"Okay, today's court meeting is not a criticism meeting, speaking of which, Li Zicheng is still my hero of the Ming Dynasty, if he hadn't done this, I wouldn't have seen that I would be so stupid, and the Ming Dynasty would be so critical!"

Zhu Youzhen said and ordered directly: "Liu Zongzhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the matter of Enke is handed over to Huang Daozhou, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and you are fully responsible for the return of Li Zicheng's coffin to Beijing and the funeral. ”

Although Liu Zongzhou was reluctant in his heart, he still stepped forward and bowed and replied: "Weichen obeys the order!" ”

The ministers were silent, and no one dared to mention this matter again, after all, they could also see that His Majesty should be more painful than himself, but His Majesty could tolerate it, and no one had to be able to endure this shame.

"In the past, it was nothing more than that, I only hope that my Daming country can reproduce the glory of the past and not repeat the mistakes of today", after Zhu Youzhen said this, the ministers also responded busily: "The ministers must be loyal and wise, in order to repay Your Majesty and revitalize the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"So very good, now it is necessary to agree on who will be responsible for appeasing the army department, you Aiqing can have a self-recommended person or recommender", Zhu Youzhen asked, the ministers looked at each other, did not answer, after all, everyone knows that the army is a thief, although it belongs to the Ming Dynasty, but it is not sure whether this army will be against or not in the future, if it is opposed, the person who will be appeased in the future will definitely be implicated, if not, the person who appeased will naturally be a great achievement in this time.

Of course, if you directly recommend others in this kind of court, it will also have the meaning of roasting people on the fire, and it is easy to offend people.

Zhu Youzhen saw that no one answered, so he also knew that these courtiers intended to protect Mingzhe, and he did not debunk it, but said with a smile: "It is indeed a little difficult for you Aiqing to come up with a suitable candidate for a while, so let's disperse the court, if you Aiqing has a suitable candidate, you can play and recommend it, no matter whether the recommendation is appropriate or not, I will not investigate it!" ”

Zhu Youzhen left the throne after saying that he walked into the warm pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, although the ministers did not dare to respond to the matter of appeasing the army, but Zhu Youzhen was still very anxious in his heart, after all, the Qing army's Azig Department may soon enter Huguang, and he must do it as soon as possible to appease the army.

At this time, Shi Kefa walked in with a bunch of songs: "Your Majesty, He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, and the governor of Huguang, Du Yinxi, are on the music respectively!" ”

Because the affairs of Huguang and Henan now have the most impact on the overall situation, Zhu Youzhen has already issued an order that the affairs of these two places must be directly submitted to him for personal seeing.

Now seeing that it was Huguang's supervision, Zhu Youzhen naturally didn't dare to despise it, and hurriedly asked Shi Kefa to hand it to him.

Zhu Youzhen has never met He Tengjiao and Du Yinxi, although the two have never met, but they are not completely unfamiliar, in the original history, after Zuo Liangyu died, Zuo Meng, and led the left army to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, it was these two people who collected the remnants of the army and became the warlords in Huguang, among which the strongest was naturally He Tengjiao.

He Tengjiao was the governor of Huguang at that time, and Du Yinxi was only the deputy envoy of the school, so naturally He Tengjiao's prestige was greater than that of Du Yinxi.

However, after Zhu Youzhen moved south, due to the implementation of military reform, Huguang was turned into a war zone, and He Tengjiao was promoted to governor, and Du Yinxi was made the governor, according to Zhu Youzhen's military reform, the governor obeyed the governor, but Zhu Youzhen was the governor to check and balance the governor, and still ordered the governor to have the right to perform, but the administration was subordinate to the governor.

Zhu Youzhen opened the song and took a look, but it was He Tengjiao and Du Yinxi's suggestions on the current situation of Huguang respectively, especially after hearing that the Chuang army intended to belong to the imperial court, the two governors actually had different opinions on Huguang's next strategy.

He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, took an unwelcome attitude towards the Chuang army, and said in the song that instead of appeasing the Chuang army, it was better to take advantage of the fact that the left army now had no power to counter, forgive its crimes, and appease the left army, after all, the left army was once an official army and was more reliable than the Chuang army.

The governor of Huguang, Du Yinxi, strongly suggested that he should quickly recruit the army for his own use, so as not to be taken advantage of by the Qing army, and said that the army still had combat power at present, and a little use could resist the southward movement of Jiannu and win a respite for the imperial court.

After Zhu Youzhen looked at it, he let Shi Kefa take a look: "Who do you think is more appropriate, He Tengjiao or Du Yinxi?" ”

Shi Kefa knew that the imperial court had decided that Zhu Youzhen wanted to appease the army, so naturally he would not say that it was wrong to appease the army, so he said with a smile: "From the perspective of Weichen, it is all appropriate, Your Majesty said that the main threat to my Ming Dynasty is the Qing army, and now the Qing army is pressing step by step, leaving me with little time for the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled: "If Zuo Liangyu didn't raise troops, otherwise my guards didn't transfer troops, I can consider your suggestions, but now I have to send arrows, his left army must bear the blow of the imperial court, dare to rebel against the imperial court in a critical situation, this is the real unforgivable crime, completely ignorant of the overall situation of the whole China, people can still join the Ming Dynasty because of the Qing army going south, but Zuo Liangyu does not have this awareness; In addition, what is the use of this left army in addition to harming the people and consuming food, and if he is destroyed, he can still recover some of the hearts of the people, why not. ”

After Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, he instructed Shi Kefa: "The Generalissimo's Mansion first issued a decree to remove He Tengjiao from the position of governor of Huguang, and passed the decree to the cabinet, promoting He Tengjiao to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, a scholar of the Eastern Pavilion, and the prince Taibao, and ordered him to return to Beijing to do things in the cabinet. ”

"Your Majesty is wise", Shi Kefa replied, and then asked again: "What about Yinxi?" ”

"With the order of the Generalissimo's Office, Du Yinxi succeeded He Tengjiao's Governor Huguang and Guizhou Military Administration, and ordered the cabinet to draw up a decree, add the prince and young master of the left squire of the military department, and give him a crown belt, and be fully responsible for the matter of appeasing the rest of the army, Li Yan can directly issue an order to grant the post of governor of Huguang, and add the title of the right squire of the military department, responsible for the defense of Jingzhou, Xiangyang, and Huangzhou!"

After Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, he sat down, took a cup of tea from Chen Yuanyuan's hand, and laughed while drinking: "Blocking Yinxi's performance is timely, I Zhengchou did not actively recruit the right person to placate the army, since he is interested, I will fulfill him, send someone to pass the secret decree to him, Huguang can be lost, but these hundreds of thousands of troops cannot be lost, and the future defense of Liangguang, Guizhou and other places will have to rely on this army." ”

"Your Majesty is thinking so far, now the war is only in Huguang and Henan, where you can think about Liangguang and Guizhou," Shi Kefa said.

"It's better to think farther, who can predict the current situation!"