The She Chongming rebellion was put down, which also made Fang Congzhe breathe a sigh of relief.
Because Fang Congzhe was actually worried that She Chongming's rebellion would trigger a large and long-lasting war, which would put a lot of financial pressure on the court and easily give excuses to his political opponents.
After all, Fang Congzhe himself had to admit that since he ascended the throne today, he had dealt too harsh a blow to the gentry, especially the Jiangnan gentry, which had caused dissatisfaction among many scholar-bureaucrats.
Fang Congzhe was also worried that once the rebellion in the southwest got out of control, many scholar-bureaucrats who originally did not dare to make trouble would start to make trouble, and eventually even the entire Ming court would be overthrown.
But Fang Congzhe did not expect that Yuan Keli, Xu Keqiu, Zhu Xieyuan and others would put down the rebellion in such a short period of time.
Therefore, Fang Congzhe's worries naturally disappeared.
And because of this, Fang Congzhe believed more firmly that destiny and people's hearts were indeed on his Majesty's side, which was why these rebellions were put down so quickly. The new policies implemented by himself and the emperor did not change the fate of the Ming Dynasty in a bad direction. .
In short, the suppression of She Chongming's rebellion gave Fang Congzhe, the chief minister of the cabinet, who followed the emperor to attack the scholar-bureaucrats all over the world, a lot more confidence.
Therefore, after Fang Congzhe saw the memorial from Kong Zhenning, the Duke of Yansheng in Shandong, his first reaction was that Kong Zhenning did not know how to praise him, and he threw the memorial of Kong Zhenning on the table angrily: "This Duke Yansheng !Pu Jianyan, the emperor, ordered him to express his attitude in this book, in order to give the Kong family a chance to show their loyalty to the emperor. Is he really not aware of what he means, or is he pretending not to know? Moreover, the emperor of tomorrow is a Han. The emperor of our family has compatriotship with Han people and officials, and yet he relies on the country's respect for Confucianism, yet he doesn't take his majesty or the court seriously?!"
"What memorial made Yuan Fu so angry?! He actually threw the table!"
Zhu Youxiao happened to walk in at this time.
Fang Congzhe couldn't hide it at this time, so he had to hand over the memorandum: "Your Majesty, I am from Shandong. This Duke Yan Sheng is old and confused. He actually said that Kong Wenxi had always had noble moral character and had the legacy of a saint. It is impossible to slander him." My father, I think this is all caused by the traitorous slaves, so he still wants to redress your grievances and even asks the court to return Li Guifa to the Kong family so that the Confucian family can clean up the family tradition."
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows slightly and took Kong Zhenning's memorial from Fang Conzhe.
After reading it, Zhu Youxiao was not angry at all. He just smiled lightly and asked, "Why did the cabinet send this memorial to the Political Affairs Hall now?"
"Presumably because of the heavy military affairs recently, the cabinet did not feel that this matter was very important, so it postponed it a little bit."
Fang Congzhe replied.
"It doesn't matter? This is a decree to me. It seems that the Ming Dynasty has become his Kong family. If you don't tell me this kind of treason and injustice earlier, how long will it be delayed?!"
Zhu Youxiao asked sharply.
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
Fang Conzhe immediately fell to the ground, and then replied: "The Kong family does not have His Majesty in their eyes, and deserves death! But the Yanshenggong Mansion is no better than ordinary aristocratic families. They are descendants of saints and have always been treated with courtesy by many Confucian scholars. It is related to the saint's family tradition, so the courtiers did not dare to deal with the matter without authorization. They also knew that Your Majesty is currently busy with military affairs and did not dare to disturb His Majesty's mood with this matter, so they did not dare to report it immediately."
Zhu Youxiao said nothing after hearing what Fang Congzhe said.
After a long time, Zhu Youxiao asked: "How is the war in Liaodong now? Did Sun Chuanting and my 1,000 Guards Battalion headquarters gain anything?"
Fang Conzhe was shocked after hearing this, and thought to himself: "Is Your Majesty going to launch troops directly against the Kong family? If the 1,000th headquarters of the Guards Battalion makes gains in Liaodong, will it be transferred back and then transferred to Shandong?"
Fang Congzhe knew that the Yulin Guards at the 1,000th Headquarters of the Guards Battalion were all personal soldiers of His Majesty the Emperor. Unlike ordinary officers and soldiers who did not need cultural training, the Yulin Guards were instilled with the idea of absolute loyalty to the emperor from the beginning of their training, just like students studying in a school. Worshiping the statue of Confucius and calling Confucius the most holy teacher is like worshiping the statue of the emperor during his training in the Yulin Guards. From the time he learned the first principle, he learned to obey any decree of the emperor as his bounden duty.
Therefore, Fang Congzhe knew that the emperor suddenly asked about the situation of the Guards Battalion, and he must have asked the Guards Battalion to do something for him that would risk the disapproval of the world.
For a moment, Fang Congzhe didn't know what to say.
But Fang Congzhe did not object to Zhu Youxiao's idea of doing this.
Because according to the system of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor has the final say in the world, and everyone must be loyal to the emperor. The same goes for Fang Congzhe. Loyalty to all the decrees of His Majesty the Emperor is his only principle now. There is no way he wants to stop the descendants of some saints. emperor.
Therefore, Fang Congzhe now only replied truthfully: "Your Majesty, there is no new report from Liaodong yet."
Zhu Youxiao said "hmm" and said no more. He just looked at the sunshine outside the window.
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Liaodong.
Because Nurhachi also figured out Ming's strategic intentions, he was now much more honest and basically did not dare to lead an army to attack Shenyang and Liaoyang at will.
In addition, Nurhachi also began to consciously keep enough troops in his rear to guard against Ming army attacks.
And because of this, Nurhachi could only send a small group of troops to harass the Ming army.
The Ming army also sent out small groups of troops to harass the Donglu.
Therefore, in this way, intelligence collection and reconnaissance become even more important.
After all, once the intelligence is inaccurate and the reconnaissance is not in place, it is easy to miss the mark or fall into the pocket array set by others.
Huang Degong is now leading a group of Yulin guards to scout out the enemy's situation on a hillside near Chaihe River.
"Boss, you guessed it right. There are indeed Donglu camped here ahead. There are about a thousand people. I estimate that there are three or four Niulu."
At this time, Tiefeng, a small flag officer of the Yulin Guard who came with Huang Degong, came over covered in snow, grinned at him, and then handed the binoculars in his hand to Huang Degong.
The telescopes were made by Zhu Youxiao specifically for Xu Guangqi and missionary Yang Manuo to organize craftsmen. Now, naturally, these first batch of telescopes have also been installed in the Guards Battalion for use as sentinels.
Huang Degong took the telescope, turned the lens barrel, adjusted the focus, and started to look at it seriously.
Suddenly, Huang Degong saw many Jian slaves with money rat tails pointing in the north direction, and said: "They seem to be leaving, going north, let's follow them!"
"Follow us?! No, boss, we are already very close to Donglu. Donglu's scouts will spot us at any time. If we follow all the way, will anything happen?"
Tiefeng hurriedly asked Huang Degong.
"That's right, these Donglu are becoming more and more cunning now. We have been in Liaodong for so long and we haven't fought a decent battle. It's embarrassing to say it. Since I finally saw so many Donglu in this snowy day If we go out, I won’t be able to let them go!”
Huang Degong nodded, put away the binoculars with a stern smile, and whistled, and a white horse ran out of the woods.
Then, Huang Degong immediately got on his horse and said, "They have already broken camp, let's follow them slowly! It's going to be dark soon, please go down and don't light any fires!"
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