Chapter 9: The Battle of the Court IV

"Maybe Lord Xu, you don't know, the knife in the back on the battlefield can only mean that the person who was stabbed is facing the enemy with his back, not facing the enemy head-on, and the meaning of the lower official, I think all the adults understand!" Shen Chongming didn't say it directly, what he wanted was for Xu Jie to say it himself, so that he couldn't go back on it.

Shen Chongming had already said it clearly enough, how could Xu Jie not understand, only to see the corners of his mouth tremble, and said forcefully: "Hehe, the official didn't see the situation at that time, how can I know if what you said is true or false!" ”

Shen Chongming rolled his eyes, it seemed that this Xu Ge was always planning to be shameless to the end: "It can't be fake, it can't be fake, those soldiers on the battlefield can testify, if you still don't believe it, you can ask the emperor to send someone to Zhejiang to investigate!" ”

Xu Jie secretly hated for a while, good boy, he actually knew how to hand over this matter to the emperor to send someone to investigate, in that case, even if what the old man said was true, the emperor could turn black and white upside down, not to mention that the old man didn't know if his words were true or not.

"Let's just think what you said is true, then why didn't you send the three thousand battalions of soldiers to fight when the war started, but left them behind, didn't this deliberately leave a chance for the Japanese to take advantage of?" Xu Jie's voice was full of emotion, and when he said this, he was full of confidence in his heart, and he stated this truthfully, depending on how you quibble with a yellow mouth.

"Why did your lord say this, in the end, that bastard said that the soldiers of the 3,000 battalion did not fight, and the bear of the 3,000 battalion personally led 300 warriors to climb to the top of the mountain from the cliff on the east slope regardless of their own safety. Shen Chongming's eyes glared angrily and scolded, and the splattered saliva sprayed Xu Jie's face, and he didn't dare to open his eyes.

"Dare Shen Chongming, dare to lose his honor in front of the king!" At this moment, Ouyang Jingzhi suddenly jumped out, pointed at Shen Chongming with anger on his face and shouted.

Shen Chongming looked back and scolded: "The gentleman lost his manners, could it be that the men in my army should learn from you, this old thing, and the appearance of morality and sanctimony in the belly of the male thief and female prostitute will not succeed!" ”

Ouyang Jingzhi couldn't help choking, he never thought that Shen Chongming would say such presumptuous words in public, an old face turned from white to blue, from green to red, and he was speechless for a while, only one finger stretched out trembled.

With a flick of his sleeves, Shen Chongming ignored him again, turned his head and looked at Xu Jie, who had the same ugly face, with a proud face, but I wanted to hear what else he could say? If you don't refute him today, the individual is incomplete, and we will have his surname.

"Lord Shen, please be cautious!" Xu Jieqiang held back his anger and said, being pointed at his nose and scolding the bastard bastard can still do this, it is indeed a good self-cultivation: "Although what you said is true, but the 3,000 battalion soldiers who went south to fight that day had 2,000 horses, so what are the remaining people doing?" Wasn't it because you put you in the back to supervise the battle? ”

"Yes and what!" Shen Chongming asked with a sneer, and without waiting for Xu Jie's answer, he continued: "The soldiers of the three thousand battalions are supported by the imperial court, aren't the soldiers of the guards?" The army of my Ming Dynasty was supported by the people paying taxes and paying food, why can 3,000 battalions of soldiers fight bravely on the battlefield to kill the enemy, but the soldiers of the guard can only flee when they meet the enemy! ”

With two questions in a row, Xu Jie was a little dumbfounded, and said with some lack of confidence: "The three thousand battalions are the elite of the imperial court, how can ordinary guards be inferior to them, that is also a normal merry little rascal!" ”

"Hehe, eating grains and grains together, how can it be divided into elite and ordinary, there is a way to be a soldier and a bear, and the reason why some of the guards and soldiers have fallen to such a state today is all the fault of those generals!" Shen Chongming said mercilessly.

