Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 290
After hearing the report from the soldiers, Zhu Changyuan couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion for Huang Yueniang's resourcefulness, sighed and said, "Cheng Bujing married a good wife."

Polu nodded, and said cautiously: "Mrs. Cheng Bujing is very smart, but it's a pity that she is a woman. Otherwise, she would be considered a top talent on our Riyue Island."

"Bullshit!" Zhu Changyuan didn't have this kind of patriarchal thought, oh no, it should be said that his patriarchal thought was not as serious as these ancient people. He nodded at Polu and said, "It's not a woman who can do it." Cheng Bujing's wife?"

He said again: "Don't be so prejudiced, what about women? As long as they are talented, they can still serve our Sun Moon Island!"

Hearing the news of Xiangyang, Zhu Changyuan was extremely happy, and arranged a big banquet in the kitchen. Not only did Polu, Kong He sit with him to eat, but he even invited Luo Rucai who lived in a small house to play with his wives.

"I just don't know, how would Emperor Chongzhen feel if he heard the news about Xiangyang?" Zhu Changyuan finished half-jokingly, and asked everyone to sit down one by one and start eating.

Of course, I no longer think about Chongzhen's situation.

Chongzhen really had a hard time.

To be honest, it's a bit of a fire!

Ten days later, he learned the news. After receiving the memorial from the prefect of Nanyang, he almost lost his breath, threw the memorial in his hand into the middle of the hall, and cursed fiercely: "This dog's left Liangyu, more success than failure!"

"The local army doesn't listen to restraint. When did Zuo Liangyu have the courage to speculate on the holy will!" Chongzhen stood up angrily from his seat, and slowly stepped down from the throne, his eyes dark.

At that time, he did pass a secret oral order to Zuo Liangyu, asking him to send troops to harass the land of Jingxiang in order to test Xiong Wencan's reality.

However, this guy used a sesame seed as a watermelon, and dared to send troops to attack Xiangyang without asking the court for instructions. How could this Emperor Nima bear it.

If you succeed, everything is easy to discuss, but not only did you steal the chicken, but you didn't lose the rice, and you even got sticky chicken feces on your hands.

As a result, not only Chongzhen had objections to him, but all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty also took the opportunity to add insult to injury.

"Where is Zuo Liangyu's army now?"

Looking at the officials kneeling all over the floor, Chongzhen asked sternly.

After a while, Yang Sichang, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, got up, kowtowed to the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, Zuo Liangyu's attack on Xiangyang was not good, and he was defeated. Even the old nest in Nanyang was occupied by Xiong Wencan's troops. As a last resort, he led his army to retreat to Xinyang!"

Yang Sichang was an old minister of Chongzhen, and he was deeply trusted. Under such circumstances, all the officials trembled. No one dared to face the emperor's anger, and only Yang Sichang dared to come out to answer the emperor's questions.

Chongzhen originally wanted to use the topic to vent his depression, but after seeing Yang Sichang, he had to give up.

Sighing, he asked again: "How many soldiers and horses are left in Zuo Liangyu's army?"

Yang Sichang said: "Thanks to Zuo Liangyu, a veteran in the battlefield, he escaped in time when the battle in Xiangyang was unfavorable, and only lost more than [-] people. Today, there are still [-] elite soldiers guarding Xinyang."

"Only lost 2?" Chongzhen emphasized the word, and said: "Wen Ruo, [-] horses is a big loss."

Yang Sichang broke out in cold sweat and said, "Your Majesty, 2 people is already a relatively small loss. If this matter is handled by someone else, the entire army may be wiped out."

"What do you mean by weak?"

"Your Majesty!" Yang Sichang followed closely behind Chongzhen, cupped his hands and said, "Zuo Liangyu is a veteran on the battlefield. He has been in battle for many years and has fought in Huguang for many years. He is very familiar with the terrain of Huguang and has a reputation. He is indispensable for guarding Huguang. , if the crime is punished, I am afraid that the harm will outweigh the benefit!"

"Why don't I know?" Chongzhen was no fool, although there were many famous generals in the Ming Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu was the best in the Huguang area.

"It's just that I hate the old man Xiong Wencan, who occupies the land of Jingxiang. If he goes down the river, the land in the south of the Yangtze River will change hands, and half of our Ming Dynasty will fall into the hands of the old man Xiong!"

Chongzhen hated secretly in his heart, and the words he said were not as gentle as usual.

"Your Majesty, don't panic!" Yang Sichang said: "Xiong Wencan's foothold in Jingxiang is not stable. If he wants to set up a big separatist regime, he will definitely work hard. The thing of going down the river to include Jiangnan will not happen in the near future."

"My minister suggested that Zuo Liangyu should immediately lead the army to advance eastward and build a defense line on the river in Anqing and Nanzhili. In this way, even if he, Xiong Wencan, separated Jingxiang, he would not be able to block the land from the north to the south of the Ming Dynasty. Jianlu is pacified, and it is only a matter of time before he is destroyed."

Yang Sichang's suggestion is correct in every aspect. First of all, Xiong Wencan's current strength is more than enough to protect himself in Jingxiang, but it seems insufficient to attack and expand.

If Xiong Wencan insists on expanding, once the inside is empty and the outside has no results, he will fall into a dead end.

