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In February of the twelfth year of Chongzhen (1639), the Qing Dynasty ordered the general Dolgon to lead the army to plunder, return from the northeast of the mountain to Tianjinwei, cross the canal and return to the east. On the ninth day of the first month of March, the Qing army exited the pass from Qingshankou and retreated to Liaodong. In the battle, the Qing army entered the customs for half a year, penetrated 2,000 miles, and captured Baoding, Jinan Erfu, Sanzhou, 55 counties, and Erguan; Kill more than 100 generals above the garrison governor of the Ming Dynasty; More than 300,000 people, more than 4,000 taels of gold, and more than 970,000 taels of silver were captured. The suffering and property losses suffered by the people of the Central Plains are immeasurable.

After receiving the news that the Qing soldiers had left the customs, the government and the opposition breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiannu returned to his hometown in Liaodong to divide the gold and silver in a big scale, and held a celebration banquet. And the imperial court will also begin to carry out the aftermath of the martyred cities in various places. Meritorious personnel need to be rewarded, and wrecked personnel need to be punished. Chongzhen handed over the power to lead the rewards and punishments of the ministers to Yang Sichang

On March 12, Yang Sichang played five accidents: he lost the plane to guard the border; It is said that the ruined city is ruined; early loss of feudal feuds; Said Lost Boss; It is said that the soldiers will wait and see. So Zheng Xizhao, the lieutenant director of Jizhen Town, Sun Maolin, the lieutenant officer of the sub-prison, Chen Zubao, the governor of Shuntian, Zhang Qiping, the governor of Baoding, Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, Wu Guojun and Chen Guowei, the chief soldiers of Jizhen, Ni Chong, the governor of Shandong, Zukuan, Li Chongzhen, and his deputy generals below the state and county divisions, all 36 people died together. The number of those who have been degraded is even greater.

Zu Kuan was arrested, and the holy decree of the rectification of the law before the army was written, but I don't know who should be sent to Lu Dao?

"It would be good if there was no turmoil with Li Weiru, who was stationed in Tianjin Wei and Wuqing County at the moment!" The cabinet is up and down, from the first assistant Zhou Yanru to the second assistant Yang Sichang. All sighed.

From the day Wang Chengen returned to Beijing, the power game between the cabinet and the celebrant appeared to decline, and after Wang Dehua rushed back to the capital in the next few days, the situation became more and more delicate.

First of all, a group of imperial historians of the Imperial History Observatory jointly wrote a letter to impeach Li Shouhan for lying about his military exploits and killing friendly troops, and asked to send personnel to the Nanzhong Army to thoroughly investigate whether there was any greed for merit and arsonance with the enemy during the Battle of Jinan, and why there was only the armor banner of Yue Tuo and others. But there is no corpse head? Unexpectedly, this question book went up. provoked Emperor Chongzhen to be furious, "My generals killed the enemy to serve the country, but you are here to find faults?" What is the intention? ”

For a while, no one dared to speak.

Only Wang Chengen, who was standing next to Chongzhen's book case with a whisk in his hand, pointed to a name on the inscription and said gloomily. "Your Majesty. I've heard of this man's name, slave and maid. ”

The name Wang Chengen pointed to was the former Guangdong Governor Yu Shi Ge Zhengqi.

"This man was in the English Red Hair Raid Territory. did not want to lead the army and horses to resist, and led the troops to drive away the rebels, but hid in the Pearl River flower boat to prostitute and prostitute. Later, he was punished by Master Li. Whipping a few, this matter is known to the three-foot children in the city of Guangzhou. I don't know why, which adult's path he took, and after returning to Beijing, he still served in the Yushitai. This inscription is signed by him again, and the suspicion of personal revenge seems to be impossible to get rid of! ”

As soon as these words came out, the entire Imperial Palace's court clothes trembled. Those dressed in red and blue robes, with the complements of cranes, golden pheasants, unicorns, and pigs embroidered on their chests, and the belts of jade and rhino horns around their waists, suddenly turned whiter than the dead.

There have been rumors in the market that Yue Tuo was indeed killed, Du Du, Abatai and others were captured that day, but in order to consider the dignity of the royal family, General Li reluctantly exchanged the captured King De and others with this huge military achievement. This Ge Zhengqi and others want to completely open up this matter, doesn't this make the emperor embarrassed and throw it to the entire Ming Dynasty?

And as Wang Chengen said, this person's personal morality is at fault, and he was once whipped and punished by Li Shouhan, and it is unknown how credible the impeachment question book he participated in.

Chongzhen just borrowed the topic to play. The anger of the crows, who had been taking out money and food from the inner treasury for months to pay for military salaries, but not hearing the slightest good news such as cutting down the enemy chieftain and capturing the enemy's flag, was completely vented on the heads of this group of crows.

