The cabinet ministers were surprised and inexplicable, and what also made Emperor Chongzhen feel angry was not the late arrival of Zhang Xiao, the governor of Shanxi, to report the thieves entering Jin, nor the negligence of Liang of the Shanxi General Army along the Yellow Line in Shanxi. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

What really made several cabinet ministers speechless and the emperor angry was the letter of the Shanxi Governor Luo Shijin and Shanxi Governor Pei Junxi.

Shanxi Governor Yu Shi Luo Shijin is the same as in history, after the thieves in northern Shaanxi entered the Jin Dynasty in a big way, he wrote to Emperor Chongzhen, accusing Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi, and Sun Chuanting, the governor of Yansui, and others for beggar-thy-neighbor, saying that the thieves in northern Shaanxi were not the problem and responsibility of Shanxi officials, but that the Shaanxi officials drove the thieves to Shanxi, and that the responsibility that should be borne by the Shaanxi governor Hong Chengchou and the governor of Yansui Sun Chuanting, and even the trilateral governor Yuan Chonghuan should be unshirkably responsible.

As for Shanxi's participation in politics, Pei Junxi also did the same as in history, on the grounds that the thieves were all from Shaanxi, he asked the emperor to issue an order to let the officials and troops of Shaanxi enter the Jin Dynasty to fight, and be responsible for driving the northern Shaanxi thieves who had fled into the Jin Dynasty back to Shaanxi, and then discuss the question of whether to suppress or appease the thieves.

The book of these two people was really true in the original history, and the Chongzhen Emperor in history was angry enough, and now the thieves in northern Shaanxi entered Shanxi earlier than in history, but the brains of these two Shanxi officials are as ignorant and stubborn as in history.

At worst, this is the most clumsy way to pass the buck.

At best, this is the least big-picture manifestation.

However, officials of this quality and consciousness were everywhere in the officialdom of the late Ming Dynasty.

Part of the reason why the thieves in the late Ming Dynasty were difficult to eradicate was that officials in various places passed the buck to each other, and even demolished each other.

For most local officials in the late Ming Dynasty, thieves could go wherever they wanted, as long as they didn't burn and loot under their rule, and if burning, killing and looting were unavoidable, then as long as the thieves didn't take root in their own jurisdiction.

Even "everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door" is good, and even "sweeps the snow in front of the door" does not do it, just waiting for the sun to come out and the snow in front of the door melts by itself.

It is this kind of inaction and shamelessness of the magistrates that has caused the continuous growth of the ranks of thieves, and at the same time, it has also made those civil and military generals who really want to make a difference exhausted one by one, and it has also made all kinds of good strategic plans formulated by the imperial court unable to be truly implemented even once.

After receiving the report of Zhang Xiao, the governor of Shanxi, and the letters of Luo Shijin, the governor of Shanxi, and Pei Junxi, who participated in politics, Emperor Chongzhen quickly sent several important ministers from the cabinet and the military aircraft department.

Now that Sun Chengzong has resigned from the post of governor of Zhili, he has been appointed as the secretary of the military department and the minister of military aircraft, so he can always be on duty at the military aircraft department, and Zhang Weixian also took the initiative to give up the identity of the foreman and minister of military aircraft.

And these cabinet ministers have mansions given to them in Beijing, so during the Chinese New Year, there is no such thing as going back to their hometown for the New Year.

Speaking of which, it is indeed not easy for the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, as long as they become officials of the imperial court, then basically even if they are far away from their parents and relatives, unless their parents are seriously ill or die, or they lose their official positions, otherwise, these officials of the Ming Dynasty rarely have the opportunity to return to their hometown.

Of course, if you can become a high-ranking official above the six departments of the imperial court, then in addition to your parents, the rest of your family will basically be with you, because they will all be given to the mansion in the Imperial City of Beijing.

Most of the officials who did not have a house from the imperial court and had a certain financial ability would buy land or a house in Beijing to settle their families.

Today's cabinet ministers are all people favored by Emperor Chongzhen, so without exception, they all have the mansion given by the emperor in the Imperial City of Beijing, and they are not willing to be far from the Forbidden City, in case the emperor summons him at any time.

After several ministers led by Li Guowei arrived at the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen quickly summoned them.

These important ministers were either on duty in the cabinet or on duty in the military aircraft, so they had already seen the twists and turns of these Shanxi officials before the emperor, and the emperor summoned them for this matter, and they all knew the reason.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that a few people had saluted, and he had already sat down, pointed to the recital on his bookcase and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, have you ever seen the recital of the following officials of the governor of Shanxi? ”

Li Guoyi, the first assistant of the cabinet, looked at everyone and saw that everyone nodded, so he said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have all seen it." ”

All the notes forwarded to the Cabinet or the Military Aircraft Department, and the people of the Cabinet and the Military Aircraft Department, who need to present them to see, and who has read them and what opinions they have after reading them, will be recorded, but what is presented to the emperor is that after the cabinet comes up with a unified opinion, the so-called cabinet ticket is pasted, and the celebrant will send it to the emperor's imperial review.

