Looking at Chongzhen, who was dissatisfied, Chen Xinjia, who was originally filled with resentment in his heart, came to his senses, and was almost about to punch himself in annoyance.

Look at what kind of bad idea you have here, can the soldiers of Xuanfu move casually? What if the troops of Xuanfu were transferred away, and the Mongols came? The soldiers of Henan and Hebei are encircling and suppressing the Liukou under the leadership of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, if you transfer his soldiers and horses, will he be able to do it? I'm really a pig, I actually came up with such a stinky idea that hurts others and is not beneficial to myself!

Looking at Chen Xinjia, whose forehead was covered with sweat, Chongzhen's eyes became even colder, and he said softly: "Abolish the public because of private affairs, abolish the public because of private interests!" ”

"Boom"

Even the stupidest people know what will happen if they are seen by the emperor as a person who abolishes his public affairs for personal reasons. Chen Xinjia's mind seemed to have detonated a firecracker, his brain was completely clouded, and he trembled and knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, your ministers"

"You don't need to say it, go down!" Chongzhen glanced at Chen Xinjia in disgust, waved his sleeves, and waved it like a fly to stop looking at him.

At this time, Chen Xinjia was already crying with tears and snot, he never thought that it was because of a small negligence that his career would be ruined, this is really a disaster from the mouth!

Chen Xinjia trembled and glanced at Emperor Chongzhen, who was twisting his head to look elsewhere, and the two first assistant Wen Tiren and his top boss Yang Sichang, who were looking at his nose and nose and looking at his heart, his heart was already half cold, he kowtowed to Chongzhen three times and then staggered to his feet, and walked out tremblingly, he knew that if there was no accident, he would have to return to his hometown of Sichuan Changshou in a short time.

Yang Sichang's afterglow glanced at Chen Xinjia who was walking out, and then turned his gaze back, although Chen Xinjia was his direct subordinate, but he was not his confidant, he couldn't anger the emperor in this matter.

At this time, Chongzhen's slightly sarcastic voice sounded again, "Two Aiqing, Chen Shilang has already said his opinion, you two should also talk about your high opinions." ”

"This" The two remaining bigwigs glanced at each other, but their eyes only touched slightly and then separated.

"Why do you want me to bring this matter to the court for public discussion?" Chongzhen's voice quickly rose by three points.

Looking at Yang Sichang and Wen Tiren's silent appearance, Chongzhen felt sad and angry in his heart, "Is this the pillar of my dynasty who I rely on as a dry city?" When encountering things, they blame each other, and if they steal the credit, they are faster than anyone else. If this matter is brought to the court for public discussion, I don't know how much uproar it will cause, and those officials who have eaten all day and have nothing to do don't know how much chaos it will cause. ”

Just when Chongzhen's heart was becoming more and more sad and angry, Wen Tiren, who was the first assistant, finally spoke slowly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Pang Gang said is quite reasonable. ”

"Huh?" When Chongzhen heard this, his eyebrows began to slowly rise.

As if he hadn't heard it, Wen Tiren said slowly: "Your Majesty, don't move the thunder anger first, think about it carefully, isn't what Pang Gang said wrong?" Thinking that my huge court, there are tens of thousands of civil and military officials, but when it comes, I put a burden that the entire court can't pick up on the head of a military general, isn't this ridiculous? ”

"You"

Hearing this, even Chongzhen, who was angry, felt a little hot on his face, speaking of which, he really didn't do it properly, he had already sent him a million taels of silver last time, but after he spent it all, he started the idea of others again, and whoever had to be angry about it. Why, the joint court was opened by my family, and everything depends on me.

But Chongzhen can't help it, people say that people are poor, short horses, thin horses, and long hair, if the emperor is poor, it will be more terrible, and many major events of the country are all pressed on his head, if he is unhappy, he can resign and go home, but if the emperor is unhappy, can he really leave the ancestors' country's country and society behind?

"In this way, it is not my fault to raise salaries for Liaodong." Chongzhen asked expressionlessly.

Yang Sichang didn't look good, he knew that if Chongzhen showed such a look, it meant that someone was going to be unlucky, in order not to implicate himself, he quickly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although what Lord Wen said is a bit extreme, it also has some truth. ”

"Hmm!" Chongzhen was not only expressionless this time, but even his face was a little dark.

