Chapter 300: The court burlesque
This divine turn in the direction of the court has something to do with our protagonist Wu Shigong.
At that time, in order to determine the results of the Battle of Laizhou, the imperial court sent a team of officials to Liu Yulie to check the head. As for the results of the inspection, there is indeed no problem with the number of heads, but there is an accident in the process of inspection.
A general who came out of nowhere suddenly rushed to the officials who were inspecting and revealed that several of the chiefs were not from the rebels, but from the general's subordinates.
However, the officials who were inspected were mainly officials of the Ministry of War, and Liu Yulie was the squire of the Ministry of War. In addition, Zhou Yanru attaches great importance to this inspection, so most of the officials in this team are people from Zhou Yanru and Liu Yulie's faction. So, Zuihou still suppressed this matter.
But after the group of officials returned to Beijing, one of the officials with a greater sense of justice immediately revealed the news to Wen Tiren. That Wen Tiren was like a treasure, and immediately instructed the imperial history of his faction, and submitted the matter to Emperor Chongzhen's case.
And as soon as this news was made public, it immediately caused an uproar. Because if these heads are fake, it proves that the battle of Laizhou is not a defeat for both sides, but a complete defeat. In addition, there are the previous Jinyiwei and the local government's recital to verify that all people, including Emperor Chongzhen, are convinced of the defeat of Laizhou.
In fact, this incident is not bad news for the main Fu faction, because it proves the strength of the rebel army. But that's not how the problem looks.
The main reason why Shoufu Zhou Yanru became the leader of the main Fu faction is that he is still the main ruler of the country. However, in view of the financial constraints of the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Yanru had no other choice but to embark on the most economical road of appeasement.
And Wen Tiren is different. As for whether it is a suppression or a soothing, in fact, he doesn't care at all. Of course, in order to stand on the opposite side of Shoufu Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren also chose the main battle.
And now because of Liu Yulie's fraud, Wen Tiren only needs to let Emperor Chongzhen feel that Zhou Yanru has been deceiving Emperor Chongzhen. Of course, because Wen Tiren has become the leader of the main battle faction, of course he can't show a backsliding image in front of Emperor Chongzhen. Therefore, Wen Tiren still adheres to the idea of the main battle.
However, Liu Yulie does have clean hands and feet. When he saw that there was a loophole and the officials who were waiting for the inspection to leave, he immediately burned all the heads on the grounds of preventing the spread of the disease, so that there was no proof of death.
But Emperor Chongzhen is a man who can't rub sand in his eyes. He was already preparing to replace Liu Yulie, and was going to send the brocade-clothed guards to capture the five military attaches led by Wu Shigong, who had deceived and mutilated the mutilated bodies of friendly troops.
Seeing this, we found a very funny thing. This incident, which was beneficial to the main faction, was able to help the main faction come to power.
And seeing that the situation is not good, Zhou Yanru and these officials of the main Fu faction will definitely not sit idly by. They are still in their death throes. And at this time, there was another turning point, and the officials sent by the main fu returned to the light! The latest battle report came from Liaodong: after eating all the people, Zu Dashou surrendered to Houjin with more than 10,000 Ming troops. The city of Dalinghe has fallen.
In fact, this incident is not bad news for the main battle faction, because it shows that the Ming army can finally draw troops from the Liaodong battlefield to encircle and suppress Kong Youde's rebels. But that's not how the problem looks.
This defeat in Liaodong made the Ming court impatient for a fig leaf. And the "Laizhou Victory" was also recognized by the imperial court with its nose.
Therefore, Liu Yulie's position as governor was temporarily retained. The holy decree to arrest Wu Shigong and other five military attaches was also urgently stopped. But at this time, Wu Shigong, who was leisurely and graceful in the front army of the Ming army, didn't know that he had turned around on the edge of the edict. However, this time the name of Wu Shigong was firmly remembered by Emperor Chongzhen! Of course, it was the worst Jane in the emperor's heart.
And more importantly, Emperor Chongzhen's complaints about Zhou Yanru in the palace and the idea of replacing the first assistant have been transmitted to Wen Tiren's ears through Cao Huachun's mouth.
So Wen Tiren decided not to make any more extraneous branches. So he slowed down his attack on Zhou Yanru. Besides, the mess of the Denglai rebellion should be wiped by Zhou Yanru himself. Wen Tiren is not obliged to clear Zhou Yanru's head, and Wen Tiren is not necessarily to exterminate Kong Youde's rebels.
However, Zhou Yanru had the idea of using 100% efforts to complete the 1% hope, trying to complete the appeasement of Kong Youde's rebels as beautifully as possible, or fantasizing about keeping his position as the first assistant.
As soon as these reasons were combined, the main Fu faction once again gained the upper hand in the court.
Seeing this, we found another very funny thing. This incident was beneficial to the main battle faction, but it was able to help the main Fu faction survive.
This is really amazing to us! Politics is really not what we normal people should play!
At this time, Sun Chengzong, who led the battle of Dalinghe City, submitted his resignation to Emperor Chongzhen. In the evening, he silently returned to his hometown Gaoyang and never made a comeback.
It should be said that Sun Chengzong, as the governor of Liaodong, was mainly responsible for the defeat of Dalinghe City. The main reason for the defeat was that the Later Jin Army greatly enhanced its siege capabilities and siege methods under the leadership of Huang Taiji, and the biggest reason was that Sun Chengzong miscalculated the Ming army's ability to fight in the field.
You know, the essence of fortress tactics is: to have a field army with strong mobility and combat effectiveness. And this field army needs to support and take care of each other with the army in a strong fortress. If not, consider the Maginot Line, which is known to modern people.
But Sun Chengzong still looked at the field ability of the Guanning Iron Cavalry with old eyes, he didn't know that the Guanning Iron Cavalry had actually lost its strength in the change of his own strength, and he no longer had enough field ability.
Sun Chengzong left the court several times because of the political turmoil in the imperial court, so that he could not grasp the most timely information. But it is undeniable that Sun Chengzong is still a very good military strategist. In the original history of the Ming Dynasty, the Ningjin defense line he presided over was not broken until Wu Sangui took the initiative to let the Jin army enter the customs. And Sun Chengzong's tragedy is that he was born at the wrong time.
However, the loss of Sun Chengzong was not pessimistic for Emperor Chongzhen. Because the Ming Empire is indeed a gathering of talents. A new generation of military commanders has grown up. They are Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng......
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