Nan Juyi and Shen Yongmao were both officials on the front line and were temporarily promoted to rescue the emergency by Emperor Chongzhen. Both wanted to achieve success in their new positions, and fantasized about Guangzong Yaozu who would one day join the cabinet to become the prime minister. However, the two had a great deviation in their political ideas. Nan Juyi, the minister of the General Equipment Department, believed that good equipment should be distributed to excellent troops, and groups such as Jingying and Yiyong could be ignored.

However, Shen Yongmao adhered to the Confucian doctrine of the mean, believing that balancing forces between all parties makes everyone unable to eat enough is the best choice. Therefore, Zhou Shixiong applied for a thousand new crossbows for the first time. He obviously had the goods and refused to give them enough, but Shen Yongmao did not want to offend Zhou Shixiong, a popular man, and blamed the Ministry of Works for not doing so much.

Founder Zhenghua reported this to Emperor Chongzhen secretly. Although Emperor Chongzhen did not criticize Nan Juyi by name, he said that Nan Juyi was a little incompetent. He had been issued a large number of orders to make new crossbows for so long, and he was really incompetent. Nan Juyi had not figured out what was going on at the beginning, so he went back to inquire after eating the throne. Finally, he knew that the crux of the matter was Shen Yongmao. From then on, Nan Juyi hated Shen Yongmao.

"It is reasonable to think about it. Yuanzhu must show the demeanor of his elders." Bi Ziyan and Nan Juyi, the Minister of Revenue, were both responsible for logistics. In addition to dealing with the army's food, salary and fodder, they also had to be responsible for the food, drink, defecation and sacrificing of the people in Beijing. He had some opinions on Shen Yongmao's doctrine of moderate governance. Bi Ziyan's view was that special matters were handled, and that Jiannu would never encounter any incident in a century. In this case, all resource policies should be tilted towards useful people, rather than a stable policy of equality.

When Sun Chengzong saw that the two ministers had not started drinking, he set off and planned to settle the accounts with Shen Yongmao. He quickly stood up to smooth things out. "Si Shou, Jing Hui, what you said makes sense, but you also have to consider the difficulties of Yuanzhu. The Beijing camp is stationed in the city. If they take the opportunity to cause trouble because of some people's incitement, how can the capital be defended? He bravely entered the capital to serve the king with enthusiasm. If he couldn't even eat, he had no iron in his hands, what would they think? What would they think when the Emperor in front of the Imperial Palace?"

After several ups and downs, Sun Chengzong was very afraid of some ministers in the court. Most people say that someone is incompetent and will say that he is not capable enough to make things better. But Sun Chengzong commented on those ministers who never make things happen and do things specifically. These are all lessons he has learned from his own experience and lessons, and now he says it a little bit like a younger generation.

Bi Ziyan is not a junior. The Minister of Revenue, who has not fallen through two dynasties, cannot be a political idiot. He stood up and made a clear gesture to support Nan Juyi in order to make the increasingly tight food and supplies in his hands. "Kaiyang Gong, I am really powerless. If Yuanzhu continues to implement his average policy, I can only beg for bones from Long Live!"

"Why did Jing Hui say this?!" Bi Ziyan actually said the words of giving up, which shocked the three important officials. The biggest reaction was Shen Yongmao. Bi Ziyan linked his resignation to his political policies. It would be strange if he was reported that he was the Minister of War.

"Everyone, I am not a false threat. I spent half of the three million taels of silver raised by Long Live, and only 40% of the food left by the forced borrowing grain merchants. If the war is delayed for another month, Taicang and Changping must be opened to ensure the internal and external expenses. When it really reaches that point, it will be a defeat if the battle wins." Bi Ziyan knew that it was wrong to say despicable words at this time, but a person who deals with numbers prefers to tell the truth.

Taicang and Changpingcang are places where grain storage in the capital, and are mainly responsible for supplying the grain and grass of the Beijing military and the Jiubian Border Army. It doesn’t matter if it is slightly misappropriated, but I’m afraid I can’t make up for it if I eat it. Because grain used in the capital is transported from various provinces by grain transportation, rivers are frozen in the winter, and even if there is food in other provinces, it is impossible to support the capital. The Jiubian Border Army will definitely rebel if it has no grain and put it in a pot. This is not to be guessed.

"Jinghui, the food distribution in Jingying has been reduced a lot, and Wang Jun outside the city can't let them go hungry. What should I do?" Shen Yongmao wanted to hit the wall with a headache. He was a little selfish in balancing the distribution of weapons, but the average food distribution of food was a last resort, and he was forced to do it.

Several big bosses from the temporary command center lost their mood to celebrate and began to discuss how to face the next war and assist Bi Ziyan in solving the problem of insufficient food and grass.

In the Ganqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen drank the medicine soup and waved his hand, "Company Cao, tomorrow you will go to Deshengmen personally to welcome the victorious warriors on my behalf. If everyone else has time, go. I want to be quiet. You can go down." A group of eunuchs from the twenty-four yamen hurriedly knelt down and asked Emperor Chongzhen to rest well. Unfortunately, their wishes were not fulfilled. Wang Chengen returned to the Ganqing Palace again not long after he left, holding a locked box in his hand.

"Long live, Fang Zhenghua's secret letter." Wang Chengen didn't want to wake up Emperor Chongzhen who had just fallen asleep, but he had to do so. Emperor Chongzhen once issued a strict order. Whenever, Fang Zhenghua's secret letter must be handed over to him as soon as possible. If there is a delay, he will be punished severely!

