"This is unkind!"

Zuo Guangxian denounced the emperor directly in the palace, and Chen Zilong also stood up to support him, "Please be kind to your majesty. You must not destroy a wise man in this life and become a tyrant despised by future generations!"

In the Wuying Hall, incense rose from the copper furnace.

As the two ministers openly contradicted the emperor, the atmosphere in the palace became tense.

There are only three days until New Year's Eve.

Just three days ago, the left and right vanguard armies led by Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui attacked Lanzhou City. Milayin and Ding Guodong gathered 40,000 troops here to defend, as well as 2,000 reinforcements from Yarkant. Although Milayin intended

With the strong defense of Lanzhou, it was not just Hong Chengchou and his 30,000 vanguard troops who came.

He Hongqi and Li Mingyi of Longnan also fought along the Tao River to Lanzhou City.

The 14th town reorganized in Ningxia also quickly moved south. The rebel general Ma De in Dingxicheng, an important place east of Lanzhou, defected and led his troops to surrender to Zhu Gang's army.

Wang Yongzhen, Wu Dading and others led the troops from northern Shaanxi to bypass Lanzhou and follow the Great Wall to Wuwei City in Liangzhou Prefecture behind Lanzhou.

For a time, Lanzhou was surrounded by enemies on all sides.

Mila Yinding Guodong refused to defend the city, but unfortunately this time soldiers and horses from all walks of life gathered together. Under the emperor's death order to seize Lanzhou years ago, all the troops rushed to Lanzhou City regardless of the wind and snow.

Cannons were even transported using sleds and sledges.

The Ming army assembled artillery to bombard Lanzhou. Mirayin personally led the cavalry out of the city in an attempt to destroy the Ming army's artillery. As a result, Wu Sangui personally led the cavalry to intercept, and the two sides fought fiercely under the city.

The Ming army's artillery bombarded him fiercely. Mirayin was hit by the shells and died on the spot. Half of his body was gone. The returning army out of the city was defeated.

That night, Ding Guodong abandoned the city and broke out to escape. Hong Chengchou deliberately blocked one side and then pursued him all the way. In the heavy snowfall, people from all walks of life competed for perseverance.

Ding Guodong fled from Lanzhou to Liangzhou, but he heard on the way that Liangzhou had been conquered by Zhu Gangzhen and Wang Yongzhen. Ding Guodong turned around and fled to Xining, with Wu Sangui pursuing him all the way.

Xu Yong took the lead and pursued him relentlessly. He was shot in the right leg by Ding Guodong and injured the bone. He asked the soldiers to carry him with a lifting pole to chase him.

Although Ding Guodong has not yet caught up, Hong Chengchou has now captured Lanzhou, Zhu Gang has recaptured Liangzhou, and Wu Sangui has also recaptured Xining.

Ding Guodong escaped again, ran into the Qilian Mountains, and fled towards Ganzhou.

But for the imperial court, as soon as the heavenly soldiers arrived, the rebels melted away as quickly as the snow met the scorching sun.

Today we are discussing how to deal with the aftermath.

This war has been going on for only a few months now, and hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and injured in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, and it has not yet subsided.

Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui's left and right vanguards slaughtered and looted everywhere. Wang Yongzhen, Wu Dading's regiment in northern Shaanxi, and He Hongqi and Li Mingyi's Longnan outer town were also looting.

Many officials are impeaching these generals for killing innocent people, plundering troops, killing good people and taking credit for their merits, etc.

Some people also impeached the 19th Town stationed in Shaanxi for serious neglect of duty.

Zuo Guangxian, the brother of Zuo Guangdou, the former Donglin boss, also stood up and directly attacked the cabinet. He believed that the cabinet had seriously neglected its duties and mishandled the reorganization of Guanlong's army, which led to rebellion. It also made serious missteps on the Islamic issue, further stimulating conflicts.

This led to the current chaos in Shaanxi and Gansu, causing hundreds of thousands of casualties and countless people being displaced.

Zuo Guangxian asked Wen Anzhi to resign and accept investigation.

His reason is that the Shaotian Dynasty now respects the Han, Tang, and Tang systems. Once the prime minister is impeached by an official, regardless of the truth, the prime minister must suspend his duties at home and wait for investigation and handling.

Zuo Guangxian is currently the right deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he is the official who advises the two procuratorates.

After Zhu Yihai reestablished the Admonition Yuan, he also reiterated that the two admonishment chambers were directly under the emperor and were not under the leadership of the cabinet. The admonition officials were all selected and appointed by the emperor himself. They even had to avoid relatives of the prime minister or the cabinet and the six ministries and cabinets.

Immediate family members are to ensure that Taijian's supervision of the six cabinet ministries and other departments is fair.

Zuo Guangdou is a Donglin boss, and Zuo Guangxian is of course also a Donglin native.

At this time, he took advantage of the rebellion in Shaanxi-Gansu and attacked the cabinet, Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui and others, very fiercely.

But the emperor ignored his petition.

Today, he directly attacked the emperor in the palace. He was not willing to cut himself off, he dared to pull the emperor down, forced Zhu Yihai to dismiss Wen Anzhi, and also changed the previous policy.

Chen Zilong also joined in the support. Chen Zilong had a good relationship with Zuo Guangxian before. During the Hongguang Dynasty, Zuo Guangxian was the patrol in Zhejiang, and Chen Zilong was his subordinate. One of the two was a brother of Donglin boss, and the other was a Fushe giant. Naturally, they had a very close personal relationship.

good.

The two men tried to remonstrate with the emperor in the palace but failed, and angrily called the emperor a coward and a tyrant.

