"Why, Wen Aiqing is now the first assistant, can't she even come up with an idea?"

Seeing that Wen Tiren was silent, Chongzhen's heart was even more unhappy. Chongzhen's character is suspicious and irritable, since the New Year, due to the increasingly erosive situation in the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen has become more and more dissatisfied with it, and this dissatisfaction has gradually been reflected in his attitude.

Wen Tiren is not a fool, he naturally noticed the change in Chongzhen's attitude towards himself, and now he is even more anxious after seeing Chongzhen's expression, but how can he not only satisfy Chongzhen for a while, but also make Yueyang's idea. In a hurry, Wen Tiren stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that if the emperor is willing to give Yueyang a step down, this person will settle down, so that Shanxi Xuanda can also be calmed." ”

"Steps?"

Chongzhen was almost angry, Nima's, Lao Tzu is the emperor, let Lao Tzu go down the steps of Yueyang? As my first minister, Wen Tiren not only didn't think about me, but spoke for the thief, your ass is crooked, right? Thinking of this, Chongzhen said with a calm face: "Wen Aiqing, how do you want me to give him a step?" ”

Wen Tiren also let go, and he said loudly: "I heard that although Yueyang drove Gao Gonggong and Chen Xinjia out of Hunyuan Prefecture, they did not do anything to the end. The fact that he did not kill these two proves that he has no determination to rebel at this time, as long as the emperor gives him a step, the old minister thinks that this person will not dare to resist the court in the face of the world's condemnation. ”

"Don't dare?" Chongzhen snorted from his nostrils: "This person even shouted out from Qingjun's side, what else did he dare not do?" ”

"That's not what you forced me to do!" Wen Tiren secretly slandered himself in his heart, but his face was still solemn and said: "Saying and doing are two different things, the old minister thinks that if Yue Yang has objections, why would he put Xu Dingchen and the generals of Xuanda back?" Wouldn't it be better to kill Chen Xinjia, Gao Qiqian and these people together? In this way, won't the whole of Shanxi be in his hands? ”

Wen Tiren said this, and everyone nodded frequently, after all, what Wen Tiren said was very reasonable, if Yue Yang really had the intention to rebel that day, as long as he was willing. Chen Xinjia, Gao Qiqian, and the rest of the Xuanzhong will not be able to run away, so I am afraid that it will not take ten days and half a month for Shanxi to be surnamed Yue.

Hearing this, even if Chongzhen was angry with Yue Yang, he had to admit that Wen Tiren had a point, but his face still couldn't hold it. After all, Gao Qiqian and Chen Xinjia were sent to Shanxi by him, and before he arrived in Shanxi, his butt was not hot, and he was driven back by someone who cut off his ears, and now the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are watching it, not only does the court not punish such a person, but instead gives him an official and a knight, do you want the face of this court?

Seeing Chongzhen, he was still hesitant. Wen Tiren was a little impatient, turned his head and glared at Yang Sichang on the side, "You caused the disaster, Lao Tzu has done this for you enough, you can solve the rest of the matter yourself." ”

Yang Sichang could see Wen Tiren's grievances clearly, and he also knew that he was looking away this time. Originally, he just figured out the matter of guò attacking Yue Yang to eliminate Lu Xiangsheng's power, but he didn't expect to swatt the fly but swatted the tiger's buttocks, and this tiger's temper was quite irritable, and he would bite people if he didn't agree. almost scared the entire Ming court.

Although he was very disagreeable with Wen Tiren, Yang Sichang still gritted his teeth and stood up and said: "Emperor Qiqi, since Yueyang has no definite antirighteousness, the imperial court cannot arbitrarily declare it a rebellion. Therefore, the minister thought that it was better to think in the long run. ”

"In the long run, that means you can't do anything with him?"

Chongzhen was just about to get angry, but Hou Sui, who had been standing behind him silently, also stood up and reported to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say. ”

"Speak!" Chongzhen's voice seemed to be squeezed out of his teeth.

"Your Majesty. Now the autumn grain from all over the country has been escorted into Beijing, but the minister has calculated that there is still a shortage of 700,000 taels of silver and 1.2 million quintals of grain and grass. Please Emperor Mingjian. ”

"How can it be so bad, isn't the food and silver of the imperial court enough to meet the expenses in the past two years?" As soon as he heard this, Chongzhen felt his head grow big again.

"At the beginning of the year, it was because of the grain and silver paid by Shanbei Road in the past two years, and the imperial court barely enough to spend, but now Yueyang has made it clear that he will not pay this year's autumn grain, so we are starting to lack food and silver again." Hou Sui's words are very direct, and the meaning is also very clear, originally if you didn't make a fuss, people would pay food and taxes well, but now you are making such a fuss, don't talk about silver, you don't even have a hair, don't you have nothing to do?

