Chongzhen gritted his teeth when he heard this, "How can I bow my head to Wufu. Is it really to behead the minister and issue an edict for himself? Who is the king and who is the minister? ”

Wen Tiren hesitated and said: "If you don't give him any sweetness, and you want him to withdraw from the army, I'm afraid it will be difficult to ......."

Chongzhen's face was pale and silent.

Wen Tiren knows Chongzhen's temperament, he is self-serving, and he has a good face, and he has to give him a step in many things. So he tilted his head slightly, gave Wang Jiayan a look at the clerk department, and then looked at Yang Sichang.

Wang Jiayan has a close relationship with Wen Tiren, and often serves as the vanguard of impeachment of political enemies for him, and he also has a tacit understanding, and he knows the intention of Lord Shoufu at a glance, and silently brews a rhetoric in his heart, and says: "Your Majesty, Xia Nan blatantly led the troops into the city, although it is an unforgivable crime, but Yang Sichang, as the right attendant of the military department, was in charge of power when Shang Shu was away, but he did not give Xia Nan and others a credit statement, but instead besieged them with heavy troops and wanted to put them to death, which is the culprit that led to today's incident, please Your Majesty will punish him." ”

Chongzhen was speechless for a while. Logically, this statement is true. If Xia Nan and King Qin's troops were rewarded for their merits step by step, everyone would be happy, and there would be no today. And treating the hero as an enemy, mobilizing the artillery of the entire capital to bomb him, and even not hesitating to let thousands of soldiers from the Beijing camp accompany him to the funeral, in the eyes of ordinary people, it doesn't make sense in any case. There are few generals who can fight in the Ming Dynasty, and they have all been killed, who will give you to resist the Tartars?

The problem is that the most fundamental reason why Xia Nan is eradicated is that he feels that he is too strong to control, and he is suspected of supporting the army and self-respect, but this reason can only rot in the stomach and cannot be resorted to, otherwise it can only make people feel narrow-minded and intolerant. In addition, it also involves the matter of peace, and now it is inconvenient to expose, so it is impossible to explain all this, this is a dead knot.

Since it can't be explained, it is logical to find someone to blame, but what Yang Sichang did was acquiesced by Chongzhen, and if Yang Sichang was punished, it would be tantamount to slapping himself, which Chongzhen was unwilling to do anyway.

Chongzhen didn't speak, and Yang Sichang also shut up and didn't say a word. Everyone thought that Chongzhen acquiesced to this wind direction, and they were all eager to try. As soon as Wang Jiayan opened his mouth, it seemed to have lit a fuse, and several officials of the Donglin faction also jumped out to impeach Yang Sichang, saying that "he must be punished to relieve the siege of the imperial city", and as for Xia Nan and Hu Dawei, Yang Guozhu and others, they "have made meritorious contributions". Counting, this is the first time since Wen Tiren took office as the first assistant to stand on the same position as the Donglin Party.

Chongzhen looked at a few spitting officials, his heart was bored, and a sentence burst out from between his teeth: "Whether Yang Wenqiao is wrong or not, we will discuss it another day, and we will talk about how to withdraw the army today." Whoever is entangled in this matter again, put the cart before the horse, and pull down the court staff for thirty. ”

Several officials immediately closed their mouths, not daring to say another word.

Wen Tiren was a little surprised, the pot sent to the door, just by pushing the boat down the river, it can be deducted on Yang Sichang's head and resolve today's predicament, but the emperor actually didn't accept the offer, and made it clear that he wanted to protect him, why is this?

However, he quickly figured out that most of the reason was that it was inconvenient to resort to the matter of peace, and the emperor favored Yang Sichang, that is, his own reputation.

However, at this juncture, it is necessary to strive for more benefits for the allies, and the emperor must pay the price if he wants to protect Yang Sichang and keep the secret of the peace negotiation, which is a good opportunity for the lion to open his mouth. Wen Tiren was embarrassed and said, "Since Your Majesty does not plan to agree to Xia Nan's conditions, do you want to give him some sweetness in order to persuade him to withdraw from the army?" ”

Chongzhen suppressed the resentment in his heart and said hatefully: "As long as he withdraws from the army, I can not hold the arson accountable for offending the imperial city, isn't this enough?" ”

Wen Tiren was stunned, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

The ministers of the palace also fell silent, and everyone was thinking in their hearts: Your Majesty, at this time, why can't you see the situation clearly, if the other party still has a trace of fear, how can he dare to kill under the Chengtian Gate? In this case, if a sentence can be sent away, unless the other party is stupid.

In the end, it was Yang Sichang, who was the party concerned, who broke the awkward atmosphere. He said bitterly: "Your Majesty, Xia Nan's appetite is not something that can be satisfied without being held accountable, so let's give a reward, otherwise after a long time, he may take risks, and the siege of the imperial city will also greatly damage Your Majesty's prestige......"

Hearing Yang Sichang say this, Chongzhen's heart was in a panic, he leaned back, leaned back on the dragon chair, and said helplessly: "Since Changqing and Wen Qiao both said so...... Then the Cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Rites will discuss it...... Give him a knighthood and promotion, and let him quit the capital quickly! He didn't want to admit it, but the situation was stronger than people, and important ministers didn't support him, so he had no choice but to back down.

Outside the Chengtian Gate.

Xia Nan looked up at the sun that was gradually rising overhead, and said to himself: "Could it be that Chongzhen has eaten the scales and has an iron heart, and he doesn't plan to give in?" That's not his style......"

Just as he was thinking about whether to really use artillery to open the Chengtian Gate, there was a commotion on the opposite city tower, and a familiar figure appeared and greeted him downward: "Qionghai Town Xia General Soldier is there?" The official Wen Tiren was ordered to come to discuss the withdrawal of the army. ”

Nan Daxi in the summer, his own people have arrived, such a good opportunity to cooperate with the outside world, it is not good to slander Chongzhen, I can't help myself. He replied: "It turned out to be Elder Wen Ge, and the lower officials are here." If you are sincere, please come down to negotiate. ”

When everyone on the city tower heard this, they were shocked, and they persuaded one after another: "Don't listen to him, who knows what crazy things will be done, although the mission is important, life is also important." ”

Wen Tiren replied "righteously and awe-inspiringly": "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger's son, the things explained by the saint must be done well, and what is the personal safety?" Come on, let me go! ”

Everyone couldn't help but flatter and praise the elder for his loyalty and courage.

After sitting in the hanging basket and being taken down from the city, Wen Tiren came straight to Xia Nan and said with a straight face: "This official wants to bring the words of the saint to General Xia, and please retreat." ”

After everyone retreated a few feet away, Wen Tiren relaxed and complained: "Zhiwen, why are you so risky, you know, the army entered Beijing, but this dynasty has never done anything, do you really want to learn from Zhao Jiu to come back to the Chenqiao mutiny?" ”

"Hehe, Yang Sichang is too pressing, and the emperor is the mastermind behind the scenes, if you blindly tolerate it, you will inevitably have open guns and hidden arrows in the future, it is better to hurry up and solve this problem once and for all." Xia Nan explained lightly, "I didn't mention the emperor at all, I only targeted Yang Sichang, which is already very restrained." ”