Zhu Youzhen is not a person who is easy to be depressed, he has been on the throne for sixteen years, he has long passed the age of youth, when Chongzhen was two years old, he once thought about retiring, he was too young at that time, and after the golden Tatar knocked down the capital, the most trusted Yuan Chonghuan broke his trust in him, and under the anger of the moment, he thought about abdication, and set up the crown prince.

After so many years, Zhu Youzhen has experienced too many ups and downs, he has never seen anything, even if it is a big blow, he can withstand it, the failure of the battle of Liaoxi, the rebellion of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and other rogues, he can accept it, but Yang Sichang came to the capital secretly, and the matter of reporting made Zhu Youzhen completely chilled.

It was also during the period when the battle of western Liaoning failed and the capital fell into a panic, Zheng Fugui's family, who had been living in the capital, suddenly disappeared, for which Zhu Youzhen personally interrogated and punished Jinyiwei and the relevant personnel of the East Factory, of course, Zhu Youzhen would not know until he died, Zheng Fugui and others were able to leave the capital quietly and safely, and the commander of Jinyiwei made Tian Hongyu have indelible credit, Duan Zongkui took advantage of the special relationship with Tian Hongyu to get a special pass for Jinyiwei and sent Zheng Fugui and others out of the capital.

The whole process was unaware, so that Zheng Fugui and others left the capital for a few days, Jinyiwei and Dongchang found out about it, but unfortunately Zheng Fugui and others had already entered Shandong at that time.

This incident has aroused Zhu Youzhen's high vigilance, but at that time he didn't want to believe everything, he would rather deceive himself, thinking that all this was accidental.

Zhou Yanru and Yang Sichang, who went to Nanjing, one left, the other stayed, Zhou Yanru stayed in Nanjing, and Yang Sichang left Nanjing for the capital.

At the end of July, Yang Sichang, who had gone through many hardships, arrived in the capital. After waiting for nearly a month, he reported the content of his conversation with Zheng Xunrui to the emperor.

After Zhu Youzhen read Yang Sichang's recital, he was going crazy with anger, but at this moment, he couldn't do anything, Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun's strength. is enough to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, all along, Zhu Youzhen believes that the biggest threat is Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun, this worry has finally come true, maybe when the chaos in the north is out of control, it is when Zheng Xunrui rebels.

There are Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun in the south, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in the north, and Houjin in Liaodong, and the Ming Dynasty has been sandwiched and there is no place to survive.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't figure out why the Ming Dynasty had fallen to its current situation. Thinking that when he first ascended the throne, he was ambitious, just thinking about being able to revitalize the Ming Dynasty, and he made too much effort to do so, he trembled, walked on thin ice, ate ordinary meals, wore ordinary clothes, and tirelessly reviewed and folded every day. It can be said that he is the hardest working person in the entire court, watching some ministers for their own interests. Ignoring the overall situation of the imperial court, he was heartbroken, trying to influence these people with his own efforts, more than ten years have passed, everything that should have been done has been done, but in exchange for such an ending.

Zhu Youzhen also resents Zheng Xunrui. Think about it, he can do Zheng Xunrui, when Zheng Xunrui was appointed as the prefect of Yan'an and formed the Zheng Family Army, this is a taboo thing, and he Zhu Youzhen tolerated it. Although he didn't support Zheng Jiajun much, at least he didn't stop the growth of Zheng Jiajun, yes, Zheng Jiajun did establish a lot of meritorious deeds, but Zheng Xunrui was young, not already the prince of the Ming Dynasty, the Taibao, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and a dignified member of the first rank.

Zheng Xunrui's conscience was eaten by a dog, and I don't know where the knowledge he learned was lost.

After August, the climate in the capital gradually cooled, Zhu Youzhen's mood was the same as this weather, it also became cold, he didn't know how to deal with the situation in front of him, the imperial court lost control of most of the south, lost control of Henan, Shanxi and Sichuan and other places, lost control of Shaanxi and some places in Shandong, lost control of Liaodong, and now there is something left, originally thought of using Donglin Party to deal with Zheng Xunrui, now it seems to be a big joke.

The Donglin Party has developed, but it has no ability to deal with Zheng Xunrui at all, but it is just a group of scholars, how much can it do, the original Donglin Party has the support of southern businessmen and scholars, and its strength is still good, but all of this has been completely eliminated by Zheng Xunrui, and now the Donglin Party is a mouth.

Sixteen years after ascending the throne, Zhu Youzhen felt his naivety for the first time, raising tigers, and the final consequences finally came.

Yang Sichang entered the Qianqing Palace, and saw a large number of unapproved folds on the imperial case, and knew that the emperor was in a bad mood, he was already a dismissed official, and he was not qualified to see the emperor.

From Nanjing to the capital, Yang Sichang suffered a lot, there is not much problem in Nanzhili and Shandong, but when he entered Beizhili, he felt a piece of desolation, there were bandits everywhere along the way, and safety was not guaranteed, Yang Sichang could only stop and go, and he had to take the official road, once it was dark, he had to find a place to rest, otherwise he would encounter danger.

