Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 160

The officials described by the writer of history books are like the girls in the mouth of the old bustard, as if each of them is a virtuous minister who does not eat the fireworks of the world, but the truth is so unbearable.

In the 19th year of Chenghua, even the civil servants who hold the history pen can only leave a little ink. The cause and effect of this incident exposed the ugly face of the entire group.

For a long time, civil servants have been exaggerating the idea of ​​sharing a peaceful and prosperous age on top of diplomacy.When facing Mongolia, always choose a defensive strategy.

Even Yu Zijun, who was Minister of the Ministry of War at the time, was an out-and-out peacemaker. As for the British Duke Zhang Mao and other military honors, their blood has long been wiped out by the extravagant life.

Fortunately, Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen was not a cowardly person. Internally, he adopted the system of enshrining officials to challenge the civil official group, while externally he dared to take tough military actions.

The appearance of the combination of Wang Yue and Wang Zhi gave the Zhuhe faction a resounding slap in the face.

The two of them didn't believe the story of the wolf coming from the Lord He faction at all, so they directly led the cavalry to go straight to the Mongolian court, beating those Mongolian soldiers who were deified by the civil servants to the ground.

Since the great victory in Weininghai, the story of their wolves has been exposed directly, and the peace faction of the imperial court has regarded Wang Yue and Wang Zhi as thorns in their eyes.

In June of the 18th year of Chenghua, the Tatars invaded Yansui and other places. Wang Yue and Wang Zhi sent troops to help them. They were trapped by Haogou on the city wall and suffered a big defeat. The army and the people are quite relieved." Xianzong Zeng Wang Yue Sui Lu fifty stone.

No matter how many Tartars these two men killed and how many border residents they kept, in the eyes of civil servants, these two men were the main culprits who disrupted the blessing of peace.

This has been the case for the main peace faction in all dynasties. Although this battle is not as good as human beings, when it comes to playing tricks and tricks, it is naturally easy to catch.

In particular, Datong under the control of Wang Yue and Wang Zhi simply cut off the smuggling route from Shanxi to Mongolia, which has offended many people invisibly.

That's why, even though there are constant conflicts within the civil official group, a conspiracy against the two has quietly unfolded.

They used the method of defeating them one by one, and the civil servants headed by Wan An suggested to Xianzong: transfer Wang Yue to Yansui as the commander-in-chief, and say it beautifully: change defense.

After Wang Yue was transferred from Datong, they finally controlled the personnel power of the army, and they easily transferred the obedient Yongxin Bo Xu Gui's grandson Xu Ning to Datong as the chief soldier.

Since Yong Xinbo was exposed, he was not hereditary, but Xu Ning was also hereditary as a commander.Tongzhi, the governor of the tired official office, is now serving as the commander-in-chief of Datong, which is naturally a big promotion.

He came to Datong with a mission, and he always violated everything. He was self-willed, and he openly challenged Wang Zhi.

Wang Zhi is a rare genius, with a bit of arrogance in his character, the only one who can make him bow his head is the emperor, naturally he can't get used to this idiot martial arts disciple, he just made Xu Ning empty.

It's just that everything has already fallen into the conspiracy woven by the civil servants. Because of Datong's "disharmony between generals and commanders", Datong Governor Guo Tong immediately brought the matter to the capital.

Prior to this, the officials of Kedao issued memorials to impeach Wang Zhi one after another, thereby alienating the relationship between Emperor Chenghua and Wang Zhi.

In this action against Wang Zhi and Wang Yue, since Emperor Chenghua had already lost trust in the civil servants, the cooperation of the people in the palace was still needed.

Huai En is a veritable peacemaker. As early as the 14th year of Chenghua, Jianzhou Jurchens committed border crimes, and Liaodong Governor Chen Yue used to cover up and kill counterfeit fighters. Wang Zhi wanted to go to deal with it.

At that time, Yin Huai'en, the supervisor of ceremonies, thought that Wang Zhi would inevitably cause trouble, so he proposed to send ministers there, and Ma Wensheng responded quickly, and people at the time called Huai'en a good supervisor.

Huai En has long been resentful towards Wang Zhi, but now he naturally gets involved, constantly looking for opportunities to sow discord in front of Xianzong.

Emperor Xianzong was gradually disappointed with the imperial court. At this time, he was already addicted to cultivating Taoism. Facing Wang Zhi who was constantly being attacked, he finally agreed to demote Wang Zhi to the eunuch who was transferred to the Nanjing Imperial Horse Supervisor.

At that time, Zhu Jianshen probably just wanted to get Wang Zhi out of the center of the vortex of the struggle, and kept the idea of ​​reusing Wang Zhi in the future.

It's just that the civil official group didn't intend to stop here, but chose to continue chasing and beating Wang Zhi.

Xu Yong, the imperial censor, impeached Wang Zhi for the crime of deceiving the emperor, and demoted Wang Zhi, who had not yet arrived in Nanjing, to Nanjing Fengyu.Soon, the Youdu Yushi and the Deputy Capital Yushi Tu Yu joined forces to continue impeaching Wang Zhi, but they were dismissed from office, stripped of their salary, and deposed as idlers.

After successfully overthrowing Wang Zhi, another combat faction will also be liquidated.

It is undoubtedly much easier for them to deal with Wang Yue. Wang Yue does not have too many holy relatives, but he still likes to write poems.Poetry resentment is the evidence they can get, but it is enough to make Wang Yuewei, the official of Ningbo, live in Anlu.

Since then, the strongest duo of generals in Datong has fallen apart. Wang Yue and Wang Zhi have guarded Datong for nearly two years without incident. If nothing else, something will happen.

