Chapter 1047 Need a scapegoat?

  Liaodong Town has always won more victories than lost in the battle with Jianzhou Jurchen, and it can be called a great victory if it wins more than a hundred people. This is very different from the battle with the Mongolian tribes.

  Jianzhou Jurchens are all elites in battle, and they are extremely brave and disciplined. Therefore, Liaodong Town mostly used deception during Li Chengliang's second term, and rarely won a real victory.

After Feng Tang took over as the governor of Jiliao and the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town, the situation changed slightly. However, Feng Tang used his troops to suppress people with great power. Last year, the Eastern Captives encircled and suppressed the Wula tribe, and Liaodong Town was used to protect the Wula tribe from being wiped out. By means of various means, the Yehe tribe and the Chahar people were pulled to fight together, and finally forced Nurhachi to retreat with hatred.

Zhang Jingqiu frowned, and after a salute, he said: "Your Majesty, I think Feng Tang is not the kind of person who lies and repays. Cao Wenzhao was famous in Datong for his bravery and integrity. He is also a sincere person. Thousands of people, even if there is some moisture, it will not be too large. Donglu has planned for the Ula tribe for a long time. This time Feng Tang preemptively moved the Ula tribe to the Yehe tribe to promote the merger of the Yehe tribe and the Ula tribe. It can be said that it hit the slave chiefs Only by attacking the critical point, we will have the advantage in this battle, as for the loss of Fushun,..."

Zhang Jingqiu paused, thought for a while, and then said: "I thought it was only the fault of the war. Li Yongfang hid it so deeply, and it took Nurhachi a lot of effort to explain it. In my opinion, Li Yongfang Yongfang's desire to plot rebellion is probably a long time ago, and it cannot be settled within a year or two. It can be said that the sooner this disaster occurs, the better. Causing an irreparable catastrophe."

  Emperor Yonglong should still respect one or two things that Zhang Jingqiu said, and what he said was reasonable and logical.

This kind of defection of the whole family and even thousands of people is not a decision that can be made in a flash of the head, and the choice to launch it at this time must have been discussed by Nurhachi and Li Yongfang, obviously also with the Mongols South invasion has a tacit understanding.

It's just that Feng Tang took the initiative to act first and gave Jianzhou Jurchen a move. It can be said that in the Liaodong busy game, Da Zhou and Jianzhou Jurchen had each other's victories. Of course, it is true that Jianzhou Jurchen had the upper hand. , but Feng Tang's actions may also make Nurhachi feel pain.

  Zhang Jingqiu's explanation made Emperor Yonglong look a little better. In fact, he also knew that Li Yongfang was responsible for betraying Feng Tang, but it was hard to say how big it was.

  Feng Tang's adjustment in Liaodong Town has caused a lot of backlash, and it has also affected the control of Liaodong Town. It is not bad to have such an effect in such a period of time.

  Feng Tang is not a general from Jiliao, his roots are in Datong, and it is not easy to take root in Liaodong.

  According to the factions of the generals in the surrounding towns, in addition to the points of martial arts origin and non-martial arts origin, they are also divided into Liaodong Department, Datong Department and others.

   Among them, the Liaodong faction and the Datong faction are the two main factions, that is, the two factions born and raised in Liaodong and Jizhen, and the two factions born and raised in Datong, Shanxi (Taiyuan), and Yansui (Yulin).

In the land of nine borders, before the rise of Jianzhou Jurchen, the enemies of Da Zhou were mainly Chahars and Tumeds. The Chahars invaded mainly in Liaodong, Jizhen and Xuanfu, while the Tumeds It is mainly in Datong, Shanxi (Taiyuan), Yansui (Yulin), Ningxia and Xuanfu.

Because of this special situation, the senior military generals of the entire Great Zhou were basically either from the Liaodong lineage or the Datong lineage. Among them, Li Chengliang's Li family was the representative of the Liaodong lineage, and Feng Tang's Feng family was from the Datong lineage. The representative of Ma Gui is quite special. He was born and raised in Datong, but he became famous in Jizhen, Liaodong, and the Japanese Invasion of Imjin, so it is not easy to determine.

   Like the current governor of the three sides, Chen Jingxuan, can only be regarded as other.

The situation in Xuanfu Town is quite special. This is an area where both the Chahar people and the Tumote people are involved. The military generals who were born and raised here depend on who is promoted. To be assigned to the Liaodong Department, those who were promoted by generals of the Datong Department should be assigned to the Datong Department.

On the contrary, the generals promoted by Wang Ziteng and Niu Jizong should be regarded as the Beijing camp in theory, but the influence of the Jingying generals in the Nine Sides is almost zero, and they can only be found in the small circle of the Beijing Camp or other non-Nine Sides. There is some influence in the guard.

Feng Tang took office in Liaodong. If he wanted to quickly break the influence of the Liaodong faction and Li Chengliang, he could only mobilize his direct descendants from Datong, Yulin and other places. Rebound, that will affect the overall situation.

The rise of Jianzhou Jurchen has actually had a huge impact on the entire camp of generals in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Thirty years after Yuanxi, generals who have experienced and achieved achievements in Liaodong are obviously more likely to be reused, but this trend is because of the second appointment. Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town, was frustrated by his poor performance, but this general trend has not changed, but it has been continued by Feng Tang, a representative of the Datong.

