Chapter 34 Section 5 The situation is getting more and more serious

But the situation is getting worse.The peasant army has grown rapidly in Shaanxi, from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. Not only is Shaanxi in danger, but it has already spread to several surrounding provinces. What's worse, the Peasant Army even made up a ballad to the effect that Chen Qiyu had a low IQ and couldn't beat Li Zicheng.It is also said that the peasant army can bend and stretch, and Chexiangxia's feigned surrender is bending, and now it is stretching in full swing. The singing was loud and clear, and soon reached Chen Qiyu's ears, making him feel angry and frightened.

It's a man's dignity to be angry. A man cannot be said to have a low IQ, even if he is. What's more, this man is the governor of the five provinces. The fear was because the peasant army sang the word "surrender", which was terrible.This shows that the riot was purposeful and premeditated from the very beginning, and Chen Qiyu was indeed deceived. The problem of Chen Qiyu being cheated is not serious, the serious thing is that the emperor was also cheated.The emperor arrested Lian State affairs in a serious manner, thinking that this surname Lian broke the Fuju Bureau. Doesn't this justify... Does it mean that the emperor has no eyes?Chen Qiyu's only wish now is that the peasant soldiers don't sing loudly, this song must not be heard by the emperor - if the emperor knows that he has the same low IQ as Chen Qiyu, he will be very angry.

But Chongzhen soon heard the song. However, he pretended not to hear it.Because he feels that he is really a dilemma for his grandma now. Chongzhen resented: If these "bandits" had sung this song earlier, how could I, Zhu, have grasped state affairs according to my IQ? Facts have proved that Lian Guoshi saw through the surrender trick played by the "rogue bandits" at a glance. Li Jiayan, the magistrate of Baoji County, even killed 36 "rogue bandits" in one go. They all had foresight.But I...why didn't I see it?Alas, it's all because of Chen Qiyu, the villain who sued first, confused right and wrong, and made me wrongly arrest him in a fit of anger—this Chen Qiyu obviously equated my IQ with his.It is tolerable or unbearable!

But what now?Immediate release of people seems that I, the emperor, are too confused and hasty; if I don’t release people, I will sacrifice my state affairs to fulfill the dignity of my emperor, which is good, but how to solve the dilemma in Shaanxi?Can Chen Qiyu, who is good at being a master, really settle Shaanxi? Chongzhen couldn't make up his mind for a while. Regardless of what the emperor thought, all the officials went to the public to complain about the state affairs.Seeing that Lian was imprisoned for state affairs, Fu Yongchun, the censor of Shaanxi Province, immediately wrote an open letter to all officials-"The Truth About the Chexiangxia Incident in My Eyes". A lot of stories between him and Chen Qiyu had to be told, which can be regarded as a public announcement of absolute privacy by the top officials.Through the study of this open letter, the majority of officials above the seventh rank of Ming Dynasty have further opened their eyes, raised their vigilance, discerned right from wrong, and stood firm in the team.At the same time, Chen Qiyu's approval rating in the officialdom plummeted, and everyone sympathized with practicing state affairs, and BS, the surnamed Chen.

What is intriguing is that although the emperor was well aware of the wide spread of this open letter, he did not stop it. This aroused various associations among the officials-would the emperor abandon Chen? Of course, Chen Qiyu also had such associations.It's not just associations, it's just intuition-the situation in Shaanxi is getting worse and worse, and hundreds of thousands of "traffic bandits" are neither suppressed nor fussed, it is simply a nightmare!Lian Guoshi was wrongly imprisoned because of him, Chen Qiyu, and Hong Chengchou had publicly looked at him coldly.As the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou's prestige in the army has always been higher than that of the "rocket cadre" Chen Qiyu, and there has always been a high voice in the army for him to be the governor of the five provinces.It was only because the emperor chose Chen Qiyu to sit in this position by accident for some unspeakable reasons.But now, with the storm of overthrowing Chen, Hong Chengchou is likely to take advantage of the situation to overthrow him, Chen Qiyu.It's really this moment, and that moment.

In fact, life is about this moment, and that moment. Getting on stage is the prelude to stepping down. No one can be on stage forever.Neither can the emperor. The only difference is the length of time on stage. Chongzhen still did not let Chen Qiyu go.He sent Jin Yiwei to Shaanxi and arrested Chen Qiyu. The facts are already cruel.The situation in Shaanxi is already overwhelming. If Chen Qiyu, who is worried about gains and losses, is placed there, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be incomplete.Chongzhen was unwilling to take the risk.He also urgently appointed Hong Chengchou as the governor of the five provinces - at such a critical moment, a person with strength and prestige in the army must stand up to take on this important task, and Hong Chengchou is already the best candidate.

