Chapter 139 Start to fight back
The Governor was the largest official in the local area. In previous years, he had been a choreography. Everyone wanted the Governor to be a prestigious person and become a rank-in chief official.
But in recent years, being a governor in the pass has become a high-risk occupation like going outside the pass to defend the Tartars. Most of the governors have no good end.
Now Henan is in chaos again. I heard that Li Zicheng gathered millions of people, and just listening to the numbers is enough to scare the officials of the court to tremble. To suppress the rebels, isn’t that asking for death?
Therefore, no one dares to take over the mess in Henan at the moment. As soon as Chen Xinjia spoke, the court officials forgot the party disputes and united as unprecedented, pleaded for Ding Qirui, and asked the emperor to let Ding Qirui work for another time.
"Your Majesty, Chen Butang is right! Why not let Governor Ding give it another try!"
"Henan thieves are in a state of fire. Now the thieves are siegeing Luoyang is very urgent, and it is too late to change their commander!"
"Please think twice!" Several ministers came out together to salute.
Chongzhen was also hesitant when he saw the reaction of the ministers. Seeing this, Wang Chengen on the side hurriedly picked up the memorial on the ground and presented it to him.
Chongzhen hesitated for a moment, picked up the memorial and finished reading it. He understood Ding Qirui's countermeasures, which was to recruit bandits, make up for the lack of military strength of the official army, and use bandits to deal with Li Zicheng.
Previously, Zhang Xianzhong rebelled again, which hurt Emperor Chongzhen's heart. In anger, he killed Xiong Wencan, who was in charge of the pleading.
Now Ding Qirui is asking for help again, Chongzhen is worried, but considering that the court cannot send troops now, and according to Ding Qirui's words, the Chi thief he wants to recruit was the descendant of Duke Gao Wenxiang. He rebelled entirely because of the oppression of corrupt officials and was forced to helplessly.
Now that the corrupt official has been killed, he takes the initiative to send his father and brothers as charity, seeking comfort, and defeats 70,000 burglars in Xinzheng and breaks with the burglars to express his determination.
When Chongzhen saw this, his eyebrows raised slightly and he had a little interest in this thief Gao Huan.
Chongzhen has always been suspicious, and Zhang Xianzhong rebelled again, making him no longer easily believe in bandits. However, if he followed Ding Qirui's words, Gao Huan would be quite reliable.
Chongzhen glanced at the ministers in the hall. No one dared to go to Henan, so he could only give Ding Qirui one chance.
"Okay! Just follow the wishes of all the ministers!" Chongzhen said in a deep voice: "However, if Ding Qirui cannot exterminate the thief, or the thief rebels again, I will definitely kill him!"
Chen Xinjia immediately kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise. Your Majesty gives Governor Ding the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. If he still can't do it well, it means that he is incompetent and fails the holy grace and deserves punishment!"
All the ministers agreed, let Ding Qirui continue to do it now to avoid being sent to Henan. As for whether Ding Qirui can solve the thieves and stabilize the situation in Henan, that is what will happen in the future.
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After the meeting ended, the ministers retreated. Chongzhen read Ding Qirui's memorial again, and then said in a deep voice: "The Jinyiwei checked this Gao Huan!"
Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei, bowed his fists and said, "I will accept the order!"
On that day, a team of Jinyiwei rode fast horses to Henan.
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Kaifeng, Henan.
The imperial decree was sent to the Governor's residence. Ding Qirui accepted Chongzhen's decree and sat in the hall with a calm face.
Although Emperor Chongzhen did not take him down, he was forced to death instead.
Because Luoyang failed to rescue the siege, he was at most improper, but now the emperor asked him to continue doing it. If he could not satisfy the emperor, or if something unexpected happened, he would be dead.
Originally, Ding Qirui wrote a letter and mentioned the strategies of recruiting and re-recruiting the official army, just to reduce the emperor's anger.
