Liu Yan looked at Ma Shaoyu's smiling face and felt a little unhappy in his heart, but thinking that Ma Shaoyu and he had been colleagues in Liaodong, he said, "I'm about to send him off."
"That, this, hehe..."
Ma Shaoyu didn't feel comfortable saying it at this time. After all, he, as a supervisor, didn't exert much effort at all. He just followed the army and chased it all the way.
Liu Yan said: "Master Ma captured five heads of Han army flags, which is considered a great achievement. I will write it in the victory report."
Ma Shaoyu was overjoyed and hurriedly saluted and thanked him.
Then Liu Yan asked Xun Jingyun to write a victory report beside him, while he looked at Ma Shaoyu and asked, "Master Ma, how is the situation in the DPRK now?"
Ma Shaoyu is the supervisor of the army. Even if he leaves the capital, the Ministry of War and the Cabinet will have some contact with Ma Shaoyu.
At this time, Ma Shaoyu said: "To be fair to the Governor, the current situation in the court is very bad, and Chen Benbing's life is even more difficult. Now Hong Ge Lao and his troops are besieged in Xinzhou, and hundreds of thousands of Qing troops have entered the capital. Your Majesty Not sending Chen Benbing to prison would be an extra mercy."
Liu Yan nodded and said: "I think those Donglin Party members in the court must be making a lot of noise during this time, right?"
Ma Shaoyu smiled awkwardly and said nothing.
"snort!"
Liu Yan said: "Although the governor also has some opinions about Chen Benbing, looking at the current court, Chen Benbing can be regarded as the only person left who can do practical things. He is much better than those Donglin Party members who only eat people's food and do nothing. Got it!"
Ma Shaoyu's face changed slightly and he said: "The governor is quick to speak, and the subordinates admire him. But if you say this, it's better to say less! The Donglin Party is powerful, from the court to the
There are people from them everywhere in the government offices. If the governors offend the Donglin Party, they will be in constant trouble. "
Liu Yan laughed and did not continue the topic. He just asked: "Has the victory report been written?"
Xun Jingyun nodded, wrote vigorously for a while, and then presented the good news to Liu Yan.
Liu Yan saw it and confirmed that it was correct, signed his name with a big stroke of his pen, stamped it with the governor's seal, and then handed it over to Ma Shaoyu.
"Master Ma is the supervisor of the army. This victory report should be sent to the capital by Master Ma to report the victory. In order to prevent sporadic defeats on the road, I sent someone to escort Master Ma back overnight."
Ma Shaoyu raised his eyebrows with joy. This was a fat job. He was extremely grateful to Liu Yan. He immediately clasped his fists and said: "Don't worry, Governor, this is the duty of a subordinate. This time, the subordinate will definitely give Chen Benbing advice, mostly for the Governor and the army." Speak, soldiers!"
"Well, Master Ma, let's get going."
"yes."
After seeing Ma Shaoyu off, Liu Yan said to everyone present: "Now let's talk about our next plan."
"Now that the Qing army has been defeated, there will be no trouble in Liaodong in the short term. In fact, according to the governor's idea, we should gather a large army out of Shanhaiguan at this time, take advantage of the Qing Dynasty's vitality to sweep across Liaodong, and completely solve the border troubles in Liaodong! "
Liu Yan then sighed and said: "It's just that the imperial court will definitely not be able to provide this money and food now. Li Zicheng's army in Shanxi has grown bigger. Even if I want to go straight to Huanglong, I don't have the conditions."
"So, the next step is very likely that the imperial court will recruit our troops to fight against Li Zicheng's troops, but there is another possibility, that is, the Donglin Party in the DPRK will jump out and repeat the situation of Kaifeng before
The story of great victory. "
Chen Xun said in surprise: "Master Governor, right now we are the only mobile force in the Ming Dynasty. No matter how stupid the Lin Party members in the DPRK are, they won't provoke us at this time, right?"
What Chen Xun said is a normal truth, but the Donglin Party members in the late Ming Dynasty could never infer it with normal thinking.
Historically, the Ming Dynasty was on the verge of death, but the Donglin Party members in the court were still clamoring to increase taxes on the people, and then forced Emperor Chongzhen to cancel the almost negligible Jiangnan commercial tax. Why?
