Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 253 Wen Can is in a hurry

Chongzhen took a look at Jie Zuoshu, and suddenly Longyan was overjoyed, and said: "I didn't expect, I didn't expect, the whole country is raging with war, but Zhu Changyuan can achieve such a victory in Huguang. God help me!"

The next day, all the officials heard the news, and they finally felt warm when they went to court.

Liu Zunxian, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty. I heard that the traitor Zhang Xianzhong led [-] troops to attack Xiangyang. He was intercepted by [-] cavalry from Zhu Changyuan, the garrison of Xiangyang. He beheaded [-] soldiers and drove Zhang Xianzhong back to Gucheng."

"Yes!" Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said, "At last there is good news."

"Chang Yuan really is a general of the generation!" Liu Zunxian sighed, and said: "How can a mere two hundred men stop an army of one hundred thousand, behead eight thousand, and drive Zhang Xianzhong back to Gucheng? I couldn't figure it out after thinking about it all night."

"Don't tell me, you can't figure it out, and I can't figure it out either." Chongzhen took a deep breath, closed his eyes and said slowly: "Could it be that the blessings bestowed on me by the heavens will not succeed? It's just a pity, Zhu Changyuan is a member of the clan, What a pity! What a pity!"

"Your Majesty!" Xue Guoguan suddenly came out and said, "I speculate that Xiong Wencan, Governor of Huguang, falsely reported the military situation and exaggerated the fact that he could behead [-] people with two hundred cavalry to stop an army of [-]. I'm afraid only a three-year-old child can believe such a lie. Please punish Xiong Wencan!"

"Huh?" Chongzhen suddenly opened his eyes, his face darkened. In fact, he also had the same thought in his heart.

However, before he could speak, he heard another shout from outside the platform: "Good news! Good news! Your Majesty, good news for Xiangyang, great victory for Gucheng!"

A soldier with three small red flags on his back rushed straight through the three-story hall without being intercepted, entered the court hall, and directly reported the victory in his hand to the emperor.

"Come here."

After Emperor Chongzhen issued an order, Wang Chengen ran to His Royal Highness to receive the victory report, and quickly handed it over to the emperor. The emperor only glanced at it, and his face was filled with joy, and he said to the soldier who reported the victory: "Reward, ten taels of gold!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen said.

Looking at all the courtiers in the court hall who looked at him like ducks with hooked heads, Chongzhen chuckled and said: "Governor of Huguang Xiong Wencan came to report that Zhu Changyuan defeated Zhang Xianzhong's 3 troops in the sixth day of the lunar new year, and conquered Gucheng on the seventh day. Xianzhong only takes [-] people to retreat to Yun County!"

"Okay, Your Majesty!" Shang Zhouzuo, the censor of Zuodu, said, "In this way, even if Zhang Xianzhong sticks to Yun County, there is nothing to be afraid of. After Zuo Liangyu pacifies Henan, he returns to his teacher and joins hands with Zhu Changyuan to attack Xianzhong. It's settled!"

"Your Majesty!" Xue Guoguan argued, and said: "This matter is very suspicious. When I first heard about it, I felt my blood boil, but this matter is too unbelievable. Your Majesty, I would like to ask you to investigate carefully!"

"Also, last time His Majesty sent the angels sent to summon Xiong Wencan in Xiangyang City, it is said that all the angels were killed by Zhu Changyuan. Such a reckless and even rebellious person broke Zhang Xianzhong. He himself is the second Zhang Xianzhong. What is there to be happy about? place?"

"Bastard!" Shang Zhouzuo stood up to object, and directly scolded Xue Guoguan, "If Zhu Changyuan really has objections, he should be obedient and obedient. Why kill an angel, then don't you just tell the world that he is going to rebel?"

"Your Majesty!" Liu Zunxian also knelt down to speak for Zhu Changyuan: "I heard that the angels sent to Xiangyang City were arrogant and domineering. When the enemy of Xiangyang City was approaching, he insisted on ordering Zhu Changyuan to go to Fang County to retrieve Xiong Wencan. The army went to resist Zhang Xianzhong's army, and the angel was killed in the chaos!"

"Okay." Chongzhen said: "Don't talk about it anymore, you should be in a hurry. The angel doesn't even understand this truth. It doesn't matter if he died in the chaos or killed him. As for whether it is Zhu Changyuan? I think there are many suspicious things about this matter, so I don't want to make a conclusion for now, and the ministers are not allowed to discuss this matter in the future."

To be honest, Chongzhen didn't quite believe Zhu Changyuan's achievements in Huguang, but it was like a beautiful dream. Even if it was fake, he wanted to keep this dream alive for a few more days, saying: "After all, the paper will wrap the dream." There will always be a day when there is no fire, right and wrong. I don’t believe that this kind of thing happened to others. However, Chang Yuan was able to defend the Daling River with 400 people against 13 troops for more than [-] days. , isn’t it just as nonsense as it is today?”

. . .

However, this is only the beginning of the madness!
A few days later, the imperial court received another victory report. Ye Maosheng, the prefect of Yunyang Prefecture, made a statement: Zhu Changyuan, the defender of Xiangyang, led an army of 500 to attack Yunyang on the tenth day of the first lunar month. Army two hundred chased away!

Three days later, Zhushan magistrate's report flew to Chongzhen's desk again: the humble official Zhushan ordered Xu Zihua to report to His Majesty, and the thief Zhang Xianzhong led more than [-] people to attack Zhushan on the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month. In Zhushan, Lai Xiangyang defended Zhu Changyuan and led [-] troops to come. On the [-]th, he defeated and beheaded [-] enemies. Xianzhong only led dozens of people to escape into Shennong Mountain.

