Now Chongzhen has been brainwashed and has a clear analysis of Yang Sichang's behavior of excluding dissidents and forming cliques for personal gain.
"Well, you are right. Xiangyang defended the city with great merit and passed the decree. Xiangyang officials were promoted to one level. The prefect Wang Chengzeng was transferred to the capital to fill the vacancy when available.
King Xiang rewarded him with ten pairs of glazed silver mirrors and a thousand taels of silver. The stone pillar announced that Ma Xianglin had been promoted to one rank and returned to the capital to report on his duties."
After the words fell, Zhang Sizhi blinked his eyes and waited again and again. Before Chongzhen announced Yang Sichang, he couldn't help but become anxious.
"Your Majesty, where is Governor Yang?"
"Yang Aiqing still needs to finish the work. I will reward him when his master returns to the court."
"Your Majesty, I have something to tell you!"
Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, came out and stood with his hands folded.
In the original time and space, Chen Xinjia was demoted three levels in a row due to problems in Luoyang and Xiangyang. In this time and space, because Xiangyang was defended and Chongzhen changed, he escaped.
"Your Majesty, the intruders are very powerful. After the fall of Luoyang, they may have the momentum to continue southward to Kaifeng, which will affect the whole of Henan.
Please also ask Your Majesty to issue an order to have the new Governor of Henan, Mr. Sun, go to Henan as soon as possible to organize troops and join forces with Mr. Yang Ge to attack the intruders."
"I second the proposal."
"Your Majesty, the situation in Henan is extremely critical. Please ask the Ministry of Revenue to approve grain and grass supplies to provide disaster relief and rescue the people."
As soon as Chen Xinjia said this, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty immediately began to agree.
"Chen Ye: Obviously, Sun Chuanting's arrangement of the military camp has made many people unhappy, so they want to throw him to Henan. Now that Yang Sichang is harvesting the remaining soldiers in Xiangyang, he naturally cannot take care of Li Zicheng.
As soon as Sun Chuanting leaves and doesn't come back for half a year, Beijing camp will return to its rotten state."
Chongzhen thought about it and realized that these ministers were playing tricks on him, so he looked at Sun Chuanting.
Chongzhen gradually recovered his character, letting others take the lead when doing things, and reaping the rewards himself.
"Chen Shangshu, I was ordered to rectify the capital camp, and now I have achieved some results. How can I give up halfway?
Your Majesty, I would like to recommend Chen Shangshu to be the governor of Henan. Chen Shangshu has been in the frontier for many years. He is courageous and has learned military skills, so that Henan can be stabilized."
Sun Chuanting suddenly spoke, instantly disrupting Chen Xinjia's thoughts.
Before, being the governor of Henan was definitely a good job, but now it's a life-threatening talisman.
Didn't you see that Yang Sichang was being kited by rebels in Huguang, Sichuan? If it weren't for the cleverness of the Xiangyang magistrate and his party, Yang Sichang would have been forced to death by this time.
What's more, King Chuang of Henan is even more powerful. Now that Luoyang has fallen, his power has become even stronger. Wouldn't letting him go mean giving up his life?
"Your Majesty, I was dealing with the Tatars at the border. It was different from countering the rebellion. If I made a hasty governor, I might make a wrong decision and encourage the momentum of rebellion.
Moreover, it will take a long time to suppress thieves, and the affairs of the Ministry of War are complicated. I am afraid that I will delay the civil affairs of the Ministry of War, and a hasty handover will inevitably lead to chaos."
After Chen Xinjia finished speaking, he secretly worried himself. Fortunately, Sun Chuanting had tricked him, so he could refuse.
If Chongzhen gave the order directly, with Chongzhen's character, then he would have no choice but to continue. Now he can only pray that Chongzhen will not continue to chase him.
If you don't answer, are you trying to shirk?
Do you look down on me?
If you are demoted and sent to jail, just take your time.
"Chen Aiqing, since the Sun Aiqing you recommended cannot go, and you are temporarily unable to go to Henan, who do you think should be recommended?"
"Your Majesty, I recommend Zhang Guowei, the right minister of the Ministry of War. This man has wiped out the rebels many times. Now it is the time for Henan to employ people. Zhang Shilang can be the governor of Henan."
