Facing Zheng Xiang's question, Chen Yichen remained silent.

Once anything happens, someone must pay it for it, let alone the evil and unforgivable crime of killing officials and rebelling.

If you want more people to survive, you can only let Ye Zongliu take the blame for rebellion.

Maybe this is what Duke Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong said, so he had to do it!

Not only Chen Yichen was silent, but also Bian He, Cang Huotou and other miners from Fujian who came from Fujian were feeling extremely distressed at this moment.

They are no longer those miners who have never seen the world and only know how to fight and kill. They have gradually realized what officialdom, pattern, power and general trend are!

The court's proposal to discuss such a decision is the best result for Fujian miners and Lu Ding, and at least it has won a way out for more brothers.

However, the admiral who suppressed the rebellion was Chen Yichen. He stood opposite to Boss Ye, making Cang Huotou and others not know how to accept it calmly for a moment.

Officials and thieves are incompatible!

Zheng Xiang looked at everyone in the room with his head lowered and his expression was heavy, and he understood the answer in his heart.

The instant emotional impact made him sit on the chair again with a limp whole body, looking at Chen Yichen in front of him, and asked in a tone that was close to begging: "Young Master Chen, can't you save Boss Ye's life?"

Facing Zheng Xiang's begging eyes, Chen Yichen did not dare to look into his eyes.

By the way, Ye Zongliu has saved himself. The group of miners and brothers left behind in Fujian have helped each other through life and death several times. How can they forget each other?

But many things are not something that Chen Yichen, a fifth-rank Zuo Chunfang Grand Secretary, can decide. Ye Zong stayed in Fujian and other places and became a wanted criminal in the court early on, and is now even more classified as the evil of plotting against the enemy. .

All the civil and military officials in the court, who dares to take the blame for the world to protect him?

Moreover, the nature of suppressing rebellion and controlling water is different. Chen Yichen can make arbitrary decisions in Shandong Gangang, or even act recklessly. As long as the task is finally completed, the emperor and the court can tolerate delegating power.

However, unless the dynasty ends or the king is extremely stupid, the leader will never be allowed to be tyrannical and powerful, even if Chen Yichen is a civil official.

Even if Xunqi is not sent to serve as the chief general, he will definitely send eunuchs to supervise the army.

It is as difficult as Chen Yichen's attempt to deceive the superiors and conceal the subordinates from it. If there is any leakage, it will cause endless troubles.

Han Yong's death is a precedent!

"I have no idea."

In a low voice, Chen Yichen was also in a dilemma.

"I understand, thank Mr. Chen."

Zheng Xiang nodded silently, and a trace of despair flashed in his eyes.

He knew that Chen Yichen had done his best, and maybe this was the destined disaster that Boss Ye was destined to have. Zhengtong had escaped nine years, and Zhengtong was in a twelve years.

"You have a good rest here for a few days, and I will notify you if you have any news."

Chen Yichen comforted Zheng Xiang, and then turned around and left the room.

This feeling of powerlessness was too depressing, which made him feel like he wanted to escape.

Walking out of the new courtyard and looking at Chen Yichen who was still in a depressed mood, Bian He said, "The owner does not need to blame himself. He can save the lives of many Fujian miners Lu Ding, and has already turned the world around."

"As for Leader Ye, he has already put life and death aside."

Compared to Chen Yichen, Bian He should know Ye Zongliu better. When facing the encirclement of the government, the two chose to take a different path of life, but in fact they were mentally prepared to die behind their backs.

Rather than letting the imperial court send troops to slaughter them all and be able to die at the hands of Shen Yichen, in a sense, isn’t it a kind of luck?

At least your wife, son, daughter, brother and sister can live safely.

Listening to Bian He's comfort, Chen Yichen breathed heavily, then smiled bitterly and shook his head and didn't know what to return.

After all, for the modern mindset, peasant uprisings and struggles are not a serious crime for rebellion, but rather has a progressive significance of the times.

But this is not modern. For the ancients, it is already a great forgiveness to those who follow others who can save their lives. How dare you ask for more?

"Let me go home first, let me think about it slowly."

Chen Yichen didn't say anything to death after all. He was unwilling to give up any hope before the dust fell.

On the other hand, in the Forbidden City, after the court meeting ended, Emperor Zhu Qizhen called the eunuch Wang Zhen to discuss with him who to send to serve as the chief general and who to send to supervise the army.

Although there was a precedent in the dynasty like Wang Ji, a civil minister who led the army to be awarded titles, Zhu Qizhen had no idea whether Chen Yichen could take on the heavy responsibility of leading the army.

After all, he has never been in charge of martial arts in his prime, and he will not be sure of anyone. What kind of military genius is Chen Yichen who is rare?

Military and national affairs are not a joke. After thinking about it, Zhu Qizhen decided to send a military official as the chief general and then a eunuch to supervise the military and prepare for logistics. Chen Yichen just needs to advise military affairs.

This will successfully suppress the rebellion and make war achievements, and there will be no risk of capsizing in the gutter.

Objectively speaking, Zhu Qizhen did regard Chen Yichen as his confidant minister, and all began to think of favoritism behind his back.

"Sir, I just discussed with all the ministers and decided to send Chen Yichen to Fujian soon to supervise military affairs to quell the rebellion."

"But Chen Qing has never been in charge of the army and has no practical experience. I want to arrange two reliable people to help. I wonder if there is a suitable recommendation for Mr.?"

Hearing that the emperor was asking him how to help Chen Yichen, Wang Zhen was filled with dissatisfaction and jealousy, but he smiled silently on the surface: "Long live, Chen Hanlin is the son of Chengguo Duke, and is from the Xuqi family. Not an ordinary civil servant.”

