Xiong Wencan served as the governor of the five provinces, and it is said that the important direction of the imperial court should be turned to the eradication of the Liukou.

Xiong Wencan's ability is not bad, he is a Jinshi of Wanli 35 years, the first year of Chongzhen, Xiong Wencan served as the political envoy of Fujian, successfully appeased Zheng Zhilong, so that the coastal residents of Fujian who have been repeatedly harassed by pirates have stabilized, and let the sea area of Daming completely calm down, this move can be described as a heavy and extraordinary move, but also because of the credit in the establishment of Fu, Xiong Wencan was soon transferred to the capital, as the right waiter and the left waiter of the military department.

The relationship between Xiong Wencan and Yang Sichang is very good, and the cooperation is also very good, as for the reuse this time, he served as the governor of the five provinces at a critical moment, responsible for the extermination of the Liukou, whether it is Yang Sichang's intention or the emperor's intention, outsiders are not particularly clear, but everyone understands that Yang Sichang and Xiong Wencan have been highly valued and trusted by the emperor.

Henan's Liukou power gradually grows, the impact is not small, the imperial army led by Gao Qiqian, the prison army, has retreated to Kaifeng Fucheng, most of the places in Runing Mansion are occupied by Liukou, only some places around Runing Mansion are still under the control of the imperial court, what is more disturbing is that Huaiqing Mansion, Guide Mansion and Weihui Mansion and other places are also controlled by Zhang Xianzhong, the entire Henan Province, the place where the imperial court can control, only Kaifeng Mansion, Henan Mansion and Guide Mansion remain.

Everyone knows that if the imperial court can't expend a lot of effort to exterminate the Liukou, it won't take long for the Liukou to even control the entire Henan Province, and at that time, it will not only be affected by the north, including Beizhili, Nanzhili and Shandong.

It's a pity that Xiong Wencan's appointment as the governor of the five provinces is very low-key, although he quickly rushed to Kaifeng Mansion in Henan, but there is no big move for the time being, which makes everyone feel puzzled.

Huai'an, Caoyun Governor's Palace, Donglin Book House.

The Spring Festival is just around the corner. Zheng Xunrui rarely celebrates the Spring Festival with his family, so this lunar month, the backyard of the Governor's Mansion is very festive, and Wen Manshan personally arranged for the people in the mansion to clean up. Preparing for a good Spring Festival.

However, Zheng Xunrui's mind did not focus on celebrating the Spring Festival with his family.

Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying, Su Jiancheng, Liu Zeqing, Hong Xinyu, Wen Kun, Zheng Kaitao and others are all here, so many people are concentrated in Donglin Bookstore, the situation is extremely rare.

Zheng Xunrui's expression was very serious.

"It's about to be the Spring Festival, according to the rules of the imperial court. From the twentieth day of the twelfth month to the twentieth day of the first month, it belongs to the spring break, and the Caoyun Governor's Office put forward a requirement that civil officials above the fourth rank and military attachés above the third rank must stick to it and wait for the order of the Governor's Palace, and they must not take a vacation without receiving the order. ”

"Why did you make such a request, I believe you know it, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the five provinces, was killed, and the Tianxiong army was completely annihilated. The imperial court's campaign to exterminate the Liukou suffered a major setback, and the Liukou's power gradually began to grow, taking control of most of Henan, which was a very dangerous signal. ”

"The imperial court appointed Lord Xiong Wencan to succeed him as the governor of the five provinces, responsible for the extermination of the Liukou, on the surface, the emperor and the imperial court both attach importance to the eradication of the Liukou, but this is not the case."

"The law of the Liukou's activities is completely different from before, and they pay attention to the construction of the base area. It is no longer a mobile battle, but sticks to Henan, and dares to fight head-on with the imperial army. ”

"This kind of change is very crucial. And it is very scary, and you all know that it is almost impossible for any army to gain a foothold in the local area without the support of the government and the people. The fact that the Liukou were able to entrench themselves in Nanyang, Runing, Ruzhou, Huaiqing, Guide and Weihui must have been supported by the local people, and even some of the gentry and wealthy households, who began to pay attention to buying people's hearts. ”

"The court didn't realize such a major change in the Liukou, and I don't know what so many adults in the court thought, I'm afraid they would still think that the imperial army would be able to exterminate the Liukou in a very short time, if they still have such naïve ideas, then the court will pay an even heavier price in a short time."

"It's a pity that the focus of the imperial court is not on the elimination of the rogues, but on the contrary, there is turmoil in the court."

"Lord Xiong Wencan's appointment as the governor of the five provinces was recommended by Lord Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and all the plans proposed by the cabinet were vetoed by the emperor, and this matter also caused a lot of discussion in the court, and many people think that this is just the emperor's greater trust in Lord Yang Sichang, I don't think it's that simple."

"Major things bypass the cabinet, the emperor's move is not simple, it seems that he is very dissatisfied with the cabinet."

"The most infuriating thing is that Lord Lu Xiangsheng suffered unfair treatment and assumed all the responsibility for the defeat of the army, the emperor should understand the reason, according to the reason, Lord Lu Xiangsheng should be canonized, but unfortunately such a situation did not appear, the reason for this, I think you also know, I don't want to say more."

