Chapter Ninety-Four: The Northern Expedition

The first person Longwu summoned was He Tengjiao.

Ma Shiying has already expressed his attitude yesterday, and he will not change much for a while.

But He Tengjiao remained silent, so it was very necessary for Longwu to appease Gao Yigong and do the work of He Tengjiao.

He Tengjiao also understood this, he had actually been thinking about it all night, and only slept slightly in the second half of the night.

Long Wu saw He Tengjiao and said: "He Aiqing, please sit down, wait a while in the early dynasty, I will make a long story short, after thinking about it carefully, I still can't make up my mind, but I don't know what He Aiqing thinks?" ”

Longwu's mind had already been determined. He wants to seize this opportunity, but in the current situation in Changsha, if he doesn't convince one of He Tengjiao and Ma Shiying, Longwu can't implement it even if he has all kinds of thoughts.

He Tengjiao said: "Your Majesty, such a big event, the minister went back and tossed and turned, thinking about it for a long time. For Gao's sins and other crimes, Emperor Xie Yizong was punished by the Ming Dynasty. But ---"

When Long Wu heard these two words, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

As Longwu expected, He Tengjiao continued: "Now the national fortune is difficult, the country is ruined, the two capitals are covered with dust, and the two emperors are in trouble, and this is the autumn of critical survival. When abandoning false fame and taking real profits, it is not appropriate to chill the heart of distant people to surrender. ”

"So?" Long Wu's heart moved, and he said, "Lord He agreed. ”

"Although the minister is willing to be lenient, General Gao's previous sins cannot be written off." He Tengjiao said: "In order to give an explanation to the people of the world, the minister asked His Majesty to support grain, grass and ordnance, and ordered General Gao to go on a northern expedition for self-efficacy." ”

Long Wu listened to He Tengjiao's words, and his heart moved first, knowing that this was a good way, and it was even better in the hearts of many scholars, just to give up some money, let the thieves kill each other, is there a better way than this?

However, Longwu quickly broke away from this good solution. Because Longwu knows very well that there is a gap between reality and imagination. How stupid is Gao Yigong to be so obedient. Seeing that Gao Yigong fled from Hubei so quickly, it can be seen that their fear of the Xia army, just a little money, can make Gao Yigong immediately turn around and attack Xia.

Thinking further, if this battle is victorious, it will only be a feudal town, and if it is defeated, it is impossible to say that the Xia army will chase the defeated army. At that time, the situation was even worse.

Long Wu said: "Will General Gao agree to such conditions?" ”

He Tengjiao is such a smart person, he said: "There is no need to be too anxious about this matter, a town can be set up south of Jingzhou and north of Changde for the Gao clan to be used as a place for the Gao family's troops, and in the name of the Northern Expedition, grain and grass will be supported, and Er and others will be the northern barrier." If you have a high merit in the north, the minister can urge Zhang Kuang to vigorously advance eastward and overcome Nanchang.

Go north to Jiujiang and cut off the connection between Wuchang and Nanjing. Restore the Jiangnan half. ”

After listening to this, Long Wu paced slowly.

This general strategy of the Northern Expedition has been deliberated by Longwu more than once. Zhang Kuang and Zhang Yingyuan have also fought a few small battles, and the number of victories and defeats is needless to say. It's not about the big picture. This was done before because Wuchang hoarded heavy troops and avoided the strategy of attacking the real one.

Now that the situation has changed, whether this strategy should be revised or not is still in between. But the Northern Expedition must have it.

For Longwu, the Northern Expedition was not only a military operation, but also a political slogan.

Taking the Northern Expedition as a political slogan is an old-fashioned thing in Chinese history, and when we look at the history of the North and the South and the Southern Dynasties, the words "Northern Expedition" almost abound. All kinds of political-struggle after that are written all over the place. He Tengjiao's method of unraveling the set can not be described as unclever.

Restore the homeland with the Northern Expedition and fight against Bo Yu Yizong's ingratitude.

Of course, Longwu could also see that He Tengjiao's defense of Gao Yigong did not have the idea of putting Gao Yigong south of Dongting Lake from beginning to end. The idea of separating Gao Yigong from Longwu couldn't be more obvious.

