Chapter 50: Looking Back at the Civil Fort

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Seeing Sun Qingyang's thoughtful expression, Xuanwu said again: "At the beginning of the defeat of Tumubao, the statement of the ministers originated from Wang Zhen's reduction of the reward of the envoys who deceived the tribute. However, it stands to reason that since he knew that Warat was cheating on tribute, of course the reward should be reduced, and Wang Zhen was not at fault for this, so why should he put the fault of the war with Warat on him? In fact, among the rewards given to Warat, the most beneficial ones are the procurement officials of the Ministry of Rites, and the more rewards they give, the greater the cost of procurement, so they would rather let Warat cheat the tribute than cut the ......."

With Xuanwu's narration, Sun Qingyang felt that the truth he knew before had been torn open.

Moreover, her mother, Mrs. Dong, also quite agreed with Xuanwu's statement, "Queen Mother, when I was at home, I also heard your father and brother say that because most of the civil officials are protΓ©gΓ©s, former officials, the same year, colleagues and even fellow villagers, this kind of relationship has developed into a very large force, which has a very tight organization, and the cabinet is dominated by local forces in the southeast. Under such circumstances, the emperor's intention to adopt Wang Zhen's military rule of the world undoubtedly touched their interests, and after the emperor left, the emperor was young, and they began to plant people in the army and cultivate their power...... Some preparations were made to take over the military power from the military generals. ”

Xuanwu nodded and said: "What Mrs. Dong said coincides with what the minister said, after the emperor grew up, he relied on Wang Zhen and the military generals and noble group to begin to revitalize the imperial power, and the Wara attack gave the emperor a good opportunity to revitalize the imperial power, and at the same time, the military generals and nobles also wanted to take the opportunity to regain their strength, so they all supported the emperor's personal expedition, and once they returned victoriously, they were bound to gain the upper hand in the political pattern. Therefore, the civil servants basically opposed the emperor's personal conquest, because as long as the emperor returned victoriously, it would inevitably lead to huge losses to the interests of the civil official group, and even the forces that had worked hard for decades would be in vain, so they would prevent the emperor's personal conquest for various reasons. ”

"In fact, with the strength of the Ming Dynasty today, dozens of times the strength of the war, and there are many capable generals such as the Duke of Britain and the Duke of Chengguo, even if the emperor and Wang Zhen do not understand military affairs at all, it is impossible to be defeated. These days, the minister analyzed the causes and consequences of the civil fort, and was very suspicious that this was a huge conspiracy carried out by the entire civilian clique. At the beginning, they may not have wanted to trap the emperor in danger, but it is certain that they never wanted the emperor to return to the dynasty victoriously, so at the beginning, they spread unfavorable news and shook the morale of the army. ”

"The lack of food only requires the cooperation of the military department, and even only the cooperation of the officials who command the grain and grass in the military department, and the civilian official group of the first offensive line knows earlier than the emperor, but they are slow to inform the emperor of the news of the loss of the eastern front, plus the traitor tells the Wara route, which will lead to the death of many generals...... The Queen Mother, even though the British Duke is old, but Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, Yongshun Boxue Shou, Gongshun Hou Wu Kezhong, and the Governor Wu Keqin...... These people are almost the best generals of our Ming Dynasty, all of them can fight well, why can't they defeat the enemy army when they get to Tumu Fort? ”

"Also, the five military battalions, the three thousand battalions, and the Shenji battalion directly under the emperor's direct jurisdiction, these three battalions have large-scale firearms, the best hot and cold coordination, and the most elite Mongolian hired cavalry, in terms of military strength, they can be regarded as the most elite army, why can't they play a role at all when they reach the battle of Tumubao?" The more Xuanwu spoke, the more excited he became, some of those people were brothers he had worked with for many years, like brothers and sisters, they did not die on the real battlefield, but died in their own people's partisan disputes, and died in internal strife!

"Liang Gui said that the failure of the battle of Tumubao was due to the lack of water and food, which led to the discouragement of the army, but when the emperor went out on the expedition, it was the rainy season, all the way muddy, although it was sunny to reach the Tumubao, but according to the minister's knowledge, there was water in Shanxi at most digging more than one zhang of land, and the rainy season in July and August of the lunar calendar was the rainy season in the north, and the groundwater level was about the highest time of the year.

"Also, not long after the emperor went out on the expedition, there was a shortage of grain and grass, but now when it is necessary to defend the capital, Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, only took six days to transport all the grain in the seven granaries from Beijing to Datong to the capital, why there is such a ridiculous thing I don't know, but this war is in the territory of my Ming Dynasty, and Shanxi should be responsible for the local material and intelligence support, and the main logistics line of the Ming army and its supply are mostly assembled from the rich places in the Central Plains of Yuzhou, and there will be insufficient and ineffective supply, the intelligence lagged behind, so that the army was defeated, which is simply a joke in the eyes of our generals. ”

"No matter how you interpret the battle of Tumubao, there is no doubt that after this battle, the generals and nobles will be in a state of collapse, and the imperial court will be in full control of the civil ministers. In the opinion of the ministers, they are only afraid that the change of the civil fort is the result of internal and external collusion. On the one hand, they delayed in terms of intelligence and logistical supplies, and on the other hand, they leaked out the route and battle plan of our army, so that those who were not familiar with the place were able to defeat our army on our territory, so that many brave generals did not survive. ”

