Beiyang new warlord

Regardless of repeated battles and repeated defeats, this group of scholar-bureaucrats who did not go to battle in person have high self-esteem. They completely ignore that the Ming Dynasty is already riddled with holes. Facing the iron attacks of the Qing army again and again, he was unwilling to bow his head, but he forgot that even Tang Taizong, the eternal emperor, had suffered the humiliation of the Weishui River.

The negotiating secrets leaked by Chen Xin's family happened to touch Wen Chen's sensitive nerves.At this time, the negotiation has entered a critical moment. Shi Fengtai, the deputy envoy of Ning Qiandao, sent a message. When the news was conveyed to the capital, it was just in time for the Qing army to capture Xingshan. 10 million taels.

This is not a matter of money, Xiang Houjin spends money to buy peace?Give New Year coins?Then he was a civil servant of the Manchu Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, and he was no longer a useless minister like the Northern Song Dynasty. For more than 280 years in the Ming Dynasty, even if the emperor was captured and the capital was in danger, he never bowed his head to these barbarians, but to himself! He ceded the land and sued!How will the historian record himself?

For the sake of fame, it is either tolerable or unbearable, even Uncle Keren and Auntie can't bear it! The civil and military people in the court were excited, and they shouted to chop off the stunned Chen Xinjia.

If this pressure is followed, I am afraid that Emperor Chongzhen will have to slip his shoes in court, but these civil servants made a mistake when they were sure of winning.

They're over the top!

A good civil servant kowtowed and yelled twice, insisting on being a guest military officer, a few excited red-eyed censors, old and young, stepped forward to grab Chen Xinjia's collar, and it was actually a fist directly He came up to say hello.

Kneeling and kowtowing is the job of your civil servants. No one can deprive you of your rights, but this is an overreach! Seeing that the emperor was stunned and didn't pay attention!The great eunuch Wang Chengen, who knew that peace was meant by the emperor, seized the opportunity and yelled loudly.

"Bold! Above the court, is it a place for you to show off! Where are the warriors standing in the palace? Where is the general of the Han Dynasty? Drag it out!"

Dozens of wolves and tigers from the Jinyiwei Yulin Army rushed in. They didn't care if you were concerned about the country and the people, or whether the officials were big or small. He couldn't come back, so he rushed back. The order of the court was completely chaotic. Taking the opportunity, Chen Xinjia escaped from the court ranks in embarrassment and hid under the protection of his own little party members. In one scene, seeing Chongzhen himself turned pale with anger, he screamed out loudly.

"Retreat!"

A fierce political turmoil has come to an end, but it does not mean that this matter is over, but it is the beginning of a storm. In the next few days, the political center of the Ming Dynasty is almost paralyzed, whether it is going to the court or going back. , It doesn’t matter what yamen, as long as the officials who have the right to file a letter, they will all send the memorials of the impeachment of Chen Xinjia and the accusation of the peace talks to the cabinet like snowflake movies.

No one paid attention to Ding Qirui's 18 troops who were sharpening their knives in Zhuxian Town and were about to fight to the death with the main force of the Tianpeng Army.

After all, the negotiation was proposed by Zhu Youjian himself, and for the Qing Dynasty in Liaodong, the court really had nothing to do, and the negotiation seemed to be the only way out. Regarding these impeachment memorials, Chongzhen also kept them all. At the same time, Jin Yiwei's fast horse galloped out of Beijing in a hurry, crossed Shandong, and came straight to Xuzhou.

At this time, there is still a heavyweight in the world who is not in the capital, Zhou Yanru, the Shoufu University scholar who was promoted by Fushe Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai brothers to come back!

In the previous Yang Sichang era, although this Mr. Wen Ruo was incompetent in his administration, Yang Sichang's characteristic was that he could resist! Emperor Chongzhen needed him to take the lead, he never looked forward and backward, and always stood up with the most courage, so he It can be regarded as one of the most in tune with Emperor Chongzhen among the cabinet ministers of all dynasties.

If Zhou Yanru can also become the strong support of Emperor Chongzhen in the cabinet like Yang Sichang, this confrontation with the Korean and Chinese officials may not be unsustainable.

At this time, the emperor's eyes also hurriedly cast to the south.

The question is, is Zhou Yanru the kind of person who is dedicated to the public and selfless?

Obviously not!

Because of the lack of Liu Zeqing in history to curry favor with the guards, a part of Ge Zuo's Fifth Battalion went to the south of Shandong, so that Zhou Yanru's trip arrived more than half a year later than in history.

At this time, his speed was even slower.

Salt merchants in Yangzhou were the most wealthy, and their wealth spread all over the country. In Xuzhou, they also had houses, among which the Jujiu Garden of Zhang Hetang, a great salt merchant, was the most outstanding.

But this Jujiu Garden is no longer the sound of Jujiu, but full of people's noise, like a stone thrown into a quiet pool, another day, another dozen Jinyi guards rudely knocked open the front door The door, shouting and barging in.

"Where is Mr. Zhou? I have an order to welcome Mr. Zhou to Beijing as soon as possible!"

While arguing, the Jinyiwei Baihu pushed away the servants of the Zhou family who were blocking the way, and slammed open the door in the innermost room.

"what!!!"

