Shanxi students have always been bold, Chongzhen seven years to mention the affairs of Yuan Jixian was reported for bribery and imprisonment by Zhang Sunzhen, the governor of the imperial history, more than 100 people, mainly students of Taiyuan Sanli Academy, dared to run to the door of the Beijing Division to stop the official and shout grievances, until Yuan Jixian reinstated Zhang Sunzhen sat back. This time they were not only bold, but also very smart, gathered in the square and shouted and shouted, but not half a step - the stone tablet on the square was engraved with the Fengzhou government decree that "no one who speaks here shall be tortured, arrested and criminalized", and the Naturalization Mansion was afraid of losing people's lives and had to provide food and drinking water, and the people of Fengzhou wanted to beat this guy, but they were stopped by the patrol.

Sun Qifeng took Li Yao and Zhang Zhiyao to the square to persuade them, and the leader of the other party still knew that it was Xue Zongzhou, Wang Rujin and Fu Shan, who had met in Datong, but they all refused to leave, and they felt that this place was very good, and no one dared to care about it if they had eaten and drunk.

Li Yu finally showed up after a few days, but the more he explained, the more troublesome it became, and the students insisted that only like Grandpa Yue, "ambitious and hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Hun blood" can be regarded as a hero of the Han family. Li Yu endured and endured with the whip before he suppressed his anger, forget it, if you can't provoke me, you can hide, you have nothing to do, you can play tricks, I still have to prepare for war, and I will go to the barbarian mountain camp with a pat on my ass.

Li Yu ran away, and the control of naturalization fell into the hands of Ortai and Batu, and they didn't have a good temper - a bunch of rotten Confucian scholars know something, there must be someone behind the scenes, check it out for me! The Shanshan Joint Defense Bureau quickly replied, Zhang Daojun swore that he would never be involved in this matter, and that some officials and gentry who opposed Fengzhou were secretly making trouble, and also provided a blacklist. Ortai and Batu had a bottom in their hearts, and ordered the students to be taken away from the square and sent to the Ministry of Missions for brainwashing, Gao He had already arranged dozens of eloquent mouths plus a group of lamas, imams and Western religious figures, in view of the fact that the governor of the Inspection Department Fang Zhikun had a history of killing scholars, Ortai warned him that he must not use force, and must invite people to the Department of Missions with a smile.

A very small number of reactionary forces showed their heads, and Ortai and Batu would not let them go, and ordered Zhang Guoji, the Tongzhi of the Titang Division, to immediately enter the customs to launch a counterattack, and Wulan and Wulangha could not tolerate men who insulted them, and instructed the Shanxi branch of the Liberal Party and the Civic Party to fully cooperate with the counterattack, and also sent the "Liberty Daily" and "Citizen Daily" to collect news and edit them into the customs - in short, if they are embarrassed to start fighting, then they will overthrow and criticize the anti-Fengzhou gang, and then step on 10,000 feet.

A few days later, all parts of Shanxi were lively, and the troupe staged a new play "Li Dashuai Collects Hami Dingxi Domain", inviting the people to watch it for free, and the storyteller in the teahouse also added the new content of the Fengzhou Army's westward march to "The Biography of Li Yu", and for a while the people gave Li Yu a thumbs up, Li Dashuai was brave, and easily surrendered the Western Mongolian Tatars, if it weren't for the white-faced traitors in the court, the world would have been pacified long ago. At the same time, a newspaper called "Shanxi Filthy Xinglu" appeared in the streets and alleys, naming and pointing directly at a group of officials and gentry, with eye-catching titles and detailed contents, such as someone who is greedy for ink and saves a lot of money, someone who makes a domestic slave in a bad village, someone who has the good of Longyang, someone who keeps an outer room, someone who fornicates with his father and concubine, someone who picks up ashes with his daughter-in-law, and someone who likes to eat ...... mother and daughter, all of which are things that the common people like to see - the scandal of the big man can hide the rats at home. However, they could not hide from the powerful businessmen of the Liberal Party and the ubiquitous peddlers and pawns of the Civic Party, and the "Liberty Daily" and "Citizen" had the material in hand, and they changed their outfits to expose them in a big way, and the disrepute of the officials and gentry who were named was discredited, and they were scolded when they went out, and they were so frightened that they fled one after another, and the anti-Toyoshu forces disappeared almost instantly.

"Hypocrites, well-dressed beasts!" Lu Xiangsheng's book case also put "Shanxi Filthy Records", denouncing Fengzhou Li Yu is of course his instigation, and everyone is asking for it, but he didn't expect those high-ranking officials and gentry who are full of courtesy, righteousness and shame to be so filthy once they are stripped naked.

