Chapter 232 Rebellious traitor
"On the seventeenth day of Yue, the Duke of Liang led the military army to re-establish Nududu's headquarters in Qufu, and killed 472 thieves under Jiannugu Mountain's Zhensa Halin in formation;
On the 18th, the Dingwu army arrived at the capital city of Yanzhou and fought fiercely with Jiannu at the city gate. Jiannu was defeated and retreated;
On the 19th, the remnants of the Dingwu Army pursued Jiannu to Jinan Prefecture and returned. When the Jiannu heard the arrival of the Dingwu Army, they fled north in panic. Duke Liang rescued 170,000 captive people and more than 30,000 livestock..."
After hearing the report, Zhu Youjian looked expressionless and looked at everyone in the palace: "How long will it take for King Qin's army to arrive?"
"Back to the Holy Spirit, Qin Liangyu from Sichuan has arrived at Zijingguan, and there are still three days left to arrive;
In addition, Yuan Chonghuan has entered Shanhaiguan with 30,000 Guan Ning troops and will arrive as soon as tomorrow..."
Zhu Youjian looked at Cui Chengxiu coldly, and the more he looked at it, the more annoyed he became: "Jiannu broke through Xifengkou and entered the pass, and looted and killed millions of people in the Ming Dynasty. You, the Minister of War, cannot escape the blame..."
As soon as these words came out, Cui Chengxiu felt that he was going to suffer, and he knelt down quickly: "Your Majesty, calm down, I am wronged..."
The censor of Donglin immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, all life in the pass is in ruins, Cui Chengxiu's crime is extremely heinous..."
"Someone is coming..."
Zhu Youjian shouted: "Remove Cui Chengxiu from the post of Minister of the Ministry of War, take him to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and wait for his fate, and order Feng Jiahui to take charge of the post of Minister of the Ministry of War..."
In addition, a decree was sent to Chen Cao, asking him to lead troops to King Qin of Beijing..."
"Your Majesty... Sun Guozhen, the governor of Denglai, sent a letter saying that Chen Cao, the Duke of Liang, asked for five million taels of military expenses. The court was trapped and could not pay the money. In order to facilitate the rescue of Yanzhou Prefecture by the Dingwu Army, Sun Guozhen sent the original preparations of the Denglai Governor's Yamen. The one million taels of military pay given to Pi Dao Mao Wenlong was given to Liang Guogong. Not only that, Liang Guogong also received 3.5 million taels of military pay from the Yanshenggong family in Qufu..."
As soon as Wang Chengen finished speaking, Zhu Youjian became furious: "Bold Chen Cao, he disobeyed the decree in Liaodong and ran back to Songjiang privately. I haven't come to him to settle the matter in Nanjing, but now he dares to go north to Qin to come to me." Asking for money, such treacherous traitors should be killed..."
"deliver an imperial order..."
Zhao Nanxing immediately interrupted Zhu Youjian: "Your Majesty, calm down...
At present, Chen Cao has made great achievements in Shandong. He drove away the Jiannu and saved hundreds of thousands of people. It would be fine if he did not receive a reward. If His Majesty wanted to kill him, he would definitely force him to rebel in Shandong. Now Shandong has just We can no longer suffer the plunder of the Jiannu. Moreover, now that the Jiannu are besieging the capital, it would be better to wait until the Jiannu are defeated and your Majesty will draw up a decree to temporarily appease Chen Cao. When the time is right, it will not be too late to eradicate him. ..”
"I second the proposal..."
"I...I..." Zhu Youjian simply didn't expect that Chen Cao was already in a situation where he couldn't lose it. He threw the imperial inkstone on the dragon case into the hall and walked towards the back hall.
Inside Dongnuan Pavilion
"Let me ask you, who gave Emperor Daxing the idea for Chen Cao to be reinstated as Duke of Liang and regain control of the Dingwu Army?"
Wang Chengen thought carefully and then raised his head: "Many servants have heard about this. I heard that Eunuch Wei and some eunuch ministers from the previous dynasty gave advice to Emperor Daxing. At that time, the treasury had no money, but Chen Cao had money. I heard that he gave it to Emperor Daxing. Eleven million taels of silver..."
