Chapter 279 A few strange things
Since the first month of the ninth year of Chongzhen, strange events in the Ming Dynasty have been constantly occurring.
First, Lin Chunhong ran to Henan with the title of Guangdong General and fought with Gao Yingxiang continuously. This was not too strange. After all, Lin Chunhong had long been listening to the tune but not the propaganda, and bureaucrats and gentry had long been used to it. Apart from a few barkings, a slight turmoil had not aroused.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Chunhong cut off Gao Yingxiang's head in just a few seconds with less than 40,000 troops. All the officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty were extremely surprised. Compared with Lin Chunhong's achievements, was it that the Ming army in the past was a native of the country?
What was surprising was that the Ming Dynasty actually had a saying that the Ming army in Shaanxi was simply "fighting a lively war"! Whenever there was a battle, the bandits "dumped the animals and abandoned the baggage", and the officers and soldiers "just let them go"!
The bureaucrats and gentry believed it undoubtedly. After all, most of the thieves and rioters who caused trouble in the Ming Dynasty were Guanzhong people, and most of the officers and soldiers who suppressed the bandits were from Guanzhong. When the fellow villagers saw the fellow villagers, they were crying and it was reasonable that the incident of indulging the enemy.
As a result, bullets emerged one after another, pointing at Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting in Shaanxi, which made the two very depressed. In particular, Sun Chuanting immediately accelerated the pace of suppressing bandits and drove the bandits in the territory to fly around, and the decline became more and more obvious.
Immediately afterwards, the Jiangnan area was very lively. After you finished singing, Lin Chunhong and the Donglin Party made a fuss in Jiangnan. From Shen Yiguan to Grand Master Wei, and from Grand Master Wei to the dead body.
After pulling the dead body, suddenly having a caesarean section and taking the baby became a hot topic again, which made some young women with big belly feel much more at ease. They urged their husbands to find a doctor who could take the baby in a caesarean section in case of an accident.
When the people looked back, they couldn't help but feel strange. Why did they get from the dead body to the childbirth?
Before the people could figure out what was going on, they encountered the rising and falling food prices and suddenly entered a three-month roller coaster journey, and had a great time.
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The Jiangnan was in trouble, and the capital was not willing to be outdone. A rumor appeared on the street for some reason: "The cabinet turned into a sensation hall, a turtle, a turtle, and a bamboo strip, which always creates plague!" Since its appearance, it has spread throughout the Ming Dynasty at the speed of wind, and the target is undoubtedly directed at Wen Tiren.
If you want to say, Chinese characters are very profound, with homophonic, metaphor, subtitle and other techniques emerging one after another, making Wen Ti Ren vomit blood.
The rumor is not a big deal, after all, it has not reached Zhu Youjian's ears. But what is even more strange is that there was a public attack on the Prime Minister on the streets of the capital!
A middle-aged woman waited on the street for many days and finally arrived at Wen Tiren's official sedan chair. The woman stepped forward and cursed and threw bricks and stones around, which caused a sensation in the capital and became a hotly discussed explosive news on the streets.
Although the middle-aged woman failed to hit Wen Tiren, she made Wen Tiren dirty and eventually lost her shame.
This is not the end. Just three days after the middle-aged woman attacked the prime minister, Nanjing shepherded Qianhu, carrying a coffin to the capital. It was not enough to carry it to the capital. This guy was so bold that he carried the coffin to the gate of Zijing City, saying that he would impeach Wen Tiren to the death.
Some literati and tourists were all moved by the wind, and used their verbal skills to post articles on the coffin, scolding Wen Tiren with great enthusiasm. His literary style and sharp words were unprecedented!
After receiving the report, Zhu Youjian was furious and directly put the thousand households in prison.
Zhu Youjian felt clearly like a mirror. Not only did he send additional guards to Wen Tiren, but he also blamed the thousand households who impeached Wen Tiren for eighty years and sent them to western Liaoning. However, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but wonder, was Wen Tiren really angry and resentful?
Whether it is a rumor, middle-aged women, or even more popular impeachment, the boring people are excited, spreading the secrets of Wen Tiren everywhere, causing the entire capital to be full of storms.
Wen Tiren could figure it out with his toes. The Donglin Party members made a move and felt so hatred in their hearts that they bit their teeth and pounded them.
After Lin Chunhong received the report, he couldn't help but find it funny.
The tricks of the Donglin Party members are really too low-level. In a society with highly developed information, what did high-ranking officials do? The people still can't see clearly in confusion, let alone the Ming Dynasty today. How could the people hate Wen Tiren to the core?
However, although the trick is low-level, it is very effective. Zhu Youjian, who lives in the Forbidden City, became suspicious of Wen Tiren!
Lin Chunhong said to Zhang Jief: "Wen Tiren is in trouble this time, we have to fulfill our responsibilities as our allies... You call Yang Yiren from Jingzhou immediately, I have something to tell you."
"Also, call Zheng Tiancheng here, some things need to be ordered..."
Jeff Zhang responded.
On the third day after Lin Chunhong issued the order, something even stranger broke out in Changshu County.
