After Zhou Yanru had a first-hand understanding of the inside details of the Huguang war, he was naturally fully prepared when he went to court, and some were lost.

However, he will not be reckless, he knows that Fang Kongzhi's eucalyptus can only be regarded as a trivial matter. The theme of today's court meeting must still be the overall rewards and punishments for the generals and governors of Huguang, and he doesn't need to mention them as soon as he comes up.

As the time came, the ministers entered in turn, and Chongzhen also practiced Zuo under the support of Wang Chengen, sat upright with a vertical arch, and the court officially began.

Chongzhen also did not contain a lake, as soon as he opened, he directly mentioned Yang Sichang's testament to Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia the day before yesterday, and asked everyone to discuss it.

"Zhuqing, Yang Sichang has a voice, talking about the capture of the Huguang war, the recovery of the state capital, and the heavy damage to Zhang Xianzhong. Among them, the rewards and punishments for merit and demerits are discussed by everyone. Chen Xinjia, you know the situation best, let me tell you first. ”

Among the courtiers, Chen Xinjia was the first to know about the great victory against Zhang Xianzhong, so he was also in good spirits, and in front of many colleagues, he relayed the latest battle situation in Huguang.

When he said it, he was also full of red light, full of energy, and honored, and depicted every detail of Yang Sichang's performance without omission.

It seems that this great achievement even has a part in him, the secretary of the military department-although strictly speaking, the secretary of the military department does have a part, at least the merit of overall planning and scheduling, and selecting talents and generals.

As for the other civil and military ministers, some were slightly surprised, but more naturally took the opportunity to shout long live and congratulate Chongzhen. Error-free updates @

"It turns out that the situation in Huguang has been reversed!"

"Your Majesty Shengming, Hong Fu Qitian, let the soldiers use their lives, only then can there be this victory!"

"Zhang Xianzhong was hit hard by this, and it will not be long before he dies! I will not be able to offer my head and comfort the temple! Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, led the performance.

"If Zhang Xianzhong is extinguished, the imperial court's "salary" expenses will inevitably be much more generous, the people will have a respite, and the foolish people who can be coerced by thieves will inevitably be sharply reduced, and the Ming Dynasty is hopeful! ”

The person who said this was Jiang Dejing, the head of the household, who also had a close relationship with the Shen family, so he naturally wanted to take the opportunity to help Shen Shuren say a few good words from the perspective of his own work, and changed his method from the side to emphasize the great significance of Shen Shuren's victory.

"Good, good, what the secretary said is very heartfelt! Then let's talk about it, Yang Sichang's position as the governor of Huguang on behalf of Shen Shuren can be regarded as appropriate? Chongzhen inevitably floated again, forgetting the recent repeated hardships, and was temporarily anesthetized by ZTE's illusion.

Some relatively obsequious courtiers, seeing that Chongzhen was in a good mood, thought that Chongzhen really wanted to reuse, but they were afraid that they would not be able to convince the public if they were promoted too quickly, so they immediately jumped out to help Chongzhen solve problems.

The selection of officials is mainly the responsibility of the Ministry of Officials, but the Ministry of Rites is in charge of the imperial examination, and it also has a certain understanding of the selection of talents. At this moment, Zhou Yanru, the secretary of the ministry, who was the first assistant, was reserved and did not express his position immediately, so the people in the ministry were also watching, and they were preempted by the people of the Ministry of Rites.

I only listened to Wei Zaode, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, who came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty! Shen Shuren made this feat, which is my great luck. Now it is just to eliminate the evil and chase down the poor, and only add the title of governor, which is not conducive to crossing the border to suppress thieves.

It is better to promote him to the governor of Huguang and give the governor the right to suppress Zhang Xianzhong! No matter where Zhang Xianzhong flees, he must eliminate the evil! ”

Maybe some officials will be surprised - how can this waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Wei Zaode, have the same name as the champion of the same year two and a half years ago, when the second class crane of the Jinshi in the Shenshu people was at the end?

But the reality is so ironic, this Wei Zaode is really the champion two and a half years ago, the same person.

