Thousands of miles away in Liaodong, Huang Taiji once again ordered the country's elite soldiers to march west against Lin Dan Khan, but no one knew about it.

In the city of Beijing, the young man did not maintain a good mood for a few days because of the good news brought by Hong Chengchou.

Before dawn, the officials who were preparing to go to the court gathered outside the noon gate, and before waiting for a while, someone from the palace came to spread the news that the early dynasty was held at the Huangji Gate.

As soon as I heard that the court would be changed to the Huangshu Gate, the officials of all sizes were nervous, today is the New Year, according to the convention, it should be the Great Dynasty, and the Great Dynasty is generally prosperous in the Imperial Palace. And the big dynasty is mostly going through the motions and not much serious. Now it has been changed to the Huangji Gate, and it can be known without asking, this is to listen to the government of the Imperial Gate. In the past, the imperial gate listened to the government mostly in the noon gate, since the emperor Shenzong changed to the Huangji Gate, and the Ming Dynasty has not held the imperial gate to listen to the government in the Huangji Gate for many years. The officials discussed one after another, there must be something wrong, otherwise the emperor would not suddenly listen to the government at the Huangji Gate.

When the courtiers arrived at the Emperor's Gate with doubts and apprehensions, they saw that the young Son of Heaven was already sitting there, and the cabinet members who walked in front saw at a glance that the emperor's face was not good-looking.

After the courtiers stood up according to their respective positions, Chongzhen stood up angrily, swept away the ministers, and said angrily: "Do you know the Tao, Shen Di, the governor of Xuanfu, has a private contact with Dongyu behind my back, and wants to negotiate peace!" This is not something he can do by himself, and he won't dare to give him ten more dares. Hmph, don't think that I don't know the way, some of you must have an affair with Shen Di, and many of you have a very close personal relationship with the border ministers on weekdays, and there are many contacts in official affairs. There's nothing out of the ordinary, and I won't fault you. But now, this is behind my back to negotiate peace with the East Prisoner, you say, can I bear it! Say, who among you is supporting Shen Di, and who are you who want to make peace with Dongyu! ”

The ministers were dumbfounded when they heard this, who would dare to take over this? Even if there is really collusion with Shen Di, it is impossible to be stupid enough to stand up by himself, and all of them are wise to silence and bow their heads, for fear that the emperor will see him.

Wen Tiren is also strange, I don't know where the Emperor of Lu Dao got the news, why he doesn't know Lu Dao. But seeing that Chongzhen is angry now, he also knows not to touch this moldy head, anyway, Shen Di is a member of the Donglin Party, and if something happens, Zhou Yanru should have a headache. Listening to the emperor's tone, it seems that Shen Di, the governor of Xuanfu, has done it, and the new Xuanfu governor will definitely ask the emperor about himself, but he has to think about it.

"It's not that I know that it's not nothing, but you don't dare to say it, yesterday Xiong Mingyu defended Shen Di and was scolded by me! I have issued a decree and sent Shen Di to prison! From now on, if there is any more person who carries a piece of paper and a word of communication between me and Jianyu, he will be imprisoned! ”

After Chongzhen finished speaking, Fang felt that the anger he had held all night was vented, and he exhaled a breath in his nose, and looked coldly at the ministers below. He turned around and instructed Zhao Quan, who was waiting by the steps of the hall: "Read the music I watched last night to them." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

That Shu had already been in Zhao Quan's sleeve, and he would take it out without repeating, and with a light voice, he said: "Laicheng has been besieged for fifty days, and it is as dangerous as a tired egg. I looked at the reinforcements day and night, but I didn't come, and I knew that it would be a mistake to discuss. The thief stopped the army, or retreated slightly, why the ministers were not happy to appease, it was really the thief who used the placation as a delaying tactic. When the thief passed Qingzhou, Dacheng had 3,000 soldiers, and it was very easy to suppress the thief, and the Yuanhua suicide note said that "the thief can be fusmed, and the soldiers should not be in the east", Dacheng stopped, and the thief extended the man! If the aid teacher does not come, the minister should die as a ghost to kill the thief, and he will never dare to appease the supreme, confuse the country, mistakenly seal the territory, and kill his life! ”

Zhao Quan finished reading it in one go, and several of His Royal Highness's ministers had changed color, this Shu was the watch of Xu Congzhi, who had died in Laizhou, and Zhou Yanru was still the first assistant at that time, and he didn't know for what purpose, he suppressed this sparseness. But I don't know where the emperor learned that there was this note, and now he reads it out in front of the ministers, what is the intention.

The second assistant He Ruzhong and the scholar Wu Zongda are both members of the Donglin Party and Zhou Yanru's henchmen in the court. looked at Wen Tiren who was standing in front of him with hateful eyes, and scolded secretly.

