After the crown prince was blown away by the emperor, several ministers glanced at each other and understood the emperor's intentions.

Jiang Chuan wants to be rewarded, and Yuan Chonghuan can't be punished, this is the emperor's bottom line.

Shoufu Wen Tiren thought more transparently, and the emperor was going to perform his imperial technique again, to put it bluntly, it was the way of checks and balances.

"Okay, let's talk about it, how this Jiangchuan should be rewarded, and how this matter should be resolved." The Emperor waved his hand, his tone calming down.

Wen Tiren opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter must have been caused by a misunderstanding between Inspector Yuan and the righteous army. Inspector Yuan is a bright and upright person, dedicated to serving the country, and it is impossible not to tolerate an army that focuses on serving the country. The minister thought that the imperial court should give the appropriate official title to Jiang Chuan, the leader of the rebel army, and give a certain amount of financial reward, so that he could understand His Majesty's Long's grace and the court's kindness, and thank His Majesty Long'en, and continue to lead the rebel army under his command to fight against the Tartars, and clear my Ming Liaodong. If you make meritorious contributions in the future, you can be rewarded again. ”

After several other ministers and other ministers finished speaking, they also said in unison: "What Lord Shoufu said is extremely true, and the ministers seconded it." ”

The old emperor pondered for a while, and nodded: "Such a righteous man should be rewarded, so how should you reward him and what kind of official position should he bestow?" Do you want to be knighted? ”

Shoufu Wen Tiren said: "Your Majesty, since Jiang Chuan is good at using soldiers, he should naturally be awarded a military position. In addition, the position conferred must have the right to command the army, and it is appropriate for the minister to confer the post of commander-in-chief. ”

Several others also seconded the proposal and had no opinion.

The emperor thought for a while and said: "Then give him the post of Liaoyang General Soldier, reward 1,000 taels of silver, 100 horses of silk, and give him a flying fish suit." He led his subordinates to continue to garrison Liaodong and sweep away the Tartars. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Several ministers flattered in unison, but in fact, they were slandering the emperor in their hearts to be extremely stingy.

The so-called Liaoyang General Soldier is an empty title, the soldier did not give one, the grain did not give a grain, the so-called reward of a thousand taels of silver, and a hundred silk horses could not be put on the table. What's even more strange is that Liaoyang, the headquarters of the Liaoyang General Army, is still in the hands of the Manchu Qing at the moment.

In other words, if Jiang Chuan, the general soldier, wants to live up to his name, he must go to Liaoyang City to conquer Liaoyang City himself, so as to become a real Liaoyang general soldier.

The emperor's hand is really an empty glove white wolf, and with the hat of a general soldier, he has received an elite army that can fight well, and this business is simply not too cost-effective.

However, the ministers are used to it, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has always been slammed, and now the Ming Dynasty is worried about internal and external troubles, asking for money everywhere. Moreover, natural and man-made disasters, the income of the imperial court has plummeted, and the rats with an empty treasury are reluctant to come.

And this thousand taels of silver, Wen Tiren knew that the emperor would never take it out of his own internal funds, and it would definitely fall on the head of the household.

Sure enough, the emperor continued: "Wen Qing, you are in charge of the household department, and this reward will be transferred from the account of the household department." ”

Wen Tiren really did this in his heart, but he couldn't see the slightest displeasure on his face, and bowed down to receive the order: "The minister obeys the order." ”

The emperor thought for a while and said: "Wen Qing, you are going to make an order, this matter is imminent, and the decree must be announced as soon as possible, so as not to clash between the border army and the righteous army, but the dead are all my Ming soldiers." ”

Wen Tiren just bowed down to speak, but was suddenly interrupted by a rush of footsteps, looked back, and saw Wang Chengen, who had always been calm and introverted, stumbling in, and suddenly knelt down in front of the emperor and said urgently: "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong is the opposite!" ”

When the old emperor heard this, his eyes were dark, and he almost fainted.

These two have been his nightmare for more than half a year, and they finally surrendered, and they were calm for two days, why did they turn around again?

The old emperor forcibly held on, sat up straight with the armrest of the imperial couch, and tried to calm down as much as possible: "What's the matter?" Say! ”

The last word was already fierce, his hands trembled, his eyes stared at Wang Chengen, obviously his heart was extremely uneasy.