Shen Shuren has made so many feats outside, wiped out four of the five battalions of the Revolution, and now he has also hit Zhang Xianzhong hard, and he is just about to be promoted to the governor of a province, compared with the governor more than half a year ago, it has only expanded a lot of the jurisdiction of the appeasement, and it is a little more affordable, but the administrative level is not high.

And this Wei Zaode is in the capital, he relies on his beard to pat the horse and sing a high note, and he is a moral model who is loyal to the monarch and patriotism and calls on everyone to donate money to help the army, and he has also achieved the level of six servants!

In just two and a half years, from the Hanlin Academy to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, it can only be said that there were some Beijing officials in the last years of Chongzhen, which is really degraded!

Wei Zaode's words, of course, immediately muddied the waters.

First of all, his boss, Huang Jingfang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, felt that Wei Zaode's level of figuring out his intentions had always been good. And he has already made a statement on behalf of the Ministry of Rites, and he is not. (This chapter is not finished!) )

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If you want to work with him, you will only not miss him at both ends.

So Huang Jingfang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister also seconded the proposal." Previously, Li Chuang and Zhang were repeatedly unclean, all because of local prevarication. Now Yang Sichang is old and sick, and he needs loyal and upright people to inherit his legacy. ”

But at the same time, the statement of the Ministry of Rites has, of course, also attracted the dissatisfaction of many old and serious imperial historians.

When Shen Shuren was about to be promoted last year, he jumped out to oppose Liu Zongzhou, the imperial history of the left capital, and Huang Daozhou, who was under Liu Zongzhou, really jumped out again this time, and reprimanded Wei Zaode for talking nonsense.

Liu Zongzhou: "Your Majesty! Wei Zaode's words are really ridiculous! Shen Shuren is so young, how can he be the governor? What's more, he will not be rewarded for a year, and he became governor only in February at the beginning of the year, and now that only seven or eight months have passed, he has been promoted to governor again, how will His Majesty use him in the future? ”

Huang Daozhou: "Your Majesty! Wei Zaode and Shen Shuren have a friendship of the same year, both of them have previous convictions, is he selfish in recommending him like this? Is there a suspicion of cultivating henchmen? Didn't he think that Shen Shuren was promoted quickly, and no one would say that their group of Chongzhen Thirteen-Year Masters were promoted too fast in the future? ”

Wei Zaode was also angry when he heard this, and hurriedly retorted: "Huang Daozhou, you are a bloody squirter!" In front of Your Majesty, how dare you chase after the wind and shadows like this? I am just-hearted in what I say, and I can learn from it every day!

What's more, when the former science palace test, His Majesty personally summoned the right person, knowing that I disagreed with Shen Shuren's political views, and I had no friendship with him. ”

Wei Zaode's words are not bad, two and a half years ago after the palace test, Chongzhen personally heard the whole process, he knew that Wei Zaode and Shen Shuren belonged to two different political views, and they also attacked each other at that time.

Therefore, Chongzhen really didn't worry about Wei Zaode colluding with Shen Shuren at all. So he gave a little appeal to Huang Daozhou and asked him not to talk nonsense.

Seeing that the emperor had personally testified, Huang Daozhou was dumbfounded.

However, Liu Zongzhou's expression of the old and serious words of "Shen Shuren is too young and cannot be promoted again in a year" still played a great role, and many ministers in the DPRK and China also echoed it.

And the people on the side of the Ministry of Officials, seeing that the old god Zhou Yanru was on the ground and did not speak, also wondered if Zhou Ge Lao did not agree with the Ministry of Rites, and wanted to wait and see.

So, Zhou Yanru's henchman and protégé, Wu Changshi, the secretary of the Ministry of Literature, also jumped out and said something kind and muddy:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Shen Shuren is indeed extremely talented and knows how to do his job. However, when it comes to his age, after all, his blood is strong, and he is easy to rush forward, and he is afraid of rigidity, which is easy to break, and it is difficult to take on a big responsibility, and it should be used slowly. ”

After all, Shen Shuren is only twenty-three years old, so young, it is too rebellious to be a governor.

In the end, it was his age that hurt him, if he was ten years older, preferably fifteen years old, then there would be absolutely no one to stop Shen Shuren from becoming the governor.

