Chapter 290

The funny scene appeared, Shu Shu Zhongyi's mood was instantly great, and the best scapegoat appeared.

The unlucky youth was pointed out by Duke Duke Yansheng as having ghosts in his heart.

Once Duke Duke Yansheng has an accident, he is the biggest suspect.

The matter turned into the Kong family's internal fighting, and the responsibility on them became lighter instantly.

Taking the rescued crowd, they marched urgently all the way and finally returned to Jinan City on the eve of the enemy besieging the city.

Duke Duke Yansheng, who was in pain, had already fainted on the road.

Because of the lack of effective treatment, the wound had obvious signs of suppuration. The doctors in the city were shocked to see it.

With current medical technology, the difficulty of wanting to save people is very great.

For a group of Shandong officials, the only thing worth gratified now is that the person was finally brought to Jinan City alive.

Duke Duke Yansheng dying on the bed, compared to falling into the hands of the enemy, the political impact is completely different.

On this issue, they belong to timely remedial measures, which can be considered as making up for their crimes.

As for the problem of not being treated in time, except for the Kong family's dissatisfaction, other officials didn't take it as a thing.

The Northern Barbarians chased tightly, and there was no time to find a doctor!

There is only one Duke Duke Yansheng, but there are many descendants of the saint.

As long as the person does not fall into the hands of the Northern Barbarians, if one Duke Duke Yansheng dies, the court can completely appoint another one.

Facing the gratitude of a group of Shandong officials, Li Mu was a little embarrassed. He didn't mean to save people, but just brought back the half-dead Duke Duke Yansheng by coincidence.

If it were an ordinary person, the wound on the lower body could be amputated to save his life.

Duke Duke Yansheng's status is special, and the officials in the city dare not take responsibility, so they can only take conservative treatment.

Li Mu consulted famous doctors in the city, although everyone spoke vaguely, the final conclusion was: listen to fate, do your best.

Just reasonably delaying the treatment time, without needing to send people to black hands, he achieved his goal.

For such a result, Li Mu is satisfied.

Duke Duke Yansheng's injury was caused by the Northern Barbarians, and the rescued crowd are all witnesses. Now this account should naturally be recorded on the Northern Barbarians.

Not only without assuming risk, but in this process, they also became heroes.

Just look at the Marquis of Marquis Wuyang's bright smile, and you know that he is also very satisfied with the current result.

Happy times are always short.

Not long after being happy, the Northern Barbarian main force arrived at the city.

Looking at the enemy troops outside the city, a group of officials changed their faces one after another.

"Marquis, if you have any needs, just order.

As long as it can be done, we will definitely cooperate fully!"

Min Min Kaifeng said solemnly.

Earlier, 10,000 enemy troops killed to the city, which made them unable to sleep.

At this moment, there are more than 100,000 troops gathered outside the city, and relying on the garrison of Jinan City, I am afraid they will not last three days.

Now the only ones who have the ability to protect Jinan are the King-Relief Army led by the Marquis of Marquis Wuyang.

Involving life and death, the initiative is no longer important.

It just so happens that at this critical moment, the Governor is lying on the bed, and he, the Provincial Administration Commissioner, can only represent the yamen.

"Hmm!"

"As for defending the city, I have my own calculations.

When cooperation is needed, I will not be polite to you.

For specific affairs, you can connect with Admiral Li.

Northern Barbarian scouts are everywhere, for the sake of safety, the specific combat plan will not be made public."

The Marquis of Marquis Wuyang answered calmly.

The combat plan does not exist; as the defending side, you only need to hold the city.

Before the Northern Barbarians arrived, they desperately collected various strategic materials.

The current Jinan City is well-equipped and well-fed, and holding on for a year or two is not a problem.

With the clearing of the fields everywhere, it is becoming more and more difficult for the Northern Barbarians to obtain grain and grass.

Many times, even if they occupy the city, the harvest is very limited.

Garrison soldiers will burn the granary first when the city is broken.

