Xiong Tingbi also joined in to discuss the situation in Liaodong.
Jiannu has been severely damaged, but the Ming Dynasty field army has suffered heavy losses. Without the addition of 29,000 elite troops, it is impossible to attack and win. What's more, it takes a lot of time, food, equipment and silver to mobilize the army.
Yuan Yingtai used too much before and now has almost no reserves.
All three of them felt that it would not be appropriate to launch a major war in the next one to two years. After resting and adjusting their troops, they would be able to defeat the Eight Banners in a field battle before launching an attack.
Xiong Tingbi also discussed the specific battlefield selection and battle formations in this battle, and admired Wang Hongyu's vision and infantry command ability.
The next day, the plan was as usual.
Wang Hongyu led his troops and horses to set off and marched directly to Tongzhou.
In accordance with the plan, Liu Shimin in the palace proposed to reward this powerful army for their bloody battle in Hunhe River.
Ai Youzhi, the head of the household department, made a formal request to allocate a reward of silver to reward the soldiers and horses who had won the bloody battle.
For a while, news spread that His Majesty was preparing to receive and review them. Wang Hongyu and others might become the key to the revitalization of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhao Nanxing and Gao Panlong had many student friends and heard the news immediately.
Your Majesty wants to use this person. The rising status of a military officer is bad news for civil servants. It seems that Tianqi wants to learn righteousness, so he must show the righteousness of the Donglin Party. It doesn't matter if he doesn't want this official, but he must have a reputation and civilian officials must be in power.
As Wang Hongyu entered the pass, Zhao Nanxing posted a memorial with full attack power.
It directly shows that Wang Hongyu and Liu Shimin in the palace colluded with each other, which is a serious crime of collusion between the border army and the palace. In ancient times, Zhao Gao subjugated the country in the Qin Dynasty, Shi Chang served in the Later Han Dynasty to cause chaos in the world, the eunuchs in the middle Tang Dynasty took military power to murder the emperor, and Tong Guan in the Song Dynasty ruined the powerful army...
After giving examples, he changed the topic and bluntly said that Wang Hongyu was a domineering warrior who did not listen to orders and fought without permission. His so-called military exploits were full of boasts and could not be verified. He killed his superiors without showing any remorse. Such people have no sense of loyalty and filial piety and have no regard for respect and inferiority.
Jiang Bin and Qiu Luan are even more terrible. Please punish them severely to correct their morals.
This memorial showed Zhao Nanxing's literary talent, enumerating the harm caused by eunuchs' interference in military power in various periods of the previous dynasty, and also listed the huge disasters caused by the emperor's heavy use of military generals and villains in this dynasty.
The great thing is that instead of citing the examples of eunuchs such as Wang Zhen and Liu Jin of this dynasty, the target of the attack is: not Wei Zhongxian and Liu Shimin, but focus on Wang Hongyu who "has countless evidence of crimes, does not listen to orders, and has no superiors."
The firepower is very concentrated, try not to make too many enemies.
Gao Panlong also played at the same time. His article was not as good as Zhao Nanxing. It still followed the same tone as before, focusing on the responsibilities of Yuan Yingtai and Wang Hongyu, but his words were very fierce.
【In view of the general environment,
Their student friends also followed suit.
The purpose this time was very clear, which was to anger Wei Zhongxian and even Emperor Tianqi, so that they would bear the infamy among scholars, and he wanted to gain fame at the risk of being punished.
Ye Xianggao was almost speechless.
He knew very well what Zhao Nanxing and others were thinking. It wasn't just because Wang An was no longer around, it was obviously Wei Zhongxian who took action in front of the stage, and Tianqi agreed behind the scenes. They decided to openly fight against the Donglin Party's behavior of drawing money from the bottom of the cauldron.
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But what benefit will it bring to the court and the world if the fight continues like this?
Ye Xianggao still couldn't stop Zhao Nanxing this time.
This is not to blame him. Cliques based on teachers, students, and friends have their own differences and do not have unified deliberations and actions.
Everyone respects Ye Xianggao and thinks he can do things. But if he comes to stop someone from doing something, there is no way.
