All the ministers in the dynasty were inexplicably surprised.
Although the conflict between Huang Zicheng and Zhu Yunzhen has never been made public.
But who in the court is not an old fox, who doesn’t have eight hundred minds?
How could you hide this kind of thing from everyone?
Who doesn't know it well?
But now everyone believed that this military report was fake. When Huang Zicheng came out to ask for credit, they had to think deeply about the reasons behind it.
Lao Zhu looked curious and asked: "Huang Aiqing, does he think that the good news submitted by Xu Dongjiang, the prefect of Jiaxing, is true?"
Today's good news was sent to Beijing by Xu Dongjiang.
The content is that at the gate of Jiaxing City, Taisun used 500 new troops to defeat tens of thousands of Japanese pirates and rebels, killing countless enemies.
The Japanese pirates and rebels were defeated in one fell swoop, and Taisun led his army to attack Songjiang Fucheng.
The specific process of the war was described vividly in the victory report.
How tens of thousands of bandits invaded Jiaxing, how the new army responded to the enemy, how the Japanese pirates were slaughtered, and how the bandits collapsed were all written clearly in detail.
But the more this happens, the more ridiculous and unreal it seems to those who read the good news.
After Feng Sheng read it, he immediately concluded that it was fake.
He arrested the person who delivered the good news and interrogated him strictly, but unexpectedly he bit him to death. All of this was definitely not fabricated, and there was no half-truth.
Lao Zhu watched it, and his heart was beating.
First of all, the date is wrong. The New Army and the Jinyiwei were all on foot, except for a very few leaders who rode on horseback.
Calculating the marching time, the army led by Zhu Yunxu should still be on the road now.
Maybe we're not even halfway there yet.
However, according to what the newspaper said, the new army had arrived in Jiaxing City a few days ago.
After all, it was several days before the good news was delivered to the court.
To be honest, Lao Zhu was very worried about letting Zhu Yunxuan go on the expedition this time.
The reason why we finally agreed was because all the new troops were infantry.
The Jinyiwei are actually different from the New Army. Almost everyone in the Jinyiwei can ride a horse.
In the past, when Jin Yiwei was sent out to do business in the capital, they were all on horseback.
This time, Lao Zhu specifically told Jiang Wei that, except for a few leaders, the rest of the Jinyi guards would all walk.
The purpose of this is to allow Zhu Yunxun to arrive at the front line of the battlefield later.
In Lao Zhu's view, Er'er just wanted to get military honors and get gold plating.
He didn't really go to the front line to fight the Japanese pirates.
He is only seven years old. How can Lao Zhu trust him to go to the front line?
Lao Zhu also saw the 50,000 men and horses mobilized by Lan Yu, including 15,000 cavalrymen.
Based on Lao Zhu's many years of experience in commanding wars, he analyzed and believed that these fifteen thousand cavalry were enough to defeat the Japanese pirates.
The remaining 35,000 infantrymen went to clean up the battlefield.
The thousand men and horses led by Zhu Yunxuan, because they are all infantry, will definitely arrive at the battlefield later than the cavalry.
By the time they arrived in Jiaxing, the cavalry who arrived early should have defeated the Japanese pirates and rebels.
Zhu Yunxuan, as the emperor's grandson and a powerful general, sat in Jiaxing City, commanding and dispatching the army to encircle and suppress the defeated Japanese pirates and rebels.
In this way, there is no risk in the whole process, and you can surely earn a huge military merit.
In the future, in the court, the emperor's grandson will be the one who has led the army.
After this command, he had some understanding of the generals in the army.
You can also use this opportunity to win over people's hearts and minds by virtue of your status as the emperor's grandson, laying a solid foundation for your future success in ascending to the throne and assuming power.
This was the overall plan in Lao Zhu's mind, but it was difficult to tell Zhu Yunxuan.
After all, seeing how enthusiastic his grandson was, how could he dampen his enthusiasm and hurt his self-esteem?
Anyway, the cavalry must have arrived first and fought with the Japanese pirates and rebels first. Xiu'er didn't have time to participate in the battle, so he could only command from the rear, which was fine.
But according to Xu Dongjiang's victory report, the new army led by Xuer arrived in Jiaxing City a few days ago. How is this possible?
How can infantry be so fast!
Secondly, Xu Dongjiang also said in the victory report that the new army led by His Highness Taisun consisted of more than 500 people and the Jinyi Guards had more than 100 people. This is not right.
We obviously sent five hundred Jin Yiwei to follow him to protect him. Where are the other Jin Yiwei?
Furthermore, the war process described in the victory report was too exaggerated and had no sense of reality at all.
Lao Zhu started his career from a beggar, step by step, until he became the emperor and took charge of the Ming Dynasty.
What hasn't he seen?
What battle has not been fought?
Moreover, in those years, in order to figure out how to lead troops in war, Lao Zhu continued to study on his own and read almost all the battle cases recorded in history books.
In order to sum up experience and lessons and temper yourself.
Without such a powerful and terrifying self-study ability, Lao Zhu would not have been able to transform from a semi-illiterate who only received two years of education to become the supreme leader in the 95th Five-Year Plan.
