At the end of March of the seventh year of Tianqi in the Ming Dynasty, the capital was already full of flowers, and the gentle spring breeze blew green all night long. The lively street market Dousheng was busy with the lively family. The defeat of the Liaodong border army in the Ming Dynasty was just an unnecessary topic of discussion for ordinary people. Since the Posou Army fought on the frontier, there have been many concerns about foreign invasion in the capital. Earlier, the Mongolian Tartars often harassed the border, but now the Mongolians on the frontier seem to be more docile than kittens. The invasion of the Mongolian Tartars of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be yesterday's story.

Unlike the people's relaxed and comfortable life, there is an undercurrent above the Ming Dynasty. The yamen of the Xuanwei envoy and the Ponuhou Mansion, which once had nothing to do, have been terriblely quiet recently. Even the eunuch party that controlled the government was afraid of the silence of the Xuanwei envoy. The battlefield of the Liaodong army of the Ming Dynasty was missing, and someone needed to be responsible for this. As the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, Sun Chengzong wrote a memorial at home and was ready to resign from the blame again. Sun Qingwen, the housekeeper in his mansion, came to the study room, and he hurriedly came back from outside and reported the rumors circulating in the capital to his grandfather and grandson Chengzong one after another.

Sun Chengzong knew that any rumors would soon confirm some of the conspiracies behind it, which was a unique traditional culture formed by the Han people over thousands of years. While steward Sun Qingwen wiped the dust on the desk with a clean cotton cloth, he often said: "Master, some time ago, he said that the Ming border army was wiped out in Liaodong. It seemed that the news came from the Ponu Hou's mansion, which seemed to confirm the memorial submitted by the Liaodong Governor Yuan Chonghuan."

When he heard this news, it was heard from the Ponu Hou Mansion, Sun Chengzong immediately burst into tears. From this, Sun Chengzong inferred that the Ming army led by Mangui might not have been completely wiped out. It seems that the little fox Zhang Ping'an has made a decision and is ready to take action. Zhang Ping'an's method of making the game this time was exactly the same as when he attacked Guangning last time. There was nothing new. Sun Chengzong speculated that Zhang Ping'an, who had always hated the Liaodong border army, seemed to rescue the Liaodong official army led by Mangui this time.

Seeing his master so excited, Sun Qingwen continued to tell the story that he had just heard a shocking news. Wang Yiquan, the governor of Ningyuan, Liaodong, secretly sneaked back to the capital, ran to the Ministry of Justice to beat the drums and complained about the injustice, suing the Liaodong Governor Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou's family to frame the loyal and kindness. Zu Dashou's adopted son Zu Kefa not only raped his daughter-in-law and killed people to silence him, but Wang Yiquan fought with the Jurchens at Shaling Post. Liaodong Governor Yuan Chonghuan also killed his son in a prison. The huge Wang family has since been killed.

The censor Mao Yujian submitted a memorial to impeach Liaodong Governor Yuan Chonghuan, who was stubborn and lost his territory, sheltered fleeing generals, took care of human lives, watched the Guangning defenders besieged, and lied about military information, deceiving the 12 major crimes including deceiving the lord and the court. Mao Yujian not only impeached Liaodong Governor Yuan Chonghuan and Liaodong vanguard General Zu Dashou's family, but also impeached the Ming Dynasty Minister of War Sun Chengzong and the cabinet's important officials, who were charged with appointing treacherous slander. Sun Chengzong also had another crime to cover up the rebellious Zu Dabi.

After hearing the news, Sun Chengzong immediately saw cold sweat on his forehead. The little fox was too ruthless. The situation in the court is now complicated, not only the eunuch party, the Donglin, the Chu party, and the Zhejiang party also have an inconspicuous slaughter party. The censor Mao Yujian is an official who recently defected to the Xuanwei envoy of the Pound City. His memorial seems to have offended all the factions of the court. The purpose is to muddle the water first and then use a killer move. The little fox Zhang Ping'an passed Mao Yujian's impeachment memorial to force the emperor to express his opinion on killing the Liaodong Governor Yuan Chonghuan.

If Zhang Ping'an just impeached the eunuch party, it would definitely arouse suspicion from Emperor Tianqi. If Sun Chengzong, who had a very good personal relationship with Zhang Ping'an, Emperor Tianqi would not think that Zhang Ping'an, the Marquis of Po Nu, made profits from this matter. Although the emperor would also doubt Zhang Ping'an's motive for doing this, he had to take the whole incident seriously. Sun Chengzong thought that even the garrison in Liaodong had appeared in the capital, and the memorial of Liaodong General Man Gui would definitely appear in the recent days.

Sure enough, Sun Quan, the eldest son of Sun Chengzong, rushed into the study with three urgent reports. He said hurriedly: "Father, Liaodong Governor Man Gui urgently reported to the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War sent someone to our mansion. There were also two memorials sent together, one was a memorial to Lu Xiangsheng, the Tongwei envoy of the Ponucheng Xuanwei Office, and the other was a memorial sent by Yang Lian, the ruler of the Ponucheng Legal Affairs Office, to the Ministry of Rites."

Upon hearing this news, Sun Chengzong had to admire the care of the little fox Zhang Ping'an. Zhang Ping'an himself did not write the memorial because he was afraid that the memorial he wrote would not only be effective but also arouse the emperor's disgust. Everyone knows the dirty things between Zhang Ping'an and the Liaodong border army. Lu Xiangsheng was different. He was an official appointed by the Ming Dynasty court and had the responsibility to report to the court what happened in Ponucheng. Yang Lian was originally the leader of the Donglin and had a high prestige in the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Ping'an appointed Yang Lian as the legal yamen in Ponucheng. This inappropriate official position even Emperor Tianqi lamented that Ponuhou took good care of the face of the Ming Dynasty court in Ponucheng Xuanwei.

