Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 16 Mao Wenlong

Ever since he was promoted to the position of Eunuch Bingbi, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, Xu Yingyuan has been proud and majestic in the palace. When Zhu Youjian asked how to deal with Li Yongzhen's resignation, Xu Yingyuan immediately said:

"Your Majesty, Li Yongzhen is scared and wants to break away from Wei Zhongxian."

"I would like to persuade him to surrender to Your Majesty."

When Zhu Youjian heard this, his face was calm, but his mind was full of thoughts.

Xu Yingyuan said that Li Yongzhen was afraid, and he believed this. However, Xu Yingyuan, a guy who had no profit and couldn't afford to be early, took the initiative to persuade Li Yongzhen, but he had to think too much.

Xu Yingyuan was not a peaceful person. Before entering the palace, he dared to hook up with Tu Wenfu.

Now that I am going to persuade Li Yongzhen, I am afraid that I will be involved with him.

As his personal eunuch, it was impossible for Xu Yingyuan not to know what Li Yongzhen did when building Prince Xin's Mansion, nor his resentment towards Li Yongzhen, and what Li Yongzhen was afraid of.

In this case, he was still willing to persuade. The most likely reason was that the two of them had been connected for a long time. Now that Li Yongzhen complained about illness and Xu Yingyuan offered advice, it was just a clear path in front of him.

Thinking about this matter in his mind, Zhu Youjian asked Wang Guotai casually. Wang Guotai followed Xu Yingyuan in everything, and actually directly agreed with Xu Yingyuan's strategy. This made Zhu Youjian secretly shake his head, knowing that Wang Guotai was loyal to Xu Yingyuan wholeheartedly after he took refuge in Xu Yingyuan, and was not someone he could reuse.

Then he thought that if he agreed to Li Yongzhen's request to leave the palace for leisure, Wei Zhongxian's people might think that he was going to attack them. Zhu Youjian found that his best choice was to deny Li Yongzhen's complaint of illness, and then follow Xu Yingyuan's strategy to persuade Li Yongzhen to surrender.

This made him realize even more that Xu Yingyuan was so courageous that he actually wanted to manipulate him in this way and become the new Nine Thousand Years Old.

"Let you be proud for a while first, and then we can deal with Wei Zhongxian!" 』

After thinking about it, Zhu Youjian found that the only eunuch around him who could do anything was Xu Yingyuan, and the eunuch Tu Wenfu also needed his comfort. He could only agree to Xu Yingyuan's request and let him persuade Li Yongzhen.

Zhu Youjian casually wrote "No" and said:
"Not allowed to file a medical complaint!"

"Xu Yingyuan, please personally bring my approval to Li Yongzhen."

Thinking again of the tomb of Emperor Tianqi, Zhu Youjian said:
"Also, tell Li Yongzhen to let him and Grand Scholar Shi Fenglai go to see the late emperor's longevity palace together."

"We must make it clear to Li Yongzhen and other former emperors, and ask them to do their jobs well and not to think wildly."

Xu Yingyuan smiled broadly and took the order with a smile. Zhu Youjian's mood was greatly ruined by him.

Yesterday, the Yellow Emperor's era was successfully confirmed and supported by all the ministers, which made Zhu Youjian quite proud. Today's calculations by Xu Yingyuan and Li Yongzhen made Zhu Youjian wake up from this complacency and know that his power could not be said to be stable whether in the outer court or the inner court. There are still many, many things that I need to do.

Knowing that his power was not yet stable, Zhu Youjian suppressed his thoughts of doing things and continued to read the memorials.

Wen Gaomo, the censor who patrolled Huguang, invited the four altars to be worshiped in the mausoleum. As usual, officials can be asked to perform sacrifices on their behalf, and the officials who perform sacrifices can be asked to inform Emperor Ruizhong Xian that he, the new emperor, has succeeded to the throne.

The woman who stopped her life came. You can stop letting the consecrated wife come to court to mourn, and prepare to drive out the consecrated lady in a few days.

Sun Guozhen, the governor of Denglai, praised Mao Wenlong for his achievements in Chuan. What kind of credit is this? Are you still asking for credit for Wei Zhongxian?
I feel strange in my heart, and I know that Hou Jin is the number one foreign invader at present. Zhu Youjian immediately ordered to summon people familiar with Liaodong affairs from the Supervisor of Liturgical Affairs.

After a while, Wang Tiqian, the eunuch and eunuch in charge of the ceremony, came over in person. After hearing Zhu Youjian's question, he replied:

"Xuanchuan Mansion belongs to North Korea and is across the sea from Pi Island."

