Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VI The Battle of the Northern Frontier

Chapter 2 The two armies are fighting against the DPRK

Section 4: Secret War (2)

After Yuan Mingxuan handed over the affairs of Tongzhou Town to Sun Yuanhua, he rushed to the capital with two of his right-hand men, Jian Cong, preparing to meet Wei Zhongxian.

As a result of the proposal to withdraw troops, Ye Xianggao, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Li Ruhua, the secretary of the household department, took the lead in supporting it, and Huang Jiashan, the secretary of the military department, took the lead in opposing it. Yuan Mingxuan wanted to investigate the specific situation before meeting Wei Zhongxian to see how far the situation had developed.

As a result, Yuan Mingxuan and his entourage went separately, Yuan Mingxuan himself went to investigate outside Ye Xianggao's mansion, and his two subordinates went to Li Ruhua and Huang Jiashan's mansions to investigate the situation respectively.

As soon as he arrived outside the Yefu Gate, Yuan Mingxuan noticed something unusual, only to see a few small traders on both sides of the street secretly paying attention to the situation near the Yefu from time to time, and a few pedestrians walked outside the Yefu Gate several times, and the movements of these people were very suspicious.

Yuan Mingxuan hid in the corner and looked at it for a while, and saw that there was a feminine aura between the demeanors of those suspicious people, so he sneered, and said secretly in his heart: "These people are all flags of Dongchang? It seems that Wei Zhongxian is ready to do it! If I'm not mistaken, now outside Li Ruhua and Huang Jiashan's house, there should also be many flags from Dongchang. ”

Thinking of this, Yuan Mingxuan didn't stay any longer, and directly blended into the crowd on the street, and disappeared after a while.

An hour later, in an inconspicuous tavern near the Qipan Street in front of the three gates of the capital, Yuan Mingxuan and two of his subordinates met, and the three of them sat at a table leaning on the innermost table and eating.

Yuan Mingxuan looked around, and when he saw that there was no situation, he asked while eating, "How is it?" Do Li Ruhua and Huang Jiashan also have the flags of the East Factory at home? ”

The two subordinates were shocked when they heard this, and then one of them said: "Lord Qiyu, there are indeed a few suspicious people outside the door of Li Ruhua's mansion, judging by their behavior, they should be eunuchs who have been cleaned. ”

Yuan Mingxuan nodded and said, "That's right!" ”

However, another subordinate said: "My lord, the villain has checked carefully, and no suspicious people have been found around Huang Jiashan's mansion. ”

"Oh?" Yuan Mingxuan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and asked, "Have you read carefully?" ”

"Don't worry, adults, the little ones can see clearly, there are indeed no suspicious people near the Yellow Mansion."

Yuan Mingxuan lowered his head and thought about it, and after a while said with a smile: "This is interesting, it seems that Wei Zhongxian is indeed against the withdrawal of troops, and he doesn't just want to use the topic to play." Moreover, Wei Zhongxian should also want to take this opportunity to severely attack the power of the Donglin Party in the DPRK in order to expand the power of the Eunuch Party. If this is the case, our Tongzhou Town may or may not be able to profit from it! ”

After speaking, Yuan Mingxuan saw that it was still early, so he said: "Okay, let's hurry up and leave, you guys will go to the street for a while, and see if there is any discussion about the withdrawal of troops, I will meet Wei Zhongxian for a while!" ”

An hour later, the Wei Mansion.

Yuan Mingxuan respectfully stood in a small flower room, and said to Wei Zhongxian, who was sitting in the midst of the flowers and tinkering with flowers and plants: "Father-in-law Wei, for the discussion of this withdrawal, the lower official only represents the little general of my family and all the officers and soldiers of the Han Wei Army, and thanks Father-in-law Wei for his righteous words!" ”

After speaking, Yuan Mingxuan bowed deeply towards Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian laughed, put down the small shovel in his hand, patted the dirt on his hand and said, "Lord Yuan is polite. The miscellaneous family once said that the Ming Dynasty is good, and the glory and wealth of the miscellaneous family are there. Now withdrawing the Hanwei army will not be beneficial to the war in Liaodong at all, and it will only cheapen the Jiannu Tartars in vain. Those Donglin Party don't understand military affairs and make a mess, and the miscellaneous family can't sit idly by. ”

Yuan Mingxuan said with a smile: "Father-in-law Wei is righteous! If there was no Gonggong Wei in the middle of the court, I am afraid that this government would have been corrupted by those useless sour Confucians! If only we could find an opportunity to teach the Donglin Party a hard lesson, then the DPRK and China would definitely be peaceful, and the battle of Liaodong would go more smoothly. ”

"Haha, it seems that Lord Yuan knows something." Wei Zhongxian sat down after a long time and said: "As far as the miscellaneous family knows, Lord Yuan served in the Fusi of Beizhen before going to Liaodong to join the old general Liu Ting, and he was also an official to the commander, so he must be very good at investigating the disc. Since this is the case, the miscellaneous family will no longer go around the corner, and there is no one else here, so the miscellaneous family will talk openly and honestly with Lord Yuan. ”

"In this way, Yuan is grateful."

