Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 269
Volunteer to Liaodong?
As we all know, Liaodong was a super big pit in the late Ming Dynasty, in which countless people died, and all court officials were afraid of avoiding it, and the post of Minister of the Ministry of War in the late Ming Dynasty was known as the double pride in the pit.

Before, whether it was Jiang Fengyuan or Xue Guoguan, they were all unwilling to go.

But now someone took the initiative to invite Ying to go to a ghost place like Liaodong?

Is there something wrong with this guy?

Many people have such thoughts in their hearts.

Zhu Changyuan also felt slightly hesitant, turned his head to look to one side, and saw a fat man with a fair face standing up slowly from his seat, then walked to the center of the hall in one breath, and said: "Your Majesty, my minister Hong Chengchou, is willing to supervise Ji Liao , to share your worries!"

Hong Chengchou!
It turned out to be this product.

Hong Chengchou looked like a big fat man in his forties, fair and clean, tall and powerful. He was originally a civil servant, but for some reason, after he arrived in Shaanxi, his force exploded, and he once beat Li Zicheng to death. The reputation is growing day by day, and the status in the empire is getting higher and higher.

For Zhu Changyuan, Hong Chengchou's supervisor, Ji Liaoyuan, was not surprising. He remembered that Hong Chengchou not only really went to Liaodong, but also surrendered without integrity after being captured by Huang Taiji.

Moreover, Zhu Changyuan only found out today that Hong Chengchou had originally recommended himself as governor of Jiliao.

Although this guy was very unscrupulous later, he had to admit that he was very good at fighting now, and at least he was concerned about the country and the people at this time.

But for Emperor Chongzhen, it was a little troublesome for Hong Chengchou to go to Liaodong.

First of all, Hong Chengchou is a very good candidate. Although the crisis in Liaodong cannot be resolved, it is still very easy for Hong Chengchou to maintain the status quo.As long as you stick to the strategy set by Sun Chengzong before, Liaodong will not be able to get it back if you lose it, but if you keep the Shanhaiguan-Ningyuan-Jinzhou defense line, unless the coach is particularly second, it should be fine.

The trouble is: Hong Chengchou is now the governor of Shaanxi, and he is fighting Li Zicheng there to the death. If he is transferred to Liaodong, how will the mess in Shaanxi be cleaned up, and who will take care of it?
Naturally someone took care of it, and that was Sun Chuanting.

It's a pity that Sun Chuanting can't use it now.

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting are two giants in Shaanxi, one is the governor and the other is the governor, and they are both extremely powerful figures.

Last year, Chongzhen, Yang Sichang, Chen Xinjia and others secretly organized a peace negotiation with Huang Taiji. It was originally very secret, but someone leaked it later, and then the whole court was uproariously uploaded.

Huang Daozhou objected, Liu Zongzhou objected, and Sun Chuanting jumped up to object.

As a result, Yang Sichang and Sun Chuanting have formed a relationship. The key is, who is Yang Sichang?That was Emperor Chongzhen's favorite minister, his most trusted and only trusted minister.

Therefore, this year Huang Taiji invaded the capital, although Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were summoned to the King of Jingqin at the same time, but after arriving in the capital, Hong Chengchou was brought into the palace by the emperor like Zhu Changyuan, and he was well received and rewarded; , Let alone enter the palace, the capital will not allow him to enter.

The guy who was tricked by Yang Sichang could only wander around the periphery of the capital.

The key is that Sun Chuanting has already released harsh words, and he wants to be at odds with Yang Sichang, Shangshu of the Ministry of War.

To be honest, Chongzhen also wanted to use Sun Chuanting, but unfortunately, Sun Chuanting had already complained, so it was a bit difficult to handle.Once subordinates have complaints, who can fully trust them?

It was the same with Chongzhen, he wanted to use Sun Chuanting's sharp sword, but he didn't dare to use it.

"Qing leaves Liaodong, I am 120% willing in my heart, but after Qing leaves, who can take over the three sides?" Chongzhen asked Hong Chengchou worriedly.

Hong Chengchou fell to his knees, kowtowed, and said, "Bo Ya can also serve as a minister!"

Boya is Sun Chuanting's word.

As expected, Hong Chengchou really recommended Sun Chuanting.

For Hong Chengchou, his eyes are sharp, and he can see all the truths clearly. However, fighting is your business, the old man is just discussing the facts!The reason why I recommend Sun Boya is because he has talent.

It is understandable that Hong Chengchou recommended Sun Chuanting.

But Yang Sichang smiled coldly and said: "Bo Ya is a man, unruly and unruly. When Hong Chengchou was in Shaanxi, there were still people who hindered him. Now that Yanyan (Hong Chengchou's character) is gone, who can control the land of Shaanxi?"

Yang Sichang said very shamelessly, because Sun Boya was also in court at this time.

"Yang Shangshu!" Sun Chuanting is not the kind of person who can hold back his chest. He raised his hand and bowed to Chongzhen a few times, saying: "Your Majesty!" Then he said to Yang Sichang: "Yang Shangshu slandered my humble minister, who has a violent temperament and hates evil like revenge. It is disliked by the world, if so, please resign as an official!"

It really is Sun Chuanting's character to resign immediately after a disagreement.