After Wang Zhi left, they replaced a very obedient eunuch Cai Xin, who was in charge of Datong's border defense with the equally obedient Datong general Xu Ning and governor Guo Yong.

Only one month later, the little Tatar prince invaded Datong. With only ten men, he lured Xu Ning, the commander-in-chief, and Cai Xin, the supervisor, and killed more than 1000 people in battle.

It's just that this defeat didn't end. The two sides fought ten times, but Xu Ning retreated and didn't dare to fight again.With no threat, the little prince looted property and people around Datong.

After this defeat, the more exciting part was staged.

Faced with this defeat, these civil servants who kept saying they were loyal to the emperor and patriotic, learned that the Datong Army had killed 2000 people and that a large amount of property and people in the border areas had been looted, so they chose to conceal the matter.

The ransacking of 2000 lonely souls and Datong border residents turned out to be a secret.

Until nearly a year later, the Datong inspector saw that Xu Ning, the general soldier, and Cai Xin, the supervising army, were still following the officials of the peace-seeking faction to force the border army and the people to repair the border wall. After all, they chose to secretly report the matter to Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty.

So far, the defeat of Datong was made public, and Emperor Xianzong was furious.

Ordinarily, the chief soldier Xu Ning and the eunuch Cai Xin who committed serious crimes should be executed.It's just that the Ministry of War used the two as their first appointments, Cai Xin was only demoted three levels in a row, and Xu Ning just stayed idle.

In the eyes of the peace-seeking officials, Daming's two thousand lonely souls are insignificant, as long as they can continue to enjoy the blessings of peace.It's just that Wang Zhi has feelings for the soldiers who died in Datong, and Wang Yue has already regarded many soldiers as brothers.

Although the murderer was the little Mongolian prince, those [-] soldiers and people in the border areas who were murdered were actually those peacemakers who wholeheartedly pursued the blessing of peace, and Cai Xin and Xu Ning deserved to be killed.

This matter of old age is actually like a thorn in Wang Yue's heart.

Wang Yue did not express his true inner thoughts, but set his eyes on the execution platform, where a hundred officials had already lined up and were waiting for his order to execute.

"Woooo...I don't want to die!"

"I only took 200 taels, is that much?"

"God, why do you let such a wicked person occupy a high position?"

"A high position should be occupied by a virtuous person. How can Wang Shichang be so virtuous? It's unfair!"

……

At this time, the execution platform was already crying. Even though these officials were once sages who could not eat the fireworks in the world, they still felt fear in the face of death, and even complained to Wang Yue.

They did not repent, but resented why Wang Yue was appointed as an imperial envoy.

The tears of Liang Xian, the magistrate of Taizhou, also rolled in his eyes, and he suddenly pointed his anger at Wang Yue and said, "Wang Yue, if you kill local officials so indiscriminately, aren't you afraid of ruining the peaceful and prosperous world, and aren't you afraid that the pen of history is like iron?"

"It's not yet three o'clock in the afternoon, do you want to have a debate?" Wang Zhi fanned himself with a fan, but encouraged him without hesitation.

"Officer dog, you deserve to be hacked to pieces!"

"Stupid peace and prosperity, you eat fish and meat every day, I'm not as good as a dog!"

"Mother, have you seen it? These goddamn bastards finally got their retribution, and someone finally upheld justice!"

……

There is no need for Wang Yue to stand up and argue. Today, many people in Taizhou came here just to witness the evil Taizhou magistrate Liang Xian subdue the law.

They don't know if this is a peaceful and prosperous time, but now they just want to crush these corrupt officials.

Seeing the interesting scene, Wang Zhi immediately asked for another pen to write down what happened here on the other side of the fan.

"You wrote again? Can Your Majesty see it?" Wang Yue noticed that Wang Zhi had almost become a living commentator, so he couldn't help but said helplessly.

Wang Zhi wrote in his own way, looking very natural: "It's your Majesty's business whether you see it or not. The miscellaneous family has to write a letter every day, and didn't you reply last time?"

"Wang Gong, you seem to have changed?" Wang Yue found that Wang Zhi had become more stable, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Wang Zhi smiled miserably, but stopped writing and looked up at the sky, saying: "Because I, like you, still take the lives of those two thousand Datong soldiers into my heart! Don't say whether to kill that little prince for revenge, Xu, Cai Er People, is that really the case? Now that the limelight has passed, it is said that someone has recommended Xu Ning as the commander of the capital, is this kind of person worthy of glory and wealth?"

Wang Yue was silent, he really couldn't let go, and even thought about dying in Anlu.

"Woooo...I don't want to die!"

"I still have 10 taels in my family, and I am willing to use it to buy my life!"

"Didn't the imperial court lose millet to make atonement? I am willing to donate my family's wealth!"

"I have two beautiful concubines that I would like to donate together, please forgive me, my lord!"

……

The officials on the execution platform noticed that the shadow of the flagpole was getting smaller and smaller, and the last trace of literati's reserve was gone, but they all begged for mercy.

Ordinarily, by this time there was no possibility of them surviving, but a hundred officials had influenced each other, causing some officials to think that they could really buy their lives, so the voices of such requests became more and more.

Seeing this situation, the people watching the execution despise the integrity of these officials, but they are also worried that the prison officer will change his mind temporarily, so they can't help but turn their heads to look at the execution platform worriedly.

Wang Yue's expression didn't change, and when he heard that the time had come, he immediately took out a firestick from the bamboo tube, threw it heavily into the open space in front of him and said, "Cut!".

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