Chapter 229 That imperial commissioner Li Huan is not a good official
I don't know why, but Qian Ning felt a mountain of pressure rushing towards him when he saw Li Huan didn't react at all.
The next moment, the secret letter in Li Huan's hand turned into powder, while Li Huan's face showed a calm look, and a solemn murderous intent rushed towards his face.
"Could it be that the border troops in Yulin Town are all dead? Why did the imperial court feed them? They allowed the Tatars to easily enter the invaders' pass. They couldn't stop the Tatars. Could it be that they couldn't even send a warning?"
After listening to Li Huan's words, Qian Ning shrank his neck and did not dare to speak.
Li Huan saw a stern look in his eyes and said to Ren Ping who was standing aside: "Commander Ren, you stay to train these soldiers and take charge of Xi'an Mansion."
Ren Ping reacted when he heard the words, and quickly bowed and said: "The last general accepts the order."
When Li Huan's eyes fell on Guan Zheng beside him, Li Huan said: "Commander Guan, immediately mobilize the troops and rush to Yulin Town with the governor. The governor wants to see how this Tatar sneaked into Guanzhong.
of."
Guan Zheng looked solemn and said: "The last general takes orders."
Soon the desolate horn sound sounded, and the tens of thousands of soldiers who were training on the school field couldn't help but be stunned, showing a look of astonishment, and subconsciously looked towards the general station.
In less than a minute of tea, smoke and dust came rolling in, and the ground shook slightly. Apart from some of the veterans of Zhenwei Camp who were training new soldiers and the soldiers sent by Li Huan, there were still nearly two thousand people in Zhenwei Camp.
The desolate horn sound was the signal to summon the soldiers of the Zhenwei Battalion.
After some elimination, there were only more than 3,000 people left in the entire Zhenwei Battalion. Although I cannot say that all of them were elites comparable to those of the frontier army, overall, they were not much worse than the frontier army.
Even if the armor coverage rate of Zhenwei Battalion soldiers is taken into account, just in terms of equipment, Zhenwei Battalion will definitely surpass those frontier troops in Jiubian Town.
If it were the previous Beijing camp army, its armor coverage rate might not be as good as that of the frontier army. However, after being eliminated, a large number of old and weak soldiers were eliminated, and a large number of soldiers and armor were naturally idle. It can be said that this Zhenwei camp
Following Li Huan out of the capital, Zhenwei Battalion almost emptied its inventory. All of the more than 3,000 soldiers were wearing armor. Even an ordinary soldier had at least one piece of cotton armor on him. In addition, he carefully selected
Out came powerful weapons such as crossbows, muskets, swords and guns.
Although I dare not say that the Zhenwei Battalion is armed to the teeth, it is definitely better than the border troops.
Therefore, the men and horses of Zhenwei Camp may not be incapable of fighting against those brave elite border troops.
Here, Li Huan gave Qian Ning some instructions. Guan Zheng, wearing armor, said to Li Huan solemnly: "Grand Governor, the officers and soldiers of the Zhenwei Battalion have been assembled and are ready to be dispatched by the Grand Governor at any time."
Li Huan nodded, glanced at the soldiers, and shouted in a deep voice: "The soldiers, the Tatars invaded the pass, and rushed into the pass, plundering the money and food provided by the Ming Dynasty to relieve the victims, so that countless people were displaced and died of hunger and cold.
Do you think the Tatars should be killed?"
Hearing this, all the soldiers could not help but reveal a bit of evil spirit in their eyes.
"Kill, kill, kill"
Suddenly the shouts of killing shook the sky.
The newly recruited soldiers not far away also showed angry expressions.
You must know that these recruits are all recruited from the refugees who have been affected by the disaster. No one knows better than them what the government's relief food means to them, the victims of the disaster.
The Tatars robbed the relief food, which pushed the disaster-stricken people on Yulin Road to a dead end.
Suddenly, even these new soldiers who had not been trained for long could not help but shout along with the soldiers of Zhenwei Battalion.
Taking a deep breath, Li Huan got on his horse, nodded to Guan Zheng and said: "Commander Guan, lead the army and follow me to Yulin Road."
Although Li Huan knew clearly that perhaps by the time he led Zhenwei Camp troops to Zhenwei Camp, the Tatars had already withdrawn from the Great Wall and returned to the grassland, Li Huan still decided to take Zhenwei Camp to Yulin
road.
