Emperor Chongzhen heard Cao Huachun say that Hong Chengchou was victorious in the time of suppressing thieves, which made him even more puzzled. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info even the thief king was beaten to Henan for his own use, so how did Yuncheng in the southwest of Shanxi be lost?

"Your Majesty, the thieves who captured Yuncheng are not in the same group as Wang Ziyong and others." Cao Huachun looked at the emperor's expression and said carefully.

"Could it be that there are powerful thieves besides the king's own use, why hasn't anyone mentioned it to me before?" The reports about the thieves capturing Yuncheng are all vague, and they do not explain the matter clearly, only saying that there is a flow of thieves to the Yuncheng area, and the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, has also led troops to suppress it, and later because Taiyuan was besieged, Hong Chengchou led troops back to aid Taiyuan, but no one mentioned the situation of the thieves. It was only recently that someone mentioned that the Yellow River crossing in southern Shanxi was occupied by thieves, and Emperor Chongzhen did not think it was a big deal. It is normal for thieves to occupy a ferry and then flee across the river, it is difficult for thieves to capture the city, let alone defend a place, especially in a place like a ferry where there is no danger to defend, and the officers and soldiers can quickly regain the lost territory.

"Qiqi Sheng, the leader of this group of thieves is named Zhang Chu, who has been entrenched in Shanxi and Shaanxi for many years, and unlike other thieves, they are not easy to occupy a place." Cao Huachun saw Emperor Chongzhen's questioning, so he had to report truthfully.

"There is such a thing, the thieves who have been entrenched in one place for many years have not been exterminated." Emperor Chongzhen was taken aback, the reason why the thieves were difficult to eliminate was because they were wandering everywhere, and the official army team fled when they arrived. Therefore, the official army suppressed the thieves but did not destroy them, and the victories were won one by one, but the thieves kept appearing. But there are very few thieves like Zhang Chu who occupy a place and do not leave, and it is even more strange that the official army has not eliminated them for so many years.

"It's true, the thief Zhang Chu set up a team known as 'Daming Security' in Yanchang County, Shaanxi Province four years ago, and never left Yanchang County from beginning to end, and then continued to expand and occupy Zhongyang and other counties in Shanxi, and his power continued to expand." Cao Huachun replied cautiously.

"Who is Yanchang Zhixian? Is it already martyred, why no one reported it? Emperor Chongzhen stood up excitedly, and no one reported that the land of a county had been occupied by thieves for four years.

"Yanchang Zhixian is Mazi Prefecture, and there are different opinions about his whereabouts, some say that he was martyred, and some people say that he was a thief, but they can't be sure. However, I heard that among the thieves, there is a person who is called the president of the court, and all criminal affairs are under his jurisdiction, and his status is quite noble, and he only tries cases according to the law, and even the thief Zhang Chu can not interfere, and he is very fair, and is called 'Ma Qingtian' by the local people, and some people suspect that the person is Ma Zizhou. Cao Huachun continued expressionlessly, saying that the emperor's anger is definitely inevitable at this time, it is best not to show any thoughts about this matter at this time, otherwise the emperor's anger will be directed to himself.

"How could you be so clear about these things, and why didn't you report them to me at the time?" Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen, who was suspicious by nature, asked Cao Huachun.

"I just learned about these things, too." Cao Huachun hurriedly brushed himself off.

"Who told you that?" Chongzhen continued to ask.

"Qi Yu Sheng, Zhou Lianqi, the imperial history of the court, is Shaanxi Yanchang people's clan, his elder brother Zhuangzi in his hometown was attacked by thieves, although people's lives were saved, but the family property was robbed, Zhou Yushi always wanted to find a chance to avenge this broken family. Not long ago, he informed me of this, hoping that I would find an opportunity to enlighten the Holy One. "What Cao Huachun said today is also calculated. Zhou Lianqi spent a lot of money in order to let Cao Huachun speak for himself in front of the emperor.

"Then why didn't Zhou Yushi ask me to send troops to suppress the thieves in the morning?" Emperor Chongzhen still found out the suspicions, his home was copied, why wait a few years to say it.

"This matter is also related to Yang He, the former governor of the three sides."

"It has something to do with Yang He, it's not Yang He who obstructs it and shields the thief." Emperor Chongzhen's anger intensified.

"It's not, it's because Yang He once appeased Zhang Chu and returned to the court, and Zhou Yushi didn't pursue Zhang Chu at that time for the sake of serving the country." Zhou Lianqi did not tell Cao Huachun that he did not dare to offend Zhang Chu because his brother was detained in Yanchang, but found a high-sounding reason to explain that he did not speak out in the past few years. Now that Zhang Chu has released his brother back, he can rest assured that he can be the enemy of Zhang Chu boldly.

"It's this Yang He again, what kind of appeasement, this gang of thieves rebelled one by one, and it didn't play a good role." Emperor Chongzhen said hatefully, not thinking that he was vigorously advocating appeasement at the beginning.

"The appeasement of this Zhang Chu is different from other anti-thieves, it cannot be said that it has no effect at all, Zhang Chu was appeased after Yang He awarded him the position of extending the garrison, and when Jin entered the Kou Jing Division, Zhang Chu also led troops into the King of Jingqin, and achieved good results." Cao Huachun didn't want to offend Yang He because of this, although Yang He was exiled, his son was still an official in the court, and his protégés made a lot of friends, which was also a big force. So Cao Huachun tried his best to say good things for Yang He.

"King Qin, and the results of the battle, why don't I remember." Chongzhen recalled that Houjin had joined the Kou Jingshi at the beginning, and what impressed him the most was the defeat and retreat of the official army, so what were the results.

"Do you still remember that the Houjin army was burned in Luanzhou City?" Cao Huachun reminded the emperor to wake up.

"Oh, it is true, and I gave them a decree back then." Emperor Chongzhen felt a little helpless, why did the people who desperately defend him become thieves again.

"After King Qin, Zhang Chu returned to Yanchang after King Jingshi, and he was quite peaceful at first, but he didn't expect to rebel against the court in recent years."

"What do local officials and Jinyiwei do for such an important matter? How come no one reported to me. Emperor Chongzhen's hatred for the officials in the court and China added another layer.

"I don't know the reason for the officials, and now Jinyiwei is not as good as before." After the fall of Wei Zhongxian, the Chinese officials took the opportunity to take revenge, and many Jinyiwei people were beaten into eunuchs, and the government and the opposition were condemning Jinyiwei. Jin Yiwei lost his previous treatment and acted in a much more low-key manner. Naturally, there is no previous execution, and the news is not as well-informed as it was at the beginning.

Cao Huachun is now in charge of the East Factory, and the East Factory is nominally the superior of Jinyiwei, and he doesn't want Jinyiwei to become more unbearable.

When it came to Jinyiwei, Emperor Chongzhen thought of the business he wanted to talk about today, so he said: "You are in charge of Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei is no longer good, why don't you strictly rectify it?" (To be continued.) )