"Wang Companion! What does this mean? Emperor Chongzhen was puzzled and handed the piece in his hand to Wang Chengen.

That recital was written by Gu Zhengqing, the prefect of Runing. To be precise, this is not a complete impeachment recital, but a proposed recital for the government. The content of the chapter is to transfer Wu Shigong away from Runing.

At the beginning of the recital, Gu Zhengqing listed Wu Shigong's crimes. Anyway, there are more than a dozen of them, what corruption, robbery, robbery, robbery, etc., first made Wu Shigong stink from reputation.

Then, Gu Zhengqing began to elaborate on the disadvantages of the three evil methods. What the people are complaining about! What is competing with the people! From the perspective of the general truth, Gu Zhengqing's statement is also very reasonable.

If the recital ends here, it would be fine, Emperor Chongzhen was used to this kind of dog-eat-dog recital anyway. But the next content is a little heart-wrenching.

First of all, Gu Zhengqing introduced what Wu Shigong did in Runing Mansion. Although Wu Shigong committed so many crimes, he lived a simple life, did not participate in banquets and entertainment, set up more industries, befriended local gentry, and was diligent in indoctrination, etc.

So what does Wu Shigong want to do? Gu Zhengqing very secretly revealed that Wu Shigong wanted to buy people's hearts and accumulate private soldiers. It's not normal anyway. Don't say it, Gu Zhengqing told the truth.

Then, Gu Zhengqing mentioned the importance of Runing Mansion. What's the barrier of Fengyang! What a land of abundance! Therefore, the first thing that the military attaché who defended here needed was loyalty, and Wu Yong was second.

After that, Gu Zhengqing described the surrounding situation. As a result of the successive victories of the Ming army, the strength of the peasant army has been weakened a lot. And now, Huguang has Zuo Liangyu, Ruzhou has Yu Zilian, Kaifeng and Luoyang have Li Xianfeng's main force in Henan, and of course Nanyang has the "famous general" Li Lu, so the entire defense line is very complete. And Wu Shigong of Runing no longer needs to maintain such a large army.

zuihou, Gu Zhengqing emphatically pointed out: Since the conflict between Wu Shigong and Chongwang. The two sides turned out to be fine. From Gu Zhengqing's point of view, it is very abnormal anyway, so it needs to be guarded against.

Don't say it, this zuihou is the most poisonous.

After spitting out, Gu Zhengqing said the solution: he asked the imperial court to divide the Runing army into two branches, one led by the "famous general" Qiao Song and still stationed in Runing; The other was led by Wu Shigong and went to fight on the front line. In two directions: one in eastern Liaodong and the other in southern Shaanxi, it is necessary to give full play to Wu Shigong's expertise in fighting, and eliminate hidden dangers in the bud.

But Emperor Chongzhen saw this movement. But I really wondered for a long time. Quite simply, he didn't believe that Wu Shigong would rebel now. Because there are no rebels, they will leave all their families in Beijing.

Moreover, in the past six months, Wu Shigong has achieved two major victories in succession, and both of them are decisive victories. Just out of disgust. Emperor Chongzhen has been delaying without merit. And after the victory in Xiangyang, Emperor Chongzhen was also a little unable to hide. So since the beginning of the year. He was originally going to promote Wu Shigong, but now Gu Zhengqing has come to such a concert.

If the music doesn't make sense, then it's better to deal with it, at most, it is to stay in the middle and not send it. But Gu Zhengqing's recital was very reasonable, which made it difficult for Emperor Chongzhen, so he asked Wang Chengen to consult first.

Wang Chengen read the piece at a glance and ten lines. He was very clever not to express his opinion, but said with a smile: "Your Majesty! According to the old slave, the Gu Governor's Mansion wanted to drive Xue Hou's son-in-law out of Runing Mansion. There is certainly a discord between these two. ”

Wang Chengen's words were said to mean that he didn't say anything, and Emperor Chongzhen didn't really want to hear Wang Chengen's ideas. It should be said. If Wang Chengen often came up with ideas, Emperor Chongzhen would have driven him away a long time ago.

So Emperor Chongzhen thought about it briefly, and Zuihou decided to stay in Zhongzhong. The crime of Wu Shigong mentioned by Gu Zhengqing is either chasing after the wind and catching shadows, or it is a common problem of military attachés, which is not worth mentioning. And the rash mobilization of the Runing Army will definitely cause a backlash from Wu Shigong. And the current Emperor Chongzhen is blown up by internal and external troubles every day, so this kind of trivial matter, it is better to have more than one thing!

But Emperor Chongzhen wanted to do less, but the son-in-law of Xue Hou didn't let him worry. Then, Qi Zheng's weeping blood recital and Huanggang Zhixian's impeachment recital came up. Seeing Wu Shigong's Ru Ningjun acting so boldly, Emperor Chongzhen was immediately shocked.

Wu Shigong's behavior has actually challenged the entire civil official group, so as soon as this incident spread, the civil officials expressed their support and wanted to seek justice for him.

But those civil officials below can be coaxed, how refreshing and how to call it, but Emperor Chongzhen and the scholars are different, they need to consider the overall situation. Even if Wu Shigong is convicted, the impact must be eliminated to the minimum.

Some scholars pointed out: It was only a partial division of the Runing Army that went to Huanggang County, and perhaps Wu Shigong did not know the behavior of his subordinates at all. Therefore, as long as the criminal responsibility of the generals of the partial division is investigated, it is enough to investigate the responsibility of Wu Shigong at most one leader.