So far, the news has temporarily come to an end, no, it is a comma.

A few days later, Zhu Changyuan, relying on 200 consecutive victories, first broke through [-] troops, then defeated Gucheng, attacked Yun County, and broke Zhushan. uproar.

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"Okay!" At this time, both Xiong Wencan and Li Xin had returned to Xiangyang City. After hearing that Zhu Changyuan had conquered Yunyang and Zhushan in one fell swoop, and led his army to drive Zhang Xianzhong into Shennong Mountain, Xiong Wencan sincerely praised him and said, : "The heroes of the world, only Zhu Changyuan can be said to be unprecedented."

"However, it is said that the Shennong Mountain stretches for thousands of miles, and it is not easy to enter it. The general is not familiar with the situation on the opposite side, will he be in danger, or will the old man send troops to meet him?"

On the one hand, Xiong Wencan was concerned, but on the other hand, his waist was thicker now. After Zhang Xianzhong was wiped out this time, he actually had [-] soldiers in his hands, which was more than the soldiers of Hong Chengchou and Zuo Liangyu combined.

"No need!" Li Xin waved his hand and said, "My lord, don't forget that the general personally commanded two hundred cavalry to enter the mountain, and Zhang Xianzhong has less than a hundred people around him, so what danger can there be?"

Li Xin knew Zhu Changyuan very well, and he would never do anything he was not sure about.

"Oh!" Xiong Wencan listened to Li Xin's words, put his heart in his stomach, pondered for a while, and asked: "Mr. Li, I heard that the angels sent by the court last time were all killed by General Zhu... "

While speaking, he made a gesture of retracting his hands and raising the knife.

"Hehe, my lord, you are overthinking." Li Dao said, "These are all rumors. I heard that those angels were scattered by Zhang Xianzhong's army, and then killed by rebels in the chaos."

"I hope so!" Xiong Wencan heaved a sigh of relief, and soon became anxious again, saying: "Mr. Li, the last time the angel was killed, I am afraid that the court will send someone to continue summoning the old man. This, what should I do?" ?”

He recruited Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai to surrender, and gave them countless silver for military supplies, but in the end, both of them turned against each other. It's no wonder the court didn't hold him accountable.

Also, before Zhang Xianzhong rebelled, he hung the list of officials he had given gifts to the top of the city one by one. At that time, the court will know. . .

Ugh!
"Hehe!" Li Xin is also a master of fishing and Tai Chi, looked at Xiong Wencan and asked himself, knowing what he cared about, but said: "Lord Xiong, don't worry, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Ru just rebelled, it was something they had planned for a long time, It's no wonder that your head is on your head, even though the imperial court is stupid, but you have done a lot of good deeds in guarding Huguang right now, so naturally it will be fine!"

There is a fart of merit!

Xiong Wencan cursed in his heart, and thought to himself: Who in the world does not know that Zhu Changyuan was responsible for winning all these battles, and it has something to do with an old man like me.

"Mr. Li." Xiong Wencan said with a bitter face like a bitter gourd, "Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong, alas! Zhang Xianzhong killed the old man before he left, and the old man can't argue with it."

Ever since Li Xin showed him Zhang Xianzhong's white cloth list of giving gifts and accepting bribes hanging at the gate of the city and the imperial court's decree to arrest him, Xiong Wencan has never been safe for a day.

"Oh!" Li Xin said with a smile: "The Qing is self-clearing. Even if Zhang Xianzhong framed you for corrupting him with millions of grains of silver and tens of millions of gold, it doesn't matter. As long as your lord has never done this, the court will naturally return you to his innocence!"

"Ah!" Xiong Wencan clapped his hands, ignoring his own scandal, and said in a low voice, "My lord, Wen Can's life is not long, so, although the things on the list are not true, there are still one or two things."

"What?" Li Dao said, "My lord is saying, you, you..."

Li Xin pretended to understand, and said in a low voice: "If this is the case, it will be difficult!"

"My lord, save this old man!"

Xiong Wencan begged bitterly, although Zhu Changyuan was also greedy for money, but that was different, Zhu Changyuan's contribution this time can be said to be as high as the sky, even if he embezzled a little, the emperor still has to use him, and he will not be punished.

Zu Dashou once surrendered to Huang Taiji, isn't this a big crime?

However, just because he was able to fight, Chongzhen forcibly endured it and refused to punish him.

But he was different. Xiong Wencan understood Chongzhen after having been with the emperor for more than ten years, and even if he didn't understand, he would understand after looking at the lessons learned from the past.

Chongzhen's principle is: a military officer who can fight can be forgiven if he makes a small mistake even if it is a big mistake, as long as he does not rebel.For example, Zu Dashou who surrendered to Huang Taiji, Zuo Liangyu who refused to obey orders, and Sun Chuanting who was rebellious.

But if you are a capable civil servant, sorry, you have only one way, die!
"It's not easy!" Li Xin shook his head in embarrassment, and said, "If what your lord said is true, there are only two ways to go."

"First, my lord was arrested by the court because of Zhang Xianzhong's list, but the court can't find any evidence of your crime, so there's nothing he can do about it!"

"Inappropriate!" Xiong Wencan resolutely refused, thinking: Can't find evidence?Are you kidding me old man?After entering the big prison in Dongchang, there is no need to find evidence at all, and ordinary people will be recruited when they see the torture tools.

"My lord, please show me the second way!" Xiong Wencan knelt down to Li Xin regardless of his dignity.

(End of this chapter)