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Chapter 186 Imperial Military Council (please vote for me)

The Forbidden City and Qianqing Palace in the capital.

After Emperor Chongzhen's early dynasty, he immediately summoned the important officials of the court to discuss the matter of annihilating the Zhenming Army.

Chongzhen was sitting behind the imperial cabinet, and below him stood the chief minister of the cabinet Kong Zhenyun, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs Tian Weijia, the minister of the Ministry of war Yang Sichang, the minister of the Ministry of household affairs Cheng Guoxiang, and the left inspector of the Metropolitan Procuratorate Yushi Guo Jingchang.

There were also the eunuch Si Li Bingbi, the admiral of Dongchang, Cao Huachun, the general overseer of the military affairs in the capital, and Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, also came.

"Everyone must have heard about the capture of Jiazhou by the Shaanxi Fugu rebel Lin Feng's troops. We have called you here today to discuss how to quell the rebellion." Chongzhen was the first to speak.

Seeing the audience fall into silence, Chief Assistant Kong Zhenyun stood up first and said: "Your Majesty, defeating thieves is nothing more than dispatching troops and allocating food. Should the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs talk about it first?"

"Yes." Chongzhen responded.

"Your Majesty, you must know yourself and your enemy first. The military information reported by Shaanxi this time is also quite simple. We only know very little about the rebel Lin Feng? I wonder if the officials and Jin Yiwei have some knowledge of the situation?" Yang Sichang, the Minister of the Ministry of War, still knows the military. He thought Learn more about the situation before making suggestions.

"Well, Yang Butang has thought carefully. Do you know anything about the situation?" Chongzhen asked after confirming Yang Sichang.

"Your Majesty, after learning of Lin Feng's rebellion last time, I specifically checked his information.

This Lin Feng was from Taiyuan. He was elected in the 9th year of Chongzhen. In the 10th year, he failed to participate in the Spring Festival. In addition, he offended the Taiyuan government office due to his inappropriate speech while drunk, so he wanted to be released from the official position.

The Ministry of Official Affairs granted him the post of Prime Minister of Fugu County as usual. After going to Fugu County, he performed outstandingly. After being recommended by Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi Province, he was promoted to the post of Fugu County Magistrate. " Tian Weijia, the official minister, replied.

"What does Sun Chuanting have to do with him?" Chongzhen asked. It would be troublesome if the two had any private relationship.

"According to my understanding, there shouldn't be any. Governor Sun recommended him because of Lin Feng's outstanding tax collection performance, and the other because he was effective in wiping out local bandits and rescuing one of Governor Sun's staff. They have never met."

"That's good. I also feel that Governor Sun will definitely not have anything to do with a rebel. Since Lin Feng is from Taiyuan, does he have any relatives in Taiyuan?" Chongzhen felt more relieved now, and then asked .

"He has an old mother and younger sister who have been taken to Fugu. There are no relatives in Taiyuan. But I heard that he has a fiancée or something. Shaanxi has sent a document to ask Taiyuan to assist in the investigation." Tian Weijia did his homework very well this time. The situation has been realized and understood.

"As for Jinyiwei, do you have any clues about his Zhenming Army and why they rebelled?" Chongzhen continued to ask.

"Lin Feng was just a small county magistrate before, and we know very little about him. Since his rebellion, all the imperial guards in Fugu have been eliminated. We heard some things from the Tiqi detective in Jiazhou.

It seems that Chen Jiace, the newly appointed magistrate of Jiazhou, was dissatisfied with Lin Feng's handling of several cases involving large households in the county. He first sent a fellow magistrate of Jiazhou to investigate, but the fellow magistrate was killed by the Mongols. Now it seems that Lin Feng was responsible.

Later, the Shaanxi patrol inspector went to investigate the case again. He must have found something, so Lin Feng rebelled.

His army is called Zhenming Army, and its name should come from a large store they founded called Zhenming Group.

Lin Feng's Zhenming Army should be small in number. The last time the spies reported, there were less than 3,000 people. However, since they have their own industry and have sufficient financial security, the rebels' weapons and the like seem to be relatively advanced. "Jinyiwei commander Luo Yangxinghui reported that Jinyiwei is indeed a professional intelligence agency and has a detailed grasp of the enemy's situation.

