"Presumptuous!" Zhou Yanru immediately scolded loudly, "Merit is merit, and merit is fault, how can it be mixed up?" The imperial court must always have a restraint on this kind of domineering general. ”

In fact, in Zhou Yanru's heart, he also agreed with the official's statement. But now the primary consideration is how to make Emperor Chongzhen dissipate his anger, not really to solve Wu Shigong's crime of concealing the strength and military information, so Zhou Yanru still looks righteous and awe-inspiring.

"Then can you transfer the generals under Wu Dangkou, or give them separate salaries?" Another official said.

However, this idea is somewhat reliable, and it is nothing more than to use this set of differentiation. But an official who was more familiar with the Runing Army replied: "Then Wu Dangkou's generals all started with him, and I heard that they were all his scholars and house slaves. So now the Runing battalion has become his family's army.

The official did not say anything about the separate payment of military salaries. The Runing army has not received a military salary for several years, let alone a separate military salary, and the imperial court can't even afford such an expenditure now.

"Then let's talk about how to deal with Inspector Hou first!" When a scholar saw the coldness, he changed the subject.

"Bully? Lock back to Beijing? Another scholar suggested.

"But without Hou Ruogu, who can still suppress Wu Dangkou and Zuo Ping's thieves?" An official objected.

But as soon as he said this, the meeting hall was cold again. It's easy to help Emperor Chongzhen vent his anger, but it will be troublesome to clean up the mess. In case after arresting Hou Sui, the situation will take a turn for the worse, and Emperor Chongzhen will settle accounts after the autumn and take out his anger on the minister who has come up with the idea now, isn't that his own guilt?

"Let Hou Ruogu make meritorious contributions!" It was Wu Fu who broke the deadlock. "Now the siege of Kaifeng has not been resolved, and the thieves are also rampant in the Central Plains, and the ambition of Wu Dangkou's wolf son has not yet been revealed. Wu Dangkou's wife, son-in-law, father and brother's family are all in the capital, and he can't convince people otherwise, so he is more domineering than others. Go to an order to let him be cautious, and then let the local restraints, and hope that he will know his way back! ”

Wu Fu's words were a delay, they looked forward to the change of the situation, so that the Ming Dynasty had a chance to breathe. After that, he slowly drew it to Wu Shigong.

Zhou Yanru nodded, although Emperor Chongzhen would not be very satisfied with this kind of response, it was also decent, so he said: "Then the old man should also write a letter to Wu Dangkou!" If you have a friendship, you can also write to persuade you. Luo Zhongxin. Your daughter is also married to Wu Dangkou, so let's go to the letter too! ”

Luo Zhongxin, the waiter of the criminal department who was hiding behind, could only bow down and agree with a bitter face.

"And. Let Wu Hou and Xue Hou also send letters. It is even more necessary to encompass these two Hou Mansions. Princess, where is the emperor ......? ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly agreed: "Fellow pavilion elders, please rest assured, the miscellaneous family from the emperor will persuade you." ”

An official immediately put the discussion into writing and handed it over to Wang Chengen to bring into the palace. The ministers who ended the discussion were also relaxed, and they all said goodbye to Zhou Yanru and other scholars.

And Zhou Yanru saw Zhang Guowei staring, and he fell behind. He asked, "What do you have to say?" ”

So Zhang Guowei asked: "Then Wu Dangkou can really kill the people and thieves?" And where did he get his confidence in his troops? Don't have the disaster of Inspector Ding again! ”

Zhou Yanru secretly looked around and found that the officials had avoided the two of them, so he whispered: "When the old man lived in the countryside, he heard that there was gold everywhere in Runing. That Wu Dangkou not only knows how to govern the army, but also collects money, so he can afford to raise this 100,000 army. You can also check the previous correspondence of the Ministry of War, that Wu Dangkou is really undefeated, and now there is a climate, which makes the emperor a little worried. If he dares to send troops, he will be sure of victory, otherwise, how could the emperor be furious? ”

"So what? Isn't this the front door driving the tiger and the back door going into the wolf? Zhang Guowei said worriedly.

"At least he hasn't raised the flag yet. Are the Liaodong Wu Admirals and Xiangyang Zuoping thieves good at each other? It is a virtue with Wu Dangkou. At least now the imperial court is still in full swing, and they don't dare to do too much. This time, let's talk to an official in person! Give him what should be given, and let the court have time to relax! ”

"If you knew today, why bother in the beginning!" Zhang Guowei said indignantly, "At that time, he should simply let this Wu Dangkou become the supervisor, then he should be embarrassed to disobey the order of the imperial court!" Transferring its elite and mixing it with sand into some troops, so that civilians can be thieves and control their ambitions, is much better than the current situation. ”

"It's an afterthought." Zhou Yanru smiled bitterly, "Even if we are willing, the emperor will not agree." Fortunately, we always have Wu Dangkou's family in our hands! ”

"Family? I heard that Wu Dangkou also has more than ten sons, and he has no shortage of descendants. and Luo Zhongxin and these people sent their daughters, which is really shameless. Zhang Guowei said disdainfully.