The sharp women's shouts hurt people's eardrums. The women here are not as tough as the women in the borderlands, and they are full of pettiness. The two Jiangnan girls immediately lowered their heads and lifted their skirts to the back house. Going to chase, Jinyi Baihu walked straight to the bed, and bowed heavily to the middle-aged man lying motionless on the bed.

"Master Zhou, the emperor has called you to enter the capital quickly! Please go north at the end of the day!"

But after shouting a few times, the person on the bed didn't respond, his face changed slightly, Jin Yiwei Baihu suddenly tilted his head towards the back, a doctor in Taoist robes tremblingly followed in with a medical box on his shoulders Come.

Putting his hand on Zhou Yanru's wrist, he felt his pulse for more than a minute. Looking at Zhou Yanru who was still asleep, the doctor shook his head with difficulty, and the guards in Jinyi couldn't help staggering.

Not pretending to be sick, really sick!

At this time, Zhou Dafu, the housekeeper of the Zhou family, also forced his way in, shouting angrily.

"You vulgar warriors, you dirty bastards! My lord is the Shoufu Grand Scholar recruited by His Majesty himself! The first rank in the court! You have surprised my lord by rushing in and out. If something good or bad happens, how many do you have?" A head enough to cut off?"

"Get out of here! Get out!"

With a bluff, he pushed the Jinyiwei Baihu, butler Zhou drove them out involuntarily.Can't take Zhou Yanru away, Jin Yiwei lost his momentum, and was really pushed out by a group of house slaves, but as the voice gradually faded away, Master Zhou, who was still "fainted" on the bed just now, suddenly turned over with a grunt stand up.

"Give me the pail, sir! Hurry up!"

The two Jiangnan beauties who had just escaped ran back in a hurry, and brought back a vermilion lacquer toilet together. They barely had time to take off their trousers. Zhou Yanru shook off the blanket and squatted over.

At this moment, Housekeeper Zhou, who had dismissed Jin Yiwei, came in with a small half bowl of soup and medicine with a sad face, looked at his master with a blue face, and asked sadly.

"Sir, do you still drink? This is enough!"

This is not a tonic! The tiger and wolf medicine that Zhang Fengyi, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, committed suicide and drank, rhubarb! No wonder the University Scholar squatted like this this week.In order to deceive Jin Yiwei, he was cruel enough to himself.

"Bring it!"

Stretching out his hand to grab the medicine bowl, he raised his head and drank it all. His stomach seemed to be overwhelming again. Once again, there was a burst of rancid smell in the room. Seeing that he still didn't dare to cover his nose, Steward Zhou was urging him to do something. With bow.

"My lord! If there's another Tiqi officer, the old slave will block it. Why are you humiliating yourself?"

"What do you know! Whoops!"

Grinning again, this teenager who was admitted to the number one scholar, but now the Prime Minister of the Ming Empire has an ugly face and hummed.

"If it is blocked, the emperor should directly arrest people! Now the capital is full of uproar! The emperor has poked a basket, and I want to resist the master. Can I resist? If it is not good, the master will be the next three-sided Yang He again." ! And if you support the emperor, you will offend those censors who are like mad dogs! How can I be an official, my lord?"

"This master is not good at conduct, so there is nothing the emperor can do. Now everyone knows that the only way to deal with the Qing Dynasty is to make peace! I really can't wait, the emperor gritted his teeth and put the burden of peace on his own head. At that time, when the peace situation is first seen, wouldn't it be a pleasure for my master to go to the capital to take over this achievement?"

The smug smile didn't last long, and his stomach hurt again, and the pained, caring Scholar of Shoufu grinned fiercely again.

The prime minister of a country cannot bear the responsibility, he only wants to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and reap the benefits of the fisherman, throwing the burden on the emperor, so that the emperor can resist this responsibility.

The question is can the emperor resist?

If it was Tang Taizong Li Shimin, the answer would be yes. Emperor Taizong did not lack such courage, but it was obviously impossible for Emperor Chongzhen, an imitator of Tang Taizong who was self-willed but had a good face and bullied the weak and feared the hard.

After carrying it for more than 20 days, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't bear it anymore. On April 29, an unprecedented and severe imperial edict was issued from the palace and sent to Shangshufu, scolding Chen Xinjia for seeking peace and humiliating the country, which is a heinous crime.

Apparently, Emperor Chongzhen threw the blame on Chen Xinjia, Shangshu of the Ministry of War again, and asked him to take the blame for the peace negotiation with the Qing Dynasty.

But the question is, is Chen Xinjia willing to be this scapegoat?

Chapter 473. You have to memorize it

Since the 15th year of Chongzhen, history has suddenly become fragmented and messy, and major events that originally affected the world have become everywhere. This seems to be a harbinger of the eve of the empire's demise, and all parts began to disintegrate.

In April, when the spring rain should be as smooth as oil, the sky in Henan is yellow, and the sandstorm blowing northwest wind and sand is howling in the empty central plains like a ghost crying. bones.

This is the seven days that Yuan Chonghuan's army has been stranded at No.20 in Chenliu County. Last year, there was no harvest in Henan. The people here are mostly thieves. It is really difficult to supply here. His subordinates can only eat one meal a day, and there is also a shortage of drinking water. The disheveled soldiers surrounded the only well on the edge of the county that was not dry early in the morning, scrambling for the yellowish water source.