Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 401 What?

By promoting Wang Pu, it can reflect the kindness and righteousness of the imperial court to treat heroes. The little emperor has also heard of this Wang Pu's achievements. He was the pillar of Yang Chao's subordinates in Haizhou and Yangzhou. Since the attack, he was beaten. You must know that Wang Pu won the battle at that time, and he was punished even if he won. This proves that Yang Chao is indeed, as many people say, very authoritarian and must be guarded against.

Therefore, the promotion of Wang Pu killed three birds with one stone, and the court gained face, and secretly controlled Yang Chao.

"What do Ma Fu think of the remaining two strategies?"

But the little emperor hadn't listened enough, and immediately asked, after Ma Shiying's analysis, everything was very reasonable.

"I believe that it is not appropriate to take back the power of the market for the time being. The army of Zhongyi depends entirely on the supply of the market, and the power to send people to take over the market may make the soldiers under the Zhongyi's account worry, which is not good for the army. I think that the overall situation should be considered. The most important thing is also to show His Majesty's great kindness, and he cares about the food and clothing of the soldiers."

The little emperor was not so satisfied with Ma Shiying's answer, but Ma Shiying really didn't want the little emperor to touch the Shibo department, because his brother-in-law Yang Wencong was in charge of the Shibo department in name, and Yang Wencong would bear the brunt of moving the Shibo department.

As for the third strategy, Ma Shiying did not dare to oppose the little emperor: "As for the third strategy, I think that Bo Dongping's strategy is mature and prudent. I think that Bo Dongping is a suitable candidate. Bo Dongping has been in military affairs for a long time and knows the art of war well. Handsome, the imperial court can add a powerful army in a moment!"

The plan to bring Yang Chao back and reorganize the captives was created by Liu Zeqing, uncle of Dongping. Ma Shiying believed that Liu Zeqing still had a backup, or that Liu Zeqing had opened up the way behind, and even had a tacit understanding with other people to take this army out. Holding it in their hands, everyone knows that they have the right to have a gun in their hands. I am afraid that there is already a group of people standing behind Liu Zeqing. Liu Zeqing is very generous in his actions, and his filial piety must be rewarded, no, pushing him to be in charge of the army also gave him a boost.

Sure enough, Qian Qianyi, who had been silent all this time, spoke up: "Even though Uncle Dongping has minor faults, his heart is devoted to the imperial court and he has been engaged in military affairs for a long time. In today's capital city, Uncle Dongping has nothing to do with two people. , Bo Dongping is available!"

What Qian Qianyi said was also true. At this time in Nanjing City, among the generals who were really capable of fighting and had actually fought, there was really no one with more seniority than Liu Zeqing. After all, he was also one of the four towns.

The little emperor also thought it was very reasonable, and asked again: "What do you think is the best person to be a supervisor?"

It was time to recommend the military supervisor, Ma Shiying, the first assistant, said: "I recommend Ruan Dacheng, Ruan Dacheng has a lot of strategy!"

Ruan Dacheng, the thorn in the side of the Donglin Party, has been working as a policeman in Zhejiang before. I heard that he is making money and trying to beat him. He spoke and never fell down.

At this time, Ma Shiying further wanted to recommend Ruan Dacheng, but Liu Zongzhou quit.

"Report to Your Majesty, Ruan Dacheng is a remnant of the eunuch, and must not be used!"

Since Liu Zongzhou spoke first, Qian Qianyi's words were not considered offensive, and as the leader of Donglin, he had to express himself, so he spoke.

"I recommend Lu Daqi. Daqi is the Daqi of Gansu, he once suppressed the rebellion against Chai Shihua, and put down the invaders in the West; Daqi supervised the army in Henan, defeated the Li bandits repeatedly, supervised Jiangxi, and defeated the Zhang bandits repeatedly. He is really the best candidate for the supervisor."

Lu Daqi was indeed a man capable of fighting. He had always been a military supervisor and served as the Minister of the Ministry of War, but he was dismissed after failing in the political struggle. His political opponent was Ma Shiying, and one of Ma Shiying's generals who defeated Lu Daqi was Liu Zeqing.

It can be said that Lu Daqi, Ma Shiying, and Liu Zeqing have old grievances. It is very difficult for Qian Qianyi to ask this person to serve as the supervisor of the army with Liu Zeqing.

The little emperor still couldn't tell the key points, he couldn't even figure out the character of the courtiers at this moment, of course it was very difficult to figure it out, after all, this was a group of old foxes, and he was just a chicken.

Ma Shiying had complicated thoughts, but he knew that the Donglin Party would never agree to the more than [-] surrendered troops in Xinjiangkou alone. If he recommended Liu Zeqing to go, the Donglin Party would naturally send someone. If he persisted in a stalemate, it would not do him any good .

So Ma Shiying immediately agreed with what Qian Qianyi said, and agreed to let Lu Daqi go. After all, Lu Daqi's qualifications are more suitable than Ruan Dacheng's.

So Chaoyi passed, appointed Liu Zeqing as the commander-in-chief, Lu Daqi as the supervisor, rectified the prisoners of the Xinjiangkou Water Camp, and established a new battalion to defend Gyeonggi.

Liu Zeqing made a good plan. He was originally a smart person. He was born as a domestic slave, but his master was a court official, Guo Yunhou, Minister of the Ministry of Households during the Tianqi period, but he belonged to Wei Zhongxian, that is, an eunuch .

After Guo Yunhou's downfall, Liu Zeqing found an opportunity to betray him, entered military affairs, and climbed to the earl's position step by step by relying on ruthlessness and treachery. How could it be possible without scheming.

