[No pop-up novel website] He first browsed through the memorials. Most of them were memorials from various localities and central officials about the situation in Dengzhou. There were also a large number of impeachment memorials, and a considerable part of them were against Zhou Yan. Confucianism and Sun Yuanhua's
Zhou Yanru was suspected of taking bribes, and Chongzhen had already suspected it. He also asked Dongchang to secretly inquire about it, but what he received in return was that "there is a reason for the matter, but there is no solid evidence." This made the suspicious emperor even more troubled.
In recent years, state affairs have become increasingly difficult. He always hopes that ministers can act honestly. However, what he sees from the piles of memorials is that in addition to the worries about state affairs, there are endless criticisms among ministers.
In contrast, although Zhou Yanru was constantly impeached, he was still satisfied with his work. In addition, he also vaguely felt that someone was behind the impeachment trend against Zhou Yanru.
"Every one of you said that Zhou Yanru was corrupt and harmed the country. How could you not harm the country?" He sneered in his heart, but he was very helpless. Whether it was court meetings or memorials, most of them were empty talk - why didn't he know that now Many treatments treat headaches, head pain, and feet, but do not solve the problem. They even drink poison to quench thirst. But what if this is not the case?
Zhou Yanru had expressed his intention to recuse himself several times, and he had issued orders to comfort him. However, in the face of the impeachment memorials that kept coming, he wavered again.
Then there were several impeachment memorials, but they were not directed against Zhou Yanru and Sun Yuanhua, but against Liu Zongzhou's impeachment of Min Hongxue, the Minister of Household Affairs.
The emperor himself knew that Min Hongxue was Wen Tiren's man. Liu Zongzhou's impeachment of Min Hongxue was obviously aimed at Wen Tiren.
The emperor felt that in the past few days, the contents of the memorials coming from various places had undergone subtle changes. The impeachment against Wen Tiren and others has increased significantly. Most of them are Donglin Party members. In the memorials, they took the trouble to remind the emperor: Wen Tiren had once "Afu rebels against the party". After joining the cabinet, he also attempts to overturn the verdict of "anti-party" and "officially appointed rebellion". Some memorials also list various words and deeds of Wen Tiren and his comrades.
In addition to targeting the Wen Tiren Party, all officials at all levels involved in the Dengzhou Incident have been violently attacked recently. Wuqiao County Magistrate Bi Ziyin has been dismissed from office for conniving at the "strike" and provoking a mutiny. His brother Bi Ziyin has been Yan was also violently attacked
In addition, several officials from the Cheng Wang family who were in court were also accused of being responsible for the "radical upheaval"
"There is no good person." Chongzhen dropped the memorial in great distress. He vaguely felt that the Dengzhou rebellion was no longer a simple military rebellion. It seemed that the ministers of the imperial court had taken this opportunity to fight among themselves.
He held his head and remained silent, unwilling to open another memorial. The eunuchs and maids around him were all silent and did not dare to say anything.
When he was feeling bored, Cao Huachun, the eunuch on duty, sent another stack of documents. When he saw that the first one was a secret military intelligence report from Shandong, he was shocked again. He simply didn't want to open it: the latest news from Shandong. One is worse than the other:
Just half a month ago, the imperial court discussed the transfer of Tongzhou soldiers, and asked Yang Yufan to be the commander-in-chief and put him in charge of the officers and soldiers of the Shandong battalions. He also transferred Tianjin soldiers and horses to be led by General Wang Hong, and also transferred Baoding soldiers and horses to be commander-in-chief. Commander Liu Guozhu set a time limit to go and exterminate
On the 25th of January, Yang Yufan led his soldiers and officers and soldiers from Duoying, Yiying and Qingying to Zhuqiao Town. In the evening, the Tianjin soldiers led by Wang Hong also arrived. On the 28th, they came eastward and arrived at the city. On the 29th, the rebels came out from Dengzhou to fight. As a result, the Tianjin soldiers retreated first. Wang Hong fled and Yang Yufan was surrounded by the rebels. He broke out of the encirclement and fled to Laizhou in the middle of the night. His troops scattered and fled. Yang Yufan only took 300 soldiers with him. Fleeing to the foot of Laizhou City, he was almost rejected by Laizhou City, but finally entered the city.
Could it be that Laizhou has also fallen now? Some terrible conjectures came to mind at the same time. Although he was not good at fighting, he had already understood the importance of Laizhou from the memorials about the Dengzhou Incident that had been flying in these days. Sun Yuanhua wrote in the memorial that he was prepared to defend Laizhou to avoid the rebels. It spreads all over the country, causing "corrosion throughout Shandong and causing disaster to Zhili"
The disastrous defeat of the Tianjin soldiers led by Yang Yufan a few days ago seems to have foreshadowed that the Dengzhou Rebellion will not end easily - maybe it will become another "chaotic bandit"
"Sun Yuanhua deserves to die," Chongzhen said secretly, reluctantly picking up the secret memorial and opening it.
At this time, he found out that the memorial was sent by Sun Yuanhua, and he felt a little calmer. Sun Yuanhua was now charged with the loss of Dengzhou. If Laizhou was lost, he would definitely have no reason to "break out" again, and he would definitely die in the city.
So Laizhou is still there
I hurriedly read the two sentences of "Reason" and couldn't believe it. I read it again, with a smile on my face. After reading the full text, the color returned to my face and I breathed a sigh of relief. I leaned back in the chair and closed my eyes for a while. He seemed to feel that the matter was not reliable enough, so he quickly opened the reports from Wang Daochun, the censor of the patrol, Xu Congzhi, the governor of Shandong, and Yang Yu, the commander-in-chief.
