Thousands of miles away in Liaodong, Huang Taiji once again mobilized all the elite soldiers of the country to conquer Lin Dan Khan in the west. This incident was so big that no one in the Ming Dynasty knew about it.
In Beijing, the good mood of the young emperor due to Hong Chengchou's good news did not last for a few days.
Before dawn, the officials preparing to go to court gathered outside the Meridian Gate. Before waiting for a while, someone from the palace announced that the morning court would be held at Huangji Gate instead.
As soon as they heard that the court meeting would be held at the Huangshu Sect, all the officials became nervous. Today is the first day of the new year. According to the convention, it should be the Great Court. The Great Court usually makes a fuss in the Huangji Palace. But the Great Court is mostly just a formality and does not have much serious business.
.Now it is suddenly changed to the Huangji Gate. It goes without saying that this means that the Imperial Gate listens to the government. In the past, the Imperial Gate listened to the government mostly at the Meridian Gate. After Emperor Shenzong, it was changed to the Huangji Gate. How many years has it been since the Ming Dynasty?
There has never been a government hearing held at Huangji Gate. The officials all discussed that something big must have happened, otherwise the emperor would not suddenly attend the hearing at Huangji Gate.
When all the ministers arrived at the Huangji Gate with doubts and uneasiness, they saw that the young emperor was already sitting there. The cabinet members walking in front saw at a glance that the emperor's face was not good-looking.[
After the courtiers stood in their respective positions, Chongzhen stood up angrily, swept away all the ministers, and said angrily: "Do you know that Xuanfu Governor Shen Qi secretly negotiated peace with Donglu behind my back! This is not the case!
What Shen Qi can do on his own, he won’t even dare to give him ten more courages. Humph, don’t think that I don’t know. Some of you must be having an affair with Shen Qi. On weekdays, many of you are having sex with border officials.
We have a very good personal relationship and have many contacts in official business. If there is nothing out of the ordinary, I will not find fault with you. But now, you are going to negotiate peace with Donglu behind my back. Tell me, can I bear it? Tell me, you guys
Who among them supports Shen Qi, and who wants to negotiate peace with Donglu!"
The ministers were stunned when they heard this. Who dared to speak up? Even if there was someone who really colluded with Shen Di, he would not be stupid enough to stand up on his own. They all wisely kept silent and bowed their heads, for fear that the emperor would see him.
Wen Tiren was also a QGU. I don’t know where the emperor got the news from, and why his chief assistant didn’t know about it. But seeing that Chongzhen was angry now, he knew better than to touch this bad luck. Anyway, Shen Qi was a member of the Donglin Party, and he was a member of the Donglin Party.
It's Zhou Yanru and the others who should have a headache. From the emperor's tone, it seems that Shen Qi, the governor of Xuanfu, has done his best. The emperor will definitely ask himself about the new governor of Xuanfu, and he will have to think about it carefully.
"I know it's not that I don't know it, but you don't dare to say it. Yesterday, Xiong Mingyu defended Shen Qi and was scolded by me! I have issued a decree and ordered Shen Qi to be imprisoned! From now on, no one will go against Jian's back behind my back again.
Anyone who has a piece of paper or a word of communication will be sent to prison!"
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he felt that the anger he had held in all night was released. He let out a breath of air in his nose and looked coldly at the ministers below. He turned around and ordered Zhao Quan, who was waiting by the palace steps: "Take a look at what I saw last night."
The memorial was read to them carefully."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Zhao Quan had already put the book in Zhao Quan's sleeve, so he took it out, whispered in a low voice, and read: "Laicheng has been besieged for fifty days and is in great danger. I look for reinforcements day and night, but if they don't arrive, I know they will be resolved."
That's wrong. The thief stopped the army or retreated a little. Why are the officials not happy to appease the thief? It is actually a tactic to slow down the army by appeasing the thief. When the thief passed Qingzhou, Dacheng had three thousand soldiers. It was very easy to suppress the thief. Yuanhua's suicide note said
"The thieves can be appeased, but your troops should not go eastward." The great achievements will be stopped until the thieves spread! If the reinforcements do not come, I will die as a ghost to kill the thieves. I will never dare to appease the supreme leader, confuse the state, and mistakenly seal the territory.
And kill your life!"
Zhao Quan finished reading in one breath, and several of His Highness's ministers had changed their expressions. This statement was made by Xu Congzhi who had died in Laizhou years ago. At that time, Zhou Yanru was still the chief minister, and for unknown reasons, he suppressed this statement.
But I don’t know where the emperor learned about this memorial. Now he has translated it and read it in front of all the ministers. What is the purpose of it?
The second assistant He Ruchong and the bachelor Wu Zongda were both members of the Donglin Party and Zhou Yanru's party members in the court. As soon as Zhao Quan read the beginning, they knew who was behind this matter. They looked at the people standing in front with hateful eyes.
Wen Tiren cursed secretly.