"Where's Luo's nourishment?!"

Turning out from the side, the Jinyi guard commanded Luo to raise his sex.

Emperor Chongzhen sneered: "Ge Zhengqi, in your articles, you keep saying that you are for the country and the people, and you don't blame me at all, and you point out that my right-hand man is loyal to the country as a person with ill intentions, but what are you?" Did Anzhi collude with the Tartars to frame the minister? ”

He waved his hand: "This generation is bullying and bowing, teasing and tongue, and there is no punishment!" Where is the Great Han General of the Town Palace? Drag it on, court staff! ”

Seeing those Han generals dragging those imperial historians down the palace, all the ministers in the hall were terrified, and those officials, some did not say a word, some shouted Emperor Taizu Chengzu, some were sluggish, and some people were gloomy, and some people cursed Li Shouhan and Wang Dehua, Wang Chengen and others for being embarrassed and colluding.

Dozens of imperial historians were pulled out of the hall and dragged under the pedestal, and a brocade guard flag school came over to take off all these guys who were sitting in danger and looked like dogs in the past. In the cold of spring, dozens of white flowers and delicate buttocks make people have some evil ideas.

A eunuch Shi Shiran walked over, but it was Wu Liangfu. He exchanged glances with the leaders of the first few Jinyi guards who executed hundreds of households and the leaders of the Han generals. The people holding the staff looked at the position of Gonggong Wu's boots, and nodded to each other imperceptibly.

"Under the public announcement, how much will you play?"

The 100 executioners led by him deliberately came to Wu Liangfu and took a careful look at Wu Liangfu's closed toes, "The emperor is in anger, and he has never issued an edict, just fight with his heart!" Wu Liangfu replied coldly.

Playing with heart is a deadly way to play.

The brocade guards were bright in their hearts at the moment. This is the father-in-law who wants to give General Li of the Nanzhong Army an explanation, and specially want to borrow a few heads of the officials.

"Execution!" One hundred and ten little bannermen of the brocade guards walked behind the group of people with their court staffs, pulled them over, pressed them to the ground, and lay face down on the ground, and raised the court staff in their hands.

The execution of 100 households gave an order: "Hang the stick!" The lieutenants lined up on both sides shouted in unison: "Shelving sticks!" At this time, one of the small flags walked out of the queue with a large bamboo cane. rested the staff on the hips of Ge Zhengqi and the others. The sound of the stick was terrible, and it looked terrifying, and the captains shouted in unison according to the orders of the celebrant and eunuch: "Fight! So the executioner raised his rod in the air, shouted loudly, and whipped it down.

The civil and military officials in the Imperial Palace could only hear the sound of ghosts crying and howling wolves like a tsunami from the mountains outside the hall, and between the legs of the people who were beaten, purple-black stiff marks immediately bulged. "Whew...... Poof......" "Whew...... Poof......" "Whew...... Poof......" After hitting him three times, the captains looked at Wu Liangfu's ruthless face again, and shouted in unison: "Fight hard!" ”

The lieutenant executioner worked harder. In the process of fighting. The force is more ferocious. Every five hits. The executioner wanted to change people, and the lieutenants still used shouts to convey Wu Liangfu's orders. Every time an order was drunk, one person gave the order first, and then a hundred lieutenants echoed it in unison. The shouts shook the earth. The officials who watched the execution on the stone steps were all terrified. Trembling legs.

The lieutenants who carried out the executions were specially trained. The way to train is: Wrap two dummies in leather, one with bricks and the other wrapped in paper. A dummy with a rod to load bricks. It looks like a light touch, but when you open the leather and look at it, all the bricks inside are about to be crushed; When packing the paper dummy, it looks like a heavy hand, but it doesn't even break the paper - to this extent, he can be selected as a thug to carry out the cane. In this way, when the actual execution is carried out, you can do as you please: if you want to beat someone to death, you use the method of packing bricks and dummies, and if you want to take care of someone, you can use the method of packing paper dummies. The incomprehensible bystanders, who did not know the inside story, could not discern the true intentions of the prisoners from the captain's exertion alone.

It is the court staff in their hands, which is also made of chestnut wood. One end of the blow is cut into a mallet, and it is wrapped with an iron sheet, and there is a barb on the iron sheet, and when the stick is struck, the executioner pulls it again, and the sharp barb will tear off a large piece of the flesh on the prisoner's body.

In the Jinyi Guard, quite a few people because of several times to the Shouhan in front of the edict, and even participated in the war against Jiannu, after coming back, not only made a fortune, but also because of military merits were promoted, in front of the boss was looked down upon even Jane in the emperor's heart. How is this not the envy of everyone? For a time, in Jinyiwei, General Li's name was equivalent to the four words of promotion and fortune. And this group of clear streams, in the past, their nostrils were facing the sky, and they were often a factory guard eagle dog to Dongchang and Jinyi Guard. It's been a long time since these lieutenants held a grudge.

