Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 108 Lu Xiangsheng's Memorial
Seeing the victory report being presented to the imperial court, Liu Yuliang played along with a smile: "Your Majesty is wise and has the eyes to promote capable ministers. Lu Shangshu lives up to his holy hope. Congratulations!"

While saying this, he forgot that the reason why he asked himself to be a supervisor at the beginning was that he felt that Lu Xiangsheng was not capable enough and he had a negative reputation.

Emperor Chongzhen quickly scanned the memorial, then looked up at Liu Yuliang, with a half-smile on his face and said: "Does Liu Qing know what is mentioned in this memorial?"

Seeing the emperor's face, Liu Yuliang's bad premonition came out again, and he felt a little uneasy again. Just as he was about to answer, Cao Huachun, the admiral of the East Factory, arrived.

Seeing that he arrived, Emperor Chongzhen didn't bother to talk to Liu Yuliang, looked at Cao Huachun, and said with a serious face: "Cao Daban, you went to inform Liu Shoufu on my order, and I want you to talk about everything you saw here. .”

Looking at the slightly puzzled expression on Cao Huachun's face, he added: "Liu Shoufu said that after he left Beijing, he dealt with the Manchu army, and because of him, he was able to break the siege of Lu Shangshu. Afterwards, he also impeached the prefect of Jinzhou Chen Hongxu refused to obey the order and wanted to put him in a dangerous situation. He is suspected of being responsible for the Qing Dynasty. All the outside things, as long as I only have the facts, I should deceive me, and I will never forgive me lightly!"

When Cao Huachun heard this, he couldn't help turning his head to look at Liu Yuliang slightly. He knew very well in his heart that the emperor had sent a very clear signal. say.It seems that the emperor is going to punish the chief assistant for the crime of deceiving the emperor!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling sad for Liu Yuliang.After returning to the capital, he didn't inquire about what happened in the capital in advance. The emperor has become much smarter after the Taizu entrusted his dream, so how can he be as easy to deceive as before?

I'm sorry, but a dead fellow Taoist will not die a poor daoist, so let's hope for good luck!
Therefore, Cao Huachun immediately took the order, and told Liu Yuliang's movements after he left Beijing, as well as every word and deed he heard in the army.

And when Liu Yuliang heard what Emperor Chongzhen said to Cao Huachun, he already knew something was wrong.Immediately, his face "swiped" completely white.

An unspoken rule in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is that everyone will deceive and induce the emperor for their own interests.However, this kind of thing cannot be put on the table.If this is put on the table, then the matter will be serious.

In the end, it depends on the attitude of the emperor. You can let it go lightly, but you will definitely feel uncomfortable in your heart;
What does heinous mean?That is, rebellion, great treason, treason, surrender, evil rebellion, immorality, disrespect, unfilial piety, unrighteousness, and civil strife are not pardonable.Disrespect among them refers to disrespecting the emperor's words and deeds; this crime of deceiving the emperor is more serious to a certain extent than disrespecting the emperor's words and deeds.

In fact, if it is pursued, the crime of deceiving the king is the crime of beheading.Because daring to deceive the king and let the king make a misjudgment will generally lead to serious consequences, which must be strictly prohibited.

Thinking of these consequences, even if it is the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, it is not that the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty was not killed in the Chongzhen Dynasty.At this moment, Liu Yuliang's body was covered with cold sweat. He didn't know why things turned out like this, but no matter what, he couldn't admit the crime of deceiving the emperor.

While listening carefully to Cao Huachun's words, he was immediately thinking about how to explain and refute.

"Your Majesty, what my servant said are all facts, and there is nothing inconsistent with the facts." After Cao Huachun finished speaking, he immediately assured, "As for the matter of Jinzhou Zhizhou, this servant has already left and returned to Beijing. I don't know the truth and dare not speak nonsense!"

Liu Yuliang listened, and without waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to speak, or before Emperor Chongzhen made a decision, he immediately played a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, I just use myself as a bait to attract the Manchu army. I didn't expect the Manchu army to come. In the end, the Qing army really came to attack the Weichen, so the Weichen thought that the strategy had worked."

Greedy for life and afraid of death, staying far away from the Manchu army, but shamelessly thinking that he is using his body as bait to attract the Manchu army over, he really has a thick skin!

Emperor Chongzhen thought so, sneered in his heart, turned to Chen Baoting, who was serving beside him, and said: "Show Wang Chengen's victory memorial to the chief minister!"

"Observe the order!" Chen Baoting immediately agreed when he heard it, turned around and found the memorial and handed it to Liu Yuliang.In this memorial, the details of the escape from the siege were reported in detail. This credit cannot be erased by Liu Yuliang's just a few words of empty talk.

When Liu Yuliang saw it, he immediately felt a little dizzy, and quickly explained: "Your Majesty, maybe the minister made a mistake, but it is also true that the minister used his body as a bait to attract the Manchu army to attack!"

Emperor Chongzhen was too lazy to answer his words, and asked Chen Baoting to turn Lu Xiangsheng's victory memorial to him.

At this time, Liu Yuliang was already very nervous, and the hand holding the memorial was trembling slightly, and he opened the memorial to read it with difficulty.

In this memorial, Lu Xiangsheng highly praised Chen Hongxu, the magistrate of Jinzhou, for mobilizing the gentry of the whole city under the siege and attack of [-] Manchu and Qing troops, defending the city and saving the people of Jinzhou when the guards were corrupt and unavailable. , is the first city that the Manchu Qing army attacked but was able to defend since the Manchu Qing army invaded the pass.

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng recommended Chen Hongxu in the memorial, and suggested that Chen Hongxu's measures should be immediately spread to the capital and neighboring provinces, so that all local officials can learn a lesson.As long as the Manchu Qing army can't conquer the city and get supplies, this Manchu Qing army is nothing to worry about.

By the way, Lu Xiangsheng also mentioned the conflict between the first assistant Liu Yuliang and the Zhizhou Chen Hongxu in the memorial, and described in detail the cause and effect of the incident at that time, as well as the dialogue between the two sides on and off the city.

From his point of view, he explained to Emperor Chongzhen the possible consequences if the army led by Shoufu was allowed to enter the city.Lu Xiangsheng's conclusion is that for the safety of the people in the city, it is necessary not to let the troops with lax military discipline enter the city.He bluntly stated in the memorial that Chen Hongxu is a responsible person and suggested that the emperor should handle it as appropriate.

Or to illustrate this point, Lu Xiangsheng also played a performance to Emperor Chongzhen, exposing the current status of the Ming army.Because of lack of military pay, and of course other reasons, many troops have already harmed the people like thieves.I hope that the emperor will rectify the army as soon as possible, so as to revitalize the reputation of the official army.

If Liu Yuliang can still quibble about Wang Chengen's previous memorial, Lu Xiangsheng's memorial is completely different.He is the commander in chief of the military, commanding the king's army under heaven, and has extremely high authority in the military.Everything said in the memorial is on Chen Hongxu's side.Inside and outside the words, not only blamed Liu Yuliang for being greedy for life and fear of death, but also for being incapable of commanding the army under him.

Before reading all of Lu Xiangsheng's memorials, Liu Yuliang felt his eyes go dark.

(End of this chapter)