Chapter 458: Assassination
Emperor Chongzhen finally had news of Zhang Chu after many days, the eunuch he sent to Liaodong to announce the decree has not yet returned to Beijing, but Zhang Chu appeared in Ningbo, Zhejiang, and arrested the Ningbo prefect, which is simply a big rebellion. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoIt's a rebellion.
Shoufu Wen Tiren was urgently summoned to the palace. The emperor didn't care about so many false courtesies, and directly handed the fold to Wen Tiren.
Wen Tiren saw that it was an excerpt of Zhang Chu by Zhejiang officials, and he was also very embarrassed in his heart. He had also heard about what Zhang Chu had done, and he understood that Zhang Chu was no different from a blatant rebellion.
"This Zhang Chu is really bold and reckless, and he has a negative grace." Wen Tiren couldn't think of a way, so he had to scold Zhang Chu first.
"Can you mobilize Zhejiang soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress Zhang Chu and arrest him." Emperor Chongzhen still had illusions, thinking that Jiangsu and Zhejiang were in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, how could there be defensive soldiers and horses.
"Sending troops to encircle and suppress is probably not the best policy now, the soldiers and horses in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been transferred to Henan to defend against thieves, and now the anti-thief Li Zicheng is rising. If the defense line is weakened slightly, it will definitely allow Li Thief to take the opportunity to escape, and the consequences will be unimaginable. It is said that Zhang Chu also had a large fleet of ships that could transport tens of thousands of people to land at various places along the coast at a time, and he could lead troops to attack any place along the coast of the Ming Dynasty. If he went south and raised swords in the rich land south of the Yangtze River, the finances of the Ming Dynasty would be even more unable to support it. "Due to the sea ban imposed by the Ming Dynasty for many years, the original powerful Daming naval division has also declined, and there is almost no defensive force on the Ming Sea now.
"On the sea, on the sea, the rebellion of the Japanese invaders came from the sea, and now Zhang Chu comes and goes freely on the sea, no one can defeat him on this sea?" Emperor Chongzhen didn't have much concept of the sea, more about the memory of the threat from the sea.
"The Ming Dynasty has not built ships that can go to sea for many years, and now the only one with the most warships is Zheng Zhilong, the chief soldier of Fujian." Wen Tiren said as he calculated the power along the coast.
"Zheng Zhilong has a ship, then transfer Zheng Zhilong to kill Zhang Chu." Emperor Chongzhen saw a glimmer of hope, and now he was happy that no matter who could eliminate Zhang Chu.
"I'm afraid it won't work." Wen Tiren's words poured a basin of cold water on Emperor Chongzhen's head. "Zheng Zhilong seems to have just fought with Zhang Chu at sea, and Zhang Chu beat Zheng Zhilong away. As soon as Zheng Zhilong failed, he had no strength to fight Zhang Chu. ”
"There is such a thing!" Emperor Chongzhen was taken aback, his two general soldiers actually started to fight, he didn't ask him for advice before the fight, and no one came to him to shout grievances after he was defeated. This shows that the emperor did not have any authority in their eyes at all.
"The best plan for the day is to have His Majesty issue a decree praising Zhang Chu's bravery, ordering him to return to Liaodong to defend against Houjin, and promising to give food and pay to his soldiers. Zhang Chu is the most greedy for money, and he may withdraw his troops. "Wen Tiren really can't think of a good way now, all the strategic mobile forces of the Ming Dynasty have been transferred to the front line of exterminating the thieves and preventing Houjin, and there is no strength to deal with Zhang Chu at all. Moreover, Zhang Chu led not an ordinary team, and even Houjin was repeatedly defeated by him. It was in vain that the troops in the Ming Dynasty were sent over, and the soldiers of the guard could not be counted on, there was Ningbo Wei in Ningbo, not to mention preventing Zhang Chu, and even a message had not been sent back to the imperial court until now. This hard one can't do it, but it can only come to the soft one.
"Let me think about it again. You stand down. Emperor Chongzhen did not immediately express his position, he was an emperor who was bent on doing a great job. The decision to be forced to make concessions was very difficult for him to make.
Wen Tiren looked at the emperor with a sad face, and he also blamed himself in his heart, as a courtier, he couldn't share the emperor's worries, which made him very uneasy. But how did this Daming come to this point. Wen Tiren had no choice but to quit.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I don't know if it's feasible or not?" After Wen Tiren retreated, Cao Huachun, who had been waiting beside him, couldn't help but say when he saw that the emperor was worried.
"Do you have a way?" Emperor Chongzhen's face was a little happy, as if he had found a life-saving straw in a desperate situation.
"Solving this problem is actually very simple, since Zhang Chu has violated the holy will several times, then let him die. There is a way that people don't walk without heads, birds don't fly without heads, Zhang Chu is dead, and the security army under him is nothing to fear. Cao Huachun said with a gloomy face.
"But no one can arrest Zhang Chu to Jingshi." After speaking, Emperor Chongzhen himself sighed. He had long been looking forward to Zhang Chu's death, but Zhang Chu just didn't die, what could he do.
"To kill Zhang Chu, you don't necessarily have to get him to Jingshi. His Majesty only needs to send someone to Ningbo to take advantage of his unpreparedness and assassinate him. Cao Huachun's words made Emperor Chongzhen very depressed, what's wrong with this world, an emperor is so mixed up that he wants to assassinate the minister, and the world is in chaos. But there's really no good way to do it. Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to ask, "Who can you send?" “
"In Jinyiwei and Dongchang, it should be possible to elect the dead." Cao Huachun is not very sure. In my heart, I also complained that the emperor had tried desperately to suppress Dongchang and Jinyiwei before, otherwise it would be a matter to send a few people to assassinate them.
"You go and find it immediately, and the matter will be done and the participants will be rewarded." Emperor Chongzhen, who has always been stingy, was forced by the situation and had to say something rewarding.
Cao Huachun also sensed the urgency of the emperor, and did not dare to delay and run out to prepare.
Cao Huachun really didn't have any suitable candidates at hand, he nested in the Xinwang Mansion with the emperor in his early years, and did not develop his own power. After entering the palace, the emperor and ministers desperately prevented the re-emergence of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and the Dongchang led by him also died in fact.
It seems that this matter still depends on Luo Yang's brocade guard. Luo Yangxing is the hereditary commander of Jinyiwei, and their family has been in Jinyiwei for several generations, so they may still have a few talents on hand.
Luo Yangxing heard Cao Huachun's call and hurriedly ran over.
Luo Yangxing scratched his head when he heard Cao Huachun's thoughts, and said helplessly: "Why do you say that this Zhang Chu is so restless, if he honestly leads the troops to fight, with his ability to become a chief soldier at a young age, it will definitely not be a problem to be a high-ranking official in the DPRK in the future, why does he have to do so many things." ”
"Let's say in private, Zhang Chu led the troops to win the battle, and the imperial court didn't even give enough food, if Zhang Chu had entered Beijing last time, I'm afraid he wouldn't even have his head now. Don't talk about that now, think about whether you have the right person on hand. Cao Huachun only has the emperor in his heart, and the emperor is in a hurry, and now he is only thinking about how to get rid of Zhang Chu.
Luo Yangxing thought hard for a long time before he said: "This Zhang Chu crawled out of the pile of dead people on the battlefield, and if you want to kill him, you need a real martial arts master." Now there are really no suitable candidates among the younger generation, and there are a few masters in the elderly, but they are no longer in Jinyiwei, and now they are looking for them, and they may not be willing to go. (To be continued.) )