I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 459 It turns out to be this traitor

Looking at such a long list, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but be stunned, not knowing what to say.

Everyone knew that Jianlu was the imperial enemy, but these people turned a deaf ear to it and actually colluded with each other to sell the court's precious supplies to Jianlu for their own benefit.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but think of one word to describe the current situation in Liaozuo: corruption.

There were so many generals colluding with each other, and it seemed like they had a long history. This reminded Zhu Youxiao of the historical materials he had read in his previous life.

During the Chongzhen period, a North Korean envoy passed through Liaodong and went to meet Zu Dashou.But as soon as they entered his mansion, they saw that the mansion was so magnificent that even the North Korean envoys were amazed. They couldn't help but sigh that even the royal family of North Korea was not as luxurious as Zu Dashou's mansion.

Although this incident occurred during the Chongzhen period, it was not as cold as a day. This is enough to illustrate from the side how serious the corruption and corruption of Liaodong generals were.

When Zhu Youxiao thought of this, he stood up and walked back and forth thinking.

"With so many generals from the Liao Zuo involved, doesn't Wang Huazhen, the governor of Guangning, know about it?"

When Luo Sigong saw the emperor asking this, he didn't know what to say for a moment. He thought for a long time and had to say it slowly.

"This Wei Chen has not found out, but Wei Chen once heard something said by Saint Kong."

When Luo Sigong said that he had not found anything, Zhu Youxiao suddenly became a little unhappy, tilted his head and asked:
"You are still interested in talking about sages' books at this time. Tell me, what are you talking about?"

"The sage once asked: Whose fault is it that the tiger came out of the coffin, and the tortoise and jade were destroyed in the coffin?"

Seeing Luo Sigong say this calmly, Zhu Youxiao was slightly stunned and immediately understood what he meant.

The meaning of this sentence is that the tiger and rhinoceros escaped from the cage, and the tortoise shell and jade were destroyed in the box. Whose fault is this?

Regarding this issue, Zhu Xi once gave instructions, saying that Dian Shou should not ignore his mistakes.Translated into vernacular, it means that if a bad person escapes or fails to do his or her duty, the person in charge should be held responsible.

Luo Sigong's answer was obviously alluding to the fact that since there was such a big problem in Liaozuo, Wang Huazhen, as the governor, was probably to blame.

However, Luo Sigong knew that Wang Huazhen's teacher was Ye Xianggao, a cabinet scholar. Now the emperor was very fond of Ye Xianggao, so it was difficult to criticize him face to face.

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he also guessed Luo Sigong's concerns, and at the same time, he remained silent and didn't know what he was thinking about.

Now it seems that Liaozuo's collapse method is corrupt, and it may not work if it is not rectified.Otherwise, when we take action against Jianlu next year, we will be in trouble if something suddenly happens in Liaozuo.

We must know that in the battle of Guangning in history, there were many surrendered generals from Liaozuo who surrendered to Jianlu.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao didn't know what he thought of.He immediately walked to the imperial court, picked up the question book about Liao Zuo's bribery, and read it again.

The more Zhu Youxiao looked, the more frightened he became, and his face became increasingly livid.

As for why Sun Degong was so familiar, he finally understood why there were so many surrendered generals in the Battle of Guangning in history.

Now I finally think about it, many of the generals on this list defected to Jianlu and became Jianlu's pawns in the previous battle of Guangning, especially this Sun Degong!
Zhu Youxiao felt helpless and angry when he thought of this.

Historically, Sun Degong was an important reason for the failure of the Ming army in the Battle of Guangning.

It was originally a guerrilla attack by the Chinese army under Wang Huazhen, the governor of Guangning in the Ming Dynasty. Wang Huazhen relied on him as his confidant.

Historically, after Nurhaci captured Liaoyang, he sent troops to attack Xiping Fort in western Liaoning.Wang Huazhen ordered Guangning General Liu Qu and others to lead more than [-] people to assist, and Sun Degong followed. The two armies met at the sand ridge north of Xiping Fort.

But at this time, Sun Degong had already secretly surrendered to Houjin. As soon as the two armies clashed, Sun Degong took the lead in escaping.

When the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty saw that their commanders had all run away, they dispersed without any resistance at all. Later, the Jin army took advantage of the opportunity to pursue them, and Liu Qu, the general of Guangning, died in the battle.

Seeing that help was not coming, Luo Yiguan, the guard general of Xiping Fort, knelt down on the city wall toward Beijing and said, "I did my best." Then he committed suicide and died. At this point, the entire Ming army was wiped out.

Sun Degong, who escaped before the battle, had no regrets and devoted himself to helping Nurhaci.

After he escaped back to Guangning, he asked his followers to spread rumors everywhere, saying that the large army of Jianlu troops was about to attack Guangning City. The people and soldiers in the city fled one after another, which caused Guangning City to collapse overnight. The city became empty, and Wang Huazhen also fled to Shanhaiguan.

He immediately led his soldiers and people in person out of Guangning City (now North Town, Liaoning), three miles east of Guangning City, to look at Changgang. He provided a chariot, set up drums and music, held a flag and raised a canopy to welcome Nurhachi to the governor's office.

Nurhachi was shocked when he saw this. He couldn't believe that Guangning City was captured so easily.

It was not until Sun Degong's repeated assurances and his repeated inquiries that the reliability of the news was confirmed, and he immediately led his army into the city and Guangning fell.