Emperor Chongzhen was still a little confused when he was woken up, so Wang Chengen had to repeat what he said just now. Emperor Chongzhen heard it clearly, and he got up and reached out and said, "Get it." After taking the box, Emperor Chongzhen walked to the wall and opened a cabinet. He found Fang Zhenghua's name from the key with the name sign hanging on the cabinet door, and then opened the lock on the wooden box to take out the secret fold.

"Long live the report, Zhou Shixiong, the governor of the Beijing Camp, personally led 1,500 soldiers to attack Sanhe City. It has been seven days since then, but there is no news. I am afraid that this news will be intercepted by Jiannu and did not dare to report it in advance for long live forgiveness. I am just praying." The content is only a few dozen words, and there is no briefing on the routine supervision of the army, nor does it mention the relevant matters of the great victory in Shunyi City. I just told Emperor Chongzhen that Zhou Shixiong was missing.

Emperor Chongzhen calculated according to the time written in the secret letter. Zhou Shixiong had been missing for nine days and was in a hurry to go around the bedroom. "What should I do, what should I do?" Wang Chengen saw that Emperor Chongzhen was a little crazy and hurriedly said, "Long live, why are you so panicked?"

"Zhou Aiqing is gone, Ziqi is gone!" Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen blankly and muttered quietly. Wang Chengen could not hear what he was saying at all. Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen's eyes were wrong, Wang Chengen quickly shouted, "Transfer to the imperial doctor!"

Wang Chengen shouted loud enough, which scared Emperor Chongzhen from his confusion, stared at Wang Chengen, "What happened just now?"

"Long live, are you okay? Don't scare me!" Wang Chengen carefully observed Emperor Chongzhen's eyes and found that they were no longer in the state of being blind just now, so he felt a little relieved.

"I'm fine, Zhou Aiqing has something to do. I'll tell you about Sun Chengzong and Luo Yangxing, and let them come over immediately." Emperor Chongzhen thought about it and found that it seemed that these two people could help him solve the problem, so Wang Chengen immediately summoned him.

Luo Yangxing was working in the Luanyiwei Office in the Forbidden City. After receiving the call, he rushed to the Ganqing Palace immediately. Emperor Chongzhen did not wait for Sun Chengzong to hand the secret letter of Founderhua to Luo Yangxing, "Do you know about this?"

After reading the secret note, Luo Yangxing smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Long live, the spies of the Jinyiwei are all scattered near the Jiannu camp. There are a few spies in Shunyi City, but they have not received their reports so far. I don't know if they haven't heard of the news or something has happened. I have never received similar information." Luo Yangxing must explain that the Jinyiwei has the responsibility to supervise all officials. It is impossible for ministers like Zhou Shixiong who hold heavy troops without sending people to stare.

However, Zhou Shixiong rose too fast, and the relatively high-level supervision network had not yet been established. In addition, he picked up all the officers and soldiers around Zhou Shixiong. The Jinyiwei was not as powerful as that, so he installed enough people in a short period of time. As for the Jinyiwei secret spies in the Beijing camp, they had no chance to get close to Zhou Shixiong. Therefore, Luo Yangxing knew what Zhou Shixiong’s information was.

"You are a commander of the Jinyiwei. I don't need to ask you anything if I want to know. Anyway, I don't know anything." Emperor Chongzhen actually trusted and attached great importance to Luo Yangxing, otherwise he would not have let Luo Yangxing's father Luo Sigong be an over-commander in order to support Luo Yangxing, and wait until Luo Yangxing is familiar with the situation before accepting the Jinyiwei.

The problem is that Luo Yangxing's performance during this period was really poor. He knew nothing about Jiannu's situation, knew nothing about the military and political affairs of various places, and knew nothing about Zhou Shixiong. Every time Emperor Chongzhen saw him, he couldn't help but want to curse.

"I have to bear the heavy trust, please give up the punishment." Luo Yangxing has become accustomed to the days of scolding for three days, one small, five days, one big, and one big, and he deals with it casually.

"It is useful to punish you every day, I will punish you for something useful!" Emperor Chongzhen was also angry and walked quickly, and cursed and brought back the topic.

"I received a secret report yesterday. Jiannu sent about 5,000 elite cavalry to the east five days ago. The spies could not keep up when they followed Tongzhou. Judging from the direction of Jiannu's advance, it was probably Sanhe County." Half of Luo Yangxing's information was added by himself. His subordinates did find that the Forward Battalion led by Haoge entered Tongzhou, and because the Forward Battalion moved too fast, they did not catch up. As for the last sentence, Luo Yangxing concluded that the two information were combined. Something happened in Sanhe County. He dared to say that the direction of Jiannu was Sanhe County.

"Is there any way to find Zhou Aiqing the fastest?" Emperor Chongzhen was not interested in listening to his analysis, but just wanted to find Zhou Shixiong as soon as possible. Zhou Shixiong led only 1,500 people to move in the Jiannu controlled area. Emperor Chongzhen felt frightened just thinking, and could not imagine how miserable the ending of Zhou Shixiong after being discovered by Jiannu.

"I can order my subordinates to go to Sanhe City to inquire about news, but it takes as fast as seven or eight days. In addition, it takes time to inquire about news, and at least ten days." It is already the limit to take ten days for Luo Yangxing. Now is not the usual day. If his subordinates want to go to Sanhe County, they have to take a detour. Once Jiannu finds out that he can come back alive, it is a miracle.

"Sun Chengzong, the Grand Secretary of Dongge, asked for a meeting." The eunuch's registration came from outside the door. Emperor Chongzhen nodded to Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen responded loudly, "Biography."
Chapter completed!