Yulin Road is one of the important towns in Jiubian. The Jiubian land that has been dealing with foreign races all year round is no better than the inland areas of the Central Plains.
Li Huan went to Yulin Town this time to see if he could attack the invading Tatars, but more importantly, he wanted to relieve the victims.
That's right, Li Huan rushed to Yulin Town with the main purpose of relieving the victims. Compared with attacking the Tatars, nothing is more important than relieving the victims.
Under normal circumstances, if Li Huan wanted to help the victims, he would have to bring a large amount of food. Otherwise, even if he arrived in Yulin Town, it would be difficult for a clever woman to make a living without rice, and he would not be able to save people without food.
But Li Huan had his own considerations.
After so many house raids, Li Huan clearly discovered that the people of the Ming Dynasty were indeed poorer, and most of them lived hand to mouth at most, but this did not mean that all the people of the Ming Dynasty were poor.
It's just that a large amount of money, food, and wealth are all concentrated in the hands of a very small number of people. These people are the local powerful and aristocratic families.
At this time, Li Huan was covered in dust, and behind him were nearly two thousand soldiers of the Zhenwei Battalion. They were non-stop along the way. It could almost be said that except for rest, all the time was spent on the journey. Even so, from then on,
It took Li Huan and others several days to get to Yulin Town from Xi'an Prefecture.
As the Grand Governor, Li Huan shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers of Zhenwei Camp for several days without doing anything special. Unlike many supervisors, governors and the like who were marching in large armies, these people were sitting leisurely on carriages.
Li Huan had eaten and lived with the soldiers of Zhenwei Camp these days, and the soldiers of Zhenwei Camp were convinced of Li Huan's heart.
There was a sound of horse hoofbeats ahead, and with just one glance, one could tell that the person coming was none other than the sentinel sent out.
When the army is marching, the importance of sentinels can be imagined.
An elite soldier with a small flag rode up on horseback, dismounted and faced Li Huan. Guan Zheng and the other two said respectfully: "Grand Governor, Commander, we have found the team of Governor Yang Yiqing in front of us."
The little flag official said, "At this time, Governor Yang is bringing people to pay homage to the Governor."
Li Huan raised his eyebrows, obviously not expecting to meet Yang Yiqing, the governor of the three sides, after entering the realm of Yulin Dao.
Speaking of Yang Yiqing, to be honest, Li Huan knew this man quite well. After all, this man could be regarded as a man of great character in the Zhengde Dynasty.
In particular, he also supervised important towns on three sides, so he could definitely be regarded as a frontier official. At the beginning, some people even suggested that Yang Yiqing, a frontier official, be transferred back to the central government, join the cabinet, and take charge of the Ministry of War.
This shows that Yang Yiqing is by no means an ordinary person.
A cloud of smoke and dust billowed from the distance. Just looking at the size of the smoke and dust, there were almost dozens of riders. If nothing else happened, they should be the Yang Yiqing and others mentioned by the flag officer.
Li Huan pestered Guan Zheng beside him and said, "Commander Guan, please accompany me to meet Governor Yang for a while."
Guan Zheng responded and drove his horse forward slowly beside Li Huan.
Soon, a group of cavalry was seen roaring towards them. The leader was a middle-aged official wearing a governor's uniform. Just by looking at the way he was familiar with the horse, he knew that his riding skills were definitely not bad.
Behind him is a group of elite cavalry. Just looking at the momentum and appearance of these cavalry, they are definitely the elite among the border troops.
Several flags were fluttering in the wind, and the Yang-character flag was fluttering fiercely, creating an extraordinary momentum.
At that time, Yang Yiqing served as the censor of Youdu and the governor of Shaanxi. He was in charge of the military affairs of the three towns and supervised the trilateral military formations of Yansui, Gansu and Ningxia. He was also called the trilateral governor.
Yulin Town, also known as Yansui Town, is one of the important towns on nine sides. Together with the two towns in Gansu and Ningxia, it is an important town on three sides.
Therefore, Yang Yiqing was not only the royal censor of the right capital of the imperial court, but also the governor of Shaanxi Province and the governor of the military affairs of the three important towns. With such great power, he could be called a frontier official.
Looking at the Ming Dynasty, there are very few local people who can compete with it.
Yang Yiqing, Li Dongyang, and Liu Daxia are collectively known as the Three Heroes of Chu. However, compared to Li Dongyang, Liu Daxia is a pure man of letters. Yang Yiqing not only has the most outstanding literary and political skills, but also has extraordinary attainments in martial arts.
