"Bang ......"

"Bastard...... This rebel thief, I want to mobilize a large army to destroy this traitor! ”

On October 15, the ninth year of Chongzhen, Chongzhen's roaring sound came from the study of Dongnuan Pavilion.

Yes, it's the roar, this time Chongzhen was indeed angry, because Qi Qi, the new governor of Xuanda and the eunuch of Shanxi Town, who he sent to Shanxi, was driven out of Shanxi after his ears were cut off.

After Chen Xinjia was cut off by Yue Yang, Yue Yang simply did not do anything, even the unconscious Gao Gonggong did not let go, and cut off his ears as well, and forcibly expelled these two people, together with Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi, and the generals of Xuanda, who came together, from the North Road of Shanxi.

This time, the matter of Yueyang was completely big, and the entire Ming officialdom collectively lost its voice. Chongzhen, who was furious, received the news, and his first reaction was to give Xuanda Town a decree, ordering all the departments of Xuanda Town to immediately dispatch a large army to annihilate Yue Yang and all the people and horses of the department.

But the news he got next made Chongzhen desperate, because the news came from the towns of Xuanda, and now the Xuanda town only has less than 20,000 troops, and the strength in Yueyang's hands is almost the same as the strength of the towns of Xuanda, if you add the 10,000 horses he newly trained, there are already nearly 30,000 troops in Yueyang's hands at this time, if it really fights, let alone exterminate Yueyang, it would be good if the Xuanda army was not destroyed by Yueyang.

Chongzhen was losing his temper, and the first assistant Wen Tiren, the second assistant and the secretary of the military department Yang Sichang, the secretary of the ministry Xie Sheng, the head of the household department Hou Xun, the secretary of the ministry Huang Shijun, the left capital Yushi Tang Shiji and the Jinyi guard command room Luo Yangxing and other ministers stood in front of Chongzhen and did not dare to breathe.

"Talk? Why don't you speak? Aren't you more eloquent than the other on weekdays? Why don't you speak? Chongzhen roared wildly, and scolded: "Yang Sichang, didn't you recommend to me that Chen Xinjia is familiar with military affairs, and after arriving in Shanxi, he will definitely be able to rectify military affairs and guard the border passes?" Why did the front foot just arrive in Shanxi, and the back foot made people cut off their ears and rushed back? Is such a stupid and incompetent person what you call a godmaster? ”

At this time, Chongzhen had completely forgotten that he coveted the grain tax and commercial tax on the northwest road of Shanxi, and not only won Yang Sichang's request to reactivate Chen Xinjia, but also sent Gao Qiqian out, the purpose of which was to clean up Yueyang. Now these two people not only didn't clean up Yue Yang. On the contrary, he was beaten by Yue Yang, not only was he driven out of Hunyuan City, but even a pair of ears were cut off, and he was thrown to his grandmother's house.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty!"

In the face of Chongzhen's accusation, Yang Sichang knew that it was inevitable, he took off the black gauze hat on his head and gently put it on the ground, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Chongzhen and said sadly: "Your Majesty, the minister has no eyes, and he has mistaken Chen Xinjia, a mediocre talent." After delaying the emperor's major affairs, the minister was guilty, Chen begged to resign from the post of the second assistant and the secretary of the military department, and asked the emperor's ministers to resign and return to their hometowns! ”

Seeing Yang Sichang's appearance, everyone was stunned, they didn't expect this guy to be so ruthless, and he submitted his resignation without waiting for Chongzhen to blame.

"Humph......"

Wen Tiren was the first to react, snorted lightly, and showed an unwilling look on his face. Just now he just wanted to stand up and impeach Yang Sichang for negligence. I didn't expect the other party to retreat into advance, so he simply picked on his son and quit, now it's okay, even if he wants to impeach him, he can't do it.

Immediately afterwards, Chongzhen also came to his senses. Seeing Yang Sichang, who was kneeling on the ground, showing a strand of white hair on his sideburns, the original anger gradually disappeared, and then he remembered Yang Sichang's conscientious work for the court over the years, and his heart was full of compassion.

"After all, Yang Sichang has served the imperial court for so many years. Now, if he has just committed the crime of inspection, he should be dismissed and returned to his hometown, is it too harsh? ”

Thinking of this, Chongzhen sighed in his heart and said, "Yang Aiqing." Get up, I didn't mean to blame you, but I couldn't help but be angry when I heard that the thief in Yue Yang was so rampant. ”

"Emperor Xie!" Yang Sichang originally didn't really plan to resign, but since Chongzhen gave him the stairs, he was naturally happy to borrow the slope to get off the donkey.

He stood up, patted his sleeve and bowed to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the most important thing now is to decide how to deal with Yueyang, otherwise the majesty of the imperial court will be gone!" ”

At the mention of this matter, Chongzhen couldn't help but snort again, panting and said, "Then what do you say should be done with Yue Yang?" ”

Yang Sichang didn't immediately answer Chongzhen's words, but turned around and asked Luo Yangxing on the side: "Lord Luo, you are in charge of the Jinyi Guard, can you tell this official what kind of strength Yueyang has developed to now?" Please inform the Emperor and your Excellency. ”

Luo Yangxing, who was named, stood up and said to Yang Sichang: "Emperor Qiqi, my lords, according to the report of the Jinyi Wei spies lurking in Yingzhou Mansion and Hunyuan Prefecture, Yue Yang now has a heavy army in Yingzhou Mansion, Hunyuan Prefecture and Gaoshanwei at the border pass. ”

Chongzhen couldn't help but shoot the case again: "Bastard, how can that thief in Yueyang have such strength!" ”

"Your Majesty, what the minister said is true." Luo Yangxing hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Today's Yingzhou army can be described as strong and strong, asking for money, money, food, and grain, plus Yueyang has collected hundreds of thousands of displaced people over the years, and his reputation on the North Mountain Road can be described as sky-high, if he is willing, he can pull up an army of 100,000 at any time, so ...... So ......"

Chongzhen listened with bitterness, it turned out that Yueyang had unconsciously developed into such a behemoth, if Yueyang really pulled up an army of 100,000 and pulled the flag to rebel, let alone Shanxi, I am afraid he can fight all the way to the capital.

Wen Tiren snorted coldly: "How is it?" The old man said as early as two years ago that Yueyang's son has wolf ambitions, and sooner or later he will be a big trouble for the imperial court, but some people have repeatedly spoken for him, and it is the tiger that is the trouble. ”

As soon as Yang Sichang heard it, he knew that Wen Tiren was talking about himself, and he could only snort lightly and stop speaking, after all, what people said was the truth.

Seeing that Yang Sichang didn't speak, Wen Tiren became even more energetic, and was about to continue, but Chongzhen couldn't listen to it anymore, and said impatiently: "Okay, okay, Wen Aiqing, don't talk about those useless things, I just want to ask now, since it is not advisable to send troops to exterminate it, what should the court do." ”

There was silence in the study for a long time, and no one spoke. In fact, the reason why Yue Yang and the imperial court turned their faces was very clear, that is, because Chongzhen's rewards and punishments were unknown, and he only gave people such a painless Fengguo general's idle military rank and two thousand taels of silver. What's more, you also sent Chen Xinjia and Gao Qi to sneak to Shanxi, making it clear that you want to kill people, and everyone will be angry, although their surname is Yue, he is not called Yue Fei! (To be continued......)