Chapter 168 The smartest person in the Donglin Party
In the middle of winter, it snows in Beijing.
But the entire capital was decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and it was very lively. Not only the officials and wealthy businessmen were busy with their money-making business before the New Year, but even the ordinary people had smiles on their faces.
Because Liaodong won the war, there is no need to worry; because the treasury has money, there is no need to worry about tax increases; because the sanitation of the charity house is good, there is no need to worry about spending money on dirty things and diseases.
Emperor Tianqi is so kind.
Who said that Emperor Tianqi was weak in character, had extreme ideas, and was radical in his actions?
Who!?
The common people looked at the group of scholars who had made the loudest noise as if they were laughing.
The Donglin Party members are also gathering.
Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Qian Qianyi and Liu Mao, the four middle-level Donglin people gathered together to discuss the recent victory in Liaodong.
"I think the record is reasonable. Xiong Tingbi always liked to brag but didn't dare to do it with real swords. Now I don't believe it when he says he killed more than a dozen people and killed 400 slaves."
"Oh, why are Wenru laughing?"
"No, it should be true."
Yang Lian's eyes suddenly flashed again, and he continued to stand and encourage a few people: "You think there is still no result. At least you know what His Majesty did, and you just guessed it right."
But this matter should be made public for the time being.
Yang Lian's words completely negated the opinions of his two friends.
"Well... that's true, but if you guess what I'm going to do, you're still going to suffer more and more." Liu Mao spread his hands, not knowing what to do.
Yang Lian suddenly smiled.
None of them felt discouraged.
Zhao Nanxing and Liu Mao were confused, wondering who it was.
Zhao Nanxing knew that Emperor Taichang had recruited Zuo Guangdou and Zhu Youxiao, but before the rebellion, the prince ended his supervision of the country and stopped recruiting some people who might have nothing to do with the rebellion.
"Your Majesty is wise, and the elites from all over the world will be very grateful."
"Huang Zunsu!"
"I obey the order." Huang Jiashan said that I really had no choice but to contact the BBS to implement the matter with little fanfare.
Liaodong's war preparations cannot use the Tengxiang Seven Guards and the Beijing Army that have been trained in actual combat to support Liaodong.
"Gongzhi, you have already detected a series of His Majesty's actions, including that Wei Zhongxian tied up Gao Huai and went to Liaodong. But instead of guessing His Majesty's true goal, we grabbed Liaodong's house and ransacked it, thinking that he was doing it for money."<
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"Huh? Is Zou Yuanbiao stupid enough?" Liu Mao had no doubts. I have a relatively junior background outside Donglin, but I also know that Geng Henglun is generally stupid.
Ye Xianggao and Huang Jiashan both chose Bafian. That victory also proved that the performance of Bafian's elite was very wrong. You Shilu's cavalry gained the least. The Ming army's cavalry must have more people than the enemy, and it was entirely because they were afraid of the opponent.<
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He stood up and walked around, with a little wonder in his eyes. He walked for a while and stopped in front of Zuo Guangdou.
I would like to remind you that you cannot recruit some young people to join the Royal Guards and come to the capital to defend the royal family, ensure the rollback of reforms, and deter corrupt officials from confiscating their homes.
Liu Mao, the spokesman, insisted that the battle report was false, and an impartial censor, the spokesman, should be sent to find out the situation.
No matter how you look at the economic situation, the diversion of people into households is the same system as the later investigation of corruption in the Ministry of Industry and the confiscation of homes for rebellion. In the end, they really tried to boost the morale of the military and the people, but they were just searching for money, completely overturning our subsequent analysis. Qian Qianyi also felt that when people like Wei Zhongxian went to Liaodong, they must have gone to ransack homes to make money, and they might have killed a group of loyal people and took credit for their merits.
In this way, we can avoid going so far from the northwest to Liaodong, and coming to the capital to join the Sichuan Army and the White Guards cannot become direct descendants of the royal family. It is a promotion for us, which is better than going to Liaodong very hard and causing complaints.
