The next morning, Zhu Youxiao, who slept extremely badly at night, was woken up by the Hakka family, and after a hasty meal, he came to the main hall. The main topic to be discussed today is the war in Liaodong.

After the court dismissed Xiong Tingbi, he asked Yuan Yingtai to take over as the Liaodong Economic Strategy, Yuan Yingtai originally didn't want to do this strategy, but he couldn't resign from the imperial court's appointment, so he had to take over the Economic Strategy. After taking office, he first vigorously rectified the Liaodong army, cut down the general He Guangxian when he took office, and dismissed Li Guangrong and dozens of others. Moreover, He Shixian, the chief soldier of the above table, thought that he had acted unexpectedly and should be demoted and punished, and he should be dismissed from his post and made meritorious service to the general of Liaodong for his meritorious service, and he wanted the court to pay him, and the court also approved him.

The court gave face like this, of course Yuan Yingtai wanted to repay the peach, he proposed to recover Fushun, so that the ministers in the court who supported him were very happy, Zhu Youxiao remembered that it seemed that the Ming Dynasty did not win any battle against Houjin, and he didn't believe his words, and felt that it was better to defend, but the ministers all felt that this was a good thing, much stronger than Xiong Tingbi's turtle shrinkage tactics, and should be encouraged, so there was no opposition.

The military department said: Since ancient times, if a general succeeds, he must pretend to have the right not to defend himself, but to show his plan. asked the emperor to give Yuan Yingtai a sword, and Zhu Youxiao felt that it made sense, so he agreed.

Later, the Mongols suffered a disaster and had no food to eat, so they ran to Shenyang to beg for food, which made Yuan Yingtai very happy. He took out military food for the Mongolians to eat, and wanted the Mongolians to help him build slaves, the ideal is plump, the reality is skinny, there are more people, of course the food is not enough to eat, so he squeezes out the food of the Ming people, the Mongolians steal **, Yuan Jingluo is also dealt with lightly, so I don't know if I have won the hearts of the Mongolians, anyway, I must have lost the hearts of the Ming people. There are also some Houjin spies who are also lurking among the Mongols, making waves, Luo Yangxing warned him twice, but he did not listen, immersed in the dream of using the Mongols to build slaves.

Yuan Yingtai was preparing to regain Fushun, but Nurhachi was preparing to attack Shenyang. He adopted the suggestion of Li Yongfang, a general of the Ming Dynasty, to attack Fengjibao and Hupiyi first, disrupt the judgment of the Ming army, and finally send the main force to attack Shenyang.

He first divided his troops into eight routes, attacked Fengji Fort, and the defender Li Bingcheng couldn't believe it after receiving the report, and brought 3,000 people out to investigate, and saw that the enemy army had not yet set up a position, so he stepped forward to harass him, and then ran back, which was a small victory.

Nurhachi sent people to fight Hupiyi and Wang Datun again, but they didn't get any cheap, which made the officers of the Ming Dynasty feel that Jiannu was not very good, and relaxed their vigilance. However, at the tenth day of the first month of March, Jiannu began to attack Shenyang. Because of the previous reasons, the Ming army in other places felt that Shenyang could hold it, so the reinforcements sent by Yuan Yingtai also went on the road slowly.

On March 12, Jiannu broke the external obstacle of Shenyang, approached the city of Shenyang, and used the method of agitation to provoke the general soldier He Shixian out of the city to fight with him, as a result, He was hit by fourteen arrows, and when he was about to flee back to the city, the Mongols and Jiannu treacherous instigated the Han people in the city to surrender and opened the city gate together, He Shixian was killed in battle, and the general soldier You Shigong was killed, and Shenyang was breached.

