Chapter 14 Chapter 14 Lower Fushun

"The border has been lost..." The tone of saying this was not an exclamation, but a low, vain gasp—— Xue Sancai, who was temporarily serving as Minister of the Ministry of War, forcefully made a sound, but the hard work was not worth it. For a whole day and night, what he got in return was a complete sense of powerlessness—he was really helpless, so he had to take out a red envelope containing silver taels from his pocket while talking, and quietly stuffed it to the eunuch in front of him, and then issued a plea A begging voice: "It's really urgent! I beg for the memorial of Long Live God's holy eyes!"

The "Eight Hundred Li Express Biography" sent from Liaodong conveyed the urgent military situation: Fushun fell into the hands of Jurchen! The time was on April 15th, which was the opening day of the Fushun market. There were many business travelers in the city, and the transactions were lively. Hundreds of Jurchen sergeants pretending to be market vendors also sneaked into the city smoothly. When the time came, the elite cavalry attacking the garrison of the Ming Dynasty in cooperation with the attacking elite cavalry, captured the guerrilla Li Yongfang, and captured Fushun City; General Pu Shifang of Haizhou led 10,000 people to save Fushun, but was defeated by Nurhachi, and Zhang Chengyin died in the line of duty——

The eunuchs also knew that "this is a big deal", but facing Xue Sancai who was so anxious that he would faint at any time, they could only tell the truth: "Our family will try our best to let Long Live Lord Long Xin pay attention to this matter." One thing—but it’s just that our family can’t guarantee whether the Long Live Lord is willing to pay attention; what’s more, the Long Live Lord is really in poor health. How many steps away!" Xue Sancai had no choice but to bow again: "The change of the country's flag is really a big deal—I hope you will take care of me!"

What I got in return was also a sigh: "Our family must be bothered! I just don't know if Long Live Lord is willing to bother!" Two days later, his "troubleshooting" finally paid off—Emperor Wanli "made an exception" and ordered people to read several memorials in a row to listen to, and then gave instructions: "The cunning captives plan to capture the border town, and all matters of prevention and suppression must be The local camera will be dealt with, and the military salary will be paid as soon as possible. If it is dispatched to help, the Ministry will discuss its performance."

It can be regarded as "the emperor's grace", but if this instruction is done, it means that it has not been done. As soon as Xue Sancai received this "shangyu", he murmured in his heart: "How to deal with the camera? How to deal with it? Where should the soldiers go?" Aid? To pay? What kind of money to pay?" It has long been a common occurrence that Liaodong’s military salaries cannot be paid in full and timely manner, and the Ministry of Household Affairs can’t raise money and food. The officials have the same view on solving this problem: “Please open the internal funds…”

The funds in the internal treasury, the private savings of Emperor Wanli, have already accumulated a staggering amount. If a part of it can be allocated, the country's military pay for three or two years will not be a problem. However, everyone knows that asking Emperor Wanli to come up with money from his private house is definitely more difficult than ascending to heaven——Xue Sancai, who has not been serving as Minister of the Ministry of War for a long time, still does not have a deep understanding of other political affairs. I know it very well! However, these thoughts turned around twice in my heart, and before it was over, the "Eight Hundred Miles Quick Pass" from Liaodong came in again, an urgent military newspaper, reporting that after Zhang Chengyin died in the line of duty, several people from nearby Fushun Feeling threatened, the local people asked for help one after another; the document also added that the captured guerrilla Li Yongfang had surrendered to Nurhachi, was recruited as a consort, and was awarded a high-ranking official. He also became a guide and led troops to attack the cities in Fushun for Nurhachi , the court must immediately send a large army to help, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

A piece of densely written rice paper is actually as thin as a cicada, but it weighs a thousand catties in his hand. Every time he reads a word, he sighs heavily, and after reading it, he frowns and keeps silent. Sitting silently for a long time, it took a long time before I thought of asking my colleagues from the Ministry of War to discuss this matter. There are still only two key points: dispatching troops and horses to aid Liao, resisting Nurhachi's offensive, and raising military salaries. Before the invited person arrived, he muttered in his heart: "Liaodong's arrears of military pay has reached 500,000. No matter how difficult it is for the household department, at least half of the emergency response must be dispatched first. Otherwise, who is willing to fight? Shangzou—However, the Ministry of War itself owes Liaodong hundreds of thousands of taels of horse price and silver, alas! Somehow it must be collected and sent—As for dispatching troops, alas! There are no generals available in this dynasty Li Chengliang is old, his sons are too far away from him, Li Rusong is already dead, what about the next one? There is a name of 'brave', who takes the lead in battle and never retreats, is it worthy of reuse?"

