Zhou Kui and Zhang Jinyan sat in the imperial study, their faces were solemn, it stands to reason that those who can walk into the imperial study are the emperor's favored people, this is an honor and trust, and it is worth being happy, but the two did not have the happy look they deserved, because Chongzhen, who was sitting on it, had a more dignified complexion.

"Guozhang, Zhang Qingjia, you are all the people I trust the most, in your opinion, what should I do about this?" Chongzhen said with a frown.

Zhou Kui is the father of Empress Zhou, Feng Jia Dingbo, originally a small official, when he married his daughter to Zhu Youzhen, who was still the king of letters, he didn't expect to become the national ruler one day, although he was a busy person, and he had good feng shui on the ancestral tomb, and he accidentally became the emperor's father-in-law; And Zhang Jinyan is the secretary of the military department, both of them are Chongzhen's most trusted people, when encountering difficult things, it is natural to consult their opinions, and now the hundred officials of the court are divided into two factions because of Lu Haoshan's self-respect and coercion of the court, and no one can convince anyone, for a strong emperor, the opinions of the courtiers can only be used as a reference, and the final decision is in the hands of Chongzhen, in fact, the hundred officials of the court also have this meaning.

At least not responsible.

So, after Chongzhen went down, he put his old father-in-law or the military department Shangshu into the imperial study to discuss.

Zhou Kui and Zhang Jinyan knew what Chongzhen was talking about, that is, Sichuan's affairs, Sichuan was in chaos recently, first Sichuan commanded Han Wendeng to disappear, and then the bandits entered Sichuan, captured a large territory, and finally surrounded Chengdu, and finally evolved into Lizhou Wei Commander Lu Wenhua to support the army and respect himself, first subdued the Thirteen Shake Huang families, took advantage of the chaos to take over Sichuan, and this is not the end, the resistance order did not obey, the imperial army was not allowed to enter Sichuan, and Cao Wenzhao and Hong Chengchou started a war.

The second battle ended with a complete victory, and at the same time, it was also disguised as a claimant. asked the imperial court to appoint him as the commander of the capital and the governor of Sichuan, in charge of Sichuan's military and political affairs, in the final analysis, this is a disguised tearing of the soil as the king.

As the national abbot, Zhou Kui's status is relatively special, and he said angrily when he heard this: "It is really incredible that that a small guard commander can control Sichuan in a short period of time, it must have been planned for a long time, such a big thing." Jin Yiwei didn't know anything, what did Luo Yangxing eat? ”

Jinyiwei is a notorious spy mechanic, engaged in reconnaissance, arrest, interrogation, and also participated in the collection of military information, plotting against enemy generals, etc., from the official rebellion, down to the small people chewing their tongues, it can be said that the emperor's eyes and ears, Sichuan has such a big thing, but Jinyiwei did not get any news beforehand, strictly speaking. This is very dereliction of duty, Luo Yangxing is the commander of Jinyiwei, others are afraid of him, Zhou Kui is not afraid of him, and he immediately scolded.

"I have punished him severely. Guozhang, now let's think about how to deal with the situation in Sichuan. Chongzhen said lightly.

Because of Wei Zhongxian, Chongzhen was also threatened by Jinyiwei and knew its destructive power. After ascending to the throne, his power was greatly reduced, and his funds were shrunk, which made Wei Zhongxian, the Jinyi Wei, not brilliant after that. In addition to supervising hundreds of officials, spying on the news of Liaodong, infiltrating the bandits, etc., in order to do this, under limited conditions, Luo Yang's surname can be said to have done his best, and he did not invest too much energy in Sichuan, which was relatively stable, so that he was caught off guard all of a sudden.

If you want the horse to run and don't let the horse eat more grass, Chongzhen just reprimanded him, and then didn't say anything.

In order to prevent relatives from interfering in the government, the Ming Dynasty preferred to choose a woman from a "small family" after the election. ”

As the secretary of the Ministry of War, Zhang Jinyan already knew that he couldn't run away, and he didn't dare to push it when he heard the words, so he saluted Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not?" ”

"Let's say, there are no outsiders here, Zhang Aiqing will get straight to the point, even if you say something wrong, I will forgive you for your innocence."

