After listening to the soldier's report, Zhu Changyuan couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion for Huang Yueniang's resourcefulness, sighed and said, "Cheng Bujing married a good wife." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Po Yu nodded, and said cautiously: "Cheng Bujing, this lady is very smart, but it's a pity that she is a woman, otherwise, she can be regarded as the top talent of our Sun Moon Island." ”

"!" Zhu Changyuan doesn't have this kind of patriarchal thinking, oh no, it should be said that his patriarchal thinking is not as heavy as these ancient people, nodded his finger at Poyu, and said, "Isn't it a woman who can be Cheng Disrespectful's wife?" ”

And said: "Don't be so prejudiced, what about women? As long as it is a talent, it can still work for our Sun Moon Island! ”

Hearing the news of Xiangyang, Zhu Changyuan was extremely happy in his heart, and arranged a banquet in the kitchen, not only letting Po Yu and Kong He sit with him for dinner, but even specially invited Luo Rucai, who was playing with his wife in the house.

"I just don't know, how Emperor Chongzhen would feel if he heard the news of Xiangyang?" After Zhu Changyuan finished half-jokingly, he invited everyone to sit down one by one and start eating.

Of course, I don't think about Chongzhen's situation anymore.

Chongzhen is really not happy.

To be honest, it's a bit of a nest!

Ten days later, he learned the news, after receiving the Nanyang prefect's recital, he almost turned his back on his anger, and threw the recital in his hand to the middle of the hall, and scolded fiercely: "This dog's Zuo Liangyu is not enough to succeed and more than to lose!" ”

"The local army doesn't listen to moderation, when did Zuo Liangyu have such a big courage to guess the holy will!" Chongzhen got up from his seat angrily and slowly walked down the throne, his eyes gloomy.

At that time, he did send a secret message to Zuo Liangyu, asking him to send troops to harass Jingxiang in order to test Xiong Wencan's reality, and then there was a scene where Zuo Liangyu's small army was wiped out by the fifth general of Guocheng Wang.

However, this product took a sesame seed as a watermelon, and dared to send troops to attack Xiangyang without consulting the imperial court, how could Emperor Nima endure it.

If you succeed, everything is negotiable. But not only did stealing chickens and rice, but he even got sticky chicken feces on his hands.

As a result, not only Chongzhen had opinions about him, but the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty also took the opportunity to fall into the ground.

"Where is Zuo Liangyu's army now?"

looked at the ministers kneeling on the ground. Chongzhen asked sternly.

After a while, Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department, got up, kowtowed to the emperor, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, it is not good for Zuo Liangyu to attack Xiangyang. After a complete defeat, even Nanyang's nest was occupied by Xiong Wencan's department, and he had no choice but to lead the army to retreat to Xinyang! ”

Yang Sichang is Chongzhen's old minister, his trust is deep, in this case, the ministers trembled, no one dared to come out to face the emperor's anger, and only he Yang Sichang dared to come out to answer the emperor's questions.

Chongzhen originally wanted to use the topic to ventilate the depression in his heart, but he had to give up after seeing Yang Sichang.

sighed, and asked again: "Zuo Liangyu's department, how many soldiers and horses are there?" ”

Yang Sichang said: "I lost Zuo Liangyu to the general of the battlefield." When the battle in Xiangyang was unfavorable, he withdrew in time and only lost more than 20,000 people, and now there are still 30,000 elite soldiers guarding Xinyang. ”

"Only 20,000 lost?" Chongzhen accentuated the word and said, "Wen is weak, 20,000 horses is a big loss." ”

Yang Sichang couldn't help but sweat coldly, and said: "Your Majesty, 20,000 people is already a small loss, if this matter is changed, it is possible that the entire army will be annihilated." ”

"What does it mean to be weak?"

"Your Majesty!" Yang Sichang followed closely behind Chongzhen. Arch said: "Zuo Liangyu is a battlefield general, has been in battle for a long time, has fought in Huguang for many years, and is very familiar with the terrain of Huguang. He is also known for his prestige, and this person is indispensable to guard Huguang, if he is punished, he is afraid that he will do more harm than good! ”

"Why don't I know?" Chongzhen is not a fool, although there are many famous generals in the Ming Dynasty now, but the best in the Huguang area is Zuo Liangyu.

"Just. Hate Xiong Wencan's old horseman, occupy the land of Jingxiang, if you go downstream, the land south of the Yangtze River will change hands, and half of my Ming Dynasty will fall into the hands of Xiong Lao's horseman! ”

Chongzhen secretly hated in his heart, and the words he said were no longer his usual Sven.

"Your Majesty, don't panic!" Yang Sichang said: "Xiong Wencan's foothold in Jingxiang is not stable, if you want to sit on the big secession, you will inevitably work hard, and the matter of going down the river to include Jiangnan will not happen in the near future." ”

"The minister suggested that Zuo Liangyu should immediately be ordered to lead the army to the east and build a defense line on the river in Anqing and Nanzhili, so that he Xiong Wencan could cut off Jingxiang, and he could not block the land in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Sichang's suggestion is correct in every aspect, first of all, Xiong Wencan's current strength is more than enough to protect himself in the land of Jingxiang, and the expansion of the attack is insufficient.

If Xiong Wencan insists on expanding, once there is no internal emptiness and no external results, he will fall into a dead place.