Yang Yiqing later became the chief minister of the cabinet. He was known as a general and a prime minister. His literary virtues and martial arts were comparable to the famous prime minister Yao Chong of the Tang Dynasty.
News about Yang Yiqing flashed in his mind, and at this time Yang Yiqing also arrived with a group of people.
While Li Huan was sizing up Yang Yiqing, Yang Yiqing was also sizing up Li Huan.
For many local officials, even though Li Huan was famous in the capital, he was famous in several places in Fujian, but not necessarily in other places.
Even though there are many stories about Li Huan's deeds in the imperial newspaper, for some officials, it is already good to know Li Huan's name. As for saying more, many people are really not interested.
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But Yang Yiqing is different. Yang Yiqing has been an official for decades. He has entered the official career since the Chenghua Dynasty. He has gone through the three dynasties of Chenghua, Hongzhi and Zhengde. He is also a veteran of several dynasties. He has many old acquaintances and disciples in the court.
Not a few.
In addition, Yang Yiqing was the governor of the three sides, and it was impossible not to pay attention to the changes in the court. Therefore, Yang Yiqing knew Li Huan very clearly.
More than a month ago, Yang Yiqing had already learned from the imperial newspaper that the emperor personally sent Li Huan as an imperial envoy to Shaanxi to supervise local disaster relief matters.
It is said that Yang Yiqing was the governor of Shaanxi, and he, the governor, also bore certain responsibilities for the disaster in Shaanxi. However, neither the court nor the emperor meant to blame Yang Yiqing. Instead of punishing him, Yang Yiqing was asked to take charge of the three frontier armies.
Town, because the court is optimistic about the border army.
Therefore, Yang Yiqing seemed to have the title of governor, but in fact he had no room to interfere in the government affairs of Shaanxi. His main focus was on restraining the border troops and preventing them from causing chaos.
After all, it is almost common sense that civil unrest will inevitably occur during a major disaster. Small-scale civil unrest can be quelled by the local government and the health department, but once a large-scale civil unrest occurs, a large army will inevitably be dispatched to suppress it.
Yansui Town, one of the important military towns on the nine sides, is naturally particularly important.
And Yang Yiqing was in charge of Yansui Town.
This time, the Tatars appeared on Yulin Road almost without alerting the border troops, and even looted the food provided by the imperial court to provide relief to the victims.
As soon as Yang Yiqing got the news, he sent orders to the three strongholds and even began to mobilize soldiers and horses, preparing to block the way back to the grassland in the Huli area.
Not long ago, Yang Yiqing got news that the imperial envoy Li Huan came over from Xi'an with a battalion of troops.
So Yang Yiqing brought his troops to greet him, and that was how the two met.
Yang Yiqing turned over and dismounted, saluted Li Huan and said, "I will serve as the governor of Shaanxi and take charge of the military affairs of the three towns. Yang Yiqing, the censor of the right capital, pays homage to the imperial envoy."
Before Yang Yiqing could bow down, Li Huan quickly stepped forward, supported Yang Yiqing and said, "Governor Yang, there is no need to be polite. When Li is in the capital, he often hears His Majesty praising Governor Yang for his civil and military skills and his talents as a general and a prime minister. Today, I
See, it really deserves its reputation."
Yang Yiqing's face showed a somewhat flattered look, and he hurriedly raised his hands in the direction of the capital and said: "Your Majesty is so complimentary, you really disgraced me."
Just by holding on to Yang Yiqing, Li Huan could feel the power contained in Yang Yiqing's seemingly not very strong body. This man of literary virtue and martial arts, with talents as a general and a prime minister, was really a hidden talent.
Strong.
Judging from Li Huan's judgment, Yang Yiqing's strength may not be the opponent of ordinary first-class players.
Li Huan suddenly discovered that civil servants with Confucian origins, such as Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing, who had extremely high attainments in military affairs, all had strong internal cultivation skills.
Just like Wang Yangming, he has a high level of internal cultivation. Even Li Huan, who now claims to have practiced the magical skills of the Thirteen Taibao Heng to the point where the golden body is indestructible, no longer dares to say that he can suppress Wang Yangming.
The Yang Yiqing in front of him was obviously another strong man whose strength was not much worse than Wang Yangming.
