"I am guilty of my husband. Hong Chengchou was recommended by me. He made a mistake. I am begging the emperor to punish me heavily." Zhu Yinglong came to the cabinet. When Huang Zunsu saw the memorial in his hand, he immediately knelt down to apologize.

"Huang Aiqing, please calm down. Hong Chengchou is recommended by you, but whether you need this person or not, I have to pay attention. The court used it wrongly. You are wrong, and I am wrong. Who would be wrong? The situation is serious now. Hong Chengchou cannot stay in Shaanxi. Do you have any good suggestions?" Zhu Yinglong hurriedly stepped forward and helped Huang Zunsu up, then found a brocade stool and sat down. He placed the memorial in his hand on the table beside him, and scanned the people on duty in Wenyuan Pavilion. If there is no major event, the ministers of the six ministries usually work in their respective yamen, but now there are many state affairs, so these six ministries ministers basically stay in Wenyuan Pavilion all day long. Their own deputy positions are responsible for daily government affairs. Zhu Yinglong has gone to their part-time jobs, but now there is a lack of talents. It is better to have nothing than to be too bad, let them share the same thing first. This is a transition period.

"The emperor means that if you don't punish this Hong Chengchou, you will be transferred from the Shaanxi governor's office?" Sun Shenxing understood.

"Well, it's not OK to punish him. Some of his thoughts represent the opinions of some officials below, but this is not an excuse for him to kill thieves indiscriminately. I have read his experience and have different talents. I have to use serious rules to govern troubled times. Look, how about I transfer him to the south?" Zhu Yinglong's heart was like the pseudo-Ming Dynasty in Nanjing. If Hong Chengchou was sent over to assist Xiong Zhaolian, might there be unexpected results?

"Does the emperor want to transfer him to Jiangsu General Xiong as his deputy?" Sun Chengzong could understand Zhu Yinglong's thoughts best, after all, he was an old man who had been by his side for many years.

"That's what I think. You discuss it and report it to me if you have the result." Zhu Yinglong knew that these old stubborn people might not agree with his approach, and he didn't want to listen to their quarrels, so he simply retreated to advance. In fact, he had already made a decision in his mind, but he wanted to unify these people's opinions and tell him that he could do it with the flow.

Sure enough, Zhu Yinglong had just been sleeping for a while when he returned to the Yangxin Palace, Xu Yingyuan ran over to report to Huang Zunsu, the Minister of Personnel, to ask for a meeting.

"I have reported to the emperor, and I have discussed it. Hong Chengchou's suppression and reprimand of refugees in Shaanxi was aggravated by heaven and people, and he was really grateful to the emperor. However, he was loyal and too obsessed with his work. He suggested that he be demoted to the prefect of Yangzhou. His position was taken over by the censor Li Yingqi. As for the vacancy of the censor in Shaanxi, I unanimously suggested that Lu Xiangsheng, a famous prefect who had been in good health for three consecutive years, succeeded." Huang Zunsu knelt down and reported.

"Okay, let's draw the order according to your wishes." Zhu Yinglong nodded and said with satisfaction, "In addition, give Hong Chengchou another decree, so that he can go to Beijing first after receiving the imperial edict, and then go to Yangzhou to take office. I want to see him."

"I am obeying the order, the emperor, the king of Korea has sent a secret envoy to the capital. I want to see the emperor. I ask if I want to see him!" Huang Zunsu said.

"North Korea's special envoy?" Zhu Yinglong closed his eyes and thought for a while. He probably came from peace talks with Liaodong. The Later Jin listed North Korea as his vassal state on the negotiation conditions. At this time, North Korea secretly sent a special envoy to come to seek support, hoping to use the power of the Ming court to get rid of the Later Jin's control over him. He asked, "What do you think?"

"Weichen thinks it's better for the emperor to disappear at this time." Huang Zunsu lowered his head and said.

"Is this your opinion, or is it the opinion you masters discuss together?"