"Your Majesty, from what Jin Yiwei has learned, this Lin bandit is indeed different from ordinary bandits. He has his own industry and is very good at running it. If he is allowed to develop, the harm will be great. To deal with him, I think we can use two methods to deal with him. On the one hand, they want to cut off their money supply. Aren't they relying on that Zhenming Group to make money? The imperial court wants to strictly inspect the store's product sales across the country. Without money, its development will be restricted.

On the other hand, they sent troops to attack, and they had to do it quickly. Therefore, the minister's opinion was to mobilize troops nearby and assign Qin soldiers from Sun Chuanting, governor of Shaanxi, to quell the rebellion. Yang Sichang said after thinking about it for a moment.

"What about exterminating the intruders? Will it be abandoned halfway?"

"The impact is inevitable. Governor Hong can be responsible for mobilizing troops from Henan and Sichuan to continue to encircle and suppress Li Chuang."

"Where is the Beijing camp, can you mobilize troops?" Chongzhen asked tentatively.

"Going back to your Majesty, in recent years, the Beijing camp has deployed many groups of elites to participate in the extermination of rogue bandits, and the losses among the Tatar invaders have also been quite heavy. The servants are currently training the Beijing camp, and they are short of personnel and weapons. They can only stick to the capital, which is really powerless. Select people to join in countering the rebellion." Cao Huachun replied.

Chongzhen was naturally aware of the current situation in Beijing Camp, but he was still holding on to some luck, hoping for a miracle.

However, Jingying was still like a bear, and no miracles happened.

"Your Majesty, compared with mobilizing troops, what is more difficult now is money. The Ministry of Household Affairs can't get out even one tael of silver. There is no money to pay the official salary in May." Cheng Guoxiang, the Minister of Household Affairs, also stood up at this time. He said that what he was most afraid of was having the Ministry of Household Affairs pay for it.

"How to solve the money issue?" Emperor Chongzhen was also very worried. He was also very poor.

"Your Majesty, this Lin Feng founded a group and launched an army to rebel. He was named Zhenming. He seems to have the intention of revitalizing the Ming Dynasty. Is it possible to recruit him? This way, we don't have to spend money to quell the rebellion." Kong Zhenyun, the chief assistant of the cabinet, suggested road.

"Master Yuan Fu thinks too simply. This Lin Feng kills officials and gentry without blinking an eye. He has the slightest bit of Ming law in his eyes. How can we appease such a bold and reckless person?" Guo Jingchang, the left inspector of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the censor. jumped out to object.

He was very angry that Lin Feng actually killed the inspector. Coupled with the relationship with Guo Sheng, the censor of the courtyard, Lin Feng must be killed.

"Does Yushi Guo have a way to solve the shortage of money in the imperial court?" Kong Zhenyun asked politely. After he became the chief minister, he realized how hateful these officials were. They found fault with everything and spoke righteously. Words then get you nowhere.

"Resolving the bank issue is a matter for the Ministry of Revenue, not the responsibility of our Metropolitan Procuratorate." Guo Jingchang immediately brushed the matter aside.

"No matter what the quarrel is, it is useful to say something useful. If you want to appease the rebels, you have to hurt them. Otherwise, how can you suppress Lin Feng." Emperor Chongzhen said angrily. He was very angry that the two of them were quarreling at this time. dissatisfied.

"Your Majesty, if Governor Sun is allowed to lead the troops to quell the rebellion, the imperial court will not need to give him any money. Your Majesty has allowed him to raise his own military expenses to build the Qin army. Naturally, he has to rely on himself to quell the rebellion." Yang Sichang came out at this time and said, He was very critical of Sun Chuanting's recent great military exploits, and he was very critical of his four correct and six corner strategies. He also wanted to take the opportunity to embarrass Sun Chuanting.

"The suggestion put forward by Wen Ruo is more feasible. Then the cabinet will immediately send a letter to Sun Chuanting, asking him to hand over the extermination of the bandits to Hong Chengchou and immediately lead troops to northern Shaanxi to exterminate the Lin bandits.

In addition, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has issued regulations in Shaanxi and surrounding provinces, strictly prohibiting the sale of Zhenming Group's products in various places, and strengthening the blockade of the Jiazhou rebel territory. No items are allowed to enter or exit, and they will be trapped to death if they are trapped. "Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and then issued an order.

"I understand!" everyone said in unison.

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