Chapter 641: Lack of Cleanup
Then he said as if he had made up his mind: "Quickly open the city gate, let us go and greet the brothers of the Tiance Army who have come from Beijing." ”
In fact, there is no need for Zhang Wenzhong to open the city gate, the city gate of Zhangjiakou is already under the control of the Tiance army.
Zhu Zhifeng, the governor of Xuanfu, and Du Xun, the eunuch of the town, were also in Zhangjiakou City. The governor of Xuanfu was originally located in Xuanhua, and after the rise of Zhangjiakou, the station was moved to Zhangjiakou.
Zhu Zhifeng and Du Xun were taken aback when they heard that the city was broken, and then they were relieved when they heard that it was the Tiance Army that came, not the Tartars. In any case, the Tiance Army is also an army that belongs to the imperial court.
Outside the gate of Yongzhen in Zhangjiakou, the Tiance army has completely controlled the two city gates, and the defenders in the city are quite cooperative, and they do not choose to resist, Feng Yuanshan led the team into the city, and Zhang Wenzhong, the garrison of Zhangjiakou, greeted him with a smile.
At this time, Zhu Zhifeng, the governor of Xuanfu, and Du Xun, the eunuch of the town, also rushed over, and they were still far away, so Du Xun shouted: "What a boldness, who did you order to rashly attack Zhangjiakou City?" The Tiance Army's garrison is Shuntianfu, do you have a warrant from the military department? ”
The eunuchs have great powers, including supervising civil and military officials, dispatching officers and troops to suppress the people's rebellion, suppressing local tyrants, arresting fugitives, proposing to the central government to reduce administrative and military settings in response to the needs of local public security, coordinating the official affairs of civil and military officials and departments, prefectures, and counties in the province, and appeasing the displaced population.
In the later period of Chongzhen, all the eunuchs came out together to monitor the Zhubian and key points. The eunuchs also have unprecedented powers such as temperance talismans, all scheduling expedient advances and retreats, officials rewarding and punishing meritorious crimes, and listening to cheap actions, which shows that Emperor Chongzhen pinned his greatest hopes on them.
This Du Xun is born in the palm seal of Shangshanjian, and he can be the eunuch of a town, and he is quite favored by Chongzhen, and he has always been arrogant in Xuanfu.
Feng Yuanshan lazily ignored him, but took out a notice and read: "By the order of the crown prince Shaobao, the left servant of the military department, the Liaodong Jingluo, and the governor of the heavens, Lord Wang Sihua. The evidence is conclusive that Fan Yongdou, Jin Liangyu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Huang Yunlong and others collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country and colluded with the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He was ordered to arrest and bring the thieves to justice, confiscate his family property, and hoped that the generals and officials in various places would cooperate, otherwise they would be punished for the same crime. ”
Du Xun sneered: "May I ask this general, what official position are you now?" ”
Feng Yuanshan said: "The commander of the Fifth Brigade of the Tiance Army." ”
Du Xun raised his voice and said: "What brigade commander, the Sprinkle family asked you what official position you have in the official army?" ”
Feng Yuanshan said impatiently: "The chief soldier of Songjiang Mansion. ”
Du Xun said loudly: "You are just the chief soldier of Songjiang Mansion, and he Wang Sihua is in charge of Yingtianfu, is he in charge of the affairs of our Xuanfu?" Do you have the Emperor's decree? What about the military warrant? You left the defensive ground without authorization and rashly attacked Zhangjiakou City, what is this? This is a rebellion, this is a great rebellion ....... ”
"This prisoner is entrusted by the Holy God to inspect the soldiers and civilians of Xuanzhen, eliminate evil, and be kind to you, and you will never be allowed to ...... here!"
Chongzhen did acquiesce to Wang Yue's actions, but it was only verbal, and he would not leave words for those civil officials to use to spray themselves.
Du Xun's mouth opened and closed, gushing endlessly, and Feng Yuanshan felt that there were ten thousand flies buzzing in his ears.
"Smack!" Feng Yuanshan slapped Du Xun in the face with a backhand, and Zhang Wenzhong and the others were also taken aback.
After years of training, Feng Yuanshan's hand strength is not small, and half of Du Xun's face immediately swollen.
"Poof!" Du Xun spit out a mouthful of blood, and a tooth also spit out, he looked at Feng Yuanshan in disbelief, he pointed at Feng Yuanshan with an orchid finger, and said inarticulately: "You, you dare to hit this prison?" ”
"Smack!" Feng Yuanshan slapped Du Xun in the face again, and shouted, "If you talk more, I don't mind killing you eunuch." ”
Du Xun's eyes were swollen after being slapped twice by Feng Yuanshan, and his cheeks were swollen, completely stunned.
"Bold!" Zhu Zhifeng, the governor of Xuanfu, pointed at Feng Yuanshan, and his angry hands began to tremble: "Is there still military discipline and national law in your eyes?" As the chief soldier of a town, he dared to beat the eunuch guarding the town, even if the old man fought for his life, he would impeach him Wang Sihua for arson and murder, and despise the artifact! ”
Feng Yuanshan smiled, looked at his official uniform and said, "This should be Governor Zhu, right?" Don't be angry, you can go for impeachment, but before you do, take a look at these things. ”
Before leaving, Wang Yue had an explanation and was polite to the third governor of Xuanda.
Among the local governors at the end of the Ming Dynasty, they were relatively honest and open-minded, and the three governors who were the most loyal to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhifeng, Cai Maode, and Wei Jingchuan, were all concentrated in the three towns of Xuanda.
As soon as he came to power in history, he impeached and imprisoned Tang Yu, the chief soldier who had corrupted and perverted the law, and eliminated redundant soldiers and redundant service, revived and restored Tuntian, inspected the false salaries of the army, and checked the hidden fields in the town.
In history, after Li Zicheng advanced, these three governors all committed suicide and martyrdom, but they were the general soldiers of the three towns of Xuanda, except for Zhou Yuji, and the eunuchs who guarded the town, surrendered one by one, and hundreds of thousands of troops did not let go of a shot, and laid down their arms without shame.
After Li Zicheng entered the Xuanfu, Du Xun surrendered, and the general soldier Wang Chengyin surrendered. The whole city surrendered, Zhu Zhifeng personally lit the cannon, but was torn left and right, and finally Zhu Zhifeng hanged himself, and his body was abandoned in the middle of the attack.
Therefore, Wang Yue still has some respect for these three governors, and the materials that Feng Yuanshan showed to Zhu Zhifeng are the love materials of the collusion and smuggling of the eight major families of the Jin merchants and the forgery of the silver yuan coupons of the starting city.
This material includes the confessions provided by the Wang Pu family, as well as the confessions of the people captured in Shanxi, and the confessions of the nails captured in the starting point city, which are very detailed.
With military solutions as the mainstay, supplemented by political solutions, it is impossible for the Tiance Army to kill people on sight, and public opinion propaganda work must also be followed up.
After reading the love materials, Zhu Zhifeng's face was still very dark. The actions of the Jin merchants can be described as shocking and intolerable, but Wang Yue's methods are also difficult for him to accept, and after a long time, he sighed and said:
"From the beginning of the dynasty to the present, there are many diseases, and they have rotted from top to bottom.
Feng Yuanshan hugged his fists and said, "Thank you Zhu Gong for your understanding." ”
After giving Zhu Zhifeng enough face, he waved his hand and said, "The whole army enters the city!" ”
The Tiance army was neat, bayonets were like a forest, and the well-disciplined army marched to give people a strong sense of oppression, and the military boots made a clicking sound on the bluestone road, and there were more than a dozen armored vehicles accompanying the army into the city.