Chongzhen was the ninth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve and the thirtieth night. (.marshmallow)

Taimiao, that is, the Beijing Working People's Cultural Palace in later generations. There were eunuchs in and out of it, constantly busy.

It was already evening, and the officials above the fourth grade in the capital gathered here.

It was a good day for the whole world to celebrate, but everyone was tight-skinned.

That's right, according to the custom, Emperor Chongzhen worships the Taimiao here tonight. At the same time, Lu Xiangsheng, the chief hero of the Chuzhou War, will personally escort Gao Yingxiang, the leader of the thief army, to hold a prisoner sacrifice ceremony.

Gao Yingxiang's capture, on the surface, seems to have completely resolved the civil strife that has plagued the Ming Empire for many years. The camp has been completely annihilated, and all the units of the thief army have cowered in the mountains in the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army from all sides, and their destruction is only in the morning and night, which is a great joy worth celebrating.

Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne for ten years, and civil strife also accompanied him for ten years.

As soon as he succeeded to the throne, he faced a serious challenge from the Northeast Jiannu. Therefore, Chongzhen's attention has always been focused on Liaodong, and he has made every effort to deal with the Huang Taiji and the Houjin regime, and has not paid enough attention to the crisis that exists within the empire. But they don't know that the empire is like a decaying edifice, and the collapse of the edifice usually begins from within.

At the end of the first year of Chongzhen, the **** in Shaanxi has become a prairie fire, and thieves have risen.

In the second year of Chongzhen, the imperial court reorganized Dayuan, Shaanxi Province, and ordered Yang He, who is now the secretary of the military department, the father of Yang Sichang, an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, and the governor of the trilateral military affairs, to preside over the affairs of the convection of the Liukou.

Yang He advocated the use of means to solve the problem of the peasant army, but some people also advocated the use of "suppression," that is, the use of force to solve the problem.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen agreed in principle to solve the Shaanxi problem by focusing on Fu and supplemented by suppression

。 Yang He's refuge was only effective at the beginning, and some results were also achieved.

But this kind of thing needs money, and how the peasant army is resettled after being recruited and where to eat, all require real money. But after Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, he was fooled by the ministers and exempted from all commercial taxes, while the big landlords and bureaucrats did not have to pay taxes. As a result, the financial revenue of the Ming Dynasty immediately decreased by more than half. In addition, the power of the Xiaoice River is too great, and the whole of North China is affected every year, and grain production is severely reduced. As a result, Yang He's Fuju went bankrupt. The situation in Shaanxi and Shanxi is even more serious.

In the fifth year of Chongzhen, Yang He was dismissed from all positions and assigned to the garrison of Yuanzhou.

In the spring of the sixth year, Emperor Chongzhen appointed Hong Chengchou as the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, and he was limited to three months. As a result, the peasant army crossed the Yellow River and broke through the encirclement into Henan and Hubei. From then on, the situation began to get out of hand.

In the eighth year, thirteen families and seventy-two battalions of thieves gathered in Henan, with Gao Yingxiang as the leader of the alliance, went straight to Fengyang, the central capital, and soon occupied the land of Longxing of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and set fire to the imperial tomb.

After the Fengyang Change, there was a great earthquake in the government and the opposition, which also marked that the civil strife in the Ming Empire had reached the point of being out of control.

……

The snow began to fall one after another, and Yang Sichang stood in the front row with several cabinet ministers, looking at the incense in the Taimiao Hall that was ready to stop, but his thoughts had already stayed on the military problems of the imperial court in the past few years.

……

A fire in Fengyang can be said to have burned to the heart of the Son of Heaven, and it is said that Emperor Chongzhen at that time cried bitterly for several days. It was from this time that no one dared to despise the peasant army, which consisted entirely of displaced people. It was from this time that the civil strife of the Ming Dynasty developed to an unprecedented height. In the hearts of the emperor and courtiers, internal troubles and the Jiannu of Liaodong have been placed in the same position.

