"Your Majesty, Lord Yang Sichang of Henan Province is in an urgent hurry for eight hundred miles."

Looking at the running snoring and panting brocade guards, Wang Chengen's black face was very similar to reprimanding this bureaucracy, Your Majesty rarely has Yaxing to laugh with the queen, but this beautiful picture was directly ruined by you, but this is also to think about it, Wang Chengen can still distinguish the priorities of things, Yang Sichang's 800 miles in Henan is obviously a 100,000 urgent military matter, if he dares to stop this kind of thing and not let it be reported, Emperor Chongzhen will be able to peel off his own skin.

Wang Chengen looked at Jinyiwei and said, "Wait outside the door, you are not allowed to enter without Your Majesty's order." ”

"Yes."

Jinyi Wei immediately responded, and at this time, Wang Chengen quickly came to the imperial study, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty." ”

Chongzhen had already let the queen get down from his lap at this time, and looked at Wang Chengen with a serious face: "What's going on outside?" ”

Wang Chengen said: "Your Majesty, Yang Sichang's eight hundred miles are urgent." ”

"Yang Sichang!"

Chongzhen frowned when he heard this name, Yang Sichang is now in charge of Henan, and now Yang Sichang is in charge of eight hundred miles of urgent reports, could it be that there is something wrong with Henan?

Thinking of this, Chongzhen said: "Let Jinyiwei come in." ”

"Yes."

Wang Chengen said, and the next moment he beckoned the Jinyi guard at the door to come in, and when the Jinyi guard heard Wang Chengen's call, he immediately came in and knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Yang Sichang's eight-hundred-mile emergency report." ”

Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Present it." ”

"Yes."

Soon this eight-hundred-mile urgent report was sent to Chongzhen's imperial book, and after receiving this report, Chongzhen had a bad premonition in his heart, especially when he saw a little dazzling red on the envelope, which was blood.

Chongzhen didn't say anything, at this time he opened the fire paint, opened the envelope, took out the letter, and two things fell out of it, a military newspaper and a letter. ”

Chongzhen took out the military newspaper and read it, the military newspaper is a business matter, and the letters are often relied on to report to Chongzhen with the military newspaper, so Chongzhen chose to read the military newspaper first.

At this time, I saw Chongzhen open the military newspaper, his face was serious at first, and finally it turned cold and cold, and then finally turned white, and after reading the full text, Chongzhen was stupid on the spot, staring at a pair of big eyes and unable to say a word.

Seeing Chongzhen like this, Wang Chengen and Queen Zhou were frightened, they had never seen Chongzhen like this, Queen Zhou looked at Chongzhen cautiously at this time and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty?" What happened to you? ”

Chongzhen looked ahead with blank eyes at this time and said, "Luoyang City is broken." ”

"Huh?"

Queen Zhou was taken aback when she heard this, but Chongzhen was not finished, and continued: "Uncle Fu Wang was cooked to death by Li Zicheng, and his meat was eaten by the crowd, which is called the Fu Lu Banquet!" ”

"Ah, Uncle Fuwang! Was, eaten? ”

Queen Zhou's voice trembled when she heard this, when did she hear such a terrifying thing for a woman in the deep palace, and the dignified uncle was divided and eaten, it was simply terrifying to the extreme, and her eyes widened at this time, not knowing how to digest this passage.

Wang Chengen's eyes shrank when he heard this, even he, a well-informed eunuch who had come over in the era of Wei Zhongxian's evil, was deeply frightened by the act of cooking King Fu, and this group of rogues was bold.

In the past, it was just enough to kill officials and rebel, but now he dares to move the Prince of Daming, this nature has changed, thinking of this, Wang Chengen lowered his head and stopped talking, and Chongzhen did not slow down for a long time, and muttered in his mouth: "Uncle Fu Wang was eaten, Luoyang was lost, Henan, Henan is in danger, Henan is in danger!" ”

At this time, Empress Zhou saw that He Chongzhen was so depressed, and hurriedly pointed to the letter on the side: "Your Majesty, don't worry, there is still a letter from Lord Yang Sichang and Lord Yang here, see what Lord Yang said." ”

"Yes, Yang Sichang, I still have Yang Sichang!"

Thinking of this, Chongzhen immediately opened the letter in a hurry.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I opened the letter, the opening content of the letter was: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Minister......"

Chongzhen was stunned, he thought that Yang Sichang had some solution, but he didn't expect Yang Sichang to recall him at the beginning, and finally finished reading the beginning, but the more Chongzhen looked at it, the more wrong it became, how to write this like a suicide note.

After Chongzhen finished reading the letter, he found that there was a letter from the marching Sima attached to the back of the letter, the minister, the marching Sima Liu Wenheng Qiyu His Majesty, the governor of Hubei, and the generalissimo of the Henan battlefield Yang Sichang died on the night of June 29 in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen!

