Chapter 96 Suppressing the Headquarters and Suikou Office
"Damn! Deserve to kill!"
Chongzhen originally thought that Ma Shaoyu would achieve something by going here, so that he would suspend his worries about traveling eastward and concentrate on rescuing the Central Plains from danger. But after he read the secret memorial at a glance, his fearful mood was relieved and replaced by a mixture of Anger, disappointment, worry and other indescribable complex emotions. He took a quick look at the secret music again, slammed the table with his fist, and cursed angrily:
"Hong Hyung-gu!"
Hong Chengchou finally surrendered.
Although the flying notes sent by Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, had already hinted at a lot of things. But when Ma Shaoyu actually confirmed the news, Chongzhen was still greatly disappointed.
How could things be like this?
Chongzhen waved his hand to Wang Chengen, turned around, walked back to the main hall of Qianqing Palace, and entered the Xinuan Pavilion. Wang Chengen held a hundred thousand urgent military information documents from Henan in his hand, and did not dare to present them to the emperor. He wanted to take them back to the room of the Supervisor of Ceremonies temporarily. But Chongzhen saw it and asked him to hand it over.
Chongzhen sat down slumped on the dragon chair again, sighed deeply, and snorted bitterly with his nostrils. He opened the military information document, which felt even more like being struck by lightning.
"Sun Chuanting... was also defeated!"
Misfortunes never come singly. Xiangyang had just fallen and Chongzhen had not yet recovered from the bad news. Ma Shaoyu confirmed Hong Chengchou's surrender. Immediately afterwards, Sun Chuanting was defeated by Li Zicheng in Shiyuan. Bad news came one after another.
The emperor finally couldn't hold it back, and suddenly he burst into tears and burst into tears. His body and mind were almost completely broken. At this moment, Chongzhen suddenly felt that Zuo Liangyu was so tall and majestic. This domineering warrior who the emperor had found the most difficult to deal with in the past finally died calmly. , saving some face for the imperial court.
He suddenly thought that Zuo Liangyu was dead, but the court had not yet commended him for his sacrifice. So Chongzhen wrote quickly. Regardless of his physical fatigue, he quickly wrote a manuscript, and then with tears in his eyes, he spoke in a mournful low voice. Read it aloud:
Woohoo! The red sheep at the end of the calamity, the misfortune is deep and the red eyebrows are deep. The sky is not hanging, and my legs and arms are broken.
The green calves are raging in the Central Plains, and the bronze horses are rampant in Xiling. I ordered the governor to go on a journey to quell the thieves and sweep across Henan and Chu. Thousands of miles traveled, and the world knew the hard work of the generals. After several years of fighting, the imperial court was worried about the border. The Central Plains The situation is unstable, and the monarch and his ministers feel the same solidarity; the three Chu states are corrupt, and the government and the public lack strategies to fight and defend.
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The strong man digs up the rat, unable to save the three armies. The three armies are starved, and the rebel generals surrender to thieves, and eventually the dynasty collapses. However, the general Youdu soldiers fight to the death, shouting to kill the enemy; the weak horse is hit by an arrow, and then fights on foot; the swords in his hands are counterattacked, His armor was covered with blood; he was wounded twice, but fell down again; he was about to kill himself when a group of thieves were arrested. At this time, the war drums were in full mourning, the stars and the moon were dim, the sky was dark, and the wind in the wilderness was sad, but suddenly zero. , Zhejiang leakage does not stop, it is loyal to the sky, the heaven and the earth are miserable and weep for it!
After hearing that the general was captured, he was unyielding, disheveled, and kept scolding him. The thieves were tempted in every possible way, but they did not move his heart. The ancients said: It is easy to die generously, but difficult to die calmly.
A great general is both!
I also heard that the general had been on a hunger strike for several days. He was dying and unable to recover from his illness. He mustered up his remaining strength and sat up. He knelt down facing south and shouted "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" He was choked with tears and couldn't speak. He fell to the ground and died. The eyes are still wide open. How can one sacrifice one's body to become a benevolent person? How painful it is!
