(A few words about the controversy in the previous chapter.) The original text of Zhang Xianzhong's biography in the History of the Ming Dynasty reads, "The first month of the fourteenth year...... Dedication to the fruit of the east...... He rode 300 miles day and night...... Trapped in Xiangyang City, tied up Wang Yiming in the hall, and the wine of the genus said, "I want to borrow the king's head, so that Yang Sichang will be trapped, and the king will try his best to kill him."

I didn't plan to write about the plot of these two chapters in detail, but the events that happened in the official history have now been postponed and deformed because of the butterfly effect of the protagonist, and I have to explain that I can finish this part of the plot today. When Zhang Xianzhong broke Xiangyang for the first time in history, there were indeed not many troops, and later Xiangyang also had a record of being controlled by the imperial court and controlled by Li Zicheng again.

It can be presumed that Zhang Xianzhong came this time, at least he did not intend to occupy it for a long time. Just want to kill the vassal king and frame Yang Sichang, and rob a large amount of money, send money to buy people's hearts or recruit troops and horses, and then kill some officials, which goal is more important, it is reasonable, especially the purpose of framing Yang Sichang, there is the original dialogue in the "History of the Ming Dynasty" as evidence.

In addition, according to the inference of the official history, it can be determined that Zhang Xianzhong must have a traitor's eyeliner in Xiangyang City and Yang Sichang's side, so he dared to find a weak time and place to exploit loopholes.

Shen Shuren appeared unexpectedly, and it was unexpected by Zhang Xianzhong's intelligence network, so the people he sent to sneak attack didn't have time to retreat, and they killed and robbed for a while, and they didn't control the time. I think this is very reasonable, there is no such thing as a reduction in intelligence for Zhang Xianzhong. These are all things he has done in history, and there is something to reduce intelligence. ）

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Under the great tomorrow of July of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, there are really a lot of things and drastic changes.

After Li Zicheng attacked Luoyang, in just 20 days, a large chain reaction occurred in the world one after another, which was even more exaggerated than the explosion of the ammunition depot.

King Fu was killed, Yang Sichang pleaded guilty, and Zuo Liangyu was implicated and cut off the general's number and moved to the town...... Only five days after these news were transmitted back to the capital,

Huguang also came the heavy news that "Xiangyang was infiltrated by thieves disguised as ordinary people to infiltrate the city and assassinate the vassal king". The emperor and the officials in the capital were completely stunned.

Except for a group of squirting people who are not afraid of big things, no one wants to see this situation.

This time, the news was sent by Shen Shuren, the commander of Huguang's military preparation, for 600 miles, and only two days later, Yang Sichang also sent another plea.

It is said that when Yang Sichang heard that King Xiang and King Gui were killed, he was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted, but fortunately, his life was not in danger for the time being, and he could continue to wear a guilty superintendent after recovery.

It should be that Shen Shuren also sent someone to comfort Yang Sichang for the first time, and told Yang Sichang about his words and plans, so that Yang Sichang would not die of hunger strike as he was in the same period in history.

Because in history, he committed the great crime of "losing his land and trapping the feudal domain", and he felt that he would definitely be punished and executed, and it might also harm his family, so he hoped to "die of a work-related injury" as soon as possible in exchange for a decent life.

Now that Shen Shuren's remedy is to bite the nature of the matter to "assassination" instead of "losing land and trapping the domain", there is still a turning point, so that Yang Sichang can see hope and continue to ignite the will to survive for a while.

Of course, Yang Sichang will definitely let his henchmen in the capital keep an eye on some news to see how Chongzhen finally qualifies this matter. If Chongzhen can accept the characterization reported by Shen Shuren, and the clapper says that it is "infiltrating and assassinating", then Yang Sichang will not be in a hurry to die.

If Chongzhen finally did not accept the characterization of Shen Shuren's report, and had to make a decision to "lose land and trap the domain", then Yang Sichang would have to commit suicide before the judicial process was completed to protect his family.

This kind of day of waiting for news to decide whether to commit suicide or not is really not a human being.

