I'm only seven years old, Lao Zhu, you let me supervise the country?

Chapter 150: What is the crime for deceiving the emperor and ignoring others?
All the ministers in the dynasty were inexplicably surprised.

Although the conflict between Huang Zicheng and Zhu Yunzhen has never been made public.

But who in the court is not an old fox, who doesn’t have eight hundred minds?
How could you hide this kind of thing from everyone?
Who doesn't know it well?
But now everyone believed that this military report was fake. When Huang Zicheng came out to ask for credit, they had to think deeply about the reasons behind it.

Old Zhu showed curiosity, and asked, "Huang Aiqing means that he thinks the good news from Xu Dongjiang, the magistrate of Jiaxing, is true?"

Today's good news was sent to Beijing by Xu Dongjiang.

The content is that Taisun used [-] new troops under Jiaxing City to defeat tens of thousands of Japanese pirates and rebels, and killed countless enemies.

The Japanese pirates and rebels were defeated in one fell swoop, and Taisun led his army to attack Songjiang Fucheng.

The specific process of the war was described vividly in the victory report.

How tens of thousands of bandits invaded Jiaxing, how the new army responded to the enemy, how the Japanese pirates were slaughtered, and how the bandits collapsed were all written clearly in detail.

But the more this happens, the more ridiculous and unreal it seems to those who read the good news.

After Feng Sheng read it, he immediately concluded that it was fake.

He arrested the person who delivered the good news, and interrogated him severely, but unexpectedly, the other party bit him to death. All this is absolutely not a fabrication, and there is no half-truth in it.

Lao Zhu watched it, and his heart was beating.

First of all, the date is wrong. The New Army and the Jinyiwei were all on foot, except for a very few leaders who rode on horseback.

Calculating the marching time, the army led by Zhu Yunxu should still be on the road now.

Maybe we're not even halfway there yet.

However, according to what the newspaper said, the new army had arrived in Jiaxing City a few days ago.

After all, it was several days before the good news was delivered to the imperial court.

To be honest, Lao Zhu was very worried about letting Zhu Yunxuan go on the expedition this time.

The reason why we finally agreed was because all the new troops were infantry.

The Jinyiwei are actually different from the New Army. Almost everyone in the Jinyiwei can ride a horse.

In the past, when Jin Yiwei was sent out of the capital to handle errands, all of them rode horses.

This time, Lao Zhu specifically told Jiang Wei that, except for a few leaders, the rest of the Jinyi guards would all walk.

The purpose of this is to allow Zhu Yunxun to arrive at the front line of the battlefield later.

In Lao Zhu's view, Er'er just wanted to get military honors and get gold plating.

He didn't really go to the front line to fight the Japanese pirates.

He was only seven years old, how could Lao Zhu let him go to the front with confidence?

Lao Zhu also saw the 5 horses mobilized by Lan Yu, including 5000 cavalry.

Based on Lao Zhu's many years of experience in commanding wars, he analyzed and believed that these fifteen thousand cavalry were enough to defeat the Japanese pirates.

The remaining [-] infantrymen went to clean up the battlefield.

The 1000 men and horses led by Zhu Yunxu, because they are all infantry, will definitely arrive on the battlefield later than the cavalry.

By the time they arrived in Jiaxing, the cavalry who arrived early should have defeated the Japanese pirates and rebels.

Zhu Yunxuan, as the emperor's grandson and a powerful general, sat in Jiaxing City, commanding and dispatching the army to encircle and suppress the defeated Japanese pirates and rebels.

In this way, there is no risk in the whole process, and you can surely earn a huge military merit.

In the future, in the court, the grandson of the emperor will be the one who has led the army.

After this command, he had some understanding of the generals in the army.

You can also take advantage of this opportunity to buy people's hearts by virtue of your status as the emperor's grandson, and lay a solid foundation for your smooth ascension to power in the future.

This was the overall plan in Lao Zhu's mind, but it was difficult to tell Zhu Yunxuan.

After all, seeing his grandson so enthusiastic and caring, how could he dampen his enthusiasm and hurt his self-esteem?

Anyway, the cavalry must have arrived first, and confronted the Japanese pirates and rebels first, and Yu'er didn't have time to participate in the battle, so he could only command from the rear, which was fine.

But according to Xu Dongjiang's victory report, the new army led by Xi'er arrived in Jiaxing City a few days ago, how is this possible?
How can infantry be so fast!
Secondly, Xu Dongjiang also said in the victory report that the new army led by His Highness Taisun consisted of about 100 people and the Jinyi Guards had more than [-] people. This is not right.

We obviously sent five hundred Jin Yiwei to follow him to protect him. Where are the other Jin Yiwei?

Furthermore, the war process described in the victory report is too exaggerated and has no sense of reality at all.

Lao Zhu started his career from a beggar, step by step, until he became the emperor and took charge of the Ming Dynasty.

What hasn't he seen?

What battle has not been fought?
Moreover, in those years, in order to figure out how to lead troops in war, Lao Zhu continued to study on his own and read almost all the battle cases recorded in history books.

In order to sum up experience and lessons and temper yourself.

