Han ride

Chapter 349

In Beijing, Zhou Yanru's mansion, Zhou Yanru, who was in high spirits at the time, obviously felt a little tired during this period of time. Wen Tiren's aggressiveness, as well as other backstabs from all sides, made the chief assistant exhausted physically and mentally. It was Emperor Chongzhen's distrust that made Zhou Yanru feel even more desolate.

"Li Xin, his wisdom is not small." In front of Zhou Yanru at this moment, Li Xin eliminates the old and the weak, and strengthens immigration. The scenery encourages those refugees who have lost their land to reclaim wasteland in the Hetao area.This certainly helped the court solve a big problem, but Zhou Yanru could still detect a hint of conspiracy from it. Li Xin was a prelude to getting rid of the Central Plains. The Hetao area is a place with fertile soil. Li Xin now relies on the Central Plains for food and grass. Once he has an objection, as long as the Central Plains closes the Xuanfu and other pass fortresses, Li Xin, who has lost the support of the Central Plains, will soon be the same as before. The same is true of the grassland tribes of all dynasties.But once Li Xin has the opportunity to be self-sufficient, Zhou Yanru can conclude that Li Xin is definitely not a person who has lived under others for a long time.

"Wen Tiren is fatuous and incompetent. Such a person also wants to be the first assistant." Zhou Yanru thought of Wen Tiren again. In order to defeat him, this guy actually used Li Xin to beat him. He didn't even think about what kind of character Li Xin is, and you are like that Can an incompetent guy control it?In the end, I'm afraid Li Xin took advantage of you and didn't know it!

"Although I, Zhou Yanru, haven't done many good things, but for the sake of the court, I will definitely keep Li Xin's forces out of the pass." Zhou Yanru thought for a while, then raised his head abruptly, and took out a memorial from the drawer, Put it in your arms, then stood up, and said loudly to the outside: "Prepare the sedan chair and go to the palace. This old man wants to see the emperor."

The official sedan chair soon arrived at the palace. After Zhou Yanru waited for a while outside the imperial study, he received the imperial decree from Emperor Chongzhen to let him in to speak. He entered the study, but today he was made to wait for a while, which had never happened before. After he entered the imperial study, he found that Wen Tiren was standing there with a sinister smile on his lips, and Emperor Chongzhen had a gloomy expression on his face. He suddenly felt a thump in his heart, and secretly said it was not good.But he had been the chief assistant for several years, so naturally he would not put his thoughts on his face, but bowed respectfully to Chongzhen.

"Zhou Qing is here, what's the matter?" Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhou Yanru and said in a calm voice.

"The minister participated in the memorial, and Li Xin, the Marquis of the North, is suspected of treason. Please make preparations early." Zhou Yanru sighed secretly, and took the memorial. Wang Chengen submitted it. Unfortunately, Emperor Chongzhen did not read it, but sent it He put it on the desk.

"Your Majesty, Li Xin reclaimed wasteland in the Hetao area, and ordered Shanxi merchants to recruit refugees from all over the country to go to the Hetao area to enrich the Hetao area. There, he reclaimed wasteland to store food. My minister thought this was a prelude to his separation from the Central Plains court. The court must not No defense." Zhou Yanru said unhurriedly.

"My lord Zhou, the recruiting of refugees by the Marquis of Zhengbei is a matter of worrying for the country. How did it become a conspiracy to rebel in the mouth of the chief assistant? If so, who in the court is willing to do things for the court?" Wen Tiren said gloomyly.

"Li Xin used to rely on Shanxi merchants to buy all the food and grass from the Central Plains, and then transported them to the cloud. Although he has accumulated a lot of food and grass over the years, it was bought and could not last long. As long as the imperial court controls the nine sides, it can hold Li Xin The throat of the letter makes Li Xin have to rely on the imperial court and the Central Plains. But now Li Xin has unified the entire grassland, the territory is unimaginably wide, and the soldiers and horses under his command are so strong that no one can stop him. Now he is reclaiming wasteland in Hetao. Once he is self-sufficient in food and grass, Mr. Wen, tell me, he will still be satisfied to be his Marquis of Zhengbei, and will he be at ease defending the imperial court against the establishment of slaves?" Zhou Yanru looked at Wen Tiren with disdain, only knowing to criticize others, not Knowing that the person who governs the world still wants to be the chief assistant, it is really ridiculous.

