Chapter 18 Empress Zhou points out doubts

Father-in-law Jin was thinking: Isn't all this too coincidental? As soon as Concubine Liu walked on the emperor's front foot, she immediately counted people as soon as the back foot came! In addition, it has been here for a long time, and Concubine Liu regards Princess Kunxing as an enemy! connects everything that Princess Kunxing suddenly fell out of favor and was punished, isn't it related to Concubine Liu? Right! Who else but her!

Father-in-law Jin couldn't help but look at Concubine Liu, Concubine Liu smiled and said, "What do you see!" Is this concubine something that only a slave like you can see? Give me a slap! ”

Immediately, Concubine Liu's entourage eunuch went over and slapped Gonggong Jin in the mouth a few times. "That's it! Warn him! Can't go too far! Concubine Liu waved her hand and said, "Let's go!" ”

In fact, Concubine Liu didn't want to beat Father-in-law Jin hard, but because if things went too far and let the emperor know, maybe her plan would be exposed, so she would accept it when she saw it.

"Phew!" Father-in-law Jin couldn't help but spit out a big mouthful of saliva, he was very annoyed, but in the end he could only sigh, how can the princess break this difficulty?

Every move that happens in the palace can quickly spread to every corner, let alone the queen mother who rules the six palaces?

Queen Zhou heard that Princess Kunxing was beaten by Chongzhen, so she hurriedly came to Princess Kunxing, coaxed Princess Kunxing well, and after coaxing Princess Kunxing, she left, and then went to the emperor, wanting to know if the emperor was still angry! By the way, say good things for your daughter.

Chongzhen slapped Princess Kunxing, and he suddenly felt like he was hitting his son and hurting his father's heart. He returned to the Qianqing Palace step by step in frustration, he could have taken it, but he didn't want to take it, he just wanted to walk back, so that his mind could be clearer, and the pain of beating his daughter could be reduced.

Chongzhen has felt much better along the way, but it is natural that the residual anger has not disappeared.

When Chongzhen returned to the Qianqing Palace, he began to review the chapters, and he saw a newly arrived Tang newspaper on the imperial table.

Now he is extremely afraid of the Tang Daily, because the Tang Bao that came one after another is not reporting good news, but talking about where the fiasco has failed and where it has been lost! Where to ask for help! It's all bad news.

Every bad news will make Chongzhen uncomfortable, Chongzhen is afraid that his spirit will collapse, when can it be good news?

So he didn't want to read the Tang newspaper when he saw it, but he had to read it. He kept saying to himself in his heart that he was not the kind of faint gentleman who whitewashed the peace, only knew how to listen to flattery, and didn't understand anything. He is a generation of Ming Jun, and he wants to show his holy wisdom.

"I want to see! I must see it! Chongzhen kept saying this to himself in his heart, so he took a deep breath and opened the letter to Tang Bao to read it carefully.

It turned out that the content of this Tang newspaper was: On April 29, the Qing troops conquered Tashan. Ma Shaoyu sent people to tell the Qing soldiers not to attack, but the Qing soldiers did not listen, so they conquered Tashan City. The soldiers and civilians in the city**, none of them surrendered.

After Chongzhen saw the Tang newspaper, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "What a loyal martyr!" They're loyal servants! How precious is the spirit of the military and the people! It is even more admirable than the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty! ”

Chongzhen thought of this, and became angry again, why are all the courtiers not for the country? All of them are self-interested? What about the same party and the other?

Chongzhen understood that if Zhang Biwu was executed now, then who else would help him resist the Dongyu in the future? Although the second generation of Wu Sangui's father and son in Ningyuan are all generals in Ningyuan, but they can't keep Ningyuan foolproof. Ningyuan is now the frontier of Shanhaiguan, and it is a barrier! Can't lose it anymore!

Zhang Biwu does have a way to fight against Dongyu, although he doesn't dare to say that he will win every battle, but at least he can drag Dongyu.

Besides, now Li Zicheng is making a lot of trouble in Henan! Good generals are also needed! So Zhang Biwu really can't be killed! If Concubine Jiao really killed Zhang Biwu with true feelings, it would make Concubine Jiao very sad and sad!

Chongzhen figured it out, he looked at the music again, there were Chen Yan and others who impeached Zhang Biwu, this was Gao Qiqian and they came together to attack Zhang Biwu.

Chongzhen inscribed two big words "stay in the center", and he ignored them.

At this time, there was a report that Queen Zhou came, and Chongzhen knew that Queen Zhou had nothing to do, and he did not allow the palace to interfere in politics, and Queen Zhou did not dare to interfere in politics in the palace in order to be an example of the palace.

There is only one thing for her to come today, that is, to intercede for Princess Kunxing, to be honest, Chongzhen slapped Princess Kunxing, he regretted it on the spot, and he also knew that Queen Zhou must have gone to comfort Princess Kunxing first, and he also wanted to know how Lu Dao's daughter was, so he let Queen Zhou in.

As soon as Empress Zhou came in, Chongzhen asked her nervously, "How is the concubine?" It's all right, is it? The anxiety and worry were palpable.

