A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 136 Good News Rumor Lu Xiangsheng (End)
Chen Xinjia was overjoyed when he received the news that the Qing soldiers were rampant in the Xuanfu territory, which made him worry that his official position would not be stable afterwards, so it's all right now.

He quickly backed up the Czech documents, and transferred the relevant documents to the patrol office, urging them to go to the survey as soon as possible, and hand over the documents to the Ministry of War.

On behalf of the sky, the patrol patrols the hunting, corrects the localities, punishes corrupt ink, and also has the function of investigating and reporting meritorious deeds.The current inspector censor of the Xuan Mansion has been replaced by Xue Caide from Liu Bangzhen in the seventh year of Chongzhen. The inspector censor in every place in Ming Dynasty has a one-year inspection time. Without the special permission of the imperial court, no second inspection is allowed.

Chen Xinjia pressed hard, Xue Caide came out from the town, and went to Huailai City to verify the results of the exercises.

Ji Shiwei warmly welcomed Xue Caide and his party. After drinking too much, he couldn't help but prepare a generous gift. At present, the inspector and censor of Ming Dynasty is not as strong as before. Corruption and bribery are also common, but Xue Xun is a principled person Even if he accepts the gift, things still need to be done in the same way.

The heads have already been removed from Shunxiangbao to Baoanwei City, and from Baoanwei City to Huailai Road City. There are 280 heads, all of which are nitrated with lime and are well preserved.

Xue Caide conscientiously inspected them one by one, and carefully studied them with the three scribes beside him. He first looked at the braids of each head, then the face, and finally the teeth.

"The head of a true slave!"

"True slave!"

"True slave..."

As more and more heads were inspected, the expression on Xue Caide's face became more and more surprised. Finally, all the heads were inspected, 280 heads, all of which were the heads of real Tartars, and none of them were women. People or the heads of the Han people who killed the good and pretended to be meritorious.

Xue Caide stood there dumbfounded, feeling that it was too unbelievable. In the Ming army, it was common to falsely report military exploits and kill good men. Xue Caide saw that Ji Shiwei was full of confidence and had a plan in mind, and thought that he might have captured some of the heads of the Qing soldiers. But with 280 heads, most of them must be fake heads of women or lovers. If they find out, I can hit Ji Shiwei hard, but I didn't expect...

He stood blankly for a long time, then suddenly said: "Bring water."

Ji Shiwei and Feng Shilei behind him looked at each other and smiled. He stroked his long beard and stood smiling. No one could deny his handsome demeanor. He ordered his servants: "Bring water to Xun Xue."

Several large buckets were brought up, and Xue Caide casually threw a head in from the pile of heads. With a "wow", the water sprayed everywhere, and then the head floated in the water, with a hideous and ugly face grinning. Staring at Xue Caide.

"The face up is a man, and the face down is a woman. The braided hair is submissive and weak, and it is obvious that it has been shaved for a long time. This is a true slave."

An attendant whispered beside Xue Caide.

Xue Caide nodded unconsciously. He casually tossed a few more heads into the bucket, washed his hands with soap locusts, and suddenly gave a deep salute to Ji Shiwei: "Master Ji's beheading was a great victory, and it improved the morale of my Ming army. I admire you."

Ji Shiwei was in an infinitely good mood, he said with a chuckle, "As a minister of the Ming Dynasty, it is his duty to kill thieves for the country, Lord Yushi is too praised."

He smiled and invited Xue Caide to sit in the front hall, and the two were in harmony again.

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After the inspection results, the inspector censor sorted out the documents and checked the meritorious personnel in the documents. When the head of Baolaiwei was escorted to Huailai City, Mao Bin, the guerrilla general of the East Road, and Zhang Guowei, the general of Yongning After a fierce struggle, under the coordination of Ji Shiwei, the matter was finally resolved satisfactorily.

Baoanwei City gave up one hundred heads, among which Mao Bin got forty heads, Zhang Guowei got sixty heads, and everyone on the east road was full of joy.