Xu Jie didn't know what to do for a while, the reason why the guards were weak and weak, everyone knew that it was because the system was corrupted by the generals, so what Shen Chongming said was not bad at all, and there was no possibility of refutation.

"But you know this, so why do you want to add casualties? Isn't that something you're doing on purpose? Xu Jie's confidence became more and more insufficient, and he faintly saw that Shen Chongming was now confident, and he was afraid that he would be able to block it back if he said it.

"Yes and what!" Shen Chong's fame is not worth his life, he glanced at the court ministers with stunned faces, and said: "The army that consumes money and food to feed can only be seen and cannot be used, this is the shame of the court, it is the shame of the emperor, the saint cloud, the king is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, the king humiliates the ministers to death, dare to ask all the lords, they don't deserve to die, who deserves to die, are you or the lower officials!" ”

Everyone didn't dare to look at Shen Chongming's eyes, and they really sweated for Shen Chongming in their hearts, this kid is not good at studying! It seems that this sentence is not understood in this way.

"Nonsense!" Ouyang Jingzhi jumped out again: "Even if the guards are all wrong, you shouldn't let them give their lives in vain, do you know how many families in the world have lost their loved ones because of your actions, how can such a butcher-like act be worthy of talking about the words of a saint!" ”

"Ouyang Jingzhi, the imperial court raised troops to protect the peace of the people of the world, this time the extermination of the Japanese is on Daishan Island overseas, if the Japanese invaders come to attack them and retreat without a fight, then what about the people behind them!" Shen Chongming asked sharply.

Ouyang Jingzhi was dumbfounded, he didn't know how to respond for a while, Shen Chongming's words were all reasonable, Ouyang Jingzhi didn't speak, if he said anything at this time? Once it is passed out, I am afraid that the eighteen generations of my ancestors will be spurned.

Xu Jie also understood this truth, so he stood silently, and there was a faint sense of powerlessness in his heart, I was afraid that he was going to lose this time.

"Your Majesty, maybe the means of the micro-ministers are inappropriate, but since taking those few generals who were cowardly and ordered to retreat without authorization, the soldiers of our guard station have all taken the lead bravely, and it is precisely because of them that they were able to join forces with three hundred soldiers of three thousand battalions to defeat the Japanese in a short period of time, so it can be seen that the most fundamental reason why some of the guards have low combat effectiveness is the inaction of the generals!" Shen Chongming no longer paid attention to Xu Jie and the others, and turned his head to Emperor Longqing.

I've always heard that the soldiers of the guard are low in battle, and the first two times may be the reason for the opponent, but I didn't feel that they were weak, but this time I saw with my own eyes how cowardly they were when they fought against the Japanese Kou, and there was really such a thing, on the way back, Shen Chongming had been pondering the restructuring mentioned a few days ago, and although he felt that it was important to think about it, he still decided to take a risk, if it can really change the current weakness of the guards and soldiers, then even if there is no other change in the future, There is no need to worry about the invincible Manchu iron cavalry after decades.

Fortunately, now Shen Chongming took the opportunity to put forward part of the idea in his heart, that is, to drastically eliminate all the generals who did not act in the guard system, and select talents to reinvigorate morale.

Emperor Longqing really breathed a sigh of relief, and he actually had a trace of admiration for Shen Chongming in his heart, and he had a clever mouth, and in just a few words, Xu Jie's fierce offensive came to naught.

"Aiqing is right, I have heard about this matter!" Emperor Longqing nodded, for fear that Shen Chongming would continue to speak, and then said: "Let's take a long-term view of this matter, and we will set your new position for the time being!" ”

Now that Xu Jie's position is completely at a disadvantage, Emperor Longqing has made up his mind to pursue the victory, and it is better to take advantage of his current advantage to set Shen Chongming's position in one fell swoop, which can be regarded as a complete victory, and Xu Jie's will inevitably converge on many famous contracts in the future.

Shen Chongming was full of words and wanted to speak, but seeing that Emperor Longqing had no intention of continuing, he had no choice but to give up, and bowed back to retreat.

