Chapter 1017: Zhu Xianxuan's Considerations
Su Tiancheng began to conquer the Houjin Tartars, such a thing, in the eyes of the imperial court, is a great thing, from the military strength of the Ming Dynasty, can undertake the task of exterminating the Houjin Tartars, that is, the Jiangning battalion, although the border army of Liaodong and Datong has also made great progress over the years, but it is not enough to undertake the heavy task of attacking and exterminating the Houjin Tartars, especially the defeat of Liaodong last year, which greatly weakened the strength of the Liaodong border army, if it were not for the Jiangning battalion to launch an attack in Fuzhou and Xuanzhou and other places in time, Maybe there will be a major problem in the Guanningjin defense line, which will directly threaten the capital.
But the strange thing is that when Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning Battalion, the Liaodong Border Army and the Datong Border Army to prepare to launch an attack on the Houjin Tartars, the reaction in the court was a little unbelievable.
The emperor did not appear happy, in the early dynasty, there was no special mention of the conquest of the Houjin Tartars, anyway, the expedition led by Su Tiancheng was the Ming court's conquest of the Houjin Tartars, it can be said that this is a very important thing for the Ming court, if the Houjin Tartars can be completely exterminated, the Ming Dynasty will be completely stable within a few years.
The emperor did not express his position, there must be a lot of discussion in the court, after the conquest, the Golden Tartar is not a particularly secret thing, the emperor once issued a special decree, this is a matter that many ministers of the court and the central government are aware of, some civil and military ministers, from a concern or other perspectives, discuss this matter, all kinds of rumors, also appeared.
Zhu Xianxuan, the second assistant of the cabinet, paid great attention to collecting information, no matter what rumors there were, he had to find out, and knew as much as possible where these rumors came from. Huang Taiji established Haoge as the crown prince, and when the negotiations had just ended, the ministers of civil and military affairs in the court did not dare to discuss it publicly, but in their hearts, they also thought that the court was fooled and was delayed by the Houjin Tartars. Before the negotiations. The Jiangning battalion captured Fuzhou and Xuanzhou and other places, exterminated the Zhenghong Banner led by Dai Shan, and captured Dai Shan, which was the best opportunity to attack the Houjin Tartars, and would achieve unexpected results.
After a period of time, Zhu Xianxuan collected a lot of information, and when faced with this information, he became more and more worried. Because a lot of information revealed intentions, it faintly pointed to Su Tiancheng, and it was relatively clear that Su Tiancheng's power was too powerful and threatened the imperial power.
Zhu Xianxuan knew that Su Tiancheng had already made corresponding preparations, and according to his judgment, Su Tiancheng wanted to overthrow the Ming Dynasty and establish a new dynasty. It's not an impossible thing, the army in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. After Yu Lu met with Jiangning Ying, it may just be a situation of descent from the wind, besides, according to Su Tiancheng's ability, the establishment of a new dynasty is probably much stronger than that of the Ming Dynasty.
All these cases. Zhu Xianxuan wrote it in the letter and sent it to Su Tiancheng through secret channels, and at the same time, Zhu Xianxuan also paid great attention to his words and deeds. There are no special circumstances, try not to contact my sister Zhu Xianxin, although both of them are in the capital.
The biggest anomaly is still in Jinyiwei and Dongchang.
Many civil and military ministers in the DPRK and the central government are resentful of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, because what Jinyiwei and Dongchang have done is indeed despicable, but everyone understands that Jinyiwei and Dongchang are the emperor's henchmen, monitoring every move of the civil and military ministers, and finding abnormalities from them.
Zhu Xianxuan vaguely arrived, and Jinyiwei and Dongchang were paying attention to him and Zhu Xianxin.
Jinyiwei is divided into two parts, the public Jinyiwei, which belongs to the part of the Beijing camp, looks like a show of power, but what really plays a role is the dark line, such as the investigation and the provision of evidence, etc., are all done by the dark line, no official can completely grasp the list of dark line personnel, and the general leader of the dark line is Dong Chang, this Dong Chang, and Su Tiancheng still have some intersection, but unfortunately the focus of the people is still the emperor's henchmen, if you meet the matter of violating the imperial power, Dong Chang will not be merciful.
Zhu Xianxuan's suspicions and feelings are by no means groundless, since the emperor issued a holy decree and asked Su Tiancheng to immediately attack the Houjin Tartar, this situation has appeared, because Su Tiancheng did not follow the requirements of the holy decree and immediately launched an attack, the emperor began to become suspicious, doubting everything, he had been deceived by Huang Taiji before, and under double pressure, anything could happen.
