Start a Ming Dynasty plane

Chapter 603 A thief, he actually hit on the princess
Chongzhen's expression became ugly after hearing the words of the Minister of the Household Department. Has the Ministry of Household's finances deteriorated to such an extent now?Thinking of this, Chongzhen looked at the Minister of the Household and said, "Is there no other way than embezzling the army's food?"

Hubu Shangshu's expression changed when he heard the words, and he immediately lowered his head and said, "Yes."

"Say it."

Hubu Shangshu was silent for a moment and spat out two words: "Tax increase!"

"Tax increase?"

The Minister of the Household Department said: "That's right, if you want to reduce or exempt the tax in Henan, then the tax in Henan must be apportioned to the people of other state capitals, but the lives of the people in other state capitals of Your Majesty are also very tight. If such a heavy tax is imposed, I am afraid that before Li Zicheng in Henan is pacified, rogues like Wang Zicheng and Zhao Zicheng will appear in other places!"

After hearing this, Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair weakly, it seemed that the method of suppressing and appeasement was useless.

So what?

Chongzhen didn't know what to do, at this moment Zhou Yanru walked out from his seat, cupped his hands to Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, I think that Ming is now in the most dangerous time, if one step is careless, there will be a catastrophe. I think Chen Shangshu Although the combination of suppression and appeasement is good, it can't be used. The Ming Dynasty's finances have reached the brink of collapse. If you want to appease the people in Henan, you have to tear down the east wall to make up for the west. So we have only one way now, and that is to destroy Li Zicheng at any cost!"

"As long as Li Zicheng, the biggest gangster in the world, is wiped out, then the other little gangsters are just scabies. Let's deal with it slowly. It's nothing."

After hearing this, all the ministers nodded, Zhou Shoufu is the old saying of seeking the country.

Chongzhen also nodded and said: "What Zhou Ge said is very true, so how should Henan deal with it?"

Zhou Yanru said: "There are about 10 troops of the Ming Dynasty in Henan now, but these 10 people are acting independently and become a mess. The threat to Li Zicheng is limited, and what we should consider now is how to gather this mess. Get up, and the veteran thinks that the only person in Henan with this ability is Sun Chuanting, so the next battle in Henan will depend on Sun Chuanting."

Chongzhen nodded and said: "Sun Chuanting is indeed a good candidate, then I will issue an order to appoint Sun Chuanting as the governor of Henan, in charge of the war in Henan."

After hearing this, Zhou Yanru nodded and said: "This can protect the overall situation of Henan."

All the ministers heard the words and said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise."

Chongzhen frowned after hearing the compliments from the ministers, looked at Zhou Yanru and said, "Old Zhou Ge, can you defeat Li Zicheng in this way?"

Chongzhen felt that Sun Chuanting alone was not enough to defeat Li Zicheng. After all, Yang Sichang and Sun Chuanting did not stop Li Zicheng from capturing Luoyang.

And what Zhou Yanru was waiting for was Chongzhen's words. Hearing what Chongzhen said, Zhou Yanru pondered for a moment and said: "My Majesty, this arrangement can only ensure that the situation in Henan will not collapse further, but it is not enough to defeat Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng flooded Kaifeng." , Break through Xuzhou, go down to Ruyang, and finally Keluoyang, the climate has already been established, and it cannot be easily eliminated like this."

"Although Sun Chuanting is a good general, he is no match for two fists and four hands. It is better to give him a helper."

After Zhou Yanru finished speaking, Chongzhen said, "Who is the helper Zhou Ge said?"

Sun Chuanting said at this time: "Tongguan Zuo Liangyu."

silence!

Hearing this name, everyone was silent. Zuo Liangyu was a taboo topic in Ming Dynasty. The reason was very simple, because Zuo Liangyu’s role was to watch Lan Tian. The power of checks and balances has been reduced, so when the court officials discuss military affairs, they will involuntarily avoid Lantian Li Chaosheng.

And Chongzhen was quite jealous of Li Chaosheng. Hearing Zhou Yanru's words, Chongzhen frowned, and then said: "Old Zhou Ge, Zuo Liangyu can't move lightly, he is used to watch over Lantian .”

What Chongzhen said was very straightforward. Zhou Yanru didn't talk too much before, but today Zhou Yanru is determined to do something for Ming Dynasty. At this time, Zhou Yanru raised his head slightly, and his cloudy eyes looked at Chongzhen. Said: "Your Majesty, do you really think that Zuo Liangyu can live in Lantian?"

After hearing this, Chongzhen was taken aback, and stared at Zhou Yanru: "What do you mean by that?"

