Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 196 The Seven Deadly Sins

Chapter 196 The Twelve Deadly Sins
Therefore, if you want to continue maritime trade and expand maritime business, your subordinates must gain maritime hegemony, otherwise they will never have a safe business environment.

Judging from the current situation, the first step is to equip escort warships. The second step should be to consider subduing Zheng Zhilong. If Zheng Zhilong can be subdued and take over the sphere of influence currently controlled by the Zheng Group, then we can The seas of East and Southeast Asia are now unimpeded.

Zhu Tianqi thought of this and asked Zhang Guoji and Zhang Shili to go back first, and then asked Wang Yuanbao to find Qian Longxi.

After Qian Longxi arrived, Zhu Tianqi said to him: "Qian Longxi, do you still remember what I told you about dealing with Mao Wenlong?"

Qian Longxi hurriedly saluted and replied: "Of course I will remember it!"

Zhu Tianqi nodded: "Very good, now the time is ripe, it's time to take action!"

Later, Zhu Tianqi sent someone to call Mao Wenlong to the palace.

Mao Wenlong's recent stay in the capital has been quite comfortable. He lives in the house with fine clothes and food every day, and his wife and children are on the hot bed. He has gained a lot of weight!
Now that the emperor sent someone to summon him, Mao Wenlong naturally didn't think too much and went out happily to follow the envoy into the palace to meet the emperor.

After entering the palace, Mao Wenlong bowed and then stood respectfully in the palace waiting for the emperor's questions and instructions.

Zhu Tianqi did not speak directly to Mao Wenlong, but called Qian Longxi: "Qian Longxi, show him the memorial to impeach him!"

When Mao Wenlong heard the words "Impeachment Memorial", his heart suddenly pounded, and he broke into a cold sweat instantly.

Qian Longxi then handed a memorial to Mao Wenlong. Mao Wenlong took it with trembling hands, but he didn't know whether he was too nervous or afraid, but he didn't open the memorial for a long time.

Zhu Tianqi didn't expect Mao Wenlong to be cowardly, and immediately said to Qian Longxi: "Qian Longxi, read to him!"

However, Qian Longxi did not even take the memorial from Mao Wenlong's hand, but directly opened his mouth and recited the contents of the memorial.

"The twelve major crimes of impeaching Mao Wenlong, the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town:
The first crime is that according to the ancestral system of our dynasty, generals leading troops outside must accept the supervision of civilian officials. Mao Wenlong is the dictator of Pi Dao, and the money and food for the army, horses, and horses are not subject to supervision. It is a capital crime;

The second crime is that the most serious crime for a minister is to deceive the emperor. Mao Wenlong repeatedly deceived the emperor, killed surrendered soldiers and refugees, and faked military exploits, which is a capital crime;
The three crimes are that those who are generals are not allowed to appoint generals privately. Mao Wenlong privately appointed officials to his subordinates without the permission of the court.

The fourth crime is that the imperial court allocates hundreds of thousands of dollars in salary to Dongjiang Town every year. Mao Wenlong did not pay it to the soldiers. He only distributed three and a half buckets of rice every month. He embezzled military rations and was punished by death;
Five crimes: setting up a horse market on Phi Island without permission from the court, and communicating with foreigners privately, a capital crime;
Six crimes: Thousands of people in Mao Wenlong's department pretended to be "Mao", and thousands of pieces of cloth were randomly distributed to the lieutenants and below, and the pawns and bearers were all wearing official uniforms and robes that exceeded the standard, capital punishment;
Seven crimes: Mao Wenlong and his men plundered merchant ships for a long time, like water bandits, a capital crime;

Eight crimes: Mao Wenlong forcibly married a folk woman, ignored the laws and regulations, and his subordinates followed suit, making the people uneasy at home, a capital crime;

Nine crimes, driving refugees from Liaodong into Liao land to steal ginseng. Those who disobeyed were starved to death. The island was littered with bones. It was a capital crime;
Ten crimes: When the Eunuch Party was in power, Mao Wenlong used a car to deliver gold to the capital, worshiped Wei Zhongxian as his father, and sculpted a portrait of him with a crown on the island, capital crime;

Eleven crimes, during the battle of Dingmao, Mao Wenlong attacked Jiannu and was defeated in the battle of Tieshan. Countless soldiers were lost, but they concealed the defeat and made meritorious deeds, capital punishment;
Twelve crimes: Mao Wenlong failed to regain an inch of land after establishing a town in Dongjiang for eight years. He sat back and watched, tolerated and supported the enemy, and was punished by death. "

As the charges came out of Qian Longxi's mouth one by one, Mao Wenlong's clothes were soaked with cold sweat as if they had been washed with water. After reading the twelve charges, Mao Wenlong finally couldn't hold it anymore, his face turned earth-colored, and he knelt down. On the ground.

