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"Your Majesty, Mr. Yang Sichang of Henan hastened the journey for eight hundred miles."

Looking at the Jinyiwei running away panting, Wang Chengen's dark face seemed to scold him. It is rare for His Majesty to have the pleasure of joking with the queen, but this beautiful scene was directly ruined by you, but this is also thinking about it, Wang Chengen can still tell the difference The priority of the matter, Yang Sichang's urgent report in Henan's eight hundred miles is obviously a very urgent military and state matter. If he dares to stop such a matter from being reported, Emperor Chongzhen will be able to take his own skin.

Wang Chengen looked at Jin Yiwei and said, "Wait outside the door, you are not allowed to enter without His Majesty's order."

"Yes."

Jin Yiwei responded immediately, at this time Wang Chengen quickly came to the imperial study, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty."

Chongzhen had already let the queen get off his lap at this time, looked at Wang Chengen with a serious face and said, "What's going on outside?"

Wang Cheng'en said: "Your Majesty, Yang Sichang's [-] miles hastened."

"Yang Sichang!"

Chongzhen frowned when he heard this name, Yang Sichang is in charge of Henan now, and now Yang Sichang is urgently reporting within [-] miles, could it be that there is something wrong with Henan?
Thinking of this, Chongzhen said: "Let Jin Yiwei come in."

"Yes."

As Wang Chengen said, he beckoned the Jinyiwei at the door to come in the next moment. Hearing Wang Chengen's call, Jinyiwei immediately came in and knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Yang Sichang has an urgent report from eight hundred miles."

Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Submit it."

"Yes."

Soon this urgent report from eight hundred miles was sent to Chongzhen's Yushuan. After receiving this report, Chongzhen felt a little bad feeling in his heart, especially when he saw a little dazzling red on the envelope, which was blood. .

Chongzhen didn't say anything. At this time, he took apart the wax, opened the envelope, and took out the letter. Two things fell out of it, a military newspaper and a letter. "

Chongzhen took out the military newspaper and looked at it. The military newspaper is a business, and the letter memorials are often reported to Chongzhen by relying on the military newspaper, so Chongzhen chose to read the military newspaper first.

At this time, I saw Chongzhen open the military newspaper, his face was serious at first, and finally turned cold and pale. Unable to speak.

Seeing Chongzhen like this, Wang Chengen and Empress Zhou were shocked. They had never seen Chongzhen like this. At this moment, Empress Zhou looked at Chongzhen cautiously and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty? What's wrong with you?"

At this moment, Chongzhen stared blankly at the front and said, "Luoyang City is broken."

"what?"

Empress Zhou was shocked when she heard this, but Chongzhen was not done yet, and continued: "Uncle Fu was boiled to death by Li Zicheng, and his meat was shared among the bandits. It is called Fulu Banquet!"

"Ah, Uncle Fu Wang! Was, eaten?"

Empress Zhou's voice trembled when she heard this, she wondered when a court lady had ever heard of such a horrible thing, the dignified uncle was divided and eaten, it was so shocking to the extreme, her eyes widened at this time, she didn't know what to do Digest this passage.

Wang Chengen's eyes shrank when he heard this, even though he was a well-informed eunuch who had come to Wei Zhongxian's evil era, he was deeply terrified by the act of cooking King Fu.

In the past, it was fine to kill officials and rebel, but now he dared to move Prince Daming, this nature has changed. Thinking of this, Wang Chengen lowered his head and stopped talking, but Chongzhen didn't slow down for a long time, and murmured: "Uncle Fu was eaten Now, Luoyang is lost, Henan, Henan is in danger, Henan is in danger!"

At this time, Empress Zhou saw that Chongzhen was so depressed and quickly pointed to the channel beside her: "Your Majesty, don't worry, here is a letter from Lord Yang Sichang, let's see what Lord Yang said."

"Yes, Yang Sichang, I still have Yang Sichang!"

Thinking of this, Chongzhen immediately opened the letter in a hurry.

Unexpectedly, when I opened the letter, the opening content of the letter was: "Your Majesty, my minister..."

Chongzhen was stupefied. He thought that Yang Sichang had some solution, but he didn't expect Yang Sichang to recall it at the beginning of the chapter. He finally finished reading the opening chapter, but the more Chongzhen read it, the more wrong it became. Why did he write it like a suicide note?

After Chongzhen read the letter, he found that there was a letter from Marching Sima attached to the back of the letter. Minister, Marching Sima Liu Wenheng reported to His Majesty, Governor of Hubei, Generalissimo of Henan Battlefield Yang Sichang died on the night of June 13, 29th year of Chongzhen!
"What, Yang Sichang died!"

