Chapter 258: Nurturing Tension
Wen Tiren has been in a good mood recently, because the first assistant Zhou Yanru resigned from office this month.
Originally, Zhou Yanru was defeated by Wen Tiren in the sixth year of Chongzhen, that is, next year, but when the tension came, everything changed.
Enke fraud case, although Emperor Chongzhen did not bear it, but his dissatisfaction with the Donglin Party under the leadership of Lord Zhou has reached the extreme.
Therefore, Lord Wen's subordinates impeached Zhou Yanru for corruption, but he just kicked him lightly, and Emperor Chongzhen's reprimand for Zhou Yanru's holy decree was quite severe.
Zhou Yanru resigned from the government with a sense of illness, and Wen Tiren finally stood at the peak of the Ming Dynasty's civil official group.
There is a way that the high place is not cold, not to mention that Wen Tiren is still the leader of the Donglin Party and comes to power, and all aspects must be cautious.
Although Zhou Yanru fell, the Donglin Party still held many positions of real power in the imperial court, and Wen Tiren could not monopolize power.
Regarding Zhou Yanru's downfall behind his back because of Enke's fraud, there are good people in Beijing who also made up a ballad.
The folk song said: 'The Ministry of Rites reopened the heavenly list, and the champion explored the flower list, and was a little frightened; The cabinet was turned into a brothel, and the turtle king was always plagued. β
Obviously, Chen Zhengcao, who did not cheat, lay down the gun......
At this moment, Wen Tiren was walking on the way to the imperial study, and the eunuch Wang Chengen, the eunuch who led the way in front of him, had been expressionless, and he really couldn't see what the emperor had summoned him.
Finally came to the imperial study, Wen Tiren knelt down as soon as he entered the room: "Weichen Wen Tiren has seen Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!" β
Wang Chengen took Wen Tiren into the house and retreated outside the room to wait, Chongzhen glanced at Wen Tiren who was kneeling on the ground, and said lightly: "Wen Aiqing is flat." β
After Wen Tiren stood up. Chongzhen handed the tension in his hand to the little eunuch beside him: "Take it and show it to Wen Aiqing." β
Wen Tiren's eyes narrowed, and after receiving the recital presented by the little eunuch. Tsai took a closer look.
In fact, Wen Tiren glanced at this twist and turned to know what was going on, and as the head of the cabinet, he had already seen it.
Now pretend to look closely. Just pretending you didn't know beforehand.
Lord Wen had already thought through this matter and did not express his opinion.
The tension has a holiday with himself, and the emperor is clear, if he jumps out and says how the tension is, it is not the work of a wise man.
After reading the twists and turns carefully, Wen Tiren looked at Chongzhen with a sincere face: "Your Majesty, I heard that today's prince has experienced the first level, and all of them are real slave heads. β
Wen Tiren paused, and then said, "Wechen heard that Lord Zhang has not been training for a long time. There are only a thousand soldiersβ'
Chongzhen's brows furrowed, Wen Tiren said something that he couldn't understand, and it seemed that he was going around and around, not knowing what he meant.
Wen Tiren's words changed, and he said lightly: "The general army of the ancestor of the Ningyuan Acropolis has 20,000 troops, and he can't have such a victory, and Lord Zhang has won such a big victory in the territory of Liaodong before stepping on the heat-the minister is terrified!" β
Chongzhen spent a lot of effort, and finally understood that Wen Tiren meant that this battle merit must have been won by Zu Zepu. was preempted by tension.
Chongzhen was already suspicious, and Wen Tiren 'reminded' it in such a roundabout way, and he believed most of it.
Zhang Zhang dared to rob the ancestors of Liaoxi's generals?!
Wen Tiren didn't speak, leaving plenty of time for Chongzhen to continue to make up for his brain.
In fact, he already had a plan. Whether Zhang Li's report this time is true or false, it has nothing to do with him Wen Tiren.
But take this opportunity to provoke tension and contradictions with the ancestral family. I think that there are more than 1,000 soldiers in the tension, and I am against the Liaoxi generals who have more than 100,000 or 200,000 heavy soldiers in hand. Isn't it a grasshopper shaking a tree?
Borrowing a knife to kill people is the best policy.
Chongzhen pondered secretly. That Zhang Li said that he was going to Liaodong to be a nail, but he dared to fight against Liaoxi Jiangmen in such a short time, which was really unexpected.
Now it seems that Zhang Zhang was not talking in vain, he was a real 'anti-ancestor' pioneer.
Thinking of this, Chongzhen showed a long-lost smile on his face: Compared with the political struggle, some military exploits are not even worth Mao!
Mo said that Zhang Zhang reported more than 100 heads this time, that is, he only reported one head, and I also want to erect his banner.
Let the ancestral family know that Liaodong is still my Liaodong, not his ancestral family.
Thinking of this, Chongzhen made a decision in an instant: "Zhang Aiqing must have contributed to such a great battle exploit. If this is not the case, why not the chief soldier of Ningyuan, the governor of Guangning, and the eunuch of Ningyuan town to report their merits? The head of the Tartar is in the hands of Zhang Aiqing, this is an irrefutable fact! β
Wen Tiren is such a person, as soon as he heard Chongzhen's words, he understood that the emperor was going to support tension.
Zhang Li, this kid is really lucky, now that he speaks out against it, he will definitely offend the emperor, it is better to push the boat down the river and let him climb higher and fall harder!
