When Xiong Tingbi arrived at the Liaodong General's Office, someone was already waiting there.
In addition to the current Liaodong Governor Yuan Yingtai, there is another person waiting for Xiong Tingbi, and that person is Liaodong Governor Xue Guoyong.
Xiong Tingbi also had no good impression of Xue Guoyong. This man and Yuan Yingtai were from the same hometown in Shanxi, which means that the two were from the same hometown.
Although Xue Guoyong's Donglin Party attributes were not that strong, he had a close relationship with Yuan Yingtai, otherwise the Donglin Party would not have allowed him to partner with Yuan Yingtai.
Xue Guoyong did not care about anything Yuan Yingtai did in Liaodong, nor did he impeach Yuan Yingtai.
You have to know that Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen of the Donglin Party were causing a lot of trouble. The discord between the governor and the governor was quite serious.
Now that Xiong Tingbi has driven Yuan Yingtai away, how could Xue Guoyong possibly be nice to Xiong Tingbi?
Xiong Tingbi didn't care much about Xue Guoyong. He walked up to Yuan Yingtai with an expressionless face and said, "Master Yuan!"
"Lord Xiong!" Yuan Yingtai said coldly. Naturally, he and Xiong Tingbi were enemies. This hatred was not caused by the Liaodong strategy, but because Xiong Tingbi himself was a member of the Chu Party, and Yuan Yingtai was a member of the Donglin Party.
Now that the Donglin Party had come to power and the Zhejiang Party had suffered a crushing defeat, Fang Congzhe returned home in disgrace. Xiong Tingbi was like a speck of ink on a blank sheet of paper, and the Donglin Party was always trying to reach out and swipe him.
This is what the Donglin Party thought and did. They did remove the black mark on Xiong Tingbi, but God knows why Xiong Tingbi was pointed out again.
The letter from the capital also arrived, and Yuan Yingtai also learned the reason why Xiong Tingbi was appointed. It was said that it was because of a dream of His Majesty the Emperor.
How ridiculous?
Of course, the subsequent letter made Yuan Yingtai extremely worried, because the person who interpreted the dream for His Majesty was a Taoist priest named Han Li, who was actually a eunuch sent to the palace by Wei Zhongxian. Under these circumstances, Xiong Tingbi was reinstated, and this was naturally the work of the Taoist priest named Han Li.
It was obvious that Xiong Tingbi had defected to the eunuch, so Yuan Yingtai disliked Xiong Tingbi even more!
It is a shame for a scholar to rely on a eunuch!
Faced with such a Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Yingtai naturally could not give him a good face. After saying hello, he flicked his sleeves and left.
Xiong Tingbi's face also darkened. Although the two sides did not get along, it was not to the point of breaking up. You were allowed to leave because you were stupid. This was the emperor's decree. Who were you showing your disrespect to?
Xiong Tingbi snorted coldly and turned around to walk inside. This time he would just get the position of Liaodong Governor. As for Yuan Yingtai, just let him get out!
The handover was completed quickly, and Yuan Yingtai did not make any more noise about it: "Master Xiong, the handover is completed, and Yuan is leaving."
"Master Yuan, take care." Xiong Tingbi said expressionlessly, "General Li, order all guards to drive all refugees from Shenyang and Liaoyang out of the city. Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy."
Xiong Tingbi said this very loudly, and in fact he was saying it to Yuan Yingtai.
Aren't you going to recruit these people? Then I'll drive them all away. Although this was what he had to do, Xiong Tingbi said it in front of Yuan Yingtai. This was revenge.
Xiong Tingbi is not very kind. If you give me the cold shoulder, I will slap you in the face.
When Yuan Yingtai heard this, the flesh on his face twitched, and his face instantly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. He looked at Xiong Tingbi and said, "Master Xiong, this is too much!"
"What's wrong with that?" Xiong Tingbi said, somewhat bewildered. "This is my Liaodong affairs, under the jurisdiction of the Liaodong Jinglüe Mansion. I am exercising the authority granted by Your Majesty. Do I really need Lord Yuan to make the decision? Although Liaodong is remote, it is also the territory of the Ming Dynasty and under the jurisdiction of Your Majesty. So, Lord Yuan, there is no need to explain this to you, right?"
Listening to Xiong Tingbi's words, looking at his smugly raised head and the sneer on the corner of his mouth, Yuan Yingtai trembled with anger.
However, Yuan Yingtai also knew that he could not argue with Xiong Tingbi here, because if they argued, he would be the only one to be embarrassed.
Thinking of this, Yuan Yingtai swung his sleeves and strode out, but he was determined in his heart. This time when he returns to Beijing, he must make Xiong Tingbi look bad, he must make him look bad!
Looking at Yuan Yingtai's back, Xiong Tingbi snorted coldly, his voice full of disdain, and then said to Li Rongguang beside him: "General Li, do as I say!"
"Are you really going to do it?" Li Rongguang was stunned. He thought Xiong Tingbi did this just to piss off Yuan Yingtai, but he didn't expect Xiong Tingbi to really do it.
Xiong Tingbi glanced at Li Rongguang, smiled wryly, and said, "Although I am angry at Yuan Yingtai's arrogance and incompetence, I wouldn't take it too seriously. Do you know why Your Majesty reinstated me this time? It's because Yuan Yingtai submitted a memorial detailing his actions in Liaodong, specifically his recruitment of Mongol refugees as soldiers."
"This memorial was submitted to you to commend your merits, but after reading it, Your Majesty was furious. He realized that Yuan Yingtai had great ambitions but little talent and was unfit for the task, so he reinstated me."
Li Rongguang was stunned. He had not expected such a secret to be revealed. He said with a little excitement, "My Emperor is so wise!"
"What a wise ruler!" Xiong Tingbi also sighed, then said, "Among those Mongol surrenders, there must be traitors to Wild Boar Skin. Once Wild Boar Skin attacks, these people will definitely stir up trouble in the city, or even turn against us. So we must drive these people out of the city, but we can't let them sit idle either. We don't want people who eat for free."
"The Wild Boar Skin is definitely coming. What we need to do now is to stabilize Liaoyang and Shenyang. As long as Liaoyang and Shenyang are not lost, we still have room for improvement in Liaodong."
"Let these Mongolian surrenders dig ditches and moats, and assign people to watch over them. Any resistance will be killed. One thing you must remember is that they must not be allowed to enter the city. Also, call all the generals here. I want to make arrangements. We only have one thing to do, and that is to defend Shenyang and Liaoyang. If Wild Boar Skin wants to attack the city, I want to see how many lives they will sacrifice!"
Xiong Tingbi was very confident in defending the city. There were more than 100,000 Ming troops in Shenyang and Liaoyang. It was definitely not possible to fight outside the city. The Liao people were cowardly and the wild boar skins were fierce and brave. Once they went out of the city, they would surely be defeated, and some might even flee first out of fear of fighting.
But defending a city is different. Inside the city, the risk factor is low and there is nowhere to run even if you want to. Wild Boar Skin has poor attack capabilities. If you want to capture Liaoyang and Shenyang, you have to pay with your life.
Xiong Tingbi knew exactly how difficult it was to attack a city and how much damage would be inflicted. If Ye Zhupi really had to sacrifice his life, Xiong Tingbi would have jumped for joy. How many people would Ye Zhupi have to sacrifice? Even if it meant two for one, Xiong Tingbi would be willing to trade with Ye Zhupi!
He still remembered the secret decree from His Majesty that Chen Hong gave him:
Stabilize Liaodong and defend Shenyang and Liaoyang!
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