The military barracks stationed in the north of Shibei Nao Village was exuding a jubilant atmosphere. Li Xianfeng walked back and forth in the Chinese army tent for more than ten times, repeatedly confirming the news with Tan Ma. He was almost overjoyed.
The forbidden area asked: "Can you guarantee that the bandits have really demolished the walls of Luoyang City?"
The Ming army's Ye Bushua looked puzzled and replied: "Reporting to Futai, not only have the four walls of Luoyang been demolished and blown up by bandits, but most of the several mountain strongholds they set up in the north have also been evacuated."
"That's great! God doesn't want to kill me, it's because God doesn't want to kill me!"
Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, cried with joy. The intruders demolished the Luoyang city wall, which showed that they really did not intend to hold on to the city wall anymore. The batch of gunpowder and firearms that he had given to the intruders after bleeding heavily seemed to have paid off after all!
Kaifeng Lieutenant General Chen Yongfu, who was sitting on the other side of the tent, twitched his lips twice. He seemed to want to say something, but he still didn't say it. Chen Yongfu was not unaware of Li Xianfeng's "buying the city" from the bandits.
He prided himself on being a loyal and brave general, and rarely participated in the strife and struggles in Henan's officialdom. He was actually quite disgusted with the fighting between Li Xianfeng and Gao Mingheng.
Li Xianfeng turned to Chen Yongfu, showed a proud smile, and said: "Next, I will ask General Chen to send troops as soon as possible, and first go to Shibei Ao Village. We can meet in Luoyang City by tomorrow at the latest. This time we will recapture Luoyang and capture and kill Chuang Chuang."
The deputy commander of the thieves, King Tiande, I think this is enough to comfort the soul of the old King Fu in heaven."
Chen Yongfu didn't say anything, just hummed indifferently, then stood up and left the Chinese army's tent. What he was thinking about was that Henan Governor Li Xianfeng and Henan Governor Gao Mingheng still ignored the overall situation in the face of a powerful enemy.
With unbridled internal strife, in what direction will the situation in Zhongzhou develop?
Chen Xin, Li Xianfeng's staff secretary, took the initiative to follow Chen Yongfu and saw him halfway. Chen Xin saw Chen Yongfu's unhappy expression and probably guessed what he was thinking, so he asked: "Xietai is against Futai."
Do you have any grudge against the plan to redeem the city?"
"Wang Chen... you give lectures all over Henan, and you are a respected scholar in Zhongzhou. How did you degenerate into this? You actually helped Li Futai do this kind of thing!"
Chen Xun is quite famous in Shilin, Henan. He lectures everywhere and builds academies. Although Chen Yongfu's son Chen De is now serving in the army, he actually studied under Chen Xin for a period of time in his early years. The two are considered old friends.
, so Chen Yongfu couldn't help but speak frankly and said to Chen Xin: "Now it is urgent to start a prairie fire. Futai and Anyuan are still there to scheming. Gao Anyuan wants to use the fall of Fufan to force Li Futai to death, which is really too much.
, but Li Futai actually colluded with thieves, is this the right way!"
"Ha! It is common sense for Xie Tai to have this opinion. Not only Xie Tai is like this, but my colleague and friend Chen Wenchi has even greater opinions."
Chen Xin shook his head and smiled bitterly and said: "The situation in Zhongzhou has become desperate, so I temporarily joined Futai as a consultant for Zanhua. Although Futai is not as intelligent as Gao Jinyuan, Gao Jinyuan is a headstrong person, and no one else speaks.
They won't listen, and they are cruel. If we are determined to clean up the mess in Zhongzhou, it is more reliable to maintain the status of Futai."
Chen Yongfu still had a cold face. He stared at Chen Xin's eyes for a while and found that Chen Xin didn't look ashamed. He knew that Chen Xin was a wise man who cared about world affairs, so he realized that it would be useless to say more, so he only added: "You
... Wang Chen, you have your own ideas. But if Futai and Jianyuan cannot be relied upon, the imperial court will naturally send more talented people to serve as governors, so why bother to work hard to maintain Li Futai's status."
