"Qing and the others are not saints, I don't know what happened to him, Zhang Bing was defeated, how can I blame you. Besides, Zu Dajie has long had a heart of disobedience, and only hated me for not being able to make a decision back then, resulting in the loss of today. Speaking in detail, it's all my fault, and it has nothing to do with Qing and the others.

Qing and others are also a piece of hard work for the country, don't blame yourself too much, although the ancestor Dajie has fallen, Jinzhou has also won a great victory, one joy and one sorrow, and the right is worth it. As long as Jinzhou is not lost, Dongyu will not be able to knock on the pass, and the situation is not too bad. Arise, all of you. ”

The words came from Chongzhen's mouth, very cordial, and the courtiers in the palace were all stunned, and Zhou Yanru and Xiong Mingyu were even more confused: When did the emperor become so easy to speak?

I wondered in my heart, but I said the same way: "The emperor is merciful and magnanimous, regardless of the sins of the ministers, the ministers are afraid, and thank the holy grace." They both got up, their eyes met, each with their own thoughts.

Seeing the courtiers with bitter faces one by one, Chongzhen said a little strangely: "Why are you all sad?" Isn't it that Zu Dazhu surrendered to the east, and it's not that the sky is falling, so what's there to be anxious about. I was overjoyed, it was better for this thief to descend early than late, and if I descended early, I would know that he would be familiar for a while, so that he would not be mistaken by this thief. A good thing, a good thing! Ha Lu Ha..."

As he spoke, he suddenly laughed loudly, and walked up to the hall while laughing, and the hundred officials couldn't see their gods, and stood there looking at the emperor blankly, all of them were nervous.

After walking up the imperial steps, Chongzhen stopped again, turned around and asked Zhou Yanru with a smile: "Qiu Hejia defended Jinzhou and made great contributions. ”

Zhou Yanru hurriedly said: "Qiu Hejia has made miraculous achievements, and he needs to be encouraged by a good life, so that he and the soldiers can make great contributions to the emperor again!" ”

As soon as the words fell, he saw the second assistant Wen Tiren come out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, although Jinzhou has a great victory, but the good news has arrived, and the military merits have not been verified. ”

Chongzhen nodded, noncommittal, and looked at Zhou Yanru, "What does Shoufu think?" ”

"This..."

Zhou Yanru was a little hesitant, he wanted to scoop up the Jinzhou victory to make some big deals, to cover up the adverse effects of Zu Daji's gold reduction on himself, but what Wen Tiren said was indeed a safe policy, if it was checked afterwards, Qiu Hejia ate the bear's heart and the leopard had the courage to lie about the results, then he really couldn't eat and walked away. Besides, the emperor's reaction was really unexpected, so that people couldn't guess what he was thinking. For the sake of prudence, it is better to do what Wen Tiren said.

Thinking of this, he immediately said: "What Lord Wen said is very true, and the matter of encouragement needs to be verified before it can be decided. ”

Chongzhen snorted, he couldn't see the joy, anger and sorrow, his face was as calm as stopping water, and no one could see what was hidden in his heart.

"Okay, pass the decree, and the Jinzhou side will quickly send the thief-level and slave prisoners to the Beijing Division, and I want to test it myself!"

Zhou Yanru hurriedly responded: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Looking around at the ministers, Chongzhen raised his right hand slightly and asked, "Do you still have anything to play?" ”

The officials looked at each other, and no one seemed to be doing anything. When Chongzhen saw it, he wanted to say that he would disperse the dynasty, but he saw that the head of the household department was written from the strict class: "Your Majesty, the minister has the book to play!" ”

Someone played the book, Chongzhen naturally sat down, since he ascended the throne, but whenever the court meeting, he has always been allowed to play. Chao Bi Ziyan nodded: "Say, what's the matter?" ”

Bi Ziyan leaned forward, and then raised his head and said: "Near the Henan urgent report, the northwest thieves crossed the Yellow River to the east, attacked the state and plundered the county, and now more than 200,000 thieves are gathering more than 200,000 thieves to Kaifeng, Luoyang and other big cities, and the two cities of Kailuo have the vassal king's clan, once it falls, the world will inevitably shake, so there must be no loss."