The reaction of the courtiers below, Chongzhen couldn't see clearly, and when Zhao Quan finished reading, he clicked on Xiong Mingyu, the secretary of the military department, and his tone was cold: "Xiong Mingyu, there was Xie Lian's recital before, and now there is Xu Congzhi's seal, both of them said that the matter of Denglai cannot be appeased, and I have repeatedly edicted the cabinet, the appeaser, the scholar's opinion, the thief soldier has a little loyalty and patriotism, and he will never rebel." For Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng's generation, they should be exterminated with all their might, so as not to cause future troubles. But what I said, did you listen to it? Xu Congzhi has been doing this for a few months, and now people have sacrificed their lives for the country, isn't what this song said about a brave and loyal minister? You say, "Can this still be done?" ”

Xiong Ming was terrified, yesterday because of Shen Di's matter, he had been scolded by the Son of Heaven, and now the Son of Heaven is angry because of the matter of Denglai, if Shen Di's matter has nothing to do with his military department, but this Denglai matter is his duty of the military department. It has been a few months since Kong Youde started an incident in Wuqiao last year, and all the soldiers who should be transferred by the military department have been transferred, and the Liao soldiers alone have been transferred twice, followed by the Beijing camp and the Sichuan soldiers, and tens of thousands of men and horses have all been sent. But the front line is good, tens of thousands of troops don't fight any battles, and they all eat idle meals in Shahe. The military department did not not urge, but Gao Qiqian was not moved at all. Eunuch Gao is a minister, he can't force it, he thought that after Liu Yulie went, the situation would improve, but who knew that Liu Yulie still didn't move after he went. God knows what they're doing in Denglai!

Xiong Ming said that if he said that he could not command the front line, it was because he was incompetent! But he can't say that he is delaying the war, in that case, he is afraid that the angry Son of Heaven will immediately send him to prison.

When it was difficult to speak, Li Changgeng, the right capital of the Imperial Palace, suddenly came out and played: "Your Majesty, since Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng made a rebellion, the imperial court has successively sent Zhu Dadian, Gao Qiqian, Jin Guochen, Xu Congzhi, Xie Lian, Yang Yufan and other civil and military forces to the expedition, and the Liao army, Jingying, and Sichuan army have also sent a lot, but the thieves are still not peaceful, which shows that the soldiers in each town are not the opponents of the Liao soldiers under the Confucian thieves. The minister thought that the rebels were not only capable of fighting, but also had a lot of troops, and it was said that there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses now, and if they were strong, they would hurt the vitality of the court. Therefore, the minister thought that the matter of appeasement should not be wasted, and if the rebels could be successfully appeased, then I would add another copper wall to Liaodong. The rebels rebelled because of the salary, and the minister thought that as long as he promised to pay back the arrears, there would be room for appeasement. ”

It's a fuss again! Chongzhen just said that he couldn't be appeased, but Li Changgeng was ashamed to mention appeasement, making him so angry that he didn't even care about the etiquette of the Son of Heaven, and raised his hand to point at Li Changgeng and scolded: "According to what you say, I have no soldiers who can fight in the Ming Dynasty, and I still have to have a bunch of traitors and thieves to maintain it!" You claim that the reinforcements are incompetent and are not the opponents of the thieves, so why are there the victories of Shahe and Xiaoguanzhuang. Didn't these two battles be fought by my soldiers in the Beijing camp? You are a word of obliteration, you know how many soldiers will be cold! If the town army rebels because of lack of pay, but the court still takes the salary to care for him, in the long run, where is the dignity of the court, and where is the majesty of me! What is your intention in saying this! ”

"The emperor is angry, the emperor is angry"

Li Changgeng didn't expect Chongzhen to be so angry with him, Jiuqing, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing. What came from his ears was Chongzhen's cold voice, "You are also a veteran of the Three Dynasties, you can go home to recuperate in your old age." ”

Li Changgeng was shocked and stayed there.

Chongzhen ignored him, but turned his eyes to Wen Tiren and asked, "How many troops are there in the rebels?" ”

Wen Tiren did not step forward to answer, but turned his head to look at Xu Guangqi behind him, Xu Guangqi came out of the class and said: "Back to the emperor, at the beginning of the rebel uprising, there were only 800 soldiers, and then captured Dengzhou, and the Dongjiang Liao soldiers echoed, and captured more than 20 Hongyi cannons, 300 Western artillery, 3,000 horses, and a million taels of silver. ”

After hearing this, Chongzhen nodded, and asked Xiong Mingyu again: "What about the reinforcements sent?" ”

Xiong Mingyu said: "There are 13,000 soldiers in the Beijing camp, 12,000 soldiers in Sichuan, 6,000 soldiers and horses in Beizhili, 3,000 Liaodong cavalry in the Jin State Ministers' Department, and 30,000 soldiers in battle." In Shandong, Zhu Dadian's department had 5,000 Lu soldiers and more than 2,000 Zhejiang soldiers. ”

Chongzhen listened very carefully, and snorted after listening: "In this way, there are more reinforcements than rebels." ”

"Yes." Xiong Mingyu didn't dare to bully the king, but the soldiers and horses he transferred were all strong soldiers, especially the ancestral cavalry led by Jin Guochen, who could be ten with one.

