Chapter 871 The situation is not good
Liu Bu's assassination was a very deadly thing. He was the commander of the Chinese Empire, the crown prince and future heir of the Chinese Empire. His double identity made his status very noble, second only to Liu Yuanqiao.
He is equivalent to Zhu Biao in the Zhu Yuanzhang era. With this prince, the world is very stable. No one dares to cause trouble, no one is qualified to cause trouble. Zhu Di is very awesome, right? With this person, he glares at him and does not dare to move.
But now something happened to such an important figure in the Chinese Empire, which made everything messy.
Liu Bu was in charge of the Ministry of National Defense, the most important department of the Chinese Empire. It was in charge of the mobilization of the whole country's army. Liu Bu always served as the commander of the Ministry of National Defense. Even if he went out to fight, he was in charge of it.
This time, the news that Liu Yuanqiao supervised the Ministry of National Defense was reported, which confirmed Liu Bu's death in Jiming Temple, because many people understand that if Liu Bu just secretly led an army to fight, even if he fought outside, there was no need to plunder such an important position, right? Now, Liu Yuanqiao will replace Liu Bu, take charge of the Ministry of National Defense, and control the military talismans across the country. This is also a reason for the discussions in the outside world.
At this point, not only were there talks within the Ming Dynasty, but even the Chinese army began to spread rumors. Many people believed that Liu Bu was not assassinated, and he was an awesome person and could not have died so easily.
Moreover, Liu Bu secretly led the army to fight, which was a precedent. He set out in a low-key manner in his several battles to become famous.
But everyone knows one thing that military secrets are indeed not wrong, but it is a secret to others, but to their own people, it is not a secret, right?
At first, the people were suspicious, but soon, even the soldiers were suspicious.
Why are the soldiers doubting? In fact, the soldiers have not reacted so quickly. What they really doubt is the generals distributed in the Chinese army everywhere. They hold great power, have heavy troops, and dominate the side. They have huge doubts about whether Liu Bu is still there.
If they were ordinary soldiers, they would not have so many ideas. Since they were members of the Chinese Army, they would enjoy the high benefits and treatment of the Chinese Army and just focus on their lives for him.
But these generals are different, and they think more.
In the past, they all followed Liu Bu, which was equivalent to following the prince.
If you follow the hard-core prince, your future will be bright and there will be no problems.
The prince is their master, and he can also ensure fame and wealth in the next few decades.
Now, if something happened to the prince, that is, what happened to their master, their fame and wealth would not be guaranteed. Although they questioned it, it was not convenient for their identity to go out to investigate and make trouble, so they could only let their soldiers go.
This is probably something that Liu Yuanqiao could not have expected. Among the Chinese army, Liu Bu's prestige was at its peak and unparalleled, and even Liu Yuanqiao could not compare.
The officers followed Liu Bu and had a guarantee of fame and wealth for decades and hundreds of years. Now that they have changed a new master, who knows what will happen? Liu Bu reuses them, will the king indulge them without reservation?
Of course, with the current military system of the Chinese Empire, these people dare not do anything randomly or cause trouble. They just have doubts and then instruct the soldiers to find out the truth.
Because for them, if something happened to Liu Bu, it would be a huge matter, and it would be related to their fame and fortune, and they must be clear about it.
Although the Chinese Army is a huge system, they can also be loyal to Liu Yuanqiao when they can be loyal to Liu Bu, the current situation lies in whether something happened to Liu Bu. If something happened to Liu Bu, they will be loyal to Liu Yuanqiao, and there is no problem. After all, they all have to eat these people and their families have to eat. If they don’t be loyal to Liu Yuanqiao, they will not be able to survive.
What is just a scam is that if nothing happened to Liu Bu, they would be busy paying allegiance to the king of surveillance. I wonder what Liu Bu would think, would hedge them alive? Will he tear them up? You should know that in the army, the focus is on layer by layer. Your loyalty to you exceed the level is a very excessive thing and no one can tolerate it.
Liu Yuanqiao thought that with the strong strength of the Liu family army, he could suppress this matter in advance, but when the incident really happened, there were so many factors that emerged, which made him feel that the situation was about to get out of control. The Chinese army had formed a situation of two giants. To put it bluntly, it was equivalent to two legs of a person. If one leg was broken, the damage would definitely be huge and he would fall down at any time.
