wanted to drag others back when Yuan Chonghuan was about to succeed, so that Yuan Chonghuan would fall short!

Like the Qin Army, the Tianxiong Army and the Qi Family Army, because Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and Qi Yuangong were all cultivated by Zhang Bin, he didn't care about any consequences at all, and desperately suppressed them.

Lu Xiangsheng is okay, because he has just led the army to defeat the main force of the peasant army, so he has not been swept to the end, and there are at least 10,000 Tianxiong troops in his hands, and the food and salary of the Tianxiong army has not been cut off.

Qi Yuangong was a little miserable, Wen Tiren actually fooled Chongzhen to directly cut off the Qi family's army's food and salary, and asked the political envoys of Fuguang and Guang to raise rations for them!

Sun Chuanting was even more miserable, not to mention that the governors of the three sides were removed, and even the Qin army was disbanded!

On the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, three days before the New Year's Festival, 50,000 soldiers of the Qin army were stationed on the Wuding River waiting for the imperial court to issue food, but what they were waiting for was not food, but an order to send them home for the New Year!

The soldiers of Ningxia Town and Gansu Town were in an uproar, what a joke, it was only three days before the New Year's Festival, and they were even allowed to go home for the New Year!

Ningxia Town is more than 1,000 miles away from Suidezhou where they are stationed, and Gansu Town is more than 2,000 miles away from Suidezhou, if they are all cavalry, the soldiers of Ningxia Town may still rush home for the New Year, the soldiers of Gansu Town don't have to think about it, they can't go back for three days, not to mention, they don't have many cavalry at all, they basically rely on their legs to go back, the soldiers of Ningxia Town, it is fast to get home in ten days, and the soldiers of Gansu Town will take at least more than 20 days!

No food, no silver, just let them go home for the New Year, how to spend this year? More than 20,000 soldiers in Ningxia Town and Gansu Town almost reversed on the spot!

Fortunately, You Shilu and Wang Shiqin and others are all famous generals on the three sides, and under their reprimand, the soldiers of Ningxia Town and Gansu Town quickly quieted down, and then, You Shilu and Wang Shiqin went to Wu Zhenying, the governor of the trilateral on behalf of 50,000 Qin soldiers, hoping that he could give a little severance pay for the sake of the soldiers' long distance, so that everyone could go home with a breath, otherwise they would starve to death on the road!

Wu Zhenying, with the support of Wen Tiren, disdained You Shilu and Wang Shiqin, the two Ming generals, and said a word, the imperial court did not issue any food and salary, nor did it issue a penny of severance pay, looking for him for money, dreaming!

If You Shilu and Wang Shiqin were the bold and lawless people like Li Zicheng, Wu Zhenying would be dead, they would not only kill Wu Zhenying, but also lead the army to rise up and loot everywhere!

Fortunately, You Shilu and Wang Shiqin were both loyal and patriotic generals, and after the negotiations were fruitless, they did not lead the army to rebel, but invited the soldiers of Ningxia Town and Gansu Town to return to Yulin with them first, and at the same time, they sent fast horses to ask for help from Dongshengtang in Taiyuan and Xi'an, because they knew that almost all of the Qin army's previous food and salary were donated by Dongshengtang, and the imperial court did not distribute much.

As soon as Sun Chuanting left, Dongshengtang cut off the donation, which proves that Sun Chuanting has a certain relationship with Dongshengtang or that Dongshengtang's donation was requested by Sun Chuanting.

However, at this time, You Shilu and Wang Shiqin couldn't take care of so much, without Dongshengtang's funding, the Yulin army would not starve to death, but the Ningxia army and the Gansu army were very likely to starve to death on the road.

Zhang San, the big shopkeeper of Dongshengtang's Shanxi and Shaanxi firms, happened to be in Taiyuan at this time, he received a request for help from the Qin army, but after hesitating, he organized a convoy to quickly send the food and salary of 50,000 soldiers to Yulin, because the grain and salary of the Qin army in December had actually been transported to Taiyuan, and it was only because Sun Chuanting was suddenly removed from his post that Zhang Bin ordered to stop the transportation.

Zhang Bin was already in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve when he received the news, and he still praised the third brother Zhang San's approach, because he stopped the Qin army's food and pay only because he was angry at Wen Tiren's rumors and caused Sun Chuanting to be pushed, and he didn't really want the Qin army to finish.

However, he scoffed at the ridiculous things done by Chongzhen and Wen Tiren, which is just nonsense!