Wanli 1592

Chapter 587
The cabinet storm in the court did not have any impact on the people at the bottom of the society. Even those noble scholars and gentlemen, those who were preparing to take the examination and gathered in all parts of the capital, could not get out of this cabinet storm. A glimpse of the mystery.

But what everyone in the capital knew had quickly affected them.

"Have you heard? Taiyuan has fallen! Governor Wang dismissed His Majesty and is about to go to prison!"

"I also heard that the position of the governor of the four sides was given by Xiao Zhennan!"

"Xiao Zhennan is a general. How could a general get the position of governor of the four sides? This is against the rules!"

"The rule is that the dead are alive. If Xiao Zhennan is not allowed to be the governor at this time, who else can he do?"

"But this is the first time in the country's 100-year history that a military general has become the governor! The guards outside the city these days Qiu Ba's head is so high. Those who don't know think he is the governor himself. !"

"Should I say it or not, Xiao Zhennan is an out-and-out military general, and he doesn't have any moisture in him. As the governor this time, all the generals in the world can feel proud!"

"Who said no!"

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Since commercial eating and drinking places such as restaurants and restaurants appeared on the land of China, each restaurant and teahouse is a small society, small inside, but mixed with fish and dragons, some are bragging, and some have real sources. In short, chatting after dinner is people's favorite thing.

The people below cannot touch the information above, so they have an undisguised yearning and pursuit of the information above, always wanting to know something to soothe their hearts, that's all.

Xu Guangqi, who was preparing for the exam, and his friend Li Zhizao were sitting at a table in a corner, drinking some wine and eating some small dishes face to face, chatting, and listening to and looking at the faces of all living beings here.

I have to say that there are really more informed people in this tavern today.

"Zixian, Xiao Zhennan's reputation in Beijing has been getting bigger and bigger in recent days. He has been No. 1 military commander and governor for more than a hundred years. This name sounds really great. Compared with Li Shaobao's military achievements and no. .1's name is much bigger, and the position of Wanli's No.1 general can be regarded as secure.

But I also heard that the reason why Xiao Zhennan was able to get this position this time is inseparable from the selection of cabinet ministers. At this time, no one is willing to clean up the mess in Shanxi. The manpower dispatched failed and ended up in the same fate as Wang Shiyang, but how could he enter the cabinet?After much deliberation, Xiao Zhennan could only let Xiao Zhennan do it. "

Li Zhizao took a sip of the wine and said with some interest.

Xu Guangqi looked at Li Zhizao and asked, "Are you interested in Xiao Zhennan?"

Li Zhizao laughed.

"You know, I am very interested in firearms, and Xiao Zhennan is the most famous general in Ming Dynasty who is good at using firearms. I heard that he used [-] catties of gunpowder to overturn the city wall of Ningxia in Ningxia, and used hundreds of gunpowder at one time in North Korea. The artillery bombarded the Japanese pirates indiscriminately, and piled up the flesh and blood of the Japanese pirates.

Not to mention the kindness of avenging my elders in the southeast for decades, but I am very interested in his use of firearm warfare. I heard that he brought a kind of artillery when he came to the capital a few years ago. It was Franc Jiyi's latest cannon is called the Hongyi cannon. I heard that the cannon is more than one foot long, so how big is that cannon! "

Seeing the excited look on Li Zhizao's face, Xu Guangqi couldn't help thinking of the incident that Xiao Ruxun sent people to contact him years ago, and the exquisitely crafted flintlock. In Xu Guangqi's heart, some seeds that had been planted long ago had already begun. Grow and break out of the ground.

"I also heard that the gunners under Xiao Zhennan are the most elite gunners in the Ming Dynasty. They are very skilled in combat and can fire guns at a very fast speed. They are much better than those wastes in the Beijing camp who use muskets as fire sticks. Now, the army should be like the army under Xiao Zhennan, that is the elite army, and only then can we win battles!"

Li Zhizao became more and more excited as he talked, and then he began to criticize the corruption of the Ming army in recent years and the decline in combat effectiveness.

Looking at Li Zhizao like this, Xu Guangqi didn't know what it was like in his heart, but a certain idea somewhere in his heart couldn't help it, and it became stronger and stronger.

On the 26rd of the first month of the 23th year of Wanli, half a month before this year's exams, Xiao Ruxun officially received the emperor's decree, appointing Xiao Ruxun as the governor of the four sides of Yulin, Taiyuan, Xuanfu, Datong, with full powers to control the soldiers and horses of the four towns and to be in charge. During the Battle of Datong in Shanxi, the capital once again ushered in good news.

Over the past century, Xiao Ruxun, the No. 1 military commander and governor, defeated [-] northern captives in Qi County, beheaded [-], and captured countless horses and supplies. The northern captives were defeated and fled.

This good news gave the Beijing Normal University a shot of stimulant, which was still in the severe cold and the atmosphere was depressed. People began to discuss the Shanxi War and Xiao Ruxun more enthusiastically. The effect of heat.

If this is the case, then the attention will not be so great, but there are rumors that this year's general examination and even the palace examination's policy discussion may have something to do with current affairs such as the Nine Sides War.

The scholars suddenly remembered the old events of current political issues in the several imperial examinations during the Jiajing and Longqing years, and suddenly felt that it was very possible, so they immediately began to cram.

Military issues were a topic that candidates couldn't avoid before the beginning of the Spring Festival in the 26th year of Wanli.

On the third day of February in the 26th year of Wanli, another piece of good news came.

After the great victory in Qixian County, the northern captives were chased by Xiao Ruxun and fled everywhere, and then they were chased by Xiao Ruxun twice in Wenshui County and Fenzhou. More than [-] soldiers were beheaded, and [-] were beheaded. The Fenzhou victory wiped out more than [-] northern captives and beheaded [-].

Three great victories in just half a month, annihilating [-] northern captives and beheading more than [-]. Such a brilliant record shocked the capital and attracted the attention of all officials.

There is still the possibility of other generals falsely reporting military exploits, but if it falls on Xiao Ruxun, it is really trustworthy, because Xiao Ruxun has never falsely reported military exploits since the Battle of Ningxia. The facts confirmed later are also the support of Xiao Ruxun's credibility.

(End of this chapter)