The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 711
Wen Tiren asked: "Wang Gonggong, as far as I know, many Qingliu in Beijing are kneeling outside the Meridian Gate to ask the emperor to deal with the general who conquered the captives. How can they be controlled by others because of their high morals? How can they be willing to give up easily?"

Looking at the suspicious Chief Assistant, Wang Chengen shook his head and smiled wryly: "Our family has opened their eyes today, no wonder the General Zhenglu uses his troops like a god. .”

Impatient Chongzhen saw that Wang Chengen's answer was irrelevant, and said, "Wang Banban, hurry up and tell me about the methods used by General Zhenglu to deal with those Qingliu!"

"Your Majesty, those ministers are because..."

After listening to Wang Chengen's story, the emperor and all the important ministers felt that the general's move was too low, and everyone shook their heads, only Zheng Guochang laughed.

Zheng Guochang knew that his son-in-law was too outrageous, and it was inevitable that he would be jealous of the emperor, and that he could not be reversed if he was not tolerated by the officials.

If you want to protect yourself, you must be independent. If you want to be independent, you must have a strong army and a lot of money and food. In the future, Liaodong will be pacified, and it is the best destination to stay there and never return to Beijing.

At this moment, Zheng Guochang had already understood what his son-in-law was doing, and he did not turn his head back. When he proposed five years of Ping Liao bargaining with the emperor, he was destined to be on the opposite side of the court.

If the "Red Banner Army" was defeated by Jiannu, the Huang family would certainly be doomed. After five years of flattening the Liao Dynasty, the Huang family would also be miserable. No emperor would tolerate a powerful minister who was strong enough to destroy the country.

It was already impossible for the Zheng family to disassociate themselves from the Huang family, because the sons of the Zheng family were all working for the completion of the five-year Ping-Liao Dynasty. The emperor and his officials had long regarded Zheng Guochang as the spokesperson of the "Red Banner Army".

Up to now, the Huang family can only be safe if they have a large amount of money and food to make the "Red Banner Army" strong and strong. Giving up military power is equivalent to being slaughtered.

After raiding all the merchants in Shanxi and Xuanda, they will definitely get a lot of money and food, but what about offending the civil and military generals of more than half the dynasties?

The emperor chose to acquiesce, Wenwu with dirty buttocks chose to retreat, Qingliu was disgusted and left, who can turn the tables?Of course Zheng Guochang was overjoyed.

The discussion on the platform ended in a happy manner. Chongzhen, who felt that he had a lot of money, gave some rewards to a dozen important ministers to go home for the New Year.

The tricky things were done, Jiannu was defeated, and Chongzhen also got a lot of KitKats and 150 million taels of cash. He lived a very comfortable New Year's Eve, talking and laughing with the queen, concubine, prince, and princess.

It's a pity that the poor Emperor Chongzhen only had three days of comfort. He was awakened from his sleep early in the morning on the third day of the first lunar month by the bad news from Liubaili's urgent memorial. Zhu Changfa was captured.

Fortunately, Tang Wang Zhu Yujian was not in the Nanyang mansion. At this time, he had chased the Qing army and came to Yansui Town to escape a catastrophe. His uncle Anyang Wang Zhu Qixuan and his younger brother Neixiang Wang Zhu Yukai were brutally killed by the eighth king Zhang Xianzhong, the leader of the bandits.

Jiannu had just been repelled, and the rogues made an uproar again, which made the officials unable to rest and have a meeting on the third day of the first lunar month.

Emperor Chongzhen was very anxious. He was worried that it would cause a chain reaction. Several county kings of the Ming Dynasty were killed, and a prince fell into the hands of bandits. He, the emperor, could not escape the blame.

The Ming Dynasty was strict with the imperial clan. The vassal kings and county kings were not allowed to leave the fief without the emperor's will. They enjoyed the grace of the state and lived a luxurious life of arrogance and lust, but they had no right to speak in politics, let alone military power.

The prince who has no power and no soldiers is the key protection object of the local government. Now that he is caught and killed by the bandits, how does the current emperor explain to the elders of the clan?

The royal family members of the Zhu family can raise a group and question whether the emperor has the ability to protect their personal safety. Does it have to change the ancestral precept that vassal kings do not command soldiers?
Since the soldiers and horses of the imperial court cannot be trusted, can the vassal kings and county kings also have an army to protect themselves?If the army is not established, do we have to consider relaxing the size of the palace guards?

What are you afraid of? On the ninth day of the first lunar month, the king of Tang sent an expedited memorial. His family was harmed by Zhang Xianzhong. The king of Tang was distraught. Now that he is a bachelor, he has no scruples. The words in the memorial are extremely rude. .

He listed all kinds of faults since Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, and he spoke convincingly that Daming was established as a slave, and the rogue bandits took turns to scourge King Xiang and his family into the hands of the rogue bandits, causing his family to die. The emperor is the first person responsible.

The king of Tang asked Chongzhen to give him military power. He wanted to personally lead the army back to Nanyang to avenge his family and rescue the whole family of King Xiang.

At the same time, Liu Zhilun and Fang Zhenghua also delivered secret memorials, and the emperor learned that the Tianxiong Army led by King Tang with more than [-] troops from his headquarters and followed by Lu Xiangsheng was already on the way to Henan.

Lu Xiangsheng was the minister of the Ministry of War and led the five provinces. He was struck by lightning when he learned that the bandits had broken Nanyang and Xiangyang.

He knew that the great crime of losing the feudal vassal would undoubtedly fall on him, and he had already developed a will to die. He wanted to rush to Nanyang and Xiangyang in time to fight with the bandits and rescue King Xiang before the emperor deprived him of his military power. To die in battle is to die for the country and become benevolent.

The rogues made a comeback with a huge momentum. Zuo Liangyu, who had been passive in Henan, chose to save his strength to avoid the war, and led his troops to retreat into Xuzhou City. More than a dozen cities in Henan were lost in a blink of an eye.

Zuo Liangyu saw the defeat of the generals Cao Wenzhao, Deng Qi, Ai Wannian, Liu Guozhen, Liu Honglie, etc. who had fought side by side, and knew the importance of preserving strength.

This bastard has not been active in fighting bandits in the past two years. He has been the most active in following bandits, burning, killing and looting.

When the Qing army rushed to Henan, he strengthened the defense of Xuzhou City, and at the same time sent his son Zuo Menggeng to lead [-] elites to the south for [-] miles to manage the retreat.

Zuo Liangyu's wishful thinking was very good. If the Qing army attacked Xuzhou City, he would put on a defensive posture to see the situation. If the Qing army showed the ruthlessness that he was determined to win, he would lead his troops to flee south overnight. .

As we all know, the "Red Banner Army" fought with Jiannu in Shanxi, and the Qing army immediately lost its initiative and began to be beaten passively.

Zuo Liangyu didn't need to fight and got mixed up in the merits of defending the soil, because when he held on to Xuzhou City, although he didn't encounter a siege, there were many Qing army troops looting houses outside the city.

The Qing army retreated, and Xuzhou, which had been operating for two or three years, was saved. Zuo Liangyu's subordinates also ransacked 10,000+ soldiers and civilians who fled here from the north, and pulled thousands of strong men.

It stands to reason that Zuo Liangyu's strength has increased so much that he can fight with the rogues, but it's a pity that he was bad before, and now he is even worse.

(End of this chapter)