The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 836 Misfortunes Never Come Alone
Sure enough, the court's Tiqi was dispatched.
They not only went to Tongguan to arrest Xiong Wencan, Cao Bianjiao, Ding Qirui, Chen Zubao, Li Chongzhen, Yang Guodong, Wang Tingchen, Liu Zeqing, Luo Dai, Zu Kuan and other civilian and generals who buried 10,000+ troops.

They also went to Yansui Town to arrest the governors Wu Wei and Zhang Qiping who sat and watched the fall of Fengfan, the general officers He Renlong, Li Guoqi, Wu Zimian, Meng Ruhu, Wu Guojun, Chen Guowei, the supervisor Wang Zhixin, Zheng Xizhao, Sun Maolin, etc. .

The total number of civil servants, generals and eunuchs that Tiqi needs to arrest exceeds one hundred.

But when they got to the ground, they realized that it was impossible to complete the task satisfactorily. Some civil servants and generals seemed to have died in battle or become captives of bandits, and some had actually surrendered.

Wu Zimian and Mengruhu each had thousands of troops in their hands. Of course, they could not be captured by Tiqi.

He Renlong, who fled to Ningxia Town, had more troops in his hands. He was only reprimanded, and he was still the commander-in-chief.

The military generals who have no troops in their hands are more miserable. Many of them will accompany the civil servants to be stabbed at the entrance of the vegetable market.

In history, on the second day of the first lunar month in the 12th year of Chongzhen, the Qing army invaded Shandong from the south of Gyeonggi, bypassing Dezhou, and went straight into Jinan City. The German king Zhu Youshu and his son, Fengguo general Zhu Enshang, etc. were all captured by the Qing army.

Chongzhen is actually quite ruthless, so it's no wonder that when the country is subjugated, everyone betrays their relatives.When he was settling accounts in the autumn, he strictly punished the crime of falling into feudal vassal, and as many as 36 civil and military generals were executed, including five general officers and four governors.

How the imperial court dealt with civil servants and military generals was seen by the people all over the world. It became a consensus that if you have soldiers in your hands, you will not lose your head. Since then, it has led to the warlordization of the army.

Is it all because the generals have no country and no court in their hearts?I am afraid that it is more due to the fact that the emperor Chongzhen is not only cool but also bullying.

Blessings and misfortunes never come singly. When the state affairs were in chaos, Chongzhen also received a memorial from Sichuan Governor Fu Zonglong.

It is learned that the two county kings of the Shu royal family, Neijiang Wang Zhu Zhiyi and Huayang Wang Zhu Zhihui, violated the ancestral system and left the fief privately to "Hanjiang Province".

Local officials have the obligation to supervise the vassal kings and county kings in their jurisdiction. Failure to report will be punished, and it is a serious crime.

There is no impenetrable wall, and the two county kings came out of Chuan and brought hundreds of people. How could such a big movement be unnoticed.

When Fu Zonglong got the news, he went to the Shu Palace to verify it and immediately reported it to the court. As for how to deal with it, it has nothing to do with him.

The furious Chongzhen sent Tiqi again. This pupa team was composed of six Dongchang stalls and thirty Jinyiwei school lieutenants. Their destination was Seoul, the "Hanjiang Province".

Unexpectedly, he was interrogated by the "Red Banner Army" when he came to Tianjin Wei to take the boat, and had to explain the purpose of going to Seoul. The final result was very funny. General Zhenglu was responsible for everyone in the "Han River Province", whether The prince is still a beggar.

As long as they did not violate the laws of "Hanjiang Province", no one has the right to arrest them, including Dongchang and Jinyiwei.

No way, the "Red Banner Army" won't even let the boats board, how can Tiqi get to Seoul?
The factory guards were able to walk sideways in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, but they did not dare to show off their power in the No. 14 province. After being persuaded by the "Red Banner Army" to return, they did not dare to speak ill, so they had to return to Beijing in desperation.

What should come will always come, but sooner or later it will be different!

Now that Neijiang Wang Zhu Zhiyi and Huayang Wang Zhu Zhihui have come to invest in "Hanjiang Province", it has been exposed, so let's make it known to the world!
Under Huang Han's instigation, "Red Flag Daily" published a commentator's article titled "Confidence".

The article directly cuts to the ridiculous ancestral system of Ming Dynasty, and clarifies that the main purpose of restricting the freedom of vassal kings and county kings is to fear that they will rebel.

With scorching words, more than a dozen generations of Ming emperors have carried out such an ancestral system without compromise. In fact, they have no self-confidence, and they are always worried about being replaced by vassal kings and county kings.

The article pointed out that as long as the emperor can govern the country and the people can live and work in peace and contentment, when the country is rich and the people are strong, which vassal king or county king will make a fool peep at the throne?

However, the improper employment of the emperor caused wars and smoke to spread everywhere, and the people did not have a living, and caused the fall of the vassal and county kings. Are they still demanding that they stay in the fief and wait for death?

In the next few days, articles with such content emerged one after another, as sharp as verbal criticism, pointing directly at Chongzhen's faults, and letting everyone in the world know that under the emperor's rule, not only the people were living in poverty, but the officials were not living in poverty. born.

In a word, the emperor Chongzhen is too bad, and most people under his rule are victims.

One stone set off a thousand waves, and the lessons learned by King Xiang, King Tang, King Qin, and King Rui, the princes of the Zhu family couldn't sit still, and they all went up to the imperial court to give the vassal kings and county kings freedom and the right to choose their place of residence.

Many princes' memorials are in a pleading tone, clarifying that in case a land encounters slavery and bandits, they ask for permission to leave the land to escape.

Some princes have impure goals, and they demand military power to defend their fiefs.

Chongzhen, who was already overwhelmed by state affairs, was exhausted by the Zhu family's family affairs. The royal family was furious. Chongzhen could only choose to compromise, and once again sent Tiqi to capture Neijiang Wang Zhu Zhiyi and Huayang Wang Zhu Zhihui, but was shelved.

The imperial power was repeatedly challenged, and the emperor had to back down again and again, which greatly reduced the authority of the court.

After hearing the news that the two county kings of the Shu family had not been questioned, the princes, county kings and other royal families all over the country had ideas, and there were not a few who were ready to move.

Even the literary youth Lu Wang Zhu Changli wrote letters and sent eunuchs to contact the kings. He also specially asked his brother Changyuan Wang Zhu Changni to take some people secretly to Tianjinwei to take a boat to the "Hanjiang Province" to have a look.

At the Great Court Meeting at the end of April, all civil and military officials were gloomy. At this time, Liang Tingdong, Zhang Fengyi, and Wu Xiang had already left the capital.

They did not return to "Hanjiang Province" at all, nor did they go to Shanhaiguan, but lobbied everywhere to contribute to attracting investment.

The Ming Dynasty was facing the dilemma of having no soldiers to adjust. The latest news came that the number of rogues had doubled within a month. All the troops joined forces with the Qing army to capture Guyuan Town and pointed their swords at Lintao Mansion.

After capturing Yan'an Mansion, all the troops are busy building siege equipment and preparing to storm Yulin Town.

Chongzhen, who had nothing to do, asked Ji Qunchen, but no one spoke for a long time.

The current chief assistant is Kong Zhenyun, a literati who is good at dancing and writing. He doesn't understand military affairs or civil affairs.
The emperor asked if Wen Tiren was still the chief assistant and he would not make the emperor look bad if Wen Tiren was still the chief assistant, but Kong Zhenyun chose to shrink his neck like an old monk in meditation and not glance at the emperor.

(End of this chapter)