Wuchang fell, and the king of Chu was killed.

Emperor Chongzhen did not receive this news until the tenth day of the fall of Wuchang.

Knowing that the king of Chu was beheaded, Chongzhen was furious and scolded Tang Hui, the governor of Huguang, in front of Wen Tiren, a cabinet scholar.

Wen Tiren saw that the emperor was angry, and he also followed the emperor's words to expose Tang Hui's crimes of buying and selling officials in Huguang and embezzling and accepting bribes.

After listening to Wen Tiren's report, Chongzhen became even more angry, and said to Wen Tiren: "Intended purpose, Tang Hui is in front of the country and the people, and the loss of Wuchang is in the back, and the Jinyi guard will arrest Tang Hui's family and punish the three clans!" ”

Tang Hui would never have thought that Chongzhen would not let him go in the end.

Originally, Chongzhen just wanted to dismiss him and return to his hometown, but by mistake, Lu Xiangsheng, who was supposed to take over his position as governor of Huguang, was sent by Chongzhen to Jiangxi as governor.

caused Tang Hui to sit in the position of governor of Huguang for another year.

It was precisely during this extra year that Mo Qian waved his army north and captured the entire territory of Wuchang in one fell swoop.

This time, Tang Hui was really dead and shot, and Chongzhen didn't even let go of his three clans.

After making the will, Chongzhen still felt that the anger in his heart had not disappeared.

Li Zicheng took 200,000 people to besiege Kaifeng with an iron bucket, although Lu Xiangsheng had tried his best to save him, but the soldiers were outnumbered, and Lu Xiangsheng had no ability to repel Li Zicheng for a while.

Zhang Xianzhong, a thief, was wandering around Huguang and Henan again, stirring up an extremely unclear local situation.

Emperor Chongzhen was having a headache, and there was a report from outside.

Wen Tiren took the report and quickly skimmed it, and after reading it, the expression on his face suddenly became cloudy.

He said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, there is a copy of the De'an prefect Dai Fuzhong presented a memo, Dai Fuzhong said that before the capture of Wuchang Hanyang, Jiangxi Mo Thief and Zhang Xianzhong fought two vicious battles outside the city of Huanggang Hanyang, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated, and only led more than 1,000 cavalry under his command to flee.

Zhang Xianzhong abandoned Huangpi, Hong'an and other places like a frightened bird, and returned to Henan directly. ”

As soon as Chongzhen heard the news, his brain suddenly went down.

Anti-thieves and anti-thieves are fighting?

Dog eats dog?

Chongzhen looked at Wen Tiren with incredible eyes and asked, "What Aiqing said is true?" ”

Wen Tiren presented Dai Fuzhong's recital to the imperial case, "This is Dai Fuzhong's recital, Your Majesty, please take a look!" ”

Chongzhen hurriedly picked up the fold and watched it line by line, word by word, and saw that Dai Fuzhong wrote in the fold that Zhang Xianzhong and Mo Wen fought viciously outside Huanggang City for half a day, and when Zhang Thief lost five or six thousand corpses and fled, Chongzhen even wanted to applaud a little in his heart.

Seeing that Zhang Xianzhong led his troops to loot the people of Jiangbei in the back, the people were killed and injured countless times, and the corpses were all over the field, Chongzhen suddenly felt heartbroken again, and cried: "They are all my people!" ”

Look at Mo Wen again, although the army surrounded Wuchang Mansion, but did not attack the city, but turned around and led the troops to cross the river to the north, and fought with Zhang Xianzhong for half a day.

After reading the recital, Chongzhen sighed and said: "An army of 100,000 has fought with that thief no less than 100 times, and now there are less than 10,000 beheadings, and there is no anti-thief who is powerful, my face is really a loss to these mediocre generals!" ”

Wen Tiren knew that Chongzhen would feel uncomfortable after watching it.

Not to mention that Chongzhen is uncomfortable, his cabinet is also uncomfortable when he sees this twist.

What kind of person is Zhang Xianzhong, this guy has destroyed the imperial tomb, but he is the enemy of the Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen dreams every day that he wants to dismantle Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and other thieves who destroyed the imperial tomb, and divide the corpses of five horses, so as to eliminate the hatred in his heart.

But the officials and troops of the imperial court are not strong, they have been suppressing bandits for so many years, and the bandits are more and more, and now Li Zicheng has 200,000 horses, and Kaifeng is in a hurry all day.

In the Central Plains now, the number of imperial court officials and soldiers has exceeded 50,000, but there is still no way to take Li Zicheng.

The imperial court is powerless to suppress bandits, but a group of thieves in Jiangxi can beat Zhang Xianzhong, and compared with the two, it is inevitable that the emperor will feel uncomfortable.

Chongzhen dropped the fold and sighed: "Wuchang fell, the king of Chu was killed, and half of the splendid land in the south of the Yangtze River has fallen into the hands of the Mo thief. ”

Chongzhen's question stopped the group of cabinet ministers.

