Huang Yi didn't know any Beijing officials and didn't want to associate with anyone.
Wang Kun had offended all the officials and had no intention of walking around the city when passing by the capital.
Because the battlefield was far away in Shandong and basically had nothing to do with Governor Xuanda, none of Xuanda's officials accompanied the army.
The unpopular eunuch who oversees the army and a different kind of general are just passing by the capital, so nothing should happen to them.
Unexpectedly, the Xinghe Army was quite famous, and something really happened.
Huang Yi actually met the famous Xu Guangqi.
There is no way, the old scientist's hair has turned gray these days.
The old man was worried about his beloved disciple Sun Yuanhua.
Some time ago, Yu Yinggui, the censor of Shaanxi Daoshi, Li Mengchen, the military officer, and other non-Donglin Party officials impeached Sun Yuanhua, and the emperor became murderous.
To be honest, considering Sun Yuanhua's crimes and the huge harm caused by Denglai's rebellion to the country, killing his head is not unjust at all.
Historically, in July of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Sun Yuanhua and Zhang Tao were beheaded at Caishikou.
It is now the end of June. Zhou Yanru and Xu Guangqi are trying to save Sun Yuanhua in many ways, but unfortunately they fail.
The Xinghe Army actually has some connection with Xu Guangqi. It is believed that the sweet potato, maize, and potato seeds and seedlings in the base area all came from Xu Guangqi's Tianjin Experimental Field.
These are all secondary. The key is that Huang Yi knows Xu Guangqi, a great scientist, and this wise man who opened his eyes to see the world!
When he learned that Xu Guangqi was waiting outside the camp gate, he immediately went out to greet him in person.
The camp of the Xinghe Army must be comparable to Xiliu Camp. It is a basic law not to enter without military orders. Even if Xu Guangqi is the elder of the court, so what?
You have to wait even when the emperor comes!
To be honest, what Huang Yi received since childhood was the education of "the prince of ten thousand households is like dirt", making fun of Genghis Khan, the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty...
He simply looked down upon and looked down upon Chongzhen, the stupid and foolish young emperor.
I feel that it is because of this incompetent but diligent emperor that China's reputation has declined...
Closer to home, Huang Yi respects Xu Guangqi from the bottom of his heart, and immediately clasped his fists and saluted the old man when he saw him.
According to the rules, a deputy general like Huang Yi is definitely lucky to be able to see a cabinet minister, and he should kneel down and kowtow.
But Huang Yi doesn't care about this, he refuses to kneel down to anyone!
Xu Guangqi was an enlightened man and did not think Huang Yi was being unreasonable. Instead, he grabbed Huang Yi's hand and said eagerly:
"I take the liberty of disturbing you because there is a life-threatening matter!"
When scientists learned that Sun Yuanhua was about to be questioned and beheaded, he was so confused that he rushed to see a doctor in a hurry.
It's a pity that even if he goes out of his way, it won't help.
Suddenly, I heard that the famous Xinghe Army was passing by the capital to quell the rebellion, so I hurriedly came outside the city and asked to meet Huang Yi.
He didn't know Huang Yi, but he had been famous for a long time, and he had extraordinary experience. While waiting for the report, he could already feel the chilling atmosphere of the Xinghe Army.
"What kind of life-threatening matter can bother you, Mr. Ge, to personally come forward?"
Huang Yi asked knowingly.
He knew how much psychological trauma Sun Yuanhua's execution caused to Xu Guangqi, so much so that the old man's health deteriorated and he died not long after.
Xu Guangqi said: "The general came to quell the rebellion. You should know about Sun Yuanhua who came to be the governor! I beg the general to save him!"
"I'm just a deputy general. How can I save a frontier official like the former governor?"
Of course Xu Guangqi came to Huang Yi for help not because of Huang Yi's official position, but because of the work Huang Yi was doing.
He had already thought of his words and planned in his mind.