Sensing the meaning in Zhou Yanru's eyes, Wen Tiren was even more ashamed and angry, and couldn't help but said: "Master Zhou is the prime minister, he should assist the emperor and govern the world. Now there are so many refugees in Henan, Shaanxi and other places, why the rebels The momentum is huge because of the solidity of these refugees. The refugees are like soil. Only when the refugees are eliminated, these rebels are like weeds without soil. Killing them is like killing chickens. Zheng Beihou saw this and ordered people to recruit refugees. In order to break the foundation of the rebel army. Such loyalty to the monarch and the heart of the country, in the eyes of Mr. Zhou, is a precursor to rebellion. What a joke. Since Mr. Zhou thinks that the Marquis of Zhengbei wants to rebel, he might as well close the nine sides, a penny of the Central Plains Don't leave the customs, as for the countless refugees in the Central Plains, Master Zhou must have a solution?"

After Zhou Yanru heard this, he wished he could jump up and slap Wen Tiren a few times. Of course he knew about this refugee matter, and it was easy to solve even though it was difficult.There are many exiles. On the one hand, it is due to the climate. Years of drought, farmers have no harvest, the government is ineffective in disaster relief, heavy taxes, and more importantly, land mergers are serious. Many lands in Henan are in the hands of a few people. In the hands of the family, it is easy to solve, but if it is in the hands of the clan, it will be difficult to reach the blue sky. In the land of Henan, during the Jiajing period, there were five princes and 80 county kings. As for other generals, lieutenants, and county heads There are nearly 2000 people, such as county monarchs, and there are even more people in the Chongzhen period. With so many people, the land of Henan has been divided into sevens and eighties over the years, plus big families and the like, The rest of the land in the hands of the people is less than [-]%, and Henan is the most populous place, so more people will lose their land. When the famine comes together, these people will become refugees. Bewitched, the land of Henan has become a powder keg, and it will explode at one touch.

Zhou Yanru was the chief assistant, and it was not without talent. He knew that in order to stabilize Henan, the first thing to do was to obtain land. Giving it to the victims will restore a stable Henan.

But Zhou Yanru didn't dare to do this kind of offending people, not to mention Zhou Yanru, even Emperor Chongzhen knew this truth, he didn't dare to do it, for fear that others would say that he was oppressing the clan.How could the most famous Emperor Chongzhen bear such a reputation?More importantly, when these rebels attacked the prefectures and counties, after the clan fell, the civil and military ministers who were in charge of defense and offense would all be unlucky. No one could bear the crime of falling clan.Under such circumstances, how dare Zhou Yanru offend those clans? Even Zhou Yanru himself has a lot of land property?Everyone belongs to the same class, so naturally they protect each other.So facing Wen Tiren's criticism, Zhou Yanru's lips trembled and he had nothing to say.

His reticence does not mean that Wen Tiren will let him go. Wen Tiren has already become a proficient player in the pursuit of victory. He only heard Lang Lang say: "Marquis Zhengbei has seen this situation. These refugees have lost their lives." Land, so give them land. In this way, not only will the court’s burden be reduced, but more importantly, the rebel army will lose its foundation. If the rebel army cannot be replenished for a long time, it will naturally be wiped out by the court. Therefore The minister believes that the conquest of Beihou has contributed to the country."

"Wen Tiren, you are stupid. Why did you take advantage of Li Xin and speak for Li Xin? You, you are wronging the country." Zhou Yanru's beard and hair were flying, and he didn't care about being in front of the king, so he yelled road.

"I, Wen Tiren, do things worthy of the heavens and the earth." Wen Tiren's complexion changed drastically, and he sneered, "When it comes to receiving benefits, I'm afraid you, Mr. Zhou, don't know how many benefits you have received! Do you dare to accept the money of the great thief god? And Chen Yutai , this person doesn’t know Mr. Shoufu, but he still remembers?”

As soon as Chen Yutai said these three words, Zhou Yanru was completely speechless. This week, Zhou Yanru's ability to govern the country was not very good. is annoyed.Chen Yutai was the No. [-] scholar in the reign of Chongzhen, and he became famous for a while. Of course, it was not his literary talent that became famous for a while, but the relationship between him and Wu Weiye.Above the main hall, Wu Weiye was originally the champion, but Chen Yutai and Zhou Yanru were in-laws, and they took bribes from each other. Zhou Yanru helped Chen Yutai become the champion. Naturally, he grabbed this little braid and didn't let go.

