Chapter 614
The officials in the court were somewhat reluctant to lead Tang Feng to fight again. In their eyes, this young man who was only from the same Jinshi and was only 30 years old could be named Anping Hou. If he was asked to lead his troops to fight the rebellion and make meritorious contributions, he would only deepen his prestige in the people and the officialdom.
However, the current situation has to be reused, because the fact that the military forces in Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places are becoming increasingly powerful has spread, and the court is no longer able to control it. If you want to appease the frightened people, you must send troops to quell the chaos as soon as possible. Now the military officials in various places are either defeated or surrendered to the anti-army. Only the Ming Dynasty is the most elite Liaodong border army. If you want to command these arrogant soldiers and generals and let them fight the thieves with all their strength, you must have someone who can suppress them. Tang Feng is the most suitable candidate. [bsp; So when Chongzhen was in the court meeting, he was promoted by himself at the Chongzhen meeting.
After expressing his meaning, although several ministers put forward different opinions, they finally received support from the vast majority of people, especially the support of the Negro assistant minister, which made Tang Feng's re-determination final confirmation. However, everyone unanimously denied the suggestion that Tang Feng would open several coastal cities such as Guangdong as ports, and let the Ming Dynasty build its own fleet to go overseas to trade with overseas countries. The joke is that my Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette, how can I destroy all the achievements of my ancestors because of some small profits? They obviously completely ignored the various benefits that Suzhou has gained since its opening.
While the emperor was still writing the imperial edict that Tang Feng led his troops to quell the rebellion, Tang Feng, who was in the Anping Marquis' Mansion, had already known the decision in the court. Now Tang Feng's power has completely turned into the darkness, which is the power of the entire Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei is also divided into two parts, one is the general of the Han Dynasty and the other is the Tiqi. The former is the emperor's ceremonial guard, and the latter is the secret spy. Tang Feng extended his power into the system of the Han Dynasty, so that he could know more accurately about affairs in the court. This time the news was transmitted through the Han Dynasty general who stood in the court meeting.
After knowing this situation, Tang Feng was mixed with joy and sorrow. He was happy that he could finally hold real power again, and this time, he would not let power slip away from his hands. As for the concern, it was because of the unwise nature of the court officials. The Ming Dynasty treasury is still empty, and the Central Plains has storms. If there is not enough money to support it, how can the world be settled?
"It seems that my idea is correct. Without real changes, my Ming Dynasty would have to survive as much as I am now. I have to treat my head with headaches, treat my feet with pain, and constantly calming the chaos and resisting the Jin Dynasty. I must make some changes, not for myself, but for the prosperity of the Ming and Han people!" After walking in the study with my hands for several times, Tang Feng finally made up his mind and a glimmer flashed in his eyes. It was the light that flashed when he decided to give a try with the eunuch party. This time, he would make the biggest decision in his life.
"In accordance with the will of heaven, the emperor ordered: Tang Feng, the Marquis of Anping, is the pillar of the country... Now there are chaos and people who are chaotic and chaotic for their own selfishness, causing the people to suffer and the country to be uneasy. My heart is boiling... I hope that Marquis of Anping can revive my Ming Dynasty, clear the world, and live up to my trust. I respect this!" A thousand words of decree was read out by the eunuch, but Tang Feng, who was kneeling below, did not listen. He had already known the result, and of course he had no interest in such an imperial edict.
After receiving the order, the eunuch said again: "Marty Anping, Your Majesty asks our family to notify you and let you enter the palace to see you later."
"Yes, I have recorded it." Tang Feng nodded. He knew that the emperor was still a little worried about him, and he had to discuss some things with him to see how many people could be transferred from Liaodong.
Sure enough, when Tang Feng entered the palace to meet the saint, Chongzhen asked a question about the dispatch of troops: "There are more than 100,000 defenders in Liaodong, but there are more than ten passes and several cities, so it is impossible to transfer too many troops. In your opinion, how many troops should the court transfer to quell the rebellion?"
