Recruit and appease, if you can't beat others, you can really fight, it's not a flat in one fell swoop, how to talk about appeasement. The word fu, that is, the word game made by the courageless literati, is extremely humiliating.

The young Son of Heaven is a face-saving person, he doesn't like to be appeased, since he ascended the throne, he really responded to the ancestral training of "the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies in the society", two years ago, the army of the East Captives came to the city, he also refused to negotiate peace, and even killed Yuan Chonghuan, who was good at negotiating peace with the East Captives, and fought with the East Captives to the end. When the situation was critical, he was ready to commit suicide.

The 100,000-strong army of the Eastern Captives was still unable to force Chongzhen, and the rebel generals were even more powerful in suppressing the dynasty to revitalize the dynasty.

These days, the DPRK and China have also discussed many times about the appeasement, Chongzhen has long been tired of listening to the old clichés of the appeasement, if the fussing can be done, he is also optimistic about its success, but the stroking back and forth, but the Dengzhou has been lost, which makes him unbearable!

Xu Congzhi and Xie Lian's excerpt is tantamount to a catalyst, and it hit Chongzhen's sore spot, and also talked about his heart, "As soon as the envoy comes out, the thief will benefit from the siege of the city" This is too right!

Chongzhen, who was angry and appeased the mistake, slapped his palm on the imperial case, but he didn't leave any affection for his first assistant, and he said it very seriously.

The emperor's face has been lost by you, and you are embarrassed to continue to talk about it here!

The Son of Heaven was angry, Zhou Yanru was silent, and he didn't dare to defend himself, Wu Zongda and Zheng Yiwei had cold lips and teeth, and they thought that there was a rumor that the emperor was going to change the first assistant in Beijing, and Yu was panicked in his heart.

Xiong Mingyu and Zhou Yanru have no grievances, but the military department is trying to fight the war, but the cabinet is trying to advocate the appeasement, which makes him have no complaints about Zhou Yanru. As the emperor thought in his heart, if things can be done, then everything will be fine. But now it is a failure to appease and a laughing stock, this sin of defeat and loss of the city is the responsibility of the army!

Why do you want me to carry the dirty water that Zhou Yanru made for you!

Xiong Ming gloated, and Zhou Yanru's old white face was his favorite sight.

Xu Guangqi was even more speechless, at this juncture, it was difficult for him to cross the river by mud bodhisattva, how could he dare to speak for Zhou Yanru.

Wen Tiren heard something from the emperor's words, and felt an indescribable excitement.

"Don't discuss it, it's the best policy to exterminate it early!"

Chongzhen made a final decision, knocked on the imperial case, and asked Xiong Mingyu: "Did Jin Guochen and the people of the ancestral family leave?" ”

Xiong Mingyu hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Back to the emperor, the Liao army has already left, and it should arrive in Laizhou in ten days." ”

"Hmm."

Chongzhen nodded with some relief, recently, only the Liao army can reassure him. took one out of a pile of notes on the table, held it in his hand and said to Xiong Mingyu: "Jinzhou General Shi Dayong led his troops to capture Shahe, killed the rebel general Chen Shishi, and won a lot. ”

"What?" Xiong Mingyu was stunned when he heard this, Shi Dayong's Jinzhou army won the battle, why didn't he know about it?

Chongzhen saw that he didn't know, so he didn't say much to him, but said lightly: "Tomorrow, there will be a document to report the victory, I already know about this matter, there is no need to report it, how to describe it, the military department will look at it." ”

"The minister knows the way."

Xiong Mingyu responded, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the song, and guessed in his heart that it was the top table from Dongchang or Jinyiwei, otherwise why the military department had not received the battle report until now.

"When I was summoned on the platform, I said that Shi Dayong was my fat cavalry general, and afterwards some of you disagreed, thinking that I had praised what I said, but now it seems that I have not said it at all. Shi Dayong only led 700 people to the south to quell the chaos, and in the first battle, he killed the rebel generals with fewer blows and defeated his army, which really impressed me! If there are a few more generals in the court like this, why should I worry about the thieves and injustice, but Shi Dayong's actions are indeed a little violent, Shahe "Speaking of this, Chongzhen suddenly stopped and did not go on.

Everyone didn't know what the emperor wanted to say, and they were puzzled.

Zhou Yanru saw that the emperor was in a better mood, so he hurriedly said boldly: "The emperor can rest assured, it seems that generals like Shi Dayong, we have a lot of Ming, such as He Renlong, the chief soldier of Ningxia, and Cao Wenzhao, the chief soldier of Yansui, etc., all have the courage to be unstoppable, and their army is also elite, but they are at war with thieves, and the thieves are all fleeing from afar, and they dare not be attacked."

