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Chapter 57 The Donglin Party is in action (please read the new chapter)

After leaving the palace, Congzhe and Huang Jiashan returned to their yamen offices.

Nowadays, the Ming army in Liaodong has suffered heavy casualties. Two of the four armies have been lost. The other two are also in a semi-disabled state. Liaodong's military strength is seriously insufficient.

Regardless of the victory or defeat in this battle, a large amount of reinforcements, food and military supplies will be needed, otherwise the empty Liaodong may attract the attention of the Mongols.

Fang Congzhe asked Huang Jiashan to urge reinforcements from all walks of life to Liaodong.

Previously, Xuanfu's thousands of reinforcements, Guangxi wolf soldiers and Sichuan white pole soldiers failed to catch up with Yang Hao's four-pronged encirclement and suppression. Now these more than 1 troops have become a new force.

But these troops are far from enough. Huang Jiashan is preparing to mobilize the Qi Army commanded by Qi Jin to go north; even the Beijing camp has begun to select soldiers again, preparing to go to the Liaodong battlefield.

For a time, the atmosphere in the capital became tense.

This battle affects the hearts of countless people, including the Donglin Party members who have lost power. At this time, these Donglin Party members are gathering at the residence of Yuan Yingtai, a doctor in the Ministry of War.

Since the resignation of Donglin Party leader Ye Xianggao, the main members have been basically squeezed out of the core of power.

The earliest three leaders of Donglin, Gu Xiancheng, have died, and Zou Yuanbiao and Zhao Nanxing have also been relegated and returned to their hometowns.

If we say that the early Donglin Party members could still criticize current affairs, promote reforms, and play a certain progressive role in safeguarding the country's foundation.

Today's Donglin Party is completely obsessed with party struggle and cannot extricate itself.

Many people no longer have right and wrong in their hearts, but only know that the party agrees with each other and opposes differences.

The purpose of their concern about the Liaodong War was to use it to attack the three parties of "Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang" so as to regain their right to speak in the court.

Yuan Yingtai, a doctor in the Ministry of War, said: "The report of this expedition against Jianlu has been sent to the Ministry of War. It is said that a great victory was achieved."

"The traitor Li Yongfang was captured alive, and the heads of the thieves Amin and Abatai are now in the Ministry of War."

After hearing about the great victory in Liaodong, everyone present could not help but feel a little disappointed. Only Yang Lian from the Military Department seemed more excited about the incident.

Yang Lian said: "This battle has consumed too much manpower and material resources of the Ming Dynasty. Winning is naturally the best result."

However, this normal statement seems a bit out of place here.

Everyone looked at Yang Lian with surprised eyes. The subtext clearly said: Is this kid missing a muscle and can't figure out where his butt sits?

Yuan Yingtai soon changed the topic and said: "However, this good news is a bit strange. Only Huang Shangshu has seen it. In the past, such good news would be circulated to everyone in the Ministry of War."

"Not only that, His Majesty also personally summoned Huang Shangshu and Fang Shoufu this time. Now the Ministry of War is mobilizing troops and horses from various places to support Liaodong. This is not a measure that should be taken for a great victory."

Yuan Jiacheng, the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs, also said: "The Ministry of Household Affairs has also received instructions from Fang Shoufu and is raising a large amount of military rations to send to Liaodong."

All signs indicate that the war in Liaodong did not end with this "good news", but showed signs of escalation.

At this time, Sun Wenming, the imperial physician on the side, said: "Today, His Majesty Chenshi summoned Wan Fanghuang and his wife at Qianqing Palace, and then sent the imperial physician to come for diagnosis and treatment. It is said that he fainted for a time, which was caused by anger."

Everyone said something to each other, and the more they talked, the more excited they became. Soon they reached a consensus: this good news was obviously an attempt to cover up, and it was basically a failure.

If it really is a defeat, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Yang Hao, the leader of the Liaodong Economic Strategy, was a general of the "Zhejiang Party" and was recommended by Fang Congzhe. They could take the opportunity to get rid of Yang Hao and recommend Donglin Party members to go to Liaodong.

Zhou Shunchang, the chief officer of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said: "If it is just a defeat, even if the cabinet and the Ministry of War are at fault, it may be difficult to punish them. At that time, the chief assistant of Fang will at most lose his soldiers and protect his commanders, remove Yang Hao from his post, and take out Just take the blame and that will be the end of it.”

