In the hot afternoon, knowing that the noise in the yard was non-stop, the maids and the servants avoided the study far away because they were scolded too fiercely, for fear of disturbing Yang Tinglin, who was making a fuss.

In the study, waste paper balls were thrown all over the ground, Yang Tinglin sat in front of the window in a daze, the sheep's hair ink in his hand was dry, and the tip of the pen even separated a few thin branches, and the manuscript paper in front of him was still blank. He was the same as the Zodiac Zhou "Sanhanlin", to Chongzhen to read the history of the imperial feast, has always been known for his quick thinking, over the years of various articles do not know that thousands of articles have been written, not as difficult as today...... Yang Ge Lao, who is only eight buckets tall, is Kavin.

And the card is very strict, which is more difficult than a woman giving birth.

No matter how difficult it is, he has to write, these days, he has written four articles in a row, and the people who support the Wuxun group are engaged in polemics...... As a conscientious cabinet boss and a minister with heavy responsibilities, although Yang Tinglin has resigned, before the will of Emperor Longwu comes down, he still has to stand on the last shift, and he must also stand on this shift!

Now it is the time when the demons are dancing and embattled, public opinion is completely on the side of Wu Xun, and a few people stand up and sing a few words of counter-tune, and they will immediately be besieged and abused, and their past resumes and personal ** will be picked up as targets...... As the ministers of the dead country, no one dared to say that they had not made any mistakes in the Chongzhen Dynasty and the Hongguang Dynasty, and they had no responsibility for the Ming Dynasty√. took on the heavy task of counterattacking Wuxun.

Although he set a strategy of comprehensive concession, he was ready to compromise with Wang Kefan. However, the other party is pressing forward step by step, which has threatened the foundation of "scholars and doctors and the Son of Heaven ruling the world together". The civil official group can't stand still, and always let Emperor Longwu's congratulatory essay be used as a target, and it is not the way of a courtier. The reason for giving up the offensive is to concentrate all efforts on defense, and to resolutely fight back against the questioning of the civil bureaucratic system, and this pen-and-ink lawsuit will continue...... In the long run, Tang Laihe and others will have to stay useful and deal with Wang Kefan and his party for a long time. At this moment, rashly coming out will be arbitrarily smeared by those petty people, but Yang Tinglin has the intention of retreating bravely, and there is no stain on his personal morality and festivals, he has always been clean and self-conscious, and he is determined to resist the Qing Dynasty with Wen Tianxiang as an example, so he is obliged to pick up the pen and debate with the fierce tide of public opinion.

Unexpectedly, someone turned up the past of the Battle of Julu in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, and put the responsibility of Lu Xiangsheng's defeat and martyrdom on his head. Yang Tinglin cherished his reputation the most in his life, and was slandered by such a reversal of black and white, his heart was full of grief and indignation, and his fighting spirit was even more high.

"Reflexive. Although tens of millions of people have gone to me! "Morality is in my hands, and I am worthy of heaven and earth, no matter how rampant Wang Kefan's party is. Move forward and never back down!

The dry pen in Yang Tinglin's hand suddenly fell. The pen walked and the dragon snake was written.

"The Admiral is in charge of the military affairs of the province. It is the great authority of the country, and it cannot be lightly granted, let alone changed to a permanent system. The plan of the Northern Expedition should also be planned by the imperial court, and it is not a good policy to set up a single Northern Expedition admiral in the three provinces south of the Yangtze River......"

I just wrote two sentences, and I got stuck again.

This article is too difficult to do.

Polemical articles are reasonable, well-founded, and now that the shape is so complicated, you can't really be angry when you really put pen to paper, calm down and think carefully, it's really difficult to grasp the proportions in this, and we must not resolutely fight back against those petty people, but also not be too tough and point the spearhead directly at Wang Kefan, so as not to annoy him and launch a more intense military action...... Yang Tinglin has written a total of four articles these days, although he is angry, the articles are written carefully, lest he will give someone a handle if he says a wrong sentence.

The more intense the pressure, the more you can't retreat lightly, otherwise the other party will have to gain an inch, Yang Tinglin, Tang Laihe, and Wan Yuan Ji have originally agreed that before they get the instructions of Emperor Longwu, they must resolutely oppose the establishment of the Northern Expedition Admiral, and they can't show any hesitation and looseness, but with the continuous deterioration of the shape, it is already a little unbearable.