And the person he really wanted to ask for advice was Yang Hao, the right servant. Yang Hao is already the only person he can discuss about the military affairs of Liaodong—the current cabinet chief assistant Fang Congzhe is not only a cadaver, he can only kowtow in front of the Wanli Emperor but can't handle affairs, and now he is not teaching and committing crimes for his adopted son. He stayed behind closed doors for a murder lawsuit, stayed at home to avoid the limelight, and still asked for leave in the event of such a major land fall—this was the case with the chief minister of the cabinet, which forced him to be the "Shangshu of the Ministry of War" although he was only a "temporary" post. However, he had to be alone; and looking at the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, there were so few "knowledge about Liao affairs" that only Yang Gao, who had served as an official in Liaodong, was the only one.

Of course, it is not that he is ignorant of Yang Gao's background - as early as in the battle to aid the DPRK, Yang Gao was involved in many important affairs due to two reasons: too selfishness and poor ability, and he was also punished after returning home. , "Moldy" for many years, I was unhappy, and finally got the opportunity a few years ago, returned to the officialdom, and climbed to the position of the right servant of the Ministry of War; No! "There is no other talent - no wonder the ancestors sighed loudly: 'It's difficult'!" All the officials—including himself, are not familiar with or understand all kinds of things about Liaodong—

When Yang Hao came, he did his best to make a plan for him; he couldn't see whether the plan was good or bad, but after all, it was made, and there was something specific that could be mentioned to Emperor Wanli. At least he has been able to show his "loyalty". He ordered his master to write the memorial overnight, and presented Yang Gao's plan for him to Emperor Wanli. At the same time, he also strongly recommended Yang Gao to preside over the plan of "Gu Liao and Exterminate Barbarians", and "knowledge" Emperor Wanli to reuse Yang Gao. When this memorial was sent to Emperor Wanli, Emperor Wanli was still lying on the dragon bed and "listening" instead of reading it himself; sick.

This time, he was really sick - in addition to the invisible symptoms he told the imperial doctor, such as "dizziness", "dizziness", "nausea", "suffocation", etc., he also had specific symptoms, That is diarrhea. The imperial doctor used medicine several times, but they couldn't stop the diarrhea; and it was speculated that the cause of his diarrhea was not related to diet, nor was it caused by the imbalance of temperature and temperature. Therefore, it was determined that it was the influence of emotions and moods. ; And in this way, a vicious circle is formed: if you can't stop diarrhea, you will have poor physical strength, bad spirits, and physical weakness, and these three are the main reasons for not being able to stop diarrhea! Therefore, when the memorial was read by the eunuch, Emperor Wanli only half understood it; but he was not a born confused person after all, nor was he a person who would give up his country to others in vain, " Liaodong" is still a place that he puts in his heart; he then passed on his will: "It's all like what Xue Qing played..." The eunuch Bingbi wrote it down for him: "Give Yang Gao the Liaodong strategy, give Shang Fang the sword, and set off for Liao today..." On the one hand, he also strengthened his tone and told the eunuch: "I pass on my oral order to ask Yang Gao to do everything with all his heart-the Liao affairs are extremely important, and they must not be ignored!" And these words, of course, the eunuchs conveyed every word for him without any negligence. Yang Gao, who has been reused, was moved to tears when he heard it. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed in the direction of the palace. Said: "The emperor's kindness is so great, the humble minister must be heartbroken..." Of course, in this situation, although there were tears in his eyes, he was laughing happily in his heart; moreover, as soon as the eunuchs from the palace stepped out of the door, the tears on his face had already dried up, and his expression became more serious. It was replaced by complacency in an instant. Holding the Shangfang sword in his hand, his face and body are full of divine light - a bright political future is ahead, and he is about to display his talents - And he was full of ambition, of course, he never expected that at the moment he took over Shangfang's sword, Nurhachi's army captured another castle-his new official position was "Liaodong Economic Strategy", but when he went from Beijing to Liaodong During the journey of several days, Nurhachi has successively captured eleven places including Fu'an Fort, Huabaochong, Sancha Fort, and Cuisantun Fort, and directly approached Yahu Pass and surrounded Qinghe City—once he arrived in Liaodong, What followed was a series of bad news.

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