In fact, now the court has quite an opinion on Sun Chuanting, and the impression is not very good.

It's not that Sun Chuanting is incompetent and can't do it, it's that Sun Chuanting is too arrogant and can't be an official.

But all the governors of the provinces, which one is not respectful and filial to the court bosses? Which governor does not send a lot of filial piety to the courtiers every year?

And Sun Chuanting, relying on the trust of the emperor, did not take the courtiers in his eyes at all, and never received a tael of silver from Sun Chuanting! It's so unbelievable. You must know that the imperial court allocates four or five million taels of silver to Liaoxi every year!

Not to mention filial piety, because of the transportation of money and grain to Liaoxi, Sun Chuanting also repeatedly impeached officials in the DPRK and China, impeached officials for embezzlement, perverted the law, and withheld money and grain from front-line soldiers. And Sun Chuanting is also a civil official, he has been an official in the imperial court for many years, and he is very clear about many things.

Liaoxi faced Jiannu directly, it was a matter of the safety of Daming Sheji, the emperor was too concerned about Liaoxi, plus Sun Chuanting's record was good, and the Chinese officials of the dynasty had no way to take him. But if there is a chance, he will naturally not let Sun Chuanting go.

Fortunately, Sun Chuanting is only the governor of Liaodong, and Jizhen is not under his control, and these Jiannu invasions cannot climb to Sun Chuanting, otherwise, someone would have impeached him and Jiannu for colluding to lead Jiannu into the customs. And even so, there are many recitals of impeaching Sun Chuanting every day, all of which are impeachment of Sun Chuanting to avoid war and fear war, so that Zunhua, Santunying and other important frontier cities are lost, and so on.

Zhou Yanru did not impeach Sun Chuanting because of the Zunhua Santun Camp, but he also pointed out that Sun Chuanting was afraid of the enemy and avoided the war, which also represented the attitude of a large number of officials in the DPRK and China.

Sun Chuanting was too arrogant, he didn't explain it well, but insulted Zhou Yanru in court, Zhou Yanru was a dignified cabinet scholar, and Zhu Youzhen had to reprimand Sun Chuanting a few words and punish him for three years.

Zhu Youzhen naturally did not blame Sun Chuanting, because many things were originally based on his approval. But the mood of the courtiers may need to be appeased, and the majesty of the cabinet needs to be maintained.

Of course, Sun Chuanting came hundreds of miles to King Qin, and he had to lead all walks of life to resist the Jiannu army, so he must also be rewarded. Zhu Youzhen then announced on the spot that Sun Chuanting would be given the title of Prince Taibao, his wife would be named Mrs. Yipin, and one of his sons would be Jinyi Wei Qianhu.

After the discussion was over, Zhu Youzhen left Sun Chuanting alone and appeased him a few more words.

Sun Chuanting made a suggestion to Zhu Youzhen to strictly control public security in Beijing, beware of the chaos caused by the Jiannu spies, and told Zhu Youzhen the reasons for the fall of Zunhua and Santun camp.

"Just yesterday, the messenger of Zhao Lujiao, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, went to the Weichen camp and told the reason for the fall of Weichen Zunhua and Santun Camp, not because the battle was unfavorable, but because Jiannu sent a fine work to set fire to create chaos, so that the morale of the defenders collapsed and the city wall was lost." Sun Chuanting said.

Zhu Youzhen said with a solemn expression: "I know, but why didn't Aiqing tell this on the spot just now?" ”

Sun Chuanting shook his head: "Except for Elder Sun Ge in the cabinet, the other cabinet elders are not familiar with military strategy, and it is useless to talk to them, but they will have disputes." Your Majesty, in fact, there is no need to gather people who do not understand military strategy when it comes to specific battles. ”

This guy is really unruly, and he despises all the cabinet scholars except for Sun Chengzong. However, Zhu Youzhen still agrees with his words. It's just that many things need the cabinet and the cooperation of relevant departments, and there is no way to completely bypass them.

"Aiqing, do you have any other suggestions?" Zhu Youzhen asked.

Sun Chuanting shook his head: "Weichen has no other ideas for the time being. But Your Majesty, since we have formulated a strategy to clear the wilderness, and since we do not plan to fight a decisive battle with Jiannu in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, please Your Majesty must persist and not waver. The final result of this battle is not in Gyeonggi, but in Liaodong! ”

In this war, there are destined to be great casualties, and the prefectures and counties near Gyeonggi will be greatly damaged, and I don't know how many people were slaughtered by Jiannu. But as long as Liaodong can win, as long as the Praetorian Guards and Liaoxi Iron Cavalry can attack the Jiannu lair, everything will be worth it!

