Chapter 11: Undercurrents

Not long ago, Zhu Youxiao had already issued an order for Wang An to be in charge of the seal of the celebrant supervisor.

However, before the Donglin party had time to be happy, the bad news came one after another, following Wang An in charge of the seal of the ceremonial supervisor, Wei Zhongxian also commanded the Dongchang and also took charge of the imperial horse supervisor.

At the same time, Liu Qiao, the governor of Jinyiwei, also received the holy decree and was promoted to the commander of the palm print.

The emperor's actions in the factory guard are not insignificant, and even shook the three parties of Donglin and Qichu and Zhejiang at once.

Not only did they fight each other, but they were also polarized in their attitude towards the factory guards.

The three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang were defeated by the Donglin Party in the battle in the last years of Wanli, but after all, they had not completely collapsed, not to mention that at the first court meeting, Zhu Youxiao, who had just ascended the throne, forcibly retained Fang Congzhe.

At this time, the power of the factory guard rose again, and Wang An had just taken charge of the seal and the ceremonial supervisor ushered in such a big enemy as Wei Zhongxian.

In such a situation, the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang, which have fallen into a disadvantage, are bound to fall to the Wei Eunuch side, and if the four of them are united, then the Donglin Party will usher in an unprecedented disaster.

Suddenly there was a powerful eunuch, which they were not happy to see.

Wei Zhongxian was promoted and reused, but he has disappeared recently, and he must be planning some earth-shattering case to show his loyalty to the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

After the Donglin Party members left Ye Xianggao's mansion, late that night, Zhu Youxiao received two question books.

It seems that the Donglin Party intends to strike first, and these two questions are the first step.

The first is to repay Yuan Yingtai, the governor of Liaodong.

Zhu Youxiao really couldn't find even a little bit of this so-called merit in the question book, in his eyes, what he saw was a faint trick!

Since September this year, Yuan Yingtai replaced Zhou Yongtai, who was born in the Zhejiang Party, as governor of Liaodong, he has been constantly expanding the border defense in Liaodong, recruiting rebel generals and rebels.

Yuan Yingtai co-opted the Later Jin soldiers and Mongol refugees, distributed military rations, and resettled them in Liaoyang, the capital of eastern Liao, and Shenyang, an important town.

In fact, Xiong Tingbi, the Liaodong Jingluo, had only 5,000 subordinates at this time.

In later generations, when Zhu Youxiao saw this, he even wondered if this Yuan Yingtai was a spy sent by Houjin!

After being discordant, and some people are tricked, it is Jiannu who is happy.

A while ago, when Zhu Youxiao was busy with the big case of moving the palace, Yuan Yingtai took these people out of the battle to fight a small battle, thinking that he was proud, and even used this as an excuse to publicize it.

Wei Zhongxian took the position, and the Donglin Party felt that it was in danger.

This approach is nothing more than wanting to use Yuan Yingtai's so-called "merits" to squeeze out Xiong Tingbi, who is the Chu party, and further control the government.

Yuan Yingtai is a person, Zhu Youxiao still knows something.

In terms of ability, this kid is shrewd and capable, and he belongs to one of the few doers in the Donglin Party, but he is not good at using troops, and his strategic planning is not very thorough.

In March next year, Liaoyang and Shenyang fell, almost because of Yuan Yingtaina's decision to recruit refugees and defeat the army into the city.

When Xiong Tingbi was a strategy, Zhou Yongtai, the governor of the Zhejiang Party, had no ability, but he was not the opposite, and only cared about his own one-third of an acre, which also enabled Xiong Tingbi to display his ambitions.

Xiong Tingbi passed through Liaodong, strictly enforced the law, and the military discipline of the troops was rectified, he ordered the strong wall to clear the wilderness, and every time Jiannu came, he bombarded it with heavy artillery, and he could not defend it.

Jiannu often failed to loot and retreated.

Although the current situation is still dangerous, it is already better than before, and Jiannu has not taken advantage of it for a year.

And Yuan Yingtai lost his leniency, and even moved the rules and regulations of the past, led the troops too benevolently, and liked to attack, which played a lot of counterproductive effects on the garrison of Liaodong.

In history, Yuan Yingtai replaced Xiong Tingbi for only a few months, but he suffered several defeats in a row, resulting in the fall of all the west of the Liao River.

It's not that it's completely unusable.

Let Yuan Yingtai govern the place, be a prefect or even an important member of the court, he should be competent, and even he will be a good official, but if he is allowed to command the battle, he will be blocking himself.

is like Shi Kefa at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he is more than enough to be a speech official and imperial history, but if he is asked to be the chief assistant of the dynasty, he can only get more and more chaotic.

Thinking about it, Zhu Youxiao picked up the second question book.

Sure enough, the next inscription after praising Yuan Yingtai was to impeach Xiong Tingbi of Liaodong Jinglu for "deceiving the world and being jealous of his achievements".

