With the actions of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the Ming Dynasty's initiative in war became even more lonely.

At the same time, it was increasingly exposed that the Ming Dynasty seemed powerful but was actually weak. The supreme ruler of the Ming Dynasty had fallen into great depression.

Although Chongzhen was in the sickbed, he tried his best to defend Yang Sichang to a group of cabinet members.

However, various ministries and censors submitted memorials to hold Yang Sichang accountable.

"Yang Sichang has troops to defend himself, but he has no success."

"There is a fear of skinning in Xiangyang, and the loss of Jingnan. The loss of Luoyang and the danger of egg burying in Kaifeng."

"Yang Sichang has six crimes that can be executed: one is to lose the vassal state and capture the county; the second is to serve as a minister to escape his own responsibility; the third is to use the Huayan Sutra to destroy locusts and chant mantras to eliminate thieves;

Fourth, Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan and let him escape alone; fifth, bribe the military supervisor; sixth, make friends with friends."

"Yang Sichang is traitorous and deceives the country. Please use Yuan Chonghuan's example, cut it into pieces and pass it on to nine sides."

Because Yang Sichang was against the public opinion, Zhu Youjian simply took away the important tasks of his affairs, and the criticism of all officials and officials was damaged, which damaged his image as a "wise ruler".

No matter what you say about him, I will not punish him.

The military and agricultural system are united, and the military farming garrisons that are integrated into agriculture have long lost the soil on which it relies. The attempt to "revitalize" the ancestral system is tantamount to painting cakes to satisfy hunger.

Since Wen Tiren was dismissed from office, the position of chief minister of the cabinet has been successively held by his confidants Zhang Zhifa and Xue Guoguan.

After all, according to the Qing army's previous few times invaded the frontier and plundered, they all acted like this.

But Xue Guoguan's handle was finally caught by him.

He sighed at the death: "Wu Changshi killed me!"

As Wen Tiren's confidant, he had no political views, but was just cooperating with Wen Tiren.

This is not because the emperor has a special liking for him, but because the political arena has always had the so-called tradition of "passing on the robe and mantle".

When I saw that everyone who came was wearing breeze clothes, I woke up and realized that I would definitely die.

Chongzhen was very dissatisfied and threw the memorial to the ground and cursed: "He who is the memorial to memorial!"

This imperial meeting reflected that the court officials were helpless about the Qing army's military operations in Yizhou.

But each side has not taken any force!”

Unexpectedly, Tian Weijia made a mistake and before the emperor could approve Yang Shicong's memorial to the cabinet, he couldn't wait to submit a memorial to defend himself, and he suddenly showed his strength.

Of course, Zhang Zhifa stepped down because of his teammates.

Coupled with the death of Jin Guofeng in battle, Chongzhen felt more and more sad.

After Xue Guoguan returned to Beijing, he thought he would not be executed. When the prison officer entered the door at night, he was still sleeping soundly.

Chongzhen, who was extremely careful in the memorial, immediately saw clues of collusion between the cabinet and the Ministry of Personnel, and issued an order to ask Tian Weijia to reply in a true manner and not to cover up.

As for whether he was killed by someone, the factory guards couldn't find out.

Xue Guoguan then hanged himself in accordance with the order.

After reading the imperial edict of "death" he had already been so scared that he collapsed on the ground. He could only kowtow subconsciously and could no longer speak out.

Wu Changshi, an official from the pedestrian department, happened to be elected. He was afraid that Xue Guoguan would stop him and opened the joints through his disciples. Xue Guoguan pretended to be perfunctory and agreed to "be the first one", and then he was given a minister of the Ministry of Rites. Afterwards, he was given only one person in charge of the Ministry of Rites.

Chongzhen was confused by his place name and mileage, so he corrected: "The mileage is not allowed to be counted, we only talk about the current key points."

The passive situation in the Ming Dynasty has been so far, all sides have not implemented the truthfully according to my plan.

He cited the Marquis of Wuqing Li Guorui as an example. If Li Guorui (the nephew of the great-grandmother of the Emperor Xiaoding Queen Mother Li Shilang, the biological mother of Emperor Xiaoding, could be opened, it would be difficult for other royal relatives to submit.

The performance of the cabinet members was not very good, which made Chongzhen extremely dissatisfied.

The relevant yamen still pursued the money, causing everyone in the royal family to be in danger and spread rumors.

Empress Dowager Xiaoding has become a Bodhisattva, accusing the emperor of being mean to his relatives in heaven. The princes have been defeated by heaven and have surrendered to the emperor's fifth son.

On the contrary, the Liaodong Tatars sent people to station in Yizhou, farm and fight, set up camps and dig trenches, and surrounded Jinzhou.

These filthy things were passed to Chongzhen's ears through the mouth of the eunuch Wang Huamin of the East Factory, and thus Chongzhen's favor for Xue Guoguan gradually changed.

He couldn't find a small hat in a hurry, so he took the cap of the servant and put it on, and received the order in a mess.

Please let Xue Guoguan retire or live in vain.

Seeing that the emperor was so protective of his shortcomings, the ministers had to keep silent.

Whenever I read the "Huidian", I saw Emperor Taizu Gao coaching the soldiers' laws, using bows, crossbows, swords and guns to test them separately, and reward and punishment immediately. This is the method of training.

Jiang Dejing seemed unable to put forward any "current key points", and he reiterated the training of soldiers, which was basically the best in the military, the sufficient salary, and the most important things.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty became increasingly weak in control of the palace. Not to mention his own life, he could not even save his son's life.