Moreover, people in the south of the Yangtze River belonged to the Ming Dynasty, and it was impossible to cut off the Ming Dynasty's taxes on the fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River by only occupying Jingxiang.

If the troubles of Huang Taiji outside are calmed down, Xiong Wencan will hardly have a place to survive if the north and south attack.

However, there is a very important prerequisite for this, which is to calm down the troubles of Huang Taiji.

Secondly, there is another advantage of moving Zuo Liangyu to Nanzhili, that is, it can defend Nanjing.

Nanjing is the land of Longxing in the Ming Dynasty, and it was the first choice of the Taizu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang to set up his capital. There must be no loss. Although Zuo Liangyu moved eastward and gave up the control of the Ming Dynasty over the land of Jingxiang, at least he could make a living in the Yangtze River. Build a solid line of defense.

Starting from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Hankou Town, Jiujiang, Anqing, and Nanjing are all important military towns. If we can build a defense line for the Yangtze River in these four places that can support each other, Xiong Wencan has the ability to fight again, and he will not May capture Nanjing.

"Okay!" Regarding Yang Sichang's suggestion, Chongzhen had actually considered it a long time ago, even when Xiong Wencan's separatist rule of Jingxiang had just started to appear, he had considered it, but Zuo Liangyu was not the only candidate in his mind at that time .

"The cabinet drafted a decree, and it will be done according to Yang Aiqing's instructions."

After finishing speaking, he returned to his throne, took out another memorial from the table, held it in his hand and did not open it, but gently patted it on the desk, pondered for a moment, and said: "The cabinet!"

Xue Guoguan walked out from the group of officials and said, "Your Majesty!"

"The decree is to promote Xiong Wencan to be a great scholar of Jianji Temple, add the title of Prince Taifu, and make him the Marquis of Dingxiang, with ten thousand households in the city." Speaking of this, he took a deep breath, narrowed his eyes slightly, revealed a fierce light, and put his hand Slamming the memorial on the ground, he said: "As for this memorial to impeach Zuo Liangyu for unreasonably attacking Xiangyang, I will burn it!"

"Your Majesty, think twice, Your Majesty!" Xue Guoguan knelt on the ground and said with his head raised.

"Your Majesty, I deserve to die. I am guilty. Your Majesty, please punish my crime!"

Yang Sichang fell to his knees.

Xiong Wencan was single-handedly recommended to Chongzhen by him back then, but now he is outside the separatist regime. It is reasonable to say that his guilt is not small, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he was beheaded.

"The death of my minister is not a pity, and please take it back, Your Majesty." Yang Sichang kowtowed fiercely.

Shang Zhouzuo came out and dissuaded him, saying: "Your Majesty must keep Xiong Wencan steady. I naturally know that His Majesty has worked so hard, but if the news of conferring a Marquis or a Marquess is spread, the consequences will be disastrous."

"My minister, Liu Zunxian, seconded the proposal. There is a saying in "Mencius": The one who started the figurines will have no successors! Once this precedent is set, there will be countless big officials in the frontier who will move this idea, and the Ming Dynasty will be in danger!"

After that, many ministers knelt down on the ground crying and shouting, begging Chongzhen to withdraw his order.

It’s no wonder that the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty contradicted the emperor so much. What kind of jokes are they making? It doesn’t matter if Xiong Wencan is appointed an official, and it doesn’t matter if he is a scholar of Jianji Temple.

First, the title of Prince Taifu; second, ten thousand households in the city of food!

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, except for Zhang Juzheng, no one has been able to obtain the title of Prince Taifu or Prince Taishi during his lifetime. This thing is a special honor for the dead.

Unless the living people are like Zhang Juzheng when they ruled over the weak and the strong, they can get one, who would dare to think about it?If you can get one after death, it has to be a minister of the brachial thigh.

"You don't need to discuss any more, I've made up my mind!" Chongzhen waved his hand, "The Great Ming Dynasty has never suffered such a great humiliation for more than two hundred years. Try your best! It has nothing to do with you!"

"As for Xiong Wencan, let him eat first, sooner or later, I will get it back with interest!"

The emperor had already said so, and any more persuasion would be ignorant of current affairs. Therefore, except for a few who were "invited" out of the Golden Palace despite their begging, the rest all returned to their seats honestly.

After a slight pause for a while, Chongzhen said again: "Shenhou, uh, Shaanxi appeasement envoy, uh!" After saying two titles in a row, I felt very awkward, and finally changed it back, saying: "Zhu Changyuan recruited Shaanxi, ordered people to Purchased grain along the Yangtze River and transported it into Hanzhong. The situation in Hanzhong was already stable. I never expected that Xiong Wencan would get in the way and plundered most of the boats that transported his grain and grass. What do you think?"

"Your Majesty!" As soon as Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, Xue Guoguan jumped out. For a long time, he couldn't figure out when he and Zhu Changyuan got married, but once he heard about someone or something about Zhu Changyuan, he couldn't help but go up to him. Add to the block, make some trouble out.

"Zhu Changyuan and Xiong Wencan are like dogs of the same feather. I boldly assert that the two of you come and go, but they are actually playing a double act in front of His Majesty." Xue Guoguan said while observing Chongzhen's face. The emperor's face was as calm as water, and he did not show anything. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and continued: "If your Majesty doesn't agree, then send him to see how he will end up?
(End of this chapter)