It’s better to be a dead Taoist than a poor Taoist. Zhang Guowei just lacks an opportunity for promotion, so this is the opportunity.
Chongzhen learned about Zhang Guowei's funeral based on Chen Ye's information.
Zhang Guowei once worked in the Ministry of Industry, managing rivers, and he was considered to have made some achievements. When the Ming Dynasty fell, he happened to be in Nanjing, so he fought against the Jin Dynasty in the Qiantang River in the later period.
Knowing that he couldn't resist, he left a letter to his son, asking them to die if they wanted to, and to take good care of his mother if they wanted to live. Then he committed suicide by throwing himself into a well.
"Okay, Fan Qing, what do you think?"
"I have no objection."
"Li Aiqing from the Household Department, please raise money and food as soon as possible so that Governor Zhang can prepare to leave for Henan."
Chongzhen thought that the matter was over, but he didn't expect that when Li Daiwen heard about raising money and food, he asked him another question.
"Your Majesty, the war in Liaodong is now critical. Once the money and grain are used to prepare for the war, the national treasury will be empty. There may not be much food support."
Before the decisive battle of Songjin, although the household department was very poor and refused to give money to anyone who asked for it every day, it was still able to raise a certain amount of money and food.
The real Ming Dynasty could not afford military expenses. It was after the Songjin War that the Ming Dynasty was so exhausted that even Sun Chuanting only received 50,000 taels for his military expedition.
"Your Majesty, I agree that the situation in Liaodong should be given priority at the moment. Only when the crisis in Liaodong is resolved will we be able to free up money and food to provide relief to Henan."
"Your Majesty, I second the proposal. The troops led by Mr. Yang Ge have already spent a lot of money and food. We should let Mr. Yang Ge take advantage of Huguang's pacification and pursue the victory.
If Henan and Huguang use troops at the same time, they may resort to force. Your Majesty only needs to order all parts of Henan to hold on and disperse the grain warehouses to provide relief, and the crisis of intruders will naturally be resolved."
"Chongzhen: The shop owner and these ministers have been discussing for a long time, but no one takes responsibility, and no one considers whether there is still food in the Henan granary. I really want to kill all these wastes."
"Chen Ye: It's not because of your previous temper. If you don't appoint someone to do it, these people won't dare to take the blame for you."
Jinzhou has been trapped for half a year, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that there will be a big war. Now Jinzhou has not been trapped to death. In half a month, the Mongolian army in Jinzhou will rebel, and the decisive battle will begin.
"In this case, the Ministry of Household Affairs raised 50,000 taels and handed it over to Yang Sichang, asking him to integrate the Huguang Guards and collect and suppress the remaining soldiers as soon as possible.
Zhang Guowei, I have appointed you as the temporary governor of Henan to thoroughly investigate the disaster situation in Henan and prepare for disaster relief after the intruders are pacified."
"When I accept the decree, I will live up to His Majesty's expectations."
Zhang Guowei stepped forward to answer and walked back to the queue, while Chen Xinjia cast a regretful look at Chen Yan and Zhang Sizhi.
"Sun Aiqing, rectify the capital as soon as possible and be sure to identify those who are not on the list. I don't want to see Yongle veterans still serving in the army."
With a great victory, Chongzhen did not need to be cautious.
After Chongzhen went to court, he went to the Dongchang warehouse to replenish goods for Chen Ye.
In the display window, Chongzhen's latest accumulation of gold amounted to 8,000 taels, and Chen Ye left it aside for the time being without recycling it.
There are also all kinds of valuable wood and wood furniture, all queued up at the port for customs clearance.
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"Su Qing, which powerful timber merchants has the company contacted now?"
"Let me see."
Su Qing couldn't remember it for a moment, so she opened her phone, opened the folder, and found a memo. She called it up and copied it to the phone's memo.
"There are seven companies in total, and the strongest one is from Chaoshan. In 2015, their family bought a 3.3-meter-long Hainan yellow rosewood for 42.5 million yuan."
"Inform them that I have several huanghuali logs of the same specifications. If you want them, you can contact us. I will send you the pictures."