Zheng Guobei's heart was trembling, but the ministers outside Donghuamen were all shocked because they still did not see the intention in the palace.

"This is not a good thing. I heard that there is only Zheng around His Majesty. If there is no news, I am afraid that we will go to the East Palace just in case."

Li Ruhua, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was the only one who did not form a party among the important officials. The original Minister of Revenue was Zheng Jizhi of the Chu Party. He made great efforts in the "Dingsi Jingchao" initiated by the "Anti-Donglin Alliance". However, because of his old age, he asked for leave after the Beijing Inspection. After the emperor comforted him, he returned, and the court recommended Li Ruhua to be the Ministry of Revenue.

After Li took office, he encountered military affairs in Liaodong. He asked for 100,000 yuan of treasury and borrowed treasury from Nanjing to cover the remaining treasury in the world. He levyed Liao's treasury and rushed to collect more than 3.6 million taels of treasury.

The war outside the pass is not good, and the war that the Ministry of Revenue was worried about for a long time may become a foregone conclusion. Therefore, Li Ruhua wanted to ask the emperor to come to the court and increase the land tax from the world, and increase the silver of 300 cents acres in addition to Guizhou, so that he could get another 2 million yuan in salary, which should be able to support it.

But when all officials asked for a meeting, the emperor was reluctant to speak out, which made Li Ruhua worry about whether the emperor was still awake and whether he was self-determination at this time.

What he said about Zheng is the Concubine Zheng, but he uses "Zheng" instead of "Concubine", which shows how disgusted the Minister of Revenue.

He said this to the British Duke Zhang Weixian around him.

Zhang Weixian looked up at the Jinyiwei at the palace gate and whispered: "I have never heard of your Majesty's repetitions, and China and foreign countries have not yet stopped. Do not visit the Eastern Palace at this time."

“That’s good.”

Li Ruhua nodded slightly.

All the officials whispered, and the chief minister Fang Congzhe refused to say anything. Everyone waited for a long time, but they still did not see any internal officials passing the orders. They were all impatient.

At this time, Li Wei, the private army and a hundred households, came to persuade the officials to go back. He said, "Your Majesty must know everyone. Perhaps a central official will issue an order to come to the court tomorrow. Please do not stay in the palace for a long time, so you should disperse."

At this time, another officer in a flying fish suit said to everyone: "The palace is prohibited and the important place is because Your Majesty has no will, so you should go back." His tone was quite unkind.

When Zhao Huan, the Minister of Personnel, raised his eyebrows and scolded the officer: "Who are you? How dare you speak out and threaten the court officials!"

"I dare not be a humble position, but only a matter of duty, and I dare not be negligent."

The officer said that he didn't dare, but his eyes were extremely bold. He swept around the faces of the officials, clearly not taking the officials into consideration.

"It's a person from the East Factory, don't bother with the monk. It's important to do something big." British Duke Zhang Weixian grabbed Zhao Huan, who was about to get up and asked about the officer.

Zhao Huan then stopped and snorted slightly.

"Brother Cui, why bother irritating them?" Li Wei was surprised by Cui Yingyuan's performance.

Cui Yingyuan said, "The Empress is not happy." Then he turned around and looked into the palace and saw an internal magistrate coming quickly.

When all the officials saw that the inner magistrate came, they all looked up and said to the order of the magistrate. But they didn't expect that the inner magistrate would just say one sentence: "Your Majesty has an order, please withdraw!"

"retreat?!"

All the ministers were in an uproar.

Fang Congzhe frowned slightly, and then relaxed again, knowing that Your Majesty was indeed not confused.

Huang Jiashan, the Minister of War, stood up and asked the inner prisoner: "Du Song, the second division of Malin will be defeated, does Your Majesty know?"

The inner supervisor bowed slightly to Huang Jiashan and said, "Your Majesty knows."

"Why do you want me to wait for a quit?"

Huang Jiashan was very puzzled. According to the emperor's nature, if he knew that the front line had suffered a defeat, he should immediately summon the ministers to discuss, but what was missing?

"I don't know."

The inner supervisor was just passing the message. After saying that, he saluted the ministers and slowly retreated to go back and report his life.

