Please ask me to be the emperor

Taiyuan City in Shanxi Province is 1,200 miles away from the capital. Sun Chuanting's sparse slips were sent to the court of the current Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Youjian in just four days.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the freshly baked documents in front of him with a confused look on his face.

What about the "biancai" we talked about?

How come he has only been in office for three or four months, and without even fighting a single battle, the good general of a town leads his elite to defect to the bandits?

Sun Chuanting is not a fool. Naturally, what Shudu writes is a cluster of flowers.

The general content is as follows:

1. The thieves wanted to invade Shanxi. Wang Zhong, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi, led an elite battalion to cross the river to meet the enemy.

As a result, when he saw that the thieves were powerful, he did not dare to fight and surrendered to the enemy.

2. The "thief chief" Zhang Shun led an army of 100,000 and wanted to cross the river from Yumen.

The minister invited Zhang Fengyisui, the governor of Xuanda, to come to help, and personally led the general Zheng Jiadong and a thousand people from the Xinlianbiao camp to block the Yumen Crossing.

Later, he recruited people and put up many flags to scare "submissive thieves".

Then I climbed up Longmen Mountain and scolded the "submissive thieves" with righteous words.

The "submissive thieves" saw that our army was strong and orderly, and they were scolded by the ministers, so they retreated in shame.

3. In order to cover up his incompetence and "conceal defeat into victory", the thief also deliberately used the strategy of alienation. He imitated the Cao thief of the Three Kingdoms in the past and altered a letter with the minister.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting was afraid that the court would misunderstand and be taken advantage of by thieves, so he specially wrote a letter to explain it.

Chongzhen was not sure whether it was true or false for a while, so he couldn't help but summon Yang Sichang to come and ask for advice.

Yang Sichang's father, Yang He, was newly deceased and should have observed mourning for three years. However, now the Eastern and Western invaders are sharpening their swords every day, making the world uneasy.

Therefore, after he finished handling his father's funeral, Chongzhen personally issued an order to "seize love" and dress him in mourning clothes.

Not long after, Yang Sichang came over wearing sackcloth and a look of sorrow on his face.

After listening to Chongzhen's hasty explanation of the matter, Yang Sichang couldn't help but twirled his beard and pondered for a moment, and then asked: "I wonder if the so-called 'distancing plan' letter is here?"

Chongzhen looked through it, then took out a letter and handed it over and said: "I handed it up by the way. Sir, please read it!"

Yang Sichang opened it and saw a letter with irregular handwriting and many alterations.

I saw that there were a lot of grammatical inaccuracies in the letter, and there were also vague words like "as promised" and "thank you".

Yang Sichang couldn't help but frown. He originally thought that President Sun Chuan and Bian Cai were a bit arrogant, but he tolerated it.

I just didn't expect that this guy not only lost a battalion of elite soldiers, but also turned back a whole town's general soldiers. It's really unreasonable!

He couldn't help but laugh and said: "This is just Cao Mengde's old wisdom. Whether you believe it or not depends entirely on His Majesty's Holy Judgment!"

"How do you say this?" Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this and couldn't help but wonder.

"This is a major national event, how can Mr. Yang be so frivolous?"

"Those who have power are subject to contingency!" Yang Sichang laughed when he heard this.

"The country has its own laws and the imperial court has its own rules and regulations. Everything can be done in accordance with the laws and regulations. However, His Majesty should be in charge of the contingency."

"The husband and grandson who inherited the court have a reputation for talent, so the ministers recommended him to the thatched cottage."

"However, since he took office, there has been an uproar in Jin, and the general towns have surrendered to thieves, leaving Shanxi empty and almost being taken advantage of by thieves. It is really an unforgivable crime, and only His Majesty's Holy Judgment!"

Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this, and then he understood what Yang Sichang, the Minister of War, meant.

Previously, Yang Sichang strongly recommended this person because he heard that he had "border talents" and could help the court manage Shanxi.

This man has only been the governor of Shanxi for three or four months now. As a result, Shanxi's civil affairs and military affairs have been messed up. It is not clear whether the court should tolerate him or not.

So Yang Sichang's meaning is very simple. If your Majesty wants to use him, you can hold him high and let him go. If you don't want to use him, just punish him!

He, Yang Sichang, was not Sun Chuanting's biological father, so it was enough to help him once. He would never risk offending the emperor by helping him a second time.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be moved after hearing this: "Sir, you are a true and sincere gentleman. How could I survive today without your help? Without your help, the Ming Dynasty would not be safe!"