In the early and middle periods of the Ming Dynasty, when inspecting the censors to verify meritorious deeds, they had to visit the battlefield in person and recruit meritorious personnel to inquire about the situation at that time. I don’t know when this behavior has disappeared.

The first level is true, and the documents of meritorious personnel in Huailong Bingbei Road are also organized in an orderly manner, and no one has raised any objections, so Xue Xunyan copied the merit documents provided by Ji Shiwei three times. In the list, there is only one in Baoanzhou City The place called Shunxiang Fort attracted the attention of Lord Censor: "How can the defense officer of a mere castle behead eighty levels?"

Xue Xunyan shook his head in disbelief, paying attention to the little official named Wang Dou.

After copying the document, save one copy for backup photos, one to the Governor's Office, and one to the Ministry of War immediately along with the Jiewen Pegasus.

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At this time, the Qing soldiers were raging all over the capital, and the Tang newspaper was blocked on the road. It was not until the [-]th of August that the victory report was sent to the capital.

The news of the victory was sent to the cabinet, which caused a shock, even Emperor Chongzhen was alarmed. The Qing army was powerful, and cities fell. Only the east road of Xuanfu Town came out with this bright light, beheading 280 levels, and the situation was gloomy. This credit is particularly eye-catching.

Emperor Chongzhen personally read the victory report and looked at the meritorious personnel in the document one by one. When he saw Wang Dou's name, he stopped, pointed to Wang Dou's name and asked others: "Who is this Wang Dou? He is so brave. How can you behead eighty levels?"

At this time, Wen Tiren was the chief assistant of the cabinet, Xie Sheng was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Hou Xun was the Minister of the Household Department. Only Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of the Ministry of War, led the troops outside.

Under the attention of the emperor and the strict supervision of the chief minister of the cabinet, even if the Minister of the Ministry of War is not there, the members of the Ministry of War will check and verify the facts at an unprecedented speed, and then transfer the document to the Metropolitan Procuratorate at a fast speed, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate immediately dispatched personnel, went to Xuanfu Town to search for the original book of investigation by Xue Caide, the censor...

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On July 10, the ninth year of Chongzhen, after the Qing soldiers captured Changping, on the [-]th, the Qing soldiers West Route Army and East Route Army joined forces, and nearly [-] people marched into the capital of Daming.

Soon, they captured Liangxiang again, and then besieged Shunyi. The magistrate of Shunyi, Shangguan Jin, and the guerrilla rulers all commanded Su Shiyu to resist the city and hold on.The city fell, Shangguan Jin, Zhiguoqi, and Su Shiyu all died in battle, and the people's wealth was taken away.

Taking advantage of the momentum, the Qing army captured Baodi, Dingxing, Ansu, Dacheng, Xiongxian, Anzhou and other counties near Jizhou. The troops who came to aid from various towns, even the troops in the Beijing Camp totaled 10,000+ people, but they were afraid to go out to fight, and sat and watched the Qing army plundered.

Zhang Fengyi and Liang Tingdong could not be exonerated due to the continuous impeachment by the officials, so they took rhubarb medicine every day to seek death. Due to the excessive use of medicine, they died one after another in early September.Afterwards, both of them were sentenced to the crime of Dafa, and their property was confiscated.

In August, Datong general Wang Pu attacked the Qing soldiers in Zhuozhou and beheaded more than [-] ranks.

The Qing army was powerful, and Emperor Chongzhen called Lu Xiangsheng to lead the army into the guard, and then bestowed Shang Fangjian.At this time, Lu Xiangsheng, as the minister of the Ministry of War, was the prime minister of the military affairs of the seven provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Chu, Shandong, and Jiangbei. Not long ago, he had just defeated Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and other troops in Chuzhou and Qixiangshan. When the army went north to join the aid, Li Zicheng and others escaped by chance and got a chance to breathe.

On August [-]th, Lu Xiangsheng led the army to Zhending Mansion. The Qing soldiers retreated, and the capital was lifted.