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"In just a few days, so many vassal kings have been killed by thieves in a row! What the hell is Yang Sichang eating! I will destroy his people! ”

In the Wenhua Palace, Chongzhen, who had just been shocked by the bad news, was still very uncalm, and smashed a lot of porcelain and jade in anger, and the eunuchs and palace maids next to him, including Wang Chengen, were all in a state of anger and did not dare to come out.

After a while, the six subordinate officials summoned by the emperor also came to the palace one after another to discuss the characterization of this matter.

The final characterization is definitely not for the junior officials in the matter, but they represent the opinions of the relevant science and Taoist officials, and the emperor also has to refer to the external opinion on this matter and whether it will lose face to the emperor.

Chongzhen loves face very much, so sometimes he kills or not, and the decision-making factor is not whether the other party should be killed, but "whether people outside will look down on the emperor and feel that the emperor is disgraced because the emperor did not kill this time".

For the political enemies he wants to attack, once the other party is in trouble, when they are summoned by the emperor, they will add fuel and vinegar and say, "This time the matter is known outside, and it is spread loudly, if Your Majesty does not strictly enforce the law, I am afraid that it will be laughed at by the world."

In this way, the probability of framing the minister who committed the death penalty can be increased by so much.

Of course, this trick cannot be tried and tried, otherwise the civil officials of the Chongzhen Dynasty would have been framed and killed by political enemies a long time ago, and Chongzhen also has a limit.

If the official dares to exaggerate and is finally found to be purely chasing after the wind and fanning the fire, it will also pay the corresponding price. If the crime of false accusation is confirmed, it is not uncommon for people to be killed by the reverse.

This time, to convict Yang Sichang of negligence, Chongzhen first summoned Shen Xun in the military department.

Fortunately, Yang Sichang is not stupid, he left Beijing to supervise the division, and the military department that stayed in the capital was of course his confidants - in history, this Shen Xun and the later secretary of the military department, Chen Xinjia, were the eyes and ears of Yang Sichang who was promoted before he was released and stayed in the military department in the capital.

When Yang Sichang was alive, the relationship between Shen Xun and Chen Xinjia was okay, and both of them were loyal to Yang Sichang, who promoted them.

But after Yang Sichang's death, the contradiction between Shen Xun and Chen Xinjia intensified, and finally before Chen Xinjia was impeached and beheaded, Shen Xun also fell into the well, but after Chongzhen heard about it, he was a little disdainful, and he sprayed him and said, "Yang Sichang promoted you two back then, if you are not as good as Chen Xinjia."

Therefore, although all this has not happened yet, Shen Xun is loyal to Yang Sichang, and he will not jump back at this moment.

In the face of the emperor's inquiry, he also said sincerely: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this incident, Huguang's military preparation and sinking Shuren are indeed reasonable. Zhang Xianzhong did not capture and occupy Xiangyang for a long time, but only sent some dead soldiers to infiltrate the city and assassinate them.

These people did not wear armor, and their weapons were also smuggled into the city. It was a bit difficult to put the imperial army in charge of investigating these assassins. The so-called art industry has a specialization, and if this kind of thing happens, it should be the responsibility of the palace guards, local classics, and officials to arrest quickly.

If it is discovered that the thieves have infiltrated, they can't beat the thieves with a knife and a gun, and the city falls, then it is the responsibility of the defenders and the superintendents. ”

Chongzhen didn't really want to punish Yang Sichang severely, because he had already read Shen Shuren's invitation through the whole text, and understood that "Zhang Xianzhong plotted to kill the vassal king, just to frame the governor and take advantage of the loopholes of the Ming law to make the court destroy the Great Wall."

In this case, Chongzhen is not stupid, and he can't fall for Zhang Xianzhong's plan.

Therefore, as long as the emperor is not disgraced and has a step down, he can not kill Yang Sichang, at most he will only admonish and demote, reduce his salary, and punish him, but he will still take care of the original matter.

