Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 67
Taichang patrolled the south of the Yangtze River, made open and unannounced visits, and solved the problems of Yanke taxation, mine supervision tax envoy, and royal store revenue in one fell swoop.

Later, he promulgated a new policy to encourage business, and tried his best to create convenience for merchants.

The whole of Nanzhili is thriving, and it is only a matter of time before the tax increases. When Xu Ji finds potatoes and sweet potato seeds, he seems to be able to return to Beijing triumphantly.

It was at this time that a shocking news came from the capital.

Xiong Tingbi, the economic strategist of Liaodong, resigned angrily because he could not bear the humiliation of Yao Zongwen, Wei Yingjia, Yushi Liu Guojin, Zhang Xiude, Feng Sanyuan, etc. during the incident, and quit the job!

You bastards, got into big trouble, you know?
Taichang, who was smug by the sea, almost vomited blood when he received the news.

He actually forgot about it!
Liaodong Economic Strategist Xiong Tingbi really has a bit of strategy, but this guy's temper is extremely hot, it's a firecracker, and it will explode at any point!
It is precisely because of this fiery temper that he was able to restrain those arrogant soldiers in Liaodong and made everyone work together to defend Shenyang and Liaoyang.

Once this guy leaves, no one can control those arrogant soldiers!

How to do?
Is there an order for Xiong Tingbi to go back?
Don't even think about it.

Xiong Tingbi's firecracker temper can't be persuaded to go back with an imperial decree. I believe that when Shenyang was besieged in history, Tianqi also persuaded him, but the result is obviously useless!

People with this kind of temper can only be persuaded when he calms down slowly, otherwise, even if you kill him, he will not turn back.

Moreover, this is not just a question of whether Xiong Tingbi will listen to persuasion.

This was the final blow that Donglin and Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs united to launch against Qi Chuzhe Party. Even if his imperial decree was passed back, it might not reach Xiong Tingbi's hands.

Because Xiong Tingbi is the leader of the Chu Party, and has more than [-] troops in his hands, Donglin and the Eunuch Party will have trouble sleeping and eating if they don't remove his military power!

At this time, Taichang can't care about any market department, and can't wait for sweet potatoes and potatoes. Once Shenyang and Liaoyang fall, Liaodong is basically over, because behind these two important towns is the flat Liaodong Plain, and there is no danger at all. Keep it!

He hastily sent an urgent message to Jinling for [-] miles, ordering the [-] forbidden troops there to leave immediately. Afterwards, he took the accompanying forbidden troops and Jin Yiwei and rushed to Suzhou Water Transport Wharf desperately.

Unfortunately, it was still too late. As soon as he arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River Canal to join the five thousand forbidden troops from Jinling, an urgent report came from Liaodong. When Nurhachi heard that Xiong Tingbi was gone, he immediately mobilized the Eighth Route Army to besiege Fengji Fort, the gateway of Liaoshen.

The fleet had only been traveling in the canal for a day, and just arrived near Yangzhou, another urgent report came from Liaodong. The frontier army guarding Fengji Fort was demoralized due to the absence of the commander, and was soon defeated. The Shen door is wide open!

Next is Shenyang, and Yuan Yingtai, who succeeded Xiong Tingbi as Liaodong's economic strategy, is a frail scholar. Those arrogant soldiers in Liaodong don't pee on him at all, and he doesn't know any strategies, so he can't fight Nurhachi at all!

Shenyang is over, Liaoyang is over, and Liaodong will soon be defeated across the board!
How to do?
Taichang just wished he could fly back to the capital with his wings, but he had no wings at all.

Moreover, even if he rushes back to the capital at this time, Shenyang will not be able to defend it, because the capital is too far away from Shenyang and Nurhachi is too close to Shenyang. When he mobilizes the army to start from the capital, Nurhachi will almost hit the Liaoxi Corridor!

He was as useless as an ant on a hot pot on the boat, and the situation in Liaodong was irreversible.

So, what can be salvaged?

By the way, the Qi family army and the white soldiers of the Sichuan army!

Yuan Yingtai was able to command only these two lines of elite soldiers. Unfortunately, the total number of these two lines of elite soldiers was only 7000, and they were no match for Jiannu at all.

Shenyang was besieged, and Yuan Yingtai ordered these two groups of elite soldiers to go to the rescue. As a result, the Qi family army and the white-armed soldiers of the Sichuan army rushed to Shenyang near the Hun River and fell.

Jiannu captured more than 3 war horses from the Ming army in the Battle of Sarhu. At this time, the Jiannu iron cavalry had begun to take shape. The Qi family army and the white soldiers of the Sichuan army had already been discovered by Jiannu. Even if they turned around immediately, they ran away. They can't run away anymore, they can only form an formation on the spot to block them.

The 7000 men and horses carried nearly ten times the army of slaves, killing for a whole day and night, and the Hunhe River was reddened. In the end, the entire army of the Qi family was wiped out, and the white soldiers of the Sichuan army were disabled. Only nearly a thousand people escaped. Jiannu also paid the price of tens of thousands of casualties.

