A.D. 1629, in fact, is the beginning of the second year of Chongzhen.

There are still major events in the court, and the interesting thing is that the so-called major events are still the topic of how to make the emperor far away from the villain and close to the virtuous ministers.

In the eyes of the Donglin Party, except for the Donglin Party, the emperor should not get too close to the ministers of any faction. Therefore, as long as the people of the Donglin Party are not in power, they will try their best to get it down. For example, Zhou Daodeng, who has been in power for less than six months, but strictly speaking, he is actually not angry.

During the banquet of Chongzhen's imperial scriptures, he asked Zhou Daodeng: "The prime minister must use scholars, what is the explanation?" Zhou Daodeng thought for a long time, and replied casually: "Rong Chen will wait until the cabinet finds out, and then return to the emperor." After a while, Chongzhen suddenly remembered something, so he asked: "Recently, among the ministers, there is always the word 'affection'. What is affection?" Zhou Daodeng replied: "Those who are affectionate are also affectionate." ”

So a guy, how can Chongzhen continue to use it. Moreover, the first group of new troops were wiped out by the Salvation Army, although their actions were ordered by Chongzhen, but Zhou Daodeng did not object at all, which also had a certain responsibility. After all, what does Shoufu do, and he doesn't assist himself as an emperor? Since you are wrong, then you should point it out, doesn't the cabinet have this power?

One by one, Zhou Daodeng can't leave his job if he doesn't want to.

Now that the former Shoufu has been given to the office, the current Shoufu must be elected, otherwise it will be difficult to lead everyone to face various problems of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that who will be the first assistant, they are arguing.

These elites of the Ming Dynasty ignore the suffering of the people and ignore the chaos in Shaanxi, but they care about the interests of themselves or their party.

After some competition, or a full month of competition from the end of last year to the present, Han Yi was selected as the new first assistant.

This man has also been in power for a long time in history, at least compared to those who have only been in office for less than a year. But even so, if nothing happens to him, he will be in the first month of next year.

"Alright, calm me down!" Chongzhen is really annoyed, why is this court so noisy like a vegetable market?

Whether intentionally or not, he had already begun to notice that the courtiers seemed to have begun to take him less seriously. No king would tolerate such a thing, and he was even ready to make an example.

However, he lacks political intelligence, and he doesn't know which one is the real chicken, and he won't cause a dispute among a bunch of monkeys because he killed the monkey by mistake.

Hearing the emperor's shout, whether they want to or not, they must be quiet as soon as possible, otherwise the emperor has the right and the right to kill them. No one will take the initiative to send the excuse to the emperor, unless it is the imperial history who cheats the court staff.

"I heard that the Liukou of Shaanxi have attacked the Sanshui area, and the guerrilla general Gao Conglong has been killed?" Chongzhen still cares about the stability of his world.

"Gao Conglong's light army ventured into an ambush and died innocently. At that time, he was ordered to guard Sanshui, but he went out of the city in vain to fight with the thieves, which was not counted, and he chased for more than 30 miles, and was ambushed by the thieves and died, which was also a helpless thing. The officials of the military department came forward to explain.

In fact, this explanation is the most official, and the real ones know it, but they will definitely not give it to Chongzhen for reference.

The regular military newspaper was that the Sanshui official forced Gao Conglong to go out to suppress the bandits, and after Gao Conglong went out for the first victory, the officials decisively let him continue the pursuit until the thief army was defeated. Gao Conglong had 3,000 people under his command at that time, including 300 soldiers and 2,700 guards. The first victory is a surprise victory, and no one can guarantee that a war can be won in a hundred battles.

However, the officials of Sanshui believed that they could win a big victory, and even drove Gao Conglong to chase after him with the threat of cutting off food and salary supplies. In the end, Gao was ambushed by the dragon, and the wolf returned, and the officials saw so many thieves following behind, and they were afraid that opening the city gate would let them in, so they refused to open the door.

Gao Conglong cursed and was killed alive by the thieves at the city gate.

The real military newspaper naturally cannot sue Chongzhen, and officials can never be wrong and cannot be wrong. The Ming Dynasty controls the military with literature, so the fault can only be the generals, otherwise how can we ensure that these generals are obedient?

"I've read the detailed military report, and the point I want to talk about is not this, but the problem of this thing!" Chongzhen took out a poster.

Seeing this proclamation, many people actually expected it in their hearts, but they were not too surprised.

"This thing is posted in several state capitals next to Shaanxi, although I don't know how they posted it, but it is actually this thing posted on the land of my Ming Dynasty, and they are too bold! In the past, I thought that the Salvation Army was a group of unplanted, and if you look at others, they have all beaten down Sanshui, but they are still fighting guerrillas in the same state capital, or they are silently looking for traces. Who knew they didn't make a sound, it's good that they came out like this! Okay, I won't say too much, you should know everything you have seen, and you should pass it on and see it yourself if you haven't seen it! With a very dissatisfied expression, Chongzhen handed the thing to Wang Chengen, and then handed it down by him.