"In my opinion, only 30,000 elite soldiers are enough." Tang Feng was prepared for this and immediately replied.
"Thirty thousand? I heard that the anti-army army has more than 100,000 people. Can you achieve success if you only have 30,000 troops?" Chongzhen couldn't help asking with some doubt.
"Your Majesty, the military strategy is full of military tactics, and the soldiers are more than the elite. Although the anti-army seems to be strong, with more than 100,000 people, in fact, only half of them can fight, and the others are just chaotic people. These people will only follow behind and choose some advantages. When the critical moment comes, they will only become burdens, and instead reduce the combat power of the anti-army. Moreover, most of the Liaodong army today have muskets and cannons. As long as they are used properly, 30,000 is enough to fight the enemy. In addition, in Shanxi and other places, our Ming Dynasty's official army still has surplus. As long as your majesty can give me the right to act in a cheap way, they can mobilize the military forces there. In this way, I will not suffer much loss than the anti-army." Tang Feng said slowly and reasonably.
"Well, what Anping Hou said is reasonable." Chongzhen nodded, "Then I will be as you asked. I hope you don't let me down. I will quell the chaos as soon as possible and save the people from water and fire."
"I received the order." Tang Feng replied respectfully and suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, do you know that the two suggestions I mentioned last time have been approved by the adults in the court?"
"This... everyone has no objection to the matter of Mao Wenlong on Pidao, and soon someone will rush there by sea. I believe that with his character, he will not not follow the instructions of the court. However, the ministers in the court cannot make a unified decision for the sea ban. After all, the country of Ming Dynasty is unstable, so it is really not appropriate to have any disputes, so I think this matter should be discussed until the chaos is quelled."
Tang Feng showed regret on his face and sighed, "Since His Majesty and the adults have made up their minds, I have nothing to say." Although he had known the result, he still disappointed when he heard this from the emperor.
Seeing this, Chongzhen comforted and encouraged Tang Feng a few words. When Tang Feng heard this, he felt that his relationship with the emperor was even further apart. I don’t know if it was a psychological effect, Tang Feng only felt that the emperor just regarded himself as a tool, a tool to resist foreign tribes and quell the chaos. When one day the world is settled, his best ending would be to put aside his house arrest for a lifetime. Of course, after having this feeling, he would not be able to wait for death. He would use all means to protect himself. Tang Feng was not a person of this era and did not take the monarch's power seriously at all. The monarch's plan to kill the minister was simply empty talk to him.
As the emperor's imperial edict was issued, the imperial court's mobilization was launched again. One by one, the generals there were sent to Liaodong, asking the generals there to point out elite troops to quell the rebellion in the Central Plains. At the same time, some officials also took a boat to sea, heading straight to Pi Island in the northeast, looking for Mao Wenlong, and asking him to send troops to harass the coast of the Jin Kingdom. At the same time, in Datong and other places, local officials also communicated with the Mongols, asking them to deploy troops to the border of the Jin Kingdom to restrain the Jin people.
Under the dual temptation of interests and reputation, Mao Wenlong immediately agreed to the court's intention, but he also put forward his own request, that is, the court should also reward the generals under his command, so that he would completely gain the heartfelt support of the generals under his command. The Mongolians also put forward more border trade requirements. After obtaining the court's permission, they also began to threaten the border of the Jin Kingdom. For a time, everyone in the Jin Kingdom was in danger and did not dare to have any other thoughts on Liaodong.
Under such a great situation, the elite soldiers from Liaodong also left Shanhaiguan and came to Beijing. The ones who led the troops were Wu Xiang, and Zuo Liangyu and Sun Chuanting also returned with the army. These two were written by Tang Feng personally to Liaodong after learning everything, and asked Man Gui to send him. When it comes to dealing with the Jin army, of course, the generals who had been waiting for a long time in Liaodong were more useful, but in Shaanxi, there were mostly mountains and the terrain was even more complicated, but Sun Chuanting and others were more suitable. Of course, leaving Man, Zu and others behind was also to prevent the Jin people from invading Liaodong. With them in charge, Liaodong could still be defended for a while.
