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Seventy-sixty-two retribution

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    It's easy to pass the order to Qiong Haijun - just turn a corner after leaving the Forbidden City and enter the big market.

    But there is a question as to who this decree is given to - Qionghai Town does not have a long-term leader.  In theory, it should be their current committee chairperson at this stage, an old lady named Song.  However, this old lady from Song Dynasty did not have any position in the Ming Dynasty, and she herself had not received any imperial decree or canonization.  The imperial court didn't even know her name, so it ordered her to be named "Li Song"?  Seems a little too unserious.

    There was one officer in the Qiong Navy who served as an officer of the Ming Dynasty: Counselor Weihai Wei was relieved of his duties, but now I heard that he had returned to Qiongzhou long ago and was no longer leading troops in Shandong.  Pang, who is now in charge of Weihaiwei, also had an official position in the Ming Dynasty: Nanjing Salt Affairs Promotion.

    ——The position that can't be hit by eight poles, let Nanjing's salt work holding Weihai soldiers into Wei Jing division?  … Even a great talent like Qian Qianyi doesn’t know how to write.

    But it was finally solved - anyway, this was just the emperor's decree, and it did not need to be approved by the foreign court, so there were not so many restrictions. In theory, any eunuch could write it.

    In fact, it was written by the eunuch Wang Chengen, the eunuch Wang Chengen.  Eunuch Wang didn't have to think too much, so he simply wrote "Qionghai Town" in the title, and then Eunuch Wang himself held the scroll and took it to the big market next door in a familiar manner.

    The decree was written on the Golden Palace on the spot. Even after it was sent out, Emperor Chongzhen and his officials did not leave - they had nowhere to go, and the cannons on Xizhimen were still rumbling.  Everyone was anxiously waiting for news when they returned home. It was better to stay in the imperial city, at least they could know any military reports in time.

    After a while, Wang Chengen was seen strolling back, with a normal face and no expression of frustration or anger. This made everyone who had been thinking about it secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

    Zhang Fengyi, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, was the most anxious. He immediately stepped forward to greet him and asked regardless of etiquette:

    "Eunuch Wang, um have they accepted the order?"

    Wang Chengen nodded and said:

    "received."

    Knowing what the old man was worried about, Eunuch Wang then thoughtfully added a lot of details:

    "It was Mr. Xiao Guo who took over. He is a member of that committee. He is considered to be a short official in Qiongzhen. He said he would send a telegram back immediately, and the news would be received on Qiongzhou Island within today.  "

    "Huh"

    Not only Zhang Fengyi, but also ministers such as Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, and even Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian himself secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

    ——What they were most worried about before was the rejection of short-haired dogs.  The emperor's edicts could be rejected without being issued by the court.  In fact, civil literati often took pride in refusing to accept the imperial edict.  As for the current situation, everyone knows that Gyeonggi is a big pit.  Those who are already trapped inside have no choice but who is willing to jump in if they are still outside?

    Although it is said that "there is no greater merit than rescuing a chariot", the master sitting on the throne is not easy to serve.  Since Governor Yuan made a mistake five years ago and failed to achieve great achievements, but was cut to pieces, now the commanders of all towns have learned to be smart - they shout loudly and show their loyalty diligently, but what really matters is that  When it comes to actual actions, they are extremely conservative.  Among other things, this time when the police encountered police in Gyeonggi, the commanders of various towns were only willing to send troops, but no one came to rescue them in person. This is the most obvious example.

    ??Everyone here, except for the one on the throne, is a human being. How come you don’t know the reason? The generals from other towns can find various reasons not to come, but in fact the core reason is one thing: everyone is feeling cold.

    Although Yuan Chonghuan was wrong in many ways at that time, he returned to the capital on his own initiative as the governor of Jiliao and voluntarily assumed the responsibility of commanding the defense of Beijing - you can say that he was ambitious and wanted to take the opportunity to climb up the ranks.  It could also be said that he was incompetent, boasted, and failed to fulfill his promise to eliminate Houjin within five years - but in any case, his enthusiasm to actively return to the capital should not and cannot be dampened.  of.

    However, the imperial courtactually the emperor himself, finally felt that he was planning something evil and had him executed in Lingchi!  This kind of operation is really chilling to the extreme - he is the Governor of Ji Liao!  The top host of the Northeastern Defense Line, if he really wanted to collaborate with the enemy, would he still need to come to Beijing and cause trouble?  Just open the Shanhaiguan Customs and let the money enter the customs.

    The emperor killed him, but he still used such cruel methods. To be honest, he was just using him to vent his anger. Just one year after he ascended the throne, he was called the wise lord, but he was slapped in the face, and Hou Jin directly invaded the capital.  .  Coupled with the panic and anger during the siege these negative emotions had no way to vent to the enemy, so they were all dumped on Yuan Chonghuan's head.

    Including the residents of Beijing at that time., after being surrounded for a long time, they also need a target to vent to.  Yuan, who was labeled a rebel by the imperial court, happened to meet this requirement, and then there was a crazy scene of "fighting for money to buy his meat and eating it immediately".

    ——If the world is at peace from now on, and there are no more warning signs in the capital, then this matter will be dropped. It is nothing more than an injustice to the Yuan family. There were many such things in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and it does not matter if there are just one or two more.

