Su Tiancheng's twists and turns, Zhu Youzhen watched it three times, every time he watched it, a trace of fear and resentment increased in his heart, Su Tiancheng's ability was clear to him, and the power he had was also huge, and the threat formed was even more deadly.

Zhu Youzhen sighed a little, since he ascended the throne, he took over a dynasty full of holes, there are problems everywhere, he seems to be a maintenance president, or the captain of the fire, but unfortunately when fighting the fire, there is not enough water to extinguish the fire, Chongzhen six years ago, the situation in the Ming Dynasty was precarious, the Liukou made a big fuss in the sky inside, the Houjin Tartars were eyeing the sky in Liaodong, the famine in various places continued, many people lacked food and clothing, struggling on the death line, the court could not take out the silver, seeing that all this could not be done, The army that recruited the rogues was not in the right tactics, which led to the strength of the rogues becoming stronger and stronger.

The transformation began in the sixth year of Chongzhen, in fact, it was also when Su Tiancheng went to Jiangning County to serve as the magistrate, at that time, Zhu Youzhen would not believe that a palace test leader, in more than ten years, can do so many shocking things, especially the eradication of the Liukou and the pacification of the border pass, these two major events are by no means ordinary people can do.

For a few years, Zhu Youzhen was very comfortable, seeing that all parts of the Ming Dynasty slowly stabilized, the people began to work hard, the famine slowly began to decrease, and everything developed in the direction of good.

That is, after Su Tiancheng exterminated the Liukou, Zhu Youzhen began to worry about the growth of the Jiangning battalion, worried that Su Tiancheng's power was too great, but at that time, the threat of the Houjin Tartars in Liaodong was still huge, so Su Tiancheng went to Liaodong and served as the governor of Jiliao, and stopped pacifying Liaodong. Su Tiancheng did a good job, after taking office, he took back Dalinghe City and took Montenegro, but unfortunately Zhu Youzhen, who was suspicious in his heart, didn't want Su Tiancheng to occupy all the credit, and he didn't want to watch Su Tiancheng's power get bigger and bigger. So Su Tiancheng went to Dengzhou, and Chen Xinjia went to Liaodong.

Zhu Youzhen was looking forward to Chen Xinjia being able to make a career in Liaodong, but it is a pity that Chen Xinjia suffered the biggest defeat in Liaodong, with a loss of nearly 70,000 people in 100,000 Liaodong border troops.

Or Su Tiancheng. At a critical time, he led the Jiangning battalion soldiers to capture Dengzhou and Fuzhou and other places, directly threatening Gaizhou, Yaozhou and Haizhou, which caught Houjin Tatars off guard and had to adjust their strategy. Prince Rui, who captured Houjin alive, Dai Shan.

Houjin's treachery made Zhu Youzhen make up his mind. After purging the Houjin Tartars and completely removing the biggest threat faced by the Ming Dynasty, Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning battalion to fight a beautiful ambush in Gaizhou, exterminated more than 30,000 Houjin Tartars, and killed the Prince of Yu Daishan. Captured Jin Li alive.

All these things show that Su Tiancheng's ability is extraordinary, and he can be said to be the first person in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhen felt that he was preventing Su Tiancheng. If you don't do anything wrong, if you are any emperor, you will be uneasy, and the courtiers have enough power to overthrow the imperial court, and no one will be at ease.

Zhu Youzhen took some measures, and the young Su Tiancheng was already a cabinet minister, and he was the only cabinet minister who led the army to fight, and he still held military power.

Su Tiancheng's twists and turns made Zhu Youzhen feel danger and fear, and the contradictions between them slowly began to surface, and no one could predict how it would develop in the future.

Zhu Youzhen did not do anything wrong, and Su Tiancheng did not do anything wrong, the struggle for power is so ruthless, and the rules of power operation are a game of life and death at the very least. In terms of ability, Zhu Youzhen has a lot of shortcomings, so he will naturally feel uneasy, and will take some measures to start restricting Su Tiancheng, Su Tiancheng from the beginning of forbearance, to later dissatisfaction, and then began to resist, the contradiction between the two will definitely break out, and only one person can win in the end.

When Dong Chang entered the Heart Nourishing Palace, Zhu Youzhen was still pondering.

Over the years, Dong Chang has become older and older, and he has long thought about Zhishi, but unfortunately his identity is not so simple even if he thinks about Zhishi.

After kneeling, Zhu Youzhen got straight to the point.

"Dong Chang, Su Tiancheng is afraid that he has a rebellious heart, what do you think should be done?"

Dong Chang is not particularly surprised, in fact, he has already found the signs, Jinyiwei and Dongchang have been monitoring Zhu Xianxuan and Su Tiancheng's families, but what can really play a role is still the dark line of Jinyiwei, in recent days, Dong Chang found that Zhu Xianxuan's family and Su Tiancheng's family have moved to Dengzhou one after another, as the first court official to discover Su Tiancheng's ability, Dong Chang chose to be silent, which is an indescribable feeling.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Su Tiancheng has a rebellious heart, this is not a trivial matter, I don't know if there is conclusive evidence in Lu Dao."