After the Liaodong army arrived in Beijing, the court held a oath-taking meeting, bringing all the soldiers to the school ground where the three camps were trained to conduct oath-taking. Tang Feng naturally had no right to object to this, and he also hoped that the generals under his command could develop more desire to serve the country, which would greatly improve the combat power.
However, the arrival of a person shocked everyone, including Tang Feng. It turned out that Tang Feng thought that at the oath meeting, there would only be a member of the Ministry of War to say a few words, and then he would inspire the morale of the army. But who would have thought that when the oath meeting was halfway through, the Huang Luo umbrella appeared on the side of the school field, and it was the emperor who arrived.
As soon as Chongzhen appeared, wearing a winged dragon crown and a rolling dragon robe, the whole scene was a little confused. The soldiers here were fully armed. If they had a little, they would have hurt the emperor and would have been a serious crime of raiding the house. Everyone would naturally not dare to be careless. Tang Feng even hurriedly came down from the general stage and visited the emperor.
Chongzhen just took it lightly and said, "I am here to encourage the Ming soldiers who are about to serve the country. Let's keep everything simple." This sentence made the generals even more grateful.
After Tang Fengcao said something, Chongzhen even came to the General Station and said something righteous to the officials and soldiers below: "Everyone is the city of my Ming Dynasty. Without you, the land of Liaodong, the people and cities cannot be protected. I thank you here. Now that the country is unfortunate, there are a group of rebels. Only you can share my worries for me and my Ming Dynasty. I have made a vow here that when you successfully quell the rebellion, I will reward you heavily..."
Never thought of seeing the emperor, the soldiers who could only be foolish at this moment. They began to feel patriotism in their hearts. At this moment, even if they were to die, no one would say anything. This is the emperor's authority. His few words can bring morale to a completely different level.
When he saw the soldiers kneeling on the ground and shouting long live, Chongzhen's mouth opened with a smug smile. He glanced at Tang Feng not far away without a trace. After knowing that after this incident, Tang Feng's position in the Liaodong army would inevitably be shaken. This is also a method he thought of before he finally wanted Tang Feng to continue leading his troops.
Tang Feng knew this very well. Chongzhen was already very suspicious of himself. Even if he needed to rely on him to lead his troops to fight, wouldn’t he be even more sad when he lost his military power? So at this time, the crack between him and Chongzhen expanded again.
"By relying on these few words, some so-called rewards that do not vaguely can only deceive the soldiers for a while. The soldiers are still very realistic. When they know who can give them real benefits, they will inevitably have other ideas." Tang Feng thought to himself, he did not take Chongzhen's methods too seriously.
However, when the army drove out of Beijing, the appearance of a man caught Tang Feng off guard. That was the position that had existed in the army, but Tang Feng had never encountered before - the military supervisor. In addition to the military supervisor who was given to him when the eunuch party sent him to Liaodong, Tang Feng had never dealt with such a person, but he had never encountered it now.
Although the military supervisor did not have the power to lead the army to fight in name, it was actually extremely powerful, and could even reject the decision of the commander and replace the commander. Of course, the latter had to be implemented with an imperial decree. In the history of the Han people for thousands of years, the military supervisor had always played a disgraceful role, and by the Ming Dynasty, the damage was even greater. Because military supervisors were mostly responsible for the censors and eunuchs, and the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty were extremely powerful, they naturally could make unscrupulous moves in the military. The most famous of them was Wang Zhen in the defeat of Tumubao.
Since the fall of the Wei Yi Party, the status of eunuchs in the court was much worse than before, but some things still required eunuchs. Chongzhen used a Tang Wenzheng, who was quite attentive in front of him, to be the military supervisor in this matter.
