Ming Dynasty: Starting from Liaodong Jiangmen

Chapter 92 The only person slaves fear is the Li family
At Wu time, the red candles in the Dongnuang Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace were spread out and the lights were bright.

Emperor Chongzhen was reviewing memorials in the Nuan Pavilion when he suddenly felt a migraine attack. He stretched out his hand and pinched his temples. He braced himself and continued to meticulously open the next memorial.

Wang Chengen stood respectfully aside, his eyes full of heartache.

After an unknown amount of time, Emperor Chongzhen felt a wave of fatigue coming over him, and he could no longer hold on. He lay down for a while thinking about it, but his eyes continued to read each word on the memorial until he could no longer open it. open.

"Your Majesty has been working tirelessly for several days. Please put out the candle soon so as not to disturb Your Majesty."

Seeing this, Wang Chengen quickly called to the young eunuch.

The little eunuchs were so busy that they didn't dare to make a sound.

But soon, the sound of rapid footsteps came.

An official from the Ministry of War in a bright red official uniform approached Nuan Pavilion and outside the hall, a young eunuch walked in and nervously reported: "Old ancestor, Mr. Hu, the minister of the Ministry of War, has returned. He is about to meet the Holy Spirit at this moment. Woolen cloth."

Wang Chengen frowned, turned around and glanced at the Dongnuang Pavilion where the candles had just been extinguished. He couldn't bear it and whispered: "Your Majesty just took a rest and asked him to come back tomorrow morning. Go and give the instructions."

The little eunuch nodded and took a few steps forward when he heard movement behind him. He was so frightened that he quickly fell to his knees, trembling.

"Is Hu Shi'an here?"

"Tell him to come in. I have something to ask him."

At some point, Chongzhen had already stood up from his desk. His eyes could not hide his tiredness, but his tone remained firm.

When Wang Chengen heard this, he didn't reply. He just sighed and gave the little eunuch a wink.

The little eunuch also quickly got up and trotted out to bring the people in.

"Hu Shi'an, the minister of the Ministry of War, supervises the transportation of grain from Sichuan. Now he has returned according to the order. I can see the beauty of your majesty. Long live, long live!"

As soon as Hu Shi'an entered the door, he knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, shouting loudly.

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand for the others to leave, leaving only Wang Chengen. Then he called him to come closer and said tiredly: "You are back, tell me in detail what the current situation in Sichuan is like. Give me a seat!"

Hu Shi'an thanked him again, and then sat down carefully, only touching half of his buttocks on the chair, and not daring to relax at all.

"On the order of Emperor Daxing Tianqi, I rushed to Sichuan to supervise the transportation of grain. It has been more than three years. Sichuan is now singing and dancing and peaceful, no less than in the south of the Yangtze River. After three years of grain harvesting, there is enough food. On the river, there is an endless stream of merchant ships and civilians."

"This is God's great grace. I, the Emperor Ming Dynasty, have considered the kindness of our ancestors and learned about it!"

After all, Emperor Chongzhen had never been to Sichuan, and he had not received many reports from Sichuan. He had a dark eye on the situation in Sichuan. He could only know it based on the reports from these courtiers, so he didn't think much about it.

He waved his hand slightly, signaling Wang Chengen to show him the three memorials on the imperial case.

These three memorials are all written by different people.

One of them is Li Banghua, the imperial censor of the Imperial Procuratorate, who had left for Tianjin three days ago to take up his post. He said:

"In the past, the Li family controlled the Liao Dynasty for more than thirty years. The disciples of the Li family, like the pine array, disappeared, like the Zhen, who criticized the crime, the cypress, who sat on the crime, the camphor, the plum blossom, all old and dead, the cassia, like the cascade, they have been dismissed from office. Today Dushun Ancestor is here."

"Although the sons of the Li family are generals, they have never experienced the formation and do not know how to fight. When Shun Zu knew the soldiers and appointed generals, he made many meritorious deeds. Luanhe defeated [-] slaves with two thousand cavalry, and his reputation was outstanding. If you are not going to reincarnate for the sake of heaven, will you use the Li family’s hometown to control Liaodong and drive out the Jianlu?"