Lu Xiangsheng learned that his mother died of illness in his hometown in Yixing in May, and asked Ding to be worried about filial piety five times, and in early July, the imperial court issued an edict to stay in office.

Jingshi, "captive" and "Kou" is the most tricky thing for the Ming Emperor, Yang Sichang claimed that three months to exterminate the Liukou is indeed bragging, but the "four is six corners and ten sides of the net" strategy is huge, at the beginning of the year the thief Li Zicheng was killed by Hong Chengchou in Zitong was defeated, only escaped more than 1,000 people, Cao Bianjiao persevered to continue to chase, and defeated the thief again in Taozhou, Sun Chuanting did not meet the expectations, almost wiped out dozens of large and small Liukou at the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and the collapse of the Jiangbei Liu Guoneng and the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong also accepted Xiong Wencan's recruitment, The arrogance of the fifth battalion of Gezuo led by Ma Shouying suddenly decreased, and they hid in the Dabie Mountains to eat bran vegetables, and the thieves only had one breath left, and they could be swept away with more effort. However, the situation outside the customs deteriorated even more, in February, Shen Zhixiang, the general of the Dongjiang River, led the soldiers and civilians of Shicheng Island to surrender to the Qing State, and the last bit of blood left by Mao Wenlong was gone, and the Qing army formed a three-sided encirclement of Liaoxi, and the situation was precarious, and the emperor must make a decision between "fighting inside" and "security outside" as soon as possible.

On the third day of the fifth month, the emperor gave a policy to the ministers in the middle of the pole hall, to the effect that this year's celestial phenomena are changing, Venus has passed fifty years of day, and the disaster is very fierce, in April Shanxi heavy snow, freezing people and animals, and then it has entered the summer, what is the cause? The court entrusts the eyes and ears to the ministers, but the impeacher is resentful and bribe-minded, so that it is difficult to distinguish between the two sides, what is the basis? The Qin limit has been repeatedly violated, the Kou has not yet been extinguished, the punishment is more relaxed, and the merit order is not believed no matter how lenient it is, and it is difficult to withdraw the troops, the enemy country is angry, the border salary is not much, and the debt is not left, what to do? When Qing and others are loyal to the country and have Kuang, they are careful.

Yang Sichang comprehended, followed the emperor's train of thought, and broke the problem from the sky - the ministers heard the five stars of the lunar eclipse, the ancient mutations, and the history is endless. For example, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a lunar eclipse of Mars, and the following year the Xiongnu called Han Evil Shan to seek peace in Wuyuan, and the ministers thought that the Yiren was unknowable and could not agree to peace, but Emperor Guangwu adopted the opinion of Geng Guo, the general of Wuguan Zhonglang, and accepted Shan Yu's request for peace, and finally realized the reconciliation between Han and Hungary; For another example, in the year of Tang Yuanhe, there was a lunar eclipse, and the town of Weibo came to surrender, and Emperor Xianzong adopted Li Jiang's suggestion of pushing his heart and accepting and giving great grace to comfort Weibo Town, reward the soldiers, reduce the people's service, and greatly reduce the harm of the feudal town; For another example, in the year of Song Tianping's rejuvenation of the country, there was a lunar eclipse, and the following year, Emperor Taizong raised his army to destroy the Northern Han Dynasty and conquer the Khitan, and he was defeated in successive battles.

Yang Sichang advocated peace, and Fang Yizao, the governor of Liaodong, also happened to go to the imperial court, requesting to invoke the old practice of Longqingnian to answer the tribute and negotiate with the Qing Dynasty, which immediately caused an uproar in the court. This is definitely not accepted by the courtiers who pay attention to Huayi's distinction, and the engineering department gives He Kai the first step in the matter, and impeaches Yang Sichang for quoting allusions with ulterior motives, in an attempt to advocate mutual rewards with the Qing people. The ministers lashed out at Yang Sichang, and the Ministry of War also felt that he had no face, so he hurriedly drew a line with his superiors.

The emperor was unmoved, continued to support Yang Sichang, and nominated him to join the cabinet with Cheng Guoxiang, Cai Guoyong, Xue Guoguan, Fang Fengnian, and Fan Fucui, and the opposition to Yang Sichang in the court also reached a climax. Qingliu heavyweights finally appeared - Shao Zhan Shi Huang Daozhou, this person is a master of science, the name is amazing, usually too lazy to speak, but whoever he praises, who is famous all over the world, who scolds, who is notorious, today only Liu Zongzhou can be as famous as him, the old man is jealous and hateful, one of them is against Fang Yizao's peace discussion, and the other two are slamming Yang Sichang for winning love and entering the cabinet, Chen Xinjia for seizing love and reinstating the right servant of the military department - he started from "There is no fatherless son in the world, and there is no son who is not a minister", Furthermore, even if there is a shortage of talents, it should not be used to defile the world by disloyal and unfilial people, and sarcastically ridicule Yang is not a talent. ”

