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Chapter 507 Chongzhen's Rage

Chongzhen 12th January [-]th.

After three days of pursuit, Lu Xiangsheng finally caught up with Jiannu's large force driving the people back to the north near Julu, Hebei, and immediately launched a battle.

Lu Xiangsheng and the front of the formation personally led the charge, beheading eight Jiannu people in the formation and suffering two knife wounds.

The Tianxiong army beheaded 800 Jiannu, killed 1000 themselves, and recaptured 8000 people. Later, Jiannu Dorgon sent Du Du, the deputy general of the East Road Army, to lead an army of [-] as a blocking army, and led the army to drive the people away.

In this regard, Dorgon's younger brother Doduo was very unconvinced, because the eight hundred Jiannu who died in a surprise attack led by Lu Xiangsheng in the first battle were his soldiers and horses inlaid with white flags. Ding took revenge, but Dorgon didn't want to fight Lu Xiangsheng to the death. It has no strategic significance to continue to fight with Lu Xiangsheng in the Central Plains now.

The soldiers all raised their hearts to return home. At this time, it is not a good thing to be obsessed with fighting, and Duoduo is too brave and resourceful to take on the important task of cutting off the rear, so he sent Du Du as the rear army to cut off the rear.

He led the army to return north.

After a simple fight, Lu Xiangsheng and Du Du's army came to a stalemate with each other. The two sides made several trials, but they also began to die down, and no longer engaged in large-scale conflicts.

Du Du didn't want to fight with Lu Xiangsheng. The reason was very simple. It was meaningless to fight Lu Xiangsheng desperately. His purpose was to stop Lu Xiangsheng's army here for ten days. All the troops withdrew from the Central Plains and returned to the grasslands.

Therefore, Du Du adopted a defensive state and did not take the initiative to provoke Lu Xiangsheng.

As for Lu Xiangsheng, it was because he received another imperial decree here.

It turned out that the eunuch passed the decree to go back and told Chongzhen about Lu Xiangsheng's idea of ​​going his own way. After hearing this, Chongzhen was very angry. have to.

As for what Lu Xiangsheng said about the common people of Ming Dynasty, there is no one redundant. Jiannu wanted to enslave the Han people, but Lu Xiangsheng refused to agree.

Chongzhen is a politician. He wants to see the country from a long-term perspective, and he cannot make unwise decisions just because of a momentary passion. forgive yourself.

What he wants is the country, not the common people.

As long as the surname is Zhu in this world, Chongzhen will not hesitate to save the lives of the people, even if all the Han people die, he will not hesitate.

Chongzhen was very dissatisfied with Lu Xiangsheng, and the ministers in the court immediately reacted like a shark smelling blood, and began to publicly impeach Lu Xiangsheng during the court meeting. Among them, Zhou Yanru and Yang Sichang's party members in the court were the most arrogant.

He directly scolded Lu Xiangsheng as a man without king and father, a man who was just trying to catch his name, and would not hesitate to bet on the future of the country for his reputation, using His Majesty's Tianxiong Army as a bargaining chip, in order to gain Lu Xiangsheng's reputation through the ages. It's shameful, and all the ministers wish they could eat their flesh raw.

Chongzhen was already on fire in his heart, but when he was fired upon by all the ministers, he immediately exploded. He gritted his teeth and wished that Lu Xiang would be hacked into pieces. Chongzhen's anger was beyond words.

And just when Chongzhen was so angry that he wanted Jin Yiwei to send troops directly to arrest Lu Xiangsheng, put him in the Jin Yiwei prison, and wait for disposal, Hong Chengchou's mouthpiece in the court began to speak.

Hong Chengchou is now in charge of Liaodong soldiers and horses. He has a lot of power. He already has a great discourse power in the court. Even Chongzhen dare not take it lightly. What's more, he is dealing with Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, and Lu Xiangsheng. These are not many in the court. general.

The soldiers and horses in their hands can even determine the future direction of Ming Dynasty, so everyone should listen to Hong Chengchou's mouthpiece.

And the mouthpiece is worthy of being an old fritter who has been in the officialdom. He first characterized the matter. It was Lu Xiangsheng who made a mistake on the spur of the moment, which changed the nature of the matter all at once.

What Zhou Yanru and others meant was that Lu Xiangsheng planned to do something wrong and deliberately resisted the order and did not obey it. This matter has been planned for a long time.

But the mouthpiece is given to make impulsive mistakes.

Wrong, Lu Xiangsheng must have committed a crime. This was for Chongzhen to see. After all, you can't say that Chongzhen was wrong about this matter, right?

First stop the responsibility, and then assign sex to Lu Xiangsheng's impulsive mistake.

