Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 550 IX Rites

"If you run thousands of miles, you will be defeated by the general! Conquering the captives is foolish, conquering captives is foolish!"

"With [-] soldiers besieging more than [-] enemies, what do you think about recruiting captives?"

"Students are incomprehensible, and reality is incomprehensible!"

After trapping Xiying and Caoying and setting the time for attack, the messengers in front of the army rushed to Xiangyang one day later to report the situation on the front line to Yang Sichang. [

Hearing this kind of military report, Yang Sichang didn't have time to say anything, the several staff members all fell down and sighed, and when they shook their heads, there was a very incomprehensible expression between their brows.

It is true that Dengzhou Town came from thousands of miles away, and it was too late to rest, so it immediately joined the battle. When Xunyang Fubiao and Zuozhen's elite soldiers and horses were completely defeated, they suddenly came with their tails and blocked 5 or [-] thieves in the mountains among.

The geographical advantage is there, but the number of soldiers and horses may be ten times that of the officers and soldiers, and Yang Sichang's here, no matter how he calculates, he can't get any decent soldiers and horses to help... The decent soldiers and horses have just been defeated in a battle, so they are useless up!

"Write to Zuo Kunshan, and write to Fang Futai!"

At this time of crisis, Yang Sichang couldn't care less, he felt desolate, fearful and fearful, Chongzhen let him out, and his attitude was almost non-negotiable, this emperor's temperament is just like this, smart , but the nature is cold and thin, there is no way to do things, worry about it, and if you plan today, you can't wait to get it done tomorrow.

So he rushed all the way, rushed from the capital to Xiangyang in [-] days, and then immediately arranged military affairs. With the strong soldiers of Dengzhou Town and the reputation of Zhang Shouren, he was enough to control Zuo Liangyu.

Who knew that Fang Kongzhao was making trouble for him, and Zuo Liangyu also messed up with him. The two strong troops fought for success, and were defeated again. Thinking of the rivalry between the government and the opposition, Chongzhen would have further doubts and dissatisfaction with his abilities... It was a cold day, and Yang Sichang's back was drenched with sweat.

"Using the strict order of the supervisor, these two soldiers and horses rushed to the battlefield quickly to support the Dengzhou soldiers and horses. If there is any violation, the national law and military discipline are the top, and the governor will never let it go lightly!"

"This, isn't the wording too harsh?"

Since Yang Sichang took office, he has treated other generals and officials with no false words, but Fang Kongzhao is a senior of Donglin, and Zuo Liangyu is a domineering general, so they are extra polite and do not regard them as ordinary officials and generals.If the letter uses this tone, even if the two are suppressed for a while, and they rebound in the future, it will take a lot of effort to clean up the mess.

"I don't care about so much right now."

Yang Sichang still has some determination on this point, he waved his hand and said: "If this battle is lost again, it is still doubtful whether the supervisor can continue to regard the teacher as a teacher, and he doesn't care what to do with so much!"

If it weren't for his confidants and staff, he wouldn't have spoken like this. Several staff members knew that what the boss said was true, so they were in a hurry to polish their pens, writing like flying, and began to issue strict orders to various soldiers and horses.

"As for Dengzhou Town, the wording should be stricter. Tell Zhang Guohua to be careful, not to seek meritorious service, but to be free from faults, build a stronghold, stick to each other, if thieves do not attack, our teacher will not attack either. Don't be greedy for meritorious service , to incur a fiasco."

Zhang Shouren's military newspaper was very confident, but Yang Sichang didn't believe it at all.There were only more than 7000 soldiers including Lian Fubing, who had traveled two thousand miles to surround [-] elite cunning thieves who had just won the battle with [-] people. Among them were Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Hui Dengxiang, Wang Guangen and other big thief leaders. Inside, they are all giant bandits who have been tossing for more than ten years from the second year of Chongzhen to the present. The government and the opposition are all quick to get it, how can they be surrounded so easily!

The military newspaper in Dengzhou Town was a joke. If it wasn't for the glory of the next battle in Jinan City and the fact that there was still a two thousand li long-distance march in front of him, Yang Sichang would have thought that Zhang Shouren was an out-and-out bullshit king!

"Alas..." An experienced staff member sighed while writing the military order: "If Xunyang Fubiao can free up his hand, Zuozhen has not suffered a disastrous defeat first, and now Dengzhou Town is located, it is indeed a good opportunity to suppress the bandits. , What a pity, what a pity."

They all entered the shogunate for money, food, soldiers, and the army, and they are not laymen in the military. The location of Dengzhou Town and the locations of the thieves in Zhang Shouren's report are still very clear. The entire battlefield is like a gourd. Zuo Liang Yu was defeated at the mouth of the gourd and fled before reaching the edge of Baiyang Mountain, and then tens of thousands of rebels were blocked in the mouth of the gourd by Zhang Shouren's troops. The terrain is indeed a good place to block, if The officers and soldiers are strong enough, and they will definitely be able to fight a rare big victory.

Yang Sichang was even more troubled when he heard the words, and his hatred for Zuo Liangyu and Fang Kongzhao was even more unstoppable. His chest heaved and he couldn't hold back his anger anymore. He thumped the table angrily, and said angrily, "Please send me immediately!" Danzhang, I want to impeach Fang Kongzhao, an old man, and he must be beheaded in Xishi to get rid of the bad breath in my heart!"

