The capital, the Forbidden City, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the folds in his hand, did not show special joy, the battle in Liaodong, won a complete victory, Su Tiancheng led the army, in the decisive battle of Liaodong, exterminated more than 70,000 Houjin Tartars, recovered Guangning and Xiping Fort, it is said that this should be a matter of universal celebration, but Zhu Youzhen was not happy.

After the good news came, the atmosphere in the court was also delicate, among the cheers, there were many different voices, and some people even discussed in private, Su Tiancheng's victory in Liaodong was also the moment when the crisis broke out in the court, Su Tiancheng's power was too great, with more than 200,000 elite soldiers, this terrifying force directly threatened the court and the emperor.

These situations were all mastered by Zhu Youzhen, and in the early dynasties, there was no deliberate propaganda about the victory in Liaodong.

The hall was very quiet, this time, Zhu Youzhen did not convene the cabinet ministers for the time being, he needed to think, and after the consideration was mature, he directly said the proposal and let the cabinet ministers discuss it.

What made Zhu Youzhen a little unexpected and angry was that after the victory in Liaodong, Su Tiancheng did not continue to attack, but chose to hold on, and the Jiangning battalion was even ready to withdraw from Liaodong and return to Dengzhou.

During this time, it was a very critical moment for Zhu Youzhen, what kind of decision should be made, whether to have a direct showdown with Su Tiancheng, or to maintain the current situation, seeing Su Tiancheng become bigger, so that he could not control it in the end.

The thing that made Zhu Youzhen a little painful was that the imperial court basically could not control Su Tiancheng, and in terms of strength, Su Tiancheng did not need any support from the imperial court, and the silver taels in Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou were in place. It is enough to maintain the operation of the Jiangning battalion and maintain the expenses of the government, as the Jiangning battalion becomes stronger and stronger, the armies of the Ming Dynasty will never dare to confront the Jiangning battalion, which is self-defeating. To put it mildly, the development of the situation was beyond Zhu Youzhen's expectations.

The development of the situation in Shandong has become somewhat uncontrollable, and Zhang Pu, the governor of Shandong, almost all obeys Su Tiancheng's orders, which indicates that in the near future, the entire Shandong Province will be controlled by Su Tiancheng. What is even more irritating is that the rest of Shandong's prefectures and counties all want to be controlled by Dengzhou, because in Dengzhou, Laizhou, Qingzhou and other places, the officials' salaries are completely different, more than ten times more than the rest of the places.

In Fujian, the situation is also quietly changing, and Xiong Zijian has taken control of Quanzhou. Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Zhilong, only Su Tiancheng is the first to look forward. The first thing that came to mind was Su Tiancheng, and then the imperial court, and even Zheng Zhilong, who lived in the capital, turned a blind eye to such a thing and didn't say anything at all.

As for Taiwan, which is directly controlled by Su Tiancheng. Not to mention, the officials were all directly appointed by Su Tiancheng, and the imperial court did not directly send an official at all.

All this shows that Su Tiancheng's heart has already changed, once the time is ripe. It is possible to establish himself as king, or even overthrow the imperial court and reorganize the world.

It is also because of this consideration that Zhu Youzhen has long regarded Su Tiancheng as the biggest threat.

Su Tiancheng relied on the imperial examination to be an official, Zhu Youzhen didn't understand, it is said that the scholars who came out of the imperial examination would not think of rebellion under normal circumstances, and it was normal to fight for power and profit, such things abound in the imperial court, but to say that they have greater ambitions, these scholars dare not do it, and they dare not think about it.

Zhu Youzhen will not know if he is killed, Su Tiancheng is a person who travels through the world, and he is a person who will be hundreds of years later, how can he hang himself from a tree, those so-called foolish and loyal ideas will change rapidly here in Su Tiancheng.

Zhu Youzhen, who had a headache thinking about it, finally spoke.

"I haven't thought of a good solution, what do you think?"

Wang Chengen, who was standing behind Zhu Youjian, quickly spoke.

"Your Majesty, the slave suggests that you can issue an order to ask Su Tiancheng to enter the capital, if Su Tiancheng is unwilling to come, it means that Su Tiancheng's intention to rebel is clear, so the ministers of the court and the central government have all made Su Tiancheng's mind clear, Su Tiancheng will be spurned by everyone, if Su Tiancheng comes to the capital, he can quickly control it, so that Hong Chengchou temporarily controls the Jiangning camp, and the emperor sends ministers to Dengzhou to completely control the Jiangning camp."

Zhu Youzhen shook his head, he had already thought about this method, don't say that he would give an order, even if he sent all the cabinet ministers to invite Su Tiancheng, he would do it, as long as Su Tiancheng came to the capital, besides, even if Su Tiancheng did not follow the order and did not come to the capital, he could not say that Su Tiancheng was plotting rebellion, some civil and military ministers in the court understood that Su Tiancheng had different intentions, but there were still too many people who did not know the way, Su Tiancheng had just won a great victory in Liaodong, and in more than a month, he had exterminated more than 100,000 Houjin Tartars, and the court then said that Su Tiancheng had rebelled, Who would believe this kind of logic, maybe if this is done, the court will quickly lose people's hearts.

