The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 160 Is there, believe it or not

After the initial battle report, the court finally began to move forward.

But all the ministers' minds were still on the battle at the northwest border, and until noon, everyone's hearts were hanging.

Someone wants to come out and express some opinions, or pour cold water on this so-called good news to cool down, or come out to flatter...

Because the detailed report hasn't come yet, they can only hold back.

Until noon, there was still only one copy of the good news, so the emperor gave another luncheon, which meant that we would wait together.

But the emperor then went to the nearby East Palace.

"What's this called?"

After the emperor left with several eunuchs from the chief inspector of ceremonies, the Wenhua Palace was completely exploded this time.

Even if Wang Yue only came with a good news, the weight of the good news surpassed all the wars in the Northwest in the past few decades. Wang Yue's gains in this battle can even be said to exceed the sum of all previous wars.

"Shouldn't it be Huozhai's Mengguolejin Department that was fighting? If Huozhai is not there, the city walls of the partial pass have collapsed now. Doesn't it mean that there is no possibility of defense?"

"There is no further battle report for a long time, is it still in the fierce battle?"

"What is that mighty sky gunpowder? How can it directly blow down the city wall?"

A group of people chattered.

In addition to Liu Jian and Xie Qian, the targets targeted were Ma Wensheng and Wang Zongyi of the Ministry of War.

Xu Guan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, as the manager of the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty in the capital, knew nothing about the mighty sky gunpowder. It made people feel that this war had nothing to do with all the officials in the Wenhua Palace.

Only the emperor and Wang Yue participated, and of course there was the figure of the Dudu Mansion behind them.

There are still a few people who know that there is an instigator behind it, but it has not yet appeared in any official reports.

Ma Wensheng was annoyed by the question, and he said in his thick voice: "Everyone, let's wait until there is no conclusion. Today, I am afraid it will be difficult to make a conclusion. In recent days, all yamen have been tightened. The martial law in the capital should be strict." will be lifted."

In the meaning of Ma Wensheng.

It is impossible to determine the changes in the situation in the northwest by relying on the battle reports obtained in one day.

of course……

This is what Ma Wensheng understood from his past experience. Even if the Tatars were defeated, they might make a comeback. Even if they didn't come for a day, they might come in the future.

Maybe Wang Yue was dazzled by the victory and went out to pursue him, or there might be a bigger battle happening.

It may even be a tragic defeat.

Or maybe Wang Yue is falsely reporting his military exploits, killing the good and pretending to be meritorious...

There are many situations, and they all need time to verify. Maybe the imperial court will send people to the northwest to investigate. It is polite to say that there will be a conclusion in a few days. It is also possible to say that it is possible in the next few months or even a year.

Whether Wang Yue can find out the result of this battle before his death is unknown.

Procrastinate?
If Wang Yue is dragged to death, the title does not have to be returned to him.

Tu Yu walked over to Liu Jian and said, "Old Liu Ge, should you represent our officials to persuade the Holy Majesty?"

Liu Jian didn't speak.

Xie Qian smiled and said: "Please don't advise your majesty to accept Wang Weining's report? Ladies and gentlemen, in Wang Weining's army, in addition to the Xunchen who is the commander-in-chief, there are also middle-ranking officers who follow the army and guard the army. Nights from various places are not accepted... If there is any false report, I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it for long?"

Tu Yu said coldly: "It's not a false report, at least it will be announced after the investigation."

"Ha ha."

Xie Qian smiled, "Isn't Your Majesty telling you to wait? It hasn't been announced to the world yet, but I'm afraid His Majesty won't be able to wait for a few days..."

When he said this, Xie Qian was still looking at Ma Wensheng.

It was Ma Wensheng who asked the people present to wait a few days longer.

But now we all know that this battle was concocted by the emperor and Wang Yue. With the news of victory, the emperor wishes to let the world know immediately, maybe he will send someone to investigate carefully before spreading the word to the world?
Tu Yu said: "This battle is too unreasonable."

"Correct!"

A group of people nearby are helping.

If Wang Yue said that he killed dozens or even hundreds of people, everyone would believe him, and at most he would discuss whether to bestow him with a title.

Now I have reported a thousand directly...

Is there any credibility to this?

With the addition of sky-high gunpowder, [-] soldiers attacking the city, blowing up Piantouguan, etc., it was like talking about heavenly scriptures. The ministers were not ashamed to tear themselves apart with the emperor before, and they also felt that such a fantasy thing should not Dare to make it up...

Anyway, the so-called Qingliu civil servants now have one idea, find someone to pour cold water on the emperor, to cool down the emperor's feverish mind.

Don't believe Wang Weining's nonsense.

Liu Jian stood up in the eyes of everyone, and said coldly: "You can't be partial to the words of the family, but it is expected that there will be battle reports from various places today and tomorrow, and they will be compared to confirm each other, so let's mention it again."

Tu Yu said: "If someone deliberately wanted to lie about his military achievements, wouldn't he be prepared?"

"There must be proof!"

Liu Jian said that he was too lazy to argue with these people.

It is outrageous to think about this matter with conventional thinking.

But it is useless to just talk about it, the most important thing is to talk about evidence.

You all think that Wang Weining's battle report is outrageous, but the problem is that there is no way to prove that he is a false report!

Before there is any further news, you all say that he is cooperating with officials and generals from all over the Northwest to deceive the imperial court... This is too absolute.

There are many people in the northwest who refuse to accept him, Wang Yue, let alone others, Ping Jiang Bo Chen Rui and those governors and general soldiers, who is willing to be coerced by Wang Yue?

Xie Qian also said with a smile: "The whole court is suspicious, so don't you believe that Wang Weining can cover the sky with one hand?"