Empress Zhou replied: "Your Majesty, I have already coaxed the concubine!" But Your Majesty, don't you think this matter is weird? How did she say that she could leave the palace when she left the palace? There are so many brocade guards and guards at the palace gate, it is not easy for her to come out of it! And she got out of the way easily! There is no one to stop the prostitution at all! ”

"Yes!" Chongzhen said: "That's right! I'll have to check it out! See what's going on! However," Chongzhen changed his words and said, "But it wouldn't be surprising if Zhang Biwu bought it!" ”

Empress Zhou then responded: "Your Majesty, how can the foreign ministers buy the brocade guards who guard the palace?" Coupled with the fact that Zhang Biwu was fighting outside, it was impossible for him to exchange news with the palace so quickly! The concubines called the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace, and no one was suspicious! Zhang Biwu came back, and she only knew about Lu Dao when she heard the two palace maids talking by chance! ”

"That's right! Right! Chongzhen nodded straight and said, "Concubine is my daughter, and she is the woman of our Ming royal family!" Although she is pampered, she still knows the general situation! It must be so! ”

Queen Zhou was relieved when she saw that Chongzhen no longer blamed Princess Kunxing, after all, she was worried when she first came, and now her hanging heart has finally been put down.

Chongzhen asked with great concern: "Then the concubine didn't blame me for being the emperor, right?" Empress Zhou said, "No!" She didn't blame the emperor! Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's so good! ”

Chongzhen waved his hand, and he motioned for Empress Zhou to go out. Then Chongzhen was thinking, how to deal with Zhang Biwu, of course, how to get out of the palace of Princess Kunxing, he asked Wang Chengen to find out the situation in the starry night, and find out before tomorrow morning.

The next day, Chongzhen knew that this was the negligence of the brocade guards and eunuchs guarding the palace gate, which allowed the princess to give the palace, and Chongzhen severely punished the brocade guards who guarded it, of course, he didn't kill them, which is good.

As soon as Chongzhen went to court, all the ministers shouted long live. Zhang Biwu stood uneasily, and many of the ministers in the court looked at Zhang Biwu, they were all gloating, they wanted to watch Zhang Biwu unlucky!

Zhang Biwu ignored them, and he waited for Chongzhen to deal with him.

As soon as Chongzhen sat on the throne, he smiled and said to Zhang Biwu: "Zhang Aiqing! I know that it is very difficult for you to rescue the siege of Songshan! Although you were not able to rescue Hong Chengchou, you were able to rescue Qiu Minyang and Cao Bianjiao and more than 3,000 soldiers, this is your great achievement! I am clear! ”

"Ahh Zhang Biwu is surprised, according to yesterday's situation, Chongzhen is going to punish him, but this morning, Chongzhen came to a 180-degree turn? Not only did you not want to punish him, but you praised him? What's going on?

All the officials above were puzzled, they looked at Chongzhen, and then at Zhang Biwu, didn't Chongzhen want to be determined to cure Zhang Biwu's crime? How can it change now?

Chongzhen is a changeable emperor, and he is difficult to figure out, so all officials are afraid of when a catastrophe will come! They are all cautious, for fear that if something goes wrong, they will cause death. Now Chongzhen's changeable personality has played a role again, and it is not surprising that Zhang Biwu has been pardoned!

The officials are silent, and they are waiting for what wonderful performances will be staged with the mentality of watching the show!

Chongzhen took the recitals in his hand and said, "Zhang Aiqing, look at these recitals to impeach you!" Do you know the truth? Many ministers think that you deliberately didn't work hard, so you were captured by Hong Chengchou and captured by the Eastern Captives! However, I felt that with the environment you were in at the time, it was commendable to go deep into the hundreds of thousands of enemy troops with a lone army, and rescue the tired veterans of the division and the trapped soldiers at the end of the strong crossbow! Don't blame you anymore! ”

"Ahh Zhang Biwu was shocked, he looked directly at Chongzhen with grateful eyes, Chongzhen saw Zhang Biwu's grateful gaze, he was very satisfied, this is what he wanted.

Wang Chengen came to Zhang Biwu with a piece of music and said, "Guoxiong, take a good look!" ”

At this moment, Chen Yan, Guang Shiheng and the others looked very ugly, they all had a share in the impeachment of Zhang Biwu, and they all wanted to kill Zhang Biwu.

Zhang Biwu flipped out the piece to browse, and he saw that Chen Yan and others wanted to harm him.

Chongzhen didn't say anything, just watched with interest, he wanted to see what Zhang Biwu was going to do.

"Good! Great! Speak for the country! Although they still lack the truth of not knowing the truth, they dare to say that this is the heart of the country! It would be better if you could pay attention to it in the future and investigate it clearly and then explain it clearly! Zhang Biwu said these words, and he didn't blame Guang Shiheng for them.

"Ha Lu Ha!" Chongzhen is Da Lu laughed out loud and said, "Okay! Great! Zhang Biwu is not only a fierce general, his martial arts are high, and his moral character is higher! Did you see that? Is it a blessing for us to have such a good general in the Ming Dynasty? ”

Chongzhen asked so, and of course the ministers hurriedly agreed, and they all said that what Chongzhen said was right.

Chongzhen smiled with satisfaction, he turned to Zhang Biwu and said, "Aiqing, you are a pillar of the country, I think you will never live up to me, right?" ”