Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 312 The Son of Heaven 2
The next day, in the early court, Chongzhen announced that he would inspect the three armies outside Andingmen and accept the decision of the three armies to show victory.

Unsurprisingly, this decision drew unanimous opposition from civil servants.There are plenty of reasons for objection: the Ming army outside Guanwai did not win the battle this time. They lost [-] and beheaded [-]. No matter how you look at it, it was a disastrous defeat.Let them hand in the captured heads, captured armor and flags, etc. to comfort the Taimiao, and then reward some gold and silver property, and promote a few meritorious generals.

The opposition was extremely firm. Even Wen Tiren, who had always been against Zhou Yanru, stood by Zhou Yanru's side without hesitation and strongly opposed it.This is not surprising. Using literature to control military affairs has been a national policy since the Song Dynasty. The status of civil servants is getting higher and higher, and the status of military commanders is getting lower and lower. The instinctive reaction of civil servants, it is only common for generals who were born as civil servants to find an excuse to kill the general Liwei.It was also after the Song Dynasty that the honors of Yuntai Lieutenant General and Lingyan Huaying were insulated from military generals. No matter how brave and outstanding military generals are, they are just an ant in the eyes of civil servants. Squeezing them to death, civil servants always hold the absolute advantage in government, and generals have no chance to make their voices heard.Di Qing was good enough, he had gone through hundreds of battles without losing a single defeat, but he was repeatedly suppressed, and finally died of depression after being frightened; Qi Jiguang was good enough, right?Almost brought the Chinese army into a new era, but in front of civil servants, he can only regard himself as a dog of Zhang Juzheng's family.The advantage of this policy is that it prevents the separatism of the feudal towns to the greatest extent and maintains the stability of the central government, but the price paid is that the blood of the people is becoming increasingly indifferent, the combat effectiveness of the army is getting worse and worse, and the country can only be subjugated in the end.Of course, those civil servants and scholar-bureaucrats couldn't see such serious consequences, or they just pretended not to see them. They only spared no effort to suppress the generals and ensure their own status, even if they dragged the whole country into the abyss.Now Chongzhen is going to parade outside the Anding Gate, let those vulgar warriors show off their power and show off their victories, and make a big splash, how can this be done!
But Chongzhen's attitude was equally firm, he had to show off his prestige and victories before comforting the Taimiao, he wanted to let the people in the capital know that he still had a fierce and capable army in his hands, there was no need to discuss it!
Thus, the popular chatter began.

Chongzhen VS Wenchen Group, one challenge N.

Ministry of War: "The soldiers have fought bloody battles outside the Pass for several months and walked hundreds of miles. They are extremely exhausted. If we force them to show off their power and victory, I am afraid they will not be able to cheer up and it will be self-defeating!"

Chongzhen: "I will set aside money and food, and reward them with wine, meat and polished rice, so that they can recharge their energy before coming to the military parade!"

Hubu: "The first battle of the Daling River has already emptied the national treasury, and now we have to comfort the Taimiao, perform sacrifices in the suburbs, and reward the three armies. How can there be money to buy wine, meat, and rice for them!"

Chongzhen: "If the Ministry of Household Affairs does not pay this money, I will squeeze it from the internal funds!"

Ritual Department: "..."

Chongzhen: "Master of the Ministry of Rites, don't talk nonsense, what you have to do is to quickly plan the grand ceremony, and make this grand event a splendid sight! I want the people in the capital, and I want the whole world to know that Daming has an invincible iron army warrior , any Xiao Xiao who covets Daming Guangshan will be mercilessly crushed into meat paste by them!"

Ministry of Works: "Grrrrrrrrrr!"

Chongzhen: "I want to show my might all over the world and spread my martial arts all over the world!"

Censor: "Gulu Gulu Gulu!"

Chongzhen: "I want to show my might all over the world and spread my martial arts all over the world!"

Chief Assistant: "Gulu, gulu, gulu!"

Chongzhen: "I want to show my might all over the world and spread my martial arts all over the world!"

All civil servants: "... Your Majesty, can you change the lines?"

Chongzhen: "I want to show my might all over the world and spread my martial arts all over the world!"