Huang Jiashan suddenly said to Fang Congzhe in front: "Your Majesty's order is strange. We cannot retreat. Please ask the Master of the Lord to come forward!"

The ministers reacted and asked Fang Congzhe to come forward.

Fang Congzhe was funny in his heart. Why didn’t you know me as an assistant in the past? But now it was not the time to worry about it, so he had to go forward and say to the inner supervisor: "Please report to your Majesty, is the matter in Liaodong still the same as before?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Han Yu, the only Donglin Party member among the important officials, said: "What does Fang Ge Lao mean? He has been defeated two ways, how can he be as good as before?"

Huang Jiashan also frowned and said, "The four-way army has been defeated and cannot be as good as before. Now, we should retreat quickly to ensure Shenyang and fight again in an attempt to fight again."

Fang Congzhe said: "The military use has changed rapidly. It has been two days since the news of the defeat of Du and Ma troops arrived in Beijing. Who knows what the situation in the southeastern two routes is now? Whether to advance or retreat, it should be decided by the Liaodong governor Yang Hao. We are far away in the capital, so how can we control the war thousands of miles away? Therefore, I think that although the current situation is dangerous, the court cannot be irritated. It is pragmatic to discuss it after the news outside the pass is accurate."

After hearing this, Han Du sneered: "I mean to Master Ge, is he going to protect Yang Hao? Even if both sides of the southeast are defeated, does Master Ge still want Yang Hao to continue to preside over the Liao affairs?"

"Mr. Han's words are not the same. Changing generals at the last stage is something that wise people do. As Mr. Han said, all four sides are defeated. How to maintain Liao affairs and who will maintain them must be decided by Your Majesty. We can only make suggestions."

Fang Congzhe tried his best to hold back his inner displeasure. It was true that the failure outside the pass was true, but there was no final victory or defeat. How could the Secretary, as an important official, be so arrogant as Qingliu, and then influence the front line?

However, Fang Congzhe's prestige was really lost, and many of the ministers sneered at his opinions and said something that made Fang Congzhe extremely embarrassed.

Some people even say that the prime minister has been impeached continuously and should listen to the court at home according to the system and not participate in the government affairs.

"Noisy!"

Fang Congzhe was really angry and pointed at the ministers and shouted: "I am still a minister now. Even if you are dissatisfied with me, I will just wait for Your Majesty to talk about it!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty is sick, it is best for all officials to not disturb you." After that, he actually left.

The ministers were stunned.

Zhao Huan was also extremely anxious and said to the palace: "Even if Your Majesty is sick, this is a hundred thousand times of urgent military information and will not want to see us. The Jimen will ravage you later. Jiannu knocked on the verge. Can Your Majesty be patient and say that you are sick and ignore me!" (Original text: "Can Your Majesty be proud of your illness in the palace and thank you!")

After saying that, Tianguan also left with his sleeves.

The ministers were boasting each other.

.........

"That's what Zhao Huan said? Is he worried about state affairs or cursed me!"

In the Ganqing Palace, Wanli, who was drinking medicine, listened to the words of Sun Xian, the eunuch in charge of the seal in the Ganqing Palace, and threw the medicine bowl directly to the ground.

"I dare not lie."

Sun Xian bent down to pick up the medicine bowl that was broken into several pieces, thinking that if the emperor wanted to punish Zhao Shangshu, he would try to save it no matter what.

After picking up the broken bowl, Sun Xian whispered: "Your Majesty, you can't blame Zhao Huan for losing one after another. Even the servants felt panic."

"What are you panic?"

The brocade bench behind Sun Xian in Wanli Dynasty pointed at the brocade bench, and Sun Xian quickly stuck out half of his butt and sat down carefully.

"Victory and defeat are common affairs of military affairs. In the past forty years, I have been in great battles several times, but when the battles are smooth, I will be successful when I go out. Zhao Huan is an important official in the court. It is really unruly to be so panicked when encountering things. As long as he is so panicked, he led people to the palace to knock on the palace, it is of no use for the war, which makes the people in the capital panic."

Wanli didn't finish this in one breath, intermittently because he was really struggling.