"Sun Guozhen reported the victory of the Dongjiang River on the day of the late emperor's march." Nodding slightly, Zhu Youjian probably understood. Pidao was probably invaded by Hou Jin again, and then, as expected, these landlubbers who grew up in the mountains and forests of the Northeast could only look back and sigh. Then Mao Wenlong defeated the enemy and achieved a great victory.

As for the success of this victory, Zhu Youjian has no time to care about it for the time being. What made him distraught was that for a good military achievement, he had to praise the factory officials and attribute it to Wei Zhongxian.

The atmosphere has become so corrupt that Zhu Youjian really hates it:

If everyone did what he did, what motivation would the generals at the border have to perform meritorious service?
They probably want to defend themselves with troops instead of trying to develop.

Recalling that Wei Liangqing's contribution to the knighthood came from Yuan Chonghuan's Ningyuan victory, Zhu Youjian felt that after the eunuch party was eliminated, this kind of atmosphere must be rectified, so that the generals would not have the motivation to perform meritorious service and would only want to defend the city with troops.

I want to approve, but I don’t know what to approve. Zhu Youjian felt unhappy about giving Wei Zhongxian credit, and Zhu Youjian was worried about alerting the eunuchs if he didn't give Wei Zhongxian credit. In the end, he could only ask the cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies for approval as usual, and he ignored it.

However, Zhu Youjian still admired Mao Wenlong. Knowing that his skin island existed did have a restraining effect——

If there is no threat, Houjin will not send troops to attack.

Mao Wenlong's Pidao is a fulcrum. In the future, when the court has strength, it can continuously deploy troops through this fulcrum.

Relying only on the Guan Ning Army in Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan, we don’t know when we will set foot on Liao soil again!

Zhu Youjian did not have a high opinion of the Guan Ning Army, which led the Qing army into the Pass after the fall of the Ming Dynasty. Knowing this period of history, it was impossible for him to place his hopes on Ping Liao on these soldiers and horses. On the contrary, Mao Wenlong's side is worth trying.

Thinking of this, Zhu You asked Wang Tiqian:
"Who is Sun Guozhen?"

"Can he control Mao Wenlong and Dongjiang Town?"

Knowing something about Sun Guozhen, the governor who was in contact with the eunuchs, Wang Tigan replied:
"Sun Guozhen was a Jinshi of Guichou in the 41st year of Wanli. He participated in pacifying Xu Hongru's rebellion in the second year of Tianqi."

"After his meritorious service, he was transferred to Fujian Xunhai Road to participate in politics. He worked with Nan Juyi, the governor of Fujian, and others to recover Penghu, and was promoted to the governor of Denglai."

"He is from Cixi, Zhejiang, and Mao Wenlong is from Qiantang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang. They are from the same hometown and have a close relationship."

Surprised by Sun Guozhen's resume, Zhu Youjian never expected that this person was still a talent. Whether it is quelling the White Lotus Rebellion or recovering the Penghu Islands, they are all major achievements worthy of special mention. Although Sun Guozhen was not the first to take part in these two events, he was able to participate in them twice in a row and was promoted to the governor of Denglai because of his merit. This shows that his contribution is not small and his ability is worthy of praise.

Such a talent deserves to be preserved by Zhu Youjian after defeating the eunuch. So Zhu Youjian was delighted and immediately ordered:

"Mao Wenlong has contributed greatly to the victory of Xuanchuan. He can be rewarded as usual and be given Shang Fangjian."

"Sun Guozhen recalled his previous achievements and also gave Shang Fangjian."

　"Records of the Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty": Grant Shang Fangjian, and those below the rank of chief soldier who do not need to be killed can engage in military law.

　　"Zi Zhong Zhi": Xu Yingyuan, a native of Xiong County, Beizhi County, was the same official as Yu Nixian in the same year, and served Xian as his brother. In August of the seventh year of Tianqi, he was promoted to Bingbi, and in November, he was sent to Chengtian. Later, he was sent to Jingjun and transferred to Fengyang.

　　According to the title of Concubine Zhuang of Guangmiao, the reason for raising this person is that her death was due to depression of vitality. I recently heard that he died in Fengyang, and people said that Heaven was unhappy.

　　Li Yongzhen was the son of Li Jing, a resident of Fuhe Village in Tongzhou. ... Yuan Yu and Xu Yingyuan merged into one and retreated. Ni Xian borrowed Ying Yuan's power to wait for Yongzhen to create a new world. This is a clever trick that many people cannot know.

　　
　
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