Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 785
The border town of Datong is more than a hundred miles to the north, and it is the border between Alta and Daming. Although there is no legal principle to determine it, all parties abide by it. Not only the soldiers in the border town think so, even the ministers of the DPRK and China think so .

During Wang Tong's march, as long as conditions permit, there will be fast horses delivering letters to Datong every day, and then passing them all the way to the capital, the governor of Datong, the governor of Xuanda, and the original supervisor of Datong Town, and even Datong Town Deputy General Ma Dong sent his own newspapers to various places every day. Of course, most of them were sent to the capital.

After Wang Tong crossed the [-]-mile boundary, the people in the capital knew the news immediately. They didn't know what kind of role the mature hot weapon troops had, but they had the simplest way of comparison, Wang Tong's There are less than [-] infantry, but the Tartars can mobilize at least [-] cavalry, and the actual number is only a lot more.

In the past, when the Tartar cavalry fought against the Ming Dynasty, it was really a collision of large armies mobilized by the two sides. Tens of thousands of Tartar cavalry were enough to make up tens of thousands of Daming infantry.

Moreover, the [-] Ming army led by Wang Tong carried food and grass by himself, and went deep alone. In the enemy's territory, the opponent has superior forces.

[-] soldiers were lost outside the Great Wall, and they died as soon as they died. What is really troublesome is that this will definitely anger the Alda Department and let their army come to retaliate.

The soldiers of Datong Town were so weak that they couldn't stop them at all. They could only rely on Li Rusong, the chief soldier of the Xuan Mansion, and Li Yunlai, the chief soldier of Ji Town. The hope is pinned on Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liao Town.

If Qi Jiguang, the commander-in-chief of Ji Town, is still there, everyone can feel more at ease, but Qi Jiguang is now serving as the commander-in-chief in Guangdong.

Is it going to repeat the tragedy of the Tatars breaking through the pass, looting Datong, and then going straight to the land of the capital? The chief culprit of all this is Wang Tong, this daring and reckless general. The head of the inner guard.

When the news first spread to the capital, the officials and scholars of the capital did not believe it, because it was too unimaginable. What is the purpose of being an official? Doing so many things is just to get promoted and get rich, and to obtain a higher status.

But the inferior soldiers went deep into the enemy's borders in northern Xinjiang. They went there for fame and wealth, and they obviously wanted to die. He Wang Tong died cleanly, so don't implicate everyone.

Then again, Wang Tong runs a huge foundation in Tianjin Wei. There are so many shops and merchants, and gold mountains and silver seas come in and out every month. If he collapses, who will manage this foundation? In terms of status, it may be possible to set up a Zhili prefecture there, and it is even possible to set up a single government. Whoever achieves this position will not be killed. Foreign officials think this way, and many internal ministers think this way.

Given the annual income that Tianjin Wei gives to the palace, why should the palace set up a tax inspector there? It is also the gate of opening the sea, and there should also be a department of shipping. For the transfer of grain and fodder, is the position of the grain supervisor right? It is also necessary to add someone, this is a real vacancy, if you do it for a few years, it is estimated that you don't have to be too hard, and you can eat it for a few lifetimes.

However, the eunuchs in the palace were more tempted, but none dared to speak or act. Zhang Cheng and Zou Yi watched closely. There was Zhao Jinliang beside the emperor. It would be a waste of money if he was smashed to pieces.

The people inside the palace did not move, but they could instigate people outside the palace to move, which made the officials and scholars of the capital who were a little hesitant all of a sudden clamor.

It was about the same time that the news came on the first day, and on the second day, the door of the Secretary of General Affairs was crowded with officials and scholars from Shangshu. Submit first.

"I don't know the seriousness, leading the army to die, such a traitor. A thousand cuts are not an exaggeration!"

"For the merits of one person, he disregarded the lives and deaths of thousands of soldiers. His crimes are high and deep, and he should be severely punished."

".Wang Tong has always been shrewd in his actions. How could he be so Meng Lang? If he goes to the northern border, he must surrender to the enemy."

The contents of the memorial are varied, beheading and ransacking the house is the mainstream, and some people said that Tianjin Wei is now a place of wealth and wealth, and it must not be left alone. Your Majesty, please send capable people there as soon as possible.

The palace's attitude towards these memorials is also very unified. If you send them to Liuzhong, I will keep them and will not respond at all.

After Wang Tong led his army into the mountainous area, the Tartars followed up with more sentries and rangers, and the army led by Wang Tong also temporarily stopped sending messages.

Although there are news to the capital every day, it will take about ten days for these news to stop at one place, and the capital may not stop. No one believed it anymore, instead there were all kinds of rumors.