"What, Yang Sichang is dead!"

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen only felt that the world was spinning, as if the Ming Dynasty was collapsing, and his eyes were dark, and he didn't know anything.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Seeing Chongzhen fainting, everyone was stunned, and then ran over to rescue Chongzhen, at this time Wang Chengen immediately shouted at the top of his voice: "Quickly pass on the imperial doctor!" ”

……

"Imperial Doctor, how is Your Majesty?"

"Back to the queen mother, Your Majesty is fine, but there was a sudden change, and the ischemia caused by the upsurge of blood and fainting, I will prescribe a prescription for Your Majesty to relax your muscles and invigorate your blood, and you can rest for a few days."

"Oh, that's good, thank you Imperial Doctor."

The queen politely said to the imperial physician, and the imperial physician arched his hand and retreated.

Empress Zhou came to Chongzhen's pillow, looked at Emperor Chongzhen who was still frowning and clenching his fists in his sleep, and couldn't help but feel sorry in her heart, the emperor of the world is yours to have a hard time.

Thinking of this, Queen Zhou sighed, held Chongzhen's hand and muttered: "If you are not the emperor, if I am not the queen, just an ordinary little couple from an ordinary rich family, I should be happy at this time." ”

Empress Zhou sighed, just sat next to Chongzhen and accompanied her, and soon the sky was bright, Chongzhen woke up slowly, and when she opened her eyes, she saw the queen sitting at the head of her bed, and then shouted: "Queen." ”

When Empress Zhou heard this, she opened her eyes and looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said with a smile: "Your Majesty." ”

"How long have I been asleep?"

"Soon, it's only three and a half hours."

"Ah, have I slept for so long? That's right, Henan. ”

Chongzhen grunted and wanted to get up from the bed, but the queen helped him at this time and said: "Don't think about Henan, the wood is already in the boat, no matter how anxious you are now, it will be useless, let's have breakfast, and someone will bring Your Majesty's breakfast." ”

"This ......"

Chongzhen looked hesitant, but when he saw Queen Zhou's irrefutable eyes, he still gave in, got up and drank some porridge, and then rushed to the court in a hurry.

Today's court meeting, the civil and military officials came very completely, and they all knew about the eight-hundred-mile expedited matter in Henan last night, and at the same time, the content of the eight-hundred-mile expedited was known to the Manchu court that had been spread through various channels.

Luoyang fell, and the news that King Fu was cooked also spread, and what made everyone collapse even more was that even the Henan battlefield coach Yang Sichang unfortunately died, which made the entire Henan battlefield go to a situation that everyone didn't want to see, and Li Zicheng was out of control!

Therefore, early in the morning, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty stood on top of the court with a serious face, or whispered in groups, only Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, did not move like a mountain, standing in the first place without saying a word, as if he had made up his mind in his heart.

In the inner court, Emperor Chongzhen walked towards the Jinluan Hall with the support of Wang Chengen, and on the way, Wang Chengen saw Cao Huachun kneeling in the corner, his heart moved, sighed, and pretended not to see anything, and continued to support Chongzhen to walk towards the Jinluan Palace.

When Chongzhen arrived, Wang Chengen's loud voice shouted: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

Followed by the civil and military Qunchen Mountain, shouting long live, long live, long live!

Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair and raised his hand: "Flat." ”

The civil and military ministers got up, followed by the court and fell into silence, Chongzhen looked up at the court without saying a word: "The affairs of Henan, the ministers must already know, I don't know what you want to teach me?" ”

When the military generals heard this, they all fell silent, and Chongzhen glanced at him and shouted: "Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, is here?" ”

"Wechen is here."

Chen Xinjia knelt on the ground at this time.

"What do you think about this?"

Chongzhen glanced at Chen Xinjia and said.

Chen Xinjia heard this and immediately said: "Your Majesty, the thief is despicable, and he blew up the Luoyang city defense with gunpowder, causing Luoyang to be lost, and his Luoyang garrison Liu Zeqing should be the first evil, and the crime is unforgivable, it is precisely because of his loss that Luoyang City was broken, which led to the death of King Fu, and his crime should be razed by the three clans. ”

Listening to Chen Xinjia's words, Chongzhen's expression did not stretch, on the contrary, it became darker, this old bastard, every time he asked them, he knew that he would break the donkey without pain, and Liu Zeqing was scattered here, so he emphasized that Liu Zeqing should be severely punished, he is really an old slippery head, and he will not give any constructive advice.

