In this era, people are killing every moment, and people are dying every moment.
The so-called prosperous and troubled times are just more people dying and fewer people dying.
On the boundless grassland, countless well-equipped and well-trained professional soldiers took advantage of the darkness to raise their butcher knives.
At this moment, Daming finally quietly showed his fangs to his enemy.
Although, it is only for those weak prey for the time being.
The night conceals countless bloodshed and killings. No matter what happens, the sun will rise from the east as always.
When the first ray of dawn shone on the Forbidden City, the heavy palace gate was pushed open once again as promised.
Three days have passed since the last Chang Chao.
During these three days, the court was surprisingly calm and everything was as usual.
It seemed as if everything that happened to Chang Chaoshang that time was just a normal government matter.
However, no one knows what kind of storm is brewing in the dark.
In the Wenhua Hall, the morning court was held as usual.
"Your Majesty, I have Li Ying, the censor of Shanxi Province, and Yu Ying, the censor of Shanxi Province, and fourteen others including Lin Guangyuan, the censor of Shanxi Province, to impeach Chen Mao, the Marquis of Ningyang, Jin Lian, the Minister of Punishment, and Cao Jixiang, the eunuch in charge of the department. people."
"First, the imperial court appointed Chen Mao, Marquis of Ningyang, as the chief military officer, Jin Lian, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, as governor of military affairs, and Cao Jixiang, the eunuch of the Department, as the supervisor of the army, and led the army to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places to quell the rebellion."
"This is one of three people who recruited traitors without permission from the court."
"After being appeased, the three of them did not distinguish between true and false. They were greedy for power and advanced rashly. The rebels surrendered and then rebelled again. They caused trouble for one party and have not yet settled. This is the second party."
"Those are the third reason for the civil upheaval in the local area, the postponement for many years, the waste of the court's material resources, and the futility of the results."
"I have submitted several memorials, asking Your Majesty to comment on the crime and punishment, but they have all been ignored. Therefore, I have the courage to report them to the court and ask Your Majesty to forgive me."
In the early morning, more than a dozen imperial censors stood in the hall. The leader held a memorial in his hand and spoke sincerely. He prostrated himself on the ground and said.
Zhu Qiyu was a little surprised. Regarding Cao Jixiang's impeachment, he had prepared for these censors to launch an attack in the morning.
After all, it's pretty good that these censors can endure it until now.
But he really didn't expect that these censors would involve Chen Mao and Jin Lian.
Speaking of which, this is actually not Chen Mao and Jin Lian's fault, but his.
In other words, it belonged to his unlucky brother, the Supreme Emperor.
As a veteran on the battlefield, Chen Mao was flexible in the use of troops. During the rebellion in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he and Jin Lian jointly led the army to put down the rebellion. In fact, they had the power to make arbitrary decisions based on the situation.
After all, it takes time to prepare for the army to be dispatched, but chaos has arisen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so the local authorities mobilized troops to quell the rebellion first.
It should be said that at this time, the local officers and soldiers were relatively powerful.
When Chen Mao led his army to Jianning, the leader of the rebellion, Deng Maoqi, had already died of an arrow, and the rebels were also disheartened.
Therefore, after Chen Mao discussed with Jin Lian, considering that the bandit leader was dead and most of the remaining rebels were civilians, he decided not to massacre and instead focus on appeasement.
After all, although this rebellion was called a rebellion, it was actually a large-scale civil uprising. In the final analysis, it was just because the people were overly tortured by the local government and followed the rebel army.
Since the leader of the thieves is dead and does not pose much of a threat to the court, it is naturally better to appease him.
There is nothing wrong with this, but it will take a lot of time.
After all, the energy and time required to kill the rebels is not the same as fighting, persuading and appeasing at the same time.
This back and forth delayed more than half a year.
They had almost been appeased, but only a small number of bandits were left, still running around, and it looked like they would be completely pacified in two or three months.
As a result, something like Tumu Fort happened, so the court urgently recalled Chen Mao and his army.
