Yang Wenyue was defeated in Mi County, retreated to Kaifeng, recuperated for more than a month, and recruited some young men from the city, with a force of 20,000.

The Mandate of Heaven Army stopped and stopped all the way, marching no more than twenty or thirty miles a day, and according to the route of the march, a fool could judge the next target of the Mandate of Heaven Army.

The news that Runing Mansion was about to be attacked soon spread to Kaifeng, and the new governor of Henan, Gao Mingheng, immediately went to Runing Mansion with Yang Wenyue to quell the thieves.

Yang Wenyue is the governor of Baoding, and he is a guest army in Henan, and he needs Gao Mingheng to provide food supplies, although he is a little reluctant, but he still goes out of Kaifeng Mansion and goes to Runing Mansion in the south.

This time, however, he heeded Hu Dawei's advice, and marched very slowly, on the grounds that the newly recruited soldiers were not yet capable of combat, until May, when he reached Xihua, a hundred miles from the border of Runing Province.

Yang Wenyue did not dare to face the Mandate of Heaven Army, and could not disobey Gao Mingheng's military orders, he was the main force of the military department transferred to Henan Ping, not to mention an inch in front of the Mandate of Heaven Army, if the Mandate Army was raging in Runing Mansion today, if he stood by and watched, he would definitely be impeached.

As a last resort, Yang Wenyue learned from Yang Sichang, said that his illness was stagnant, and stationed the army in Xihua County.

Gao Mingheng urged Yang Wenyue to go south to exterminate the thieves, but Yang Wenyue not only refused on the grounds of physical discomfort, but also told the envoy sent by Gao Mingheng that the reason why the army was stationed in Xihua County was to prevent the Heavenly Mandate Army from going north, lest the Heavenly Mandate Army covet Kaifeng like last time.

As soon as the messengers come and go, half a month will pass, and the situation will change, and who knows how far it will develop in the future?

Yang Wenyue did not move forward, Ding Qirui was afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and he was looking for a place where there were no rogues, and he turned around and turned to the vicinity of Kaifeng, and he couldn't even get a good news.

The situation in Henan, Gao Mingheng was anxious in his eyes and was forced to go to Zhu Youzhen.

When Zhu Youzhen heard the message from Henan, he summoned Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, pointed at his nose and scolded a dog's blood spray, and immediately re-searched for a candidate for the thief.

Ding Qirui was recommended by Chen Xinjia, even if he was defeated, the key is that he doesn't even have the courage to fight, how can such a character pacify the thief?

Chen Xinjia recommended such a character, so he naturally has to bear joint and several responsibility!

He wasn't aggrieved, he just felt aggrieved!

Chen Xinjia knew that Ding Qirui did not have the means to level the thief, but the civil and military generals in the entire court either lacked prestige, courage, experience, or opportunity, and there was really no suitable candidate for the thief.

No one wants to supervise the teacher, no one dares to supervise the teacher!

What's wrong with the Ming Dynasty?

Even if you go into battle by yourself, I'm afraid it will be difficult to level the thief!

There was really no way, so Chen Xinjia went to ask Shoufu Zhou Yanru for advice, Ding Qirui was actually recommended by him to him, and he couldn't stay out of it.

Zhou Yanru also has a headache, Zhu Youzhen has always been very mean to the officials, the old ministers in the court, kill and kill, and stop the last time Yang Sichang went to Huguang to supervise the division, he couldn't even find a candidate for the secretary of the military department, and finally used Chen Xinjia, who was born.

The news of Yang Sichang's death reached the Beijing Division, and there was no one in the court who supervised the thief, and Ding Qirui was not allowed to be elected from among the local officials.

Ding Qirui is obviously not a person who can pacify thieves!

The situation in Henan is in ruins, but the court is helpless, the Ming Dynasty has no shortage of generals, only the commander and governor of the army!

Zhou Yanru didn't want to take care of this mess, the war was a matter of the Ministry of War, and Chen Xinjia should find a way, but he was the first assistant of the dynasty, if Chen Xinjia couldn't find a suitable candidate, maybe he would recommend him.

With the first auxiliary to command the army, the Ming Dynasty was not the first to suffer.

Chen Xinjia saw that Zhou Yanru was silent, thinking that he had the intention of shirking, so he said unceremoniously: "Lord Zhou, I recommended Ding Qirui last time, but it was your idea!" ”

"You ......" Zhou Yanru pointed at Chen Xinjia's nose, "When will I ask you to recommend Ding Qirui?" But even I couldn't believe such words, although I said it clearly at the time, but Ding Qirui was the only one who met the conditions, wasn't it my own idea?

At that time, Ding Qirui was recommended, but it was really helpless!

Zhou Yanru's right hand was put down unconsciously, and in front of Chen Xinjia, he really had no confidence.

Chen Xinjia didn't want to offend Zhou Yanru, after all, he was the first assistant, the emperor's right-hand man, he sighed and said: "Xiaguan really has no choice, so I came to you, Lord Shoufu, I hope that Lord Shoufu will save Xiaguan's life for the sake of our usual relationship!" ”

Zhou Yanru has no intention of saving his life, but helping Chen Xinjia now is to help himself, if Chen Xinjia can't get a candidate, dismissal and dismissal are indispensable, but there is still no candidate for Ping Thief.

What's even worse is that once Chen Xinjia is removed from the post of secretary of the Ministry of War, who will take over?

Above the court, no one wants to take over as the secretary of the military department!

If the hundred officials can't come up with the final candidate, the emperor will definitely find him, the first assistant dignitary.

