Chapter 254 Who can command hundreds of thousands of troops [seeking monthly ticket]
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After a spring rain, the air in the entire capital seems to have become a bit fresher.
By March, the chill of winter has receded, and the willows on the river bank are spitting out tender green spores, indicating that spring has arrived.
This day is the Great Court Meeting
All civil and military officials gathered in the large square in front of the Qianqing Palace. As the emperor, Zhu Houzhao was sitting in front of the Qianqing Palace. Below him were a group of civil and military officials who came to attend the imperial meeting.
Among the civil servants, the first assistant Li Dongyang and others were headed, and among the military honors were the British Duke Zhang Lun, Chengguo Duke Zhu Fu and others.
However, the atmosphere of the court meeting seemed quite solemn at this time. An official below was standing there with an impassioned face and said to Zhu Houzhao, the emperor: "Your Majesty, as the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I impeach the emperor with great power. General Li Huan was good at killing members of the Ming Dynasty clan, and indiscriminately killed dozens of innocent people in Anhua City without the approval of the court..."
Just yesterday, Li Huan led an army to attack Anhua City, shot and killed Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu, and ordered people to strictly investigate a group of local powerful families who had vassed King Anhua and rebelled, and the news that their clans were exterminated has been reported by the Eighth Route Army. The urgent report from Baili was sent to the capital.
Although it was only one day that the news reached Jingri, and although it had not yet spread among the people, it had already spread among officials.
This news is really too shocking. On the one hand, Li Huan actually broke through Anhua City easily and put down the rebellion of King Anhua. On the other hand, Li Huan actually shot and killed King Anhua, who was the prince. And they also directly confiscated the homes of dozens of local wealthy families and exterminated them.
When the news came, all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked.
Although everyone did not take the rebellion against the king in a place like King Anhua to heart, as the news came these days, they also knew some of the circumstances of King Anhua's rebellion.
In particular, King Anhua beguiled some of his military generals and rebelled under the banner of Qing Jun. He recruited a group of people in a very short period of time and gathered tens of thousands of troops.
Because of this, although many people did not take King Anhua seriously, they did not think that King Anhua's rebellion could be put down soon.
Some people even speculated that it might not be possible to quell King Anhua's rebellion in less than half a year.
Especially this time the emperor insisted on appointing Li Huan as the general to counter the rebellion, which made people even less optimistic about the counter-insurgency.
Some people even secretly speculated with malicious intentions that Li Huan was not familiar with battle formations and was not proficient in the art of war. It would be great if he could defeat the generals without losing troops.
Some people are even looking forward to seeing Li Huan's jokes. Whenever Li Huan loses the battle in the process of suppressing the rebellion, many of them who have been waiting to catch Li Huan will definitely jump out and target him immediately. Li Huan.
Beating up a drowned dog and adding insult to injury are what they are very good at.
But Li Huan didn't give them a chance to add insult to injury. They never expected that the good news would come out so quickly.
Moreover, Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu was shot dead on the spot by Li Huan. Anhua City could not be defended for even a day before Li Huan led an army to break through.
When they received the news, many people were shocked and looked in disbelief.
These people could only secretly complain that King Anhua was such a waste. He couldn't stop him even for a day, and even risked his own life. With such little ability, he actually wanted to learn how to rebel.
However, Li Huan's actions of confiscating homes and exterminating clans in Anhua City made many officials in the court very dissatisfied. Li Huan once again crossed the court and committed life and death.
In the past, Li Huan had the emperor's orders and as an imperial envoy, he could deal with the criminals at the local level without going through court trials.
But this time Li Huan was not an imperial envoy, and he did not have the power of life and death over those local powerful people.
Even if those powerful people are really rebels who support King Anhua's rebellion, they must be tried by the court before they can be finally dealt with.
But Li Huan simply ransacked their homes and exterminated their clans, killing them all.
Chen Guang, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, stood there, regardless of how worried Zhu Houzhao looked, and just wanted to impeach Li Huan.
Among the hundreds of officials in the queue, some officials had expressions of eagerness on their faces, while others lowered their eyebrows and looked as if it had nothing to do with them.
There were also some officials who glared at Chen Guang, but such officials were only a handful, and they were almost all officials who chose to seek refuge with Li Huan.
Such officials are only a handful among all civil and military officials.
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Chen Guang indifferently, then his eyes fell on the other officials and said, "Do you have anything else to say?"
An official couldn't wait to jump out and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, everything Chen Yushi said is true. Li Huan has no royal laws. He is good at killing clan members and killing innocent people indiscriminately. Such a lawless person has really failed your Majesty's favor.
, I sincerely request your Majesty to recall Li Huan to the capital and hand him over to the Third Division for trial."
Another official said loudly: "Your Majesty, this son Li Huan has ulterior motives. He dares to kill even the clan members. I am afraid that he will have evil intentions..."
"You are so bold. You dare to slander important officials of the imperial court. How brave you are."
Seeing that many officials were talking without directly stating that Li Huan was going to rebel, the British Duke, who had been standing there silently, couldn't help but step forward and yell at the official.