The most dangerous time, Yang Sichang was in a hurry, when it was about to dark, there were still more than ten miles away from the city, and bandits on horseback suddenly appeared in front of the horse team.

The people I saw along the way, not to mention, had dishes on their faces, and in some places they were even starving.

The situation of North Zhili and South Zhili, as if one is in heaven and the other is in hell, which also makes Yang Sichang have too many personal feelings, it should be said that all this, Yang Sichang has also seen it in his hometown, but there is no comparison, so there will not be so much emotion.

Seeing Yang Sichang enter the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen raised his head slightly.

"Yang Aiqing, I haven't seen you for a while, you have more gray hair."

One sentence made Yang Sichang's tears fall quickly.

After kneeling, Yang Sichang choked and spoke.

"The emperor must take care of the dragon body, this Ming dynasty is inseparable from the emperor......"

Zhu Youzhen sighed, Yang Sichang said this sentence sincerely, but he no longer has much feeling as an emperor, what is inseparable, he is no longer the emperor, and time has not passed as it is.

Regarding Yang Sichang's loyalty, Zhu Youzhen can't show anything.

"Yang Aiqing, what happened before, I wronged you, if the civil and military ministers in this court were as loyal as you, where would I fall into the current situation."

At this time, Yang Sichang wiped away the tears on his face and spoke word by word.

"Your Majesty, the criminal ministers think that the Ming Dynasty is still saved, as long as the emperor is determined, he will definitely be able to revitalize the dynasty."

Zhu Youzhen's eyes widened instantly, looking at Yang Sichang, he couldn't believe it, he was in the field now, was there any good way.

"The emperor enshrined Zheng Xunrui, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and ordered him to lead the Zheng army to exterminate the bandits, and Liaoxi asked the border army to be firmly stationed in Shanhaiguan to protect the safety of the capital, as long as these two points were achieved, the imperial court would be able to relieve its breath......"

Zhu Youzhen sighed lightly, Zheng Xunrui was already thinking about rebellion, how could he still do things for the imperial court, Yang Sichang's thoughts were a little too wishful thinking.

Yang Sichang heard the emperor's sigh, but he didn't stop talking.

"Zheng Xunrui is the crown prince Shaobao, the right capital of the imperial history, and the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, no matter what, he is the minister of the imperial court, if he wants to rebel openly, he will definitely be spurned by the people of the world, Zheng Xunrui should also understand this, so although he is divided in the south and does not obey the orders of the imperial court, he still obeys the orders of the imperial court on the surface, not to mention the emperor's holy decree."

"The emperor can enshrine Zheng Xunrui with great fanfare, and the criminal thinks that he can even make an exception to enshrine Zheng Xunrui as the prince, and to tell the world that the future of the Ming Dynasty is pinned on Zheng Xunrui, so that everyone in the world knows that the emperor values and trusts Zheng Xunrui, so that Zheng Xunrui cannot disobey the orders of the court."

"If this is the case, Zheng Xunrui is still unwilling to send troops, the emperor can take the next step, reprimanding Zheng Xunrui for being ruthless and unrighteous, not knowing how to be polite and honest, and not worthy of being an official of the imperial court, and saying such words to the world, so that Zheng Xunrui fell into the whirlpool of reprimand, at that time, Zheng Xunrui is afraid that it will be difficult to gain a foothold in Nanzhili, he will either rebel like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, but the criminal minister is expected to be Zheng Xunrui will not do this."

"Now that the Central Plains is in danger, Liaoxi is occupied by the Houjin Tartars, and the court is in a stormy situation, the guilty ministers implore the emperor to think carefully, use Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun to pacify the Liukou, and restore the vitality of our Ming court." ……

In the process of Yang Sichang's telling, Zhu Youzhen's face has changed too much, one will be white, one will be red, and one will be cloudy, and the game in his heart is extremely intense, after all, Yang Sichang also said that if Zheng Xunrui does not obey the edict, it is the road of rebellion, once it develops to such a situation, the Ming Dynasty will fall violently.

But apart from this method, is there any other way out?

Zhu Youzhen did not immediately express his position, the matter was too important, and he needed to think about it.

An incident that happened a few days later prompted Zhu Youzhen to make up his mind, and he made Zheng Xunrui the king of Xiang, the prince and the prince, and the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion.

At the same time as the edict was issued to the world, the edict of the Ministry of War immediately went to Nanzhili, asking Zheng Xunrui to lead the Zheng family army to exterminate Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and other rogues.

What prompted Zhu Youzhen to make up his mind without hesitation was that Houjin's Rao Yu Belle Abatai led the 100,000 Eight Banner Army, entered the customs from the direction of Datong, and began to sweep Shanxi and Beizhili and other places.

Of course, Huang Taiji's judgment is that Zheng Xunrui will not be involved, and Zheng Jiajun will not be dispatched. (To be continued......)