Yang Sichang hurriedly said: "Of course, it is indeed a big rebellion for Pang Gang to do this, but the emperor, you should also see that the imperial court is indeed unable to take care of Shandong at this time, so it is inevitable to be wronged." ”

Speaking of this, Yang Sichang secretly looked at Chongzhen's face, and after seeing that the other party was still expressionless, he said: "Your Majesty, what do you think, Pang Gang just sent a million taels of silver two months ago, and it hasn't been a few months, let's send someone to ask for it, don't talk about Pang Gang, even a Bodhisattva has to be angry, isn't this killing people as wronged people?" ”

"Hmph, stingy with clever words!" Hearing Yang Sichang's rare witty words, even Chongzhen, who was full of anger, softened his face, and then scolded with a straight face.

"The minister didn't dare, the minister just told the truth." Yang Sichang smiled slightly and arched his hand modestly.

After Yang Sichang's interruption, Chongzhen's mood was a little better, and his mood calmed down a little, and he sighed and asked, "What about Yang Aiqing's opinion." ”

As soon as Yang Sichang heard that the emperor had reverted to his former title, he knew that Chongzhen had restored his surname, so he said slowly: "Your Majesty, listen to the ministers." ”

"Say!" Chongzhen impatiently pointed to the stool on the side and said, "You sit and say, I really can't get used to the way you stand and talk." ”

"Emperor Xie!" Yang Sichang slowly sat down before he spoke: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if one of the biggest enemies of my Ming Dynasty is the Liukou, and the other is the Manchu Qing outside the Guan, the Liukou will not be peaceful if the Liukou does not remove my Ming." ”

As soon as Yang Sichang said this, Wen Tiren on the side shook his head and said: "Yang Shangshu's words are also wrong, the old man thinks that the biggest enemy of my Ming Dynasty is the Manchu Tartars outside the Guan, and the Liukou has to be counted as second." ”

"No, no, no." Yang Sichang shook his head and retorted: "The Manchu Qing outside the gate can only be regarded as flesh and blood, what they ask for is nothing more than the wealth and wealth of my Ming Dynasty, and those rogues want the entire country of my Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Hmph, Yang Shangshu said that the old man disagreed, those rogues are at most wandering in the pass, if my Ming can free up his hands to mobilize Shanhaiguan and Xuanfu elite soldiers into the Central Plains, then the rogue can be leveled, but the Manchu Tartars have repeatedly violated my border and captured my people, if you don't get rid of it, those who occupy my Ming Dynasty will be Manchu!" Wen Tiren pulled his throat and argued with Yang Sichang in the hall.

"Oh my God, here we go again." As soon as they saw such a scene, Chongzhen and the surrounding eunuchs all made a common action, that is, they lowered their heads, looking at their skillful movements, it is estimated that these two people have done this thing in normal times.

But the two sides did not give the emperor a son, but the voice became louder and louder.

"You are ignorant!"

"Shame on you!"

"You are presumptuous!"

The voices of the two grew louder and louder, and they quarreled more and more, and finally the topic actually rose to the point of personal attacks.

"Enough!" Soon, a louder voice sounded beside the two of them, "I'm asking you how to deal with the matter of Qingzhou now, not asking you to discuss the problem of the Liukou and the Tartars!" ”

Chongzhen stood up, came to the two of them, glanced at the two of them who were glaring at each other like fighting cocks, sighed, and pressed the two of them to the seat and said, "Okay, don't argue anymore, don't forget today's topic." ”

"Yes, I obey!" Yang Sichang and Wen Tiren glared at each other stupidly, and each sat back in their seats.

After a quarrel, Yang Sichang spoke much more simply, "Your Majesty, the minister will speak directly." Although Chen and Wen Shoufu had differences about the dispute between the Tartars and the Liukou, it was only limited to the Tartars and the Liukou, and the Chen and Wen Shoufu never thought that Na Pang Gang could be compared with the two, and from the past events, the person who was plotting was nothing more than a promotion to make a fortune. Chen thinks that as long as we firmly grasp these two points, it will be easy to deal with him! ”

"You mean to get me to agree to the thief's request?" Chongzhen's brows furrowed, now he is very disgusted with this Dingguo general who repeatedly dares to threaten him, he has repeatedly confronted the imperial court, and he dares to often put forward conditions to him, the son of heaven, this thief clearly does not have him as the emperor in his eyes!

Yang Sichang swallowed his saliva, "Every million taels of silver of the emperor is not a small amount, if we can exchange a false name of the governor for a million taels of silver, why don't we do it?" ”

"Hmph, governor, false name, is the governor really just a false name?" Chongzhen slowly looked at Yang Sichang on the other side, and the anger on his face was revealed.