Even the generals of Liaozhen are not only Shi Dayong, as far as the ministers know, Zu Dabi, Wu Sangui, Zu Kuan and others who entered the customs with Jin Guochen this time are all famous generals and experienced in a hundred battles. ”

"Wu Sangui?"

Zu Dabi and Zu Kuan, Chongzhen knows that these two people are from the ancestral family, after Zu Dashou lowered the gold, although he did not anger the people of the ancestral family, but he always felt that these people were not credible, if it were not for Wang Dehua's words, he would not have ordered the people of the ancestral family to lead the army to level the thieves.

When the country employs people, it is good to give the people of the ancestral family a chance to prove themselves. But this Wu Sangui sounds a little familiar, but he can't remember where he heard it for a while. The inquiring gaze looked at Zhou Yanru.

Zhou Yanru knew what Emperor Lu Dao wanted to ask himself, and hurriedly said: "This Wu Sangui is the son of Wu Xiang, the former general soldier of Liaodong, who was born in Wuju and is brave in martial arts. After a pause, he reminded the emperor: "The emperor forgot, Wu Sangui stayed in the capital for a while, and the emperor was full of praise for him, calling him fair-skinned and waiting for the least one year." ”

As soon as Zhou Yanru said this, Chongzhen suddenly remembered, a smile appeared on his face, and he nodded: "Well, yes, Wu Sangui is indeed a general, a great young general." I hope he can be as loyal to the country as his father and calm the world for me! ”

Seeing that the emperor was happy, Zhou Yanru breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and was about to say a few more words for Wu Sangui and the people of the ancestral family, so that the emperor would be impressed, but he didn't want to suddenly hear the emperor's voice in his ears, "It's discussed here today, retreat." ”

Just quit like that? Zhou Yanru was stunned and looked up at the emperor, but found that the eyes of the Son of Heaven were also looking at him, but there was no smile at all, it was cold, like frost.

Zhou Yanru shuddered, subconsciously lowered his head, and took the lead in withdrawing from the warm pavilion.

Everyone also retreated, but Chongzhen opened his mouth to keep people again: "Wen Tiren and Xu Guangqi stay." ”

Wen Tiren stayed?

Zhou Yanru was stunned, as the first assistant, he was above the two of them, but the emperor drove himself out of the Dongnuan Pavilion and left the second assistant, how could this not make him feel sad and remorseful in his heart, he realized that the emperor no longer trusted him. Thinking of the resignation just now, his face was even more gloomy, he knew that it was difficult to accept the water, sighed slightly, lowered his head and hurried away.

Zheng Yida, Wu Zongwei, and He Ruzhong were also frightened, and the moment they came out of the Warm Pavilion, they were all lost and depressed, they already knew the choice of Emperor Dao, perhaps, the rumors that had been circulating for several days were about to become true.

Xiong Mingyu was in a good mood, looking at the gray figure of Zhou Yanru and his group of cronies, he exhaled, he must have a few cups of pain today

Chongzhen looked at Zhou Yanru's back, was stunned for a moment, and asked Xu Guangqi: "Sun Yuanhua is your student, and you are also trying your best to advocate to me for training the new army, I am now asking you, Dengzhou is lost, how to deal with the firearms in the city, it is millions of taels of silver!" ”

"Shame on you!"

Xu Guangqi got the news, he was already heartbroken, Sun Yuanhua was a student he had seen since he was a child, and he was also the successor of Western arithmetic and Western firearms.

His voice choked and said: "Your Majesty, those firearms have been purchased since the Divine Sect, even if they are not silver, they must have more than ten years of hard work. Most of the firearms had never been used, and if they were smashed by the rebels, they could be repaired, but if they were thrown into the sea, it would be difficult to search for them. Lao Chen's life's work," Xu Guangqi said, tears were about to come out.

Chongzhen waved his hand and said unhappily: "I'm not worried about the silver, I'm worried that they took refuge in Dongyu with firearms!" ”

Sun Yuanhua was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly shook his head and said: "This is not possible, the Hongyi cannon is inconvenient to operate, and it is not easy for them to transport it to Liaodong."

Wen Tiren said categorically: "No matter how easy it is for them, it is necessary to intercept even people with cannons, especially those gunners are not allowed to escape." Without a gunner, even if the Dongyu got a cannon, he would not be able to use it, which was like a pile of rotten copper and scrap metal. ”

"Well, that's the safest thing to do. The edict ordered Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of Phi Dao, to patrol back and forth on the sea to strictly prevent the rebel army from fleeing north on the sea, and to encircle and annihilate the rebel army in Denglai. ”

Chongzhen's face finally softened, and he no longer said to Xu Guangqi, but said to Wen Tiren: "The thief Gao Yingxiang has smuggled into Huguang and plundered everywhere, I am worried that the governors of various places will pass the buck to each other, and the thieves are not in the territory under their jurisdiction, so they will stand by and watch. There are different powers, and it is inevitable to wait and see each other, so it is advisable to set up ministers and consuls-general to do their work. Thinking about it, there must be a special errand for thieves, and the governor of the military affairs of the five provinces of Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang, and Sichuan. ”

The post of governor has always been a province, a place, or a thing, and although there is no precedent for the establishment of such a system to govern the five provinces, it is a good way to adapt measures to the conditions of the times, and to turn several provinces into a province, and to obey the orders of one person in military and political dispatches, so that the responsibilities of the upper and lower levels will be much clearer, and there will be no more cases of provinces fighting each other, which will undoubtedly be of great help to the extermination of thieves. Wen Xu and Xu couldn't help but nod in agreement, secretly praising the emperor's wisdom.

