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In the capital, the day after Zu Dashou left Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen received a report from Man Gui. This scared the young emperor's courage. Although he was stubborn, he also knew that the capital had to rely on elite troops to defend. After Zu Dashou's departure, he not only took away the main force defending the city, but also was likely to rebel, cooperate with the Tartars and break Shanhaiguan. Once Shanhaiguan was lost, the capital was exposed naked under the enemy's front, and his head was also unstable.

Naturally, he could not allow Zu Dashou to return to Liao. On the one hand, he issued an edict to criticize Yuan Chonghuan for his heinous crimes, and on the other hand, he praised Zu Dashou and others, saying that there was a difference between the two and would never be implicated. On the other hand, he mobilized reinforcements to guard the four gates of the capital with Mangui. Shen Fu guarded Liulin. Originally, Yuan Chonghuan sent Youshiwei's troops to guard Changping, Hou Shilu troops who guard Sanhe, and Madengyun's troops who guard Daxing, and he mobilized him all back to Beijing to guard the capital. On the other hand, he urgently ordered Sun Chengzong, who was still in Tongzhou to move to Shanhaiguan, and even ordered that the Liaodong military horses were trained by the world's financial resources, and were also Sun Chengzong's old troops, asking him to quickly find ways to recover Zu Dashou.

Although Sun Chengzong was very resentful about his handling of Yuan Chonghuan, he could not resist the imperial edict. He immediately set off to Shanhaiguan and called his old subordinate Shi Zhuguo, who was in Liaodong, to chase Zu Dashou. Zu Dashou ordered the rear army to wait for muskets and crossbows, but Shi Zhuguo did not dare to approach and had to return to Beijing to report. After one round and one trip, it had been delayed for another day.

Since Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned, a hill of memorials has been piled up on Chongzhen's desk. Some impeached the chief assistant Qian Longxi, and some assisted Han Du, and some of them pleaded guilty and exonerated their love for Yuan Chonghuan, and even wanted to exchange his official position for his life. Some of them said that a Yuan party appeared in the court, and some of them should be digging deep into big deals. Han Du, Qian Longxi repeatedly submitted memorials to defend himself. Emperor Chongzhen was dizzy for these memorials. In anger, he really wanted to remove all these people from their posts and drive them home to avoid trouble for him. However, he clearly could not do that. The Tartars were so powerful.

The soldiers came and captured Yuan Chonghuan and shocked it. If a few more cabinet ministers were to be dismissed, the court would be in chaos. However, the court officials yelled, which really made Emperor Chongzhen unable to bear it, so he simply threw the memorials of scolding and fighting aside for the time being. Anyway, there will be a day to settle the accounts after autumn. In his opinion, even without these incompetent ministers, he could handle national affairs in an orderly manner. Even if the Tartar soldiers were in the forefront, with their own talent and strategy and the protection of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, they would definitely be able to escape danger.

As he looked at it, a memorial suddenly jumped into his eyes: It was Cheng Jiming's memorial, but it was not an excuse for him, but to give him some advice. The memorial said that Yuan Chonghuan had great power in the Liaodong tribe, so it would be better to ask Yuan Chonghuan in prison to write a letter to Zu Dashou, and use the personal friendship between Yuan Zu to stop Zu Dashou from stoking rebellion.

This is really unbearable! I just arrested Yuan Chonghuan in the jail of the Fufu Department, and now I want to ask him to write a letter to persuade Zu Dashou. Doesn’t that mean that he, as an emperor, still has to rely on Yuan Chonghuan to be able to be steady? In this way, the emperor’s majesty is so powerful, and the face of him, Zhu Youjian? As the emperor’s emperor, he must not allow himself to do such a humiliating thing. Even if he dares to make such a suggestion, he is punishable and unforgivable! After Zu Dashou left for two days, the court was in chaos. It seemed that without the martial artists from Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty was about to end. However, Zhu Youjian didn’t believe this evil!

Emperor Chongzhen said to himself over and over again, and the more he spoke, the louder he became, and the less confident he became. He clearly knew in his heart that if the Ming Dynasty did not have Zu Dashou's elite troops and the 70,000 reinforcements coming from Liaodong, it would never be possible to defeat the Tartars. And now the only one who could persuade Zu Dashou to turn back was Yuan Chonghuan. But asking him to admit such a fact would be tantamount to asking him to bow to his enemies, and his self-esteem would not allow him to do that.