"Brother Shen, amazing!" Passing by Liu Shouyou's side, this guy quietly gave a thumbs up and whispered a thumbs up, Shen Chongming smiled slightly, but he was also very indifferent, everything is under his control, after all, everything is just a big word.

Looking at Xu Jie, who had a gloomy expression, Emperor Longqing asked mercilessly: "Xu Aiqing, what else do you think about Shen Aiqing's new position!" ”

These words were tantamount to slapping Xu Jie's face, and when he saw Xu Jie's face darkened, he bowed his head and said: "Weichen is still the same sentence, although Lord Shen has made great contributions, but now the hearts of the guards in Zhejiang are unstable, and it is really not easy to promote him to be promoted to the commander of the direct guard!" ”

The tone softened a lot, how could Emperor Longqing not hear this, and he didn't ask any more questions, turned his head to Chen Hong beside him and said, "Decree!" ”

"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and said, Shen Chongming has meritorious service in destroying the Japanese, stepping down from the position of the squire of the Ministry of Works, and transferred to the command of the direct guard from the second grade, Qin this!"

There is not much content, but it is like a needle prick in Xu Jie's ears, only talking about one squire of the Ministry of Works, but he did not say that Shen Chongming should step down from the position of commander of Jinyi Guard, it seems that the emperor is really ready to rely on Shen Chongming, you must know that these two positions are combined, it is not an exaggeration to call Shen Chongming the second person in the army, and this first person is Cheng Guogong, who is highly respected in the army and is the commander of Jinyi Guard.

Shen Chongming was embarrassed for a while, this Shangzhi Wei was a pro-army dedicated to defending the emperor, and the twenty-five guards stationed in Beijing City and nearby important towns, plus three battalions, a total of more than 100,000 horses, were all under his own control. Although many of them cannot be mobilized by themselves, there are also 50,000 or 60,000 elite soldiers who have been preparing for war all year round, such a big power, it is really too high and powerful, and this emperor also thinks too highly of himself!

"Weichen Shen Chongming, thank you Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Respectfully kneeling down and kowtowing to thank him, although Shen Chongming suddenly controlled such a big power, he was sincerely afraid in his heart, but he couldn't refuse this great trust.

Xu Jie sighed helplessly, lost, completely lost, unlike him, many courtiers cast envious glances at Shen Chongming, obediently, this Shen Chongming climbed to such a high position in his twenties, and few people can compare with him in the history books of this dynasty, and his achievements in the future are also immeasurable.

This matter was finalized, and the entire court meeting had passed more than an hour unconsciously, and Emperor Longqing, who was in a happy mood, felt that the solid dragon chair was a little sore in his buttocks, and the grandfather was thinking about it! This is telling me all the time that this descendant is not in this position?

Announcing the retreat from the dynasty, in the sound of long live the mountain, Emperor Longqing walked down proudly, Shen Chongming could not hide his face full of joy, and just retreated to the outside of the palace, the nearby ministers surrounded him with a hula.

"Congratulations to Lord Shen, congratulations to Lord Shen!" …… The sound of congratulations was endless, which made Shen Chongming overwhelmed, and he couldn't open his mouth for a while.

On the contrary, Xu Jie, who has always been a star-studded moon, seems to be deserted around him, except for a few die-hard factions who follow closely around him, there is no one of the sycophants in the past, everyone is not stupid, through this matter, it has been vaguely seen that Xu Jie's qi has been exhausted, at this time, if you don't hurry to other portals, you will wait to be trampled under your feet in the future!

"Hmph, a bunch of sycophants, Sven scum!" Ouyang Jingzhi looked at the other end of the crowd, and couldn't help but brush his sleeves and airsay, his words were sour, but he was a little jealous, the situation was changing too fast.

Zhang Juzheng on the side shook his head slightly, but he felt a little sorry for Xu Jie, his teacher's mind has been a little messed up recently, and he made such a big bet for a Shen Chongming, it is really not worth it, but now it's good, this time he has built up all the prestige he has accumulated for decades.