The two of them greeted each other politely, and Li Huan looked at Yang Yiqing with a straight face and said, "Governor Yang, I think Governor Yang must know why Li is here."
Yang Yiqing showed a somewhat solemn look on his face, nodded slightly and said with a bit of guilt and self-blame: "Xiaguan took charge of the military affairs of the three sides, but let the Tatars sneak into the pass, so that they robbed the imperial court.
If you provide food relief and your subordinates are not strict in running the army, they will be a failure to the emperor's favor and to the people on the three sides..."
Yang Yiqing then said: "After the incident, I have strictly ordered the commanders and commanders of the three sides to strictly guard the various passes, and dispatched an elite force to encircle and suppress the Huli Department of the bandits. Unfortunately, the Huli Department also
I don’t know where I got the news, but I was always able to avoid encirclement and suppression by the army. After plundering several villages and towns, I had already fled back to the grassland from Sanlangkou."
It can be said that half a month has passed from when Li Huan got the news to when Li Huan arrived with his troops.
During this half month, it was obviously impossible for the Tatars in Huli to stay stupidly on Yulin Road and wait for the three armies to encircle and suppress them.
Despite the fact that the Tatars have been invaded by large armies in recent years, the Ming Dynasty is on the defensive. It also depends on what kind of situation it is under.
After all, the Tatar invaders have always sent tens of thousands of cavalry south to the Central Plains. For such a large-scale invader, Jiubian will naturally use all its strength to defend against it.
However, this was the result of the large number of Tatar troops dispatched, and the court had to deal with it with all its strength.
But this time it's just the inside of a pot, and it's only a few thousand young men.
To be honest, any of the nine major towns with such a large scale of Tatars has the strength to wipe them out easily.
Therefore, if Aliha and the others in the Huli Department were to be withdrawn if things did not turn out well, half a month later, Yang Yiqing would probably have completely left Yulin Road behind with the elite troops from the three sides.
In fact, Li Huan himself had high hopes for the plundering Tatars. The Tatars were not stupid. They had robbed so much food and must have fled immediately. They really had to stay in the pass.
It's a ghost.
Li Huan nodded slightly, looked at Yang Yiqing and said: "According to what Governor Yang said, the people in Huli are obviously coming for the imperial court's food relief, so the other party can easily seize the enemy and ambush them with accuracy.
The grain team was able to escape the Governor's encirclement and suppression afterwards, doesn't Governor Yang think there is anything wrong with this?"
When Yang Yiqing heard this, a bright light flashed in his eyes, he took a deep breath and looked at Li Huan and said: "I also know that there must be someone among them who colluded with the Hulibu, otherwise the Hulibu would not have been able to join the invaders so smoothly.
, leaving the customs, even my officer’s deployment of troops is clearly known.”
Li Huan raised his eyebrows and said, "I wonder if Governor Yang has ever found out who colluded with the Tatars to commit such a treasonous act?"
Yang Yiqing slowly shook his head and said: "For the moment, there are no clues, but I will investigate to the end and will never let such treasonous people go unpunished."
Li Huan nodded slightly and said: "The Jinyi Guards will also investigate this matter. It involves people in the army. I hope Governor Yang can make it easier by then."
When Yang Yiqing heard this, he just hesitated for a moment and then nodded: "It should be so."
Although Yang Yiqing, as a civil servant, has a natural resistance to the investigation of the Jinyiwei case, Yang Yiqing is not a fool. He naturally understands that when such a big thing happens, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Tatars have invaded, and there must be three sides.
With the help of powerful figures in the country, Jin Yiwei has the power to monitor the world.
It would be weird if Jin Yiwei didn't intervene in such a big matter.
As he spoke, Li Huan took a deep breath and said with a serious look on his face: "The relief grain was robbed by the Tatars. What happened to the people of Sui Dezhou?"
Those grains were life-saving food for the people of the state. Li Huan really couldn't imagine what would happen to the people of Suidezhou without those grains.
As expected, after listening to Li Huan's words, Yang Yiqing showed a somewhat heavy look on his face.
After a while, Yang Yiqing finally spoke: "There were more than 100,000 people in Suidezhou who starved to death, and more than 20,000 of them died. When Xianguan arrived in Suidezhou, he immediately visited various powerful merchants in Suidezhou, and finally raised more than 4,000 shi of grain."
, they were given gruel every day, and finally there were no more large-scale casualties, but the food collected might not last a few more days."
