Han ride

Chapter 246 Chongzhen's Decision

"The number one loyal minister of Ming Dynasty?" Chen Xinjia's complexion changed, and he looked at Wen Tiren with surprised eyes.

"Why, don't you believe it?" Wen Tiren said with a smile: "If you were Li Xin, I would have 10,000+ strong soldiers in my hands. When the court repeatedly made things difficult for you, and when my own troops were scarce, I would not be able to do so because of a piece of paper from the court. The imperial decree, just go and wipe out the rebels for the court? I don’t know if you will, but I definitely won’t.”

"Even lower officials can't do this." Chen Xinjia was moved when he heard the words, but finally he had to nod and said.This kind of thing is really not something that ordinary people can do, but Li Xin did it.But if Li Xin was said to be the most loyal minister of Ming Dynasty, Chen Xinjia would feel jealous in his heart.

"For such a loyal minister, the court must recognize clearly that Zhou Yanru looks like a chief assistant, but he doesn't have the heart of a chief minister. Because of a little personal enmity with Li Xin, such a loyal minister will be rejected." Wen Tiren sneered: "This way If the person still let him continue to be the chief assistant of the imperial court, is there any hope for my Ming Dynasty? This old man has no choice."

"This person really can't be the first assistant." Chen Xinjia also bowed his head and thought for a while.

"Okay, okay, come on, today I will let you taste the cook that the old man invited from Jiangnan. Let you taste the dishes of Jiangnan." Wen Tiren said affectionately, pulling Chen Xinjia.

"Thank you, Mr. Ge." Chen Xinjia said quickly.

While Wen Tiren and Chen Xinjia were enjoying the Jiangnan cooks, in the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen was not in the mood to eat any imperial banquet, and the memorial in his hand was the latest from Gao Qiqian.Li Xin was besieged in Dengzhou, which made him feel confused.To kill, or not to kill?

"My lord, Mr. Ge is here." Wang Chengen said cautiously.The elder Ge he was referring to was Zhou Yanru.

"Come in quickly." Emperor Chongzhen said quickly with a happy expression on his face.

After a while, Zhou Yanru's sleeves were fluttering, his face was rosy, and he was full of joy, obviously he was about to encounter something joyful.Seeing Chongzhen coming out to greet him in person, he hurried forward and said: "The old minister pays homage to His Majesty."

"Mr. is here, please sit down." When Emperor Chongzhen saw Zhou Yanru coming, a gleam of joy appeared on his face, he stepped forward to help Zhou Yanru up, and said, "Sir, I asked you to come this time just to let you see Something. Look, this is a memorial sent by Gao Qiqian. Li Xin is besieged in Dengzhou."

"Oh! That's great joy, great joy! Your majesty. Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty." Zhou Yanru's eyes lit up, and he said loudly: "Congratulations to your majesty, since then Mobei has been pacified, and all of Mobei's tens of thousands of elites have been in my hands, Daming. .”

"Hehe, sir, this matter has to be discussed from a long-term perspective, a long-term perspective." Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and said: "Tell me, can this Li Xin be killed?"

"Your Majesty, you must be killed." Zhou Yanru said without thinking: "If you don't kill Li Xin, your Majesty will not be able to control the [-] troops in Mobei. If you don't kill Li Xin, there will be disasters in the future."

"Really want to kill?" Emperor Chongzhen was still a little hesitant. Killing Li Xin was not a simple sentence, and he had to consider the consequences of killing Li Xin.

"Your Majesty, you should continue to stop and accept the chaos. This opportunity for Del is rare. Once Li Xin is allowed to return to the grassland, he will be the enemy of the imperial court. The old minister thought he should be killed." Zhou Yanru said through gritted teeth.

"It's better to invite all gentlemen to discuss this matter together." Emperor Chongzhen was a little moved, but he still asked cautiously.

"The old minister thinks that the emperor should act arbitrarily on this matter." How could Zhou Yanru let Emperor Chongzhen convene the cabinet for discussion? He believed that if Wen Tiren was removed from the cabinet, even Wen Tiren himself would persuade Chongzhen in the same way when he encountered such a situation.Although Li Xin has some food and grass, he is short of soldiers and horses, and he does not know when the external reinforcements will arrive. It can be said that Li Xin is bound to die when he is trapped in Dengzhou. Whoever persuades Chongzhen to be effective will have greater credit afterwards. Such a good thing , How could Zhou Yanru share it with others?
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhou Yanru with surprised eyes, and the word Gan Gang arbitrarily did not come out of Zhou Yanru's mouth for a long time.The Ming Dynasty set up a cabinet to help the emperor handle government affairs, and later eunuchs approved redemption to contain the cabinet. Although the emperor had supreme authority, since the reign of Emperor Wuzong, most emperors did not love to go to court, so it caused, The situation in which the emperor came and the cabinet dealt with the affairs of the world was extremely appropriate in the eyes of literati.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, either the eunuchs monopolized power, or the Donglin party members ruled the world, no matter what it was, the emperor's power dropped a lot. This is why Emperor Chongzhen lost his country in the end despite his efforts to govern.Because his imperial decree is mostly carried out in half, or even not carried out at all.Among these people who persuaded him to rule from the top down, Zhou Yanru was the toughest one.It's just that what he didn't expect was that Zhou Yanru actually let himself be arbitrary at this time.But Emperor Chongzhen thought about it again, and immediately understood what Zhou Yanru was thinking. He wanted to use this incident to consolidate his power.For a moment, his joyful eyes dimmed again.

"Your Majesty, this old minister didn't do it for this merit. The old minister is already an extremely talented minister. What do you want this little credit for?" Zhou Yanru seemed to see the doubts in Emperor Chongzhen's heart, and said quickly: "It's just that this matter is of great importance. Although the veterans support the emperor's killing of Li Xin, some people in the court may not support it. If the veterans support it, there will naturally be people in the court who oppose it, even the emperor. Once this matter is taught to the court, I am afraid that in the end it will be the same. Let it go, the old minister really doesn't want to let this opportunity be lost like this. So I want to ask the emperor to act arbitrarily."

Emperor Chongzhen was also taken aback when he heard this. He thought about it carefully, and he also remembered the current situation in the court. There was constant turmoil and party disputes were becoming more and more serious. No matter what Zhou Yanru mentioned, Wen Tiren would object.No matter what Wen Tiren said, the disciples and old officials under Zhou Yanru's command would object.If this matter is put in the court discussion, I'm afraid it will be nothing in the end.

"Your Majesty, the soldiers on the front line can't wait any longer." Zhou Yanru followed Emperor Chongzhen for a long time, and when he saw that his strategy of retreating into advance had achieved results, he said again immediately.

Emperor Chongzhen's complexion changed again. He also thought of the troops on the front line. The tens of thousands of troops spent a huge amount of money and food every day. Emperor Chongzhen thought about his treasury, and finally he could only sigh: "You send someone to tell Gao Qi Qian, let him do it freely, I, I will make the decision for him." Emperor Chongzhen finally made a decision, although his decision was not made by imperial decree, it was made after all.

"Old minister, let's do it now!" Zhou Yanru felt relieved, but his face was full of solemnity.

(End of this chapter)