Sun Xian said: "Mr. Zhao was also anxious for a moment and then he spoke without saying anything... Emperor, I don't know how to use troops, but after going to four routes, I was defeated two routes. I really want to say this very much."

"But let the flying general in Longcheng be there, and the Hu horses pass through Yinshan." Wanli was a little powerless, "If Li Rusong was there, he would not be defeated so miserably."

Sun Xian hurriedly said, "I heard that Liu Jing is also a famous general. Although he is nearly 70 years old, he can still use a long sword weighing 12 pounds at the right time. I think Jiannu is not his opponent."

"You said that Liu Jing is 70 years old, so how can he use the long sword immediately? Go and call the imperial concubine,"

Wanli was talking, suddenly his chest was stuffy, and then he felt phlegm. He couldn't help but coughed a few times, but unexpectedly he coughed up blood.

Seeing this, Sun Xian stood up in fright.

Wanli himself was stunned for a while, and he said, "This matter cannot be circulated."

"The old slave understands."

Sun Xian didn't dare to say anything.

But half an hour later, the prince of the Eastern Palace knew about his father coughing up blood.

"Big companion, should I go to the palace to accompany my father?" Zhu Changluo said worriedly.

Wang An hurriedly said, "Your Highness must not go. At this time, your Highness just needs to wait for peace of mind. In addition, the old slave has sent someone to Tianjin to see Luo Sigong."

"oh."

Zhu Changluo's eyes turned red, and tears appeared, "Father is angry with the war in Jianzhou. Alas, the four armies were defeated two groups. Not to mention the father, even the prince, I felt uncomfortable thinking about tens of thousands of fallen soldiers. I hope that Yang Hao can save the other two groups of troops, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."

Wang An comforted: "As long as your highness can work hard to govern, even if he loses outside the pass, he can pacify it."

"Um."

Zhu Changluo wiped the corners of his eyes with a veil, "I'll give you everything to my grand companion. My father can't be all hers."

Wang An nodded and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, Eunuch Sun also noticed that the Qianqing Palace was inappropriate. He had asked someone to make a secret arrangement. The Duke of England also came to Your Highness."

"That's good, that's good,"

Zhu Changluo nodded repeatedly, "My partner brought me a message to Eunuch Sun. As long as there is peace, he will never let him down in the future."

.........

In the Ming army camp of Niumaoling, Abudaligang, Yao Guofu, the chief of the Sixth Battalion of Nanjing, looked at the 120-kilogram iron sword held out by General Liu's personal soldiers, and was so shocked that he grinned. It turned out that the rumor that Liu Jing could use a 12-kilogram long sword was not fake, it was true!

Yao Guofu thought that Liu Jing would use the long iron sword to dance a few times, but Liu Jing just asked someone to lift the iron sword out, but did not use it. Instead, he sighed and said to everyone: "I can't use this knife anymore. Oh, I'm really old, I really can't accept it."

"The general was famous for his revolving and flying with this big knife. Although the general is old, his majesty will not decrease. How could he not be able to move? The general is so humble!"

Yao Guofu never thought much about what if Liu Jing couldn't use the knife and asked someone to carry it out.

Unexpectedly, Liu Jing didn't really go to use it, but laughed and said to everyone: "This iron knife weighs 120 kilograms, and this armor is at least 40 kilograms. I weigh 170 kilograms. What kind of war horse can withstand it? So, don't spread rumors."

After saying that, he slapped the sword around his waist and said proudly: "To be honest, I have only used the iron sword in the martial arts. After that, I have never used it, but used this Qinglong sword! When I hit Yang Yinglong, I held gold on the left and raised the sword on the right. Those who use their lives rewarded him, those who do not use their lives tooth swords, and those who do not use their lives were killed. Those who have more than 40 rebels under my sword were killed. That was the real power!"

"It is also because I know the general's power that Jiannu fled far away." The military supervisor Pan Ying said with a dry smile.

Since Liu Jing's troops entered Dong'e Road, they have gone deeper. Jiannu's small group of people dare not fight at all. Niu Luezhen, who was called "Supporting Guarantee", took people away from afar.
Chapter completed!