Saving the Ming Dynasty: I can exchange bodies with Chongzhen

Chapter 48: Sword Pointed at Wen Tiren

Compared to saving the Ming Dynasty and getting rewarded to return to modern society, he suddenly had something more in his heart.

Compared with before, he blocked the Qing Dynasty from entering the pass and avoided tragedies such as the "Three Massacres of Jiading and Ten Days of Yangzhou".

Zhu Changgan suddenly realized that it was more practical to ensure that the people had enough food to eat.

Sweet potatoes, a high-yield, highly adaptable food crop, can be grown in most parts of China.

The grain crops that were introduced to China during the Wanli period were not grown in large quantities in the north.

Chen Zhenlong is known as the "Father of Sweet Potatoes", and even though he is gone now, his descendants are certainly still around.

Compared with rice and wheat, sweet potatoes are much less affected by weather factors and geographical conditions, and can still produce a certain harvest even during droughts.

Perhaps he was touched, Zhu Changgan hastily ended his consolation trip, and on the way back to the palace, he remained silent.

Upon seeing this, the Queen called Concubine Yuan over.

Concubine Yuan was plump and beautiful, the most charming and the most eccentric, but no matter how she tried to talk to the emperor, the emperor never smiled.

The Queen sighed with anger, "Your Majesty, I have already reviewed the first and second rounds of the beauty pageant with Consort Tian and Consort Yuan. The third round is coming soon. I estimate that in half a month, there will be beauties entering the palace."

"..." Zhu Changgan.

I'm not angry about this, but now that I've said it, I can't say that I don't actually want it!
……

As soon as the emperor's carriage returned to the palace, he heard the eunuch report, "Your Majesty, the cabinet and court officials are all kneeling outside."

"I understand." Zhu Changgan got out of the car and walked towards the Qianqing Palace.

This was all within my expectations.

When the news came out that Duke Chengguo instigated a mutiny in the Beijing camp and was suppressed by the Yongwei Camp, there must have been an uproar in the capital.

It would be strange if all the civil and military officials in the court did not come to see the emperor.

"Well, what else?"

The eunuch then said, "Your Majesty, Eunuch Cao has brought Huang Degong here twice, and he is kneeling outside to apologize!"

"Apologize?" Zhu Changgan narrowed his eyes and immediately understood what it meant.

"Let them go back. Wait... tell them that Huang Degong has been awarded the rank of general for his contribution in suppressing the mutiny in the Beijing camp."

"Let the Yongwei Battalion and Jinyiwei closely monitor the Beijing Battalion's movements. If there are any changes, kill them first and report later."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The eunuch walked out quickly.

Cao Huachun was standing outside the palace gate, but Huang Degong was kneeling on the ground. His back was covered with sweat, which soaked his clothes, but he did not dare to leave.

If I leave like this, my head might fall off.

Cao Huachun looked at Huang Degong with an extremely ugly expression. He was a talented general, a rare one, but now he had ended up in such a situation.

"Da da da da..."

Seeing the eunuch coming out, Cao Huachun, even as the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, immediately took the initiative to greet him, "What did your Majesty say?"

"Replying to Eunuch Cao, His Majesty has asked you to go back... In addition, Huang Degong has been awarded the title of General for his meritorious service in suppressing the mutiny in the Beijing camp."

"Your Majesty has also ordered the Yongwei Battalion and Jinyiwei to closely monitor the Beijing Battalion in a triangular formation. If there are any unusual changes, they can execute them first and report later."

Huang Degong's face was filled with bitterness at first. Despair and pain enveloped him like a shroud, making it impossible to breathe... But after he finished saying the first half of the sentence, he suddenly raised his head, his eyes full of disbelief.

"General?"

"Congratulations, General Huang." The eunuch bowed happily.

Cao Huachun also had a confused look on his face, standing there like a piece of wood.

It took him more than ten seconds to react and he kicked Huang Degong, "Show it to Xiao Huazi!"

