In the afternoon of the same day, Yang Sichang, a scholar of the Cabinet, Xue Guoguan, a second assistant of the Cabinet, Liu Juesi, a scholar of the Criminal Department, Fu Zonglong, a scholar of the Ministry of War, Zhang Sizhi, a right-hand attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and Fan Fucui, who had just been promoted to a scholar of Wuyingdian University and a scholar of the Ministry of Officials, were summoned by the emperor to the Forbidden City.

The reason why the important ministers were summoned to the palace twice in one day was because the cabinet exercised the power of voting to refute the holy decree that the emperor had just issued to the cabinet, which had never happened in the Chongzhen Dynasty. Since Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne and got rid of Wei Zhongxian, he has monopolized power, and the first assistant of the cabinet is the role of obeying the emperor's orders. The emperor was furious about this, and summoned several important ministers of the cabinet and various ministers into the palace.

After lunch, Zhu Youzhen returned to the Wenhua Hall to deal with the music that had just been sent from all over the country. The Tartars entered the Kou, the Beijing division closed the city for many days, and the Zhili soldiers were cut off from the north and south until the Tartars retreated.

The doors and windows of the Wenhua Hall are pasted with thick window paper, and the sunlight that can penetrate the palace door is extremely limited as soon as it is closed, and the charcoal fire in the copper basin in front of the imperial case is already half dead, and the huge hall is even more gloomy. Only a candlestick was specially added next to the imperial case, and the flickering candlelight measured the range of the surrounding ruler, only to see that the imperial case was full of mountain-like musicals, and the emperor Zhu Youzhen buried his head in the hill.

After the important ministers finished the salute of three bows and nine bows, they stood under the dan qi for a while, and the emperor buried his head in reviewing the recitals and seemed to have no time to greet them. Wen Huai was quiet in the hall without a sound, and the loyal ministers standing under the Danqi didn't even dare to make more of an atmosphere, although the temperature in the hall was so low that it could almost freeze, but the old man Liu Juesi had a faint sweat on his head. In this way, both sides were silent for most of the hour, and Yang Sichang, who was a cabinet scholar, finally couldn't help it, first cleared his throat with a dry cough, and then asked in a low voice:

"Hooray?"

Zhu Youzhen still walked the dragon and snake, and did not raise his head, but only replied lightly.

"What?"

Yang Sichang pondered his rhetoric and said stubbornly: "Long live, the Shandong General Soldier died at the hands of Li Xin, and if he is sent to be the Chief Soldier of Shandong Town, I am afraid that the impact will be extremely bad." ”

Zhu Youzhen still didn't raise his head and asked, "Where is the badness?" ”

The attention of the refutation of the holy decree was determined by him, and he knew very well that he must not back down at this time.

"The general soldier of Shandong Town died unexpectedly, no matter what the reason is, it is always not in accordance with the laws of the imperial court, even if Banzai is not investigated, the murderer cannot be appointed to succeed him. Otherwise, towns across the country will follow suit, and this will be worth it? ”

Several ministers nodded in agreement. After Yang Sichang said something before, he felt a lot more comfortable, so he continued: "What's more, Li Xin didn't even have an official body before, he was just a horse thief, and he went to the altar to worship the generals with the skill of size, how can he reward him again in the future?" ”

Zhu Youzhen still didn't react, the hall was gloomy, Yang Sichang couldn't see the emperor's facial expression clearly, he didn't know what he thought, fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, but this time, even if he was willing to lose his official position, he couldn't let Li Xinxing enter the general army of Shandong Town, otherwise Sun Chengzong was full of wings, and he was no longer able to resist.

"When the Tartars enter the Kou, there is more than one meritorious general, if only Li Xin is honored, how can others be convinced? Long live the three times! ”

After saying the last sentence, Yang Sichang knelt on his knees, but his voice trembled, as if he was crying.

After saying this, Yang Sichang was waiting for the echo of the ministers behind him, but there was no sound in the Wenhua Palace, and he Yang Sichang took the lead in the cabinet to express his support, but no one stood up.

In fact, they couldn't blame them for the folding, only to see Emperor Zhu Youzhen Huo get up, with a colder cold air in his eyes than in this hall, sweeping over the faces of the important ministers one by one. The knife-like gaze swept by, and the minister, who had wanted to stand up, froze his feet.

Zhu Youzhen smashed a stack of chapters in his hand on his head and face at Yang Sichang, but unfortunately his head was a little worse and scattered all over the ground, and he pointed at the ministers behind Yang Sichang.

"What about you? Do you agree with Yang Qing's statement? ”

The cold gaze swept back to the faces of the important ministers again, and the important ministers lowered their heads one by one and did not dare to make a sound. Zhu Youzhen was just about to withdraw his gaze, but found that Fan Fucui, a scholar of Wuyingdian University and a scholar of the Ministry of Officials, had moved, and stepped out of the ranks with his left foot lightly.

"Long live, the minister also thinks that it is inappropriate to seal Li Xin and the general army of Shandong Town! However, it is not impossible to have a general army in other towns! ”

A hint of surprise appeared on Zhu Youzhen's gloomy face, this is also an idea, this Fan Fucui is still a little anxious.

Who knew that Yang Sichang was stubborn and said: "How can the general soldiers of the nine sides be handed over to the ministers of Xingjin?" Long live think twice! ”

Yang Sichang asked Long Live to think twice and tightened Fan Fucui's loose mouth, with Fan Fucui's departure, Zhang Sizhi also came out of the class and said: "Long live, the white-bodied man also thinks that it is to be discussed, it is better to appoint him with a garrison and a general, and then it is much safer to be promoted to the general army in an orderly manner." ”

Zhang Sizhi ostensibly proposed a compromise solution, but in fact he was on Yang Sichang's side, Yang Sichang, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but wipe his sweat secretly, he didn't look for Zhang Sizhi when he unified his caliber before, but he didn't expect that Old Man Zhang could also stand on the same position as him, it was really the sun coming out of the west.