  Emperor Yonglong didn't speak for a while, but Fang Congzhe picked up the topic.

"Jing Qiu's opinion is indeed reasonable, but Feng Tang, as the governor of Jiliao and the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town, can't justify saying that he has no responsibility for such a big incident?" Fang Congzhe came out and said: "The emperor, Feng Tang is here It has been more than a year and nearly two years, during which the adjustment of Liaodong Town has been going on. For this reason, the Ministry of War also agreed with him to transfer soldiers from Yulin and Datong. Judging from the current situation, his nepotism and negligence in employing people are still a bit prominent,..."

  Fang Congzhe's unkind words made the atmosphere in the whole hall condense, and even Ye Xianggao's face changed slightly, and he looked sideways.

"Li Yongfang's rebellion led to a severe situation in Liaodong. You Shigong's lackluster performance in Jizhen directly led to the corruption of the current situation in Gyeonggi. The emperor, the cabinet, and the Ministry of War need to reflect and consider whether Feng Tang is competent. The minister believes that Feng Tang has been in Datong and Yulin for a long time. He took office and performed well, but after he arrived in Liaodong, he was obviously not acclimatized to the environment. He felt that Huainan was an orange and Huaibei was a trifoliate. I thought it would be more appropriate to transfer Feng Tang as the governor of the three sides..."

  The whole hall was silent.

  Is the picture poor?

Qi Yongtai pondered Fang Congzhe's intentions in his heart, and at the same time observed the astonishment of the slightly changed Ye Xianggao and Li Tingji. Obviously, Fang Congzhe's sudden attack today was not realized by Ye Xianggao and Li Tingji. He is also known by a representative of Jiangnan scholars, what is his intention in doing this?

"Your Majesty, I do not agree with Lord Fang's point of view!" Before the others could react, Zhang Huaichang, the censor of Zuodu, took the lead in objecting: "The Liaodong strategy has a long-term bearing on it, and it is not appropriate to care about the gains and losses of one city and one place. However, Li Yongfang's misfortune is not a short-term disaster. Now is not the time to consider changing the governor of Jiliao, but how to further strengthen the defense of Liaodong. In my opinion, Feng Tang went to Liaodong to wipe out Liaodong Lazy and lazy, and also put forward a long-term plan, which is far better than Li Chengliang's time to muddle through. The Haixi Jurchen's strategy is extremely clever, and the East China Sea Jurchen's layout is related to the future success or failure of Liaodong. The minister thought that as long as Feng Tang proposed long-term The business strategy, within ten years, will definitely be able to reverse the current unfavorable situation,..."

"Master Zhang, this is easier said than done. Do you know how much the imperial court has invested in Liaodong from last year to this year? The situation in the capital is so corrupt that it has a lot to do with the weakening of Ji Town. Transferred to Liaodong, and many troops from Liaodong were easily transferred to Jizhen, resulting in a significant reduction in the combat effectiveness of the various departments in Jizhen. The main reason is…”

  Fang Congzhe's tone was not too intense, but his words pointed directly at the key to the battle of Gyeonggi.

It was precisely because of the delay in making substantial progress in the battle between Qiangziling-Zhenluying and the Chahar people that the Wai Khalkhas broke through the Thursday ditch in Xuanfu Town and caught Jizhen by surprise. He couldn't spare any strength to deal with it. As a result, Huairou fell and was forced to abandon Miyun, giving up the entire northern part of Gyeonggi, and putting the northern army in trouble.

  If it weren’t for Feng Ziying’s proposal to send troops from Xifengkou to cross the Yanshan Mountains outside the pass to support Caojiazhai, this army might even be on the verge of extinction.

"From last year to this year alone, the imperial court invested more than one hundred and sixty yuan in military salaries and supplies for the two towns of Liaodong and Jizhen, and the cost of buying firecrackers, as well as the supplies Feng Tang requested for the so-called win over the ministries outside the pass. Ten thousand taels of silver, but what is the result? We have all seen that the opening of the Fushun Institute was destroyed, the people were taken away, and the Chahar people who got all kinds of supplies from our Dazhou in turn invaded south and beat us hard A slap in the face, Ji Town's poor performance, neglecting the other, overstretched, economic shock, people panic, Huairou, Miyun, Yutian, Fengrun refugees scattered in all directions, it can be said that this is the worst situation in the two hundred years since the Tumu Fort change in the previous Ming Dynasty and the Wara also first invaded In such a situation, could it be that the imperial court has spent huge sums of money on Ji Town in Liaodong in the past two years, and the result is that everyone is now sitting in distress and helpless?"

   I have to say that Fang Congzhe's remarks are extremely provocative and persuasive.

Li Yongfang's rebellion, the fall of Fushun, and the kidnapping of tens of thousands of people, coupled with the repeated defeats in Jizhen, and the terror and unrest inside and outside the capital, not only brought huge pressure to the cabinet and the Ministry of War, but also put Yonglong Emperor in danger. Bear a lot of accusations.

  Even the Supreme Emperor, who hadn’t asked about political affairs for a long time, specially sent envoys to ask Emperor Yonglong about the current situation of the war in Gyeonggi.

   "So, Your Majesty, I believe that all of us here need to give an explanation to the court and the people of Gyeonggi." Fang Congzhe's words were correct.

  (end of this chapter)