Zhu Yihai didn't look angry.

Chen Zilong was previously transferred to a decentralized position, his performance was okay, he did some practical things, and then returned to the court, but the result was still the same, which disappointed him, and he is acting even more like this now.

"The right deputy censor, Zuo Guangxian, and the left secretary admonished Chen Zilong, you don't have to be so hasty to label me a faint tyrant. If Shaanxi and Gansu are in chaos, how do you think we should deal with it?"

"If what you say makes sense, I will naturally accept it."

Zuo Guangxian stood there with his neck stiffened and said bluntly, "The Hui people are also our pure sons in China. Although there have been immigrants from the Western Regions, in the past three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, many Han people have also believed in Islam, so the Hui people are just followers of Islam."

Although the Han people believe in Islam, they are no different from those who believe in Buddhism and Taoism. The Hui people still speak Chinese and wear Han clothes, so they are by no means alien."

"We can't just beat them all to death just because there are some rebellions among the Hui people. Aren't Han people the majority among the bandits and rebels in the mainland?

As long as the spies are severely punished and the traitors are punished, they cannot be implicated indiscriminately."

Zuo Guangxian believed that a policy of gentleness and appeasement should be adopted towards the Hui people, especially after the great chaos, and that benevolent policies should be implemented towards Shaanxi and Gansu to stop fighting and restore people's livelihood.

Reduce taxes and reduce levies.

Regarding local officials' discrimination against the Hui people, or even the fight between the Han and Hui people, the local government must be ordered to deal with it fairly. Those who falsely accuse the Hui people must be severely punished as a warning. Conflicts must not be intensified, but conciliation and mediation should be the main focus.

Regarding the dispute between the old and new religions among the Hui people, he even suggested banning new religions and safeguarding the old religions in order to reduce unrest and disputes.

Zhu Yihai listened quietly.

"That's it?"

"When handling the affairs of the Hui people, it is better to guide them according to their temperament and customs, and not just to rule by the laws of the mainland."

Zuo Guangxian actually proposed to give the Hui people extrajudicial powers and allow them to use religious customs to lynch people. As soon as this was announced, Zhu Yihai slammed the table.

"absurd!"

"Shaanxi-Gansu is the traditional Han region of the thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty. It is not a land of chieftains, nor is it a place outside the customs. You, the right deputy censor of the capital, actually said such ridiculous things. You are a native of Shaanxi-Gansu.

Instead of using Ming law, use private law?"

"Your Majesty, this is all for the sake of stability."

"Bullshit stability!" Zhu Yihai swore directly in front of everyone in the palace.

"Chen Zilong, do you also have such stupid knowledge?"

Chen Zilong is opposed to the current Hui Hui policy. He believes that there will be no peace in Shaanxi and Gansu, and even other Hui Hui inhabited areas in the interior will inevitably have major riots. They have just driven the Manchus out of the customs, will they force all the Hui rebels back?

Is there still peace?

If the emperor does this, what is he other than a tyrant?

"For the sake of stability, if the matter involves internal affairs, it can be handled voluntarily by the Muslim teachers and husbands according to their customs according to the practices of the village elders in handling civil disputes.

If any party is dissatisfied, they can report it to the government, and the government will deal with it according to the laws of the court. Regardless of whether the Han people or the Hui and Miao people have established households, the court should love them."

Zhu Yihai shook his head.

"You are considered the more knowledgeable and capable people in Donglin Fushe. You are not just empty talkers. You have also experienced in many positions below. How can you say such naive words?

Why don't you look at the chaos in Shaanxi and Gansu now? Mila Yin flies letters and posts, and millions of Hui rebels in Shaanxi and Gansu. They only listen to the Muslims and only listen to the Hui, and they completely ignore the court and me!

The seriousness has already reached this level, and you are still talking about being an idiot?"

"If I don't get rid of this pustule today, then within a hundred years, the northwest will be completely gone. Hexi was conquered by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and it was saved by many Chinese emperors and generals after Taizu sent troops.

After regaining Hexi, we also moved 500,000 people to garrison in the fields just to defend this land."

"Do you want me to send you out of Hexi and Longyou? Do you even want Ming Dynasty to completely lose the Western Region?"

The emperor banged the table again, very angry.

“Vegetarian meal in corpse position!”

Zhu Yihai pointed directly at Chen Zilong and Zuo Guangxian and cursed, "You are sinners of the Han family!"

"My court cannot tolerate stupid and arrogant people like you. Please ask Wen Shoufu to draw up an edict. Zuo Guangxian, Chen Zilong committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. He was removed from his official position, deprived of his title, reduced his status to the people, and ransacked his family.

Confiscated and distributed to Dunhuang."

Zhu Yihai directly convicted the two of them of the crime of deceiving the emperor. It did not require a trial by three judges or any evidence. This was the crime of deceiving the emperor designated by the emperor. If the emperor said that you deceived the emperor, then you are deceiving the emperor.

This is a crime that can kill an entire family and even implicate nine clans.

Now the emperor's plan is to reduce the status of the people, confiscate the property, and send them to Dunhuang in the Western Region. The three direct generations were all sent to Dunhuang. Their wives, parents, grandparents, maternal grandparents, children, grandchildren, and grandsons, these three direct generations were exiled to Dunhuang together.

Garrison the fields and guard the border.

This is the most ruthless punishment, but it also opens up the world.

Not killing anyone, but uprooting them all.

Zhu Yihai didn't even spank them, "Take them down!"

The emperor was furious and the palace was silent.

No one even interceded for them, and Wen Anzhi actually wrote the imperial edict directly there.
To be continued...