In order to suppress the peasants in the country, Emperor Chongzhen mobilized almost all the forces at hand, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chengzong's Shaanxi army, Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army, Zu Kuan's Guanning army, Liu Zeqing's Shandong soldiers, and the local guards in the provinces.

To be honest, in Yang Sichang's view, such an arrangement seems to be huge on the surface, but in fact it is useless. Rogues come and go like the wind, even if they encounter setbacks and suffer major blows. It only takes a few months of recuperation, and it will come back to life. If you want to completely solve the problem, you have to rely on the method of four positive and six corners proposed by yourself, and spread the net on all sides

。

In his heart, he actually secretly hopes to see all kinds of soldiers and horses suffocating, otherwise, how can he show the far-sightedness and strategic vision of the proposed strategy?

But the truth was beyond his imagination, in mid-July, Lu Xiangsheng actually broke the thief army of 300,000 in Chuzhou, and captured the thief Gao Yingxiang. After the thief army suffered a major blow, it can be said that the rain and wind blew away. All kinds of thieves were either exterminated on the spot by the imperial army, or they were recruited. The rest of them will not survive together, and they will hide in the mountains to survive, and they will be completely wiped out in a year or two at most.

It can be said that the civil strife since Chongzhen's first year has now seen the dawn of a final solution.

And all this is because of the military affairs of the five southern provinces of Governor Lu Xiangsheng. If it weren't for this Lu Jiandou to hold Chuzhou, I don't know what the current situation in the southeast would look like.

The southeast has always been an important place for national wealth, and once it falls, Yang Sichang can't imagine what the consequences will be.

For Lu Xiangsheng, he still admires it very much in his heart.

But...... However, because of him, his ten-sided method of opening the net is useless......

Just tonight, the captured thief Yingxiang was about to be captured in front of the emperor and hundreds of officials. Wait, but I don't know what Lu Jiandou will look like. At the beginning, it would be nice if Chuzhou fell......

A strong jealousy rose from Yang Sichang's heart, and in an instant, he was a real spirit in his heart, and said in his heart: Yang Sichang, Yang Sichang, in vain, you are also a person who has read the books of sages all your life, how can you have such a mind? You've been reading books for so many years, and you've been in the belly of a dog?

In the midst of self-blame, suddenly, there was a gentle commotion among the ministers behind him, some were whispering, and some were whispering. It's like a stone thrown on calm water, and the ripples spread out in waves, never to stop.

Taimiao is such a solemn and solemn place, hearing this commotion, the head of the cabinet, Wen Tiren, looked back at everyone majestically.

Seeing Wen Shoufu's fierce eyes, the officials hurriedly closed their mouths and lowered their heads again.

Wen Tiren is an old minister in the court, he and Zhou Yanru have been the first assistant for two years over the years, and I have been presiding over the cabinet for two years. However, because he has been in the DPRK for a long time, he has also accumulated a lot of strength.

He had been very close to Yang Sichang recently, and when he saw that Yang Sichang looked preoccupied, he said in a low voice: "Yang Ge Lao has been busy with government affairs recently, and it seems that his energy is a little lacking

。 This body is your own, and Your Majesty still has a lot of respect for you, so you have to take good care of it. The weather was cold again, and I heard that Lu Jiandou suffered from the wind cold as soon as he entered Beijing and was very sick. Until now, it hasn't arrived. ”

Wen Tiren had something to say, Yang Sichang took a sharp breath, lifted his spirit, and looked back, but he didn't see Lu Xiangsheng's person. I was shocked in my heart: "Why hasn't Lu Jiandou arrived yet, His Majesty is coming." ”

Wen Tiren smiled: "Isn't Lu Jiandou sick, he has made such a great contribution, today's event can be said to be set up because of him, and it is difficult for others to say anything if it is a moment late." ”

Yang Sichang snorted in his nose: "Be pampered and proud." ”

"People have made such a great contribution, even the high thief Yingxiang was captured alive by him, and if he changes others, he has to be arrogant, human nature, human nature!" Wen Tiren smiled faintly: "It's a pity that Yang Ge's old four corners are useless." ”

This is already a blatant provocation, although Yang Sichang and Wen Tiren have had a close relationship recently, but such words are greatly disgraced when they come out of the mouth of the cabinet member.

