Chapter 28 Chapter 28 Supervising the Army

Facing the "imperial decree" framed in yellow silk satin embroidered with nine dragons and symbolizing the supreme power, Yuan Chonghuan had mixed feelings in his heart. The color of stagnation. Originally, he personally set up the incense table and greeted the imperial decree with a very respectful and pious attitude, but the content read out was like a chaotic stick, which made him feel sad. He couldn't help but let out a roar from the bottom of his heart: "Under the sky, there is such a thing——" Absurd, and he will not be able to continue to guard Liaodong... He knew better than anyone that the victory in the Battle of Ningyuan was a difficult and narrow victory. Moreover, after the victory, the enemy country did not disappear, and the threat of foreign aggression still existed, and war would break out again at any time.

He repeatedly reminded his subordinates that they must not underestimate the enemy and relax their vigilance just because they won a victory. He also repeatedly said: "Nurhachi will definitely make a comeback!" At the same time, he also actively went to the imperial court, requesting to increase the number of soldiers, food, equipment, and horses in Liaodong, so as to enrich Liaodong's war preparations; after he was promoted to the governor of Liaodong, what made him most fortunate was that Gao Di, who disagreed with him, stepped down. The newly appointed Minister of the King of Jinglue respected him very much because of the victory of Ningyuan, and he had no opinion at all, which enabled his Liaodong policy to be implemented without any constraints.

Of course he wants to restore the original plan of guarding outside the pass, repair the city abandoned by Gaodi, re-garrison troops, restore the Jin and Ning lines of defense, so as to become an iron fence outside the pass... Unexpectedly, after the memorial went up, the imperial decree came down, and he readily agreed to his plan to resume guarding outside the customs; but there seemed to be no reply to his request for more troops and supplies, and what was worse was that he would send two Wei Zhongxian's trusted eunuch Liu Yingkun and Ji Yong came to Liaodong to supervise the army! "Ningyuan's victory was all because of Wei Zhongxian's great blessings—the blood and sweat of more than 10,000 of my brothers were in vain, regardless of that; now, even eunuchs are sent to supervise the army—"

He trembled all over thinking: "There is no reason in the world——" What will be the consequences of the eunuch supervising the army, this is the result that can be known without even thinking about it. The mining tax eunuchs of the Wanli Dynasty harassed the people everywhere and caused frequent upheavals - when they came to Gaohuai in Liaodong at that time, some people still grit their teeth and curse endlessly when they mention it - and Wei Zhongxian's minions are even more evil than the mining tax Eunuch, once you come to the Liaodong army, which is still exhausted from defending against the enemy, it will be a miracle if you can get rid of it and keep killing the morale of the entire Liao army!

What's more, this incident also represented that Wei Zhongxian had doubts about him who "can lead troops to fight" and sent his cronies to supervise the army. He had heard a long time ago that now, all the people in the imperial court are Wei Zhongxian's men, even if they were not in the past, they must immediately declare their position and join the eunuch party, otherwise they will only be resigned automatically or persecuted to death. way! I am also a "non-eunuch", and I will never be attached to the eunuch just because of my official position... Finally, he let out a long breath: "I will follow Mrs. Sun's example, let's resign from office!"