This kind of situation, according to the current society, is not a big deal, but in ancient times, this kind of thing was a taboo, Zhou Yanru touched the taboo, and was caught and attacked by the enemy.

"Your Majesty, I'm so loyal to the Emperor, I ask the Emperor to learn from you." Zhou Yanru finally knelt down and said with trembling beard.This is his last move, that is to win back Chongzhen's heart, as long as Chongzhen keeps him, he has a chance to come back.

"Mr. Zhou doesn't have to be like this, get up and talk." Emperor Chongzhen opened his mouth, and was about to persuade him to stay, but all of a sudden, the matter brought up by various ministries and departments made Emperor Chongzhen helpless.

In fact, after the Dengzhou Incident and Liu Yulie’s defeat, the censors all accused Zhou Yanru of covering up Liu Yulie, and under Wen Tiren’s secret command, gave Sun Sanjie, Feng Yuanyao, censor Yu Yinggui, Wei Jingyuan, Yin Mingyi , Lu Zhenfei, Wu Zhiyu, Wang Daochun, Wang Xiangyun, etc. impeached Zhou Yanru one after another. Yu Yinggui also found out that Zhou Yanru had accepted a huge bribe from Shen Yikui. Of course, the most important decision for Emperor Chongzhen was The criticism of Deng Xizhao, the supervisory officer, and Cao Wenheng, the governor, made Emperor Chongzhen decide not to keep Zhou Yanru in accordance with the will of the officials.

To be honest, Zhou Yanru has one or another kind of shortcomings, assisting the emperor, and the ability to govern the world is not good, it is a good thing to let such a person leave the center, but the person who succeeds him must be more talented than him!Emperor Chongzhen didn't know that there was a shadow of Wen Tiren behind this.

"Your Majesty, I am observing the situation in the world at home, and wrote some simple opinions. Please read them." At this time, Zhou Yanru whispered again.Since Emperor Chongzhen can't be moved by emotion, let's learn from real talents!At least Zhou Yanru thinks that he has real talents and learning, and Wen Tiren is just a small person.He took out another memorial from his bosom, and held it up with both hands. It has to be said that this Zhou Yanru still has several hands, one step after another, one ring after another, making Emperor Chongzhen reluctant to bear himself and retain himself.

"Oh!" Sure enough, the gloomy Emperor Chongzhen relaxed after hearing this, and nodded to Wang Chengen, who was on the side, and Wang Chengen presented Zhou Yanru's memorial.

Emperor Chongzhen opened it and saw the words "Weichen Zhou Yanru and Chen Shizheng Four Matters" written at the beginning of it. He was immediately interested and continued to read. Zhou Yanru also analyzed the current facts and proposed countermeasures. On the contrary, Emperor Chongzhen liked it very much.

"Mr. Thank you." Emperor Chongzhen's gaze improved, and became much softer. At this time, he also remembered the benefits of Zhou Yanru.With this person by his side, he really helped me solve a lot of troubles.

"This is what I should do." Zhou Yanru breathed a sigh of relief, and then explained: "Actually, everything that I said above is not the opinion of the minister alone, but also some opinions of the champion Lang Chen Yutai. At the time, Chen Yutai When taking part in the imperial examination, I also thought that he was my in-law, and should be taboo according to reason, but after some testing, I felt that this person is a great talent, the current situation is difficult, and a talented person is needed to assist His Majesty, so I decided to I will risk my relationship and let this person take the imperial examination. The minister is guilty." Zhou Yanru was very single, and quickly admitted his mistake, but he only admitted his relationship with Chen Yutai, and did not admit that he had received money from the other party.

"Oh, it's him!" After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's eyes lit up, and he searched Zhou Yanru. Sure enough, he found Chen Yutai's name, and nodded. OK.What's more, Wu Weiye hasn't shown much performance until now.

It has to be said that throughout the dynasties, there have been people in the dynasties who are good at being officials.This is the case now, and it is also the case in the Ming Dynasty. They are also Jinshi in one subject. One almost became the number one scholar, but because there was no one in the court, he became the second place in the list. With the help of him, he won the attention of Emperor Chongzhen, and he will naturally have a bright future in the future.

