At the court meeting, there was a person Yang Chengying who deliberately did not mention it.

That is Sun Cheng, the guard of Shahe Fort.

First, Sun Cheng is not his subordinate; Second, he wanted to see how Ming Ting dealt with it.

The inside of the pass is already stormy, and Yang Cheng should also do something outside the pass, and share the god of Chongzhen and the ministers.

Lu Xiangsheng's recital was quickly sent to Chongzhen's imperial case.

Chongzhen opened it and looked at it, and couldn't help but be surprised: the person who instigated Sun Cheng to contact Maohan was Lu Xiangsheng.

It can even be said that being able to contact Maohan successfully is Lu Xiangsheng's greatest achievement.

There is also a major event mentioned in the song, Yang Chengying sent Yue to Guihua City. Before the army arrived, Omubu and Maohan surrendered in fear.

In addition, Yue's envoy had already arrived in Datong and asked Wang Pu, the commander of Datong, why he was trying to split his own people.

Chongzhen hesitated for a long time, and said again and again, "How can this be true! Outrageous! As a courtier, he dared to question the king's general, and he didn't take me seriously at all."

Although it was the depths of winter, Chongzhen was in a hot sweat when he saw Lu Xiangsheng's recital.

He was not only worried that his authority as a monarch would be completely lost because of this matter, but also feared that Yue Zhi would not get a satisfactory answer, so he would take the opportunity to plunder Datong and cause a great war in the north.

The thieves in the south have not yet been pacified, and there is another feudal town that is several times more powerful than the thieves, and the Ming Dynasty may no longer exist.

Chongzhen tried his best to calm himself a little, stood up and walked around the warm pavilion, and whispered to himself fiercely as he walked:

"Brother Huang indulged him too much back then, so that this thief who started in the land of projectiles has such a climate today, and there are his soldiers outside the border and in Saibei.

I'm also confused, I actually handed over Guan Ningjun to this person! If Guan Ningjun is still here, why am I afraid of the thieves and Yang Chengying."

After losing his temper, Chongzhen's heart felt better, so he called Cao Huachun into the palace.

Cao Huachun was in charge of the Jingying Rongzheng and the commander of the East Factory, and generally did not stay in the palace.

Hearing the message of the internal supervisor, Cao Huachun hurried to the Qianqing Palace.

Chongzhen said Cao Huachun in a reproachful tone:

"Sun Cheng colluded with the king of Shunyi outside the Saiwai to make such a big event, he actually asked Lu Xiangsheng to write a report to the court, you are in charge of the Dongchang Yamen, and you are responsible for investigating and serving the subjects, and you have raised many subordinates. You didn't know until the fact that you had become my confidant and eyes in vain."

Cao Huachun knelt on the ground, and while saying, "The slave and maid are guilty, beg the emperor to calm his anger", he was turning his mind.

Dongchang and Jinyiwei have become waste yamen as early as the Wei Zhongxian period. In other words, it was already in the Wanli period.

This is not the work of one person, but the work of countless people.

But I don't dare to tell Chongzhen this, that is not equivalent to admitting that I am incompetent.

Pondering the emperor's words carefully, he understood that the emperor wanted to push this matter all on Lu Xiangsheng.

Cao Huachun replied on the ground: "The matter of connecting the king of Shunyi was originally very secret, and the slaves and maids didn't know much. Only the Cabinet and Lo Siang-sheng himself know, and the former Cabinet First Minister, Wen Ti-yan, has passed away, so only Lo Siang-sheng knows."

"What have you done so far?"

"The slave maid ordered the Dongchang fans to investigate in many ways, and they have learned the truth of the matter."

"What is the truth?"

"Emperor Qiqi, here's the thing: Wang Pu, the general of Datong, and Wang Fuchen, the general under Yang Chengying, have in-laws, and Lu Xiangsheng can't be trusted. It just so happened that Sun Cheng, the guard of Shahe Fort, had a gap with Wang Pu, so Lu Xiangsheng asked him to act as an intermediary and liaise with Omubu and others."

"Okay, my nine sides have leaked into a sieve, and Hong Chengchou and Wang Pu have forgotten whose courtiers they are one by one."

"The emperor is angry, the dragon body is important."

"What do Sun Cheng and Omubu rely on?"