It seems that all his strength is spent on arguing with Yang Sichang, Wen Tiren at this time seems to have no energy, he sighed slowly and nodded: "Your Majesty, if Pang Gang just wants a governor, we might as well give it to him, anyway, the term of office of a governor is only four years, and after four years, let's find a reason to replace his father-in-law, and after we quell the rebellion, can't we deal with a mere governor?" ”

Wen Tiren's words were full of Sensen's haze, which showed that his sense of Pang Gang was not very good.

"Four years, four years!" Chongzhen raised his head and thought about it, and exchanged one million taels of silver for a governor, so it seems that the imperial court does not seem to suffer a loss, but if he agrees to Pang Gang's request like this, it seems that it is too cheap for him.

"Is that all this cheap?" Chongzhen's tone loosened a little, although he was still a little hesitant, but it was obviously not as resolute as just now.

"Your Majesty, as long as you have silver, are you still afraid that Pang Gang will fly out of your palm?" At this time, Yang Sichang on the side added another fire.

"That's it!" Chongzhen sighed secretly in his heart: "When I have my hand free, I will clean up that Pang Gang." ”

Chongzhen has never been a good person, which can be seen from his attitude towards Yuan Chonghuan, although Yuan Chonghuan made a lot of mistakes, but after all, he still has merit in defending Liao, but because he was suspicious of Chongzhen, he immediately ended up with a thousand cuts, and even the flesh and blood after death had to be eaten by the people of the capital, which shows his surname.

Chongzhen, who had made up his mind, raised his head and said to Yang Sichang and Wen Tiren: "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, so I will agree to come down for the time being, and it's not too late to clean him up in the future!" ”

"The Emperor Shengming!" Wen Tiren and Yang Sichang congratulated in unison, just like that, the candidate for the governor of Shandong after the spring tomorrow has been decided, but can the idea of Chongzhen and Yang Sichang and others exchanging false titles for silver and time really come true?

Just when Chongzhen decided on the candidate for governor of Shandong, and Ma Gonggong, who was so frightened that he was almost incontinent, went to Shandong again, Zheng Sen and Zheng Zhibao, who had returned from defeat, also returned to Quanzhou.

In the Zheng family's mansion in Quanzhou, Zheng Zhilong and the generals all gathered in the hall, Zheng Sen and Zheng Zhibao stood in the center with their heads bowed in a formal manner, and like them, the faces of the generals also lost their previous relaxation, and they all looked extremely gloomy.

"Tell me, what's going on with this defeat?" Zheng Zhilong, who was sitting in the first place, was the first to speak.

Zheng Sen took a step forward and said, "Daddy, this matter is the child's fault, let the child tell you." ”

"Big brother, as Sen'er's fourth uncle, I should bear the defeat of this battle." Without waiting for Zheng Sen to finish speaking, Zheng Zhibao stepped forward to stop Zheng Sen behind him, wanting to take the responsibility for this defeat.

"Okay, fourth, don't protect Sen'er, he is the boss in this battle, and he should bear the responsibility for this defeat." Zheng Zhilong didn't protect his son, but pointed at Zheng Sen and asked, "Sen'er, come on, our Zheng family has clear rewards and punishments, and it should be your responsibility to shirk, don't try to shirk it." ”

"Yes, Daddy!" Zheng Sen took a step forward and told the battle situation of the previous few days, and finally said: "Father, uncles, Sen'er thought that the defeat of Sen'er and the fourth uncle this time was because he underestimated the combat power of the Qingzhou Naval Division, and he couldn't figure out their strength in time, and he always thought that they only had the ten Dafu ships, and it wasn't until after the war that he realized that there were actually thirty more clippers and three big warships, so he was caught off guard." Uncles, Sen'er is not saying this to excuse himself, but to ask you uncles to remember that if you meet Qingzhou Sailor in the future, remember not to be careless. Their combat experience and skills may not be as good as ours, but they make up for this with their own firearms, making it difficult for us to play to our advantage even though we have more ships than them. Qingzhou Sailor said that the future must be a big trouble for our Zheng family, and Sen'er also believes that after this battle, they have torn their faces with us, and they will inevitably seek revenge from us in the future! ”

Although Zheng Sen's voice was not loud, it made the hearts of everyone present involuntarily feel cold.

(To be continued)