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After hearing Li Zhi's words, all the generals in the hall turned pale and no one spoke.
Li Zhi was determined and couldn't get along with the generals. The generals all murmured in their hearts: If Li Zhi succeeded in defeating the thieves within one or two months, would he be punished by the court, demoted or even dismissed?
This Li Zhi has a strong army and a strong horse, and he may not be at a disadvantage against Zhang Xianzhong. He is really abominable.
Yang Sichang looked at Li Zhi and suddenly coughed violently. He coughed violently, as if he was a seriously ill patient. Just listening to Yang Sichang's witty words made people forget that he was an old man in his fifties. Now when he heard this
The sound of coughing made people see clearly the weakness of his body.
Yang Sichang was under tremendous mental pressure that outsiders could not feel at all.
At first, Yang Sichang was very satisfied with the success of his plan to quell the bandits by setting up a net from ten sides. However, due to the resurgence of bandits, the army was defeated and fell into a dead end. Zhang Xianzhong's power has not diminished since he has been supervising the division for a year, and the emperor has already
He lost patience with him. The emperor sent the victorious Li Zhi to defeat the thieves. This in itself negated Yang Sichang's value.
If Li Zhi successfully defeats the thief, Yang Sichang will not be able to escape the charge of being a mediocre and exhausted country. Suddenly falling from the highest point of his life to a dead end, Yang Sichang's spirit can no longer bear it, and his body is about to collapse.
The coughing sound immediately wiped away the lively banquet atmosphere just now.
Yang Sichang finally stopped coughing and gasped while holding on to the wine case.
Li Zhi said: "The supervisor is not in good health. It is best to drink less of this wine!"
Yang Sichang looked at Li Zhi and was speechless.
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Li Zhi spent two days repairing in Xiangyang.
In the past two days, since Li Zhi said that he would start a war immediately, the generals in Xiangyang regarded Li Zhi as an enemy and no one came to befriend Li Zhi.
Not only that, not only did no one come to invite Li Zhi to drink, but even the food and grass that should have been supplied by Yang Sichang were cut off, because Li Zhi did not listen to the instructions. Yang Sichang used the old trick that forced Lu Xiangsheng to death. If Li Zhi
Had he not been prepared, he would have been defeated by Yang Sichang, and he would have had no choice but to obey his orders.
Fortunately, Li Zhi was not Lu Xiangsheng. Behind Li Zhi was the entire Fanjiazhuang, with tens of thousands of people supporting Li Zhi. He was much more powerful than Lu Xiangsheng, who had nothing but an official position. When Li Zhi set out, he brought five months of military rations and beans.
It doesn’t matter whether Yang Sichang provides food and grass.
Even if Yang Sichang didn't give Li Zhi a grain of rice, Li Zhi could still support him for another three months. Moreover, Li Zhi also brought money so that he could buy grain and grass locally.
When he was camping outside Xiangyang City, Li Zhi was as careful as guarding against thieves and other officers and soldiers near Xiangyang. These officers and soldiers were not good at fighting, but they still had a way of wreaking havoc. Since begging Li Zhi failed, these officers and generals were very worried.
Maybe there was a conspiracy to hold Li Zhi back.
Li Zhi strengthened sentries inside and outside the camp, and deployed scouts nearby. They were as defensive as iron barrels, but these Ming generals had nowhere to attack.
Li Zhi was dissatisfied with all the unsatisfactory conditions inside and outside Xiangyang. On November 4, he wrote a memorial to impeach Yang Sichang and hurriedly sent it to the capital.
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On November 17, Emperor Zhu Youjian received Li Zhi's memorial.
Zhu Youjian grabbed Li Zhi's memorial and paced back and forth in the empty hall of Qianqing Palace, pondering in silence. For a long time, he sighed deeply.
Zhu Youjian slowly sat back on the imperial desk, speechless.
Wang Chengen came close to the emperor, looked at the memorial, raised his hands and asked: "Your Majesty, is this Li Zhi's memorial attacking Yang Sichang credible?"