On the 28th, most of the Qing army left the customs from Jianchang and Lengkou. Most of the army did not dare to pursue.Liu Jingyao, the superintendent of Du Yongping, was furious, and led his troops to fight in Zaohe Village, Qian'an, attacking and beheading more than [-] Qing soldiers at night.

On September 56th, Azige, the king of Wuying County in the Qing Dynasty, won the victory. His army went straight to the Great Wall, crossed Baoding, arrived at Anzhou, and defeated the twelve cities. He won all 17 battles, captured more than [-] people and animals, and captured Chao Pichang, the general of the Ming Dynasty.

On September [-]th, the ninth year of Chongzhen, all the Qing soldiers left the border. In this catastrophe, Ming suffered heavy losses.

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On September [-]th of the ninth year of Chongzhen, due to the death of Zhang Fengyi, the minister of the Ministry of War, Emperor Chongzhen urgently needed a talented and courageous minister of the Ministry of War to coordinate the overall situation. .

Yang Sichang used to be the governor of Xuanda. At that time, the peasant uprising had become a prairie fire. Yang Sichang made careful plans and offered advice several times: "Please open gold, silver, copper and tin mines to disband his party. Sixth, he discussed border affairs and made many regulations. "Painting", which left a deep impression on Emperor Chongzhen, who believed that he was a talent and could be a cabinet minister.

Liang Tingdong and Zhang Fengyi, the former governors of Xuanda, died, and Emperor Chongzhen ordered Lu Xiang to be promoted to the left servant of the Ministry of War at the same time, the governor of Xuanda, and the military affairs of Shanxi.Lu Xiangsheng asked for his majesty's speech and had an interview with Emperor Chongzhen about the policy of governing the country, but he did not get consent.

"Beheading at level [-], I didn't expect there to be such a brave general in the guard!"

On September 23rd, Lu Xiangsheng arrived at Huailai Road City, Xuanfu Town. Ji Shiwei, the Huailong Brigade, and relevant personnel from Lu City had the honor to receive Lu Xiangsheng and his party.

As soon as he arrived in Huailai, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't wait, so he asked to read the detailed documents of the Bingbei Mansion.

Regarding this great victory, he had already read the relevant pond newspapers. Lu Xiangsheng thought it was unbelievable to decapitate the 280th grade on the east road of Xuanfu Town. The silver for this reward has to be paid by the Ministry of Rites. The Minister of the Ministry of Rites said that he had no money in his ministry, and the silver had to be paid by the Ministry of War. Distraught.
In this victory on the East Road in Xuanfu Town, among the 280 levels of beheadings, among them, Yongning’s general Zhang Guowei’s men were beheaded at [-] levels, and Donglu guerrilla general Mao Bin’s men were beheaded at [-] levels. Lu Xiangsheng thought that they fought bravely, but it was still normal.

Unexpectedly, in the guardhouse, the beheading level in the security guard city was 61, and in the Baoanzhou city, the beheading level was 120, which made people feel incredible. When did the guards in the guardhouse be so capable of fighting?

What made Lu Xiangsheng even more unexpected was that a place called Shun Xiangbao under Baoanzhou City had beheaded up to [-] levels, which surprised Lu Xiangsheng quite a bit.He also became very interested in the little defense officer named Wang Dou in Shun Township Fort.

Hearing how Lu Xiangsheng praised the soldiers under his command, Ji Shiwei smiled, and said with a smile on his face: "Ming Gong, that Wang Dou is indeed brave. In the death attack battalion, there were ten heads of slave thieves in the formation, and he was directly promoted to the general banner in the body of an ordinary pawn army. I did not expect that he would make such a great contribution this time. Tiger Might!"

Lu Xiangsheng nodded with a smile, and said: "The governor was ordered by the Holy One to supervise the affairs of Xuanda and Shanxi. This Baoan Prefecture Guard is also the castle under my rule. They have made such great achievements, and the governor will personally go to express their condolences."

Ji Shiwei hurriedly said: "Duke Ming cares deeply about the soldiers, and his subordinates have great admiration for him, so he will definitely accompany him there."

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