Xiong Tingbi is currently an excellent candidate to guard Liaodong and kill Jiannu, but this product will not be the way to the source, and he is a hot temper, and no one will look at it.

He was born in the Chu Party, but he is half of Donglin, plus he doesn't like party disputes, and he has something to talk about, which leads to several displeasures, and every party has been offended by him.

Historically, he was impeached, and even the people of the Chu Party refused to stand up and say a word.

Xiong Tingbi was impeached this time, and it should be impossible for the first assistant party to let Nipsa cross the river and make it difficult to protect himself, and it should be impossible to say a word and dispatch in the middle.

It is estimated that after Xiong Tingbi knew the news of his impeachment, he would immediately resign angrily.

Once he does this, it will attract the Donglin Party to attack him, and the pigtail will be caught, even if Zhu Youxiao wants to protect it, I am afraid that he will not be able to protect it.

The best result, it is estimated that as in history, Xiong Tingbi's resignation was first accepted, and Jinyiwei was sent to investigate, and in the end, the investigation found that there was nothing wrong, and then resumed as appropriate.

But time waits for no one, according to history, Liaodong is gone!

Since Zhu Youxiao knew that there would be great changes in Liaodong in five months, he would definitely do his best to stop it.

So no matter what, to protect Xiong Tingbi in the attack of the Donglin Party, it is best to transfer Yuan Yingtai away.

On the issue of Liaodong, Zhu Youxiao wants to support Xiong Tingbi at all costs, and if Yuan Ke is restored in the future, the situation in Liaodong will be better.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao immediately recalled one thing in his mind.

After hesitating for a long time, Zhu Youxiao still took out Fang Congzhe's second resignation from a large pile of notes next to him, and sighed:

"Wang An, you can go to Fangfu in person, just say that his resignation is approved."

Hearing this, Wang An was a little surprised, but he still walked out of the hall quickly, and when he left, Zhu Youxiao said again:

"Send a message to Wei Zhongxian and ask him to draw up a decree."

"Add Xiong Tingbi as the right attendant of the military department, give Shang Fang a sword, and issue 200,000 silver to use military expenses. Don't delay in vain, delay the cut! In addition, Yuan Yingtai was promoted to the Ministry of Rites, and immediately returned to Beijing, and during the arrival of the new governor, Xiong Tingbi also raised Liaodong. ”

Regarding the matter of the Donglin Party catching Xiong Tingbi's braid, Zhu Youxiao really has no good way.

Promoted Yuan Yingtai, it is to protect Xiong Tingbi.

The little eunuch ran out quickly after receiving the order, and looked at the direction, he went to find Wei Zhongxian, who was busy with his own little things.

Now the three scholars in the cabinet, except for the first assistant Fang Congzhe, the other two are all Donglin Party, and if Yuan Yingtai is not promoted, the cabinet will definitely not agree to this will.

If the cabinet is stuck, this holy decree will not be issued.

The decree cannot form an effective deterrent, and the date of the fall of Quanliao is getting closer and closer, the Donglin Party can afford to drag it out, and it can keep making trouble, but Zhu Youxiao can't afford to drag it out.

At this time, it was time for Lao Wei to show his skills, and Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that he would use it so quickly to promote Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian was in charge of ceremonies at this time, and when he saw the little eunuch running nervously, he immediately realized that the emperor was looking for him, so he immediately stepped forward and asked:

"Is the emperor having something to say?"

The little eunuch nodded and said, "The emperor has issued an edict to ask the factory prince to draft your decree......

After listening to the content of the will, Wei Zhongxian's face was cloudy, and he said to the little eunuch who was waiting for the reward: "Go and receive the reward, go quickly, if you go slowly, you will be splashed with blood!" ”

After the unknown little eunuch left, Wei Zhongxian laughed a few times and said to one of the women inside:

"Tell me, what does the emperor's will mean, Wang An is still there, but he asked me to draw up the will."

When the words fell, a beautiful woman walked out of the inner room, and her voice was charming.

"You really think that the emperor is reusing you, then Wang An went to Fangfu with an edict a long time ago!"

"He's gone, how come I don't know?" Wei Zhongxian was shocked, stepped forward to hold the woman's hand and touched it, "What will he proclaim?" ”

"The emperor approved Fang Congzhe's resignation." The woman rolled her eyes, and she really couldn't read any information.

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he slapped his thighs and jumped up in ecstasy, which made the woman startled.

"I understand, the emperor asked me Wei Zhongxian to draw up this will, to protect Xiong Tingbi!"

"This little emperor has such a deep strategy!"

As he spoke, Wei Zhongxian also had some words in his heart and didn't say them.

This will says that if 200,000 yuan of silver is to be paid to the border army, the treasury has long been empty, can the Donglin Party not focus on this piece of fat?

My old Wei's chance to perform has come!

Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian drafted a decree, called a confidant eunuch to the cabinet to announce the decree, and then left the woman and went to the Dongchang Yamen.