"Since there are more rebels, how can they be stationed! Raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while! Tell me my will to Liu Yulie, and I will give him another month, within a month, if you can't pacify the rebels, tell him not to come back to see me! ”

After Chongzhen finished speaking, he suddenly glanced at Xu Guangqi and said: "After Xiao Yifu, the Guangxi Daoist Imperial Shi Xiao Yifu said that Kong Youde rebelled, Sun Yuanhua advocated appeasement and allowed Kong Youde to poison the mainland. Song Xian, the imperial history of Guangdong Province, said that Sun Yuanhua embezzled the army and was extremely greedy. The soldiers under his jurisdiction were in Jiangdong for a few months, intercepting the main generals, and then in Jinan, and capturing the city, all of which were unforgiven by the law. Yuanhua should be reprimanded to show the constitution of the country. Did they say anything? ”

Xu Guangqi was taken aback, and quickly shook his head and said, "The minister also guarantees that Yuanhua will never embezzle or embezzle." If there is such a thing in Yuanhua, the minister is willing to kill the whole family together. ”

"The old man is still not stubborn."

Wen Tiren took half a step forward and said, "The ministers have repeatedly corrected the corruption and fraud of Yuanhua before, could it be that these ministers and ministers are spreading rumors?" Therefore, Yu Yinggui, the Shaanxi Provincial Imperial Historian, said, 'The rebel who ascends the army is not Kong Youde, but Sun Yuanhua. ’”

This made a person unbearable, because Yu Yinggui still had something to say later, but Wen Tiren didn't say it: "Cheng Youde rebel, not Sun Yuanhua, but Zhou Yanru." ”

Wu Zongda saw Wen Tiren's intentions as soon as he said a word, so he went out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, Yu Yinggui's words are not credible, and nonsense is hurting the minister, and it is not advisable!" The minister guarantees Zhou Yanru with his life! He also took his life as a guarantee like Sun Yuanhua.

Chongzhen waved his hand impatiently at Wu Zongda: "Let's not talk about you first." I will not kill Xu Guangqi's family, but I will be imprisoned in Yuanhua's family! Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng, and Geng Zhongming were trained by him, and the rebels were all his subordinates. What are the two states of Naden and Lai? It is the place where I paid foreigners to try out new cannons, the place where I gave him money to train the new army, and the place where I paid him to train the new army! As a result, he trained a rebel army for me? The cannon that was just built was given to Li Jiucheng in vain? This Li Jiucheng is really hateful, even foreigners are killed! ”

Hearing Chongzhen mention the foreigners who died in Dengzhou City, Xiong Ming hurriedly reminded: "Of the Portuguese who were responsible for teaching firearms in Dengzhou, twelve of them sacrificed their lives when the city fell, and fifteen were seriously injured. ”

Chongzhen nodded: "Well, how to give it away?" ”

Xiong Mingyu thought for a while and said: "The minister thinks that Xilao, who is in charge of Gongsha, can be given to the general, the deputy commander Lu Weiluo will give the guerrilla, the commander Fran Aranda will give the garrison, and the rest will be given the general title, and each family member will be rewarded with ten taels of silver." The wounded were also rewarded with ten taels of silver. ”

"Quasi-play."

Chongzhen saw Xiong Mingyu and remembered that he was not coming. There are many bullets in these days that refer to him, Sun Chengzong, and Qiu Hejia. Yu Yinggui reprimanded Xiong Mingyu for his ineffective counterinsurgency, and Li Mengchen said that Xiong Mingyu was inappropriately dispatched, and his prestige was not enough to convince people, and his talent was not enough to help change, and it was difficult to live in Sima's hall for a long time.

Sun Chengzong had returned to his hometown Gaoyang after begging for permission, but as soon as he left, there were more recitals to impeach him and Qiu Hejia, mostly saying that he "built a Ling to call for provocation and humiliated the country and mourned the teacher". This sentence especially annoyed Chongzhen, if he didn't build Dalinghe City, he would not have fought this big defeat, how much food was spent, but he made a 40,000-strong army annihilated, and the city was also given to others, and even brought out the Wuqiao Change, which was broken for 300 miles, and killed 10,000 people!

However, Qiu Hejia has died of illness, and the deceased is the greatest, so let's leave him a posthumous name. Thinking of Qiu Hejia, Chongzhen suddenly remembered another person and asked Xiong Mingyu: "Where is Shi Dayong, the general of Jinzhou, now, and can he find out about his rebellion?" ”