Chapter 1373 Xin Zijuan The setting sun and the grass trees are urgent
To Feng Ziying, Qiu Shian seems insignificant now, but in the long run, as Emperor Yonglong becomes increasingly weak, several princes become more active, and the Supreme Emperor and the Dowager still retain a certain influence in the palace, So it is still necessary to maintain a certain intelligence gathering ability and influence in the palace.
Yuanchun's influence in the palace was very weak. Feng Ziying originally intended to let Yuanchun play some role.
Now that he is already in the palace, and Yuanchun does not have the kind of lonely and self-restrained temperament, he seems to have some ideas, at least a little bit of intention to fight for the Jia family, then just go with the flow and don't be too arrogant. .
For example, Jia Zheng found a position as an academician in Jiangxi Province. Although this position was a bit useless to Jia Zheng, it was not bad for a scholar who was a scholar. However, it fell to Jia Zheng. It's just a little embarrassing politically.
It's just that Jia's family committee is too inferior in talent cultivation. Baoyu has no intention of pursuing an official career, but Jia Huan and Jia Lan are a little younger, and Jia Huan doesn't have a good relationship with his direct descendants because he was a concubine, and because of Jia Huan's temperament , I am afraid that if I pass the imperial examination, I will really hold my head high and refuse to accept Jia Yuanchun's plan.
Now Feng Ziying is a little confused about what Jia Yuanchun is thinking in her heart. The future fate of such a concubine without heirs will be very miserable. Yuanchun's intelligence would not have imagined this. Even the Jia family themselves should have foreseen it, but They probably didn't expect that these young concubines wouldn't even be able to stay by Emperor Yonglong's side.
It was the Jia family's and Yuan Chun's choice to enter the palace, and Feng Ziying couldn't help. However, Yuan Chun seemed a little unwilling to be reduced to a weed that no one knew about, and disappeared silently in Wanren. In the palace wall, this unwillingness and dissatisfaction probably supported Yuanchun's willingness to struggle.
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"The Guyuan Army was defeated again?" Feng Ziying was about to go to bed when she heard the news. She quickly put on her clothes and went to the study.
Zheng Chongjian's face was frighteningly gloomy, and Wang Wenyan and Wu Yaoqing were speechless together with him.
Zheng Chongjian also knew that Wang Wenyan and Wu Yaoqing were Feng Ziying's staff. As far as the current situation was concerned, among the classmates, only Feng Ziying and Lian Guoshi could be used as staff. Officials like them in the various ministries of the imperial court could use them. , are not qualified yet.
Zheng Chongjian has also been in contact with Wang Wenyan several times. Although he doesn't know him well, he also knows that he should not underestimate this scribe who is said to be a small official. He has clear ideas and meticulous work, and is especially good at planning. He can be regarded as Feng Ziying's think tank.
The other one, Wu Yaoqing, seems to be dedicated to collecting and organizing relevant intelligence information for Feng Ziying, and even handles some non-official affairs and family affairs for Feng Ziying. This kind of role should also be Feng Ziying's confidant.
As soon as he arrived at the door, these two people came before Feng Ziying, which is enough to explain a lot.
However, Zheng Chongjian had no time to think about anything else at this time. The new changes in the southwest war made him anxious and at the same time felt helpless.
There are various signs that the war in the southwest is entering a new worrying stage from the early stalemate.
So this may be more than just losing a battle.
The war in the southwest has been dragging on for a long time, and Guyuan's army has never been able to recover. Perhaps it was because it had been fighting in the northwest for many years and it was difficult to adapt to the climate and terrain in the southwest. Therefore, although the commander-in-chief has been replaced, in the continuous battles, there has been no Can gain victory.
I don’t know why I was defeated this time. Moreover, the Ministry of War had completed the study overnight and reported it to the cabinet. The cabinet ministers were already on their way to the prime minister’s mansion. This shows that this battle must have been a bit tiring.
"We have lost. The news is still a bit confusing, but one thing is relatively certain, that is, it fell into Yang Yinglong's strategy of luring the enemy deeper. In addition, the logistics and supplies were somewhat unable to keep up. The Guyuan Army was somewhat eager to fight, while the Jingxiang Army and Dengxiang Army were somewhat eager to fight. The Lai army did not cooperate well, so they were defeated by Yang Yinglong. Now there was an ambush between Tongziyi and Sangmaya. The Guyuan army was defeated and retreated all the way back to Qijiang. After the defeat of the Guyuan army, the rebels attacked Yedong again. Three days later, Jing Xiang's army was surrounded on the line of Furong River south of Zhenzhou. Yang He struggled to break out. Fortunately, Sun Chengzong led the guards from Nanchuan to respond at all costs, and Jing Xiang's army was able to break out. Even so, The Jingxiang army also suffered heavy losses..."
Feng Ziying had already spread out the map and glanced at it, "Brother Chucai has been here for so long. Doesn't it mean that the Minzhuang of Chongqing Prefecture has been trained and formed? I remember that the Ministry of War also specially purchased it from the Fire Gun Workshop in Yongping. Three thousand firearms were shipped to Chongqing, and Liaodong was even suppressed for supply, so why is there no movement?"
"I heard that it was the Yongning Weishe family that restrained Lord Geng, so..." Zheng Chongjian sighed, "The combat effectiveness of the guards in Luzhou and Xuzhou is not worth mentioning, and it all depends on the Minzhuang Guards here in Chongqing Prefecture to contain them. Defeat the Yongning rebels, otherwise Luzhou and Xuzhou will probably fall."
