Chapter 497: Wu Shigong, who can't be provoked

Hong Chengchou proposed to the imperial court in the recital: Wu Shigong and his Runing army should be included in his account. And it is also necessary to severely punish Wu Shigong's behavior of disrespecting Hong Chengchou.

In fact, what Hong Chengchou proposed was a paradox. If Wu Shigong and Runingjun were to be included in Hong Chengchou's account, Wu Shigong must be given an official position and included in the Ming Dynasty bureaucracy; However, in order to cure Wu Shigong's crimes, those methods such as punishing and cutting officials cannot be adopted. It is not necessary that the imperial court will first promote Wu Shigong to an official, and then cut off all Wu Shigong's official positions, isn't that child's play?

In fact, of course, Hong Chengchou also knew that his proposal was a paradox, and he was just handing over this thorny problem, so that Emperor Chongzhen and the important ministers of the court could worry about this thorny problem.

But then the recital of Xuanmo, the governor of Henan, came again, and in his recital, the problem of Wu Shigong and Ru Ningjun was mentioned.

Xuan Mo first explained to the imperial court how he and the Henan official army dealt with the peasant rebel army that entered Henan for the second time. And focused on explaining to the imperial court that because it was necessary to protect Kaifeng, Luoyang and other important cities along the Yellow River, Xuan Mo had no choice but to place the main force of Henan's official army along the Yellow River.

After that, we talked about the Runing Army. Of course, Xuan Mo also explained that under his command, the Runing Army overcame difficulties such as a small number of troops and a large defensive area, and defeated the peasant rebels several times, and obtained fruitful results. It was only because the peasant rebel army was indeed strong and formed a defensive gap that they leaked from Runing Mansion to Fengyang.

Here, Xuan Mo said a fair word for Ru Ningjun: Some mistakes in this work will be blamed, but those who don't work are safe and sound, so who will be willing to work for the court in the future? Of course, Xuan Mo also unceremoniously took the command credit for the great victory of the Runing Army on himself.

In Zuihou, Xuan Mo also proposed to the imperial court: Wu Shigong's restoration of his official position should be included in the bureaucratic system, and the number of troops in the Runing Army should be increased and the food and salary should be paid in full according to the treatment of soldiers.

Xuan Mo's reason is also very simple: this time Fengyang fell. is the reason why Xuan Mo's command of the Runing Army is not smooth. If Xuan Mo could directly command the Runing Army, then the Runing Army might have time to react and block the peasant rebels in time to keep Fengyang.

Of course, Xuan Mo knew about the impeachment of Wu Shigong by his subordinate officials, and he was sending charcoal in the snow, and he showed favor to Wu Shigong. Of course, Xuan Mo refused to give up the Runing Army to Hong Chengchou, and he wanted Wu Shigong to lead the Runing Army to pacify Henan.

It is very strange that Wu Shigong at this time is like a piece of fragrant bun, which caused Hong Chengchou and Xuan Mo to fight.

The concertans of these two heavyweight ministers made Emperor Chongzhen and the important ministers of the court hesitate. Could it be that Wu Shigong has committed so many things. If you want to give him an official and a knight, isn't that encouraging his misdeeds?

At this moment, King Chong's impeachment recital arrived. Emperor Chongzhen took a look: seized the temple, robbed the princess, and beat the people in the palace. After seeing it, even Emperor Chongzhen gasped. This Xue Hou's son-in-law probably ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and even did such a lawless thing. The feudal kings who had monopolized this kind of industry in the past were all anxious.

However, Emperor Chongzhen also wondered. What does Wu Shigong want to do when he is so frenzied? Didn't you notice that he had lost his mind before? If this thing is abnormal, there is a demon.

It was Wang Chengen who solved Emperor Chongzhen's question, and he said simply: "Then Xue Hou's son-in-law is deliberately committing a crime, he wants to escape back to the capital!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly realized. According to the normal handling procedures, of course, Wu Shigong should be severely punished according to the charges. However, Wu Shigong did not commit any crimes that should be imprisoned or killed, so Wu Shigong should be taken back to the capital and grounded in his own mansion to take care of him.

Especially the princess. I haven't been canonized, and I can't beat Emperor Chongzhen, so I can ignore it. But now, as soon as it is made public, the imperial court has to canonize the name of this princess and county lord. And out of the royal face, Wu Shigong also wanted to find a way to marry her.

As for how Wu Shigong should marry in the media, let's not talk about it for the time being. The most important thing is that the imperial court had to give Wu Shigong, the guest of honor, a meritorious position, isn't this the official position that Wu Shigong has just been deprived of? Oh! Right! Then Wu Shigong was still a white ding, didn't he give him a meritorious position?

What's more, Wu Shigong can finally escape from the war-torn Henan through this punishment and return to the capital to enjoy happiness.

It turns out that the son-in-law is playing this kind of wishful thinking! Emperor Chongzhen was immediately furious, and he immediately made a decision, not only could not cure Wu Shigong's crimes, but also wanted to promote him. So Emperor Chongzhen immediately discussed with the cabinet and the ministers of the six ministries and decided: all the things committed by Wu Shigong were offset by merit, and then Wu Shigong was awarded the title of deputy general with his remaining merits.

