Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 455 Shanxi Raiders
It seems that they each hit [-] big boards, but in essence they are protecting Li Jizu.

The emperor's attitude is very clear.

The government and the public naturally understood his thoughts, and all of them stopped their flags and drums, and did not think about it.

Nanjing City changed the topic again because of the upcoming palace examination.

However, for Zhu Yixi, there is one thing that deserves attention.

The surrender of Xinyang Mansion.

That is, the Li family army headed by Hong Niangzi decided to completely submit to the imperial court and no longer maintain a semi-independent state.

Naturally, the appointment and removal of officials should be taken care of by the cabinet, and the emperor was idle instead.

"Let's make Hong Niangzi a fourth-rank official and respectful person!"

Thinking of this, the emperor suddenly said: "The next Jin will make him the general soldier of Henan."

"Yes!"

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet made suggestions, the eunuch Zhu approved the pen, the eunuch in charge of the seal stamped it, and the Hanlin drafted the decree.

If the emperor is diligent, he can ignore the cabinet directly, directly approve and seal it, and distribute it directly.

The cabinet's "voting proposal" is actually dispensable, even without the cabinet's "voting proposal", the entire process can still run.

Because of this, the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty did not have the "return power" to reject the imperial decree in terms of system design.

That is to say, among the six departments, they have the statutory right to reject.

The cabinet is actually the head of the civil service. Leaving the cabinet is tantamount to refusing to cooperate with the civil service.

Therefore, the imperial edict of the emperor, the cabinet will go through it once, so that they know what they know, and they will basically be implemented.

However, the cabinet of the Qing Dynasty snatched away the position of Hanlin Bachelor, and was responsible for drafting imperial edicts, forming a decoration.

"Your Majesty, Li Yan already has a wife!"

At this time, Yang Le couldn't help but said.

"The red lady is a concubine?"

Zhu Yixi was surprised: "According to what you mean, his wife is still alive?"

"Yes!" Yang Le hurriedly said, "He's still alive and well."

"Then let's become Mrs. Gong together!"

The emperor waved his hand and said indifferently.

Immediately, Zhu Yixi became interested in the imperial examination.

Although the palace examination said that the questions were arranged according to his wishes, in fact it was just one of three choices.

Therefore, he decided to let these scholars personally do the question of being the emperor in the palace examination.

In Shanxi, You Shiwei, Liu Tingjie, and Wan Lian, led more than 20,000 people, and headed towards Taiyuan City at high speed.

Along the way, it can be said to be invincible.

The city on the official road fell in a blink of an eye, and when they arrived outside Taiyuan City, there were more than [-] soldiers and horses.

"Why is it so easy?"

Looking at such a majestic Taiyuan City, You Shiwei hesitated, feeling a little unbelievable: "Is this some kind of trick to lure soldiers? Why is it so fast!"

"Master Youhou, you are too anxious."

Wan Lian was riding a horse in high spirits, exuding great joy all over his body.

"Liu Qian continued to attack Daizhou, and Li Haoxian, the general of Taiyuan, wandered north and stopped in Xinzhou. He didn't expect us to come."

"Yes!"

Liu Tingjie, who was on the side, couldn't stop the pride in his heart. He rode a horse and smiled all over his face: "Taiyuan City is right in front of us. Breaking this city is just waiting for a while."

"makes sense!"

You Shiwei nodded: "In the huge Shanxi, there are only tens of thousands of soldiers. Even if they are all brought in, they will not be able to defend Taiyuan City."

Immediately, messengers were sent to persuade, and the army set up camp.

It is a pity that the high-ranking officials in Taiyuan City are either Han army flags or have long voted for the Qing Dynasty. They have great confidence in them and lack sincerity.

For example, either say to give a few more days to reply, or say to reward the army.

In this regard, You Shiwei saw clearly, and finally determined that Taiyuan was exhausted and had become an isolated city.

However, for the Ming army, the disadvantages are also extremely obvious.

They traveled all the way, but they had no siege equipment.

In this way, the city of Taiyuan, which is several feet high, is right in front of their eyes. They can see it, but they can't eat it, which is extremely uncomfortable.

More importantly, the problem of long-distance raids on food and grass is very serious.

I originally planned to go to Datong. After all, it is an important military town with hoarding of money and food, but I came from the northwest of Shanxi.

Food issues are also important.

"Since they don't want to surrender, let's fight until they surrender!"

You Shiwei took the seat, and facing the two rows of generals, he ordered in a deep voice: "Liu Tingjie, you lead the soldiers under your command to go north, and take down Li Haoxian, the general of Taiyuan in Xinzhou, and make Taiyuan give up."

"Wan Lian, you are from Shanxi Province. I want you to spread the word so that the people around Taiyuan, especially the gentry, know that Daming is back."

Speaking of this, You Shiwei showed a solemn expression: "This matter is very important."

"I will understand at the end!"

Wan Lian nodded solemnly, and agreed solemnly.

Later, You Shiwei was stationed outside Taiyuan, so he set up a suspicious formation.

For example, the size of the camp remains the same, but people double the amount of cooking smoke, so some thin soldiers are deliberately sent to guard the gate.

As a result, Taiyuan City fell into suspicion. I don't know the number of soldiers and horses, so I can only guard the city cautiously and dare not move rashly.

As the capital of Shanxi, Taiyuan Prefecture ranks first in Shanxi both in terms of population and area, and is naturally extremely rich.

However, the government of Taiyuan is not in Taiyuan County, but in Yangqu County.

Fenshui flows through Yangqu, and then continues south, passing through Taiyuan County.

The Fenshui River moistened both sides of the river, and a large number of fertile fields were reclaimed, thus creating a prosperous Taiyuan County.

Taiyuan County, which was originally peaceful and peaceful, was awakened by a piece of news at this time: Following Jiang Guan's rebellion against the Qing Dynasty, the Ming army suddenly arrived in Yangqu and was besieging the capital.

For a while, the county magistrate of Taiyuan was terrified and had no choice but to close the city, while the gentry looked puzzled and felt mixed feelings in their hearts.

"Father, what are you hesitating about?"

In Zhaojiazhuang outside the city, the young Mr. Zhao said eagerly: "Master Wang is just a hundred miles away. The trend of slavery is over, and the Ming Dynasty is revived."

"I know!"

Mr. Zhao nodded: "It's just that the size of the king's division, the number of soldiers and horses, and whether it can win Yangqu are all unknown."

"If you make a hasty bet, the consequences will be disastrous."

"But, could it be that Man Qing is here?"

Mr. Zhao said angrily: "These people have paid a lot of food for Dakhka in Mongolia, Shaanxi, and Shanxi. Last year, we asked us to donate one by one."

"If this goes on like this, before I inherit the family business, the family business will be taken away by him."

After gaining and losing Jiangnan, in order to support the hundreds of thousands of Banners who entered the pass, as well as hundreds of civil and military officials and the army, the Manchu Qing Dynasty increased its exploitation of local areas in recent years.

For example, the three rates left over from the Ming Dynasty are also inherited as before.

The Manchu Qing was much more ruthless than the Ming court.

Even so, the great reputation of the past few decades still makes many gentry dare not act rashly.

After sitting in the barracks for several days, You Shiwei finally ushered in the gentry who took the initiative to reward the army.

(End of this chapter)