Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 194 Chapter 190 Chapter [-] Solve the mystery of historical unsolved cases

After understanding the inside story of the wealthy families of the King of Qin, Wang Daoqiu began to look through the records of the Northwest King Qing and King Su, as well as the military generals in the northwest, especially the hereditary military generals in the northwest. .

As he looked at it, Wang Daoqiu remembered Zhou Shangwen, the current commander-in-chief of Datong. Zhou Shangwen was from Xi'an, and he was a hereditary commander at the age of 16. He was promoted to commander in Shaanxi due to his meritorious service in many missions, and later became commander. He was appointed deputy commander-in-chief of Liangzhou.

On three sides of Shaanxi, Zhou Shangwen spent his childhood, youth, youth and middle age. It was not until he was 50 years old that he left Shaanxi and was transferred to Datong, Shanxi as the commander-in-chief.Zhou Shangwen has served as a mid-level and senior officer in the Shaanxi army for more than 30 years. He should know the generals in the Shaanxi army, at least those hereditary generals. What if Zhou Shangwen is transferred to be his beacon?

Yes, just do it!Thinking of this, Wang Daoqiu was happy. With Zhou Shangwen, a native who has been in Shaanxi for 50 years, as a bright light, how could he not be smart enough?Haha, it’s solved. With the blessing of state power, it’s really easy to solve the problem.

Early the next morning, Wang Daoqiu went to Wanshou Palace, had breakfast with Emperor Jiajing, and told Emperor Jiajing his general idea of ​​handling the Shaanxi issue.After listening to Wang Daoqiu's words, Emperor Jiajing added some specific implementation details to Wang Daoqiu, and then asked Wang Daoqiu to follow this general idea and perform it on the spot.

Emperor Jiajing's support for Wang Daoqiu was still great. According to Wang Daoqiu's general strategy to deal with the Qin Palace in Xi'an, and considering Zhou Shangwen's role and his age of more than 70, Emperor Jiajing named him the crown prince's Taibao and asked Zhou Shangwen to His eldest son took over from Zhou Shangwen and inherited the position of Datong Commander-in-Chief.

Zhou Shangwen was asked to go to Xi'an with Wang Daoqiu, and was given the official position of Shaanxi Capital Commander, so that the old comrades could use their remaining skills and return to their roots.

After discussing with Emperor Jiajing, Wang Daoqiu gathered the people, property, and things assigned to him by Emperor Jiajing, and then went to meet up outside the city. The hundred Jianzhou Jurchen cavalry who came from Xuanfu on horseback last night, and then headed towards Shaanxi. Go.

In the winter in the North, thousands of miles of ice cover thousands of miles of snow, and the rivers are frozen, making it impossible to sail.Wang Daoqiu was still upright at the beginning, setting an example and riding on horseback with the soldiers, not succumbing to the cold in the northern country.

But before he left Beijing and reached Baoding Mansion, Wang Daoqiu couldn't stand it anymore. No matter how much a dog from the south pretends to be, he can't become a wolf from the north!So Wang Daoqiu, who could no longer pretend to be a hero, gritted his teeth and held on for a whole day. The next day, he cowardly hid in the carriage, covered himself with a thick blanket and heated a brazier.

When Wang Daoqiu went to Shaanxi this time, he took the route south from the capital, then entered Shanxi from Niangziguan, and met Zhou Shangwen and Zhou Shangwen's [-] soldiers in Taiyuan.Then, while understanding the situation in Shaanxi with Zhou Shangwen, he hurried on his way, and finally entered Shaanxi from Fenglingdu in Ruixian County, Shanxi.

Opposite Fenglingdu is Tongguan in Shaanxi. When Wang Daoqiu arrived at Tongguan, the original defenders from Shaanxi had been replaced by Wang Daoqiu's old troops who came from Shandong.Li Guodong, the original commander-in-chief of Shandong, was also appointed as the current commander-in-chief of Shaanxi. He was waiting for Wang Daoqiu in Tongguan.