Regarding Zhang Guowei's contempt, Zhou Yanru also smiled. But he was also secretly funny in his heart: "There are so many people in the court who want to be shameless and give their daughters." Even the old man himself was a little tempted. ”

After arriving at the end of the day, under the persuasion of the ministers and cronies and eunuchs, Emperor Chongzhen was still ready to endure this breath. In fact, this time the Runing Army sent troops instead of presenting the chapter to the court, which was indeed ...... I don't take the court in my eyes anymore. But in any case, only on the surface, they were dealing with the peasant army, they were going to rescue Kaifeng City, and there was nothing wrong with their behavior itself.

But Emperor Chongzhen's reaction was a little hysterical. However, such a reaction can also be understood, he is afraid of the 100,000 soldiers and horses that suddenly appeared in the Runing army, and even more afraid of the loss of control of the subordinate generals under him.

In order to hide his fear, Emperor Chongzhen acted even more extremely. If he can't do anything to Hou Sui, Wu Shigong and Zuo Liangyu and others, he will punish the courtiers who can be cleaned up there in exchange for psychological balance. And this time it was Jiang Yu and Xiong Kaiyuan, the deputy secretary of the pedestrian department, who hit the muzzle of the gun this time.

And in one case, Emperor Chongzhen accused the officials: "Take advantage of personal bigotry, and compete for victory." After that, Jiang Yun Shangshu expressed his disagreement, he thought that the emperor's accusation of the official was really exaggerated.

In the Ming Dynasty, the battle between the emperor and the official was also the main theme, but in fact, it was not a big deal, it was just a mouthpiece. However, Jiang Yun's tone was relatively tough, and there were several difficult rebuttals, which was simply debating with the emperor. Emperor Chongzhen, who had nowhere to vent his evil fire, was immediately furious when he saw such an unrespectful chapter. He immediately ordered: let Jinyiwei arrest Jiang Yun in the edict prison, torture him to extract a confession, and track down the accomplices and masterminds behind it.

Xiong Kaiyuan's problem is more complicated. This old man is a Jinshi in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Shi Brown has been in the past 20 years, and his qualifications are very old, but his career is not smooth, and he has been promoted several times, until this time he was only a small Beijing official from the seventh grade.

Therefore, Xiong Kaiyuan once visited the first assistant Zhou Yanru for the future of the eunuch journey, and asked Zhou Yanru to exert influence to give him some special care. But that day, Zhou Yanru happened to be in a hurry, so he just met him politely, and politely invited him out without listening to him explain the situation. This incident made him very angry, and he decided to impeach Zhou Yanru at any cost.

It happened that Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict and solicited courtiers and commoners to speak out, and Xiong Kaiyuan signed up at Huijimen to state relevant matters to the emperor. So Emperor Chongzhen met Xiong Kaiyuan in Wenzhao Pavilion the next day, but because the scholars in the cabinet had always been by the emperor's side, Xiong Kaiyuan was timid and did not dare to attack Zhou Yanru, but only made a little marginal discussion about the military situation at that time and retired. But since he had already made up his mind, he was always unhappy not to bite Zhou Yanru hard, so after more than ten days, he asked for a summons again.

To be honest, Emperor Chongzhen, who pretended to be modest, was quite patient, and he summoned Xiong Kaiyuan again. and summoned him in the Dezheng Palace, but this time, the auxiliary ministers were still by his side. Obviously, Xiong Kaiyuan is also unlucky enough, don't pretend to be that big garlic if you don't have the guts!

So this time Xiong Kaiyuan had to say: "In "Zhou Yi", it is said, 'If the king is not secret, he will lose his ministers, and if he is not secret, he will lose his body', please retreat for the time being. Zhou Yanru and others hurriedly asked for recusal, but Emperor Chongzhen did not allow it.

So Xiong Kaiyuan had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "Since His Majesty ascended the throne, dozens of auxiliary ministers have been used. His Majesty thought he was a sage, and His Majesty thought he was a sage, but the ministers and the people of the world did not necessarily think he was a sage. The auxiliary minister is the heart of the Son of Heaven, and he is easily appointed, causing the mediocre people to be traitors in high positions one after another, so there is no end to natural and man-made disasters. Waiting for the official to expose his crimes, and then killing and reprimanding, it is no longer helpful. ”

In fact, these words are just general, they are simply empty words, empty words, and have no actual content at all. However, Emperor Chongzhen felt that there must be something implicit in this empty theory, so he repeatedly asked him to make it clear.

But Xiong Kaiyuan denied it while glancing at Zhou Yanru with his eyes. Only then did Zhou Yanru realize that Xiong Kaiyuan was originally here for himself, and immediately said that he was incompetent and asked to be dismissed.

But at this time, Emperor Chongzhen was already very disgusted with Xiong Kaiyuan's cringe, so he still insisted on letting him play in person.

In desperation, Xiong Kaiyuan could only say the opposite: "Your Majesty wants the ministers and ministers to play from time to time, and let the auxiliary ministers stay left and right, who dares to put forward different opinions and invite trouble for themselves?" What's more, the auxiliary ministers of the year were punished with heavy punishment and abandoned loyalty and goodness, so the wise men and gentlemen attacked him; Now the auxiliary ministers pursue virtue, release the accumulated prisoners, exempt the arrears, and use the abolition, the wise men and gentlemen are all quoted by him, even if there is occasional injustice in his heart, he has to sigh in private. (To be continued......)