Seeing this, Chongzhen looked at Chen Xinjia and said: "Chen Xinjia, what I asked about is the military affairs in Henan, and now that Henan is occupied by thieves, how should we recapture Luoyang and Henan, instead of studying who is responsible here!" ”

Chen Xinjia heard this and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, although the minister is the secretary of the Ministry of War, but the minister has only been in office for a short time, and the affairs of Henan are all in charge of the governor of Hubei, Yang Sichang Yang, you also know, Lord Yang's holy grace is in charge, and he is also the former secretary of the Ministry of War, I used to be his subordinate, so he presided over Henan affairs, I didn't dare to ask more, so for the affairs of Henan, the minister did not dare to comment on the affairs of Henan, and asked Your Majesty to atone for his sins." ”

After listening to Chen Xinjia's words, Chongzhen was angry, this is a slippery head in a slippery head, an old slippery head, he previously pushed the responsibility to Liu Zeqing, and now he has given the responsibility to Yang Sichang, who is already dead, and people can't argue with you when they die, you naturally say what it is.

Chongzhen was angry at this time, looked at Chen Xinjia viciously and said: "Chen Xinjia, I don't have time to go around in circles with you today, I will ask you directly now, how do you think the next battle in Henan should be fought, who will fight?" ”

Hearing this, Chen Xinjia said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty...... I ......"

"Say, if you don't say the reason today, don't do it, you are the secretary of the military department, and go to the edict of Jinyiwei to wake up to your sins."

"This, well, the minister has the courage to speak out, the rebellion in Henan, began with the Liukou, His Majesty sent Yang Sichang as the main, Yang Sichang advocated moderates, the counterinsurgency means are not powerful, but can speak well, the real tough battles were fought by Lu Xiangsheng back then, and the current Li Zicheng in Henan is not as good as a few years ago, he is obscure, lying on the salary to taste the courage, summing up the experience of the failure of the previous Liukou uprising, in this uprising, it can be clearly seen that he is different from the past."

"Not to mention anything else, in the past, the rogue uprisings often shouted slogans only for bandits like Tianxingdao, but this time Li Zicheng shouted the slogan not for Tianxingdao, but for the very demagogic Juntian Fu."

"All talented?"

Chongzhen frowned slightly, not understanding what Jun Talent was, and at this time Chen Xinjia said: "The most popular slogan in Henan is Jun Tian Fu, which reads: Eat her mother, drink her mother, and the king will not pay for food when he comes!" ”

"No food?"

Chongzhen heard this slogan for the first time, although it was vulgar, but even Chongzhen felt a little surprised, not paying food in this era is about equivalent to getting rich overnight.

And Chongzhen himself knows too well how high the imperial court taxes, and there are also officials at all levels in the middle, what a heavy burden this is on the people, Chongzhen knows better than anyone else, and he also knows how demagogic this slogan of not paying food is to the people.

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Chen Xinjia said: "That's right, it's just not to pay for food, and as soon as this slogan was shouted, the people of Henan were like clouds, and the people responded one after another and joined the righteous army, so Li Zicheng's army was fighting more and more, fighting more and more, and finally becoming a prairie fire." ”

"Therefore, the minister thought that for the extermination of the Henan Liukou, it should be used to suppress and appease, on the one hand, to strangle Li Zicheng's Liukou army, and on the other hand, the imperial court should appease the people who did not rebel, reduce taxes, and let the people stop responding to Li Zicheng, if the roots of the people are not removed, Li Zicheng's army, how to suppress will only be more and more, this is fundamental."

"If the root is cut off, then any good general of the Ming Dynasty can exterminate it, if the root is not extinguished, if you want to exterminate Li Zicheng, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult!"

"Exempt from taxes in Henan?"

Chongzhen muttered, and Chen Xinjia said: "If you can send some more food to the affected people, it will be more secure." ”

Chongzhen was quite moved when he heard this, but at this moment, the Hubu Shangshu directly came out and said: "Your Majesty, I think Chen Xinjia's words are very inappropriate, this is the way to destroy the country." ”

"Huh?"

Chongzhen looked at the Hubu Shangshu, and the Hubu Shangshu said helplessly at this time: "Your Majesty, I know what you think, that's right, I admit that what Lord Chen said is not unreasonable, if you can appease the people's livelihood, then the root of the Liukou will be decided, but we can't calm it, in the past few years, the big tomorrow has suffered a man-made disaster, the grain production has been seriously reduced, and everyone's life is tight, and now the Ming Dynasty's grain stock is less than half of the Apocalypse Year, and it is still difficult to supply the army. That would only reduce the supply of the army. ”

"But Your Majesty, if the supply of the army is insufficient, I'm afraid there is no need to be rogue, and the soldiers who are about to starve to death in the Ming Dynasty will raise the anti-flag, and then it will really be a wolf smoke in the world."