Perhaps Lao Zhu’s judgment was that the war process described in the Dongjiang victory report was fake at first glance.
Ridiculously fake.
It feels like I’m not even serious about writing a story!
Do you think we have never been on the battlefield?
Even if you have never been on the battlefield, as long as you are not a fool, you can easily judge.
But Lao Zhu was not in a hurry to express his position, because although this good news was written by Xu Dongjiang, it was signed by Zhu Yunzhen.
This is worth savoring.
The most likely possibility is that Xu'er asked Xu Dongjiang to compile a fake success report and send it to him. He signed it and then submitted it.
But why did Xuer do this?
Even with Lao Zhu’s scheming, he couldn’t figure it out!
Huang Zicheng heard Lao Zhu's question and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, the victory report has the autograph of His Highness Taisun. I think that even if Xu Dongjiang is bold enough to make up the battle report, His Highness Taisun will definitely not deceive Your Majesty. I would like to ask Your Majesty Immediately issue a decree to commend His Highness the Grand Sun and the new army."
As soon as these words came out, the hall became eerily silent.
Everyone has read the good news.
Everyone knew that it was signed by His Highness the Grand Sun, but no one said anything.
This thing is weird no matter how you look at it.
Even leaving aside the content.
If His Highness Taisun wanted to take credit, he should have written it himself.
Even if someone is hired to write it, it will be in his name.
How could there be any reason to send out a good news report in the name of Jiaxing Magistrate, but then sign it as a great grandson?
This is not consistent with etiquette!
Of course they didn't know that after Zhu Yunxuan commanded the army to fight and found out the relationship between Xu Dongjiang and Huang Zicheng by asking questions accidentally, he went to bed in a hurry.
He is too tired and tired, he needs to rest!
Early the next morning, he had to lead troops to attack Songjiang Fucheng, so there was no time to write a victory report.
Besides, Zhu Yunzhen already had a comprehensive plan in mind at that time, and decided to wait until Songjiang Fucheng was occupied and the Japanese pirates and rebels were driven out.
Why should you be so anxious about writing a successful report and starting a report to the imperial court?
Later, when he saw Xu Dongjiang's written victory report, he casually signed his name.
As for whether it is in compliance with the etiquette system, I am busy leading troops to fight, why should I care so much?
Huang Zicheng didn't know the mystery.
But he concluded that this good news must be false.
Mostly it was Xu Dongjiang's method.
Anyway, he could say afterwards that His Highness Taisun forced himself to write it.
This is a great move!
Unexpectedly, this Xu Dongjiang was so dedicated to his work.
Maybe this matter would implicate him, but he would rather sacrifice himself to remove Zhu Yunxu from his position as king.
You are worthy of the character of the scholars of our generation!
This is what Huang Zicheng has in mind.
But the more this happened, the more he wanted His Majesty the Emperor to commend Zhu Yunzhen.
The more rewards you give, the better.
As a result, when Zhu Yunxuan is defeated, His Majesty's anger will become even greater.
On the contrary, if you decide that the good news is false now, it is nothing more than issuing an order to reprimand him.
He was ordered not to falsely report good news or achieve military success in the future.
It's not painful or itchy, but Zhu Yunzhen can't be helped, so he might as well take the lie as the truth to anger His Majesty.
Thinking of this, Huang Zicheng then added: "The people of Jinling have always been unstable and worried about the war ahead."
"Someone with bad intentions is spreading rumors everywhere to confuse people's minds."
"Wei Chen believes that this good news should be conveyed to Quan Cheng in order to calm people's hearts."
He wanted to put Zhu Yunxu on the fire.
If it is announced now and news of the defeat comes in the future, Zhu Yunxu will immediately become the target of thousands of people.
As soon as Huang Zicheng finished speaking, Feng Sheng immediately objected.
"His Royal Highness Taisun is young and is leading an army for the first time. He is inevitably overjoyed at the success and eager to please His Majesty. Then he was deceived by a villain, so he signed this fake victory report."
"If this victory is made public, it will put Taisun Palace at the forefront of the storm. If the war does not go well in the future, what will the people think?"
"This action will damage the reputation of His Highness the Grand Sun and must not be done."
Although Feng Sheng was also very dissatisfied with Zhu Yunzhen.
Especially for his killing of Li Jinglong.
After all, he still had some friendship with Li Jinglong's father, Li Wenzhong.
Moreover, as the nobles of Huaixi, it is inevitable that the rabbit will die and the fox will be sad.
But he has always made a distinction between public and private affairs.
I don't want to use dirty tricks on others in this kind of matter.
In fact, Feng Sheng did not know that dozens of troops were deployed from various military posts to Songjiang to quell the chaos, deliberately delaying the situation.
It's just that most of the generals who commanded the troops had a long history with him, or with Fu Youde and others, and were once their subordinates.
He was indignant about Li Jinglong's murder and thought that doing so must cater to their wishes.
They all seemed to have a tacit understanding and unanimously delayed the departure of the expedition and slowed down the marching speed to vent their dissatisfaction.
