After all, Empress Zhou is a woman, and she couldn't imagine that Yang Sichang, as the minister in charge of the army that her husband relied on, would also have a day of self-respect for the army, so she had no idea for a while.

"All of you have a way, don't hide it, at this juncture, my orphans and widows will depend on your family!"

As she spoke, Queen Zhou Yingying raised her arm, gently wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, and wiped away the tears overflowing from her eyes.

However, even Zhou Yanru, who was the most active in Pingsuli, did not move at this time, and he could not imagine that Yang Sichang would dare to resist blatantly. In fact, everyone understands Yang Sichang's thoughts, the reason why he said that he was sick in Henan and refused to return to Beijing is not because Jiannu Dongyu is a difficult bone to gnaw, since the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Ming and Qing dynasties have lost more than they won, if they lead their troops to the north, they will inevitably lose the battle, and if they lose the battle, will the work of Henan's thieves be in vain?

Now that the emperor is suddenly seriously ill, Yang Sichang has been leading troops outside Beijing, and he naturally has a feeling of seeing flowers in the fog about the court situation.

However, Zhou Yanru still refused to give up the opportunity to stomp on Yang Sichang.

"Yang Sichang's wolf ambition was exposed today, but the imperial court was suddenly attacked by a strong enemy, His Royal Highness not only could not speak out to criticize, but also comforted him with good words, rewarded him, and reassured his heart."

Bang!

The prince who was sitting on the kang slapped his fist on the desk beside him, "Chaotic ministers and thieves, you can't be brought to justice, but you have to coax, it's so unreasonable!" ”

Empress Zhou's face immediately sank, "You must not be rude in front of important ministers!" ”

The crown prince Zhu Cihong also immediately realized his gaffe, and hurriedly adjusted the kang and apologized to the ministers.

Where did the ministers dare to sit upright and calmly, they also got up and returned the salute. The harmonious atmosphere of the monarchs and ministers in the warm pavilion finally calmed Queen Zhou's mood a little.

"It is not a problem to appease Yang Sichang, the cabinet is preparing the decree in the name of the prison country, but the urgent need now is the thieves from the north!"

"Your Highness doesn't need to worry, the minister will raise one person!"

Liu Yuliang, who rarely spoke, stood up again.

Empress Zhou's senses for Liu Yuliang are not good, and she has heard her husband viciously comment on this person for bullying the monarch, although she is still in the cabinet, it is just a show. But now is the time to brainstorm, so she said patiently: "Liu Qing said it's okay!" ”

"The Marquis of Zhenyu has tens of thousands of elite soldiers, how can His Highness forget it?"

Zhou Yanru immediately refuted: "The soldiers of the Zhenyu Marquis are all in the south of the Yangtze River, and once they come and go, a month will pass, and the distant water will not quench their thirst!" ”

Liu Yuliang waved his hand and smiled mysteriously, "It's not either!" Liu heard that the Marquis of Zhenyu had an elite army of tens of thousands of people to quell the chaos in Korea, and as long as His Highness was interested, he could order him to attack the rear of the Eastern Prisoner at any time! ”

Empress Zhou didn't know about this situation, when did the imperial court still have a garrison in North Korea? She had heard from her husband before that the Korean State had betrayed the Ming Dynasty more than ten years ago and attached itself to the Manchu Dynasty, so why did the Korean State allow the imperial court to garrison troops? Could it be that the Marquis of Zhenyu sent troops to regain suzerainty over Korea?

Zhou Yanru miscalculated, how could he forget that Li Xin still has troops in North Korea.

I only listened to Liu Yuliang talk eloquently: "Then order the Korean garrison to divide into a unit, cross the sea, land from Tianjinwei, and attack the flank and back road of the southern invasion of the eastern captives, and then the crisis in Beijing can be calmly resolved!" What if Yang Sichang comes or not! ”

Queen Zhou was upset and couldn't make a decision for a while, so she said, "I'll think about it." Then on the grounds that the prince was tired, he sent a group of ministers out of the warm pavilion.

After the ministers got out of the Wenhua Palace, they all complained repeatedly, the fire was about to burn to the eyebrows, and if she didn't make a decision quickly, where would she still have the time to think? Women's families are women's families, and they can't distinguish between priorities and urgency.

But so what? Several important ministers shook their heads and sighed a few times, and then they parted ways again.

"Queen Mother, why didn't you approve the suggestion of the Hou Jing soldiers at that time?"

Not only the ministers, but even the crown prince were a little dissatisfied with Empress Zhou's hesitation.

Queen Zhou has her own hardships in her heart. Yang Sichang said that the illness stimulated her deeply, this person was the first person her husband relied on, and she never imagined that after her husband fell seriously ill, it was this Yang Sichang who first exposed his wolf ambitions.

Even with it, Queen Zhou didn't even worry about Li Xin, and the handsome ministers who were born in Yang Sichang's literati had a heart of disobedience, so a military general who was born as a horse thief was even more unreliable.

If Li Xin, the marquis of Zhenju, was ordered to lead troops into King Qin, it would be a blessing or a curse, it was really difficult to predict. Even if you drive away the Manchu Tartars, I'm afraid that it will be the front door to drive wolves, and the back door to enter the tiger!

Thinking of all this, Queen Zhou suddenly felt cold, her husband fell, where could her thin shoulders bear the weight of the Ming Dynasty? She only felt tightness in her chest, and even breathing began to become difficult.

"Mother, mother?"

The crown prince Zhu Cihong found that Empress Zhou's face was wrong, and called out to his mother with concern......

……

On the evening of the same day, the advance of the Jiannu army arrived at the city of Beijing, and the Beijing division shook again, and the people were panicked. Early the next morning, Jiannu's Hongyi cannon appeared under the city gate, and the rumbling sound was earth-shattering, and even the Forbidden City in the city could feel the tremor of the earth.

Empress Zhou He had faced such a desperate scene, went to Zhu Youzhen's bedroom, took her husband's cold hand and cried for a long time, the tears that flowed wet a large area of bedding, but her husband was still unconscious.

"Your Highness, Your Highness...... The ministers have military affairs, ask to see, ask to see......"

Outside, the inner eunuchs were tremblingly urging Queen Zhou. Queen Zhou ignored this, she saw through it, in addition to using power for personal gain, those important ministers would only dismantle the stage and dismantle the Ming Dynasty.

I really don't understand, with the wisdom of my husband, why would he use such a group of treacherous things like jackals?

Empress Zhou wiped her tears and calmed down.

"Let them wait in the warm pavilion of the Wenhua Palace, and the prince will arrive later!"

The eunuch received the decree and trotted away with relief.

Queen Zhou tidied up her makeup, she just cried so much that she couldn't go out to see her courtiers like this, right?

In the end, she succumbed to the pressure of reality.

"Order, quickly summon the marquis of Zhenyu to return to Beijing and discuss the matter of sending troops!"

Li Xin's hometown is in Xinle County, Beizhili, not far from Jingshi, and he can go back and forth in one day.

Liu Yuliang said: "The war is urgent, if you wait for another day, there may be a lot of changes, Your Highness can issue an order to North Korea at the same time, and order my Ming Dynasty's Korean garrison to attack the hinterland of the Manchu Dynasty, and then send elite troops to King Jingqin!" ”

Empress Zhou knew that there was no better idea, so she could only nod her head one by one: "Just follow Liu Qing's words!" ”