Han Xu responded.
This is not going south, this is moving south.
I immediately understood that Chongzhen wanted to move the capital to Nanjing and was unwilling to stay in Beijing.
"Why didn't Han Qing say anything?" Chongzhen, who had not waited for his return, asked unhappily.
Han Xu came back to his senses and said: "Your Majesty asked too suddenly. I didn't think about it for the moment. I don't know how to answer Your Majesty at the moment. Your Majesty, why don't you ask me to go back and think more about it, and I will answer Your Majesty when I have thought about it."
"Have you not thought about it or are you unwilling to say it?" Chongzhen narrowed his eyes.
Han Xu replied: "I didn't think about it well."
"Then you have to think quickly. I won't give you too much time. Okay, let's go down!" Chongzhen disliked Han Xu more and more, and made up his mind to replace the first assistant this time.
"I excuse myself."
Han Xu bowed and bowed before leaving.
If he had not brought up the matter of moving south, he would have stayed to persuade Chongzhen to abandon the Ningjin line of defense. Now that the matter of moving south was involved, he had no intention of staying at all.
Snapped!
As soon as Han Xu left, Chongzhen threw away the tea cup at hand and said angrily: "This is the courtier I valued before. He never got anything done well and only talked about it when things happened. Such a courtier , What else do I leave him with!"
Wang Chengen, who was waiting on the side, quickly stepped forward to pick up the tea cup on the ground and handed it to the little eunuch beside him to take it away and replace it.
Then he came to Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. Han Ge is disobedient. Then replace him with an obedient one. Your Majesty, there is no need to get angry because of this person."
"I'm not angry, I'm anxious!" Chongzhen's tone became lower. "Brother Huang handed the Ming Dynasty into Zhen's hands, but now it's like this. I'm afraid that I won't be able to face Brother Huang in the future, and I'm ashamed of myself." The emperors of the Zhu family."
Wang Chengen stroked Chongzhen's back with his hand to calm him down, and said: "The tiger thieves' rebellion will not last long. Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about this. There are so many ministers in the court. Sooner or later, these traitors will be eradicated." thief."
"You don't need to say these kind words to comfort me. I understand in my heart that the tiger thieves are now a big trend and it will not be easy to eradicate them completely. Otherwise, I would not want to move south. It is not to prevent the Ming Dynasty from falling in Beijing." Chongzhen looked bitter.
Every time I think about the scene when I first came to Dabao, I will think again, if I had not persisted in fighting against the tiger thieves, but used the huge salary to win over the tiger thieves, would the problem of tiger thieves have been solved now, instead of like Today is like this, watching the tiger thieves become extremely difficult to control.
Wang Chengen said no more words and just used his hands to help Chongzhen calm down.
He thought clearly in his mind that when the emperor went to Nanjing, he would go with him. If the emperor stayed in Beijing, no matter what happened to Beijing in the future, he would stay by his side to serve him.
After Han Xu left the Qianqing Palace, he returned directly to the cabinet.
As soon as he came back, several cabinet ministers came over.
"How's it going? Has His Majesty agreed to abandon the Ningjin Defense Line?" Li Biao was the first to step forward and ask.
Abandoning the Ningjin Defense Line was a solution that their cabinet came up with together, but it was just left to Han Xu, the chief assistant, to tell Chongzhen.
Not only did they have a thorough understanding of Chongzhen's temper and temperament, but they also knew it to a certain extent. They knew that it would not be easy to get Chongzhen to give up the Ningjin defense line, so no one was willing to fight for the scolding. In the end, only Han Xu was the one. Come forward.
Han Xu shook his head.
When the other pavilion elders saw it, they all looked disappointed.
Giving up the direction of Ningjin is the best way to solve the current predicament of the Ming Dynasty in their opinion. If it weren't for the fear that the Tiger Character Banner would go north to overthrow the Ming Dynasty after taking Shandong, they would not have come up with this method to deal with the Tiger Character Banner. After all, Giving up Ning Jin would offend Liaodong generals.
Without the Ningjin line of defense, there was only Shanhaiguan left. It was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to send a large amount of money and grain to Liaodong. It had long been accustomed to sharing the large amounts of money and grain transported by the court to the grain road. If it was suddenly gone, the general would never be reconciled.
Killing someone's money is like killing one's parents. No one in the cabinet who has been an official for many years understands this truth.
"The situation in Shandong is not good at the moment. Denglai has fallen into the hands of tiger thieves. The tiger thieves are very likely to attack Fu Zonglong in Jinan Prefecture next. Without the support of the court, Shandong is likely to fall into the hands of Henan. In the hands of tiger thieves." Li Biao said.
Although he and Han Xu competed for the position of chief minister, the Shandong problem was not solved. Even if he became the chief minister of the cabinet, the mess in Shandong still had to be solved.
"Is it possible to Zhao'an?" Cheng Jiming whispered.
After hearing this, Han Xu suddenly looked at him and asked, "What did you just say?"
"I'll ask if we can arrest this tiger thief. As long as we can arrest him, the problem in Shandong will be solved naturally." Cheng Jiming said.
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Li Biao on the side said: "It's simply bizarre. How could the tiger thief accept the imperial edict? Back then, the court even offered him his title, but Liu Heng was unmoved. Now that the tiger thief is in this situation, it is even less likely that he will accept the imperial edict." .”
"That's right. I also think that the tiger thief will not accept Zhao'an. Instead of focusing all his energy on Zhao'an, it is better to think about how to solve the problem in Shandong. You all know that whether Shandong is stable or not is related to the safety of Beijing. ." Han Xu said.
He was not optimistic about Zhao'an.
And he didn't want to see the imperial court ordering a tiger-character flag.
A traitor has caused harm to the place for many years, but the imperial court wants to issue a peace order to such a traitor. In his opinion, it is a humiliation. Even if he negotiates peace with the slave thieves in Liaodong, he cannot negotiate an order with a traitor like the tiger bandit.
"What can we do if we don't issue an imperial edict? Your Majesty doesn't agree to mobilize troops from Liaodong to enter the pass to suppress the rebellion. If we continue to delay, it will only make the tiger bandits in Shandong stronger." Cheng Jiming said.
As the elder of the cabinet, his opinions were opposed by both the first and second assistants. Even if he just mentioned it casually before, at this time, for the sake of his right to speak in the cabinet, he could only stick to his own ideas and never give in.
"Actually, I think Zhao'an can give it a try!" Zhou Yanru, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke.
In the current cabinet, he, a cabinet minister who joined the cabinet later, can only be regarded as a junior.
Li Biao looked at Zhou Yanru with an expression of displeasure and said, "Have I not already said that Liu Heng rejected the imperial edict earlier, how could he accept it now?"
"No, no, no, what I mean is that you don't want to order Liu Heng, but the people below Liu Heng. I think Liu Heng is not willing to accept the imperial order, but there will definitely be people under him who are willing to accept the imperial order. Get a title from the imperial court." Zhou Yanru said.
Hearing Zhou Yanru's words, Han Xu frowned.
He seemed to have heard this method mentioned before, but it was ignored later. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yanru mentioned this method again.