"It's Wei Zhongxian again, his mother's..."
Zhu Youjian was completely furious and kept hearing all kinds of swear words. Wang Chengen did not dare to get into trouble. He knew that his master's temper was not good when he was hiding in the residence.
"Go and find me Wei Zhongxian, and also call the emperor's sister-in-law..."
Naturally, private discussions could not be held in the Palace of Qianqing, but only in small places like Dongxi Nuan Pavilion. However, since the emperor often stayed in Dongnuan Pavilion, by the time Wei Zhongxian and Queen Yi'an Zhang Yan arrived, Zhu Youjian had already made a big fuss in Xi Nuan Pavilion. A temper.
"Emperor's sister-in-law..."
Zhu Youjian cupped his hands towards Zhang Yan, and his words were extremely respectful: "I invited the emperor's sister-in-law to come here today. I really have one thing to check with the emperor's sister-in-law."
Looking at Wei Zhongxian who had been lying on the ground since he entered the door, Zhu Youjian said coldly: "Eunuch, I ask you, where did Emperor Daxing's edict come from?"
"Back to the Emperor, after Emperor Daxing fell into the water, he ordered his old slave to sort it out and seal it with his precious seal."
"The eunuch who holds the seal of Shang Baojian is also yours. It is easy to stamp the seal. I am very doubtful whether this edict is true..."
Wei Zhongxian couldn't lie down any lower: "Your Majesty, I am aware that this old slave is a domestic slave of the Tian family. There is nothing he can do to forge the edict, and it will be of no use to me..."
"snort..."
Zhu Youjian exhaled out of his nostrils with a cold voice: "Let me ask you again, was it you who arranged Chen Cao's promotion to Duke Liang and his return to control of the Dingwu Army?"
"Your Majesty Mingjian, this old slave doesn't have the guts. At that time, Yuan Chonghuan was in charge of Daxing Emperor's request for six million taels of military pay to be used to fight against Jiannu. His Majesty's income from internal funds in the past few years was entirely due to Chen Cao. However, in the past six years, The remaining internal funds are only 800,000 taels of silver, most of which have been subsidized to the national treasury..."
Zhang Yan is a sensible person. Even though her husband is dead, she still has to tell Zhu Youjian some reasonable things: "When your emperor brother was still here, he said that the Ming Dynasty used money in various places, but taxes could not keep up."
"Queen Yi'an Shengming, Your Majesty, Shaanxi, Henan, Nanzhili, Shandong, Shanxi and other places are experiencing severe droughts or floods. Locust plagues continue in Shanxi. Memorials from various places asking for money are still in the hands of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. It is kept in the treasury. The annual tax revenue of the country is only more than 2 million taels. Last year, it only collected 2.13 million taels of silver. It is not enough for disaster relief alone. There are also official salaries;
The Ministry of Household Affairs still owes the court officials two years of salary, and the money for disaster relief in Shandong cannot be paid out. Emperor Daxing once said that Liaodong is the foundation laid by the ancestors and cannot be lost at any cost, so Yuan Chonghuan is very concerned about the use of troops. Increase support so that this money can only be taken from Chen Cao’s hands..."
This statement is very clear. Emperor Tianqi knew that Chen Cao was a hot potato, but he still wanted to use Chen Cao's money. Under the tense situation between the country and the dynasty, he could only choose the latter.
It's a pity that they can't beat Chen Cao, a time travel boss.
"call..."
Zhu Youjian closed his eyes in unusual pain. He was determined to revive the Ming Dynasty, but it was a pity that internal and external troubles continued, and his brother left him an extremely bad mess...
"Your Majesty, Emperor Daxing knows that Chen Cao is not a good person, but the situation in the country does not allow Emperor Daxing to not make plans for Chen Cao. The country has no money, but Chen Cao has money, so Emperor Daxing can only It is really a helpless move to use his title and military power to make Chen Cao pay the money honestly;
Because of this, Emperor Daxing ordered Chen Cao to go to Liaodong, hoping to spend his Dingwu army there, but it was a pity..."