Moreover, the hearts of the people in Jiangnan are clear, and it is impossible to isolate the Ming Dynasty's taxation of the anointed land in the south of the Yangtze River by just occupying Jingxiang.

If the trouble of Huang Taiji outside is calmed down, and the north and south are attacked, Xiong Wencan will hardly have a place to survive.

However, there is a very important premise for this, and that is to calm the troubles of Huang Taiji.

Secondly, there is another advantage of moving Zuo Liangyu to Nanzhili, that is, it can defend Nanjing.

Nanjing is the land of Longxing of the Ming Dynasty, is the first choice of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang to set the capital, must not be lost, Zuo Liangyu eastward although gave up the Ming Dynasty's control of the land of Jingxiang, but at least can build a solid line of defense in the Yangtze River.

Starting from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Hankou Town, Jiujiang, Anqing, and Nanjing are all important military towns, and if a Yangtze River defense line that can support each other can be built in these four places, Xiong Wencan has the ability to fight again, and it is impossible to capture Nanjing.

"Okay!" For Yang Sichang's suggestion, Chongzhen had actually considered it a long time ago, and even at the beginning when Xiong Wencan's seizure of Jingxiang had just started, he had considered it, but at that time, the candidate in his heart was not Zuo Liangyu.

"The cabinet's draft will be done according to what Yang Aiqing said."

After speaking, he returned to his throne, took out another letter from the table, held it in his hand and did not open it, but gently patted it on the desk, pondered for a moment, and said, "Cabinet!" ”

Xue Guoguan walked out of the group of ministers and said, "Your Majesty! ”

"Proposed purpose, Xiong Wencan Jianji Temple University Scholar, plus the title of prince and prince, named Dingxiang Marquis, and ten thousand households." Speaking of this, he took a deep breath, his eyes narrowed slightly, the fierce light was revealed, and he threw the song in his hand on the ground hard, and said: "As for this letter of impeachment of Zuo Liangyu for unreasonably attacking Xiangyang, it has been burned by me!" ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty think twice!" Xue Guoguan knelt on the ground, raised his head and said.

"Your Majesty, the minister deserves to die, the minister is guilty, please Your Majesty punish the minister's great crime!"

Yang Sichang fell to his knees.

Xiong Wencan was recommended to Chongzhen by him back then, but now people are actually out of the country, it stands to reason that his responsibility is not small, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he killed his head.

"It's not a pity for the minister's death, and I ask Your Majesty to take back your life." Yang Sichang kowtowed ruthlessly.

Shang Zhouzuo came out, dissuaded, and said: "Your Majesty wants to stabilize Xiong Wencan, and the ministers naturally know that Your Majesty is working hard, but now once the matter of being named Marquis and Lordship spreads, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"Minister Liu Zunxian, seconded. "Mencius" has a saying: The initiator has no aftermath! Once this precedent is set, there will be countless feudal officials who will move this thought, and the Ming Dynasty is in danger! ”

Then, many ministers cried and shouted and fell to their knees, begging Chongzhen to take back his life.

It's no wonder that the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty are so against the Son of Heaven, what kind of jokes are they making, it doesn't matter if Xiong Wencan is an official, it doesn't matter if he is a scholar of the Jiji Palace, and even the marquis can accept it, but there are two things that are unacceptable.

First, the title of prince and princess; Second, there are 10,000 households!

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, except for Zhang Juzheng, no one has been able to get the title of prince or prince and master before his death, which is a special honor for the dead.

A living person, unless he is weak and strong like Zhang Juzheng, can get one, who would dare to think of others? If you can get one after death, you have to be a minister of humerus.

"You don't need to talk about it anymore, I have made up my mind!" Chongzhen waved his hand, "For more than 200 years, the Ming Dynasty has never suffered such a great humiliation, I am sorry for the ancestors and ancestors, I am sorry for the emperor Taizu, and I am sorry for the emperor Chengzu!" Nothing to do with Zhu Qing! ”

"As for Xiong Wencan, let him eat first, and sooner or later, I will get it back with interest!"

The emperor said so, no matter how much persuasion he had, he didn't know the current affairs, so except for a few who were "invited" out of the Golden Palace, the rest returned to their seats honestly.

After a slight pause for a while, Chongzhen said again: "Shenhou, eh, Shaanxi Zhaofu envoy, eh!" After saying two titles in a row, I felt very awkward, and finally, I changed it back and said: "Zhu Changyuan appeased Shaanxi and ordered people to buy grain from the Yangtze River and transport it into Hanzhong, the situation in Hanzhong has been stabilized, but I never expected Xiong Wencan to make an obstacle from it, and plundered most of his ships transporting grain and grass, which made him complain. ”

"Your Majesty!" As soon as Emperor Chongzhen's words fell, Xue Guoguan jumped out, all the time, he couldn't figure out when he and Zhu Changyuan got married, but once he heard that Zhu Changyuan was someone or something, he couldn't help but go up to block him and make a mess.

"Zhu Changyuan and Xiong Wencan are the same raccoon dog, and the minister boldly asserted that the two of them come and go, in fact, they are playing double reeds in front of His Majesty." Xue Guoguan said while observing Chongzhen's face, seeing that the emperor's face was as calm as water, and did not show any disgust or joy, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and continued: "Why don't Your Majesty send him to see what he does?" (To be continued.) )