Hong Chengchou's prediction was not wrong, the news that Nanyang Mansion was captured by the Liukou was suppressed by the emperor, this time was the critical moment to exterminate the Liukou, and he couldn't mess up his own position, but after Cao Wenzhao and his three thousand Guanning Iron Cavalry fell into Huguang and sent it to the imperial court, the emperor under the anger couldn't help it.

The emperor thought a lot, at the beginning of the Imperial Inspectorate Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai proposed to let Hong Chengchou lead the extermination of the Liukou matter, the cabinet chief assistant Wen Tiren also expressed support, for the balance of the court, the emperor acquiesced to this decision, Zheng Xunrui was transferred to the governor of Shaanxi, but a few months passed, waiting for this ending, which is difficult for the emperor to accept.

Cao Wenzhao's bravery, the emperor is clear, even in the face of the Houjin Tartars, he is fearless, and the news of his fall is a great blow to the emperor.

In the early dynasty, the folds were made public, and for a time many civil and military ministers were very silent, and no one spoke, this situation made the emperor feel strange, and his anger had no place to vent, but he could only question the military department and the metropolitan procuratorate, and Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the military department, was extremely frightened, but it was irrefutable.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate, who actually presided over the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was very depressed.

The status of the Imperial Court is lofty, the left and right imperial history is the grade of the second grade, the left and right deputy imperial envoys are the rank of the third grade, and they are all high-ranking officials of the imperial court, but these positions are basically part-time, and they are not specifically responsible for the affairs of the Imperial Procuratorate, for example, Zheng Xunrui, the left deputy imperial history, served as the governor of Shaanxi, and the right deputy imperial envoy Tang Shiji, served as the governor of Huguang, etc., and the real person who is responsible for the daily affairs of the Imperial Court is generally the imperial history of the left and the capital.

The affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are also very special, specializing in the impeachment and supervision of officials, which makes the relationship between the superior and the subordinate, the relationship between the leader and the led is not so clear, for example, the most powerful force of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is to supervise the imperial history, there are more than 100 people, although these supervising imperial history is only the grade of the seventh grade, but because of the special duties, it has been respected by the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty.

In other words, Ma Shiying's words, those stubborn inspectors of the imperial history, may not necessarily be obeyed.

When Chongzhen was five years old, Ma Shiying served in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he was clear about the big and small things that happened during the period, and said that this time to exterminate the Liukou, Zheng Xunrui did a good job, Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai supervised the imperial history, but they wanted to impeach, and recommended Hong Chengchou to complete the final attack, but half a year passed, the most courageous general soldier of the Ming Dynasty, Cao Wenzhao, died, and the three thousand Guanning Iron Cavalry under his command fell, Nanyang Mansion was captured, and the Liukou entered Huguang.

Of course, this can't be said to be the responsibility of Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai, after all, deciding such a big matter is far from being decided by the two superintendents, and the cabinet must agree with it, but no matter what, it is Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai's mention.

The reason for this, of course, Ma Shiying knows that Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai and others are incompatible with Zheng Xunrui, completely opposite, and saw that the rogue was about to be exterminated, such a great credit could not be obtained by Zheng Xunrui, so Hong Chengchou was recommended to be responsible, but the cabinet also had such a view, so Zheng Xunrui served as the governor of Shaanxi.

Ma Shiying is very cautious, although he said that in the early dynasty, he was reprimanded by the emperor, he would not lightly blame Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai, you must know that behind these two people, there is a force that cannot be underestimated, Donglin Party Restoration Society and Ying Society, I don't know how many scholars have been entrapped, such a huge force, Ma Shiying does not want to provoke.

After thinking about it, Ma Shiying can only pretend to be deaf and dumb, anyway, the military department is in front, and besides, impeachment is the power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, no matter what is right or wrong, the final decision is not the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

In the public house, Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai's expressions are not very good, most of the colleagues look at them, they are not very natural, the reason, the two of them know very well, if it weren't for the official position of the two of them to supervise the imperial history, they are afraid that they would have been punished a long time ago, but the two of them don't care, they are just mentioning yì, there are people behind them who are secretly operating, and this time Cao Wenzhao ordered Nanyang Mansion City to be captured by the Liukou, and there were also people behind them who secretly warned them, don't panic, it's not a big deal.

Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai are still a little worried, the impeachment they proposed at the beginning, after careful consideration, but the foothold is that the Liukou is already on the verge of collapse, and will soon be exterminated, who knows that their foothold is not right at all, the Liukou is far from the verge of collapse, half a year has passed, but it has survived the difficulties and developed in the direction of Huguang.

The first bird is not so easy to do, the rogue escaped from life, and the most powerful Cao Wenzhao general soldier fell, and many people will blame the two of them for the responsibility.

When the time for Hugh Mu came, Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai left the Metropolitan Procuratorate side by side, not taking into account the discussion and gaze behind them.

Wu Weiye, the head of the ministry, had already prepared wine and food and was waiting for everyone's arrival.

Zhang Pu, Zhang Cai, Yang Yi, Gong Dingyu, Wu Changshi and others arrived one after another.

