For various reasons, Chen Yue did not have much support from Wenchen in the court, and the second assistant Lu Zhenfei was one of the few people who had always supported Chen Yue, which was another reason why Chen Yue was willing to help him.

Chongzhen's health is getting worse and worse, and he doesn't know how long he can support it. No matter what the reason, Chen Yue had to support his own forces in the court. You can't let people like the Donglin Party who can only talk about it control the government in the future, right?

Regarding Chen Yue's request, Chongzhen thought about it and nodded in agreement. For Lu Zhenfei, Chongzhen has very complicated feelings, in the matter of Chongzhen coming to Nanjing to re-ascend the throne, Lu Zhenfei and the regimental soldiers he trained have made great contributions, plus Lu Zhenfei is loyal and has extraordinary ability, so although the Northern Expedition was defeated, Chongzhen has not put him to death.

Since Chen Yue is now interceding for Lu Zhenfei, Chongzhen doesn't mind selling his favor to release Lu Zhenfei, but it is impossible to become a cabinet scholar anymore, so he can only serve in front of the army as a criminal minister.

"Your Majesty, this time Huguang lost, Hao Shaoqi was unfavorable to defend Jingzhou, and He Tengjiao led his troops to advance. But one of the biggest problems is intelligence. Chen Yue continued.

"Intelligence?" Chongzhen frowned slightly.

"Yes, intelligence! Zhang Thief's Great Western Army and Shun Thief's remnants converged so much that the imperial court didn't know anything, Zhang Thief Dingguo took 50,000 Western thieves to ambush more than ten miles west of Jingzhou, He Tengjiao and Hao Shaoqi didn't get any information, what is the reason for this?

Jin Yiwei has the right to patrol and arrest internally, and participates in collecting military intelligence and plotting against enemy generals externally. During the Wanli period, Jinyiwei went deep into the battlefield to collect information on the Japanese and made great contributions to the expulsion of the Japanese by our Ming army. When his father was the commander of Jinyiwei, he sent countless spies to Henan, Shandong, and Hebei to collect information on the Manchu Tartars, which led to two great victories in Yangzhou and Wuhu against the Manchurians.

And since the death of his father, Lu Zonghan has served as the commander of Jinyiwei, but what has Jinyiwei done now? When the Northern Expedition failed, did they collect information about the enemy and provide intelligence for the army? Along with the confluence of the west, they are even more ignorant. What is the use of keeping such a brocade guard? ”

Chen Yue's voice became louder and louder, his voice was full of resentment, and Han Zanzhou, the eunuch who was waiting on the side, turned pale, and his eyes trembled.

Chen Jianghe died, after Lu Zonghan took over the command of Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei was completely suppressed by Han Zanzhou's Dongchang, Lu Zonghan was called Jinyiwei commander, but in fact, Han Zanzhou's lackeys, now Chen Yue said so, it is clear that he wants to attack Jinyiwei, and it will be even more difficult for Dongchang to suppress Jinyiwei! And after Chen Yue dealt with Jinyiwei, would he attack Dongchang again, thinking about how he specially sent Fang Mingxia to Zhejiang Patrol to deal with Chen Yue, Han Zanzhou suspected that Chen Yue's purpose in attacking Jinyiwei was to deal with himself.

"There is a saying in the art of war, knowing oneself and knowing that the other is invincible, take this time as an example, if Jinyiwei can discover the conspiracy of the confluence of the Shunxi River in advance, as long as our army guards the front line of Yiling, relying on the danger of the Three Gorges, we can easily block the Shunxi thieves in Sichuan. Therefore, the defeat in this battle is not all the responsibility of the front-line soldiers, and Jinyiwei also bears an unshirkable responsibility.

Wei Chen suggested that Lu Zonghan, the commander of the derelict Jinyi Guard, should be replaced with a capable person as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, so that the Jinyi Guard could contribute to the elimination of the thieves in our army. ”

Chongzhen's face was complicated and difficult to understand, and he asked for a long time: "From what you see, who can serve as the commander of the Jinyi Guard?" ”

"The minister recommended the original Jinyi Wei to pacify Liu Neng." Chen Yue didn't look at Chongzhen's face at all, and said directly.

