"Huang Zhongse, the imperial history of the Chendu Procuratorate, impeached General Pingliao and Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Dongjiang, falsely reported his military exploits, and fornicated with Jiannu." The green-robed official said.

Wang Chengen walked down the steps, took the song from Huang Zhongse's hand, and came back and put it in front of Zhu Youse, but Zhu Youzhen did not open it, but listened to Huang Zhongse.

"In September, Weichen was sent to Dongjiang to check the Dongjiang military rations, and noticed that Mao Wenlong had dealings with Jiannu, and sent envoys to Jiannu, and Jiannu also sent envoys to Dongjiang. Weichen was weak in the Dongjiang River and did not dare to make a noise, so he failed to catch the Jiannu envoy.

In October, Jiannu sent troops to attack Jinzhou, and Mao Wenlong was ordered to send troops to contain Jiannu. Mao Wenlong sent 3,000 troops to attack Zhenjiang Fort through Korea, but was easily repelled by 200 Jiannu bannermen, with hundreds of dead and wounded. Mao Wenlong was ashamed and angry, and even slaughtered hundreds of Koreans and Liao people, shaved their hair and pretended to be the head of Jiannu, and reported their merits to the imperial court, which was really a deception and a great crime! ”

Huang Zhongse talked eloquently, telling about Mao Wenlong's crimes, in one sentence, fornicating with slaves, killing good and risking merit.

Zhu Youzhen also saw that after Jiannu withdrew from the army, Mao Wenlong also went to the court, saying that he sent troops to attack Jiannu village and killed hundreds of Jiannu heads. And the imperial court also praised Mao Wenlong.

"What does the Cabinet think about this?" Regarding Huang Zhongse's impeachment, Zhu Youzhen did not rush to make a decision, and looked at Huang Liji, Shi Fenglai and others who were standing at the head of the class.

Huang Liji stood up and did not answer Zhu Youzhen's inquiry, but said: "Your Majesty, just yesterday afternoon, the cabinet received a note from Denglai, and Yang Guodong, the governor of Denglai, impeached Mao Wenlong for causing the Dongjiang soldiers to attack and plunder Denglai, kidnapping officials and wealthy businessmen, and extorting money and grain. ”

Zhu Youzhen frowned: "Is this matter true or false?" How could Mao Wenlong be so bold and send troops to Denglai to plunder? How many generals are there, and are they dressed as Dongjiang soldiers? ”

Huang Liji shook his head: "Governor Yang's note did not go into detail, but Governor Yang swore that there was no doubt that the raiders were indeed Dongjiang soldiers. ”

Shi Fenglai stood up: "I have also seen this recital, and there are many doubts in it, even if the kidnapping and looting is a Dongjiang soldier, it cannot be said that it was sent by Mao Wenlong, Mao Wenlong is the chief soldier of the Dongjiang River, how can he not know what this move means?"

Dongjiang Town has jurisdiction over the southern islands of Liaoning, with a territory of thousands of miles, and Mao Wenlong is in Phi Island, so it is impossible to completely control his subordinates, perhaps the Dongjiang soldiers of other islands did it privately. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded: "What Aiqing said also makes sense. ”

Huang Liji glanced at Shi Fenglai, didn't say anything more, and returned to the train.

"I'm afraid not." Huang Zhongse said, "As far as the minister knows, the contradiction between Mao Wenlong and Denglai is very deep, and he has repeatedly impeached Denglai for 'drifting' the money and grain allocated to Dongjiang Town, and repeatedly told his subordinates that he would give Denglai a little color in the future, and it is not impossible for his troops to plunder." ”

"Your Majesty, Mao Wenlong is an autocratic party, killing good and risking merit, supporting tens of thousands of soldiers but without the slightest merit, Dongjiang Town has no role in building slaves at all, Mao Wenlong only knows how to ask the court for money and food, send his subordinates to loot the merchants, rob the people of the Korean vassal countries, and now he is plundering Denglai.

Mao Wenlong has become a warlord, Dongjiang Town is really a cancer of the Ming Dynasty, it is useless to stay, please ask Your Majesty to remove Mao Wenlong Dongjiang General Army, ban Dongjiang Town! Huang Zhongse said solemnly.

