Hearing this, Mr. Zhang frowned even deeper. He took a deep breath and said, "In other words, for the future of the Zhang family, we can only cooperate with the General Office..."

"Yes, father..." the boss affirmed firmly.

Then, the topic changed and continued: "However, even if we make a decision to cooperate with the General Office, we cannot immediately express our Zhang's attitude."

"As the saying goes, the first bird is shot. As long as we do not take the lead and move closer to the General's Office, even if we are really retaliated by the forces behind the King of the Kings, we will not retaliate against our Zhang family."

"So, we must wait for half of the officials and gentry in Datong Prefecture to trade with the General Office, and then act as a follow-up attitude, trade with the General Office, and exchange the land in our hands for silver..."

At this time, Mr. Zhang finally showed a smile on his nervous face. After a brief thought, he immediately made a decision in his heart and said, "Since that's the case, then we will cooperate with the General Office and sell all the abandoned fields in our hands to the General Office."

"In addition, you have always insisted on doing this, so let's leave it to you..."

When Datong Prefecture was in a sensation because of the notice issued by the General Office, the entire Beijing City also fell into a sensation with the beginning of a court meeting. As for the original sensation, it was also the military farming plan that Wei Zheng began in Datong Prefecture.

In the later era of imperial power, in order to avoid ordinary people from winning people's hearts, no matter which era or court, private relief is allowed to help disaster victims at will.

Therefore, after receiving the news from Wang Yuanwai, the Minister of Personnel, one of the heads of the imperial literati group, immediately found a chance to participate in Wei Zheng's book, and even directly in front of Emperor Chongzhen to completely overthrow Wei Zheng and get imprisoned.

The next day's court meeting just began. As the Minister of Personnel, he walked out of the position under the gaze of a group of court officials and shouted at Emperor Chongzhen on the imperial throne.

"I'll report to the emperor, the old minister has the right to report..."

Because two days ago, Wei Zheng had just received a news report that he had wiped out 10,000 elite rebels. The crisis that Beijing City might have fallen into instantly disappeared because of this great victory. Emperor Chongzhen, sitting on the imperial throne, was in a good mood. After all, Wei Zheng, who led this great victory, was a military talent he had discovered and also his own personal army.

Therefore, after hearing the words of the Minister of Personnel, Chongzhen was in a good mood and spoke without thinking.

"My dear, please speak..."

"Thank you, Your Majesty.... Today, I will send your Majesty the generals of Datong Prefecture to provide private relief to the victims, win people's hearts, and make ill intentions... This is the memorial of the old minister..."

"After Wei Zheng, the general of Datong Prefecture, took office, did not think about how to resist and eliminate the rebels, but instead gathered refugees, won the hearts of the people, and expanded the army in Datong Prefecture... The old minister thought that the general of Datong Prefecture did this. There must be some unspeakable secrets. Therefore, the old minister begged His Majesty to avoid the general of Datong Prefecture's plot, he immediately sent an imperial envoy to Datong Prefecture to investigate the matter thoroughly, and temporarily dismissed the position of General of Datong Prefecture as the general of Datong Prefecture..."

Before the Minister of Personnel had finished speaking, Chongzhen's face became gloomy just now.

At this moment, Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei, immediately felt the change in Chongzhen's face. His eyes lit up and he said to Chongzhen: "I will report to Your Majesty, I firmly oppose what Wang Shangshu said..."

"Shangshu Wang just said how Wei Zhengbusi, the general of Datong Prefecture, resisted and eliminated the rebels. From this point of view, what is the good news that the imperial court just received a few days ago?"

"If Lord Wei really doesn't think about how to lower and eliminate the rebels, how could he use thousands of Tiger and Leopard Army and more than 10,000 new recruits who have just picked up weapons to wipe out all 10,000 elite rebels... If Wang Shangshu cannot give an explanation today, after this incident reaches Datong Prefecture, it will definitely make tens of thousands of soldiers from Datong Prefecture and Lord Wei, the general of Datong Prefecture, feel disappointed..."

"You know, for this great victory, the court has not discussed the rewards of Lord Wei, the general of Datong Prefecture. Wang Shangshu actually participated in Lord Wei at this time. I don't know what Lord Shangshu's intention is..."

After all, the Minister of Personnel is a civil servant, not a military general...

The commander Luo Yangxing's remark made him speechless. However, there was far more than one literati group in the court that was opposite to Luo Yangxing.

Just as the Minister of Personnel was speechless and stood in the center of the hall with an awkward look on his face, a general suddenly stood up.

"I think Lord Luo's defense is completely one-sided..."

"When the Tiger and Leopard Army was outside the pass, even tens of thousands of Later Jin cavalry with strong combat power were no match for them, let alone tens of thousands of rebels with low combat power. If Lord Wei really wanted to defeat the rebels, it would never be possible to destroy only tens of thousands of rebels in just one month..."

"So, I agree very much with what Lord Shangshu said, after Lord Wei took office as the general of Datong Prefecture, he would not immediately send troops to eliminate the rebels, but instead expand the army and gather refugees. There must be some secret that cannot be told..."

