Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

Chapter 5 Collecting Troops and Asking for the Future

Section 10: Controversy at the Imperial Conference

At the end of March of the forty-seventh year of Wanli (the fourth year of the Later Jin Heavenly Mandate), the Forbidden City.

Emperor Wanli was extremely angry after learning of the defeat of Liaodong, and the more than 100,000 troops that the imperial court had finally mobilized were killed by Jiannu within a few days, which was simply a fantasy! Emperor Wanli gradually calmed down after a fire, and began to seriously think about the follow-up arrangement of the situation in Liaodong. After thinking about it for a few days, Emperor Wanli had some ideas in his heart, so he ordered to convene a court meeting to discuss the affairs of Liaodong.

On the main hall, Emperor Wanli and the Manchu Dynasty looked at each other speechlessly, coupled with the haze of the defeat of Liaodong lingering in the hearts of the monarchs and ministers, it seemed that the atmosphere of this court meeting was extremely strange.

Emperor Wanli looked coldly at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness in his heart: "This is the pillar of my Ming Dynasty?" On weekdays, one by one is impassioned, and at first glance they are all loyal to the country, but now the country is in trouble but all of them are cautious in their words and deeds! With such courtiers, how can state affairs prosper! ”

Li Linbin also looked at his colleagues on the left and right when he stood in the court, and saw that they all bowed their heads and were silent, no one bothered to think about state affairs, and his heart was also extremely sad.

At this moment, Li Linbin saw Fang Congzhe coming out and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do." ”

Emperor Wanli said: "Pavilion Elder, please speak." ”

Fang Congzhe took out a letter and said, "Your Majesty, the minister received a letter from Yang Hao of Liaodong Jingluo yesterday, please take a look at it. ”

A eunuch took the fold and handed it to Emperor Wanli quickly.

Emperor Wanli opened the fold and read it, and said after a while: "Then Yang Hao said in the fold: The defeat in this battle was caused by Ma Lin and Liu Yunwei's retreat, do you think what Yang Hao said is credible?" ”

As soon as the ministers heard this, they immediately shouted, especially the imperial historian who jumped up and down, and even clamored to send Jinyi Wei to Liaodong to escort Liu Yunwei and Yang Hao back to Beijing for careful interrogation. As for Namarin, the people are already dead, and no one cares whether they are innocent or not, and these officials are only interested in the living.

Emperor Wanli frowned, and burst into a shout: "What a noise!" This is a court, not a street town! There are recitals to say one by one, and they all give me something useful! ”

The court was silent in an instant, and none of those imperial historians had any statements and suggestions, and they all returned to a posture of having nothing to say, and the angry Emperor Wanli almost ordered all those officials to be dragged out and killed.

At this time, Huang Jiashan came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Yang Hao said is all nonsense. That Liu Yunwei is the only grandson of the old general Liu Ling, how could he sit back and watch his grandfather and father ignore it and retreat without permission? This doesn't make sense! You must know that Liu Yunwei was extremely brave in the previous battle against Jiannu, how could he start to fear Jiannu in this national war? Therefore, the minister thought that Yang Hao must be covering up the facts and shirking responsibility! As for Na Marin, the minister also got the news: Marin did flee back to Kaiyuan alone after the defeat of the Northern Route Army. ”

Li Linbin also came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has seen Liu Yunwei, and judging from the minister's judgment, Liu Yunwei is definitely a tiger general, not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death." On the contrary, Yang Hao was timid in battle, and the minister heard that when the armies from all walks of life were attacked by Jiannu one after another, Yang Hao had troops in his hands that could be mobilized to reinforce him, but he only strictly guarded Shenyang and refused to rescue, so that the armies from all walks of life were isolated and defeated. Therefore, the minister also agreed with Huang Shangshu's point of view, Liu Yunwei was wronged, and Ma Lin deserved it. ”

Emperor Wanli was noncommittal, looked at Fang Congzhe and said, "I don't know what the Pavilion Elder has to say, after all, Yang Hao was recommended by the Pavilion Elder." ”

Fang Congzhe suddenly broke out in a cold sweat after listening to Emperor Wanli's words, but he still said calmly: "Your Majesty, before the minister makes a statement, there is still a letter to present to Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Wanli asked, "Whose twist and turn?" ”

"Liu Yunwei's."

