Facing Zhu Youzhen's questioning, Yuan Chonghuan was also choked for a while.

He didn't know what to say.

Yuan Chonghuan didn't expect that Zhu Youzhen, who originally trusted him very much, would suddenly have this attitude.

Yuan Chonghuan knew very well in his heart that without Zhu Youzhen's trust and support, then everything he did would be useless.

Including the efforts he has made in the eastern Liaoning region during this period of time, and the advantages he has won will all be wiped out.

But Zhu Youzhen's question, he didn't know how to answer.

It's not that he can't answer, but Yuan Chonghuan doesn't know how to answer.

Regarding the unauthorized killing of Mao Wenlong, Yuan Chonghuan could not explain it at all.

Mao Wenlong's power is too great, and there are so many soldiers under his command that he doesn't listen to him at all.

And he is the main general who Zhu Youzhen strongly supported and went to Liaodong to sit down.

Facing the underground snake Mao Wenlong, Yuan Chonghuan must do something to strengthen his own prestige.

And Mao Wenlong unfortunately became the chicken who killed chickens and set an example for monkeys.

Although the army led by Mao Wenlong was fierce in combat, it was scattered and did not listen to the orders of the Ming court at all.

At one time, military orders and personnel even came to the imperial court to ask for food and salary, so as to fill their own pockets.

Including in the Liaodong region, in the face of the wars of the Later Jin Dynasty several times, Mao Wenlong just didn't work.

Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan felt that the existence of Mao Wenlong also indirectly led to the loss of power of the Ming court in Liaodong.

Moreover, Mao Wenlong is unruly, including his subordinates.

Although Zhu Youzhen appointed him to sit in Liaodong and preside over the overall situation of Liaodong, Mao Wenlong did not give face at all.

And Yuan Chonghuan was also very aware of the importance of the army controlled by Mao Wenlong.

It is impossible for him to let such a disobedient person control such an important army.

That's a ticking time bomb.

If Yuan Chonghuan wants to fully complete the recovery of Liaodong within five years, then Mao Wenlong must cooperate unconditionally.

But obviously, Mao Wenlong was uncooperative.

Therefore, in order to establish his prestige, so that he can better lead the troops in the future.

Yuan Chonghuan directly killed Mao Wenlong.

As for Huang Taiji's plan to negotiate peace, Yuan Chonghuan was even more unclear.

His abacus is like this, either to negotiate peace or continue to fight, pretending to negotiate peace.

How did Yuan Chonghuan explain to Zhu Youzhen?

Could it be that he plans to pretend to negotiate peace, and then let Huang Taiji's side relax his vigilance, and find another opportunity to fight back?

Even if Zhu Youzhen can accept it, can those old ghosts in the cabinet accept it?

Even if the old things in the cabinet accept it, this matter is still a secret.

There are so many people in the court, if it reaches the ears of Huang Taiji, then this plan will be nullified.

If he told Zhu Youzhen that he really wanted to negotiate peace, it would be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty and could drag Huang Taiji to death, but wouldn't he Yuan Chonghuan just overstep his behalf.

The Ming court did not have any statement here, and Yuan Chonghuan began to contact Huang Taiji to discuss peace.

Isn't this a traitor?

So whether it is a real peace negotiation or a false peace negotiation, this has not been discussed with the imperial court, and now no matter how he explains it, no one will believe him at all.

Faced with Zhu Youzhen's questioning, Yuan Chonghuan himself didn't know how to explain.

So Yuan Chonghuan could only respond with silence.

He hoped that Zhu Youzhen would be able to believe in him in the end, and believe in his Yuan Chonghuan's character and loyalty.

No matter what he Yuan Chonghuan did, it was all for the Ming court and the Ming Dynasty.

And Zhu Youzhen's side, seeing that Yuan Chonghuan didn't make it clear, he was also angry.

Zhu Youzhen immediately judged in his heart that Yuan Chonghuan had different intentions.

But Zhu Youzhen still did not let Yuan Chonghuan be killed on the spot, but put Yuan Chonghuan in prison on the charge of killing Mao Wenlong.

Faced with this result, although Yuan Chonghuan already had some expectations in his heart, he couldn't accept it.

He was obviously dedicated to the Ming court, but in the end, he got such a result.

Yuan Chonghuan shouted grievances all the way, and kept saying that he was loyal to Daming, but Zhu Youzhen directly ignored Yuan Chonghuan's grievances.

The news of Yuan Chonghuan's imprisonment soon spread to Guan Ningjun outside the city.

The Guanning Army was Yuan Chonghuan's descendant unit and the main corps stationed in Liaodong.

When they learned that their main general, Yuan Chonghuan, was arrested and imprisoned by the imperial court, Guan Ningjun was immediately panicked.

At this time, because of the arrest and imprisonment of the main general Yuan Chonghuan, the status of Guan Ningjun also plummeted.

There are also many people in the Ming army who suspect that the Guan Ning army is a traitor and a spy.

