Chapter 232: Rebel Thief

"On the seventeenth day of Yue, the Duke of Liang led the Dingwu army to re-establish the Nudu Du Department in Qufu, and beheaded 472 thieves under the Nugu Mountain;

On the 18th, the Dingwu army arrived at the capital city of Yanzhou and fought fiercely with Jiannu under the city, and Jiannu retreated;

On the 19th, the rest of the Dingwu army pursued Jiannu to Jinan Mansion and returned, Jiannu heard that the Dingwu army had arrived, and fled north in a hurry, and the Duke of Liangguo rescued 170,000 captive people and more than 30,000 livestock..."

After hearing the report, Zhu Youzhen was expressionless, and looked at the people in the hall: "How long will it take for King Qin's army to arrive?" ”

"Back to the Holy Place, Qin Liangyu from Sichuan has already arrived at Bauhinia Pass, and there are still three days to go;

In addition, Yuan Chonghuan has entered Shanhaiguan with 30,000 Guan Ning troops, and it will arrive tomorrow at the earliest..."

Zhu Youzhen looked at Cui Chengxiu coldly, and the more he looked at it, the more annoyed he became: "Jiannu broke through the Xifeng Pass and entered the pass, plundering and killing millions of people in my Ming Dynasty, and you are the secretary of the military department who is to blame..."

As soon as these words came out, Cui Chengxiu felt that he was going to suffer, so he quickly knelt down: "Your Majesty is angry, and the minister is wronged..."

Donglin Yushi immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, the lives in the Guan are devastated, and Cui Chengxiu is extremely evil..."

"Someone..."

Zhu Youzhen shouted: "Get rid of Cui Chengxiu's post as the secretary of the military department, arrest him in the prison of the criminal department and wait for his fate, and order Feng Jiahui to lead the post of secretary of the military department...

In addition, a decree was sent to Chen Cao, asking him to lead troops into King Qin, Beijing..."

"The Emperor... In order to facilitate the Dingwu army to rescue Yanzhou Mansion, Sun Guozhen gave Liang Guogong the one million taels of military pay originally prepared by the Denglai Governor Yamen to Mao Wenlong on Phi Island, not only that, but Liang Guogong also received 3.5 million taels of military expenses from the Yansheng family in Qufu..."

As soon as Wang Chengen's words fell, Zhu Youzhen was instantly furious: "Bold Chen Cao, he resisted and disobeyed the order when he was in Liaodong before, and ran back to Songjiang without permission, I haven't settled accounts with him about Nanjing, and at this moment he went north to King Qin actually dared to ask me for money, such a rebellious minister and thief, he should be killed..."

"Message..."

Zhao Nanxing immediately interrupted Zhu Youzhen's words: "Your Majesty, stop your anger...

At present, Chen Cao has also made a great contribution in Shandong, forced back Jiannu, and saved more than 100,000 people, if there is no reward, it will be enough, if His Majesty wants to kill him, he will definitely be forced to rebel in Shandong, and now Shandong has just been plundered by Jiannu, it is really impossible to toss anymore, and now that Jiannu is besieging Jingshi, it is better to wait for the retreat of Jiannu and then His Majesty will draw up a will to appease Chen Cao temporarily, and when the time is right, it is not too late to eradicate it..."

"The ministers seconded the motion..."

"I... I..."Zhu Youzhen couldn't imagine that the current Chen Cao was already in a state of being in a tail, and he threw the imperial inkstone on the dragon case into the hall and walked towards the apse.

Inside the East Warm Pavilion

"I ask you, who gave Emperor Daxing the idea of Chen Cao's restoration of the post of Duke of Liang and the reinstatement of the Dingwu Army?"

Wang Chengen thought about it carefully, and then raised his head: "I have heard a lot about this matter, I heard that it was Gonggong Wei and some eunuch ministers of the previous dynasty who gave advice to Emperor Daxing, at that time the treasury had no money, Chen Cao had money, and I heard that 11 million taels of silver were given..."

"It's Wei Zhongxian again, his mother..."

