Chapter 564: The Northern Expedition

Knowing that the Tatar Ministry was mobilizing troops and horses to prepare to attack Guangning in the east, Liu Juntao was taken aback, this has deviated from the original historical process, and the Tatar Uketu Khan must have been afraid of the fortification of Datong Town and the soldiers of the Tiance Army led by himself, so he was ready to attack to the east and wanted to attack the land of Liaodong!

As a result, Liu Juntao, who was still struggling with how to choose, whether to attack the Tatars in the north first, or to go west to recover Hamiwei, immediately made up his mind to solve the Tatar department first!

The reason why Liu Juntao made this decision was because the Tatar Ministry had already begun to make moves, and the Ming Dynasty had to deal with it, and the Tiance Army led by Liu Juntao was the first to bear the brunt;

Moreover, if the Ming army marches west to recover Hamiwei, the Ming army will definitely have to fight fiercely with those religious madmen of the Vultures, and such a war will definitely be prolonged for a long time, and it is impossible to fight a quick battle like the attack on the Tatars, because this involves a religious, ideological~ morphological problem, and it is not just a military problem.

Once the Ming army fell into a protracted war in Hamiwei, it was very likely that the Tatar Department would gain valuable development opportunities, or even occupy the entire Liaodong, which Liu Juntao could not accept in any case.

Therefore, Liu Juntao ordered the officers and men of the Tiance Army stationed in Shanxi to start mobilizing, and the Ming army in Shanxi strengthened its defense, especially the main force of the Ming army in Shanxi to Datong Town and the western part of Shanxi to deploy and take defensive measures.

On the one hand, he ordered Hu Dexing, the chief soldier of Shandong Town, and Zhang Xiaojun, the deputy chief soldier, to start mobilizing the officers and men of the Tiance Army stationed in Shandong, and prepare to go north to Liaodong at any time.

Then, Liu Juntao wrote a letter to the imperial court, requesting an immediate northern expedition to the Tatar army.

At this time, Emperor Tianshun was also distressed by the changes in the Tatar Ministry and the loss of Hamiwei, and there was nowhere to vent the anger in his heart.

After receiving the request from Liu Juntao, the governor of Shanxi, to fight the Northern Expedition, the anger in Emperor Tianshun's heart burned even more, and he immediately ordered a court meeting to discuss with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs on countermeasures.

"The ministers have heard that since ancient China, they have been in China to control Yidi, and Yidi has lived outside to serve China, and they have not heard that Yidi has violated China and is arrogant and uncontrolled. Since the Song Zuo tilted, the north of the Yuan Dynasty entered China, within the four seas, and did not surrender, this is the catastrophe of China, the shame of the world!

Fortunately, the world rose up, the people of China rose up and attacked, Emperor Taizu Hongwu went on a northern expedition to win the world, and fought and drove the Tartars, so at this time, people are cloudy: Hu Lu has no luck for a hundred years, and today, it is true!

At this time, the circulation of heavenly fortune, the Central Plains is vigorous, and among the billions of trillions, when a saint is born, the Hu Lu is expelled, China is restored, Chen Ji is established, and the people are relieved. To this day, the Tatar Ministry is becoming more and more arrogant, intending to get involved in Liaodong, which is the time when the imperial court raises a large army and the Northern Expedition is conquest.

The minister bravely suggested: The dynasty should raise a large army to go out of Shanhaiguan, gallop to the aid of Liaodong, and meet the eastward advance of the Tatar army; The minister led the troops of Shanxi to the north to attack the grassland, and cut off the back road of the Tatar troops, so that the Tatar army could fight a certain battle! ”

After the eunuch Bingbi read out this Northern Expedition aloud, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty all started to talk about it, and the entire court hall was buzzing.

"Your Majesty! Now the Tatar Ministry has only made some changes, after all, it has not sent troops to Liaodong, is it too nervous for the imperial court to mobilize troops and horses on such a large scale? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, once the imperial court mobilizes troops and horses on a large scale, the Tatar Ministry may not have the intention of attacking, will it be frightened by the imperial court's move, but it will backfire?"

"This move is huge, and now that the state is tense, this move must not be!"

"Your Majesty! Ning Beibo's move was very inappropriate, how could such a major military matter be proposed by the local governor? ”

For a time, Emperor Tianshun's ears were full of voices against the Northern Expedition of Liu Juntao, the governor of Shanxi, most of these ministers were officials of the Thirteen Stations of the Imperial History, and these people had no good impression of Liu Juntao, the governor of Shanxi, and even had no good impression of the military generals of the dynasty, and their eyes were fixed on the military power in the hands of the generals.

At this time, in the face of Liu Juntao's proposal for the Northern Expedition, these people naturally would not let go of this opportunity, and they all jumped out to oppose this proposal.

Of course, not everyone in the court opposed this proposal, and many generals in the court agreed very much with the proposal of Liu Juntao, the governor of Shanxi, believing that all kinds of intelligence had shown that the Tatar Ministry was mobilizing troops and horses, which was an indisputable fact, and the dynasty must be prepared in advance, and the Tartars must not be caught off guard!

These generals all believed that even if the Tatars did not plan to attack Liaodong, the dynasty should also transfer troops to the Northern Expedition and attack it badly, so as to demonstrate the prestige of the Ming Dynasty!