Some bachelors proposed: No matter what, Wu Shigong must be asked to make a rebuttal, such a unilateral impeachment is likely to lead to unclear facts. Besides, what if Wu Shigong is arrested and there is a mutiny? And in the eyes of outsiders, Wu Shigong is still a general who has won many battles, and such self-destruction of the Great Wall is not detrimental to the reputation of Emperor Chongzhen Yao Shun? In fact, in the final analysis, those scholars are better than less.

During the discussion, Wen Tiren saw that the wind was not in the right direction, and Emperor Chongzhen also looked like he wanted to make a big thing small, so Wen Tiren didn't say a word. He simply didn't expect that the elimination of a military attache would cause such a big backlash.

In fact, this is not surprising, by this time, no one dared to touch the military attachés with troops, their wings were already full, and even the imperial court had to accommodate them many times. On the contrary, the civil officials are relatively weak, and Emperor Chongzhen can kill if he wants to, even the civil officials who lead the troops are the same.

So Wen Tiren decided to slow down. But this time, Wen Tiren was lucky to wait for the pig teammates of the Donglin Party.

First of all, after Qian Qianyi and Qu Shiyun were imprisoned. Relying on the shili in the government and the opposition, the Donglin Party first obstructed in every possible way in the Jiangnan area. Therefore, although the order of the local investigation and investigation was issued, the local officials deliberately delayed it in order to find a turnaround. And the Donglin party in the middle of the court presented a plea of mercy on the one hand, and impeached Wen Tiren to death on the other.

And Wen Tiren is a cold bystander, he has already figured out the psychology of Emperor Chongzhen, the more jubilant the Donglin Party people are, the greater Emperor Chongzhen's vigilance, and the heavier the charges of Qian Qianyi and Qu Shiyun. Seeing that Qian Qianyi and Qu Shiyun were in a catastrophe.

And at this time, an incident triggered a fuse. A Nanjing Xin'an Wei Qianhu Yang Guang advanced to Beijing to attack Wen Tiren. And this Yang Qianhu is very eye-catching, and he actually dragged the coffin with a car to show his will to die. So the capital was in an uproar, and the people who gave poems and texts rushed to fill the coffin he brought.

Emperor Chongzhen hated Yang Qianhu's grandstanding, and ordered him to fight for eighty and send him to the extreme edge of western Liao. It is said that when walking the stick, the spectators were blocked, and all of them recited Amitabha Buddha for him.

So Wen Tiren took advantage of the secret to play Emperor Chongzhen, he pointed out: It is not terrible for civilians to form a party, but what is terrible is the collusion between civil and military, and the Donglin party has already extended its tentacles to the army, so it must attract enough attention. It is necessary to take necessary measures against Wu Shigong, the general of the Donglin Party.

This secret performance really made Emperor Chongzhen a little creepy. He hurriedly asked for advice, so Wen Tiren suggested: First of all, he will discuss the merits of Wu Shigong, and promote him to the chief soldier to calm his heart. After that, let him go to Beijing to report on his work, and after arriving in the capital, how to deal with it anyway, the imperial court has the initiative. Emperor Chongzhen immediately thought so. So on the 27th day of the first month, the messenger and a group of Jinyi guards who carried out a secret mission set off from the capital and rushed to Runing.

So during this period of time, the party strife made the entire court somewhat unprofessional. But Emperor Chongzhen was also quite diligent, and in February, he summoned Yang Sichang, the new secretary of the military department. As soon as they met, Emperor Chongzhen asked: What method can be used to get rid of the current military passive situation?

Yang Sichang, on the other hand, comprehensively analyzed the situation from the perspective of a military department secretary and put forward a complete set of strategic concepts. And its core idea is: the outside must first be safe.

Yang Sichang made a very vivid analogy: the general trend of the world is like a person's body, the Jingshi is the mind, the border defense such as Xuanfu and Jizhen is the shoulder arm, and the Central Plains area south of the Yellow River and north of the Great River is the heart.

And the most important thing in a person is the mind. The frontier beacon fire burns on the shoulders and arms, which is very harmful to the body; The rogue's rebellion is in the heart and has a deep impact on the body. Of course, the urgent should not be slowed down, and the profound impact should not be ignored a little. If the heart is safe and the internal organs are unharmed, you can transport essence and blood, run the bones, support the mind, and protect the wind from the cold of the shoulders and arms, what is there to worry about?

Therefore, Yang Sichang thought: You must first settle inside and then you can go outside, you must first have enough food and then you can have enough soldiers, and you must protect the people to be able to level the Liukou. This is the foundation of today's diagnosis and treatment, not to dare to speak slowly, because of the eagerness to go outside, we have to settle down first.

Then Yang Sichang analyzed: No matter how fierce the Qing army's offensive is, it will not endanger the fundamental rule of the Ming Dynasty for the time being, so it is only a problem for the shoulders and arms; The peasant uprising in the Central Plains not only consumed a large number of troops and salaries, but also caused people's hearts to fluctuate, urban and rural areas withered, and greatly damaged the vitality of the empire, so it was a problem for the henchmen.

Based on this analysis, he believed that we should first concentrate all our efforts on dealing with the peasant army, and take a defensive position against the Qing army, and even find a way to compromise and make peace with it, and then make long-term plans after the civil strife was completely quelled in the future. (To be continued......)