Chapter 31 In the second quarter, the game is played big

There is no doubt that Yang He felt the trust of Chongzhen to some extent. Yang He was moved: The emperor is supporting me under pressure... How many people want to see the joke that I failed in the conquest.In fact, I can't fail and I can't afford to fail—the emperor is now tied to me: the success of the conquest is the success of the emperor's benevolent government; The emperor has been blind many times, and used the wrong person many times, but this time, he must be absolutely right. This is related to the decency and dignity of my great son.The emperor can no longer afford to lose.

Yang He became ruthless: If you want to play big, you must play big. So, how to make the game bigger? Yang He set his sights on Shen Yikui. Shen Yikui, the leader of the rebel army with the most combat effectiveness in Shaanxi.His older brother, Shen Yiyuan, once joined Kningsai, Xin'an, Bao'an and other places, and was later shot dead by Zhang Yingchang, the deputy general of Dingbian. What kind of miracle would it be if such a person who was at odds with the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty could lead his troops to be appeased and take the initiative to turn bandits into civilians?

Yang He decided to realize such a deafening and genius-like political vision - only in this way, all the officials will believe in the wisdom, greatness and correctness of the decision-making of the chief governor; only in this way, the emperor's decency and dignity will be maximized maintain. However, this is indeed an impossible task - why should Shen Yikui be appeased?Is he sick? ! Shen Yikui was not ill, so he led his troops to attack, first captured Heshui County, captured Jiang Yingchang, the magistrate of Heshui County, and then surrounded Qingyang Fucheng. Yang He rushed over, bringing along Zhang Yingchang, the deputy general of Dingbian who had killed his brother Shen Yiyuan, and quickly formed a siege of Shen Yikui's troops.

Shen Yikui suddenly discovered that his so-called most combat effectiveness was so vulnerable. Then fight until the last moment! Yang He suddenly stopped attacking, and issued an order to him: "Turning bandits into people, there must be preferential treatment." Why should my god Yikui be caressed?I'm sick? ! A transaction is not completed. But Yang He is determined to let the transaction be completed.It was easy to kill Shen Yikui, just like killing his brother Shen Yiyuan.But that is suppression, not caress.Yang He needs a victory of appeasement too much now, not a victory of suppression.In order to get Shen Yikui to be appeased, Yang He made a dangerous move: Facing the heavily armed Shen Yikui's men, Yang He opened the city gate to show Qingtian's sincerity in turning hostility into jade.Shen Yikui is overjoyed?He ordered his subordinates to take the opportunity to attack, but the subordinates put down their weapons—if the purpose of the rebellion was to have the land for the tiller, then now that the purpose has been achieved, why rebel?

Means and ends should not be confused. Shen Yikui sighed and led his troops to be caressed.Perhaps his means and ends were hidden, but in this chaotic time, who would be interested in finding out? Shen Yikui's long sigh was as wonderful as fairy music to Yang He's ears - Fu's victory came unexpectedly, the emperor could finally sleep soundly, and he wanted to sum up a classic case of Chinese Confucian politics - - "On the positive significance of Shen Yikui's appeasement to the stability of the Chongzhen Dynasty and the economic cost analysis of benevolent government and loving people".

Shen Yikui and his troops were disarmed and returned to the fields, but Yang He found that he was in big trouble. To buy cattle and seeds, you have to spend money. The one hundred thousand taels of silver given by the emperor has long been used up, but Shen Yikui still needs 20,000 taels to say the least.What should I do if I have no money?I can only make a report. The report was typed up, but Chongzhen did not allocate money except for expressing high praise for Yang He's ability to deal with Shen Yikui.Chongzhen didn't give any reason why he didn't allocate money. The emperor does not need to give a reason.

No matter how big the problem is, it is not a problem for the emperor - that is your problem, Yang He.Since you, Yang He, can deal with Shen Yikui, you must deal with it to the end. Do you want money, you want policies, and the policies have already been given to you. Shen Yikui and his troops were disarmed but could not return to the fields. Yang He thought of a way and suggested that they be incorporated into the army, but this suggestion was rejected by Shen Yikui.Shen Yikui said that the current officers and soldiers can't get enough to eat, and they are not much different from beggars. We only need fields, cattle, and seeds, but how can Yang He have these?He was speechless and dragged it off.

