The news of Liu Jun entering Jiangnan in a large scale was so shocking that it had a huge blow to the court. Even if Emperor Chongzhen had been in court for two consecutive days, he could not discuss effective measures. He did not let the court officials pay the price, and there was no way. In the end, he could only let them go back and let them go home and raise their pillows, and then think about what to do.

Everyone is a group of people. If they cannot destroy the Liu family army, the rebel, it will probably be their death.

Of course, the court and the others faced such a severe situation, but at least many people suggested that since Liu's army could leave Jiangnan under heavy snow, why could the official army not go south?

The official army can take advantage of the time when Shandong's troops are empty, siege Shandong, and restore the canal, so as to achieve the goal of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao.

In addition, the army must be ordered to set out immediately to attack Shandong and conquer the Liu family's retreat. At the same time, they also ordered the new governor Xiong Wencan, the governor of the five provinces, to take office immediately, and not to resist the order or delay. However, his position has changed. This is the Jiangnan Army, responsible for commanding all the troops in the south and to quell the rebellion with all his might.

There is also an advantage that Xiong Wencan takes on this position, that is, Zheng Zhilong was the one who brought him back then. Zheng Zhilong has always regarded him as his benefactor. His benefactor is in charge of the south, so he will probably send troops to support him. This is their wishful thinking.

But such a wishful thinking is too satisfactory? The first is to ask their official army to send troops south to attack Shandong. Their two generals, Hong Chengchou and Yang Sichang, changed their faces and remained silent, and refused to agree.

No matter how the ministers in the court are forced, incited, or scolded, they just refuse to nod.

If it was Yang Sichang, the newly appointed Minister of War, he would do his best to please Emperor Chongzhen. As long as the emperor nodded and asked him to do whatever he wanted, he would nod without hesitation and do it immediately. But when he was really in charge of the army, he would know that some things could not be defeated by manpower, and willpower could overcome everything.

First of all, they faced many problems, lack of food and the weather was so cold that soldiers would lose more non-combat troops than those who fought. Even an army as powerful as Liu Zhe would retreat immediately after gaining a certain advantage. Rather than being defeated by the government army, it was not that they were defeated by this severe weather. If both sides encountered this severe cold weather, they would not be able to take out weapons to fight.

Now, the offense and defense have changed hands. Liu Jun hid in the city, roasted on fire, ate warm food, and waited for the official army to attack. This is not to attack, but to die.

So both of them knew the seriousness and difficulties of the situation, but they refused to nodded no matter what. They had just a little soldiers in their hands. They had to raise so many troops again. It was probably difficult for the court to raise funds. Therefore, they had to preserve their strength in order to ensure that they still had the ability and could stabilize the situation in the north.

Lu Xiangsheng's annihilation was a lesson for them.

Therefore, the cunning Yang Sichang suggested mobilizing troops from the south, such as the troops from Henan and Huguang, and besieging Shandong and other places. He would send troops, but it was only restraining and would not serve as the main attacker.

In this way, Emperor Chongzhen would like to curse himself. As a heavy army group gathered by the court, you dare not attack Liu thieves. You can still count on the local raids and guards to attack Shandong. It is already good that they can restrain Shandong first.

In the more difficult places, Huguang, southwest and other places, the canal was cut off, and the imperial court's control over these places was greatly weakened. If they lost Jiangnan, they would probably turn these places into enclaves, into things in Liu Zhe's pocket, and completely out of control.

If the Liu family's rebellion cut off the canal and forced them to the corner, and now that Liu's army is attacking Jiangnan, it is really pushing them to death, and they have all entered the juncture of life and death.

The ministers discussed for a long time, discussed and found that the only possible thing at the moment was to ask Zheng Zhilong to send troops to attack the Liu family and restrain their troops no matter what.

Now they have discovered Zheng Zhilong. Now they have discovered that they have such awesome people under their command. He has the most powerful fleet in the East, and is said to have nearly 200,000 people and countless money and food. All they need is fame and fortune.

After the court issued the conditions last time, Zheng Zhilong did not accept the imperial edict or objected. This was obviously a bit of low price. So the court was really in a hurry this time, so he immediately appointed him as Minjiang Bo, with the seal of the General of the East, and immediately sent troops to Shandong to attack Liu Zhe. This time the court promised a clear price on the imperial edict, that is, if Zheng Zhilong could pacify Liu Zhe, they would be named Marquis, their descendants would be inherited and their descendants would be retired with the country.

