Hearing His Majesty's roar, several people quickly lowered their heads. Wang Jiayan couldn't help but feel worried about His Majesty's actions. At this time, the court has reached a critical period and must not act on impulse. Moreover, this move is for a bandit that His Majesty has secretly recruited.
.Is it necessary to send troops because of a bandit?
Thinking of this, he no longer cared about His Majesty's rage at this time, and immediately stepped out to greet him: "Your Majesty! This is inappropriate!" Then, ignoring the surprised looks of the people around him, he continued to say forcefully: "This bandit was secretly recruited by Your Majesty.
Yes, the cabinet does not know where the silver used came from."
This sentence immediately made Zhu Ling, who was in a rage, confused about what to do. Wang Jiayan's next words continued to challenge his bottom line: "We recruited troops privately without cabinet discussion, but because of the special situation at the moment, we simply
Don’t pursue this matter. If the bandits are dead, they will die. If we want to send troops for them, what is the reason? Are we going to tell the officers and soldiers of the three armies that we are doing it for the bandits this time?"
"Lord Wang!"
Wang Chengen obviously couldn't bear to listen, and he immediately said angrily: "Those bandits are bandits on the surface, but privately they are already soldiers of the imperial court! We are justified in sending troops! This move is for the sake of other people who are unknown to the imperial court!"
"but……"
Shi Kefa also came out and sighed and said: "What the court should deal with at this time is Ma Shiying who caused trouble in Nanjing, the bandits who took up half of our country in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xianzhong who marched to the southwest, and the slaves who continued to plunder in the north. They should not deal with it.
To waste manpower, material resources and money. Your Majesty must understand the overall situation!"
Seeing that the two people's attitudes towards this matter were surprisingly consistent, even the angry Zhu Ling had to calm down temporarily. He just never expected that Hua Kui and the others would be wiped out? Logically speaking, they could ask the local government
Aid, even if it was defeated, it would not be such a disastrous defeat. It seems that the reason for the disastrous defeat really needs to be carefully investigated.
"Cheng'en, please step back first and let this go for a while."
"His Majesty!"
Wang Chengen couldn't believe that His Majesty had just raised troops to avenge the deaths of Hua Kui and others. How could he change his mind with just a few words from them? He suddenly felt a lot of unwillingness in his heart. He didn't want to believe that His Majesty would do this, but when he saw His Majesty's
With his eyes, he finally surrendered and could only press the matter first and then push it aside.
"Let's talk about how to deal with Ma Shiying!" Zhu Ling immediately adjusted his state and said to Zhu Dadian below: "Ai Qing, do you have any good ideas? As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, you should naturally be able to think of it."
Seeing His Majesty asking him, Zhu Dadian immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, there are several problems in solving Ma Shiying now. First: the Queen, Prince, and ministers are all in their hands, and this is also the basis for them to dare to rebel. If they want to punish
To kill Ma Shiying and others, we must first rescue the queen, prince, and others."
"Second: After I received the news, Ma Shiying contacted the commander-in-chief of the nearby provinces and local officials. If their own troops are added, the total military strength can reach 150,000, which is more than us. Third: If we raise
If the troops move south, what will happen to the north? If the intruders attack, all the troops will be transferred, wouldn't that be true?"
After he finished speaking, everyone immediately fell into deep thought. Of course, what he said was right, and it happened to be the pain point of the current difficult situation. Everyone was reluctant to mention this just now, but now Zhu Dadian said it all
, naturally a little sad. Each one is a difficult problem, and each one is so important.
The situation they faced at this time put the court in a dilemma. There were intruders in the north and rebels in the south. Both sides must pay attention to it, but if they go south, they will be attacked in the north. If they go north, there will be difficulties in the rear.
On the other hand, Wang Chengen on the side immediately began to think about it after hearing this. If he could solve this problem for His Majesty, maybe His Majesty would make the decision on Huakui's affairs. But these problems are not easy. How could he, a eunuch, think of it?
But after just thinking about it for a moment, I suddenly had an idea.
At present, what the imperial court lacks most is not money, but troops.
The intruders from the north can summon an army of 100,000 to attack Shandong at any time, and Ma Shiying of Yingtian Mansion also has an army of 100,000, which creates a one-on-two situation in terms of military strength. But it is undeniable that the imperial court is not
Only these 100,000 troops can be recruited. There is no shortage of money or prestige now. If we recruit vigorously, there will be tens of thousands of people!
His eyes flashed, and he immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, although I am a eunuch, I am also worried about the country and the people. I just saw that Your Majesty and the ministers are a little worried. I have come up with a way. I don't know whether I should talk about it or not?"
