Chapter 503 Countermeasures
The emperor lost his temper and the ministers were so scared that they were trembling. You should know that although Emperor Chongzhen was not very wise and powerful, he was indeed particularly decisive and cruel in some aspects. If the ministers dereliction of duty, he would take action without hesitation. There were countless ministers under him. He was also the most diligent emperor among the emperors of all dynasties who replaced cabinet members and ministers of the six ministries.
Moreover, he was not ruthless in killing ministers. Several ministers made him chop his head, but this was even more strange. The current emperor also seemed a little decisive and decisive, but why are state affairs getting worse every day?
When the emperor thought of this question, he was asking this question. He was thinking that it must be these ministers who were following him to fight against him. Among them, the Donglin Party, which he was the most unhappy, also knew that the Donglin Party was not the same as him. He often fought against him and often stumbling over him. But there was no way. The Donglin Party had a greater power in the court than anyone else, and he could not control the people below, but it was not easy for the Donglin Party to come forward. The emperor was also consciously isolated and suppressed the Donglin Party, which led to the emergence of the Fushe Society.
Now the emperor is angry and wants to hold him accountable, which makes the ministers tremble so much that they are so scared that the emperor will introduce someone to hold him accountable and chop his head in public.
The first person to be hit was Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of War. Zhang Fengyi was the first to boast about the strong strength of the Liu family army and guarding southern Liaoning. It was as stable as Mount Tai, so there was no need to send reinforcements to them or let Qianliang go to them.
Because Zhang Fengyi knew one thing, that is, the Liu family army recovered Liaonan and had to defend even if they were defending, and they could not abandon Liaonan, right? If they lost Liaonan, they would lose their territory and neglect their duties, and the emperor would be held accountable, so they would not give them military pay or money or food, and they would have to defend themselves.
Who knew that this would happen now, that is, the Liu family army was suddenly defeated and collapsed directly. This was just that Zhang Fengyi was stunned. Faced with the emperor's aggressive questioning, he was speechless.
Emperor Chongzhen said angrily: "If Liaonan is lost, use your head to apologize."
Zhang Fengyi was shocked and quickly knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly to beg for mercy.
The ministers were also discussing why the situation in Liaonan was so beautiful that they suddenly rushed to catch up with each other and were defeated. They didn't understand the situation ahead, so they had to summon Wu Xiuwen, the head of the backyard of Liao Town, and asked him what was going on ahead.
Because of the loss of two cities, the entire Liaonan was about to be lost, and now the entire court was in chaos. They had no choice but to summon Wu Xiuwen. Wu Xiuwen was not qualified to meet the saints in the court, so they could only come to the emperor's imperial study room to express their edicts.
After hearing what Wu Xiuwen said, he realized that it was Huang Taiji who led an army of more than 100,000, and attacked fiercely day and night, so the Liu family army could not defend it.
Emperor Chongzhen was extremely angry. He pointed at these ministers and said angrily: "It's all you talk nonsense that misleads me. If reinforcements had been sent to support me, how bad the situation would be so bad?"
Wen Tiren seemed a little calm. He knew that everything had happened, and there was no way to criticize each other and destroy each other. The most urgent task was to get a sum of money, grain and reinforcements to support the Liu family army. If Liaonan was lost, the court's face would be thwarted, which means that his position as chief minister in the cabinet would be over.
It would be fine if Liaonan did not recover it, after all, it was not lost during his tenure in Wen Tiren. However, the Liu family army has recovered it now, and it is considered the territory of the Ming Dynasty. If it is lost now, even if it is lost at his Wen Tiren's hands, he will be unlucky.
Therefore, these ministers were considered to be the fire in the small temple and made suggestions one after another, wanting to get a batch of money, grain and reinforcements to support the front line and stabilize the situation.
In fact, this situation did not happen in southern Liaoning at all. Liu Bu and the others dared to deceive the emperor and deceive the court in this way because they found that the court had no military existence in southern Liaoning and had no government organization. In other words, they did not have any source of information. All their sources of information were provided and reported by the Liu family army. In this case, can they add something to make life like this not easy for them?
You should know that as long as the officials of the court have a little better life, they want to build the Liu family and the Niu family army. Only by making them too busy can they not think of so many bad ideas.
That's why there was such a lie like the fall of Gaizhou and Fuzhou. Even if the lies were spread to the capital, the other party would not know. After all, they could not send special envoys to check or observe, so it was said that they could only say whatever the Liu family army said.
Only people like Liu Bu, who are already ill-behaved, dare to commit such a huge panic. You must know that this is the crime of deceiving the king.
