Today's Daming Kingdom is too difficult.

In the past few days since he served in Chongzhen, he has received all kinds of military reports that have been submitted, all of which are all kinds of bad news, either who is defeated and killed today, or a certain general has led the crowd to the enemy again.

Only the British Duke Zhang Shize and his son can bring good news to the imperial court.

You see that Zhang Rui first helped the imperial court to deal with Chen Yan, and later frustrated Gao Jie's father and son, as well as Zhang Denian, one by one, one by one, that is not a good thing for the benefit of the country, the monarch and the people.

Now, Zhang Ruiyuan is in Lianghuai, playing games with jackals for the imperial court, desperately, making dangerous moves, and getting the military power of the Lianghuai battalion.

This also gave the imperial court a few more chances of winning in this chaotic situation.

As for the British Duke himself, he went out on the expedition under the pretext of illness, and the rebels were severely damaged in World War I, which greatly boosted the morale of the Ming army.

It can be described as: full of loyalty.

The British government can't move, and once it does, it will be self-destructing the Great Wall.

"Alas!!"

"Hardship sees the truth."

"Now that the national crisis is present, the only ones who can really rely on these nobles are those nobles."

"It's still too grandpa to be wise."

Chongzhen sighed.

Before, he didn't understand why the ancestors set the rules to let their royal descendants, Yicong want to make friends with Xungui and maintain a brotherly relationship.

Thinking about it now, he couldn't help but marvel at the wisdom of the ancestors of the Zhu family.

Those who have attained the Tao have much help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help.

"Your Majesty, who will take care of the affairs of Lianghuai now?"

Wang Chengen asked tentatively.

He knew that although Zhang Rui had made such a great achievement, it was impossible for him to lead troops outside, he was too young, and he still needed to be tempered, and the dragoon general of the fourth rank could still do it for a few days.

Once Zhang Rui returns to Beijing, it is inevitable that the [Lianghuai Battalion] needs a new leader.

"What?! Did someone give you a message? Let's talk about it, let's see who is coveting this commander of the two Huai armies? ”

Chongzhen asked.

"The king is wise, and the old slave knows that he can't hide it from you. This, Li Guozhen, the uncle of Xiangcheng, personally looked for a minion, and the meaning of his words was that he wanted to lead troops outside. ”

Wang Chengen said.

"Li Guozhen!"

"Anything else?"

Chongzhen smiled noncommittally, and that smile was quite meaningful.

"Your Majesty, just now Huaiyuan's general Cheng Baxian also sent someone to send a silver ticket of 50,000 taels to the minion, and he asked the minion to say a few kind words for him in front of you."

Wang Chengen did not hide it and said truthfully.

He is 100% loyal to Chongzhen, and the relationship between the two of them cannot be measured by common sense.

When Chongzhen was the little prince, Wang Chengen was already in charge of taking care of him, and to some extent, Wang Chengen actually treated Chongzhen as his own child.

A eunuch can't get married and have children, so Wang Chengen pinned all his emotions on Chongzhen.

He can die for Chongzhen.

"Huaiyuan General Cheng Baxian, he, few people remember him, but now he seems to be sixty, right? At such an age, he still wants to lead the army? and is not afraid to flash his old waist. ”

"Is there anyone else?"

Chongzhen asked.

General Huaiyuan, the military attache from Sanpin, is also a talkative official in the imperial court.

Pity.

It's just a false job.

That is, it sounds pretty good, but in fact, there is no use and no power, which is one of the reasons why Cheng Baxian wants to come back out of the mountain.

A man can't live without power, otherwise, he will live a very undignified life, suffer the white eyes of others, and be looked down upon by others.

"Your Majesty, there is another one in the end, he is a civil official, named Wen Tianxiang, and now he is serving in the Hanlin Academy, from the fifth grade."

Wang Chengen said.

"He gave you money too?"

Chongzhen asked.

"Your Majesty, he didn't give money to the slave, looking at his clothes, he was also a poor official, he just came with two chickens, what did he say to make up for the slave, to be honest, the slave was still quite moved."

Wang Chengen said.

"Wen Tianxiang? This man is interestingly tight, carrying two chickens to run the official. You send someone to check his details, if it is suitable, even if such a person cannot be the commander of the [Lianghuai Battalion], he can also be a civilian official who is released. ”

Chongzhen likes clean officials, especially in the current situation where the Ming Kingdom is full of corrupt officials, he wants to promote some clean officials to be the masters of the people.

"On behalf of this Wen Tianxiang, the servant thanked the lord Longen."

Wang Chengen laughed flatteringly.

"Wang Chengen, the widow asks you, what do you say about Zhang Rui, a bastard boy, killing King Fu? Now that the clamor inside and outside the court is calling for his punishment louder and louder, the widow cannot continue to delay like this, and there must be a decision. ”

Chongzhen said.

"Your Majesty, it's not a slave who speaks for Zhang Rui, this kid doesn't have any bad intentions, he is dedicated to the Ming Kingdom and the monarch."

"Why do you say he killed King Fu, isn't it caused by Lord Fu's misbehavior, forming a party for personal gain, and plotting against him? If you punish him, won't it chill the hearts of those loyal patriots? ”

"As for those adults in the court, what they say is loyal and patriotic, behind their backs, God knows what they can't do, maybe some of them are complicit with Huang Degong and King Fu, and now they are jumping out, just to avenge some people."

"This kind of thing that hurts relatives and enemies is happy, your lord, can you do it."

Wang Chengen admonished.

The reason why Zhang Rui is excused like this, there is no other reason, these words are all said by him with his "conscience", Zhang Rui is meritorious to the country, if Chongzhen continues to kill Zhongliang without distinguishing between right and wrong, then I am afraid that this Ming Kingdom will really come to an end.

"Wang Chengen, you are so excited to speak for Zhang Rui today, did you receive any benefits from Zhang Rui? The widow knows that this bastard boy has money in his hands. ”

"Fifty thousand taels!"

"One hundred thousand taels!"

"Is it 200,000 taels?"

"Yo ho, this kid is really willing to do it. So generous. ”

Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen's playful joke.

What he said was actually a joke, and there was no malice, but Wang Chengen seemed to care very much.

While staring at Chongzhen, he said loudly: "Your Majesty, you really misunderstood the minion, I didn't accept Zhang Rui's money." Really, he didn't give me any money either. I'm just telling the truth, the minions can't bear to see those officials in the court deceive you. ”

"Wang Chengen, are you angry? Look at you, the widow is just a joke, how can you still take it seriously. ”

Chongzhen didn't expect Wang Chengen's reaction to be so big.

"Your Majesty, the slave is angry, but not angry with you, but when I see those civil and military officials, they advertise benevolence, righteousness and morality, and are loyal to the monarch and serve the country, but what they do is stealing chickens and touching dogs, and they are unsightly."

"These people only know that they have a little bit of petty profits, and they don't think about the king and the court at all, they are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and their hearts can be punished."

Wang Chengen gritted his teeth and said.

His emotional response was particularly great.

"Wang Chengen, are you okay?"

Chongzhen on the side didn't expect Wang Chengen to be so cynical in rejecting these courtiers with low moral character.

In fact, he didn't know that these people all had ghosts in their hearts and had their own little abacus, but he, the king, had to rely on them to govern the world.

He can't put all these people in prison, it's too hasty, when he is a bare-bones commander, how can he govern this huge world, so he still needs these civil and military officials with uneven conduct to assist him, for this reason, he sometimes has to pay attention to the opinions of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and has to open one eye and close one eye.

Everything is only about compromising for the big picture.