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen felt dizzy, as if the Ming Dynasty was collapsing, and then his eyes went dark, and he didn't know anything.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Seeing Chongzhen fainted, everyone was stunned, and they ran over to rescue Chongzhen. At this moment, Wang Chengen shouted at the top of his voice, "Quickly send the doctor!"

……

"Emperor doctor, how is Your Majesty?"

"Reporting to Empress Empress, Your Majesty is fine, it's just a sudden change, and the congestion caused by the ischemia caused you to faint. I will prescribe a prescription for relaxing tendons and activating blood circulation for Your Majesty, and you will be fine after a few days of rest."

"Oh, that's good, thank you, Doctor Wang."

The Queen said politely to Imperial Physician Wang, and Imperial Physician Wang bowed his hands and withdrew.

Empress Zhou came to Chongzhen's pillow, looked at the Emperor Chongzhen who was still frowning and clenched his fists in his deep sleep, and couldn't help feeling sorry for you, the emperor of the world belongs to you.

I have worked hard for this world, but in the end this world is still unsatisfactory. Thinking of this, Queen Zhou sighed, holding Chongzhen's hand and muttering: "If you are not an emperor, if I am not a queen, I am just an ordinary rich family. Young couple, you should be happy at this time."

Empress Zhou let out a long sigh, and just sat beside Chongzhen to accompany her. Soon after dawn, Chongzhen woke up leisurely, and when she opened her eyes, she saw the empress sitting on the head of her bed, and immediately called out: "Empress."

After hearing this, Empress Zhou opened her eyes and looked at Emperor Chongzhen with a smile, "Your Majesty."

"How long have I been asleep?"

"Not long, only three and a half hours."

"Ah, have I been asleep for so long? By the way, Henan."

Chongzhen muttered and wanted to get up from the bed, the queen supported him at this moment and said: "Don't think about Henan, it's a done deal, it won't help if you worry about it now, let's talk about it after breakfast. His Majesty brings breakfast."

"This……"

Chongzhen looked hesitant, but when he saw Queen Zhou's eyes that could not be refuted, he still gave in, got up and drank some porridge, and then hurriedly rushed to court.

Today's court meeting, all civil and military officials came here, they all knew about the expedited [-]-mile event in Henan last night, and at the same time, the content of the expedited [-]-mile process had been distributed through various channels, and all the courts knew about it. thing.

Luoyang fell, and the news that King Fu was cooked spread like wildfire. What made everyone collapse even more was that even Yang Sichang, the coach of the Henan battlefield, died unfortunately. This brought the entire Henan battlefield to a situation that no one wanted to see. Li Zicheng Out of control!

Therefore, early in the morning, all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty stood in the court hall with serious faces, or discussed in groups of three or five in low voices. Only Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant of the cabinet, stood still at the top without saying a word, as if in his heart. What kind of determination is made.

In the inner court, Emperor Chongzhen walked towards the Jinluan Hall with the support of Wang Chengen. On the way, Wang Chengen saw Cao Huachun kneeling in a corner. His heart moved, he sighed, and continued to support Chongzhen towards the Jinluan Hall.

When Chongzhen arrived, Wang Chengen shouted loudly: "Your Majesty is here!"

Followed by civil and military officials, Shanhu, long live, long live, long live!

Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair and raised his hand: "Pingshen."

The civil and military officials got up, followed by the court and fell into silence. Chongzhen raised his head and looked at the court officials who said nothing: "Everyone must have known about Henan, and I don't know if you have any questions. Taught me?"

The civil servants and military generals were all silent when they heard this, and Chongzhen glanced at him and called out, "Is Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, here?"

"Wei Chen is here."

Chen Xinjia knelt on the ground at this moment.

"What do you think of this matter?"

Chongzhen glanced at Chen Xinjia and said.

After hearing this, Chen Xinjia immediately said: "Your Majesty, trespassers are despicable. They used gunpowder to blow up the Luoyang city defenses, causing Luoyang to fall. Liu Zeqing, the Luoyang defender, should be the leader of the crime. His crime is unforgivable. It is because of his fall that Luoyang city fell. This led to the death of King Fu, and the crime should be attributed to the barbarians. The minister suggested that Liu Zeqing should be arrested immediately by posting the official document of sea arrest. Those who quit."

After hearing Chen Xinjia's words, Chongzhen's expression didn't relax, on the contrary, it became darker. This old bastard, every time he asked them, he knew that he would break his ass without pain or itching. He emphasized that Liu Zeqing must be severely punished, he is really a cunning, and he would not give any constructive advice.

Seeing this, Chongzhen looked at Chen Xinjia and said, "Chen Xinjia, I'm asking about the military affairs in Henan. Now that Henan is occupied by intruders, how should we take back Luoyang and Henan, instead of studying who is responsible here!"