……

The emperor became determined after eating the weighing mound, and there was nothing anyone could do about it.The emperor is easy to bully when he is not angry, but once he is angry, it is no fun, and everyone can only let him go. Anyway, he pays for it himself. Why do you feel distressed?
Now that it is inevitable for those warriors to show off, everyone can only use their brains to see who is more beneficial to them.The first place is naturally Guan Ningjun. Which of the civil servants in the capital does not rely on floating without Liao's salary?The Guan Ning army has been in the limelight, and the more Liao pay they get, the more shares they can annihilate, and the idiots can figure it out.The second place is the Tianxiong Army. Lu Xiangsheng was born as a civil servant no matter what. Although he is fierce, he belongs to the Wenchen Group and belongs to his own people. It is understandable to let him show some limelight.It would be best to let the Tianxiong Army open the town, so that everyone will have an extra income, how cool is it?The third place... No need to line up, there are only three troops in total, the Guanning Army and Tianxiong Army are ranked in the front, and it is impossible for the Wuyang Guards to be a foil.There is no way, who told Yang Menglong not to have a literary background, not to mention getting fame, not even a scholar, it is completely a wild monster, just for the big bosses to spawn monsters for entertainment, if you don’t bully you, who do you bully?Moreover, the Minister of the Ministry of War also strongly demanded that Wu Yangwei should make a fool of himself, and it would be best to make Longyan furious and vent his anger on him!The officials were also full of interest in the arithmetic problem of how much money Wuyangwei could spend to redeem Yang Menglong once Yang Menglong was thrown into prison. After adding, subtracting and subtracting all day, there was no accurate number, and finally decided to practice the truth. Find a way to get this guy into prison, and count the ransom?

Hey, are you smart?

A consensus was reached, and everyone began to talk enthusiastically.

A few days later, the "triumphal" Guanwai Ming army finally arrived at Bingjing.Those who came to meet them were a thousand elites of the Beijing camp.The armor of these thousand Jingying elites is shiny, and the war horses look very handsome, but people who know the Jingying can't help but pooh on the ground, bear-like, a group of rascals, what are they pretending to be!That's right, the invincible Beijing camp at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic has now turned into a full-fledged tour, and it would be considered bullying for Wuyang Wei to fight them with wooden sticks.However, the general of the Beijing camp seemed to lack this understanding. He looked up and down at the victorious division whose lips were broken by the cold wind, and with an arrogant attitude, he casually greeted the Ming army and led the Ming army to the barracks outside the gate.Zu Dale was very annoyed, and said in a low voice: "A group of mobs, how can they pretend to be in front of Lao Tzu? I will beat ten of them!"

Yang Menglong, on the other hand, was enjoying the performance of the Jingying with a smile, as if he was very interested in this army... To be precise, he was very interested in the horses of this army.Although he snatched more than 600 war horses, which can be regarded as a fortune, but no one thinks that he has too many horses, right?
Many of the three powerful troops who came to the capital to offer victory had participated in the Battle of the Breach, and had been stationed outside Beijing in the cold wind. They had even fought several bloody battles with Jiannu, and were familiar with the situation outside Beijing. However, most of them have never entered this city. Now that the emperor has made an exception and allowed them to enter the city, they can officially enter this ancient capital.Although the city of Beijing at this time is no longer as prosperous as it was in the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, the traffic flow and the majestic palaces still make everyone's eyes wide open. Beijing is really too big.The officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp scorned them fiercely, and you are stunned by the place where a bunch of poor people live in the outer city?A bunch of ignorant bumpkins!They led the army to a military camp outside Andingmen and said: "This is your station. Guan Ning's army is on the left, Tianxiong's army is in the middle, and Wuyang Guard is on the right. They are not allowed to mix. After they are stationed, they stay in the military camp. Here, you are not allowed to leave the military camp without permission, let alone enter the inner city, otherwise you will be shot to death!"

Yang Menglong asked: "Is it okay if we don't wear military uniforms or weapons, just enter the inner city with empty hands?"

The general of the Beijing camp said: "No!"

Yang Menglong asked: "Why?"

