Great Ming Dynasty Wen Chao Gong

Chapter 34 Changes in Liaodong
  The noisy restaurant suddenly became quiet, especially the table next to it that was originally bustling with noise.

Zhang Xiao had no choice but to stand up: "Father, I'm here."

Then everyone watched Zhang Xiao follow his father-in-law who entered the hotel and left the store.

After a while, the store started to become lively again.

"It turns out the person sitting next to us is Zhang Xiao."

"Who is Zhang Xiao?"

"Zhang Xiao is Xiaoyaozi, the author of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Conquest of Mexico". He is also a great talent who entered the Hanlin Academy."

"It's over. People have heard what we just said."

"Can you all keep your voices down? My companions are still here..."

"My father-in-law, why is it so sudden? Why are you so anxious?" Zhang Xiao walked out of the store and followed his father-in-law helplessly. As he walked, he couldn't help but ask.

"Zhang Shidu, our family apologizes to you and spares your interest. But now we should hurry up and hurry up. This is the order from above." The eunuch explained.

"What do you call your father-in-law?" Zhang Xiao asked as he got on the carriage.

"Our family is called Gaohuai." The eunuch replied.

"Hello, Eunuch Gao. I hope you can tell me something about your Majesty's summons this time." After that, Zhang Xiao wanted to give Eunuch Gao some thoughts. Although Zhang Xiao felt that the name was a bit familiar, he was in a hurry. I didn’t think about it carefully.

"Zhang Shidu, this can't be done. It seems that because of some big mistake made by Commander-in-Chief Li Chengliang of Liaodong Province, Your Majesty lost his temper when he returned to the palace after going to court today. He also argued with several bachelors in the cabinet for a long time, and then Suddenly he said that he wanted to call Zhang Shiduqin up." Eunuch Gao pushed Zhang Xiao's intention back and explained at the same time.

"Thank you, Eunuch Gao." Zhang Xiao thanked him while his mind was spinning rapidly. According to the original time and space history, Li Chengliang should be stepping down, but this matter also found him, and Zhang Xiao was helpless.

Zhang Xiao still has some knowledge of Ming history, especially the history of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Li Chengliang served as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong twice. After he stepped down for the first time, the court replaced him many times. If the emperor wanted to recommend candidates himself, he would have to first find a relatively suitable person among these people.

There are quite a few people who succeeded Li Chengliang: Yang Shaoxun, You Jixian, Dong Yiyuan, Wang Bao, Li Rusong, Li Rumei, Sun Shoulian, Ma Lin. After Li Chengliang left power for the second time, Du Song, Wang Wei, Ma Gui, Zhang Chengyin, Li Rubai and others.

Juniper, Li Rubai, and Ma Lin definitely don’t have to think about it, they all understand. Zhang Chengyin was also eliminated by Nurhachi from the beginning, and he must be eliminated.

Historically, Yang Shaoxun and You Jixian took over as commander-in-chief and resigned not long after. Wang Wei has no great achievements in history, so these three people can be excluded.

As for Li Rusong and Li Rumei, they are Li Chengliang's biological sons. It is impossible that the father just committed a crime and the son took over. Especially General Li Rusong. Historically, he died heroically outside the Great Wall after serving as commander-in-chief for only a short time. He must be eliminated. Sun Shoulian was also Li Chengliang's old comrade, and now his prestige was far from enough, so he had to be eliminated.

Wang Bao, when he was serving as the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, the Qi family's army staged a pay mutiny and he was killed indiscriminately. Some said he killed hundreds or thousands, while others said he killed only a few dozen. In short, he created such a big mess during his tenure. He was lucky that he was not hacked to death. He who runs the army laxly and destroys the Great Wall is unqualified no matter how you look at it. This guy also needs to be excluded. So, with so many people, only Dong Yiyuan and Ma Gui are left. But Ma Gui had just been reinstated and was in charge of Ningxia, so he couldn't be transferred. Then only Lao Dong is left.