Wen Tiren brushed his beard and said: 'The emperor is sage! In fact, Weichen had some verbal disputes with Zhang Bingbei before, and it was all for national affairs. Weichen is also very optimistic about Zhang Bingbei, Governor Ningyuan has been vacant for a long time, and Lord Zhang will definitely be able to take on this position! β
After Jin entered the customs two years after Chongzhen, and after Yuan Dudu was Ling Chi, the governor of Ningyuan has been empty, and the governor of Guangning has also defended Ningyuan.
Now Wen Tiren said that he would promote Zhang Li's official to Governor Ning Yuan, which is also a logical thing.
Chongzhen nodded: "Wen Aiqing is reasonable, I will play accurately. β
After a pause, Chongzhen asked again: "Zhang Zhang asked for food and salary according to the establishment of 10,000 people......
'Your Majesty, the household department has no money now. Wen Tirenyun interrupted Chongzhen's speech lightly, this reason was too sufficient, and Chongzhen could only be speechless.
After a moment of silence, Chongzhen felt that his face was a little inexplicable, and he frowned and said, "The imperial court is short of silver now, but there are still a lot of large amounts of armaments hoarded in Wanli and Tianqi years, so let's send it to Zhang Aiqing according to the establishment of 3,000 people." β
It's hard to object to this. But if there is no food, what is the use of armament?
'The Ministers obeyed. β
'Zhang Aiqing said that he would send people to collect his food, salary, and armaments in the future, without going through Shanhaiguan......
The salaries and armaments of the Chongzhen Dynasty in Liaodong have always been sent to Shanhaiguan, and the supervising army stationed in Shanhaiguan is then sent to Liaodong.
Wen Tiren frowned and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Zhang's request is not in accordance with the rules......
Chongzhen thought for a moment and seemed to have made up his mind: "This matter is according to what Zhang Aiqing said. β
Wen Tiren saw that the emperor had already decided, and he didn't dare to persuade him again, after all, the emperor now clearly wanted to support the tension to fight the Liaoxi generals, if the tension's food and military equipment were controlled by the Liaoxi generals, then what was the point of supporting?
Liaodong has always been the sphere of influence of the Donglin Party, and it is also a good result to let Zhang Zhang and the ancestral family eat dogs.
Thinking of this, Wen Tiren said solemnly: "The minister obeys the order!" β
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The weather is getting colder and colder, but the training ground and arsenal of Tuanshan Fort are two hot places.
Fang Yizhi made the arsenal work in a short period of time, and just a few days ago, the first batch of qualified 100 steels in Tuanshan Fort was completed.
Zhang Zhang held a grand ceremony to celebrate this iconic moment.
After that, Zhang Zhang handed over all the arsenal to Fang Yizhi for management, and for the time being, he did not have time to research new weapons, so he mainly focused on the production of self-generated firearms, after all, the drawings of self-generated firearms were originally obtained from Jungkesh......
The meeting hall of Tuanshan Fort.
It has recently been expanded and doubled in size, and an intelligence analysis meeting is taking place in a somewhat oppressive atmosphere.
The lonely scout team naturally has eyeliner in the Ningyuan Acropolis, and Zu Zepu has been gathering troops in the past few days, and his intentions are unknown.
General Zu naturally wouldn't say who he was going to deal with, but the generals of Tuanshan Fort who were present knew with their butts that he was afraid that he would recapture Tieshan Fort by force.
If you don't want to recapture Tieshan Fort, is it possible that General Zu wants to attack Jiannu?
I'm afraid that even if the sun comes out of the west, General Zu will not dare to fight the Tartars, so the goal will be very clear.
Zhang Li, who was sitting in the handsome position, glanced at the generals under him, and said slowly: "If you have any ideas, you can put them forward." β
Pan Batian was the first to speak: "My lord, Zu Zepu is ready to move now, we need to take precautions as soon as possible." β
Yi Ze frowned slightly and rubbed his temples: "Lao Pan's words are true, but there are more than 20,000 people in the Ningyuan Acropolis, and we only have 2,000, so this battle is not easy to fight." β
Zhang Li bowed slightly, glanced at Gao Yuanliang, and asked, "Old Gao, what do you think?" β
Gao Yuanliang had already thought about it before, but at this moment, he took two steps forward and said confidently: "My lord, this thing is a little strange. β
Zhang Li's eyes flashed, and he asked, 'Oh? Odd? Tell me about it. β
Gao Yuanliang continued: "According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the general army of the ancestors will be at your disposal. Although Liaoxi is a general, you will definitely not be able to command Zu Zepu, but he is clearly coming to attack us, which seems to be unreasonable. β
When everyone heard Gao Yuanliang's words, they immediately understood the truth, but the doubts on their faces deepened.
If Zu Zepu didn't want to completely break with the imperial court, he wouldn't have come to Tuanshan Fort, so what does he mean by being ready to move now?
Zhang Zhang took in everyone's expressions and sneered: "Ning Yuanwei will definitely move us, but it is not the ancestor general who will come forward. β
Gao Yuanliang was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "Governor of Guangning, Dai Jian? β
Zhang Zhang nodded and stopped talking.
Everyone immediately became nervous, if the governor of Guangning came forward, Lord Zhang would definitely be deflated - after all, the governor of Guangning was the official of Ningyuan's military preparation!
Pan Batian suddenly roared angrily: 'My lord, fuck it! It doesn't matter who he is, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth! β
Izawa also chimed in: "My lord, I'm afraid that the Iron Mountain Fort will not be able to hold it, why don't we ambush it again?" β
'Yes! Pan Batian slapped his thigh, "My lord, let's set up an ambush on the main road from Ning Yuanwei to Tieshan Fort, and we will definitely be able to surprise and attack him!" β
Zhang Li's eyes narrowed: "Ambush? (To be continued......)