Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 263 The Imperial Reward
Clean up the door.

"What's the situation now?"

"I don't know."

The ministers, court ministers, and ministers of the capital gathered here, talking in small groups, and the guards who were on duty at the Qianqing Gate all stood with serious expressions and swords in their hands.

The left governor Zhang Qingzhen and the right governor Shitai, who were in charge of the Imperial Guard, both came from the Royal Guards Governor's Mansion. There was such a big commotion. All the main ministers from the foreign affairs department were here. The security of the Imperial Guard must be ensured!

Looking at the many ministers in front of them, talking quietly outside the Qianqing Gate, each of them showed different expressions, Zhang Qingzhen and Wei Shitai, who were wearing three mountain armors, also felt a little complicated at this moment.

Liaozuo's victory came too suddenly.

This reminded the two of them of the time when the emperor summoned the nobles in Beijing and proposed the idea of ​​​​doing business, and took the battle situation in Liaodong as a key point. However, before the arrival of Liaozuo Zuojie, everything involving the Thirteenth Bank of Tianjin had been clear, and many The nobles began to raise gold and silver to purchase silver stocks.

Now that Liaozuo Zuojie has arrived in Beijing urgently, this can dispel some people's concerns.

"The British Duke and the others are coming."

Wei Shitai, who was scanning everywhere, saw many people rushing towards Qianqing Gate. He was inevitably wary in his heart. He put his hand on the handle of the knife, but when he saw clearly who was coming, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ah."

Zhang Qingzhen, a man of few words, nodded.

"The British Duke and the others are here too?"

"What does it matter to them?"

"Why hasn't the emperor summoned us for so long?"

When the dignitaries in Beijing, headed by Zhang Weixian, rushed to the Qianqing Sect, there was more discussion. These dignitaries in the capital were all wearing python robes and ignored the civil servants gathered here. When Zhang Weixian arrived at the Qianqing Sect, he chose to leave. The noble team walked towards Sun Chengzong, who was standing alone.

One is the admiral of Jingying Rongzheng.

One is to assist in the military affairs of the capital.

In such a public and formal occasion, the two of them stood together, and no one else could find any fault. After all, the matter in Jingying required the two of them to work together to solve the problem.

"The emperor has not issued an edict yet?"

Walking to Sun Chengzong's side, Zhang Weixian stood with his hands down, his deep eyes scanning everywhere, and his tone was calm.

"not yet."

Sun Chengzong said without squinting his eyes.

"just wait."

Zhang Weixian replied and said nothing else.

Under the current situation, no one gathered at the Qianqing Sect knew what was going on, not even the Minister of War.

Wang Xiangqian, Minister of the Ministry of War, Zhao Yan, the left minister, and Zhang Heming, the right minister, all stood silently after arriving at the Qianqing Gate. Zhao Yan and Zhang Heming, in particular, had complicated moods because they involved the Liao Dynasty. The two of them frequently submitted reports on the matter.

On the contrary, Wang Xiangqian, the Minister of War, had been thinking about solving the bad government of Yi Chuan in the past and had not submitted any memorials related to Liao Dynasty to the imperial court. However, Wang Xiangqian had a plan in his mind on how to solve the bad government of Yi Chuan.

This urgent delivery of the Liao Zuo memorial to Beijing was carried out by the elite officials of the Liaodong Economic and Strategy Office. Instead of passing through various post offices, they rushed all the way to the capital and went straight to the Meridian Gate. They did not go to the Ministry of War at all. This is also As a result, all the officials in Beijing knew very little about the situation. They only knew that Liao Zuo had won a victory. The team rushing to the capital arrived north from Tianjin Sanwei.

"coming!!"

Under such a situation, no one knew who shouted, and countless eyes gathered at the Qianqing Gate. They saw Wang Tiqian, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, followed by dozens of eunuchs from the inner court, and the mighty Qianqing Dynasty. The door came, which made everyone stop talking. "The Emperor's Oral Order."

