Gu Bingqian also said that it was illegal to leave the defensive place without a holy decree. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 So Zhu Youxiao summoned the military department Shangshu overnight and sent three people to ride fast horses to stop Sun Chengzong.

Wei Zhongxian also falsely passed the holy decree to the eunuchs of the Nine Gates, and if Sun Chengzong arrived at Qihuamen, he would be tied up.

After Sun Chengzong arrived in Tongzhou, he received Zhu Youxiao's order and had to return to Liaodong. Wei Zhongxian asked his henchmen Li Fan, Cui Chengxiu, and Xu Dahua to write a letter to slander Sun Chengzong, and Sun Chengzong then asked for his dismissal.

It's just that the Emperor of the Apocalypse didn't allow it, and Wei Zhongxian's strategy didn't work, but Sun Chengzong was in Liaodong, and Wei Zhongxian was by the side of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse was in a worrying physical condition, so Wei Zhongxian was able to do a lot of tricks.

In the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Ma Shilong mistakenly believed that he would surrender to the general Liu Boxi, and sent Lu Zhijia and Li Chengxian to attack Yaozhou, and Zhongji was killed and lost more than 400 people.

So Wei Zhongxian's henchmen took the opportunity to impeach Ma Shilong and Sun Chengzong, Sun Chengzong then strongly asked to resign, in October, the Emperor of the Apocalypse agreed to Sun Chengzong's resignation, and gave Sun Chengzong a special entry into Guanglu doctor, his son hereditary scholars, and rewarded python clothes, silver coins, etc., and sent people to protect Sun Chengzong's home.

In Emperor Chongzhen's view, Sun Chengzong resigned at that time just to show his attitude.

Wei Zhongxian encouraged the Emperor of the Apocalypse to agree, and let Sun Chengzong end his four-year career as a superintendent. You must know that at that time, Sun Chengzong was already preparing to go out to Pingliao, Ningyuan City was repaired, and the garrison equipment outside the pass had also been built.

Sun Chengzong wrote to Zhu Youxiao to ask for a military salary of 240,000 yuan, so that he could attack on a large scale, but the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry obstructed it, and could not give money to Zhu Youxiao.

This is full of Wei Zhongxian's shadow, he is worried, he is afraid, once Sun Chengzong pacifies Liaodong, who else in the court will be able to compete with Sun Chengzong for power? Sun Chengzong must also be famous all over the world, how dare Wei Zhongxian let Sun Chengzong level Liao.

Under such circumstances, Wei Zhongxian tried all kinds of ways to transfer Sun Chengzong out of Liaodong.

In fact, Sun Chengzong asked for no more than 240,000 military salaries, how could the imperial court not be able to take it out?

Because of this incident, Sun Chengzong was afraid that he was also disheartened, so he moved the idea of resigning, or using resignation to make a last stand, but this last fight failed.

The Donglin Party once also wanted to take refuge under Sun Chengzong's banner, but Sun Chengzong was not good at party struggle and power struggle, of course, there were also reasons for Wei Zhongxian's usurpation of power, Sun Chengzong could only end up gloomily when he wanted to show his ambitions the most, and finally died tragically.

Although Emperor Chongzhen put Wei Zhongxian under house arrest and did not kill him, Emperor Chongzhen also knew that Wei Zhongxian had done some things, but he had done no less bad things.

In other words, this was the environment of party contention at that time, party contention was above everything else, and as for the rise and fall of the country, the life or death of the people, all of them were not within the scope of consideration. In the court, you fight for me, I oppose what you approve, and I approve of what you oppose, regardless of right and wrong, no matter right or wrong.

After crossing over, Emperor Chongzhen's attitude towards Wei Zhongxian was very simple, that is, to kill or not to kill.

I never thought of reusing Wei Zhongxian, one is a son of heaven and a courtier, and the new emperor wants to gather power, but it is Wei Zhongxian who can't get around. Second, it is also because of Wei Zhongxian's character, to be honest, Emperor Chongzhen does not trust Wei Zhongxian so much.

After all, he once tried to drug Emperor Chongzhen, and also arranged beauties for Emperor Chongzhen, trying to corrupt Emperor Chongzhen and treat Emperor Chongzhen as a puppet.

For Sun Chengzong, Emperor Chongzhen did not have this idea, at most he did not agree with Sun Chengzong's strategy, but for Sun Chengzong's character, Emperor Chongzhen never doubted it again, and as for Sun Chengzong's loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen did not doubt it.

This is also the reason why Emperor Chongzhen wanted to see Sun Chengzong for the first time when he learned that Sun Chengzong was in the capital.

For this teacher of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Emperor Chongzhen really wanted to meet him and hear his views on the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.

When he saw Wang Chengen, Sun Chengzong was also surprised, Emperor Chongzhen announced that he had entered the palace? Will you declare Yuan Chonghuan? Did you hear it right? After confirming it, Sun Chengzong was also a little hesitant in his heart, at this time, the saint called himself into the palace, what is the so-called matter?

Although he hesitated, he did not dare to delay in action, and followed Wang Chengen into the palace.

When he came to the Qianqing Palace, Sun Chengzong saw a young man sitting on a dragon chair, wearing a dragon robe, as if he was watching the folds, his brows furrowed, as if he was stumped.