    But it happened that Jin Bing entered the customs again, and the situation five years ago happened again.  So this time, all the generals in the outer town learned the lesson - I firmly support the imperial court, but I also firmly abide by my duty and will never go too far.  Gyeonggi is not my defense zone, so I will not intervene.  The imperial court requested to send troops for support?  No problem, I sent all the soldiers and generals here, but without the supervision and coercion of my direct superiors, it is hard to say how much fighting power these guest troops can have.

    ——The Ming Dynasty's policy of "controlling military force with civility" has been implemented for so many years. Military generals have always been regarded as nothing more than tools. They will be suspected when they win and take the blame for defeat.  Without civilian supervision, why would those generals risk life and death to fight a powerful enemy like the Hou Jin Army?  ——After all, this is not my defense zone.  No matter how many people die, they are not from my hometown. It is none of my business for the Tatars to kill strangers!

    Back then, when I took out my anger on Yuan Chonghuan, Ling Chi was chopped into pieces and dripping with joy. Now, retribution has come.

    …………

    In fact, even Emperor Chongzhen himself must have realized this, but with his character, it was of course impossible for him to admit that he had made a mistake.  Historically, he would not feel this until two years later, in the ninth year of Chongzhen's reign, when Azig led his army to attack the city of Beijing, and he would taste this taste repeatedly in the following years -  Azig, Dorgon, and Abatai came to plunder the surrounding areas of Beijing every few years, as if they were harvesting crops.  The troops went as far as Shandong, and even Jinan was captured.

    But the reaction of the Ming army was like an idiot. There was almost no response and cooperation from the various armies, and they just let it come and go.  It should be said that the Ming Dynasty had not yet reached the point where its fuel was exhausted.  There are still some capable soldiers and horses in the local area, otherwise they would not be able to fight the subsequent Songjin War.  However, he failed to show his performance at all in the key battle to defend his own capital and the important place of the capital, and he was completely allowed to be beaten.

    ——How could there be such a weird thing in this world?  But if we carefully study the historical records of that period, we can see some clues: the generals of the Ming Dynasty did not dare to approach Beijing at all.  And it is useless for the generals to come, they are not qualified to control the overall situation at all.

    Those governors and ministers who really had military power and held important responsibilities seemed to have forgotten how to write the word "King Qin" since the second year of Chongzhen. Every time the capital was besieged, despite the loud shouts of the central court, at most they would only send  Some military generals brought troops to deal with it, but they no longer had the enthusiasm of "when the capital is in trouble, help from all directions" as before.

    ——In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Azige attacked the capital, swept through many prefectures and counties around Beijing, and even burned Emperor Tianqi's Deling Mausoleum.  Zhang Fengyi, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, asked for help everywhere. Although some reinforcements were called, no one could lead them.

    In the end, Zhang Fengyi had to take command by himself, but as an old bureaucrat who knew nothing about fighting, he did not dare to leave the city. When the Jin army retreated after having looted enough, he only dared to lead his men to follow him from a distance.  I watched helplessly as the more than 100,000 women and children who had been robbed were driven back to the grassland like livestock. They also left several wooden signs saying, "Officials are free of charge."  It can be said that the Ming court's face was completely lost.

    Later, he reported to the court that he had fought a battle, and he actually dared to claim that he had won the battle, but after inspection, he got a total of three beheadings.  Being accused of deceiving the emperor, and unable to find Kang Lei, the governor of the outer town, Zhang Fengyi had no choice but to take the blame and commit suicide by taking poison.

    ——In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Dorgon entered the capital again.  This time, Lu Xiangsheng, an important official from outside the town who was not afraid of death, finally appeared in the Ming court.  However, although he gained the title of governor of the world, he was the king of Qin and his troops.  In terms of command, he was completely restrained by the eunuch Gao Qiqian. Not only could he not implement any of the military strategies he had set, but his troops were also dispersed many times.  In the end, he could only take 5,000 remnants of the army, and ran to fight Dorgon without food or pay. They were easily defeated, and Lu Xiangsheng himself was killed in battle.

    How come a famous official who is the governor of the world’s military doesn’t even know the basics of concentrating troops?  And he can’t even control his basic army, the Tianxiong Army?  A eunuch from the capital can divide his troops. Most of this is related to the incident back then - eunuchs represent the emperor's will, and the one who dared to disobey the emperor was beheaded, so Lu Xiangsheng could only obey him honestly.  Central command, even if it costs his life.

    ——So ignorant, by the time Abatai invaded Gyeonggi again in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, no one would stand up again.  The Ming army once again survived Hou Jin's calamity with a scattered pile of sand and a posture of holding their heads and being beaten.?Invasion.  No one was even responsible for this. Emperor Chongzhen at that time was already used to being beaten. Anyway, even the Songjin War was defeated. The elite of the empire had been exhausted, and he could only wait to die in peace.

    So two years later, a crooked-necked tree became his destination - Yuan Chonghuan, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting Those who dared to do things were all destined to die. Only those who feared the enemy, avoided fighting and preserved their strength had a chance to survive.

    "Mingshi perished in Wanli"?  Nonsense!  The Ming Dynasty was really tortured to death by Chongzhen himself.
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