At this time, reinforcements from Liaoyang arrived at the Hunhe River. It was learned that Shenyang had fallen. At this time, the commander-in-chief Chen Ce suggested that the squad go back, but the generals Zhou Dunji and Qin Bangping disagreed, they thought that since they came to support, what was it to go back now, and the generals quarreled together, and finally Zhou Dunji and Qin Bangping led more than 20,000 Sichuan troops to cross the Hunhe River first and set up camp on the north bank. Nurhachi immediately sent the right flank of the Four Banners to attack Zhou Dunji's troops. Without waiting for the infantry phalanx to arrive, the Eight Banners Protector had already taken the lead in the charge, thinking that these Sichuan troops would scatter as soon as they rushed, but they didn't want the Ming army to be brave and good at fighting.

Nurhachi changed his strategy, ordered the Eight Banners to retreat, and transferred the Four Banners Infantry on the left flank to encircle the Sichuan army. Qin Bangping led the troops to resist to the death, so that the soldiers of the Eight Banners suffered more than 3,000 casualties, but the Sichuan army, which was inferior in numbers, gradually became weak, and after Zhou Dunji and Qin Bangping died in battle, the troops were finally defeated, and countless people were hacked to death and drowned in the Hunhe River.

Then the Eight Banners quickly crossed the river to the south bank and surrounded the Zhejiang battalion led by Chen Ce and Tong Zhonghua. At this time, the 30,000 troops led by Zhu Wanliang and Jiang Bi, who came to help from Jifengbao, camped in Baitapu not far away, and only sent 300 cavalry to symbolically express that they saw the Eight Banners coming, and immediately fled.

The Zhejiang battalion killed and wounded a large number of enemy soldiers with firearms, and after the ammunition ran out, they set up hand-to-hand combat, but after Chen Ce and Tong Zhonghua were killed in battle, they were finally defeated. Zhu Wanliang and Jiang Bi immediately retreated to Liaoyang when they heard the news.

On 18 March, Nurhachi continued his attack on Liaoyang after a brief repair. Yuan Yingtai sent troops out of the city to meet the battle on all sides, there were not many soldiers, but also divided the troops to meet the battle, the army resisted to the death for a day and night, the next day the west gate was broken, the Eight Banners Army poured into the city, the two sides started hand-to-hand combat, until the whole army was annihilated, and Liaoyang then fell. Yuan Yingtai wept bitterly, drew his sword and killed himself, and countless other generals and soldiers died in battle.

Luo Yangxing finally escaped, and after the city of Liaoyang was broken, he found an opportunity to escape to Guangning. He witnessed the whole process and wrote a detailed report to present to the Emperor. And because of his escape, he asked for punishment. Zhu Youxiao replied: "You are a Jinyi guard, and what you are responsible for has nothing to do with participating in the war, so it is right to flee and send materials." Remember! Remember! ”

This is the basic situation of the recent section of Liaodong, because of the failure of Yuan Yingtai, today the court is a mess of porridge, first of all, Zhu Tongmeng investigated Xiong Tingbi's meritorious crimes, saying: Tingbi from Wanli 47 years in August to the first year of Taichang in October, during which the thieves invaded such as Hualing and other mountain cities, Wang Datun and Puhe, etc., a total of 23 people were killed and captured by thieves, not innocent. To its city Liaoyang City, Shenyang, Fengji, Tiger Skin Station, dove workers to build obstacles, open the river and build gates, once upon a time and Jintang Dingzhi, it is not for nothing. However, because Tingbi was too strict in his supervision, the rumors spread the word, and the officials listened to it, so he sued. Naiting Bi's victory is combined, but it is not the body of a minister.

The emperor decreed: The Liao affairs will be surveyed and clear, Xiong Tingbi will try his best to protect the dangerous city, and the contribution is indispensable, because of the words and begging, the circumstances are excusable, and there are many things at home and abroad, and the court is in a hurry to employ people, and it is still discussed to use it in time, so as to persuade the laborers.

At this time, Feng Sanyuan, Zhang Xiude, Wei Yingjia, who impeached Xiong Tingbi the most, and Yao Zongwen, who inspected Liaodong, were attacked by everyone completely. Fang Congzhe and others planned to demote Feng Sanyuan, Zhang Xiude, and Wei Yingjia by three levels, Yao Zongwen resigned, and Zhu Youxiao agreed.