He said: "I know that your army has many artillery, and Sun Yuanhua is good at it. He is also very familiar with the rebels who came here, and knows the rebel leaders Li Jiucheng, Kong Youde, Chen Youyou, etc..."
Huang Yi understood and said:
"Does Mr. Ge want me to ask the emperor for someone?"
"Sun Yuanhua's crime is extremely serious. He is lucky to be sentenced to military service and exile. You can truthfully state Sun Yuanhua's special skills and petition the emperor to request that Sun Yuanhua be sentenced to serve in the Xinghe camp and be sent to the army."
"There were dozens of civilian and military generals who were released by the rebels. The Xinghe Army only stated that accepting Sun Yuanhua was too eye-catching. Why not demand that Song Guanglan, Wang Zheng, Zhang Tao, etc. be sentenced to Xinghe on the grounds that they were familiar with the rebels? Battalion and army?"
"Okay, let's do it like this. If I go out of my way to beg for help, you can write a memorial immediately."
"To accomplish this, there must be someone who can speak kindly in front of the emperor!"
"This, this... I'm going to see the emperor and explain it face to face."
"Everyone in the world knows that you and Sun Yuanhua are masters, disciples and fellow villagers. It is not convincing for you to go."
"Then what should I do? Where can I find someone who can put in a good word for Sun Yuan in front of the Emperor?"
"No need to look for it. Wang Kun, the eunuch who supervises the army, will go to the capital soon. He is not doing it for personal gain, but from the perspective of helping to suppress the rebellion. He feels that leaving those criminal officers in the army to serve their crimes will benefit the country and the people!"
"Then the military eunuch will listen to you?"
"Master Ge needs to change his mind! Not all scholar-bureaucrats are good people, and not all eunuchs are bad people. Wang Kun has really worked hard since he was appointed as the Supervisor of the Army!"
"I originally thought it was just a rumor, but now I know that there really is such a eunuch."
After Huang Yi sent Xu Guangqi away, he immediately came to Wang Kun for discussion.
Eunuch Wang has been in the army for a long time, and he knows more or less about the development of the Xinghe Army, and also knows about Huang Yi's experience.
He felt that a general like Huang Yi who had no relatives in the dynasty but had outstanding abilities should be most reused by the emperor.
Huang Yi stated that he would accept all the criminals who came to serve in the army, saying that these criminals were familiar with the rebels and could play a role to some extent. At the worst, they could screen the prisoners and prevent the rebel leaders from getting away with it.
Wang Kun was asked to rush to the capital immediately to meet the emperor and try his best to get this matter done.
However, Wang Kun did not leave immediately, but asked: "The Sa family would like to know what is the success rate of the general leading the Xinghe Army to suppress the rebellion?"
It's not surprising that Wang Kun asked this question, because five years after entering Chongzhen, the situation in Denglai got out of control. Chen Youyou, the deputy general of Lushun in Dongjiang Town, and Mao Chenglu, the deputy general of Guanglu Island, led seven or eight thousand Liao soldiers to join the rebels.
Today's rebels have more than 50,000 troops and more than 1,000 artillery pieces of various types. The Ming army in Shandong was frightened by the news. The rebels' morale was so high that they once shouted:
"Killing Shandong soldiers is like cutting vegetables. I have no choice but to do anything! The soldiers in each town are not our enemies."
The Ming army that was advancing in the suppression no longer had the courage to take the initiative to attack, and they were all holding on to the city. The rebels had besieged Laizhou for more than a month, and no one could save them.
Unexpectedly, in just a few months, the rebels' strength had more than doubled.
The Xinghe Army has only 4,000 regular soldiers and less than 10,000 auxiliary soldiers, while the rebel army is probably close to 30,000 regular soldiers, and the number of young and middle-aged people they have brought with them should be no less than 100,000.
Can Xinghe win the battle? Wang Kun felt unsure.
It is easy for a favored official to meet the emperor, but it is not easy to say what to make the emperor happy.