When Wang Tiqian, Liu Ruoyu and their entourage arrived at Qianqing Gate, Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch of Qianqing Palace, walked forward for a few steps and said with a serious expression: "Wang Tiqian, the eunuch who is in charge of the ceremony, announced at Qianqing Gate that Liao Zuo had played a successful performance. I hereby express my gratitude."

Liu Ruoyu, who finished his oral speech, stepped aside regardless of the reaction of the ministers in front of him, while Wang Tiqian, the eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies, came forward holding a memorial.

"I... the right minister of the Ministry of War and the censor of the right Qiandu, served as a minister, received the king's order and flag, and led the Liaodong expedition. Xiong Tingbi kowtowed three times in Shenyang..."

As Wang Tiqian read aloud, Han Xu, Zhu Guozuo, He Zongyan, Shen, Shi Jikai, Cui Jingrong, Sun Ruyou, Bi Ziyan, Wang Xiangqian, Huang Kezhan, Wang Yongguang, Zhang Weixian, Cui Chengxiu, Qi Shijiao and others gathered outside the Qianqing Gate. Everyone looked at Wang Tiqian with serious expressions. They all wanted to know what was going on with Liao Zuo's performance.

"Since the beginning of the first month of the first year of Tianqi, under the influence of the rampant raids by the rebels on Shen, Pu, Fu and other Liao left frontiers, Liaodong has been full of pessimists. The Liaodong army's morale is still stable, but the people's morale is unstable, so some Xiaoxiao people are taking advantage of the chaos. Profit making has caused the price of food for the Liaozuo, Liaonan, and Liaoxi divisions to rise sharply. Every time I know this situation, I feel angry. However, I remember your Majesty’s previous decree for the sake of the overall stability of Liaodong, so I endure it..."

Is this a victory for Liaozuo?

Listening to Wang Tiqian's announcement of the victory content, many of the people gathered outside Qianqing's door had doubts in their hearts. Normally, when it comes to the content of the victory memorial, one should simply explain the situation and then go straight to the topic.

However, this memorial written by Xiong Tingbi started from the time when Jianlu invaded Liaozuo. Some people could not help but doubt this. However, some people heard something unusual. Sure enough, the emperor secretly intervened in Liao affairs very early on. .

Xiong Tingbi's memorial was very detailed. It was written in three stages: preparation for war, confrontation, and transition to attack. It was elaborated in a relatively concise way, and then made it clear that before and after the Jianlu invaded Liaozuo, in the land of Liaodong, everything was going to be the same. What happened and why.

"...On March [-]th of the first year of Tianqi, as Your Majesty decreed, Nurhaci, the leader of the Jianlu slaves, personally led the Jianlu rebels and launched an attack on our Liao Zuo. After I knew that the Liao Zuo urgently sent military information, I coordinated the garrison of Liao. The various armies and departments mainly focused on containing the main force of the rebels and guarding the left front of Liao to ensure that His Majesty personally decided on the two-pronged strategy of quelling the captives. Although I was on the front line of Shenyang, I wonder if the elite Qin partial troops who were crossing the sea by boat could strictly implement His Majesty's request to vassalize Korea. On the way, he made a circuitous attack on the Kuandian forts, and then rushed to Hetuala, the den of the Jianlu bandits. However, I deeply felt that your majesty's decision was wise, especially when the Jianqi invaded Liaozuo for the first time, he used it to solve the Xiao Xiaoxiao in Shenyang, Liaoyang and other places. To stabilize the morale of our troops..."

what! ?

Everyone who heard this was not calm at this moment. Some of them had already thought that the emperor might have intervened in Liao affairs privately, but they never thought that in the context of this Liaozuo war, thousands of miles away from Liaodong The emperor actually formulated a strategy to pacify the Jianlu, and he did so in two ways.

So the armies that were originally ordered to assist the Liao made their respective deployments clear from the beginning, and based on the uncertain war situation, were they resolutely dispatched to various places to achieve the strategic deployment made by the emperor?

This is too scary!
Thinking of the people here, everyone was shocked, and many of them were in awe. If Xiong Tingbi's victory for the Liao Zuo was really what the emperor wanted, then the emperor would not only be a martial artist, but also know how to fight. This...