However, for some reasons, he could not explain in detail to the soldiers and officers. He could only give a death order, ordering all generals and soldiers not to slack off after receiving the order from the Ministry of National Defense, and immediately appear where he should appear, and not to disobey and save his life. Violators will be killed without any slackness.
The military can carry out strong suppression, but how should the civilians suppress it? The civilians are easy to deal with. As long as someone can let them live a peaceful life, officials will collect less taxes and take care of their affairs less, and the people will feel at ease.
However, these gentry and powerful people who defect to them are difficult to deal with. These powerful people are actually equivalent to reefs in the water. They are the solid foundation of the place. As leaders of one side, their strength is also huge. The power they show is equivalent to reefs in the water. Only a small part of them emerges. Their foundation is still under the water and is very powerful.
They originally saw that the Chinese army was in great power, so they surrendered to the Chinese army. If they found that the Chinese army was inappropriate, they would probably abandon them and instead surrender to Zhu Ming.
If these people were to take the opportunity to cause trouble and rebel at other times or elsewhere, it would not be a big deal. Just send troops to sanction them.
But now, this is an important juncture of the decisive battle in Shandong. Both sides are fighting with all their might. Any stabbing or dragging their backs will lead to the failure of their war. Once the war fails, their Liu family will be over. Liu Yuanqiao hates this matter deeply. It can really be called a tmd that affects the whole body. Now there are so many things that can only be dragged down.
Therefore, Liu Yuanqiao could only issue a tough order, ordering the people not to believe in rumors or spread Yao.
But the people have always liked to fight against officials, and they all believe that the government has always been inconsistent with each other. They say it is right, it should be fake, and they say it is fake, and the official does not issue a statement saying that Liu Bu is just leading an army and secretly goes to war. This is fine, but there are more people who doubt this statement.
In the past, when would the government issue such a statement? How confidential is the army going to fight? How can we tell others casually? If you tell others now, wouldn’t there be no silver here? When the official statement comes out, it will make the opponent more suspicious and the world will become even more chaotic.
But it was the Chinese Army who devoted their whole country to organize the Battle of Shandong, which made them even more embarrassed and passive.
The Jiming Temple incident also spread to Xu Jianqiang from the north. Although he sent a dead soldier to carry out the mission, such as the assassination method was only introduced after countless drills. However, whether it can be successful can only be said: planning depends on people and success depends on heaven.
When the assassination occurred, they immediately received a letter from Fei Ge from the south and informed him of this matter. However, Xu Jianqiang did not report it to the emperor as soon as possible, but he just presented it to Shangshu Room in the form of a memorandum, because they were not sure who the target of the assassination was.
However, from the series of reactions of the Chinese army later, they inferred that Liu Bu should have the problem.
Because the Chinese army in Nanjing went completely crazy, searched and massacred, all the Ming Dynasty's spies and secret stakes in Nanjing were almost uprooted by the other party, and many people who had secret contact with them were also pulled out one by one. These people were executed. Their intelligence network in the south were basically paralyzed and many people died.
But Xu Jianqiang believed that this matter was done correctly and was done. It was not until the Chinese army went crazy that he dared to pass on the information to the emperor. The emperor did not know such a major news, but he was afraid that the fighter would be delayed.
Emperor Chongzhen was ecstatic when he heard this news. The battle in Shandong was imminent and the two sides were about to fight a decisive battle. At this important juncture, Liu Bu, the most powerful evil dog in the Chinese army, actually had an accident. This was great good news for the Ming army.
Now Emperor Chongzhen is trying his best to fight the Shandong battle, but it is not that he is sure to win the battle, but that he has used all his strength and if he cannot win, there is no way.
Liu Bu maintained a record of victory. The Chinese army was well-trained and well-equipped. Such an army was difficult to deal with. The Ming Dynasty had no other advantages except for the advantage of the number of people. In such a scene, even the emperor was a little worried. He was always alone and thought alone, what should he do if he was defeated?
He was thinking that if he defeated him, the emperor, he would be the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the minister of the destruction of the country. When he thought of this, he was so scared that he was dying and was under great pressure.
Chapter completed!