Chapter 368

Liu Daxia said angrily: "Liu Jin, how can you filth me like this? I just didn't notice it for a while, I thought that Bazhou Wei Chen Wei was also a shrewd and veteran, who knew that he couldn't even suppress the mob, how could Chen Wei's fault be completely added to the old man's body? ”

Liu Jin said coldly: "Many people have long reminded you to send people to supervise the war and suppress the bandits, but you turned a deaf ear, isn't it your fault?" As a superior, the fault of your subordinates is your fault, I didn't see you sincerely admit your guilt, but shirked and quibbled, how can it be reasonable? ”

Liu Daxia trembled angrily, pointed at Liu Jin and scolded: "Liu Jin, you are falling into a well!" ”

Jiao Fang said: "Lord Liu, pay attention to your words, what Gonggong Liu said is reasonable, why are you so undignified, the emperor is still in front of you are so quibbling, if the emperor is not here, you still don't know how arrogant you are." ”

Liu Daxia almost fainted in anger, and said loudly: "How can the old man ever quibble? I ask for atonement, isn't that an attitude of admitting my mistakes? Are your men not at fault? If the fault of deliberately concealing it by his subordinates is blamed on Shangguan, I am afraid that everyone here will be guilty of a big crime. ”

Liu Jin saw that Liu Daxia was in chaos, so he didn't speak, only sneered and didn't say anything.

Sure enough, Zhengde was angered by Liu Daxia's attitude, and slapped the case a few times and scolded angrily: "Liu Daxia, you are too presumptuous!" After making such a big mistake, you can't even accept words, more than 6,000 officers and soldiers of a guard under your military department, and you can't even calm a small riot under your jurisdiction, and your face roars here, the millions of military salaries spent by the imperial court every year let you raise this group of wrecks? What is it that is not your fault? ”

Liu Daxia's face turned pale in shock, and he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Your ......"

Zhengde waved his hand and interrupted: "Needless to say, I don't want to hear you defend yourself, this civil unrest, the military department mishandled it, and Liu Daxia is even more suspected of bullying the king, Liu Jin!" Prepare your message now! ”

Liu Jin said in a deep voice: "The slave obeys. ”

Zhengde said: "The military department is not effective in suppressing bandits, Liu Daxia is derelict in his duties, and he is quibbling and prevaricating, so he immediately dismissed Liu Daxia from the post of secretary of the military department, and handed it over to the Beizhen Fusi Prison to investigate the use of his military expenses and his negligence. ”

Liu Daxia's body couldn't stand and staggered, Zhang Mao, Li Dongyang and others present were also shocked, they didn't expect that the emperor would directly dismiss Liu Daxia, this punishment is too much, everyone knows that Liu Daxia can't deliberately bully the king, although he has been, but he will not be dealt with so severely.

Li Dongyang couldn't help but speak: "Your Majesty, at this moment, you are about to send troops to suppress bandits, and you still need the military department to preside over all kinds of affairs, although Liu Shangshu has done it, why not postpone it and let him do his best for the court to forgive his mistakes?" ”

Xu Guangzuo said in a deep voice: "Senior Li, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies can bear the matter of suppressing thieves, and the Beijing camp of Old Man Zhang can also bear it, can we become headless flies without the Ministry of War?" ”

Li Dongyang wanted to argue, Yang Tinghe quietly pulled Li Dongyang's sleeve, Li Dongyang sighed and stopped talking.

Liu Daxia knew that today was irretrievable, old tears flowed down his cheeks, slowly took off his official hat, and knelt down and kowtowed to Zhengde; Zhengde turned around and didn't look at him, Liu Daxia got up and turned around slowly, and his old figure slowly disappeared outside the imperial study.

Everyone was silent, Zhengde opened his mouth and was about to speak, when there was a noise outside the door, and a eunuch said loudly outside the study: "Jinyi Weinan Zhenfu Si Zhenfu Sun Xuan asks to see." ”

Liu Jin frowned and said, "Didn't he just come in the afternoon?" Why did you come to see you again? The emperor is discussing important matters and asks him to go back. ”

The eunuch said: "Sun Zhenfu said that the commander of the Jinyi Guard sent an urgent military situation to Lord Song, and he must present it to the emperor in person. ”

The people in the room were suddenly shocked, there was a letter from Song Nan on Zhengde's desk right now, and another one came half a day apart, the matter must be urgent, otherwise Song Nan would not be like this.

Sun Xuan hurriedly entered the study and knelt down, and Zhengde split his head and asked, "What about the letter?" ”

Sun Xuan hurriedly took out Song Nan's letter from his sleeve and presented it, Zhengde tore open the seal with two handfuls, shook out the letterhead and read it quickly, and sat on the chair silently.

Li Dongyang said: "Your Majesty, is it the news of the Wen'an thief soldiers?" ”

Zhengde came to his senses and said, "Liu Jin read it to all the adults." ”

Liu Jin hurriedly took the letterhead, unfolded it and read: "Emperor Wan'an, the minister Song Nan arrived in Wen'an through Xinzhen, and has now led the Bazhou Chen Wei Department and the minister to lead a thousand soldiers and horses to conquer Wen'an, this letter was sent in the Wen'an County Ya Office......"

Everyone was in an uproar, Song Nan actually led the remnants of the Bazhou Guard and the 1,000 cavalry he brought to take Wen'an easily, and the shape suddenly became clear, and everyone's faces also showed smiles.