However, the emperor issued an order yesterday to call the household department to raise military salaries and rations, after the minister received the order, although he knew that the clan must not be lost, but it was really difficult, the treasury deficit was no longer a thing, the former Jizhen, the closed door army sent to aid the Daling River, and the minister vacated the most reluctantly let the army open. There is no silver on the account of the household department now, and the minister dares to ask the emperor, where do the ministers go to raise the military salary and rations in Henan? Speaking of the most reluctant, there was obviously a bit of resentment and dissatisfaction in Bi Ziyan's tone.

Chongzhen frowned, how could he not hear Bi Ziyan's grievances, and he was a little annoyed with him, but Bi Ziyan's performance was also a tricky matter, there was no silver in the treasury, and he didn't complain to himself as an emperor, so who did he complain to.

If you don't have money, how can you kill thieves?

Chongzhen had a headache, and he couldn't think of where to raise the military salary needed in Henan for a while. looked at Zhou Yanru as if asking for help, but the latter looked embarrassed, where did he think of a way.

As the first assistant, but you can't worry about me at all, what use do I want you to be the first assistant!

Chongzhen was angry, and couldn't help but want to get up and scold Zhou Yanru, but he saw Min Hongxue, the secretary of the ministry, come out of the class and say: "Qi Shengshang, since the ancestor Dazhen has reduced the gold, can the Liao salary be divided into a part for other use?" ”

Hearing this, Zhou Yanru was excited, and he was busy saying: "Jinzhou beheaded tens of thousands of slaves, and the eastern captives have been hit hard by this, and they will not be able to commit crimes in a few years, so it seems that there is no need for so much Liaoyu, and the minister thinks that there is a priority for the matter, and now the civil unrest in Henan is serious, so you might as well allocate some from the Liaoyu, and then make up for it after the Henan civil unrest is pacified, I don't know if the emperor thinks it is possible?" ”

"From Liao?" Chongzhen was stunned: Can it work?

Wu Zongda saw Chongzhen hesitate, thought about it, and stepped forward and said: "Most of the Liao soldiers are the ancestors of the Great Commandery, and now the Great Commander has reduced the gold, and most of the Liao army has gone, although the country has suffered losses, but it has also saved countless salaries and silver. The minister thinks that the slave is destroyed first, and the slave is solid, and the righteousness must be punished. But compared with Kou, the slave is still separated from the fence. Kou is close to the mystery; The disease of scabies. Kou is in a bad place. This is the way to settle the outside world and the inside, so it is indeed feasible to allocate Liao pay to quell the chaos. ”

Zhou Yanru also said: "Although the country is poor today, it is not poor in Liaoyu. In the first year of age, Yin is an additional person, and I don't know how many of them. For example, the Hajj, the examination is completed, the line is taken, and the promotion is promoted, and the less one costs five or six thousand gold, and the sea calculates it, and the country chooses to obey the order, and the world sends millions more. According to the inspection, visiting, giving the legacy, and thanking the recommendation, the most to 20,000 or 30,000 gold, the whole world counts, the state sends a patrol, and the world sends more than 1 million, and the salary is more than enough. There is an urgency in the customs today, and the civil strife should be leveled first, and only when the country is peaceful, can there be a lot of work. For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, please allocate Liao's salary! ”

When Huang Ruliang, the left deputy capital of the imperial history, heard this, he was angry, and stepped forward to ask: "Let me ask the first assistant, what should I do if I allocate Liao salary and call the soldiers outside the Guanwai?" Is it really a headache and a foot pain? If the people are in turmoil and Dongyu comes again, will they give up Jinning and retreat to Shanhaiguan! ”