Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 299 The Emperor's Decree to Punish the Defeated Army
So far, the important ministers of the Jingtai Dynasty are relatively united. When Zhu Qiyu asked how to carry out military deployment, everyone gave Luo Tong the opportunity to speak first.

Luotong has been in battle for a long time and has rich experience.In this Miaojiang war, Luo Tong has experienced and seen the routines and methods involved, so he knew what was going on from a long distance.

In particular, Luo Tong personally experienced Xuanzong's loss of Jiaozhi. At that time, the Ming army was attacked, the Ming army was ambushed, the main generals died one after another, and then the entire army was wiped out, and the situation completely collapsed.

The battle this time is similar, with the same tricks but the same effect.

The only difference is the loss of cochin. Xuanzong still thought it was beautiful, so he was finally forced to get rid of the big burden of cochin.Sanyang also sang meritorious deeds there, and Xuanzong changed suddenly, and became a wise king who cared for the people and stopped soldiers to make peace.

But what the Emperor Jingtai in front of him thought about the Southwest War, Luo Tong was still a little uncertain.

So Luo Tong chose a very conservative strategy to answer the emperor: "Your Majesty, I think that I should order Shi Heng, Sun Tong, and Liu Yongcheng to lead the remnant troops back to Huguang quickly, and garrison Changsha and Yueyang.

Then he ordered Duke Qian to lead his army northward, first deal with the Miao army near Guiyang, then enter Huguang, and join Jingyuan Bo's army in three ways to encircle and suppress the rebels. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded in satisfaction, Luo Tong didn't take advantage of the situation to attack Wang Ji, but he was quite generous.In the early years of Zhengtong, Luo Tong had already been promoted to the doctor of the Ministry of War. Later, he was impeached by Wang Ji, then imprisoned, and demoted to Guangxi Rongshan Gate Officer.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu continued to ask: "There must be someone responsible for this, what should Luo Aiqing say to deal with it?"

On the way here, Luo Tong had already thought about this question, and immediately replied: "I want to report to Your Majesty, I think that Marquis Shi Heng of Wuqing, Military Counselor Yang Shan, eunuch Jin Ying, Xing'an, and Chen Xiang, Those who fail to govern the army should be punished.”

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "The Marquis of Wuqing was ineffective in governing the army, and the cabinet issued a decree to reprimand him and fine him one year's salary. Yang Shan, military counselor, was demoted from the right deputy capital censor to the right censor, and he was fined one year's salary.

Jin Ying, the eunuch of the supervising army, was removed from the post of supervisor of ceremonies, and was demoted to supervisor of ceremonies, Bingbi.Xing'an removed the post of admiral of the East Factory.Chen Xiang was fined for one year.

The remaining people were not dealt with, and an order was given to Wang Ji, telling him not to worry, just do things cheaply, and act according to the camera.When something goes wrong, I alone take responsibility. "

After everyone received the decree, Luo Tong added: "Your Majesty, the troops in Nanzhili and Henan are very empty, and I think it is better to send the Shangzhi personal guards from the capital to the south as soon as possible, and station them in Nanyang, Anqing and Fengyang.

When the war is over, it will not be too late for these troops to go to Nanjing for reorganization. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded, this proposal is not bad, take this opportunity to clear out all the Shangzhi personal guards in Beijing.So he added: "At the same time, we will organize [-] Jinyi Guards to go south, together with other Shangzhi personal guards, to guard against the Miao chaos.

After the war ended, the [-] Jinyiwei were merged into Nanjing Jinyiwei. "

In this way, the number of troops in Beijing can be reduced, the pressure on water transportation can be reduced, and it can cooperate with Xu Youzhen's management of the Yellow River and the canal.

It is also possible to transfer a large number of troops loyal to the emperor.

After this transfer, within Shuntian Mansion, there are still [-] to [-] Jinyiwei, plus a few Lingwei, which need Zhu Qiyu to continue to deal with.

The important officials present looked at each other, and most of them did not understand why the emperor was so obsessed with reducing Beijing's army.

From the perspective of most people, it is impossible for the Ming army to openly rebel.

Only Zhu Qiyu knew this in his heart. Jiajing also entered the Datong as a vassal king. As soon as he entered Beijing, he cleaned out Jinyiwei and a total of 10,000+ people in the inner court, and then replaced them with cronies brought from the palace.

This big cleaning is useless and useless, and it is useful if it is said to be useful.

The useless thing is that Jiajing was still burned like a bereaved dog by the fire, and was still strangled by the maid for no reason.

The useful thing is that Jiajing has indeed been an emperor for more than 40 years, whether he is lucky or hard-fated, anyway, he is the most likely to die of death among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

So now that you know the successful experience of later generations, it is always right to learn more from Jiajing.

The most fearful thing about being a human being is that you think you are smart and insist on finding another way to play.

Just like Zhu Qizhen, it is clear that as long as he endures for another year, the south will be pacified.Then when Wang Ji and Chen Mao led the main force of the 20 Ming army back to the north, they could fiddle with it as much as they wanted.At that time, the south and the north will all be pacified, and the Holy Lord will be revived properly.

It's a pity that Zhu Qizhen insisted on playing tricks, but in the end he lost his hand and lost everything in the end, and ended up with the fate of herding sheep and catching rabbits on the grassland.

Zhu Qiyu sighed for his good brother, and then let everyone disperse.

After seeing off everyone and drinking two more cups of tea, Zhu Qiyu got up to leave.

At this time, He Yi suddenly showed hesitation and called the emperor.

Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "What's the matter, Xingyi, what to do so hesitantly. Now it's just the two of us, if you have anything to say, just say it."

He Yi replied weakly: "Your Majesty, I have a worry. I don't know if I should say it or not?"

"Tell me, just say it, I won't blame you if I make a mistake."

When He Yi heard this, he boldly said: "Your Majesty, the military newspaper said that the rebellious army formed by the Miao people rushed into the Huguang plain.

But in fact, we don't know how serious it is in Beijing.

Are they surrounding the city and attacking?Or run around, burn, kill and loot?We don't know either.

The most important thing is, if the vassal kings who left Beijing passed through the turbulent area of ​​Huguang, would something happen? "

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu was really stunned for a long time before replying: "None of the southernmost vassal kings have entered the capital, and the only one who can pass through Huguang is the King Xiang of Changsha.

It can't be such a coincidence, can it?King Xiang left Beijing at the end of January. According to the distance calculation, he should return to Changsha at the end of February or early March.

If something really happened, there should have been an urgent report from the eight hundred miles to the capital by now. "

He Yi shook his head: "It is three thousand miles from Beijing to Changsha, if you return to Changsha in 30 days, you need to travel hundreds of miles a day, which is quite reasonable.

But His Majesty also knows that the vassal king is not allowed to leave the city casually in his own land.

So this time when King Xiang returned to Changsha, you did not specify when he must arrive home.It's so easy to come out once, and the opportunity is rare, I think that most people will go sightseeing on the road, and they will not be in a hurry.

And King Xiang would definitely not go in the direction of Fengyang and Nanjing, because a prince who ran from North Zhili to South Zhili was more likely to attract suspicion.

King Xiang probably turned to Luoyang to go south, and returned to Changsha via Nanyang, Xiangyang, and Yueyang.

The area between Xiangyang and Yueyang was the place where the Miao people harassed the most. I was afraid that King Xiang's family would happen to walk into that area and bump into the rebel army. "

(End of this chapter)