After Chen Xinjia finished reading the recital, he handed it back to Ni Yuanlu in the front row, but he took a step forward and came to the center to salute the emperor Zhu Youzhen and said: "Your Majesty, is it true that Yang Hongzhang said in the recital that he beheaded more than 3,000 Mongolian cavalry?" ”

Although Chen Xinjia did not doubt the combat ability of Yang Hongzhang and his subordinates, the stakes were very high, and he still had to confirm it.

"The messenger is already on the way, and he will definitely report to the military headquarters in a day or two."

Hearing this, Chen Xinjia nodded and continued: "The minister thinks that Yang Hongzhang has done the right thing, setting up checkpoints on the border can well control the outflow of strategic materials such as grain and pig iron, and play a certain role in inhibiting Mongolia and Jiannu. Without swords and without food, the army will only become smaller and smaller, and it will fall into a vicious circle. This has risen to the level of a national strategy that must be maintained and made more stringent, and the minister suggested that the checkpoint system should be introduced in other border towns as well.

Chen thinks that Yang Hongzhang's speculation behind the chapter is very reasonable, why the Datong border army just set up a checkpoint, the Mongols went south unusually, and chose to go to Datong after Yang Hongzhang led the army to Datong, how many spies were hidden among these unscrupulous merchants, and how many of the guys in those caravans were Mongols or Jiannu really need to be investigated.

There are also Mongolians are cavalry, and now the Yang Gao staff general Luo Ke's enemy infantry is less than 3,000 people, so that 10,000 Mongols can not take advantage of the slightest, and Yang Hongzhang led the army to achieve a huge victory of one to three casualties. The minister is also curious about the high pond of Datong City before this, in addition to the border army of Datong Town, there are two complete guards in Datong City, why Datong City was captured by the Mongols in a few days, what is even more strange is that as soon as the Mongols retreated, the two commanders of the front and rear guards of Datong sat majestically in the position of the command room, and ignored the new Datong commander-in-chief, saying that he could not leave his post without permission.

However, after the interests of the Mongols and those unscrupulous merchants who provided strategic materials for the Mongols and Jiannu were damaged, they came to provoke the general army, so that the right and wrong were not clear, they despised the officials, and left their posts without permission. Are these two commanders the Mongol commanders or the Jiannu commanders? Such a person is in such a key position in Datong, which makes it difficult for me to sleep and eat. Please immediately send Jinyi Guards to take these two locks back to Beijing. In the end, Chen Xinjia stood up straight, with a look of indignation.

He was really moved by Yang Hongzhang's recital, originally the thirteen guards of Datong, countless fortresses, the fortress is in tatters, and the defenders are not much Inner Mongolia people can understand it, but Datong City since Xu Da was rebuilt, the Ming Dynasty has not lost Datong for two hundred and sixty or seventy years, and the Mongols are not worth mentioning compared with the Mongolian cavalry more than two hundred years ago, which shows that the ability and character of these two commanders stationed in Datong City can be seen.

Yang Sichang wanted to say something to help Xu Fengbo and the others, but when he saw that Zhu Youzhen's face also became gloomy with Chen Xinjia's mood, he had to sigh. What he didn't know was that Shen Wenchao and Xu Fengbo had already started dog-eat-dog, and if Jin Yiwei was asked to investigate, he would be able to find out a lot of things.

Yang Hongzhang's ransacking of Juyong Pass is definitely wrong, everyone knows it, but as soon as this matter has passed for a few months, why no one mentioned it before, and now that he has arrested illegal businessmen, cut off their financial routes, and affected Mongolia and Jiannu, some court officials have stood up to speak, and everyone will think about how much silver he has received from those Shanxi merchants.

Second, Yang Hongzhang used these materials to train a powerful new army and defeated the Mongols who came to sneak attack, these are even rewards for him, and continuing to entangle not only can not defeat Yang Hongzhang, but also increase the emperor's disgust for himself and others. So Yang Sichang chose to retreat in time.

And those who can't see the chapter can only guess what happened from the words and expressions of several scholars, and when they heard that Yang Hongzhang was at war with the Mongols, and beheaded more than 3,000 people under Yanggao City, they were all deflated, they knew that according to the combat effectiveness of the Mongols far inferior to the Qing army, Yang Hongzhang had more than 10,000 people, and it was not unusual to behead a thousand, but with this credit, in the final analysis, Juyong Guan and Zhizhi could be regarded as forcibly transporting strategic materials. So most people chose to shut up wisely, especially the grievances in the hearts of those eager Yushi.

However, Ni Yuanlu did not choose not to say a word like Sun Chengzong and Yang Sichang, after he finished reading the chapter, Chen Xinjia also happened to retreat, so he stood up and said: "Your Majesty, why did the Mongols enter the realm of no one in Datong last time, and even threatened Juyong Pass, now Yang Hongzhang gave the court an answer, the culprit has surfaced, and asked the emperor to order it strictly, and at the same time sent Jinyi guards to instruct Datong Mansion to clear out the Mongols and Jiannu's fine work in Datong Mansion as soon as possible, and screen those officials and businessmen who were bought." Otherwise, the Datong border army is fighting in the front, and the merchants and guards are stabbing in the back, how can there be no reason to be undefeated? ”

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen's eyes lit up, he really wanted to help Yang Hongzhang, and now it seems that the impeachment of the imperial historians should not be difficult for Yang Hongzhang, so it is better to strike while the iron is hot.