"explain!"
Zhu Ling immediately agreed. They were very worried. Now that someone had a solution, they should speak out without worrying about their identity.
"Look, slave, what the imperial court is lacking now is soldiers! The hundreds of thousands of intruders in the north and the 150,000 rebels in Yingtian add up to hundreds of thousands. But we only have 100,000 soldiers and horses. If we can
If we recruit vigorously and reach 200,000 people, we can divide the troops into two groups. In this way, both the north and the south can take care of them!"
Having said that, Wang Chengen looked at Zhu Ling and the other three ministers with expectation.
But seeing that they were still thinking deeply, he thought that his method would not be adopted, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. But then a word immediately ignited his hope.
"Why didn't I think of that?"
Wang Jiayan just listened and sighed, annoyed that he was so clumsy. He didn't even think of such a simple solution. Instead, a eunuch came up with it. Fortunately, he was familiar with military books. Thinking about it like this, he really felt a little ashamed.
.
Shi Kefa also suddenly realized after hearing this, as if he had been awakened by someone. He immediately said in surprise: "What Wang Gonggong said is absolutely true! Aren't the common denominators of these problems all military strength? If we have military strength, then many problems will be solved.
Everything can be solved easily!" After saying that, he looked at Wang Chengen with admiration.
Wang Chengen did not dare to accept such a great gift from Shi Kefa, so he immediately returned the gift.
"Military strength can solve two problems, so what should we do about the first problem? This does not mean that more troops can save the queen and others." Although Zhu Dadian was also grateful for Wang Chengen's solution, there was still a big problem at the moment.
Troublesome problems are before us, so we should not be too happy.
"Does your Majesty know Yuan Jixian, the Governor of Jiujiang?" Wang Chengen suddenly said again.
"Yuan Jixian?"
Just as Zhu Ling was trying hard to recall this person in his mind, he found that there was no memory of this person in his mind.
Just as Wang Chengen continued to say: "Yuan Jixian was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Tianqi. Later, he studied in Shanxi in the seventh year of Chongzhen. He was imprisoned and was later rescued by his colleagues. In the fifteenth year, he served as the right minister of the Ministry of War and the censor of the right Qiandu. Now he
Stationed in Jiujiang, he is the governor of Jiangxi, Huguang, Anqing, Yingtian and other military affairs. If Ma Shiying had not taken power, he would have eliminated the traitors long ago!"
"The Governor should be responsible for Tian's military affairs?" Wang Jiayan couldn't help but frowned and asked: "Such a big thing happened in Nanjing, such a large-scale military mobilization, how could he, a governor, not know about it? I am afraid that the old farmers working in the fields already knew about it.
A third-rank official in the imperial court doesn’t know anything about it? Isn’t he also a member of Ma Shiying?”
What Wang Jiayan said is not unreasonable. As the governor of two provinces and three regions, it would be a bit thought-provoking if he had no knowledge of such a big matter. But Wang Chengen believed that Yuan Jixian was a pillar of the imperial court and would never become a
As for why I don’t know why I rebelled, I can only assume that there is another reason.
But if we want to destroy Ma Shiying at this time, we must not trust a certain person with any degree of certainty. We must ensure that this person is loyal to His Majesty before we can use him.
Just when several people were stumped by this problem again, Zhu Ling suddenly thought of a way.
History has recorded that three major cases occurred during the period when Emperor Hongguang was in power. One of the cases was the Nandu Prince Case, also known as the Chongzhen Prince Case. The general process was that the young minister of Honglu Temple secretly sued Emperor Hongguang and said that Prince Zhu Cixiang appeared in Zhejiang.
.After that, Emperor Hongguang immediately ordered the eunuchs around him to find out what happened.
Afterwards, two more eunuchs were sent to identify them, but they still had suspicions. After silencing these two eunuchs, they then killed the previous eunuch. Later, all the officials knew about it and wanted to go check it out. At first, everyone said
It was a false prince. But when the false prince greeted one of them, he retreated silently.
In the end, Emperor Hongguang handed over the real and fake prince to the custody of the Jinyi Guards and was sent to prison. It immediately caused an uproar and the people of Nanjing were in an uproar.
Later, Yuan Jixian, the governor of Jiangfang, Ningnan Bo Zuo Liangyu and Guangchang Bo Liu Liangzuo Shangshu fought against each other. Zuo Liangyu even sent troops eastward, claiming that the Qing emperor was on his side. Being so disturbed, everyone thought that the one who was arrested was the real prince.
Now that the prince is under control, it would be better to say that the prince of Nanjing is fake, while the real prince is in Yanzhou!