Zhou Yanru cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, your majesty should be clear about the strength of Lantian in these years. There are four main armies in Lantian, each with more than [-] soldiers. After Li Chaosheng started the war with Zhang Xianzhong, he sent only one army. Just let Zhang Xianzhong suffer heavy losses, and all these years, in the northwest region, no matter Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng or other forces, they will give up three points when they see Lantian, and Lantian's strength has far exceeded our imagination."

"Your Majesty, I have been getting to know Lantian all these years. The more I understand, the more frightened I am. Although Lantian now has only four main armies on the surface, he has 30 militiamen under his command. Zuo Liangyu probably didn't report to His Majesty about an old incident a few years ago. Lantian once clashed with Zuo Liangyu's son Zuo Menggeng. The Lantian militia led hundreds of people to fight Zuo Menggeng's army. Although the battle was finally stopped by the high-level leaders of both sides, Zuo Menggeng was defeated in that battle when Zuo Menggeng still had the advantage in numbers."

"Your Majesty, Zuo Liangyu's army has a total of 5000 people, but there are 30 militiamen like this in Lantian. Your Majesty, if Lantian really wants to leave Tongguan, can Zuo Liangyu stop it?"

Zhou Yanru looked at Chongzhen and asked, Chongzhen was stunned by the data Zhou Yanru said, 30?How many troops does Ming Dynasty have that can fight now? Is it 30?

Moreover, these 30 militiamen are all able to fight against Zuo Liangyu's elite. How did Li Chaosheng raise such a huge army with the strength of a Shaanxi man? How did he do it.

And I own the world, but I can't afford to support 10 people in the world. Why, why is the gap so big?

Chongzhen felt deeply frustrated at this moment, Zhou Yanru cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, if Li Chaosheng really wants to rebel, Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses are not enough for him to eat, you Putting Zuo Liangyu in Tongguan is actually just for show, and his role is not great at all."

After hearing this, Chongzhen was calm for a long time, and finally let out a sigh of relief: "Okay, even if, as the old man said, Lantian is strong and strong, Zuo Liangyu is a piece of meat in Lantian's mouth, but why doesn't Lantian leave Tongguan and eat Zuoliang?" Liangyu's piece of meat?"

After hearing Chongzhen's questioning, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty also had this doubt. Yes, since Li Chaosheng has the power to sweep the world, why is he still willing to live in a corner of the southwest?Isn't this unreasonable?
At this moment, Zhou Yanru cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, have you ever heard such a sentence?"

"What?"

Chongzhen looked at Zhou Yanru, with no expression of joy or anger, Zhou Yanru looked at Chongzhen at this time and said: "There is a saying in the world that Chongzhen will not die, and Lantian will not turn back!"

"Bold, Zhou Yanru, you actually said such rebellious words to His Majesty, what should you do!"

As soon as Zhou Yanru finished speaking, the censor immediately exploded, pointed at Zhou Yanru and scolded, and then said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, this thief Zhou Yanru is so arrogant and domineering that he cursed Your Majesty in the hall, please! Your Majesty punishes him for a crime of disrespect!"

Zhou Yanru glanced at Yushi indifferently at this time, as if he was looking at a clown, and looked at Chongzhen with a flat expression. Chongzhen waved his hand at this moment and said: "Wang Yushi, you step back."

"His Majesty."

"Get out!"

Chongzhen shouted angrily, and Wang Yushi immediately bowed his hands and retreated. At this time, Chongzhen stood up and looked at Zhou Yanru and asked, "What does Mr. Zhou Ge mean by this? Could it be that this sentence came from Lantian?"

Zhou Yanru sighed and said, "Li Chaosheng said it himself."

Chongzhen's expression changed when he heard the words: "Then what does he mean by that?"

Zhou Yanru said: "I didn't know much about it before, until later I found out that Li Chaosheng told people more than once that he admired His Majesty, because he admired His Majesty's character, so he was unwilling to oppose His Majesty, I think what he meant by this , is to put another forbidden curse on Lantian, so that Lantian people will dispel the idea of ​​rebelling against His Majesty!"

"Li Chaosheng admires me, hahaha..." Chongzhen laughed up to the sky when he heard this, tears appeared in his eyes as he smiled, Chongzhen looked at the court officials and military officials and said: "He Li Chaosheng admires me, hahaha, What do you admire about me? Admire me for governing Nuoda’s Ming Dynasty not as good as his in Lantian. Admire me for deploying troops outside Lantian with all my heart, and finally became a joke of Lantian, hahaha..."

Chongzhen laughed loudly, and then sat on the dragon chair with a crying voice: "Li Chaosheng, Li Chaosheng, if you really admire me as the king of Ming Dynasty, you should give up Lantian and help me govern Daming, I can I will give you the right to be the chief assistant of the cabinet, and I can make you Zhang Juzheng of the Chongzhen Dynasty, so you are not willing, and you still say that you admire me, what exactly do you admire about me?"