Zhang Lun said with an angry face: "You are really confusing right and wrong and making false claims. How loyal Governor Li is to His Majesty. This expedition has cut the knot with a sharp knife to put down the rebellion of King Anhua and eliminate a catastrophe invisible."
, and even wiped out all the Tatars who were going south. This kind of feat has not been seen in decades."
As he spoke, Zhang Lun stared at the officials who jumped out to impeach Li Huan and said word by word: "Don't you see these? Governor Li is leading the soldiers on the front line and is fighting for the court, and you are actually here
When the rear slanders the meritorious soldiers, will your hearts be eaten by dogs?"
Several officials, whose faces turned blue and white after being scolded by Zhang Lun's words, looked at Zhang Lun unconvinced one by one.
Chen Guang stared at Zhang Lun and said: "Of course the lower officials know what the British Duke said, but Li Huan was good at killing King Anhua, and he even killed local wealthy people indiscriminately. I just ask the British Duke, what does Li Huan do in his eyes?"
But there is still the king's law, there are still the princes of the court, and there is still your majesty!"
Chen Guang looked like he was speaking righteously, and his words were categorical, sonorous and powerful.
The British gentleman was slightly stunned, but for a moment he didn't know how to refute.
In the past, Li Huan killed people without going through the court because he was an imperial envoy, which was justified by both emotion and reason.
But this time it was different. Li Huan was just a general who commanded the army. He was the governor of military affairs and did not have the right to kill local officials and implicate local wealthy families. Especially this time, Li Huan killed thousands of people at once. Even if
British Duke Zhang Lun couldn't think of how to defend Li Huan for a while.
Seeing that the British Duke Zhang Lun was silent, Chen Guang couldn't help showing a look of pride on his face.
They just didn't mention Li Huan's military exploits in quelling the rebellion and annihilating thousands of Tatars from the Suder tribe. They only wanted to focus on Li Huan's mistakes and omissions.
When it comes to finding trouble, these people claim to be second. Who dares to claim to be first? How can a mere British public compete with them based on words alone?
Ignoring Zhang Lun, Chen Guang stepped forward and said to Zhu Houzhao with a serious face: "Your Majesty, I kindly request your Majesty to issue an edict to recall General Li Huan for strict investigation."
Zhu Fu, Duke of Chengguo, coughed slightly and said with a smile: "Chen Yushi, don't you know that the general's military orders abroad will be ignored? Don't forget, Dayan Khan gathered a hundred thousand troops to go south, and now he has entered the land of Ningxia. He is so powerful.
The general is now commanding tens of thousands of Ming troops to meet the enemy. It can be said to be a critical moment."
Having said this, Zhu Fu glanced at the crowd and said: "You are actually asking your Majesty to recall the commanders of the three armies at this critical moment. Don't you know that this move will shake the morale of the army, and if you are not careful, you may ruin me?"
There are tens of thousands of elites in the Ming Dynasty, are you just taking advantage of the Tatars?"
As soon as Zhu Fu said these words, Chen Guang and other officials felt as if their tails had been stepped on, and they almost jumped up.
Chen Guang glared at Zhu Fu angrily and said: "Dong Cheng, I respect you as the Duke of the country, but you can't accuse someone of innocence out of thin air."
Zhu Fu couldn't help but burst out laughing after hearing this. He pointed with disdain at Chen Guang and others who looked angry and frustrated and said: "Hurry up, you have experienced what it feels like to be slandered. You said that your father-in-law slandered you, but just now
How did you slander Li Huan?"
The expressions of Chen Guang and others changed slightly. They had indeed insinuated that Li Huan had the intention of rebellion. Although they did not say it explicitly, no one present was a fool. The meaning of their words could not be clearer.
Zhu Houzhao, who had been sitting there, was quite unhappy when he saw Chen Guang and others jumping out to impeach Li Huan and even insinuating that Li Huan had evil intentions.
In this civil and military dynasty, if Li Huan was disloyal to him, the first person who would disagree would be him, the emperor.
I thought Li Huan would risk his life for him and break into the imperial city, killing several important officials in the court to bring him back from the brink of death.
Such a brave and loyal minister, but some people say that he has ulterior motives. I wonder if there are any loyal ministers in the world?
So when Zhu Houzhao saw how furious Chen Guang and others were at Zhu Fu's words, he raised the corner of his mouth slightly and glanced at Zhu Fu with satisfaction.
As expected, ginger is still spicy with age. Compared with Zhu Fu, the new British Duke Zhang Lun is a little more tender after all.
With a slight cough, Zhu Houzhao spoke slowly at this time. He did not look at Chen Guang and others, but looked at Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and others who were standing there and said: "Several cabinet elders, what is the cabinet's opinion on this matter?"
Hearing this, Li Dongyang took a deep breath and slowly said: "Your Majesty, I think that the mighty General Li Huan acted too hastily, but now that the front line is employing people, Your Majesty only needs to issue an order to reprimand Li Huan.
It is also for the general's own good that he restrains his temper."
As soon as Li Dongyang said this, the expressions of Chen Guang and other officials who were impeaching Li Huan changed slightly, and their eyes looking at Li Dongyang naturally became a little worried.