"Bold! How dare these thieves do this!? Seeing the content of this notice, many people immediately scolded.

Without him, this is not a proclamation to surrender, nor is it a demagogic proclamation, but a proclamation of a scientific expedition notice.

The Salvation Army is going to hold an open-air scientific examination in Whitewater County, which of course is officially called the Civil Service Examination. Everyone understands that the name is wrong, and this is deliberately done to highlight the change of dynasties. It's just a gang of thieves, who actually want to open a scientific examination to admit officials in the land of Daming, what kind of concept is this?

That was already a complete attempt to leave a way out for himself, and in the name of an emerging country, he demonstrated to the imperial court.

Yes, this is not as simple as a scientific research proclamation, it is still a war book, and the Salvation Army has issued a war letter against Daming!

In other words, is it time for the scientific expedition? En, there is still a month to go, and you can go back and tell those side heirs to take a look, and if you are lucky, you can simply take the top prize.

Yes, the courtiers were not at all angry about the scientific expedition held by the anti-thieves, in fact, they were ready to arrange for their sons and nephews to go to participate in the scientific expedition.

Why is this happening?

Dynasties can be replaced, but officials who have already taken office cannot be replaced casually. First, there are no ready-made officials who are willing to go to the war zone, and second, there is no one else who is more familiar with local government affairs than them.

Therefore, if there is really a desire to occupy a party that claims hegemony, as long as the local officials surrender, they often choose to stay. At least for a while, they will be retained, so even if it is a scientific examination held by the thief army, if the children and nephews of the officials are admitted, then they can still serve as local officials. When the king was killed, they only needed to surrender and be able to return to the Ming Dynasty to continue to be officials, and their official positions were recognized. And as long as you work hard, it is not impossible to transfer back to the capital to serve or be promoted.

In particular, they don't mind, and it doesn't mean that the local literati and artists will not build yì. In order to show the high level, it was the local literati and writers who disdained to participate in such scientific expeditions. This means that their chances of being a nephew in the exam will be much higher. It's no wonder that they will miss such an opportunity!

From this, it can be concluded that no matter how Chongzhen finally decides to deal with the Salvation Army, this scientific expedition will be held as scheduled, at least all military operations will be carried out after the scientific expedition.

So, why are some people angry?

Just because the notice says that those who do not understand the affairs of government, industry, agriculture and commerce will not be considered for admission, and those who claim to be high and disdain to have fun with the people will not be considered for admission. There is no limit to the qualifications for the examination, but anyone who is proficient in local government affairs, industry, agriculture and commerce can come to register.

The former is understandable, after all, it is a new dynasty, and it must highlight the difference from the Ming Dynasty. But the latter they were very unhappy, and the thought that their sons and nephews were going to take exams with a group of peasants, artisans, and merchants was as ugly and disgusting as a lump of stool in front of them.

Why, these lowly guys of different cultures who don't understand morality and filial piety are qualified to take the exam? You must know that Daming's scientific examination is also passed up layer by layer, and finally you can get the qualification to participate in the scientific examination! Uneducated people are actually people other than scholars, especially merchants and craftsmen, who are never eligible to take the exam!

Ironically, disgusting is disgusting, and when everyone finally read this notice, no one gave up the idea of letting their nephews take the exam.

And Chongzhen in front of them will not and cannot know their thoughts. Perhaps, in his opinion, they are angry because the Salvation Army is holding a scientific expedition, which is a good phenomenon, at least for the time being, the monarch is still single-minded.

Chongzhen, a sad little kid......

The rest of the matter is simple, rip-off, constant rip-off.

First, he proposed that he must resolutely exterminate these bandits, and then someone jumped out and asked who would be responsible for suppressing the bandits? So someone replied that it was naturally sent by the Ministry of War!

Well, the officials of the military department immediately jumped out and said that the local guards were very tired in order to resist the rogues in northern Shaanxi, so why not transfer troops in other provinces? Otherwise, how about transferring new recruits out? Of course, there is a big problem with one qiē, who pays for the salary? The household department said that there was no money, so please use Chongzhen's internal funds. So everyone seems to have found a goal, and they have begged the emperor to use internal funds.

Chongzhen's remaining little money was spent, and at this moment, the mice in the inner library disdained to go in. If Chongzhen wants to pay for it, where will he get the money?

So he proposed again, why not wait for the spring fu to pass before making a decision? Many people agreed, but obviously Chongzhen was not happy, after all, if it was like that, the scientific expedition would have ended a long time ago. In this way, wouldn't Daming acquiesce in the legitimacy of this scientific expedition?!

Okay, let's rip off, let's keep ripping off, Chongzhen, a sad little kid, never knew that this was what the courtiers wanted......