This Yang Sichang was Sun Chuanting's recommended leader. When others criticized him, it was normal for Yang Sichang to defend him to the death;

But when Sun Chuanting was unable to complete the affairs entrusted by the court, Yang Sichang was able to speak out and impartially. Among the courtiers who were interested in forming cliques for personal gain, he was really a breath of fresh air.

"I am appreciated by His Majesty like a fish in water, how dare I die if I don't do it?" Yang Sichang also quickly kowtowed after hearing this.

The two of them were polite, and then Chongzhen frowned and said, "Who can take my place?"

It is easy to deal with Sun Chuanting, but it is difficult to deal with Zhang Ni.

It's useless to get rid of Sun Chuanting. The key is who can do things in Shanxi without spending money, so replace Sun Chuanting.

Suddenly learning about this matter, where could Yang Sichang's subordinates be available?

He hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but tell the truth: "I don't know who is available. If your Majesty is interested, I will pay attention to this matter."

"Then let's do this!" Chongzhen nodded.

It’s hard for a good woman to make a meal without rice. Since there is no one to pass on to the family, let’s do this for now!

As soon as Chongzhen finished speaking, Wang Chengen, the eunuch and eunuch in charge of etiquette, hurriedly walked in with something in his hand and said: "Your Majesty, there is urgent military affairs in Shanxi!"

"What's wrong?" Chongzhen couldn't help but raise his voice.

"The Shanxi garrison eunuch sent an urgent document, claiming that Sun Chuanting had colluded with rebellious ministers and traitors and wanted to surrender his land to the enemy!" Wang Chengen said in shock.

"What?" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help being shocked and glanced at Yang Sichang subconsciously.

Yang Sichang couldn't help but frown. He had already concluded that "Sun Chuanting colluded with the traitors" was a rift. Could there be something wrong?

"What evidence is there?" Chongzhen calmed down and asked.

"Yes!" Wang Chengen quickly handed the object in his hand to his eyes and said.

"Here are the confessions taken by the guarding eunuch during his investigation of the people watching, and the one hundred taels of silver that Sun Chuanting tried to bribe the guarding eunuch!"

"One hundred taels? Could it be that he can't even get out five hundred li of silver, but he is still an upright official!" Chongzhen couldn't help but sneered.

After hearing this, Wang Chengen lowered his eyelids and did not dare to say a word.

Grandpa Huang, you are wise, I will tell you why you just handed over two hundred taels, it is too shabby!

Chongzhen picked up the confessions and looked at them for a few times, and his face became increasingly ugly.

"What? What's wrong, Your Majesty?" Yang Sichang felt strange and asked quickly.

"Look, look at the good things this guy has done!" Chongzhen laughed angrily and couldn't help but throw the confession in his hand to the ground.

Yang Sichang hurriedly bent down to pick it up, opened it and saw that it read:

On November 1, the eighth year, Sun Chuanting and the Shun thieves met at Yumen Ferry.

Shun thief said: You thief are so ignorant. I have no intention of attacking Shanxi. How can you, a traitor, send soldiers into our territory, start a war, and disturb the people?

I have no intention of coveting the world, but Sun Fujun is so provocative. I wonder if Sun Fujun wants to fight or make peace?

The court said: This matter is purely a misunderstanding. I heard that there was chaos in Hancheng, so I sent troops to help King Shun!

Shun thief said again: "So that's the case, but I have wrongly blamed the noble man." Thanks to Sun Fujun for sending an elite battalion, Shanxi has it at your fingertips. If Sun Fu's army can help him, the world will have nothing to worry about!

It's just that I don't have many soldiers and horses with me now, and it's not enough to take all Shanxi.

Please also ask Fu Jun to be patient for a while. When the time comes, everyone will invade the Forbidden City, take over the world, share wealth and honor, and never break your promise!

When Yang Sichang saw this, what didn't he understand?

It turned out that Sun Chuanting was cleaning up farmland and training soldiers in Shanxi, which offended the Shanxi gentry.

This Shanxi gentry is much more powerful than the Shaanxi gentry whose literary style is not strong.

Famous celebrities such as Wang Jiaping, Zhang Siwei, and Xue Xuan were all the chief ministers of the cabinet during the Wanli period; during the Tianqi period, Puzhou Han Xu also served as the chief minister of the cabinet, and there were countless other ministers and governors.

Those who are still in office and those who have just resigned include Zhang Fengyi and Wei Yunzhong, the governors of Xuanda, Cao Yubian, the censor of Zuodu, Zhang Pengyun, the governor of Shuntian, Zhang Guangqian, the Marble Shaoqian, Li Jiantai, the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine, and many others.

Now that Sun Chuanting is in trouble, who wouldn't take the opportunity to add insult to injury and vent his anger?