On the tenth day of February, Chongzhen was shocked when he received the news that Kong Lin was burned. Although the Donglu had been invading the invaders for so long, and had killed so many people and burned so many cities, the sacred forest was nothing like that.

Ordinary place.

That is the holy place in the hearts of scholars in the world. Now it has been burned down by Donglu.

"Every time the soldiers go deep into the Central Plains, it's like entering an uninhabited land. How wonderful!"

He walked around the palace, stamping his feet from time to time and sighing. While sighing, he saw the memorial of Hong Chengchou's apology. Although the words in the memorial were extremely sincere, the meaning behind the words was the same -

The reason why he did not expect Donglu to set fire to the sacred forest was because he was worried about state affairs and to be wary of Prince De.

It even vaguely revealed another meaning - this is for Your Majesty, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty.

This Hong Chengchou is really good at making excuses. Well, when he said this, it seemed that this incident was all because of me!

"Alas, Hong Chengchou is of no use at all. He is really disappointing me!"

He said in his heart that he put all his grievances on Hong Chengchou, and wrote an edict in Zhu's pen, blaming Hong Chengchou for being afraid of the enemy and avoiding war, and working hard to no avail. He wanted to find someone to replace Hong Chengchou, but he couldn't think of one.

The right person.

"Let's let him go for now! Now that Zhu Ciying is rebellious, we can't do without him in the future!"

Although it was Confucius who was burned, Chongzhen, as the emperor, also had to express something. After much thought, Chongzhen still had to issue an order to comfort the Kong family. It was okay to comfort the Kong family in this way, but it was just that, so what.

How can you appease the scholars all over the world?

Things are a bit difficult!

Then the upset Chongzhen continued to sit behind the imperial court and continued to review documents. He had been reviewing various documents on this imperial court for thirteen years, all of which were about military and national affairs. He had written countless edicts in his own hand.

However, from the first day after sitting on the imperial court, he would worry every time he faced this imperial court. The various memorials and newspapers from various places piled up on the case every day were like a mountain, and there was never any document that would make him angry.

He was happy. Some of these documents were reporting on famines, filled with shocking words such as "the red land is thousands of miles away" and "eating a child". Some were reporting on "rogue bandits", and there were tragic scenes of rogue bandits running rampant and no human settlements everywhere.

, some reported what prefectures and counties the Donglu invaded, how heavy the killings were, and how many people were taken captive...

Documents like this were delivered to his desk every day. He didn't want to read them, but he had to read them. Sometimes, he wanted to kick the documents over.

Now, his mood is particularly heavy.

From now on, there will probably be one more bad news about De Ni...

For example, the eunuch guarding Shandong was beaten to death by the mob!

Not to mention that those rebellious people were incited by others, even Song Xuezhu disobeyed... Sure enough, they were full of traitors!

Where are my loyal ministers and good generals?

Although he was afraid of coming into contact with those documents that brought bad news, he was very uneasy about his ministers and had long developed a habit of "doing everything by himself".

Although he didn't read the document, countless questions popped up in his mind when he thought about De Ni. He really couldn't figure out how he got to this point. He broke the ancestral system and let him lead the army. What kind of trust is this. Such a huge amount of trust.

Why can't he understand his kindness?

Now he not only captured Nanjing, but also occupied Yangzhou.

Chongzhen felt his scalp go numb when he thought that there might be no food and salary from Nanzhili this year. The daimyo couldn't do without the grain and tax money there.

What should we do now?

How can we pay if we have no food and no wages?

He was just thinking and doubting, and had no choice but to put down the ink pen in his hand. At this moment, the eunuch Wang Cheng'en, the eunuch Wang Cheng'en, the eunuch who held the ceremony, came in with a document and put it respectfully on the imperial desk. Chongzhen was afraid that something would happen again.

He asked suspiciously because of the bad military situation or famine.

"What document?"

"Your Majesty, this is the memorial to Fan Fucui, the second assistant. It was just delivered from the clerk's office to the room of the Supervisor of Ceremonies."

"Fan Fucui...what's the matter with him?"

"Because he was rebellious and rebellious, he was worried about state affairs and begged the Lord Long Live to send him to supervise the towns and reinforce the troops."

Chongzhen was suddenly happy when he heard this.

"What? He is going to supervise the reinforcements in the towns?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, he said he could make virtue stop his troops."

Strike out?

Might he strike out?

If he stops fighting...it seems unlikely!

In fact, if that kid is convicted and agrees to stop the army, I don't necessarily have to lock him up in the high walls of Zhongdu. He can return to Jinan and continue to be his heir apparent, and he can be a vassal king leisurely.

In fact, it's great to be a vassal king. You can be leisurely and comfortable without having to worry about state affairs. If it hadn't been for the fact that the emperor's brother had no heirs, how could he have become the emperor? Why would he have to worry about state affairs day and night like now.

He worries about the people of the country and the country of his ancestors all day long. Hey, how can it be better to be an emperor than to be an idle vassal king?

Don't you like to rob civilian girls?

How can an emperor have time to do these things?

I don't have to worry about these sins. But you have to stop fighting.