"What's a pity?"
Wei Zhongxian didn't dare to say it because he had too many pig teammates, including the emperor.
"I ask you what's the pity?"
The voice became colder and colder, and Wei Zhongxian raised his head: "In the east of the dynasty, the Dukes of Lin regarded Chen Cao as a traitor and a traitor, and they all wanted to kill him. But they didn't know that Emperor Daxing was actually boiling frogs in warm water, but the fire was too strong. Well, the frog couldn't help but jump out in pain."
Zhu Youjian glanced at Zhang Yan, then shook his head helplessly, smiled bitterly and backed away, almost falling under the warm bed: "Sister-in-law of the emperor... I'm sorry for being rude, brother emperor has left me such a big trouble. ..”
Zhu Youjian's temper did not allow him to admit his mistakes, but in his heart he now understood that there was a way to suppress Chen Cao, but now because of his previous decision, Chen Cao was forced to become the ruthless person who listened to orders but not to the announcement. Role...
Of course, I can never admit this kind of mistake, because I am the king of a country.
"Huang Liji, Cui Chengxiu and several thieves harmed me..."
Zhu Youjian cursed angrily: "Wang Cheng'en proposed a decree to remove Huang Liji from the position of chief minister of the cabinet. The cabinet voted to re-elect the chief minister. Cui Chengxiu was pardoned and punished, and he was executed..."
Wei Zhongxian dared to plead for Cui Chengxiu after hearing this. This incident made it clear that Zhu Youjian wanted to take the blame for his mistakes in decision-making.
"Go away. I don't want to see you again. Today you and the Hakka family will leave the capital immediately and go to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum."
Zhang Yan didn't care at first, but when she heard Zhu Youjian asked Wei Zhongxian to leave with the Hakka family, she asked: "Wei Zhongxian, I want to ask you, how much do you know about the rumors in the palace about the Hakka family and Emperor Daxing?" ?”
Wei Zhongxian didn't dare to tell the truth, so he immediately bowed again: "I have never heard of this..."
"This matter is spreading like wildfire, but you still dare to say you don't know?"
Zhu Youjian frowned and asked, "Sister-in-law, what are the rumors about?"
Zhang Yan then told Zhu Youjian about the promiscuous affairs between Zhu Youxiao and the Hakka family. After hearing this, Zhu Youjian was furious: "You bastard, go and drag away all those people who are gossiping." Go to the Xixin Division to be executed with a stick..."
The matter is related to the royal family's face. With Zhu Youjian's character, he will never leave those people behind.
"Emperor's sister-in-law, the emperor's sister-in-law has cut off the affairs of the harem and I will not interfere."
Zhang Yan nodded: "Okay... Wei Zhongxian, you can go by yourself..."
Wei Zhongxian knew that the Hakka family could not be saved, so he nodded: "I would like to express my gratitude to the emperor and to the empress Yi'an. When I go to Fengyang, I will definitely guard the ancestral mausoleum with all my heart..."
After Wei Zhongxian and Zhang Yan left, Zhu Youjian sat on the warm bed and looked at Wang Chengen: "What happened to my imperial brother in the inner palace? Tell me carefully. I won't blame you."
Wang Chengen then bowed: "Go back to your Majesty, the Hakka family was arrogant in the Huanyi Bureau and wantonly killed the maids assigned by the Huanyi Bureau. Empress Yi'an sent people from the Xixin Division to arrest her. Thinking that she was the wet nurse of the Daxing Emperor, she scolded the eunuchs and maids of the Xixin Division, and they did not dare to deal with them at will..."
This sentence was very sophisticated, but Zhu Youjian, who was at the level of his master, understood it immediately. He did not deal with Wei Zhongxian. He did not deal with the eunuchs in disguise, but the Hakka family was Wei Zhongxian's real opponent. As long as Wei Zhongxian doesn't fall, no one dares to touch this brow.
Zhu Youjian turned to look at Wang Chengen: "What else?"
Wang Chengen added: "The palm prints of the Huanyi Bureau couldn't do anything to her, so the matter has been suppressed there."