Before and after leaving Beijing, in order to take the overall situation into consideration and achieve his own achievements, Yang Sichang mainly forbeared and wooed all forces, and did not dare to indulge his dandyism from a family. In his heart, Fang Kongzhao dared to shake the brand of his predecessors at him, and he couldn't take it anymore.

The aides present had seen this kind of arrogance many times, everyone was really used to this kind of Yang Sichang, they did whatever they had to do at the moment, but one aide came over, and Yang Sichang dictated, this aide wrote like a fly, Soon, the memorial to the impeachment of Fang Kongzhao was written, and it was rushed to the capital at a speed of [-] miles on the same day, traveling at a speed of more than [-] miles a day, together with the previous report of defeat, and quickly sent it to the capital.

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After Yang Sichang went south, he rushed along the road at high speed, and at the same time ordered the reorganization of the post office from the capital to Xunyang and Huguang. Before this special line was more complete than other places in terms of post post delivery because of the importance of the war. After being organized by Yang Sichang, the efficiency has improved by leaps and bounds.

Four days later, news of the defeat of Zuo Liangyu and Xunyang Fubiao was sent to the capital.

With the ringing of the Luan bell, the urgent delivery first entered the Ministry of War, and then entered the Tongzheng, and delivered it to Da Nei before dark.

Wang Dehua, the eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies, did not dare to neglect such military newspapers and bullets. After a cursory look, he shook his head and sighed, as if he had a bitter olive in his mouth, very uncomfortable.

The rest of the eunuchs knew that there must be bad news, but they all mumbled and dared not ask.

Wang Dehua stared blankly for a long time before asking, "Where is the emperor?"

A eunuch surnamed Fang hurriedly replied: "After lunch this afternoon, I will go to Fengxian Hall."

"Too bad!" Wang Dehua stumbled and sighed, "The emperor was already unhappy when he got there, but now it's even worse."

"Sovereign Lord, is it Huguang?"

The eunuchs in charge of ceremonies are the cabinets in the inner court. Each of them is qualified to enter after going out to the inner academy. It is the same rule as the outer dynasty. In the end, it was because of lack of knowledge and qualifications, so he could not become the seal of ceremonies... In fact, the inner court of the Ming Dynasty also had rules to abide by.

Because the knowledge is not bad, they are well aware of the possible wars and bad results in various parts of the dynasty. Although Wang Dehua didn't say anything, everyone guessed it.

"Yes."

Wang Dehua got up, and several eunuchs hurriedly followed him to serve him. The Yingong eunuch smiled wryly, but he didn't dare to delay. Monkey Mountain, asked someone to capture a lieutenant general, and lost [-] soldiers. This time, it was the thief who joined forces with Xunyang Fubiao and Huguang Town to attack Baiyang Mountain, and he was defeated again, and lost [-] soldiers. Yu Ren. Look, the emperor's face, I don't know how ugly it is!"

"It's a matter of course..."

"The emperor's temper is pretty good these days, because Mr. Yang Ge went to the army very quickly, and he looks like he is much better than the previous governors. The emperor feels that the situation will improve with the help of people. It is really true these two days. Just a little bit of a smile..."

"Yesterday, someone said that we will make more lighting scenes this year."

"No, just thinking about it, it's New Year's Eve."

"Huguang Town and Xunyang are really non-stop. It's almost the Chinese New Year, so why are these troublesome things happening?" [

These people didn't quite understand, but Wang Dehua and a few powerful eunuchs understood in their hearts that Yang Sichang rushed to the Huguang area, Dengzhou Town rushed to help, Huguang Xunyang sent troops to two places, apparently to grab credit, but the credit was not obtained , Anti-robbed a show.

Although it was local officials and town generals who took the credit, Yang Sichang's temperance was not good, and such a thing happened when he first arrived in Xiangyang. I'm afraid Chongzhen will not be too tolerant of this old man.

Recently, the collection of training salaries has been put on the agenda. The imperial court will collect more than 700 million silver. Everyone is very happy. As for the military training plan that the governor will train [-], the general will train [-], and the governor will train [-] or [-]. , No one in the ruling and opposition parties took it seriously.

Like the Liao salary of 400 million yuan a year, the water here is very deep.

But in the eyes of the emperor, the collection of training salaries is very effective. The chief assistant Xue Guoguan lost a lot of points in this matter, and the emperor has already planned to replace him.

At this juncture, Mr. Yang Ge didn't make meritorious deeds, but made troubles instead, which really lost a lot of points.

The eunuchs were also very concerned about the arrangement of the court, Xue Guoguan's resignation was inevitable, and Wang Dehua had already made plans in his mind who should be elected as the chief assistant.

Fengxian Hall is to the west of the Qianqing Palace, and it is only a few lanes away. A group of people meanders through the red walled hall. Along the way, there are many eunuchs and capitals. Standing on the side of the road with his head bowed, he dared not continue walking until Wang Dehua and others passed by.

When they arrived outside the Fengxian Hall, Chongzhen's Jianyu was outside the hall gate. A group of eunuchs from the Qianqing Palace stood outside and saw Wang Dehua approaching from a distance.