You should know that in the Ming Dynasty, it is very difficult to win titles. In addition to the founding of the country and the Jingnan period, a group of dukes, marquis, and counts were awarded successfully for titles over the next two hundred years, only ten people were able to win titles, all of which were awarded titles through military merits. Now that the situation is extremely dangerous, they found that Zheng Zhilong has a large army, so they were willing to immediately give him an earl when the other party did not send troops to fight, so they could reassure him to fight the Liu family with peace of mind, and then give him a marquis position after winning.

In the more than 200 years after the Jingnan Campaign of the Ming Dynasty, no one could have been awarded a marquis through military merits. Although they had several titles during this period, they were all nobles, with their status as emperors or powerful people. However, in order to lure Zheng Zhilong to send troops, they tried every means and tried every measure. As long as the other party was willing to send troops, they were afraid that even a duke and prince could have been granted a title, because they were almost at the end of their lives and had no way out.

Therefore, in a very short time, the court passed the imperial edict on the court to negotiate peace, granted Zheng Zhilong a new official position, and asked him to go to the Jiangnan governor Xiong Wencan to obey orders and destroy the Liu family. After the matter was completed, he would be willing to split the land and be appointed as a marquis. I believe that if Zheng Zhilong was not willing, he would probably want to rebel. If the Zheng family also rebelled, the situation would be even more tense and even more tragic.

After doing these things, all the court could do was to raise food and grass, prepare troops, wait for spring to bloom, the weather to warm up, and the roads would be lifted, and the war would be launched again.

But at present, there is not much they can really do, and they are afraid that they can watch the Liu family conquer Jiangnan.

Their control over Jiangnan has been greatly weakened, and they have no way to summon a large army from Jiangnan that is enough to fight against the Liu family's army. The only thing they can expect is that Zheng Zhilong's army can obey the call of the court and resist the rebellion of Liu's army. If the Zheng family is unwilling to go out, then they have no choice and don't know what to do.

Moreover, the pattern of the court has undergone some new changes. If someone is careful, he will notice this. Such a major incident and such a serious crisis have occurred in the court. As the chief minister Wen Tiren, the head of the court, the emperor did not ask him any opinions from beginning to end, nor did he look at him face to face.

After all, the prime minister was the minister and leader in the court, who assisted the emperor in handling the government affairs. The emperor actually ignored him so openly, and sent a signal that his dissatisfaction with Wen Tiren had reached its peak.

Emperor Chongzhen was a very impatient person. He was also the one who had the most and fastest exchanges for the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister in the history of the Ming Dynasty. If he was not satisfied, he would change the person.

I don’t know where he learned how to use people. If he can’t get it, let the people who can get it. This idea is fine, but there is a problem in one aspect.

Of course, Wen Tiren is the first to bear the brunt of the emperor's attitude. He is very scared. He can achieve the position of this assistant today, and often he is appreciated by the emperor. If the emperor is unwilling to use him, he still has to leave.

The civil servants in the Ming Dynasty are now very powerful, claiming to be the literati and imperial power to rule the world together. However, this literati refers to the entire scholar system, not a single person. The emperor has no choice but to use the entire scholar system, but he can choose the right person, that is, he can still change and drive away anyone he dislikes, but he still has to use these scholars to serve him.

Such a major incident happened, and the emperor's dissatisfaction with Wen Tiren, the chief minister, reached its peak. He served as the chief minister for seven years, and his national strength became more and more popular, which made the emperor very disappointed. Thinking of his very bad popularity, the emperor intended to replace him.

In the past, he always believed that Wen Tiren and the six ministers of the Central Committee of the Court could not pee in the same pot, and they were often impeached by the Sixth Department to Zhonghe Yanlu, saying that this was not good or that was not good.

The emperor was still secretly happy at that time. At least such a prime minister did not form cliques and did not urinate into a pot with the ministers in the court.

Is there such a way to interpret it now? That is, he is a real treacherous minister and a real bastard. It seems that Yan Hao and Wan Tong in the history of the Ming Dynasty are not the same guys?

So the emperor did not hide his thoughts, that is, he was preparing to replace people. Without this prime minister, he could not help the court or the emperor.

Chongzhen had secretly looked for someone. He was originally planning to let him enter the cabinet and sit firmly before he could talk about it, but the situation is critical now and he cannot tolerate such slowness. He must replace him immediately and replace someone with a capable person to turn the tide.
Chapter completed!