Beijing

Ganqing Palace

Emperor Chongzhen walked back and forth on it in anger, sometimes panting.

After a while, he threw down the memorial of King Zhu Youjian of Tang and said angrily: "What do officials in Shanxi and Henan do for food?

There is a severe drought in Shanxi and a severe drought in Henan. I haven’t heard any news about such a big thing. I have to submit a memorial in person to let me know!

What do you want to do? Do you want to rebel?"

Even as the chief minister, Wen Tiren was not aware of everything, and the memorials of the vassal kings could not pass through their cabinet, so he was not very clear about the specific situation.

At this time, I could only bend down and pick up the memorial that I threw down: "Your Majesty, I don't know what the King of Tang said!"

"You can see it yourself!

Let’s see what it means to have a mother cook her daughter and think she eats!”

Emperor Chongzhen was still furious and snorted with a hint of sadness.

How can you not be sad about such a tragic incident?

The eyelids of the warm body are slightly lowered, and you can immediately read the content of the memorial.

After a long time, he bent down and said, "I am incompetent!"

"Incompetent! Incompetent! You know that you are incompetent all day long. So what's the use of you?

Since the drought has reached a place where people can eat, it means that this is not a matter of one or two days at all, at least two or three months ago there were signs!

Haven’t your cabinet received any memorials from Shanxi and Henan?

Also, has King Fu handed over the memorial recently? The King of Tang said in the memorial that there was also a severe drought in Henan!"

The capable eunuchs were basically cleaned up by Emperor Chongzhen. All the mine supervisors who were originally placed outside as hidden lines and could collect information were also revoked.

Therefore, the information that Emperor Chongzhen himself can obtain is quite small now, and most of the information must be obtained from the court officials. If the court officials do not report it, he will basically not get any effective information.

"Your Majesty, we have not received a memorial from King Fu for several years. I think the situation in King Fu should be fine!"

Kong Zhenyuan, the Minister of Rites and one of the cabinet ministers, immediately reported to the story.

Fortunately, as soon as the words were finished, the voice of Babaili rushing to report came from outside.

At this time, not only Emperor Chongzhen was panicked, but other ministers in the court were also a little uneasy.

It’s not that they are timid, but that they have not heard any good news recently. It’s either that the King of Chuang will fight to the side, that Zhang Xianzhong will fight to the side, or that the Later Jin invasion or that peasant uprisings.

It is true that the fire on this side has not been put out yet, but the fire on the other side has started to burn again.

Therefore, when I heard the 850-lili expedited, of course, my heart suddenly trembled.

Emperor Chongzhen sighed: "Let him come in and report!"

Since the 800-li expedition has arrived, then what can I think has happened, even if I don’t want to accept it?

After a while, a Jinyiwei, covered in dust, entered the palace, knelt down and handed over the expedited letter to the inner supervisor who was taking the letter.

After the internal supervision inspection, it was handed over to Emperor Chongzhen above.

Emperor Chongzhen opened the letter, looked at it for only a few seconds and closed his eyes slightly. After a while, he continued to read.

"Take it down and let them all see!"

Isn’t it just a rebellion? It’s not the first time anyway. The so-called “no worries to catch too many lice” is probably the mentality of Emperor Chongzhen.

Northern Shaanxi has rebelled, Shaanxi has rebelled. What are the current numbers of Shanxi and Henan?

What a weird thing!

Chongzhen was just so angry that he didn't know how to vent his anger.

After reading the letters in turn, the ministers below also had a headache.

Why is it a rebellion again?

But I didn't think about it. If I hadn't been able to survive, which civilian would be willing to rebel at the risk of beheading?

"What do you want to say?

Should I suppress or appease, you said?"

Emperor Chongzhen stroked his chest, calming down, and asked in a cold voice.

"His Majesty!

Rebels such as Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong have been defeated by Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou many times, and Sun Chuanting was also sent to them.

At present, the callable army is basically in the hands of the three of them. If they were asked to suppress the new rebels in Shanxi and Henan, it would probably give Gao and Zhang a chance to breathe.

In the opinion of a humble minister, the thieves in Shanxi and Henan should rebel only because they are too hungry. It is better to send people to provide relief and comfort them before talking about it."

Wen Tiren became active at this time.

Due to the continuous rebels in recent years, the generals have become increasingly powerful and cannot continue to indulge in this way.

We must find a way to suppress one or two!

"Your Majesty, no!

The Chief Wen was probably old and weak, and was dazed. The expedited letter clearly stated that the White Lotus Sect was rebelling against the peasants.

Over the years, any rebellion that involves the White Lotus Sect can be cured by just relieving disaster relief and comfort!

Your Majesty, as I see, you have to send troops to suppress the rebellion in the two places. It is best to completely suppress the rebellions in the two places as soon as possible while the rebels in the two places have not yet grown.

At the same time, people should be sent to Shanxi and Henan to provide relief and relief, and tax exemptions to prevent other chaos from happening!"

The Minister of War Zhang Fengyi quickly stood up and reported to the dissuasion, with the point that it was clearly the White Lotus Sect's rebellion, rather than the ordinary peasants' rebellion.

No matter what dynasty, the rebellion of ordinary peasants and organized villains are completely different concepts.

The White Lotus Sect is obviously a very famous rebellious organization.

At present, many of the rebel gangs in various places are also members of the White Lotus Sect.

Other ministers were also talking about it, some said they wanted to quell the rebellion, and some said they wanted to appease them. Everyone expressed their own ideas that were in line with their own camps, which could be said to be quite united.

"Didn't the Ministry of War call it?"

After Emperor Chongzhen said this, everyone below understood that he wanted to suppress it.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of War can also draw some people out, but there is no leader, and the Ministry of Revenue may not have enough money and food!"

Zhang Fengyi said, while looking at the Minister of Revenue in a little embarrassed manner.

The Minister of Revenue immediately stood up: "Your Majesty!

I am incompetent. A month ago, Ningxia had a mutiny due to military pay, and the Ministry of Revenue allocated a sum of money. During this period, the other three branches sent to encircle and suppress the rebels to maintain sufficient food and salary.

In this way, the Ministry of Revenue really cannot provide any extra silver and grain. Now it is a time when the food tax has not been paid yet!”

In short, the Minister of Revenue said a lot, and it only means one thing - no money or food.

The so-called emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, but it is fine if he doesn't have enough money, but he can still owe it for the time being, but he has no food and let the soldiers go to places where people eat people to fight.

Is this possible? It is obviously impossible.

Even if you go there to join the army, you can’t grab food everywhere!

Facing an empty house, what if you can grab it?

What's out of the empty room?
Chapter completed!