"What, the Manchu Qing army suddenly went south and attacked Jinan Prefecture?"
"Isn't Prince De in Jinan Mansion? If the vassal vassal fell, this would have never happened before in our Ming Dynasty!"
"Yes, what if the Manchu Qing army threatens King De?"
"..."
All civil and military officials in the court were shocked when they heard Lu Xiangsheng's urgent report. The most critical thing was not that another city was captured by the Manchu army, but that the vassal vassal fell.
In the history of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Yingzong was captured by Ye Xian, which was a great shame and humiliation for the Ming Dynasty. However, the Ming Dynasty did not compromise and immediately established another emperor. Although the emperor was not captured in this matter now, the capture of the vassal king was something that had never happened before.
The emperor is a person who cares about face. When something like this happens, before him, on the one hand, it is the flesh-and-blood relationship of the Zhu family, and on the other hand, it is the face of the Zhu family. How will the emperor make a decision in the future? This was definitely a huge matter for the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor would definitely be furious.
Thinking about this, many officials couldn't help but gloat. Isn’t Lu Xiangsheng very awesome? Isn’t he very popular with the emperor? It's okay now. If you commit such a big thing, so what if you get favored again? You must be finished now, right?
Including Fan Yongzheng, who was even more happy after hearing the news. He knew that his brother's plan had succeeded, and now it was up to the capital to cooperate.
So, he joined other businessmen, mobilized their representatives in the court, and began to write a memorial to impeach Lu Xiangsheng, strongly demanding that Lu Xiangsheng be held responsible for this!
Fan Yongzheng felt that this was not enough, and told Fan Fu: "While the palace is out for purchasing, contact the people in the palace and ask them to spread this matter in the palace. The eldest master's letter is asking for this to be done while the palace is out for purchase." This rare opportunity must bring down Lu Xiangsheng!"
When Fan Fu heard this, he immediately nodded in agreement and hurriedly went to work on this matter.
At this point, it can be said that in the capital, as soon as Lu Xiangsheng's urgent report arrived, almost the entire public opinion was one-sided, strongly demanding that Lu Xiangsheng be punished.
In the original history, Emperor Chongzhen was very angry about this and ordered Yang Sichang to investigate the crimes of civil and military ministers.
On the first day of the fifth lunar month, Yang Sichang reported five things about the accident: he lost his opportunity while guarding the border; he said the city was ruined; he lost the vassalship early; he lost his commander; he supported the troops and waited.
So Zheng Xichao, the director of Ji Town, the lieutenant officer of the sub-prison, Sun Maolin, the governor of Shuntian, Chen Zubao, the governor of Baoding, Zhang Qiping, the governor of Shandong, Yan Jizu, the generals of Ji Town, Wu Guojun and Chen Guowei, the governor of Shandong, Ni Chong, and the generals of the reinforcements and suppression, Zu Kuan, Li Chongzhen and his deputy generals were sent to prefectures and counties, and all thirty-six people were condemned to death. The number of those who are belittled is even greater.
However, Lu Xiangsheng, who led the world's soldiers and horses in battle, had died in battle, and his body was not allowed to be collected after his death for eighty days. The second year, Lu Xiangsheng's wife asked for a pension, but was not allowed; the third year, Lu Xiangsheng's brother asked for a pension, but was still not allowed. allow.
This kind of history really makes people sigh!
Generally speaking, this time when the Manchu and Qing troops entered the customs, it was the largest number of high-ranking civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty who were killed by Emperor Chongzhen due to the controversy caused by the loss of the vassal vassal. This shows how angry the emperor was!
In the expectation of all the civil and military officials of the dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen really lived up to their expectations. Of course, Long Yan was furious.
However, what no one expected was that the direction of Emperor Chongzhen's anger was in the wrong direction.
"There are millions of troops under the Ming Dynasty. How come more than three months have passed and there are only a few troops who have come to Qinwang?" Emperor Chongzhen was furious when facing the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. "How many troops does Lu Qing have? Is it possible that the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu army only have a small army?" The Qing army has reached the point where they are fighting more with less. With such a huge disparity in military strength, it is no surprise that something like this will happen. Wait, tell me, where have my millions of troops gone? Are they afraid of the enemy? Are you willing to come to Qinwang?"
In addition to being shocked, the Manchu civil and military officials could not keep up with Emperor Chongzhen's thinking. Logically speaking, shouldn't the leader of the army, Lu Xiangsheng, be punished? Why are you blaming other people?
Although they were surprised, the emperor was furious and said harsh words. For a moment, no one dared to face the emperor's anger. They all remained silent and knelt down to be scolded.
This is the time when the Lord is worried about the humiliation of his ministers.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at the ministers below with an angry face and shouted: "It seems that it is better to rely on others than to rely on yourself. Does this mean that I will personally lead the army to fight in the future, right?"
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he gave a foreshadowing and told them that he would personally lead the army in the future. If anyone dared to object, just use this incident as an example.
The courtiers below were all shocked when they heard this, which was beyond their expectation.
The emperor personally led the army. In the past dynasties of the Ming Dynasty, except for Taizu Chengzu, Ming Yingzong did it once and was captured. Later, only Ming Wuzong did this, and other emperors would never touch it again. Now it seems that the emperor He was so stimulated that he actually thought of leading the army to fight in person?
This kind of thing is very undesirable for them. Just when he was about to admonish, Emperor Chongzhen was already shouting: "Yang Qing is here to take charge. Check for me whether those troops have arrived after more than three months. Is it still time for them to arrive? I will give them one last chance. If the Manchu troops don’t arrive before they leave the border, I’ll take his head!”
After he finished speaking, he stood up and left without giving the ministers a chance to speak. Before leaving, he looked up to the sky and sighed: "I'm so sorry for King De!"
When the officials below heard this, they all felt that the emperor was really stimulated this time and felt sad about King De.
But they didn't expect that in Emperor Chongzhen's heart, there was another sentence: Finally, there was one less vassal king!
As soon as Emperor Chongzhen returned to the palace, he immediately summoned the eunuchs in charge of the imperial eunuchs and the eunuchs in charge of the food eunuchs, and secretly asked them who they had sent out of the palace to buy things today.
Within the palace, the internal officials were mainly in charge of purchasing utensils used by the emperor, such as screens, beds, tables and cabinets, etc.; while the Shangshang supervisor was in charge of royal meals, palace food, banquets, etc., and also had to leave the palace.
Emperor Chongzhen asked this question after seeing Fan Yongzheng's instructions to Fan Fu in the eavesdropping system.
For him, this incident was not unexpected. People outside would be surprised if there are no people in the palace! Not to mention anything else, when I heard in the inner study hall that many eunuchs were funded by people from outside, I already knew that there must be connections inside and outside the palace.
The people contacted by these people may not be high-ranking officials in the palace, but hiding in the palace is a hidden danger. After the layoff of palace staff this time, it will also be easier to reorganize the palace.
After Emperor Chongzhen got the list, he secretly sent an order to the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Li Ruolian, asking him to keep an eye on those people.
At the same time, in the southern part of Shandong, an army was heading north. It had strict military discipline and looked like an elite force at first glance.