Huang Daozhou's recital is often introduced, and the back is full of abuse, Qingliu and one party are too bottomless, and the political views are not in line with the personal attack, the emperor can't stand it, in early July, he held a pre-imperial meeting on the platform, and after listening to the reports of the various ministries, he specially summoned Huang Daozhou to kneel down and criticize his impure motives for connecting the three sparse motives, which is really a complaint that he failed to enter the cabinet, so he used the name to slander the minister for no reason, but Huang Daozhou did not admit it, only said that he could not bear to see the matter of seizing love, and wanted to leave this outline for future generations to teach the people of heaven and reason, and when the words were fierce, he actually said" If the minister does not say anything today, the minister will bear His Majesty; If Your Majesty kills a minister today, Your Majesty will be a minister." The emperor was angry and ordered that Huang Daozhou be demoted by six levels, and He Kai and other officials who criticized him were demoted.

But the aftermath of this matter is not stopped, the Qing Emperor can't wait, and he sent a letter to Fang Yizao, the governor of Liaodong, and the chief eunuch Gao Qiqian, if the Ming court really makes peace, you can talk about it in Ningyuan, or you can talk about it in naturalization, everything is easy to discuss, but if you dare to tease the Qing Dynasty, you will be attacked by soldiers in August and September. Fang Yizao was in a hurry, and reported to the Beijing master in an urgent manner of eight hundred miles, urging the imperial court to make a decision as soon as possible, and the courtiers immediately saw that Miduan was originally just a liaison between the governor of Liaodong and the Qing people, how could he be naturalized again, is it ....... The courtiers surrounded Chen Xinjia, the right attendant of the military department, who was both soft and hard - Chen Xinjia was born as a person, got up step by step from the place, and was recommended by Yang Sichang to recover during the period of his mother's filial piety.

Qingliu was happy, grabbed Yang Sichang's pigtails and chased and beat him, Yang Sichang was angry and tired, liver disease recurred, and he almost passed out in the military department, and the emperor was also disheartened - Yang Sichang secretly contacted Li Yu or he instructed him, the purpose was to fight for one more channel to negotiate with the Qing Dynasty, and as a result, Fang Yizao and Li Yu were done, but the emperor was frightened by the opposition of the ministers, and the major matter of peace with the Qing State was not over.

At the end of July, Jinyiwei transferred the military situation to the town of Guihua - the drought and locusts in the Liaoyang area were plagued, and the autumn harvest was devoured, and the great famine of the Qing country was imminent, and the southward plunder was a foregone conclusion, so please take precautions as soon as possible. In mid-August, the Qing army's fierce generals Wu Bai and Sha'er Huda invaded the border, first defeating the Ming army at Luowenyu and Hongshankou, and then defeating the Miyun reinforcements, which was obviously a warning to the Ming court. However, the Ming court was in chaos at this time, and the ministers finally caught a surrender faction, and they refused to give up easily, competing to bite their colleagues, and the emperor hated these courtiers who could only fight among themselves, but they were helpless, and the side wall defense was almost unattended.

At the end of September, the catastrophe finally came, the Qing army soldiers broke through the pass from the wall road and Qingshan Pass in two ways, the general soldiers Wu Guojun and Chen Guowei were defeated and fled, and Wu Aheng, the governor of Jiliao, was killed in battle - this unlucky guy was also from Qingliu, but after his death, it became an excuse for the same kind to shirk responsibility, and the official revealed that he and Wu Guojun congratulated the birthday of the eunuch Deng Xizhao, and drank so drunk that the army was defeated and derelict in his duties, which must be made up by a guy who likes "Three Kingdoms".

At the beginning of October, the second Beijing division was under martial law, and urgently summoned Zu Dashou, the general soldier of Liaodong, to come to the aid of Yang Guozhu, the general soldier of Xuanfu, and Hu Dawei, the general soldier of Shanxi, arrived in Yizhou as the left wing, and the defenders of Denglai Tianjin as the right wing, and Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, contained the enemy's forward. However, the progress of the Qing army was too fast, part of the troops reached the front line of Fengrun and Qian'an, and was approaching Tongzhou, the emperor was anxious, and gave Lu Xiang the promotion of the square sword, and added the title of secretary of the military department, and ordered his fire rate Xuanda troops to enter Gyeonggi, and the governor of various reinforcements.

