The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 655
After all, Cao Huachun has some unclear relationship with Huang Sheng. When he was the admiral of the East Factory, he was helped by the Huang family several times.

Seeing that the emperor was angry at the fact that the King of Qiongya County had privately arrested the first-rank military officer of the imperial court, he immediately knelt down and said:
"Your Majesty, please calm down. The king of Qiongya County may have a reason for arresting Zuo Zongbing. The old servant has seen the memorials of many adults, and they all said that Zuo Zongbing committed a heinous crime."

Emperor Chongzhen suppressed his anger, and said suspiciously: "A heinous crime? Cao Banban, read a few copies to me."

The emperor was extremely tired, leaning on the dragon chair and listening with his eyes closed.

Cao Huachun was reading and reading, but after reading three memorials, suddenly, the irritable Chongzhen slammed the tea cup brought by Wang Chengen to pieces, and cursed: "Is this still a general of the Ming Dynasty? He It’s not even as good as a rogue, it’s simply not a human being!”

Cao Huachun added to the fire: "The memorabilia read by the old slave is not groundless, and the content of the memorabilia is accompanied by evidence presented in court, and all of them are signed by the suffering master."

Chongzhen stared wide-eyed and asked Cao Huachun, "Why? Why? Is the imperial censor blind? This person has been running amok for so long without realizing anything?"

Cao Huachun explained: "Your Majesty, there was also a censor who impeached Zuo Zongbing for killing good men and taking meritorious deeds before, but when the court employed people, they didn't pursue too much."

Chongzhen, who couldn't bear the sand in his eyes, said: "It's unreasonable. With such murderers, the country will not be far away."

The words were so serious that Cao Huachun didn't dare to say anything.Chongzhen was panting with anger, and said for a long time: "Officials force the people to rebel, and the imperial court's commander-in-chief is even more vicious than thieves. No wonder there are uprisings everywhere."

Cao Huachun had nothing to say and could only comfort him: "Your Majesty, please calm down, don't let such petty anger ruin your bones."

The emperor was still running violently, saying: "Such villains are in high positions, how can the common people make a living, no wonder there are so many wars, no wonder the common people want to rebel."

After a long time, Chongzhen, who had calmed down, decided to wait and see what happened, and put Zuo Liangyu's matter aside for now.

He said to Wang Cheng'en: "Banban Wang, pass on the decree to discuss the matter on the platform."

The topic of discussion on the platform has changed. Originally, the emperor believed that the arrest of Zuo Liangyu by the king of Qiongya County was intended to provoke the court, and wanted to call important officials to discuss how to deal with it.

Now Chongzhen thinks that Zuo Liangyu deserves to die, and he doesn't mind at all that Huang Sheng captures the thief general without authorization.

The problem is that the chaos in Nanzhili and Jiangbei has become a reality, and there will be hundreds of thousands of refugees there.

The imperial court was in financial crisis and couldn't provide relief food. In the end, the emperor had to use 10 taels of internal funds to send his trusted eunuch Gao Qiqian to Fengyang Mansion to buy food to help the refugees.

Every day thereafter, Zuo Liangyu's crimes were played out every day, which was very different from the previous reports given to Shizhong and Yushi Wenfeng. There were actually many confessions with red handprints, witnesses and evidence, and the time and place were clear at a glance.

Emperor Chongzhen was furious again, not because he was angry with King Yuezu of Qiongya County, but because he hated the Zuo Zongbing who raised his own self-respect and persecuted the bandits.

Because of the progress in the digging operation organized by Li Xihan, the emperor saw a large number of new crimes confessed by Zuo Liangyu's subordinates.

The well-documented confession clearly stated that Zuo Liangyu used money from bandits to let them escape again and again, including Zhang Xianzhong who dug up the Zhu family's Fengyang ancestral grave.

Zuo Liangyu deserved to die for killing good men and taking meritorious deeds many times. He should be cut in half if he plundered and slaughtered the common people.

Once again discussing matters on the platform, Chongzhen asked a group of important ministers how to deal with Zuo Liangyu, how to praise the king of Qiongya County for his courage to stand up for the court, and capture criminals among thousands of troops.

Gaodi, Wang Zhichen and several cabinet ministers whispered to each other that the king of Qiongya County was not a jerk, he did not treat Zuo Liangyu like Yuan Chonghuan did, who directly killed Mao Wenlong on trumped-up charges.

Now that Zuo Liangyu is still alive and well, what should the court do?
In order for the bandit generals to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong with all their strength, Yang Sichang, the important minister who is currently holding the title of minister of the Ministry of War, is the person who gave Zuo Liangyu the title of "Ping Bandit General" in history. He is now the most capable minister of Emperor Chongzhen.

Yang Sichang was a rare talent in ancient times, and he belonged to a commander with a strategic vision. Unfortunately, he was already terminally ill at this time. Even so, he still insisted on working hard.

Yang Sichang firmly believes that if the Ming Dynasty perishes, it must be destroyed by the bandits. He firmly implements the strategy of fighting against the outside world and must follow the internal strategy. , Wrangling.

Yang Sichang suggested that the Ming Dynasty should compromise, make peace with Jiannu first, and then accumulate strength to liquidate Jiannu's rebellious behavior after the civil strife is over the immediate crisis. He also persuaded Chongzhen with the example of Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty.

It's a pity that there was a group of inflexible officials in Ming Dynasty headed by Huang Daozhou, who angrily accused Yang Sichang of harming the country and the people as an out-and-out traitor.

In the end, more than [-]% of the ministers in the imperial court expressed their positions, and they also gave examples. Of course, when the Ming emperor was arrested by Wala during the Tumu Fortress change, he did not sign the alliance under the city...

well!If the stubborn Ming hadn't been so stubborn, like the Manchus, they would have measured China's material resources and united the country's favor, and I am afraid that they might not have died at the hands of Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen trusted Yang Sichang quite a lot, and he finally got a great talent with practical knowledge, but it's a pity that God is jealous of talents...

Yang Sichang believed that Zuo Liangyu should be dead and had no use value. As a general, Zuo Liangyu had no soldiers under his command, and a general without soldiers was useless to the court.

Zuo Liangyu was imprisoned in a dog cage and Shengdou Xiaomin humiliated him for several months and already lost his dignity. Moreover, his crimes have been exposed to the world, so of course he deserves to die.

Yang Sichang said: "Your Majesty, Zuo Liangyu's crimes cannot be pardoned. I ask Your Majesty to order this person to be escorted back to Beijing for interrogation."

The Chief Assistant Wen Tiren said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Zuo Liangyu is so angry that the people are so angry that they are too late."

Second Assistant Wang Yingxiong and all the important ministers had no objection, and all of them asked the emperor to order Zuo Liangyu to return to the capital to rectify the Fa as an example.

The emperor had long been murderous. Seeing that Yang Sichang and other ministers demanded that Zuo Liangyu be escorted back for Fa-rectification, he immediately issued an order to carry it out.

The current governor of Dongchang is Li Chengfang, the eunuch of Li, and Cao Huachun has been promoted to the eunuch of Bingbi, the eunuch of Li, becoming the No. 1 eunuch.

To escort the key criminal Zuo Liangyu, the standard was not low, the imperial envoy sent was Liu Ruozai, and a hundred people from the Dongchang Fanguan and Jinyiwei went to Henan.

Without Zuo Liangyu's battle, Hong Chengchou is not a vegetarian, and the cavalry of Cao Wenzhao and Ma Shihu are also unambiguous. The Ming army finally dared not fight a live battle when the master saw that the general was ruthless. Zhili.

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