Its organizational level is not even the slightest difference from that of the Hunhe Army, which was adapted from Wang Hongyu's Liaohe Army.
He thought something bad would happen this time.
He had met Wei Zhongxian several times in the past few days, and after getting in touch with him, he found that he was a vicious, wise, and powerful guy with a very limited mind.
The Apocalypse Emperor Zhu Youxiao is no longer that inexperienced child. Even Wang An, who watched him grow up, was abandoned by him because of the internal and external communication in the past six months. I am afraid he will definitely be furious and deal with it with thunderous means.
Tomorrow is April 19th, since Longqing...co
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Morning mornings on March 3, Saturday and September, nine mornings in January, this incident will definitely cause an uproar.
Therefore, Ye Xianggao didn't care so much. He first persuaded Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou to agree that they should calm down at this time and not break with Tianqi directly. It was not appropriate to directly make enemies of Wang Hongyu and this powerful army now.
Zuo Guangdou's focus was on Wang An's murder by Wei Zhongxian, but he never expressed his position on Wang Hongyu and Yuan Yingtai's situation in the Liaodong War.
At this time, after listening to the analysis of the first assistant, he certainly felt that it was reasonable, but he also had some doubts: "I, Dong Lin, are in the same spirit, so if I don't support it at this time, I'm afraid it's not the behavior of a gentleman."
After hearing this, Ye Xianggao sighed helplessly. He knew it was a mistake, but he still wanted to speak out for his own people... Should he be said to be stupid or naive?
"It's best to use this matter to give Wang Hongyu a beating." Yang Lian, who had been quiet these past few days, spoke up.
He established a good personal relationship with Xiong Tingbi, and actually tricked the latter into the Donglin Party circle.
Xiong Tingbi had a good impression of him. There were soldiers in Liaodong who were closely related to him. They would fight under Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi in the future, so there was no need to break up.
What Yang Lian meant was that the court should fire "cannons" and shout the thunder louder, but the situation should be handled a little more gently.
Just like Xiong Tingbi, it was Donglin who took him down and replaced him with Yuan Yingtai. It was Donglin who found out that Xiong Tingbi was not corrupt and reactivated him. In the end, it was not Xiong Tingbi who successfully controlled the "violent temper"~
After hearing what Yang Lian said, Ye Xianggao knew what was going on.
This was his original intention, and Yang Lian coincided with him.
Zhao Nanxing and the others scolded them, but as the chief assistant, he stabilized the matter and promoted and appointed him in the future. After all, this young general was a hot-blooded young man, and in the end he was not serving me, Donglin~
With the help of Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, two key figures from Donglin, Ye Xianggao wrote the memorial in an instant and presented it to the public.
The memorial states that there should be rewards and punishments after the Liaodong War.
All the soldiers who fought in the bloody battle deserved rewards. Although Yuan Yingtai made some mistakes, he was the last to leave Liaoyang and died from injuries sustained in the hard battle. It is not appropriate to hold him accountable, lest he hurt the civil and military spirit of those who dared to serve the country. As for Wang Hongyu, he had merits and demerits, but his merits were greater than those of others.
Mistakes should be rewarded, but mistakes should not be ignored, so that they do not make the mistake of not listening to orders.
Ye Xianggao tried to calm down the situation and beat the generals a little, but he only stopped briefly and maintained the dignity of the court.
They had just finished talking about the matter and were about to present the memorial together when they saw a green-robed official bursting into Ye Xianggao's house in a hurry with sweat on his face. Even the housekeeper could not catch up with him.
"Cabinet Liu Shuban?"
Ye Xianggao recognized that he was the secretary of the cabinet, an official who helped him handle official documents, and stood up quickly to ask.
Liu Shuban ran and said, "Oh no, something big has happened in the palace."
"What's the big deal?"
"Eunuch Liu Shimin was demoted and has now been removed from his post. Eunuch Wei Zhongxian persuaded His Majesty to accept the proposal of Yushi Zhao and decided to severely punish Wang Hongyu!"
Ye Xianggao was stunned, and Wei Zhongxian's reaction was completely beyond expectations...