"Old case?" Chongzhen looked at Li Banghua, who was standing at the head of the civil officials.
Li Banghua stepped out calmly and said loudly, "Your Majesty, the old case that Song Quan mentioned happened two years ago in my dynasty."
"In October of the second year of my dynasty, Huang Taiji (Huang Taiji) led an army of 100,000 to bypass Ningyuan and Jinzhou, broke through the Great Wall, entered the pass and plundered, and then besieged the capital."
Chongzhen was stunned.
Isn’t this the Ji Si Change? It happened twelve years ago.
Why bring up the past again?
Li Banghua continued, "Datong General Man Gui led 5,000 cavalrymen to Beijing to defend the emperor and stationed outside Deshengmen. When fighting the Jiannu, the Beijing camp garrison fired cannons on the city wall and accidentally injured Man Gui and his soldiers."
"At that time, I was the governor of the Beijing Camp Military Affairs Office and the Minister of War, responsible for training soldiers, so I was convicted and dismissed from my post."
Song Quan said angrily: "Dismissal is a light punishment. Man Gui was bombarded and continued to fight, and his wounds burst and he died. Can we not bring up this old account?"
"You made big mistakes when you were assisting in the military affairs of the Beijing Camp, and now you are the Minister of War and the Prime Minister of the Cabinet and you are making mistakes again."
"Your Majesty!" Song Quan looked at Chongzhen and said, "Li Banghua has refused to change despite repeated admonitions. I think he should be dismissed and punished."
After Song Quan finished speaking, there was no other sound in the court except the sound of breathing.
Facing Song Quan's aggressiveness, Li Banghua sneered: "Song Quan, you said that I was the one who killed Man Gui?"
"What else? He was first injured by the bombardment, and then he died from the continuous fighting, which caused the wound to burst."
"Artillery fire?" Li Banghua laughed. "At that time, the Beijing camp garrison did fire artillery and accidentally injured Man Gui's troops, but Man Gui himself was not hit. But he was indeed injured, by an arrow. The arrow was not shot by the Beijing camp garrison, but by Yuan Chonghuan's men."
The historian at the scene nodded solemnly, agreeing with what Li Banghua said.
The "Records of Chongzhen" records: Gui Qian was hit by stray arrows, and when he looked, he found that they were all arrows from Yuan's army.
Man Gui was afraid that he had fallen into the enemy's counter-espionage trap, so he sent elite troops to capture and interrogate the few people who shot arrows at them.
The result was cruel: after careful investigation, it was found that he was indeed shot by Yuan's soldiers. He was shocked and reported the incident.
Yuan Chonghuan's repeated requests to enter the city had already aroused Chongzhen's suspicion, and coupled with Man Gui's complaint, Chongzhen made up his mind to arrest him and put him in prison.
Later, Man Gui died on the battlefield.
Li Banghua stared at Song Quan and asked, "The historians also recorded Man Gui's death. Why did you falsely accuse him without any verification?"
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