This is the famous Hunhe bloody battle in history!
Knowing that he was going to die, why did he go there?

Taichang ordered people to go ashore immediately, and sent an urgent summons at [-] li, ordering the Qi family army and the white soldiers of the Sichuan army to retreat to Shanhaiguan and not to go to Shenyang!

Next, it's useless for him to be anxious, because now he can also command the troops with strict military discipline such as the Qi family army and the Sichuan army's white-armed soldiers.

Others, whether it is Donglin, the Eunuch Party, the Qichuzhe Party, or even the generals of the Liaodong armies, will not listen to him. These guys want to force him to be obedient in turn!

The problem is that he can't be like Chongzhen, whoever is not obedient will be killed if he doesn't care.

If he really wants to follow Chongzhen's way of doing things, then the world will really be in chaos.

Alas, there is no way, people who want to die cannot be saved, he can only wait for the bad news from Liaodong.

Sure enough, just after the fleet arrived in Huai'an, there was an urgent report from Liaodong that Shenyang guards He Shixian and You Shigong had fallen for Jiannu's trick, and both died in battle outside the city, and Shenyang fell!
The fleet finally arrived in Tongzhou, and another urgent report came from Liaodong. Liaoyang fell, and Yuan Yingtai, the governor of Liaodong, set himself on fire and died for his country.

Is self-immolation useful for you? Can you return to Shenyang and Liaoyang?
Taichang looked at the civil and military officials who came to greet him at the pier, and roared angrily: "You are amazing. I have only been away from Beijing for a long time, and you have caused me such a big disaster. Xiong Tingbi did a good job in Liaodong. Why do you To piss him off, huh?"

The emperor was already a little crazy, and it was normal for him to growl wildly in anger after such a big incident happened.

Chief Assistant Ye Xianggao showed no trace of panic on his face, he calmly argued, "Your Majesty, forgive me, it's none of our business at all, Yao Zongwen, Wei Yingjia, Liu Guojin, Zhang Xiude, Feng Sanyuan, etc. were all promoted by Wei Zhongxian. Wake up, we don't know why they are trying to impeach Xiong Tingbi all of a sudden!"

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but look up, sure enough, none of Wei Zhongxian and his group of "sons and grandchildren" came.

Wei Zhongxian, you are a pig!
Have you played with these internal fighting masters, have you ever played?

When someone controls the power of the court, you are still considering whether to chop off your own lifeblood!

Your advantage is playing hooligans, unreasonable, tough!

do you know?
I don't know a single big character, you play with others, your head was caught by the door or kicked by the donkey?
Wei Zhongxian is a pig, but I am not a pig!
Hmph, with your little thoughts, you still come to fool me?
Taichang said coldly: "It's none of your business? They impeached Xiong Tingbi, what did you do? You don't do anything, just stand aside and watch the show! It's none of your business?"

Unexpectedly, Ye Xianggao still quibbled: "Your Majesty, it really has nothing to do with us. Wei Zhongxian tricked His Highness the Crown Prince and holds the power of batch red and seal. We can't control him at all!"

Do you think I am as stupid as Wei Zhongxian?
Taichang furiously said: "You can't control Wei Zhongxian, can't you control some Shizhonghe Yushi? The cabinet is all your people, even if you can't control those Shizhonghe Yushi, you can't withhold their memorials How did the memorial be released, how did Xiong Tingbi know that someone was impeaching him, huh? Also, who is the successor of Xiong Tingbi as Liaodong economic strategy, huh?"

When Ye Xianggao heard the words, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.

The emperor doesn't seem to be mad yet!
From the looks of it, it might be impossible to put all the shit bowls on Wei Zhongxian's head. We have to put on a show and take some small responsibilities.

He thought for a while, but still pretended to be ashamed and said: "The emperor forgives the sin, this is indeed the fault of the minister. The minister did not expect that Xiong Tingbi would be so angry after receiving the news. He said nothing. The minister failed. Persuade him, and ask the emperor to punish him."

You are not farting!
You are the only one who doesn't persuade people, what kind of crime is that?

Alas, there is no way, this time Wei Zhongxian was so stupid that he did all the dirty work.

Donglin just stood by and watched without doing anything, what can you do to them?
Hit Dong Lin hard, and then clean them up?
Alas, it’s impossible to do this!
At this moment, the entire court is under Dong Lin's control, if he turns his face on this, Dong Lin will definitely resist with all his might.

If this is done, it will only cause chaos in the court, even if the entire court is emptied, what is the use?

At that time, no one will care about anything, and the Liaodong Frontier Army will probably collapse because of this, and Jiannu's big teeth will laugh out loud!
Let Wei Zhongxian, a mad dog, take care of these guys. The most urgent task is to stabilize Liaodong first, not to clean up all the officials in the court.

Taichang looked up and glanced around again, then snorted coldly: "Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli, you come aboard with me."

After speaking, he turned around and went back to the boat!

(End of this chapter)