Because the merchants in Jiangnan and the Donglin Party members are one and the same, they are fighting for their own interests. As for the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty, the life and death of the people, and the survival of the world, they are not in the calculations of the Donglin Party members. They only care about it. Own interests!
Therefore, at the moment, the situation that best suits the interests of the Donglin Party members is that Liu Yan directly returns to Shandong to continue hiding in the snow, and then selects suitable candidates from the Donglin Party members as reinforcement commanders to command the new army and garrison battalions to Xinzhou Combat.
In this way, the Donglin Party members can not only control the court situation, but also take advantage of this opportunity to control the military power. This is also what the Donglin Party members or the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty dream of.
Of course, these are deeper things. Although Liu Yan thought of them, he couldn't prevent them in advance and could only find ways to deal with them.
So Liu Yan said to Chen Xun: "Although the Donglin Party members hold high positions and are said to be the pillars of the Ming Dynasty, they are also human beings. There is an old saying: Meat eaters are despicable. In my opinion, they are all like this. They are all the same." They are stupid people!"
"So, I will set a rule for you tonight: after the army returns in triumph, no
No matter what orders the court has, they must be based on the orders of the governor. You can ignore all orders that bypass the governor! "
These words are already very sensitive, but everyone here is the confidant who followed Liu Yan all the way out with swords and blood, and they didn't react much. They just stood up and accepted the order.
Liu Yan led his army to rest in Yanqing Prefecture for two days. During this period, Shen Tuo also led the new army's middle camp to Yanqing Prefecture to join forces.
On the morning of the third day, more than 100,000 troops marched south from Yanqing Prefecture, passed through Juyongguan and entered the north of the capital. Then they went south from Changping Prefecture and arrived outside Deshengmen in the north of Beijing.
At this time, the news of the defeat of more than 360,000 Qing troops in the first battle had spread throughout the capital. Millions of people in the city cheered with thunder. The ministers of the DPRK celebrated with their crowns. Emperor Chongzhen even cried with joy after hearing the news. Such a huge victory made Emperor Chongzhen He was so happy that he almost fainted, and Wang Chengen was so frightened that he hurriedly summoned the imperial doctor.
In the Palace of Qianqing, civil and military officials from all dynasties gathered together. Emperor Chongzhen looked at everyone with a bright face. Nowadays, the state affairs are ups and downs. A few days ago, the Ming Dynasty was facing the danger of subjugation. Today, they are celebrating a great victory. It is true that things in the world are unpredictable.
"Hundreds of thousands of Qing troops have been defeated. How can Li Zicheng's army of thieves and bandits still succeed?"
At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen was filled with joy and said to his ministers: "I am very relieved to have won the battle of Dinglupp. Now that more than 100,000 soldiers from Shandong have returned to Beijing in triumph, what kind of regulations does the imperial court have? My beloved ministers will discuss it today."
Then Emperor Chongzhen looked at Li Daiwen, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and said: "No matter how the Ministry of Revenue raises funds, I must spend enough money and food to reward the soldiers and provide care for them."
There must be no mistake in caring for the wounded and wounded soldiers! "
Li Daiwen said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue does have a batch of money and food now. Although it is not much, it is still enough to reward the army and compensate the casualties."
"oh?"
Emperor Chongzhen asked: "Is the Ministry of Revenue rich?"
Li Daiwen said: "This batch of money and grain was originally going to Shanxi to supply Hongge's headquarters. However, now that Hongge's army is besieged by bandits in Xinzhou, the money and grain cannot be transported there, so we should allocate it to Dinglupo first. ”
Emperor Chongzhen was dissatisfied. Isn't this just tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall? But now the court can't come up with enough money and food, so that's all it can do.
"Okay, allocate the money and food as soon as possible."
"I accept the decree."
"How to deal with the rewards for Dinglupp and the army's meritorious officers?"
At this time, Chen Xingjia, the Minister of War, said: "Your Majesty, I propose that Dinglu be granted the title of Zuozhuguo (Wuxunzheng first rank), especially Rongludafu (Wusan rank first rank), and Dinglupp be granted the title of Lu. male!"
"The battalions and staff generals of the New Army and the garrison are granted the title of chief soldier, and all commanders are granted the title of deputy commander-in-chief. The other generals at all levels are awarded rewards according to their merits."
