【Chapter 622】Bad news from the front line of Xuanda
Yang Dongming is not cunning. He easily burned the flames of war in the northwest to the body of Emperor Wanli. The introduction in the middle is the county lord Zhu Yilan. This was a means of forcing the Wanli Emperor to personally handle political affairs. Do you still want to continue to hide in the deep palace and watch the excitement? Dream on! If your emperor doesn't care about this, we will leave it alone.
Emperor Wanli sat on a high dragon chair and silently looked at the officials below. To be honest, he was disappointed. None of these guys in front of him are of the same heart as him. Whatever he suggested, he would be met with their rebuttals. Over time, Emperor Wanli hated these guys in front of him more and more.
After being cheated by Yang Dongming just now, Emperor Wanli became more and more determined not to continue to appoint any officials. It's all a corpse vegetarian guy, and they can't do any small things. When encountering a little difficulty, he desperately shirks his responsibility. even shifted the blame to the emperor, which was simply lawless. If it weren't for the influence of the ancestral family law, he really wanted the Han general to pull Yang Dongming out immediately and beat him severely.
The first assistant Fang Congzhe saw that Emperor Wanli's face was so bad, and he was obviously angered by Yang Dongming's words. He wanted to say something to round the round, but then he thought about it and forgot it. What Yang Dongming said just now is also beneficial to Fang Congzhe. He actually complained quite a bit about Emperor Wanli's neglect, but he didn't show it directly.
As the emperor, the whole world belongs to your Zhu family, and there is such a big thing in the northwest region, and you don't ask seriously, is this the attitude that the emperor should have? Don't think that you are hiding in the deep palace and don't know anything about the things outside. In fact, you know very well what is going on outside. What is the situation in the northwest region, I guess you also know. Since you don't want your own world, why should we be in a hurry as courtiers? If the thief army takes over the world, the first person to die will be your Wanli Emperor.
If your emperor is unwilling to take care of things and is troublesome, it is okay to delegate power to us. Even if we are not as smart as you and not as powerful as you, but the three stinkers, who beat Zhuge Liang, and the ministers work together to brainstorm ideas, there is always a way. However, you have withheld a large amount of power and refused to let go, and a large number of vacancies have appeared in officials at all levels, and you have refused to fill them, so that the operation of the government is almost paralyzed. You're still deliberately ruining your world. Even if we want to help you, we don't have the ability to help you!
The emperor does not trust his courtiers, and the courtiers are not happy with their emperor, so it is conceivable what kind of embarrassing situation there will be at today's court meeting in the Qianqing Palace. Standing far away from Emperor Wanli, many ministers, you look at me, I look at yours, I don't know what to do. It seems that today's court meeting will not have any results in building a surname. Many people are closing their eyes and recuperating, silently waiting for the announcement of the end of the pilgrimage, so that they can go home early.
Zhang Wenda, the servant of the ministry, said quietly: "Governor Cui, do you really have no good way?" Is it true that you can't draw any elite troops? ”
Standing not far in front of him was none other than Cui Jingrong, the governor of Xuanda. Hearing this, he turned around and replied with a sad face, "What can we do?" I was about to report an urgent matter to the Emperor, but I didn't dare to speak. ”
The officials around him all turned their heads to look at him, with a very curious look on their faces. Cui Jingrong, as the governor of Xuanfu, was one of the few powerful figures who held military power among the officials present. Datong Town and Xuanfu Town are the most direct front lines of the Gongwei Beijing Division, and their military status is very important. Cui Jingrong had something urgent to report to Emperor Wanli, but he didn't dare to speak, which was obviously not a good thing. Could it be that something bad happened in Datong Town and Xuanfu Town? Even, is there an invasion of foreign enemies?
"Won't it?"
"Another invasion?"
Everyone's hearts couldn't help but get nervous.
You must know that the front line of Xuanda is completely different from Xu Xingxia's thief army.
No matter how Xu Xingxia tosses in the northwest region, for the time being, he will not be able to threaten the Jingshi. Because between Shaanxi and Beizhili, there is still a Shanxi. As long as Shanxi is fine, Jingshi will be fine. However, the Xuanda front is different. The front line of Xuanda is the gate of the Beijing Division, and once the gate is opened, the consequences are unimaginable. If there is an accident on the front line of Xuanda, the enemy will directly attack the city of the Beijing Division.
Qiao Yunsheng couldn't help but ask, "Governor Cui, the Mongols are going south?" ”
Bi Ziyan couldn't help but ask: "Governor Cui, shouldn't there be a problem at the front line?" ”
The other ministers also didn't care about disturbing the court, and they asked with concern. For Xu Xingxia's thief army, maybe they don't need to worry too much, just a simple perfunctory. After all, the affairs of Shaanxi Province are not too directly related to them. However, for the Xuanda front, there is not a single courtier who is not worried.