The entire court believed that this should be true and could not be false, because the Liu family army could not beat themselves in the face and said that they would defeat the war, and that this was the crime of deceiving the king. Who knew that the purpose of Liu Bu doing this was to find something for them to do and make them uncomfortable.
The situation in southern Liaoning took a sharp turn, not only making the court seem panicked and scared, but even the entire capital seemed deserted and scared. There was one such bad thing in the Ming Dynasty, that is, good things don’t go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles away.
It is said that the situation in southern Liaoning took a sharp turn, and this should be a military secret. If it were Liu Bu's handling, they really had this happen. All he wanted to do was to try his best to block the news, prevent the news from leaking, prevent people from outside from knowing, and give himself more room for maneuver and planning. Now, the court will know that the people in the entire capital must also know.
The people in the capital were excited about the liberation of southern Liaoning, which means that there was no change. As long as the Ming army had a military presence in southern Liaoning, Jiannu would not dare to invade the Central Plains. But now, the entire Liaoning was just recovered and was about to be lost.
When the people received the news that the situation in southern Liaoning took a sharp turn for the worse, it was because the treacherous ministers Wen Tiren and Zhang Fengyi in the court did not send any reinforcements and money to southern Liaoning, which would cause the situation to collapse in the shortest time.
As for why the people received such news, it is naturally the role of the Liu Family Army Propaganda Department.
The propaganda office of the Liu Family Army was led by Liu Yu, another big boss of the Liu Family Army. Liu Yu is a rich second-generation who only knows how to eat, drink, gamble, and drain his body. He asked him to go to war. The armor on his body could overwhelm him, but he was very comfortable to ask for information, spread rumors and make trouble, and do these things.
For example, he did a very good job in the publicity department he was in charge, so Liu Bu asked him to secretly preside over the work in the capital. Their publicity department often distributed some news and spread some rumors, making it difficult for the people to distinguish the truth from the false. For example, this time, the news can spread so quickly, which is related to the people in the publicity department. This is the publicity department's publicity department, so he will definitely add fuel to the fire and say a lot of things that are beneficial to them, such as the bad words of Wen Tiren and Zhang Fengyi.
The two of them had a bad reputation. This time, such a big thing happened in southern Liaoning, that the two treacherous ministers did not send reinforcements or money and food, so even the people spread their anger on them. When Zhang Fengyi and Wen Tiren left the imperial city and returned home, they met the people all the way to cheer, and some people openly spit at them, throw eggs, etc., which made them very embarrassed.
You should know that one of them is the Minister of War, and the other is even more awesome. They are the chief minister of the current dynasty. Moreover, they have full guards of etiquette when they travel. Some soldiers roar the gong to open the way, which is very majestic. If someone usually hits their car, they will be beaten by them. But now they are different, but both of them have a good reputation and are both famous as treacherous ministers. Now they are even more lost in the city and land. Faced with the anger of the people and the anger of the public, they dare not send people to chase and beat them. They can only hold their tails and go home in shame.
The situation in southern Liaoning collapsed, and the court could not come up with any effective measures. Instead, they wanted to order Guan Ding Tie Cavalry to go out of the pass and attack the western Liaoning area, hoping to attract the attention of Jiannu. However, these people all understood one thing. This was to let the Liaoxi generals take the initiative to go out of the pass and fight against Jiannu. This should be impossible, and it would be impossible to call them.
So they had a second reserve plan, which was to order Liu Yuanqiao, the governor of Denglai, to form reinforcements immediately and support Jinzhou immediately. If Jinzhou is lost, he would just ask immediately. The money and grain were allocated by the capital and Dengzhou at the same time. It is necessary that Liu Bu, who is in Jinzhou, has enough resources and strength to stick to this city. As long as Jinzhou is still there, the Ming Dynasty still has military presence in southern Liaoning. If Liu Bu is lost, he will lose all the money.
They had been struggling for so long, but in the end they got only a little money and food. He would not take this little money and food seriously at all, but there was one advantage, that is, at least the court would not be thinking about how to attack the Liu family army now.
Liu Bu and his friends are fighting with Jiannu in southern Liaoning. They are evenly matched with each other, and they have not lost any of the three major cities. Moreover, they have caused great harm to Jiannu, but they still reported the news falsely, just to embarrass the court and also a counterattack against them.
According to Liu Bu's plan, they could report to the court again after a while, saying that they had successfully launched a counterattack and recaptured the city.
Because the court had no government agencies or intelligence organizations in this area, and had no source of information, the news they wanted could only be provided by Liu Jiajun.
Chapter completed!