Chapter 86
In the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen received a good news: "Li Laoer, a thief from the Han Dynasty, was wandering in the Ming Dynasty, and was devoted to the Ming Dynasty. He went through a lot of hardships and only hoped to return to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible. Jiannu entered the enemy and robbed the Ming Dynasty. Li Laoer recognized the Ming Dynasty as his king and father, and naturally regarded Jiannu as an enemy of insulting his father. Ten days ago, Li Laoer led his troops to attack Da'ankou occupied by Jiannu, killed more than a thousand Jiannu, and captured 700 heads, and killed the captive chief Manguertai. Li Laoer wanted to use this credit to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and serve his loyalty to the court."
Beheading more than 700 levels and killing Mangurtai, this series of great victory is simply a happy event that fell from the sky for this young emperor who was deeply troubled by internal and external troubles!
Emperor Chongzhen's frown, which had been locked for many days, finally stretched out. Looking at the good news sent by the Ministry of War, Chongzhen showed a rare smile on his face.
Speaking of which, Emperor Chongzhen has been frowning since the day he ascended the throne. When he ascended the throne, the eunuch party had not been eliminated. Emperor Chongzhen was worried every day, fearing that someone would poison him. After that, he overthrew the eunuch party. Emperor Chongzhen had not yet recovered from the joy of overthrowing the eunuch party. The civil rebellion in Shaanxi had turned into a large-scale rebellion. Before the civil rebellion was settled, Jiannu invaded and robbed again. A few days ago, he heard about the news of the loss of Da'ankou, and Emperor Chongzhen had not had a good sleep for several days.
The next morning, Chongzhen held a court meeting at Fengtianmen as usual, and the ministers stood on both sides of the square under the steps.
"Yesterday, the Ministry of War sent a great victory, have you heard of it?" Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon throne, looked around and started talking about this topic first.
Yesterday, Sun Chengzong sent the news of a great victory. The Ministry of War had already issued a notice in the capital. The capital was full of joy, and even the citizens knew the news. If the court officials still didn't know the news, it would be too unreasonable.
Although this great victory was not obtained by the Ming army, but obtained by the outsiders, it was also a great victory for the Ming Dynasty against Jiannu! As long as it was the unlucky thing for Jiannu, it would be the celebration of the Ming Dynasty.
The chief assistant Han Yu stepped forward and said, "The Jiannu invaded and robbed. The Ming people from the frontier followed and attacked Jiannu, killed hundreds of Jiannu, and killed the captive chief Manguertai. This is God bless my Ming Dynasty! The imperial court should reward these Ming people who are loyal to my Ming Dynasty! The hearts of righteous men in the world must not be disheartened."
The left censor Cao Yubian stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this person can be rewarded heavily, but he must not be allowed to enter the Ming Dynasty."
"Why did Cao Aiqing say this?" Emperor Chongzhen asked in confusion.
"This person is the descendant of the remnants of the White Lotus Sect! When the White Lotus Sect bandits rebelled and fled from the frontier, they were no longer indifferent to the Ming Dynasty. The White Lotus Sect bandits who went out of the frontier even led the Mongolian Tartars to invade and rob, spyed on the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty for the Mongolian Tartars, and committed numerous crimes! Although this person made contributions, he was a remnants after all, and the court could reward him heavily, but he must not invite him to enter the Ming Dynasty!" Cao Yubian reported.
"Dare you ask Cao Dutang that killing the captive chief Mangguertai is such a great achievement that can't offset the crimes of his ancestors?" Li Biao, a great minister of Wuying Palace, stood up and asked.
Cao Yubian reported with a righteous and righteous report: "With the merits he made, he can redeem the crimes committed by his ancestors, but you have heard nothing? If you enter the barbarians, you will be barbarians! This person has lived outside the pass for a long time and is no different from the barbarians. It is difficult to guarantee that this person is indifferent! Therefore, I ask Your Majesty and you must never use this person."
Although Wang Zaijin had conflicts with Sun Chengzong, the victory was sent by Sun Chengzong, but Li Laoer's contribution could save Wang Zaijin from a disaster. So Wang Zaijin stood up and questioned Cao Yubian: "I dare to ask Cao Zhenyu, this person can defeat the many with less, attack Jiannu and kill the captains in a surprise attack. This is a rare general. If it is used by our Ming Dynasty, it will definitely resist Jiannu. Why did Cao Duxian keep such talents out? I dare to ask what you have in mind?"
