Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

Chapter 104 Why panic? Everything is under Dingyuan Hou’s care
  Ming Dynasty, Beijing City.

Lu Enguang arrived in Beijing early the next morning.

A report came back from the Jizhou Prefecture. The refugees from Liaodong were defeated and poured in directly from Shanhaiguan. The battle situation on the front line was unknown. The front line troops of Houjin were suspected to have arrived in Ningyuan City. The war was intense. The report requested the court to send troops for support.

Reports from Dengzhou Prefecture came that more than 10,000 people from the Later Jin Dynasty attacked North Korea. The Korean monarchs and civil and military officials of the Lee family fled overnight. They abandoned Seoul and fled into the mountain city of Nanhan to avoid the disaster of national subjugation.

At the same time, Xiong Tingbi, the Liaodong manager, urgently reported: Hou Jin suddenly invaded, resulting in the fall of the Haizhou Guard that had just been recovered. At the same time, the Ming army was unable to stop it, and directly lost the Guangning City Guards, the Big and Small Linghe Guards, as well as Songjinxingshan and other forts. .Please ask the imperial court to support troops and horses to prevent Hou Jin from launching a large-scale attack on Ningyuan City and the troops approaching Shanhaiguan.

The situation in Liaodong has completely changed in three days.

The entire morning court hall was filled with civil and military officials, and the atmosphere was dead silent as they watched the report sent back from the front.

"Your Majesty, things happened unexpectedly at that time. Xiong Tingbi did not convene the generals to discuss the matter, nor report the actual situation to the court. He was eager for quick success and wanted to capture the lost territory of Haizhou Guard and other Liao River lines in one fell swoop. He rashly sent troops, causing the battle to be completely defeated." Lu Enguang knelt on the ground, crying to Emperor Tianqi with tears streaming down his face, as if he had been greatly wronged.

"Okay!" Zhu Youxiao waved his hand suddenly to stop Lu Enguang's sobbing: "As the commander of the Liaodong Jinyi Guards, if you are not staying in Liaodong, why do you rush back when something goes wrong? Do I need you to escort me?"

The civil and military officials in the court looked at the commander of the Imperial Guards who hurried back to the capital last night with some gloating.

Who here doesn't know that Lu Enguang is the Supervisor of Ceremonies?
  Things are urgent in Liaodong. Even if Xiong Tingbi is guilty, it's not your Jinyiwei's turn to come back and complain, right?
  If you are not guarding the emperor's door in Liaodong, what are you doing here?

"Furthermore, Xiong Tingbi, what does this mean? Dear ministers, who can give me an answer?" Zhu Youxiao on the throne has just turned seventeen. Faced with such a roller coaster-like turbulent situation, look at this The throne was reporting urgent military information from various places, and after angrily scolding Lu Enguang, he felt dizzy for a moment.

"I believe that we should immediately issue an order to promote Jin Yiwei to escort Xiong Tingbi back to the capital. The crime will be judged by the judiciary and sent to all nine sides! As a warning to others!" As soon as Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, Yao Zongwen from the Ministry of Household Affairs stood up and bowed. He wanted to convict Xiong Tingbi of death.

"I second the proposal!" Censor Feng Sanyuan also stood up.

"I also second the proposal!" Shengshu, the leader of the matter, walked out of the train.

In such a situation, if Wang Qi were here, he would definitely touch his palms with his hands and say with a smile: This is the way of killing people with swords and pens!

Han Xu, who was standing at the front of the team, glanced at Yao Zongwen with a look of displeasure on his face. Since the Shenzong Dynasty, Yao Zongwen and Feng Sanyuan had been at odds with Xiong Tingbi. Now that they have reached the Tianqi Dynasty, why are they still so stubborn?

"Your Majesty, in the battle ahead, rashly killing a general is an act that will destabilize the army. I believe that we should take a long-term approach and ask Xiong Tingbi to stabilize the situation in Ningyuan City first, and then the imperial court will select others to go to Liao. When the time comes, we will discuss Xiong Tingbi's situation. Deal with it before it's too late!" Liu Zongzhou, the head of the Ministry of Rites, stepped forward to defend Xiong Tingbi.

