Changsha Prefecture is where Shafu City, a high-ranking official in Huguang, is located. Du Yinxi was originally appointed as the magistrate here, but he was promoted quickly in 800 miles.
However, there is also a big shot in Changsha City today. He is Sun Chuanting, the Minister of War, who has been leading troops abroad all year round.
At this time, he had already led the army to press south and crossed the Yangtze River.
With enough troops in hand and control over Huguang, a land of plenty, the army's logistics were greatly eased, making the war easier.
Especially not long after the year, Zhang Xianzhong's entire army on the east side was wiped out, leaving him no longer worried about the eastern front.
Perhaps it was also because of the annihilation of Zhang Xianzhong's bandits that Li Zicheng's bandits accelerated their escape. The vanguard had already fled into Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, and some into Guangxi. Everything was in accordance with the pre-planned plan, leaving the chieftain's territory
Ran away.
However, Sun Chuanting still had a dead face and didn't look very happy.
Soldiers are a major event for the country, so we must be cautious!
The next step to suppress the thieves was to enter the Hundred Thousand Mountains. The superiority in military strength could not be fully utilized. This was his first concern.
The second point of worry is that the places to be conquered next, especially Yunnan and Guizhou, are not only filled with miasma, but also have difficult roads, which is also a challenge for him.
The third point is that using this strategy of driving away wolves and devouring tigers is tantamount to treating the chieftain as an enemy. And the chieftain is a local snake. In this vast mountain, it is definitely not an easy task to wipe out these enemies.
The fourth point, and the most important point, was the situation in the court, which made him very worried.
In fact, Sun Chuanting was not worried about the difficulties of fighting abroad. It was just that the soldiers would come to block it, and the water would come to cover it up.
But according to his many years of experience, party struggles in the court, overt and covert attacks, are the most difficult to prevent.
He himself had a deep experience. He used to lead troops to suppress bandits without fear, and he was able to make the bandits run away. However, after King Qin arrived in the capital, he was imprisoned by those in the capital.
Now, he had smelled the fighting in the court again and was deeply worried.
Sun Chuanting couldn't understand why the Confucius family in Qufu would get involved in the affairs of the court, and he couldn't even understand why the emperor directly sent troops to raid the Confucius family in Qufu.
Although the Kong family in Qufu is not a royal family, from a certain point of view, it is more than a royal family! How could the emperor be so reckless and shout to beat and kill the Kong family in Qufu!
He is quite far away from the capital, and he is at war, so the news is naturally lagging behind.
After a long time, he finally figured out the whole story.
He could understand that the Confucian family in Qufu was afraid that science would impact Confucianism and thus shake the status of the Confucian family in Qufu. Generally speaking, he also knew that the Confucian family in Qufu would not have the courage or possibility to rebel.
Now the emperor has confiscated the Confucius family in Qufu for the crime of gathering a crowd to rebel. This is definitely hard to convince the public.
No, here in Huguang Province, after hearing about this incident, many scholars began to complain and stir up trouble for the Confucius family in Qufu, and some even wanted to go to the capital.
In response, he used his military power to directly mobilize his troops and suppressed all the scholars under his command.
Sun Chuanting knew that the pressure on the emperor was very high!
As far as he is concerned, he is different from ordinary civil servants. Regarding science, he sincerely agrees with the vigorous promotion of science.
With both civil and military skills, he knows very well the role that science has played in turning things around in recent years!
Faintly, he also guessed that the emperor's attack on the Confucian family in Qufu was probably to pave the way for vigorously promoting science!
However, Sun Chuanting also knew that most scholars in the world would not agree with him. In this situation, in other words, if the emperor dealt with the Confucius family in Qufu, he would be against the entire world of scholars!
Can the emperor win?
How does the emperor break the situation?
To be honest, Sun Chuanting is a bit pessimistic!
Because he knew very well that although the world situation had improved, the prestige of the current emperor was slowly increasing.
However, no matter how much he improves, he will never have the same prestige as Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu.
Only Emperor Taizu back then, or Emperor Chengzu at his peak, could convince the world's scholars, right?
Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but shake his head.
Relying on imperial power to suppress the world's scholars, I can suppress their mouths, but not their hearts. In future generations, I don't know how many articles will criticize the emperor!
It would be unwise to just rely on imperial power to deal with the Confucius family in Qufu without thinking of countermeasures!
Being too far away from the capital, Sun Chuanting could only look in the direction of the capital and worry. Facing the world's scholars, his personal power was too small!
At this time, unless you are a great master like Wang Yangming, it will be useful to stand up for the emperor!
This is just possible!
Once this crisis is not handled well and the court falls into civil strife, the situation in the world that has been won with great difficulty is likely to deteriorate again!
Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting sighed silently again.