In this background, the Northern Barbarians do not have the conditions for long-term siege of Jinan Prefecture.

With a plan in mind, the confidence came up.

"Don't worry, lords, we already have a comprehensive plan to defend Jinan City.

Everyone just needs to appease the people's hearts and not let the city be in chaos."

Li Mu added immediately.

Holding the city and fighting the Northern Barbarians was planned long ago.

The previous great victory at Jinan was won too smoothly.

While the King-Relief Army gained fame, it also attracted a lot of jealousy.

Trees in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.

Now is the time to sell miserable, so the performance must be in place.

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The Capital.

Receiving the news of saving Duke Duke Yansheng, Emperor Emperor Yongning breathed a sigh of relief.

The current Duke Duke Yansheng's moral bottom line is quite flexible.

If this guy falls into the hands of the Northern Barbarians, maybe he will immediately send a letter of surrender, directly declaring that the Northern Barbarian Chanyu is the orthodoxy.

Although the people of the world will not recognize the orthodoxy of the Northern Barbarians, it will weaken his legitimacy as the Emperor.

There is no way, who let him, this Emperor, have the situation in the world turn sharply since he ascended the throne.

Except for eradicating the eunuch party and abolishing the factory guards, he was praised by the gentry of the world.

For the rest of the time, he was the one being scolded.

Emperor Emperor Yongning, who lacks self-confidence, attaches great importance to the legitimacy of his throne.

"Liaozhen, have they started to act?"

Emperor Emperor Yongning asked with concern.

The Northern Barbarians besieged Jinan with heavy troops, and the Marquis of Marquis Wuyang's troops were trapped in the city.

The King-Relief Army of the two Guangs cannot be counted on for the time being.

The capital camp cannot be moved lightly, the Xuanfu Town among the Nine Borders is crippled, and the Datong Town and Taiyuan Town suffered heavy losses.

The four towns of Yansui, Ningxia, Gu Yuan, and Gansu, although they are also elite, the core of the court's border defense is in Liaodong.

Coupled with the influence of the White Lotus Sect rebellion, the resources invested by the court were reduced, which seriously affected the development of the four towns.

Whether it is daily training or the number of troops, there has been a decline.

In order to stabilize the situation in Sichuan, these four towns all transferred part of their elite to Sichuan, missing this King-Relief.

The remaining Jizhou Town and Liaozhen are closely connected, and the general families on both sides have shown signs of huddling together.

To be precise, the Jizhou generals took the initiative to lean toward the Liaozhen, and the two sides are more like a dependent relationship.

These are all troubles caused by the imbalance of strength.

Among the Nine Borders, the Liaozhen dominates.

The military strength of one family can almost equal the sum of the other eight towns.

Jizhou Town and Liaozhen are next to each other, and together they bear the heavy responsibility of defending against the Northern Barbarians.

Wanting to live on the border, they can only lean toward the Liaozhen.

In this background, everyone's vision is naturally on the Liaozhen.

"Your Majesty, yesterday the Liaozhen launched an attack on the Northern Barbarians and fought with the enemy for several hours, beheading hundreds of enemy troops.

Unfortunately, the enemy's reinforcements arrived quickly, and they couldn't grab the heads."

Zhong Jingming answered with trepidation.

Such results, anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is a problem.

The Liaozhen participating in King-Relief has 50,000 troops, and the grassland coalition opposite has 30,000 troops.

Coupled with the remaining Great Great Dayu troops nearby, once the two sides start fighting, the number of participants will not be lower than 100,000.

A chaotic battle of 100,000 people, fought for several hours, only had a result of hundreds of people, and didn't grab a single enemy head.

In military history, it can be counted as a miracle.

Such an obvious loophole is equivalent to directly telling everyone that the Liaozhen and the Northern Barbarians have reached a tacit understanding.

For such a result, Zhong Jingming is also very helpless.

The Liaozhen is willing to send troops, all because of his face.

But the face of the Liaodong Governor can only let people come out for a stroll, not enough to make them fight for their lives.