In fact, in addition to these few people, other people have also attacked Xiong Tingbi, but not as powerful as the three people, but everyone seems to have forgotten, clamoring to rehabilitate Xiong Tingbi and ask Xiong Tingbi to re-enter Liaodong.

At this time, it was already the right to the imperial history of Xue Guoyong to be promoted to the right of the military department, and the right of the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, through Liaodong, the right senator of Ningqian Dao, Wang Huazhen, the right senator of the Imperial Palace, and the governor of Guangning affairs.

Cui Jingrong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said: The loss of Liao and Shen is due to internal response, Guangning City is small, and it is difficult to tolerate spies. Jiannu obtained Haizhou and Gaizhou, then Tianjin Denglai was used as an embankment. Zhu Youxiao felt that it was very reasonable, and after asking the cabinet, Bi Ziyan, the young secretary of the Taifu Temple, was promoted to the right of the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, stationed in Tianjin, and prepared troops to defend against the sea.

At this time, the imperial history room can be connected to the upper and sparse to ask the imperial court to enable Li Sancai to pass through Liaodong. Zhu Youxiao heard the name again, but he did not veto it categorically, and let Fang Kezhuang's recital be discussed by the courtiers. Wu Dianbang, the general political senator, said that it was not available: "His people are good at using their power, they are good at entrapping courtiers, they are like loyalty, they are like being straightforward, they are friends all over the world, and they can't be honest in nature, and they are full of four crimes: greed, hypocrisy, danger, and arrogance, and they can be regarded as thieves." ”

It turns out that this old guy's reputation is not very good, it seems that the rumors that Wei Zhongxian heard are not quite right. At this time, Liu Ting, the imperial historian, declared: "The country cherishes its talents, then uses the ear, and what is the discussion, but Guangning already has Wang Huazhen, it is better to use the mountains and seas." "Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi, Zou Yuanbiao, the waiter of the Criminal Department, and Wang Dewan, the imperial history of the capital, all thought that Li Sancai should be used, but there were also more officials such as Shao Fuzhong and Xu Zhaokui who opposed the appointment of him, and the two could not hold each other, so the emperor ordered it to be discussed again.

Unexpectedly, things took a turn for the worse the next day, and Wang Dewan came out to oppose the appointment of Li Sancai, which made Zhu Youxiao inexplicable. The opposition was overjoyed, and the Donglin Party itself did not agree to use Li Sancai, so Zhu Youxiao ordered no longer to discuss Li Sancai.

After returning to the palace, he called Wei Zhongxian. Because of the matter of Biyun Temple, he really didn't like Li Sancai, but he felt a little strange about today's affairs, when he asked Wang Dewan why he opposed the use of Li Sancai, Wang Dewan's answer was that it was afraid of attracting discussion. This answer is not only Zhu Youxiao, but even any little eunuch will not believe it, and no one in the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty will be afraid of discussions. So after Wei Zhongxian came, he asked Wei Zhongxian to carefully check what was going on.

Wei Zhongxian often bragged about how powerful Dongchang was, last time he asked him to check the party problem of officials, originally the street vendors knew something about this, and Wei Zhongxian found out the detailed faction in three days, and used it as evidence of Dongchang's power for a few days in front of Wang Chengen and others, Zhu Youxiao gave him a day limit this time, ready to poke his cowhide, make him make a fool, and see how embarrassed he will be in the future.

But this time it was unexpected, Wei Zhongxian had already found out the reason in less than a day. It turned out that Yang Lian (or him) went to Wang Dewan's house once at night, and then Wang Dewan changed his mind. As for what the two said, under the threat and lure of Dongchang, the palace servants confessed, at that time, Yang Lian drove the palace servants out of the study, and only faintly heard the fragmentary words of "millions of taels", "just a-stirring stick", "he will spoil a big thing", "let him spend his old age in peace".