There was a whispering and noise in the Imperial Palace, but no one dared to come out to scold Sun Yingyuan and Zhou Yuji, and even Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, shrank back.

Chongzhen gritted his teeth and wandered his eyes around the hall, wanting to seek the ministers who opened their mouths to speak, but found that no one dared to stand up, and even several ministers in the cabinet were silent.

Yao Minggong, a cabinet scholar, is the prince's teacher, could it be that he also secretly took refuge in the prince? There are also Fan Fucui, Zhang Sizhi, and those officials of the Imperial History and the Six Science Corridors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, don't they usually be able to speak? Talking about the ancestral system all day long, why are they all dumb today?

"The minister has his own music!"

A loud voice made Chongzhen kindle hope, and when he looked around, he saw Yang Shicong, the young Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu, standing up.

Chongzhen sighed secretly in his heart: "Dare to stand up and speak under the pressure of the rebel at such a critical juncture, and he is worthy of being a loyal minister who is favored by me!" ”

But I heard Yang Shicong play out of the class: "The prince supervises the country, the ancient system is also, my dynasty also has the precedent of the crown prince Nanjing supervising the country, and now Zhejiang, Huguang has been in disaster for many years, and the subjects have heard that the people have died of hunger three times, three people have died of epidemics, and four thieves have died, Your Majesty is wise and martial, and you should take state affairs as the priority!" ”

Yang Shicong is worthy of being a cultural person, his words are concise, there is no exaggeration, and he also puts facts and reason, looking like righteous words.

Yang Shicong's words stabbed into Chongzhen's heart like a knife, breaking his heart, Chongzhen's teeth rattled, if there was a knife in his hand, he couldn't wait to chop this Yang Shicong who betrayed the Lord and sought glory.

Another subordinate official of the East Palace came out and said: "Please allow Your Majesty to play by Uncle Jing Wu to show Your Majesty's wisdom and virtue!" ”

If you want to say that the reason for making up is to emphasize righteousness, it is still a civil official, and he can always stand on the commanding heights of morality to guide the country.

Zhu Cihong, who had been silent and watched coldly, finally stood up in the eyes of everyone, bowed slightly to Chongzhen, and said loudly: "Please ask my father to give an order to let his sons go to Nanjing to supervise the country!" ”

Although this sentence was a request for instructions, the words revealed an unspeakable strength, which instantly crushed Chongzhen's last resistance, and also crushed the civil officials who were waiting for the opportunity to fight back.

After careful consideration, Zhu Cihong felt that going to Nanjing to supervise the country was the best solution, and now the north of the Yangtze River is almost broken, and if you want to govern, you have to spend a lot of money to fill it up, and it is estimated that it will be suspended if you copy so much money and fill it in, and you will have to spend a few years to vigorously govern it, and you have to delay a lot of things.

The most important thing is that even if the north is well governed, the south side of the Yangtze River still has to take time to clean up, since the capital cannot be moved to Nanjing for the time being, so it can only be governed by the team.

Going to Nanjing to supervise the country can avoid the huge impact of seizing the throne, and second, you can use the copied money to engage in development, clean up those guys in Jiangnan while developing, and just throw the north to Chongzhen.

Jiangnan has not experienced war for many years, the foundation is excellent, and it will not take a few years to take off if it is vigorously developed, and then it will take off with a wave of troops, unify the whole country, and have a stable environment for the north to slowly recover and develop.

After the crown prince made his statement clear, Wu Weiye immediately seized the opportunity, took a step forward, and raised his head and said: "The disasters in the south of the Yangtze River continue, in order to prevent a recurrence of the Shaanxi civil uprising, the minister asks His Majesty to put state affairs first and let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince supervise the country in Nanjing!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the subordinate officials of the East Palace came out one after another, and they all said loudly: "Please ask the crown prince Nanjing to supervise the country!" ”

"Please crown prince Nanjing to supervise the country!"

"Please crown prince Nanjing to supervise the country!"

