Chapter eight hundred and twentieth the difficult matter of the court
In the golden month of September, it is the time when the autumn air is crisp. But the forty or fifty important court officials who entered the Gate of Supreme Harmony to discuss matters were as restrained as cicadas. They all shrank their necks for fear of being discovered by Emperor Chongzhen on the dragon throne, because now Chongzhen
The emperor was on the verge of rage.
"Yesterday, I received another report from Hou Xun. He actually boasted to me that it was he who asked his son-in-law to send troops."
There were two sickly flushes on both sides of Emperor Chongzhen's cheeks, and his lips were also a little white. Anyone who knew him well knew that he could no longer control his emotions, and it was very likely that he would go on a killing spree.
"The son-in-law sent out troops in mid-August, and Xuzhou reported the troops on the 20th. As the governor of the army, Hou Xun was sent to the army on the 23rd, and it was not sent to the capital until yesterday. So what does Hou Xun want to do? Is it possible?
Do you think I am Emperor Hui of Jin?"
At this point, several officials in the back row were secretly winking. They all knew that Hou Xun was going to be in trouble.
"Luo Yangxing! How did you become the commander? Your son-in-law has already sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the people you arranged in Runing don't know about it?" Emperor Chongzhen then pointed the finger at the commander of Jinyiwei.
Luo nourishes nature.
Luo Yangxing immediately knelt down and reported: "Your Majesty, the Jinyi Guards only have one thousand-household office in Henan, and they have to guard eight princes and so many princes and generals, and more than a dozen in Runing are also keeping an eye on Prince Chong.
Well, it is indeed difficult to find out the true story of General Wu. I hope your Majesty will forgive me! Forgive me!"
In Luo Yangxing's heart, there was actually one sentence that he had not said out loud. The news that the Jinyiwei in Runing had moved their families to in Runing over the years was all "safe and sound", so what news did they send back to Runing?
The accuracy can be imagined. It is obvious that these Jin Yiwei were bribed by Wu Shigong or under house arrest.
"Where is Dongchang?" Hearing what Luo Yangxing said made sense, Emperor Chongzhen was unwilling to punish the old man in the residence, so he pointed the finger at another spy agency.
Wang Chengen quickly walked around to Emperor Chongzhen, knelt down and reported: "Dongchang's affairs are all in the capital, and Wu Zhi will not leave the capital. And the Runing Camp Supervisor is a member of the Yuma Supervisor."
At this time, Wang Chengen would not take responsibility, and by the way, he would also give eye drops to the old enemies of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
But after being choked twice in a row, Emperor Chongzhen also had a bad breath in his chest. At this time, he felt dizzy and chest tight. In an instant, he seemed to want to stop dealing with these annoying state affairs and escape to the harem.
Enjoy it with peace of mind. So he waved his hand impatiently and ordered: "Mr. Zhou Ge! You and the cabinet come up with a charter, and then let me approve it! Go back to the palace!"
After leaving the Gate of Supreme Harmony, there is the place where the cabinet directors are. Zhou Yanru left all the officials from the six ministers and above, plus the ceremonial supervisor, Jin Yiwei and other people who attended the meeting. Together they had to make a decision on the dispatch of troops to the Runing Army.
"Master Chief Assistant! Where did the Wudang bandits get so many soldiers? What do you think should be done with them?" As soon as they entered the meeting hall, a bachelor asked Zhou Yanru. Although Zhou Yanru was not good at both character and politics,
Although he was good at it, he was very knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and he was very good at understanding Emperor Chongzhen's mind. So at this time, those important ministers wanted to hear Zhou Yanru's analysis first.
"How to deal with it?" Zhou Yanru said with a bitter smile, "Did Wu Runing make any mistakes?"
This sentence made all the ministers choke. They thought about it carefully and found that Wu Shigong had actually done nothing wrong. Raising troops to relieve Kaifeng and taking the initiative to fight the peasant army were all serious tasks that a military attaché should do. As for him,
Wu Shigong's hundreds of thousands of troops and horses were all raised by Wu Shigong himself, without any cost to the court.
If Wu Shigong raised more troops than he needed, what about Zuo Liangyu's more than 200,000 troops? The only unreasonable thing he did was: Wu Shigong did not report to the court when he sent troops. But this is just a procedural matter at best.
It was a small mistake, and it was not a crime at all. Although all the ministers present understood that Wu Shigong was indeed rebellious.
"Does that mean that Wudang was ordered to return to the capital and be raised in honor?" a minister suggested.
Then the minister discovered that other people were looking at him as if he were a fool. Until a fellow countryman of the minister couldn't see it anymore, he explained to the minister: "There used to be a censor who corrected him."
The decree summoned him to the capital, but when the decree was announced, Wudang was assassinated." The minister suddenly understood, and he bowed his hands to the crowd and retreated to the back.
"Then can we suppress it?" a certain minister of the Ministry of Rites suggested. Then everyone turned their attention to the new Minister of War, Zhang Guowei.
Zhang Guowei could not refuse, he said: "According to the news coming back from Dezhou: In the battle between Hejian, the Wudang bandits also lost tens of thousands of soldiers, so now the number of their remaining servants is at most eight thousand, except for the horses and the complete army.
Even if it is expanded to 100,000 in a short period of time, they will all be new recruits."
"Where did he get so much money? Where did he get so many servants?" an official couldn't help but interjected.
According to the general judgment of the military system of the Ming Dynasty, the number of men and horses in an army is actually secondary. The key is the core of the army - the number of servants. In the history of the Ming Dynasty, only the number of servants with the strength of eight thousand servants was
Therefore, the "King of Liaodong" - Li Chengliang. Therefore, officials who were not familiar with the Runing Army found Zhang Guowei's statement somewhat unbelievable.
"His father, his father-in-law once oversaw the capital camp. I heard that when he left the capital, he brought many servants from the two palaces with him, and later received financial support from the two palaces." Another official who has lived in the capital for a long time explained, but his
The news is mostly hearsay.
All the officials nodded, and Zhang Guowei also nodded to express his gratitude to the official who explained. He went on to say: "If we want to suppress it, we must also include the civilian thieves. There must be at least 300,000 soldiers. Now the Liao army can spare one,
20,000, the Jin army and the Jingying camp will contribute 50,000, and the Qin army under Sun Dushi will contribute 20,000. In addition, the Nanjing Jingying camp and Fengyang will contribute 30,000, and the Lu army will contribute 20,000. How much does the Zuoping bandit have?
We also need to spend 50,000 yuan, and the total is only 200,000 yuan, and we also need to recruit 100,000 new soldiers..."
But at this point, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue couldn't help it. He immediately retorted: "The recruitment fee, deployment fee, military supplies, food and wages of the new army will exceed one million taels. Can Mr. Zhang come up with the charter first?"
come out?"
Nothing can be done without money. Even if you really have money, how can you recruit so many soldiers? Not to mention that after Wu Shigong, there are two major enemies, the peasant army and the Qing army. It is not necessarily the case within the Ming Dynasty.
Want to kill each other first? So the idea of encircling and suppressing the Runing Army is just a thought.
"Then let him go. Anyway, it doesn't matter who lives or dies between the Wudang bandits and the civilian thieves." A minister finally couldn't help but said, "This won't work, that won't work." He said in a straightforward tone.