On this day, he was on the top of Changsha City, looking at the farmers working outside the city, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Suddenly, there was movement from behind, and a voice shouted with excitement: "My lord, good news, good news..."
Sun Chuanting recognized the voice and couldn't help but feel a little curious. He turned around and saw that Li Yan was holding something in his hand, running towards him just as he reached the top of the city.
Isn't this Li Yan very dignified at ordinary times? Why is he so happy? What happened that made him lose his composure?
To be honest, Sun Chuanting was very curious at this time.
"Ms. sir, please slow down, slow down..."
Good guy, Li Yan actually left the red lady behind. What on earth happened to make Li Yan so excited?
Sun Chuanting became even more curious when he saw the red lady chasing Li Yan from behind.
I saw Li Yan running up to Sun Chuanting out of breath. After a quick greeting, he hurriedly said to Sun Chuanting: "Sir, please read the latest issue of the Di newspaper!"
Upon hearing this, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but feel a little disappointed: Li Yan lost his composure like this. He thought something earth-shattering had happened, but it turned out to be just an issue of the Di Di newspaper?
With this thought in his mind, he was ready to pick up the newspaper.
At this time, the red lady finally arrived, but she was not out of breath like Li Yan. She said to Li Yan puzzledly: "My husband read the newspaper in his residence, why can't he even shout to you? What's wrong?"
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She was assisting Li Yan in handling official affairs in the mansion. Suddenly, she saw Li Yan yelling and running away with the newspaper in hand, which really frightened her.
After hearing this, Li Yan had the opportunity to reply: "Something big happened in the capital! It's simply unheard of..."
Something big happened in the capital? When Sun Chuanting heard this, he immediately became anxious. What he was most afraid of was not how fierce the thieves were, but that something happened in the capital!
Therefore, he quickened his movements and snatched the Di newspaper from Li Yan's hand with a "swish". Just as he was about to ask what paragraph it was in, he was attracted by the eye-catching title: Emperor Taizu appeared in the Jinluan Palace...
Naturally, needless to say, he immediately started browsing quickly, with an expression of disbelief on his face unconsciously.
On the other side, the red lady listened and asked doubtfully: "Ms. sir, something big happened in the capital. It makes you happy. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?"
"Ah!" When Li Yan heard this, he realized that he had made a mistake. He quickly replied with a smile, "It's a good thing, a good thing! Emperor Taizu has appeared, and the Holy Master has also appeared. They are in the Jinluan Hall.
Go up, in front of all the civil and military officials!"
"What?" After hearing this, the red lady thought she had heard wrongly and asked quickly.
Sun Chuanting's guards beside him were all dumbfounded, staring at Li Yan with disbelief on their faces.
They didn't know who the Holy Master was, and he sounded like a powerful figure, but they all knew who Emperor Taizu was! The appearance of Emperor Taizu in front of people was definitely the most shocking thing!
Just when Li Yan was about to repeat himself, he saw Sun Chuanting, who always had a fishy face, but also showed an expression of ecstasy, patted the newspaper and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, okay! Everything can be solved easily, easily solved!"
Later, he said with great regret: "It is such a pity that I have no chance to see Emperor Taizu and the Holy Master appear!"
If he were in the capital, he would definitely see it. This kind of thing is really rare, which makes him very regretful!
Even Sun Chuanting is like this, so needless to say, this thing is definitely true!
For a moment, everyone was surprised.
"Sir, we will have no worries from now on!" Li Yan said to Sun Chuanting with a happy face.
Now he is the head of Sun Chuanting's staff. Assisting Sun Chuanting in handling official documents can be of great help to Sun Chuanting. Therefore, he knows what Sun Chuanting is worried about, so he said this.
At this time, Sun Chuanting's face was red, as if he was glowing with the second spring, and he immediately ordered: "Immediately spread the news to the armies everywhere, Emperor Taizu appears, long live the Ming Dynasty!"
When his personal guards heard this, they were so excited that they almost screamed, and they shouted together: "Emperor Taizu has appeared, long live the Ming Dynasty!"
Emperor Taizu, who started in his early days, expelled the Tartars and returned the clothes of the Han family, was the first person in history to achieve great feats, at least among the people of the Ming Dynasty, this was considered so.
The appearance of Emperor Taizu was definitely the strongest encouragement for the morale of the Ming army!
"Also, we must spread the news about the appearance of the Holy Master!" Sun Chuanting continued to explain, "Also, pass on my military orders, kill pigs and sheep, and add meals to the army to congratulate the Ming Dynasty!"
"Congratulations to the Ming Dynasty!" After hearing this, Li Yan, Lady Hong, and the guards beside them all responded excitedly in unison, "Congratulations to the Ming Dynasty!"
Sun Chuanting held the newspaper in his hand and walked quickly down the city. At the same time, he said to himself with excitement: "I have to write a memorial to the emperor quickly!"