Chapter 537: Silent Support
However, soon, the emperor's will to immediately correct the law after allowing the interrogation of Niu Dan and others was delayed, and the Shuntian Mansion and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division did not even ask, and put them in prison, so Niu Dan actually missed this last opportunity to appeal. The reason for this can be traced back to after the eunuch reported that the bandits attacked the Guanxiang.
Almost before and after the feet, Hong Chengchou, a new cabinet scholar and secretary of the military department, hurriedly entered the palace, and he brought great news. The siege of Jinzhou has been lifted, the Tartar army has been defeated and retreated, and the entire 100-mile land in the western Liaoning corridor will return to the hands of the Ming Dynasty, which not only means the failure of the Manchu plan to attack western Liaoning, but also the proof that the Guanningjin defense line has not completely failed. It's just that Zhu Youzhen, the son of tomorrow, is not limited to western Liaoning.
After the great victory in Liaoxi, the Tartars thought that they would not be able to threaten Guannai again in a year or two, so the imperial court could just free up their hands and concentrate on exterminating the great problem of thieves. It was also this war report of Jinzhou's great victory that made Zhu Youzhen, the son of the great tomorrow, see the dawn of rejecting the Tartars in the north and suppressing the rebellion in the interior, thinking that he had worked diligently in the position of emperor for more than ten years, and now he was finally going to pay off.
According to the practice of the dynasty, whenever there was such a happy event that the whole world celebrated, the emperor would announce an amnesty for the convicted criminals, of course, this did not include rebellion. It's just that Niu Dan and others are also fortunate in misfortune, they were not put into the register of thieves and rebels, but were only pretended to be robbers who robbed homes against the official army. It is not an exaggeration to say that Niu Dan is lucky, although the emperor has a word to ask the gods clearly before executing, but none of the chief officials of the Shuntian Mansion and the Five Cities Terracotta Division will come to the trial in person for this, and the people below will be transcribed by the master according to the custom, and all the interrogation records will be recorded.
Then, if there was no amnesty decree issued by the emperor in the early morning of the next day, the fate of Niu Dan and the others would have been directly executed without trial, and it would have been difficult for Li Xin to turn around here.
However, the luck of Niu Dan and others only ended here, more than a dozen people were thrown into prison, because there were many killings and injuries when they were arrested, Shuntianfu felt that if they were released in this way, sooner or later they would be the one who would be the victim, but because of the holy decree of amnesty, they had to suspend the implementation of the amnesty decree, and deliberately forgot these people in the depths of the prison, since no one asked, they would not let them see the light of day.
This night's kung fu, the cow eggs were almost peeled off a layer of skin, and the leather whip and stick tortured this burly man to death. In order to vent his anger, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division naturally vented all their anger on him, but in the end, it was still hindered by the emperor's will and left him half his life.
When the cow egg was put back in the cell, he was covered in bruises, but fortunately he was still locked up with his companions, and there was someone to take care of him. During this period, the Mongols scolded themselves, and their desperate words frequently broke out in Mongolian. But the soldiers of Li Xin who came with Lu Jiu were all veteran Three Guards, and they were all arrogant and arrogant, and they were all leaders in the Three Guards, how could they endure such cruel treatment, and they all accused the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the Shuntian Mansion of abusing the imperial generals, and repeatedly explained that they were under the command of Li Xin, the former general of the expedition to the west. How can those cell bosses who are in charge of guarding them be trusted, and bluntly tell them to save their efforts and prepare to sit through the bottom of the prison, and warn with great confidence: "To tell the truth, the second-class can pick up a small life, which is already the blessing of Sun Ge Lao and General Zu of Shanhaiguan in Liaoxi, if it were not for them to settle Liaoxi in a war, relieve the siege of Jinzhou, and defeat the Manchu Tartars, Long Live Lord would not be happy to issue an amnesty." Now that your capital crime has been spared, don't toss anymore, you stop a little, our lords will not be as embarrassed as the soldiers and ruffians of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and the well water between us will not interfere with the river water, do you know? ”
The words of the cell boss were not said, which made the wronged soldiers of Li Xin of the Three Guards even more resentful, and what they hated was not only the injustice they had suffered, but the distortion of the facts in the court, and the fact that the credit of the general was also forcibly taken away, but they were in prison at this moment, and they were anxious and angry, but they were helpless.
One of the soldiers told the cell boss the truth, and his voice was close to pleading, although it was sincere. Although many people have relatives in their hearts, these old men who guard the prison are also low-level people, so where can they go to avenge the grievances of these prisoners in prison? After all, he sighed with emotion, dropped a sentence that was difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and then ignored Li Xin's personal soldiers' shouts of grievances, as for Niu Dan, he had fallen into a deep coma at this moment.
Corresponding to the miserable and miserable scene in the prison, the cabinet hall was full of joy. Several ministers met with Zuyi, who had entered Beijing to report the good news. It's just a mere border general, and he can get a special reception from almost all the important ministers in the DPRK, not to mention whether he shows his face or not, in the future, he will also be a border general who has been registered in the DPRK, and his future will be immeasurable.