Wen Tiren was even more overjoyed, the emperor put aside Zhou Yanru today and asked him separately about the candidate for governor of the five provinces, this is an unprecedented thing, does it mean that his "spring" is coming!

"The emperor is wise. As soon as the governors of the five provinces are appointed, they will be driven to heaven and earth, and there will be no escape. Wen Tiren praised the emperor from the bottom of his heart.

Chongzhen also showed a smug look on his face, and asked, "Then according to you, who is suitable for this position?" ”

"Well, this one."

Wen Tiren was silent, bowing his head and meditating, he was not thinking about recommending his own people, but thinking about who could take on this heavy responsibility and not burden himself on a business trip. Zhou Yanru's experience of negligence in employing people is right in front of him, and he must not mislead the public because of personal gain.

The emperor didn't ask, Xu Guangqi shouldn't have replied, but he suddenly interjected: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the post of governor of the five provinces must be the governor of the three provinces, Hong Chengchou. ”

Chongzhen nodded and said: "Hong Chengchou's ability is enough, but I just asked him to be the governor of the three sides a while ago, but he was in Shaanxi to wait and see, causing the thieves to make a big fuss in Henan, and Gao Reverse fled to Huguang again, I only then understood, this hunting horse can't be overfed, how can I run when I'm full?" ”

Wen Tiren heard that the emperor changed his words, and knew that the emperor originally wanted to compare Hong Chengchou to a hunting dog, and the hunter always starved the hunting dog before hunting, otherwise it would not want to hunt down the prey anymore.

The emperor was reluctant to use Hong Chengchou, Wen Tiren naturally would not insist anymore, thinking of one person, he couldn't help but feel a move in his heart, and secretly thought that he was the governor of these five provinces. He pondered and said: "People may not be the same from person to person, how does the emperor look at Chen Qiyu, the governor of Yansui?" ”

Hearing this candidate, Chongzhen's face moved: "In March, Ping Yansui is peaceful, but Chen Qiyu is a general." ”

"It is precisely because of this that the minister recommended Chen Qiyu." Wen Tiren hurriedly agreed.

Chongzhen thought about it again, and readily agreed: "Okay, I will add Chen Qiyu to the rank of squire of the military department and be the governor of the five provinces." told him not to go to Beijing to see His Majesty, and went straight to his post. ”

After speaking, Chongzhen's gaze swept over the faces of Wen Xu and the others, and said: "Promote Yang Sichang's military department to the right servant and the right to the imperial history, and the governor of Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi military affairs." ”

"That Hong Chengchou ......"

Wen Tiren and Xu Guangqi were surprised at the same time, Yang Sichang was the governor of Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi military affairs, so what did Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, do?

Should two governors be in charge of the military affairs of one place at the same time? Wen Tiren was shocked in his heart, and instinctively wanted to ask for clarification, but he clearly saw two fierce lights hidden in the emperor's eyes, and hurriedly swallowed back the following words.

Sun Yuanhua's matter has not been cleared up yet, how dare Xu Guangqi ask Hong Chengchou's matter. Wen Tiren didn't speak, and he didn't dare to ask.

Chongzhen said coldly: "Hong Chengchou went back and continued to be the governor of Yansui." After speaking, he picked out a piece of music and threw it on the desk, and said with a sneer: "This is Zhou Yanru's excerpt for the guilt, take a look." Then, pacing out of the temple gate, the eunuch outside the door was so panicked that he was clothed in fur and put on a snow hat.

Xu Guangqi sighed, and the emperor had an opinion on Hong Chengchou, and leaned over to look at the case, but saw that the Zhu pen on the fold had approved three big characters: let him go.

Let him go, in just three words, the first assistant will be dismissed in a moment.

Xu Guangqi was shocked and frightened, the shock in his heart was no less than hearing the news of the destruction of Dengzhou City, he looked at Wen Tiren blankly, only to see him slowly stretch out his right hand, quietly put the guilty plea into his sleeve, and then silently turned around and walked to the door.

Although Wen Tiren's face did not have any expression or a word until now, the sleeves of the wide robe shook a few times, and it seemed that it was difficult to suppress the joy.