The title of wife's shadow is a state-owned code of praise for loyalty; when discussing posthumous titles and corporal benefits, I have the heart to show my merits. The general's integrity and achievements have been ordered to be handed over to the history museum. Woohoo! Although the general is dead, he is immortal. Death is more important than Mount Tai, The heroic spirit turns into a rainbow; the beans are enjoyed for hundreds of generations, and the name is passed down to thousands of years.
In July of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty
After Chongzhen finished writing, he couldn't help but recite it in a low voice several times, with a miserable tone and tears streaming down his face. He was moved by the imaginary feat of Zuo Liangyu's "martyrdom", so he was filled with soreness and burst into tears.
He told Wang Chengen that Zuo Liangyu would be granted the title of Marquis of Ningnan to show his loyalty. Then the emperor cursed angrily and lamented Yang Sichang. Except for Zuo Liangyu's "harmony between generals and prime ministers", the rest were all mediocre people.
How do Yang Wenruo and Zuo Kunshan view Chongzhen's evaluation of their relationship?
Regarding Sun Chuanting's defeat of Shiyuan, Chongzhen believed that hope had not been extinguished. The defeat of Shiyuan was not due to a disadvantage in the battle between the army and the army, but because of the intruders' trick: the intruders were defeated by the army first, but when they retreated, they were defeated by the army.
The gold and silver were deliberately thrown away, and the officers and soldiers fought with each other. The army was in chaos, and the rebel soldiers took the opportunity to counterattack, which led to this defeat.
But according to Sun Chuanting, in the defeat of Shiyuan, the army only lost more than a thousand people. The casualties were not large, and their vitality was still alive. What's more, the battle of Shiyuan was not commanded by Sun Chuanting personally, but was just an attempt by Bai Guangen to seize the troops from the invading army.
Jin Yin's lone army advanced rashly, but the Qin army's troops did not fight. Therefore, Chongzhen only issued an edict to Sun Chuanting, asking him to reorganize his troops and fight again to make up for his previous mistake.
For Ding Qirui who was still holding on in Wuchang, Chongzhen also issued an order to commend him, and promised to supplement Ding Qirui's salary and send reinforcements to relieve the siege. But in fact, Chongzhen himself did not know whether there was any way.
He was disheartened and disappointed, thinking that fortunately Zhou Yanru was appointed by him and returned to the cabinet as the chief minister.
Although he deposed Zhou Yanru and returned home in June of the sixth year of Chongzhen, he knew that Zhou Yanru was a quick man, but because of the sectarian disputes in the court, he expelled Zhou Yanru in anger.
After he changed several chief ministers, none of them seemed to be as experienced as Zhou Yanru, and he was worthy of being the "number one prime minister." So he listened to the opinions of the courtiers not long ago and appointed Zhou Yanru again, and he had high expectations for him.
Now Chongzhen was eager to save the situation in Henan and Chu, so he summoned his chief assistant Zhou Yanru to the Wenhua Palace.
As soon as Zhou Yanru heard the eunuch's order to go to the Wenhua Palace alone to summon his opponent, he guessed that eighty-nine points were related to the invasion of Xiangyang by the Chu army. This time he was able to "make a comeback" and return to the court to serve as the chief minister. He also relied on Donglin and Fu
Social figure Zhang Pu's silver bullet activities. Therefore, Zhou Yanru's intention to return as the chief minister was to bring Donglin's power back to power. Now when he followed an imperial eunuch to the Wenhua Palace, he had already made up his mind.
Chongzhen had high hopes for Zhou Yanru. He bowed to Zhou Yanru and gave him a seat, then asked for advice: "Now that Xiangyang has fallen and Shiyuan has been defeated, how can you reverse the situation and save the Central Plains?"
Zhou Yanru did not sit down, but maintained a cautious attitude in front of Chongzhen, and stood up and said: "Ning Nanhou died generously, and the people in the capital said that because of such a holy king, there are such loyal ministers. It can be seen that the hearts of the people are with me, and I am very grateful."
Available."
Chongzhen usually considered himself a wise master. Except for Yang Sichang, he did not fully believe the words of his assistant ministers. He only believed everything Zhou Yanru said now to be true.
Chongzhen nodded lightly: "I have also heard how the people of the capital commemorate Zuo Liangyu."