"People in the Liao Dynasty say that the Li family has been in control of Liaodong for a long time. The people around them are afraid of submission, and the slaves are afraid of the Li family alone. I think that the current military corruption in Liaodong is caused by the change of commanders over the years. The old power of the Li family is still there. To calm people's hearts, reorganize the mountains and rivers, and deter barbarians from all over the world, the Li family must be used again." "I recommended that Ningyuan Bo Li Shunzu be appointed as the general of Ningyuan in Liaodong, and he will lead his troops and horses to control Liaodong. Kowtow and worship again. Pray for holy grace! "

The second letter was a proposal from Wang Yongguang, the new Minister of War.

Wang Yongguang was originally the Minister of the Ministry of Finance in the Tianqi Dynasty. Because he was involved with Wei Zhongxian, he often criticized each other with the Donglin Party members. Therefore, when the situation was not good in the early years of Chongzhen, he took the initiative to resign. However, he was retained by Chongzhen and changed to the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. .

Later, in the second year of Chongzhen, that is, last year, Chongzhen issued an edict to establish the case of Wei Eunuch's rebellion.

As the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Wang Yongguang repeatedly protected the eunuchs and was impeached by many ministers who claimed to be honest and upright, so he resigned again.

But for some reason, Emperor Chongzhen trusted Wang Yongguang very much and retained him again.

Last year's Yisi incident not only resulted in the dismissal of a large number of civil and military officials in the capital, but also the six departments of the capital and cabinet.

The former Minister of War, Wang Qia, a member of the Donglin Party, was imprisoned by Chongzhen because of the invasion of the Jin Dynasty.

Today's Ming Dynasty is full of bloodshed, not much gentler than on the battlefield.

Emperor Chongzhen may have gradually become a little wary of the Donglin Party's embarrassment. It was an obvious signal that Wang Qia was imprisoned and his death was discussed, and he ordered Wang Yongguang, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, to be appointed the Minister of the Ministry of War.

Since Wang Yongguang took office as Minister of War, although he was repeatedly impeached by Donglin Yanguan, he still sat firmly in Diaoyutai. Emperor Chongzhen dismissed all these impeachments one by one, without any intention of investigating.

And Wang Yongguang is not idle either. This month, he appointed many former eunuch Party officials who were against the Donglin Party.

For example, Shi Fan and Gao Jie were re-appointed as censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, while Yuan Hongxun was recommended by him as his former official to continue his position as Minister of Civil Affairs.

It was impossible for Chongzhen not to know about the past of these officials, but he still approved Wang Yongguang's proposal. His attitude also made many Donglin officials anxious.

As soon as these former eunuch party officials took office, they immediately fought endlessly with the Donglin Party in the DPRK and the Central Government. The Yisi Incident was over, but the war in the DPRK and the Central Government never stopped for a day.

Wang Yongguang's suggestion was exactly the same as Li Banghua's.

In his memorial, he first praised Li Shunzu's military exploits as the son of a general of the Li family, making him unique among the younger generation of the Li family. Later, he also proposed that the children of the Li family be re-sent to Liaodong to find out Jiannu's attitude towards the Li family.

This third letter was written by Li Shunzu himself.

As a noble military official and governor of the capital camp, Li Shunzu can now bypass the cabinet and have the right to directly report to Heaven. This is also one of the unique rights of super-grade military officials.

The so-called super-grade martial arts honors are those who have nobility. The honorary family regards those with nobility as nobles, especially those who hold powerful and important positions. They are also the emperor's own family members who rely on him to submit memorials to Tianting. It's like a letter home.

In the memorial, Li Shunzu did not mention going to Liaodong.

Li Shunzu only said in his memorial that he had no intention of serving as an official anymore, and only hoped to pass on the title passed down by his ancestors. Therefore, he requested to resign from the position of governor of the capital, and only retained the position of commander of Jinwu's left guard so that he could protect the emperor at any time. city.

In addition, Li Shunzu also expressed his feelings for Yuan Yu, the daughter of Yuan Chonghuan, in the letter, and asked Emperor Chongzhen to issue an order to betroth Yuan Yu to him as his wife, Mrs. Ning Yuanbo. From then on, he was willing to stay in the capital forever to protect the emperor.

Li Shunzu's resignation memorial can be described as sincere and sincere.

Emperor Chongzhen already had a good impression of Li Shunzu because of his military exploits in the Yisi Incident. He even resigned from a position of real power such as the governor of Beijing Camp, which showed that he had no ambitions, so he liked him even more.

Seeing that Hu Shi'an had read the three memorials, Chongzhen asked: "What does Hu Aiqing think of these two matters?"

(End of this chapter)