"Oh? It means that your Yuan Chonghuan's vision is much more accurate than that of the emperor? Gao Qiqian suddenly lifted Emperor Chongzhen out again.

Yuan Chonghuan immediately became alert and asked, "Grandpa Gao, what do you mean by this?" ”

Gao Qiqian grinned and said, "What can the miscellaneous family mean?" It's just that the miscellaneous family heard the emperor talk about the strong army in the world a few days ago, except for the Guanning Iron Cavalry guarding Liaodong; In addition to the 'Tianxiong Army' of Lord Lu who assisted Inspector Sun in building the city, and the 'Ming Wu Army' of Lord Ji who quelled the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect, there were also several other teams that were also very elite. For example, the 'Qin army' organized by Shaanxi Senator Hong Chengchou was quite effective in appeasing the people, and the Sichuan Shiqi White Pole Army was also not inferior to the Central Plains Army. Can't these two armies get into your eyes? ”

That's a strong argument.

However, the hidden fox is high. deliberately said the words ambiguously, so that Yuan Chonghuan didn't know which sentence was said by Emperor Chongzhen himself, and which sentence was played by Gao Qiqian.

Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan could only admit his guilt: "This is because the criminal is careless and does not know people." ”

Fortunately, Ji Qingwen is here.

I saw Ji Qingwen pacing two steps and said, "I also heard these words of the emperor. But there is one thing I don't understand, Hong Chengchou, who organized and trained the 'Qin Army', and Qin Liangyu, who led the white pole soldiers, were not under the Jingshi City, and Yuan Chonghuan couldn't use it even if he wanted to, let alone convict him in turn. What's more, the emperor's intention to comment on the strong army in the world is to spur us and others to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and it has nothing to do with the trial of Yuan Chonghuan. Gao Gonggong used this to shoot horizontally, isn't this holding chicken feathers as an arrow, and there is no excuse for the crime he wants to add? ”

Yuan Chonghuan heard this, and hurriedly said, "Yes." Lord Hong Chengchou and the 'Qin Army' criminals he arranged did not understand. But the white pole soldiers of the Sichuan Shiyan Tusi are famous, if the department is really outside the Beijing division at that time, the criminal ministers will inevitably use the white pole soldiers as the backbone of the main force, how can the Manchurian Tartars be undefeated? It's a pity that time and space can't be reversed, and at that time, the criminal minister was also worried that there were no elite soldiers available under him, otherwise how could he be lazy? ”

Having said that, it was finally considered that Gao Qiqian's reproach was pushed back.

Although Wen Tiren's position is different from Gao Qiqian's, his purpose is similar, he wants to ask Yuan Chonghuan a felony that is enough to take his life.

However, compared to Gao Qiqian, Wen Tiren's brain is obviously much better, and he knows how to avoid the trivial and serious during interrogation, raise his hand on inconsequential charges, and get to the bottom of key issues.

Therefore, Wen Tiren also knew that it was impossible for Fang Cai to prove Yuan Chonghuan to death on this charge, so he said lightly: "Okay, this question is clear." The merits of the emperor's own conclusion. ”

After that, Wen Tiren tried to calm down and said: "Yuan Chonghuan, now this official asks you the sixth and last crime: fear of the enemy and hesitation, thin soldiers under the city." This official asks you, in the battle of Jingshi last year, you were ordered to lead the Liaodong Iron Cavalry into the King of Guanqin, and you had the assistance of Lord Ji and Lord Lu, as well as the support of elite soldiers in Xuanfu, Datong, Miyun and other places. But you didn't want to forge ahead, and let the Manchurian Emperor Taiji pass through Jizhou, Tongzhou and other cities from under your nose, and went straight to the city of Jingshi. After such a toss, not only were the people outside the city of Beijing plundered and trampled on by the Manchurian Tartars, but the imperial court also lost face - it is said that the envoys of Korea, Annam, Burma and other countries in Beijing were also quite critical of this. The sin in this, the first one this official will be recorded on your head Yuan Chonghuan! ”

After talking about these words, Wen Tiren finally breathed a sigh of relief, leaned comfortably on the back of the chair, and waited for Yuan Chonghuan's answer.

The interrogation in the court and the interrogation of Yuan Chonghuan, except for Gao Qiqian, who is not convicted, are all human spirits, and the five charges that Wen Tiren took out before, although they are light or serious, may not be able to really ask Yuan Chonghuan a capital crime - and only this sixth crime is a real fatal crime.

Therefore, everyone waited with bated breath, wanting to hear what Yuan Chonghuan would say.