As he spoke, Yang Yiqing bowed to Li Huan and said with a pleading look on his face: "I would like to ask the imperial envoy to urge the imperial court to allocate relief grains as soon as possible. I will go on behalf of the people of Yulin and implore the imperial envoy..."
As he spoke, Yang Yiqing bowed to Li Huan, and behind Yang Yiqing, several officials and soldiers also bowed to Li Huan.
"Please sir, please save the people in Yulin!"
Li Huan suddenly heard that there were more than 20,000 people who starved to death in Suidezhou. He was shocked and at the same time, he was filled with endless anger.
Even though Yang Yiqing later said that he had raised thousands of dan of grain from the Suide squire and managed to save the lives of many people, the anger in Li Huan's heart did not diminish at all.
Suppressing the anger in his heart, Li Huan took a deep breath and helped Yang Yiqing up and said: "Don't worry Governor Yang, since Li is here, he will not sit back and watch the people of Ming Dynasty starve to death."
Hearing Li Huan's unequivocal promise, Yang Yiqing couldn't help but feel moved. He bowed to Li Huan again and said with excitement: "I thank you, Your Majesty."
At this moment, all Yang Yiqing's prejudices against Li Huan disappeared. No matter how easy Li Huan was to kill, he even killed literati, but just because Li Huan had the people in his heart and was willing to do things for the people, Yang Yiqing treated Li Huan
It gives rise to some admiration and respect.
Yang Yiqing has been in the officialdom for a long time, and it can be said that he has long been accustomed to seeing all kinds of misery in the officialdom. Over the years, he has punished dozens of corrupt officials. It is not that there are officials like Li Huan who care about the people, but
But they are very few.
After receiving Yang Yiqing's salute, Li Huan said, "How far is this place from Suidezhou?"
Yang Yiqing immediately said: "There are still about ten miles. In order to prevent the remaining Tatars, I sent out many sentries, so I found out about the imperial envoy and his entourage in advance, and brought people here to greet the imperial envoy."
Li Huan nodded slightly and said: "In that case, I would like to ask Governor Yang to lead the way. Li will go to Suidezhou first to see the people affected by the disaster."
With a rumble, the large group of people roared towards Suidezhou.
Suidezhou
It was dark outside the city, and there were refugees struggling to survive everywhere. The county magistrate Ding Dechao, who was dressed in patches, looked more stooped than the previous few days, and his face that was originally full of sadness was now even more sad.
Ding Dechao couldn't help but sigh as he watched the corpses being carried away one by one by the young men among the refugees dug by the police and buried in deep pits.
The official following Ding Dechao said: "Sir, the governor is now in charge of Suidezhou, and the government's relief grains will be allocated sooner or later. What you have done, you have done your best, and you are worthy of anyone..."
Ding Dechao shook his head when he heard this, and looked around with red eyes at the skinny people with gloomy eyes, without a glimmer of hope, and said: "I am ashamed. If I could have asked those rich businessmen and gentry for help before,
With more food, the people will not starve to death. There are more than 20,000 people, which means more than 20,000 lives, just lost..."
As he spoke, Ding Dechao couldn't help but sob in a low voice, and the dignified county parent officials just squatted on the ground and cried like a child.
"I am incompetent. The Liu family, the Tang family, and the Chen family. Which one of them doesn't have tens of thousands of grains in stock? If I were..."
The official looked at Ding Dechao and sighed softly: "Sir, you are a good official, but behind the Tang family is the guard commander Tang Dingbang, and behind the Liu family is the guerrilla general Liu Bao. Although the Chen family is only a distant relative of General Chen Guang,
But I don’t know how to sell my face. Only Governor Yang can make them come up with some food. You have really tried your best, my lord."
The official said with some doubts: "Governor Yang sent someone earlier to say that the imperial envoy Li Huanli was about to arrive. Please go with him to greet the imperial envoy. Why don't you go?"
When Ding Dechao heard this, he snorted coldly and said: "The imperial envoy has a bad reputation and is not a good official. Do you expect him to make decisions for the people of Suide? If you have that time, I might as well find a way to ask for help from several companies."
Haoqiang gave some rice and grain to help the victims."
While he was talking, a burst of smoke and dust billowed from the distance, shaking the earth. The sound was so shocking that not only the people, but also the county magistrate Ding Dechao and the officials around him who were still checking among the refugees couldn't help it.
He looked in the direction from which the movement came.
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