Without such a powerful and terrifying self-study ability, Lao Zhu would not have been able to transform from a semi-illiterate who only received two years of education to become the supreme leader in the [-]th Five-Year Plan.

Perhaps Lao Zhu’s judgment was that the war process described in the Dongjiang victory report was fake at first glance.

Ridiculously fake.

It feels like I’m not even serious about writing a story!

Do you think we have never been on the battlefield?

Even if you have never been on the battlefield, as long as you are not a fool, you can easily judge.

But Lao Zhu was not in a hurry to express his opinion, because although this good report was written by Xu Dongjiang, it had Zhu Yunxi's signature.

This is worth savoring.

The most likely possibility is that Xu'er asked Xu Dongjiang to compile a fake success report and send it to him. He signed it and then submitted it.

But why would you do this?

Even with Lao Zhu’s scheming, he couldn’t figure it out!

Huang Zicheng heard Lao Zhu's question and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, the victory report has the autograph of His Highness Taisun. I think that even if Xu Dongjiang is bold enough to make up the battle report, His Highness Taisun will definitely not deceive Your Majesty. I would like to ask Your Majesty Immediately issue a decree to commend His Highness the Grand Sun and the new army."

As soon as these words came out, the hall became eerily silent.

Everyone has read the good news.

Everyone knew that it was signed by His Highness the Grand Sun, but no one said anything.

This thing is weird no matter how you look at it.

Even leaving aside the content.

If His Royal Highness wants to ask for credit, he should write it himself.

Even if someone else is hired to write it, it will be in his name.

How could there be any reason to send out a good news report in the name of Jiaxing Magistrate, but then sign it as a great grandson?

This is not consistent with etiquette!

Of course they didn't know that after Zhu Yunxi commanded the army to fight the battle, he inadvertently questioned Xu Dongjiang and Huang Zicheng's relationship, and then went to bed in a hurry.

He is too tired, rest is important!
In the early morning of the next day, they had to lead the troops to attack Songjiang Fucheng, so there was no need to write any good news.

Besides, Zhu Yunzhen already had a comprehensive plan in mind at that time, and decided to wait until Songjiang Fucheng was occupied and the Japanese pirates and rebels were driven out.

Why should you be so anxious about writing a successful report and starting a report to the imperial court?

Later, when he saw Xu Dongjiang submitted the good news, he signed a name casually.

As for whether it is in compliance with the etiquette system, I am busy leading troops to fight, why should I care so much?
Huang Zicheng didn't know the mystery.

But he concluded that this good news must be false.

Mostly it was Xu Dongjiang's method.

Anyway, he can say afterwards that His Royal Highness Taisun forced him to write it.

This trick is high!
Unexpectedly, this Xu Dongjiang was so devoted to his affairs.

Maybe this matter will implicate him, but he would rather sacrifice himself than pull Zhu Yunxi from the position of princes.

You are worthy of the character of the scholars of our generation!
This is what Huang Zicheng has in mind.

But the more so, the more he wanted His Majesty the Emperor to commend Zhu Yunxi.

The more rewards you give, the better.

As a result, when Zhu Yunxuan is defeated, His Majesty's anger will become even greater.

On the contrary, if you decide that the good news is false now, it is nothing more than issuing an order to reprimand him.

Make it impossible for him to falsely report good news and falsely lead the army in the future.

It doesn't hurt or itches, but Zhu Yunxi can't help it. It's better to take the fake as the truth to anger His Majesty.

Thinking of this, Huang Zicheng then added: "The people of Jinling have always been unstable and worried about the war ahead."

"There are even good people spreading rumors everywhere to confuse people's hearts."

"Wei Chen believes that this good news should be conveyed to Quan Cheng in order to calm people's hearts."

He wanted to put Zhu Yunxu on the fire.

If it is announced now and news of the defeat comes in the future, Zhu Yunxu will immediately become the target of thousands of people.

As soon as Huang Zicheng finished speaking, Feng Sheng immediately objected.

"His Royal Highness Taisun is young and is leading an army for the first time. He is inevitably overjoyed at the success and eager to please His Majesty. Then he was deceived by a villain, so he signed this fake victory report."

"If this good news is announced to the public, it will put the Taisun Palace on the cusp of the storm. If the war goes wrong in the future, what will the common people think?"

"This action will damage the reputation of His Royal Highness, so it must not be done."

Although Feng Sheng was also very dissatisfied with Zhu Yunxi.

Especially for his killing of Li Jinglong.

After all, he still has some friendship with Li Jinglong's father, Li Wenzhong.

Moreover, as the nobles of Huaixi, it is inevitable that the rabbit will die and the fox will be sad.

But he has always distinguished between public and private.

I don't want to use dirty tricks on others in this kind of matter.

In fact, Feng Sheng did not know that dozens of troops were deployed from various military posts to Songjiang to quell the chaos, deliberately delaying the situation.

It's just that most of the generals who commanded the troops had a long history with him, or with Fu Youde and others, and were once their subordinates.

He was indignant about Li Jinglong's murder and thought that doing so must cater to their wishes.

They all seemed to have a tacit understanding and unanimously delayed the departure of the expedition and slowed down the marching speed to vent their dissatisfaction.