Chongzhen cried for a while and laughed for a while. After seeing it, the ministers below were all stunned. What is wrong with His Majesty? Could it be that he is crazy?

The ministers looked at each other speechlessly for a while, Chongzhen recovered for a long time, looked at Zhou Yanru and said: "Mr. Zhou Ge, you just want to tell me that Zuo Liangyu is useless in Tongguan. Why don't you send him to the Henan battlefield to fight with Sun Chuanting?" Cooperation to destroy Li Zicheng, right?"

Zhou Yanru said: "Yes."

Chongzhen nodded and said: "I understand what you mean, but Mr. Zhou Ge, I am still not at ease with Lantian. Lantian has now become the biggest disaster in the northwest of Ming Dynasty. Do you have any way to check and balance?"

Zhou Yanru thought for a while after hearing this: "Your Majesty, don't say it's useless to use force to restrain Lan Tian now. Even if it is useful, we can't use enough force. Therefore, using force against Lan Tian is the most undesirable and useless thing. .”

"The only thing that can restrain Lantian now is Li Chaosheng's heart. Li Chaosheng said that if His Majesty is here, he will not turn against him, which shows that he still has the idea of ​​being loyal to scholars in his heart, just like Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms period. However, he has never done anything to replace the Han in his life, and the reason is that he eats the salary of the Han family. If he becomes self-reliant in the Han Dynasty, he will be a traitor of the Han Dynasty, and he will bear the infamy of the whole world.”

"That's why Cao Cao didn't represent the Han Dynasty, and Li Chaosheng is also a man of great reputation after my observation for so many years. He has never done anything detrimental to his reputation in these years. Therefore, I think that Li Chaosheng doesn't want to be under His Majesty's favor." When he was alive, he opposed Da Ming because he didn’t want to bear the infamy, or he wanted to wait for the bandits to destroy Da Ming, and then he would occupy Daming, or wait until his son succeeded to the throne, so that he would not be infamous, but no matter whether it was these two One, it’s all good for us.”

"That is to say, as long as His Majesty is alive, Li Chaosheng will definitely not turn against Daming and rebel against His Majesty, and His Majesty can just take advantage of this time to reorganize the old mountains and rivers, and make every effort to bring order. , and how many provinces we have in Ming Dynasty, as long as we wake up slowly, he, Lantian, is not our opponent after all, so now we should not be hostile to Lantian, but should be favored, win over him, and let us get through this now The most dangerous time, when the Ming Dynasty is revived in the future, we will surely regain what we lost, so Your Majesty, you must learn from Goujian and try your best to plan for the future!"

Zhou Yanru analyzed Chongzhen for a while, and Chongzhen listened to it, and felt that what Zhou Yanru said was very reasonable, otherwise he would not be able to explain these actions of Lantian. At this moment, Chongzhen was persuaded.

Chongzhen pondered for a moment, looked at Zhou Yanru and said, "What does Zhou Ge mean?"

Zhou Yanru said: "Tiao Zuo Liangyu left Tongguan and entered Henan to quell the chaos."

"What about Lantian? What kind of restraint?"

Zhou Yanru said: "The old minister said before, use kindness to contain Lantian."

"Then with what kind of kindness, Lantian is richer than me in money, and Lantian is stronger than me in soldiers and horses. Do you want me to make him king?"

Chongzhen frowned, not very happy.

Zhou Yanru said: "Your Majesty, you have made Li Chaosheng a marquis, but he has not expressed anything, which shows that he doesn't care about the title, so it is not a good way to tie Li Chaosheng with the title."

"Then what do you mean?"

Chongzhen looked at Zhou Yanru and asked, Zhou Yanru pondered for a while after hearing this, and said, "The eldest princess seems to have reached the age of marriage."

"what?"

Chongzhen was startled by Zhou Yanru's words, followed by confirmation, looked at Zhou Yanru and said, "What did you just say?"

Zhou Yanru calmed down for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "The minister said that the eldest princess seems to have reached the age of marriage!"

After hearing this, Chongzhen's expression instantly became ugly: "You, thief, actually set your mind on my daughter, you deserve to die!"

Zhou Yanru was said so viciously by Chongzhen, but his expression did not change at all. He still said flatly: "Since ancient times, the in-law relationship has been a strong relationship. If your majesty marry the eldest princess to Li Chaosheng, then Li Chaosheng will be your majesty." My son-in-law, if he still dares to rebel, he is truly a man without a king and father, and will be cast aside by the people of the world, for the sake of the millions of people in the world, and for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, please allow the princess to marry Lantian!"

(End of this chapter)