Zhu Youzhen still didn't make a sound, and the teacher Zhang Sizhi even spoke out against his holy decree to crown Li Xin as the commander-in-chief of Shandong Town, if this matter is placed above the court, the opposing forces will not laugh, it seems that it is not easy to figure out the vote of the Guò cabinet in this matter.

Seeing that even Zhang Sizhi came forward, Liu Juesi and Fu Zonglong also came out of class.

"Please also think twice!"

Several confidants are all opposed, Zhu Youzhen suddenly felt powerless, what he values most about Li Xin is the touching public loyalty to the country, these four words of comment He has been the emperor for eleven years to give his courtiers, but I am afraid that the number of civil and military forces in the Manchu Dynasty will not exceed one hand, so I guess that letting him out of the town is better than Liu Zeqing's kind of head rat at both ends of the year when it is critical. He returned to the dragon chair, thinking about what to do with the courtiers' rallying against him.

Xue Guoguan, who had been silent, spoke.

"The town chief soldier can't do it, it's okay to go to the Nine Sides and One Guard to be a general soldier!"

The ministers' eyes lit up, this is indeed a good idea, just stuff Li Xin into which guard, there is the control of the town commander above, it is equivalent to a fierce horse in the trap, if you want to go out of the sky, it is not easy.

Yang Sichang was still kneeling on the cold ground, he didn't dare to get up without the emperor's will, pouted and agreed: "The minister agrees with Lord Xue's opinion, Datong Fuyang and Wei are in danger, it is better to send Li Xin, and it can be regarded as making the best use of people." ”

Liu Juesi, the old scholar on the side, secretly slandered himself, this Xue Guoguan is very shrewd, why did he mention such a foolish mention today, if he is on the same position as Xue Guoguan, as long as he and Fu Zonglong seconded it, why did he add more than one move and propose to let Li Xin go to a certain guard to serve as the chief soldier?

The guard has long existed in name only, and the real power is the general army of the nine towns, and the provincial capitals are already showcased. To go to these areas under the jurisdiction of the guard to be the chief soldier, the novelty is there, but the real power may not be there, and you have to accept the control of the general army of the town to which you belong. Moreover, a small guard general soldier is at best a positive fifth grade according to the grade, and the general soldier of a town must be at least a second grade or above, and the comparison between the two is simply heaven and earth.

Xue Guoguan said this, not to mention that he was the head of the gun for Yang Sichang, and he also made the emperor unhappy, almost suffering and neither party was pleased.

But the light in the Wenhua Hall was extremely dim, and Liu Juesi's old eyes couldn't see what the emperor's expression was. But then Xue Guoguan's words made him suddenly enlightened.

"Long live Rongyu, the minister thinks that with General Li's ability, the place of one guard is obviously not enough to be placed, so it is better to include several guards in it......"

Liu Juesi secretly praised that Xue Guoguan had good means, so as to bypass Yang Sichang's excuse of obstructing the town commander, but also hold the truth of the town commander in his hands. Yang and Wei have been almost destroyed by the Manchu Tartars and the Mongol Tatars several times in recent years, and this general army is almost the same as not being a soldier, and there are no soldiers or people in the jurisdiction, but if the number of Wei Qi is included in the general military jurisdiction, the effect will be very different.

Zhu Youjian heard Xue Guoguan say this, and finally spoke.

"Oh? Xue Qing said in detail! ”

Xue Guoguan talked eloquently, "Shanxi Xingdu Division 16 guards, Datong Town has nine of them, among which Datong left and right guards and Zhenyu Wei Gaoshan Wei are particularly important, Yang and Wei are close to Zhenyu and Gaoshan two guards, it is better to put these three guards into the jurisdiction of the general army, it is for the three guards of the general army, and should not be controlled by the general army of Datong Town." ”

Liu Juesi's eyes lit up, and he felt that he should make up for it, anyway, Yang Sichang agreed with the opinion of this general guard.

"Long live, the old minister also has a discussion, since the general soldiers of the three guards are in charge of the guards, why not let them also lead the Shanxi Xingdu Division to command the frugal affairs?"

After that, Liu Juesi felt that he had made a good move, and he would win back a city for himself in the emperor's heart. Shanxi Xingdu Division commanded the thrifty affairs is the military attache of the three ranks, and this title is equivalent to the rank of the three guards, and the position is the same as the three ranks.

When Yang Sichang reacted, several ministers had already expressed their approval, and the cabinet exercised the power of voting to refute the emperor's holy decree, which offended the emperor thoroughly, and now they are happy to find a good way to compromise the emperor.

How could Yang Sichang give up halfway, and still said in a loud voice: "In Datong Town, there are Shanxi Xingdu Division Nine Guards, and Li Xin's General Soldier Three Guards, which is equivalent to one of the three, isn't this equivalent to cutting off a piece of meat in Datong Town?" ”

Xue Guoguan said with a smile: "What about cutting meat? It's all your own place! ”

"This ......"

Yang Sichang was very passive, secretly scolding Liu Juesi at both ends of the rat's head, but it was difficult to scream alone, and he had already given birth to the idea of retreating, but he was still unwilling.

"The three guards are the three guards, but they need to be controlled by the commanders of Datong Town!"

Zhu Youzhen, the great emperor who had been silent for a long time, finally patted the imperial case with his hand, nodded and said: "You ministers feel that this intention is very appropriate, let's draft the will!" ”