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Chapter 503 But there are meritorious deeds, so don't hesitate to award them

In the Zhaoren Hall of the Imperial Palace of the Forbidden City in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, a group of courtiers including the old son-in-law Ran Xingrang and the chief assistant of the cabinet Fan Fucui knelt on the ground and kowtowed to plead guilty.

However, today, Emperor Chongzhen had no intention of shifting the responsibility to their ministers and workers. He waved his hand to tell the kneeling ministers to stand up.

He picked up a few more memorials from the case table, flipped through them briefly, and then called Zhang Jinyan in the military department to kneel down in front of his imperial case, and asked, "What about the Henan incident you mentioned in the memorial?" , now play it face to face."

Zhang Jinyan kowtowed again before replying: "After Luoyang fell into the hands of the thieves, there are different legends about the whereabouts of the son of Fu Fan. I think that at this time, the location of the relatives is very important.

Because the ministers saw Henan Fu and Tang Bao according to the play, they did not say the matter in detail and conclusively.The minister was originally from Henan, so he heard that the son of Fu is now in Meng County. "

"How do you know such details?"

"I have relatives who came to Beijing from my hometown. I asked him about this matter in detail, so I knew it. He had seen Fu Fan's son in filial piety in Meng County, so he knew that His Royal Highness Fu was killed."

Emperor Chongzhen let out a long sigh, and tears fell from his eyes again.

Zhang Jinyan played again: "Fu Wang has always been loved by Emperor Shenzong, and he has lived in the country for more than forty years. Now that the country has changed and he died in the country, it is appropriate to be sympathetic to all burial sacrifices."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "You are right."

He picked up another memorial and said: "According to what Zhang Cheng played in Xuanzhen Town, the prince has indeed been rescued by him, and he is now being escorted to Huaiqing Prefecture to settle down. Chen Xinjia, Zhang Cheng said in the memorial that Luoyang is a city offered by an internal thief. What caused the fall, specifically why?

Where is Fuchen Li Xianfeng now! "

Chen Xinjia was standing at the end of all the cabinet ministers. Hearing His Majesty's call, he hurried forward two steps to the imperial case. He first played the story of Luoyang's fall that Zhang Cheng's secret letter said in front of the emperor, and then replied: "According to Li Xianfeng's previous report. According to the report, he has led Chen Yongfu, the deputy general of Henan Province, to the north of Henan to suppress the bandits, but there is no new report on where he is now."

Emperor Chongzhen shook his head very dissatisfied, and said: "The bandits went from Luoyang to the south of Ruzhou, but Li Xianfeng led the troops to the north of the Yellow River. It was obvious that he avoided fighting the bandits.

For example, Gao Mingheng first reported the fall of Luoyang City, and King Fu was still alive, and later reported that he was killed. The two contradict each other, and it is too busy! "

He then asked all the cabinet ministers: "Fu Shizi said that the intruders 'killed the king and killed the officials'. What king was killed in Henan Prefecture?"

Several cabinet ministers in the palace said they hadn't heard of it.

Emperor Chongzhen was worried, so he asked again.

They still pretended that they didn't know about it, and Chen Xinjia knew about it clearly in Zhang Cheng's secret letter, but seeing that several cabinet ministers were refusing to say anything about it, it was inconvenient for him to make too much publicity about himself, so he didn't say anything I fell silent.

Zhang Jinyan came out of the class during the military affairs, knelt down and said: "Before the fall of Luoyang, the thieves broke through Yongning, and King Wan'an was killed inside. He is the county king of Yiwang."

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen stopped asking questions, he went on to say: "Luoyang has fallen. All the family members of the palace, internal and external officials, gentlemen and people have been burned and robbed. At this time, the bandits have left the city to the south. They were elected to send an army to recover Luoyang quickly and stabilize Henan. West.

The emperor had previously distributed 3 taels of relief silver to Henan. Should he first use five or 7000 taels of silver to help Luoyang and clean up the embers to save the urgent need? "

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Nowadays there is famine everywhere in Henan, and it is urgent everywhere. I should raise money again, that is, send officials to take it away."

At this time, Fan Fucui, the chief assistant of the cabinet, stepped forward and knelt down, saying: "I heard that there are two ministers beside King Fu, and their loyalty is commendable."

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at him, and said: "Where are the Taoists, government officials, county officials, township eunuchs, and scholars in other places, who were loyal and loyal when the city was broken, should be found out, and I will praise them as a whole. "

Fan Fucui felt ashamed when he heard the emperor's words, and hurriedly kowtowed and retreated. He secretly blamed himself in his heart: "Oh, why did I only think of two ministers!"

Chen Yan, the second assistant of the cabinet, also bowed to the side and said: "His Royal Highness Fu died for the country, and I will discuss it as a special temple."

Emperor Chongzhen didn't make a sound and was noncommittal.

