Chongzhen saw that Fang Yuan actually appeared in Dongnuan Pavilion dressed as a little eunuch, he was startled at first, and then Long Yan was furious, pointing to Fang Yuan's door and saying, "Fang Yuan, you, bold!" Daring! ”

He scolded Fang Yuan, and then scolded Wang Chengen angrily, "Wang Chengen, you get out of the Dongnuan Pavilion for me, get out of the Dongnuan Pavilion, get out of here!" ”

Wang Chengen, who knew that he had caused a big disaster, lowered his head and hurried away.

Chongzhen drove Wang Chengen away and scolded Fang Yuan, "Fang Yuan, you dare to calculate me, believe it or not, I will cut off your head immediately." ”

Fang Yuan said in a hurry, "Your Majesty can't kill the minister!" ”

Chongzhen was slightly stunned, and shouted angrily, "You, it's just the opposite!" It's the other way around! ”

Fang Yuan looked straight at Chongzhen, and said lightly, "What the Emperor Taiji wants in his handbook is the living Fang Yuan, not the dead Fang Yuan, if Your Majesty kills the minister, how can he explain it to the Emperor Taiji?" ”

Chongzhen glared at him angrily, slapped the dragon case fiercely and said, "You, you, you're angry!" Come on, take Fang Yuan down for me! ”

The five brocade-clothed guards rushed in and tied Fang Yuan up again and was about to take him away.

Fang Yuan suddenly said loudly, "Your Majesty, don't you want to know why Huang Taiji asked Your Majesty to escort your ministers to Shengjing?" ”

"Slow!"

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, aroused curiosity by his words, and immediately ordered Jinyi Wei to escort Fang Yuan back, "You say, you say, why?" ”

Fang Yuan sighed and said, "If Huang Taiji just wants to breathe out the anger of fifty Tartars who died in Yanzhou Mansion, either he will enter the customs to kill people and take revenge, or he will not have the heads of the ministers to send them, it seems that there is no need to escort the living people!" ”

He saw that Chongzhen was really listening intently, and continued, "Because, Huang Taiji doesn't want to kill the ministers at all, but wants to reuse the ministers!" ”

Chongzhen couldn't believe his ears a little, but his anger gradually subsided, "Huang Taiji wants to reuse you?" ”

Fang Yuan said slowly, "The Manchu Tartars don't have the ability to innovate, but the ability to imitate is absolutely first-class, and if they capture the Hongyi cannon of the Francophile, they can imitate the general cannon with similar range and power." In Yanzhou Mansion, the Manchu Tartars were defeated by the sneak attack of the ministers' night battles, if Huang Taiji didn't figure out the reason, he could still sleep? The Manchu Tartars still dare to go south to enter the customs casually? ”

Chongzhen suddenly realized, patted his forehead and said, "So, Huang Taiji wants to escort you to Shengjing, in fact, to learn the method of night fighting?" ”

Fang Yuan nodded and said, "How many Manchu Tartars did Hong Chengchou kill in the Battle of Songjin?" In order to win Hong Chengchou to surrender, Huang Taiji also treated him with courtesy, and even sent Concubine Zhuang to be a lobbyist. It can be seen that Huang Taiji is by no means a man with a narrow eye and a blind eye, but a generation of heroes with a broad heart and a far-sighted vision. If the minister is escorted to Shengjing, as long as the minister is willing to surrender, he will be more important than Hong Chengchou. ”

Chongzhen was silent for a long time, if it weren't for Fang Yuan's reminder, he would have really fallen for Huang Taiji's tricks.

There was a long silence in the East Warm Pavilion.

Chongzhen suddenly spoke, "In that case, I really should have killed you immediately, so as not to be used by the Manchu Tartars." ”

Fang Yuan pretended to be panicked and said, "Your Majesty, don't do this kind of thing that makes your relatives painful and your enemies happy." If His Majesty kills the minister, Huang Taiji is afraid that he will be happy to amnesty the world, and the Manchu Tartars will no longer have any scruples, and will enter the customs immediately. ”

Chongzhen took him as a son, and he couldn't kill him, he couldn't say anything, so he could only stare at him fiercely and say, "Fang Yuan, you ...... The clever words are simply infuriating! ”

Fang Yuan hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the body and bones are the capital for the revival of the Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty should be less angry and laugh more, otherwise Your Majesty's dragon body will collapse, and the Ming Dynasty will also collapse." ”

Chongzhen was so crying and laughing by his words of concern that he was gone, and his previous anger was gone, and he sighed and said, "The Manchu Tartars are about to enter the customs, and the thieves are going to attack and open the seal, and the disaster is not a single line, how can I laugh?" ”

Fang Yuan saw that his tone had softened, and said solemnly, "Your Majesty, even if the minister tries his best, he will prevent the Manchu Tartars from entering the customs and exterminate the troubled rogues!" At this moment, the minister appeared in front of His Majesty, just to discuss with His Majesty in detail the policy of determining the security of the country and solving His Majesty's troubles. ”

Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard this, like a long drought and a sweet rain, and hurriedly shouted, "Wang Chengen, Wang Chengen, where did you die?" ”

After being scolded out of the Dongnuan Pavilion, Wang Chengen did not leave, but had been waiting outside the Dongnuan Pavilion for a long time, and when he heard Chongzhen's call, he hurriedly rushed in, nodded and said, "The old slave just got out of the Dongnuan Pavilion, and when he heard His Majesty's call, he rolled back again." ”

Chongzhen was completely angry, pointed at him and laughed and said, "Wang Chengen, look at your mouth, immediately prepare two pastries and lotus seed soup for me to send to Dongnuan Pavilion, and then go to inform Concubine Yuan that I will not go to Yikun Palace tonight, and I will talk with Fang Yuan at night." ”

Seeing that Chongzhen had finally forgiven Fang Yuan, Wang Chengen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, "Yes, the old slave immediately asked people to prepare." ”

Chongzhen sat cross-legged on the dragon couch, and ordered Wang Chengen to move a stool for Fang Yuan and sit in front of the dragon couch, so that he could sit down and talk in front of the emperor, which was a very high treatment in the Ming Dynasty.

Fang Yuan said straight to the point, "The minister first replied to the words that Your Majesty asked the prince before, whether Your Majesty looks like the king of the dead country. ”

Chongzhen stared into his eyes and said expectantly, "Say, tell the truth, I forgive you for your innocence." ”

Fang Yuan thought for a while and said, "Whether Your Majesty looks like the king of the fallen country or not, after the Battle of Songjin, the Ming Dynasty has existed in name only. ”

Wang Chengen's face changed in fright, and he didn't know what Fang Yuan was doing when he suddenly said these words that cursed the fortune of the Ming Dynasty, and it was strange that Chongzhen didn't jump like thunder when he heard it.

Chongzhen didn't see the slightest anger, and said with a calm face, "Fang Yuan, there are only two giant gangsters in my Ming Dynasty, the thief and Zhang Xianzhong, how can they exist in name only?" Are you alarmist? ”

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, has you forgotten the lesson of Huguang's Zuo Liangyu avoiding the battle when the thieves broke into Kaifeng?" Has Your Majesty forgotten that when the Manchus made a detour to enter the customs, the general soldiers of Datong and Xuanfu closed their doors and spent a lot of money to buy peace for the Manchus? ”

"For example, although the banner of the Ming Dynasty is still hung today, Liu Zeqing in Shandong, Zuo Liangyu in Huguang and Jiangxi, Zheng Zhilong in Zhejiang and Fujian, and even the Prince Zhu of Shandong, Guangxi, and Yunnan accompany the capital of Nanjing, Suzhou, and Yangzhou, who will take His Majesty's decree in his eyes?"

"These general soldiers from all over the country are nothing more than leading the food and salary of the Ming Dynasty, and they are grabbing territory under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and none of them are fighting with the Liukou with real swords and guns, otherwise how can the Liukou become stronger and stronger under the repeated encirclement and suppression?"

"If Jiangnan, Fujian, and Huguang are too far away, that is, Jiang Ping, the general soldier of Datong near Gyeonggi, Wang Chengyin, the general soldier of Xuanfu, and Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Ningyuan, Your Majesty immediately ordered them to change guards with each other, will they follow the order?"

"The minister went to Datong, Jin merchant Fan Yongdou colluded with Jiang Ping, the chief soldier of Datong, and Wang Chengyin, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, monopolized the trade of border towns, smuggled grain and iron tools to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and even lent Manchu silver as military expenses.

"After the defeat of Songjin, the army that Your Majesty can really command now, in addition to the Gyeonggi Zhuwei Station, is only the Governor Sun of Shaanxi. His Majesty should know this better than his ministers, otherwise he would not have sent eunuchs from the ceremonial eunuchs to the various guards to supervise military affairs. ”

Chongzhen looked at Fang Yuan with a solemn expression, and wanted to refute a few words, but found that his confidence was insufficient, and his expression gradually dimmed, "Fang Yuan, is there any way you can save the current crisis?" ”

Fang Yuan knew that Daming's current predicament was lice on the monk's head, and it was clear at a glance that any scholar in the cabinet could point out the crux of these problems.

Pointing out the problem is at best a keyboard warrior, and it won't make Chongzhen look at it.

What Chongzhen urgently needs is someone who can solve these cruxes for Daming, and there is a way, if Fang Yuan can't say one, two, three, the consequences are very unpredictable.

Fang Yuan said solemnly, "The ministers have been thinking for a long time, and at this moment there is a general policy, as well as three strategies for Your Majesty to choose. ”

Chongzhen was overjoyed, and hurriedly picked up the lotus seed soup handed over by Wang Chengen and handed it to Fang Yuan, "Come!" Eat some pastries first, fill your stomach with porridge and soup, and you and I will talk slowly. ”