Zhu Youzhen was completely furious, all kinds of swear words were endless, and Wang Chengen didn't dare to touch his head, he knew that his master's temper was not good when he was in the palace.

"Go, bring Wei Zhongxian to me, and call the imperial sister-in-law too..."

Naturally, private deliberations cannot be in the Qianqing Palace, but can only be in a small place like the East and West Warm Pavilion, but because the emperor often stays in the East Warm Pavilion, and by the time Wei Zhongxian and Empress Yi'an Zhang Yan arrived, Zhu Youzhen had already lost his temper in the West Warm Pavilion.

"Imperial sister-in-law..."

Zhu Youzhen arched his hand towards Zhang Yan, and his words were unusually respectful: "I invited the imperial sister-in-law to come today, and there is indeed one thing to testify with the imperial sister-in-law." ”

Looking at Wei Zhongxian, who was lying on the ground as soon as he entered the door, Zhu Youzhen said coldly: "Eunuch, I ask you, where did the edict of Emperor Daxing come from?" ”

"Back to the emperor, after Emperor Daxing fell into the water, he ordered the old slave to sort it out, and stamped the treasure seal."

"Shang Baojian's palm seal eunuch is also your person, but it is easy to stamp the seal, whether this edict is true, I am very skeptical now..."

Wei Zhongxian couldn't lie any lower: "Emperor Mingjian, the old slave is a slave of the heavenly family, and he can't do such a thing as forging an edict, so it's useless for the old slave..."

"Hmph..."

Zhu Youzhen's nostrils exhaled in a cold voice: "I will ask you again, Chen Cao was promoted to the Duke of Liangguo and re-took charge of the Dingwu Army, but you arranged it single-handedly?" ”

"Emperor Mingjian, the old slave didn't have the guts, at that time, Yuan Chonghuan was in charge of the Daxing Emperor to ask for a military salary of 6 million taels for the war with Jiannu, His Majesty's internal income over the years was all due to Chen Cao, but in the past six years, the remaining internal funds were only 800,000 taels of silver, most of which subsidized the treasury..."

Zhang Yan is a sensible person, although her husband is dead, when there are some reasonable things, she still has to tell Zhu Youzhen: "When your imperial brother was there, he said that money was used in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and the taxes could not keep up. ”

"Empress Yi'an Shengming, the emperor, Shaanxi, Henan, Nanzhili, Shandong, Shanxi and other places, either the drought is repeated, or the flood is monstrous, the locust plague in Shanxi continues, and the money in various places is still in the treasury of the celebrant supervisor, the tax revenue of the national dynasty is only more than 2 million taels a year, and only 2.13 million taels of silver were collected last year, and the disaster relief alone is not enough, and there are officials who are lulu;

Emperor Daxing once said that Liaodong is the foundation laid by the ancestors, and nothing can be lost, so he greatly supported Yuan Chonghuan's use of troops, so that this money can only be taken from Chen Cao's hands..."

This is very clear, the Emperor of the Apocalypse knows that Chen Cao is a hot potato, but he wants to use Chen Cao's money, and under the tension between the dynasty and the dynasty, he can only choose the latter.

It's a pity that they can't play Chen Cao, a big guy who travels through.

"Whew..."

Zhu Youzhen closed his eyes and was in abnormal pain, he had the determination to revive the Ming Dynasty, but it was a pity that now there are constant internal and external troubles, and what his brother left to him was an extremely bad mess...

"Emperor, Emperor Daxing knows that Chen Cao's fang is not a good thing, but the situation in the country and the dynasty does not allow Emperor Daxing not to make up his mind on Chen Cao, the dynasty has no money, Chen Cao has money, so that Emperor Daxing can only use his title and military power to make Chen Cao pay the money honestly, which is really a helpless move;

Because of this, Emperor Daxing ordered Chen Cao to go to Liaodong, wanting to spend his Dingwu army in Liaodong, but it's a pity..."

"What a pity?"

Wei Zhongxian didn't dare to say it, because there were too many pig teammates, including this emperor.