At this time, during the military affairs, Li Xuan came out of the class and knelt down again and said: "In the past, when using troops, only by defeating the enemy with victory can we establish military prestige and subdue the enemy. It has been years since the cabinet minister Yang Sichang supervised the division to suppress the bandits. Yu, but at the beginning, Manao Mountain won a small victory, and since then it has been unknown, and its power has gradually declined.

The minister thought that if another general was selected to assist him, it would be easy to accomplish the task and wipe out the thieves as soon as possible. "

How could Emperor Chongzhen fail to understand the meaning of his words, he really wanted to accuse Yang Sichang and seize his military power, he just said indifferently: "How can the supervisor go to Henan for thousands of miles, how can he take care of him?

Although the length of the whip is not as long as the belly of the horse.When you speak, you must also put yourself in your shoes. If you attack the courtiers at will based on your opinion of love and hatred, it will be wrong. "

However, Li Xuan was not relentless, and said again: "It is precisely because I can't take care of him that I ask to send another general to help him."

Although Emperor Chongzhen was unhappy, he didn't want to be angry with Li Yun at this time. He said perfunctorily: "I also sent Zhu Dadian, this is the general."

After Li Xuan got up and retreated, Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the officials again, and asked again: "Where did Li Zicheng come to Henan from?"

Another military officer, Zhang Zhengchen, saw the opportunity, hurriedly bowed and said: "I heard that the thieves came from Sichuan."

Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, was standing at the side. Hearing this, he hurriedly corrected him: "The thief is from Shaanxi, not from Sichuan, not from Sichuan..."

Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to pay attention to this. He was thinking about Yang Sichang's news from Shitang News saying that Zhang Xianzhong had defeated the government army in Kaixian County. See the results.

So he looked at Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, and asked, "Where is Zhang Xianzhong now?"

Chen Xinjia knelt down and played back: "The military department only knows that the fierce tiger army was defeated in Huangling City, Kaixian County, and the bandits fled eastward. At present, there is no new report from Tangtang to Beijing."

Emperor Chongzhen's face was full of anger, and he asked in a deep voice: "The Xian thief is between Dazhou and Kaixian. If he escapes, Kui and Wu will be shocked? If the Xian thief flees back to Chu, how will he be restrained.

Can Kuizhou be heavily defended? "

Chen Xinjia saw that the emperor was very anxious to ask questions, and he felt a little panic in his heart. He replied: "Wan Ji should be stationed in Kuizhou now."

"Should? Wanji was ordered by the governor to hunt down the bandits. After Kaixian was defeated, where was he?
How to deploy chasing and blocking thieves?

How to prevent the thief from escaping into Chu?
Do you know all these? "

When Chen Xinjia saw the emperor's earnest questioning, he was terrified and replied tremblingly: "Wan Ji hasn't reported to Beijing yet, and the Ministry of War really doesn't know the details."

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Chen Xinjia sternly, and said: "The Qing Ministry must be dispatched with strict rewards and punishments, and must enforce the law for me impartially, without ambiguity.

From then on, if you tolerate mistakes, it will be the crime of the Qing Ministry! "

Chen Xinjia hastily leaned over and kowtowed, and said in his mouth: "As a soldier, I have no status in my duties, which caused the fall of Luoyang, the hardships of my relatives, and the small setbacks in Sichuan's suppression of the situation.

From now on, we must strictly abide by the sacred decree, enforce the law strictly, and clarify the rewards and punishments, so that the generals of the ministries dare not treat the national law as a child's play. As for the suppression of Sichuan and Chu, it is not too late to make up for it.

His Majesty Fu Qi waits with peace of mind, and puts the most important thing on the health of the holy body, so don't overwork and worry. "

Emperor Chongzhen asked again: "Do you know where Zhang Cheng in Xuanzhen is now?"

Every time Zhang Cheng secretly reported to Beijing, Chen Xinjia knew about his whereabouts, but he couldn't say where the troops were stationed, so he could only reply: "Zhang Cheng reported in Shitang that his troops were stationed on the bank of the Yellow River, watching out for intruders. Then plan a strategy to suppress thieves."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and said: "You tell Zhang Cheng, you must try your best to suppress the thieves, and don't let the intruders become so powerful that the situation in Yu Province is difficult to deal with. As long as he is dedicated to the king's affairs, but has meritorious service, I will not hesitate. Award."

Chen Xinjia replied: "The minister decided to convey the will of the sage to Zhang Cheng. When he first entered Yu Province, he subdued Dengfeng Li Ji, met tens of thousands of people, and returned to Yanshi to save the son of Fufan. Now he is spying on Luoyang. There must be deep meaning." , or in a short time, there will be good news coming to Beijing."

The Emperor Chongzhen continued to chat with the ministers about some political affairs, and ordered everyone to retreat. The ministers kowtowed again and retreated, and filed out. They waited for a while outside the East Corner Gate. Seeing that the emperor did not call back, they were relieved. Leave the palace and leave.

(End of this chapter)