Seeing Wang Daoqiu and his entourage arriving, Li Guodong hurriedly ordered his men to kill pigs and sheep to reward the three armies.And he himself led several of his trusted generals, as well as several prominent figures in Wang Daoqiu's group, to eat in the Guanlou while admiring this ancient and majestic pass.

After three drinks and five dishes, after the polite conversation, the topic naturally turned to the current situation in Shaanxi.

Li Guodong said to Wang Daoqiuhui: "Reporting to Enxiang, since receiving the edict, the last general has rushed to Shaanxi with [-] Shandong troops day and night. Before the last general arrived in Shaanxi, Qi Jiguang also led troops from Datong. Yansui cooperated with Jin Yiwei to arrest the governor of Yansui, the Yansui commander-in-chief, and the five guard commanders of Yansui, controlled the military power in Yansui, and became the commander-in-chief of Yansui."

"In the Guanzhong Plain where the general is responsible, after entering Shaanxi, the general first controlled Tongguan and then marched into Xi'an. Thanks to the power of the emperor and the court, the army in Shaanxi did not resist. Zeng Mian and others The rebels were also captured smoothly. They were just taken to Tongguan yesterday. The general didn't know if your Excellency had anything to ask Zeng Xian, so he detained him here and didn't let him go. Your Excellency, Do you want to meet Zeng Mian?"

Zeng Mian was also detained in Tongguan, so I would like to meet him.Mr. Mingyue, a man like Zeng, pushed him very high, but there is one thing to say: Mr. Mingyue's masterpieces, although compared to those bullshit writers who are pure idiots, really showed their wisdom and independent thinking ability.But in some aspects of Mr. Mingyue's masterpiece, Wang Daoqiu believes that his understanding is still too superficial.

For example, because Ming Yingzong abolished the burial system, Mr. Mingyue characterized him as: not a good emperor, but a good person. In his masterpieces, he praised Ming Yingzong's character a lot.

But Wang Daoqiu himself disagrees with this through his study of history.After all, when Ming Yingzong was coerced by Wala to go south, he ordered Xuanfu and the garrison of the two cities in Beijing in front of the two armies to put down their weapons, open the city gates, and let Wala's army in.Of course Ming Yingzong was forced to do so, but how could he do this if he was forced?Doesn't he know that if the guards in Xuanfu and Beijing really listen to him, what will happen to the people in these two cities?

Putting aside the ordinary people who have no personal feelings for him, Ming Yingzong, doesn't Ming Yingzong know that if the Wala army really enters Beijing, his mother, his concubines, and his sister , what will be the outcome?How could Jingkang Shai of the Northern Song Dynasty and the imperial teachers of the Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty not teach him?
He knew it, but just to get the Oara people to spare his life, he ignored the lives and fortunes of millions of people in Xuanfu and Beijing.Go to the city and, as the emperor, order the guards of Xuanfu and Beijing to open the city gates and let the Walas rush into the city to kill all the men of my Han family in the city and give away hundreds of thousands of women of my Han family. Foreigners went to have sexual pleasures, including his own mother, concubines and sisters of Ming Yingzong.

Just to survive, he would not hesitate to send his mother, wives, concubines, and sisters to foreigners for their pleasure.After doing such an unscrupulous and inhumane thing, Mr. Mingyue still said that he, Ming Yingzong, was a good person?Wang Daoqiu disagreed with this point anyway.

And Xia Yan and Zeng Mian, Mr. Mingyue also put us very high in the masterpiece.But Xia Yan's case was overturned later, and the Ming Dynasty said that he was a good person and that he was wrongly accused.

However, it is still clearly recorded in the history of the Ming Dynasty that Xia Yan was very crazy and did not regard his subordinates and colleagues as human beings at all. He also lived a luxurious life with many wives, concubines and servants at home.And just because Lu Bing and Yan Song and his son knelt down in front of his house, he would not pursue the corruption case of Lu Bing and Yan Song.