Chongzhen was so uncomfortable by his subordinates that he had to wave his hand and signal by name: "Zhou Yanru!" Chen Xinjia, the two of you talk about how to dispatch the southern suppression! ”

And Zhou Yanru had already thoroughly figured out Chongzhen's true intentions in the observation of words and expressions just now, and then the old god put on an impartial and fair appearance on the ground and said:

"Your Majesty, Shen Shuren is young, not to mention that he will not be promoted for a year, it is indeed not appropriate to suddenly become a supervisor, but Your Majesty can add an additional decree on the basis of the governor of Huguang, and temporarily grant him the authority to cross the border to pursue Zhang Xianzhong.

It's just that this authority must be limited in time and duties, and it can only be used to pursue Zhang Xianzhong, and cannot be used for anything else, so as not to chase the thief repeatedly, and there will be a big tail of raising the thief and supporting the army. ”

Chongzhen originally felt that both sides made a little sense, and seeing that Zhou Yanru said such a detail, he also patted his thigh for a while and felt that it made sense, so he asked more carefully: "Then Zhou Qing thinks that what is the appropriate period of authority?" ”

Zhou Yanru thought for a while: "This matter needs to be approved by the Ministry of War, and the minister does not know the soldiers, so what he said may not be appropriate." In the opinion of the ministers, since Zhang Xianzhong has already suffered a large loss of troops, and even several people have lost their hypocrisy, he wants to specialize in special suppression next year, and it may be effective for a period of one year.

In the autumn and winter of this year, Shen Shuren's soldiers and horses have been recalled, and they want to cooperate with Sun Chuanting to defend Li Zicheng and relieve the siege of Kaifeng, and they cannot use troops against Zhang Xianzhong for the time being. From next year to the end of the year, if the results are really outstanding, it is not too late to be promoted to governor, and if it does not work, he will be replaced by other governors. ”

Chongzhen touched his beard and turned to Chen Xinjia: "Chen Qing, you know everything. (This chapter is not finished!) )

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Military, a one-year period, is it appropriate? ”

Chen Xinjia thought for a while: "Zhang Xianzhong's daughter is cunning, she can't be measured by common sense, and it is still a little difficult for her to think that it is a one-year period. However, His Majesty did not say that he could not be held accountable, but only that if it did not work after the expiration date, it would be appropriate to discuss that he would replace him.

Now Yang Ge is in danger, and there is no one to coordinate the thieves, but the number of thieves and chieftains has also been greatly reduced. Last year, there were more than ten thieves, and now only Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are left.

The minister thought that he could let Shen Shuren take charge of the power of suppressing Zhang Xianzhong in addition to the governor of Huguang, and let Sun Chuanting take the power of suppressing Li Zicheng in addition to the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. It will last next year, but in the autumn and winter of this year, it is still necessary for the two governors to work together to untie the siege of Feng first. ”

Chongzhen pondered it carefully, Chen Xinjia's idea was more detailed than Zhou Yanru. The new powers given to Shen Shuren and Sun Chuanting are also temporary assignments, only for specific things. In this way, the imperial court's control over these governors should still be maintained, and it will not be too big to fall.

If Shen Shuren can really get Zhang Xianzhong's head next year to dedicate it, of course there is nothing to say, even if he is the governor of Huguang or even the governor of several provinces, it is no problem.

Because there was an oath of the Taimiao before, those who killed Zhang Xianzhong could be crowned dukes directly. Can a governor be worth more than a duke?

Chongzhen completely straightened out his thinking, and officially issued an order: "Then it is decided, the Ministry of Officials will draft a decree, and the Rising and Sinking Shuren will be the governor of Huguang, and also take care of Xinyang, Jiujiang, and Anluchi. ordered him to lead his troops to the north, and first assisted Sun Chuanting to relieve the siege of Feng.

Once Kaifeng is lifted, Sun Chuanting will be able to gain a firm foothold. Since Yang Sichang is already ill and unable to take care of things, Zuo Liangyu's department is also under the command of Sun Chuanting.