Up to now, Su Tiancheng finally launched an attack on the Houjin Tartars, but the news that reached the capital was within a certain range, causing a sensation, the key is that Su Tiancheng made two decisions, one is the deployment of the operation, will not be directly reported to the imperial court, it needs to be implemented after the beginning of the report, this has the flavor of cutting first and then playing, the second is that after the start of the expedition, the officials of Dengzhou, Laizhou, Qingzhou, Liaodong and Datong will not be adjusted for the time being, everything is for the purpose of serving the Jin Tartars after the conquest, Even if the imperial court wants to adjust a certain official, it will not work.
Such an arrangement, originally nothing remarkable, in order to be able to achieve the final victory of the battle, it is necessary to make such an arrangement, it is necessary not to be disturbed by external forces, but the time is not very suitable.
Things in this world are so coincidental, when the emperor was most suspicious, such news came, you can imagine what the emperor would think and what kind of considerations he would have.
Since Su Tiancheng was preparing to launch an attack on the Houjin Tartars, it was difficult for Zhu Xianxuan to see the emperor in private, except for the emperor and the cabinet to discuss things, the rest of the time, Zhu Xianxuan did not have the opportunity to meet the emperor.
In this case, Zhu Xianxuan is very sensitive, he knows the rules within the royal family, when he trusts a person, he wants to see him almost all the time, asks for a lot of opinions, and when he starts to distrust a person, under normal circumstances, he will not meet.
A series of circumstances made Zhu Xianxuan believe that Su Tiancheng's prediction was completely accurate, and it was impossible for the emperor to tolerate Su Tiancheng, but the current situation is very special, the battle of the Golden Tartars after the extermination is inseparable from Su Tiancheng, Su Tiancheng is the soul of the Jiangning camp, if Su Tiancheng is brought down on trumped-up charges, the Jiangning camp will be completely dispersed, and the emperor and the court will not be able to withstand such a blow. I am afraid that during this period of time, the emperor is very anxious, afraid that Su Tiancheng is strong, and he needs to rely on Su Tiancheng.
Zhu Xianxuan has long made up his mind, the identity of the royal family, for him, there are only painful memories, his father has been in Taiyuan, Shanxi all his life, enduring the surveillance of Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi, every word and deed is cautious, for fear of annoying a certain adult in the court who holds real power, encountering calculations, Zhu Xianxuan received the education, that is, to abide by his duty, as little as possible, even in the mansion, can not talk nonsense, for fear of impeachment.
With these painful memories, Zhu Xianxuan would have already had a stomach for the royal family, if it weren't for Su Tiancheng's suggestion to let the people in the royal family participate in the court politics, I am afraid that he would still be in the Taiyuan Mansion, living a frightened life, but even if Su Tiancheng made a suggestion, some of the royal family participated in the court politics, this proportion is also very low, there are very few, and more royal people will not be able to enter the court at all.
Some rules are ingrained and cannot be completely changed in a short period of time.
Zhu Xianxuan will not sit and wait, in the past, the emperor did not trust him, and began to be estranged, Zhu Xianxuan will be restless, I don't know what to do, but now it is different, Zhu Xianxuan has his own considerations, Su Tiancheng has begun to conquer Houjin Tartar, this battle takes a certain amount of time, he must find a way to leave the capital and go to Su Tiancheng's side during this time, so that he can protect himself, such an opportunity is very easy to find, and it is completely okay to supervise the war.
As for the family members in the capital, it is not particularly difficult to make arrangements, Su Tiancheng has arranged some elite soldiers to enter the capital and become the guards of the two mansions, Zhu Xianxuan and Zhu Xianxin and others' personal guards, all of whom were sent by Su Tiancheng, and these guards also have an important task, that is, at a critical moment, escort the family members out of the capital and rush to Dengzhou.
There is no need to see the emperor every day, and there will be no special summons, Zhu Xianxuan has more time, but Su Tiancheng made such a deployment when he conquered the Houjin Tartars, which still made Zhu Xianxuan sweat, if he was Zhu Xianxuan to do such a thing, he would never do this, he still had to report to the court, even if it was to fool with some plans that had not really been decided, as for saying that the court wanted to adjust someone, it was easy to do, and after the emperor's decree or the edict of the ministry arrived, it would be pressed down, all because of the need for conquest.
Zhu Xianxuan's family members have already come to the capital, at this time, he needs to think about how to gradually arrange many family members to Dengzhou, Su Tiancheng's family members, not many in the capital, most of them went to Dengzhou, this matter, Zhu Xianxuan also wrote a letter to Su Tiancheng, and got Su Tiancheng's support, thinking that first of all, he could send some of his family members to Dengzhou, as for Dengzhou, Su Tiancheng had already made arrangements.
The things that Zhu Xianxuan considered, as well as the preparations made, were all top secret, fortunately, Su Tiancheng had the foresight and arranged many guards, Jinyiwei Secret Line and Dongchang's fanzi, in the mansion, there is no use at all, you must know that all the guards are the elite of the Jiangning Battalion Scout Battalion, in front of them, Jinyiwei and Dongchang are nothing at all. (To be continued......)