The treatment can be reduced, the power cannot be changed casually, and the great cause of suppressing thieves cannot be destroyed. Just like Zhuge Liangjieting's defeat and demotion to the third level, although he has the title of right general, he is still in charge of the original matter.

Chongzhen tried Shen Xun again and again, and when he saw that the other party was sincere in his words, and there were steps, this matter was temporarily revealed.

Then he summoned Chen Xinjia, who is now only a squire in the military department, and asked about it, Chen Xinjia's opinion was similar, and Chongzhen decided to wait a few days and the limelight would pass before slowly making a judgment.

(Note: Historically, Chen Xinjia was already the secretary of the military department at this time, and Yang Sichang had been dead for half a year.) But because of the butterfly effect, it is set that Chen Xinjia is still a squire now, and it will take a while before he is officially promoted to Shangshu. ）

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However, what Chongzhen didn't expect was that when the Ming Dynasty reached this juncture, there would never be less broken things for the party to attack each other.

Before Yang Sichang left, he arranged all the military departments as his own people, but it was impossible for him to arrange the six departments and all the science and Taoist officials as his own people.

Yang Sichang's faction also had a lot of grievances and entanglements with Donglin, so soon some officials who were not responsible for military affairs also began to criticize Yang Sichang, plus they did not accept the characterization that "the death of King Xiang was an assassination".

It also opposes the imperial court's clear interpretation of relevant laws and regulations and the time scale of "lost land and feudal domains". It is felt that the situation of "temporarily being infiltrated and disturbing a certain city by assassins for a few days, and then being driven back to the thieves by the imperial army" should also continue to be counted as "lost territory".

How can "lost land" not be considered lost because it was a sneak attack, it was temporary, and the time was short? Not for a day!

Donglin's "Zhongzheng" has never allowed moral flaws in the slightest, so how can a grace period be given to issues of principle?

The two people who attacked the most in the book were Fang Shiliang and Ma Jiazhi - coincidentally, these two people happened to be impeached and killed Chen Xinjia a year later in history.

But it's normal to think about it carefully, Chen Xinjia is Yang Sichang's remnants, and those Donglin Zhongzheng, who have been with Chen Xinjia in history, will naturally be the one who wants to give Yang Sichang eye medicine the most at this moment.

Fang Shiliang and Ma Jiazhi desperately poured fuel on the fire, rendering "Now the Shilin Qingyi outside is laughing at His Majesty's lax law enforcement, unable to control the local governors, allowing the local authorities to lower the standards of defending the land at will, and insulting the majesty of my Ming Gang's sworn to the death".

Chongzhen was very faceless, and he inevitably had the intention of killing Yang Sichang again.

In such a situation, Shen Xun, who wants to help Yang Sichang mediate, has no choice, after all, he is just a person in the matter, and it is impossible to spray with other groups of people, and it is not his duty, if he is too active, he will be suspected-

The value of the existence of speech officials is to check and fill in the gaps, impeach the affairs officer, how can the main firepower of the speech official be used to spray other speech officials? What are your intentions?

Therefore, only Chen Xinjia, the soldier who was favored by Yang Sichang, could barely support him there, but he could not support it alone.

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After another three or four days, there was finally some turnaround, mainly because Zuo Zixiong finally escorted Ainengqi to the capital.

The previous delivery was a six-hundred-mile rush, and it was impossible for the prisoners to run so fast. Even if there is a cavalry escort, it is normal to be more than twice as slow as the messenger.

On the day Zuo Zixiong arrived in the capital, it was already the end of July. And the affairs of prisoners of war and thieves and prisoners are of course under the control of the Ministry of War, so Zuo Zixiong sent people directly to Chen Xinjia.

Chen Xinjia solemnly personally met with Zuo Zixiong, who had just been promoted to general, obviously wanting to dig out some materials that were beneficial to Yang Ge Lao from the front.

