Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 280
In early July of the seventh year of Chongzhen, after learning that the surprise attack on Datong was wiped out, Huang Taiji sadly withdrew his troops.

The Battle of Datong ended with the complete victory of Ming Dynasty.

In this battle, the Jishi Army and various soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty wiped out nearly 2 Houjin troops, seized countless money, and tens of thousands of horses.

After hearing the news, Zhu Youjian was overjoyed and rewarded all the generals at the border. Among them, Cao Wenzhao was the most outstanding, and he was awarded the general of the auxiliary country and the prince Shaobao.

On the day when Zhu Youjian issued the imperial edict, Yu Shi Liu Lingyu wrote to impeach Cao Wenzhao, saying that Cao Wenzhao used troops improperly, causing many castles in Shanxi to be breached by Houjin, causing Guangling County to be occupied, and countless people died as a result.

Zhu Youjian was originally in high spirits, but when Liu Lingyu poured cold water on his head, the good mood just now disappeared.

Seeking truth from facts, Liu Lingyu’s accusation of impeaching Cao Wenzhao cannot be wrongly counted, because Cao Wenzhao was the commander-in-chief of Datong, Guangling County was under the jurisdiction of Datong, and Guangling was destroyed. .

But from the perspective of the entire battle, Cao Wenzhao himself is not responsible.

When Hou Jin detoured to surprise the rear of Datong, Cao Wenzhao had just defeated Hou Jin's forward troops in Guantunbao, and then confronted Houjin's tens of thousands of troops in Deshengbao.

Moreover, Houjin's troops came from the direction of Xuanfu, and the greatest responsibility should be borne by the general soldiers of Xuanfu.

Now Liu Lingyu only impeaches Cao Wenzhao without mentioning the responsibility of Xuanfu, which really makes Zhu Youjian very angry.

Zhu Youjian knew why Liu Lingyu wanted to impeach Cao Wenzhao.

When Cao Wenzhao was in Shanxi, he and Liu Lingyu were neighbors. Cao Wenzhao didn't think much of these talkative officials. In addition, he was uneducated, spoke rudely, and bullied Liu Lingyu. The two formed a relationship.

However, Cao Wenzhao led his troops to encircle and suppress the bandits and won many battles. Liu Lingyu couldn't catch Cao Wenzhao's faults, so he could only endure it.

Later, Cao Wenzhao went to Henan to pursue Wang Ziyong and other rogue bandits. It happened that Liu Lingyu was patrolling Henan, and the two quarreled again.

Although officials are powerful in swearing, it also depends on the object of the scolding. Cao Wenzhao obviously does not understand the swearing by citing scriptures, and even if he understands, he will not swear in the way of a civil official.

Cao Wenzhao's cursing was naturally directed at Liu Lingyu's parents. With such a swearing, Liu Lingyu was naturally no match.

Losing to Cao Wenzhao in housekeeping skills, Liu Lingyu was suffocating in his heart.

Taking the opportunity this time, if you don't impeach Cao Wenzhao, wouldn't you be sorry for your own parents who were scolded?
For Liu Lingyu's impeachment of Cao Wenzhao, Zhu Youjian deliberately scolded Liu Lingyu, but felt it was inappropriate.

Liu Lingyu is the censor of Shanxi Province. It is his job to impeach the ministers who have neglected their duties in Shanxi. Even if what he says is wrong, the emperor cannot punish him.

Moreover, Zhu Youjian is the emperor, and it is not appropriate to argue with ministers.

He looked at Liu Lingyu coldly, and then at the courtiers, but Zhu Youjian waited for a long time but no courtier came forward to refute Cao Wenzhao.

Sighing, Zhu Youjian knew why the ministers didn't speak for Cao Wenzhao, because this Datong battle had nothing to do with the ministers in the court. He didn't do it, and he didn't deserve half of the credit, so Zhu Youjian didn't praise the ministers of the DPRK and China for this great victory.