"What do I pity you?"

The voice became colder and colder, and Wei Zhongxian raised his head: "The princes of the Middle East Lin regard Chen Cao as a traitor, and they all want to kill him quickly, but they don't know that Emperor Daxing is actually boiling frogs in warm water, but the fire is too fierce, and the frog can't help jumping out in pain." ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Zhang Yan, then shook his head helplessly, smiled bitterly and retreated again and again, and almost fell under the warm bed: "Sister-in-law... Forgive me for being rude, the imperial brother left me with this big trouble..."

Zhu Youzhen's temperament can't allow him to admit his mistakes, but in his heart he has now figured it out, there was a way to suppress Chen Cao, but now because of his previous decision, Chen Cao was forced to become the ruthless character who listened to the tone and didn't listen to the announcement...

Of course, this kind of mistake must not be admitted, because he is the king of a country.

"Huang Liji, Cui Chengxiu, a few thieves hurt me..."

Zhu Youzhen scolded angrily: "Wang Chengen intends to remove Huang Liji from the post of first assistant to the cabinet, and the cabinet votes to re-elect the first assistant, Cui Chengxiu forgives the crime and punishes him, and he will be decided..."

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, where did he dare to plead with Cui Chengxiu, this matter made it clear that Zhu Youzhen wanted to let people bear the blame for his decision-making mistakes.

"Let's go, I don't want to see you again, today you will take the Hakka clan to leave the capital immediately and go to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum."

Zhang Yan didn't care about it originally, but at this moment, when she heard Zhu Youzhen say that Wei Zhongxian should leave with the Hakka family, she asked: "Wei Zhongxian, this palace asks you, how much do you know about the Hakka family and the Daxing Emperor rumored in the palace?" ”

Where did Wei Zhongxian dare to tell the truth, he immediately bowed again: "The old slave has never heard of it..."

"This matter is so spreading, do you dare to say that you don't know?"

Zhu Youzhen frowned and asked: "Imperial sister-in-law, what are the rumors?" ”

Zhang Yan then told Zhu Youzhen about the prostitution and promiscuity of Zhu Youxiao and the Hakka family, and Zhu Youzhen was furious when he heard it: "Bastard things, go, drag all those people who chew the root of their tongues to the cane of the salary..."

The matter is about the face of the royal family, and with Zhu Youzhen's character, he will never leave those people behind.

"Imperial sister-in-law, the imperial sister-in-law is a case of absolute decision-in-law in the affairs of the harem, and I will not interfere."

Zhang Yan nodded: "Okay... Wei Zhongxian, you can go by yourself..."

Wei Zhongxian knew that the Ke clan couldn't keep it, so he nodded: "The old slave Xie Huangye, Xie Yi'an Niangniang, the old slave will definitely guard the ancestral mausoleum when he goes to Fengyang..."

After Wei Zhongxian and Zhang Yan left, Zhu Youzhen sat on the warm bed and looked at Wang Chengen: "What happened to my imperial brother in the inner palace, say it carefully, I won't blame you." ”

Wang Chengen bowed down at this time: "Back to the emperor, the Hakka family was powerful in the Huanyi Bureau, and wantonly killed the palace maids assigned by the Huanyi Bureau, not to mention, Yi'an Niangniang sent people from the Salary Division to arrest them, and the Hakas scolded the eunuchs and palace maids of the Salary Division by relying on themselves to be the nurse of the Daxing Emperor, and they didn't dare to deal with it at will..."

This sentence is very elegant, but Zhu Youzhen, who is at the level of the master, understands it at once, he did not dispose of Wei Zhongxian, he did not deal with the eunuch party in disguise, and the Hakka family is Wei Zhongxian's genuine counterpart on the surface, Wei Zhongxian does not fall, and no one dares to touch this brow.

Zhu Youzhen turned his head to look at Wang Chengen: "What else?" ”

Wang Chengen said again: "There is no way to take the palm prints of the Huanyi Bureau, so this matter has been pressed there." ”