"Anyway, let's take care of these tens of thousands of troops first, and then talk about anything else." Long Wu said secretly in his heart. He turned back to He Tengjiao and said, "I have memorized Mr. He's words. It's not too early, let's talk about it early. ”

In fact, many affairs in Changsha nowadays do not need to go to the early dynasty at all, compared to Zhu Yuanzhang's affairs, the early dynasty is not enough time, and the noon dynasty is different, the six yamen in Changsha are all newly built, and many yamen, such as the Hanlin Academy, now have only one brand, and they can't perform official duties normally.

The real power is in the hands of the two scholars.

It is better to communicate with Ma Shiying and He Tengjiao first, which is much faster than the previous morning.

However, the early dynasty can be regarded as a diligent government, even if it is a good thing, it must continue to persist.

Immediately a few silent whips sounded, and then dozens of guards lined up, and Longwu went up in front of the simple palace, only some important officials could be in the room, and many officials were lined up in the courtyard. In fact, the same is true in Beijing.

The real dynasty is called the Imperial Gate Listening to the Government, and many officials are lined up outside the palace.

"Something to start, nothing to retreat." A long eunuch's voice came out.

"Inspector Yu Shi Wen'an's play." Wen Anzhi was wearing an official robe, strode out, and told the story of Gao Yigong. For a while, many ministers were discussing. The scene was very chaotic, and Long Wu looked at the civil and military officials, and knew that the news had already leaked out.

It has never been possible to expect the Daming Palace to keep it secret.

"Ahem." Longwu coughed twice and said, "What do you Aiqing think?" ”

"I thought

Never. Without waiting for Ma Shiying to speak, a white-bearded old man came out and said loudly: "The thieves are raging all over the world, people and gods are complicit, Jiashen is changing, and Emperor Yizong is in trouble." The so-called lord humiliates the minister to death, and the lord humiliates the minister and dies, let alone suffer? ”

"The minister received the great favor of Emperor Yizong, but now he owes a dead ear. The high thieves and others followed the thieves to wreak havoc on the world, and they didn't know how many doctors they had killed. To make the world outrageous, His Majesty only has today, and Emperor Yizong was heroic back then. Now I don't think about the hatred of my father, I accept thieves, I don't think about the righteousness of Kuangfu, and I am bent on it. A hundred years later. The minister doesn't know why His Majesty saw the ancestors and ancestors underground, and the minister doesn't know why His Majesty saw Emperor Yizong underground. ”

Long Wu's face was blue and white for a while, and his heart was so angry that he almost wanted to kill. His teeth rattled, but he could only endure it.

This is not the end, though, but just the beginning.

Under the leadership of this old minister, a group of more than a dozen officials fell to the ground one after another and began to play one by one. Most of these are Jinshi backgrounds, and between their words, they are like knives and swords, and they are ruthless. Suddenly made Longwu feel like he had no place to be ashamed, and he couldn't wait to find a pit to bury.

These scoldings are much more ruthless than Ma Shiying.

The Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty were completely different in spiritual temperament, and the Ming Dynasty respected morality. Therefore, there are many people who say one thing and do another, all rap is high-key, but when it comes to really doing things, even ordinary people are not as good. But above the imperial court, it was political correctness.

Chongzhen's death to Li Zicheng is the hatred of the family and the country, and the hatred of the monarch and father, which must not be ambiguous. That's political correctness.

Longwu's acceptance of Gao Yigong and others is reluctance and compromise.

Long Wu saw that some ministers also had some intentions, and secretly said in his heart: "We can't go on like this anymore, otherwise it will be a situation where they will attack in groups." ”

After all, scolding the emperor at the end of the Ming Dynasty is almost a popular fashion, and even more than the emperor's punishment, it is also praised by others, at this time to say something absolutely correct from the crowd, natural reasons, as for the specific implementation of things, sorry, this matter is not something that the Confucian ministers and officials consider.

Long Wu violently overturned the previous case.

Countless folds, pen holders, inkstones, and the four treasures of the study fell to the ground, some of which were porcelain, and they fell very crisply. When such a big movement came out, everyone was silent, looking at Shang Longwu.

Long Wu's eyes swept over all the ministers like lightning, plucked up his courage, and said without showing weakness: "I am a side branch clan, I have no hope of inheriting the great treasure, and I have never thought of this in this life. It's just that he is willing to be a virtuous king and leave his name on the history, and the rest of his wish is enough. ”

Long Wu's voice came out of the main hall and into the ears of the officials outside, and the voice echoed quietly, and no one dared to make a sound to interrupt. And Longwu was also immersed in the past for a while.

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