Without the suppression of the army, a small number of the rebels who had been recruited, under the bewitchment of the bandits, surrendered and rebelled again, disrupting the place again.
So having said that, this is actually not Chen Mao's fault.
He is familiar with military affairs. As long as he is given two more months, he will definitely be able to wipe out all these bandits and ensure that the recruited rebels will not surrender and rebel again.
It is precisely because of this that these censors caught the topic.
However, sitting on the throne, Zhu Qiyu frowned.
He didn't expect this. After all, Chen Mao came back early, and by that time, the rebellion had been basically put down.
The military report that the appeased bandits surrendered and rebelled only reached the capital the day before yesterday.
After the military report arrived in Beijing, in the past two days, someone did write a book to impeach Chen Mao and Jin Lian, but there were not many, only five or six books in total.
Because it involved Cao Jixiang, he also ignored it.
But he didn't expect that these censors would unite the two parties to impeach.
Glancing at Li Ying, the leader of Shanxi Dao Dao, Zhu Qiyu's eyes darkened.
Is this also Empress Dowager Sun's plan?
Is it to protect Cao Cao's good fortune?
However, with the influence of Queen Mother Sun in the outer court, how could she dispatch more than a dozen censors at once.
His gaze passed over Li Ying and fell on the people behind him.
If he remembered correctly, these people were mentioned to him by Cheng Jing, the censors who Cheng Jing had informed about.
Why did they get involved?
Turning his head to look at Cheng Jing, Zhu Qiyu became even more confused when he saw that he shook his head cautiously, indicating that he did not know the inside story.
After thinking for a while, he spoke.
"Ningyang Marquis, Jin Shangshu, Li Ying and other fourteen censors impeached you two for three crimes. How do you explain it?"
The first one to stand up was Chen Mao. The old Marquis said with a dark face as always.
"Reporting to your Majesty, I have been entrusted with the Holy Order to fight against thieves. I have been appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Army. I have the power to make arbitrary decisions when the opportunity arises. The rebellion in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is actually a civil uprising. The leader of the thieves is dead. If he kills them rashly, it will harm the peace of the world. Therefore, veteran minister I think there is nothing wrong with recruiting people."
"As for surrendering and then revolting, it is due to improper management by local officials, not the fault of recruiting."
"There is also the claim that delaying the decision for a few years will waste the court's material resources, which is even more nonsense."
"People's sentiments in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places are complicated. The rebels are scattered in all directions. They have invaded more than 20 states and counties. Their arrogance is overwhelming. How can it be solved overnight?"
Chen Mao came from the Taizong Dynasty when Xun Qi was at its peak, but he was not used to the bad habits of civil servants, and he was rude when he opened his mouth.
It's just that you guys don't know anything about military affairs, so you're just blind.
However, these censors are naturally not easy to bully. The civil servants have been able to outdo their relatives in recent years, and their words are indispensable.
At that moment, a censor stood up and sneered.
"The Marquis has made a clean push. The imperial court sent a large army to suppress the rebellion. The purpose is to kill the thieves. Otherwise, if the people take effect, wouldn't it be a war everywhere?"
After saying that, another censor jumped out and said.
"Even if you want to recruit people, you should first show them power and then show them virtue. How can you recruit them from the beginning? What's more, since the Marquis strongly advocates recruitment, he should take care of the rest. If everything is left to local officials, he must What’s the use of an army?”
Then, the third censor stood up and said.
"Local officials work for the people on behalf of the emperor, and they are not rioters. Since the Marquis wants to recruit them, he naturally has to ensure that these people will not cause trouble again."
Finally, the fourth censor concluded his speech and said.
"Although we are not as skilled as the Marquis in military affairs, we also know that a large army goes out for an expedition, which costs a lot of money. We should pacify it as soon as possible. The Marquis has not been in peace for a long time, and the imperial treasury has been so wasteful. Can we just say that the people's sentiments are complicated and we can't do it? Er Jing?”
Ke Dao Feng Xian, nothing else.
Only there are many people and they can speak!