Now that you have seized such an opportunity, how can you not use what you have learned over the years?

On this day, more than 30 imperial historians were killed on the spot.

Since then, in the hearts of the righteous gentlemen of Donglin, Li Shouhan's face has been painted with a strong eunuch color.

"Good! Well played! Wang Dehua and Wang Chengen, who were serving Chongzhen in the Imperial Palace, quietly exchanged glances with each other, and both saw a trace of imperceptible joy from the depths of each other's eyes.

And Zhou Yanru, Yang Sichang and others, who were standing in the queue of civil officials, had their faces as unwavering. As for the emperor's thoughts, these old bureaucrats who have been up and down for a long time can also guess a few points.

These days, the cabinet has received countless documents on the impeachment of Li Shouhan and the South Central Army, and they come from all over the world, and the charges are even more varied.

The generals from Shanhai Town, Jizhen Town, Yutian Town, Ningyuan Town, and other parts of the Guanning Military System impeached Li Shouhan for indiscriminately beheading all the officers and soldiers who were unfortunately captured and trapped in the thief camp and acting as the head of military merit.

Not only did the Guanning army attack him, but even the Yansheng Mansion in Qufu also impeached Li Shouhan on the charge of altering the Confucian classics without authorization, and the books that the soldiers read daily were fallacies and heresies.

Looking at the mountain of paperwork, Yang Sichang shook his head secretly.

"This group of crows has undoubtedly done something to drive away fish and finches for the abyss! At this time, Li was hot, and when the saints were prosperous, he was holding heavy troops. You wrote to impeach him at this time, which just fulfilled his position in the emperor's mind! ”

As Chongzhen's favored minister, Lord Yang was very clear about the emperor's thoughts, and seeing that Donglin's strength had expanded, the military leaders everywhere were becoming more and more domineering. Now there is an example like Li Shouhan, which can be used to balance Donglin and the civilian clique represented by Donglin, and suppress those military sticks who are arrogant and domineering, but they disturb the people and have more than enough to resist the enemy.

Sure enough, after disposing of these imperial historians who framed ministers, Chongzhen had a decree handed down.

"General Li guarded the Han twice, and both made great contributions. With the cabinet's good livelihood proposal, I rewarded meritorious soldiers, and I did not hesitate to give knights. Don't let the world talk about it, saying that my reward is too thin, and it chills the heart of loyal and brave soldiers. ”

"The cabinet has already discussed, General Li has made high achievements, plus his crown prince Shaobao, the governor of the five armies, the governor of the left capital, awarded the Ronglu doctor, and his son Shijin Yi Qianhu, and his son Shijin Yiwei Baihu. Gift to three generations, all one product. ”

Zhou Yanru thinks that this reward is not low. And that's all the money that the chiefs of the armies have given them now. But an imperceptible mockery appeared on Yang Sichang's beautiful cheeks.

Emperor Chongzhen was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "General Li is loyal to the country, and he has entered the defense twice in the stormy weather, and has recovered the famous city. beheaded the slave chieftain and pretended to become the king of the county, etc. and the state has miraculous feats. As an example for the armies, it cannot be rewarded unless it is given a knighthood. ”

"Spread my will, General Longhu, Governor Nanzhong, Army, Horses, Money and Food. Governor Liangguang suppressed the matter of Li Shouhan loyal and brave to the country, and killed slaves meritorious. He was promoted to the chief military officer of the town guarding Nanzhong, and raised the matter of suppressing and appeasing the town and Guangzhou, and handled the coastal defense and anti-smuggling matters in Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang and other places. Stationed in Guangzhou. Give its military name Nanyue Army. Give him the title of earl, the title must be good, and the Ministry of Rites and other departments will report to the cabinet and the celebrant for deliberation. Give him a coupon, give an iron coupon, eat 2,000 stones, and his ministry meritorious generals will wait for the officials, soldiers, ceremonial supervisors, etc. to verify, and the meritorious service will be rewarded. ”

A series of wills were issued, and everyone was stunned like spring thunder. Official positions, messengers, territories, titles, Rao is Zhilu Dao Today, Zhou Yanru, Yang Sichang and other cabinet members of Chongzhen want to wholesale official positions were stunned for a long time. Not only is he an uncle, but he also receives an iron coupon, which is a hereditary earl, not a liujue. He also handed over the envoy of Tizhen and Liangguang to Li, which undoubtedly gave up the land of Lingnan. And gave him the military name Nanyue, and ordered him to handle the coastal defense and anti-smuggling matters in Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang provinces, and the battalion number, what a gift and what a power? How many Ming generals are there to be uncles?