"This is the opinion of Wei Chen alone."

"Tell me your reasons, why is it not good for me to meet this North Korean envoy here?"

"I believe that the purpose of the Korean envoys coming is nothing more than two points. One is to ask the court to put pressure on the Later Jin Dynasty, withdraw the troops stationed in Yizhou, Korea and reduce the annual tribute to the Later Jin Dynasty. Second, the Later Jin Dynasty was defeated in Ningyuan, and the forces against the Later Jin Dynasty in North Korea will inevitably rise. He is here to seek assistance from the court to them. At this time, if the emperor approaches the North Korean envoy, he will inevitably anger Huang Taiji. He believes that the emperor supports North Korea to oppose him, and the peace talks in front of him may be in trouble again, which will inevitably hinder the emperor's plan to go south to combat the rebellion." Huang Zunsu said his reasons.

"Can you see that I intend to go south to quell the rebellion?" Zhu Yinglong was not surprised at all. If Huang Zunsu had no wisdom at all, he would not be qualified to stand in front of him.

"If the emperor had not been in a hurry to go south to quell the rebellion, why would he have been giving up the negotiation terms against the Later Jin Dynasty?" Huang Zunsu said, the question was that the court would still not satisfy the other person's lion's words.

"Yes, Huang Aiqing, you are right. Huang Taiji may have seen this, otherwise he would not have put forward such harsh conditions. With Wei Zhongxian's current strength, he was not in Nanjing yet. At this time, it was a foolish way to face me, because I was fighting foreign barbarians. If he jumped out at this time, he would probably lose all the hearts of everyone, including those who followed him wholeheartedly. That's why he set up a suspicion array and confused my sight. He was waiting for an opportunity. This time is when I negotiated with Huang Taiji.

It is possible that I will send troops north. This is the battle between me and the so-called prince left by the so-called late emperor in Nanjing. It also shows that he did not take advantage of the situation to rob him when the foreign barbarians invaded and won a little reputation. At this time, most of my troops were in the north and there was no time to go south. By the time I gathered my strength, I might have lost a lot of land. If the Later Jin Dynasty betrayed and stabbed me from behind, the owner of the Forbidden City would not be my." Zhu Yinglong analyzed carefully to Huang Zongxi.

"The emperor forgives his crimes, his humble ministers are ignorant and short-sighted." Huang Zunsu knelt down and apologized.

"Huang Aiqing, please calm down quickly. These are just some of my guesses. I don't know what Wei Zhongxian was thinking." Zhu Yinglong hurriedly helped Huang Zunsu up and said.

"The emperor wants to use North Korea to hold Huang Taiji?" Huang Zunsu now understood Zhu Yinglong's intention.

"I have this idea, but I have no good chance." Zhu Yinglong said, "But now that people are automatically delivered to the door, how can I not use it!"

"Then I will arrange for the secret envoy of North Korea to come to see the emperor." Huang Zunsu said.

"I can't see this Korean envoy, and you can't see you. Let the Honglu Temple send someone to contact you. First, find out his intentions clearly, and then let's make a decision." Zhu Yinglong stopped Huang Zunsu.

"I understand, I will leave." Huang Zunsu looked up and withdrew from the Palace of Harmony.

The negotiations were extremely difficult, and both sides refused to give in. Until Huang Taiji learned that North Korea had secretly sent envoys to Beijing. Although he did not see the one in the Forbidden City, people would soon be North Korea. Next, North Korea was unwilling to be bullied by the Later Jin ministers jointly wrote a letter to the king, demanding resistance and driving the Later Jin army out of the North Korean territory. At this time, he was a little panicked. His most elite army now confronted the Ming army on Tashan. If the army was not transferred to suppress the Koreans, the vested interests would probably not be preserved. He immediately ordered Amin to make concessions at the negotiating table, but it had not yet reached Zhu Yinglong's bottom line requirements.
Chapter completed!