Huang Zicheng immediately retorted: "Nonsense. As everyone knows, His Highness Taisun is a genius. Although he is only seven years old, he is ten thousand times smarter than ordinary people. How could he be deceived by traitors? What Song Guogong said is insulting. Your Majesty, Your Highness Taisun, is wise, and I ask that your Majesty punish you."
"Song Guogong also has good intentions, so there is no need to punish him." Lao Zhu said: "However, what Huang Aiqing said makes sense. Since it is a good news, it should be announced to the people of Jinling City to calm people's hearts."
Although he couldn't figure out the reason, he still chose to believe in Xuer.
Perhaps, although this good news was false, it was an idea that Su'er came up with to calm the hearts of the people of Jinling City.
If you do this, the effect should be very good.
This will prevent the people of the capital from being in panic all day long.
Anyway, as long as the Japanese pirates are pacified, even if the truth about the successful news being false comes to light in the future, everyone will only praise it as a good idea to calm people's hearts.
Huang Zicheng was overjoyed when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words.
He then said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, we must reward His Majesty the Grand Sun and the officers and soldiers of the new army based on their merits."
He just wanted to make this happen.
In the future, if Zhu Yunxuan is defeated, he will be invited to participate in the memorial.
At that time, these will all be serious sins!
Unexpectedly, Lao Zhu waved his hand and said: "There is no need to rush for rewards. It will not be too late to reward them when the war is over."
In Lao Zhu's opinion, this is obviously a fake good news, just used to deceive the people of Jinling City, what kind of reward is it!
"Your Majesty, the imperial court must make clear rewards and punishments, and must not let the soldiers of the three armies feel cold!" Huang Zicheng hurriedly advised.
Lao Zhu narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "If we follow Huang Aiqing's wishes, what reward should we give?"
"In my humble opinion, such a great achievement should be rewarded with at least tens of millions of dollars, and all the officers and men of the new army should be promoted to the third level."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a burst of rapid shouting from outside.
"Great victory in Songjiang Prefecture!"
"Great victory in Songjiang Prefecture!"
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A galloping horse rushed straight towards the palace from the streets of Jinling City.
The man on horseback shouted loudly while riding his horse like flying.
Soon, he entered the palace and, led by the palace guards, walked all the way outside the hall.
After entering the palace, he was still shouting: "Songjiang Mansion is a great victory!"
The sound went straight into the hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression suddenly changed.
He stepped down from the dragon chair and walked quickly outside the hall.
All civil and military officials followed in a hurry.
At the foot of the steps outside the palace, the guard who delivered the victory knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, Songjiang Prefecture has been victorious. Your Highness Taisun led 500 new troops and marched straight in. With lightning speed, he took advantage of the unpreparedness of the Japanese pirates and rebels." , and entered Songjiang Fucheng."
"The Japanese pirates thought that the heavenly soldiers were coming from heaven and fled in all directions. The new army blocked the city gate and killed them in the city. They captured countless prisoners. Songjiang Fucheng has been recovered."
He held the victory report in both hands and raised it above his head.
All the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, including Lao Zhu, were shocked by the news.
The 50,000 troops that the imperial court was preparing to mobilize to quell the rebellion had just set off and had not yet arrived.
Songjiang Fucheng was recovered so quickly?
Huang Zicheng was even more dizzy.
Could it be that the previous good news was not fake but real?
After all, battle reports can be faked, but battle lines cannot lie.
A general led his troops on an expedition outside. Today he reported a victory in a battle and annihilated more or less enemies. He also reported a new victory in a battle and annihilated more or less enemies.
None of this can be taken seriously.
Because there is a lot of moisture in it.
After all, it is difficult for the court to verify the authenticity.
The only thing that can be verified is to see how many heads were beheaded.
Because of this, many armies could not defeat the enemy, so they chopped off the heads of ordinary people and used them to claim military merit.
This kind of thing has happened countless times throughout the ages.
Although it is a capital crime once discovered, it has been repeatedly banned.
As for a victory that cannot be verified without the surrender of heads, it depends purely on the words of the frontline leading generals and what they want to say.
Not many people would really believe it anyway.
It is very normal to exaggerate a little, and everyone is like Ming Jing'er in their hearts.
But the battle lines are different.
Recovering the city means recovering.
It cannot be faked.
As long as the generals leading the troops on the front line are not confused, they will not talk nonsense on this.
After all, this is something that is clear and obvious if you check it casually.
There is a joke in later generations, which is "annihilate 100 million enemies and turn into victory."
It is talking about the absurdity of frequent good news coming from the front line, winning battles one after another, but constantly losing cities and territory.
Zhu Yunxuan might just make up a story about winning the battle and report it to the court to gain credit for himself.
But whether Songjiang Fucheng has been recovered or not is definitely a real deal.
Huang Zicheng was stunned by the news. When he came back to his senses, Huang Zicheng still couldn't believe it.
He suddenly stepped forward quickly, walked down the steps, and angrily shouted: "Do you know what crime you should be guilty of by falsely reporting military information and deceiving the emperor?"
(End of chapter)