When Tang Feng learned about the other party's purpose, on the surface, he was still smiling, but there was a huge wave in his heart. Unexpectedly, the emperor's distrust of himself had reached this point. He sent a military supervisor without discussing with him at all. This was obviously because he was afraid that he would really be respectful.
Many generals in the army also have a lot of opinions on this. They know the disadvantages of the eunuch party interfering in everything at the time. Now that there is such a person in the army, it is very uncomfortable for everyone. At this time, Tang Feng calmed everyone's mood and said in front of Tang Wenzheng: "Eunuch Tang is also ordered to supervise the army. As long as we are dedicated to the country and can quickly quell the rebellion, Eunuch Tang will only bring us benefits. He is the one who can speak in front of the emperor. If we make contributions, he will report to His Majesty that everyone will be rewarded by then."
Tang Wenzheng was also flattered when he saw Tang Feng talking for him. You should know that Tang Feng's reputation is extremely great. Even though he has been recuperating at home in recent years, everyone knows about his deeds of defeating the Jin people and destroying the eunuch party. Such a decisive and cruel person, even the emperor sent him, did not dare to be disrespectful. Now that he heard that Tang Feng was not angry because he might be constraining him, Tang Wenzheng felt relieved. At the same time, he also felt that this was because he was the emperor's commanding military supervisor, so Tang Feng gave in, which greatly enhanced his confidence.
But what he didn't know was that when he returned to his camp and was surrounded by his confidants, Tang Feng's face became gloomy. He called Zhang Tai, who had been with him, and said with a serious face: "You call a few reliable brothers, staring at Tang Wenzheng for twelve hours a day. No matter who he meets with, he must find out what he handed out. Also, let me see it in the sky, don't let him use the flying pigeon to send a message."
"Yes! I'll make arrangements now." Zhang Tai agreed immediately.
Seeing him leave, Tang Feng sat on his position as the commander and sneered: "Do you think you can suppress me by sending a eunuch to me? Your Majesty, you underestimate me too much. I only have one method to make him become a deaf, a blind and a mute, so that he can only do things according to my wishes."
In this mutual battle, 30,000 Liaodong troops entered the eastern part of Shanxi and were about to fight against the anti-army.
At this time, Gao Yingxiang, who was still building his own foundation in Shaanxi, had learned the court's response through various channels. When he heard that 30,000 elite soldiers were about to deal with him, Gao Yingxiang's expression also condensed. The failure of the previous series was still in front of him. At that time, he held nearly 80,000 troops, but he was not the opponent of 40,000 to 50,000 troops. Now the court has sent the most elite Liaodong army of the Ming Dynasty. Can these 50,000 troops be the opponent?
Because he learned from the lessons of the previous failure, Gao Yingxiang no longer only focused on the quantity of people, but also paid more attention to the quality of people. So a few months later, when he was the first uprising, he had only 50,000 troops under his command, but he was actually compared by Wang Jiayin's troops. However, he was confident that he would wipe out Wang Jiayin's troops with this disadvantage, because these 50,000 troops were all strong men and had the standard military armor of the court, which greatly increased his combat power.
But even so, when he heard that the Liaodong Army was coming, Gao Yingxiang was still uneasy. He immediately called all the generals under his command to discuss with them how to fight the enemy.
In this regard, Li Zicheng's suggestion was accepted by everyone, that is, to guard the existing city and give up Shanxi to avoid the edge of the official army. I believe that other anti-army would not make such a decision, so they would let them fight with the Ming army a few battles first, and after they wiped out the enemy's spirit, the rebel army would go to clean up the mess. If the Ming army won a great victory, they could also rely on the geographical advantage to deal with the enemy on the familiar ground in Shaanxi.
With Gao Yingxiang's decision and the different reactions of other anti-army groups, a new round of civil war began...
Chapter completed!