"Letters. The slave has learned that these letters have fallen into the hands of Yang Chengying's subordinates."

"Why did Omubu surrender without a fight? He is the king of Shunyi, the khan of the northern captives, and none of his courtiers is willing to stand up?"

"Emperor, Omubu's power is not as good as before, and Yang Chengying's prestige is very high. The army of the general Yue is not yet there

By then, the generals of the Naturalized City had already taken action and cut off Omubu's retreat."

When Chongzhen heard this, he felt inexplicable empathy in his heart.

In the eyes of the old ministers, the last Great Khan was a guy who got in the way.

When he thought of this, Chongzhen's heart was cold, and he always felt that this matter had something to do with him.

Cao Huachun took advantage of Chongzhen's confusion and hurriedly said, "The slave maid also learned about something, and the truth of the matter still needs to be verified."

"You say."

"The slave maid's preliminary investigation learned that Zhang Pu had gone to Chen Mingxia and Wu Chang's farewell banquet before leaving Beijing and going south. Zhang Pu ate wine, boarded a boat in Tongzhou, and fell into the river and died the next day."

"How sure are you about this?"

"Eighty percent."

"Oh, why?"

"Wu Changshi had a close relationship with Zhou Yanru, and Zhou Yanru did not deal with Zhang Pu. Your Majesty can think about it, why is it Chen Mingxia instead of Zhang Pu, who has a higher prestige, to recommend the candidate to go to Liaodong to inquire about intelligence."

"There is some truth to it." Chongzhen waved his hand, "You go down."

As soon as Cao Huachun retreated, Chongzhen slapped the table and was angry.

In his opinion, Zhou Yanru, a "capable minister", is really stupid. It was an eventful time for the country, but he did despicable things under the melon fields and plums, which caused the centrifugation of the literati in Jiangnan.

"Spread Zhou Yanru to Wenhua Hall to see me."

Chongzhen already had an idea in his heart, so he just wanted to see how Zhou Yanru would deal with it, and then make a calculation.

Zhou Yanru knew about Sun Cheng early, and listened to the edict of the internal supervisor to summon him into the palace, and began to think about how to deal with it.

First of all, he can't blame Lu Xiangsheng on this matter.

Lu Xiangsheng is acting on orders, even if there is a small mistake, he cannot be accused of doing something wrong.

Secondly, it can't be pushed to Wen Tiren, that will make the emperor despise him, after all, the dead are great.

Thinking about it like this, doesn't it make him carry this pot.

He doesn't take the blame.

In the future, if the official impeaches him for "damaging the prestige of the saints", he will be worse than ever.

In front of Chongzhen, Zhou Yanru was silent.

No matter what Chongzhen asked, he only replied, "Please ask Your Majesty to make your own decisions, and the minister Zhou Yanru will do things according to his orders."

Chongzhen asked three times in a row how to deal with Sun Cheng, and Zhou Yanru replied so.

This can make Chongzhen angry, "Okay, you Zhou Yanru has just served as the first assistant for a few days, and you are dumb in front of me. I think you'd better go home and don't do this Shousuke."

Zhou Yanru didn't know whether Chongzhen was angry or true, so he lowered his head and didn't dare to answer.

Go home? I'm not, the first assistant's seat is not hot yet.

Chongzhen may have felt that it was indeed inappropriate to drive people back like this, so he let Zhou Yanru go down.

Zhou Yanru was very scared, and after returning home, he pondered it repeatedly, feeling that he couldn't sit still.

So, he did something that he couldn't regret in the future:

He sent someone to bribe Zhou Kui, the father of Empress Zhou and the reign prince of the dynasty, 100,000 taels, begging him to say a few kind words in front of the prince, and asked the prince to say a few good words for him in front of the emperor.

The young prince Zhu Cihong came to the Qianqing Palace surrounded by a group of palace maids and internal eunuchs.

After kowtowing to his father, he stood beside Chongzhen.

Chongzhen asked softly, "How are you studying lately?"

"Mr. Zhou taught children poetry, calligraphy, etiquette and music, and his children learned a lot. Mr. Zhou deserves to be the prime minister and the powerful courtier of his father."

How can Zhu Cihong understand such complicated words, in fact, they are all taught by Zhou Kui.

When Chongzhen heard this, he immediately understood.