After Liu Jian and Xie Qian said what they said, the ministers present finally felt a little better.

This shows...the mainstream civil servants in the imperial court have doubts about Wang Yue.

Whether the emperor believes it or not, we don't believe it anyway!

As long as we don't believe it, we will definitely find out the truth for you.

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East Palace.

Zhu Houzhao was listening to Liu Jin conveying the results of the Northwest Piantouguan Battle. Liu Jin spoke the matter in a tone as if he was telling a story.

Zhu Houzhao sat there and listened in a daze.

"How, how..."

The bear child is still asking questions one after another.

Liu Jin raised his voice an octave and said: "The Tatars were blown up all over the sky, and the rest of the Tartars didn't know where they were. The scene was extremely chaotic, but at this time Wang Weining shouted and marched, thousands of soldiers from the Ming Frontier Army , rushed into the Biantou Pass, almost stepping on the stumped limbs and arms of the Tartar soldiers..."

"Okay!" Zhu Houzhao patted his hands on the table excitedly.

While the bear was listening to the book, Zhu Youtang just hid in the corner of the East Palace entrance and took a look inside.

Originally, he would come to have a meal with his son, but seeing his son's troubled appearance, he lost the interest of being a father.

"His Majesty……"

Seeing Zhu Youtang turning around to leave, Dai Yi next to him still didn't quite understand.

Zhu Youtang said: "The crown prince didn't put his energy in the right place. Call him the lecturer of the East Palace this afternoon! Bing Kuan is not here, let those gentlemen in the East Palace take care of him."

"But Your Majesty, at the Wenhua Palace..."

Dai Yi wanted to remind Zhu Youtang that the Wenhua Palace was occupied by you and those ministers today, even if the lecturer from the Eastern Palace was called, there would be no room for him to teach.

"Let Wang Jia bring two people, give him more homework, let him spend less time on military affairs, does that have anything to do with him?"

As Zhu Youtang said, he walked towards the Wenhua Palace angrily.

But at this time, Xiao Jing came again, this time with a bit of surprise on his face.

Zhu Youtang said: "Here?"

"Please read, Your Majesty." Xiao Jing sent the second battle report.

Zhu Youtang opened it immediately, and when he saw the time marked on it, he raised his spirits immediately: "This was sent from the front line of Pianguan after the Tatars were defeated at dawn yesterday. Huozhai's headquarters! Huozhai's general Ledan was killed, Libak was captured after blowing up a leg, and Huozhai's adopted son Mengche was captured alive... Haha..."

Having said that, Zhu Youtang couldn't help laughing out loud.

This time, it is not that there is no real evidence, but that there is conclusive evidence. There are many generals under Huozhai's command, and most of them have caused great harm to the frontier of Ming Dynasty.

We all know that Huozhai has no sons, and Huozhai actually intends to pass on the throne to his adopted son Mengche.

Dai Yi said: "Your Majesty, didn't someone say earlier that Meng Che was a child born to a woman who was screened outside, and his name was not corrected? Could it be... that's it?"

Zhu Youtang handed the battle report to Dai Yi, raised his head, and straightened his waist a lot: "Will Wang Weining make fun of such things?"

Dai Yi laughed and said, "No. But if it's Huosai headquarters, the significance of this battle...is extraordinary!"

"Ah."

Zhu Youtang nodded confidently.

If Wang Yue fought against the troops of those small grassland tribes, no matter how fruitful the battle results were, he would not be able to cause substantial damage to the Tatars, and the fire would turn out to be an attack or an attack, and it would be even more intense.

But if it was the headquarters of Huozhai, Huozhai himself lost his troops and generals in this battle, and escaped from death...and captured Meng Che, who may be Huozhai's illegitimate son...

The gold content of this battle will be very high.

"Let's go, Wenhua Palace!"

Zhu Youtang took big strides to go to the Wenhua Palace.

At this time, Gao Feng, the eunuch of the East Palace, came out and wanted to go to the Wenhua Palace again to find out the news, probably because he didn't want Liu Jin to show off alone.

But when he came out, he saw Sheng Jia and his party.

He was so scared that he quickly took two steps back.

Zhu Youtang gestured to Xiao Jing who was on the side, meaning to go and deal with Gao Feng... The father didn't want his son to know that he had been here, so he asked Xiao Jing to go over and tell Gao Feng not to talk nonsense.

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Inside the Wenhua Hall.

The ministers hadn't finished their lunch yet, but they turned back when they saw the emperor and his party.

The minister could only put down the bowls and chopsticks, and got up to greet him.

"Your gentlemen, there is no need to delay business here, let's go back to our offices first! The war in the northwest has been fixed, and the news of success has just arrived. It is more exciting than the rough summary before... It turned out that this time it was a fire sieve, but it failed to capture him and let him escape, it is a pity..."

The ministers couldn't help but look at each other.

Your Majesty is dazzled by the victory, and has started talking nonsense?

Fire sieve?

Still sacked?

Liu Jian walked over and said, "Your Majesty, is it Wang Weining's memorial?"

"It's him." Zhu Youtang just looked at Liu Jian and knew what Liu Jian was talking about.

This is to remind him.

Wang Weining's words are no longer enough to be believed, let's listen to them as well.

Zhu Youtang didn't take it seriously, and with a smile on his face that he "doesn't care as much as you do", he said: "This time there is a joint name of Zhang Yong, a lieutenant officer in the supervisory army, so it is expected that there will be no deviation. He was captured alive during the battle, and his tribal flag was seized, as well as the seal, official uniform, grand master's scepter, etc. given to him by the little Tatar prince..."

"As for the results of further calculations, you should see for yourself!"

(End of this chapter)