He is very good at speculating. When the Qing army attacked Huai'an, he knew exactly what kind of people he was under. He was a good player who bullied the common people. If he really fought the Qing army, it would probably be useless. Liu Zeqing was the general soldier of Shandong, and the Qing army invaded Shandong. At that time, he had already seen the combat power of the Qing army, so he simply handed over all the soldiers and civilian records to his subordinate Bai Yongfu. He hid in the sea and waited and asked Bai Yongfu to help negotiate with the Qing court. And he was active in the Ming court, hoping to be pardoned.

If the negotiation is successful, he will turn around and seek refuge in the Qing court; if the negotiation fails, he will seek refuge in the Ming court again.

As a result, Liu Zeqing, who lost all his followers, was not valued by the Qing court at all, and the conditions offered were too low, while the Ming court treated him very favorably, even the earl was not dismissed, so he immediately came up with the idea of ​​re-emerging. The strategy is to take the court's concerns about Yang Chao as an opportunity to allow himself to regain military power.

He had thought about everything, but he didn't want to be kind to people, or maybe he didn't think about people's hearts.

Liu Zeqing did not expect that the problem lies with Wang Pu.

He originally thought that Wang Pu was beaten and punished by Yang Chao, and he must be dissatisfied. He asked Wang Pu for the post of general soldier, and Wang Pu was naturally willing to go, so he would not mind handing over the prisoners of the Xinjiangkou Shuiying Camp to Wang Pu. He is Liu Zeqing.

Liu Zeqing was sure that Yang Chao was not there, so he just sent a general to guard here, and this kind of guard was obviously for the purpose of punishment, so he came up with this foolproof strategy.

Unexpectedly, when he invited Wang Pu to the banquet, Wang Pu would not refuse anyone who came, eating and drinking lavishly.

But he asked Wang Pu to cooperate in transferring the prisoners of the water camp to him, but Wang Pu disagreed, saying that he had a military order, and he would never dare to let these prisoners go easily unless Yang Chao ordered it.

Liu Zeqing didn't care about it at this time, and just made a precaution with Wang Pu in private. Soon the imperial decree drafted by the cabinet and approved by the emperor was issued. Liu Zeqing didn't think Wang Pu would resist the decree, so he took the decree and went to the military camp.

As a result, Wang Pu still insisted on Yang Chao's military order, and he dared not follow the order without the military order.

Liu Zeqing felt ashamed, and suddenly felt fear in his heart. He didn't expect Yang Chao to control the army to such an extent.

Later, someone asked Wang Pu why he didn't obey the order. After the order, he was the chief soldier.

Wang Pu snorted and said that he was not comfortable handing over 20 captives to Liu Zeqing, and he looked down on Liu Zeqing at all.

It's just because I look down on it, it's just because I'm uncomfortable, so what if the emperor has an imperial edict, and I'm ashamed to be with this kind of scum. Much more comfortable.

But he didn't know that he had caused a catastrophe, and it was fine if Yang Chao was domineering. A lieutenant under Yang Chao was also so domineering, which immediately made the court dissatisfied, and the little emperor was about to explode. Consider it Yang Chao's fault.

Even a small lieutenant dared to resist the order.

So he immediately decreed to arrest Wang Pu's family, and ordered Jin Yiwei to go to the barracks to capture Wang Pu and go to Fusi Prison.

At this time, Wang Pu was suddenly afraid. Before he became a soldier, he was just a commoner, a low-status military household.

The emperor was furious and wanted to punish him, how could he not be afraid.

He didn't even think about rebelling. If Yang Chao was around, these people under him might still have the prestige to incite them to rebel. What kind of thing is he, Wang Pu? The 1 people under his command went to Jiangpu to be the general soldier, and I am afraid that none of them will go with him. Needless to say, these people, even their families, are supported by Yang Chao. He, Wang Pu, knows himself.

But he didn't expect that the emperor would take his anger out on him because of this, which made him suddenly panic. Yang Chaoyuan was in Huai'an, so he suddenly lost his backbone and begged to go to Yang's house anxiously.

In fact, he is also a relative of the Yang family, and Yang Chao's mother is his aunt.

At this time, Yang's mother suddenly lost her mind and went to find Dong Xiaowan. Dong Xiaowan could only send someone to deliver a letter to Yang Chao, and at the same time asked the princess to come forward to intercede. To fight against the imperial power, Dong Xiaowan was also afraid, and the Yang family could do nothing, especially Yang Chao. when you are away.

As for the Wang family's small family, there are less than five people in total, parents and a younger brother, just find a place to hide first.

As for Wang Pu, he hid in the army and told the guards not to let anyone in, even Jin Yiwei stopped him.

Anyway, it's not that the guards have never stopped people, even Shi Kefa and Wang Cheng'en stopped them back then, so why stop a few guards in Jinyi.

Worrying for a few days, Wang Pu found that the court didn't seem to be serious. The emperor's imperial decree had indeed been issued, but the Jin Yiwei did not come to arrest anyone, not only did not come to the barracks to arrest Wang Pu, but also did not go to arrest his family.

It was only later that Wang Pu found out that it was Yu Jiye who came forward to intercede, and Feng Kezong, the commander of Jinyiwei, had no intention of arresting him at all.

But after this incident, Wang Pu suddenly felt that he was nothing. He used to be complacent and felt that he had done a lot of meritorious deeds, but in the face of crisis, he turned out to be so fragile, and he was deeply ashamed of it.

(End of this chapter)