It also cleared up a lot of Lu Xiangsheng's responsibilities, and then talked about some of Lu Xiangsheng's achievements, how to turn the tide, save Daming from fire and water, and how to be loyal to His Majesty.

Anyway, after a mouthpiece operation, repeated elimination and beating, the final result was that Chongzhen decided to give Lu Xiangsheng another chance.

As long as Lu Xiangsheng leads his troops out of Julu, Hebei immediately, and stops chasing the Tartars, Chongzhen will turn a blind eye to this matter, and it will be over, and the final result will be verbal criticism, withholding the originally prepared rewards and not rewarding them. up.

In the future, you will continue to be your military governor, continue to be your senior official, and serve Daming.

The ministers in the court were very dissatisfied with this result, but Chongzhen also woke up from the initial impulse. When the mood calmed down, Chongzhen felt that Lu Xiangsheng was very easy to use. Give Lu Xiang another chance to be promoted.

So the eunuch who passed the decree came to Julu, Hebei for the second time with the decree, and found Lu Xiangsheng.

"Lord Lu, let's meet again."

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng, who had been stabbed twice but was still looking at the map, the eunuch passing the decree couldn't help feeling emotional, and stepped forward to say hello.

When Lu Xiangsheng saw the eunuch passing the decree coming, he bowed his hands very politely: "I'm in trouble, father-in-law."

The eunuch who passed the decree smiled and said, "Your Excellency, you are welcome."

After speaking, he said with a serious expression on his face: "There is an imperial decree."

Lu Xiangsheng bowed down very respectfully. He Lu Xiangsheng is a loyal minister of Ming Dynasty, and this point will never change. Therefore, as long as there is an imperial edict, he respects it very much. After all, the imperial edict represents the emperor. Although he sent troops without authorization, it was not a rebellion.

At this time, the eunuch who delivered the decree took out the imperial decree and said: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's decree: Lu Xiangsheng wants to rebel?"

The first sentence of the imperial decree is a very strict statement of accountability. It can be seen that Chongzhen is very angry.

"You sent troops to pursue Jiannu on your own, but with my consent, without my will, you used the country's swordsmen without my will. I came to ask you, is the Tianxiong Army your private soldier of Lu Xiangsheng?"

"Jiannu brought hundreds of thousands of people to the north, and I also feel grief and indignation. I am righteous and can bear it. Why can't you, this world belongs to the Zhu family, and it is my world. I can still endure the people of Li being robbed I hate you, but you can’t, maybe you think this common people belong to your family.”

Chongzhen's almost words, almost every word of the heart, Lu Xiangsheng's face turned livid, what do you mean that the people of the Li people belong to the Zhu family? Is it a pig or a dog? Is it their private property?

Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng's heart ached, and he couldn't help but think of some things he had discussed with Li Chaosheng in Lantian back then. At that time, they discussed the difference between Lantian and Daming.

Li Chaosheng said that the essential difference between Lantian and Daming is that Lantian is the common people's Lantian, while Daming is the old Zhu's Daming.

When Zhu Yuanzhang went against the trend of history and restarted enfeoffment, it meant that in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, this world belonged to his old Zhu family, which is the so-called family world.

The common people are the cattle and sheep of the old Zhu family, and the officials are the long-term workers of the old Zhu family. Therefore, until now, slaves have been confiscated, which has infringed on the interests of Ming Dynasty, and most of the officials are indifferent, because they subconsciously think that the world belongs to the old Zhu family. They are just part-time workers, and the old Zhu's family is finished, just change the emperor.

As for the common people, they feel that this country has nothing to do with them. They only care about the one-acre land in their eyes. This is Daming.

As for Lantian, this place belongs to the common people. Those of us who are officials actually serve the common people. Their opinions can influence the politics of a place, and their thoughts can determine what kind of life they live.

Therefore, every time Lantian expands a piece of land, or someone invades a piece of land, they will feel happy and worried, because it is likely to be related to their immediate interests.

And I, Li Chaosheng, have never felt that I can be above the common people. My rights are given by them, because everything I do is to protect their rights and interests.

Therefore, all things related to the people in Lantian are not small things. Even if the people under my rule are bullied by the officials of the Daming Prefecture next door, I will go to arrest the officials and ask what happened, do you know? I know that none of the people in Lantian can be bullied.

On the contrary, if you look at Daming, the frontiers are all like bears, but the emperor is powerless, and the ministers have nothing to do with him. People, as long as the Tartars don’t attack our house, we will treat the Tartars as a species that does not exist.

This is the most fundamental difference. Daming is dominated by the royal family, and everything is for the old Zhu's family, while Lantian is mainly for the common people, and everything they do is for the common people.

This is the essential difference. At that time, Lu Xiangsheng didn't understand it very well, but just now he heard Chongzhen in the imperial decree claiming that the people belonged to him, and he could abandon the people for the sake of righteousness. When comparing Lantian, Lu Xiangsheng felt very blocked in his heart.