Zhu Youzhen is still a little worried about the Houjin Tartars, although the Ming Dynasty occupied Guangning and forced the Houjin Tartars to the north of the Liao River, but the Houjin Tartars still have a certain strength, at this time, if there is a rush within the Ming Dynasty, the Houjin Tartars will never miss this opportunity.

Wang Chengen also knew that the emperor would definitely not be satisfied with the suggestion he said, but he couldn't think of a good way, and the current Su Tiancheng was far from the Su Tiancheng he saw at the beginning.

"My consideration is that I don't want a showdown for the time being, I still want to use Su Tiancheng, I am ready to issue an order, asking Su Tiancheng to continue to conquer the Houjin Tartars, and completely exterminate the Houjin Tartars, Su Tiancheng suddenly stopped the army, it is estimated that he was thinking about what to ask, as long as Su Tiancheng's request is not excessive, I can allow it."

"Your Majesty, the slave thinks it's inappropriate, so wouldn't Su Tiancheng be even more arrogant. It's going to be more and more difficult to control. ”

"I know how to do it, but I can't do it now, what do you say I should do, do you want to punish Su Tiancheng, this will happen to a bigger thing, I can't do this."

Zhu Youzhen, who said these words, looked very helpless, in fact, this helpless situation has appeared many times, and before Chongzhen was nine years ago, Zhu Youzhen had always been very helpless.

The first person to enter the Heart Cultivation Hall was not Yang Sichang, but Zhou Yanru.

Zhou Yanru used to be the first assistant of the cabinet, and won the trust of Zhu Youzhen, and after being squeezed out by Wen Tiren, he has always been very concerned about the government.

Zhou Yanru is indeed capable, this is undoubted, after experiencing the turmoil of being forced to become a minister, he has become more mature and stable, and after returning to the imperial court, he pays great attention to doing things and thinks more far-reaching.

The emperor's worries, Zhou Yanru understands, this is beyond the scope of the contest between the ministers and the imperial power, to say that the contest between the ministers and the imperial power, but the minister wants to get more power, in some aspects can restrain the emperor, the Ming Dynasty has always had this problem, and later Su Tiancheng suggested that the emperor's relatives enter the imperial court, which to a large extent strengthened the imperial power, weakened the ministers, made the emperor's power much greater, and the power of the cabinet was much smaller.

After Zhou Yanru returned to the imperial court, he felt that such a situation was somewhat unreasonable, he thought that the power of the cabinet should be increased, and Zhu Xianxuan, who was in favor of strengthening the imperial power, had been placed under house arrest, so some of the efforts made by Zhou Yanru had an effect, and the authority of the cabinet was obviously strengthened, and he was able to basically control many affairs in the imperial court.

For Su Tiancheng, Zhou Yanru is no stranger at all, he has long known that Su Tiancheng must be promising, but he didn't expect that in not many years, Su Tiancheng would be able to compete with the emperor.

After meeting the emperor, Zhou Yanru naturally needed to express his opinion.

This time, Zhou Yanru did not hesitate and spoke out his thoughts.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Su Tiancheng's matter, don't think too much, I rely on the support of scholars, not all scholars and gentry may support Su Tiancheng, exterminate the Golden Tartars, is the most important task of my Ming court, once the foreign turmoil is completely subsided, the emperor can free up his hands to deal with Su Tiancheng, the minister believes that Su Tiancheng does not dare to risk the world's disapproval, openly rebel against the ......"

Zhou Yanru's words gave Zhu Youzhen a lot of comfort.

"What Aiqing said is yes, I am also embarrassed, Aiqing will pay more attention to Su Tiancheng's situation in the future, I am ready to make an order, firstly, to encourage Su Tiancheng to achieve such a major victory, and secondly, to urge Su Tiancheng to cross the Liao River and attack Shenyang."

When Yang Sichang entered the Heart Cultivation Hall with the cabinet ministers, Zhu Youzhen's face was much better.

Seeing Zhou Yanru standing at the bottom, Yang Sichang felt very uncomfortable in his heart, when Zhu Xianxuan was the second assistant of the cabinet in the past, the emperor trusted Zhu Xianxuan, and many things, first discussed with Zhu Xianxuan, and his own cabinet chief assistant was put aside, and now Zhou Yanru has become the second assistant of the cabinet, and the emperor trusts Zhou Yanru, and it seems that he is ready to put his cabinet first assistant aside again, and if he does this, what authority do he have.

However, the emperor's next words surprised Yang Sichang, the emperor didn't say anything about Su Tiancheng at all, but praised Su Tiancheng, after the expedition, the Golden Tartars achieved a major victory, and the reward was not too much, the emperor asked Su Tiancheng to continue the expedition, seize the fighter plane, and completely exterminate the Houjin Tartars.

Yang Sichang had to admire Zhou Yanru, how could he make the emperor say such words, you must know that the emperor was very worried about Su Tiancheng, and if possible, he would even ignore the Houjin Tartar and liquidate Su Tiancheng.

Yang Sichang naturally wants to express his position and defend the emperor's decision, in fact, Yang Sichang's inner thoughts are the same, first of all, he still has to exterminate the Houjin Tartar, and then he thinks about other things, and the cart cannot be reversed. (To be continued......)