Chapter 072 Disputes in the court
In the court, the dispute over whether to rescue Mao Wenlong or not gradually turned into a dispute over economic affairs. The king in the matter, Wanlong, stood up and refuted Shen Guangzha: "Although Mao Wenlong had great achievements in the first place, his achievements cannot shake the overall situation. It was just a fluke that he succeeded in the sneak attack, but now his defeat has shocked the world and destroyed the morale of the frontline troops. How can anyone know about the crime of losing the city and losing the land because he refuses to kill? Don't do it just because Mao Wenlong is your nephew. To ignore the overall situation of the imperial court is to violate the integrity of a courtier."
Bingbu Lu obviously came out to argue: "Losing the city is of course a serious crime, but please note that this Zhenjiang is isolated in Liaodong, but how did we get it? It was obtained by Mao Wenlong in a raid, but he has not been rewarded for his previous efforts, but it was lost due to other places. The punishment is meritorious, does this mean the court is a little unkind?"
Shen Guangzha nodded in agreement: "That's right, for the great achievements in the past, because everyone was chattering nonsense, there has been no reward yet. As a result, we have lost a city that was not ours in the first place, but we have to commit crimes. How can there be such a thing in this world?" Is this the truth? Not only does this make the common people and soldiers feel that the court is unfair to the meritorious soldiers, but it also causes the soldiers to misunderstand. If you capture a place but cannot achieve merit, and if you lose it, you will be immediately punished. Then who will seize and capture a place in the future? So How can Liaodong be recovered?"
According to this statement, it does make sense. Everyone fought hard to win the city, but who can guarantee that it will not be lost under the watchful eyes of powerful enemies? If there is no reward for merit, and no indiscriminate punishment for guilt, then who will think about making progress in the future?
"Governor Wang Huazhen arranged for Mao Wenlong to enter Liaodong. It was originally a dangerous move. The purpose was to involve the troops of Hou Jin Jiannu and disturb the morale of the army and the people. This purpose has been achieved. Therefore, even if Mao Wenlong lost the Zhenjiang enclave, it was actually nothing wrong. With meritorious service, if such a hero is allowed to be harmed by the slaves, it will not only be inconsistent with the grand strategy, but also chill the hearts of all the soldiers in the world. It is better to ask the emperor to issue an order to send troops to rescue." Lu Mingming shouted loudly.
"Your Majesty, no." Zhao Yuchuan, the Minister of Rites, stood up and objected loudly: "Your Majesty, Mao Wenlong ran behind enemy lines in Liaodong. This was originally Wang Huazhen's way of diverting the attention of the court and avoiding the disadvantages of the war. At this time, Mao Wenlong was defeated, but he asked the court to send reinforcements. Rescue, how to rescue? Wang Huazhen did not send a single soldier, but asked Tianjin and Shandong to send troops. Tianjin and Shandong are the key to preventing the Jiannu from sneaking into our capital. Once it is moved, if the Jiannu sends troops to sneak across the two places, then Tianjin and Shandong will It will shake our foundation. Besides, even if we rescue Mao Wenlong, it is just a fatigue expedition, and the gain is really not worth the loss."
Yang Lian stood up and shouted loudly to Tianqi: "Wang Huazhen's method of Xu Tu was originally a mature strategy to seek the country, but Xiong Tingbi made a three-way advance, but he was eager for success. Seeing that Wang Huazhen sent out to contain the enemy, Jin Pianshi was going to kill him if there was a slight setback. If we don't save him, we are just sitting back and watching the great cause of restoring the Liao Dynasty decline. This is selfish, so we should depose Xiong Tingbi and kill him to set the record straight."
Huang Xu immediately stood up and roared: "Yang Lian is a villain, Wang Huazhen and Xu Tu are just consuming the country's money and food, but accomplishing nothing. When can Liaodong be restored? Xiong Jing's strategy of making progress in three directions should be an active attack."
At that time, Lu obviously said impassionedly: "Xiong Tingbi used the three-party method, but I saw that he spent millions of money and food, but did not see a single soldier leave Liaodong. Why? On the other hand, Wang Huazhen stabilized Guangning and sent surprise troops to close it. Zhenjiang has restrained the Jiannu, so isn't it clear who is victorious and who is inferior?"
Wang Wanlong immediately stood up and objected: "It was exactly like this that made Hou Jin so angry that he harmed the people of Zhenjiang. Poor Zhenjiang people, wouldn't they die unjustly?" After saying that, he actually cried for the people of Zhenjiang, which was worse than his mother's death.
I was still miserable, and then I shouted righteously: "Tens of thousands of people died in this city. This was all caused by Mao Wenlong's greed for success. I ask you to kill Mao Wenlong to apologize for the wronged souls of the people in Zhenjiang."
This statement makes most people stunned and dumbfounded. Can such a thing be said like this? Can it be explained like this?
"The deaths of people in Zhenjiang city were not caused by Mao Wenlong, but by Xiong Tingbi's failure to rescue him. Therefore, the fault lies with Xiong Tingbi, not Mao Wenlong. Please kill Xiong Tingbi to appease the injured souls of Zhenjiang."
"Wang Huazhen is the chief culprit. Without him, tens of thousands of people in Zhenjiang would have died. It was all his fault. Killing Wang Huazhen is the real reason."
"Kill Xiong Tingbi——"
"Kill Wang Huazhen——"
"Stop—" a broken shout resounded in Jianji Hall.
But who else is listening to this voice at this time? If you tell me to stop, I will stop. Now everyone is opening their minds and looking for each other's sore feet. Everyone finally has the opportunity to kill the guy who is causing harm to the country and the people. Who can
It would stop, so everyone ignored the one who said stop and continued to quarrel. In the end, they thought that since we are all literati, it would be disrespectful to literati to continue arguing like this, so it was better to take action or not to quarrel.
Let's just fight it out.
So, a civil servant picked up the Yahut in his hand and slapped the opponents.
Do you have a tooth wat and I don’t? Of course there is no need to talk nonsense, everyone has it, so let’s face it.
Therefore, Jianji Hall became a fighting arena, and the ministers fought so vigorously.
Dodging a flying hat, Apocalypse knocked on the table repeatedly: "Stop, stop, stop it."
Ye Xianggao, who was fighting in the middle of the fight, suddenly remembered that there was another emperor, so he pushed away a guy who was in his group, but was dizzy and turned to fire at him, and shouted loudly: "Stop, listen to the emperor."
In the Ming Dynasty, the prestige of the chief minister of the cabinet was actually higher than that of the emperor. All the courtiers took it as an honor to contradict the emperor. Otherwise, a minister would not appear to write a letter and scold the emperor's ancestors for eight generations without using any curse words, but the emperor would be in pain.
He made a final statement: "This guy just wants me to spank him, and then go back to show his integrity to his colleagues and the world, but I am determined not to follow his wishes." Then he swallowed his breath, rolled up his sleeves and left.
In this era when the cabinet is greater than the imperial power, contradicting the emperor and rejecting the emperor's imperial edict is a shortcut to overnight fame. As long as you do this, as soon as you go to court, countless scholars and scholars will immediately surround you and praise your uprightness.
Your reputation became known to every household in Shilin overnight.
As for why you contradicted the emperor and why you disobeyed the emperor's edict, no one asked. Again, Donglin's principle is to oppose for the sake of opposition, regardless of whether his shit smells good or smelly. In fact, this is also the Ming Dynasty.
The result of hundreds of years of nurturing scholars with kindness and honor is a kind of progress for culture, but it is a kind of regression and sadness for society and governance.
Chapter completed!