Please ask me to be the emperor

Chen Qiyu is now in a panic, as the "Car Gap" recruitment has just been completed. Unexpectedly, the "Chuang Wang", "Chuang Jiang", "Eight Kings", "Zhang Miaoshou", "Scorpion Block", "Mangyxing" and other rebels just came out of the plank road, killed the governor one after another, and wreaked havoc in Shaanxi again.

He was originally the governor of Yansui and served for more than a year. He was favored by the court only because he wiped out a large number of rebels - forty-six of the rebel leaders who were killed were just named.

Therefore, he was appointed as the right minister of the Ministry of War and the right deputy governor of the capital of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Sichuan provinces, preparing him to wipe out the rebels in these five provinces in one fell swoop.

But when he surrounded the rebels in the Carriage Gorge, he didn't expect that the rebels were trapped and still fighting, but they couldn't annihilate them. He accepted bribes from the rebels and specifically reported the matter to Emperor Chongzhen, dumping the blame in advance.

Sure enough, the rebel army surrendered and the verdict was restored, and the world was shocked.

At this time, one can imagine the panic in Chen Qiyu's heart. He had no other desire but to cover up his crime and avoid death.

Therefore, he quickly and deliberately impeached Shaanxi governor Lian Guoshi and other officials, claiming that they were "killing and surrendering" and deliberately sabotaging the recruitment process.

Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of War, was Chen Qiyu's in-law and took the opportunity to speak for him. Since Chongzhen had personally approved the surrender, he blamed Shaanxi governor Lian Guoshi and ordered his arrest.

However, what is true cannot be false, and what is false cannot be true. Because of this matter, Shaanxi officials Li Xuan, Li Yuzhi, Ma Mingshi, etc. successively reported to Emperor Chongzhen to impeach Chen Qiyu. The official said that Chen Qiyu said: "The mistake of recruitment will harm the territory and kill the people."

At the same time, the peasant army successively captured Lingtai, Chongxin, Baishui, Jingzhou, Fufeng and other places, and the situation in Shaanxi was in danger of collapse at any time.

Chen Qiyu faced dual pressure from the government and the rebels. He had to strictly order the officers and soldiers from the four provinces of Henan, Huguang, Sichuan, and Shanxi to enter Shaanxi to jointly suppress the rebels.

The officers and soldiers were so powerful that "Chuang Wang" and others had no choice but to avoid their edge and divide their troops into three groups: one to Qingyang, one to Yunyang, and one to Henan to fight as a group with the officers and soldiers.

Chen Qiyu was already terrified, fearing that the situation in Shaanxi would become corrupt and uncontrollable, causing him to fall into Yuan Chonghuan's fate.

But he never thought that before the rebels in Shaanxi were finished, there were thieves from Henan who captured Luoyang City.

Chen Qiyu couldn't help but tremble when he read the letter from Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, claiming that the bandit who captured Luoyang City was called "King Shun".

Who is "King Shun"? Chen Qiyu also heard something about it. The thief suddenly appeared out of the sky before and disappeared without a trace. He also said that he died in a smelly ditch.

He never expected that this thief would secretly hide and give himself a hard blow at the critical moment.

It is said that this man was the third leader of the rebel army. He successively killed Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi, and Deng Qi, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan. He was a fierce and difficult to control. Now is the critical moment to encircle and suppress the Shaanxi rebels. Chen Qiyu's own troops can't wait to be divided into two. Where can there be extra troops to share with Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, to help him recapture Luoyang City?

In desperation, Chen Qiyu once again used the trick of passing the blame and handed it to the Ministry of War as soon as he took the folder.

One impeachment was about Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, who was not able to defend his territory and was as afraid of bandits as a tiger. He actually sat back and watched the fall of Luoyang City.

The second claimed that now was the critical moment to wipe out the Shaanxi bandits and requested the imperial court to send a large army to recover Luoyang City.

Shaanxi was two thousand miles away from the capital, so it took him eight hundred miles to deliver the book to Emperor Chongzhen in three days.