"The minister seconded the proposal, please Your Majesty remove Mao Wenlong and ban Dongjiang Town." A few more imperial historians walked out of the train and stood behind Huang Zhongse.

Shi Fenglai sighed slightly, retreated to the train, and never spoke again.

For a time, the ministers in the court spoke one after another, all of which impeached Mao Wenlong's illegal acts, and most officials thought that it was useless to stay in Dongjiang Town.

Zhu Youzhen frowned slightly, this situation had appeared in the previous life, the court officials were very disgusted with Mao Wenlong, and they all thought that Dongjiang Town had spent too much money and food, and Mao Wenlong was domineering, and he repeatedly opposed the civil officials, and repeatedly impeached Denglai and the household officials, which made the civil officials have a bad impression of him.

Therefore, after Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, no one in the court stood up for Mao Wenlong, most of them thought that Yuan Chonghuan had killed well and Mao Wenlong deserved it. It wasn't until Yuan Chonghuan was convicted and imprisoned and an official impeached Yuan Chonghuan that the unauthorized killing of Mao Wenlong was brought out and became Yuan Chonghuan's crime.

Is Mao Wenlong really guilty? Perhaps, the impeachment of Mao Wenlong by Huang Zhongse is by no means groundless, and Mao Wenlong has indeed done many things. For example, killing good and risking merit, such as hooking up with Jiannu, should be true.

Mao Wenlong's subordinates are indeed weak, far from being the opponent of Jiannu, and have repeatedly sent troops to attack Jiannu, but many times they can't even beat Jiannu's villages, in order to deal with the imperial court, there are also false credits.

However, the Dongjiang Army hanging overseas is indeed a thorn in the coffin, although it doesn't hurt, but it is also uncomfortable, and the builder also had the idea of surrendering Mao Wenlong, perhaps in order to confuse the builder, Mao Wenlong did send an envoy to the builder, and this was beyond Mao Wenlong's authority.

As for sending troops to Denglai to kidnap officials and wealthy businessmen, perhaps it was indeed Mao Wenlong's doing, which was revenge on Denglai officials. You must know that the money and grain in Dongjiang Town are all transferred by Denglai, and after the hands of those civil officials, how can there be a reason not to peel off a layer of skin?

The money and grain given by the imperial court to Dongjiang Town is not much, and after the Denglai officials peel the skin and "drift", it will be even more insufficient, how can Mao Wenlong not be angry? He is a warlord who controls more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians, and he has always been rude, and he has no way to deal with these civilian officials, and it is inevitable to use some small means.

Mao Wenlong is definitely guilty. But in Zhu Youzhen's view, his biggest crime is not the above, but the role of Dongjiang Town at all!

Dongjiang Town controlled southern Liaoning, and under Mao Wenlong's jurisdiction, from Lushun in Gaizhou, Jinzhou, in southern Liaoning, to Phi Dao at the mouth of the Yalu River, on a broad front, it was completely possible to attack everywhere and deal a great blow to Jiannu.

However, Mao Wenlong served as the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army for many years, except for the victory at Zhenjiang Fort at the beginning, there was no victory. In the face of Jiannu's repeated defeats, Zhenjiang was lost, and land castles such as Jinzhou and Lushun were lost, so they could only shrink at sea to survive.

With Mao Wenlong's troops, he could completely occupy Lushun or the islands near Lushun, strike a blow to Jiannu from the south, and contain Jiannu from the south when Jiannu attacked Jinzhou in Liaoxi.

However, Mao Wenlong chose to retreat on Phi Island, which was far away from Jiannu.

Where is Phi Island?

Located at the mouth of the Yalu River, lonely in the sea, landing from Phi Island, and the hinterland of Jiannu separated by thousands of miles of Changbai Mountain, whether it is attacking the Shenyang Plain, the old nest of Jiannu, or attacking the old capital of Jiannu, Jianzhou Hetuala, it is too far away.

Attacking from Phi Dao, you can only attack Zhenjiang, Kuandian and other forts, which are only marginal places for Jiannu, and there is not much population at all.

Therefore, Mao Wenlong and Dongjiang Town did not play their due role in restraining at all, and from this point of view, what these civil officials said also makes sense.

But in Zhu Youzhen's view, it is not that Dongjiang Town is useless, but that Mao Wenlong has not played the role of Dongjiang Town at all.