After reading everything, a smile appeared on his face. As if to vent his excitement, he stood up and walked a few steps back and forth in the hall.
These people reported the same news. Sun Yuanhua defeated the rebel Mao Chenglu's tribe in Huang County and beheaded thousands of rebel generals. Mao Chenglu then severely defeated the siege rebels under Laizhou City and beheaded hundreds of officers and soldiers again with little damage.
"I didn't expect that Sun Yuanhua still had some ability to do things." He thought about the memorials that had been published in the past few days. He believed that Sun Yuanhua had been running Dengzhou for a long time, had a good understanding of the situation in Shandong and Dongjiang, and was also famous among the Liao people. He suggested that he should be punished and meritorious.
Originally, he was ready to dismiss Sun Yuanhua for questioning, but the current situation made him hesitate again - especially with the first victory in the Shandong battlefield. Although he was angry that Sun Yuanhua fell into Dengzhou, he thought that he relied on several people in Laizhou to win the battle. Thousands of defeated soldiers finally stopped the overwhelming momentum of the Chuli rebels. This was probably due to Yu Wei, who had been the governor of the Denglai area for a long time. A few days ago, when someone reported the situation in Shandong, he insisted that "the commander should not be changed on the spot."
If he is removed at this moment, he may not be able to gain the support and trust of the generals and gentry as governor of Denglai - if it goes wrong, it will trigger a mutiny - the emperor knows the army too well, and these Ziqiu Ba have gradually changed since the end of Tianqi. They have become unruly and unruly, asking for food and wages in advance, and gathering crowds to mutiny at the slightest dissatisfaction. However, now there are fires in all directions, smoke in all directions, and troops are needed everywhere to maintain...
Thinking of this, he decided not to replace Sun Yuanhua, but to let him continue to "deliver merit" and stay in Laizhou. At the end of last year, he had "downgraded him to three levels to remain in office." This time he decided not to give him any merit. As for Yang Yufan, because of the previous He had just lost a battle and was demoted, and this time the punishment was revoked. As for Xu Congzhi, the prefect of Laizhou Zhu Wannian, the magistrate of Ye County, and others, they all cited their merits and rewarded them. In addition, the memorial also listed the local Jin gentry and citizens who had contributed, as usual. The emperor will no longer look carefully at the award, and the edict will be handled by the Ministry of Rites as appropriate.
Even so, he was still not at ease. Recently, he had gradually distrusted the foreign ministers and always felt that they were not as reliable as the internal ministers. Therefore, he decided to choose two eunuchs who were reliable and "knowledge of soldiers" to go to Laizhou to supervise the army. They were Sun Yuanhua and Xu Congzhi. Among the eunuchs of the Royal Horse Supervisor, he considered who was more suitable. In his opinion, the most suitable person was Gao Qiqian. However, Gao Qiqian was a rare talent among the eunuchs who knew soldiers. He felt that he should be reserved for key occasions: once The arrangements for the Dengzhou campaign are in place, and a eunuch must be dispatched to supervise the army.
While he was meditating, he suddenly saw the eunuch Cao Huachun, who was about to exit. He couldn't help but feel something in his heart. Cao Huachun had served him in Prince Xin's palace, and was ostracized by Wei Zhongxian during the Tianqi period and was sent to Nanjing - he belonged to the eunuch Conglong who had suffered together. So I trusted him very much and immediately asked:
"Have you ever heard of what happened between Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren outside?"
Cao Huachun bowed and said: "I serve the emperor in the palace every day, and I only hear about the outside affairs occasionally. Besides, this is a major event for the court, how can I dare to say anything about it?"
"Just tell me straight"
Cao Huachun had been entrusted by Eunuch Yang several days ago and received some benefits. He also received money and letters from Qian Qianyi, a member of the Donglin Party who was living at home, asking him to speak for Zhou Yanru. Qian Qianyi and his The relationship is different - Cao Huachun came from Wang An's sect, and Qian Qianyi once wrote an epitaph for Wang An - so he had long been prepared to excuse Zhou Yanru and Sun Yuanhua. However, he did not have the opportunity to discuss the matter face to face on weekdays. Now he often When the emperor asked, he took the opportunity to kneel down and start playing.
He had already considered the content of the memorial, mainly starting from the party disputes that were most taboo to the emperor, implying that this attack on Sun Yuanhua and Zhou Yanru contained elements of the party disputes between Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru.
As expected, these words had a profound impact on Chongzhen. Since he came to the throne, the most taboo thing was party disputes in the court. Outside the "North Korea", the Donglin Party members have never been able to occupy the central position. He has long appointed Wen Tiren, who was scolded as the "remnant of the Eunuch Party", as his chief assistant. He originally suspected that this party had the intention to counter Donglin. There was a party dispute, and now Cao Huachun's insinuations made him suddenly alert.
He asked Cao Huachun to withdraw. He had no intention of replacing Sun Yuanhua. These words made him determined, but he was unwilling to let Sun Yuanhua go. After all, Dengzhou is an important military town that consumes 800,000 taels per year. Sun Yuanhua's death The division lost ground, and it was not too much to ask Cheng Dapi. After careful consideration, he decided to dismiss the former Dengzhou officials who had broken through: Wang Zheng, the Supervisor of the Army, and Song Guanglan, the Denglai Dao, and dismissed Zhang Tao, the Datong Guard, and retained the remaining personnel to serve in the Laizhou Army. All dismissed and dismissed. To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation)
