"Zuo Liangyu must be eliminated!" Zhang Mingwei concluded, "Whether it is to support the troops to respect themselves, to rob the people, to ruin the reputation of the court, or to escape from the battlefield, they are all capital crimes!"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was a little surprised and said: "Sir, since you already know, why just..."
"The key now is..." After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei said with a little helplessness, "I'm afraid the court can't do anything to him, right? Even if a warrior comes to deliver the order and capture the thief first, capture the king and capture him, but it can guarantee that he will Are all his subordinates obedient? You know, for what he did, everyone of his subordinates must have had a share. Even if the imperial court promised to pardon them and only punish the first culprit, wouldn't they worry about the imperial court settling accounts later? "
Speaking of this, Zhang Mingwei said seriously: "Only when they have scruples, for example, most of the soldiers dare not rebel against the imperial court, or the imperial court has a strong army to coerce them, in this case, we can use the thunder of capturing the king. Only the means have the effect."
"Sir's words are exactly what I am concerned about!" After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen also showed helplessness and sighed, "And many people in the court made such remarks, and there were even some who said good things for him. I am really afraid. But this kind of trend must not increase! I already issued an order to Sun Chuanting last month to punish the murderer He Renlong!"
This was obviously a case of picking the weakest persimmons. He Renlong's troops were not as powerful as Zuo Liangyu, and he did not pay attention to the civil servants in the DPRK, so he became the target of the court's anger.
Speaking of which, this He Renlong was also unlucky. In the past, I had always been focused on the king's life and worked very hard to hunt down the bandits. However, Yang Sichang played tricks on him, trying to get him to work harder, but he failed to fulfill his promise, which finally aroused He Renlong's dissatisfaction.
Later, He Renlong saw that Zuo Liangyu was not working hard, running away from the battle, looting places, and disobeying the commander's orders. He was doing all kinds of things that broke the bottom line, but he was fine. He began to imitate others and did all kinds of things that exceeded the bottom line. He even killed Governor Qiao Wannian, which finally led to his murderous intention.
Regarding this, Zhang Mingwei didn't think he was too resentful. Since he had done so many things that could not be violated, it was absolutely right for the court to kill him and punish him according to the canon.
Thinking about this, he explained to Emperor Chongzhen: "I suggest that the court discussion be sent to Zuo Liangyu to defend himself. In fact, it is to warn him and ask him to restrain himself. He is a smart man, as long as he does not want to really rebel. His banner will definitely be restrained. In this way, it is always a good thing for the court. Waiting until we have a certain strength to deal with him, it can be regarded as a delaying strategy! "
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, sir, the countermeasures are very good. I am very pleased! Unlike those in the court, who are either fishing for fame or speaking for Zuo Liangyu, none of them can really do anything." people."
Hearing this, Zhang Mingwei frowned slightly and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I think Liu Zongzhou is pretty good. Regardless of whether he is just for fame or not, he can at least safeguard the court. Isn't he the censor of Zuodu? This is a good position. Your Majesty should encourage him more. In this way, the responsibility of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to supervise all officials can be reflected to some extent and make them have some scruples."
Judging from what we have learned so far, it is good for Liu Zongzhou to come up with words of justice, such as commending Lu Xiangsheng and pursuing Yang Sichang and Zuo Liangyu.
However, he did not provide a concrete analysis and provide a truly feasible method. It was like he had thrown up a difficult problem, which showed that he was a clear figure, but how to solve it was left to the court. It is no wonder that Emperor Chongzhen thought that he was just trying to gain fame.
Zhang Mingwei felt that Liu Zongzhou might be the kind of pedantic scholar who could talk but not act.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen listened to Zhang Mingwei's suggestion and immediately remembered the list he saw last night. He nodded and said: "Sir, what you want is to make the best use of everything. I have learned your lesson!"
This is a good student, he obeys his own words, and his comprehension ability is pretty good! Zhang Mingwei thought a little proudly, and then said seriously to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, if I remember correctly, the bandits will attack Kaifeng soon, and then Your Majesty will issue an order to urge Sun Chuanting to come out for rescue."
This is the benefit of future generations traveling through time, Emperor Chongzhen thought, and quickly asked: "Sir, do you have any suggestions?"
Zhang Mingwei said seriously: "There is a saying in later generations: Sun Chuanting died and the Ming Dynasty died!"
"Oh?" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this.
He really didn't expect that later generations would think so highly of Sun Chuanting.
The reason why he was surprised was that Sun Chuanting didn't have a good impression on him. Not to mention that Sun Chuanting had objections to him when he was King Qin in the eleventh year of Chongzhen. He pretended to be ill and was passive, and finally arrested Sun Chuanting and sent him to prison. Of course, Yang Sichang has a share of credit for this.
Another thing is that when Emperor Chongzhen released Sun Chuanting at the beginning of the year, Sun Chuanting once boasted that he only needed 5,000 elite soldiers to put down the rebellion. However, he immediately changed his mind and said that he would need 20,000 trained troops and a million dollars in salary.
This change of words made Emperor Chongzhen very unhappy, so the impression became even worse. If no one was available, Sun Chuanting would probably have gone back to where he came from.
Zhang Mingwei understood this period of history and knew these thoughts of Emperor Chongzhen, so he explained to Emperor Chongzhen: "Think about it, Your Majesty, Sun Chuanting was dissatisfied with Wei Zhongxian's power and resigned and returned home during the Tianqi period. This should show that he has integrity and is like ordinary people." Are officials different?"
Emperor Chongzhen nodded, he did not deny this.
"It was Sun Chuanting who led the troops to defeat the biggest bandit in the early days and captured Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang alive, right?"
This was a fact. Emperor Chongzhen could not deny it, so he nodded again.
"It was Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou who teamed up again to ambush a large number of troops in Tongguan and beat the Li thieves until only eighteen of them escaped, right?"
It was still true, Emperor Chongzhen could only nod.
"Sun Chuanting led the troops to serve the king, but he was falsely accused and pushed to jail. But after so many years in prison, your majesty wanted to use him, and he never looked back. He was loyal to the court and your majesty! As for the miscalculation of the traitors, it was because of him Having been locked up in prison for all these years, he must have never thought that the rest of the court would be so useless and allow the thieves to grow up to this point, so he miscalculated, right?"
"This?" Emperor Chongzhen was still a little hesitant about this statement. According to his understanding, how could Sun Chuanting be framed? Otherwise, he would not have issued an order to arrest Sun Chuanting and put him in jail. However, since this was said by Zhang Mingwei, it cannot be false!
Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen seemed a little hesitant, Zhang Mingwei explained to him: "Actually, Sun Chuanting's situation is related to his character. Did your Majesty know that when he was training troops in Qin with very little food and pay, he Why did they train an elite Qin army and beat them to pieces?"
"Why?" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately became very interested. If Sun Chuanting's military training method is really useful, that would be great!
Unexpectedly, Zhang Mingwei did not immediately answer his question, but added: "Actually, it is not surprising at all, including the ending of Lu Xiangsheng dying on the battlefield."
Emperor Chongzhen was stunned for a moment when he heard this. The topic changed too quickly. What does this mean?
However, his intuition told him that his husband would inevitably reveal a very big truth, which made him even more excited, and he quickly urged: "Sir, please tell me quickly!"
