Chapter five hundred and eighty fourth information asymmetry
The opinions of the important ministers were simply divided into two groups: one group said that we should save the country; the other group said that we should not save it. Anyway, the reasons they gave were all one, two, three, four, and five, and they all made sense.
In the end, Emperor Chongzhen decided to rescue him. The main reason was of course the face of the great country, and the obvious reason was to rescue the vassal state and contain the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Anyway, there were sufficient reasons both inside and outside. In the end, it was decided that the Ministry of War would issue a document
Qiu Lei, the commander-in-chief of Shandong Province, and others waited until the sea surface started to freeze after spring and took a boat from Shandong to North Korea for rescue.
Of course, this was a compromise. Everyone in the imperial court knew that if they postponed the rescue until then, the day lily would also become cold. However, in this way, the Ming Dynasty's military strength would not be lost, and its military expenditure would not be consumed much.
Making such a gesture is the best of both worlds. Therefore, the only point of contention between the supporters and the opposition is the difference between making a gesture and not even making a gesture, saving every tael of the court's money.
As a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Qi Zheng had nothing to do with him in today's discussion, but Qi Zheng was the first assistant to Wen Tiren, and Wen Tiren had always been consistent with Emperor Chongzhen, and Emperor Chongzhen was very concerned about face.
. So in today’s discussion, Qi Zheng became a pawn and jumped to the front line.
Since it was an argument, these important ministers would quote scriptures according to their urinary nature, and they would also pay attention to their literary talent to leave a good impression in front of Emperor Chongzhen. Therefore, even though he only talked for most of the day, Qi Zheng was definitely overusing his brain.
, he was also quite exhausted mentally. So not long after he got off the sedan chair, Qi Zheng had already fallen asleep in the swaying sedan chair.
"Master! We're here!" Someone outside the sedan shouted softly.
Qi Zheng suddenly woke up from his sleep. He stretched out and walked out of the sedan chair. However, he vaguely heard crying coming from the inner house. Qi Zheng thought he was hearing hallucinations before he woke up, so he frowned.
He frowned and asked, "Who is crying?"
At this moment, Qi Zheng's housekeeper ran over with red eyes. He knelt down in front of Qi Zheng in mourning and said, "The old lady has passed away! Huanggang's young cousin has passed away! The third young master has also passed away!"
Qi Zheng was shaken all over, and all his sleepiness disappeared. He immediately asked loudly: "Did Huanggang be broken up by Shaanxi thieves? I just met Da Sima. Why didn't you hear about it?"
"They were not thieves, they were killed by the army. Huanggang County sent people to deliver funeral reports."
"Where is he? Take me there quickly!"
The Runing Army has always fulfilled Wu Shigong's orders to the letter, so when they exterminated the gentry in Huanggang, his family did not leave any chickens or dogs behind. So all the people who stayed in the gentry's house were
The minister's mother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephews, and Qi Zheng's third son who was sent by the minister to visit his mother-in-law's home were all killed.
So after the Runing Army left, Huanggang County Magistrate immediately sent someone to pass the news to Qi Zheng, and also brought a letter of impeachment against Wu Shigong. Of course, Huanggang County Magistrate also had a Spring and Autumn Period as to how the conflict between the two parties occurred.
Fan, and picked himself out.
This was the revenge of killing his son, and Qi Zheng was immediately furious. He was speechless. After he understood the situation clearly, he immediately set off to the mansion of Wen Tiren, the chief minister, and asked Wu Shigong to sacrifice his life to avenge his third son.
Of course Wen Tiren fully supports his confidant's request for help, and the hatred of killing his son is indeed irreconcilable. Moreover, Wu Shigong's charges this time are not small. He beat the county magistrate, killed officials and family members indiscriminately, and took people's wealth privately. Moreover, the evidence is conclusive. If questioned,
If so, Wu Shigong would have to shed his skin even if he didn't die.
But Wen Tiren was indeed a political master, and he immediately linked Wu Shigong's behavior to the big operation to suppress the Donglin Party. After arresting Qian Yiqian, officials from the Donglin Party in the court would definitely write letters to plead for mercy, but in this case
The more letters he submitted, the more it appeared that the Donglin Party was a party-based organization, the greater the resentment of Emperor Chongzhen, and the smaller the possibility of Qian Yiqian's escape. Seeing this opportunity, Wen Tiren made a clever move to help
The final nail was hammered into Qian Yiqian's coffin.
Very simply, because of Hou Xun, Wu Shigong was also classified as a member of the Donglin Party. Now Wen Tiren forced Wu Shigong to be involved in the Qian Yiqian incident, and created a false impression for Emperor Chongzhen: the Donglin Party not only had civil servants,
And there are military attaches with heavy troops. The reaction of Emperor Chongzhen must be obvious. Qian Yiqian and other Donglin Party bosses will definitely lose their lives.
Of course, as a minor role in the kidnapping, Wu Shigong will definitely fall into hell. But for Wen Tiren, this way he can also avenge his confidant for killing his son, and he can also avenge Wu Shigong's funny memorial last time.
Killing two birds with one stone.
But it was the New Year, and everything had to be discussed after the New Year. So Wen Tiren helped Qi Zheng polish the impeachment memorial and let him take action after the New Year.
But the activities in Qi Zheng's Mansion could not be hidden from outsiders at all. The spies in the Xue Mansion and the Shanchuan Division in Beijing got the news respectively, so they immediately passed the news back to Runing.
After Wu Shigong learned the news, he could only shake his head with a wry smile. He had no idea that that family would be related to the Minister of Civil Affairs. If he knew, Wu Shigong could arrange a screening. Anyway, it wouldn't matter if he killed a few less people.
But what happened was that there was no regret. So Wu Shigong summoned his staff to discuss the aftermath. This time, Deng Qifan and other staff were unanimous. They proposed to abandon the soldiers to save the car, find a scapegoat to kill first, and then report to the court.
He submitted a lax confession to his Majesty to avoid this disaster.
But Wu Shigong flatly refused. Why should his subordinates take the blame for his own mistakes? Besides, Wu Shigong didn't take this matter too seriously. Because the most he could do was dismissal from office! This was not the first time Wu Shigong had done Wu Baiding.
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It can be seen from this point that Wu Shigong made a major error in judgment due to the asymmetry of information. If he accidentally killed the official family members, as long as Wu Shigong found a way to argue with Qi Zheng, it is really possible that he would just be dismissed from office in the end. Because the court is now
It is true that the powerful Runing Army is indispensable. But Wen Tiren linked this matter to the formation of the Donglin Party, and the consequences were unpredictable.
Another point is that Wen Tiren and Qi Zheng are both in the capital, but Wu Shigong is in Runing, so Wu Shigong's right to speak is completely lost. Therefore, Wu Shigong was at an absolute disadvantage from the beginning of this fight.
But no one expected that when the New Year passed and all government offices reopened, the first impeachment memorial handed over to Emperor Chongzhen by the General Administration Department was actually written by Gu Zhengqing, the prefect of Runing. (To be continued. If you like this
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