Wei Zhongxian stretched out his hand, motioned for Yuan Mingxuan to sit down, and then said: "Nowadays, the Donglin Party occupies many important positions in the imperial court, and these white-faced scholars can only talk empty all day long, mess around, and achieve nothing, and they all refer to themselves as righteous men and gentlemen, which is really ridiculous!" After the victory of Qianshan, the war in Liaodong had just improved, and the Donglin Party did not actively raise grain and grass to fully support the soldiers of the Hanwei Army to continue the bloody battle of Jiannu, but began to make stumbling blocks behind their backs, desperately wanting the Hanwei Army to withdraw. Lord Yuan, do you know why the Donglin Party is doing this? ”

Yuan Mingxuan thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Could it be that these people are all spies of Jiannu?" ”

"Haha, Lord Yuan really dares to say it!" Wei Zhongxian laughed for a while and said, "Don't worry, Lord Yuan, although those Donglin Sect are not good people, they are not like that. The miscellaneous family thought that those Donglin Party were afraid that if the Han Wei Army fought with all their might, they would really defeat Jiannu completely, and that kind of situation was not what they wanted to see. ”

"What!" Yuan Mingxuan stood up directly, and said with an unkind face: "Is there any basis for Gonggong Wei to say this?" This is a charge of treason! ”

Wei Zhongxian looked at Yuan Mingxuan with a playful expression, as if he was looking at a child who was not deeply involved in the world, and said: "I said Lord Yuan, you have been an official for decades, why are you still so naïve now!" ”

Yuan Mingxuan looked at Wei Zhongxian with an angry face and said, "This is a military matter!" How am I naïve? Am I not right? ”

"Lord Yuan, let me ask you: What is national politics? National politics is profit! The reason why the Donglin Party pulled the retreat of the Han Wei Army was not that they wanted to defect to Jiannu or want to commit treason. The reason why those Donglin Party people did this was only because the bloody battle of the soldiers of the Hanwei Army had affected the interests of the Donglin Party! ”

Yuan Mingxuan frowned and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "Lord Yuan, think about it carefully: since the Jiannu uprising, how much silver taels and how much grain and grass does the imperial court need to allocate to Liaodong every year?" Especially in the Salhu War and the Liaoshen War, the money and grain allocated by the imperial court can be described as astronomical, and the treasury of the household department was almost emptied! Lord Yuan thought that all this money and food was used in the war in Liaodong? Lord Yuan thought that all those military salaries had really been sent to the front-line soldiers? If all this money and grain had really been used in the war in Liaodong, Jiannu would have been stoned to death long ago! The miscellaneous family said that Lord Yuan was naïve, but he didn't just talk about it! ”

After hearing this, Yuan Mingxuan only felt extreme pain in his heart: corruption! It's corruption again! These so-called righteous men and gentlemen who clamored for courtesy, righteousness and shame all day long, these so-called pillars of the country in the eyes of the world, are secretly constantly embezzling the military funds of the national dynasty to pacify the Tartar captivity! These are the lives of the front-line soldiers and the people of Liaodong! How did they get their hands on it?

"Those Donglin parties are all a bunch of miscellaneous people, but didn't Gonggong Wei stretch out his hand to Liaodong?" Yuan Mingxuan asked with a cold face.

Wei Zhongxian was not annoyed when he heard this, but said bluntly: "Of course the miscellaneous family has also taken some, there is nothing to hide, who in the court is not greedy now?" However, there is a difference between the miscellaneous family and those Donglin parties. ”

"It's all corruption, what's the difference!" Yuan Mingxuan said sharply.

"So the miscellaneous family said that Lord Yuan was naïve!"

Wei Zhongxian sneered and said: "Those Donglin Party are like a group of moths, they only know how to lie on the bodies of the soldiers and civilians of Liaodong to suck blood and eat meat, and they don't care about the success or failure of the war and the survival of Liaodong, they only care about their own interests." The miscellaneous family is different, although the miscellaneous family will also profit from it, but the miscellaneous family has to do things when they take the money! The attitude of the miscellaneous family on the withdrawal of the Hanwei army can explain everything, the miscellaneous family has a bottom line, and in the major matters related to the safety of Liaodong and the rise and fall of the dynasty, the miscellaneous family will definitely not be confused! Besides, the miscellaneous family can talk to Yuan Da here, since the miscellaneous family came to power, the shortage of money and grain supplied by the imperial court to Liaodong has dropped from the previous forty percent to two percent! And the money and food supplied to the elite of the Han Wei Army, the Qi Family Army, and the White Pole Soldiers are even more abundant, and the miscellaneous family strictly ordered their subordinates to supply it in full, so the miscellaneous family has offended a lot of Donglin Party members! ”

Hearing this, Yuan Mingxuan's face looked a little better, and he sat down slowly, as if digesting Wei Zhongxian's words. After a while, Yuan Mingxuan arched his hand and said, "Thank you Gonggong Wei, I have been taught here!" ”

Wei Zhongxian smiled slightly, waved his hand and did not speak.

Yuan Mingxuan continued: "Since Gonggong Wei has said so many heart-wrenching words, then Yuan will not go around the corner. I don't know about the withdrawal of the army, how is Gonggong Wei going to end it? As long as it is able to ensure that the Liaodong army has sufficient money and food and continuous logistics, Yuan guarantees that Tongzhou Town will definitely advance and retreat with Wei Gonggong in this matter, and if there is anything that needs Tongzhou Town to contribute, Tongzhou Town and the officers and men of the Hanwei Army will definitely go all out! ”

Wei Zhongxian didn't show excessive joy, just smiled and said, "Haha, Lord Yuan is polite, just have this promise from Lord Yuan, and the miscellaneous family will be relieved." As for dealing with those Donglin Party members, they don't bother Lord Yuan, and the miscellaneous family can still cope with it. ”

Yuan Mingxuan could naturally think that Wei Zhongxian, who was the commander of the East Factory and the eunuch who was transferred to the eunuch Bingbi, if he couldn't deal with those white-faced scholars, he would be in vain!

"Since Gonggong Wei is confident, then Yuan wishes Gonggong Wei success."