Other legions of the Ming Dynasty also began to suppress the Guanning army, even to the point of humiliation.

At one time, the main general of his army was good at killing the Guanning army.

This series of operations suddenly made Guan Ningjun unbearable.

Immediately, Zu Dashou ran east with 15,000 Guanning troops, and he didn't know whether to surrender to the enemy or to occupy the mountain as the king.

Anyway, because of Yuan Chonghuan's imprisonment, it caused the following series of things.

The first to bear the brunt is the internal strife of the defenders in Liaodong, the army's morale is unstable, and everyone is in danger.

After Zhu Youzhen learned about this, he was also shocked.

He summoned his ministers and discussed how to deal with it.

Immediately, those officials in the court proposed that Yuan Chonghuan was the key to the whole matter.

It was because of Yuan Chonghuan's arrest that some of Guan Ningjun's people were in danger.

As long as Yuan Chonghuan is allowed to come forward, those Guan Ningjun who were taken away by Zu Dashou will be able to come back by themselves.

There was no way, Zhu Youzhen had to order someone to communicate with Yuan Chonghuan.

The one who took over this errand was Liu Qiao, who was the commander of Jinyiwei at the time.

Liu Qiao soon came to the edict with Zhu Youzhen's will and asked Yuan Chonghuan to write a letter to persuade Zu Dashou to come back.

After Yuan Chonghuan learned the news, he was also shocked at first.

He didn't expect Zu Dashou to be so rigid and run away directly with his soldiers.

You must know that the current Ming Dynasty is the time to employ people, and the situation in Liaodong is already a bit grim, and these brave and warlike Guanning troops are not used to make up the numbers, they are definitely the main force in the main force.

Zu Dashou is now leaving directly with 15,000 Guan Ning troops, and the Ming court will definitely be in a hurry.

But Zu Dashou's move was a little too reckless, and he fled with his troops.

It's like rebellion.

It is also thanks to the fact that the Ming Dynasty at this time was a little stormy, and integrity was the most difficult time.

If it had been done at another time, Zu Dashou would definitely have been beaten by the other armies of the Ming Dynasty, and he wouldn't have known his mother.

Although he was a little shocked by Zu Dashou's behavior, Yuan Chonghuan didn't want to write a letter asking Zu Dashou to bring the troops back.

Because, Zu Dashou led the troops to flee privately and had nothing to do with him.

You know, he was in prison at this time.

Zu Dashou outside led his troops to flee privately, and what happened to Yuan Chonghuan, who had already been imprisoned.

That was completely Zu Dashou's personal and Guan Ningjun's own meaning, and he Yuan Chonghuan didn't blindly mix in the middle.

Now that Zu Dashou has run away with someone, let him write a letter to ask Zu Dashou to come back, isn't this nonsense.

It seems that Zu Dashou took Guan Ningjun to escape privately is what he Yuan Chonghuan meant.

Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan was very resistant to asking him to write a letter to persuade him to return to Zu Dashou.

Because this matter has nothing to do with him, he doesn't want to continue to get involved.

Regardless of whether the letter he wrote was useful or not, even if it was, he didn't want to wade into this troubled water.

He has now been locked up, and he has been charged with murder of an official of the imperial court on the top of his head.

Now he is blaming himself for the incident of Zu Dashou leading the troops to escape, isn't it a fool.

Anyway, Yuan Chonghuan wouldn't do that.

Therefore, when Liu Qiao asked him to write a letter to persuade Zu Dashou to come back, he refused without thinking about it.

Because Yuan Chonghuan knew very well in his heart that Zhu Youzhen was already suspicious of him.

At this time, it is better for him to do nothing, and it is better to stay in prison honestly.

Now if you write a letter to ask Zu Dashou to come back, then I am afraid that Zhu Youzhen will be even more suspicious of himself.

When Zu Dashou came back with the soldiers, then he really couldn't clear his name no matter what.

When the time comes, I'm afraid it will end up in a very miserable end.

When Liu Qiao, the commander of Jinyiwei, saw Yuan Chonghuan refusing, he bluntly said that this was what Zhu Youzhen meant.

It was Zhu Youzhen who asked Yuan Chonghuan to write a letter to persuade him to return to his ancestral birthday.

If Yuan Chonghuan complied and successfully persuaded Zu Dashou to come back, maybe there would be another way to live.

Even reinstatement is not impossible.

Hearing this, Yuan Chonghuan began to ponder in his heart again.

He Yuan Chonghuan was not afraid of death, but he was charged with treason and killing an official of the imperial court to die, which he could not accept.

It would be great if he could not be put to death.

Then he will still have a chance to prove himself, a chance to serve the Ming court, and a chance to reconquer the Liaodong region.

Realize what you said to Zhu Youzhen at the beginning, and return to Liao in five years!

will be able to correct one's name again and prove one's innocence.

can also let Zhu Youzhen see his loyalty to the Ming court.