"Yes, the emperor" With Chongzhen's permission, Zhang Jinyan said with a worried face: "Eat the king's lu, bear the king's worries, that Lu Wenhua took advantage of the chaos, supported the army and respected himself, did not think about the king's grace, disregarded the shame, and dared to use force against the king's master, it was simply lawless, even if he died, he could not atone for his crimes, but the Liaodong front was in an emergency, the Houjin was becoming more and more rampant, and the anti-thieves such as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were also growing stronger and stronger. If you start a war with Lu Wenhua, who has more than 100,000 troops in his hand and occupies Sichuan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, I am afraid that I will not be able to afford it, and it will be difficult for Shu to go to the blue sky. ”

Chongzhen frowned and said, "Could it be that you just let him be presumptuous?" ”

"Your Majesty, that Lu Wenhua just asked the emperor to be an official, and did not rebel under the banner, the courtiers are still courtiers, the king is still the king, now let him first, of course, this is just an expedient measure, wait until those anti-thieves are cleaned up, and then solve the big problem of Houjin, free up your hands, and then slowly settle accounts with him, please ask the emperor to focus on the country."

Zhou Kui said with some dissatisfaction: "If you fulfill a Lu Wenhua, I'm afraid that others will follow suit, then wouldn't Da Ming be even more chaotic?" Why don't you send troops to destroy him and make an example of him? ”

Zhang Jinyan shook his head and said: "Lord Guozhang, if it is someone else, but this Lu Wenhua, we can't move for the time being, and in this world, there is only one Lu Wenhua." ”

"Oh, what do you mean?" Chongzhen was also interested all of a sudden.

"If you go back to the emperor, there are three reasons" Zhang Jinyan said calmly: "First, needless to say, it is difficult to withdraw from internal and external troubles now; The second is the unique topography of Sichuan, Sichuan is a basin, high on all sides, the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, just a sword gate pass can block a million male divisions, now there is really not too much force to conquest, but there are two good news, one is that the surname Lu still claims to be a courtier, which leaves us room for us, the second is that Sichuan is difficult to attack, but they are also difficult to come out, think that Zhuge Liang, who was close to the demon, was in Shu to die in Shu, and failed to complete the great cause in his life, the terrain is more than enough to defend and attack is insufficient, not afraid of him sitting big, And others dare to learn from Lu Wenhua, they don't have the natural dangers of Sichuan, and when Wang Shuai arrives, they will be able to defeat them. ”

After saying so much in one breath, Zhang Jinyan was also a little tired, and he took a breath and continued: "There is another point, that is, the commander of the Lizhou Wei has a new type of fire system in his hand, which is powerful and has a long range, and it is said that he does not need to fire with a fire rope, which is extremely powerful, Hong Chengchou has made a big loss under it, and Cao Bianjiao, who is known as the evil tiger, is also injured under this firearm, Hong Chengchou said in the letter that if he can't find a way to restrain himself, he will fight all the 30,000 soldiers under his command, and he will not be able to capture Zitian Pass, Your Majesty, think twice." ”

Chongzhen also looked at these things, and when he heard this, he asked a little bitterly: "Zhang Aiqing, is there no other way?" ”

Zhang Jinyan shook his head slightly.

Halfway, Chongzhen's helpless sigh sounded in the imperial study

Under the coordination of Li Nian, he took over various affairs in Sichuan in an orderly manner, such as the adjustment of personnel, grain and grass, the recruitment of soldiers, and the pacification after the war.

Of course, to tie them to the chariot, the best weapon is profit.

If you want to get support, you must have allies, and it is impossible to cover everything, in the final analysis, it is to sacrifice the interests of some people, and use the interests of this to achieve the purpose of winning over yourself, which Lu Haoshan has long thought of, and has done a good job, at the beginning, the people of Sichuan and the wealthy families did not have a high evaluation of Lu Haoshan, but when Lu Haoshan only launched the first decree, he was immediately warmly welcomed by the Sichuan military and civilians and even the wealthy families.

That order is: land reform. (To be continued......)