Besides, even if he was willing to bow his head to Yuan Chonghuan, could Yuan Chonghuan be willing to write this letter to him? He had kissed himself for treason! After thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen gritted his teeth and decided to give a verbal order, asking Yuan Chonghuan to make meritorious contributions and write a letter to Zhao Zu Dashou to come back to Beijing.

Sooner or later, you will have to pay back twice as much as possible! Chongzhen held a red pen in his hand and wrote the three words "Yuan Chonghuan" slightly trembling.

The oral order was sent to the prison, but Yuan Chonghuan did not accept it. The eunuch who went to pass the imperial edict came back and said that Yuan Chonghuan said that since he was deprived of his post, he was not a supervisor, but just a slut. The slut was ordered by a slut. Why did his Zu Dashou obey it? It would be useless to write it, so it would be fine if he simply didn't write it. Chongzhen knew in his heart that this barbarian was clearly angry with him. A minister and a slave surnamed Zhu dared to be angry with his dignified emperor!

Zhu Youjian could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. He stood up suddenly and suddenly reached out and overturned the imperial case in front of him. The memorials on the case fell all over the ground. He stretched out his feet and kicked hard, making the paper pieces fly, and they floated like butterflies on his shoulders.

After venting for a while, he slowly calmed down. Once his mind was cleared, he realized that the further away from the capital for every day, Zu Dashou would be from the capital, and the more dangerous he would be. He ordered the eunuch to help the imperial case, and Emperor Chongzhen drafted another imperial edict, calling the entire cabinet.

The Grand Secretary and the Nine Minister went to prison together to persuade Yuan Chonghuan to agree to write a letter. After the draft was finished, he picked it up and read it. It was inappropriate, and then he grouped it into a group and threw it underground. He shouted that the eunuchs would pass on the meetings of the cabinet and the Nine Ministers. The emperor's imperial edict was to be kept in the archives. If he had given his descendants to the descendants so humbly that he would ask for a treason general in order to make a mere ancestral birthday, and even the Nine Ministers of the Cabinet, how could he have face at that time? [——Note, the Nine Ministers were the Tongzheng envoys of the Six Ministers and the Tongzheng Envoys, the Left Commander of the Censorate, and the Nine Ministers of the Dali Temple.]

Qian Longxi and others entered the palace under the imperial edict. After hearing the emperor's explanation, they all sighed secretly. Only Liang Tingdong, the head of the Ministry of War, was secretly proud. With Yuan Chonghuan's stubborn personality, he hated the emperor to imprison him for no reason, and he would definitely not write a letter to the order easily. At that time, he would have another charge of disrespect for resisting the order. Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan Chonghuan, it wasn't that I, Liang Tingdong, insisted on letting you go, who told you to guard Liaodong alone? It seemed that we, the ministers and ministers who were high in the Ministry of War, were all greedy and afraid of death? The rafters that stood out were rotten first, and they didn't even understand this principle. Do you still want to be an official in the court?

This persuasion was naturally ineffective. Yuan Chonghuan insisted that if His Majesty had an edict to ask him to write a letter, he would naturally obey the order. When the cabinet ministers came back to report, Chongzhen still refused to bow his head, but he repeatedly urged the ministers to persuade him again, so that he could agree. The ministers knew that this was a ridiculous act of the emperor taking full care of his own face, but they had no choice. They retreated and the crowd waited for the agreement to go tomorrow.

Liang Tingdong returned to the Ministry of War, and Yu Dacheng had been waiting for him there for a long time. When he saw this person, Liang Shangshu's head couldn't help but hurt. Since Yuan Chonghuan was arrested, Yu Dacheng has been pestering himself to argue almost every day, and he said nothing more than to expel Yuan Chonghuan. He was tired of hearing this. He said impatiently: "Does Yu have official duties? If not, I have important things to do, please forgive me and cannot be with me." As he said that, he left.

Yu Dacheng stopped him and asked respectfully: "When this battle is the time, the lord is not in the Ministry of War, but where are you going? The lord is not here. If there is something wrong with the yamen, who should I find the master? Please tell me clearly." Liang Tingdong was extremely angry, snorted, and still left without paying attention. Suddenly, he remembered that this person was so hard to speak for Yuan Chonghuan, and he must have a close relationship with him, so he might as well call him a lobbyist. Such a person is very easy to deceive. As long as he wields the righteousness of the king and the country, there is nothing he can do.

