Wanli 1592

Chapter 503 Xiangshi Xiao Zhennan is here, so why worry about the northern captives not being broken?

On November 25th, the 27th year of Wanli, the 4 vanguard troops of the Beijing Camp under the leadership of Chai Guozhu, the deputy general of the Imperial Border Forces, set off first. The remaining [-] main troops will be led by Li Chengliang, and so on. Get your gear and supplies ready before setting off.

This time, Li Chengliang also won the highest official rank for a general to go to war - admiral, a position that can be compared with a civil servant.

Before this position, only Xiao Ruxun, the current Marquis of Zhennan, had obtained this position. Therefore, Li Chengliang had fulfilled his long-cherished wish, and he was still very happy.

It would have been a pleasure.

According to the regulations after Tumubao, civilian officials are required to be the commanders-in-chief of the army, and military generals can only be the commander-in-chief. However, Xiao Ruxun was treated as an exception before. Besides Zhao Zhigao, who else is more qualified than Li Chengliang?

So the civil servants thought about it, and decided to give him the title of admiral and let him lead the troops to fight, to show the court's trust and comfort to the veterans. When he was alone in command of the army, suddenly a civil servant sighed——

"Xiang Shi Xiao Zhennan is here, so why worry about the northern captives not being broken?"Why is it that the veteran at seventy still needs to be in command? 』

Li Chengliang's face turned dark when he said this sentence.

Xiao Ruxun has been the No.1 general in the Wanli Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty for several years, and Li Chengliang's first achievement as a frontier commander at that time has also become eclipsed by Xiao Ruxun's too brilliant record.

Li Chengliang has guarded Liaodong in the northeast for many years, but he has not been able to reduce the number of thieves in Liaodong and reduce the pressure on Jurchen and Mongolia. Instead, they fought more and more.

His contributions are getting bigger and bigger, but the situation in Liaodong is not so good. That's why some people keep pointing out his crime of "supporting the bandits to be self-respecting and having ulterior motives" to bring him down.

Compared with Xiao Ruxun's record of annihilating the two countries in the three wars, it is indeed much inferior. Even if nothing else is said, the record of annihilating 20 Japanese pirates in the first battle is enough to make Xiao Ruxun's name go down in history.

However, Li Chengliang's achievements have to be added with a big question mark, and people will always be questioned whether he is "containing evil intentions", whether he indirectly caused the rise of Jurchen, and eventually led to the sinking of Shenzhou.

Compared with Xiao Ruxun's flawless record, Li Chengliang, the former Wanli No. Let Li Chengliang, who is 1 years old and should have taken care of his life, set off again.

The civil official didn't want to express his dissatisfaction with Li Chengliang, but with the court's decision to keep Xiao Ruxun in Burma Shizhen Burma.

Because this resolution really made many civil servants express dissatisfaction at that time. At that time, it was the civil servants of the Liao Dynasty and Wang Xijue, the backer behind Li Chengliang, who promoted this matter at the time, and Xiao Ruxun obviously couldn't pee in the same pot with the Liaodong Department.

He beat Li Rusong well in North Korea and punished many Liaodong cavalrymen, which was regarded as offending the Liaodong faction. Therefore, the civil servant faction that was at odds with the Liaodong faction admired Xiao Ruxun very much and wanted to win him over.

However, at that time, the Liaodong faction was powerful, and could even compete with the Jin faction. Therefore, Xiao Ruxun went to Shizhen, Burma, and could no longer return to the capital to take up a position. This made many other factions very dissatisfied.

Time has passed, and the leading figures of the Liaodong faction have retreated to the second line. Wang Xijue has returned home, Li Chengliang is under house arrest in the capital, and the Liaodong faction is in a slump. The court can probably be regarded as the Jin faction and the Jiangnan faction.

In a few days, the Jiangnan faction will also split, the famous Donglin Party will come to the world, the Jiangnan faction will split into the Zhejiang Party and the Chu Party, Shandong will have the Qi Party, Guanzhong will have the Qin Party, and after that there will be The eunuch party has become a general trend.

Looking at the political chaos in the late Ming Dynasty and the political struggles among civil servants, it can be seen that the rudiments of the political struggles of political parties in Europe, the United States, Taiwan and other places today are just a shell of feudal monarchy and a name of people's cooking. Same.

But now, factional political struggles have begun to show their power. For the benefit of their own factions, civil servants of each faction are also supporting spokespersons in the army, striving for great military exploits to help the factions.

Li Chengliang's illustrious military exploits were able to build up the foundation of the Liaodong faction and make the Liaodong faction unscrupulous for a long time. If the hostile faction can support Xiao Ruxun, it is also a trump card.

For more than three years, they have never given up on the idea of ​​recalling Xiao Ruxun, and sometimes they even get some cooperation from the emperor, but the opposition forces are also extremely large and powerful, such as the power of the Xungui Group, they absolutely do not want the emperor to use Xiao Ruxun to come Rectify the Beijing camp.

Who knows if Xiao Ruxun and them are wearing a pair of pants?His father and family have already left Beijing and returned to their hometown and place of employment. They have long since had nothing to do with the Beijing camp and have left the noble circle.

Such people cannot be trusted.

Of course, Li Chengliang is absolutely unwilling to see Xiao Ruxun come back, so his last hope of making a comeback is gone. Beijing camp waste is waste, but even if it is waste, that is Li Chengliang's last hope. The ending of destruction.

However, those civil servants kept mentioning these things.

"Xiao Zhennan used 20 soldiers to destroy [-] Japanese pirates, completely solving the Japanese pirate problem, and destroyed the Dongwu Kingdom with [-] soldiers, and relieved the border troubles of more than ten years. Cavalry, with great military achievements, how can they use soldiers? If Xiao Zhennan is here, we will have no worries!"

Li Chengliang was extremely unhappy when a civil official put on a look of compassion.

"Who says it's not? How sharp is Xiao Zhennan's use of troops? He fought north and south and fought dozens of times. How could he ever be defeated? If Xiao Zhennan was left behind to train his troops, how could he be here today? Grassland, the merits of restoring Taizu and becoming ancestors!"

A civil servant cast a disdainful glance at Li Chengliang, and then quickly moved away.

This made Li Chengliang explode.

"What do you mean by that? The old man has fought for the Ming Dynasty for decades. There is no credit but hard work. When the old man was bleeding on the battlefield, his surname Xiao hadn't been born yet! His father also called me in front of the old man. Junior, let alone him? How dare you insult me ​​like this?!"

Relying on his age, Li Chengliang kept those civil servants' head down and did not dare to make a sound. In the end, Zhao Zhigao frowned and said——

"General Li has worked hard for the country, so don't talk nonsense! Xiao Zhennanyuan is guarding the southern border in Burma, and he is fighting against Franjiyi at this time. The war in the north can only be entrusted to General Li."

(End of this chapter)