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Chapter Eleven: Undercurrent

Not long ago, Zhu Youxiao issued an order to let Wang An take charge of the Seal and Legal Supervisor.

However, before the Donglin Party members had time to be happy, bad news came one by one. After Wang An was in charge of the Seal and Lishui, Wei Zhongxian also supervised the Dongchang and was in charge of the Imperial Horse Supervision.

At the same time, Liu Qiao, the governor of the Jinyiwei, also received an imperial edict and was promoted to the commander of the seal.

The emperor's actions on the factory guards were extremely important, and even shook the three parties of Donglin and Qi, Chu and Zhejiang at once.

Not only did they fight each other, but they were also polarized in their attitude towards factory guards.

The three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang were defeated by the Donglin Party in the battle at the end of Wanli, but they had not completely collapsed after all. Moreover, during the first court meeting, Zhu Youxiao, who had just ascended the throne, forcibly retained Fang Congzhe.

At this time, the power of the factory guards rose again. Wang An just took charge of the seal and the ritual supervisor and welcomed a great enemy like Wei Zhongxian.

Under such a situation, the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang who were at a disadvantage would inevitably turn to Wei Yi's side. If the four families were allowed to match each other, the Donglin Party members would usher in an unprecedented disaster.

A powerful eunuch suddenly appeared, which was something they didn't like to see.

Wei Zhongxian was promoted and reused, but has disappeared recently. He must have been planning a shocking case to show his loyalty to Emperor Tianqi.

After the Donglin Party members left Ye Xianggao's mansion, Zhu Youxiao received two question books late that night.

It seems that the Donglin Party plans to take action first, and these two questions are the first step.

The first one is to repay the contributions to the Liaodong Governor Yuan Yingtai.

Zhu Youxiao really couldn't find any of the so-called achievements in the title book. In his eyes, he saw a lot of tricks!

Since September this year, Yuan Yingtai replaced the governor of Zhou Yongtai, who was born in the Zhejiang Party, he has been continuously expanding border defense in Liaodong, recruiting rebel generals and soldiers, and accepting them as soon as they come to surrender, and completely confronting the governor Xiong Tingbi.

Yuan Yingtai recruited surrendered soldiers from the Later Jin Dynasty and Mongolian refugees, distributed military rations, and placed them in Liaoyang, the capital of Liaodong, and Shenyang, the important town of Liaoyang.

In fact, the Liaodong governor Xiong Tingbi had only 5,000 subordinates at this time.

In later generations, when Zhu Youxiao saw this, he even suspected that Yuan Yingtai was a spy sent by the Later Jin Dynasty!

The monks were in conflict and someone was trapped, so it was Jiannu who was happy.

A while ago, when Zhu Youxiao was busy with the case of moving the palace, Yuan Yingtai brought these surrendered people to fight a small battle, thinking that he was proud, and even used this as a reason to promote it.

When Wei Zhongxian advances, the Donglin Party realizes that it is in danger.

This approach is nothing more than using Yuan Yingtai's so-called "achievement" to exclude Xiong Tingbi, who was the Chu party, and further control the government.

Zhu Youxiao still knows some of Yuan Yingtai.

In terms of ability, this kid is smart and capable, and is one of the few practical people among the Donglin Party members. However, he is not good at using troops and his strategic planning is not very meticulous.

In March next year, Liaoyang and Shenyang will fall, almost because of Yuan Yingtaina's decision to recruit refugees and lose troops into the city.

When Xiong Tingbi was the governor of Zhejiang Party, Zhou Yongtai, who was born in the Zhejiang Party, did not have any ability, but he did not go against it. He only cared about his own acre of three parts of the land, which also allowed Xiong Tingbi to display his ambitions.

Xiong Tingbi conquered Liaodong, enforced the law strictly, and rectified the military discipline of the troops. He ordered the strong walls to clear the fields. Whenever Jiannu came, he would attack them with heavy artillery and could not defend them.

Jiannu often fails to plunder and retreats in disappointment.

Although the current situation is still dangerous, it is better than before. Jiannu has not gained any advantage for a year.

Yuan Yingtai lost his lenientness and even moved the rules and regulations of the past. He led his troops too kindly and liked to attack, which had a lot of counterproductive effects on the garrison in Liaodong.

In history, Yuan Yingtai replaced Xiong Tingbi as a preceptor for only a few months, but he suffered several major defeats in a row, resulting in the fall of all the west of the Liaohe River.

It's not that this guy is completely useless.

If Yuan Yingtai was asked to manage the local area, be a prefect or even a key official in the court, he should be competent, and he would even be a good official, but if he was asked to command the battle, it would be a hindrance to himself.

Just like Shi Kefa in the late Ming Dynasty, he was more than enough to be a censor or a censor, but if he asked him to be the prime minister of the current dynasty, he would only become more and more chaotic.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao picked up the second question book.

As expected, the next question book after he praised Gao Yuan Yingtai was to impeach Liaodong General Xiong Tingbi for "blaming the world with big words and being jealous of his achievements."

