Because he knew that Sun Chengzong in history committed suicide and died for his country, Zhu Youxiao did not arrest him like other Donglin Party officials.

But in order to demonstrate his imperial dignity, he was placed under house arrest and suspended all positions.

Therefore, there are still two rows of Dongchang men standing in front of Sun Chengzong's house. When Zhu Youxiao came to his house, he happened to see this scene and asked with a smile: "Mr. Sun, it's not good to lock it in the deep courtyard."

"Fortunately, Eunuch Wang personally sent several watchdogs to the criminal, at least he had no worries about his life."

Seeing countless colleagues and friends in the court being killed, Sun Chengzong naturally did not dare to have any complaints about Zhu Youxiao, but it did not prevent him from making explicit mockery and implicit sarcasm to Zhu Youxiao's thug Wang Chengen.

Zhu Youxiao was happy to see these two people quarrel. If the internal and external ministers were in line with each other, it would be a bad phenomenon for him, a dictatorial emperor.

The reason why his grandfather, Emperor Wanli, revenge on Zhang Juzheng was so severe that Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao jointly suppressed his imperial power.

"Then you have to thank him," Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but make a joke. Seeing that Sun Chengzong was a grand grandson and a first-rank official, the mansion was just a small second-entry yard. The gardens next to the courtyard were all turned into vegetable fields, and chickens and ducks were raised. When he walked into the house, he saw an old woman weaving cloth inside. He felt a little more favorable to Sun Chengzong.

When the old woman saw Zhu Youxiao and others coming in, she hurriedly wanted to get up and salute.

Zhu Youxiao hurriedly stopped her gift and asked Sun Chengzong: "Who is this?"

"There is a humble family," Sun Chengzong replied, and Zhu Youxiao hurriedly said, "It turns out to be the teacher's wife." He also owed his body. Zhang Yan also came up to salute and ordered the maid to bring the gift.

After entering Sun Chengzong's study, Zhu Youxiao put on the airs of an emperor, whispered hot tea and asked coldly: "Sun Chengzong, do you know your guilt?"

"The criminal is aware of his crime and will cause His Majesty to fall into danger. He will die if he is guilty!" Sun Chengzong hurriedly stood up and bowed to Zhu Youxiao, and brought the black hat that had been placed on the big table to Zhu Youxiao.

"Put it on, I am not a tyrant, and I will not punish my teacher for death unless I have no choice."

As Zhu Youxiao said that, he got up in person, took the black hat from Sun Chengzong's hand and put it on Sun Chengzong's head. Seeing that his temples were covered with white frost, he sighed:

"Sir, I'm old, I don't notice it for a while, and it's understandable that you are bewitching the people below. You can't stay in this central cabinet anymore. Now the drought in Qin, Jin and Long is very serious. Local officials have reported several times that Tongguan is full of refugees. In addition, the civil servants and military generals in the border town are very serious, which has led to a mutiny of countless soldiers;

Therefore, I want you to be appointed as the Minister of War and the Right Censor of the Ministry of War, and to be the chief military ration and silver from the three sides. One is to provide relief to the victims and gather refugees, and the other is to appease the soldiers and punish illegal officials. With the prestige of Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr.

Sun Chengzong was not dissatisfied with the demotion of the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet to the Trilateral General System. He would rather lead the troops and make great contributions to the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, before Zhu Youxiao continued to persuade him, he bowed and said, "I hope to serve your majesty."

Zhu Youxiao hurriedly held his hand: "It's so good. The biggest hidden danger to the court now is the stability of the military and civilians in these three places. My country and country in the Ming Dynasty depend on you. You don't have to be lenient after you go. From the governor to the soldiers and the soldiers and people, if you collude with the enemy and violate the law and discipline, you can be executed first and then report. In addition, you don't have to be afraid of spending money. If you need relief, you can do your best to repair it. If you need repair, you can spend money to repair it. Also, you should pay special attention to Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Guo, Liu Minzong, etc. If you can comfort it, try to comfort it as much as possible. If you cannot, you can get rid of it directly. At that time, I will send people from the East Factory to help you."

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong?

Sun Chengzong naturally didn't know that these two people would cause great damage to the stability of the Ming Dynasty. Seeing that Zhu Youxiao mentioned these people specifically, he was naturally surprised, but he didn't ask much.

In Zhu Youxiao's eyes, Sun Chengzong spent money among the famous officials in the late Ming Dynasty. The Guanning Iron Cavalry he created has still swallowed seven or eight million taels of treasury every year. Secondly, it was second-rate to build projects, and a Guanjin line of defense played a lot of role in resisting the Tartars. The so-called military strategy can only be considered third-rate. It takes steps to build forts and castles everywhere, which can indeed erode the Later Jin Dynasty, but Sun Chengzong completely ignored the Ming Dynasty's finances, for fear that before the Later Jin Dynasty was eroded, the Ming Dynasty was dragged down by him.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao would not let Sun Chengzong supervise Ji Liao. Even though he has obtained a lot of money by confiscating the Donglin Party and the Shanxi merchants, he can't afford to spend it.

But the things that help the people in Qin, Jin and Long are different. Disaster relief has never been a matter of saving money, and it is necessary to spend money. As long as the people can prevent the rebellion, it would be fine for the Ming Dynasty to spend half of the treasury.

Now, it is undoubtedly the most appropriate to let Sun Chengzong, who is good at spending money, be responsible for disaster relief and military pay arrears, not to mention that Sun Chengzong is still a clean official.

The next morning, Zhu Youxiao instructed the cabinet's chief rituals to issue an order, appointed Sun Chengzong as the general system of the trilateral system, and was appointed as the Minister of War and the Right Censor, and was given the Shangfang sword. At the same time, Zhu Youxiao generously allocated him three million taels of silver and one hundred thousand stones of grain and grass.

In order to prevent the peasant uprising in the second year of Chongzhen, Zhu Youxiao had to give him enough money and food.

He even ordered Sun Chengzong to be strictly ordered in the imperial edict. If there were people in the Qin and Jin areas within five years, then Sun Chengzong would be the leader and beheaded directly!

As a result, Sun Chengzong naturally felt a lot of pressure. As soon as he received the imperial edict, he immediately left Beijing to go to Tongguan. At the same time, he also took all the yellow book and fish scale book of Qin and Jin areas in the past years, and carefully studied the countermeasures.

Although Sun Chengzong's departure from the capital this time was not as encouraging as the Han Dynasty Wei Qing Huo Qubing led his troops to fight, in Zhu Youxiao's eyes, he carried the success and failure of the Ming Dynasty in the next seventeen years.

The Donglin Party has been completely destroyed, and the eight major Shanxi merchants have been eliminated. Now the refugees from Qin and Jin have sent people to appease them, which is why there is still a threat to the Later Jin Dynasty in Liaodong.

The several robberies that the Qing Dynasty began in the third year of Chongzhen, caused no less trauma to the Ming Dynasty than Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. Although his younger brother Zhu Youjian was eager for quick success and instant benefits, if the Qing Dynasty did not intervene when it was about to wipe out the bandits, it might not be possible that the Ming Dynasty would be able to last for a few more years.

The ending of history is composed of such countless accidental factors. Zhu Youxiao's butterfly effect changes countless accidental factors, and perhaps history will be another ending.

But it is better or worse, Zhu Youxiao, the helmator of the empire, didn't know.

Standing under the vermilion palace wall, he could only look up and ask the sky.
Chapter completed!