With the plan in place, Zhang Xiao suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. But time passed quickly, and the carriage had already arrived at the gate of the palace.

Walking into the imperial study room, Zhang Xiao felt a different atmosphere than before. I remember the day I was brought here, the atmosphere was not so strange.

"Zhang Xiao, do you know why I summoned you?" the emperor asked.

"Your Majesty, I don't know about this. It's just that your Majesty has summoned me, so I will come immediately." Zhang Xiao said,
  "Okay, okay, let's not say any polite words today. Please read this apology memorial." The emperor waved his hand.

Zhang Xiao took the memorial and read it, and found that there were two volumes.

The first memorial was an apology sent by Li Chengliang to the emperor. In the memorial, he confessed that he had failed in his attempt to trespass on the nest, and that his subordinates had killed good men and taken credit for their crimes, and that he had been unable to restrain him. He felt deeply regretful and regretful about it. I hope the emperor can approve his resignation request.

The second memorial is the imperial censor Zhang Minghe's first letter to impeach Li Chengliang, saying that Li Chengliang's "blood is weak and his crimes are full of sins." Asking the emperor to remove Li Chengliang immediately can still have some affection for each other and leave some dignity for Li Chengliang.

"Li Chengliang, an old man, I gave him all his salary and silver from Liaodong. I suppressed so many memorials to impeach him. But now, he has been defeated one after another and he dares to deceive me. I really think that except for him, there will be no one else." Are you available?" the emperor said angrily.

Zhang Xiao actually wanted to say that Emperor Wanli was like this. There was no one who could stand up to him as the Liaodong General Soldier. Li Chengliang was hired back to work for ten years at such an old age. But looking at the furious emperor, Zhang Xiao had to carefully consider his words.

"Zhang Xiao, if you want to replace Li Chengliang, who can you recommend?" the emperor finally asked.

"The position of the Commander-in-Chief is the pillar of the country, not to mention that Liaodong Town is the head of the nine important towns. This is a major matter that His Majesty will discuss with the cabinet ministers and the six ministers. I don't dare to speak nonsense." Zhang Xiaoxian refused.

"I'll let you say it now. Didn't you also propose that Ma Gui be reinstated as the commander-in-chief of Ningxia Town?" the emperor continued.

"I recommend General Dong Yiyuan." Zhang Xiao said bluntly.

"Oh? I thought you would recommend Li Rusong." The emperor said curiously.

"Weichen has no personal relationship with General Dong Yiyuan. It's just that the sage said, 'Officials are based on ability, and titles are rewarded for merit.' General Dong is most suitable to serve as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. Although General Dong's military exploits are not as good as those of Li Chengliang, he is still considered to have great military exploits, and in He has served in many places and has rich experience. He can speak to the northwest frontier army, the northeast frontier army and the Beijing camp. Moreover, General Dong is good at destroying nests, so he will not suffer too much against the Mongolian army. Although General Li Rusong is brave, he Too adventurous and aggressive, he is suitable to be the vanguard of the army, but not suitable for a position like the Liaodong General Soldier that requires overall coordination and all-round coordination." Zhang Xiao explained.

"Now that the situation in Liaodong is deteriorating, what strategy do you have?" The emperor did not reply whether what Zhang Xiao said was reasonable, and asked another question.

"Liaodong Town is an important border defense town. In the short term, if we give the successor Liaodong General Soldier some money, food and soldiers, train the Liaodong Army, and fight a few nest-breaking battles, we can restore the prestige of our Ming army. But in the long term, Liaodong Town will have to If you want to achieve great results against the Mongolian army, the strength of one town is obviously not enough, and it must be coordinated across the country. Now that the Japanese pirates are provoking, Yang Yinglong is ready to move in the southwest. Liaodong Town also needs to ensure the passage of the army that aids Korea and fights against the Japanese. For Liaodong The town's civilian and military forces are all at great loss, so it's not the time to make big moves." Zhang Xiao analyzed.

(End of this chapter)