I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 10 Situation in Liaodong ([-])

The sun rises and shines on the Forbidden City.

Zhu Youxiao got up early, had a simple breakfast, and went for a run around the Qianqing Palace.

Health is the first priority. It’s not easy to travel through time. You have to live and live for a long time.

After the exercise, Zhu Youxiao was sweating profusely. He picked up the handed towel and wiped it. After taking a short rest, he started working.

In the Palace of Qianqing, Zhu Youxiao picked up the catalog of memorials and saw a memorial handed over by the cabinet. It said that based on Zhu Youxiao's decision to send people to inspect Liaodong during the last morning court, the cabinet determined that Yao Zongwen would be inspected during the incident.

The reason given was that Yao Zongwen had already inspected once last year and was familiar with the situation. Going again this time could verify each other and clarify what Xiong Tingbi did this year.

After Zhu Youxiao saw it, he motioned to Wang An to get the memorial that Yao Zongwen reported during last year's inspection.

When Wang An got it back, Zhu Youxiao took it over and took a quick look, and was furious.

The whole article talks about Xiong Tingbi's inaction, but the memorial says:
"I used to go out of the country to review the troops and horses without training, the generals without deployment, and the people's hearts were not attached to the military. When there is no time for work, Xing Wei's secrets are sometimes hidden, and collective efforts are not enough to achieve great achievements, and relying on one person's talent is not enough to achieve great things. , so I can’t recommend him in the battle of reading and observing. I sincerely dare not to deceive the king and father.”

Translated into vernacular, this memorial means that Xiong Tingbi did nothing when he arrived in Liaodong. He did not train or deploy generals, and the people were not attached to him.

If Zhu Youxiao had not traveled back in time, he would have believed it after reading this memorial.

This is too exaggerated and reduces Xiong Tingbi to nothing.

No wonder so many officials are crazy about impeaching Xiong Tingbi, but they were affected by his memorial.

"My dear friend, bring up the memorials that Xiong Tingbi has written in the past few years and take a look at them."

"My slave, go and get it now." Wang An immediately asked the eunuch in charge of the ceremony to get the question book.

After a while, two little eunuchs came in holding two tall stacks of question books and placed them on the table in front of Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao took a quick look and found that there must be dozens of copies.

He took a few books and read them briefly: "Requesting for the Dispatch of Arms", "Collecting Troops to Consolidate the Liao", "Selected Reinforcements", "Adopting Generals in Compliance with Orders", "Adopting Local Soldiers at the discretion", "Selected Reinforcements" Things need help urgently", "Slaying corrupt generals" and so on.

Zhu Youxiao took a quick look and knew that Xiong Tingbi's performance was not bad.

In view of the instability of people's hearts in Liaodong after the Ming army's disastrous defeat in the Battle of Sarhu, Xiong Tingbi personally visited various important towns in Liaodong to calm people's hearts.

In view of the lack of weapons, armor, and quilts among the remnants of the Liaodong army and the soldiers from various places who aided the Liao, Xiong Tingbi asked Shuming Shenzong to quickly allocate supplies to Liaodong.

In view of the situation that the generals were afraid of the enemy, embezzled the army's farmland, and withheld the soldiers' food and pay, etc., Xiong Tingbi killed the fugitive generals Liu Yujie and Wang Wending, and the guerrilla general Chen Lun, who had deducted the soldiers' food and pay, outside Liaoyang City. This stabilized the morale of the army and boosted the morale of the army. morale.

It's only been a year, and it's enough for him to be able to do this, but some people in the court are still holding him back.

This time Yao Zongwen was sent again, obviously because he wanted to discredit Xiong Tingbi again and allow himself to remove him.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel annoyed.This group of courtiers scheming and scheming all day long, even if they don't work hard, they hold themselves back every day.

Angrily, he turned to Wang An and said, "Da Mian, you go to the cabinet now and ask the cabinet ministers to come quickly."

When Wang An saw Zhu Youxiao angry, he didn't dare to say anything and immediately rushed to the cabinet.