"Since mid-March of the first year of Tianqi, without knowing the fighting situation of the elite troops of Qi and Qin, around the battlefields of Liaozuo, all the ministries held fast to their front lines and launched fierce battles with the Jianlu tribes. During this period, various unexpected battles occurred. Fortunately, God blessed the Ming Dynasty. There was no bad situation that led to the collapse of the troops before the battle..."

Wang Tiqian read very quickly, and Xiong Tingbi wrote this memorial to Liaozuo in great detail. Everyone gathered outside the Qianqing Gate listened attentively, for fear of missing some key battle situations and not understanding the truest battle situation of Liaozuo.

And just when Wang Tiqian was reading, outside the main hall of Qianqing Palace at that time.

"Brother Emperor, can this Liao Zuo victory be considered a great victory?"

Zhu Youjian's expression was a little complicated. He followed Zhu Youxiao closely, looking in the direction of Qianqingmen from time to time, and said what he was thinking, "After all, in the battle of Liaozuo, our army lost many soldiers, especially those who were ordered to reinforce The main force of Liao, whether it was the main force commanded by Chen Ce and Tong Zhongkui, or the partial division commanded by Qi Jin and Qin Bangping, all suffered heavy casualties."

"Calculate!"

Zhu Youxiao stopped and said with determination in his eyes: "You can break through Hetuala, the Jianlu thieves' lair, kill so many strong men, and capture many family members of the Jianlu high-ranking officials, especially Ulanara Aba, the step-brother of the slave chief Nurhaci." Hai, he also took advantage of the situation and recaptured Crow Falcon Pass in one fell swoop. With such a record, Qi Jin and Qin Bangping will be awarded the title of Count!"

"Under this background, Xiong Tingbi and others were able to hold on to the Liaozuo front line, even though the front lines of Puhe, Fushun and other places were breached by the Jianqi with water. During this period, a large number of athletes died in the battle. In order to hold on to the important areas in Shenyang, they chose to fight in the Hunhe River and Jianhu The captives launched a fierce battle, during which a large number of soldiers were killed. Until Jianlu learned of the sudden fighting situation in the rear, and Qi Qin's partial troops broke through the Crow Pass, the battle situation on the Liaozuo front was reversed, and the offensive and defensive positions changed."

"Under such great changes, Xiong Tingbi's determination to focus on the battle helped our army regain Puhe, Fushunsuo, Yilusuo, and even Chenbing's Fushun Pass. He fought to the death to regain Fushun Pass. This all demonstrates the majesty of our Ming Dynasty. This battle , even though tens of thousands of warriors were killed before and after the battle, and countless others were seriously injured, I will definitely give him one of Xiong Tingbi’s marquises!!"

When talking about this, Zhu Youxiao clenched his hanging hands tightly. The victory letter to Liaozuo presented by Xiong Tingbi not only explained the various battles during the period, but also reported all the soldiers who died and injured in succession. This battle of Liaozuo , the Ming Dynasty killed tens of thousands of athletes, this is tens of thousands of living human lives! !
However, after Zhu Youxiao read this memorial letter to the Liao Zuo, he crossed out these specific casualties and did not let Wang Tiqian make it clear when he read it out. This was not because Zhu Youxiao did not want to take responsibility, but because Zhu Youxiao wanted to take advantage of the situation to do something big.

Zhu Youjian said with a worried look on his face: "But brother Huang... In the name of the imperial edict, you want to grant a large number of titles, and also reset the titles of sons and sons. I'm afraid that after listening to the officials gathered outside the Qing Dynasty, they will Will definitely..."

"be opposed to?"

Zhu Youxiao's eyes were sharp and he said in a sonorous tone: "What qualifications do they have to object? If you want to object, you can resurrect those athletes who died fighting for the Ming Dynasty. I am willing to listen to what they have to say. If not, who the hell dares to object, then Go and serve as pawns in Liaoqian and guard Mingjiang, otherwise they are not qualified!!"

(End of this chapter)