Lu Xiangsheng received the edict and was grateful, and immediately led the army to swear to the east, of course, there was no naturalization town in the army of King Qin, Li Yu received the requisition order and directly offered 200,000 taels of silver, and if he did not give money, he would not move the nest, and at the same time sent Wang Zhong to teach the other three guys the tricks - to advance and retreat together in a group, follow up and not seek war, and never play clever to engage in sneak attacks. Lu Xiangsheng couldn't take care of Li Yu at all, and forced Wang Pu under his nose to send 10,000 troops, Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu also cobbled together 10,000 people, plus the standard battalion and the new army of the Governor's Palace, and the Qin Wang army was only more than 30,000 people.

When Lu Xiangsheng arrived in the suburbs of Beijing, he first provoked trouble with Yang Sichang, and complained to the emperor that "the three of us (Yang Sichang, Lu Xiangsheng, and Gao Qiqian) are all ominous, and the people and ministers have no relatives and have a king", thinking that Yang Sichang himself won the love of the cabinet, and also asked him to take the love of the supervisor as a foil, accusing Yang Sichang of "the cardinal assistant also wants to change the gift to share it!" If he is like this, he will be blamed in the future", and then hated the peace negotiation and misled the country, and wrote a letter to Yang Sichang to ridicule and ridicule. On the fourth day of the first month of October, the emperor summoned the minister of civil and military affairs and Lu Xiangsheng in the Wuying Palace, and Lu Xiangsheng directly stated his attitude of "ordering the ministers to supervise the division, and the ministers will fight the main battle", and also stared at Yang Sichang and emphasized that "the ministers are waiting for the battle, and I hope that the center will not break the elbows of the ministers". The emperor can only trust Lu Xiangsheng until now, and rewarded Xuanda's various armies with 30,000 taels of silver, 500 imperial horses, 1,000 horses from Taifu Temple, and 500 silver iron whips, and ordered Lu Xiangsheng to send troops to meet the enemy.

Lu Xiangsheng led the army to Tongzhou, and found that there were a lot of Ming troops gathered here, but the long-awaited Zu Dashou couldn't even see a shadow - this guy didn't dare to come at all, under the pretext that the Qing army was coming, he didn't move in Jinzhou, and it was not bad to dive high, and he brought in 40,000 Guanning troops, which was also the most elite troops in the Qinwang army, and the other Ming armies were in chaos. The Qing army was close to Tongzhou at this time, Lu Xiangsheng could not care about the whole army, ordered the generals to organize the selection of the front team, October 15 was the night of the moonlight, all sides at the same time sneak attack the enemy camp, must win a battle and defeat the enemy's edge, strictly ordered the soldiers to fight to the death, the knife will see blood, people will be wounded, the horse will be panting, and those who violate the order will be beheaded.

Gao Qiqian was taken aback, how did the other party's troops, equipment, and commanders dare to rob the camp before they figured it out, you are a thief when you are a thief, and then explain that the army is in such a mess, you will be scattered when you walk at night, can you do this job? shook his head vigorously and objected: "I only heard the allusion of Caizhou on a snowy night, but I have never heard of the moonlit night attack, how did the moonlight attack Jiaojie?" The road is so far away, why is it surprising? If the ten roads are sent together, a royal secret will be leaked. ”

Of course, Lu Xiangsheng will not listen to the eunuchs, in the middle of the night on the 15th, he led the Xuanda army to attack first, and the other departments followed to respond, the Qing army seemed to be caught off guard, and immediately retreated back, but then it was a farce - the Ming army received the troops to arrive near Sun Wei, and found that there were Qing army activities around, Gao Qiqian, who had been mixed in western Liaoning for many years, suddenly reacted, and then ordered a quick retreat, the Guanning army retreated, and the other Ming troops were not stupid, and ran behind them, and Wang Pu, Yang Guozhu, and Hu Dawei, who had rushed to the front, heard the movement behind the wrong, and did not hesitate to turn around and flee desperately, Lu Xiangsheng saw that the general trend had gone and had to order a retreat. Fortunately, Gao Qiqian has rich experience and a good start, the Ming army shouted along the way, playing night attacks with torches, the blind people know what they want to do, the Qing army as a veteran of the attack, this time I want to play a big one, and lead the Ming army into the encirclement and annihilate it in one fell swoop, I didn't expect to be seen through by the treacherous and cunning Gao Gonggong, and the drama was smashed, except for harvesting a lot of armor and weapons discarded by the Ming army, there were few results.

Sun Wei was defeated, the contradictions of the Ming army broke out, Gao Qiqian swore to curse and never listen to Lu Xiangsheng's orders again, in fact, he looked down on this Wenchen who had not done side affairs from the beginning, Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong, would not take Lu Xiangsheng seriously, and he actually ran to hide outside the pass as soon as he raised his feet, and it was not easy to find him now, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei were timid and obediently returned to the camp, but the two also began to make small calculations, and Lu Xiangsheng wanted to cry without tears - a farce made the Xuanda army sharply reduced to less than 20,000 people.