Next year, Sun Chuanting will be used to suppress the north and coordinate the war against the thieves. Shen Shuren used the people to suppress the south and coordinated the pursuit of Zhang Xianzhong. ”

Those old-school imperial historians, seeing that Chongzhen did not directly promote Shen Shuren to governor, but only gave some temporary dispatch authority, and did not make any more trouble, this article was passed.

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After the matter of Shen Shuren and Sun Chuanting's promotion and distribution of power was negotiated, of course, there were some other topics to be discussed in the court meeting.

Zhou Yanru is also not careful, let other issues advance first, and occasionally express his opinions appropriately.

Until the time came, Chongzhen had already asked Wang Chengen to say, "Something is coming, nothing is going to retreat", Zhou Yanru saw that others didn't react, so he said:

"Your Majesty, there is one more trivial matter, which should not be left to the minister. But the ministers are the first assistants, and when they see that there is something inappropriate in any aspect of the government, they will inevitably overstep their responsibilities and act on their behalf-

As far as the minister knows, the imperial court was quite negligent in the conclusion of Huguang Zhu's civil and military response to Zhang Xianzhong's battle. Now that the first meritorious person has been decided, the rest of the ministers who are auxiliary to the left and defend the land should also find out their merits and demerits.

Fang Kongzhi, the former governor of Huguang, was killed by the vassal king and was imprisoned for questioning due to the fall of Changsha and Hengzhou, and now he has been locked up in Beijing. However, the reasons for the loss of Changsha and Hengzhou have not yet begun to investigate.

In addition, the criminal department did not take over, but only prevaricated on the grounds of the identity of the military generals of the relevant people and asked the military department to conduct a self-examination. The minister thought that the criminal department's measures were inappropriate and should be corrected immediately. ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he suddenly came to his senses.

The recovery of Shen Shuren is indeed worthy of commendation, but the rapid fall of Huguang Shufu before is worthy of fierce accountability. When things got to this point, Chongzhen was holding back an evil fire in his heart, and he really wanted to kill a few people to set an example. Initial Update@

Now that Zhou Yanru provoked this topic, of course his face immediately turned cold, and turned to Xu Shiqi, the secretary of the Criminal Department: "Xu Qing, is there such a thing?" ”

Xu Shiqi looked confused, the Criminal Department does have a lot of work every day, and he didn't know the people he had just delivered, so he had to say: "The minister dared to ask Zhou Ge Lao, when did he arrive in Beijing as a witness and a criminal general?" The minister really doesn't know, Xu is that there is a mistake in the following divisions, and it has not been reported yet......"

Zhou Yanru put on a friendly posture at this time: "This matter is indeed in a hurry, and Your Majesty does not have to criticize Xu Shangshu." The people should have been sent to the capital yesterday evening, including Yin Xianmin, the chief soldier of Changsha, and He Yide, the chief soldier of Hengzhou.

These two people were theoretically controlled by Fang Kongzhi, the former governor of Huguang, but they had thousands of troops, but they were company commanders. (This chapter is not finished!) )

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Sha and Hengzhou couldn't hold it for two or three days, so they directly surrendered to the thieves. The reinforcements sent by Fang Kongzhi arrived in Changsha within five days of the start of the battle in Changsha, but the city had already been lost. ”

Chongzhen listened, and beat Xu Shiqi, blaming him for not being diligent in government, and asked Chen Xinjia to quickly ask people to go to the Ministry of Justice to bring people over, and today is above this court, first ask a brief approximately, and give an explanation to the people in the world.

After the order, Chongzhen turned to Zhou Yanru with a praising face: "Zhou Qing is discerning and diligent in state affairs, how do you know about the delay of the Criminal Department and the Military Department?" ”

Zhou Yanru had a good reputation for diligence, so he no longer concealed it, and directly told the truth, telling the truth about the situation that before he went to court, he was stopped by Fang Kongzhi's daughter to avenge his grievances.

Of course, what Zhou Yanru wants to emphasize must be that he is discerning, quick to respond to affairs, and has strong screening ability, so as to enhance his impression in front of the emperor.

When Chongzhen heard this, he didn't ask more about the situation of the other Fang family, but he was just curious why the Fang family wanted to avenge the grievances of the female liuliu.