"Did I say it, do you need any evidence?"

Dong Chang's body trembled slightly, from the emperor's words, he felt the danger, he was old, he was much more indifferent to many things, and he wouldn't think about fighting for power and profit, then everything was just a passing moment, just live in peace, he had been in charge of the dark line of Jinyi Wei for many years, Dong Chang had seen too much, and he had also read a lot of books, and he couldn't be clearer about the possible consequences of the power struggle.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter still needs to be treated carefully, Su Tiancheng is in charge of exterminating the Houjin Tartars, and the battle is in progress, at this time, if it is said that Su Tiancheng has a rebellious behavior, the impact is too huge, and I am afraid it will be unfavorable to the imperial court."

"I know the consequences of the road, and what I ask you is how to deal with it."

"According to my great law, all those who plot rebellion will be executed by Ling Chi, and the head of the nine sides will be passed on, and the family members should also be guilty."

"Well, I understand your worries, it is definitely not appropriate to deal with it in such a way, I have given you this task, you are ready, go to Gaizhou on behalf of me, go to meet Su Tiancheng, see what his attitude is, I am waiting for your news, I know that Su Tiancheng believes you."

"Obey."

"Dong Chang, you have to remember that this trip to Gaizhou is a great responsibility, if the gaffe is uncontrollable, you can take extraordinary measures, I will give you the sword of Shang Fang, and make arbitrary decisions on the spot."

When he left the Heart Cultivation Palace, Dong Chang wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, this is by no means a good task, he knows very well that he was sent to Gaizhou as cannon fodder, this kind of trick, Dong Chang has already carried out it, this is an impossible task, just with this old man, how can he punish Su Tiancheng, although he is holding the sword of Shang Fang, but there is no holy decree, why should he kill a member of the imperial court, and Su Tiancheng is still a cabinet minister.

Dong Chang quickly made up his mind, this time to go to Gaizhou, take the opportunity to act, if he sees that the situation is not good, then stay in Gaizhou, don't return to the capital, maybe he can live a stable life, and if the worst is to leave by boat, go to Luzon and other places.

Dong Chang was able to make such a decision, and there was also a special reason, because of the nature of his work, Dong Chang did not have a family, there was no drag, and after leaving the capital, he did not need to think about the affairs of his family.

After Dong Chang left, Wang Chengen walked out from behind.

Zhu Youzhen didn't look back and spoke again.

"Father-in-law, do you think Dong Chang will do what I say?"

"Your Majesty, the slave maid is a little suspicious, Dong Chang's expression is not very firm, I'm afraid it's ......"

"Well, I also feel this way, I didn't expect that Su Tiancheng actually had a different heart, in fact, I should have discovered it a long time ago, and I shouldn't have let Su Tiancheng go to Dengzhou in the first place."

"Your Majesty, the slave maid thinks that it has not yet reached that point, Lord Zhang led 30,000 soldiers and stationed in Dengzhou, the emperor can secretly order Lord Zhang, asking Lord Zhang to envelop the hearts of Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou officials and businessmen, so that these people are loyal to the imperial court, Su Tiancheng relies on Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, as for Quanzhou in Fujian, it is better to deal with it, and the Fujian Governor Yamen comes forward, everything can be settled, Taiwan is far away from the mainland, poor and backward, and it is not enough to be troubled."

"What you said has some truth, but I am still worried that Su Tiancheng's twist and turn means that he wants to control the 30,000 army, and he wants to be able to control Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, and he also uses this as a threat, and he doesn't plan to attack Houjin Tartar."

"Your Majesty, don't worry about this, the slave suggests that the emperor will edict Su Tiancheng to praise Su Tiancheng for his achievements in the battle of the Golden Tartars after the extermination, so that Su Tiancheng cannot sit idly by, if he does not continue to fight, Su Tiancheng will not be able to bear the complaints of the Manchu Dynasty, and he will not be able to face the people."

Zhu Youzhen nodded slightly, a smile appeared on his face, he knew very well that the strength of the Houjin Tartars was strong, with the strength of Su Tiancheng and the Jiangning battalion, even if the Houjin Tartars were exterminated, the losses would be heavy, so Su Tiancheng's power would be greatly weakened, and he would be unable to fight against the imperial court.

"What you said makes sense, King Jin hasn't been acting abnormally recently."

"I didn't find anything out of the ordinary."

"I know what to do, but we still have to strengthen monitoring, once Zhu Xianxuan has any abnormal performance, it must be quickly controlled, remember, this kind of thing cannot be done publicly, and it is implemented in secret."

"The slave obeys."

There was no expression on Zhu Youzhen's face, since Su Tiancheng had already shown his dissent, he had to take decisive measures, all the sources that could be blocked must be blocked, and Su Tiancheng must not be allowed to threaten the imperial power.

Zhu Youzhen has always had an understanding that Su Tiancheng is indeed not ordinary, and he is very capable, but the focus of the battle to exterminate the Houjin Tartars is still the Jiangning battalion soldiers charging into battle, even if Su Tiancheng is removed and Yang Sichang or other capable people are in command, they can also be able to exterminate the Houjin Tartars. (To be continued......)