At this time, Chen Yan, the chief of the Hanlin Academy, stood up: "I heard that Li Lao Er was killing innocent people outside the pass! He killed many innocent Han people in Zhangjiakou. Although this person made great contributions, he also committed heinous crimes! The court did not take this person back to the capital and kill him, so that he would have made up his merits and demerits. How could he let this person enter the pass?"
Wang Zaijin sneered: "Innocent Han people in Zhangjiakou? It's just a group of profiteers who trade tea for horses! No matter how many of these profiteers die, can they compare to the extraordinary achievements of this person in killing a Jiannu Beile?"
Cao Yubian said loudly: "If this person stays outside the pass, it will be more beneficial to our Ming Dynasty! This person is engaged in the Mongols and Jiannu, and can survive on the grassland outside the border. I believe he can make good use of the conflict between the Mongols and Jiannu. I have heard of one thing: before Jiannu entered the invasion, this person had negotiated with Lin Danhan to persuade Lin Danhan to attack the Tumote tribe that was bribed by Jiannu and killed the Jiannu who was on the mission to Tumote! Judging from this matter, if this person returns to the pass, he can only be an ordinary general. It is better to leave him outside the pass, and the court gives him a title and let him make good use of the conflict between the Mongols and Jiannu."
"I'm going to discuss it!"
"I'm going to discuss it!"
Except for the prime minister Han Du, almost all the Donglin Party members stood up to express their opposition to let Li Laoer return to Ming.
Although Han Yu was also a member of the Donglin Party, he was quite fair in his work, so he did not object to let Li Laoer return to Ming. However, so many Donglin Party members stood up and opposed it, so Han Yu was not easy to speak.
Wang Zaijin asked, "But this man killed Manguertai and had already formed a mortal enemy with Jiannu! If my Ming Dynasty gave up on him, once Jiannu besieged this man, could he escape the encirclement and suppression of Jiannu?"
Cao Yubian sneered: "In addition to Jiannu, there is also Lin Danhan on the grassland. If he doesn't know how to make good use of such a relationship, he still doesn't know how to protect himself under Jiannu's encirclement. What else do our court want to do with such useless people?"
Emperor Chongzhen was originally destroyed by those group of Donglin Party members because of his good mood to kill Mangurtai. Since Emperor Chongzhen overthrew the eunuch party and cut off the factory guards, he gradually discovered that the ministers in the court seemed to be facing him specifically. As long as Emperor Chongzhen said he wanted to go left, the ministers of the Donglin Party said he wanted to go right; Emperor Chongzhen wanted to go right, the ministers would just say he wanted to go left, and anyway, he would make things difficult for Emperor Chongzhen every time.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen snorted coldly and stood up: "Since that's the case, this matter will be left to the cabinet to draft it!"
"If you have something to report, you will leave the court without anything to do!" Wang Chengen shouted at a loud voice.
Three days later, the results of the cabinet votes were released. Although the chief minister Han Du advocated recruiting Li Laoer, most of the cabinet assistants opposed it. The final result was: Let Li Laoer follow Sun Chengzong to station together in Tongzhou and wait for Sun Chengzong to dispatch it. When Jiannu came out of the pass, the court gave Li Laoer a void position to guard the garrison, and then gave him the reward for killing Jiannu, and sent Li Laoer to the country. As for the remnants of the White Lotus Sect, the court would no longer pursue the matter.
The result of the cabinet's bill was released, and Emperor Chongzhen drafted the imperial edict based on the cabinet's bill, and then sent it to the cabinet, which was approved by the cabinet and the six ministries, and then handed over to the Sili Supervisor to stamp and make the money. This is the truly effective imperial edict.
A team of people left the capital and galloped towards Tongzhou.
Li Laoer, who was standing at the top of the city, saw a group of people coming from the west of the capital. He was still puzzled, but he heard You Dai say, "Congratulations to Mr. Li, this is the imperial edict from the court. Let's open the city gate to welcome you."
The city gate opened, and Gao Qiqian, who came to announce the imperial edict, walked into Tongzhou City with a group of guards.
Chapter completed!