Ming Dynasty: Starting from Liaodong Jiangmen

Chapter 33: Hooking up becomes common (please read it!)
"Do you think our family is stupid?"

Li Fengxiang, who had been silent all this time, suddenly sneered, placed the tea cup in his hand heavily on the table, stood up and left.

"Although Your Majesty is in the palace and does not know the true situation of the war, Che Tianxiang is the first disciple of Wang Chengen. Then Wang Chengen is the general manager of Xinwang Palace. How can he be easy to get along with?"

Li Fengxiang turned his back, not knowing whether it was true or false.

Now that they had come clean, the three of them were naturally afraid that the dead eunuch would suddenly quit, so they exchanged glances, and the obedient Marquis Wu Weiying stepped forward to hold him back, intending to speak more clearly.

"Father-in-law, stay!"

"The capital has been under martial law for several months, and it is a fact that there is no communication between the inside and outside. Your Majesty has been living in the palace for a long time, so how can he know the situation outside? It's up to us to explain everything."

Li Fengxiang looked sullen, but was held firmly.

Wu Weiying didn't use any strength at all. She also knew Li Fengxiang's thoughts at that moment. She cursed in her heart that she was really a useless eunuch who could not afford to die early. However, the smile on her face deepened, she bowed and lowered her voice and continued to speak.

"My father-in-law only needs to report to your majesty tomorrow when he summons Man Gui. Although the slave soldiers outside Desheng Gate are not as many as Yongding Gate, they still number in the tens of thousands. And the Xuanhua Army Major General Wei who is Hou Shilu, we are under the Jing camp Cheng helped in the battle, defended Desheng Gate with all his strength, and fought with the slave soldiers to the death, with each other winning or losing."

"As for Yongding Gate, there is no need for father-in-law to intervene. We will make it clear to His Majesty."

"There are slightly more slave soldiers outside Guangqumen than outside Deshengmen. There are [-] Liao troops in Guangxi, plus the reinforcements from Ma Ke, Wang Pu, and Liu Zeqing who arrived first, it is natural to encircle and win."

"Comparing these two, the performance of the Beijing camp is no longer so eye-catching. Not only are we not guilty, but we have also contributed to resisting the defenders and assisting the Liao army on the flanks. As for the city's firing of several days of artillery, this can also be done. explain."

"No big deal, I'll order you to go down and have Deshengmen cut off the heads of some refugees overnight for military honors. Your Majesty will not really come to the Rong government to see the heads. Are they the heads of Dongnu? Why don't I wait for a moment to say more? how many?"

"This" Li Fengxiang stopped when he heard that he had nothing to do here, but then looked at Sun Tingxun aside and asked: "What about Uncle Ying Cheng's artillery attack on the Liao army and refugees at Guangqumen? How to explain to His Majesty?"

Sun Tingxun didn't pay attention to this matter at all, and laughed loudly when he heard this.

"Don't worry, father-in-law, I have already taken care of this matter, and you don't need to say anything."

"We only said that the enemy's force was strong. There were empty enemy troops in all nine gates of the capital. However, the Liao army was stationed at Marco Polo Bridge and was unwilling to send troops for a decisive battle with the Dongnu. We in the capital camp did not know whether the slaves were empty or strong, so we fired the artillery. Help defend the city."

"Although many slaves were killed and wounded, many Liao army brothers and refugees were inevitably injured by accident. Your Majesty will not go into details."

Sun Tingxun said and waved back.

At this time, several soldiers from the Beijing camp walked in from outside the custody room and brought several large wooden boxes.

Inside the wooden box was the so-called Dong Nu's head.

Li Fengxiang counted three or four hundred of these Dongnu heads, which were made from the heads of refugees. They were comparable to Li Shunzu's military exploits at Guangqumen, and then he glanced at Sun Tingxun.

This lineage of Yingcheng Bo was granted the title of Emperor Jingnan. In the past 200 years, his descendants have served as officials in various places. It seems that power is really no joke.

Before the court comes tomorrow, all the major forces in the court have arranged everything overnight.

Wiping Sun Tingxun's butt is something that the Yingcheng family is very familiar with.

It doesn't matter if you fire artillery to kill a few refugees and Liao troops. Even if you blow up the Liao army camp in Guangqumen, Sun Tingxun won't be able to do anything.