If Chen Xinjia is kept, the imperial court will only lack candidates for the thief, in case Chen Xinjia falls, at least there will be a lack of a military secretary, and Zhou Yanru decided to help Chen Xinjia, "Actually, it's not that there are no candidates!" ”

"It turns out that Lord Zhou already has a suitable candidate in mind?" Chen Xinjia hurriedly bowed, "The lower officials know that for such a thing, it is right to find Lord Shoufu!" ”

Zhou Yanru secretly glared at Chen Xinjia, this military department secretary is really ...... It's no wonder that people are born! He didn't even save the gift, but said: "This candidate is still in the prison of the Criminal Department!" ”

"The Prison of the Criminal Department?" Chen Xinjia frowned and said, "Lord Zhou is talking about ......"

"This time, the old man didn't say anything, you guessed it yourself," Zhou Yanru said coldly: "If something happens, don't rely on this official again!" ”

"The lower officials don't dare, the lower officials don't dare!" Chen Xinjia hurriedly apologized, but he was still a little worried, "Lord Zhou, you say, will the emperor let him out of prison?" ”

"If it was a capital crime, with the emperor's temperament, I'm afraid he would have been killed a long time ago, can he wait until today?" Zhou Yanru glared at Chen Xinjia, secretly scolded "stupid" in his heart, but said in his mouth: "Now is the time to employ people, so I can't care so much!" ”

Chen Xinjia nodded, maybe only this person can let himself escape, but can this person really quell the thief?

He glanced at Zhou Yanru and said, "Lord Zhou, you say, how long does it take for this person to quell the thief?" ”

"If you want to say who can level the thief, I'm afraid no one in the court will dare to answer," Zhou Yanru said in his heart, what an idiot, at this time, he still thinks about the thief, and in the future, I don't know how to lose this head, "After this person is released from prison, he needs to recuperate for a few days, and then rush to Shaanxi, it will take a few days to complete the army, and when the Shaanxi soldiers go east to Tongguan to level the thief, it will be at least three months later!" ”

"And what about three months from now?" Chen Xinjia was stunned and said: "If this person can't calm the thief, won't he ...... when the time comes?"

Zhou Yanru narrowed his eyes, but he didn't speak, and after a while, he picked up the teacup on the table, but he didn't open the lid to drink tea.

Chen Xinjia is a fool, and he also knows the rules of officialdom, this is serving tea to send guests, he bowed his hand to Zhou Yanru and said goodbye and went back.

He was originally going to go directly to the palace to ask to see Zhu Youzhen, but when he finally left, Zhou Yanru's unfathomable look on his face made him uneasy, so he turned around and returned to the mansion, sitting alone at the desk, silent for a long time, recalling Zhou Yanru's words sentence by sentence, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and in the end he sweated unconsciously.

Don't......

Chen Xinjia really didn't dare to think about it, such an inference was too reasonable!

got up and paced a few steps in the study, still a little panicked in his heart, and took a sweat towel to wipe the sweat stains on his forehead, but simply didn't want to.

Chen Xinjia didn't even eat lunch, and went directly to the inner court to ask to see Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen summoned Chen Xinjia in the Dongnuan Pavilion as usual, and after Chen Xinjia saluted, he reluctantly gave him a seat, and said directly: "What are Chen Aiqing's plans for the thief?" ”

"Back to the emperor," Chen Xinjia arched his hand, although he was fully prepared, he was still panicked in his heart, as if he was stealing people in the mansion, and he was afraid of being punished by his wife, "The minister thought of someone!" ”

He didn't dare to say everything, he just proposed a candidate and let Zhu Youzhen consider it himself, in case anything goes wrong in the future, he doesn't have much responsibility.

"Who?" Zhu Youzhen's dissatisfaction was obviously on his face, since there was a candidate, why didn't he say it earlier?

"Fu Zonglong!" Chen Xinjia didn't even dare to raise his head, he was very panicked in his heart, lest he would be seen by Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen frowned slightly, but he didn't speak, neither agreed nor objected, obviously thinking about something.

Chen Xinjia's heart became more and more uneasy, in case Zhu Youzhen rejected Fu Zonglong, there would be no suitable candidate in his heart, and he would have to go to Lord Shoufu when the time came......

Hey?

He suddenly thought, why do you need to go to Zhou Yanru, since Zhou Yanru is powerful, why not recommend him directly to the emperor? The first assistant superintendent, Zhou Yanru is not the first person.

Zhou Yanru is not in the Qianqing Palace at this time, as long as the emperor directly decrees, he can't go if he doesn't want to, who made him the first assistant?

"He is loyal and simple," Zhu Youzhen finally spoke, his voice a little desolate, "I appointed him with a sense of guilt for him, he should ignore his past suspicions and do his best for me." ”

"The Emperor Shengming!" The stone in Chen Xinjia's heart just landed, it turned out that the emperor was worried about this! "The emperor is the lord of civil and military officials, and the emperor appointed Fu Zonglong, he should be grateful!"

Zhu Youzhen's face softened slightly, and said: "Fu Zonglong is in the prison of the Criminal Department, I'm afraid he has suffered a lot, so let's go and pass the decree, let him rest at home for a few days, and then go directly to Shaanxi, the military situation is urgent, so there is no need to enter the palace to thank him!" ”

"Obey the order!" Chen Xinjia secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor didn't let Fu Zonglong enter the palace to thank him, this is a shame for Fu Zonglong, right? No matter what happened to the emperor and Fu Zonglong, this matter is finally over!

Zhou Yanru is worthy of being a close minister of the emperor, and he has such a thorough grasp of the emperor's thoughts, no wonder he can go back out of the mountain and serve as the first assistant of the cabinet!

Zhu Youzhen personally wrote a cursive decree, with Fu Zonglong as the right imperial history and the right servant of the military department, and quickly went to replace Ding Qirui, the governor of the trilateral military affairs, and specifically exterminated the liukou Li Zicheng.