Chongzhen couldn't see clearly the reaction of the courtiers below. After Zhao Quan finished reading, he pointed to Xiong Mingyu, Minister of the Ministry of War, with a cold tone: "Xiong Mingyu, there was Xie Lian's memorial before, and now there is Xu Congzhi's memorial. They both said
Denglai cannot be appeased, and I have repeatedly issued edicts to the cabinet and appeaseers. As a scholar, the thieves and soldiers will never rebel as long as they have the slightest sense of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. As for Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng's people, they should be wiped out with all their strength.
Future troubles. But did you listen to what I said? Xu Congzhi’s memorial has been published for several months. Now he has sacrificed his life for the country. Isn’t what this memorial said the words of a loyal and loyal minister? Do you think this can still be done?
Proceed?"
Xiong Mingyu was in panic. Yesterday, he had been scolded by the emperor because of Shen Qi's incident. Now the emperor was angry again because of Denglai's incident. If Shen Qi's incident had something to do with his military department, this Denglai incident had nothing to do with him.
, but it is his responsibility of the Ministry of War. It has been several months since Kong Youde started the uprising in Wuqiao last year. All the troops that should be transferred by the Ministry of War have been transferred. Two groups of Liao soldiers were transferred, followed by the Beijing camp, and another
It was the Sichuan Army, with tens of thousands of troops dispatched. However, things were better at the front line. The tens of thousands of troops refused to fight any battles and just ate in Shahe. It was not that the Ministry of War had not urged them to do so, but Gao Qiqi didn't do it at all.
He was moved. Eunuch Gao was an internal minister, and he couldn't push him. He thought that after Liu Yulie left, the situation would get better, but unexpectedly, there was still no movement after Liu Yulie left. God knows what they were doing in Denglai!
Xiong Mingyu said that if he could not command the front line, it would be because of his military power! But he could not say that he was delaying the war. In that case, he was afraid that the emperor in anger would immediately send him to prison.
When it was difficult to speak, Li Changgeng, the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, suddenly came out and said: "Your Majesty, since Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng started the rebellion, the imperial court has sent Zhu Dadian, Gao Qiqian, Jin Guochen, Xu Congzhi, Xie Lian, etc.
Yang Yufan and other civil and military forces went out to fight, and the Liao army, the Beijing camp, and the Sichuan army also sent many troops, but the rebel rebellion was still not quelled. This shows that the soldiers in each town are no match for the Liao soldiers under Kong's thief. I believe that the rebels are not only capable of fighting, but also have strong military strength.
There are so many, it is said that there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses now. If we use the force ignorantly, it will damage the vitality of the imperial court. Therefore, I believe that recruitment should not be taken lightly. If we can successfully recruit the rebels, we will have another copper wall in Liaodong.
The rebels rebelled because of pay, and I thought that as long as I promised to pay back the arrears, there would be room for appeasement."
It's appeasement again! Just when Chongzhen said that appeasement was not allowed, Li Changgeng boldly mentioned appeasement again, which made him so angry that he even ignored the emperor's etiquette. He raised his hand and pointed at Li Changgeng and cursed: "
According to what you say, my Ming Dynasty will have no soldiers capable of fighting, and my kingdom will have to be maintained by a bunch of traitors and traitors! You keep claiming that reinforcements are available, but you are not a match for the traitors and soldiers, so why is there Shahe, a small official?
Zhuang Zhisheng. Weren't these two battles fought by our soldiers in the capital? You know how much it will chill the hearts of the soldiers if you deny them! If the town army rebels because of pay, but the court still uses pay to appease him, if things go on like this,
Where is the dignity of the imperial court, and where is my majesty! What is your intention with these words!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty, please calm down."
Li Changgeng did not expect that Chongzhen would be so angry with his nine ministers. He was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing. What came to his ears was Chongzhen's cold voice, "You are also a veteran of the three dynasties. In my year, you
You can go home and spend your old age in peace."
Li Changgeng was shocked and stayed there.
Chongzhen ignored him, but turned to look at Wen Tiren and asked: "How many troops do the rebels have?"
Wen Tiren did not come forward to answer, but turned to look at Xu Guangqi behind him. Xu Guangqi came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, at the beginning of the rebellion, there were only 800 soldiers. Later, they captured Dengzhou and were echoed by Dongjiang Liao soldiers.
, and captured more than 20 Hongyi artillery pieces, 300 Western artillery pieces, 3,000 horses, and a million taels of silver. They then attacked the city and looted the land, recruited the rebels, and conservatively estimated that the total strength of the rebels at this time was
There are about 50,000 soldiers, but the only capable soldiers are Liao soldiers, and the number of Liao soldiers will not exceed 7,000."[
After hearing this, Chongzhen nodded and asked Xiong Mingyu: "Where are the reinforcements sent?"
Xiong Mingyu said: "There are 13,000 soldiers in the Beijing camp, 12,000 soldiers in Sichuan, 6,000 soldiers and horses from Beizhili, 3,000 cavalry from Liaodong under the Jin Dynasty, and 30,000 combatable troops in Shandong.
