Emperor Chongzhen has obviously lost a lot of weight these days.

When the wet southeast wind blows into the hall at the turn of spring and summer, the wide dragon robe on his body floats in the wind like nothing.

The hall was silent, and no matter whether it was a cabinet member or a six ministers, they all lowered their heads and did not dare to show up.

"snort!"

After reading the memorial in his hand, Chongzhen couldn't help but be furious and threw the memorial out hard.

"What a good Lu Xiangsheng, I'm not willing to cultivate him carefully and entrust him with important tasks. It would be fine if he had no achievements in Gujiao Castle, but he dared to ask me to recruit Qin Chuan and reward the thief with no help."

"The Qin thief has already made a counter-attack. How can I betray him and let him trample on my great world?"

"There is also Hong Chengchou. I asked him to cross the river to attack Baodezhou and Hequ, but he was afraid to fight and let Qin Chuan take the opportunity to capture Shenmu and Fugu. It was simply a waste!"

"All of them are waste!"

Speaking of this, Chongzhen slapped the table violently, stood up and glared at the ministers in the hall.

The ministers became quieter.

In fact, many ministers present had read the memorial.

That was presented by Shanxi Governor Lu Xiangsheng.

The content of this is first about the battle of Bingming Gujiaobao, and then analyzes the reasons for the defeat in this battle. The Guandi army is strong and the horse is strong, while the ancient Jiaobao is as solid as a stubborn stone.

Then, Lu Xiangsheng asked the emperor to recruit Qinchuan and grant Qinchuan a great reward, allowing Qinchuan to station in Hetao area, which could not only prevent the Tatars from going south to loot, but also restrain Huang Taiji.

After recruiting the amnesty, we have to guard against Qinchuan's wolves' ambitions. The court can also imitate Qinchuan's laws and build military forts on steep and important roads everywhere, trapping Qinchuan.

When the bandits' rebellion is pacified, the court can rest and recuperate, secretly train and strengthen the army. When the time is ripe, they can attack Loufan and wipe out Qinchuan in one fell swoop.

There have been many rebels who have been recruited in the past few years.

But the meaning of Lu Xiang’s memorial is to suggest that the emperor enfeoff the Hetao area to Qinchuan?

Although the Hetao area has been occupied by the Tartars, that place has always been the imperial land.

Although this is just a temporary measure and Qin Chuan will still be wiped out in the future, this move will inevitably ruin the majesty of the emperor and the court.

The tyrant was a traitor, which was never before in the dynasty.

It would be strange if the emperor was not angry.

And Hong Chengchou,

It seems that Lu Xiangsheng is in great trouble.

Sure enough, Chongzhen glared at him and waved his sleeves and said, "Wang Chengen, immediately drafted an order to send him to the Ministry of Justice, and took Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou to prison, waiting for his death."

"Abide by the order."

Wang Chengen, who was standing in front of the left side of the civil minister, hurriedly ran out and knelt on the ground and bowed.

"Where is the Wen Zheng? Where is the Wen Zheng?"

After Chongzhen sat down, his face became gloomy.

"Report to Your Majesty, Lord Wen has gone to Shanxi to inspect Ma Zheng."

“When did you go?”

"Five days before."

"Isn't his family in the capital? I will pass on my will and immediately arrest and jail all of his family."

"Go back to Your Majesty, Lord Wen's family has already... all left Beijing last month."

"Damn it!"

"Wang Cheng'en, immediately draft an order to arrest the traitor Wen Zheng and everyone in the Wen family, and arrest them all!"

"I obey the order."

"And Wu Yan, didn't his son Wu Qiming work as a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue? He was also taken to jail, and everyone in the Wu family took to jail."

"Go back to Your Majesty, Wu Qiming and the people of the Wu family have also... left the capital."

"Damn it!"

Chongzhen was furious.

"Rebels, all of them are rebels!"

Chongzhen was furious and slapped the table hard, shaking the inkstone on it to the ground, and smashing it to pieces.

The crisp voice brought Chongzhen back to his senses, and he realized that he had almost lost his mind.

This is not what a king of a country should have.

At this moment, a sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside the hall. A little eunuch hurried to the front of the hall, and then knelt on the right side of the hall gate with trembling trembling.

"What's the matter?"

Chongzhen tried his best to suppress his anger and asked in a deep voice with a cold face.

"Report to Your Majesty, Governor Yang Sichang of Xuanda will report urgently."

Chongzhen's face was shocked: "Come on."

