My father is Chongzhen? Then I have no choice but to rebel.

Chapter 54 Chongzhen: All officials can be killed!

At the same time, when Chongzhen heard Zhu Cilang's words, he was struck by lightning and stood there in a daze!
He couldn't believe what Zhu Cilang said!

Because Yang Sichang and Gao Qiquan were his most trusted ministers, the dignified Minister of War, and his most trusted eunuch respectively!
The reason they were sent there together was to cooperate with Lu Xiangsheng in repelling the Jiannu. How could they work together to frame Lu Xiangsheng and even deceive themselves?

This is impossible
Seeing Chongzhen's look as if he had been struck by lightning, Zhu Cilang continued:
"I know your Majesty will not believe me. After all, your Majesty has always been a very suspicious person!"

"But if you, Father, are willing to think carefully about these things, you will discover the tricks behind them!"

"Also, according to secret reports from the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Yang Sichang's inability to suppress the bandits led to the fall of Luoyang and Xiangyang to Zhang Xianzhong."

"Prince Xiang Zhu Yiming and Prince Guiyang Zhu Changfa were both killed by Zhang Xianzhong, and Yang Sichang died of a serious illness!"

Zhu Cilang did not lie, because according to the progress of history, these things have indeed happened.

It’s just that it was inconvenient to transmit information in ancient times, and there were constant wars in various places, so this news has not been passed back yet.

After hearing these words, Chongzhen could no longer hold on. He collapsed directly on the chair and remained silent for a long time.

Two more cities were captured by bandits, and even two princes died!
Even Yang Sichang is dead!
Of course, Yang Sichang deserved to die! But he couldn't die in Xiangyang, but should die in his hands!
Chongzhen was not a fool. Combining what Zhu Cilang had just said and thinking about the abnormal behavior of the civil and military officials in the court before, he easily realized that he had indeed been deceived.

But he didn't understand why this was happening?
He had clearly given those people enough grace and power, so why did they deceive themselves?
First it was Yuan Chonghuan, and now it’s Yang Sichang!
"Why? Why on earth is this?"

"Why are they all lying to me?"

"How dare they?"

The next second, Chongzhen roared angrily, his face full of dejection.

Zhu Cilang looked calm.

"What are they afraid of? Over a hundred years ago, they dared to kill Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty when he wanted to take back the military power!"

"More than a hundred years later, they dared to kill my younger brother, my father's son."

"Father, do you think there is anything in this world that they dare not do?"

"Most of them don't actually care whether the Ming Dynasty will perish!"

"Because in their view, even if the Ming Dynasty really fell and the world had a new master, they would still need to govern, so they were not afraid of anything."

"It's nothing more than them changing their master!"

When Chongzhen heard this, he seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, and sat slumped in his chair for a long time without saying a word.

At this moment, there are only five words in his mind:
All officials can be killed!

At this moment, Chongzhen finally saw the true faces of all civil and military officials!
It's just too late.

Because this Ming Dynasty is no longer his!
After a moment, Chongzhen slowly asked:
"How are you going to deal with Lu Xiangsheng's funeral?"

The scope of the chat was quite vast, and Zhu Cilang was unable to react for a moment.

After coming back to his senses, Zhu Cilang said directly:

"I wish to posthumously confer the title of Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery upon Lu Xiangsheng, making him a hereditary marquis, and also grant him the title of Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince."

Conferring a title posthumously on Lu Xiangsheng naturally classified him as a military general, so the honorary title of Minister of War, a civil official, was naturally no longer needed.

Besides, a hereditary marquis carries much more weight than the honorary title of Minister of War.

Chongzhen didn't say anything, just nodded, which was considered as his tacit agreement with Zhu Cilang's decision.

Zhu Cilang was a little surprised for a moment, as if he did not expect Chongzhen to agree with his decision.

Has Chongzhen changed his personality?

Although the posthumous conferring of the title of Marquis on Lu Xiangsheng did not require Chongzhen's consent, Zhu Cilang could do it on his own.

But for some reason, seeing Chongzhen nod, Zhu Cilang felt somewhat relieved. Perhaps he had finally helped Lu Xiangsheng clear his name in front of Chongzhen?
If Lu Xiangsheng is still alive in heaven, he should rest in peace!
After talking about Lu Xiangsheng, the atmosphere suddenly fell into silence.

The reason why Zhu Cilang came to see Chongzhen was actually to scold Chongzhen on behalf of Lu Xiangsheng.

But now that he had already scolded him, and Chongzhen's attitude just now was not bad, Zhu Cilang didn't plan to scold him anymore.

After all, he is your father, you can’t just keep scolding him!

Because Chongzhen had suffered such a great blow before, he was too lazy to pursue Zhu Cilang's rudeness.

Besides, given the current situation, what can he pursue?

So the two of them just sat there without saying a word for a long time.

Just when Zhu Cilang was feeling bored and was about to get up and leave, Chongzhen suddenly picked up the Ming Daily on the table and asked:
"You released Sun Chuanting and Xue Guoguang?

The appointments of Xue Guoguan and Sun Chuanting were both in the newspapers, and Chongzhen naturally saw them.

Zhu Cilang patiently sat down again, then nodded, with no intention of hiding anything.

"Sun Chuanting is a talented person. As long as we give him enough trust, he will definitely be able to defeat Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and completely put an end to the bandit problem!"

"Once we have dealt with the bandits, we can then focus on dealing with the Jiannu."

Zhu Cilang said.

Chongzhen nodded slightly. Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with Sun Chuanting, he had to admit that Sun Chuanting did have this ability.

"What about Xue Guoguan?"

Chongzhen continued to ask.

Zhu Cilang looked at Chongzhen speechlessly, feeling a little regretful for giving the newspaper to Chongzhen.

But he continued:
"Xue Guoguan is used to balance the court. No matter how problematic Xue Guoguan is, he is a pure emperor's party. With him in the cabinet, the ministers will not unite and share the same hatred for the enemy."

"Also, this Daming Daily was printed by Xue Guoguan."

Chongzhen didn't say anything else, but just looked at Zhu Cilang with an intriguing look.

After the conversation just now, he had to admit one thing.

That is, his son seems to be more suitable to be an emperor than himself, so he is wondering whether he should really give up the throne?
After a moment, Chongzhen said slowly:
"Send someone to bring pen, ink, paper, and inkstone!"

When Zhu Cilang heard this, he suddenly thought of something and said with a smile:

"Father, are you going to issue an abdication decree? There's no rush yet. I still want you to continue to take the blame!"

"Let's talk about abdication later!"

Chongzhen's face darkened, and most of his previous thoughts instantly dissipated. He then suppressed his anger and said:

"In the past, the imperial edicts for posthumous titles and bestowals of nobility were all written by me personally."

"If you just find someone to write the imperial edict, the civil and military officials in the court will definitely notice something is wrong. What do you think they will think then?"

"If you don't want me to write it, then forget it!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Cilang looked at Chongzhen in surprise, because he really didn't know about this matter.

At the same time, I was also curious about what was going on with Chongzhen. Why would he offer to help?

Could it be that he suddenly came to his senses after being scolded by himself just now?

(End of this chapter)