This year, rice in Jiangnan was ripe, and the grain prices were damaged. The price of grain plummeted. At this time, it should have been the time for Bangtai to collect grain, but it is strange that Bangtai not only did not purchase grain in Changshu, but also transported a large amount of grain to Changshu County for sale. The grain price in Changshu County was significantly lower than that in other places.
The people were in pain, and the Changshu Township people went to the county government to petition, asking the county master to find a way to save the people of a county.
However, what can the county master do? He was very keenly aware that the Donglin Party and Bangtai began to fight again. Although the county master was from the Donglin lineage, they flew away their own way in the face of disaster. He was afraid that it would affect him, so he immediately left the official hat and seal in the yamen, and resigned without a word!
After receiving the report, Wen Tiren was overjoyed and immediately sent his confidant to serve as the magistrate of Changshu County. After taking office, he did nothing and just stared at Qu Shisi and Qian Qianyi, secretly collecting all kinds of evidence!
It is strange that as soon as the former county magistrate resigned, the grain shop immediately stopped its abnormal behavior. Not only did it openly purchase grain, but it also transported away the grain that had been transported in from a large amount of manpower.
These are not big. What surprised the Ming Dynasty the most was that in June when the scorching sun was like fire, the Jurchen barbarians actually took Ajige as their commander and sent more than 100,000 people to enter the Ming Dynasty from the entrance of Xifeng, the Great Wall, and the army robbed the capital!
This is really weird!
Generally speaking, the southerners fear the cold and the northerners fear the heat. If the imperial court wants to attack the northern barbarians, most of them choose to take advantage of the summer, taking advantage of the situation when the barbarians are weak and sleeping, and taking advantage of it. On the contrary, if the barbarians want to plunder the Central Plains court, most of them choose to be in winter. At this time, the barbarians are not only short of clothes and food, but also have a lot of energy, just like polar bears!
As a result, the Ming Dynasty was beaten up by Ajige so hard that it could not be found. More than ten prefectures and counties including Changping were attacked. The capital was shocked overnight and was in chaos.
This matter is extremely strange to most people, but it is not strange to Lin Chunhong, Lu Xiangsheng and others.
Gao Yingxiang was destroyed, and the activities of bandits in various places fell into a low position. Of course, Huang Taiji could not watch the Ming Dynasty eliminate civil strife and took this opportunity to have a strategic interaction with the bandits, hoping that the Ming Dynasty would always be trapped in internal friction. However, the Ming Dynasty court was just unaware of it!
Moreover, on April 11 this year, Huang Taiji changed his country's name to Qing Dynasty, officially became emperor, and changed his reign to Chongde, and this year was the first year of Chongde. Huang Taiji, who ascended the throne, would of course show his power and show his power. He raised his fist and punched Daming hard, and said viciously: "Don't treat me as a younger brother in the future. From today on, I will sit with you!"
As for the plundering of people and wealth, it is second to the point. At least Huang Taiji is not very concerned about it.
Since receiving the military newspaper, Lu Xiangsheng has been extremely conflicted and does not know what to do.
Lu Xiangsheng is a standard Confucian scholar. Since he was a child, he has taken the people of the world as his own, and has made it the highest ideal to settle the affairs of the king and the world. Now that the king and the father are in trouble, it is natural for those who are ministers to go through fire and water to share the worries of the king and the father.
Moreover, Lu Xiang has been on the battlefield for many years and is definitely considered a hardliner. His mind is extremely firm. Whether it is a bandit or a barbarian, there is only one word in his dictionary: Tap!
However, rationally speaking, he could see at a glance that the Jurchen invasion will not be too long and he will withdraw his troops immediately. If he commands the king, he may not even be able to see the shadow of the barbarians, and the results of the bandit suppression that he finally achieved will likely disappear.
Lu Xiangsheng was extremely entangled and suffered a lot. After six days of suffering, the Ministry of War ordered him to arrive in Luoyang and ordered Lu Xiangsheng to lead his troops north to serve the king!
Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said, "Things are not harmonious! Lin Chunhong is so accurate in his predictions!"
Lu Xiangsheng did not disobey the orders of the Ministry of War and immediately led the Tianxiong Army and the Guanliao Iron Cavalry rushed to the capital.
As expected, when Lu Xiangsheng arrived near the capital, Ajige had already withdrawn his troops and placed the stolen Han folk beauties in the car with heavy makeup, playing music, and holding up the wooden boards that "each officials are not given away" to humiliate the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Youjian was furious and appointed Lu Xiang to the Governor of Xuanda, and ordered him to organize three-border defense lines to prevent the Jurchens from entering the pass again.
Lu Xiangsheng asked to meet the saint, but Zhu Youjian refused to summon Lu Xiangsheng for some reason.
Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to go to Xuanda to take office. After taking office, he was extremely depressed and could not relieve his sorrow. In his letter to his uncle, he said: "......... No one in the country is a person who is in charge of being a fool, and is a person who sits and whispers, who is a person who is whispering and making promises. He is eager to be kind and cultivates resentment, is angry and avoids merit, has a bright gap, and is three feet long. He always shoots with sand at every turn, and does not kill him... Only Lin Chunhong of Jingzhou, who is both civil and military, is the best choice, but his selfishness is very strong, and he is afraid that he will become a big tail and will not lose it..."
Chapter completed!