"Isn't this Fang Kong childless? actually let the woman avenge her grievances. ”

Zhou Yanru: "Your Majesty forgot, the eldest son of this Fang Kong is Fang Yizhi, the prefect of Wuchang, who was in the same family as Shen Shuren and Wei Zaode the year before last. According to the minister's knowledge, Fang Yizhi was unable to get out because of the fact that the armies of Huguang were now fighting thousands of miles from north to south and were going to Kaifeng to relieve the siege, and the logistics affairs were stubborn, so he was loyal and filial piety. That's where this expedient measure comes in. ”

After Chongzhen listened, he immediately had a much better impression of the other party's Yizhi, and subconsciously felt that such a person from the family of loyalty and filial piety might not do anything to live up to the grace of the saint.

"This is the wind of Ti Ying saving her father, she is a strange woman." Chongzhen said casually.

Soon, under the urging of Chen Xinjia, the staff of the Ministry of War escorted Yin Xianmin and He Yide to the main hall.

Chongzhen soon forgot about the Fang family, and began to harshly interrogate the origin and end of these people's thieves, whether they were attacked by Zhang Xianzhong, or whether they surrendered in less than two days in the case of siege warfare.

Yin Xianmin He Yide didn't expect that he had just arrived in the capital, and after only one night, he was directly interrogated to the top of the main hall and in front of the Son of Heaven, and he was already scared.

Of course, they also wanted to argue, but Zhou Yanru showed great wisdom and keenness, and interrogated them one by one on the way he came in the morning and the doubts listed in Fang Yizhi's complaint that he was familiar with, and soon asked a bunch of flaws.

Yin Xianmin's surrender has no excuse at all, that is, he is soft-boned and deliberately a thief!

He Yide's situation was a little better, and in the end, when he knew that he was going to die, he couldn't help but shout: "Your Majesty! It's not a pity to die! But the loss of Hengzhou is really the first sin in King Gui!

If it weren't for King Gui's greed for life and fear of death, he ordered the general not to defend the city, but to gather the elite main force in the city, and go out of the city to protect him from the siege, how could the soldiers of our army give up the fortified city and be killed and injured by Zhang Xianzhong's troops in the field battle!

Since then, the army has mutinied, and the soldiers are united in their hearts, unwilling to send King Gui, who regards everyone's lives as a mustard, to death, so that the end will be coerced and surrendered to the thief! If there is no King Gui, the last general will definitely be able to defend Hengzhou until the reinforcements of the Shenshu people arrive! ”

Chongzhen heard that he was going to quibble like this when he was dying, and of course he was furious: "Presumptuous! Don't kill this thief yet! As a town general, isn't it natural to protect the vassal king! Greedy for life and afraid of death, he dares to make excuses! ”

Soon, the brocade-clothed pro-army and the Han general under the verandah of the hall came up with a court staff and beat He Yide directly, no matter where he hit, his head would be broken and bleeding with a stick.

Zhou Yanru saw that the palace saw blood, and he was not too serious, so he hurriedly said euphemistically: "Your Majesty, these two people are guilty of being thieves, and it is too cheap to be killed directly, so it is better to hand it over to the Criminal Department to inquire about the details. ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he was a little angry, and felt that it was indeed too cheap to kill directly. If it is judged, it is estimated that there will be a worse way to die than a cane, which allowed Zhou Yanru to ask, and praised Zhou Yanru twice.

"Well, since Zhou Qing speaks, this matter will be handed over to the Criminal Department, so as not to delay the time of the ministers. Xu Qing, ask the whole story carefully, I am waiting for you to report. Let's retreat. ”

Xu Shiqi was already sweating, and hurriedly said that it would be done. @精华\/Shuge*First update~~

Fang Kongzhi, Yin Xianmin, and He Yide shared the pot for the fall of Changsha and other places, and it finally came to an end.

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After retiring from the court on the same day, Xu Shiqi personally interrogated and accelerated the trial. Error-free updates @

A few days later, it was concluded that all the blame was indeed the responsibility of these generals who surrendered without a fight, and Fang Kongzhi had just been sent to the prison of the Criminal Department for a few days, and was soon released again.

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