"But if Yang Hao turns defeat into victory, and Fang Shoufu and others help to cover it up, then the nature of the matter will be completely different!" Zhou Shunchang's words made their eyes light up, it was like a group of flies staring at A cracked egg.

This group of people were like chicken blood in an instant, and they all reprimanded Yang Hao for losing his master and humiliating the country. Fang Congzhe was causing harm to the country and the people, and they wanted to eat the two of them alive immediately.

However, there are still two difficulties facing them at this time.

First, they have not seen this memorial at all, and everything is just speculation.

Second, they did not know the specific battle situation in Liaodong and had no way of making accusations.

Yuan Yingtai said: "I understand your determination to eliminate traitors for the country, but now we don't have solid evidence in our hands. We need to be patient for the time being. It would be bad if we alert the enemy."

The Donglin Party has nothing but a large number of people. Many of the lower-level officials are members of the Donglin Party, and Liaodong is no exception.

Within a few days, they had a lot of information.

Zhou Shunchang said angrily: "Yang Hao was in charge of Liaodong. He lost his troops and lost his territory. He was as afraid of the enemy as a tiger. As a result, the Jianlu invaders attacked Shenyang City all the way. As a result, tens of thousands of people in our Ming Dynasty were plundered by the Jianluqi."

Shao Zhanshi Liu Yijing was even more heartbroken and cried loudly: "My Ming Dynasty spent millions of taels of silver in order to conquer Liaodong; countless people cut down on food and clothing in order to pay the 'Liao pay'. But what they got in exchange was a complete and utter defeat. According to the intelligence sent back, the corpses of our Ming soldiers are all around the cliff near Sarhu Monk, and almost all of the 5 troops in the northwest two armies were wiped out."

"What's even more disgusting is that the traitor Yang Hao actually turned defeat into victory and sent a victory report to the Ministry of War."

These few people became more and more excited as they talked, and the whole room was wailing. Some people thought that some important Donglin official had died suddenly.

At this time, Yuan Yingtai said: "Please calm down, everyone. The northwest two routes were indeed defeated miserably; but there are still good news. The southern route army killed the enemy chiefs and a large number of beheadings are also true. The heads have been sent to the Ministry of War. Now. Most of the verification results are the heads of Jianlu."

At this time, everyone had already been selectively blind, and they could not see this gain at all. Anyway, it was a fact that Liaodong suffered a disastrous defeat, and that the Jianlu captured the city of Shenyang and took a large number of people abducted.

They have all been beaten like this. How dare you call it a "great victory" just by luckily killing two enemy chiefs and wiping out some captives?
Are they fooling ghosts?
So the Donglin Party began to take action and wrote letters of impeachment one after another.

However, Emperor Wanli never paid attention to the memorials from the officials, and the piles of impeachments were sent directly to Fang Congzhe.

At this time, Fang Congzhe and Huang Jiashan were already very calm because they had just received the latest battle report from Liaodong.

Yang Gao defeated Jianlu at the foot of Shenyang City, and Nurhachi had already retreated.

Moreover, Crow Falcon Pass was still in the hands of the Ming army, and Jianlu did not completely occupy Qinghe Road.

Just as the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, they were ready to report their victory to Wanli.

I saw a scribe running over in a hurry and said: "Shoufu Fang is not well. A group of Donglin Party officials, led by Zhou Shunchang and Liu Yijing, are carrying a coffin and wearing mourning clothes and crying outside the palace gate. They say they want to mourn for The tens of thousands of Ming Dynasty soldiers who died in Liaodong are seeking justice and require Fang Shoufu to severely punish Yang Hao and other Liaodong generals, and hold them accountable for lying about military intelligence and concealing defeat as victory!"

"They were mourning all the way, playing and playing, and the noise was quite loud. There were hundreds of people. Now outside the palace gate are all the people watching!"

Young Master Liu Yijing even threatened: "If Fang Shoufu doesn't give everyone an explanation today, he will crash to death outside the palace gate!"

I originally thought that these Donglin Party members were just going to issue a memorial for impeachment, so Fang Congzhe was naturally not afraid. Unexpectedly, this group of people immediately started acting rogue and made the matter so big. It seemed like something bad was going to happen!
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