I have to say that Zu Dashou chose Zu Yi to enter Beijing is indeed the right person, although this person is a military general, but he is also quite literate, and the response with a cadre of important ministers is also very decent, just right. Especially Zhang Sizhi, he is so happy that he can't close his mouth, and the straight mouth of Kuazuyi is young and promising, and his future is limitless.
Zhang Sizhi is the teacher of the Son of Heaven, and he is very favored and reused by the current emperor, and he is frequently praised by this person, Zu Yi's heart is happy, but he does not dare to have any arrogance on his face, and even modestly transfers his uncle's "credit" to Sun Chengzong, who is already semi-paralyzed. It's just that the ministers here are all who are them, and they can't see that this is the humble words of Zuyi. is even more praised, the uncle and nephew of the ancestral family are not only known for their bravery, but also know the general situation of advance and retreat, not greedy for merit, not in love with power...... All in all, in short, he almost praised his uncle and nephew to the sky.
After this meeting, the cabinet drew up a special account of the indispensable and key role played by the uncle and nephew of the ancestral family and Guan Ningjun in this great victory. Up to Zhang Sizhi and down to Hong Chengchou respectively named on the song.
People's humility is humble, that is an attitude of self-purity. Of course, the important ministers of the cabinet cannot deprive others of their merits, and with this self-purging attitude, they must also write about their merits.
In short, it is a good performance, and everyone is happy, whether it is the emperor or the important ministers, or the border generals of western Liaoxi represented by Zuyi, they all have gains. And the emperor quickly issued a holy decree of praise, and his Chinese characters are quite intriguing.
"Xue Xiang, long live this decree is probably very profound......" Fan Fucui, a scholar of the cabinet and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, was quite worried after hearing the content of the holy decree, and the joy after learning about the victory in western Liaoning was swept away.
The cabinet hall was already empty, and only Fan Fucui and Xue Guoguan were left in the hall, these two people were obviously out of tune with Zhang Sizhi and Li Shiwen, and they were originally very optimistic about Hong Chengchou, but they didn't expect that after entering the cabinet, they also fell into Zhang Sizhi's arms.
But he heard Xue Guoguan sneer: "It's not that Zhang Xiang has touched the pulse of the saint, and the saint doesn't mention Sun Ge Lao at all, he really expresses his dissatisfaction with him!" However, Sun Ge Lao was old and weak, and he stepped forward and sat in the Shanhaiguan in Liaoxi, which made the situation not collapse, and no one could erase the merit of the army, and the saint also knew it in his heart, but it was a pity that ......" The words stopped at this point, Fan Fucui then sighed, and suddenly said: "State affairs are like this, how can you treat heroes badly with your own likes and dislikes, doesn't this make the world's teeth cold?" Not to mention anything else, as far as the old man knows, Li Xin is also ...... in Jinzhou" A meaningful sneer suddenly rose on Fan Fucui's face.
"If it is said that Jinzhou has broken the siege, without this person's work, the old man would rather not have this black yarn on his head!"
In the end, the words are powerful and loud.
Xue Guoguan immediately high-fived and agreed, "Fan Xiang's words are exactly what I want, but it's a pity that you and I are lonely, how can we go against the holy will...... This matter should not be mentioned again......" After speaking, his eyes showed a little unwillingness and loss, he had a hunch that Zhang Sizhi was determined to promote his ancestral uncle and nephew this time, which not only suppressed Sun Chengzong, but also objectively diluted the holy family of Yang Sichang, who was suppressing thieves in the Central Plains.
And the uncle and nephew of the ancestral family may become the second martial artist to accept the promotion out of the ordinary, at this moment, Xue Guoguan naturally feels powerless, Yang Sichang's loss of power seems inevitable, so he also has to follow the road to the dark? But now, how can he get off the boat if he wants to?
But it was this Fan Fucui, who has always been quite famous as Geng Jie, who seemed to be instigating Xue Guoguan to fight against Zhang Sizhi's conspiracy to distort the facts and give credit to Zhang Guan and Li Dai. However, Xue Guoguan did not pick up in the end, but chose to wait and see what happened, the two had different intentions, but after all, there was a point of convergence of interests, and he suddenly found that this Fan Fucui was not completely an old stubborn who did not understand power and scheming.
Sure enough, in the next few days, Zu Yi, as the spokesperson of the ancestral uncle and nephew, was in the limelight in the Ming Dynasty for a while. The ministers touted it, and the emperor praised it. There are even rumors that the emperor intends to promote Zu Dashou to be the chief military officer of Jiliao Second Town, and the military affairs of the town. What's more, the emperor wanted to make it worthy of the general's seal.
It's really amazing if it goes on like this. The errand of the chief military officer of Jiliao is unprecedented, once it comes true, where will the governor of Jiliao be placed? Obviously, the limelight of the military ministers is about to overwhelm the limelight of the civil ministers, but on such a matter of principle, all the civil servants in the DPRK and China have chosen to remain silent for the first time, and silence is equivalent to silent support.
At this moment, unexpectedly, Fan Fucui suddenly jumped out and revealed a stunned secret!