In this era, people are killing every moment, and people are dying every moment.
The so-called prosperous and troubled times only mean that more people die and less people die.
On the boundless grassland, countless well-equipped and well-trained professional soldiers took advantage of the darkness to raise their butcher knives.
At this moment, Ming finally quietly showed his fangs to his enemies.
Although, it is only for those weak prey for the time being.
The night conceals countless bloodshed and killings. No matter what happens, the sun will rise from the east as always.
When the first ray of dawn shone on the Forbidden City, the heavy palace gate was pushed open once again as promised.
Three days have passed since the last Chang Chao.
During these three days, the court was surprisingly calm and everything was as usual.
It seemed as if everything that happened to Chang Chaoshang that time was just a normal government matter.
However, no one knows what kind of storm is brewing in the dark.
In the Wenhua Hall, the morning court was held as usual.
"Your Majesty, I have Li Ying, the censor of Shanxi Province, together with Yu Ying, the censor of Shanxi Province, Lin Guangyuan, the censor of Shanxi Province, and fourteen other people, including Chen Mao, the Marquis of Ningyang, Jin Lian, the Minister of Punishment, and Cao Jixiang, the eunuch in charge of the department.
people."
"First, the imperial court appointed Chen Mao, Marquis of Ningyang, as the chief military officer, Jin Lian, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, as the Governor of Military Affairs, and Cao Jixiang, the eunuch of the Department, as the supervisor of the army, and led the army to Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other places to quell the rebellion."
"This is one of three people who recruited traitors without permission from the court."
"After being appeased, the three of them did not distinguish between true and false. They were greedy for merit and advanced rashly. The rebels surrendered and rebelled again. They caused trouble for one party and have not yet been pacified. This is the second party."
"A mere civil upheaval, delaying the movement for many years, wasting the court's material resources, and being in vain are the three reasons for this."
"I have submitted several memorials to your Majesty, asking your Majesty to comment on the crime and punishment, but they have all been ignored. Therefore, I have the courage to report them to the court and ask Your Majesty to forgive me."
In the early morning court, more than a dozen censors and officials stood in the hall. The leader held a memorial in his hand and spoke sincerely. He prostrated himself on the ground and said.
Zhu Qiyu was a little surprised. Regarding Cao Jixiang's impeachment, he had prepared for these censors to launch an attack in the morning.
After all, it’s pretty good that these censors have endured so many times.
But he really didn't expect that these censors would involve Chen Mao and Jin Lian.
Speaking of which, this is actually not Chen Mao and Jin Lian's fault, but his.
In other words, it belongs to his unlucky brother, the Supreme Emperor.
As a veteran on the battlefield, Chen Mao was flexible in the use of troops. During the rebellion in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he and Jin Lian jointly led the army to quell the rebellion. In fact, they had the power to make arbitrary decisions based on the opportunity.
After all, it takes time to prepare for dispatching a large army, but chaos has arisen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so the local authorities mobilized troops to quell the rebellion first.
It should be said that at this time, the local officers and soldiers were relatively powerful.
When Chen Mao led his army to Jianning, the leader of the rebellion, Deng Maoqi, had already died of an arrow, and the rebel army was also disheartened.
Therefore, after Chen Mao discussed with Jin Lian, considering that the bandit leader was dead and most of the remaining rebels were civilians, he decided not to massacre and focus on appeasement instead.
After all, although this rebellion was called a rebellion, it was actually a large-scale civil uprising. In the final analysis, it was because the people were overly tortured by the local government and followed the rebel army.
Since the leader of the thieves is dead and does not pose much of a threat to the court, it is naturally better to appease him.
There is nothing wrong with this, but it will take a lot of time.
After all, the energy and time required to kill the rebels is not the same as fighting, persuading and appeasing at the same time.
This back and forth wasted more than half a year.
At first, they had almost been appeased, but only a small number of bandits were left, still running around, and it looked like they would be completely pacified in two or three months.
