There is a saying: Before the world is turbulent, Shu will be turbulent, and the world has been turbulent. Judging from the situation, Sichuan is indeed a good place. However, no matter how good the place is, it is useless to have no strength. Unlike the local thieves in Shandong, Sichuan has a long history of land. By the 16th year of Chongzhen, there were tens of thousands of people, whistling north of Sichuan, and the firearms were sharp.

Because the two shaking forces of the sky and the yellow dragon are the most powerful, they are called the shaking forces of the Yellow Dragon.

Zhang Xianzhong conquered Yaotian in August of the 17th year of Chongzhen, but in fact he could not mobilize this 50,000 troops, and even had to divide his troops to guard against him.

After Li Zicheng lost Shaanxi, he refused to listen to Gu Junen's advice. He was blocked from going south to Huguang, so he had to turn around and enter Sichuan from Hanzhong. First, Li Zicheng appointed Li Yutian as the governor of Sichuan, and Huairen Bomake led 10,000 troops to Sichuan from Hanzhong. Both of them were surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. After occupying Langzhong, the important town in northern Sichuan, it was difficult to station troops. Later, news of Li Zicheng's defeat came, and this group of troops lacked the intention to fight.

However, Zhang Xianzhong was also trapped by his lack of strength and wanted to suppress the Tujia forces in the southwest. Although he established the Guo-Centered in Chengdu, it may not be necessary to integrate Sichuan.

Zhu Cilang has not been attacking Sichuan for a long time. In addition to reorganizing more mountain divisions to facilitate the war in the southwest, it is also because the situation in Sichuan is too complicated and it is inevitable that it will lose its prestige if it is not handled well.

Now Zhang Xianzhong has sent two Thai missionaries to convey his intention to surrender, precisely because he also finds it unsustainable.

No one would be willing to go to the mountains of Yunnan and Guizhou until he had no choice but to go to the mountains of Yunnan and Guizhou. Especially Guizhou has been a barren land since ancient times. Not to mention the times, even after the 20 years of reform and opening up, many mountain villages were still poor so that their whole family had only one pair of pants. Yunnan was even more a place of malaria, and most of the Western Army were northerners. Just by not adapting to the local conditions, they could die.

Zhu Cilang passed the news to Wu Di, just to let Wu Di try the direction of the wind.

In the eyes of pragmatism, the real interests are far greater than face. Although Zhang Xianzhong dug up the Zhu family’s ancestral tomb, he was the ancestor of his lifetime? Zhu Cixuan didn’t take it seriously at all. As long as he could win Chongqing and Chengdu as completely as possible, why can’t he negotiate and solve the problem?

Of course, pragmatists like Zhu Cixuan were not mainstream in the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen had long issued an edict: Zhang Xianzhong's crimes were unforgivable, but others could be forgiven.

If we now say that we want to make peace with the Western thieves and pardon Zhang Xianzhong, we will inevitably fall into a passive political situation.

After Wu Yan received the news, he finally breathed a sigh of relief when he knew that the crown prince had not made a private promise. He knew the crown prince's meaning. If the Western thieves surrendered, they could completely stabilize the south of the Qinling Mountains, and the first mountain division located in Huguang could launch a counterattack from Hanzhong.

However, it is absolutely impossible to make the court publicly pardon Zhang Xianzhong.

"Even if the Western thief made meritorious service, Zhang Xianzhong may not be able to forgive him." Jiang Dejing said in a difficult situation: "The Fengyang Incident is really a threshold that cannot be overcome."

"What if he captured and killed Li Zicheng?" Sun Chuanting tentatively said: "Li thief is not less guilty than Zhang Xianzhong."

Jiang Dejing frowned even more and said, "No one of these two people can be pardoned."

"Neither of them can be spared." Wu Yan shook his head helplessly and said, "However, according to Your Highness's estimate, if you want to completely pacify Sichuan, you should use a 100,000 army. The number of sacrifices may be nearly 30%. If Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are willing to surrender, they can only be incorporated with 50,000 people, and the sacrifice is not more than 10%. Not to mention the savings of the people, material resources, and financial resources. No matter how you look at it, it will be the best."

"What do you think of the old man?" Wu Yan asked the chief assistant Li Yuzhi.

Li Yuzhi seemed to have just woken up and took a sip of tea. He said: "Your Highness is asking if there is room for improvement in the court. We are restricted by qualifications. If we really don't expect it, we can do nothing."

The three of them were a little relieved when they heard this, but these top figures from the Ming Dynasty were unwilling to give up.

Li Yuzhi said again: "You might as well ask Your Highness if you exchange the filial piety in the world for Sichuan Province. I believe your Highness can make this choice." Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Yuzhi then took out the position of the chief minister and said: "The revised draft of the "Tax Law" must be submitted to Your Highness as soon as possible. In addition, we must also send the letter of nationality sent by the Donglu to Taiyuan as soon as possible."