"Yes... not even tens of thousands of Tartars are not opponents, let alone tens of thousands of rebels... This Lord Wei must have deliberately delayed time and did not destroy the rebels..."

"Did this Lord Wei plan to raise the bandits and deliberately fail to completely wipe out the rebels..."

Listening to the increasing discussions in the hall, Luo Yangxing began to be anxious. At this moment, she didn't care about the rudeness of Junqian and shouted directly: "Everyone said that the combat effectiveness of the rebels is not worth mentioning. Since that is the case, why would tens of thousands of official troops be defeated when tens of thousands of rebels besieged and suppressed tens of thousands of rebels... I wonder if you can give me a reason..."

Speaking of this, Luo Yangxing immediately knelt down at Chongzhen, and said loudly with a sincere face: "Please investigate clearly... I am not a military general and don't know much about military affairs. However, I know one thing: the total strength of the Tiger and Leopard Army is less than 5,000, while the rebels have tens of thousands..."

"The reason why the Tiger and Leopard Army can defeat Tartars several times its own outside the pass is because the Tiger and Leopard Army only needs to defend a small Mushroom Valley. However, the Tiger and Leopard Army is different now. What they need to defend is the entire Datong Mansion..."

"If there is not enough troops, how can the Tiger and Leopard Army defend against the rebels' attacks from all directions to Datong Prefecture... Therefore, I think it is already amazing that the Tiger and Leopard Army can achieve the results of annihilation of tens of thousands of enemies in such a short period of time."

"The court should not only not suspect him, but also highly reward him, and highly reward all the meritorious soldiers in this victory..."

"Only in this way, the soldiers of Datong Prefecture can feel the importance of Your Majesty, continue to serve Your Majesty, defend Datong Prefecture, eliminate all rebels in Shanxi, and give the Ming Dynasty a bright world..."

Luo Yangxing far underestimated everyone's determination to overthrow Wei Zheng. As soon as he finished speaking, a censor stood up and said loudly: "Even if Lord Wei was doing his duty and responsibilities as the general of Datong Prefecture, Lord Wei privately provided relief to the victims, gathered refugees, and won people's hearts in Datong Prefecture, it still violated the rules of the court."

"So, I beg Your Majesty to temporarily dismiss his position as the general of Datong Prefecture in order to avoid Lord Wei from winning over the hearts of the people and making bad plans. After the court finds out the truth, he will deal with Lord Wei..."

Seeing the quarrel over Wei Zheng in front of me, it was like a court meeting like a vegetable market. Chongzhen was angry...

After smashing his clenched fist hard on the dragon's desk in front of him, he shouted: "It's enough..."

"The reason you participated in Wei Zheng was that she secretly won refugees in Datong Prefecture and won people's hearts... Now I tell you that I not only know what Lord Wei did, but also agreed..."

Speaking of this, Chongzhen threw a memorial from the General Office of Datong to the Minister of Personnel and said loudly: "Look at it, such a minister who has made meritorious to the Ming Dynasty is the person who has made ill-conspiracy in your eyes. Take a good look at the memorial written by your so-called treacherous ministers to me..."

It turned out that when Wei Zheng decided to farm, he wrote a memorial to Chongzhen at the suggestion of Zhou Shuyuan.

In order not to make Chongzhen doubt himself, he transferred himself from Datong Prefecture. Wei Zheng not only clearly wrote the various reasons for gathering refugees to carry out military farming in the memorial, but also exaggerated it to a certain extent.

In a word, after Chongzhen read the memorial, he had only one idea in his mind. If he did not carry out military farming in Datong Prefecture and gather refugees, Datong Prefecture would not be able to ensure stability.

When Datong Prefecture cannot guarantee stability, no matter how powerful the Tiger and Leopard Army is, it is impossible to defend Datong Prefecture.

It’s true that after reading the memorial, Chongzhen, who has always been arrogant, really believed it.

Of course, in Wei Zheng's memorial, in addition to stating various reasons, Wei Zheng also drew a huge cake for Chongzhen, and through real interests, he further tempted Emperor Chongzhen to believe in himself and not suspect himself.

For Emperor Chongzhen, if he wants to be a good emperor and show his ambitions, he must have money and food. However, due to the various disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty, these two necessary factors cannot meet the needs of Emperor Chongzhen.

So Wei Zheng directly agreed to his preferences and gave him what he wanted...

Since Emperor Chongzhen urgently needed food, he would give him food.

In the memorial, Wei Zheng boldly assured Emperor Chongzhen that after all the military farms are harvested next year, he would take the initiative to pay 500,000 dan of grain to the court to solve the urgent needs of the court...

He can fight for himself and deliver food to himself. For Emperor Chongzhen, such a good minister is like a lantern, which is difficult to find. Now that he has finally met one, Chongzhen will certainly not let it go.

Therefore, the arrogant Emperor Chongzhen chose to believe in Wei Zheng without hesitation and supported Wei Zheng to carry out military farming in Datong Prefecture.
Chapter completed!