Picking up his clothes and kneeling on the ground, Sun Chengzong opened his mouth and said: "Minister Sun Chengzong participates in the saint, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen raised his head and saw Sun Chengzong kneeling on the ground, so he quickly got up, quickly got down from the dragon chair, helped Sun Chengzong up with both hands, and said with a smile: "Aiqing, please get up quickly!" As he spoke, he instructed Wang Chengen on the side: "In the future, Sun Aiqing will enter the palace to report that he will not kneel and bow!" ”

"Slave write it down!" Wang Chengen hurriedly replied, glancing at Sun Chengzong, who was still the first minister that Emperor Chongzhen valued so much.

Stretching out his hand to hold Sun Chengzong, Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "Aiqing is the teacher of the former emperor, and naturally he is also my teacher. ”

To be honest, Sun Chengzong had a feeling of flattery, and when he looked at Emperor Chongzhen, he suddenly had a feeling of trance.

Although it is not the same face, this action of pulling his arm is so familiar, it was like this in the past Emperor of the Apocalypse. Thinking of his student who respected him, Sun Chengzong couldn't help but sigh a little.

For the Emperor of the Apocalypse to reuse Wei Zhongxian, many places do not support him, Sun Chengzong is a little dissatisfied with the Emperor of the Apocalypse, but for his teacher, the Emperor of the Apocalypse is absolutely respectful. Sun Chengzong couldn't help but think of the voice and smile of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and when he looked at Emperor Chongzhen again, his eyes softened a lot.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally didn't know that he had obtained the legacy of his eldest brother, so he pulled Sun Chengzong towards the warm pavilion.

When he came to the warm pavilion, Emperor Chongzhen sat down and said to Wang Chengen beside him: "Give me a seat, move a chair for Sun Aiqing!" ”

Move a chair? Wang Chengen thought that he had heard it wrong, the Holy Throne was given, but a brocade pier, round, who could sit on a chair in front of the Holy Lord? Unless it is those royal relatives, holy uncles or national uncles have such treatment.

Sun Chengzong was also surprised by Emperor Chongzhen's courtesy to him, and hurriedly said: "The minister is ashamed! ”

After the two of them sat down, Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "Aiqing, I have just ascended to the throne, there are many things in the court, and I have a lot of things to figure out. ”

Ask about politics? Being able to ask the government to his subordinates shows that Emperor Chongzhen can listen to his opinions, but this is only a preliminary impression, as for whether he can listen to it, he still has to observe. Although Sun Chengzong had hope in his heart, he still said quietly: "The saint inquires, and the minister naturally knows everything and says everything!" ”

"In the Ming Dynasty, natural disasters have been frequent, the imperial court has paid heavy taxes, and for the sake of Liaodong, the imperial court has repeatedly increased salaries, and the people are miserable." Emperor Chongzhen did not spare the bend, and said directly: "In addition, the party in the court is the same as the other, and the officials and businessmen collude, making a fortune in the country, which has made the burden of the people even heavier and makes the people live in dire straits." ”

"I've been sighing all night, and there's no good way to think about it, I don't know if Aiqing has a good plan?"

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen looking at him with blazing eyes, Sun Chengzong felt that his long-lost blood seemed to be hot again.

After pondering for a moment, Sun Chengzong slowly spoke: "Governing the country is nothing more than governing people, if the saint wants to solve these things, the first thing to do is to select talents and use energy, clarify the rule of officials, without ability and clean government, and other things are in vain." ”

"As for the party in the court, the courtiers cannot serve the king with the party, and the king cannot use the party to suspect the ministers. In employing people who are meritocracy, they should only ask about honesty and ability, not about the party, and they should also severely punish the party for fighting against differences. ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded thoughtfully, and also knew that this was not an expedient measure, and the best way was to cultivate new people.

Of course, this takes time, and these people are still needed at the moment, the original Chongzhen Emperor killed dozens of cabinet ministers in a row, and the result was replaced by one of the same as the original, and another one is still the same as the original, if you want to solve the stubborn problem of party disputes, it is definitely not something that can be solved by killing.

The establishment of a new and systematic talent training system is the fundamental way to solve this problem.

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly remembered a very famous sentence and couldn't help but say: "Officials, don't be afraid of my strictness but fear of my integrity; The people, do not obey my ability but obey my father. Honest officials dare not be slow, and public **** dare not bully. Gong Shengming, Lian Shengwei. ”

Sun Chengzong nodded, and then said: "The emperor is fair to all officials, naturally there will be many people of insight who will be appreciated, and the trend of party strife will also be curbed." ”

"As for the collusion between officials and businessmen and poisoning the people, in the final analysis, it is still a matter of officials, if officials can be honest and honest, the collusion between officials and businessmen will naturally not exist, and in the final analysis, it is still a matter of governance."

Emperor Chongzhen then asked, "Aiqing, what do you think about the affairs of Liaodong?" Aiqing has been in Liaodong for four years, and knows Liaodong very well, and now Liaodong consumes a huge amount of military salary every year, and the imperial court has long been overwhelmed. ”

"To defend the Liao soil, you must use the Liao people, raise soldiers in the tuntian, train soldiers, and all these will be done." Sun Chengzong pondered for a moment and said: "With one heart and one mind, and proper use of people, it will inevitably be easy to recover Liaotu." ”

After thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen decided to ask a key question: "Since Sarhu, the elite of the Ming Dynasty has been wiped out, and the imperial court has conquered Liaodong with no elite division. Although Aiqing has made achievements in Liaodong and has also trained an elite division, has Aiqing ever thought that if I am defeated in Liaodong, what will be the consequences? After speaking, Emperor Chongzhen stared at Sun Chengzong, waiting for his answer.