First of all, he explained that after his defeat, he wanted to commit suicide and die in his country, but was stopped by his subordinates, and God did not give him a chance. Secondly, he showed that he was not discouraged after returning to Kaifeng, and still came up with the strategy of using [Biquge www.biqugeso.vip] to control the thieves and recruit soldiers.
Ding Qirui knew Chongzhen's temper and knew that the emperor would definitely replace him when he learned that he was defeated, and even imprison him.
His memorial was to relieve the emperor and make the emperor feel that although he was defeated, he still wanted to solve the problem for the court. If he had no credit and worked hard, the punishment would be lighter.
Who would have thought that those people in the court were afraid that the emperor would send them to Henan and would plead for him, and the emperor actually asked him to continue to serve as governor.
This time, he had no chance of getting out of nothing and could only succeed, not fail.
The emperor has already spoken, and if the Henan problem cannot be solved, he will have his head.
Ding Qirui also had a relationship in the court. He knew that it was Chen Xinjia, Hou Xun and others who pleaded for him. He sat in the hall and couldn't help but grit his teeth, "Chen Xinjia, Hou Xun, you can wait for me."
"Governor General, Sun Sico has arrived!" At this time, a guard came into the hall to report.
When Ding Qirui heard the words, he withdrew his thoughts and said in a deep voice: "Let him come in!"
Sun Sike entered the hall and saluted: "The criminal official paid a visit to the governor."
Ding Qirui showed a kind smile on his face, "Magistrate Sun, the court has agreed to the revenge, and your identity as a criminal official can be washed away."
Sun Sike was overjoyed when he heard the words, "Super the Constitution, has the court really decided to recruit peace?"
Ding Qirui nodded, "It's true. This time I recruit you to come here to pay attention to the specific matters of the recruitment of the people!"
Sun Sike hurriedly said: "The Constitution and other details can be discussed slowly. Whether the Constitution can first order the blockade of the four counties will be lifted. After the military and civilians of the four counties are blocked, they are short of food and are almost famine. If they cannot buy grain, they may cause refugees and harass nearby prefectures and counties."
Chongzhen has issued an order to handle the matter of reunion and harass Lin County, isn’t he going to ask him to do the head?
Now that Ding Qirui has been kidnapped, he hurriedly said: "Since the Red Army has accepted the recruitment, it is the imperial army. This supervisory association has ordered the lifting of the blockade of the four counties. Caravans can go to the four counties, and you can also buy food elsewhere. Never harass Linxian!"
When Sun Sike heard the words, he saluted happily, "I am humble to take the military and civilians of the four counties, thank you Lord Tuxian!"
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In Yuzhou, Gao Huan received a letter from Sun Sike and showed a smile on his face.
"Everyone! Ding Qirui has ordered the lifting of the blockade of the four counties!" Gao Huan said to many aides in the hall: "The court has decided to pacify us!"
When everyone in the hall heard the words, they all showed joy.
Gao Huan continued: "However, although the court decided to recruit pacification and Ding Qirui ordered the lifting of the blockade, I think Hou Fangyu would not admit defeat so easily."
"Since the blockade is lifted, we can buy food by ourselves. At that time, they can only reduce the price!" Wang Dushan said.
Gao Huan shook his head, "Under the control of Donglin, if we don't impose Hou Fangyu and the profiteering merchants who have set prices on the ground, our people will definitely not be able to buy food!"
"What should we do?" Wang Dushan said in surprise: "We don't have much food."
Gao Huan smiled slightly, obviously he had plans. He looked at Master Tang, "Master, I have something I want you to do?"
Master Tang smiled and said, "But the bandits have robbed Xuzhou!"
Gao Huan raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Yes, you mix with the enemy and harass Xuzhou. I will enter Xuzhou in the name of suppressing the enemy!"
Chen Debiao said in surprise: "Governor, the imperial court is about to recruit peace, so we will attack Xuzhou. What should we do if Governor Ding does~"
Gao Huan laughed and said, "Chi Bei is to help prevent and suppress bandits, Governor Ding will take care of us!"
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