"As the saying goes, the generals will leave the tiger's son, and Chen Hanlin will perform the Wujingying performance at the tribute ceremony. Long live your life, you may have been worried."

Yeah?

Hearing that Wang Zhen trusted Chen Yichen so much, Zhu Qizhen was a little shaken.

Indeed, at the tribute ceremony that year, Chen Yichen led the Jingying camp to perform martial arts with the soldiers of the Southern Expedition, and was organized in all aspects, demonstrating the majesty of the Ming Dynasty and the atmosphere of the martial arts ministers.

But martial arts practice is different from actual combat after all. Can Chen Yichen really lead the army alone?

"Sir, even though that is said, I am always worried that Chen Qing will lead the army."

In the past, Wang Zhen would not go against the emperor and stick to his own ideas.

However, this time, he did not retreat: "Long live, Fujian is just a group of mud-legged and troubled people, how could it be the opponent of the imperial army? Just wait for the Admiral Chen Hanlin to integrate military affairs, and he could sweep the thieves with thunder and thunder. Rebellion is just around the corner!”

Wang Zhen showed full of confidence. In a sense, this was also the consensus among the Ming Dynasty at this moment, and everyone believed that the turmoil in Fujian was not afraid of.

Seeing Wang Zhen recommending so much, Zhu Qizhen nodded and no longer insisted on this issue.

Perhaps Zhu Qizhen is full of emperor's mind and emperor's dignity towards anyone in the court. Only when facing Wang Zhen, he will put himself in the position of a student and maintain a dependence and respect for his teachers and commanders. .

"What advice do you have for the military supervisor?"

The Ming Dynasty generals were generally eunuchs. Wang Zhen, as the chief eunuch in charge of seals in the Sili Supervisor, was the leader of the internal officials.

No one is more suitable to recommend such a candidate than him.

"Long live, since you are worried that Chen Hanlin will not be able to lead the army alone in his young age, then find an internal official with rich military experience to supervise the army, which will complement each other."

"Whether and outside the imperial city, the person I think is the most suitable one is the imperial supervisor, the imperial chief.

"Sir, are you talking about Xining?"

“That’s right.”

Wang Zhen’s recommended candidate happened to be Zhu Qizhen’s heart.

Among the eunuchs during the orthodox dynasty, although Wang Zhen was in a standout position, it did not mean that no one else could be favored by Zhu Qizhen.

Yin Xining, the imperial supervisor, was one of the eunuchs that Zhu Qizhen trusted and favored.

It was even exaggerated to the point that in the twelve years of Zhengtong, Xining invaded the land and house of the British Duke Zhang Fu. After the British Duke Zhang Fu refused to obey, Xining sent his younger brother and a purified slave to beat Zhang Fu's family, causing one A pregnant woman dies from an abortion.

You should know that the British Duke Zhang Fu was one of the five ministers who were entrusted with orphans, and was also the most experienced military minister and honorary, and was vaguely ranked in the lead.

Just such a Duke of the Ming Dynasty was bullied by eunuchs and even caused a life of human beings. It was simply a mess of the world!

According to common sense, Xi Ning is so arrogant and bullying the British Duke, he is probably tired of living. But the fact is that when the British Duke Zhang Fu sued the emperor, he not only did not punish Xi Ning, but Zhu Qizhen was unfair and slandered. It's time to fight the fifty slap.

It may be because of this incident that the Tumu Fortress Incident in Zhengtong's 14th year. The British Duke, who had been fighting on the battlefield for decades, chose Mingzhe to protect himself as a wall and let the emperor and eunuchs make trouble.

In the end, he watched hundreds of thousands of troops die, including many of his subordinates and brothers who had lived and died with him, and he also ran away and wrapped themselves in corpses.

I don’t know what kind of feeling of the old general Zhang Fu who had been beaten for decades at the last moment of his life, but only sorrow is greater than death.

"Long live, I am Xi Gonggong and Zhengtong, who was sent to Mobei in the early years, and later guarded Liaodong. He was familiar with military affairs and political affairs. With his military supervisor and Shen Hanlin, I am sure that I can rest assured!"

Wang Zhen struck while the iron was hot and gave the reason for recommendation. Xining had been on missions in various places in the northern part of the Mo, and had rich experience in local military supervision. Few eunuchs in the entire internal officials could compare with him.

Liaodong can stabilize the Mongolian army, let alone the chaos in the people in a mere province?

"As soon as Xining came out of town, he sent him to supervise Fujian. Is it a bit hard work?"

At the end of the 11th year of Zhengtong, Xining came down from the position of the eunuch in Liaodong and returned to the capital to report his duties as the eunuch in charge of the imperial seal.

Zhu Qizhen was really reluctant to leave him for his troops to supervise Fujian.

"My dear brother-in-law has received great favor from the emperor and should serve him. What's more, he cooperated with capable ministers like Chen Hanlin. If nothing unexpected happens, he will soon quell the Fujian rebellion and give him a heavy reward at that time."

"What sir said is reasonable, let's arrange it like this."

Zhu Qizhen nodded with satisfaction. In fact, he understood the meaning behind Wang Zhen's words, that is, this trip to Fujian to suppress the rebellion was no different from going to make military achievements.

Instead, this achievement can be used to reward Xining and Chen Yichen to satisfy the emperor's personal preferences.

In the 12th year of orthodox history, Zhu Qizhen, after each of them beat Xining and the British Duke for fifty days, made an exception to reward him with land to make up for the "wrongedness" of wanting to occupy the land and houses.

The history of Ming Dynasty records that the eunuchs’ fields started with Yin Feng and Xi Ning.

It means that Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty set a bad precedent for the emperor to give land to eunuchs rather than meritorious officials.
To be continued...