If the emperor agrees with the opinion of the cabinet or the military aircraft department, then the instructions should be handled in accordance with the opinions of the cabinet or the military aircraft department, if the emperor does not agree, then he will directly give instructions on how to handle the matter in addition to the draft, and then transfer it back to the cabinet or the military aircraft department.

Therefore, the opinions that the emperor saw from the draft vote were the opinions of the cabinet or the military aircraft department after deliberation, and it was not possible to see the attitude of each person.

And now on top of these few folds presented to the emperor, the cabinet's votes are all the words "send to the imperial review", which may be really speechless.

Seeing Li Guowei say this, Emperor Chongzhen simply said: "Shanxi Governor Zhang Xiao's report does not talk about him, just talk about this Luo Shijin and Pei Junxi's book, what do you think of it?" ”

Since the emperor asked, these people have to express their position.

Li Guowei first said: "The minister thought that these two people wrote to accuse the governor of Shaanxi and the governor of Yansui for beggar-thy-neighbor to shirk the responsibility of Shanxi officials. Shaanxi Fu, Yansui and other officials and generals have no responsibility for arsonists to enter the Jin Dynasty and beggar-thy-neighbor. After speaking, he hung his head and said nothing.

At this time, Sun Chengzong spoke: "Between the ministers, these two people are very ridiculous. The thieves entered Koushanxi, not thinking about how to defend and how to exterminate them, but here they discussed the responsibility of the Shaanxi officials and generals. In Chen's view, this is the real beggar-thy-neighbor. The ministers asked to remove Luo Shijin and Pei Junxi from their posts as Shanxi Inspector and Shanxi to participate in politics, and select another merit to help suppress the thieves. ”

After Sun Chengzong said this, Xu Guangqi said: "In the opinion of the minister, these two people should be dismissed, but some of them are not completely unreasonable.

"Your Majesty has set a strategy with the Cabinet and the Military Aircraft Department to exterminate the thieves, and among the ministers, mobilize Shaanxi troops into Jin to recover them, or it can achieve miraculous results."

After Xu Guangqi said this, he looked at the emperor and saw that Emperor Chongzhen was looking at him with great interest, so he continued: "You can order the soldiers of Yansui Town to enter the partial pass, go south from the north of Jin, and then order Shaanxi Fuhong Chengchou to lead the army out of Tongguan and through Shaanzhou, and cross Hebei from Maojin to the north, so as not to let the thieves go south to Zhongzhou, and then order Shanxi Fuchen and Zhenchen to lead Shanxi soldiers to defend Taiyuan, Lu'an and other places." In this way, the thieves will either be destroyed or return to the west, and there will be no other way out. Your Majesty's plan to pass through the northwest is feasible! This is a little shallow opinion of the minister, I hope your majesty Chana! ”

After listening to Xu Guangqi, Emperor Chongzhen nodded, this idea is basically similar to his own meaning, and it is a more feasible one.

After thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Li Banghua, who had not spoken.

Li Banghua immediately said: "Chen Shicai listened carefully to Xu Ge's suggestion and thought it was quite feasible. Previously, His Majesty had ordered the trilateral governor Yamen to move Lintao Town to Hanzhong, and then cooperate with the army to block, encircle and suppress from the east, south and north.

Speaking of this, Li Banghua paused slightly, and then said: "In addition, the minister thinks that the Shanxi soldiers have been sparse for a long time, and it is difficult to predict how the combat strength will be now. If you want to ensure everything, Your Majesty may order Lu Xiangsheng to lead an army from Shunde Mansion into Shanxi and Liaozhou at the western foot of Taihang. So it's safe to go. ”

After listening to what Li Banghua said, Emperor Chongzhen dissipated the last doubt in his heart, and then said: "I think the strategy discussed by Qing and others is feasible. It's just that this encirclement and suppression involves soldiers and horses from several provinces, and if there is no minister who is good at this strategy, he will sit in Shanxi and take unified command, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve all the results. ”

After Emperor Chongzhen said this, he looked at several ministers quietly.

After listening to the emperor's words, these ministers also took care of each other, and after a while, Li Banghua got up and left his seat, knelt on the ground and saluted, and then said: "Minister Li Banghua invited himself to join the Jin Governor, I hope Your Majesty will approve it!" ”