Everyone now doesn't know how to deal with the Mo thief in Jiangxi.

If you want to say that this is not asked, then you really have the ability.

forced two governors of Jiangxi to death, killed the king of Chu, and stole Nanchang while Lu Xiangsheng was away.

This person is treacherous and cunning, but he is very good at using soldiers, and the court has encircled and suppressed him many times, but he did not exterminate him, but made him fight bigger and bigger.

If this continues, I am afraid that in less than three or five years, half of the south of the Ming River will have to become a thief like him.

Qian Shifa, who had come up with ideas a few times before, didn't dare to speak up, he had already spoken to the emperor twice, but the two advances did not achieve any good results.

Now that the emperor is already a little dissatisfied with him, if he offers any more indiscriminate strategies, I am afraid that the day of his dismissal will not be far away.

Several other scholars were also silent at this time, and none of them dared to speak nonsense, for fear of causing trouble by saying the wrong thing.

Chongzhen saw that his cabinet had become dumb one by one, and he suddenly felt angry.

He pointed with his hand and asked Shoufu Wen Tiren directly: "Wen Aiqing, what can I do about the current situation in Jiangnan?" ”

Wen Tiren wanted to dodge, but now that the emperor took the initiative to ask, he knew that he couldn't hide.

But he couldn't think of a good way to go back and forth to the emperor's words, so he held back for a long time, and could only say to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent!" ”

Chongzhen saw that Wen Tiren didn't have an idea, and set his eyes on Zhang Zhifa again.

Zhang Zhifa has always been gentle and benevolent, and Shoufu didn't speak, how could he, a cabinet scholar, dare to speak at will, so he simply didn't see Chongzhen's eyes, and stared at his new shoes with his head down.

Chongzhen looked at a group of scholars in the hall, and at this critical moment, no one could give him an idea, and he was immediately sad.

With tears in his eyes, he choked up and said, "Could it be that my Da Ming is really exhausted?" Is the 300-year-old country of the Ming Dynasty about to be lost in my hands? ”

As soon as the emperor cried, the ministers quickly knelt down and cried together.

Wen Tiren knelt on the ground and pretended to cry, he knew Emperor Chongzhen too well.

His Majesty is mean and unkind, and he is now pitiful, asking the ministers for their opinions, and if the ministers have a soft heart and have an idea that is adopted by him, the consequences will not be easy to say.

Because of the emperor's lack of kindness, Wen Tiren himself had to deal with it carefully all day long, he participated in court politics every day, but he was never the first to speak.

As long as he doesn't have an idea, then the emperor won't be able to catch his mistakes, and he won't have to worry about being dismissed and exiled.

Wen Tiren still clearly remembers that when Yang He was appointed as the governor of the three sides, Yang He said that he did not know about military affairs and could not hold the position of governor.

But Chongzhen insisted that he go to the post, and handed over the task of appeasing the Shaanxi Liukou to Yang He.

But Chongzhen only gives tasks but does not give money and food, no food, how can Zhao'an?

Anti-thieves also want to eat!

Yang He had no food to feed the Liukou, and as a result, the Shaanxi Liukou surrendered and rejuvenated, and killed the officials again and rebelled.

Chongzhen knew that the responsibility for the failure of Zhao'an was not Yang He's main responsibility, but he still dismissed Yang He from his post and sent him to Yuanzhou.

Not long after Yang He died, the lessons of the previous car are vivid, Wen Tiren can see it clearly, he doesn't want to follow in Yang He's footsteps and die of illness in a foreign land.

Gu saw that Chongzhen kept crying, and Qian Shisheng, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help it.

The king is worried and humiliated!

He opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, the situation in Huguang has been unsolved, and now the eyes of the imperial court should still be on Kaifeng, and Hong Chengchou should be urged to lead the troops out of the pass, enter Kaifeng in the east, and round up Li Zicheng with Lu Xiangsheng."

Li Zicheng is powerful, if he can't be quickly exterminated, the hinterland of the Central Plains will never be peaceful! ”

Seeing someone talking, Chongzhen's mood was slightly better.

He asked Qian Shisheng: "Then the Mo thief in Jiangxi doesn't care?" ”

"You can't ignore it, it's just that Huguang has lost three state capitals, and there are no heavy troops in the territory, and the rest of the state capitals are still insufficient for self-protection, so how can they have the ability to suppress bandits.

Yichen saw that unless he could quickly exterminate Li Zicheng and the others, he would then order Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng to go south and find an opportunity to fight Na Mowen! ”

"But that Mo Wen is not a fool, how can he stay in Wuchang stupidly and wait for death, he will definitely send troops everywhere to expand his power, what should he do at this time?"

Qian Shisheng thought about it, and suddenly a person popped up in his mind.

"Your Majesty, don't ask this thief is already big, and the court can't ignore it, but it is unrealistic to want to exterminate it quickly.

Why don't you send an important person to negotiate with him to see if you can appease him, and if you can appease this person, you can let the imperial court free up your hands to first eliminate the rogues in the Central Plains, and then destroy him! ”

Hearing the word Zhao'an, Chongzhen's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Aiqing, who can take on this important task?"