Yang Sichang's heart moved, and he immediately understood that this Wen Shoufu was trying to provoke himself and Lu Xiangsheng to fight.

Actually, this is understandable. The contradiction between Wen Tiren and Lu Xiangsheng has been going on for a long time. Back then, when Lu Xiangsheng was the prefect of Hejian, he once found trouble with Wen Tiren. The river is close to the Bohai Sea, and there is a large salt field of Changlu in the territory. Wen Tiren had a nephew who colluded with the people of the Yanyun Yamen and did something that did not happen, and finally fell into Lu Xiangsheng's hands. Later, no matter how Wen Tiren interceded, Lu Xiangsheng did not give face.

not only sent his nephew, but also impeached Wen Tiren with a bullet. The officials caught Wen Tiren's handle, and immediately attacked Wen Tiren like flies that smelled blood, making Wen Tiren very embarrassed.

It was from that time on, that these two people were on the same page.

This Wen Tiren is also cunning, if he wants to trouble Lu Xiangsheng, he doesn't come forward, but provokes himself below.

How did Yang Sichang fall for this, he has been meditating and introspecting in the past few months, and he is good at cultivating qi. only smiled faintly: "As long as the thieves can be exterminated, the court and the Son of Heaven will use different methods." Shoufu said this, Yang didn't understand. ”

Wen Tiren ate Yang Sichang's snatch of whiteness, and his heart was suffocated, and he was speechless.

While the two were talking, the ministers who had been quiet before began to talk in a humming voice

。

Wen Tiren couldn't bear it anymore, turned around and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

An official of the General Administration Department hurriedly rushed to him with a fold in his hand, and whispered: "Shoufu, because it is a ceremony to sacrifice to the Taimiao, the officials don't dare to disturb it...... Governor Lu submitted his resignation and left the capital early this morning to return to his hometown. ”

"Which Governor Lou?" Wen Tiren asked, while impatiently taking the fold, only glanced at it, and immediately shouted: "What, Lu Xiangsheng resigned and went back to his hometown, and he didn't say goodbye, what kind of system did he become, what kind of system did he become?" ”

"Lu Xiangsheng is gone?" Several cabinet elders also shouted at the same time, surrounded them, and tried their best to stretch their necks to look at Lu Xiangsheng's excerpt, even Yang Sichang was no exception.

The content of the excerpt is very simple, nothing more than that his father has just died. According to the system of the imperial court and the ethics of the people, he has been worried for three years and kept filial piety for his father. Therefore, he, Lu Xiangsheng, decided to resign from all official positions and return to his hometown to guard the spirit of his father. But he was worried that His Majesty the Emperor would win his affection, so he didn't say goodbye. I am ashamed to live up to the expectations of my father and ask the court and the Son of Heaven to forgive my sins.

However, at the end of the excerpt, Lu Xiangsheng still scolded Yang Sichang without a trace. It is said that it is a natural thing for a son to keep filial piety for his father, how can he be greedy for power and not go to the stack, then he will not become a beast? Your Majesty's employment is the first priority in virtue. If this person's virtue is lacking, no matter how talented he is, he is just a traitor and a traitor, and he uses it to bring disaster to the country and the people.

Seeing this text, everyone in the cabinet turned their heads to look at Yang Sichang, and the disdain in their eyes was not hidden.

A cabinet minister sighed: "Good Lu Jiandou, good Lu Jiandou!" ”

"What a role model for my generation!"

"How can people be different?"

"Good!" One after another, some officials whispered hello, and some people quietly pointed at Yang Sichang in the back.

Yang Sichang buzzed in his head, and his face was so red that he seemed to be dripping blood: Good Lu Xiangsheng, you have to go back to your hometown to guard filial piety, just go yourself. But now I want to gain fame, so I'll make a comparison. Could it be that if you step on me Yang Sichang, you can show your great light and correctness...... Lu Xiangsheng, brute, brute!

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