From then on, a large amount of food was supplied, all the land in western Liaoning, and even tens of thousands of people in western Liaoning were occupied by the Jianqi.

When Zhu Youxiao thought of this, his eyes became colder and colder.Although in history, the failure of the Battle of Guangning was due to Wang Huazhen's underestimation of the enemy and his rash advance, and his discord with Xiong Tingbi.

But this Sun Degong is undoubtedly to blame. If it weren't for him, even if the battle of Guangning was defeated in the early stage, it would not have been defeated so quickly, causing the entire Liaozuo to be lost.

In his previous life, Zhu Youxiao was puzzled as to when Sun Degong defected to Jianlu.

Now he finally understood. It seemed that he was probably dissatisfied with the imperial court and had secret connections with Jianlu.

Therefore, he secretly made up his mind, whether it was to punish corruption, cut off economic and trade contacts with Jianlu, or prevent Liaozuo and others from being held back in the Liaodong battle next year.

He wanted to take down Sun Degong and others out of emotion and reason, and punish them severely, and thoroughly rectify the Liaozu officialdom, otherwise there would be endless troubles.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao's face became more and more grim. He turned to look at Zhang Chang and said slowly:
"Order people from the Military Aircraft Department and the cabinet to come to the Qing Palace to discuss matters."

"The slaves obey the order."

Luo Sigong lowered his head and did not dare to speak, but he already knew in his heart that the emperor was probably very angry and would go to war to rectify the Liaozuo officialdom.

"Get up."

Zhu Youxiao looked at Luo Sigong who lowered his head and said slowly.During this period, Jinyiwei achieved fruitful results and played a great role, among which Luo Sigong was indispensable.

"What you played today has been of great benefit to me. You have done a good job, and I am very pleased. But now is not the time to alert the enemy. You can continue to send people to investigate to see if there are anyone else behind the scenes. When the court is ready, we will catch them all."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will definitely send capable people to investigate. Your Majesty will not be disappointed."

Listening to Luo Sigong's promise, Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction, and then gave him some instructions.

After a while, Zhang Chang came in.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Liu Ge and others have arrived."

"Well, let them in."

After a while, Liu Yishen, Ye Xianggao, Zhang Weixian and others bowed and walked in, saluting Zhu Youxiao.

Since He Ning was deposed last time, the eunuchs have deliberately kept a distance from the foreign ministers, for fear of being labeled as colluding with the foreign ministers.

Therefore, Liu Yishui and others did not know what the emperor was calling them for, but when they came in and saw Luo Sigong standing with a bow, the emperor's face did not look very good.There was a vague guess in his mind that Luo Sigong had reported some bad news to the emperor.

"Get up, Zhang Chang will give you a seat."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and asked them to stand up. Then he looked around at everyone, sighed and said:
"Zhang Chang, show them Luo Sigong's inscription book. Luo Sigong, please explain in detail to the elders what you told me today."

After he finished speaking, he stopped talking. Everyone present suddenly had a bad feeling when they saw the emperor's appearance.Luo Sigong didn't dare to neglect, so he told Liu Yishui and others the information he got.

Liu Yishui and others frowned while looking at the question book and listening to Luo Sigong's words. Especially after hearing about the incident in Liaozuo at the end, Liu Yishui, Zhang Weixian, Sun Chengzong and others couldn't help but turn their attention to Ye Xianggao.

After all, everyone knows the relationship between Guangning Governor Wang Huazhen and Ye Xianggao. Now that something happened in Liaozuo, Wang Huazhen may not be able to escape the relationship. If the emperor becomes angry again, Ye Xianggao may also be implicated.

Zhu Youxiao had a clear view of the little actions of Liu Yishen and others. He also knew the relationship between Ye Xianggao and Wang Huazhen, but after much thought, he still asked Ye Xianggao to come over to discuss the matter. As for whether to punish him, it depends on Ye Xianggao. Showed high performance.

Ye Xianggao was also secretly frightened now. He scolded Wang Huazhen in his heart. He really failed to succeed but failed, and he actually dug such a big hole in him.

Thinking of this, he didn't want to think too much, and immediately stood up and faced Zhu Youxiao, cupping his hands and saying:

"Your Majesty, I have neglected my employment and caused such a catastrophe. I am really ashamed of myself. Please punish me."

Zhu Youxiao was not surprised by what he did. Upon seeing this, he slowly raised his hand and said:
"Get up, I'm not that confused. Not to mention whether Wang Huazhen really knew about this matter and was involved in it. If Wang Huazhen is really guilty, I can't convict you just because he has a teacher-student relationship with you."

Ye Xianggao was moved when he heard this. He thought that the emperor was really too generous to him, so he wanted to thank him again.

But Zhu Youxiao blocked Ye Xianggao with a wave of his hand. Now is not the time to apologize, but how to solve it.

"My dear friends, according to the inscription that Xiong Tingbi submitted during this period, Jianlu's food supply will not exceed March next year at most. By then they will have no food available, and they will definitely take action, otherwise it will be impossible to survive at all.

Now that the war in the southwest is about to be settled, the imperial court must focus on Liaodong in the future, with the elimination of Jianlu as its top priority.But now there is such a serious situation in Zhangjiakou and Liaozuo. After hearing this, I felt a chill down my spine.

Sun Degong and others secretly traded with Jianlu and made great profits from it. Maybe they had secretly colluded with Jianlu for a long time, and the harm was not small. "

(End of this chapter)