But in the past, Yuan Chonghuan and Ningjin won great victories, and everyone in the court had credit for it. Cao Wenzhao made an extraordinary achievement this time, and they didn't get any credit. How could they not be jealous?Now that Liu Lingyu is impeaching Cao Wenzhao, how can they defend Cao Wenzhao?

Shaking his head, Zhu Youjian was extremely disappointed with these ministers.

These people will go up when they see honors, and run away when encountering difficulties. How can Daming be rejuvenated by counting on these people?
Thinking of Wang Chengen telling him about Li Jing's suggestion back then, Zhu Youjian sighed slightly.

If Li Jing has no soldiers, Zhu Youjian is very willing to reuse him, but Li Jing has soldiers, how dare he reuse him?

Let Li Jing hold an important position, Li Jing will naturally implement the New Deal with great fanfare, if he calls a stop midway, with Li Jing's bold and bold style of acting, he may be pulled from the dragon chair someday.

For the sake of his throne, Zhu Youjian was naturally unwilling to use Li Jing.

In fact, Zhu Youjian also knew that Li Jing was the first to fight in Datong. Li Jing had been preparing in Datong for nearly half a year. If Zhu Youjian didn't even know this news, then his throne would have been lost.

Moreover, Li Jing was domineering and reprimanded a group of officials during the Datong Battle. How could those officials not impeach Li Jing?
But in terms of endurance, Zhu Youjian is much stronger than these ministers in the court, and Zhu Youjian is far better than those ministers in distinguishing which is more important.

Zhu Youjian knew very well that if he wanted to win the Battle of Datong, Li Jing was absolutely inseparable, so he suppressed all the memorials to impeach Li Jing.

But Zhu Youjian didn't expect that Li Jing would give him such a big surprise, and he wiped out nearly [-] enemies in two battles.

What Zhu Youjian didn't understand was why nobody, including Cao Wenzhao, helped Li Jing do so many things.

Cao Wenzhao would not be ignorant of Li Jing's role in the Datong battle, but even Cao Wenzhao didn't help Li Jing to applaud his merits, so Zhu Youjian was a little confused.

From the bottom of my heart, Zhu Youjian was very happy that no one helped Li Jing to make a contribution. If Li Jing was recommended for his first contribution, then it would be no problem to promote Li Jing to be the commander-in-chief, but how could Zhu Youjian let Li Jing be the commander-in-chief?

Li Jing was only a small general, but he dared to reprimand the officials of Datong like his grandsons. If he became the general soldier, those officials might be treated like he would.

Moreover, Li Jing's military strength was far stronger than he had imagined. Da Ming and Hou Jin had fought for so many years, and together they did not kill as many people as Li Jing did this time.

How many people did Li Jing use?There were only 2 people fighting at full count, and 2 people wiped out 2 enemy troops. Zhu Youjian really didn't know how this battle was fought.

Moreover, Li Jing still has [-] soldiers and horses in Pingyang Mansion. If Li Jing uses all the soldiers and horses, will he be able to wipe out Hou Jin?Even if it can't be wiped out completely, at least part of it can be wiped out.

But Li Jing didn't dispatch the whole army, so how could Zhu Youjian not suspect that Li Jing had selfish intentions?

Moreover, Li Jing didn't attack the rogues in Shanxi for a long time, and he didn't start chasing them until they ran away. What's the intention?
This is obviously raising the thief's self-respect!
Thinking clearly that Li Jing was raising the thief's self-respect, Zhu Youjian immediately understood why Li Jing didn't transfer all his troops to Datong to fight Houjin for a decisive battle.

The rogues in Shanxi ran away, and Li Jing used Hou Jin as a bargaining chip, and used Hou Jin to suppress himself from attacking Li Jing.

Sighing, Zhu Youjian shook his head slightly, Li Jing's judgment was very accurate, he really couldn't do anything to Li Jing now.

Since he came to the throne, it can be said that everything has not gone well, either there is a disaster here, or there is a disaster there, and then the refugees rebelled.