In fact, Chen Xian had long been deeply disappointed with the imperial court's employment policy, and he felt that the traditional atmosphere in Henan's officialdom could not be changed by a new governor. On the contrary, if Li Xianfeng could work hand in hand with Chuang Jun, then he would be able to operate within it, and ultimately
At least it can reduce the harm caused by the war to the people of Henan.
Chen Xin didn't care about the official position of the governor of Henan or the political affairs of the imperial court. He had long seen that the apocalypse was getting more and more serious, and he just wanted to save as much popular support as possible.
He explained to Chen Yongfu: "When employing people in the imperial court, one must follow the system and one must follow qualifications. Fame is not easy. It takes twenty years of hard work to win one. Who doesn't want to make profits from it as soon as possible and recover the losses of twenty years of hard work?
What? The qualifications are not easy either. It takes twenty years of careful career to reach the position of Fu and Shi, but I have long been worn out and have no energy to do big things."
Chen Xin sighed and said: "The imperial court restructured the subjects and based on qualifications, and could not use talents in any way. Even if the emperor occasionally promotes people outside the rules, they cannot keep it quiet. Waiting for results to be achieved, new and lucky people will be needed in a short time."
It will take several months, or as long as a year, to produce political achievements that can turn things around. If he fails, the Holy Spirit will turn from joy to anger and punish the sinner in every possible way. Even though there are talents sent from heaven, he can only be tied to the neck and sent to prison."
Chen Yongfu was speechless. It was already the fourteenth year of Chongzhen's reign. After what happened to Yuan Chonghuan, Lu Xiangsheng, Xue Guoguan, Yang Sichang and others, who wouldn't understand Chongzhen's quick-successful work style and mean and unkind personality!
The current imperial court is doing more and making more mistakes, doing less and making fewer mistakes, and not doing anything is the most meritorious.
Therefore, only those who follow the rules like Wen Tiren, never come up with a single idea or strategy, and serve Chongzhen wholeheartedly as "secretaries" can have long-term official positions.
Only people like Li Xianfeng and Gao Mingheng, who are well versed in the politics of officialdom, can reassure Chongzhen.
"The Holy Emperor is too thoughtful!"
Chen Xin's words were almost offensive to the Holy Lord, and Chen Yongfu's expression changed greatly. He then looked in the direction of Luoyang and sighed: "Now that the world has become big and medium-sized, Xietai has to make plans early.
Make a way out!"
Dazhong was the reign name of Tang Xuanzong in the late Tang Dynasty, but Tang Xuanzong was known as Xiao Taizong, and the Dazhong period was known as the rule of Dazhong. Chen Yongfu suddenly couldn't understand what Chen Xin meant.
Chen Xin went on to explain: "The Great China Dynasty is known as the Little Zhenguan, but Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty had only been dead for four months when an uprising broke out in eastern Zhejiang and the world was in chaos. Is it the fault of Yizong of the Tang Dynasty who had only succeeded to the throne for four months?
Wuzong destroyed Buddhism and suppressed the vassal towns, but Xuanzong usurped Wuzong's position and rebelled against Huichang's government. He treated his soldiers preferentially and redundant officials and soldiers. In order to win over officials, he turned a blind eye to corruption. The decline of the Tang Dynasty began with Tianbao, the Tang Dynasty.
The collapse of the house really started in Dazhong!"
Chen Xin studied academically and had a very high level of history. After all, Chen Yongfu was a martial artist. Although he was arty, the gap between him and Chen Xin was huge.
What Chen Xin is talking about is a public case in the late Tang Dynasty, that is, who was better and worse between Tang Wuzong, who was violent in politics, and Tang Xuanzong, who was known as Xiao Taizong.
Because Tang Xuanzong usurped Tang Wuzong's status, Xuanzong abandoned most of the reforms of vassal towns and annihilation promoted by Tang Wuzong. Tang Xuanzong regarded himself as the "Holy Emperor" and "Little Taizong", but in fact he liked to play with power. The Bai Minzhong he used
, Cui Xuan, Linghu and a group of mediocre people are just like Chongzhen who frequently changed his ministers, which is of no benefit to the state affairs.