The country that our ancestors conquered cannot be lost in the hands of you, my uncle and my nephew.

Of course, Chongzhen could not tell anyone about this idea in his heart. In fact, he was very jealous of his nephew. How could it be that he was the one who made the contribution of comforting the spirits of his ancestors in heaven?

Because when he didn't expect this, he was filled with mixed feelings. I'm afraid only he himself knows the feeling.

Let’s not talk about this now.

The most important thing now is to take care of this matter.

Could it be that he, Fan Fucui, really had a way to persuade that boy to stop the army?

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Read it to me! Read it to me!"

The eager tone revealed how urgent Chongzhen was. After all, the capital was about to run out of food. That kid still occupied Yangzhou.

Shi Kefa deserves death!

Why did you let him go to Yangzhou in the first place? Why didn't you let him go to fight against the Donglu! Don't you know the purpose of letting him go south? When he goes to Yangzhou, the food supply to the capital will be cut off!

It is indeed extremely damnable!

Wang Chengen picked up Fan Fucui's memorial and recited it in a mellow tone. The words in the memorial were passionate and generous, full of loyalty and patriotism, which moved Wang Chengen so much that his voice trembled. Of course, Chongzhen was also very moved.

, while listening, he kept smiling and nodding, with tears in his eyes, and at the same time he said in his heart:

"It's rare! It's rare! I still have loyal ministers in Ming Dynasty!"

After reading the memorial, Chongzhen had already made a major decision. He was originally thinking about who would replace Hong Chengchou, but now he had a suitable candidate.

So he gave the order decisively.

"Go, quickly draw up a decree for me and send Fan Fucui to replace Hong Chengchou as governor of the world's Qinwang troops."

"Where's Hong Chengchou?"

Wang Chengen asked timidly.

"Let him come to Beijing to listen to the survey!"

Wang Chengen's heart skipped a beat, and he glanced at the emperor's face secretly, and saw an angry look flashing across the emperor's face. He knew that Hong Chengchou had not lost the battle, but Hong Chengchou had not made any contributions, and now Kong Lin asked him to

If it's burned, the emperor must be the only one to explain it to the world!

He, Hong Chengchou, just confessed!

After guessing the emperor's thoughts, Wang Chengen followed the emperor's instructions and went out to draft the decree. As soon as he walked to the corridor, the emperor called him back. He bowed and stood in front of the emperor, waiting for new instructions.

But Chongzhen didn't say anything. Apparently he couldn't wait for the eunuch Bingbi to draft the edict on his behalf. He picked up a langhao pen and quickly wrote out a handwritten edict:

"The assistant minister Fan Fucuishu invited the superintendent, and his words were generous and commendable. After the assistant minister went to the front of the Qinghe army, he governor of the towns and took care of the affairs to stabilize the country. When he arrived at Hongchengchou, he supervised the division for a long time, but he was exhausted.

We attacked, but we were afraid to hold back, until the entire Donglu army returned, which was really deplorable, so I immediately resigned from my duties and came to the capital to listen to the survey and express my admiration for this!"

Although he made this decision, Chongzhen also knew in his heart that among the current ministers, the only one with high prestige and experience who could guard Liaodong against the Qing troops was Hong Chengchou. He had better forgive him for his mistakes and make him more grateful.

Let him deal with it a little first and let him realize that thunder, rain and dew are all your kindness!

After thinking about this, Chongzhen's anger subsided a little, but he still felt extremely anxious and heavy, almost every time. Looking at the contents of the document about the gangsters' rebellion, he dropped the document and leaned on the back of his chair.

, looked up at the top of the palace, and whispered to himself:

"Oh, what should we do? The rogue bandits are so rampant! Now there are hungry people everywhere in Henan. If these rogue bandits cannot be extinguished quickly, a single spark can start a prairie fire!... So what should we do then?"

After much deliberation, just when Chongzhen was worried about the bandits, the eunuch had just left. Wang Chengen, the eunuch with a pen, came in with a memorandum and placed it respectfully on the imperial desk.

"Whose memorial?"

When Chongzhen asked, he couldn't help but feel a hair in his heart. Could it be a bad thing? When can there be a few good things! Now he even missed the "good news" that Zhang Chun brought back when he came back. Even though it was Zhu Ciying who broke Shenyang,

But for Daming, it is always a good thing.

"It belongs to Yanshenggong Kong Yinzhi."

"what's up?"

Chongzhen's brows knitted together, it must be Yanshenggong Kong Yinzhi crying about the burning of the sacred forest.

"He reported that Hong Chengchou supported troops to avoid the war, had an affair with Dorgon, sat back and watched the captives leave the country, and blocked reinforcements from attacking the captives..."

Chongzhen stared, picked up the memorial of Yanshenggong Kong Yinzhi, and after a brief look, he understood the entire content, and cursed bitterly:

"Hong Chengchou...you really deserve to die!"

Wang Chengen knew clearly that Yanshenggong Kong Yinzhi's words were unreliable, but he did not dare to say a word.

Yanshenggong Kong Yinzhi's memorial may not be reliable, but the problem is that his words reached the emperor's heart!
Chapter completed!