The Ministry of Rites in the Ming Dynasty was in charge of foreign countries, and Yang Lian reported to the Ministry of Rites without violating the rules. Sun Chengzong took three memorials from his son Sun Quan. He did not read Mangui's memorials first, but read Lu Xiangsheng's memorials first. After reading, Sun Chengzong finally figured out the full picture of the Guangning war. In the memorials of Lu Xiangsheng, it can be seen that the Liaodong Governor Yuan Chonghuan did not do his best in the entire battle from beginning to end. Three thousand female real yellow flag soldiers gave up their horses and crossed the mountains and forests to attack Dujiatun. The Liaodong guerrilla Liu Tianlu fled without fighting was the culprit that the entire Shaling Post defense line collapsed.

Sun Chengzong had always suspected that Liu Tianlu had something to do with escaping back to Jinzhou easily. He finally found the answer from Lu Xiangsheng's memorial. From Lu Xiangsheng's memorial, Sun Chengzong was deeply comforted by the performance of the generals Man Gui and Zhao Rujiao not afraid of powerful enemies, which also shows that there were still loyal and brave men in the Ming Dynasty. Now Man Gui led a large army to repair the Duoyan tribe in Mongolia. Although Lu Xiangsheng did not mention the deployment of the Posses' Army in the report, Sun Chengzong, who was skilled in military affairs, could also guess that if there were no Posses' Army on the side, Mangui's army would have been torn apart by the evil wolf-like Jurchen army in the Duoyan area.

Sun Chengzong could guess the ending of the whole thing without reading Mangui's memorials. He had just read Yang Lian's memorials and confirmed the injustice of the garrison Wang Yiquan's family. Yang Lian's upright personality spread far and wide, and even Yang Lian could not bear this unjust case. It only shows that the ancestor's family is too amazing in Liaodong. Once the military generals have too much power, it will inevitably arouse the emperor's suspicion. The little fox Zhang Ping'an does things one after another. Sun Chengzong, who is familiar with the little fox Zhang Ping'an, has long seen that what Zhang Ping'an does is only concerned about the interests of the slave army. In order for the slave army to gain a foothold outside the pass, Zhang Ping'an did not care about morality at all.

Once Zhang Ping'an succeeds in this chain of events, the Slave Army will lose many worries when fighting against Lin Danhan. Now the little fox is becoming more and more organized, and the early stage is unpredictable. He actually uses Wang Yiquan's unjust case as a breakthrough. First, he can identify the true and false in one glance, revealing the darkness of the Liaodong official field. Then, he throws out the darkness of the Liaodong war step by step. In this way, the Ming Dynasty and the opposition will naturally believe that the defeat of the Liaodong official army was the result of the Liaodong Governor Yuan Chonghuan doing something wrong there.

In particular, Yang Lian, the former Ming official who had a good official reputation, made notes on the whole matter, further proved that the Liaodong official had already broken the conclusion. Sun Chengzong, the Minister of War, who thought clearly about the whole incident, picked up the memorial written by the apology and retirement. He first sent a note to the cabinet, and then asked Sun Qingwen to arrange a sedan chair carrier. He wanted to go to the cabinet to deliver the memorial in person. As for whether Emperor Tianqi summoned him or not, Sun Chengzong was not confident.

As Sun Chengzong expected, Emperor Tianqi was furious when he saw Mangui's report and smashed a porcelain bowl on the spot. A few days ago, he was glorious with the heads of Jurchen slave chiefs Nurhaci and Bayala to Taimiao to express his grace to his ancestors. Not long after, the bad news that the Liaodong border army was cut off by the Jurchen army was heard. At this time, Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao was angry at the Ming border army's incompetence, and on the other hand, he saw the sinister intentions of Zhang Ping'an, the Marquis of Ponu.

Today, when Zhu Youxiao saw the retribution of Lu Xiangsheng and Mangui, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness. He didn't understand. Although Zhang Ping'an, whom he looked down on, was not a good thing, he couldn't resist Zhang Ping'an's sincere fight to fight the Jurchens. The most important thing is that Zhang Ping'an took the initiative to seek the Jurchens' main force to fight the final battle, and also killed Nurhaci, the enemy of the Ming Dynasty. No matter how annoying the Ponu Hou was, or how he planned to plot against the Liaodong officials, they were exchanging real military merits for the support of the Ming Dynasty.

After Emperor Tianqi's gentleman Sun Chengzong returned from visiting the Guangning front line this time, the Ministry of War issued a letter to the Liaodong border army to send heavy troops to guard Shaling Post. However, Yuan Chonghuan delayed and stopped increasing troops to the front line. From this point, it can be seen that the Liaodong Governor Yuan Chonghuan was not interested in making progress, and he could not even defend the city captured by the Ponu Army. The incompetence of the Ming official army left the court without any face. Although the Ponu Marquis Zhang Ping'an plotted against the Ming court, he neither put in the injustice nor made any sarcasm. Zhang Ping'an's low-key handling method made the emperor useless.

After smashing the porcelain, Zhu Youxiao walked out of the platform hall and went to the back garden to relax. At this time, an eunuch came to report to King Xin Zhu Youjian, and Zhu Youjian immediately called someone to summon his younger brother. According to common sense, King Xin Zhu Youjian was already at the age of leaving the vassal, but Zhu Youjian never issued an order to leave the capital. It was because the two brothers had a very good relationship that Emperor Tianqi had many intimate words that only talked between them. When King Xin Zhu Youjian came in, he looked at his brother's sad look and felt very unbearable.

Zhu Youjian took two steps and bowed to his brother: "I saw that the emperor was unhappy. Who dared to make the emperor angry?"
Chapter completed!