Sun Qingyang was shocked, "However, according to what Lord Xuanwu said, civilian officials, as vested interest groups, should avoid the war, but in this battle, there are not a few civilian officials who died in battle?" ”

Xuanwu Hu's eyes were full of tears, "First, not all civil officials are involved in this matter, there are always people who still have the backbone, second, the biggest benefit of this matter is the officials and local forces who stay behind, and third, the civil and military duties are different, the military generals are defeated, even if they die in battle, they are criticized and cannot be rewarded, and the literati are different, the literati die on the battlefield, no matter what reason they die, they will be famous in literature and history, and they will be rewarded." ”

Xuanwu also cited Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qiguo, who was killed in a defeated battle, was seized by Emperor Yongle and copied his home, and his family was assigned to Hainan, to illustrate that the same was a war and a soldier, and the military generals and civil officials received different treatment.

Because this matter is too implicated, and all the records are from Wenchen, so that the minister cannot find real evidence, so he can only analyze all kinds of signs, and the queen mother can only choose to believe or not to believe it based on the minister's analysis of this kind of absurdity. It's just that the literati party struggles will ignore the interests of the country because of the local interests and group interests they represent, and precisely because history is written by the literati, they often occupy the moral high ground, which is also the reason why Wang Zhen bears all the faults of the Tumubao Incident. ”

Xuanwu paused in his tone, and said: "Yesterday, they were able to go to the court, ignoring the decree of the chief eunuch Jin Ying to order the hundred officials to retreat, pull out Wang Zhenyi's inner servant Ma Shun and beat him to death, and caught Wang Zhen's nephew, Jinyiwei commanded Wang Shan, pulled back and knelt under the court, scolding. The court and the opposition have become brawls and busy markets, ignoring etiquette and order, and the king of Yu has wanted to retreat from the court and return to the palace several times. They can use the name of the country's society to force the king of Yu to order the extermination of Wang Zhen's family, praise and exhort the hundred officials to return to the government to do things, and the ministers did not want to kill Ma Shun without a will before they came out after thanking them...... I'm afraid that he will be able to force the palace one day and ask you to change the emperor's decree. ”

Sun Qingyang was still a little skeptical, "Lord Xuanwu is too worried, this world is still the world of the Zhu family, how can the king be swayed by which courtier?" ”

Mrs. Dong said: "My son, you just listen to the persuasion of Lord Xuanwu, Yun Shi secretly asked someone to tell me that someone went to the palace of King Yu and said that in order to put an end to the emperor as a strange commodity to live in, it is necessary to set up a new emperor, and the crown prince is young and not enough to be the emperor, so he persuaded his brother to end his brother, but was rejected by King Yu, so I will enter the palace today to persuade you." ”

Sun Qingyang paused and said: "Mother, why haven't you said such a big thing for a long time, and you have to delay it until now?" ”

Mrs. Dong smiled bitterly, "I said at the beginning, will you believe it?" Even now, I'm afraid you're still skeptical. ”

Sun Qingyang sighed, "Now the mourning family understands that the reason why the empress dowager wanted to change the throne of King Xiang back then, the emperor is young and strong, and there is indeed a big trouble." Although the safety of the country is in danger, the well-being of the people is more important than that of the emperor and the emperor. In extraordinary times, the overall situation should be the most important. If it really comes to that point, it is more suitable to establish King Yu as the emperor, than the crown prince. It's just that at that point, what should the emperor do? Won't he come back? Thinking of his son who was pregnant in October and raised with hard work, Sun Qingyang couldn't help but burst into tears.

As the queen mother of this country, she should put the country first and the people first, but as a mother, nothing is more important than her children.

Mrs. Dong said, "What is appropriate?" Brother to brother, that was when the emperor had no children, and now that the crown prince is here, they are purging the king, which is obviously ill-intentioned. The queen mother did not know, after the accident, she also sent the emperor back, to Xuancheng, Datong to ask for money, all the prefectures are worried about the first attack of the city, closed the door, this is clearly in the name of another new monarch, even if the new monarch is established, the crown prince should also be established, the crown prince ascended the throne, the queen mother is like the previous queen mother, will do everything possible to welcome back the emperor, if the king is changed, it is clear that he does not want to save the emperor back, which is completely different from the original intention of the queen mother to establish the king of Xiang. ”

Sun Qingyang woke up like a dream, weeping and crying, "They are doing this, obviously to put the emperor to death, Lord Xuanwu, according to your opinion, what should be the current plan?" ”

Xuanwu said in a deep voice: "The Queen Mother doesn't have to worry, she also regards the emperor as a strange commodity to live in now, and treats him very respectfully. King Xiang was able to push the Empress Dowager to set him up as the emperor's will, it shows that he has no attachment to power, the Empress Dowager wanted to change him, and it is precisely because of his talent and governance strategy that the style of the emperor is quite predominant, in the opinion of the minister, the Empress Dowager you might as well conspire with him, if it really comes to that step, set up King Xiang as the emperor, so that after the emperor welcomes back, King Xiang will be able to remain in the emperor. ”

Sun Qingyang made a good plan, hurriedly repaired the book, and ordered Xuanwu to transfer to King Xiang.

However, with the strength of a few of them, how can they stop the rolling torrent! On August 29, before King Xiang's letter could be returned, the remaining ministers forced into the palace.