Sun Chuanting was afraid that Zhu Youzhen's ears would be soft, so as soon as other officials persuaded him, he chose to fight a decisive battle with the main force of Jiannu in Gyeonggi, which would probably be a disaster for the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhen nodded: "Aiqing, don't worry, I know how to do it." ”

After Sun Chuanting left, Zhu You's inspector sent Xu Xianchun, the commander of Jinyiwei, and Cao Huachun, the commander of Dongchang, to briefly explain the loss of Zunhua and Santun Camp due to the construction of slaves.

"The population of Beijing is nearly one million, and no one knows if there is a fine work of building slaves. Xu Xianchun, from now on, the Jinyi Guard must be fully launched, strictly control any movement in the city, and strictly control any foreign population in the recent period, if there is a slave to build a slave, it must be dug up by me, and what happened in Zunhua City will never be allowed to appear in Beijing! Zhu Youzhen said coldly.

Xu Xianchun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will strictly control the city, and there will never be any mistakes." ”

The current scale of Jinyiwei is very large, and the secret agents are densely spread throughout Beijing, so it is not difficult to do this.

Zhu Youzhen bowed slightly: "You have to work hard, step down." ”

"Yes, Weichen retired." Xu Xianchun withdrew from the temple.

"Cao Daban, there are a large number of Jinyi guards, and they are mixed, and the East Factory must strictly supervise them." Zhu Youzhen said to Cao Huachun.

"The old slave obeys." Cao Huachun said respectfully.

"The war is about to start, and I am afraid that people in Beijing will be panicked, and the people will be ignorant, and they are likely to be used by people with ulterior motives." Zhu Youzhen said slowly.

At this moment, Zhu Youzhen suddenly remembered how panicked the city was when the previous Jiannu invaded Beijing and was besieged? At that time, rumors were rife in the city, and the people said everything. And the biggest rumor is that Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, betrayed the country and led Jiannu into the customs!

The matter was in an uproar, and the officials also went up one after another to impeach Yuan Chonghuan. So much so that at that time, his head was hot, and he ordered Yuan Chonghuan to be arrested and imprisoned.

Before Yuan Chonghuan took office, he kept saying that he would take five years to level Liao, but now it has only been a year, but he was attacked by Jiannu to the city of Beijing, Zhu Youzhen can still imagine how angry he was at that time! In addition, there was a lot of discussion among the people, and they were worried that Yuan Chonghuan really colluded with Jiannu, so they put Yuan Chonghuan in prison.

Is Yuan Chonghuan guilty? Of course there is. As the governor of Jiliao, he was in charge of Liaodong Jizhen, but he let Jiannu attack the city of Beijing, and hundreds of people were slaughtered.

However, the Jiannu army was still plundering in Gyeonggi, and at the time of the war, he ordered Yuan Chonghuan, who was in charge of fighting Jiannu, to take down, so that Zu Dashou and other Liaoxi generals withdrew their troops and fled from Shanhaiguan in fear. The best choice is to wait until Jiannu retreats, and then investigate Yuan Chonghuan's fault.

And the reason why he made such a choice at that time was largely influenced by the people's discussions, after all, many people in Beijing at that time said that Yuan Chonghuan collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country.

When the soul traveled for 400 years, Zhu Youzhen saw that many people in later generations said that it was the anti-plot of the slave chief Huang Taiji, and that Huang Taiji sent people to preach that Yuan Chonghuan had betrayed the country in Beijing, so that he could get rid of Yuan Chonghuan with his own hands.

Zhu Youzhen also did not believe this statement. After all, it's just speculation, and there is no evidence.

However, after seeing the development of public opinion in later generations, Zhu Youzhen knew that public opinion can really kill people. The so-called thousand people refer to the end of no illness, which is exactly the truth.

Who knows if Jiannu has already sent people into the city of Beijing? Who knows if there are any spies in the DPRK who built slaves? Who knows if the Jiannu spy will incite public opinion, such as attacking Sun Chuanting, who is now leading the army?

Therefore, we must guard against these and take public opinion into our own hands! It can not only prevent the construction of slaves, but also make the people have the same hatred for the construction of slaves, and improve the morale of the defenders!

So

"The royal people should take action, lead the public opinion, publish the slaughter of Zunhua and Santun camps, publicize the brutality of Jiannu, and tell the people in the city that if Beijing is broken, what will happen to everyone. Then publicize some heroic deeds, encourage the people to take action, some people have money to contribute, the same hatred of the enemy, and Jiannu to the death. Zhu Youzhen commanded in a deep voice.

Since we have a newspaper that controls public opinion, we naturally need to make use of it.

"The old slave obeys the order, and when he turns around, he will command His Majesty's will." Cao Huachun said.