All the courtiers were taken aback, and said secretly in their hearts: "It seems that Yang Hao and Liu Yunwei are on the bar, so I don't know who wins and who loses?" ”

Huang Jiashan and Li Linbin glanced at each other, and they were a little unsure what kind of routine Fang Congzhe was, but he actually took over all the twists and turns of Liu Yunwei and Yang Hao, what does this mean?

Emperor Wanli took the fold and looked at it for a while, and said: "Then Liu Yunwei said in the fold: I took the Hanwei battalion all the way to fight with Jiannu, and severely damaged the Jiannu army at the cost of more than half of the casualties of his subordinates, and impeached Yang Hao for indiscriminate command and mercenaries for not saving. I want to know what Elder Fang Ge has to say? ”

Fang Congzhe said: "Your Majesty, the minister has also investigated and thought about this matter. Although Yang Hao was recommended by the minister, the primary responsibility for the defeat of this battle should be borne by Yang Hao. After all, it was he who proposed to divide the troops into four ways and attack together, so that he gave Jiannu a chance to break through, and then the mercenaries did not save the army, so the ministers asked Yang Hao to escort him back to Beijing and hand him over to the three law divisions for trial; As for Liu Yunwei, the minister thought that what he said was also exaggerated. Even if the Hanwei battalion is superior in combat strength, it is only a few thousand, how can it defeat the main force of tens of thousands of Jiannu? Therefore, it is indeed heavier to say that Liu Yunwei is afraid of the enemy, but it is still possible for the camera to retreat, and in addition, after the war, Liu Yunwei directly led his troops back to Liaoyang, so he should be given a certain reprimand. ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Linbin asked loudly, "What does Fang Ge Lao mean by this?" Ge Lao also said, that Liu Yunwei only has a few thousand soldiers and horses, even if he retreats, his strength is limited, and he still leads his troops to fight bloodily, how can he be punished for this? ”

Fang Congzhe sneered and said: "Anyway, the main force of the Eastern Route Army was wiped out, and only the Hanwei Battalion returned to Liaoyang, this is a fact!" It is reasonable for the imperial court to give Liu Yunwei some punishments. ”

Before Li Linbin could speak, Huang Jiashan preemptively said: "According to the meaning of the elder of the pavilion, before the war, I did not agree with Yang Hao to serve as the economic strategy of Liaodong, it was the elder of the pavilion who insisted on protecting the promotion to put Yang Hao in this position, and now the battle was defeated because of Yang Hao, so is the elder of the pavilion also responsible!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Fang Congzhe's face suddenly became extremely ugly, and those speech officials seemed to be flies that had found carrion, and they spoke out to impeach Fang Congzhe, especially Xia Jiayu, the director of the Ministry of Rites, and even said that the reason why the situation in Liaodong has deteriorated to the point where it is now is due to Fang Congzhe's protection of Li Weihan and the recommendation of Yang Hao, and asked Emperor Wanli to replace the first assistant of the cabinet!

Fang Congzhe looked at the impassioned officials, as well as Huang Jiashan and Li Linbin, who were staring at him coldly, and was shocked in his heart: "The old man didn't look at the yellow calendar when he went out today? What a hell! Why are all these officials coming at me one by one? Then Huang Jiashan and Li Linbin still wore a pair of pants with Yanguan? There must be something strange about this! ”

Fang Congzhe pondered and pondered under the impeachment of the official, and gradually a name appeared in Fang Congzhe's mind: Yuan Mingxuan!

"It must be him! It must have been before he found me, and he also looked for Huang Jiashan, Li Linbin and those officials! The old man really miscalculated, and he actually let Yuan Mingxuan put it on the table! Fang Congzhe only felt angry after thinking about it, but the situation was already like this, and Fang Congzhe had no other choice but to stick to his own proposition: blame Yang Hao and blame Liu Yunwei lightly, so as to disperse the firepower, otherwise the situation will only get worse!