As for the princess, she left the recital of King Chong on the grounds that there was no evidence. At this time, Wu Shigong and his Runing army were needed to fight, and King Chong would not come to add to the chaos.

It's really shijie's big, no wonders! was promoted because of the emperor's anger, and this Wu Shigong is the first in history. Let's talk about it, how many records has Wu Shigong created, and how many firsts have he had? Wu Shigong himself didn't expect that when he wanted to be promoted, he would be pushed to the end, and he didn't want to be an official anymore, and the deputy general's official hat fell from the sky.

The impeachment of other officials was also left in the center, and the governor of Ruzhou also returned to the Ministry of Officials to elect officials as usual. Because Ruzhou is also an important place, let Wu Shigong's number one enemy, Yu Zilian, not return to the Ministry of Officials, and go directly to succeed him. Anyway, Yu Zilian will be promoted this time, so let's take care of the periphery of the Runing Army. Therefore, the imperial court's vigilance against military attaches will never be relaxed.

And at this time, Wu Shigong didn't know that pie in the sky was falling from the sky, and he was waiting for Hong Chengchou's army to Xinyang.

From the moment he entered Runing Mansion, Hong Chengchou's army felt a strong hostility. Although the local officials greeted the border under the leadership of Guan Kesong, the prefect of Runing, and although Guan Kesong presented 5,000 stone as military rations, along the march, a group of people dressed in people's costumes monitored the army's every move, always reminding Hong Chengchou's army not to violate discipline.

"His grandmother's! Looking at Lao Tzu is like looking at thieves, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that they really dare to use knives. A Qian general finally couldn't help but get angry, he took dozens of his own soldiers, just wanted to get past a team of "people" who were watching, and wanted to go around, and have a chance to fight the grass valley or something.

"Stop!" The leader of the "Minzhuang" who led the team immediately stopped those people from approaching, "Please understand, all the military masters, it is the Qingmiao period, and the fields and acres cannot be trampled, please follow the road!" ”

"What kind of seedlings?" The Qian Zong suddenly became angry, "Lao Tzu went to fight thieves, whoever dared to stop Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu would treat him like a thief!" ”

And the other generals in Hong Chengchou's army watched this conflict with cold eyes. This Qian Zong is a temptation, as long as those "people" in Runing Mansion are soft, then they will immediately let go of their hooves and go wild.

The number of this group of "Minzhuang" was not large, only more than 200 people, and as soon as they saw the approach of the general manager, they immediately formed two phalanxes and held their weapons.

"What? Want to get your hands dirty? Although the Qian general manager was still arrogant, he still stopped with his own soldiers.

The leader of the "Minzhuang" on the opposite side was not moved at all, he put a whistle in his mouth and waited coldly for the move of the general manager.

"Come back!" One of the lieutenants in the back shouted.

That Qian was always a subordinate of the lieutenant general, and when he heard the order, he immediately retreated and returned to his ranks. But the Qianzong mouth was still hard, and he muttered: "Adult, wait for the little ones to go up and try their catties." Don't look at them like dogs, they will definitely be strained when they see blood. ”

The lieutenant snorted and said, "It's not certain who has diarrhea." Didn't you see that? They're soldiers! ”

At this time, Mr. Qian noticed the demeanor of those "people's strong", and he didn't have the slightest intention of retreating, and there was still a desire for war in his eyes. That Mr. Qian couldn't help but shudder, these people were not only soldiers, but also veterans who had fought and seen blood.

"Grass! Where did you get so many soldiers in this hellish place! The Qian general scolded indignantly.

"Let's not make a bird. Wait! Those calves from Liaodong are quite horizontal, and sooner or later they will fight with the local soldiers, so let's fish in the muddy waters! The lieutenant said.

During the march of Hong Chengchou's army, such phenomena emerged one after another. However, because of the restraint of the two sides, there was no conflict, and at most the two sides were stopped by their respective generals after pulling away from Jiashi.

And Hong Chengchou is also blind to this, if his army is too much, of course he will stop it; However, appropriate temptation is also a means to judge the strength of the Runing army. And Hong Chengchou also believes that the most likely to clash with the Runing army is the 3,000 Guanning iron cavalry led by Zu Kuan.

But to the surprise of Hong Chengchou and other generals, the always arrogant Guanning Iron Cavalry was also like a good baby, obediently advancing along the marching route and not doing anything at all. They are all old acquaintances of Wu Shigong, how dare they make a move on the territory of the Runing Army?

Think about what Wu Shigong did in Denglai! Fire and friendly troops, cut off the corpses of friendly soldiers to invite merit, compete with the Guanning Iron Cavalry for the spoils of war, beat the Guanning Iron Cavalry of the rising star Wu Sangui, and openly resist the military ......orders handed over by the commander Zhu Dadian, all of this, how can you not let the Guanning Iron Cavalry who knows Wu Shigong be terrified?

And now it is still in the home field of the Runing Army, and Guan Ning Tieqi has a convulsion before he goes to provoke Wu Shigong. To sum it up with Zu Kuan's words: "Then if the madman Wu doesn't come to provoke us, God will bless you!" (To be continued......)