Because, once the enemy breaks through from here, they want to escape, but they have no chance to escape. The northern Zhili is a horse and a flat river, and the enemy's cavalry happens to be unscrupulously scattered, burning, killing and looting. In case the Jingshi is broken, all the people here will be finished together. The original Tatar leader Altan Khan went south to break through the Xuanda defense line and besiege the Beijing Division. Fortunately, he did not break through the Jingshi in the end, otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would have fallen into darkness.
Since Altan Khan, all the powerful ministers of the Ming Dynasty have learned to be smart. They constantly strengthened the garrison of the Xuanda defense line and strived to ensure the safety of the Beijing division. Now, Cui Jingrong said that something bad had happened on the front line of Xuanda, and of course they seemed very nervous. According to the unspoken rules of the Ming Dynasty officialdom, if it was an ordinary thing, Cui Jingrong would never stab himself at the court, so as not to make himself uncomfortable. Since he wants to publicly report to Emperor Wanli, it means that this matter must be very serious, beyond the imagination of normal people.
Because there are more and more ministers gathered around Cui Jingrong, the voice is getting louder and louder. There is a high probability that something will happen on the front line of Xuanda, and this is no joke. Everyone is trying to get an accurate answer from Cui Jingrong's mouth. But how could Cui Jingrong tell them the truth? Naturally, he smiled helplessly and waved his hand again and again. As a result, more courtiers were attracted by the sound of their voices. A group of them gathered together to speak, but they snubbed the powerful ministers in front of them.
Wang Tiqian is a eunuch in the palace, dedicated to maintaining the order of the Qianqing Palace, seeing that the ministers behind him are whispering and making a mess, they simply don't take him as a eunuch in the palace in their eyes at all. He was immediately angry, and he didn't ask for a decree, so he shouted loudly: "No noise in the palace!" Look at you, what kind of system have you become? General Han! ”
Eight Han generals came in from outside the hall and stood in the middle of the ministers, as if they were eight iron towers with bright armor. Luo Sigong, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, also came to Cui Jingrong's side and warned Cui Jingrong with stern eyes not to mess around. He misjudged and regarded Cui Jingrong as the culprit. In fact, Zhang Wenda was the first to provoke the incident. Of course, at this time, there is no opportunity to explain. The eight Han generals were staring at him.
The generals of the Han Dynasty are under the jurisdiction of Jinyiwei, they are all tall and big guys, with thick limbs and powerful martial arts, and any person can put a civil official out like an eagle catching a chicken. For these rude guys, the civil servants don't want to suffer immediate losses. As a result, the ministers, who seemed to be buying vegetables in the vegetable market, had to obediently return to their positions. However, their eyes still firmly locked on Cui Jingrong. Obviously, they will not give up until they have achieved their goal. Xuanda front, what happened?
Fang Congzhe, who was at the front of the group of ministers, saw the chaos behind him and saw Cui Jingrong's figure, so he knew what was going on over there. He couldn't help but shake his head slightly. If this matter is made public in the court, I am afraid it will not be a good thing. Alas, eventful, what a trouble. He inadvertently saw Emperor Wanli's expression, and he couldn't help but shake his head gently in his heart. It's over, this matter has no chance to be redeemed at all.
In fact, what Cui Jingrong wants to report, he, the first minister, already knows. He had also written a brief excerpt of this matter and sent it to Emperor Wanli's case. However, he estimated that the Wanli Emperor should not have seen this excerpt yet. The old man of the emperor has been too busy recently, and the general excerpts will only be read after ten days and eight days. In other words, Emperor Wanli should be ignorant of what happened on the Xuanda front.
It was precisely because Emperor Wanli didn't know about this matter and was not mentally prepared, so he was also curious about the chaos just now. He closed his eyes and gently bowed to Wang An. Wang An glanced at Wang Tiqian. Wang Tiqian immediately shouted: "Xuanda Governor Cui Jingrong, do you have a report?" If so, report it! ”
The surrounding courtiers immediately fell silent. They all looked upright and serious. Emperor Wanli spoke, Cui Jingrong wanted to say it publicly, but there was no way, right? Sure enough, Cui Jingrong came out with a sad face, stepped forward step by step, and said bitterly: "Minister, there is indeed a report." ”
Emperor Wanli nodded.
Wang Tiqian said: "You play it in detail." ”
Cui Jingrong said in a bitter tone: "Your Majesty Emperor Qiqi, the minister got the latest battle report, and the thief army under Xu Wei not only defeated Lin Dan Khan's heavy troops, but also took advantage of the situation to capture Guihua City. Moreover, after the thief army captured Guihua City, it also used a cavalry to wander around Datong Town and Xuanzhen. The minister learned three days ago that the main force of the thief army, the first part of the Shooting Army, controlled the area of Maoerzhuang and Shamatai, which was less than thirty miles away from our army......"
(To be continued)