Yang He could delay, but according to Yang He's order, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Yansui who was in charge of arranging the people of Shenyikui, was made miserable.Shen Yikui kept threatening him, and even tacitly allowed his subordinates to harass the people in the Yansui area and seek food from the people.When Hong Chengchou came forward to stop him, Shen Yikui asked him for fields, cattle, and seeds.Hong Chengchou was too frightened to stop him. The situation is getting more chaotic and more serious.Some rebels who had previously surrendered saw that it was impossible to return Jia to the fields, so they chose to rebel.Yang He had to conquer again.But how can this be suppressed?The fire has already risen, this is a big fire all over the mountains and plains, Yang He is like a lonely firefighter, running back and forth in this wild fire in vain, trying to put out the fire.But the fire was not extinguished, but Yang He was shocked to find himself caught in the fire.This is the wildfire of history, destined to burn on him at this moment and in this place.Yang He turned his eyes to the emperor for help, but found that the emperor was silent and turned a blind eye thousands of miles away.

Yang He's heart turned cold.God, this Daming is not mine alone, the emperor is really not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry!I admit that I can't put out the fire, I'm incompetent, so why don't I take the blame and resign? !Yang He wrote a resignation letter to Chongzhen and recommended Hong Chengchou to take his place. Chongzhen laughed, and laughed after receiving Yang He's resignation letter. sneer. Chongzhen knew that Yang He was angry, and complained that he was sitting idly by: Yang He is venting his anger on me!You, Yang He, can vent your anger, but what about me, Chongzhen?To whom can I tell my Chongzhen's bitter and difficult stomach?To whom do you vent your anger? !

I keep silent, turn a blind eye?Do you think I'm a fool?This country belongs to Chongzhen, the country is unstable, I am more anxious than anyone else, it's just... just I really can't give money! In this world, giving money is a big science, especially for a country, how to distribute money is a big science.Give to whom, not to whom; Give more, give less; Give this year, give next year; Give face to face, give back; Give with a smile, give with a curse; Give to this department first, or to that department first; Give with confidence, betting Give freely; give without asking for anything in return, give meaningfully; give icing on the cake, give charcoal in the snow... There are hidden advantages in this.The stability and unity of a country depends to a large extent on the level of money given by the ruler of the country.