When Wang An hurriedly arrived at Wenyuan Pavilion, only Fang Congzhe and Liu Yishui were on duty in Wenyuan Pavilion.The relationship between the two of them has eased a lot since they reached an agreement last time, and they are chatting now.Seeing Wang An walking in quickly, he bowed to them and said, "Mr. Fang Ge, Mr. Liu, you two are here. Hurry up and go with your servants. Your Majesty will summon you."

Fang Congzhe and Liu Yishui were stunned. Why did the emperor suddenly summon them, but they didn't know what it was about.So he quickly stood up and said to Wang An:

"Your Majesty, your Majesty has summoned us. Let's get up now. I just don't know why you are summoned by your Majesty?"

Wang An has always respected the ministers and often communicated with them. When Guangzong and Zhu Youxiao succeeded to the throne, Wang An communicated with the courtiers in advance so that the courtiers could enter the inner court, and he also contributed a lot.

So now I have no choice but to answer

"Today, the cabinet reported that Yao Zongwen would be selected to inspect Liaodong. However, His Majesty read Lord Yao's memorial last year and Xiong Tingbi's memorials in recent years. He found that most of Lord Yao's last memorials were exaggerated and completely untrustworthy, so Long Yan was furious."

Liu Yishui couldn't help but glance at Fang Congzhe. As early as when the matter was discussed, Liu Yishui disagreed with the selection of Yao Zongwen. Although he was a member of the Donglin Party, he belonged to the group that supported Xiong Tingbi. Originally, after the fall of Liaoyang in history, , and also with his support, Xiong Tingbi was able to use it again to clean up the mess.

Therefore, he supports Xiong Tingbi, and it was entirely Fang Congzhe's idea to send Yao Zongwen to Liaodong.

Fang Congzhe also admitted that he was unlucky. Originally, he could send anyone to do this. He no longer wanted to cause trouble, but yesterday Shen Guan of the Zhejiang Party, Yao Zongwen and other Zhejiang people came to his house to discuss and suggested that Fang Congzhe let Yao Zongwen inspect again.

The reasons are firstly money and secondly party struggle.

The Ming Dynasty has long had a system of letting Ke Dao Yan officers patrol the borders. Although Ke Dao Yan officers are lower in rank than governors and governors of various regions, the Ming Dynasty valued civil service over military affairs, and Ke Dao Yan officers had the power of impeachment.

Therefore, every time a Ke Dao Yan officer is asked to inspect, they will make a lot of money "because they are near the border, so they are respected, the governors are all Acheng, and the gold coins carry the Dao."

Last year, when Yao Zongwen inspected Liaodong, Xiong Tingbi neglected him and refused to pay bribes because Liaodong was dilapidated.

That's why he wrote a letter to impeach Xiong Tingbi and said he was worthless.

Last year's inspection was not successful, and the impeachment was unsuccessful, which made Yao Zongwen very worried.

I want to go again this time. If Xiong Tingbi understands the situation, then anything can be said. If he doesn't, this will be the best time to completely overthrow Xiong Tingbi.

Because now the Donglin Party is also impeaching Xiong Tingbi.

Originally, Xiong Tingbi had a close relationship with the Donglin Party, and he himself was from the Chu Party. When Donglin was in a weak situation, joining forces with Xiong Tingbi was an option for many people in Donglin.

But now the Donglin Party has greatly increased its power since Guangzong and Zhu Youxiao succeeded to the throne, and they want to flex their muscles.
Donglin doesn't like Xiong Tingbi's label as a Chu party. Now they are also eager to try to impeach Xiong Tingbi and select Donglin party members to hold this important position.

Yao Zongwen also saw this and wanted to take down Xiong Tingbi in one fell swoop. As long as he was taken down and whoever was chosen to manage Liaodong would be chosen, the Zhejiang Party would still have a chance to compete with Donglin.

This is the current situation of party struggle in the officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty. Doing things does not depend on the priority of the situation, nor on whether you have talent. It only depends on whether you belong to your own faction and criticize each other.

And Fang Congzhe only thought it was feasible after listening to Yao Chongwen's analysis.

Although he wants to resign, as the leader of the Zhejiang Party, he does not want to see himself retreat. The Zhejiang Party has been suppressed by Donglin, so if there is a chance to fight, it is natural to fight.

But despite all their calculations, they never expected that Colonel Zhu You trusted Xiong Tingbi so much.

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