Huang Zicheng immediately retorted: "Nonsense. As everyone knows, His Highness Taisun is a genius. Although he is only seven years old, he is ten thousand times smarter than ordinary people. How could he be deceived by traitors? What Song Guogong said is insulting. Your Majesty, Your Highness Taisun, is wise, and I ask that your Majesty punish you."

"Song Guogong also has good intentions, so there is no need to punish him." Lao Zhu said: "However, what Huang Aiqing said makes sense. Since it is a good news, it should be announced to the people of Jinling City to calm people's hearts."

Although he couldn't figure out the reason, he still chose to believe in Xuer.

Perhaps, even though this good news was fake, it was an idea thought up by Xi'er to stabilize the hearts of the people in Jinling City.

If you do this, the effect should be very good.

This will prevent the people of the capital from being in panic all day long.

Anyway, as long as the Japanese pirates are put down, even if the truth of the good news is revealed to the world in the future, everyone will only praise it as a good idea to calm people's hearts.

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Huang Zicheng was overjoyed.

He then said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, we must reward His Majesty the Grand Sun and the officers and soldiers of the new army based on their merits."

He just wanted to make this happen.

In the future, if Zhu Yunxuan is defeated, he will be invited to participate in the memorial.

At that time, these will be serious crimes!
Unexpectedly, Lao Zhu waved his hand and said, "There's no need to rush the reward, it won't be too late to reward after the war is over."

From Lao Zhu's point of view, this girl's news is obviously a fake news, and it is used to deceive the people of Jinling City. What a reward!

"Your Majesty, the imperial court must clearly distinguish rewards and punishments, and don't let the soldiers of the three armies feel cold!" Huang Zicheng quickly advised.

Lao Zhu narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "If we follow Huang Aiqing's wishes, what reward should we give?"

"According to my opinion, such great achievements should at least be rewarded with tens of millions, and the soldiers of the new army will all be promoted to three ranks."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a burst of rapid shouting from outside.

"Great victory in Songjiang Prefecture!"

"Great victory in Songjiang Prefecture!"

……

Riding a fast horse, he charged straight towards the imperial palace from the streets of Jinling City.

The man on horseback shouted loudly while riding his horse like flying.

Soon, he entered the palace and, led by the palace guards, walked all the way outside the hall.

After entering the palace, he was still shouting: "Songjiang Mansion is a great victory!"

The sound went straight into the hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression suddenly changed.

He stepped down from the dragon chair and walked quickly outside the hall.

All civil and military officials followed in a hurry.

Under the steps outside the palace, the Jin Yiwei who delivered the victory report knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, the Songjiang Mansion has won a great victory. His Highness Taisun led five hundred new troops and drove straight in. With lightning speed, we took advantage of the Japanese pirates and rebels who were unprepared. , and entered Songjiang Fucheng."

"The Japanese pirates thought that the heavenly soldiers were coming, so they fled everywhere. The new army blocked the city gate, killed them in the city, and captured countless prisoners. The Songjiang prefecture city has been recovered."

He held the victory report in both hands and raised it above his head.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, including Lao Zhu, were shocked by the news and were on the spot.

The [-] army that the imperial court was going to mobilize to put down the chaos had just set off and hadn't arrived yet.

Songjiang Fucheng was recovered so quickly?
Huang Zicheng was even more dizzy.

Could it be that the previous good news was not fake but real?

After all, the battle report can be faked, but the front line will not lie.

A general led the troops to go out to fight. Today he reported a victory and how many enemies he had wiped out. He knew what new victories he had won and how many enemies he had wiped out.

None of this can be taken seriously.

Because there is a lot of moisture in it.

After all, it is difficult for the imperial court to verify the authenticity.

The only thing that can be verified is to see how many heads were beheaded.

Because of this, many armies could not defeat the enemy, so they chopped off the heads of ordinary people and used them to claim military merit.

This kind of thing has been countless in all dynasties.

Although once discovered, it is a capital offense, but it has been repeatedly banned.

As for the victories that have not been handed over and cannot be verified, it depends purely on the mouths of the leading generals on the front line, what they want to say.

Not many people would really believe it anyway.

It is very normal to exaggerate a little, and everyone is like Ming Jing'er in their hearts.

But the battle lines are different.

Recovering the city means recovering.

It cannot be faked.

As long as the generals leading the troops on the front line are not confused, they will not talk nonsense on this.

After all, this is something that is clear and obvious if you check it casually.

There is a joke in later generations, which is "annihilate [-] million enemies and turn into victory."

It's about the absurdity of frequent victories on the front line, one victory after another, but the continuous loss of cities and territories.

Zhu Yunxi might just make up a story about winning a battle, report it to the court, and win credit for himself.

But whether the Songjiang Mansion City has been recovered or not is definitely a real deal.

Huang Zicheng was stunned by the news. When he came back to his senses, Huang Zicheng still couldn't believe it.

He stepped forward quickly, walked down the steps, and angrily said: "Do you know what crime you should be guilty of for falsely reporting military information and deceiving the emperor?"

(End of this chapter)