Liu Yuliang in the crowd had been observing his words and feelings, and when he saw Zhu Youzhen's expression change again, he hurriedly took a step forward and said when Ni Yuanlu retreated: "The minister thought that what Lord Ni said was very true, and the minister seconded it." Whether it is an unscrupulous businessman who aids in the abuse, or a soldier who builds slaves in Litong, he should be severely punished! ”

Yang Sichang glanced back at Liu Yuliang dissatisfiedly, Liu Yuliang lowered his head weakly, and then raised it again, as if to say I am afraid of what you will do. The reason why he is like this is also weak-hearted, just a few days ago, there were Shanxi businessmen who found him in the house, hoping that on the issue of opening checkpoints, he could stand up and speak at a critical moment, but now it is obvious that Yang Hongzhang has the final say, no matter how much silver those merchants take, he can't stand in the wrong direction. made up such a knife at the critical moment, and he was not afraid that Jinyiwei or Datong Mansion would pull it on him when the time came to handle the case.

Things have reached this point, whether it is the previous imperial history continuing to stand up and dying or other centrists icing on the cake, it no longer makes sense, so they simply choose to remain silent.

Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen sat back on the dragon chair, and then said: "Ni Aiqing and Liu Aiqing said well, the border army is fighting on the front line, and the imperial court and the local government can't hold back, Xu Fengbo and Shen Wenchao will escort them back to Beijing, and leave the rest of the things to Datong Town and Datong Mansion to do." Yang Hongzhang led the army to defeat the Mongolian cavalry and beheaded 3,000, which was a great achievement, but the unauthorized misappropriation of strategic materials in Juyongguan was a great demerit, and the merit was offset by the demerits. The memorial pension for the fallen was left to his own devices.

In addition, Yang Hongzhang's recruitment of recruits and mining matters were all allowed to be performed. ”

“……”

In the face of such an eccentric emperor, everyone had nothing to say, in fact, after dropping out of the emperor for two days and then suddenly announcing the dynasty, many people guessed that the emperor must have a way to protect Yang Hongzhang through the customs.

However, Chen Xinjia couldn't help but stand up: "Your Majesty, how to deal with the affairs of Shanxi businessmen?" ”

Hearing this, everyone came to the spirit again, yes, what about millions of goods and deposits, why did the emperor just pass it over, wouldn't he pretend to be confused?

Zhu Youzhen glared at the brainless Chen Xinjia angrily and said: "Since the matter involves spies and illegal trafficking of prohibited strategic materials, it is reasonable for the Datong General Military Office to detain them, and those businessmen are suspected of collaborating with the enemy, so it is natural to investigate, and it is also a congratulatory gift to not allow them to leave Datong before the investigation is clear." As for the bail deposit, this is also an attempt, and those businessmen can continue to stay in the prison cells of the General Military Mansion without paying the deposit if they do not want to. As for whether there were Mongols and Jiannu in those caravans, it was necessary to seriously investigate, and this matter would not bother Datong Mansion and Shanxi according to the inspection envoys, so they would directly send Jinyi to cooperate with the Datong General Military Office to investigate, and notify Datong Mansion to cooperate with the detention of prisoners and their families when the results are obtained. In addition, last year and this year, there were successive disasters, and I believe that the Jiannu people could not sit still, and the two years were approaching, and the border wall was notified to strengthen the autumn and winter precautions, and the events of the previous year could not be staged again. ”

Zhu Youzhen's last words were reminded to him by Yang Hongzhang in another secret fold, and he took this opportunity to knock on the military headquarters and the guards of the towns on all sides.

This time it was Ni Yuanlu's turn to quit, and he took another step forward with Chen Xinjia's steps: "Your Majesty, since Yang Hongzhang has intercepted a large number of strategic materials, including grain and pig iron, which can fully meet the consumption of the Datong border army, will the matter of mining be handed over to Datong Mansion to do?" ”

These two are really dedicated to the public, Zhu Youzhen is really speechless, this household department is still calculating, it can be regarded as a teacher, the original acquiescence to Yang Hongzhang in Datong is because the household department owes Yang Hongzhang money, and now the idea of people to fight Shanxi businessmen is not to ask you for the household department, you are too picky, but I think so in my heart, I can't say it yet, because everyone is a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, and they are all his Zhu Youzhen's courtiers, so he can't be too partial, but he directly ordered to take back Yang Hongzhang's mining rights, It is estimated that Yang Hongzhang will run back directly from Datong and jump to his feet and scold the faint king.

When he was in a dilemma, he was still a good man Chen Xinjia to break the siege, only to see him smile and say: "Lord Ni, don't look at Yang Hongzhang walking Zhang Li said easily, this time the four tribes of the Mongols only came 10,000 people, and the Datong border army lost 1,500 elites. The reason is that the weapons and equipment of the Datong Army are too backward, and fifty percent of them are eliminated by the military headquarters or the Beijing battalion. Yang Hongzhang recruited 10,000 troops after he arrived in Yanggao, and the emperor allowed Yang Hongzhang to continue to recruit 10,000 soldiers, but these 20,000 people don't have any weapons and equipment, and the military department can't get so much equipment, if you don't let him open his own mine and make it himself, what should I do? ”