As a result, the Tumu Fort incident occurred, so the imperial court urgently recalled Chen Mao and his army.
Without the suppression of the army, a small number of the rebels who had been recruited, under the bewitchment of the bandits, surrendered and rebelled again, disrupting the place again.
So having said that, this is actually not Chen Mao’s fault.
He is familiar with military affairs. As long as he is given two more months, he will definitely be able to wipe out all these bandits and ensure that the recruited rebels will not surrender and rebel again.
It is precisely because of this that these censors caught the topic.
However, sitting on the throne, Zhu Qiyu frowned.
He had not thought about this matter. After all, Chen Mao came back early, and by that time, the rebellion had been basically put down.
The military report that those appeased bandits surrendered and rebelled only reached the capital the day before yesterday.
After the military report arrived in Beijing, in the past two days, someone did write a book to impeach Chen Mao and Jin Lian, but there were not many, only five or six books in total.
Because it involved Cao Jixiang, he also ignored it.
But he did not expect that these censors would unite the two parties and impeach him together.
Glancing at Li Ying, the leader of the Shanxi Taoist Censor, Zhu Qiyu's eyes darkened.
Is this also Empress Dowager Sun's plan?
Is it to protect Cao Cao's good fortune?
However, given the influence of Empress Dowager Sun in the outer court, how could she dispatch more than a dozen censors at once?
His eyes passed over Li Ying and fell on the people behind him.
If he remembered correctly, these people were mentioned to him by Cheng Jing, the censors who Cheng Jing had informed about.
Why did they get involved?
Turning his head to look at Cheng Jing, Zhu Qiyu became even more confused when he saw that he shook his head carefully, indicating that he did not know the inside story.
After thinking for a while, he spoke.
"Ningyang Hou, Jin Shangshu, Li Ying and other fourteen censors impeached you and me for three crimes. How do you explain it?"
The first one to stand up was Chen Mao. The old Marquis said with a dark face as always.
"Reporting to your Majesty, I have been entrusted with the Holy Order to fight against the thieves. I have been appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Army. I have the power to make arbitrary decisions when the opportunity arises. The rebellion in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is actually a civil uprising. The leader of the thieves is dead. If you kill them rashly, it will harm the peace of the world. Therefore, I will
I think there is nothing wrong with recruiting people."
"As for surrendering and then revolting, it is due to improper management by local officials, not the fault of recruiting."
"There is also the claim that the delay will be a waste of material resources for the court, which is even more nonsense."
"The public sentiment in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places is complicated. The rebels are scattered in all directions and have invaded more than 20 states and counties. Their arrogance is overwhelming. How can it be solved overnight?"
Chen Mao came from the Taizong Dynasty when Xun Qi was at its peak, but he was not used to the bad habits of civil servants, and he was rude when he opened his mouth.
It's just that you guys don't know anything about military affairs, so you're just blind.
However, these censors are naturally not easy to bully. The civil servants have been able to outdo their relatives in recent years, and their words are indispensable.
At that moment, a censor stood up and sneered.
"The Marquis has made it clear. The imperial court sent a large army to quell the rebellion. The purpose is to kill the thieves. Otherwise, if the people take effect, wouldn't it be a war everywhere?"
After saying that, another censor jumped out and said.
"Even if you want to appease, you should first approach them with authority and then show them virtue. How can you appease them from the beginning? What's more, since the Marquis strongly advocates appeasement, he should take care of the rest. If everything is left to local officials, he must
What’s the use of an army?”
Then, the third censor stood up and said.
"Local officials work for the people on behalf of the emperor and are not rioters. Since the Marquis wants to recruit them, he naturally has to ensure that these people will not cause trouble again."
Finally, the fourth censor concluded his speech and said:
"Although we are not as skilled as the Marquis in military affairs, we also know that a large army goes out for an expedition, which costs a lot of money. We should pacify it as soon as possible. The Marquis has not been in peace for many years, and the imperial treasury has been so wasteful. Can we just say that the people's sentiments are complicated and we can't do it?