If it weren't for being next to the capital, and the Ministry of War being strict with head verification, they could rely on killing good people to pretend to be meritorious.

At this moment, under the eyes of the civil and military officials of the court, the previous cheating means naturally cannot be used.

In fact, the Liaozhen is not completely disobedient.

Emperor Emperor Yongning also bears great responsibility for the relationship between the two sides becoming stiff.

At the first time the Northern Barbarians invaded, the Emperor sent an imperial envoy to hold the Liaozhen accountable.

Once dismissed many high-level generals, triggering protests from Liaodong officers and soldiers. Later, due to the needs of the situation, their positions were restored.

It seems that the matter is over, but the Liaozhen high-level now dare not believe the court.

After all, they have done too many broken things, many of which are taboo.

According to the Great Great Dayu law, anyone can be dragged out for lingering.

In order to avoid the court settling accounts after the autumn, they chose to take the opportunity to put forward conditions to the court.

Summarizing, there are mainly three points.

1. Require the court to increase investment in Liaozhen military funds to ensure no drifting, dragging, or owing money and grain.

2. Strive for more personnel autonomy from the court, that is: major generals are hereditary, and positions in the military are nominated by them.

3. Imitating the Jiedushi system, implement a military management system in Liaodong, and civil officials will no longer be appointed at the prefectural and county levels.

Equivalent to saying brightly, they want to split one side, and the court naturally cannot agree.

Such fatal conditions, he, this Liaodong Governor, dare not report to the court.

Not only does he dare not report to the Emperor, but a group of civil officials in the court are busy covering the lid.

Supporting the Liaozhen was their decision; now that they have lost control, it has become their responsibility.

In this background, what Zhong Jingming can do is to fool the Emperor above and deceive the generals of the Liaozhen below.

The asymmetry of information directly caused Emperor Emperor Yongning and the generals of the Liaozhen to misjudge.

Emperor Emperor Yongning felt that he was too lenient to the Liaozhen, so these generals were arrogant and domineering.

And the generals of the Liaozhen thought that the court was seriously considering the conditions they put forward, as long as they added a little more chips, the court would send people to negotiate with them.

Don't expect the court to agree to three conditions at the same time, just agree to one of them, and they are all blood money.

If it really doesn't work, they can continue to make concessions.

After all, although the Liaozhen is strong, it relies heavily on the court for logistics.

If they really fall out, the court will cut off the grain, and they will collapse immediately.

Defecting to the Northern Barbarians, this option does not exist.

Don't look at the Northern Barbarians being majestic, in fact, they are still poor.

The wealth grabbed is basically returned to the Great Great Dayu territory through smuggling trade.

Just raising their own troops requires careful calculation of expenditure.

There is no surplus to raise a Liaozhen.

At least the treatment obtained by the servant army that defected is far less than that of the Great Great Dayu side.

"Amazing!"

"May I ask Lord Zhong, how did the Liaozhen achieve such legendary results?

The historians should cheer up, this is the first in history, and Lord Zhong's sharing must be recorded word for word."

Jing Jing Guoliang mocked immediately.

The eating appearance of the Liaodong generals is too ugly, and the various armies sent by the court were either pitted to death by them or annexed by them.

In this process, the noble group also suffered a not-so-small loss.

Knowing that the rules were broken, but the court needed the Liaozhen to sell their lives, so they could only temporarily shelve the problem.

Finally, waiting for this opportunity, Jing Jing Guoliang naturally would not let Zhong Jingming fool it easily.

Although this little thing cannot knock down the Liaozhen, it can affect the views of the Emperor and the hundred officials.

Those who supported the Liaozhen were just a group of relationships participating in smuggling trade.

In the court, although these people are in high positions, they are still a minority overall.

Most officials, after the Northern Barbarians invaded, lost their good feelings for the Liaozhen.

In everyone's simple concept, the Northern Barbarians being able to bypass the pass and invade is the dereliction of duty of the Liaodong garrison.