"Liu Neng was expelled from Jinyi for not obeying orders, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for him to be the commander." Han Zanzhou couldn't hold back anymore and interjected.

Chongzhen glanced at Han Zanzhou, but he didn't scold him, because Han Zanzhou asked his doubts. In that year, it was precisely because Liu Neng, as a Jinyiwei, colluded with Chen Yue, who was the governor of Jiangbei at the time, and was more loyal to Chen Yue than to the imperial court, that Chongzhen ordered Chen Jianghe to expel Liu Neng from Jinyiwei.

Jin Yiwei is the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven, but Liu Neng is Chen Yue's hardcore henchman, how can Chongzhen be willing to hand over Jin Yiwei to Chen Yue?

"Your Majesty doesn't know anything, and it is more than enough to be the commander of this brocade guard with Liu Neng's ability and merits. In order to persuade Hao Shaoqi to return to the Ming Dynasty to solve the danger of Wuhu, Liu Neng gave up this great credit and put the credit on the farmer Cheng Jiu. ”

Chen Yue told Liu Neng about his original merits, "For the sake of the overall situation, I am willing to give up the great merits, there are not many people who are loyal and courageous, how can I not be the commander of this Jinyi Guard?" ”

"Qi Guogong, are you telling a story?" Han Zanzhou's voice trembled and asked, "That Cheng Jiu's killing of Li Zicheng is known to the whole world, so His Majesty rewarded him with 10,000 taels of silver and made him a third-grade garrison, how did it turn out that Li Zicheng was killed by Liu Neng?" ”

"Is it necessary for Ben Gong to lie? Liu Neng and several of the entourages who killed Li Zicheng together at that time were still alive, and they could even find Cheng Jiu to question and confront him. Chen Yue glanced at Han Zan and said unhappily.

Killing Li Zicheng, persuading Hao Shaoqi to return to the Ming Dynasty to capture Jiujiang to cut off the Manchu retreat, and make great contributions to the annihilation of the Azig army, these contributions add up not to mention being a commander of the Jinyi Guard, it is not an exaggeration to make an earl and marquis.

Chongzhen pondered for a long time, and he couldn't oppose it at all.

Now that Daming has reached a life-and-death juncture, he needs Chen Yue to come out to extinguish the fire, and Chongzhen can't help but agree to Chen Yue's reasonable request.

"Aiqing will go down if there is nothing else to do, I am really a little tired." Afraid that Chen Yue would make more demands, Chongzhen hurriedly began to catch up with people.

"Your Majesty's health has just improved, so you shouldn't work too hard, please go for it." Han Zan came to Chen Yue without smiling, and asked him to go out.

Chen Yue, who originally wanted to make some more requests, could only reluctantly retire.

When Chen Yue withdrew from the main hall, Chongzhen suddenly collapsed on the couch, his face was extremely gray, the conversation just now was too energy-consuming, and he couldn't support it for a long time.

"Your Majesty!" Seeing this, Han Zanzhou's face changed greatly, he hurriedly walked to the side of the collapse, took out a red brocade box from the desk, opened it, picked up a black pill from it, and then gently stuffed it into Chongzhen's mouth, picked up a bowl of warm water and took it, and after a while, Chongzhen's face eased.

Chongzhen was lying on the dragon couch and looking at the roof in a daze, these days, he has become more and more in good spirits, thinking about the state affairs, he is even more worried.

"How's the matter with the Third Prince?" Finally, Chongzhen asked softly.

"The old slave has sent three groups of people to Shandong, but there is no news yet." Han Zanzhou lowered his head and said ashamedly.

"Hurry up, I'm afraid time is running out. Also, the matter must be kept secret and no one is allowed to leak it. Chongzhen commanded softly. ()

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