Unless Emperor Chongzhen was alive, Bao Qingtian would never have discovered so many things.The main reason is that in the first year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen had all the eunuchs of Wei Zhongxian punished. After Wei Zhongxian's death, all the factory guards were now abolished. Even the palm commanders were all headed by Minister Donglin.

To put it bluntly, Chongzhen is completely blind now. What news he hears depends entirely on what they say.

Li Fengxiang knew that this matter was basically a foregone conclusion. Now he only had two choices, either to participate in it and get a share of the pie, or to stay alone and not participate in the slander. But the question was, could Chongzhen spare him?
Li Fengxiang sat back and became a little dazed.

As a eunuch from the inner palace, he knew the temperament of the young emperor Chongzhen. If no one in the court spoke to him, as the eunuch in charge of the military affairs of the capital, all the defeat of the capital would be blamed on him.

When the time comes, it will be miserable if the sky and the earth are not working.

Li Fengxiang suddenly realized that he had no choice in this matter.

"My father-in-law, aren't you worried? Among the nine gates of the capital, except Yu Kuan, the new admiral of Guangqumen, and Li Shunzu, the admiral of Yongding Gate, we have greeted all the admirals of the other gates. Everyone agrees that Nuqi is very powerful. , firing artillery to assist the battle, unavoidable accidental damage."

"Your Majesty doesn't believe what a bunch of us say, but you want to believe in Li Shunzu? This is impossible, hahaha!"

Li Fengxiang looked at the three people who were laughing loudly. He felt that he was no longer able to fight against the entire group behind them, but he suddenly remembered something and asked:

"What about the defeat in the Beijing camp? Someone must be held accountable for the defeat. According to what you said, the nine admirals of the Beijing camp are not guilty, and the border commanders from all over the country are also guilty. Even our family has become a meritorious one. minister."

"What about the sinner? Who will be responsible for this sinner?"

Lingbihou Tang Guozuo stepped forward and said:
"Don't worry, father-in-law, we have people taking care of everything, every aspect. If Your Majesty really wants to hold people accountable, just blame the defeat of the Beijing camp on Liu Zhilun, the Minister of War!"

"Liu Zhilun led his troops in an ambush outside Zunhua City. The soldiers of the Eighth Battalion of the Third Tun Camp suffered heavy losses. The guerrilla general Zhu Fan died in a stray arrow. , Mao Wu all died in battle."

"He has already been accused of incompetent fighting. We don't even need to deal with it. We just need to blame all the defeats on him. Your Majesty will naturally be furious. Liu Zhilun, the Minister of War, will be done with it."

"Okay!" Li Fengxiang was very satisfied after hearing this and had no worries at all. "In that case, our family only needs to report to His Majesty and make it clear that the Deshengmen battle is difficult, and we don't have to worry about the rest, right?"

After hearing this, the obedient Hou Wu Weiying immediately promised.

"My father-in-law only needs to say this, and I will say the rest!"

Tang Guozuo sneered and punched the table.

"My father-in-law said, I feel relieved. When we were in Liaodong in the past, the Li family claimed to have eight thousand servants. They were so domineering in Liaodong that they almost became the emperor of the earth. Now they have Li Shunzu Guangqumen and Yongdingmen to help them. Great victory."

"Seeing that the Li family is about to stand up and be rewarded, we all have Jingnan military honors and are nobles. We don't have the right to command the army. How can we swallow this breath? Let a barbarian from the border pass ride on our head! "

"By the way, Eunuch Cao of Dongchang, are you also going to say hello overnight?"

Li Fengxiang thought for a while and decided to help. He stood up and said, "Cao Huachun is a good friend of our family, but he is also a disciple of Wang Chengen. It is difficult to ask him to speak with us, but it is easy to persuade him not to act against us."

“Let’s take a trip to Dongchang in person!”

Wu Weiying also stood up to see him off, and said with a smile: "Eunuch Li is here in the East Factory, so it's no big deal. Song Fu, the commander of the Northern Division and Feng Liangzu of the Southern Division on the Jinyiwei side, are also members of our family."

"Now we just wait for the court meeting tomorrow morning to see if Mangui dares to go against us!"

(End of this chapter)