Most importantly, because they had little intelligence from the north and couldn't make comparisons, they sometimes had difficulty distinguishing between truth and falsehood.
He had previously received news that Li Qin was planning to send troops to Shanxi, but they believed that Shanxi relied on the Taihang Mountains and numerous passes.
They should be able to hold out for at least a year or two, keeping Li Qin occupied and wearing him down.
This will buy them time in Jiangnan.
Therefore, when Li Qin launched his military campaign against Shanxi, many officials in the court at the time did not try to help Yang Zhiyong of Shanxi.
They even gloated, believing that since Li Qinxi had gone to attack Shanxi, they were temporarily safe in Jiangnan.
Zhu Jianshen was also very angry about these officials.
It is because of officials like you that my great Wu has fallen to this state.
However, he had no way to deal with these officials, because most of them were the same officials who had fled south and supported his ascension to the throne.
Those people were his supporters.
After all, if they had any foresight and backbone, they wouldn't have slunk away with him to the south.
Just as Zhu Jianshen was sighing helplessly, an official dressed in a red robe stepped forward and said to Zhu Jianshen:
"Your Majesty, I have a memorial to present."
Zhu Jianshen looked at the official who stepped forward. He knew this official; his name was Ma Shiying.
He was one of the officials who followed him south, one of his supporters, and a loyal subject.
Upon seeing him step forward, Zhu Jianshen immediately gestured for him to continue.
After seeing that Zhu Jianshen had asked him to speak, Ma Shiying immediately spoke up:
"Your Majesty, as far as I know, the reason why Li was able to take over Shanxi so quickly is..."
It was entirely because Governor Yang Zhiyong feared the traitor Li that he abandoned Taiyuan and fled.
This led to Shanxi's subsequent defeat.
Your subject submitted a memorial urging that Yang Zhiyong be punished. Your subject requests that the Emperor order Yang Zhiyong's execution to curb the prevailing trend of fleeing from the traitor Li.
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