If you really want to intercept the enemy, the Liaozhen can completely make a gesture of going straight to the Yellow Dragon as soon as the enemy acts, forcing the enemy to abandon the combat plan.

Things that can be done, but they didn't do it.

In the hearts of many officials, Liaodong Governor Zhong Jingming is the first person responsible for the Northern Barbarian invasion.

With Jing Jing Guoliang taking the lead, an impeachment wave immediately set off in the court.

At the beginning, there were still people helping to defend, but soon they were drowned in the impeachment wave.

Knowing that the situation was out of control, the Qingliu officials who originally supported Zhong Jingming decisively chose to protect themselves.

Making a fortune together is fine, but going to hell together is not.

When it comes to putting hats on people, civil officials are more professional.

In the blink of an eye, Zhong Jingming carried dozens of charges, and even said he was an insider of the Northern Barbarians.

"Your Majesty, this subordinate is wronged!"

Seeing that the situation was not right, Zhong Jingming hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted grievances.

Unfortunately, Emperor Emperor Yongning's resentment for him was no less than that of the group of ministers, and he turned a deaf ear to his pleas.

If it weren't for considering the threat of the Northern Barbarians, worrying that dealing with Zhong Jingming at this time might trigger a major change in the Liaozhen, he would have issued an order to take people long ago.

"Your Majesty, Three Xuan-Da Governor Li Li Zhihong committed suicide in prison for fear of crime!"

The news brought by the eunuch won a breathing space for Zhong Jingming.

Punishment does not go to the doctor, this is the hidden rule of the officialdom.

Under normal circumstances, officials of this level, even if they enter the imperial prison, are served with good food and drink.

Without the Emperor's instruction, the Embroidered Uniform Guard would not dare to use punishment on him.

Three Xuan-Da Governor Li Li Zhihong was unfavorable in combat, so he was escorted back to the capital by the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

The court did not convict him in the first time, so there was room for operation.

After all, this time the situation is special.

The task of Three Xuan-Da is to defend against Guifang invasion.

In the past long period of time, Guifang and Tatars were enemies of fire and water, and the two sides fought every few days.

No one thought that the Tatars would dare to borrow a path from Guifang, and even less thought that the two sides could form a coalition.

The enemy was suddenly strengthened, and the Three Xuan-Da garrison couldn't hold it, which is normal.

A clever woman can't cook without rice; changing anyone to serve as Three Xuan-Da Governor couldn't stop the Northern Barbarian invasion.

There was also a dispute in the court on how to convict Li Li Zhihong.

Some people advocated killing and punishing Li Li Zhihong heavily, and some people thought that Li Li Zhihong's responsibility was not great and should be dealt with lightly.

The voice of the latter is far greater than the former.

Everyone is mixing in the court, and no one can guarantee that they will not become an unlucky person; leaving a line of life for others is also leaving a retreat for themselves.

According to this situation, even if the court wants to punish heavily, it will not be a death penalty.

It just so happens that such a person committed suicide in prison.

"Suicide for fear of crime?"

"The court has not convicted, where does the suicide for fear of crime come from?

Could it be that someone wanted to force a confession, and Lord Li couldn't bear the humiliation, so he was forced to commit suicide!"

Chief Assistant Wan Wan Junhui launched an attack immediately, pointing the finger at the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Li Li Zhihong can die, but he cannot die unclearly.

As the head of civil officials, encountering such a thing, he must come forward.

"Speak, how did Li Li Zhihong die!"

Emperor Emperor Yongning asked coldly.

Imperial prison, such a tightly guarded place, wanting to commit suicide is not easy.

Especially high-ranking officials like Li Li Zhihong, there are prison guards guarding them for twelve hours.

Unless someone instructs, it is impossible for him to succeed in committing suicide for fear of crime.

"Your Majesty, this subordinate is also unclear.

The news was sent by the people below, and the specific situation was not explained in detail.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard Commander has already rushed over to check, I think there will be news sent back soon."

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(End of chapter)