On the other hand, Zhu Dadian's troops have 5,000 soldiers from Lu and more than 2,000 soldiers from Zhejiang."
Chongzhen listened very carefully and snorted: "So, the reinforcements have more capable soldiers than the rebels."
"Yes." Xiong Mingyu did not dare to deceive the emperor, but the troops and horses he transferred were all strong soldiers, especially the ancestral cavalry led by Jin Guochen, who could equal ten to one.
"Since there are more rebels, why can't we garrison them? Raise troops for a thousand days, and use them for a while! Send my decree to Liu Yulie, and I will give him another month. If the rebels cannot be put down within one month, tell him not to come back to see me.
Got it!"
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he suddenly glanced at Xu Guangqi and said: "Xiao Yifu, the imperial censor of Guangxi, said that Kong Youde rebelled against the emperor, and Sun Yuanhua tried to appease him and allowed Kong Youde to poison the mainland. Song Xian, the imperial censor of Guangdong, said that Sun Yuanhua invaded and sent troops.
The corruption has reached the extreme level. The soldiers under his command, in a few months, went to Jiangdong, intercepted the general, and then went to Jinan, captured the city, all of which are not tolerated by the law. Yuan Hua should be rebuked and punished to show the country's constitution.
.Is there any truth to what they said?"
Xu Guangqi was startled and quickly shook his head and said: "I also guarantee that Yuanhua will never engage in corruption and corruption. If this happens to Yuanhua, I am willing to kill it with my whole family."
"Master, please don't be harsh."
Wen Tiren took half a step forward and said: "Previously, the ministers have repeatedly accused Yuanhua of corruption and fraud. Are these ministers and workers all spreading rumors? That's why Yu Yinggui, the censor of Shaanxi Daoshi, said, 'The rebel who led the army was not Kong Youde.
, is Sun Yuanhua.'"
These words made one person unbearable, because Yu Yinggui had something more to say, but Wen Tiren did not say it: "The person who becomes a virtuous rebel is not Sun Yuanhua, but Zhou Yanru."
Wu Zongda could see Wen Tiren's intentions at the first word, so he went out and said: "Your Majesty, Yu Yinggui's words are not trustworthy. Talking nonsense will hurt the minister and is not advisable! I will guarantee Zhou Yanru with my property and life!" He also followed Sun Yuanhua's example and pledged his life to guarantee it.
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Chongzhen waved his hand to Wu Zongda impatiently: "Let's not talk about you first. I will not kill Xu Guangqi's family, but I will imprison the Yuanhua family! Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng, and Geng Zhongming were trained by him, and the rebels are all his subordinates.
.Where is Nadeng and Laizhou? It is the place where the foreigners I hired with money tried to build new cannons. It is the place where I gave him money to train the new army. It is the place where the supplies of the important town in Liaodong are! As a result, he
Are you going to train a rebel army for me? And the cannon you just made was given away to Li Jiucheng for free? This Li Jiucheng is so abominable that he even kills foreigners!"
When Chongzhen mentioned the foreigners who died in Dengzhou City, Xiong Mingyu hurriedly reminded: "Twelve Portuguese people who were responsible for teaching firearms in Dengzhou died when the city fell, and fifteen others were seriously injured. I think we should provide posthumous compensation."
Chongzhen nodded: "Well, how should I give it as a gift?"
Xiong Mingyu thought for a while and said: "I thought Sirao, who was in charge of Gongsha, could be given as a general, deputy commander Lu Weilue could be given as a guerrilla, gunsmith Fran Yalanda could be given as a garrison, and the rest could be given general titles, each with a general rank.
The family members will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. Those who were injured will also be rewarded with ten taels of silver."
"Accurate performance."
When Chongzhen saw Xiong Mingyu, he thought of him again. There were many references to him, Sun Chengzong, and Qiu Hejia in the chapters these days. Yu Yinggui criticized Xiong Mingyu for his inability to suppress the rebellion, and during the incident, Li Mengchen said that Xiong Mingyu had mishandled the situation.
, His prestige is not enough to convince others, his talent is not enough to help change, and it is difficult to stay in the Sima Hall for a long time.
Sun Chengzong had returned to his hometown of Gaoyang after begging for mercy, but as soon as he left, there were more and more memorials impeaching him and Qiu Hejia, most of which said that they "caused trouble and provoked provocation, humiliated the country and lost the teacher." This sentence especially made Chongzhen
I am annoyed that if Dalinghe City had not been built, we would not have fought such a huge defeat. How much money was spent on food, but the entire 40,000-strong army was wiped out. The city was also given to others, and the Wuqiao Incident was also involved. It was ruined.
Three hundred miles, thousands of people killed!
However, Qiu Hejia had already died of illness. The deceased was the most important, so it was better to leave him a posthumous name. Thinking of Qiu Hejia, Chongzhen suddenly thought of another person and asked Xiong Mingyu: "Where is Jinzhou General Shi Dayong now? He is plotting a rebellion."