Needless to say, the author of this memorial must be Yuan Chonghuan. When Yuan Chonghuan wanted to kill Mao Wenlong, he listed the twelve major crimes of Mao Wenlong, but Zhu Tianqi withheld them, and now he finally allowed them to do so. Qian Longxi took it out.

Zhu Tianqi sneered and asked, "Mao Wenlong, do you know your guilt?"

Although Mao Wenlong was frightened to death, since the emperor did not directly send someone to pull him out and behead him, he was still willing to ask himself this question, which meant that he still had a chance of survival. He quickly kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, Mao Wenlong, is guilty!"

"Mao Wenlong, Mao Wenlong, it's useless for me to put you in such high regard. How could you do such unscrupulous and treasonous things?" Zhu Tianqi pretended to be heartbroken and said, "You are a rare general. It's a pity that you have bad conduct. I I can’t tolerate you either!”

After saying this, Zhu Tianqi shouted loudly outside the palace: "Come here, send Mao Wenlong to prison and wait for his punishment!"

As soon as Zhu Tianqi finished speaking, two Jinyi guards came in and dragged Mao Wenlong outside the hall.

After that, Zhu Tianqi did not mention another word related to Mao Wenlong to Qian Longxi, but immediately changed the topic and said to Qian Longxi: "Now that the weather has gradually warmed up, Liaodong should continue to push northward. After you go back, give Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan an order to rectify their troops and continue northward!"

Qian Longxi immediately accepted the order: "I obey the order!"

Zhu Tianqi then took out another document and handed it to Qian Longxi, and said to him: "As for Datong, our army has occupied Guihua City for nearly a year now, and the firearms and armaments of the Shaanxi Chief Envoy Several batches have been sent over, and the soldiers under Man Gui have almost trained, and it is time to continue to go north, conquer the Chahar tribe in the east, and attack Khalkha in the north!"

After hearing this, Qian Longxi couldn't help but be shocked. He was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Your Majesty, the Chahar tribe was originally the territory of Lin Dan Khan. Now I, the Ming Dynasty, have defeated Lin Dan Khan and sent my army to the northeast to conquer Chahar. Hal, that’s reasonable, but I’m afraid it wouldn’t be good to continue heading north to attack Karkha and start a war!”

After hearing Qian Longxi's words, Zhu Tianqi couldn't help but ask: "What do you mean by 'not very good'? Do you mean that our Ming Dynasty has always been good to our neighbors and never took the initiative to attack our neighbors, or do you mean that I Is it not good for the country to be too bellicose?"

Qian Longxi's heart suddenly shivered, and he hurriedly saluted: "I have no intention of doing so. I just feel that our Ming Dynasty has not yet completely recovered Liaodong, nor has it conquered the Chahar tribes, and then we can attack Karr in the north." "Kah, it's really not a good time. We should postpone the plan to attack northward!" Zhu Tianqi doesn't know that starting a multi-front battle now is not a good choice. However, time waits for no one. Now Russia has begun to attack Siberia. March forward, and by next year, they will reach the Lena River Basin, establish the city of Yakutsk, and complete the occupation of most of Siberia.

Zhu Tianqi now has the most advanced weapons and equipment in the world, and he does not want to give up Siberia to Russia.

Therefore, for Zhu Tianqi, it is more important to march northeast to attack Chahar than to go all the way north to capture Siberia.

So Zhu Tianqi immediately said to Qian Longxi: "The Chahar tribes are there, and sooner or later they will surrender to me, the Ming Dynasty, so whether to fight or not, whether to fight early or late is not a big difference. I am I think it is urgent to go north, and our army of the Ming Dynasty will fight all the way to the end of the mainland!"

Qian Longxi was stunned. He couldn't understand why the emperor kept marching north. After all, in his understanding, the north was a desert land with a dry and cold climate, which was neither suitable for living nor farming, making it useless.

However, Qian Longxi probably couldn't imagine that the north of Mobei is a treasure land. Although the climate is cold, it is rich in water and soil, rich in natural resources, and there are a lot of mineral resources that can be mined.

Zhu Tianqi did not give Qian Longxi too much explanation. The document he just handed to Qian Longxi contained the detailed plan and offensive route for going north to occupy Siberia. He only wanted Qian Longxi to hand over this document to Manchuria. Just Gui.

Although Qian Longxi couldn't understand the intention of the emperor's move at the moment, but thinking that the emperor insisted on doing so, there must be a reason for the emperor, and this reason is probably beyond his comprehension at this time, so Qian Longxi finally didn't dare to continue to ask more questions , but retreated as ordered.

As the Ministry of War's offensive order was issued, the eastern and western armies began their northern march almost at the same time.

Liaodong naturally gathered a large army to attack Liaoyang, but at this time, Dorgon had already emptied the city of Liaoyang's money, food and goods, and the defenders did not leave much behind. It was like an empty city.

