244 Deafness
Zhuqi was gradually solving the food problem and was about to rise up, but Chongzhen was about to kill himself.
Why do you say so?
Because the last hope of the Ming Dynasty was Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, and now Lu Xiangsheng has been killed, Sun Chuanting is about to be around.
Lu Xiangsheng was dead, Jiannu was still rampant in Shandong, Henan, and northern Zhili, and seemed to have no intention of leaving at all.
What to do?
Chongzhen had no choice but to transfer Sun Chuanting, who had just wiped out the troops of Li Zicheng, to take charge of the overall situation.
If he learns his lesson, gives Sun Chuanting enough power, and hand over all the troops to Sun Chuanting for command, Sun Chuanting will probably make Huang Taiji suffer a great loss.
Unfortunately, he still didn't remember the lesson at all, or he didn't know that Lu Xiangsheng was Yang Sichang, and Xue Guoguan and Gao Qiqian conspired to kill him. He actually had the old way to ask Yang Sichang to supervise the army and Gao Qiqian supervise the army!
Sun Chuanting learned his lesson. He knew that only the thousands of Qin troops under him were no match for Jiannu. If he didn't say anything like Lu Xiangsheng, he would probably be killed by Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian soon. Therefore, the first thing he did after becoming the governor was to ask to meet Chongzhen and discuss military and national affairs.
This is clearly meant to seize power. If he was letting him exclaimed, convinced Chongzhen, and even exposed their conspiracy to kill Lu Xiangsheng, that would be fine!
We must never let him see Chongzhen!
Yang Sichang, Xue Guoguan and Gao Qiqian joined forces to block them in every way, and slandered them in front of Chongzhen, just to prevent Sun Chuanting from coming to the capital to meet the saint. Even Sun Chuanting's memorials were detained several letters by them.
This is the terrible thing about collusion between foreign ministers and eunuchs. Chongzhen, the emperor, basically became deaf and blind. He had no idea what was happening outside, and could not tell who was loyal and who was traitorous.
What should I do if Sun Chuanting cannot see Chongzhen and cannot get military power?
He remembered Lu Xiangsheng's lessons and stood on the front lines of Dong'an, Wuqing and Jizhou, but he didn't go out to fight against the main force of Jiannu.
In this way, Jiannu had no choice but to do anything to him. The Qin army was already fierce, and now he was guarding the city and couldn't come out. Who dared to fight?
If you really run to fight, you may not be able to get tens of thousands of troops if you lose!
It was understandable that he did this because he had no soldiers. If he led thousands of Qin troops to fight against the main force of Jiannu, wouldn't he be as dead as Lu Xiangsheng?
Moreover, Chongzhen asked him to guard the capital. He defended the front lines of Dong'an, Wuqing and Jizhou, so Jiannu could not get close to the capital. In this way, the capital would be absolutely safe, and he could have completed the task.
As for Hebei and Shandong, he wanted to save him, but he couldn't help him, because the Ming army from all walks of life did not dare to provoke Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian, and no one listened to him at all.
He just survived like this for nearly three months, and Jiannu could not stand him after all, so he withdrew from the pass.
Even this time the danger in the capital was lifted.
Although he did not go to the decisive battle with the main force of Jiannu, he defended the outer periphery of the capital with only a few thousand troops and did not let Jiannu get close to the capital. This should be considered a meritorious and undefeated.
Moreover, according to common sense, if the task of guarding the capital is completed, he should return to Beijing to report his work.
However, Yang Sichang, Xue Guoguan and Gao Qiqian just refused to let him go to Beijing. Even these guys kept saying bad things about him in front of Chongzhen and asked Chongzhen to punish him!
Chongzhen, this fool, actually believed the same words and issued orders to hold him accountable many times, asking him what was going on and why he was watching Shandong and Hebei being ravaged by Jiannu's iron hooves.
Sun Chuanting’s grievances cannot be said.