On April 29, 18th year of Chongzhen, a team of envoys from the Eastern Captains entered Jinan City under the escort of the Ming army. Except for the so-called "Zheng Envoy" who were the Manchu White Banners, the others were surrendered Han officials. This configuration is enough to show that Dorgon was suspicious and did not dare to send his real confidant to take risks.

In his "Letter of the State", Dorgon once again emphasized that the Qing Dynasty entered the pass to fight against the thieves and quelled the rebellion for the Ming Dynasty, and there was no insignificance. If Dorgon had asked a few words to bark in the "Letter of the State" before and complained that the Ming Dynasty did not know the good people's hearts, then this time the "Letter of the State" was full of pity and no longer had any arrogance.

"In the letters of the Nine Chiefs, it is nothing more than opening the canal to exchange for the people." Jiang Dejing said: "Can you present it to the emperor?"

Jiang Dejing still firmly held the principle of loyalty to the emperor. Although he knew that the crown prince was in charge, he still believed that the emperor should make the decision. Especially on the issue of the "Tax Law", he had obvious differences with the crown prince, and he was inevitably closer to the emperor.

The other three cabinet masters directly ignored the topic of "Zhengcheng Yinyu". Sun Chuanting said: "As soon as the canal opens, the people may not be saved, but the Donglu must be saved."

"Now the Eastern Barbarians are unable to get rid of the tiger. Even if they retreat outside the pass, their vitality will be severely damaged and their morale will be difficult to revive." Wu Qian said: "Maybe they will fall apart."

The four cabinet masters here are all important officials of the court, but it was not until the crown prince that they realized that "information" could be so meticulous and that they truly had the ability to analyze internal conflicts of the enemy. If they were asked to talk about the Donglu during Huang Taiji's rule, they would definitely be confused and had no idea. However, in Beijing, in every court meeting of the Donglu, they could get a tip within five days.

This is the best thing to talk to smart people. The other three can understand Wu Yan's statement without any doubt.

"The letter of nationality must be returned from the palace," Sun Chuanting returned to the root of the problem. "The key is what kind of votes the cabinet should give."

The cabinet was originally just a secretariat, and the reason why it was able to seize power was precisely because of the existence of "Piezi". Although from a legal perspective, the emperor could completely ignore the "Piezi" and act with the order, but the result would definitely be boycotted by the ministers and then be refuted by the six departments, which was embarrassing and laughed at for a hundred years.

During the reign of the Three Yangs, as well as the Hongzhi, Jiajing and Wanli dynasties, as long as the chief minister is strong, the votes can be directly converted into the emperor's "Imperial Criticism".

When Emperor Jingtai wanted to establish a crown prince, he even had to bribe the cabinet ministers first, so that the edict was successfully exchanged for the vote.

Chongzhen's orders overrule the bill, and he had to thank Wei Zhongxian for abusing power during the Age of Revelation. Later, the civil servants were completely mortified, and the cabinet masters in the later period were unwilling to take responsibility, claiming that "it is only for the bill, not for the prime minister." Feng Yuanbiao said bluntly: "Which responsibility is greater than the bill," he said.

Since the country has established a cabinet now, no matter how powerful the crown prince is or even holding the imperial power in his hands, the power is still in the cabinet. The Ming Dynasty had a king and a noble minister, but it was absolutely impossible for the Qing Dynasty to be a slave.

Now is definitely not the time to curb the power of the monarch and expand the power of the ministers. Therefore, the final draft of the bill should not only be in line with the interests of the Ming and the country, but also with the values ​​of the literati and officials, and finally let the crown prince recognize it.

In the cabinet, Jiang Dejing was young and smart, Sun Chuanting was cruel and courageous, Wu Sheng was scheming, Li Yuzhi was wise and foolish, and the four of them showed their abilities. After a long discussion, they finally took out a copy of the bill that was acceptable in all aspects, ordered the servant to copy it and then seal it to Taiyuan.

Simply put, the cabinet's opinion is: it is not agreed to open the canal, but it is allowed to "change people for food" and exchange fixed food for the people in fixed places.

The fast horse was in Jinan and Taiyuan, but the criticism he brought back was: Donglu was a rebel against the people in Jianzhou, and it should not be judged as a country. The country can accept the surrender letter, kill the main evil, and forgive the common people. This is.

In this way, the imperial power and ministerial power clashed on this issue. However, this kind of thing is different from the Tax Law, which is concerned about its own interests, so it has no value for tug-of-war discussion. Li Yuzhi and Wu Yan quickly set the tone and re-enrolled the Crown Prince's order. The statutory procedures were completed and handed over to the Sili Supervisor for submitting it to the emperor for approval.

Emperor Chongzhen knew that this was what Zhu Cilang meant, so he picked up his pen and wrote the word "ke" inertia, and then read it carefully, just for entertainment.
Chapter completed!