Because of his inherent lack of political legitimacy, Xuanzong tried his best to win over the gentry. The "Qingliu Culture" was formed during the Dazhong period. Tang Xuanzong was extremely arrogant. At that time, Prime Minister Linghu was highly regarded by him, and he was also a man of great power and cunning, but every time he met
When he met Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, his clothes would be soaked with sweat even in winter.
This is exactly the same as the sweat-soaked collars of ordinary officials who were shocked by Chongzhen's majesty when Emperor Chongzhen was summoned on the platform.
Chen Xin said that today's world is similar to that of the Dazhong period, which to a large extent implies that Chongzhen did not have a king's national strategy, but was as obsessed with small tricks as Tang Xuanzong.
"A king should be based on the overall situation, focus on national policies, control the world, fight with the destiny of heaven, and fight with foreign barbarians. Instead of being obsessed with power and intrigues with his ministers. Nowadays, the Holy Emperor is very frugal, but Tang Xuanzong is also very frugal
, even if he loves a female singer even a little bit, he will kill the female singer in order to warn himself not to make the same mistakes as Emperor Ming of Tang Dynasty."
"But the monarch does not pay attention to the national strategy, does not reform the state system, refresh the politics, and is obsessed with power. No matter how frugal he is, what is the use? The emperor of the Han Dynasty was addicted to drunken women, but he could clearly understand the importance and the responsibilities of the monarch.
It’s not about how frugal you are personally, or how clever you are at manipulating courtiers, but about the general trend of national policy reform!”
Chen Xin's words became more and more excessive. He was already directly criticizing and criticizing the "Holy Emperor" Chongzhen. Chen Yongfu finally couldn't hold back and covered his mouth to tell him to stop talking nonsense.
"Wang Chen! Are you crazy! There are some things that cannot be said out loud under any circumstances!" Although most of the officials and servants in both the government and the public were dissatisfied with Chongzhen, there were still a few who dared to speak so clearly.
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After Chen Xin broke free from Chen Yongfu's hand, he turned to Chen Kexin and said, "Xietai, do you know Wen Gu? He has left the camp."
Chen Yongfu was horrified and said, "What is going on? Wen Gu is a staff member of the Gao Jian Yuan, right? Does he want to expose all the affairs in Luoyang to the Jian Yuan? Then Futai will definitely die!"
Chen Xin smiled and explained: "Wen Gu was dissatisfied that Gaoyuan wanted to force Li Futai to death at this time, so he has come to our side. But now Li Futai's performance has also disappointed him, but Wen Gu
If he can no longer be tolerated in Anyuan and Futai, no matter how big Zhongzhou is, there will be no place for him to stay."
"Fortunately, Wen Gu has no family members, so he can go into battle lightly. I have persuaded Wen Gu that since he is unable and unwilling to stay in the officialdom of Henan anymore, it is better to go south into the mountains to see the reality of the rogue thieves."
Chen Yongfu was even more shocked. He grabbed Chen Xin's arm and suddenly became a little unfamiliar with this celebrity who had the impression of benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust.
A glimpse into the reality of the rogue thieves...
What on earth was Chen Xin thinking? Chen Yongfu really didn't know what to say. Although the court was in despair and hopeless, the inertia of three hundred years of imperial rule still dominated Chen Yongfu's spiritual world.
He let go of Chen Xin's hand and didn't say anything else. He just told himself silently in his heart that as a soldier, he must fulfill his duties!
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230 years ago today, on July 14, 1789, the French Revolution broke out. For thousands of years, dark clouds have been gathering. Thousands of years later, dark clouds are still gathering, but some people are accusing the thunder that split the dark clouds of being too rough, haha.
Resist injustice, cry out for justice and progress, break the shackles, and commemorate the 230th anniversary of the French Revolution.