After reading the letter that Shen Shuren asked Zuo Zixiong to carry, and listening to some of Zuo Zixiong's own supplementary statements, he was a little happy, and hurriedly confirmed:

"Oh? When Shen Bingbei pacified the assassins in Xiangyang, he also seized part of the Xiangwang Mansion, the Guiwang Mansion, and the family property of other murdered gentry that had been looted by the assassins? And escorted some of them to the capital? ”

Zuo Zixiong replied sincerely: "It is true that as Shangshu said, at that time, there were more than hundreds of vassal kings, wealthy families, and wealthy families killed in the city, but all those who were mourned without closing the door and the whole clan was destroyed, Shen Bingbei found the bitter lord and returned the robbed family property to the bitter master.

Only those who were exterminated behind closed doors and had no bitter lord to return them were sent to the capital and should be handed over to the treasury - but not all, a considerable part of the heavy goods, mainly grain, silk, cloth, and utensils. After Zhang Yi's righteous son and thief general broke the mansion, he chose to directly distribute to the people in Xiangyang City to win people's hearts and recruit new soldiers.

Shen Bingbei was afraid that forcibly expropriating back the property sent by the thieves to the people to invite them to buy people's hearts would cause the people's hearts to become more and more thieves, so he acquiesced in this part. How to clarify to the imperial court depends on Chen Shilang's decision. ”

Chen Xinjia nodded, knowing that this money could still be operated, and he could also find a way to help Yang Sichang dredge up a little in the capital. In addition, he also knew that Shen Shuren must have left a lot of them behind, and he would not be so kind to send them all.

In a hurry, it is impossible to send a million-tael-level family property to the capital, and people will already be tempted to see the wealth on the way, and even tempt the escort army to turn back when they see the wealth.

Chen Xinjia continued to look down, paid attention to a few points, and focused on asking: "According to what you said, when Shen Bingbei sent you to escort Ai Nengqi, he already thought that Zhang Xianzhong might send someone to intercept him halfway, or he might want to retrieve the silver, so Shen Bingbei actually arranged two teams, one bright and one dark, the bright escort and the dark ambush.

In the end, I really waited for an ambush attempt by Zhang Xianzhong's troops, but you successfully delayed until you secretly escorted people and horses to appear and defeated Zhang Xianzhong's prisoner robbery team again? More than 100 people were captured and dozens of horsemen were captured?

In addition, according to Shen Bingbei's investigation, it can also be confirmed that Yang Ge Lao's side and Xiangyang City do have Zhang Xianzhong's internal work, so can he be so anticipating the enemy's opportunity? And the identities of these meticulous works, how many did you ask through the torture of Ai Nengqi and other captured officers above the general level of the thief department? ”

Zuo Zixiong admitted very frankly: "It is true that as the squire said, the last general escorted this time, and killed a wave of prisoners halfway, but he really didn't dare to take credit, it was Shen Bingbei's careful thinking, and the last general was just a hands-on martial artist."

Shen Bingbei also said that Zhang Xianzhong was suspicious, and if he really encountered the prisoner and successfully foiled it, it could further make Zhang Xianzhong suspect that there was infighting among the righteous sons under his command. However, it is impossible to predict how it will develop and how it will be utilized.

He said that he had heard for a long time that Chen Shilang, you were the most resourceful among the military officials promoted by Yang Gelao. We believe that you can adapt and make the most of these conditions. ”

Chen Xinjia listened to Zuo Zixiong's flattering words, and he was also a little proud. He doesn't say anything else, at least he is grateful and pragmatic.

After thinking about it for a while, I realized that this captive could be of great use. After all, the confession of the captives is very lethal, especially to prove that Zhang Xianzhong is indeed good at buying traitors and eyeliner, which is a big eucalyptus when dug up.

Soon, Chen Xinjia thought of a poisonous plan by himself - the conscience of heaven and earth, which was completely Chen Xinjia's own desire to attack political opponents, and had nothing to do with Shen Shuren.

Shen Shuren didn't want to get involved in the dirty factional struggles in the capital, he just didn't want the imperial court's strategy to suppress thieves to be repeated.

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A few days later, Chen Xinjia's counterattack was really organized.