"As soon as this will came out, Li completely became the emperor's lonely minister!"

Yang Sichang, who has been an official in Nanjing, the capital for many years, has a pang in his heart, and he knows very well what the mission of coastal defense and anti-smuggling in Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang provinces means to the Jiangnan Shi clan, which is undoubtedly a thorn in the side. And in this way, the original official position of General Longhu, who had a very strong taste of Tusi Official, was naturally abolished, and Shouhan entered the Liuguan system from Tusi Official.

"Li Weiru must not be allowed to go on like this again, like this, in a few years, his people are full of wings and abundant money and food. It is by no means the blessing of the Ming Dynasty, nor is it the blessing of us! ”

A few days later, the name of Li Shouhan, who had been discussed by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites, was drawn up and sent to the chief of ceremonies and the cabinet ministers.

"Uncle Ning Yuan?!" Wang Chengen almost jumped up and cursed.

This is Li Chengliang's knighthood back then! During the 30 years that Li Chengliang guarded Liaodong, he successively played ten great victories, and the prosperity of the border commander's martial arts was unprecedented in the 200 years of the national dynasty. He was known for his extravagance; military money, horse prices, salt classes, and market rewards are embezzled at will; The interests of the whole Liao businessmen and the people are enveloped into themselves. not only bribed the powerful courtiers to consolidate themselves, but even falsely reported their military exploits, killed good and impostors, and was impeached by the officials. Bestowing this title on Li Shouhan is undoubtedly pointing his nose to his face and scolding Li Shouhan for being a person who brings disaster to the country and the people and raises his own dignity.

"How's this good?"

Wang Dehua was a little angry.

"The Cabinet thinks it's a beautiful title. Over the years, Uncle Li has nurtured the people and opened up thorns. And there are many ways to appease and pacify the Kou. The word Ning Yuan is appropriate. ”

"Exactly! A few days ago, from the Ministry of Rites, Qian Shilang discussed, General Li was named the Dragon and Tiger General, this position was just the old slave for my court officer, and everyone did not think it was beautiful. However, General Li from this position, swept away in Guangdong Province and razed the Pearl River, why not? Don't take it seriously. ”

Seeing that the cabinet's intention was resolute, Wang Dehua and the others had no choice but to give up, and they had to order someone to write a letter, which was quickly sent to the camp of Yang Liuqing and the Han Dynasty overnight, and they properly sued the Chinese officials of the DPRK.

Soon, the holy decree of the canonization and guarding the Han was read by Cao Huachun out of Beijing.

"Uncle Ning Yuan?" After listening to the praise and sealing ceremony of himself in the holy decree, Shouhan couldn't help but laugh dumbly. Before his official position was the Dragon and Tiger General, he made a group of Liaodong anti-thieves attack like crazy, if he encounters this group of Jiannu in the future and plays the banner of Ning Yuanbo, how will this group of guys deal with it?

"Slave and maid, congratulations to the uncle, the emperor has a will, please enter Beijing as soon as possible after receiving the order, and the court has its own reward ceremony."

"Thank you Gonggong Cao for mentioning it. I don't know when it will be convenient for my father-in-law to enter Beijing? Shouhan saluted the great eunuch Cao Huachun very interestingly.

"So that the uncle will know that the slave and maid are old. The emperor's grace, let the slave and maid return to their hometown to retire, this time to the uncle's army to announce the decree, it is also the last time the slave and maid to do errands for the emperor, which can be regarded as opening the eyes of the slave and maid, and seeing the momentum of my Ming strong army! ”

Ordered someone to take out a plate of jewelry and property to reward Cao Huachun, Cao Huachun bowed to his uncle's reward with great gratitude, and went down to rest with the people beside Shouhan without mentioning it.

"Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord, from now on he will be an earl!"

From behind the curtain, Li Peiting turned out with a strange expression.

"Second brother, I don't know what this group of bureaucrats in the Dao Dynasty thinks, they actually pressed the title of the ancestor on my head! These dog thieves! Shouhan blushed for a rare time.

Unexpectedly, Li Peiting waved his hand very calmly.

"Why should the lord bother? I said a long time ago that the people of the Li family in Ningyuan had all died in the waves of the South China Sea. ”

"But the lord entered Beijing this time, but he had to be more careful. I have heard the will and ordered you to bring a brigade of troops into the city to offer a great gift of prisoners, lest the high-ranking officials in the city will be unfavorable to the lord at this time! ”

"Once the lord becomes Yuan Chonghuan's second, the army and horses outside the city are leaderless, and there are tens of thousands of Qin soldiers of Hong Chengchou on the side, at that time, our army is in danger! The Lord is in danger! (To be continued......)