Zhou Yanru then invited a map and analyzed it for Chongzhen: "Although Ningnan has been martyred now, there are still many soldiers and horses in Zuozhen, and many of them are scattered in Huguang. Zuo Liangyu was promoted by Hou Xun, has your Majesty ever
Have you heard someone say? If Hou Xun goes south, cleans up the remaining troops in Zuozhen, stands firm, reorganizes his army and fights again, he can break the siege of Wuchang first."
Zhou Yanru's comeback relied on Zhang Pu, a figure from Donglin, to raise bribes through shareholding. The big contributors were Feng Quan, Hou Xun, Ruan Dacheng and others. So he reciprocated the favor and sought an official position for Hou Xun.
Chongzhen was impatient and unsure. He nodded first, and then asked anxiously: "Is there any other way?"
Zhou Yanru had already made a comprehensive plan for Donglin's resurrection, so he came here one by one:
"The bandits have been in trouble for fifteen years before they become serious, and they have to be conquered at once. The troops of the invaders are often composed of tens of thousands of horsemen. They are as erratic as the wind and rain, and they pass through unfortified cities. Because they are equipped with soldiers, the officers and soldiers can only
Just chase after them and ask them where they are going. If you want to control the thieves, you must not limit it to a province or a governor. Although the governor has the spirit of giving swords, he is often controlled by the thieves due to the division of provinces and regions.
, Your Majesty must create a new system in order to dampen the atmosphere of thieves."
Chongzhen thought that in order to encircle and suppress the intruders, the imperial court had already set up supervisors across several provinces. Judging from Zhou Yanru's point of view, this system was still not enough and needed to be further strengthened. He nodded and motioned for Zhou Yanru to continue.
"Judging from today's situation, the power of the governor cannot control the thieves, but is controlled by the thieves. Please follow the example of Yang Sichang and teach Shangfangjian widely, and set up suppression headquarters in Baoding, Xi'an, Wuchang, and Xuzhou, and in the capitals of each province
A dedicated Sui Kou office was established in Tianjin."
Zhou Yanru finally revealed his purpose:
"Please use Sun Chuanting as the general minister of the Xi'an Suppression to block the Qin Pass; use Xu Huai's Fu Chen Shi Kefa as the Chief Minister of the Xuzhou Suppression to contain the thieves; use Baoding Fu to protect the Yellow River in the north; and use Ding Qirui as the Wuchang Suppression Minister to defend Wuyue.
, and finally Governor Hou Xun suppressed the generals and the Sui Kou offices, cutting off the escape route of the thieves. According to the ministers' calculations, the thieves were called millions. For the time being, they were calculated as half a million people and one hundred thousand horses.
A three-liter eclipse of the sun will turn the Central Plains into red land for thousands of miles, leaving no human habitation at all. The thieves will starve and perish themselves."
According to Zhou Yanru's design, the general minister of suppression was the governor-general of the military affairs of several provinces. For example, the full name of the general of Xi'an suppression was called the governor-general of Shaanxi, Sanbian, Henan, Shanxi, and Yunyang.
, Denglai Suppression Military Affairs, the full name of Wuchang Suppression General is called the Governor-General of Huguang, Jiangxi, Nangan, Pianyuan Suppression of Bandit Military Affairs, and the full name of Xuzhou Suppression General is called Governor-General Shandong, Fengyang, Yingtian, Anlu Suppression of Bandit Military Affairs.
If Zhou Yanru had proposed such a plan earlier, it would have been opposed by Chongzhen. However, after continuous attacks, Chongzhen's mentality collapsed, all because of the "Suppression Head Office" and "Sui Kou Office" designed by Zhou Yanru.
Fooled by old wine in bottles.
Chongzhen did not even realize that Zhou Yanru made such a plan just to allow Hou Xun and Shi Kefa of the Donglin forces to occupy key positions.
He really had no other solution and could only think that this was a feasible method.
"Okay!" Chongzhen made up his mind, "If we set up the four major suppression generals, they will definitely succeed. Although the thieves are powerful, I predict that they will not be able to succeed, and they will not escape my grasp!"