Chongzhen did not make a clear statement about whether to summon King Qi back to Beijing, so he ignored it.

After the ministers sent Chongzhen away, they were not in a hurry to leave, but whispered in groups of three or five, whispering what kind of attitude Chongzhen would have.

For a long time, the indispensable thing in the Ming Dynasty is party struggle, and if someone supports everything, someone will inevitably oppose it.

However, today, on the matter of summoning Chen Yue, the king of Qi, to return to Beijing, the court actually showed the unity of the people, and there was almost no opposition, which cannot but make people feel surprised. Of course, this can be understood if it is broken down.

Although the shadow of the King of Qi is behind the rebels, although it is not on the surface, it is also well known. And the rebels brazenly captured Zhejiang and opened a knife on the gentry of the province, and the impact of this incident was naturally very great. To say that officials from Zhejiang do not hate Chen Yue, it is simply impossible.

But what about hate? Their families and property are in the hands of the rebels, and if they want their families to survive and get their wealth back, they have to compromise with Qi Wang Chen Yue.

For the gentry of the four prefectures of Jiangdong and the officials from Jiangdong, the rebels in Zhejiang were like a huge sword hanging over their heads, and if they dared to oppose Chen Yue at this time, Jiangdong would be the next to suffer.

It's just that a rebel army with the support of the Dongfan Army behind it has captured two provinces one after another; It's just that the Jiangxi riots are in rebellion, so they annihilated Zheng Sen's 30,000 army, forcing the 50,000 troops of Yinxi to not advance an inch. At this time, Chen Yue, the king of Qi, who was sitting on hundreds of thousands of strong troops, had not yet made a move!

If Chen Yue did it himself, what kind of thunderbolt would it be? If Chen Yue openly attacked the gentry of the world, who would dare to guarantee that he would be spared?

The current situation is very obvious, after the expulsion of the Manchu by Chen Yue, the king of Qi, his fame is unparalleled, and his power has reached its peak. Hundreds of thousands of troops were formed by him, and even the imperial court could not dispatch them.

And the entire north of the Yellow River was under the control of the King of Qi, Shandong, Henan, Dongfan, Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and the territory directly or indirectly controlled by the King of Qi was so huge.

All this shows that a powerful and powerful feudal clan has emerged, and the strength of this powerful feudal domain has far exceeded that of the imperial court. If Chen Yue is willing, he can easily overthrow the imperial court and set up a new dynasty on his own!

All this, except for Chongzhen, who is the emperor, is still in a state of self-deception, which official of the imperial court does not know it!

At this time, who else dares to openly make enemies with Chen Yue? The conduct of the Ming Dynasty officials is also well known, if they had too much loyalty, Li would not have cried and shouted one by one when he broke into the city of Beijing and knelt in front of the Dashun government to beg for a job; If they had too much loyalty, they would not have taken the initiative to open the city and kneel down to welcome the city after Duoduo led his troops across the river, when there were still Nanjing Jiancheng and more than 100,000 troops!

Of course, at any time, there will be some courtiers who are loyal to the court, but the number of these truly loyal officials is too small, and their voices are too small!

Qian Qianyi's face was disgraced, and he forcibly said a few words to the officials who gathered around, and waved them to leave. And he went to the inner palace. He knew that he had to explain to Chongzhen in order to eliminate Chongzhen's anger and make the general situation not out of his control.

In the face of the moody and self-righteous Emperor Chongzhen, Qian Qianyi didn't know how much his words could play and whether he could be persuaded or not.

If you can't be convinced, I'm afraid you will have to be kicked out of the cabinet after Shi Kefa!

......

In the Qianqing Palace, after drinking a bowl of ginseng soup, Chongzhen's face eased, he sighed softly, and his hands and feet returned to normal.

"Emperor, Elder Qian Ge is kneeling outside and asking to see you." Touching the silver ticket in his sleeve, Tian Chengyi gritted his teeth and gently bowed to Chongzhen.

Hearing Qian Qianyi's name, Chongzhen's face suddenly appeared angry, and with a wave of his hand, a jade paperweight on the table was brushed to the ground and shattered, and his chest rose and fell violently.

The emperor was furious, and the eunuchs and palace maids in the hall were so frightened that they fell to their knees.

After a long time, Chongzhen finally stopped his anger, took a deep breath, and raised his hand to let Tian Chengxuan Chongzhen in. Now that the matter has come to this, Chongzhen deeply feels that he has been out of his control, and even if he dismisses Qian Qianyi, what can he do, it will not help solve the problem.

I can change my head and assistant as frequently as I did in Beijing, but in the end, I don't pretend to be deaf and dumb like Wei Dezao and refuse to take any responsibility? At least Qian Qianyi dared to express his opinion.

"Wechen knocks on Your Majesty!" As soon as he entered the hall, Qian Qianyi fell to his knees, and his heart was full of fear at this moment.

Chongzhen is different from the previous emperors of the Ming Dynasty, this is really a ruthless person, in the past 20 years, there are dozens of ministers who have died in the hands of Chongzhen, although Qian Qianyi is the leader of the Donglin Party, and he usually looks like a wisdom pearl in his hand, but he has no sense of security in the face of Chongzhen. Especially after a serious illness, Chongzhen is full of danger.

"Let's talk about it, why did you agree to Chen Yue's return to Beijing?" The more angry he was, the calmer Chongzhen's expression became, and he didn't let Qian Qianyi get up, but asked directly.

"Back to Your Majesty......" Qian Qianyi raised his head and was about to say what he had been thinking about for a long time.

"I want to hear the truth!" Chongzhen coldly interrupted him, "As long as you are sincere, I will forgive you for your innocence!" ”

Qian Qianyi was stunned for a moment, silent for a moment, he knew that if he said it according to the plan just now, he was afraid that it would cause more anger in Chongzhen.

Finally, he decided to "tell the truth"!

"Back to Your Majesty, the ministers have selfish intentions in supporting King Qi to return to Beijing."

"Oh?" Chongzhen was quite surprised, surprised that Qian Qianyi dared to admit his selfishness, "Tell me, what is your selfishness?" ”

Qian Qianyi kowtowed heavily: "Your Majesty, you know, the minister's hometown is in Changshu, Changshu County, Suzhou Prefecture. Now that the rebels have captured Zhejiang, the next target must be Suzhou Prefecture, and it may not be long before Chen's hometown will be poisoned by the rebels.

For the safety of the elders in his hometown, and also for the wealth of the minister's hometown, the minister can only support the king of Qi to return to Beijing, because the world can control the rebels, it is none other than the king of Qi, which is the minister's selfishness. ”

"Hehe, haha......." The laughter came out of Chongzhen's mouth, and he stopped for a long time.

"Look, this is my Cabinet Scholar!" Chongzhen looked at Tian Chengdao, who was standing aside, although he was smiling, his tone was colder than the cold wind.

"This is my great bachelor, when the national disaster comes, all he thinks about is himself!"

"Qian Qianyi, I ask you, you have eaten the imperial court for many years, and you are deeply favored by the Ming Dynasty, you may have a trace of thinking about me and the Ming Dynasty in your heart?"

Chongzhen's words rang in Qian Qianyi's ears like thunder.