The Ming army gathered [-] to [-] soldiers and horses in vain, but they easily broke through Liaoyang City. Even because Liaoyang City was broken so easily, Yuan Chonghuan was worried that it was a trap set by Jiannu, and for a long time They didn't dare to enter the city.

This gave Dorgon time to retreat. As soon as Liaoyang was attacked, Dorgon received the news and ordered his people to pack up their things, led his troops to flee Shenyang City, and evacuated to the Horqin tribe in Chahar.

When the Ming army finally determined that there was no ambush in Liaoyang City, entered the city and occupied Liaoyang, and when Yuan Chonghuan led his troops north to reach Shenyang City, even Shenyang City was an empty city.

Although he captured the capital of Jiannu so easily and regained the central area of ​​Liaodong, Yuan Chonghuan felt that he was not in a good mood. After all, he did not see a single leader of Jiannu along the way. If he did not give these people If we get rid of it, there will never be peace in Liaodong.

News of Yuan Chonghuan's victory was sent back to the capital, and naturally the civil and military officials of the entire court celebrated it. However, Zhu Tianqi did not show the slightest joy. He had different ideas from Yuan Chonghuan.

Yuan Chonghuan was worried that if Dorgon, Mang Gurtai, and Amin were not eliminated, Liaodong would be difficult to calm down.

Zhu Tianqi was not worried about the defeat of the three Ming army men, but Zhu Tianqi's psychological expectation was not only to recover Shenyang City, but also to recover Liaodong in his mind, which was to recover the entire Jianzhou Jurchen territory. , we have to fight all the way east to the Sea of ​​Okhotsk.

Therefore, after Zhu Tianqi accepted the congratulations from the officials, he gave Qian Longxi an order directly in front of the officials, asking him to reply to Yuan Chonghuan. While the weather was warm, do not stop the offensive and continue to march to the east and north to fully recover the entire Jianzhou Jurchen area.

All the officials were shocked when they heard this. After all, in their view, now that the capital of Jiannu had been captured by the Ming army, the crisis in Liaodong had been resolved, and the court had solved the troubles that had troubled the Ming Dynasty for many years. From now on, Daming can recuperate and live a good life.

However, they did not expect that the emperor was not at all satisfied with the results achieved by the Ming army. Instead, he wanted Yuan Chonghuan to continue marching and wanted to recover the entire Jianzhou area.

In the eyes of hundreds of officials, this is not a wise move. After all, as long as we use troops to fight, we will spend money like water. If we keep fighting like this, when will we be the leader?

But they didn't dare to stand up and object rashly, so they all looked at Qian Longxi.

But how could Qian Longxi object to the emperor's order? After all, the emperor's order to march north from Guangxi to the end of the mainland was complied with. Now what does it matter if the emperor asks Yuan Chonghuan to recover the entire Jurchen territory in Jianzhou?
Even if Qian Longxi saluted and obeyed the order, the officials below did not dare to speak any more.

In fact, when Yuan Chonghuan sent back the victory report, he was a little unwilling and worried. He was afraid that the emperor would give up and let him withdraw his troops. However, it turned out that the emperor was a wise master and knew the principle of "cutting the grass to remove the roots", so he asked him Continue to clear out the slave-building forces and recover the entire territory of Jianzhou.

At the same time, in the military order to Yuan Chonghuan, Zhu Tianqi also specifically asked Yuan Chonghuan to strictly observe military discipline, treat the recovered areas as the land of the Ming Dynasty, and treat the surrendered people as the people of the Ming Dynasty. Anyone who dares to violate military discipline and disturb the people and plunder will be punished by military law!
The Liao army under Yuan Chonghuan was okay, but Mao Wenlong's troops were not easy to control. As the commander-in-chief, Yuan Chonghuan was a little worried when facing such a group of "bandit troops" with no military discipline.

Because Mao Wenlong is not here now, these people are leaderless, and no one is convinced. Although they are afraid of Yuan Chonghuan, they are only afraid, but they are not 100% convinced.

Because of Zhu Tianqi's prior instructions, Yuan Chonghuan did not dare to use strong methods to rectify them, for fear of forcing them to rebel, which would have a great negative impact on the subsequent recovery of Jianzhou.

Fortunately, the imperial court quickly ordered all of Mao Wenlong's troops to withdraw to Pidao. This made Yuan Chonghuan breathe a sigh of relief, and Mao Wenlong was quickly released from the imperial prison and returned to Pidao under the escort of Mao Chenglu. .

Regarding the matter of Mao Wenlong being released to Pidao, we have to talk about it after the court meeting was dismissed a few days ago after the court received the good news from Liaodong. Zhu Tianqi did not return to Qianqing Palace after retreating from the court, but secretly left the palace and went to Jinyiwei. Zhao Wenlong went to see Mao Wenlong in Zhao Prison. At this time, Mao Wenlong had been imprisoned in Zhao Prison for almost a month.

(End of this chapter)

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