Starting from Jin Shenghuan's accountability of the Fujian battlefield, to Qian Qianyi's discussion of the disadvantages of using civil power to control military force, and then taking advantage of the situation to propose the establishment of the Northern Expedition Governor, reopening the Metropolitan Governor's Office, questioning the existing civilian system, and even establishing a cabinet to abolish the cabinet...... In this fierce controversy with great influence, the Wuxun clique exerted its strength at all levels, pressing step by step, grasping the rhythm very accurately, steadily expanding its advantages, the centrist represented by Jin Shenghuan turned to support Wang Kefan, and the grass on the wall immediately defected, and the internal clique of civil officials and gentry also fell apart, and traitors against the water continued to appear, and public opinion showed a one-sided situation.

Behind this, there is obviously an invisible big hand pushing Yiqiē, if there is no mastermind behind the scenes, it is all the spontaneous behavior of Qian Qianyi and others, and Yang Tinglin will not believe it if he is killed. Wang Kefan has used the art of war in the political struggle, and has also used force to break the rules of the game, holding a pen in one hand and a pen in the other, and has a posture of "if you don't agree, I will rob it", and has firmly grasped the initiative, and no one doubts that the three provinces south of the Yangtze River are already in his pocket, and now he is still stubbornly supporting the establishment of the Northern Expedition Admiral, which is self-deception and escapism.

Things will come to this point, both unexpectedly and expectedly. If the civilian clique now has the upper hand, it will definitely continue to exert pressure in order to hit the opponent as much as possible and maximize the benefits, if Wang Kefan is not satisfied with the Northern Expedition Admiral, but really wants to reopen the Metropolitan Governor's Office, or even cancel the cabinet, then what should be done?

"Endure the calm for a while, take a step back and open the ......sky," Yang Tinglin muttered subconsciously, weighing the pros and cons. In this crisis, Emperor Longwu's side is very strange and slow, I don't know why there has been no news, but the shape of the Jiangnan side has reached the point of a moment, if you can't do everything to calm the turmoil, the situation will not be able to be cleaned up.

He pulled out the last sentence on the manuscript paper, "It is by no means a good strategy," and changed it to "The establishment of a separate governor of the Northern Expedition in the three provinces south of the Yangtze River must be considered in the long term and discussed by many parties." ”

Putting down the sheep's hair, Yang Tinglin picked up the teacup. I poured it into my throat in one gulp, and I still felt hot and dry. In previous articles, he was very adamantly opposed to the creation of a governor of the Northern Expedition. Now it is necessary to "discuss with many parties", which is obviously relieved. It's tantamount to slapping yourself in the face, and your face is spicy.

The pens who participated in the debate were all masters of chewing words, don't look at it as just a change in words, but it will definitely be noticed by everyone and hold on, Yang Tinglin easily made up Wang Kefan's smug sneer, and there were other small people who ridiculed the world.

The problem is that the article has just begun, and it is far from finished, and the later part of the discussion should be more cautious, rubbing his temples and writing as he thinks. I tried to find a few reasons from both sides to try to be more fair.

"Setting up a Northern Expedition governor in Jiangnan is cheap and despotic, but it is ......"

As soon as I wrote this, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and without waiting for the next person to report, Tang Laihe and Wan Yuanji pushed the door in together, both of them were blue and anxious.

"Mr. Kaneyama. Something big happened, Xiong Lichun returned to Ming a few days ago anyway, Wang Sheng has already occupied Suzhou! "Wan Yuan Ji has been under a lot of pressure recently, and he is an old man. There were a few red and bright pimples on his face, but the corners of his mouth were rotten and swollen.

"What? Xiong Lichun anyway. Why doesn't the old man know? He had obviously promised in the letter that he would dedicate Suzhou to the Cabinet Department! Yang Tinglin stood up suddenly. The movement was too violent, and the chair was brought to the ground.

"Xiong Lichun is a thief and treacherous. On the surface, he agreed to Jianshan, but secretly he kept communicating with Wang Kefan, and seeing that Wang Kefan was sitting big, he finally abandoned the court. Tang Laihe said with a straight face: "After Wang Sheng occupies Suzhou, Jiaxing and Songjiang are all at your fingertips, and a lonely city in Hangzhou will not last for a few days. ”

After the Chu army captured Suzhou and Hangzhou, the shape was completely clear, the civil official group will be further divided, there will be fewer and fewer people supporting the Longwu court, and Wang Kefan's attitude will become tougher.

"This matter is very important, although we are forbearant for the country, but it will inevitably be attacked in the future...... "Wan Ji's face was covered with sweat, and his lips were trembling slightly, I don't know if it hurts or panics. Compromising with Wang Kefan on his own initiative is a betrayal of the civilian official group, and in the future, some people who stand and speak without backache will come out and scold, scolding them for flattering Wu Ben, bad intentions, disloyalty to Emperor Longwu, and so on.

