Countless scholars and officials were all talking about it.
I feel that the previous victories of the prince were all fake.
But even though everyone thinks so, those who write letters generally only dare to criticize General Huang Degong. After all, it is a taboo for the venerable, and scholars still care about this.
And in the cabinet.
Li Banghua and others also frowned, looking at the memorials impeaching General Huang Degong in front of them.
"what to do?"
Li Banghua asked with a wry smile as he looked at Ni Yuanlu in front of him.
"They are not targeting General Huang Degong. They are obviously targeting His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Ni Yuanlu sighed slightly, looked at Li Banghua in front of her and said.
"yes!"
Li Banghua looked at Ni Yuanlu in front of him with a wry smile and said: "To be fair, His Royal Highness did nothing wrong by doing this. The biggest problem now is to preserve our strength. The intruders are powerful. We may be able to occupy some small areas."
Cheap.
You can gain a little initiative through strategy, but the intruders are powerful. If you fight head-on, it will be an egg hitting a stone. If you defend the city.
The intruders are encroaching step by step, consuming our troops, money and food bit by bit. The current war situation in the north is a dead end!
What's more, if we don't retreat, we may encounter the Qing army entering the pass, and then the attack from both sides will be even more..."
Li Banghua had a wry smile on his face.
Ni Yuanlu on the side nodded in agreement. After all, he was the Minister of War, so he naturally saw the current chaos in the north.
"His Royal Highness the Prince's move to retreat to Shandong is indeed a clever move, but for the Jiangnan scholars and some people with ulterior motives, it is not so!"
With a slightly serious look on her face, Ni Yuanlu took out a memorial from the memorials beside her and handed it to Li Banghua who was standing aside.
After taking a look at the name on the memorial, Li Banghua's expression suddenly became very serious.
"Qian Yiqian?? Isn't this person unwilling to be lonely?"
Li Yuzhi, who had been silent all this time, his eyelids jumped when he heard the name.
"This man is one of the leaders of the Donglin Party and has great influence in the entire south!"
Li Yuzhi slowly said to Li Banghua who was standing aside.
"Yes! This person's words are full of dissatisfaction with His Highness the Crown Prince! If His Majesty is allowed to see this memorial..."
Li Banghua smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Put it away!"
Li Banghua sighed.
At this moment, Li Yuzhi on the side suddenly spoke.
"No! Let's present it to His Majesty! Your Majesty still needs to know about this matter!"
After saying that, Li Yuzhi raised his eyes and said calmly to Li Banghua who was standing aside.
Hearing what Li Yuzhi said, Li Banghua was slightly stunned, but he quickly realized that the capital had just been moved to Nanjing.
No matter what happens to you and others, you cannot hide it from His Majesty.
Otherwise, given His Majesty’s suspicious character and the insecurity caused by the recent move of the capital...
"Yes, yes! Submit them all to His Majesty!"
Li Banghua reacted and said quickly.
After saying that, the three of them looked at each other, sorted out the memorials a little, and then handed them all to Emperor Chongzhen.
Chongzhen, who was still in the palace, did not know about the rumors from the outside world.
But the news that the prince had abandoned Baoding Mansion had already reached his ears.
Although Chongzhen was still very uncomfortable in his heart, after all, as an emperor, losing his country was a feeling that no one could feel comfortable with.
But what the prince told him at that time did make sense.
I didn't have any of the things the prince told me at that time!
The national treasury is running out of money and there is simply not enough money and food to regain the lost territory, let alone a sufficient army. Moreover, due to natural disasters in the north, the people have already been in dire straits.
No money, no food, no army.
Defend the North??
Holding on to the entire north will only continue to weaken one's own strength and slowly bring it down. It would be better to just give up most of the territory.
Just like a rotting broken arm, if it is expected to be difficult to prevent the broken arm from rotting, it is better to cut off the broken arm directly to prevent the fester of the broken arm from spreading to the whole body!
Emperor Chongzhen also had to admit that what the prince said was reasonable, because he had no way to refute the prince's words.
These thoughts flashed through Chongzhen's mind.
"Wang Daban, help me get the memorial!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
Wang Chengen on the side respectfully led several eunuchs to bring a bunch of memorials over.
Emperor Chongzhen's expression did not change much.
Over the years, except for the few days when the intruders surrounded Beijing, he had been used to so many memorials every day.
He picked up a memorial from above.
After taking a look at the names on the memorial, Emperor Chongzhen was stunned.
Qian Yiqian?
He is familiar with this person!
One of the leaders of the Donglin Party had some disputes with Zhou Yanru, the chief minister of his cabinet. The struggle failed and he was expelled from the court. Unexpectedly, at this time, he actually wrote a letter to himself?
Emperor Chongzhen felt something was wrong.
But he continued to look at the memorial in front of him. As he continued to look at the memorial in front of him, the anger on Emperor Chongzhen's face became more and more intense.
“Wang Chengen!!!”
Emperor Chongzhen folded the memorial in his hand and slammed it on the table. With an angry look on his face, he shouted to Wang Chengen who was standing aside.
"Your Majesty! My servant is here!"
At this time, Wang Chengen who was next to him ran over quickly, with a trace of anxiety on his face, and said quickly to Emperor Chongzhen who was beside him.
"Catch this Qian Yiqian!"
Emperor Chongzhen threw the memorial on his desk to the ground.
Wang Chengen was stunned for a moment.
"Rebellion! Look! Qian Yiqian, when he said this, didn't he just want to rebel???"
Emperor Chongzhen was trembling with anger.
Wang Chengen on the side was stunned for a moment. He quickly picked up the memorial on the ground and looked at it a few times.
He sighed slightly in his heart. Qian Yiqian basically pointed the finger of responsibility for the loss of territory in the north at His Highness the Crown Prince.
You must know that although Your Majesty has never stated his position on this matter, it is His Majesty's consistent method. Your Majesty should support His Highness the Crown Prince.
Now that Qian Yiqian is pointing the finger at His Royal Highness, he is actually pointing his spear at His Majesty!
Thinking of this, Wang Chengen smiled bitterly in his heart.
He also knew that Qian Yiqian was an important figure in the Donglin Party, but he didn't expect that things would be so unwise!
Everyone else knew that they were pointing the finger at General Huang, but Qian Yiqian actually pointed the finger directly at His Highness.
This behavior...
"Your Majesty, please calm down first."
At this time, Wang Chengen quickly said to Emperor Chongzhen in front of him.
"Don't be so angry that you are so angry. The Ming Dynasty is still waiting for you to come to ZTE! Don't be so angry that you are so angry just for a mere piece of money..."