Xiong Tingbi is currently the perfect candidate to guard Liaodong and waste Jiannu, but this guy will not be able to get along with the best. He has a hot temper and doesn't even look at anyone's face.

He was born in the Chu Party, but he was half a Donglin. In addition, he didn't like party disputes and discussed things in a matter, which led to several unpleasant aspects. He offended every party.

In history, he was impeached, and even the people from the Chu Party refused to stand up and say something.

This time Xiong Tingbi was impeached. The chief assistant Fang Congzhe, who wanted to make Nipusa cross the river, could not protect himself, and it should be impossible to centrally dispatch it.

I guess Xiong Tingbi will immediately resign after he learned of the news of his impeachment.

Once he does this, it will attract the Donglin Party members to attack him. The little braid is caught. Even if Zhu Youxiao wants to protect him, he will probably not be able to protect him.

The best result is probably that, like in history, Xiong Tingbi's resignation first and sent the Jinyiwei to investigate. Finally, the investigation was found to be nothing, and then resumed as appropriate.

But time doesn’t wait for anyone. As far as history comes, Liaodong will be gone!

Since Zhu Youxiao knew that there would be huge changes in Liaodong in another five months, he would definitely have to stop them with all his might.

So no matter what, we must protect Xiong Tingbi from the attacks of the Donglin Party members, and it is best to transfer Yuan Yingtai away on the pretext.

On the issue of Liaodong, Zhu Youxiao had to support Xiong Tingbi at all costs. If Yuan Ke was restored in the future, the situation in Liaodong would be better.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao immediately recalled something in his mind.

After hesitating for a long time, Zhu Youxiao still pulled Fang Congzhe's resignation memorial for the second time from a large number of memorials beside him, and sighed:

"Wang An, please go to Fang Mansion in person and say his resignation, I will be approved."

Hearing this, Wang An was a little surprised, but he still quickly walked out of the hall. When he left, Zhu Youxiao said again:

"Tell Wei Zhongxian and ask him to draft an order."

"Xiong Tingbi was appointed as the Right Minister of the Ministry of War, and was given a sword in Shangfang, and issued 200,000 yuan in silver to use military expenses. It is not allowed to be relocated or ignored. Those who delay will be executed! Yuan Yingtai was promoted to the Minister of Rites and returned to Beijing immediately. During the period when the new governor was in office, Xiong Tingbi also helped Liaodong."

Zhu Youxiao really had no good way to deal with the Donglin Party's grasp of Xiong Tingbi's braid.

After being promoted to Yuan Yingtai, he was Baoxiong Tingbi.

After receiving the order, the eunuch ran out quickly, looking at the direction, and went to find Wei Zhongxian, who was busy with his own affairs.

Nowadays, the three major ministers in the cabinet, except for the chief assistant Fang Congzhe, the other two are all Donglin Party. If they are not promoted to Yuan Yingtai, the cabinet will definitely not agree to this decree.

If the cabinet is stuck, the imperial edict cannot be issued.

The issuance of the order has not been effective, and the fall of the entire Liao Dynasty is getting closer and closer. The Donglin Party can afford to delay it and can keep making trouble, but Zhu Youxiao cannot afford to delay it.

At this time, it was time for Old Wei to show his skills. Zhu Youxiao did not expect that he would use Wei Zhongxian so quickly.

Wei Zhongxian was in the Silijian at this time. When he saw the eunuch coming nervously, he suddenly realized that the emperor had something to look for him. He immediately went forward and asked:

"Is the emperor talking about it?"

The little eunuch nodded and said, "The emperor ordered you to draft an order..."

After listening to the content of the order, Wei Zhongxian's face was gloomy and he rushed to the little eunuch who was waiting to receive the reward and said, "Go and receive the reward and leave quickly. If you walk slowly, you will be covered in blood!"

When the little eunuch who was unknown was gone, Wei Zhongxian laughed a few times and said to a woman inside:

"Tell me, what does the emperor's will mean? Wang An is still there, but he asked me to draft an order."

After the words came, a beautiful and charming woman walked out of the inner room, with a charming voice.

"You really think the emperor is using you more, so Wang An has already brought the oral order to Fang Mansion!"

"He has gone, why don't I know?" Wei Zhongxian was shocked and stepped forward to hold the woman's hand and touched it, "What decree did he declare?"

"The emperor approved Fang Congzhe's resignation." The woman rolled her eyes, and she couldn't read any information.

After hearing this, Wei Zhongxian slapped his thighs violently and jumped up to be ecstatic, which surprised the woman.

"I understand. The emperor asked me Wei Zhongxian to draw up this decree to protect Xiong Tingbi!"

"This little emperor has such a profound strategy!"

As he said that, Wei Zhongxian also thought about something in his heart, but he didn't say it.

The decree said that if 200,000 yuan of silver was paid to the border army, the treasury would have been empty long ago. How could the Donglin Party not focus on this fat piece?

My old Wei’s chance to show off is here!

Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian drafted the order and asked a confidant eunuch to go to the cabinet to announce the order, then left the woman and went directly to the Dongchang Yamen.
Chapter completed!
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