Sure enough, Yu Dacheng heard this and immediately took the order. While asking for an imperial edict, he took the Ministry of War to stamp the official documents and went to the Pacification Office to see Yuan Chonghuan. Yuan Chonghuan seemed very happy when he saw him and kept asking about the defense of the capital. He heard that the emperor gathered all reinforcements in the capital, and he couldn't help but punch the wall and shouted that he was very bad. He originally divided his troops to guard Sanhe and other places to support each other so as not to defeat the Tartar army in one fell swoop. A soldier was sent out to harass the enemy's rear. The effect was far greater than facing the enemy head-on, let alone the troops with poor combat power such as You Shiwei and Hou Shilu. If they faced the Tartar cavalry directly, it would be better to cut a tofu and let it be slaughtered? He repeatedly told Yu Dacheng that he would report to Emperor Chen Ming this festival. Yu Dacheng saw that he was still thinking about military and national affairs, and he couldn't help but feel sad. He knew that even if he had been so hard to advise Chongzhen, he would not listen, and he had to accept it. He could not bear to disappoint Yuan Chonghuan anymore.

Yuan Chonghuan didn't know Yu Dacheng's thoughts, and he smiled bitterly, and no longer mentioned this matter. When Yu Dacheng talked about writing a letter to Zu Dashou, Yuan Chonghuan refused, which was even more inclined to drive him away. Yu Dacheng couldn't, so he had to say goodbye for the time being. Before leaving, Yuan Chonghuan suddenly pulled his sleeve and asked in a low voice: "Where is Huan Zhen now? Let him come to see me, don't let others know." Yu Dacheng was stunned, not knowing what important things he had to meet Huan Zhen, and the custody of the tutor was not something that ordinary people could come in after entering. He hesitated for a moment and did not answer. Seeing that he seemed unwilling, Yuan Chonghuan said, "Let me see him and be willing to consider writing a letter." Yu Dacheng was silent for a long time and nodded and said, "I'll go and try."

When he went back to meet Liang Tingdong, he did not mention that Yuan Chonghuan took the initiative to see Huan Zhen, but said that Huan Zhen, the former subordinate of Yuan, was in the city, and asked him to go and persuade him, which might be effective. Liang Tingdong was suspicious for a while, and seemed to feel that there was no danger or fearlessness, so he responded. Since Yuan Chonghuan was an imperial offender, he would have to get the emperor's approval to see him. However, since Yu Dacheng had requested the imperial edict, it was not a big deal to bring Huan Zhen in.

Yu Dacheng was very happy and immediately went to find Huan Zhen. When he arrived at his house, the door was closed and there was no one. Then he remembered that he had heard him say he was going to meet Shen Fu yesterday, and now he must still be in the monk camp. He chased Wu Xue all the way, and happened to catch up with Huan Zhen and was about to leave, blocking him halfway.

When Huan Zhen heard that Yuan Chonghuan had asked him to see him, he felt like a five-flavor bottle was overturned. He didn't know what it felt. He sighed to the sky and asked, "What if I don't want to go?" Yu Dacheng said in surprise, "Why do you say this?" Huan Zhen shook his head and said, "It's nothing. I'll go with you." Yu Dacheng was full of suspicion and was not good at asking for advice. He took him to the custody prison all the way.

When I entered the prison, I felt a smell of mold coming to my nose. In the cold weather, there was no stove in the prison, but it was so cold that it penetrated into my bones. I felt really uncomfortable when I thought that Yuan Chonghuan was suffering in this place.

Yuan Chonghuan was locked in the innermost room, and no trace of sunlight could shine in. The flames of the oil lamp were pounding, and a dim light was cast in a corner of the cell. He was sitting cross-legged, leaning against the wall and drowsy. He heard the sound of chains on the door, and opened his eyes. When he saw Huan Zhen coming in, his face changed. He sighed and said to Yu Dacheng: "Mr. Yu, please wait for a moment. We have a few words. After that, Chonghuan should be ordered to write a book and not let Lord Yu return empty-handed." Yu Dacheng walked out as he said, and gave the prisoner some money, and took him out for a drink and chat.

Yuan Chonghuan waited until no one was around, then looked at Huan Zhen and said, "Baili, today's affairs, Chonghuan has no face to see you."
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