"Wang Aoyong, as a governor, it would be fine if you didn't do anything to benefit the people, but you actually sent troops to massacre innocent people!"
"You deserve to die!"
In the Tongzhou government office, Zhang Chenji, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, pointed at Wang Aoyong, who was tied up, and cursed him.
Wang Aoyong stood there with a righteous look on his face, and waited until Zhang Chenji had finished cursing before he said, "Have you cursed enough? If so, please tell me my crime."
"The charge?" Zhang Chenji laughed in anger, "Isn't killing the people enough?"
"When did I ever allow my soldiers to massacre civilians? Minister Zhang, please produce evidence!"
"Bring him up!" Seeing that Wang Aoyong was stubborn, Zhang Chenji shouted outside the lobby.
Three soldiers covered in wounds were brought up.
One of the officers pointed at Wang Aoyong and said, "My Lords, it was Governor Wang who ordered us to leave the city and massacre the villagers. Military orders are difficult to disobey. Please give us justice."
Wang Aoyong sneered: "Bullshit! The order I gave you is to leave the city and look for traces of the Jiannu."
"After the great victory at Wenyu River, Dorgon disappeared. The Ministry of War ordered cities near the capital to send troops to nearby villages to guard against Dorgon's night raids and food robbing."
"It would be fine if you disobeyed my military orders, but you actually dared to kill innocent people and massacre civilians! Why are you trying to make excuses if you don't admit your guilt now?"
"We were clearly following your military orders to kill people. Why are you trying to make excuses?" The other officers pointed their fingers at Wang Aoyong.
Wang Aoyong was so angry that he laughed: "When did I ever give you such a military order? It is clearly written on the order, be on guard along the way and resist the Jiannu."
"Of course you wouldn't write killing civilians on the warrant, but tell Lieutenant General He in person that we are also following his orders."
"Why not call Commander He to confront him face to face?"
"He...he's already dead, how can we confront him?"
"Minister Zhang is really brave enough to arrest an official appointed by the imperial court without any evidence." Wang Aoyong shifted his gaze from Zhang Chenji to Right Censor-in-Chief Cheng Wendong, "Censor Cheng, Minister Zhang broke the law knowingly, and the Censorate doesn't care?"
Cheng Wendong thought for a moment and said, "These people are all your soldiers. Even if you were unaware, you are guilty of not managing your troops properly. There is nothing wrong with what Minister Zhang did!"
"I..." Wang Aoyong was speechless.
"Alright!" Wang Zhixin stopped him, "Where is the order to mobilize troops?"
"Here." An officer handed the warrant to Wang Zhixin.
After Wang Zhixin checked it out, he invited Zhang Chenji to the inner hall. When no one was around, he said, "Master Zhang, this matter is very complicated. It is better to return to the capital for a thorough investigation."
"Return to the capital?" Zhang Chenji was somewhat surprised. "The case has not yet been concluded. Wang Aoyong has been arrested and Xue Lian is missing. The most important thing is that the charges against them have not yet been determined. Wouldn't returning to the capital at this time cause trouble for Your Majesty?"
Wang Zhixin asked back, "Why do you think Xue Lian dared to make such a big fuss near the capital?"
"He..." Zhang Chenji thought for a moment, "It's probably because he doesn't want to return the occupied land!"
"Wrong! That little piece of land is worth only a few dollars!" Wang Zhixin said earnestly, "We have thoroughly checked the farmland of Yangwu Marquis Xue Lian and found that there are only a few hundred hectares of problematic land."
"Even if it were all top-quality farmland, it wouldn't sell for 10,000 taels of silver."
"Xue Lian is neither a fool nor a madman. There is no need to use 100,000 taels of silver to cover up the shame of 10,000 taels of silver."
"The strangest thing is that Xue Lian told our family in advance about his plan to send troops to kill the people."
“This doesn’t make sense at all!”
This matter was full of weirdness. Wang Zhixin knew that his ability was limited and he couldn't handle this complicated situation.
So the first thing I thought of was returning to Beijing.
Zhang Chenji also realized the complexity of the problem, and after hesitating for a moment, he agreed to return to Beijing.
The imperial envoy team, which had just left Beijing a few days ago, returned to the capital under the escort of the guards.
After the news spread, the capital was shocked!
Xue Lian, Marquis of Yangwu, colluded with Wang Aoyong, the governor of Tongzhou, to seize the people's land and massacre the people...
Just as the people were talking about it, even more shocking news came from the north.
In the Qianqing Palace, Wang Zhixin had just finished reporting the content of his conversation with Xue Lian when Wang Chengen ran in from outside.
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened!"
Chongzhen gently scolded: "How can you be so flustered!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!" Wang Chengen knelt on the ground and kowtowed to apologize.
Chongzhen signaled Wang Zhixin to stand aside with his eyes, then turned to ask Wang Chengen: "What happened?"
"Your Majesty, Duoduo led the main force of the Jiannu army from Daning. According to the direction of their march, they seem to be entering the country from the Qiangziling area. If nothing unexpected happens, they will enter the country in a day."
Chongzhen sighed helplessly, what was coming had finally come.
Dodo...
I will bear with you for a while! When Daming recovers from this, I will make you pay double.
"Anything else?" Chongzhen asked.
"Yes, Xuanfu Town reported! Subadi, the leader of the Khalkha tribe of Mongolia, personally led 60,000 troops to enter the pass from Dushikou, marched straight into Xuanfu Town, and demanded food for the winter from Yan Yingyuan."
"That's great..." Chongzhen was about to say that it was great when he suddenly realized something was wrong, "Say it again!"
"Yes." Wang Chengen swallowed his saliva. "Subadi, the leader of the Mongolian Khalkha tribe, personally led an army of 60,000 into the pass from Dushikou, marched straight into Xuanfu Town, and demanded food for the winter from Yan Yingyuan."
"Subadi... besieged Xuanfu Town?"
"Yes...Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen's tone was extremely sad.
Just after defeating Dorgon, here come Dodo and Subadi!
The Emperor and the Ming Dynasty had a very difficult life.
Chongzhen sat on the dragon throne and remained silent for a long time.
The Mongols are so unethical!
Send them armor, food, and weapons.
They had agreed to harass Daning and destroy the Jiannu supply lines, but in the end they changed their minds and attacked Xuanfu Town.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, you can figure it out.
While the Jiannu were preparing food and fodder in Daning, they must have also deployed a lot of troops.
What Subati lacks is food, not brains.
If he attacks Daning, he will be attacked by the Mongolian tribes south of the desert and the Jiannu at the same time.
What's more, the route he took to the south was borrowed from the Chahar and Ordos tribes.
If you really take action, there is a high probability that you will never come back.
So, compared to the dangerous Da Ning.
It would be a wise move to attack Xuanfu Town, which had stored hundreds of thousands of shi of grain.
"Yan Yingyuan is so unlucky. He is born to be surrounded!" Chongzhen sighed.
"Your Majesty...there is also a letter from Daming Prefecture..." Wang Chengen's low voice interrupted Chongzhen's thoughts.
"read."
"As ordered." Wang Chengen took a deep breath and read slowly, "Jingnan Earl Huang Degong led the main force to fight against Li Chuang thief ten miles north of Damingfu City, lost 3,000 soldiers, and retreated to Wei County."
"In this battle, Li Chuang's bandits were divided into three groups. One group was to contain Li Xingzhong in the city, another group of infantry would fight against Jingnan Bo, and the last group of cavalry would go around and attack Jingnan Bo's rear wing."
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