An official whose life is rotten, with many wives and concubines in his family, who let him go just because a corrupt criminal knelt down for him, will he be a clean official, will he be a good person?This is so ridiculous!

And this Zeng Ming, Mr. Mingyue also wrote him very well, he can almost be said to be a saint.But the fact is that the authenticity of Zeng Xian's military exploits has always been controversial in the historians.After all, every battle achievement reported by Zeng Xiao was a small battle involving killing a few enemies, or killing dozens of enemies.

Moreover, every time he reported military exploits, Zeng Mian believed that if the Mongols snatched back the bodies of their comrades in battle, they could go back and inherit their comrades' wives, concubines, and property.Using this Mongolian tradition as an excuse, they said that the bodies of the Mongolians were taken back by themselves, so that the heads of the Mongolians were rarely or not handed over at all.

The scale of the war was so small, and there were no Mongolian heads to prove it. Who can guarantee the authenticity of the results?Moreover, Zeng Mian said that he was so awesome that he always reported victories to the court and never lost a battle.In this regard, anyone with a bit of military knowledge would know that Zeng Xian was talking nonsense.After all, from ancient times to the present, there have always been only victorious generals, but not undefeated generals.

What's more, after Zhu Di, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, abandoned the Hetao Plain and withdrew his army.The Ming Dynasty no longer had troops stationed in the Hetao Grassland, but the united front work never relaxed.The nomadic tribes on the Hetao grassland were basically half close to the Ming Dynasty and half close to their own Mongolian compatriots.This situation is like that of the peninsula. Although a certain big country does not have troops stationed there, it still has the target of the united war and its influence.

But after this so-called undefeated commander Zeng later became the governor of the three sides, he said that he would win every battle.But the cruel fact is that within two years of his appointment as the governor of the three sides, all the Ming Dynasty nomads who used to be nomadic on the Hetao grassland went to the Tatars. So far, the Hetao grassland has completely belonged to the Tatars. , the Ming Dynasty's more than 100 years of united front achievements on the Hetao Grassland came to nothing, and the Ming Dynasty completely lost control of the Hetao Grassland.

He said that he was awesome and that he would win every battle, but the fact was that there was no evidence to support his military exploits.Moreover, the result of his sure victory in every battle was that the Ming Dynasty completely lost control of the Hetao Grassland.

Comparing the military exploits Zeng Mian himself said with the current situation in the Hetao Grassland, the contrast is huge.Therefore, starting from the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, historians throughout the ages have questioned Zeng Mian's so-called military exploits.It is said that Zeng Mian's military exploits were bribed by Xia Yan, the then chief minister of the cabinet, and the two colluded internally and externally to defraud Emperor Jiajing.

Regarding this question from historians of the past, Wang Daoqiu has never dealt with Zeng Mian since he came here, but he knows Xia Yan, who is such a rubbish thing, and if there is no large public relations fee, Xia Yan Why should Yan, a cabinet scholar like him, answer to Zeng Xian?Doesn't Xia Yan know that it has been a serious crime in all dynasties for a close minister to have a personal relationship with a frontier commander?
It is said that only big risks can lead to big profits. Without big profits, how could Xia Yan take such a big risk?The same goes for Zeng Mian. If he didn't have a big request, how could he dare to have a personal relationship with the cabinet bachelor and give up his head?

So since arriving in the Ming Dynasty, becoming familiar with the rules of the game here, and getting to know Xia Yan, Wang Daoqiu dared to conclude that at least most of Zeng Mian's so-called military exploits were made up, and were the result of Zeng Mian colluding with Xia Yan internally and externally to tell stories. They are cheating for money and fame.

Therefore, since Zeng Xian is in Tongguan now, Wang Daoqiu must meet this person and ask him some questions.

(End of this chapter)