Regarding the remarks of the military generals in the DPRK and China, as well as the Northern Expedition of Liu Juntao, the governor of Shanxi and the governor of Ningbei, Emperor Tianshun was still quite moved.

After all, with the Tiance army, Ning Beibo, and Liu Juntao, the dragon and tiger general, there should be no danger in this battle, which can also add a martial art to Emperor Tianshun to wash away the shame of the defeat of Tumubao, which is what Emperor Tianshun cares about the most.

However, in the face of the menacing civil ministers in the court, Emperor Tianshun could not turn a blind eye to the opposition of these people, so he openly and secretly supported the military generals in the court, wanting to suppress the clamor of those civil officials.

In this way, the large number of civil officials in the court became vigilant, realizing that Emperor Tianshun had sided with the warriors, at least in this matter, and this situation was unbearable for the civilian officials.

As for whether the national government is correct, these civil officials are not the most concerned, and whether they can firmly grasp the direction of the government is what the civil officials are most concerned about.

At least that's true for most civil servants.

As a result, as more and more civil officials joined the quarrel, the monarchs and ministers of the court and the central government also fell into a thorough dispute, and for half a day, they could not quarrel with a result.

In this regard, Emperor Tianshun was very dissatisfied, and at noon, seeing that this matter was fruitless, he angrily brushed his sleeves away, leaving only the Manchu civil and military to continue to quarrel in the main hall.

The next day, Emperor Tianshun came to the early dynasty again, and before the minister of the court could speak, he directly said angrily: "Someone! Give me a read! ”

After speaking, Emperor Tianshun threw a piece of the recital on the imperial case, and the eunuch next to him hurriedly held it with both hands and began to read it aloud in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military personnel.

"According to the secret visit of the Fusi of Beizhen, Xu Haoran, the secretary of Dali Temple, accepted bribes with huge amounts ......and was insatiably greedy."

"Li Ziming, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, used the crowd to impeach his colleagues as a threat, and demanded money from his colleagues, which was a hateful act......"

"Chen Jiuchang, the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, accepted bribes and was insatiably greedy......"

"According to the prosecutor Si Zuo Buzheng Wang Quan failed to solicit bribes, gathered his fellow party to frame others, and flouted the law of the country......"

This performance was secretly investigated and summarized by the Fusi of Beizhen, and Emperor Tianshun saw that the Chinese officials of the dynasty were becoming more and more arrogant, so he asked the Fusi of Beizhen to prepare it in advance, but he did not expect it to come in handy this time.

The eunuch Bingbi read out one by one in the main hall, and every time a person's name was called, one person stood out in a panic from among the ministers, and fell to his knees with a plop.

This recital was very thick, and the eunuch Bingbi had been reading it for a full quarter of an hour, and by this time more than a dozen people had already knelt down in the main hall.

I saw that these civil officials were all trembling, and many of them were already pale and sweating, and the many ministers next to them looked at these civil officials as if they were looking at dead people.

A cold wind blew in the hearts of many ministers, and everyone never expected that Emperor Tianshun would go off the rails with his sword, and with these incriminating evidences that he didn't know when he was ready, he took down all the people who opposed the Northern Expedition the most resolute yesterday!

At this time, everyone had no confidence in their hearts, and they didn't know if the materials in Emperor Tianshun's hands had already been taken out, and if there were any other people's "black materials".

For a while, the eyes of the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu looking at Emperor Tianshun were all with a trace of fear, and there was an unfathomable feeling.

Regarding the Northern Expedition of Liu Juntao, the governor of Shanxi and Ningbeibo, the ministers of the court and the central government did not dare to have any objections, for fear that after the opposition, Emperor Tianshun would come up with something again, and he would be burned at that time.

Emperor Tianshun looked at the ministers kneeling on the ground, and said coldly: "All of them are dismissed and taken down!" Ordered the North Town Fu Division to interrogate strictly! ”

As soon as the words fell, a team of brocade guards rushed to the main hall and took away all the ministers who were already dead, leaving only the Manchu civil and military forces standing in the cold wind.

Then, Emperor Tianshun said in a cold voice: "This matter is dealt with, now let's discuss Ning Beibo's Northern Expedition!" I don't know if you Aiqing, do you have any opinions? ”

This inquiry, like a mountain of ten thousand jun, pressed on the hearts of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, making everyone a little breathless.

However, after Emperor Tianshun asked, the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty were silent, and only the military attachΓ©s expressed their approval.

But if after the war, without the support of these civilian officials, the war will not be able to continue, after all, logistics need these civilian officials to contribute.

Emperor Tianshun saw that these civil officials did not object, but they began to be silent, and they all began to "coldly treat" the Northern Expedition, which made it clear that they were going to start a fight with Emperor Tianshun.

Seeing this, the anger in Emperor Tianshun's heart was burning, but he was helpless.

In the face of the concerted efforts of the Chinese officials of the DPRK, Emperor Tianshun understood that it was good for him to use some civil officials as an introduction to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, but it was impossible to dispose of all these civil officials who were iron-hearted and retreated!

Originally, Emperor Tianshun still thought that after showing this hand today, the Chinese officials of the dynasty would be able to bow down to themselves, and they could also let go of their hands and feet and mobilize a large army to attack the Tatar troops of the Northern Expedition.

But Emperor Tianshun never expected that those civil officials in the court would be so resilient and united, which also made Emperor Tianshun realize that the civil officials in the court were already a huge force and had begun to secretly confront the imperial power in their hands!