Zhu Youjian turned over the memorial and said a little feebly: "Li Zhi has always been honest and will not attack cabinet ministers without reason. Everything in this memorial is probably true."
By the winter of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian had lost his last trace of trust in Yang Sichang.
Not only was Yang Sichang unable to defeat the Tatars, and he was harming the country by seeking peace, but he was also unable to defeat the bandits. He was defeated repeatedly by Zhang Xianzhong. The good situation of spreading a net from ten sides was completely lost. Zhu Youjian sent Li Zhi to strengthen it.
While encircling and suppressing Zhang Xianzhong's forces, Yang Sichang made things difficult for Li Zhi at every turn and even refused to send food and grass to Li Zhi's army.
Yang Sichang was personally promoted by Zhu Youjian. Zhu Youjian promoted Yang Sichang from a small soldier to a bachelor of Wuyingdian, and became the prime minister. Many officials attacked Yang Sichang, but Zhu Youjian always defended him and supported Yang Sichang unconditionally.
There were all kinds of praises. Whether it was adding troops to suppress bandits or increasing taxes, Zhu Youjian agreed with Yang Sichang's policies.
Even Lu Xiangsheng and Zhu Youjian, who were highly respected by the people in the world, listened to Yang Sichang and forced them to death.
Unexpectedly, Yang Sichang would use this method and this situation to repay the emperor Zhu Youjian.
Zhu Youjian was very disappointed.
Zhu Youjian looked at the roof of Qianqing Palace and sighed again.
Wang Chengen said: "If what Li Zhi said is true, Yang Sichang has really gone too far. Does the emperor want to punish him?"
Zhu Youjian thought for a while and shook his head.
"Now that Li Zhi has not wiped out Zhang Xianzhong, he is impeaching the governor as the commander-in-chief. He is attacking from below. We cannot deal with cabinet ministers just because of Li Zhi's memorial, otherwise Li Zhi will be even more domineering."
"If Li Zhi kills Zhang Xianzhong, I will definitely not let Yang Sichang go."
"If Li Zhi cannot annihilate Zhang Xianzhong, there will be no other suitable candidates for the position of governor, and Yang Sichang will still be in charge."
"Wait for the news about Li Zhi's suppression of the bandits, and then consider how to deal with Yang Sichang!"
Wang Chengen looked at Zhu Youjian and said, "Your Majesty, Sheng Ming!"
On the surface, Zhu Youjian postponed dealing with Yang Sichang because of the situation, but in his heart, Wang Chengen knew that the emperor was still unwilling to deal with Yang Sichang, whom he had promoted.
In order to promote Yang Sichang, the emperor Zhu Youjian offended countless big shots in the court and officials. With the emperor's character, once he re-appointed someone, he would trust him 100%. This was true for Yuan Chonghuan at the beginning, and it was also true for Yang Sichang later.
In this way, the emperor seems to be competing with the people of the world and wants to use exceptional promotions to prove his vision and ability.
But the results of things are always unsatisfactory. Not to mention Yuan Chonghuan, Yang Sichang's appointment also proved to be a mistake. The "ten-faced net" strategy that gathered all the power of the world to encircle and suppress it was somewhat effective at first, but later it became less effective.
As soon as Yang Sichang moved his troops north to guard against the Dongnu, Yang Sichang's network was completely broken.
Zhu Youjian asked Yang Sichang to personally supervise the division to give Yang Sichang the last chance to prove himself. However, the officers and soldiers were still defeated by Zhang Xianzhong. The memorials of the officials attacking Yang Sichang were stacked more than a foot high, and the emperor ignored them all.
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Although he already knew in his heart that Yang Sichang was not good, until the last moment, the emperor was still unwilling to admit in public that he had improperly hired people.
Wang Chengen looked at Li Zhi's memorial and asked: "Your Majesty, how should I deal with Li Zhi's memorial?"
Zhu Youjian said: "Stay in the middle and don't send out." (To be continued.)