After three rounds, Zhang Pu spoke first.

"Alas, I really didn't expect it, General Cao fell, Lord Hong was not able to completely exterminate the Liukou, but let the Liukou enter Huguang, and even the emperor was furious."

After Zhang Pu finished speaking, Yang Yi spoke disdainfully.

"Tianru, there is no need to sigh, no one can guarantee the things on this battlefield, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, I have noticed, when Lord Hong was in Shanxi, he killed tens of thousands of rogues, this can't be said to be a credit, although Cao Zongbing fell, but also killed tens of thousands of rogues, and the number of rogues who entered Huguang is only tens of thousands, presumably Lord Hong will lead the army to completely exterminate the rogues in Huguang."

Yang Yi's tone made Wu Weiye a little unbearable, strictly speaking, Wu Weiye, who is a member of the Restoration Society, has been reflecting on it these times, he feels that the approach of Zhang Pu, Yang Yi, Zhang Cai and others is not at all from the perspective of the imperial court, let alone from the perspective of justice, but to find ways to deal with Zheng Xunrui, but in terms of meritorious service, these people are far inferior to Zheng Xunrui, this is like a standing person looking at a person who bends down to do things, and he has to find loopholes in it and take the opportunity to overturn others, This situation is very terrible, if everyone does this, then what hope does the court have, what way out does the Ming Dynasty have, and in the end, isn't everyone all finished.

Wu Weiye has already felt that Zhang Pu, Yang Yi, Zhang Cai, Gong Dingyu and others have put their personal grievances at the forefront, and in order to achieve their personal goals, they do not hesitate to damage the interests of the imperial court, and their purpose is to defeat Zheng Xunrui.

"Brother Zichang's words, I can't accept it, Cao Zongbing is one of the most powerful generals in my dynasty, can fight face-to-face with the Houjin Tartars, its bravery has been recognized by the emperor, the three thousand Guanning iron cavalry under his command, is the most courageous army in my dynasty, there is no fear in the face of the Houjin Tartars, it is the most courageous general and sergeant, the whole army was destroyed, I have seen the twists and turns, there are more than 100,000 Liukou, why arrange 3,000 soldiers to block, the 70,000 troops under the command of Lord Hong, even if 10,000 soldiers are sent to block, None of this will lead to the current situation. ”

When Wu Weiye said such words, no one spoke, and Yang Yi's face turned slightly red.

"Besides, the city of Nanyang Mansion was captured, and the direction of the Liukou's escape, Lord Hong Chengchou and Lord Wang Duo, the governor of Henan, both know, I don't know about military affairs, but I also know that in the places where the Liukou may pass, those who lay heavy troops need to at least guard the city, so that the Liukou can not get any supplies, but the situation is just the opposite, the sergeants of the Henan Guard's army are all concentrated in the area of Kaifeng Zhengzhou and Xingyang, and the guards of the Nanyang Mansion City are empty, and the Liukou seized the opportunity......"

After Wu Weiye finished speaking, Yang Yi spoke again.

"Jun Gong, there is no need to be so excited, how Lord Hong and Lord Wang think is not something we can arbitrarily judge, as for the arrangement of troops, it is not something we can speculate."

Wu Weiye glanced at Yang Yi, there was no expression on his face, and he didn't answer, the comparison before and after can explain a problem, Zheng Xunrui did a very good job at the beginning, everyone just wanted to pick bones in the egg, and now Hong Chengchou and Wang Duo have obviously done something wrong, but they still have to cover it up, how can this double standard be convincing.

As Wu Weiye's enlightenment teacher, Zhang Pu of course knew Wu Weiye's thoughts, and also knew that Yang Yi's explanation was extremely far-fetched and unconvincing.

"Jun Gong, what you said has a certain amount of truth, I have also thought about it like this, but what Brother Zichang said is also reasonable, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, not to mention that Lord Hong has organized a large army to enter Huguang and follow the pursuit of the Liukou, I believe that with the wisdom of Lord Hong, it will be able to completely exterminate the Liukou."

Gong Dingyu, who has always been a little impulsive, also spoke at this time.

"Hmph, Zheng Xunrui shouldn't have let Liukou enter Shanxi in the first place......"

"Shou Kai, what are you talking about, don't talk nonsense on such an occasion."

Zhang Pu couldn't help but reprimand Gong Dingyu, and turned his head to look at Wu Weiye's expression.

Wu Weiye's expression made his heart begin to sink, the key is that his eyes became more and more indifferent, and he seemed to have a strange feeling when he looked at everyone.

Gong Dingyu was not convinced, but looking at the eyes of everyone, it was difficult to speak, and the breath in his chest had nowhere to come out, so he had to drink the wine in the cup in one go, stood up and said that he was unwell, and said goodbye in advance.

Zhang Cai, who has always been irritable, didn't speak, but lowered his head and pondered, not knowing what he was thinking.

The next atmosphere became cold, everyone had almost no words, drank silently, and this banquet quickly dispersed, less than half an hour.

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