Although Xiong Tingbi is a member of the Zhejiang Party, he has always been on good terms with Donglin. And because of Wang Qi's recent situation, Donglin must support the strategic officers in Liaodong to check and balance him.

On the other hand, there have been a lot of shortages in the imperial cabinet recently, and Liu Zongzhou, Hui Shiyang and others in the Donglin Party are all covetous.

And obviously, the current chaos in Liaodong is a good opportunity to make political achievements!

Zhu Youxiao clenched his fists tightly: If someone wants to kill, someone will want to protect him.

Addressing the situation well will always lead to disputes
  But is today's court meeting discussing how to deal with Xiong Tingbi?

Hou Jin has already reached Ningyuan City!
  Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao's head felt dizzy. For some reason, since Wang Qi left Beijing, Zhu Youxiao couldn't sleep every night, worrying about the situation in the court, the situation in Liaodong, and the border troubles in various places. wreak havoc
  I'm not even in the mood to do the carpentry work anymore.

"Now is not the time to discuss whether to kill Xiong Tingbi." Han Xu stood up at this time and bowed: "Your Majesty, I think we should quickly prepare the army and mobilize some of the Beijing camps, Shanxi guards, and some of Jiaodong. Move the troops and horses to Shanhaiguan to guard against Hou Jin's massive attack, which will cause greater disaster!" In general, Han Xu's intention is to ignore Xiong Tingbi's sins first, mobilize the army, and strictly guard against Hou Jin.

In the hall, Zuo Guangdou, Yang Lian and others said nothing, but they clearly agreed with Han Xu's words.

However, Han Xu was still concerned about the current war situation in Liaodong and knew to mobilize the army to prevent an even bigger defeat.

"Currently, how many people can the imperial court mobilize at most?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Sun Chengzong, the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Grand Bachelor of the Imperial Palace.

"Replying to Your Majesty, a total of 100,000 troops and horses are available in Xuanfu, Datong, Jizhou, Jinanfu and other towns. However, there is no time to mobilize them all in a hurry. In addition, with food and salary, ordnance, the Ministry of War issuing a document, and local recruitment and deployment, it will take at least half a day to deploy the army. months”

Half a month.
  To be honest, Sun Chengzong did not want to use troops from Xuanda and other places prematurely. Border affairs require general planning. Everyone in the court heard the news and did not know the battle situation on the front line, nor the actual movements of the enemy, nor could they make any good suggestions. And strategy.

again
  Once something goes wrong, there is never a consensus in the court.

Party strife! North and South! Civil and military! Central and local!

Chaos! ! !
  Zhu Youxiao leaned on the throne, tilting his head back. For a moment, he felt that the back of his head was a little hot, and he wanted to find a cool place to cool down his chaotic head.

Wei Zhongxian, who was standing aside, saw this, looked at Zhu Youxiao, and then at Lu Enguang, who was still kneeling on the ground, and was about to speak.

I heard someone in the hall speak in advance.

"Your Majesty," Ye Xianggao, the chief minister of the cabinet, stood up slowly and leisurely: "I have something to say."

Since receiving the latest report from Liaodong last night.

The person in charge of the cabinet, a close associate of Marquis Dingyuan, almost had a smile on his face.

Xiong Tingbi's failure once again slapped Han Xu and others in the face, and in the end, Wang Qi still had to clean up the mess in Liaodong!
  From this point of view, Ye Xianggao's vision is still as good as ever!

Now, the chief minister of the cabinet is considering whether he should be aggrieved and marry his granddaughter to Wang Qi as a concubine?

Is it not too much for a future prince to have his granddaughter as his concubine?

"Ye Aiqing, tell me!" Zhu Youxiao, who was leaning against the throne a second ago, immediately sat up straight and looked at Ye Xianggao.

"Why don't we wait until Marquis Dingyuan's memorial arrives in Beijing before we speak?" Ye Xianggao stood in the hall with an unusually calm demeanor.

It's probably like this when Mount Tai collapses in front of you, but your face doesn't change color.

That way, he seemed to be smiling at everyone in the hall and saying: Everyone is in a hurry. What are you anxious about? Everything is determined and stable!

(End of this chapter)