"Guangdong governor Xiong Wencai is available, and when Xiong Wencai was governor of Fujian, he ordered Zheng Zhilong, a giant on the sea, and also exterminated the group of pirates at sea with Zheng Zhilong's pirate team.

After Xiong Wencai patrolled Fujian, the people of Fujian lived and worked in peace and contentment, this person has a lot of experience in Zhao'an, His Majesty can send him to Huguang, appoint him as the governor of Huguang, and specialize in Zhao'an! ”

"If you want to Zhao'an Mo thief, I'm afraid that it will not work if you don't give him benefits, Aiqing thinks, what conditions should be given to him before he agrees to Zhao'an?"

This is a question, Qian Shisheng asked.

He also let go this time, and when he saw the emperor crying, he couldn't hold back his background.

"Your Majesty, Mo Thief has occupied almost the entire territory of Jiangxi, and also occupies Huangzhou, Wuchang, and Changsha, and the territory is as much as one province.

"What does Aiqing mean?"

"Your Majesty, then don't ask yourself to lead the Governor of Jiangnan, why doesn't Your Majesty follow him and canonize him with the title of Governor of Jiangnan.

His Majesty can explain in the holy decree that his jurisdiction as the governor of Jiangnan is only the whole province of Jiangxi and the three prefectures of Huguang that he occupies, and give him a justifiable name, if he is willing to send troops to help exterminate the Liukou, His Majesty can also give him a verbal promise, whether it is a candidate to worship the general, His Majesty can temporarily agree to come down, and wait until the Liukou are eliminated and the court has recuperated, and then he can duel him.

However, he doesn't care whether he sincerely surrenders, or wants to confront the court to the end, the court has room for maneuver, so that I can temporarily survive the current crisis. ”

After listening to Qian Shisheng's proposal, Chongzhen nodded slowly.

"Qian Aiqing's proposal is very good, I agreed, so I used Aiqing's performance to send Xiong Wencan to patrol Huguang, and Aiqing is picking a few officials to go to Huguang to negotiate with the Mo thief!"

"Yes! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

.......

After a hangover, Mo Qian woke up early in the morning and found a woman lying next to him, and when he lifted the quilt, he found that this woman looked a little familiar.

"Who are you?" Mo Qian asked the woman.

"Slave Xiaohui, I've seen the king!"

When the woman saw Mo Qian wake up, she quickly got up and knelt on the bed, not noticing that she was not wearing an inch on her body.

When she found out, she immediately shyly burrowed into the quilt, and her face was flushed.

"You were the dancer at yesterday's feast?"

"Hmm!" The woman blushed and nodded.

Mo Qian sighed, no wonder it looked a little familiar, it was actually a dancer last night.

"Where are you from?"

"The slave is from Wuchang Mansion."

"Are you selling yourself to the palace as a dancer?"

"Hmm!"

"How many people are in the family?"

"There is a father, a mother, two younger brothers and a grandfather."

"What does your daddy do?"

"Daddy is a fisherman!"

"Fisherman? It's really rare for a pig killer to give birth to such a delicate daughter! Why did your father sell you to the palace? ”

Asked this question, Xiaohui paused for a moment, and then lamented: "My father owes money to the palace, and there is no money to pay it back, so the little prince forced me to the palace to pay off the debt!" ”

"Little prince? Which is it? ”

"It's the third son of King Chu!"

Mo Qian thought about it and shook his head to say he didn't know.

After taking a closer look at Xiaohui, Mo Qian found that this little lady was quite delicate, and there was no trace of a knife on her pure natural face, which looked natural.

Unlike later generations, the screen in the mobile phone is either neat or beautiful, and even people can't recognize it when they meet.

Mo Qian didn't know how he came in to sleep last night, he was so drunk last night that he didn't even know how to leave the banquet.

He got up and wanted to get clothes to wear, but he didn't expect Xiaohui on the bed to quickly snatch the clothes in his hand.

She said shyly: "King, the slave maid will change your clothes for you!" ”

Looking at Xiao Hui's shy expression, Mo Qian couldn't help but ask, "How many people have you served like this before?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Xiaohui's hands trembled a few times in an instant.

She knelt on the ground on the spot and cried, "Does the king dislike the dirty body of the slave and maid?" ”

Mo Qian couldn't stand the girl's crying like this, so he quickly helped her up and said, "What's the matter, I'm just asking casually!" You continue to dress me! ”

Xiaohui picked up the clothes and continued to put them on for Mo Qian, and said while putting them on: "Xiaohui was brought into the palace the day before yesterday, and the king called in yesterday!" ”

Mo Qian paused for a moment and said, "Then you are quite lucky, after serving me to get dressed, you pack up and go home!" ”

When Xiaohui heard this, she was so frightened that she fell to her knees again, and asked with a crying voice, "King? Isn't it good for slaves and maids to serve? ”

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