Emperor Chongzhen was an ambitious man, and since he ascended the throne, he has worked hard to change the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty over the years and pass on the Ming Dynasty for thousands of generations. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After Chongzhen came to power, he grabbed Wei Zhongxian, who he thought was the biggest scourge of the Ming Dynasty, and beat him hard, not only eliminated Wei Zhongxian, but also eliminated Wei Zhongxian's sticky side into a eunuch party, and for a time the world praised in unison, and the holy lord who had not been met for a thousand years was born.

But in this good situation, the days of the Ming Dynasty were declining, with disasters and famines continuing year after year, with Houjin invasion outside and starvation rebellion inside. Emperor Chongzhen never understood what he had done wrong, and he was always unable to get the favor of heaven.

Recently, Emperor Chongzhen's heart is even more irritable, all over the place and thieves related to the folds piled up with his dragon book case, Chongzhen is a diligent and good emperor, every day diligent in political affairs, the courtiers sent up the folds he has to carefully review, and put forward handling opinions.

But the information about Shanxi that came up in the past few days was very confusing, first Taiyuan was besieged by thieves, and the vassal kings such as the king were in danger. Later, Hong Chengchou led his troops to relieve the siege of Taiyuan and killed tens of thousands of thieves, for which Chongzhen also set aside silver to commend him. Hong Chengchou then sent a batch of good news to defeat the thieves, and the situation in Shanxi was very good.

However, it didn't take long for the ministers of the DPRK and China to impeach Hong Chengchou for suppressing the thieves, causing the thieves to occupy Yuncheng, a key salt-producing place, and also occupy the ferry port from the Yellow River to Henan, and now Shanxi and Henan are cut off.

Hong Chengchou also defended himself in this regard, because the thieves appeared in the southern part of Shanxi when he returned to the division to rescue Taiyuan City in the northwestern part of Shanxi, and occupied the Yuncheng and ferry ports only when the officers and troops were unprepared, and now Hong Chengchou is working hard to eliminate the thieves in the northwestern part of Shanxi to ensure the safety of Taiyuan. When the rebellion of the hungry people in the northern part of Shanxi is quelled and the safety of the vassal kings is ensured, he will lead his troops south to eliminate all the thieves in one fell swoop.

Chongzhen looked at Hong Chengchou's twists and turns and felt that it made sense, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were all descendants of the Zhu family, and there was no room for any mistakes, if the thieves really broke through the city with the vassal king, and the vassal king was captured or killed, it would be a huge loss to the royal reputation, which was intolerable.

But those courtiers refused to stop there, and kept writing to the emperor to order Hong Chengchou to immediately recover the ferry port in Shanxi.

Emperor Chongzhen was surprised, in the past, the Ming Dynasty court had lost the city and land, and he had not seen the courtiers so anxious.

The emperor had no choice but to issue another order to urge Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou's performance said that there was no problem in sending troops to suppress thieves, but now there was a serious shortage of grain and grass in the army, and the emperor was asked to allocate silver taels again for military salaries.

As an emperor, people often say that he is rich all over the world, but he feels that he is the poorest person in the world, and he worries about silver every day.

Emperor Chongzhen felt extremely lonely, the world was so big, but there was no one to talk to him. The palace was a luxurious prison that kept him in it, and the courtiers below only conveyed the information they wanted him to hear. I have worked day and night, but the situation of the country has deteriorated day by day. Is this because the courtiers are not brave enough to do anything, or the Ming Dynasty should hate these calamities.

Thinking of these Emperor Chongzhen, he had no intention of reviewing the folds again, and sat on the bed in a daze.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Cao Huachun, the chief eunuch standing next to him, saw that the emperor's expression was wrong, and he was afraid that something would happen, so he quietly woke the emperor up from his contemplation. Cao Huachun followed Emperor Chongzhen from the time of Emperor Chongzhen's accession to the throne when he was in the palace, and then made great contributions in the struggle to eradicate Wei Zhongxian, and won the emperor's favor.