Emperor Wanli looked at the increasingly excited Yanguan who was worried that the situation was out of control, so he stepped forward again to stop the Yanguan's barking.

Fang Congzhe saw that the official was no longer noisy, so he said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are willing to take responsibility for the situation in Liaodong if they don't investigate, and I implore Your Majesty to allow the old minister to return to his hometown." After speaking, Fang Congzhe knelt down.

At this time, all the ministers looked at Emperor Wanli, and they didn't know how to respond to Fang Congzhe.

Emperor Wanli looked at Fang Congzhe, and sneered in his heart: "Hmph! Knowing that the affairs of Liaodong should be the first priority now, it is impossible for me to change the first assistant in battle, do you want to retreat with me? ”

Thinking of this, Emperor Wanli said coldly: "Elder Fang Ge should work harder, and help me think about how to deal with Yang Hao and Liu Yunwei's affairs." ”

Fang Congzhe said: "The minister obeys the order!" Then he got off the donkey, and at the same time blocked the mouths of the speakers, and saw that the speakers were angry one by one. Huang Jiashan and Li Linbin didn't think that they could knock Fang Congzhe down by relying on this matter, but they just looked at Fang Congzhe with great resentment.

Fang Congzhe stood up and straightened his clothes, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Yang Hao should be the primary responsibility for the defeat of this battle, and he should be dismissed from office on the spot and escorted back to Beijing to discuss the crime; Although Liu Yunwei fought Jiannu, he failed to rescue the main force of the Eastern Route Army in time, so he was negligent, so he thought that he should be demoted from a guerrilla general to a thousand generals; In addition, because the impact of his unauthorized withdrawal to Liaoyang was quite bad, he should no longer serve in Liaodong, so the ministers asked him to transfer him and his subordinates to Sichuan. ”

Emperor Wanli frowned after hearing this, thinking about Fang Congzhe's proposal. And Huang Jiashan and Li Linbin were surprised when they heard that Fang Congzhe was going to transfer Liu Yunwei to Sichuan. When the two received Yuan Mingxuan's letter, they had a proposal to transfer Liu Yunwei back to Sichuan, and at this time, they didn't know how to speak, who thought that Fang Congzhe had actually helped the two of them so much.

Emperor Wanli thought for a while and said: "Now that Liaodong needs to strengthen its armaments, is it a bit inappropriate for the elder to transfer the Hanwei battalion instead?" ”

Fang Congzhe said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks like this: First, the Hanwei battalion is now suffering very serious battle losses, and the casualties among the officers and soldiers in the battalion are more than sixty percent, and they no longer have the conditions to meet Jiannu, and the lack of such a force will not affect the garrison of Liaodong; Moreover, Liu Yunwei did not obey the order to return to Liaoyang without authorization, if this matter is not punished, then the Liaodong soldiers will not be able to manage it. ”

Emperor Wanli nodded slightly and said, "What does Huang Shangshu think about this matter?" ”

Huang Jiashan secretly glanced at Fang Congzhe, and when he saw that he nodded slightly, he said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the proposal of the elder Fang Ge is reasonable, and the minister seconds it." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, all the officials seconded and agreed with Fang Congzhe's proposal, and Emperor Wanli said when he saw this: "Pass the decree to remove Yang Hao from office and arrest him in Beijing on the spot, and hand it over to the three law divisions to review the crime; Liu Yunwei was demoted to the general manager of Qian, and the Hanwei battalion of the department was reduced to the general camp of the thousand general camp and transferred back to Sichuan together, and Liu Yunwei was appointed as the general manager of Sichuan Weiqian, the secretary of the Sichuan Xingdu Division. ”

After speaking, Emperor Wanli looked at the ministers and said, "Now, let's talk about how to deal with the aftermath of the Liaodong matter!" ”