Yang Tinglin was entangled for a moment, and suddenly sighed: "That's it, that's it!" Even if he has left a thousand years of infamy, this matter is borne by the old man alone! ”

He sat back down and revised the article again: "...... When the country was at war, there was no need to stick to old rules, and it was an expedient measure to set up a separate governor of the Northern Expedition in the three provinces south of the Yangtze River. ”

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After Wang Sheng and Wang Deren joined forces, they immediately besieged the city of Suzhou and sent people to secretly get in touch with Xiong Lichun.

Xiong Lichun had been secretly communicating with the Chu army earlier, and according to Wang Kefan's order, he let the switch pass and let Wang Deren enter Jiangnan, and later led his troops to retreat into Suzhou, and obtained the initial trust of Hetuo. Hetuo was under siege and was using troops, of course, it was impossible to keep Xiong Lichun, a "loyal" army of the Qing Dynasty, out, so he arranged for him to participate in the defense of the city with the Eight Banners, anyway, he had 10,000 Eight Banners under his command, and he was not afraid that Xiong Lichun's two thousand or so green battalions would make trouble.

If in normal times, there is nothing wrong with this approach, but Wang Sheng and Wang Deren suddenly killed and launched a continuous onslaught on Suzhou City, the order in the city gradually became chaotic, and everyone's attention was focused on the Chu army outside the city, and no one was wary of Xiong Lichun. At the height of the battle, Xiong Lichun suddenly broke out, concentrated his forces to capture the West City Gate, opened the door and let the Chu army enter the city, and Suzhou was immediately broken.

Most of the 10,000 Qing troops were wiped out, seeing that the defeat was decided, and Tuo fled from the east gate with the remnants of the defeated army, and retreated to Jiaxing in a panic, and was chased and killed by the cavalry of the Chu army on the way, and when he fled into the city of Jiaxing, there were only one hundred and ten Eight Banners left around him.

Fortunately, there are still 2,000 defenders in Jiaxing, including hundreds of Eight Banner soldiers, and he urgently ordered the defenders of Songjiang Mansion to abandon the city defense, move closer to Jiaxing Mansion, and send people to Hangzhou for help.

After Tian Xiong entered Jiaxing Mansion, He Tuo was relieved and went to Tian Xiong's army to inspect, but Tian Xiong suddenly turned his face, killed He Tuo and his entourage, and then untied his braided hair, raised the red flag of the Ming army, launched an attack on the Qing army that had lost its commander, and defeated the remnants of He Tuo in one fell swoop, and collected more than 1,000 surrendered green battalion soldiers.

When Wang Sheng heard about it, he immediately led his troops to Jiaxing, ordered Tian Xiong to lay down his arms and accept the Chu army's incorporation, Tian Xiong claimed to be on Yang Tinglin's orders, showed the relevant letters and vouchers, and claimed that he only surrendered to Ming and not Wang, and refused to surrender to the Chu army.

"Guan Yunchang? This dog traitor still descends to the Ming and does not descend to the Wang! From Wang Sheng downwards, the officers and soldiers of Chu were all happy, and immediately launched an attack on Jiaxing.

The Chu army is strong, occupying Suzhou Mansion, and there are thousands of Qing troops in Hangzhou Mansion behind it, if Tian Xiong is stationed in Jiaxing, it will become a sandwich biscuit attacked at both ends, he simply led his troops out of the city to meet the battle, and Wang Sheng launched a bloody battle under the city of Jiaxing...... When the Qing army of Songjiang Prefecture arrived, they were surprised to find that there were two Ming armies fighting, and the killing was very tragic, the Qing general who led the troops saw a rare opportunity, and did not care to explore the reason, so he led his soldiers and horses to join the war group and launched an attack on Wang Sheng and Tian Xiong at the same time.

A small-scale "Three Kingdoms" melee broke out, each other is an enemy, see anyone to fight, Wang Sheng saw that the Qing army of the right brand is coming, he didn't care about Hetian Xionghuo, concentrated his forces to meet the Qing army in Songjiang Prefecture, Tian Xiong shook a shot, took advantage of this opportunity to hurriedly flee the battlefield, and when Wang Sheng eliminated the Qing army in Songjiang Prefecture, he had run away without a trace.

Wang Sheng hesitated for a moment and did not chase after him. This is not to be afraid of Yang Tinglin, but in order to seize Suzhou and Hangzhou, eliminate the remnants of the Qing army such as Ji Xiha, and he can't care about dealing with Tian Xiong for a while, he immediately entered Jiaxing Mansion, Zhang Bang Anmin, chased the remnants of the enemy, and arranged to launch the next attack on Hangzhou.

Tian Xiong ran out for more than 300 miles in one go, entered the Nanzhili area, and after joining up with Yang Tinglin's army, he finally escaped, and then sued Wang Sheng about the battle of Jiaxing, saying that he attacked friendly troops and disobeyed the orders of the imperial court. (To be continued......)