Of course, Chongzhen's defensive psychology towards Hong Chengchou still exists, but he buried this secret psychology deeply, making it dark.Relieve the siege first—just like Yuan Chonghuan, before Ling Chi, Da Ming had to rely on him and his capable subordinates to rescue Da Ming.After clearing the siege, go to death generously. There is no way, who told you to be born in Daming?This is your fate, and it is also Daming's fate.Don't blame me Chongzhen. In fact, my life is not much better than yours—only God knows how I will die—who calls me the Son of Heaven. Of course, the Son of Heaven has dignity, and dignity comes at a price.So, I have wronged you, practice state affairs.You can only stay in prison and keep company with Chen Qiyu.Only in this way, the officials will not be able to see what I, Chongzhen, really think in my heart.Who is right and who is wrong, who is wrong and who is right, no one can say badly.If you can't say it well, don't talk about it, God's will is always difficult to ask, but how many things in the world can really be explained clearly? !

That's all. It had to be so. But that's all. The first snow in the winter of the seventh year of Chongzhen fell into the heart of Emperor Chongzhen. Overnight, hundreds of thousands of peasant armies protruded from Shaanxi, Shanxi, Huguang and other provinces and gathered in Henan. However, Hong Chengchou had only 75,000 soldiers and 15,000 horses.This is still the soldiers and horses he can theoretically control.The reason why I say it is theoretical is because these soldiers and horses are not all in place: 25,000 soldiers from the west are on the road, 18,000 soldiers from the north are on the road, 21,000 soldiers from the south are on the road, and there are other messy and miscellaneous troops. on the way.They all rushed to Henan under the order of the Ministry of War.

When the soldiers are in use, they hate less.In the eventful autumn, Liaodong must use troops, and it must use heavy troops, otherwise the Northeast will not be safe.Now, Henan also needs to use troops, and it needs to use heavy troops, otherwise Henan will not be safe.Once Henan is not protected and Zhili is in danger, the consequences will be unimaginable. Hey, there are fewer and fewer officers and soldiers, and more and more "bandit soldiers". Yesterday's officers and soldiers became today's "bandit soldiers" in a blink of an eye. How can this battle be fought?Fortunately, the emperor also figured it out this time, what is fighting is money, so he reluctantly paid out more than 700,000 taels of pay, which made the officers and soldiers of Ming Dynasty very excited, and at the same time, he also understood how critical the situation is now. degree.

Generally speaking, the salary given by the emperor is proportional to the criticality of the current situation.The more critical the situation, the more money the emperor paid.Of course, this is the main law.Under this main law, there is a sub-law hidden at the same time: the more money the emperor spends, the worse his temper will be; the worse his temper, the more heads will fall to the ground.This is actually understandable.Whoever pays is the boss—how can there be a boss who has no temper? ! So this time, Chongzhen gave Hong Chengchou a death order: within six months, the "rogue bandits" must disappear from the earth.Otherwise, you old man will disappear from the face of the earth.Hong Chengchou understood that the emperor would really do this.The most important job of the emperor in his life is to continuously discover talents one after another (of course, he also inevitably discovers a lot of false talents), and then throw these talents into various historical dangers and fates to see them make up their minds and overcome difficulties. Go for victory or meet defeat.Needless to say, those who meet the defeat need not say it - just click; the fate of those who win the victory cannot be said to be smooth sailing. They must overcome greater difficulties in the years to come and strive for more victories. A consistent and prolonged suspicious eye scrutiny.All passed, OK, you can retire.If you can't pass, then I'm sorry, but I have to click again.

Therefore, being a talent in Daming, whether it is a literary talent or a military talent, is meaningless.But you have to do it if you don't want to, after all, the country is in danger now.Gou benefits the country's life and death, so how can it be avoided because of misfortunes and blessings? But the peasant army did not give Hong Chengchou face.Governor Hong is still dispatching troops and generals here, while the peasant army over there is eager to head south to Zhili. Because they found a delicious cheese, the most cherished cheese in Chongzhen. This cheese is in Fengyang Prefecture.About 6,000 officers and soldiers are guarding the cheese for Chongzhen. It is the ancestral tomb of Zhu Yuanzhang, the most sensitive peripheral nerve of the Ming Dynasty, and an unbearable burden in Chongzhen's life. Don't touch my cheese. But this time the Peasant Army decided: let’s move this cheese.