The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 179 Fighting Qingliu

In the golden autumn of October, with cool breezes blowing, it is a good time to launch a surprise attack on the northern barbarians.

The weather is neither too hot nor too cold, and it is very comfortable even if you camp outdoors.

Therefore, Wanli chose this time to launch a surprise attack on the three guards of Doyan.

After receiving the transfer order, the Beijing troops began to gather towards Beijiaochang.

Early in the morning at about 1 a.m., when the sky was just getting light, the official road from Nanyuan to Changping Prefecture, and from Changping Prefecture to the Mountain Resort, a total of more than 200 miles, was filled with long lines of cavalry, chariots, artillery carts and food carts.

After receiving the news, the early-rising citizens of the capital flocked out from Guangning Gate, Xibian Gate, Fucheng Gate and Xizhi Gate to watch the excitement.

The excellent equipment of the Beijing Army really made the people along the way excited, and the endless numbers made the people in the capital feel full of security.

Now the Beijing army has a total of 240,000 troops, and they are either riding war horses or sitting in chariots and food carts. If they were lined up in a row, it would be at least five or six hundred miles long. Even if they were to march continuously from Nanyuan to the Beijiaochang of the Summer Resort, they would not be able to finish the march in one day.

It took three full days for the long lines of troops from Beijing to arrive at the North Arena of the Mountain Resort from Nanyuan.

With so many troops, it was impossible for the Northern Tartars to invade the capital. Seeing this, the people of the capital naturally felt relieved.

At this time, the civil servants in the court were furious.

Shen Jing was unexpectedly dismissed from his post and investigated, and handed over to the three judicial departments for trial!

The little emperor is clearly seeking revenge!
Didn’t Shen Jing submit a petition to establish a crown prince?

What's wrong with this?

The crown prince is the foundation of the country. If a crown prince is appointed, the country will be stable. If a crown prince is not appointed, people will panic, and it may even cause the kings to fight for the throne and the court to be in chaos.

This is actually true.

If there are a lot of princes and the emperor is reluctant to appoint a crown prince, it will indeed cause panic among the people and lead to the princes fighting for the throne.

Those civil servants with ulterior motives used this as an excuse to secretly fan the flames. Most of the civil servants believed from the bottom of their hearts that the little emperor was wrong.

What's wrong with someone submitting a petition to establish a crown prince?
Even if you don't want to, you don't have to retaliate like this, right?
Jiang Yinglin submitted a petition requesting the establishment of a crown prince, and his entire family was executed!

Shen Jing submitted a memorial requesting the establishment of a crown prince, and was dismissed from office and investigated, with the case handed over to the three judicial departments for trial.

It is really incomprehensible that the little emperor did this.

This has been true throughout history and it is true now.

Many officials could not understand why the young emperor was unwilling to appoint a crown prince.

In history, Emperor Wanli would punish anyone who submitted a petition requesting the establishment of a crown prince.

However, at that time, he would simply dismiss people from their posts and investigate them, or confiscate their property and exile them. He did not execute the entire family, or even execute any one person.

At that time, many civil servants who did not know the truth also thought that what he did was wrong.

This moment is even more incredible.

He had already executed Jiang Yinglin's entire family, and now he ordered Shen Jing to be dismissed from his post and investigated, and handed over to the three judicial departments for trial.

Is Shen Jing going to be killed again next?

This is too brutal and cruel.

Shen Jing is very famous among the clean officials. As an official, he is diligent and honest, and can be regarded as a model of the clean officials.

The little emperor totally disregards the Qingliu people. He does whatever he wants to them. How can this be tolerated?

Those civil servants with ulterior motives shouted and the Qingliu became angry.

Sun Jigao, Li Sancai and others cried out loudly again, and more and more people came to the court to plead for Shen Jing and even to reason with him, and the situation was getting out of control.

Gao Maocai, Xin Zixiu and Zhang Mengli were all a little afraid to do anything to Shen Jing.

They really didn't dare to do so, because Zhang Juzheng and his party came from the Qingliu group. The Qingliu group was their foundation. Could they destroy their own foundation?

Shen Jing was very tough. The three judicial organs interrogated him for several days, but he just kept saying "If you want to accuse someone of a crime, you can always find a pretext", and he refused to confess anything else.

This meant that the young emperor was retaliating against him for submitting a petition to establish a crown prince, and wanted to punish him on trumped-up charges. He had nothing to say. Wanli was busy mobilizing troops to prepare for a surprise attack on the three guards of Doyan, and he had put Shen Jing's affairs aside for the time being.

Early in the morning at about noon, as the sun was rising, he came to the North Arena accompanied by Qi Jiguang and a group of generals from the Beijing camp.

The Beijing troops have been assembled and are ready to attack at any time.