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen and Zhou Yanru talking at the same time, Wen Tiren was angry and anxious at the same time. I didn't expect Zhou Yanru to be so treacherous. The two memorials attracted the attention of Emperor Chongzhen. If this continues, I'm afraid not only Zhou Yanru couldn't go down, and even himself was going to be unlucky to follow.At the moment, he made a secret gesture to Wang Chengen.

"Your Majesty, Wang Kun, the guarding eunuch of the Xuan Mansion, has a memorial to come in the morning." Wang Chengen saw it clearly, and could only sigh secretly.He took two steps forward and took out a memorial from his pocket.He was loyal to Emperor Chongzhen, knowing that although Emperor Chongzhen didn't like Zhou Yanru in his heart, he didn't want Zhou Yanru to leave, but Zhou Yanru did something that made Wang Chengen think that Zhou Yanru was not suitable to be the chief minister.

"Wang Kun?" Emperor Chongzhen became nervous when he heard about it.Emperor Chongzhen did not trust his courtiers. This is a generally recognized thing. Although he did not like eunuchs interfering in government affairs, he trusted eunuchs. Whether it was Wang Chengen or Cao Huachun, he trusted them very much. Otherwise, he would not let the guards everywhere The eunuch has been monitoring all the officials, not long ago Gao Qiqian was sent to monitor the soldiers' pay in Ningcheng and Jinzhou.Wang Kun sits in the Xuanfu, on the one hand, to monitor the generals of the Xuanfu, but also to monitor Li Xin and prevent Li Xin from attacking the Xuanfu. At this time, Chongzhen heard the news of Wang Kun, and suddenly woke up. Received the memorial.

Zhou Yanru, who was a little secretly rejoicing, didn't know what was going on, but when he saw this situation, he suddenly had a bad feeling.But I don't know where this bad feeling comes from.

"Zhou Qing, I didn't expect you to have so many friends! Even the former governor of the Xuan Mansion is your friend!" At this moment, the face of Emperor Chongzhen, who was still beaming just now, turned extremely gloomy. Not only was Zhou Yanru writing a letter to Shen Qi, asking him and Hou Shilu to mobilize an army to encircle Li Xin, but more importantly, that encirclement failed. But the loss is also quite a lot, reaching tens of thousands of elites.It was just that Zhou Yanru exaggerated the victory and narrowed the loss.Emperor Chongzhen suddenly thought of this incident, and immediately became furious.

"Ah!" Zhou Yanru exclaimed in surprise, his complexion suddenly turned pale, he finally knew who had plotted against him, a little man named Wang Kun, he seemed to have thought of something, his eyes widened, and he shot a shot at Wen Tiren With a cold light, the person who can make Wang Kun, a despicable villain, take action is undoubtedly this Wen Tiren.Otherwise, where in the world is there such a coincidence.

Thinking of this, he hastened to explain: "It was the collective opinion of the cabinet to order the Xuan Mansion to send troops. The old minister wrote to Shen Qi carefully, and there was no other meaning."

"What happened after the war? The loss of tens of thousands of elites is also called a big victory?" Emperor Chongzhen said coldly.A loss is a loss, as long as you win the battle, it doesn't matter, but this Zhou Yanru not only hides the problems, but more importantly, Li Xin has gained all the benefits after the war. He is really stupid.Emperor Chongzhen suddenly discovered that Zhou Yanru in front of him was also a stupid person. Since he was a stupid person, he naturally couldn't stay in the cabinet.

"Here, although we lost a little manpower, we gained a lot, which is considered a great victory." Zhou Yanru said hastily.

"Hmph." Emperor Chongzhen was not so easy to fool, he thought for a while and said: "Sir, you have worked hard these days, let's go back to your hometown and rest for a while!"

Zhou Yanru's face turned pale. Although Emperor Chongzhen said it very tactfully, Zhou Yanru could tell that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to dismiss him from office.But what can he do?It could only be that Shane withdrew.

In June of the sixth year of Chongzhen, Zhou Yanru was expelled from the capital by Wen Tiren because of corrupt officials and appointed private individuals. , the tortoise king's eight bamboo strips are always plagued by plague."

(End of this chapter)