Chongzhen's trembling right hand pointed at Zhu Cihong weakly, and said in a deep voice: "Do you want to learn from Dolgon to kill the king and seize the throne?" ”

Zhu Cihong said peacefully: "Your Majesty is still Your Majesty, and when Emperor Xuanzong was in charge of Nanjing in the past, I didn't see him seize the throne of Emperor Renzong. ”

Yang Shicong suddenly said in a loud voice: "The Jiangnan disaster is ruthless, why is Your Majesty hesitating? ”

Chongzhen glanced at him coldly, and then looked at Yang Sichang and the others.

Yang Sichang sighed and said, "What the ministers have invited, it is very reasonable, please allow Your Majesty!" ”

Even the head of the cabinet spoke, and some of the remaining courtiers who were still waiting and watching also came out to second.

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The ministers seconded it!"

"The minister also seconded it!"

Since the prince has spoken, he naturally refuses to give up, seeing that the princeling party is powerful, and it is useless to oppose it to protect the emperor, it is better to take the opportunity to send this killer to Jiangnan again to harm those self-proclaimed Donglin parties.

"You ......"

Chongzhen's face twitched slightly, it was the first time in the thirteen years since he ascended the throne that he felt this kind of isolation and helplessness, even when he first ascended to the throne to deal with Wei Zhongxian, there was no such aggrieved scene in front of him.

The hall gradually quieted down, Chongzhen also slowly calmed down, he is not an impulsive person who is not open, Yang Sichang and the others' voting hints directly show that things have developed to this point irreparably, if it is blindly stalemate and tough, the situation will only be worse.

Chongzhen glanced at Zhu Cihong, then at the ministers in the palace, and said slowly: "I, if you want to play, let's retreat." ”

After speaking, Chongzhen staggered out of the hall, Wang Chengen just stretched out his hand to help him, but was pushed away by Chongzhen, and walked out of the Huangji Hall alone.

Zhu Cihong still bowed to see each other, and the ministers bowed as usual when they saw this, although the etiquette has not changed, but in the hearts of everyone, the supreme emperor is no longer as tall as before.

As soon as he returned to the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen suddenly became angry in his heart, and overturned the piles of notebooks on the dragon case, and he patted the dragon case and said loudly: "Wang Chengen, what about Yu Linwei that I asked you to arrange?" What about the people of the Three Towns? Where are they all dead? ”

Wang Chengen knelt on the ground, and said in fear: "Emperor, the old slave doesn't know, the old slave has indeed been arranged!" ”

"Useless stuff!" Chongzhen kicked him, and shouted: "Come on, quickly summon the Duke of Dingguo to see him!" ”

He is still the emperor, and his will was carried out quickly, and in less than two quarters of an hour, Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, came running in a hurry.

As soon as he saw Chongzhen, Xu Yunzhen immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the minister was controlled by the Tianwu Army and was just released back......"

"Tianwu Army? Didn't they go south? ”

Xu Yunzhen said with a sad face: "As soon as the Tianwu Army came out of the Beijing Division, they killed a horse pistol, and they also disarmed all the people and horses of the three towns outside the city!" Wang Tingchen and the other three general soldiers were also controlled......"

Chongzhen's face darkened, and his face sank even more, the prince was so cunning! Could it be that he already knew that I was going to abolish the crown prince? Know all of my deployments?

Chongzhen always felt that his chest was tight, and he couldn't hang up in one breath, both angry and helpless.

So far, what can we do? He no longer has the ability to control the rebels, and in the face of the pervasive princeling forces, all his deployments seem so ridiculous.

If that rebel learns from Li Shimin, his fate will be the same as Li Yuan, thinking of Li Yuan in the Tang Dynasty, Chongzhen suddenly shivered, and involuntarily shrank his body.

Chongzhen's breathing was a little short, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he felt, and he came to the dormitory to lie on the soft dragon bed with a lot of thoughts, and fell asleep unconsciously.