After Chen Xinjia finished speaking, the government and the public were in an uproar.
Liu Zongzhou, the censor of Zuodu, was the first to stand up and object, thinking that even if Liu Yan had great achievements, such a reward would be too much.
Liu Zongzhou's courtesy name was Dong, and his nickname was Niantai. He also gave lectures in Jishan, Shanyin, and was called Mr. Jishan by scholars. He was suspended from salary for half a year and demoted as a citizen because of Shangshu's impeachment of Wei Zhongxian.
In the first year of Chongzhen, the imperial court appointed Liu Zongzhou as the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture and the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. In the fourteenth year, he became the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Soon he was promoted to the post of Yushi of Zuodu.
Although Liu Zongzhou in history had limited talents, he did not have much historical achievements.
, but when the Manchus entered the customs, the Manchus Bellebolo hired him with courtesy. Liu Zongzhou "unopened the letter" and went on a hunger strike for twenty-three days and committed suicide to express his ambition.
This kind of ethics is still worthy of recognition, but this person is quite stubborn and agrees with the Donglin Party's consistent behavior. The principles he believes are beneficial to the country and the people, but he does not care whether it is actually feasible or whether it is really beneficial to the world. .
At this time, after Liu Zongzhou stood up to object, a group of imperial censors and officials from various ministries stood up one after another. They believed that Liu Yan was born as the general flag officer of the guard. Now he is the governor of Shandong and has been granted the title of earl. What else can he do? What he was looking forward to, he actually wanted to be granted the title of Wuxun or the Duke of the Kingdom? In the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a person who was granted the title of Duke by being a chief flag officer!
Looking at the people who stood up to oppose, Chen Xinjia felt like he almost vomited out a mouthful of old blood, and shouted directly: "Have you forgotten what happened outside Desheng Gate? You are causing trouble for the country again here!"
It didn't matter what the roar was. The officials in the Qing Dynasty immediately went into a rage, accusing Liu Yan of deceiving the emperor, and that they should immediately send Jin Yiwei to arrest him and bring him to the capital to discuss the crime, and so on.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was also completely dumbfounded. They were discussing the matter of merit and reward, but why did it become like this in the blink of an eye?
"enough!"
Emperor Chongzhen roared angrily, and the quarrel in the court became much quieter. Then Emperor Chongzhen finally made a decisive move and said loudly: "I think the proposal of Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War, is very appropriate, and the cabinet will immediately implement it!"
Chen Xinjia was so excited that he almost cried and said loudly: "Your Majesty is wise!"
However, Li Rixuan, the Minister of Rites, stood up again and said: "Your Majesty, even if you want to reward Ding Lupp and other meritorious soldiers,
, it’s not impossible, but the capital city is the most virtuous area of the Ming Dynasty. No matter how strict the military discipline is, Shandong soldiers cannot be allowed to enter the city, so as not to disturb the people in the city! "
Chen Xinjia said angrily: "The soldiers fought bloody battles and defeated hundreds of thousands of Qing troops and saved the capital. Why don't we let the soldiers enter the city?"
Li Rixuan said righteously: "Your Majesty, if those soldiers cause trouble after entering the city, how will Your Majesty decide whether to deal with Dinglupp or ignore it? Rather than being unable to deal with it, it is better to only let Dinglupp and a few generals enter the city. The army officers and soldiers can just be stationed outside the city."
Chen Xinjia said angrily: "It is the twelfth lunar month of winter. It is freezing outside the city. There are still many wounded soldiers in the army. If the army is not allowed to enter the city, what will the soldiers think? What will Dinglubo think?"
Li Rixuan said loudly: "Your Majesty's decree to award a reward is already a great gift from the Emperor. If the soldiers of the army start to make trouble again, it will be a failure of the Holy Grace!"
Emperor Chongzhen said: "Well, you all are just talking about seeking the country. Let's leave it like this. We have ordered the captive Liu Yan and the commanders of each camp to enter the city to receive the title. The rest of the army will be temporarily stationed outside the city to wait for rewards."
"His Majesty!"
Emperor Chongzhen stood up and left the hall. Wang Chengen stood up directly and sang loudly: "Retreat from the court!"