Li Dongyang secretly sighed in his heart. He, the chief minister, was originally the leader of the civil servant group, but he failed to stand up firmly against Liu Jin and Li Huan several times. He did not fight with the emperor to the end, and he had lost the heart of all officials. Now,
That is to say, the emperor will not let him take up his official position, otherwise his position as chief minister may not be stable for a long time.
Even so, Li Dongyang could feel that his influence among the officials was disappearing rapidly, so when he saw the reactions of Chen Guang and others, Li Dongyang was not surprised.
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Li Dongyang. It was clear that Li Dongyang was talking to Xini, and his eyes were turned to Yang Ting and the others.
Yang Tinghe took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, I think what the Chief Assistant said is true, but I think the most important thing right now is how to deal with the invading Tatar army of 100,000 people."
Zhu Houzhao was perked up after hearing this. He looked at Yang Tinghe and said, "What Yang Qing said is true. The plan now is not to hold Li Qing responsible, but how to repel the Tatar invasion."
Yang Tinghe said solemnly: "Dayan Khan is a rare hero among the Tatars in decades. This time he led his troops southward under the banner of revenge for the Huli and Heihe tribes. Although there was a reason, in the end
It is a serious problem for the imperial court."
Wang Yangming, who was standing there, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows after hearing Yang Tinghe's words, and glanced at Yang Tinghe lightly.
Most people may only think that Yang Tinghe's words are concerned about the Tatar invasion, but Wang Yangming heard Yang Tinghe's words implying that Li Huan should bear the primary responsibility for the Tatar invasion this time. This was to give Li Huan a favor.
Eye drops.
As expected, Zhu Houzhao frowned when he heard this.
Of course, Zhu Houzhao frowned not because he was dissatisfied with Li Huan after listening to Yang Tinghe's words, but because Yang Tinghe led the Tatars southward to Li Huan.
However, Zhu Houzhao just frowned and didn't say anything. Although the Tatar invasion was caused by Li Huan's massacre of the Huli tribe and the Heihe tribe, this was just an appearance. Even without Li Huan's incident, the Tatar invasion
Will the Tatar people live in peace with the Ming Dynasty?
This time King Anhua rebelled, and as soon as the Tatars got the news, they would definitely take the opportunity to go south, whether with or without Li Huan.
Yang Tinghe looked at the civil and military officials with a solemn look and said: "Everyone, the situation on the front line is now very clear. Fortunately, the mighty General Li Huan quickly cut through the chaos and put down the rebellion of King Anhua, so that King Anhua and the Tatars would not be harmed.
They are linked together to cause greater harm. However, one hundred thousand Tatar knights are also a serious concern of our Ming Dynasty. If we cannot defeat them, not only the three sides, I am afraid that the time of Yingzong will be repeated.
It’s about entering the capital.”
Many people couldn't help but change their expressions after hearing this. The incident at Tumubao, Wala's capture of Yingzong alive, and the army's invasion of the capital and even the capital city were only a few decades ago. Some veterans even mentioned that the events of that year were still fresh in their mind.
Eyes, the memory is still fresh.
So when I heard what Yang Tinghe said, the atmosphere at the court meeting suddenly became much more solemn.
Even Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but look at Yang Tinghe and said: "Yang Qing family, in your opinion, how should Ming Dynasty deal with this situation?"
Yang Tinghe said slowly: "Your Majesty, I know that General Li Huan has mobilized troops and horses from Sichuan, Henan, Shanxi and other places, plus the troops and horses from Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, there are two to three hundred thousand troops.
It almost brings together nearly half of the essence of our Ming Dynasty. I just want to ask, does General Li Huan have the ability to command hundreds of thousands?"
Everyone's expressions changed, even Zhu Houzhao looked extremely solemn.
Those who have always been able to command hundreds of thousands of armies can be said to be talents that are rare to see in a century. To be honest, if there are only three or two of such figures in a dynasty, it is already blessed by God.
Can Li Huan command an army of hundreds of thousands?
To be honest, no one in the civil or military circles in the Manchu Dynasty thought that Li Huan had this ability.
I'm afraid even Li Huan himself doesn't dare to say that he has that kind of ability. Maybe with Li Huan's knowledge and ability, there is no problem in commanding ten or twenty thousand soldiers and horses. If you really want to say that there are more commanders, he can command them like an arm.
After practicing in the army for several years and more than ten years, Li Huan did not dare to say that he had such ability.
Even after practicing in the military for a period of time, Li Huan could not guarantee that he would have such talent.
Seeing the reaction of everyone in his eyes, Yang Tinghe bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "It's not that I doubt the general's ability. It's really that the Ming Dynasty cannot lose in this battle. I ask your majesty to consider it carefully. We, the Ming Dynasty, have hundreds of thousands of troops."
Is the commander-in-chief and general capable of the job? If not, who should be selected to take charge of hundreds of thousands of troops?"
For a moment, all the civil and military officials in the court looked solemn. Yes, what Yang Tinghe said is not unreasonable. It involves hundreds of thousands of troops. Is Li Huan really qualified to be the commander-in-chief of the three armies?
[It’s the end of the month, let’s see if there are any monthly passes.]
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