Governing a big country is like cooking small fish. To rule a big country is to give money!If I, Chongzhen, gave you Yang He the banknotes with a smile and without asking for anything in return, would you Yang He still give me the pick?Nope…… But—but I can't give it, I can support your arranging behavior, but if this arranging has too much to do with money, it's not a good thing.The one hundred thousand taels of silver I gave you last time was already hidden.The people in the Ministry of War openly clamored to treat everyone equally, and asked me, Chongzhen, to pay off the military pay as soon as possible, but can I pay off the military pay as soon as possible?Impossible.So, the only thing I can do is I can't give you any more money.Everywhere in this country is covetously, and everywhere is opening its bloody mouth.You are difficult, I am more difficult than you! Therefore, you, Yang He, cannot resign, just like I, Chongzhen, cannot resign. As long as you sit in this position, no matter how bad your ass is, you must insist on sitting down and sitting to the end. As the saying goes, persistence is victory. Yang He is sick, really sick. Ever since the emperor refused his resignation, Yang He felt that his life was a hard journey.However, some officials who saw the wind and turned the rudder into trouble continued to impeach him instead of suppressing him, making the situation difficult to deal with.In fact, the situation is indeed difficult to clean up now.Wanting money but not having money, wanting soldiers but hungry, and the "traitor bandits" rebelling against each other, and their momentum is getting bigger and bigger-Yang He has really become an ant on the hot pot, restless. Yang He couldn't eat, he felt a lump in his chest, he couldn't move up and down, it seemed that he was really sick. If a person is under too much pressure, he will definitely get sick. Not only sickness, but also death.A camel, at the height of its stress, dies from an insignificant straw.Yang He felt that he was not far from that poor camel. He wrote a resignation letter to the emperor again, and after talking about his situation and health, he thought that he was not suitable to stay in the three-sided governor of Shaanxi, whether public or private. The position is up.In view of the urgency of the current situation and no one dared to take over this position, Yang He recommended his son, Yang Sichang, who was then an insider in Shanhaiguan, to serve the court instead of him. However, Chongzhen still rejected Yang He's request. Persistence is victory, persistence is victory. Evasion, in any form, is not allowed.The son inherits the father's throne?If you are not the emperor, don't even think about it. Just when Chongzhen insisted that Yang He insisted on victory, one incident completely changed the stalemate between the two. God turned his back on him.He led his troops northward and captured Ningsai, an important military town. The consequences of Shen Yikui's retaliation are extremely serious.Because he tore off the last fig leaf of the Yang Hefu Bureau, which provided a good excuse for the Ming Dynasty's broad main suppression faction to question the main Fu faction Xingshi.But this is not the most serious thing. The most serious consequence is that it once again proves that Chongzhen has misjudged his eyes and used a seemingly talented person to preside over the overall situation in Shaanxi, which turned out to be wrong for the country and the king. Of course Chongzhen did not admit that he was wrong.When he received the news of Shen Yikui's rebellion, his first reaction was that this boy Yang He was passively sabotaging his work. In order to transfer back to Beijing, he actually traded the safety of the country with me—why can't he look down on Shen Yikui? ?Wouldn't he be able to do his ideological and political work?Is it impossible in this world to move without money?Besides, if you really want to give money to you, Yang He, don't be so stubborn.For example, if you give 10,000 taels of silver to Shen Yikui's troops, that's not enough; but how about secretly giving it to Shen Yikui?Then pull him over!It doesn't matter if his troops want to rebel, as long as the gods don't rebel, then nothing will happen!Therefore, Yang He was still incapable of doing things.Deeply bear the holy hope, deeply bear the holy hope! Chongzhen ordered that Yang He be arrested and brought to Beijing for punishment.Yang He let out a long breath—finally left Shaanxi in such an unseemly way.However, isn't it a good thing to make room for others and yourself? The father was arrested, so the son naturally had to do his best to rescue him.Yang Sichang sent a letter to Chongzhen, expressing that he would take the punishment on behalf of his father, and hoped that the emperor would punish his father Yang He lightly for the sake of their father and son's loyalty to the imperial court, and Chongzhen would ignore it.In fact, what Chongzhen is worried about now is not how to deal with Yang He, but who to send to fill Yang He's vacancy.Relying on the bureaucrats to push that it is the big-headed ghost who met his grandma. The people they push out are either talkative on paper, or they can't beat a dull fart with three sticks.Yang He should be regarded as the former.This time, Chongzhen vowed to be arbitrary in the appointment of people-or else rely on the officials to push, and use the wrong person, and they have nothing to do.That's what fools do! Chongzhen promoted Hong Chengchou.Hong Chengchou has been the governor of Yansui for many years. He is familiar with the local banditry and people's sentiments, and has some experience in suppressing "rogue bandits".Who in this capital city can be of great use, they are all the generation of flies and dogs!Chongzhen understood very well. Overnight, Hong Chengchou became the right minister of the Ministry of War and the censor of the capital of Youqin, and the governor of Shaanxi's trilateral military affairs.Hong Chengchou understood that the right servant of the Ministry of War and the censor of the capital of Youqian are both fictional and modifiers, and only the governor of Shaanxi's three-sided military affairs is real and is the subject. He understood the emperor's intention very well.At this stage, all his life value lies in the governor of Shaanxi Trilateral Military Affairs. If it succeeds, it will be famous; if it fails, then Yang He's today is his Hong Chengchou's tomorrow. So - being human is risky. The so-called ups and downs of official careers have a definite number and cause and effect. The cause of today is the effect of tomorrow, and the effect of tomorrow is the cause of the day after tomorrow. If you don’t care about it the day after tomorrow, you can’t control that much—the problem is tomorrow.If tomorrow's storm comes, can I, Hong Chengchou, escape safely? Hong Chengchou decided to intercede for Yang He. Indeed, pleading for Yang He is pleading for himself.In the future, if he makes a mistake in suppression and follows in Yang He's footsteps, then everything he does today will be valuable.Hong Chengchou said: Yang He, the former governor, has been cautious since he took office. Due to the severe famine, there are more and more "thieves" who are rushing from east to west, and one will disappear.The change of Shen Yikui was really unexpected and unexpected.I implore the emperor to let go of Yang He. Of course Chongzhen would not let Yang He go. A pawn, when it has no value, cannot be left on the board. What's more, this is still a chess piece that has made a fatal mistake. Yang He was dispatched to Yuanzhou, Jiangxi, where he died a miserable death a few years later.