"Oh oh..." Huang Degong suddenly realized and took out the silver from his pocket, but after a while, he realized that he came here to confess his crime today and didn't bring a penny. His face turned the color of liver in embarrassment. Cao Huachun rolled his eyes at him and took out two taels of silver from his pocket.

"Oh, Eunuch Cao, how can this be possible?"

"Don't worry, take it. I'm giving it to him, and he has to return it to me later."

Huang Degong said quickly: "Please accept it. I will return it to Eunuch Cao double later."

"Thank you, Eunuch Cao and General Huang." The eunuch then accepted the silver.

This is called asking for a reward.

Even if Cao Huachun, a senior eunuch, was present, this was what the eunuch deserved.

"Eunuch Cao, General Huang, the Emperor has some instructions, so I have to go to the Imperial Guard, so I won't delay any longer!" The eunuch bowed and left.

Huang Degong looked at the figure of the eunuch and shuddered suddenly. He found that his back was already wet. The cold wind blew and his whole body was shaking.

Cao Huachun stared blankly in the direction of the Qianqing Palace and said, "Your Majesty has also learned to take responsibility!"

Huang Degong nodded repeatedly.
However, Cao Huachun said this not only to Huang Degong, but also to himself. Before this, he asked for leave due to illness and submitted three petitions to Emperor Chongzhen.

Now he suddenly doesn't want to leave. Even the 75-year-old Sun Chengzong has entered the cabinet again. Why can't he work for a few more days?

……

"Call them in!" Zhu Changgan changed into his casual clothes and asked Wang Chengen to summon Wen Tiren, Yang Sichang and other cabinet members and senior officials from the six ministries into the palace.

quickly,

A group of senior officials walked in from outside.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"

"minister……"

Zhu Changgan asked everyone to stand up, and before they could speak, he went straight to the point and said, "I want Li Banghua to be appointed as the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, to assist in military affairs and to preside over the Beijing camp."

"I would like to hear the opinions of Mr. Wen and everyone else?"

"Your Majesty, since Your Majesty thinks Li Banghua is capable of doing the job, then he must be able to do the job." Wen Tiren replied with a twitch of his mouth.

"Your Majesty, this is inappropriate!" Xue Guoguan, the Left Vice Minister of Rites, stood up and said.

"Oh? What's inappropriate about it?" Zhu Changgan asked calmly.

"Li Banghua was once the commander of the Beijing Camp, but he caused many problems. When Man Gui's troops were resisting the Later Jin troops outside Deshengmen, the Beijing Camp he commanded fired cannons on the city wall and aimed at the Central Army where Man Gui was, killing and injuring many soldiers."

Xue Guoguan said earnestly: "He is a traitor who has harmed the country and the people. How can we allow him to take charge of the Beijing camp again?"

"Your Majesty, Li Banghua has been dismissed from office for too long and has long been out of touch with current affairs. How can he control the Beijing camp?" Chen Yan, the president of the Hanlin Academy, also stood up and seconded the motion.

Xue Guoguan continued in an orderly manner: "Your Majesty has appointed Li Banghua as the commander of the Beijing Camp. I have nothing to say, but the Censorate and the Imperial Censors have previously written to criticize Li Banghua many times, but Your Majesty insisted on using him. Isn't this chilling the hearts of all the officials in the court?"

Zhu Changgan suddenly laughed, and laughed so hard that he fell backwards. "Xue Guoguan, I'm afraid it's not that I'm afraid of chilling the hearts of my subjects, but that I'm afraid of chilling your heart, right?"

"I dare not!" Xue Guoguan knelt down quickly.

"You don't dare? You are too bold. I heard that you did not join the cabinet this time, so I went to find your mentor, your backers, and your accomplices overnight. You are here to make trouble today, right?" Zhu Changgan stood up angrily and said angrily.

"Come, let him stand out, let me see him, let everyone see him."

“……”Xue Guoguan lay on the ground.

"Why, you don't dare to tell us who's behind you?" Zhu Changgan looked at Wen Tiren fiercely, "Lord Wen, what do you think?"

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