Chongzhen thought for a while, neither affirmed Yang Sichang, nor followed Sun Chuanting, his thoughts turned a thousand miles in an instant, and said: "Well, Henan is busy with military affairs, and Zuo Liangyu is quite tight. Since Boya doesn't want to stay in Shaanxi , they moved troops into Henan to assist Zuo Liangyu in suppressing the bandits."

"No!" Chongzhen stood up, waved his hands, and said to the eunuch Wang Chengen next to him: "Designate, order Boya to lead troops into Henan, and governor of Henan's military affairs."

With one word from Chongzhen, Xiong Dadu's official title was cut off. In the past, Xiong Wencan was the governor of the military affairs of the five provinces, including Henan. In this way, Xiong Wencan, the governor of the five provinces, existed in name only.

However, at this time, Xiong Wencan didn't care about these things for a long time.

"As for the candidates for the governors of the three sides, you all have to think about it for me!" Chongzhen got off the throne with his hands behind his back, came to the hall below, and stood with the ministers.

The governor of the three sides is the governor of the military affairs of the three sides. This seat used to be Hong Chengchou's. Now that Hong Chengchou has gone to Liaodong, it is regarded as a vacancy.

During the Ming Empire, there were 63 provinces in the south and north, and Shaanxi was still the current Shaanxi, but the territory was much larger than modern society. At that time, Shaanxi included all of Shaanxi, Ningxia, most of Gansu, Qinghai and even Xinjiang. part.

The so-called three sides refer to the three most westward military towns among the nine frontiers in the late Ming Dynasty: Ningxia, Gansu, and Yansui.

The emperor has spoken, so recommend it.

Recommendation is just a disguised form of a war of bullying. In the end, there is no result at all, and no one is willing to do it. If you want to force someone to do it, the result will either force him to resign, or force him to commit suicide.

The answer is simple: not to tire the family!

Tore each other for a while, to no avail.

Yang Sichang said: "In that case, let me go!" Among the ministers at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Sichang was relatively knowledgeable. There are quite a few, and I still need the full support of my colleagues, Your Majesty, please allow all officials to express their opinions and discuss how to deal with the civil uprising in Shaanxi."

"Good!" Chongzhen's face was a little gloomy.

None of the people below were willing to beat Li Zicheng, and finally one of them was a part-time job, which made him quite unhappy.However, if he is not happy, he has nothing to do.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yang Sichang kowtowed to express his gratitude, then turned his back to the emperor and faced the ministers, and said, "Shaanxi has been suffering from drought for many years, especially this year. Since it started from Shangluo Mountain, the climate has already been formed at this time. I am afraid that it will be difficult to completely eliminate the space, if colleagues have any plans or have any opinions on Shaanxi, you can tell them!"

After Yang Sichang finished speaking, no one spoke in the courtroom, and he was rather cold. He himself said in a somewhat dispirited manner: "The governor Hong has lived in Shaanxi for a long time, and he has been fighting with himself for several years. He may have a good opinion. Please enlighten Wen Ruo One two!"

Weakness is Yang Sichang's character.

"Don't dare!" Hong Chengchou cupped his hands and said, "When I was in Shaanxi, I only used a little bit!"

Hong Chengchou frowned, pondered for a while, and then said: "Kill! Just kill."

"If the bandits get scared and run away when they meet officers and soldiers, even Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng have nothing to do!"

Indeed, as Hong Chengchou said, killing people is very effective.

The Peasant Army is great, right?

Powerful, with a large number of people, tens of thousands of people on a small scale, big bandits like Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, and Zhang Xianzhong can gather hundreds of thousands of troops if they don't pay attention.

But what's the use of a [-] army, it's just a [-] old, weak, sick and disabled. At that time, Hong Chengchou's few thousand elite soldiers could chase them all over the mountains and plains.

Although there are many peasants, what is the use of not having weapons in hand?It is no exaggeration to say that ten of these militiamen could not defeat one of the elite soldiers of the Ming Empire.

Surrendering if you can't beat it is Zhang Xianzhong's usual tactic, but Zhang Xianzhong dare not surrender to Hong Chengchou.Because Hong Chengchou is extremely ruthless, no matter whether you surrender or not, the result is the same: kill!
In the dim sky of Shaanxi, the peasant army was afraid when they heard his name, so they traveled thousands of miles to Henan and even the Huguang area.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou was successful in dealing with the peasant army!

Hong Chengchou made a good start!

After he finished his speech, he attracted a large group of people to follow him and flatter him. Everyone said that he had killed all the peasant troops in Shaanxi, and there would be nothing to worry about.

Only Zhu Changyuan sat there without saying a word!

Yang Sichang saw it in his eyes, smiled kindly, looked at Zhu Changyuan as if looking at his nephew, and asked, "Why is General Zhu silent? Could it be that he has other ideas?"

When he said this, the noisy people around stopped their mouths and looked at Zhu Changyuan.

Zhu Changyuan thought to himself that I have your uncle's disagreement, but I just don't want to talk, so what else can I disagree with.Thinking this way in his heart, he had a wry smile on his face, and said: "Master Yang has gone to serve as an official, and the official has never been to Shaanxi, so naturally he dare not have any high opinion?"

"Then did you not, or did you not dare?" Yang Sichang narrowed his eyes, revealing a little light.

(End of this chapter)