After listening to Huang Degong's words, Emperor Zhu Youjian was silent and did not speak.
If Li Zhi was planning to attack the capital, he would definitely not miss the opportunity to wipe out the 10,000-strong Beijing camp. Under the pursuit of tens of thousands of cavalry, half of the 10,000-person troops who reached the foot of the capital would probably die. There were only 80,000 soldiers in the capital.
With the camp lacking five thousand men, it will be much easier to attack the capital by then.
But Li Zhi did not pursue him. Did Li Zhi really have no intention of attacking the capital?
Zhu Youjian stood in front of the throne, frowning and saying nothing.
He was hesitating there when he saw three eunuchs running in from outside the hall. They hurriedly ran to the middle of the hall and knelt down, singing: "Your Majesty, Duke Li Zhi of the State of Jin has sent a memorial from Tongzhou!"
Li Zhi came to speak after visiting the capital camp? What did Li Zhi want to say?
Zhu Youjian quickly shouted: "Read it!"
The eunuch opened Li Zhi's memorial in a panic and read loudly:
"Li Zhi, the Duke of Jin, was stationed in Tianjin under the order of the emperor. For eight years, he fought in the north and south, and only wanted to serve the country. On December 29, I received the order to aid Jin, and led the 9th Army to 170,000 soldiers.
The bloody battle took place on the banks of the Daling River on Hutou Dam. The battle was extremely dangerous. Ma Ke and Wang Pu's soldiers and horses attacked the Dongnu fire guns and were defeated six times in a row. In front of the formation, Chen Huben's division was broken into by the Dongnu cavalry. The front formation was defeated and the rear formation was defeated.
Above. However, 170,000 soldiers sang war hymns, fought bloody battles with determination to save the country, and finally won a great victory."
"One hundred and seventy thousand soldiers suffered heavy losses. To say there was bloodshed cannot fully describe the tragedy of the frontier army."
"However, after the bloody battle of 170,000 soldiers, we realized that this war was all caused by the conspiracy of the treacherous officials in the court. The Jinzhou War could have been won without a fight. The lives of thousands of soldiers who died in the battle turned out to be the victims of the treacherous officials' manipulation of power. Ten
The 70,000 loyal people who served the country had to suffer such injustice and could not help but get angry and ask for life."
"If the Battle of Jinzhou was defeated due to the conspiracy of treacherous ministers, where would our Ming Dynasty go? If we don't kill all the treacherous ministers involved in the case of hiding the silver in Taipu Temple, there will be no right and wrong in the world, and the world will no longer be able to live. If we don't kill all the treacherous ministers, the hearts of the soldiers will be cold, and the blood of the strong men will be cold.
, there are no more loyal and righteous people in the Ming Dynasty."
"Please let the emperor go on a killing spree to set the record straight. The chief culprit of the cabinet, Wu Zong, is the culprit of the nine clans. Chen Jishan, the minister of Taipu Temple, hid the money, and Li Daiwen, the minister of household affairs, lied about the lack of silver. Three clans can be punished."
He Shishou, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, participated in the plan, contacted many parties, and could kill one of them. There were also six ministers of the Ministry of household affairs, two Shaoqing of Taipusi Temple, and a total of thirty-three people. They did not report the knowledge and cooperated with the mastermind to deceive the emperor and ignored the superiors.
Killable!"
"If these thirty-seven people and the relatives of the first offenders can be punished according to law, the country's laws will be enlarged and the emperor's majesty will be known all over the world. One hundred and sixty thousand loyal soldiers will be grateful for God's grace and will definitely withdraw from Beijing and return to their original places."
It turns out that Li Zhi's memorial was to kill people.
Thirty-seven people were killed at one time, which were the nine tribes and the three tribes.
Hearing Li Zhi's murderous memorial, all the officials' faces turned pale. This Li Zhi was too ruthless, killing all of them. Wu Di wanted to kill the nine tribes? Chen Jishan and Li Daiwen wanted to kill the three tribes? Who knew but did not report it?
All the officials of the Ministry of Finance and Taipus Temple were killed? This time, the Ministry of Finance and the officials of Taipus Temple were all killed.
He Shishou shook his body tremblingly, lost his balance all of a sudden, and sat in the hall, unable to stand up because his whole body was weak.
The two young ministers from Taipusi fell to their knees on the ground and kowtowed to the emperor in a panic. When a minister of Hube, who had poor mental endurance, heard this memorial, he rolled his eyes and fainted in the court. Several colleagues rushed to help him.
You can pinch someone, but you can't wake him up no matter what.
The Huangji Palace suddenly became a mess.