"If the imperial court continues to develop according to this trend, the Ming Dynasty will eventually be destroyed in the hands of these adults."

"It is said that I don't need to care so much about the affairs of the imperial court, but as a member of the imperial court, I still don't want to see the building topple, but unfortunately my ability is limited and I can't influence the situation in the imperial court."

"Under such circumstances, what I can do is to keep Huaibei, Shaanxi and Fuzhou as stable as possible, and there can be no disturbance in these places."

"It is precisely because of this consideration that the Governor's Office requires you to stick to your posts to prevent any changes in Huaibei, and I can only ask you to work hard."

"I thought that there would be something big in the imperial court in the near future, so you should wait for news from the imperial court with me."

Capital.

This spring break, Wen Tiren had a very uncomfortable time.

Lu Xiangsheng, whom he recommended, suffered a major defeat in the battle to exterminate the Liukou because of a command error, so that the power of the Liukou rose in a short period of time, and the total number of Liukou under Li Zicheng exceeded 100,000 again, and Zhang Xianzhong's Liukou under Zhang Xianzhong was rumored to be approaching 100,000 people, adding up to an army of 200,000 Liukou, and the imperial court wanted to exterminate the Liukou in a short period of time, which became an unlikely task.

In terms of proposing candidates for governors of the five provinces, Wen Tiren and Zhang Fengyi's attitudes are relatively consistent, and the attitude of the first assistant of the cabinet and the second assistant of the cabinet can reach the same attitude, which is not simple, Wen Tiren believes that the matter of exterminating the rogues should be handed over to Zheng Xunrui, the governor of Caoyun, and let Zheng Xunrui lead the Zheng family army to fight.

Although there are different opinions in the cabinet, Qian Shiqu, Hou Xun and others believe that Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, should be in charge of the extermination of the Liukou, but Wen Tiren believes that if he and Zhang Fengyi reach an agreement, then Zheng Xunrui should be in charge of the eradication of the Liukou.

The ending was beyond Wen Tiren's expectations, and he didn't expect that the emperor completely rejected the cabinet's proposal, but let Yang Sichang propose a candidate for the governor of the five provinces, and it was quickly determined, and a holy decree was issued.

Many adults in the court thought that this was a sign of the emperor's trust in Yang Sichang, but Wen Tiren would not see it that way.

Chongzhen six years, Wen Tiren served as the first assistant of the cabinet, so many years have passed, although a lot of things have been encountered, but Wen Tiren's position as the first assistant of the cabinet is firm, through years of operation, he has been in the DPRK to support his own strength, and he is very good to make the Donglin party show submission, a rare calm situation in the DPRK.

Wen Tiren is very careful, he knows that many of his practices, if they are exposed, the emperor must have an opinion, the emperor does things to think about balance, let many forces in the court collide, the emperor in the spark of collision, control the situation, to achieve control over all the civil and military ministers.

The emperor adopted the suggestion of Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department, and it was in the early dynasty, which shows that the emperor was not satisfied with him, the head of the cabinet, and was also dissatisfied with the cabinet.

What does it mean when such a situation arises, Wen Tiren is clear.

When the Spring Festival came, Wen Tiren closed his door to greet the guests, and he didn't see anyone, he had to think of a way to deal with it, to gain the emperor's trust, and to keep the position of the first assistant to the cabinet.

Although he didn't see guests, Wen Tiren didn't sit at home every day, he wrote a lot of letters and sent them out, the content of these letters is simple, it is a greeting to many adults, the Spring Festival is coming, and it is normal to greet each other.

Wen Tiren already felt that the power of the Donglin Party was slowly increasing, which may have something to do with Zheng Xunrui, the governor of Caoyun.

The Donglin Party has always been focused on the south, especially in the South Zhili, but after Zheng Xunrui became the governor of Caoyun, this situation has changed a lot, Zheng Xunrui quietly suppressed the Donglin Party, including the Fushe and Yingshe, the four prefectures and three states in Huaibei, the Donglin Party people can hardly gain a foothold, even in Nanjing and other places, Liu Zongzhou, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is not blindly conniving at the Donglin Party, which makes the Donglin Party feel anxious.

It is estimated that the Donglin Party also understands that it is not possible to use strength in Nanzhili, so they set their sights on the capital, as long as enough Donglin Party members can be placed in the imperial court, then they can control the situation, and then affect many matters in Nanzhili and even Zhejiang and other places.

This made Wen Tiren feel embarrassed, he didn't want to be incompatible with the Donglin Party, as the first assistant of the cabinet for many years, he tried his best to ease the relationship with the Donglin Party, the purpose was to think that the court could be stabilized, and now it seems that his measures to ease the contradiction are afraid that it will cause the emperor's huge dissatisfaction.

This may be the basis for the emperor's turn to trust Yang Sichang.

This situation must not continue, in the few days of the Spring Festival, Wen Tiren thought of a way to deal with it, he must act as soon as possible, so that the emperor can continue to trust him.

As for whether the measures to be carried out will cause turmoil in the imperial court, Wen Tiren will not consider it for the time being. (To be continued.) )