Sometimes people are prone to getting sick when they are in a bad mood. Sun Chuanting has made many great achievements but is slandered so much, so his mood is naturally not much better.
Soon, he fell ill, coughed so hard that he even coughed and became deaf in his ears.
Chongzhen was blocked by Yang Sichang, Gao Qiqian and others. He could not hear the loyal and kind words, but he was really deaf and could not hear the sound.
Jiannu also withdrew now, and he was so sick again. Moreover, Chongzhen just didn't see him. He asked for a leave, so it shouldn't be too much to go back to recuperate, right?
Sun Chuanting had no choice but to write a letter asking to resign from the position of governor and go home to recuperate for a while.
Unexpectedly, he had a bad thing when he wrote a book.
Yang Sichang, Xue Guoguan and Gao Qiqian were worried that there was no excuse to deal with him, but he dared to resign!
The three guys immediately seized the opportunity and spread rumors, saying that Sun Chuanting was holding a grudge because he could not meet the saint, and was making a tantrum there, threatening the emperor with resignation!
Chongzhen was indeed angry and directly sent the Jinyiwei to arrest Sun Chuanting and imprison him in the imperial prison!
I have to say that he is just seeking death!
Lu Xiangsheng is dead, and you believe in slander and inexplicably imprisoned Sun Chuanting in prison. Who will encircle and suppress the peasant army? Who will resist Jiannu?
Is it up to Yang Sichang?
Is it up to Hong Chengchou?
Soon, the peasant army resurrected and was out of control.
Chongzhen was furious and killed Xiong Wencan again.
At this moment, he was really useless. In desperation, he could only send his favorite minister, Yang Sichang, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and Minister of War, to supervise the army to encircle and suppress the peasant army.
Chongzhen probably didn't know how much Yang Sichang was, because Chongzhen was fooled by Yang Sichang and gained and lost his wisdom. Not only did he kill Lu Xiangsheng, but he also personally ordered Sun Chuanting to be imprisoned.
Even Yang Sichang himself didn't know how much he had.
He always said that he was for the country and the people and the emperor's worries. In fact, he was a selfish, arrogant and extremely arrogant minister.
Of course, he did not think he was a false minister. On the contrary, he considered himself a loyal minister and a wise minister.
What he proposed about "State the internal affairs before fighting foreign countries" and "four straights and six corners, ten sides of the net" sounds so noble.
For this reason, he did not hesitate to kill Lu Xiangsheng, who was determined to fight.
For this reason, he did not hesitate to trap Sun Chuanting in the imperial prison.
He just didn't want these two people to destroy his plan.
So what is the result?
Jiannu was rampant in Shandong, Hebei and Beizhili for half a year. Not only did he loot everywhere, but he also killed the family of Sun Chengzong, the elder of the four dynasties, the governor Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of five provinces, Wu Aheng, and so on.
Obviously, he and Xu Zhicai were a complete joke, and Jiannu didn't even pee him.
As for the "four straights and six corners, ten sides of the net", the effect seems to be a little bit. At least Xiong Wencan basically recruited all the rebels in the early stage, and the remaining disobedient Li Zicheng was also chased by Sun Chuanting for thousands of miles, and the chase was so that only more than ten cavalry were left.
The problem is that his "four straights and six corners, ten sides of the net" has recruited hundreds of thousands of people in ten savings!
These hundreds of thousands of people have to eat and pay food.
In order to support his strategy of "four fronts and six corners, ten sides of the net", Chongzhen increased the Liao salary and training salary, increased the training salary and suppression salary, and increased the tax of more than 10 million taels each year!
The biggest black spot of Chongzhen was the levy of excessive taxes and the additional taxes.
Now that the people are hungry and desperate, they are rebelling, and you will also pay three additional wages. This will not drink poison to quench thirst, and will more people force rebel?
At this point, Chongzhen completely finished playing himself, and it was hard to even think about it.
Chapter completed!