Chongzhen was anxious about the establishment of slaves at this time, and there was no good news he heard every day, and all he got all day was that Jiannu had broken through something, and which officials and generals had died in battle, especially when he heard that Gaoyang was broken, and Sun Chengzong and his family of more than 40 people died against the enemy, he cried tears at that time.

Chongzhen is still quite respectful of Sun Chengzong, Sun Chengzong, as an old minister, has worked hard for the Ming Dynasty for decades, and he is very clear about his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, so Chongzhen is also very respectful to Sun Chengzong, and now I hear that Sun Chengzong is more than 70 years old, and he actually took his family to the city to fight against Jiannu, and he committed suicide in defeat, and he was loyal to the country, how can he not feel sad?

But it didn't take long for him to hear the eunuch secretly sue him in private, saying that there was a rumor circulating in the market that Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the world's soldiers and horses, had now died in the battle with Jiannuli in Julu, Guangping Mansion.

Moreover, the eunuch still had the courage to secretly sue Chongzhen, and told Chongzhen what he had heard by chance in the market about how Lu Xiangsheng was constrained by Yang Sichang this time, and how Yang Sichang tried to divide Lu Xiangsheng's military power, and when Lu Xiangsheng went south to the imperial court, officials from all over the country along the way also told Chongzhen about how they cut off the food and salary of Lu Xiangsheng's department.

Chongzhen was shocked when he heard this, he still attached great importance to Lu Xiangsheng, at least in his eyes, Lu Xiangsheng was one of these ministers, capable of literature and martial arts, and was considered a strange person, otherwise he would not have transferred Lu Xiangsheng, who was in the period of defending, into the Beijing Division, and ordered his governor to send reinforcements from the world to resist the army of Jiannu.

In his opinion, this time the Jiannu army went straight into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty for 2,000 miles, and the officials and troops of the Ming Dynasty could not control it, which had a lot to do with Lu Xiangsheng's disadvantage.

How could he have thought that there would be such a greasy here, how could Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian disobey the yang and the yin, secretly divide Lu Xiangsheng's military power so much, and put Lu Xiangsheng in such a situation?

So when Chongzhen heard the news, his first thought was not to believe it, thinking that this incident was definitely someone deliberately spreading rumors to slander Yang Sichang, but this kind of thing was widely circulated in the market, and he couldn't help but feel suspicious.

And so far, he hasn't heard Yang Sichang tell where Lu Xiangsheng is now, and whether Lu Xiangsheng has been defeated and died, why did such news come out of the market?

So he immediately summoned Cao Huachun to inquire about this matter, and also to find out where this rumor came from, it didn't matter if Cao Huachun went to investigate, the news that came back almost scared Chongzhen to death.

It turned out that the eunuch who secretly told him the news, but did not tell him that there was still something about him in the rumors, and now on the market, many people are rumoring that he, the emperor, secretly started to negotiate peace with Jiannu and provide Jiannu with the idea of paying tribute every year.

The news that Cao Huachun brought back really scared Chongzhen, Chongzhen cared most about his reputation in his life, although this time he did want to negotiate peace with Jiannu, but he only sent Chen Xinjia to secretly contact Jiannu, but this matter was not implemented, nor did it continue to develop.

And Chongzhen is most afraid that someone will know about this, because once people know that he secretly wants to negotiate peace with Jiannu, those scholars in the government and the opposition and the so-called Qingliu can spray him to death with saliva! So after he made up his mind, he immediately regretted it, so the matter was not resolved and was shelved.

And very few people know about this, and even Yang Sichang and others don't know, at best, they can guess some of his intentions.

Now that the news brought back by Cao Huachun and the news brought back by the eunuch last time corroborate each other, it can be found that someone has indeed mastered these things they have done in private.

Who broke the news? He first thought of Chen Xinjia, because this matter was handed over to Chen Xinjia to do, and if the news was revealed, then Chen Xinjia would be the most suspicious.

In addition, Yang Sichang deceived the superiors and subordinates and secretly restrained Lu Xiangsheng, this matter cannot be verified at present, but judging from the news sent by Cao Huachun to inquire back, this matter should not be groundless.

Chongzhen also knows about Lu Xiangsheng's division of troops, and now the 20,000 elite soldiers in Shanxi have been subsumed under Chen Xinjia, but there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses such as the Ning army, which should be under Lu Xiangsheng's control, but Gao Qiqian is now supervising the army in the army as a supervisor.

Now there is news on the market that Lu Xiangsheng has now been forced by Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian to leave only three or four thousand old and weak soldiers at hand, where does this matter start.

But now Gao Qiqian is in the army, according to the news sent back before, he should also be in the area of Guangping Mansion now, so since Lu Xiangsheng is in the area of Guangping Mansion, he should be with Gao Qiqian, how could he be surrounded by Jiannu alone, so that he finally died in battle?

At present, this news is not found because Gao Qiqian can't be found, so it can't be verified at all, Beizhili and Shandong, now there are soldiers and horses everywhere who are building slaves, and all kinds of news are difficult to pass into the Beijing division, in the end Lu Xiangsheng is dead, and the army led by Gao Qiqian has not been defeated, and now Chongzhen has no eyebrows at all.