At this moment, the North Arena has become a sea of ​​tents. The grassland that could originally accommodate millions of troops is now almost filled with densely packed tents and neatly arranged chariots, artillery carts and food carts.

Wanli and a group of generals rode their horses through the densely packed tents and came to the reviewing platform. They raised their arm-long telescopes and took a careful look. They couldn't help but feel very heroic.

Now that the Beijing Camp has begun to take shape, he can be said to be invincible. When the 360,000 troops of the Beijing Camp are gathered next year, he can lead his troops to conquer the northern barbarians like Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle.

This time, he didn't just want to defeat the Northern Tartars and make them flee far away like Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle did. He wanted to completely conquer the Northern Tartars and eliminate the trouble forever!

He was just thinking about how to defend after taking over the southern and northern grasslands of the desert when suddenly a horse galloped towards the direction of the palace.

Not long after, Luo Sigong quickly stepped onto the stage, clasped his hands and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, we've investigated thoroughly. Those upright officials are indeed secretly colluding and planning to cause trouble."

Humph, this is the same trick you keep playing. If submitting a petition is useless, then you make trouble. In the face of powerful military force, is this trick effective?

Wanli snorted inwardly, then said decisively: "Yuan Jing, have the Shenji Front Camp and the Shenwu Front Camp assemble immediately, bring 4,000 grain carts, load some supplies, and prepare to return to the capital with me."

After saying this, he called Li Xuancheng, Shan Sinan, Luo Sigong and others to get off the platform and galloped towards the palace.

He then returned to his study to see how the three judicial departments had conducted the trial yesterday and how many upright officials had submitted memorials to advise and persuade.

Sure enough, the confession was still just that one sentence, but the number of memorials of persuasion increased.

The reason why he handed Shen Jing over to the three judicial departments for trial was to see who dared to protect this guy.

As a result, there were many upright people who submitted memorials to advise and remonstrate.

Do these people dare to risk everything for Shen Jing?

Fine, I'll give you a chance to risk it all!
The Qingliu group is relying on their large numbers to try to manipulate the emperor's will.

This time, no matter whether Qingliu was fooled by those civil servants with ulterior motives, or wanted to seize the imperial power and interests, he could not let it go.

Even if these upright people don't dare to risk their lives to protect Shen Jing, he will still give them a slap in the face.

What Qingliu values ​​most is face. If you hit Qingliu in the face, you will destroy his heart.

He threw the testimony on the table and said decisively, "Uncle, issue an order. Tomorrow morning at noon, I will personally hear the case of Shen Jing outside the Sanfasi Yamen. All officials in Beijing must be present and line up to listen to the trial."

Only he can do such a weird thing.

The Ministry of Justice, the Supervisory Office, and the Dali Temple, also known as the three judicial offices, were not located outside Chengtian Gate, but in Tongzi Hutong, west of Xidan Pailou.

The north side of Tongzi Hutong Street is entirely the territory of the Sanfasi Yamen. The Sanfasi Yamen is big enough, but Tongzi Hutong is not wide. Who is he trying to show off by holding the trial outside the Sanfasi Yamen?
Of course, I wanted to show it to the people of the capital.

In other words, he wanted to use the secret guards to stir up trouble and clean up the Qingliu.

Whoever dares to jump out will be dealt with. Even if no one jumps out, the Qingliu will be severely slapped in the face.

Soon, he returned to the capital with tens of thousands of Jinyiwei, tens of thousands of imperial guards, 20 million soldiers from the Shenjiying and 20,000 soldiers from the Shenwuying.

The soldiers of the Shenji Camp also brought several thousand grain carts, which not only carried all their own people, but also a lot of materials and many craftsmen.

After he returned to the capital, he stayed in the palace and never left. The Jinyiwei, the Imperial Guards and the Shenwu Camp also set up camp in the imperial city.

The soldiers of the Shenjiying Camp brought the materials and craftsmen to the square outside the Dali Temple and started working on it.

The Dali Temple was located at the easternmost end of the Sanfasi Yamen, right next to the Xidan Archway. A large group of craftsmen were working together at the northwest corner of the Xidan Archway, directly opposite the Wanshengtang Pharmacy, and they built a two-story platform in less than a day.

This platform is like a staircase. The inner layer is about ten feet high, and the layer close to the Xidan Archway is about half a foot high. However, the area is very large, with both the upper and lower floors covering several feet in radius, or over a hundred square meters.

When the people of the capital heard the news, they rushed over to watch.

These craftsmen are really amazing. They took all kinds of wood and nailed them together to build such a big platform in less than half a day. Moreover, they also installed a huge thing under the platform.

Next, Wanli was ready to have a good fight with the Qingliu.

(End of this chapter)