Wang Chengen held a recital in his hand in front of the emperor: "Your Majesty, the governor of Shaanxi has an urgent battle report for eight hundred miles!" ”

The emperor took it, opened the battle report with trembling hands, hurriedly swept it, his face changed greatly, his eyes went dark, and his body fell backwards at once.

Wang Chengen and several ministers hurriedly surrounded him in a panic, and Wen Tiren hurriedly ordered a little eunuch to call the imperial doctor.

As soon as the emperor fainted, the entire Qianqing Palace suddenly jumped up, and one by one, the concubines, princes and princesses rushed over to visit when they heard the words, and they were all driven by Wang Chengen.

After the emperor fainted, Wen Tiren and the others also knew the contents of the eight-hundred-mile urgent war report sent by Shaanxi.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's surrender a month ago was just a false surrender. In order to appease them, the imperial court made a stupid move, and they continued to lead their own men and horses into a battalion, and Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were one of the chief military officers and the other of the garrison.

Moreover, the imperial court also gave them supplementary food, salaries, weapons and other materials, with the intention of appeasing them and making them obedient.

Although the idea of the imperial court was to wait until it was free to break them up, it was still trying to appease them at first.

But every time the court made a move, these two reversed first. With the headquarters of the people, they entered Xi'an City, killed the Xi'an prefect and hundreds of officials, and looted the treasury, and then the two soldiers divided into two roads, Li Zicheng led people out of Tongguan to Henan to kill. Zhang Xianzhong led people to storm Hanzhong, intending to march into Sichuan.

These two rebelled again, and the entire Ming defenders in Shaanxi did not react at all, and they were defeated one after another, and the entire Shaanxi was completely eroded. The governor of Shaanxi couldn't hold back when he saw that the matter was over, so he rushed to report to the imperial court for 800 miles.

Such news is too exciting, and the emperor can't help but faint.

Wen Tiren and the others were also shocked, but they looked at each other one by one, and they didn't have any good ideas at all.

They couldn't figure it out before, but now they have a psychological shadow on these two, and they can't do it anymore.

At this time, everyone thought of one person, and that was Yuan Chonghuan, who was far away in Liaodong.

But no one dared to make his own claims, the emperor did not speak, no one had the right to transfer Yuan Chonghuan back, and he only recognized the emperor's orders.

Besides, Yuan Chonghuan guarded Liaodong, once Yuan Chonghuan left, the troops of the Liaodong border army would be even more empty, and if the Tartars took the opportunity to attack, it would be really dangerous.

No one can afford this kind of responsibility, so only the emperor can make up his mind.

After more than a dozen imperial doctors tossed for a long time, at night, the old emperor woke up quietly.

The first thing he did after waking up was to call Wen Tiren in front of him and command in an old and weak voice: "Wen Qing, redraft the will." Two wills, the first is to give Jiang Chuan, the leader of the righteous army, as the general army of southern Liaoning, and awarded the marquis of Wu'an, a reward of 5,000 taels of silver, 200 silk horses, and a bullfighting uniform. And transferred 5,000 stone of grain and grass from the Datong treasury to the righteous army, and the Marquis of Wu'an and the Datong border army cooperated with each other to resist the Dongyu. They can recruit troops on their own, and the court will make up for the lack of food and salary in the future. ”

"The second way, pass on my will, transfer Yuan Chonghuan to return to Beijing as soon as possible, and serve as the governor of the six provinces, with full responsibility for the suppression of the Kou. On the day when the decree is reached, the military affairs can be handed over and returned to the capital. ”

Wen Tiren listened carefully, drafted the decree on the spot, and after showing it to the emperor, he called Wang Chengen to stamp the jade seal "Treasure of the Son of Heaven", and the two urgent decrees were freshly baked.

Wang Chengen sent capable people to Liaodong overnight with two holy decrees.

When I walked out of the palace, it was almost time.

Sitting in the carriage, Wen Tiren looked at the north for a long time, and sighed slightly, but he didn't expect that the biggest benefit from Li and Zhang's rebellion again was the little-known kid Jiang Chuan.

It's funny to think about it, the emperor was so stingy with official titles before, and when the crisis suddenly came, he knew that it was the emperor's heart to increase the weight and win people's hearts, and only look at interests.