"Abide by the order."

Soon, the eunuch in the hall took the urgent report from the little eunuch, hurriedly ran in and handed it to Wang Chengen with both hands.

Wang Chengen climbed the steps cautiously and quickly, and reported it to the case.

Chongzhen frowned and carefully looked at the contents, and soon his face became furious.

"Qinchuan's traitor, wolf ambition, actually built an army fort ten miles outside the wall west of Datong."

"Hmph! This thief wants to attack Xuanda!"

Hearing this, the ministers in the hall couldn't help but change their colors.

Xuanda towns are the gateways to the west of the capital. If Xuanda falls, the capital will be in danger.

At this time, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet Wen Zhenmeng suddenly left the work and said, "Your Majesty, I think the intention of the Qin thief is not Xuanda, but Hetao."

"Hmm?" Chongzhen frowned.

Wen Zhenmeng then said frankly: "As we all know, the Qin thieves are bound to win against Hetao, and they have conquered the Chahar tribe, but their troops are insufficient. The Guandi army has only more than 50,000 people, and it is not enough to defend all regions. Now that Hetao is newly acquired, the defensive pressure will inevitably increase greatly."

"Which Huang Taiji is also eyeing Hetao, and he repeatedly went to Chahar and besieged Qingshui River last month to prove it."

"If the Qin thieves attack Xuanda at this time, they will fall into a state of being attacked by both sides. The court will inevitably send troops to support Xuanda, and Huang Taiji will inevitably attack his retreat and seize Hetao."

"The Qin thief is cunning and will never put himself in danger."

"Now, he has built a large-scale military fort to resist the eastward route of Jiannu, so that he can gain a foothold in Hetao."

"Um……"

Chongzhen frowned and fell into deep thought.

"I am asking for advice, what Duke Wen said is very true." Another cabinet minister, He Wuzuo, also came out of the way.

Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the cabinet standing in front, narrowed his eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking about.

"His Majesty."

Wen Zhenmeng seemed to hesitate, and then said: "I think that what Lu Xiangsheng reported is not useless. What he proposed to build a military fort to siege the Qin thieves was a worst-case approach, but it was a temporary measure."

Hearing this, Chongzhen frowned suddenly.

He Wuzuo, who was beside him, hurriedly looked at Wen Zhenmeng.

But Wen Zhenmeng ignored it, but took a deep breath and said calmly: "I have read all the military information about the Qin thieves, just to know themselves and the enemy. I think the strength of the Qin thieves lies in the elite soldiers and generals and firearms and military forts, while the weakness of the Qin thieves lies in the population."

Chongzhen's brows frowned deeper and deeper: "Speak on."

"Your Majesty, the northwest is a sparsely populated place. In addition, with years of natural disasters, war disasters are endless, and the population is even more sparse. The Qin thieves have been recruiting refugees everywhere and taking in hungry people. The Guandi army's troops have grown slowly, until now there are only more than 50,000 people."

"It can be seen that the Qin thieves were trapped by the population. The population under their rule was insufficient. They not only lacked the labor to grow land and produce grain, but also lacked the young and strong men to recruit soldiers."

"After the Qin thieves seized Hetao, they had already bordered the Later Jin Dynasty. Huang Taiji would never allow the Qin thieves to rise. The two sides would inevitably attack each other. The Qin thieves were limited by their population and could only defend themselves in the short term, and there were no troops to expand their territory."

"If Your Majesty adopts the request from Lu Xiangsheng, build military forts on important roads everywhere to surround Qin thieves, intercept hungry people, and prevent their hungry people from flowing into their governance, and let him fight Huang Taiji, the court can reap the benefits."

"As long as the court can quell the bandits as soon as possible, train strong troops and cast firearms, there will be more than a hundred million subjects of the Ming Dynasty. The strength of the whole country, why worry about not destroying the Qin thieves trapped in a small place?"

When he heard these words, Chongzhen's face changed unpredictably. It was not until Wen Zhenmeng finished speaking that his brows slowly unfolded.

After a long time, Chongzhen slowly stood up, said, "I will discuss this matter later", and then turned around and walked towards the side hall.

"Retreat!"

...

Loufan, Montenegro Fort.

When the tall and majestic Black Mountain Fort appeared in front of you, Su Tai, Namu Zhong and others couldn't help but exclaim.

Heishan Fort is Qinchuan's old nest, and it is naturally the most majestic and strongest among all military forts.
To be continued...