I am afraid that I can occupy Yizhou and reach Daning (now the border of Inner Mongolia and Liaoning) by only 260 miles, I can commit Ji (Zhen) and Xuan (Da), but it is worrying."

So he summoned the six ministers, nine ministers and other officials into the palace and declared:

Now, only the ancestors' system will be promoted, and every one is done, and the enemy can be destroyed."

The ministers knew the weight of the emperor's words "Destroy the enemy and avenge the shame" and did not dare to rashly apply it.

Such accurate rumors were very strange. Without waiting for him to investigate carefully, Chongzhen's favorite fifth son Cihuan died indeed.

Although Jiang Dejing's general discussion also touches on time and disadvantages, it is difficult to operate and cannot solve the practical problems in Liaodong.

This is tantalizing like scratching the surface.

After listening to a large number of insights about military training, Chongzhen turned the topic to the topic of today's discussion and asked:

"What are the plans for the enemy now in Yizhou?"

So Xue Guoguan planned to "borrow" 400,000 taels of silver from the Marquis of Wuqing Li Guorui. Li was forced to pretend to be poor due to the situation.

It was only after two days that Chongzhen allowed his family to collect the body.

Because I want to pay attention, I don’t have much strength.

They implemented a policy of Wen Tiren without Wen Tiren, which was a complacent person and jealous person, and rejected dissidents. Many people were convicted and left, and the government became increasingly chaotic.

After the investigation of the Dongchang, he immediately arrested Xue Guoguan's confidant Wang Biyan and forced him to confess the fact that Xue Guoguan accepted bribes, implicating Fu Yongchun, Cai Yichen and eleven others.

Jiang Dejing's obvious advocacy of restoring the military farming system in the early Ming Dynasty was actually an empty talk that there was not much feasibility.

"Your Majesty, it's like training soldiers. After repeated instructions, how can we train soldiers?

I just fucked the name book, and there was no real thing.

The Minister of Personnel Tian Weijia was exposed for his corrupt and abuse of power to sell official positions and titles.

He claimed that "the emperor must be arbitrary to the ministers and others in the outside world."

Hearing this, Chongzhen agreed repeatedly.

When Wen Tiren was impeached, he stepped forward to defend himself, but Zhang Zhifa was treacherous and had no talent, and his intelligence was simply not as good as Wen Tiren.

The general flag of the vassal office was re-employed, and the victory and defeat were promoted.

Chongzhen treated Xue Guoguan as the shadow of Wen Tiren. Xue Guoguan did not disappoint Wen Tiren's expectations and fully pursued the Wen Tiren policy without Wen Tiren.

Xue Guoguan was extremely greedy and it was easy to investigate the dirty things.

Zhang Zhifa repeatedly submitted memorials to defend himself and Huang Yingen, but Chongzhen still put Huang Yingen in prison and treated him.

Compared to Yang Sichang's ability to propose specific solutions to Chongzhen, these ministers said that they were all very broadly and had no specific operations, which really made Chongzhen not happy with them.

Chongzhen hated Xue Guoguan for this reason, but it was inconvenient to attack.

Whether it was the supervisor sent by Chongzhen or the fifty auxiliary ministers in one dynasty, no one could gain his unconditional trust and support like Yang Sichang.

The northern cavalry is far apart in Shenyang and will never come from within the pass.

Although Xue Guoguan is the shadow of Wen Tiren, his talent and ethics are far less than Wen Tiren. Chongzhen gradually became suspicious of him from trust to discovering his treacherousness.

This unexpected blow made Chongzhen regret it. He immediately posthumously named Li Guorui's seven-year-old son Cunshan as the Marquis of Wuqing and returned all the gold and silver handed over to the Li family.

"The army is a soldier. The total number of more than 3 million troops in the inner and outer garrisons is enough, and there is a lot of salt and grain in the military farm.

Jiang Dejing's analysis is not without reason, but he denied that the Qing army's intention to capture Yizhou was to seize Jinzhou and its nearby Songshan, Tashan and Xingshan Fortresses, and then to threaten Ningyuan was too arbitrary.

Chongzhen ordered the nine ministers and officials of the five governments to review the case and take charge of Xu Yunzhen, Duke of Wei of the Governor of the Five Army. Fu Yongchun, the Minister of Personnel, did not understand the emperor's intention to use this to severely punish Xue Guoguan, so he even asked to lightly discuss it.

Although Zhang Zhifa's resignation memorial did not mention any physical discomfort, Chongzhen approved him to "return to home and take care of his official position in a decent way.

As for He Jinchao, a hammer bandit entrenched in the northwest, he will reach a peace talk with him for the time being, so there is no need to pay too much attention.

Liu Yuliang was dismissed for asking for a supervisor, and Xue Guoguan was replaced.

After Chongzhen found out the situation, he not only gave up Tian Weijia's official position, but also took his anger on Zhang Zhifa.

Zhang Zhifa served as the chief minister of the cabinet for less than a year. The chief minister Kong Zhenyun, who was replaced by him, was replaced by Liu Yuliang in just two months.

For this purpose, he wrote the banner "Destroy the Demons and Avenge the Shame" written by him to express his firm confidence.

But he had to follow Xu Yunzhen and Fu Yongchun's "request" to seize Xue Guoguan's position and release him to his hometown.

Chongzhen thought that what Jiang Dejing had never heard of might make up for the current situation, and could not wait to say:

"Report again, please come calmly!"
To be continued...