After so many years, it's hard to look forward to a great victory. Now Zhu Youjian relies so much on Li Jing, how can he attack Li Jing at this time?
In addition, the Ming Dynasty was full of disasters this year, and there were droughts in Shaanxi and Shanxi. Fortunately, Zhu Youjian began to promote the high-yielding crops that Li Jing gave him years ago. Moreover, Li Jing mobilized a large amount of grain from Pingyang Mansion to Datong. This battle helped the imperial court save countless money and food, and also gave the imperial court spare power to carry out disaster relief. This is why there was no rebellion of a large number of refugees in the past.

Zhu Youjian should be very grateful for what Li Jing did, but Zhu Youjian is very jealous of Li Jing.

Zhu Youjian was also very clear about the reason, without him, because Li Jing was much more accurate in predicting people than he was.

Take the appointment of Chen Qiyu as an example. Li Jing bluntly said that Chen Qiyu cannot be reused, but Zhu Youjian insisted on using Chen Qiyu seriously with him.

At first, Chen Qiyu was very upbeat and victorious, which made Zhu Youjian very happy, thinking that this time the selection was correct.

Unexpectedly, at the last moment, Chen Qiyu slapped him hard. They clearly surrounded the bandits in the chariot gorge. The bandits had nowhere to escape, but Chen Qiyu wanted to surrender. Finally, the bandits rushed out of the encirclement and escaped.

In a rage, Zhu Youjian dismissed Chen Qiyu from his post, and then appointed Hong Chengchou.

This time, Zhu Youjian was actually competing with Li Jing secretly, but Zhu Youjian was completely defeated.

Li Jing's vision of seeing people is not as good as Li Jing's, his ability to govern is not as good as Li Jing's, his earning money is not as good as Li Jing's, and his fighting is even worse than Li Jing's.

So this time, no one showed merit for Li Jing, so Zhu Youjian pretended not to know.

Zhu Youjian can not give credit to Li Jing, but he must give credit to Cao Wenzhao. Now that Cao Wenzhao and Li Jing are so close, if he does not give credit to Cao Wenzhao, it does not mean that Cao Wenzhao is sent to Li Jing Push over there?

Zhu Youjian is very clear about Cao Wenzhao's ability. Li Jing is already very difficult to treat. If Cao Wenzhao helps Li Jing again, then Li Jing will be like a tiger with wings added, and he will no longer be able to control it.

This principle is very simple, but these ministers in the court cannot understand it, or they are pretending to be confused when they understand it.

A strange scene suddenly appeared in the hall.

Liu Lingyu impeached Cao Wenzhao, and the ministers in the court waited straight for Zhu Youjian's reply.Zhu Youjian didn't say a word, his mind was wandering.

After a long time, Zhu Youjian suddenly waved his hand.

Seeing this, Wang Chengen hurriedly said, "Retire!"

Zhu Youjian immediately got up and left the Dragonrider, and turned into the apse.

Only a group of ministers were left in the hall staring blankly at the empty dragon chair, not knowing what Zhu Youjian meant.

The most embarrassing thing was Liu Lingyu, this time he was completely fooled.

In the past, when the imperial censor impeached a minister, he would argue fiercely no matter what, but it was his turn. No one assisted him, and no one argued with him. The emperor even ignored him.

Liu Yushi only felt that he was insulted, so he immediately ignored him and said, "Your majesty will stop, I impeach Cao Wenzhao, please give me an answer."

Seeing that Liu Lingyu was about to rush into the back hall, Wang Chengen stood up in front of Liu Lingyu and said, "Liu Yushi, if you are a smart person, you should understand that the emperor has already given you an answer, and you should also know the opinions of all the ministers in the court on this matter." Opinion, if you forcefully break into the apse, don't blame our family for being rude."

Liu Lingyu was taken aback for a moment, and finally understood why today's court meeting was so weird.

(End of this chapter)