In the past few days, prices in Beijing have skyrocketed, and the reason is naturally that the news that the Jiliao army was besieged by Shunyi came out, and the Jin merchants took the lead in sitting on the ground to raise prices, and the price of grain rose several times a day.

Whether prices rise or not has little to do with the "princes of Gonggon" in the imperial court -- compared with the siege of more than 100,000 people in Jiliao's army, the livelihood of the small people in Shengdou is really insignificant.

Therefore, the imperial court discussed a five-day plan to relieve the siege - and today, it is the sixth day - but still no one has proposed any feasible plan.

In the Taihe Palace, seeing that today's court meeting was about to "end without a problem", Emperor Chongzhen only felt that the world was spinning for a while, and the whole person was about to faint.

He has been holding on for several days, from the beginning of his impatience, to not thinking about tea and dinner, to now it is almost "mourning more than dying", no matter what the civil and military officials say, he has no interest at all.

In Emperor Chongzhen's heart, he repeated a sentence: "The ancestors and ancestors will no longer bless me...... The ancestors and the ancestors will no longer bless me! Look, the most elite hundreds of thousands of Jiliao troops of the Ming Border Army are all surrounded in Shunyi, I am afraid that there is more than one bad luck! ”

The courtiers were silent one by one, and they all said something that was not nutritious, and when the bell of the scattered court came, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Naturally, the ministers who have a way are secretly colluded with the Tartar battalions sent to Changping by menzi, small servants, doormen, and staff, and those who have no way also pack up their gold and silver and prepare to go to Nanjing.

Looking at the group of civil and military generals who dissipated like the ebb tide, Emperor Chongzhen's eyes were dull, he had long lost his passion, and only indifference was left in his heart.

"Hmph. I don't know how many people in this are secretly building slaves, waiting to welcome the new master-" Chongzhen scolded in a hateful whisper: "It's really damned!" Damn it all! ”

And all the courtiers scattered away. However, the first assistant Wen Tiren and the second assistant Zhou Yanru stayed.

During this time, Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru were in harmony on their faces, and they looked like they were working together to overcome difficulties. Many people were amazed. It is said that Zhou Yanru, the leader of the Donglin Party, is naturally incompatible with the "traitor" Wen Tiren, why did Lord Zhou change his temperament?

Zhou Yanru naturally declared to the outside world that this is an extraordinary time, and it is necessary to unite all the forces that can be united - even if it is Wen Tiren, it is not appropriate to spend too much effort in the infighting......

In this regard, Wen Tiren is naturally open-minded. Zhou Yanru is acting like this now, and he really understands the only way to dominate the officialdom. The current situation is as dangerous as an egg, and the emperor is naturally "incomparably holy", so there must be ministers who are not dedicated to their work, resulting in the erosion of state affairs to this point. Plainly. The whole court is looking for a scapegoat -- and the scapegoat can't be too low.

Originally, Lu Xiangsheng had already carried the black cauldron of the previous rout in Jingxi, and all the princes of the imperial court were very happy. However, now that the Jiliao army is besieged in Shunyi, who can this pot be thrown to?

At present, the situation between the DPRK and China can be described as imminent, and if you make the slightest wrong move, your opponent will catch the flaw and lose the whole game.

So. Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru didn't dare to act rashly on their faces, and they both stared at each other behind their backs, waiting for the other party to make a mistake.

These internal information are naturally not clear to the ministers, but the first and second assistants are very aware of the stakes.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru under the throne like two bodhisattvas. Without saying a word, his heart couldn't help but swish upwards without a name.

It was only for a short moment, and Chongzhen finally suppressed his anger. said coldly to Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru: "The two Aiqing are important ministers of the country, and now more than 100,000 people and horses are trapped in Shunyi by Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao. What are the best plans for the Aiqing? ”

Wen Tiren stood up and glanced at Zhou Yanru from the corner of his eye. found that Zhou Yanru was also looking at him, knowing that he was the first assistant, and he still couldn't hide after all, so he had to come up with a proposition.

However, Wen Tiren had already made a plan before, and he was not in a hurry at the moment. He took two steps forward, saluted Emperor Chongzhen, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Hong Chengchou is worried about the mausoleum of Emperor Shenzong this time, so he is desperate to speed up the march - although Hong Chengchou is surrounded by Jiannu, but this just shows that Hong Chengchou does not care about his personal safety, and only knows how to serve the country and His Majesty......"

As soon as Wen Tiren's words landed, Emperor Chongzhen's face suddenly softened. Originally, Chongzhen was still thinking about curing Hong Chengchou's crime, but Wen Aiqing said this, isn't it exact? Hong Chengchou is the most "outstanding" minister of the army in this dynasty, how can he easily fall into the Tao of Jiannu? It seems that as Wen Aiqing said, Hong Chengchou can be regarded as letting go in order to save Dingling!

What a great loyal general! In order to help me solve problems, I did not hesitate to risk my life.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen's eyes squeezed out a few tears, and he sobbed: "It's all me who has affected Hong Aiqing!" ”

Wen Tiren saw that his words successfully helped Hong Chengchou get rid of the black cauldron, and suddenly felt a great feeling in his heart, and he couldn't help but put on a sad face, as if he was also worried about Hong Chengchou, who was loyal to the country......

Zhou Yanru, who was watching coldly from the sidelines, sneered again and again in his heart, Wen Tiren, the old thief, had a sharp mouth and shook off Hong Chengchou's guilt alive!

However, the Jiliao army was besieged and destroyed only in the future, I want to see, what do you have in mind?

Zhou Yanru made up his mind, and pretended to be deaf and dumb to see how Wen Tiren responded, after all, the first assistant was him, not himself.

Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen recently obeyed Wen Tiren's words, and seemed to have decided that the minister of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty was none other than Wen Aiqing, so he asked him: "Wen Aiqing, how to relieve Hong Aiqing now?" ”

Wen Tiren smiled indifferently and said confidently: "Your Majesty, the so-called soldiers will block, water will cover the earth, and it is impossible for Jiannu to withdraw the siege for no reason, and it is also necessary to transfer troops to relieve the siege for the Jiliao army!" ”

Chongzhen sighed, shook his head and said, "I have already issued several holy decrees to announce that the army of the Great Army will raise a dive to rescue Hong Chengchou. However, Gao Qiqian was defeated by the 10,000 cavalry of Jiannu with a white flag, and he folded several times in a row, and now he is also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect himself......"

After a pause, Chongzhen's head shook even more: "There are still tens of thousands of soldiers in the three major battalions of the Beijing Division, but they still need them to defend the important land of the Beijing Division, and they can't send troops there." Alas, around the Jingshi, there are no soldiers available! ”

Of course, Wen Tiren knew about the tens of thousands of horses of the Xuan army being beaten by the 10,000 cavalry of the Tartars, and he didn't expect Gao Qiqian to be able to rescue Hong Chengchou. As for the three major battalions of the Beijing Division that Chongzhen said, those Beijing soldiers can barely defend the city, and going out to fight in the field is simply sending them to death, so naturally they will not consider it. (To be continued.) )