Although Yuan Chonghuan has a bad temper and poor popularity, in terms of intelligence alone, compared to Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, he naturally knows that this crime must be carefully justified, and he has been locked up in the prison of the Criminal Department for the past few days, and the most important thing in addition to diarrhea is to consider how to justify his original decision.

I only heard Yuan Chonghuan breathe a long sigh of relief and said: "The criminal minister is indeed a little afraid of the enemy. In the year of the Apocalypse and the early years of Chongzhen, the criminal ministers clashed with the Eight Banners of Manchuria in Liaodong many times, and they thought that if it was a field battle, the imperial court soldiers and horses would never have the slightest chance to win. Yuan Yingtai, Xiong Tingbi, Zhao Shujiao, and later Mangui and others, although there was no lack of talent as commanders, as long as they confronted the Manchurian cavalry, they could only lose their troops and even die in the battle. Therefore, in the high opinion of Mr. Sun Chengzong, the situation in Liaodong can only be defended first and then attacked, and it is not possible to rashly fight a decisive battle with the Tartars in the field, but can only strive to establish an invincible position based on the fortress of Jiancheng, and then seek an opportunity to repel the enemy army......"

"So, do you mean that you use the Jingshi as a fortress and want to rely on the Jingshi city wall to fight the Manchurian Tartars?" Wen Tiren asked.

Yuan Chonghuan nodded: "That's what it means." ”

Wen Tiren's face tightened, and he sharply accused: "Yuan Chonghuan, if you have such a mind, it is a heinous crime!" What is Kyoshi? Jingshi is the first good district and the throat of the world, how can you calculate at will?

In case the city breaks in, where will you place the Jingshi? Where will the emperor go? Where to place the country? ”

A few questions on his face made Yuan Chonghuan's head sweat.

Even Ji Qingwen, who was listening on the side, suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on his back - he only then realized that although Wen Tiren and himself were quite dissatisfied with Gao Qiqian, the dead eunuch, this second assistant lord was politically the same as his own left, and it seemed that he was determined to cure Yuan Chonghuan for a mortal crime.

And Wen Tiren's use of this charge to accuse Yuan Chonghuan is not completely unreasonable.

As early as last year's Battle of Beijing, Yuan Chonghuan's teacher Sun Chengzong once said that in terms of strategy and tactics alone, Yuan Chonghuan's strategy of fighting by the city was correct. But there are a thousand cities and 10,000 cities in the world, and Yuan Chonghuan can use them as a support, and there is only one city, Jingshi, which is useless. It's just because there is such a person in the city, although he is not well versed in military affairs, but can make all the generals and marshals in the world have to bow down - Emperor Chongzhen.

Regarding this point, Ji Qingwen also persuaded Yuan Chonghuan at the beginning.

But Yuan Chonghuan only thought about finishing his work in one battle, relying on the sharp artillery of the Beijing division to first hit the main force of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and then closed Shanhaiguan and Xifengkou, and came to him to close the door and beat the dogs, and solve the problem of Liaodong in one fell swoop, and felt that this risk could still be taken.

And Yuan Chonghuan was at the extreme of power at that time, and he couldn't listen to the slightest objection, which is also the deep-seated reason why he is in prison today.

In this regard, Yuan Chonghuan could only bow his head and confess his guilt, and said: "It is all the criminal ministers who want to completely annihilate the Manchurian Tartars, but they only feel that the city wall of the capital division is strong and tall, and there is a saint himself in command. Although the Manchurian Tartars were arrogant, they still had to restrain themselves under the capital city, so they made such an improper move. ”

This is an explanation that Yuan Chonghuan has thought about for several days, even touting and admitting his mistakes, thinking that he can fool this matter into the past.

However, Wen Tiren held on to this point and said, "You are clever words. The so-called 'road is one foot high, magic is one foot high', Manchurian Tartars are so arrogant and domineering, how can a city wall be able to block it? If you want to talk about the height and thickness of the city wall, how can the city wall of Beijing be compared to the height, length and width of the Great Wall? You say, don't you? ”

Wen Tiren is skillful, and the eloquence that has been cultivated in officialdom for so many years has finally played a role, and Yuan Chonghuan was speechless with a single speech.

Who knew that Wen Tiren still didn't give up, and continued: "What's more, you said that the city wall of the capital division is difficult to break, is it really difficult to break?" Later, didn't Huang Taiji break through Zuo'anmen and enter the outer city of Beijing? Thanks to Lord Ji's clever calculation, this did not allow the Manchurian Tartars to penetrate deep into the inner city, so that the situation further expanded. ”

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