So he simply sent a decree to ask Yang Sichang, and it was only at this time that Yang Sichang knew that the matter could no longer be hidden, and the news of Lu Xiangsheng's death must have reached the ears of the saint through other channels.

Yang Sichang reluctantly said that he had just learned the news of Lu Xiangsheng's defeat and death, but he didn't know the specific situation, he only knew that Lu Xiangsheng led the troops to have a fierce battle with the Jiannu army in the area of Julu, and whether Mr. Lu was dead or not, he was sending someone to verify, and it was estimated that it would be confirmed in two more days.

After Chongzhen heard it, he began to suspect Yang Sichang, according to rumors, Lu Xiangsheng should have died in the Julu area around December 20, but now it is the tenth day of the first month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, there is no reason for the news of Lu Xiangsheng's death, Yang Sichang has just received it, and it has not been verified.

So he immediately asked Yang Sichang where Gao Qiqian was now, and where were the tens of thousands of Guan Ning troops and Baoding official troops.

Yang Sichang actually knew about the defeat and dispersion of Gao Qiqian's troops at this time, but he didn't dare to say that he already knew, so he could only say that he didn't know much about it, and it was still not clear where Gao Qi was hiding, but there were indeed rumors that those officers and soldiers had been defeated by Jiannu, and he was currently sending someone to inquire about this matter, and he had not yet received a clear reply.

After listening to Yang Sichang's explanation, Chongzhen couldn't help but be more suspicious of Yang Sichang, because according to rumors, Lu Xiangsheng was probably killed in December 20, and in less than two days, Gao Qiqian's department was also defeated by the Jiannu army.

If according to the rumors, it would be good to say that Lu Xiangsheng's whole army was killed in battle and no one reported to Yang Sichang, but there were tens of thousands of people in the army of Gao Qiqian, and even if Jiannu defeated it, it would be impossible to annihilate them all, and the officers and soldiers who were scattered would definitely find a way to notify Yang Sichang, even if the officers and soldiers who were dispersed did not notify Yang Sichang, the officials of Guangping Mansion and Shunde Mansion would definitely notify Yang Sichang when they heard the news.

No matter what Yang Sichang says, it is impossible for him not to know about this matter for twenty days, so there must be a lot of stuff in it, is it possible that the rumors are really true? Was Lu Xiangsheng indeed secretly killed by Yang Sichang, Gao Qiqian and others?

So Chongzhen began to feel that Yang Sichang was probably not as public-minded as he thought, and there was a gap between Yang Sichang and Lu Xiangsheng, which was also an open matter, this time Yang Sichang tried every means to restrain Lu Xiangsheng, as long as Yang Sichang was selfish, then it was absolutely valid in theory.

And Yang Sichang, now as the first assistant, does have the ability to block the words of the official, so that he, the emperor, cannot know many things, these ministers have the ability to deceive and conceal their subordinates, Chongzhen has long been taught, so he began to doubt Yang Sichang.

Next, Chongzhen immediately ordered Cao Huachun to send his subordinates Jinyi Wei to verify the news, find out where Gao Qiqian is now, what happened to Guangping Mansion, whether Lu Xiangsheng is alive or dead, and who revealed the news that he had sent Chen Xinjia to try to make peace with Jiannu.

Just when Chongzhen was full of doubts and wanted to figure out these things, suddenly the news that Jinan was conquered by the Jiannu army came from Shandong, and Chongzhen was dizzy on the spot when he heard it, and he almost fell headlong.

Jinan is the capital of Shandong, there were originally a lot of garrisons, and the city wall is strong, it stands to reason that it should not be lightly broken by Jiannu, he can't figure out why Jiannu can capture Jinan City in such a short time, this Jinan City also has the German King Zhu Youshu, Fengguo General Zhu Enxian, this time all were killed by Jiannu.

This is a bigger blow to Chongzhen than I heard that Lu Xiangsheng died in battle, this is his imperial family, the prince of their Zhu family, was actually killed by Jiannu, how can Chongzhen bear it?

So Chongzhen immediately issued an order, asking why Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, caused such consequences, how did he defend Shandong, how did he defend Jinan Mansion, and why did he let the Jiannu army drive straight in, kill all the way to the city of Jinan, and break through the city of Jinan?

But before Chongzhen recovered from this shock, another news that he almost knocked off the dragon chair, the Tianjin guard will send someone to send a horse to the Beijing division A news that shocked everyone, the Fujian general soldier and the governor of the same knowledge Yu Xiaotian, on the morning of the 20th day of the first month, suddenly led hundreds of warships to appear in the area of Dagukou, and began to land at Dagukou.

The Tianjin guard led people to stop them from landing on the shore, and asked them why they suddenly led their troops here without following the order at this time, and Yu Xiaotian sent people to preach that he had heard that Jiannu had entered the pass and plundered, and the capital was in danger, and he had come to the king of Qin.

Moreover, according to the judgment of the Tianjin guard, this time there were no less than tens of thousands of soldiers and horses led by Yu Xiaotian, and the Tianjin garrison could not prevent them from landing on the shore at all.

(Special thanks to the book friend 1766755, Baiyun Guocha, zcf9527, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty2, and Li Buyi for their tips!) Keep chanting I want a monthly pass! ）