After hearing this, Chen Xinjia cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, although I am the Minister of the Ministry of War, the Minister of the Ministry of War has only taken office not long ago, and the affairs of Henan are all under the supervision of Mr. Yang Sichang, Governor of Hubei. Care, and he is the former minister of the Ministry of War, and I was his subordinate before, so I dare not ask more questions when he is in charge of Henan affairs, so I dare not make rash comments on Henan affairs, and please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Hearing Chen Xinjia's words, Chongzhen was furious. This is a slicker among slickers. He is an old slicker. He previously put the blame on Liu Zeqing, and now he puts the responsibility on the dead Yang Sichang. Even if a person dies, he can't argue with you. You Naturally say what is what.

Chongzhen was furious at this moment, looked at Chen Xinjia viciously and said, "Chen Xinjia, I don't have time to go around with you today, so I will ask you directly, how do you think the next battle in Henan should be fought, and who will fight it?"

After hearing this, Chen Xinjia said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty...I..."

"Say, if you don't tell the reason today, you, the Minister of the Ministry of War, don't do it, go to Jinyiwei's jail and wake up your sins."

"Well, well, that minister boldly said that the chaos in Henan began with the rogues, and His Majesty sent Yang Sichang as the leader. Yang Sichang advocated the moderate faction. The means of countering the rebellion were not very powerful, but he was eloquent. The real tough battle back then It was all fought by Lu Xiangsheng, and the current Li Zicheng in Henan is no different from a few years ago, he hides his strengths and bides his time, and sums up the experience of the failure of the previous uprising by bandits. In this uprising, it is obvious that he is different from the past."

"Aside from other things, in the past, bandit uprisings often used slogans that bandits and bandits like doing justice for the sky would shout, but this time the slogan Li Zicheng yelled was not doing justice for the sky, but a very deceptive "equal land endowment" .”

"Average talent?"

Chongzhen frowned slightly and didn't understand what Juntian was. At this moment, Chen Xinjia said: "The most popular slogan in Henan is Juntian Fu. Its content is: eat her mother, drink her mother, and don't pay for the King Chuang!"

"No food?"

It was the first time for Chongzhen to hear this slogan. Although it was vulgar, even Chongzhen felt a little surprised. In this era, if you don't pay for food, it is equivalent to getting rich overnight.

But Chongzhen himself is too aware of how high the imperial court's taxes are, and there are officials at all levels exploiting them. Chongzhen knows better than anyone what a heavy burden this is on the people, and he also knows how much this slogan of not paying food is to the people. Bewitching.

Chen Xinjia said: "That's right, it's just that they don't pay the food. And when this slogan is shouted, the people in Henan follow like a cloud. The people in the place they pass, the people respond one after another and join the rebel army. Therefore, Li Zicheng's army fought more and more, and finally fought more and more. Into a prairie fire."

"Therefore, I thought that the extermination of Henan rogues should be combined with suppression and appeasement. On the one hand, the army of Li Zicheng's rogues should be strangled. On the other hand, the court should appease the people who have not rebelled, reduce taxes, and let the people stop responding to Li Zicheng. If the people among the people If the root is not removed, no matter how Li Zicheng's army is suppressed, it will only suppress more and more, this is the root cause."

"If the root is cut off, any good general of the Ming Dynasty can destroy it. If the root is not destroyed, it will be even more difficult to destroy Li Zicheng!"

"Exempt Henan land tax?"

Chongzhen muttered, and Chen Xinjia said: "It will be safer if we can distribute some more food to the affected people."

Chongzhen was quite moved when he heard this, but at this moment the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs came out and said directly: "Your Majesty, I think Chen Xinjia's remarks are very inappropriate. This is the way to subjugate the country."

"Ok?"

Chongzhen looked at Hubu Shangshu, Hubu Shangshu said helplessly at this moment: "Your Majesty, I know what you think, yes, I admit that what Mr. Chen said is not unreasonable, if it can appease the people's livelihood, then the bandits The root is decisive, but we can’t calm it down. In the past few years, disasters have occurred in the Ming Dynasty, and the grain production has been severely reduced. Everyone’s life is tight. Now the food reserves of Daming are less than half of the year of the apocalypse, and it is still difficult to supply the army. If it is as Chen Xinjia said , Instead of collecting taxes from Henan, instead of distributing food for disaster relief, it can only reduce the supply of the army.”

"But Your Majesty, if the army's supplies are insufficient, I'm afraid there will be no need for bandits, and the soldiers who are about to starve to death will raise the flag of rebellion. At that time, the world will really be a wolf."