Emperor Zhu Youjian sat back on the throne helplessly. Li Zhi wanted to kill more people this time than in the last memorial.
This is no longer killing, this is a general purge of courtiers. Where is the dignity of the court by killing people like this? If he kills people according to Li Zhi's memorial, the civil servants in the court will not agree to it under any circumstances.
But if people do not kill people according to Li Zhi's memorial, what will happen to the 160,000 frontier troops? Can the tall and steep walls of the capital stop the 160,000 border troops who are filled with righteous indignation?
If he waited for Li Zhi's cannon to tear down the city wall before killing people, would Li Zhi make a longer killing list?
Zhu Youjian turned pale and looked at the ministers in the court, speechless.
Gradually, the courtiers recovered from the brief chaos. Liu Zongzhou, the imperial censor of Zuodu, came out and shouted: "Your Majesty, Li Zhi's ambition is not small. If your Majesty kills people according to his memorial, the world will only know Li Zhi and no one else."
There is a king in the world!"
Zhu Youjian looked at Liu Zongzhou and said nothing.
Zheng Sanjun, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was so excited that his face was red with excitement. He stood up with a tooth sign in his hand and shouted loudly: "I, Zheng Sanjun, are willing to go to the city wall and lead the 80,000-strong capital camp to fight to the death with the traitor Li!"
Zhu Youjian didn't even look at Zheng Sanjun and closed his eyes helplessly.
Dozens of civil servants were unwilling to remain silent. They stood up collectively and sang loudly:
"Thief Li is so rampant that the emperor must not be threatened by him!"
"The emperor defends the capital and orders the soldiers and horses from all over the world to be diligent!"
"I'll fight with Thief Li!"
There was a lot of commotion in the court for a while, saying whatever they wanted, but in short, they couldn't massacre the courtiers according to Li Zhi's request.
There was a commotion for a while, but when the officials saw that the emperor remained silent, they gradually became quiet.
Zhou Yanru, the chief minister of the cabinet, walked out of the queue with his hands raised and sang loudly: "There is no need to worry about it, Your Majesty. Zhou Yanru believes that Li Zhi will definitely not attack the capital. There are three things he cannot do!"
Zhu Youjian cheered up after hearing this, waved his hand and said, "Say."
"The first thing that cannot be countered is that Li Zhi is the enemy of the gentry in the world. The Holy One relied on him to conquer the east and west and gave him a title and official position. The world respected the Holy One who gave Li Zhi the noble title, so they tolerated and cooperated with him in every possible way. If Li Zhi attacks
Once he enters the capital, I'm afraid all the gentry in the world will raise flags to challenge him."
"Li Zhi collected taxes from the gentry and bankrupted how many people? Where in the world can the rebel Li Zhi be tolerated to control the court? When the millions of gentry and private armies in the world raise their banners and advocate rebellion, Li Zhi will be besieged on all sides, even if there are 20,000 Huben troops.
Even the divine soldiers and generals cannot resist it!"
Zhu Youjian sat upright on the throne and thought about Zhou Yanru's words.
Zhou Yanru added: "The second problem is Li Zhi's industry. Li Zhi uses industry to support his army, and his industry needs to be marketed throughout the world and relies on the cooperation of people all over the world."
"If Li Zhi has the audacity to enter the capital, he will be labeled as a rebel by everyone in the world. At that time, no one will need to call for it, and people from all over the country will abandon the rebel goods. In less than three months, Li Zhi will be exhausted. How can he support his troops?
What can we do to resist the attacks of the people of the world?"
What Zhou Yanru said did make some sense. Zhu Youjian cheered up and thought seriously.
"The third problem is Li Zhi's Tianjin people's support."
"Li Zhi managed Tianjin as a loyal minister of the imperial court. What Li Zhi publicized in newspapers was about how the Ming Dynasty was and how to save the Ming Dynasty. The people in Tianjin still recognized the Ming Dynasty. If Li Zhi changed his mind in one day
Zhang invaded the capital and was labeled a rebel by everyone in the world. How could the people of Tianjin still believe in the future described by Li Zhi? How could they dare to follow Li Zhi, who changed his orders every day? How could the officials whom Li Zhi had painstakingly cultivated still believe in the "public morality" promoted by Li Zhi?
?Aren’t you trying to commit corruption one by one? By then I’m afraid they will be worse than ordinary court officials.”
"I'm afraid that there will be chaos in Tianjin before the people of the world attack. Within a year, Li Zhi's foundation in Tianjin will completely collapse."
After listening to Zhou Yanru's reasonable words, Zhu You stroked his long beard and said nothing.