Although Emperor Chongzhen was young and impulsive, he was not a fool after all. After reading Chen Qiyu's excerpt, he couldn't help but said angrily: "Good Chen Qiyu, do you think I am a fool? Don't bully me when I am young. The last person who committed the crime of bullying the emperor has been killed by thousands of people." Cut into pieces!"

Zhang Fengyi, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, saw that the situation was not good and quickly advised: "Now the imperial court uses troops in many places, and a single move can affect the whole body. In the north, Hou Jin plundered the Xuanfu area. Although the enemies left, the remaining enemies are still watching eagerly in Guihua City. .”

"There is chaos in She'an in the southwest, and the remnants of the evil have not yet been eliminated. There are rogue bandits in the Central Plains, and they cannot be pursued. Now they are besieged in Shaanxi, and they will be wiped out in a matter of seconds. Your Majesty must not act on your own initiative and cause a resurgence! "

Chongzhen thought for a while, endured his anger, and asked: "What about the thieves who are entrenched in Luoyang? Can't we just let them go?"

"I happen to have this memorial!" Zhang Fengyi, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, responded quickly when he heard the words, "Previously, when the northern captives invaded Datong, Xuanfu and Shanxi, the defenders lost their chance and were charged with crimes. Now the Ministry of War has decided: Governors Dai Jun'en, Hu Zhan'en, Jiao Yuanqing He was dismissed from his post and redeemed his staff. Governor Zhang Zongheng stayed idle, Governor Yang Sichang and Datong Governor Ye Tinggui were both engraved with the third level, and they were all punished. What do you think, Your Majesty?"

"All ministers failed to fulfill their orders and let the enemy run wild. How can we be lenient? Where is the law of the country and the majesty of the court?" Chongzhen became angry after hearing this.

Zhang Fengyi also felt that this matter was not easy to pass, and quickly expressed his position: "This is all agreed upon by the Ministry of War. In my opinion, the governor, the governor, and the generals of the three towns should be in harmony with each other. Cao Wenzhao and Zhang Quanchang should all send garrison troops to monitor the lieutenant generals Liu Yunzhong and Liu Wenzhong and Wang Kun also acted as pure troops."

"It's just that now is the time to employ people. The governor, governor and middle-ranking officials are all guilty. Only the generals of the three towns, Cao Wenzhao and Zhang Quanchang are very talented. If they are sent to the garrison, everyone's talents will be wasted for no reason. .”

"It is better to order them to serve their crimes and perform meritorious service. With Zhang Zongheng as the commander, he will lead an elite army to Henan Prefecture and attack Luoyang City by surprise. The 'Shun Bandits' have just occupied Luoyang City, so they should be unprepared and can strike down in one fell swoop."

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sneer when he heard this and said: "Zhang Zongheng? The 'Shun Thief' only has a defeated general. How can He De win Luoyang City? The new governor of Shanxi Province wrote to me before, saying that Cao Wenzhao was brave and good at fighting, and asked him to He arranged to go to Shanxi to suppress bandits, but I didn't agree to it."

"In this case, I will order Cao Wenzhao to supervise the general soldiers of the other two towns and set off immediately to go to Henan Prefecture to suppress the bandits. We must capture Luoyang City and destroy the 'shun bandits'."

At this time, the Ming court finally figured out that "King Shun" was "Optimus Prime", the third commander-in-chief of the rebel army. It's just that the court didn't want the name "King Shun" to be used by Zhang Shun, so it deliberately changed the name to "King Shun" or "Shun Thief".

Fortunately, Zhang Shun regarded King Fu as his orthodoxy, and the "Remonstrance for Concubines" issued by Zhang Shun had not spread outside Henan Prefecture, and Chongzhen and others were not aware of it yet.

Zhang Fengyi, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, is also a man who knows the military and understands the importance of military speed. If he just sits back and watches the "successful thieves" occupy Henan Prefecture, things will be difficult to handle. Hearing this, he quickly agreed.

Chongzhen also ordered the cabinet to draft an imperial edict as soon as possible, and urged the three town commanders Cao Wenzhao, Mu Ziqiang and Zhang Quanchang to quickly lead their elite troops and set off.

The author is working hard to update. If nothing unexpected happens, the third update will be later.