More importantly, he Yuan Chonghuan wants to prove himself.

Thinking of this, Yuan Chonghuan agreed to Liu Qiao and decided to write a letter to persuade Zu Dashou to come back.

Later, Yuan Chonghuan's letter was sent to Zu Dashou's hands, coupled with many persuasions, Zu Dashou finally returned to the Ming court with Guan Ningjun.

After this incident, Zhu Youzhen's attitude towards Yuan Chonghuan changed a little on the surface, and he was moved from Jinyiwei's edict to the prison of the Criminal Department.

But in Zhu Youzhen's heart, he was even more suspicious of Yuan Chonghuan.

Zu Dashou was Yuan Chonghuan's subordinate, and after learning that Yuan Chonghuan was arrested and imprisoned, he led his troops away, what is this not a rebellion?

It was useless to persuade everyone, only Yuan Chonghuan was useful.

Could it be that the words spoken by the emperor of the Ming Empire are not as good as a Yuan Chonghuan?

Crucially, it also involves military power.

Zhu Youzhen once again felt that things were out of his control, and the army guarding the border did not listen to him.

What made Zhu Youzhen most suspicious was that the day Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned was also the day when the Later Jin Army moved from Nanhaizi.

The timing was such a coincidence.

After Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned, Huang Taiji led his troops to other places with a tacit understanding and no longer harassed Beijing.

Beijing City has rarely ushered in a period of peace.

However, although Huang Taiji did not storm Beijing City, he did not leave completely, but kept ravaging the cities, prefectures and counties near Beijing City.

Under the leadership of Huang Taiji, many prefectures and counties near Beijing City were lost and fell into the hands of Huang Taiji.

The Ming army was no match for Huang Taiji at all, and they could only watch Huang Taiji wreak havoc on the people of the Ming Dynasty under their noses.

Until Zu Dashou returned with 15,000 Guan Ning troops.

The combat effectiveness of the Guan Ning Army is still overwhelming, and it is not false in the face of Huang Taiji.

He quickly recovered the lost city and drove Huang Taiji out of the Great Wall.

At this point, Zhu Youzhen was a little happier.

Zu Dashou repelled Huang Taiji, which was completely adding points to Yuan Chonghuan.

Seeing that the crisis in front of him had been resolved, Zhu Youzhen also began to re-examine Yuan Chonghuan.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen's murderous intent towards Yuan Chonghuan was slightly restrained.

The most crude plan is to demote Yuan Chonghuan to a concubine.

However, Wen Tiren, the cabinet minister at the time, and Liang Tingdong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, seemed to cause Yuan Chonghuan to die because of their selfishness.

Liang Tingdong, as the secretary of the military department, had many disagreements with Yuan Chonghuan when he was defending the city in Liaodong before, and because he was jealous of Yuan Chonghuan's military exploits in Liaodong, he did not plan to let Yuan Chonghuan go.

And Wen Tiren is the representative of the bureaucracy.

Because Yuan Chonghuan was good at killing Mao Wenlong, he touched their interests.

When Mao Wenlong was in Phi Dao before, whether it was smuggling or falsely reporting military salaries, he was connected with the bureaucracy of the DPRK and China.

Whether it is the military salary allocated by the imperial court or the benefits obtained by Mao Wenlong's smuggling, they must be shared equally with those old guys in the imperial court.

In other words, Mao Wenlong is the money bag of some old guys in the Ming court.

But Yuan Chonghuan directly killed Mao Wenlong without opening his eyes, cutting off their financial route.

Therefore, these old things also want to kill Yuan Chonghuan, and then recommend an obedient person to go over and continue to make money.

Although Yuan Chonghuan was still in prison at this time, Zhu Youzhen at this time did not plan to kill Yuan Chonghuan.

The time he most wanted to kill Yuan Chonghuan had passed.

But I didn't expect that at this time, those old things in the cabinet jumped out to kill Yuan Chonghuan.

Represented by Cabinet Minister Wen Tiren and Liang Tingdong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Yuan Chonghuan was soon impeached.

said that Yuan Chonghuan fornicated with foreign enemies, had no king's law, and killed the main general before the battle.

In short, they have all the charges that can be listed for Yuan Chonghuan.

For a time, countless courtiers in the entire Ming Dynasty seconded the proposal to impeach Yuan Chonghuan.

Zhu Youzhen asked Yuan Chonghuan to be killed, and even they had found all the evidence of Yuan Chonghuan's collaboration with the enemy.

Zhu Youzhen was already suspicious of Yuan Chonghuan and planned to abandon it.

Since so many people have jumped out to impeach Yuan Chonghuan now, Zhu Youzhen has no reason to stop it.

Because the impeachment of Yuan Chonghuan is charged with fornicating with foreign enemies and attempting to rebel, and some people have attached evidence.

So this thing is very noisy.

Zhu Youzhen arranged for the three law divisions to interrogate Yuan Chonghuan.

(End of chapter)