Today the entire army is wiped out, tomorrow the Altar Tartars have broken into Datong, why is it that Wang Tong led the army to join the enemy, the army has already left Shanxi, and so on.

The people of the capital are even more panic-stricken. It is obvious that the New Year is approaching, and they should be busy celebrating the New Year in the capital, but many people are going out of the city to visit their relatives, so they leave this place of the capital for a while.

There was even such a bastard thing happened, someone jokingly yelled "Tartars are coming" at a certain city gate, and as a result, the peaceful market immediately became chaotic, some people hid, some ran, women and children cried loudly Call.

From this city gate to the city, and then to all directions, the entire capital city inside and outside the city was in a state of panic, and there were rogues who took advantage of the fire and started to fish in troubled waters, robbing shops and robbing houses.

In the past, the situation would probably be out of control. The gates of the imperial city were closed, the gates of the capital were closed, and the curfew was enforced.

Shuntian Mansion has limited servants, and the soldiers of the five cities are weak. In the past, in such a situation, it was good enough to ensure that the yamen would not be impacted. It was impossible to take care of the whole city.

However, the situation is very different now from the past. Jinyiwei has a military justice department, a patrol department, and a training department. When the chaos just started, the patrol department's response was a bit slower. It only maintained order in every street, but every street The number of people on the Internet is limited, and the drop in the bucket.

But Li Wenyuan and Lu Wancai immediately made a decision. The military police of the Military Judiciary Division began to patrol the whole city. After giving the order, immediately began to maintain order.

Although the Military Judiciary was transferred by Wang Tong and went to the northern border a lot, those who stayed were all the elites of the East Factory and the army, galloping through the streets on horseback. Quick, and so fierce, they didn't even have a chance to escape, they could only kneel down and beg for mercy, and those who reacted slowly were immediately beheaded with a knife.

The officers of the patrol department who received the order also took action. They no longer allocated according to their respective streets, but gathered together, holding wooden sticks with skins in their hands, and began to go to the streets to maintain order.

The chaotic people ran all over the street, beat their heads and faces with sticks, and cried for their parents and mothers, but immediately dared not move around and obediently listened to the arrangements.

The security forces in the city moved first, followed by the Imperial Army. When the Imperial Army cavalry started patrolling inside and outside the city, those who wanted to make a fuss had to be honest. Let alone the Imperial Army cavalry, they wore armor and rode on the streets. The Jinyiwei Army Judiciary Gendarmerie is shocking enough.

When the situation persisted, it was the Yamen servants of Shuntian Mansion and the soldiers of Jinyiwei who beat the gong and preached on the street, which showed that everyone was a false alarm.

There was such a chaos in the city for no reason. At this time, Wenyuan Pavilion was in court. When the officials reported this matter, the emperor and the six chiefs of the cabinet were discussing matters. They were all shocked when they heard this. What? It's okay to say that the danger from the Ministry of Answers, if such a disturbance occurs in the city of the emperor, it will be a catastrophe.

However, the news came in and out quickly in the capital, and it soon became known that Jinyiwei's patrol department, military justice department, and training department began to suppress them. After a while, there was news that the riots in the capital began to subside, and then there was another news. , Said it was all right.

Although everyone was falsely alarmed, they all felt disheartened. Emperor Wanli was furious, so the decapitation procedure went very quickly. Jin Yiwei quickly handed over the list through the capital commander Luo Sigong, and opened this at the city gate. Those who joked, made noise in the city, looted, and those who were not killed on the spot were directly arrested, and the disposal was very simple and decisive.

In the morning, there was great chaos in the city, and when the chaos subsided, people immediately started killing people at the Meridian Gate, heads fell to the ground, blood was sprayed, and everyone who saw it fell silent.

There were rumors in the city that Wang Tong was guilty, but it was the Jinyiwei new organization established by Wang Tong that calmed down the situation, which made everyone quite speechless.

Compared with the turmoil of the officials and scholars, most of the senior officials of the six cabinet departments still did not get involved in this matter, because they couldn't care less. If Datong was really broken by the Tartars, then the land of Gyeonggi would be in great danger. Ji Town has been mobilized with [-] elite soldiers. There are few soldiers in the Xuanfu, and the Beijing camp and the imperial army must also be prepared. The mobilization of the troops, the preparation of food and grass, all have to worry about it. They are in the center, so they naturally understand that it will be nothing if the country is overthrown. It's a good end, but officials and scholars can't see so far, or don't want to see so comprehensively.

Wang Tong's reckless actions caused turmoil in the capital, which is another crime, but the end of these memorials is still not published. However, at the beginning of the first month of the 12th year of Wanli, there was no news of Wang Tong's army.

(End of this chapter)