“…… However, after the breakthrough of Wen'an, the ministers knew that there were less than 1,000 defenders in the city, and most of them were thieves who drove and coerced the people, and the main force of the thieves was divided into two, one to the southeast to attack Jinghai County, and the other to the west to attack Xiongxian, and according to the news, Xiongxian County has been lost, and Jinghai County is not spared; There are more than 3,000 thieves in both divisions, and their strength should not be underestimated. ”

Everyone's bodies suddenly seemed to be poured down by a basin of ice water, and the smile they had just shown suddenly froze.

"The minister judged that the intention of the thieves was to attack the weakly defended county towns along the way, coerce the local strong men, lure the people to join the gang and grow stronger, and could fight and obtain provisions, weapons and horses; In view of the heavy concentration of troops in Beijing, the minister judged that the direction of attack of the thieves must go south, entering the weak point of our defense in Huguang, Shandong; The ministers will set out to reinforce Xin'an County, Baoding Prefecture, and hurry up before the thieves in order to hold Xin'an County and cut off the road of the thieves on the West Road to the south. ”

"In view of the fact that the plan of the thieves to plunder and plunder is quite effective, and there are 7,000 people in Wen'an, it can be seen that the force will be even greater after capturing other counties. If the thieves are allowed to run rampant, the consequences are unimaginable, and the people will also be devastated, and they must be exterminated as soon as possible. Minister Song Nan bowed again. ”

The sound of a needle falling in the study could be heard, and everyone sat there stunned, and the surprise in their hearts was incomprehensible; A small riot finally caused big trouble, and what Song Nan said in court that day, the prophecy that the prevention of microaggressions should not be caused to rise up is not lacking, and there is no shortage of people here who have made a fuss about it, and now it seems that it is still confirmed.

Zhang Mao said slowly: "Your Majesty, the shape is not optimistic, we have to quickly mobilize troops and horses, the thieves are going south, south of Shandong, Huguang is a weak place for the imperial court guards, and the total number of troops in the inland is less than 10,000, Song Nan is right, only by blocking its southward movement and using the heavy troops of Gyeonggi can it be exterminated, otherwise it will be difficult to clean up." ”

Zhengde said: "Who can go to the east and west?" British duke, how about ordering Zhang Lun to lead the Fenwu battalion to the East Road? ”

Before Zhang Mao could say anything, Xu Guangzuo spoke: "Your Majesty, the Beijing camp is temporarily immovable, it is the soldiers and horses guarding the capital, although Song Nan's analysis is reasonable, but who can know whether the thieves are going north or south?" The garrisons on the periphery of Gyeonggi are under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and it is better for the Governor's Office of the Five Armies to handle such matters. ”

Zhengde looked at Zhang Mao, Zhang Mao owed and said: "Dingguo Gong is right, the old minister has no opinion, the old minister will strengthen the vigilance of the Beijing camp to prevent the thieves from going north; The matter of suppressing thieves bothered Old Man Xu. ”

Seeing that Zhang Mao had no opinion, Zhengde nodded and said, "Okay, will Dingguo Gong go in person?" ”

Liu Jin said with a smile: "Dingguo Gongyan will go out, isn't that a knife used to kill chickens?" Xu's husband assigned people to lead the troops. ”

Xu Guangzuo said with a smile: "The old minister's old arms and legs naturally can't go out in person, and the Xiluchen will order the Bauhinia Guard and Maoshan Wei to command the two guards to lead the troops south to suppress the thieves, I am afraid that Song Nan will not be able to hold Xin'an County, and let the thieves go south, then it will be troublesome." ”

Zhengde said: "I believe in Song Nan. What about the east side? ”

Xu Guangzuo said: "Fuqiang Bo Mao Rui's Yingzhou Qiantun Guard and Dingbian Boqin Mountain's Yingzhou Zhongtun Guard will gather to go south, and Tongzhou's Shenwu Zhongwei will also follow south. ”

Zhengde said: "Isn't Shenwu Zhongwei the soldiers and horses led by Yande, the son of the old man?" ”

Xu Guangzuo smiled and said: "Thank you to the emperor for remembering the position of the dog, it is precisely for him to go and lead the army of thieves on the East Road." ”

Zhengde nodded and said: "Okay, I will appoint Xu Guangzuo, the Duke of Dingguo, as the governor of military affairs, and Xu Yande as the governor of the East Road, and the internal supervisor will send Gao Feng to accompany the prison army to suppress the thieves." On the west road, the governor of the valley used the military affairs of the governor Bauhinia Wei and Maoshan Wei to go south to suppress the thieves, and I hoped that the two roads could win the victory and calm down the trouble of the thieves and soldiers as soon as possible. ”

Xu Guangzuo slowly knelt down and shouted long live, long live.

Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and others watched coldly, and they all understood that Xu Guangzuo was going to grab military merits, and the counterinsurgency was not trivial, and it was possible not to fight before, but now it must be fought for, because as we all know, there are already two mountains within Xun Qi, and there has been an open and secret battle between the British Duke and the Dingguo Duke.

Although Zhang Mao smiled, his heart was like turning over the river and the sea, but the Beijing camp was not allowed to be dispatched, and it was in line with the rules that the Governor's Office of the Five Armies of the Counterinsurgency had priority dispatch, and he had to suffer a dumb loss.