In May of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Beijing City.

Today's Emperor Chongzhen and Yang Sichang had a very happy conversation, and unconsciously forgot the time, so Emperor Chongzhen once again left Yang Sichang in the palace for dinner.

Although Emperor Chongzhen was frugal and did not have many dishes for dinner, the dishes were still exquisite when made by the imperial kitchen. The two people who were available for food had no intention of tasting it, they both held the ancient adage of "a gentleman eats silently", and they were all eating in silence, so in the dining hall, except for the sound of some dishes colliding, they kept silent. It wasn't until they hurriedly finished their meals and rinsed their mouths with tea that the two continued the topic just now.

"Your Majesty! The police crisis in the capital has been resolved, and it is now necessary to properly resettle Yu Shilang's department. Yang Sichang's opening remarks were outspoken persuasion.

What Emperor Chongzhen appreciated most was Yang Sichang's attitude. Regardless of personal gains and losses, dare to "give direct advice", you must know that what is being said now is a sensitive topic, and it is an act that can easily damage Yang Sichang's reputation.

When the Qing army was sweeping around the capital, the imperial court naturally wanted to leave the elite soldiers, Yu Zilian's Ruzhou army, outside the capital, but now that the Qing army has been out of the customs and the alarm has been lifted, it is a little inappropriate to leave the Ruzhou army in the capital again. There are two solutions: one is, of course, to repatriate the Ruzhou army to Ruzhou; The other is to merge the Ruzhou Army into the Beijing camp.

From the bottom of his heart, both Emperor Chongzhen and the imperial court hoped to merge the Ruzhou Army into the Beijing camp. It can be seen from the entrance battle of the Qing army that although the Beijing camp has 200,000 troops, it is indeed vulnerable and difficult to reassure, so it is urgent to need a strong force to join.

But in this way, Yu Zilian must be released out of the capital. Let an important minister of the imperial court control a large army in the capital, this matter is too dangerous to think about. Even as a precaution, we must prevent this kind of thing from happening.

But with such a precautionary measure, none of the courtiers was willing to speak first, and even Emperor Chongzhen was unwilling to give even the slightest hint. Because the meaning of unloading and killing donkeys is also a little too obvious.

And in terms of personal feelings, Emperor Chongzhen has a very good impression of Yu Zilian, and from the bottom of his heart, Emperor Chongzhen is ready to be of great use to Yu Zilian. But if Yu Zilian is released, the governors of the nine sides will definitely not be suitable, and the same is true, the nine sides are too close to the capital. The governor in the south is also a turnip and a pit. If Yu Zilian is arranged, who should be replaced? Anyway, it's an offending thing.

Since this is the case, Emperor Chongzhen has to listen to Yang Sichang's advice: "Yang Aiqing! Yu Aiqing's matter is indeed difficult to do, and he treats meritorious people badly. I can't bear it again, but the rules of the court can't be disrespected, and I really don't know how to speak. Facing Yang Sichang, Emperor Chongzhen also said what was in his heart. In the final analysis, Emperor Chongzhen is too good-looking. I don't want to take the initiative to be this wicked person.

"The gentleman is open! Yu Shilang is not an unreasonable person. Weichen had already talked to him face-to-face yesterday, and Yu Shilang was not dissatisfied with the release. Something. Instead, it's better to say it explicitly. Yu Shilang is also an upright gentleman, and he also understands the difficulties of the imperial court, so there is no obstacle to this matter. Yang Sichang said.

"Oh? So what did Yu Aiqing say? "When he heard that the problem had been solved, Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed. So he was anxious to understand Yu Zilian's request for release, if it was not too much, Emperor Chongzhen would definitely meet him.

Yu Shilang agreed to serve as the squire of the Nanjing Military Department. and returned to his hometown of Changzhou to raise money and recruit troops, and then train a strong army for the imperial court. Yang Sichang replied.

Emperor Chongzhen and Yang Sichang didn't know that Yu Zilian was also sitting on pins and needles in the capital these days. As an official from Changzhou, he naturally became a member of the Donglin Party. You can't do it if you don't want to. Seeing that Yu Zilian suddenly became an important minister of the imperial court, the officials of the Donglin Party immediately praised him as the standard-bearer of the Donglin Party in the imperial court.

But Yu Zilian's status in the Donglin Party was not high, and his reputation was not big, so those bigwigs of the Donglin Party used their status in the Donglin Party and their own reputation to point fingers at Yu Zilian every day, forcing Yu Zilian to charge forward in the struggle for power and profit of the Donglin Party in the court.

But Yu Zilian is not a fool, and he is not interested in the matter of eggs touching stones. Not to mention Emperor Chongzhen's attitude towards the Donglin Party, just look at Xue Guoguan, the chief assistant of the Donglin Party, and Yang Sichang, the favorite minister, who are now absolutely hostile to the Donglin Party! Yu Zilian knew that there was no chance of winning in this battle.

Besides, Yu Zilian has no sense of identity and affection for the Donglin Party. Everything he has gained has been exchanged for his life on the battlefield, and the Lin Party has not exerted the slightest strength in the Middle East. And now that he is being used as a pawn by the Donglin Party, fiddling with sacrifices at will, Yu Zilian will not tolerate such a stupid thing.

Since you can't afford to provoke it, then you can afford to hide! So Yu Zilian decided to give up everything and refused to play in officialdom anymore. If the imperial court wants the Ruzhou army, then sacrifice the Ruzhou army; If the imperial court wants to let him leave Beijing, Yu Zilian will return to his hometown; The imperial court had no way to arrange itself, so it took the initiative to ask for an idle post in Nanjing to solve this trouble for the imperial court. Since you no longer have any use value, then no one will hold on to your scalp anymore!

So when Yang Sichang took the initiative to communicate with Yu Zilian, Yu Zilian immediately retreated to the end very understandingly, completely looking selfless and not attached to the official position.

But Yu Zilian miscalculated, he underestimated his status in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen will not give up Yu Zilian, who has shown outstanding ability.

As long as everyone understands, everyone knows: Yu Zilian was in a state of semi-resignation after returning to Changzhou, and the Nanjing military department squire was an idle position. And raise money and recruit troops in Changzhou? There are no hard indicators, God knows how many soldiers Yu Zilian will train. Coupled with Yu Zilian's attitude of not falling in love with the stack, this won the favor of Emperor Chongzhen.

"How about the governor of Huguang or the Fuzhi of Yunyang?" Emperor Chongzhen asked.

"Then where is the bear overseer?" Yang Sichang objected.

If Yu Zilian was arranged in these two places facing the peasant army, anyone with a discerning eye would know that he was preparing to replace Xiong Wencan's official position as the governor of the five provinces. Otherwise, Yu Zilian would not have been allowed to hang a military squire rank to be inferior to these two official positions.

Although Emperor Chongzhen and Yang Sichang are indeed a little dissatisfied with Xiong Wencan, thinking that he has not fulfilled his responsibility to exterminate the bandits, they do not want to replace Xiong Wencan immediately. Because Emperor Chongzhen and Yang Sichang were deploying the imperial army to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, who were entrenched in Gucheng and Fang County.

At this critical time, Emperor Chongzhen and the imperial court will definitely not change generals on the spot, let alone have a double-headed command to disrupt the army of bandits. (To be continued......)