Qian Qianyi discussed preparations for the upcoming war with Xiong Tingbi and Huang Jiashan.
But Fang Congzhe suddenly realized.
Yang Lian and I shouted my name in unison.
Fang Congzhe clapped his hands and stood up: "Of course, you and your colleagues in Donglin are all stupid people, but they are indeed not stupider."
Geng Henglun nodded: "Zuo Guangdou and Zhu Youxiao, the seven of us and Gu Xiancheng back then were the eight giants of Donglin. Now Mr. Gu has passed away, but the seven giants are still there, so they asked the court to invite us to take up low positions." "Master Huang can contact Yulin to select another group of talents to come to Beijing. They must all be the main backline players on the four sides. We cannot exclude some children from special families but with poor quality."
Even if Tianqi doesn't intend to show my courage to others, those two young men may still dare to use it.
"I'm afraid that's right. Geng Henglun is stupid and has no prestige. Xiong Tingbi looks strong and useful, but in fact he is very good at protecting his position as chief minister. Everyone knows that Zou Yuanbiao is more powerful than me, Geng Henglun. Without me, he would refuse Zou Yuanbiao." "You guessed it, no one can guess it."
Yang Lian still lacked the position and awareness of the civil service group. At that time, he knew how to ask for help from other civil servants, and even asked us to move to more important positions, even if it meant adding a few hills to his future promotion path.
"The elites of the Eight Sides are indeed powerful, but they should be mobilized to retreat to Liaodong, but they cannot be mobilized to join the Tengxiang Seven Guards, the Beijing Army and the Jinyi Guards."
In the Battle of Fushun Pass, half of the elite troops of Liao Town were lost. The main force of Ji Town of Sarhu Shanhaiguan was slightly defeated. The remaining Kaiyuan Army of Liao Town was destroyed, and half of the elite troops of Sichuan Army were destroyed. There were only a bunch of troops left in the two towns of Ji and Liao, and the Jing camp
It is suitable for one use, but of course it must be supported by other places on the four sides.
"You're thinking that they picked the ones with less reputation, but they may not be the stupidest ones."
Liu Mao thought for a while: "How about inviting Geng Henglun to come out? I was not the chief minister at that time. During my tenure, I could balance the overall situation and appoint talents, and at the same time, I was not old with the East Palace. You will suggest that the court invite Geng Henglun to come out."
"I feel that Your Majesty will do this."
Fang Congzhe was also very helpless. Emperor Tianqi had nothing to reserve for me, and his work as censor was resumed. He also cooperated to push back the corruption issues that were discovered when the tenants entered the land.
"The key is that we won the battle in Liaodong. The frontier troops, military generals, and eunuchs all made meritorious deeds. It was only a small feat for those who were not like Ye Xianggao to join forces with civil servants. Their status was very stable, and His Majesty's supporters were strong.
It’s too small.”
But Yang Lian said: "Zou Yuanbiao is a person with a bad background in Donglin and a small reputation. Wang Wenyan is a high-born person with a small reputation. Generally speaking, Siyou is the key person for Donglin to stand out. But there is no one there yet.
Position, bad origin, great reputation, but very stupid."
Qian Qianyi did not consider otherwise.
Geng Henglun's idea is to let those elites organize and train according to the new army, and train them to be weaker early.
Among the scholars, Zuo Guangdou had unparalleled influence, and Zhu Youxiao was among them.
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Especially Geng Henglun, although he has the worst thoughts and stance among the few people, he also has the weakest fighting spirit! I thought of just working hard, making fun, and being exaggerated.
Fang Congzhe has always been satisfied with Xiong Tingbi. I think it is absolutely impossible to tolerate Zou Yuanbiao without that person.
Huang Jiashan proposed to continue to use Bafang Elite.
Qian Qianyi asked the chief assistant Xiong Tingbi again: "By the way, how are the preparations for launching a court discussion on the vacant position of Youdu Yushi?"