"Oh, the letter from over there?" Although Chongzhen was in a very bad mood at this time, his face still showed surprise, and he took the letter casually.

Of course, Chongzhen knew who Wen Tiren was referring to, and the only person who could be qualified to write directly to Chongzhen outside the customs was Huang Taiji of the Manchu Dynasty.

It's not the first time Huang Taiji has written a letter to Chongzhen, counting this time, it should be the third time. Coincidentally, each time it was a letter of peace.

Chongzhen looked at the letter, his face was constantly changing, obviously in an extremely complicated mood.

After Chongzhen read it, he handed the letter to the second assistant Xue Guoguan and motioned for him to be circulated by several cabinet members present. Yang Sichang was also present, and he entered the cabinet a month earlier than in history.

After several ministers circulated it, they were all a little speechless.

After a long time, Chongzhen sneered: "I really don't know, it turns out that Huang Taiji also hates Wang Yue so much, and he even sent a letter to ask me to exchange his head for peace between the two countries, ladies and gentlemen, what do you think?" ”

Wen Tiren said without thinking: "Your Majesty, please redeem the old minister." The old minister thought that Wang Yue should be killed, but it was not the turn of the Jiannu to point fingers, even if he wanted to punish him, he had to let us come by himself, when would it be their turn to point fingers at us? ”

Since Wang Yue crippled the Manchus, these ministers in the court mentioned the Manchus with disdainful self-confidence. Although everyone present was eager to dismantle Wang Yue into eight pieces, if Wang Yue was so easy to kill, did they still need to speak?

"Well, Aiqing has a point." Chongzhen's face softened slightly, and then said: "We don't need others to worry about our Ming affairs, but Huang Taiji's move also proves one thing, they have been rampant for so many years, and finally there are people who make them feel afraid." ”

The second assistant Xue Guoguan said: "Your Majesty, now the Tiance Army has become an army that cannot be pierced by needles and splashed with water. The root cause of all this is because Wang Yue and the Tiance army are close to Gyeonggi and must be dealt with as soon as possible. In case that the king is more .........! ”

He does what he wants to say and then stops, and his meaning is self-evident.

Chongzhen also realized that the Tiance Army was a tiger lying at the gate of the Beijing Division, and once it was counterattacked, the imperial court would be in danger.

He looked at Yang Sichang and asked, "Yang Aiqing, does Wang Yue have a meeting with the court recently?" "There are too many officials in the Great Dynasty Association, so many that Chongzhen can't recognize them all.

Yang Sichang lowered his head and said, "Wang Yue didn't participate in the court meeting!" He felt very embarrassed, and the infiltration plan failed completely, and Wang Yue didn't even participate in the court meeting, so he couldn't start.

Chongzhen said helplessly: "A few Aiqing, let's talk about how to solve the problem of Wang Yue and Tiance Army." ”

As emperor, he could not tolerate a powerful army that was not under his control.

The second assistant Xue Guoguan said: "The minister thinks that it can be two-pronged!" ”

Chongzhen said as soon as he heard it: "Xue Aiqing, please speak, how to do it at the same time?" ”

Xue Guoguan said with a smile: "The imperial court can first acquiesce to Wang Yue's request, hasn't he always wanted to ask for a decree for his mother?" The emperor allowed him to ask for a seal to numb his heart, and then slowly tried to do it. He must have thought that the imperial court could be bullied, and then he could be lured into Beijing to arrest him, and at the same time send troops to surround the starting city and surrender its various departments, so that the initiative is in my hands. ”

Chongzhen nodded again and again when he listened, this proposal was very feasible, and he was very confident in the prestige of the imperial court. Without Wang Yue's Tiance army, it should not be difficult to recruit all the troops to submit to the imperial court.

"Then send Xie Baoqing to go, he is more familiar with that king!" Xie Baoqing is the natural candidate in Chongzhen's mind: "But Xue Aiqing, are you sure to hold Wang Yue?" If Wang Yue is captured, what if his soldiers still want to rebel? ”

Xue Guoguan said: "Your Majesty, that day, the army was headed by Wang Yue and his brother Wang Zhuo, followed by Li Zixiong, and Li Zixiong has just been promoted to a general. As long as the imperial court takes the two brothers, Li Zixiong will be appointed as the commander of the Tiance Army, the official will be the chief soldier, and the others will be promoted to the third level. Then Li Zixiong and others will definitely give up the Wang brothers for the sake of high-ranking officials. If some people still want to rebel, after there is no Wang family brother, the army's morale will inevitably be weakened, and if they order the army to be exterminated, they will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Wen Tiren also suggested: "The minister thinks that after taking the Wang brothers, he can divide and disintegrate the Tiance army. The main force of the Tiance Army was their so-called six regiments, and the strength of each regiment was almost equivalent to the previous Wanping regimental training. The imperial court can divide the leaders of these six regiments into Shandong, Henan, Zhili, Shanxi and other places to participate in the generals, if one disobeys, it can order other departments to attack it. ”

Chongzhen nodded again and again when he heard this, Wen Tiren's proposal was indeed a good idea, and he was also confident in the allure of the official hat of the imperial court, after all, it was a time-honored brand for more than two hundred years.

Wen Tiren and Xue Guoguan both offered advice, Yang Sichang was of course not willing to be left behind, he bowed his hand to Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, Wang Yue once said that he would sacrifice silver and steel to the imperial court, and the taxes of the imperial court are also managed by the household department. Why don't you ask him to come to the household department to sign and draw a pledge, isn't this a ready-made reason? ”

"Okay, the plan is very good!" Chongzhen said with a smile: "Then this matter will be handed over to a few Aiqing to plan, and Jinyiwei will assist." Remember not to leak the rumors, whoever leaks the rumors should be punished for plotting against the big rebellion. ”

Chongzhen is still determined to take down Wang Yue, because Wang Yue touches the imperial power, which is impossible to compromise.

"Obey your orders!"

Chongzhen continued: "That Wang Yue received 26 million catties of grain, and made great contributions in Korea, and once asked for the decree to crown his mother and wife as Mrs. Decree. Then it is intended to seal his mother Li Xiufang as a third-grade lady, and his wife Zhang Ziyun as a fourth-grade respectful person. ”

Wang Yue is the fourth grade, and his wife is of course the fourth grade of the wife, in line with the principle of wife and mother, Li Xiufang was named Mrs. from the third grade.

Several ministers knew that this was a strategy of An Wangyue's heart, so they had no objections.

After the ministers left, Cao Huachun said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I heard that there are many strange things in that starting point city, and there is even a thousand miles of sound transmission skills. The slave was very worried, that Wang Yue was not so easy to take. ”

Chongzhen sank his face and said, "Isn't it that you have the benefit of Wang Yue and want to intercede for him, right?" He is plotting rebellion, and I must not tolerate it!! ”

"Your Majesty, you misunderstood the slave!" Cao Huachun smiled and said: "The slave has a perfect plan, and she is about to dedicate it to the emperor." ”

"Oh, what's the plan?" Chongzhen was a little surprised.

"The combat power of the Tiance Army is obvious to all, but whether the upper-level officers of the Tiance Army can really be easily divided and disintegrated as Wen Ge Lao said, that is just a guess. Moreover, Wang Yue's strange objects are countless, whether you can hold him or not, the slave has no bottom in her heart! ”