Feng Ziying's face slowly turned cold, "What about the Denglai Army? Didn't the Denglai Army fight very smoothly in Youyang and Pingchadongsi last year? Why is there no sound in this battle?"
"I heard that it was still a logistical supply problem. Due to the lack of food and grass, the Denglai Army confiscated food and grass on the spot in Sinan Prefecture, which aroused civil unrest. Longquanpingsi, Wuchuan, and Sinan Prefectures once rebelled and besieged the Denglai Army. , the Denglai army had to put down the rebellion on the spot. Later, the imperial censor impeached Wang Ziteng, and the court also issued an order to reprimand Wang Ziteng. Therefore, Wang Ziteng thought that if the court could not guarantee food and fodder, it would not enter Bozhou, and even Withdrew from the front line of Sinan Mansion."
The Denglai Army and the Guyuan Army were originally the main force in countering the rebellion. Unexpectedly, the Guyuan Army was not acclimated to the climate, while the Denglai Army was unruly. In addition, the performance of the other Jingxiang Army was also unsatisfactory. No wonder this battle has been postponed. It has been more than a year, but I am stuck in a quagmire and it is difficult to extricate myself.
Feng Ziying stood up, he was a little upset.
It’s okay that Guyuan Army’s performance was poor, but I didn’t expect Jingxiang Army to be the same.
In Feng Ziying's impression, Yang He was still capable of fighting the peasant uprisings in the late Ming Dynasty. Yang He seemed to have performed admirably during the Ningxia rebellion. Why did the imperial court authorize him to form the Jingxiang Army and monopolize military power this time? Instead, his performance was mediocre?
The combat effectiveness of Yang Yinglong's chieftain army cannot be very strong. It depends on the geographical location and climate. However, Jingxiang where the Jingxiang army is located is not too far from Bozhou. It is just that the Guyuan army cannot adapt to the northwest. Yunyang, where the Jingxiang army came from, It's a mountainous area to begin with, and the climate is similar. How come it took so long to put together and polish it, but it's still so unbearable?
As for Wang Ziteng, Feng Ziying has never placed much hope. If Wang Ziteng can not hold back, or even turn back and attack Feng Ziying, he will kill Amitabha. What he is most worried about is that Wang Ziteng will make trouble for you at the critical moment. That will be the end of the world. What a disaster.
Feng Ziying currently has no evidence that Wang Ziteng had ulterior motives, but at least the Denglai army had no intentions. This is absolute.
Zheng Chongjian took his eyes back from the map, "Feixiong writes to me almost every month and introduces the situation there. He mainly follows Master Sun, and is also responsible for contacting Master Geng, Master Yang, and Guyuan for Master Sun. The current deputy commander-in-chief of the army, Ma Daokui, has a violent personality. Although he is brave and good at fighting, his popularity in the army is not good. Several of his generals and guerrillas are dissatisfied with him, so it is difficult to fully control him in command. ,…”
Wang Yingxiong went to the southwest on this trip and never came back. He originally thought he could make some political achievements through this expedition, but unexpectedly it turned into a trap, and he felt like he couldn't climb out if he fell into it.
After Feng Ziying went to Yongping Mansion, Wang Yingxiong had less correspondence with him. There would only be one letter every half a year, and she only received three or four letters from this guy in total. Naturally, the news she got was not comparable to that of Zheng Chongjian, the guy who was in charge of the Ministry of War. compared to.
"Three feet of ice does not freeze in a day." Feng Ziying said calmly: "My father mentioned it to me when he was the commander-in-chief of the army in Yulin, saying that Guyuan Town is on the inside line. Because there is no need to face the Mongols directly and there is no pressure, the military town The generals are lazy and have a tendency to become ordinary guards. There were signs of this situation three years ago when Ningxia suppressed the rebellion. For this reason, my father also mentioned it to Mr. Chai and Mr. Yang Heyang, the left minister of the Ministry of War at the time. See, It seems that Mr. Yang didn’t realize it..."
Zheng Chongjian shook his head, "So what if Master Yang knows about it? The Guyuan Army will not listen to him. The court nominally puts Master Sun in charge of the north, but Master Yang will not listen to him. The Guyuan Army is even more unruly, so there is only Lord Geng's people and the guards he has raised, Lord Yang still has to look at the situation, how to fight this battle?"
Although Sun Chengzong was sent by the Ministry of War to direct and coordinate counter-insurgency matters, Sun Chengzong was only a fourth-rank junior officer. The deputy commander-in-chief of the Guyuan Army would not listen to you. Yang He pretended to be the censor of Qiandu, not to mention Wang Ziteng. Say, who listens to you?
"This battle was destined to take a few defeats before it would attract attention from the beginning." Feng Ziying rubbed her temples, "I see, a few good defeats may not be a bad thing. If something like the Guyuan Army collapses, it will collapse." , but it’s a pity for Jing Xiangjun, the cabinet will study it all night tonight, and maybe they can come up with a good countermeasure.”
"Ziying, you are so generous. The Guyuan army was defeated and most of the Jingxiang army lost. So what if the imperial court comes up with countermeasures? Who will implement them?" Zheng Chongjian said dissatisfiedly.
"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. The imperial court has spent so much on this, how can it still watch this situation collapse?" Feng Ziying waved her hand, "Don't worry, the sky can't be crossed, the Guyuan Army can't do it, and there are Yulin Town, Datong Town, Shanxi Town, Xuanda, Ji Town and Liaodong cannot be moved for the time being, but if it is an emergency, it is not impossible to mobilize 10,000 or 20,000 people to come out. How big of a problem will it be?"
(End of this chapter)