"Silver, silver...... It's silver again," Chongzhen couldn't suppress the anger in his heart anymore and roared at Hou Sui, "Hou Aiqing, how did you become a household secretary?" If you shout every day that you don't have enough expenses, won't you save some? ”

"Of course you can save it!" Hou Sui's anger is not small now, he looked directly into Chongzhen's eyes and replied confidently: "Your Majesty also said, the minister is just a household secretary, and the minister can't change the silver, if you let the minister save the silver, then the minister will stop the Liao, so there is no problem!" ”

Now the Ming Dynasty wants to say that the most difficult official is definitely the Hubu Shangshu, after Chongzhen ascended the throne, the great Ming Dynasty's annual tax is only four million taels of silver, but the annual expenditure of the imperial court needs more than five million taels, as a Hubu Shangshu, the work to be done every day is to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall, Hou Sui has already been haggard, if Chongzhen said at this moment to let him get out of his hometown and go back, this old guy must be very happy to take off the black gauze hat and leave immediately, so when talking to Chongzhen, This old fellow has always been fearless.

"You ......"

Chongzhen gritted his teeth and glared at Hou Sui, and for a while he couldn't wait to drive this old guy out of the Warm Fragrance Pavilion. After stopping the Liao, the more than 100,000 soldiers in Liaodong must not strike immediately, and you will resist the hundreds of thousands of Jiannu outside the pass after the Liaoyu is stopped?

Chongzhen was very angry about this, and they said that the problem went around in a circle and returned to the starting point, the reason was very simple, because their emperor wanted to move a guy named Yueyang, and now that guy was angry and decided not to pay taxes to the imperial court, because people wanted to strike taxes, so the imperial court had no money. And the imperial court can't send troops to levy this guy without silver, and the taxes of the imperial court can't levy this guy are a lot less, so the question comes, how can Yue Yang pay taxes obediently?

Chongzhen was sad to find that he was so incompetent as the emperor, and after the little counselor drove out of Shanxi after the ministers and eunuchs he sent cut off their ears, he couldn't do anything about him.

Leaning weakly on the back of his chair, Chongzhen closed his eyes, and a trace of sadness passed through his heart, "Do I really want to bow to that bastard?" ”

In the end, he opened his eyes slightly and asked softly, "Then what do you think about how to deal with Yueyang's affairs?" ”

Everyone glanced at each other, and when Chongzhen's words came out, everyone knew that the emperor, who had always been stubborn, was ready to compromise.

Hou Sui didn't say a word, and silently retreated into the crowd. Yang Sichang looked at Wen Tiren and found that this old guy was standing in place again and began to close his eyes and recuperate, so he had no choice but to stand up and bow to Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, according to the minister's shallow view, Yueyang's annoyance is nothing more than that the emperor's reward is thin, and Chen Xinjia and Gao Qiqian are too impatient and improper, which aroused his dissatisfaction, so we simply gave him a bigger official position, so that he can rest assured." ”

Having said this, Yang Sichang only felt a burst of heat on his face, he had just given Chongzhen an idea to recommend someone to deal with Yueyang, but after only a month, he actually made Emperor Yì add an official to that person, and he slapped his face loudly.

A sneer swelled up on Chongzhen's face, and he asked with a smile: "Then according to Yang Aiqing's opinion, what position should he be sealed?" ”

Well, since it has been decided to be shameless, let's carry out shamelessness to the end, Yang Sichang took a deep breath, "The minister thinks that it is better to crown that Yueyang as the chief soldier of Shanxi, and crown him as the general of the dragon and tiger!" ”

When Yang Sichang said this, he seemed to see the disdainful gazes of the people around him, but he also let go, isn't it just cheeky, since the day he became an official, he didn't plan to ask for this thing.

After finishing speaking, Yang Sichang lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Chongzhen. After a long time, a sentence seemed to float from the sky: "Okay, let Aiqing handle this matter!" But before that, it's better to let someone probe that Yue Yang's tone, otherwise once he refuses, I really can't afford to lose that person......"

November of the ninth year of Chongzhen

The weather in Shanxi has become cold, and after Yue Yan made such a fuss, the atmosphere in Hunyuan Prefecture has become very tense for a few days, and the news that Yueyang, the general of Fengguo, is about to prepare for a rebellion is circulating everywhere in the streets and alleys. After the prefect Jiang Xin returned to the yamen, he immediately closed the door, and since then he has never dared to go out of the city to inspect the situation of the displaced people and the autumn harvest.

As the matter passed, the news that Yueyang was going to rebel was even more noisy, and the entire North Road and even Shanxi were filled with a sense of impatience and panic, but as time passed, those who were worried that Yueyang's rebellion would plunge Shanxi into chaos found that Yueyang no longer had any outrageous actions after driving away Gao Qiqian and Chen Xinjia, but continued the past days.

Yue Yang's actions made many people sweat while puzzled, and at the same time, the actions of the court also made everyone feel puzzled, Yue Yang's previous actions were equivalent to a slap in the face of the court, and also the last trace of face of the Ming Dynasty was wiped out, but most of the months have passed, and there is no news from the court, which is too unpredictable. (To be continued......)