The general of the Beijing camp sneered: "Why? Do you think the capital city is a restaurant owned by your family, and you can enter as you want and get out as you want? Let me tell you, for you mud-legged people, if you can enter the outer city, you have already cultivated it in your previous life. Luckily, I still want to enter the inner city!"

Yang Menglong snorted, stopped arguing with him, and led his troops to station there.

But he immediately discovered another big problem: all the barracks assigned to him had become dilapidated.Although the barracks of the Tianxiong Army and Guan Ning Army were a little dilapidated, they had been repaired beforehand, and there was absolutely no problem for people to live in. The houses in his camp...not to mention the air leakage everywhere, the effect was comparable to that of an icehouse. It is the house that shakes when the wind blows, which is enough for people to think clearly whether it is worth living in and risking being crushed to death.

"Why is my barracks so rotten!" Yang Menglong was very dissatisfied, "How can people live in such a rotten barracks!"

The general of the Beijing camp said, "I'm sorry, but there is only one barracks outside the Anding Gate, which is shared by the three armies. Of course, it is not enough. Please feel wronged for now."

Yang Menglong could only admit that he was unlucky and asked everyone to set up tents.Fortunately, Wuyang Guard has a good habit of carrying tents with them. Two tents per group are more than enough to accommodate five people, so this is nothing.

Later, Yang Menglong discovered that the people from the Ministry of Military Rites sent a large amount of food, wine and meat, flags, weapons, armor and sticks to the Tianxiong Army and Guanning Army's military operation, and he waited left and right until his neck grew long. I didn't look forward to a star and a half, and I was even more puzzled: "Why do they have supplies, but we don't have any?"

The general of the Beijing camp said: "There will definitely be you, but it's not your turn yet, just wait patiently, I will not accompany you." After finishing speaking, he took his group of brightly armored cavalry and left. Leave Wuyangwei here to continue waiting.

The disturbing things happened one after another: the important generals of Tianxiong Army and Guan Ning Army were all invited to a banquet by the important officials of the court, and the officials of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites stayed in the camp to mingle with those general-level generals. Yan Huan, talking and laughing, was very lively, and Wuyang Wei hadn't seen the shadow of the supply until now.It wasn't until the uncles were full of wine and food that they sent several carts of supplies to Wuyangwei, which were nothing more than some yellowed brown rice and several jars of stinky sauerkraut.Yang Menglong opened the lid of the tank and took a look. It was covered with a layer of mold, and there were some fat white bugs soaked in salt water... As for the wine and meat, there was no trace of it.

Yang Menglong pointed to the brown rice sauerkraut and asked, "Is this the supply for us?"

The little official who delivered the things looked impatient: "It's good to have these things for you, what else do you want?"

Yang Menglong roared: "You'd better take these things back to your mother to eat, my soldiers don't eat this kind of pig food!" He kicked a vegetable pot, and the vegetable pot fell down with a bang, smashed to pieces on the ground, smelly. The coaxing vegetable juice splashed all over, splashing the little official all over.

The little official turned blue with anger, and pointed at Yang Menglong's nose and roared angrily: "You...you Bahu! Just open your eyes and see, is this the place where you ran wild?"

Yang Menglong's expression was unruly: "I have this character, what can you do to us!" Ignoring this little official, he turned around and asked the soldiers to light a fire, took out the dry food that had not been eaten, opened the can, ate it, and used practical actions Tell these little officials with eyes above their heads: Don’t think that I will starve to death if I don’t eat your food!

The little official was trembling with anger: "Okay...Okay, let me see how long you can be arrogant!"

The answer is that Yang Menglong can be arrogant for a long time.Because Yang Menglong hadn't finished eating a can, a grain merchant from the capital came to his door and delivered a large amount of white polished rice and flour and a large amount of fresh meat.This is a dealer from Wuyangwei. Every year, he wholesales 20 stones of potato noodles from Wuyangwei and sells them to the capital, making a lot of money.Now that Yang Menglong has arrived in the capital, of course he has to come over quickly to fawn over and leave a good impression on Yang Menglong to see if he can get more shares... There is no way, these days, food sources are sources of wealth!
Yang Menglong glanced at the little official, and his meaning couldn't be more clear: Xiao Mian, you want to make things difficult for me?You are still young!
(End of this chapter)