Beijing, the side hall of the Ganqing Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen summoned his ministers here. Because Chongzhen was sick these days, the Changchao had been on hold for a few days, and he was an extremely diligent emperor, so when he got better, he summoned his ministers.

Speaking of illness, it was because he was overly anxious after receiving the news that King Xiang was killed and the city of Xiangyang was broken. When King Fu was killed, he went to Taimiao to cry and apologized to his ancestors. But less than a month ago, King Xiang was also killed, which was a huge blow.

These are all dragon sons and grandsons. Two vassal kings were killed in less than a month. What did the people in the world and the civil and military officials in the court think? This incident made the entire royal family lose their prestige and sense of sacredness, which would only encourage the arrogance of the bandits and bandits and make the world more turbulent.

Chongzhen was also scared. The so-called "obligation from heaven" was that his uncles and uncles were killed by thieves so easily. Is this God's fault? If God doesn't like him, Zhu Youjian, then will the Ming Dynasty be in danger?

In order to seek God's forgiveness and reflect his kindness, Chongzhen ordered a general amnesty for the world and suspended the death penalty this year. I don't know if the medicine was taken or God forgave him. In short, his illness was cured. So early this morning, he summoned all the important officials and the Censor of the Kedao.

After the ministers knelt down and worshiped, Chongzhen said haggardly: "Disasters in various places have caused frequent disasters, causing the people to be unable to eat, and the hungry people are everywhere, and bandits are rampant, which has led to the fall of blessings and the two vassals of Xiang. My benevolence is not clear, which has caused the heaven to be angry and bring disaster to this."

After he finished speaking, he felt wronged. In the years since he ascended the throne, he first eliminated the eunuch party and revived the court's principles. Then he was determined to make progress in order to recover the lost territory in Liaodong and restore his strategic advantage over the Jurchens. However, what he used was not human. Yuan Chonghuan could only speak loudly and destroy the Great Wall, and the peace talks were attacked by the Qingliu in the court. Misfortunes did not go alone, Shaanxi and Shanxi began to drought, and bandits attacked cities and plundered the land, and they were out of control since then.

He reviewed memorials until late at night every day, and there were only nine concubines in the palace. Even Zhang Xianzhong, who burned the imperial tomb, forgave him kindly and accepted Zhang Xianzhong's surrender. He was really wronged. How could God blame him for such a diligent, frugal, benevolent and enterprising emperor? As he thought about it, tears flowed out unknowingly.

When the ministers saw the emperor, they cried, and the lord was worried about the insults of the ministers, and the lord was killed. They all knelt down and apologized for themselves: "Your Majesty is kind and kind, and his crime is with me."

When Chongzhen heard the words of the ministers, he felt a little more uncomfortable. He raised his hand and said, "Everyone, please get up."

The son-in-law Ran Xingrang bowed and said, "Fu, the death of the two vassals of Xiang is really a matter of energy and no connection with Your Majesty. Please do not worry about your Majesty, take care of your dragon body."

Chongzhen frowned and said, "Is that so?! This is really just a matter of energy?! There is no human matter?"

The staff officer Li Feng immediately stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, Yang Sichang has been in charge of troops for more than a year, but only one victory in Agate Mountain. Now, I am afraid that the veterans of the teacher are exhausted. I ask Your Majesty to choose another person to assist Yang in Supervisor."

Originally, Chongzhen wanted to ask the resettlement of refugees in various places. Even if there were disasters in various places, all counties should have to work hard to stabilize the place. But now refugees are everywhere and bandits are prevalent, and those officials are responsible! But no one took him off and pointed the finger at Yang Sichang reads. Yang Sichang was his confidant minister. If it weren't for Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong and other arrogant soldiers who did not listen to the order, Zhang Xianzhong would have been sentenced to the head!

But even the emperor did not dare to deal with Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong, two powerful generals who had heavy troops, could only capture Wang Shaoyu, who had few soldiers. His elite troops have been transferred to Liaodong to deal with the Donglu. The bandits in the Central Plains still have to rely on the military generals like Zuo Liangyu. After his tens of thousands of troops defeated the Jurchens, he could be able to mobilize these elite troops to suppress the bandits. By that time, military generals like Zuo Liangyu, who have different ambitions will be useless!

Chongzhen said coldly: "Governor Yang is in Sichuan, and he is thousands of miles away from Henan Prefecture. How can he control the generals of Henan? You should put yourself in your shoes and think about it, don't wait for your heart, just like you and hate!"

Li Wei bowed and said, "What I am worried about is that Yang Ge is partially exhausted and difficult to control the local area, so I ask Your Majesty to send another assistant."

Chongzhen nodded and said lightly: "I have asked Zhu Dadian to go, so there is no need to mention this matter."

Afterwards, Fan Fucui remarked: "Your Majesty, there are more and more refugees outside the city. Please allocate relief silver to Henan to allow refugees to return to their original homes."

"There is no need to drive away. When the weather is good and it is suitable for farming, they will naturally go back." He just distributed 100,000 treasury funds to provide relief to victims in Shandong, Henan, Baoding, and Zhending. Now the Ministry of Revenue is still raising food and money for Liaodong. Where can I still have money?

Later, it was mentioned that Prince Fu. The prince Zhu Yousong was guarded by the royal palace officer and the lieutenant, crossing the Yellow River, and went to Meng County, Huaiqing Prefecture.

The minister Zhang Jinyan also had a memorial from the inspector Gao Mingheng, who requested a grand funeral to King Fu.

Chongzhen ordered: "Authorize the report. The son-in-law, Ran Xingrang, and the eunuch of the Governor-General of the Beijing Camp, Wang Yumin, visited the prince Fu, the inspectors and the martyrs of the officials and the people who died."

Ran Xingrang bowed and said, "I obey the order."

Huguang, Jiangling County, Shashi Town.

Yang Sichang led his troops to Huguang, and Zhang Xianzhong conquered Fancheng County, Dangyang County, Jia County, Guangzhou and other places one after another. It was also here that Yang Sichang received the news that Li Zicheng had captured Luoyang and killed King Fu.

Yang Sichang was instantly in panic and despair. He was the chief minister in charge of the anti-threat affairs in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang, Sichuan and other places. He died two vassal kings and several princes within his jurisdiction. His crime was too great. Even if the emperor trusted him, the ministers in the court would not miss this opportunity to attack him.

Yang Sichang was furious and squirted out his heart, and then he fell to the ground with a plop.

"Gei Department! Master!" Yang Sichang's servant immediately stepped forward, helped Yang Sichang's head up, and shouted nervously.

"Come here, go and invite the doctor! Please invite the doctor!" Yang Sichang's other family members and personal soldiers also ran over in panic, and then began to make an emergency call for the doctor.

Yang Sichang slowly opened his eyes, looked at the roof empty, held his breath, and said, "Zuo Liangyu misled me!" After that, he fell into a coma again.

After waiting for a while, a doctor who finally invited him to pinch the Renzhong and acupuncture, finally woke Yang Sichang up. The doctor took the pulse and prescribed medicine. Then Yang Sichang's family immediately went to take the medicine and torment, and did not dare to delay for a moment.
Chapter completed!