Today's Emperor Chongzhen is very different from when he first ascended the throne four years ago, and the actions of the ministers of the court and the central government have deeply educated the young emperor. From his previous unconditional trust in the literati who read the books of the sages to skepticism, he gradually understood why his brother, the Emperor of the Apocalypse, relied on eunuchs such as Wei Zhongxian.

"Huh! Father-in-law Cao, let the rest of the people retreat. Emperor Chongzhen retracted his thoughts, and he decided that he still had to do something. Otherwise, if you are played to death by others, you will be called stupid.

"Yes!" Cao Huachun knew that the emperor had something important to say, so he motioned to the palace maids and eunuchs in the house to retreat and guard the door outside to prevent others from entering. He returned to the emperor and waited for Emperor Chongzhen to speak.

"Tell me what the situation of the thieves in the mountains and Shaanxi is now." Emperor Chongzhen pushed away the recital in front of him, sat up straight and asked Cao Huachun.

"This, there are many reports about thieves in various places, governors and courtiers." Cao Huachun hesitated when he heard the emperor's words, and did not dare to answer directly. He understood that the emperor was not so easy to serve, suspicious and fickle, and sometimes he could cause trouble if he didn't say a word right.

"It doesn't hurt to say anything directly, this does not violate the ancestral system that ministers are not allowed to interfere in politics, I want you to report the situation to me, and it is not up to you to make a plan. Besides, you are in charge of the East Factory, and it is your duty to report to me. The emperor found a good reason for Cao Huachun to speak, and Emperor Chongzhen was in fact convincing himself that his four-year career as emperor had turned him from his extreme dislike of eunuchs to having to rely on these close ministers.

"After Hong Chengchou took over as the governor of the three sides, he reorganized his army and defeated the thieves many times, and now the thieves have nowhere to stay, from Shaanxi to Shanxi, and most of them were wiped out by Governor Hong in Shanxi, most of them were killed, and a small part surrendered to Governor Hong. Most of the rest fled to Henan. Cao Huachun replied cautiously.

"This is very good, Hong Chengchou is finally going to put down the rebellion of the displaced people in Shanxi and Shaanxi.

"Emperor Chongzhen is very happy, what Cao Huachun said is not much different from what the courtiers have reported, which shows that the trouble of the thieves is finally going to subside.

"This is all thanks to Your Majesty Hongfu." Cao Huachun didn't forget to pat the emperor's ass at this time.

"The biggest thief Wang Jiayin was killed by Cao Wenzhao some time ago, who is the most powerful among the thieves now? Hong Chengchou should be instructed to wipe them all out in one go, and then the world will be peaceful. "Emperor Chongzhen has always been concerned about the affairs of the thieves, and he still remembers the good news of exterminating the thieves reported by the song.

"Now the most powerful should be the thief leader Wang Ziyong, who was elected by many thieves as the leader of the thief alliance, Wang Ziyong became the leader of the thief alliance after Wang Jiayin's death, and once gathered more than 100,000 thieves, but they are not the opponents of Governor Hong, Wang Ziyong was defeated by Governor Hong not long ago, and the loss of men and horses was exhausted, and he himself could only escape the Yellow River to Henan, which was no longer a big threat to the court." Cao Huachun reported the situation he had learned to the emperor as simply as possible.

"Hong Chengchou is still quite capable, most of the thieves fled into Henan, and it seems that the officials in Henan will be strictly ordered to work hard to suppress the thieves." Emperor Chongzhen felt a little more relaxed. If the courtiers are as brave as Hong Chengchou, why worry about the thieves.

"It's all up to the Holy Judgment!" As for what to do about this matter, Cao Huachun still didn't dare to put forward more of his own opinions.

"In this case, how can there be people who impeach Hong Chengchou for suppressing the thief, saying that he lost Yuncheng and the Yellow River crossing." Emperor Chongzhen was still very puzzled, how could the thieves still have the ability to capture the city after being beaten like this. (To be continued.) )