On the one hand, it was also Zhang Xianzhong's strength, after the troops who robbed and killed Xiangyang were severely damaged and almost wiped out, and the prisoner robbery team that went to save Ai Nengqi was also killed.

Zhang Xianzhong was annoyed and angry, and in order to kill Yang Sichang as soon as possible for the crime of trapping the domain, he did not hesitate to organize several scenes of dead soldiers infiltrating and assassinating the vassal king. Most of them didn't succeed, and a few did, but because they were all small groups of assassins, and they didn't have any other income, they couldn't grab any property, and they couldn't transfer it if they did, and they basically had dead people who never came back.

On the other hand, after Chen Xinjia tortured the prisoners who were sent to the capital again, he caught some new "confessions": Zhang Xianzhong repeatedly emphasized in his army that the top priority now is to take advantage of Yang Sichang's fear of dying because of King Fu's death, and to quickly add a fire to confirm Yang Sichang's death.

Therefore, he bribed the officials of the central government to make the damage of Zhang Xianzhong's department trivial, embarrassed the imperial court, and prompted Chongzhen to kill more local governors, and killed one of the most fierce governors who resisted thieves.

Originally, it was just an act of "assassination", but it was necessary for these officials to make the matter so big that they would "lose their land and trap the vassals", so that the emperor could not step down.

In the end, Chen Xinjia also got a confession: Shiliang from Fang Shiliang in the matter of the official department once received Zhang Xianzhong's silver, and asked the inside and outside to expand the "assassination" into "lost land and trap the domain", as Zhang Xianzhong's internal response, to help Zhang Xianzhong trap the local governor!

After Chongzhen got this confession from "Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son", he was really furious, and he also had an excuse, and immediately arrested the most capable speaker of Lai Shiliang directly on the charge of "collaborator and internal response", and finally copied more than 100,000 taels of silver from Fang Shiliang's mansion from unknown sources.

The conscience of heaven and earth, this silver really doesn't need people to plant it, because it is normal for any Beijing official to steal 100,000 taels of his house. At most, Chen Xinjia played a little auxiliary tricks.

The stolen goods were obtained, as well as the confession of the thief's side, which was completely consistent with the thief's motive for framing and supervising the thief.

For a moment, the other Donglin officials were instantly silent.

Even if it was a big troll who was originally strong, he didn't dare to open his mouth at this time.

It's just that he died, and he died so badly, and he was confessed by the righteous son of the thief and thief chief that he was Zhang Xianzhong's internal response, which was simply an insult to the eighteenth generation of the ancestors.

That's the end of the day.

Yang Sichang should be punished or punished, as mentioned above, demoted, fined, and cancelled treatment, and still cares about the original matter.

And the title of secretary of the military department was also completely removed, and taking this opportunity, Chongzhen also promoted Chen Xinjia, the squire of the military department, so that Chen Xinjia officially became the secretary of the military department.

After Chen Xinjia took up his new position, of course, he completely recognized Shen Shuren's friend. Since then, among the six departments of the capital, there are at least Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, and Jiang Dejing, the secretary of the household department, who are all hardcore allies of the Shen family.

The living environment of the Shenshu people in the local area can obviously be optimized.

Don't worry too much about Chongzhen's emotional instability and chaos in Huguang one day in the last year or so - Chongzhen's control of the place will only have one year left. Don't look at the fact that he still has two and a half years to die, but after Hong Chengchou surrendered, Chongzhen had already lost his actual control over the place.

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PS: There is a little clarification at the beginning, and there is a little historical material in this chapter, so it was sent at one time for 5,500 words. Excluding the opening explanation, the text is at least 5,000 words or more.

This book is less than one-tenth of "Three Kingdoms Flicker", and it is definitely impossible to explode the update, and no one will explode the update for 2,000 yuan a month (the minimum wage standard in Hangzhou is 2600, and I don't even have a subsistence allowance). My character can ensure that the book is finished, and I will write it down well, that's all.

Today is actually 9,000 words, although I don't explode more, but there are often big chapters, and there are many days of 8,000 to 10,000 words, so be content.