He suddenly discovered that Daming's future loss to Lantian might not be civil servants and military generals, or the gap in national strength, but ideology, which is the most fundamental national policy.

Maybe Lan Tian is what the real Mengzi said, the people are the most important, the community is second, and the king is the least.

Lu Xiangsheng was silent at this thought, and the eunuch who passed the order continued: "But Nianer was impulsive, and I know your heart, so I will give you a chance. After receiving the order, immediately lead the army to withdraw from the battlefield, not to pursue, and retreat to Shandong. The right to dispatch troops will be temporarily taken over by Yang Sichang, waiting for the imperial court's order, so as to see the effect later, I admire this."

"Lord Lu, accept the order."

The eunuch passing the decree looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said, after hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng looked at the eunuch passing the decree and said: "I accept the decree, thank you Lord Long En."

"Okay, Mr. Lu, get up quickly, you still have injuries on your body."

The eunuch passing the decree said that he was going to help Lu Xiangsheng, but Lu Xiangsheng stretched out his hand to stop the eunuch passing the decree and said, "No problem."

The eunuch who delivered the decree smiled and said: "Lord Lu, you are really reckless this time. The emperor was very angry. After hearing about you, he smashed three bottles, all of which belonged to Song Dynasty. It was ruined."

Lu Xiangsheng didn't say anything, and the eunuch passed the decree and continued: "But you don't have to worry too much, my lord. This matter is not as bad as you imagined. Although the emperor is very angry, he still trusts you. After you return to Shandong this time, temporarily take the military power. If you hand it in, it will probably be assigned a idle job, but my lord, with your ability, it is estimated that you will be reused again soon."

The eunuch who delivered the decree said to Lu Xiangsheng for a while, Lu Xiangsheng's expression was very calm when he heard this, and then he put the even on the table beside him, and then came to the map he was looking at just now, staring at the map.

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng's performance, the eunuch who passed the decree was stunned, and stared at Lu Xiangsheng, "Master Lu, where are you?"

Lu Xiangsheng came to his senses: "Oh, the two armies are at war, there is nothing to entertain the father-in-law, the father-in-law can go back."

"It's not Master Lu, when will you retreat?"

"Oh, when I save one hundred thousand people, I will retreat."

"Ah, my lord, you can't act recklessly. This is the last chance His Majesty gave you. You can't make fun of your own life."

The father-in-law anxiously said to Lu Xiangsheng. After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng looked at the eunuch who passed the decree and smiled, "Eunuch, Lu never likes to give up halfway. Since I have chased them all out, it is impossible to go back."

"Ah, Lord Lu, don't be stupid. His Majesty is willing to give you a chance now. If you fail to grasp it, even if you win the battle and take back all the people, you will go against the holy will. At that time, no credit will be given to you." , my life may not be guaranteed, my lord, don't be confused."

The father-in-law is really in a hurry, why can't this person make sense?

After he had been talking earnestly for a long time, he was determined to go all the way to the dark?

The father-in-law looked at Lu Xiangsheng very puzzled and said, "Master Lu, what are you doing this for?"

"Being an official to make a fortune, okay, you are noble, not for this, but the ideal of you scholars is not to learn literary and martial arts well, and sell goods to the emperor's family? Now the high-ranking officials are waving to you in front of you. Why do you want to offend the emperor for a group of low...people? , You, you are so anxious to death."

"for what?"

After hearing his father-in-law's question, Lu Xiangsheng was silent for a moment, looked up at the sky and said, "Heart."

"what?"

The father-in-law looked at Lu Xiangsheng stupidly, and Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said: "Eunuch, I have to trouble you one more time, and give this letter to Your Majesty."

Lu Xiangsheng was sitting on the chair at this time, took out his pen and ink and wrote: In life, I have no regrets in my heart. Your Majesty has a world in mind, but I only see the immediate benefits in my eyes. Therefore, I forgive my crime of disrespect. I have made up my mind. Jiannu will never die. The people of Ming Dynasty are the people of His Majesty, and even the people of the world. I can't ignore it. If you want to punish the crime, if you fight with Jiannu and survive, please kill the minister to vent your anger.

Minister, Lu Xiangsheng, respect the book.

After Lu Xiangsheng finished writing, he didn't need to seal the seal with wax, and handed it directly to his father-in-law: "Fortunately, father-in-law, let's run again."

"Master Lu, why bother, oh~"

After finishing speaking, the father-in-law stopped talking, turned around and left, and after the father-in-law left, Lu Xiangsheng summoned all the generals and officers, and couldn't wait any longer. I don't know what happened any longer, and you all will kill me!

(End of this chapter)