On the 13th of April in the 26th year of Wan Li, Zhao Hu once again led his army to defeat the allied army of the Meng Tribe. The allied army suffered heavy losses and fled pathetically, losing three tribes to Zhao Hu. Zhao Hu was unable to continue his advance and could only wait for Yuan Huang's main force to arrive before advancing.
Previously, Yuan Huang had also told Zhao Hu not to advance too quickly. He had to give the enemy a chance to gather their main force and defeat their main force in one fell swoop. This was to prevent them from not being able to deal with their main force after many battles.
The Ming Army's advance in Nanjiang was very smooth and victory was just around the corner. In the capital, led by Shen Yicheng and managed by Tsai Kuo-chen, the Jingcha was also advancing steadily. After Yang Junmin was taken down, the Jin clique was like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow. However, before they could react, they were invited to tea one by one.
The kind of tea that couldn't be left after drinking.
At this time, the civil officials didn't need to be of any clique. As long as they had some power, they could go ahead and investigate. It would be strange if they couldn't find any problems. It was normal to find problems.
Therefore, every time it was the year of Jingcha, the officials always had to be careful and vigilant. They were afraid that their clique would be investigated due to their political failure and lose their position and bright future.
To put it bluntly, everyone actually had problems. Everyone knew who had problems and what methods of corruption they used. However, they didn't say it because it wasn't time yet. It wasn't time to mess with you.
The time for Jingcha was now. It could be said, it was time to counterattack, and it was time to start working. Moreover, every investigation was accurate and they could get rid of you in minutes. Therefore, it wasn't that everyone didn't have the confidence, but the confidence didn't exist from the beginning.
It was the same for the Jin clique officials who used money to pave the way.
The officials of the various factions of the Great Ming Dynasty actually had their own set of rules for corruption, collusion, and taking kickbacks. They were all very clear to each other. Only when it was time to strike, could they have a clear target and not shoot randomly.
As an experienced archer, Tsai Kuo-chen is basically a master archer who never misses his target. His first arrow hit Yang Junmin, and he never missed his target again. He launched a large-scale attack on the core forces of the Jin officials in the Imperial Court, taking down twelve Jin officials in a row.
At this moment, if the Jin faction still thought that Tsai Kuo-chen was going all out to attack the courtiers indiscriminately just to get into the Cabinet, then it would be a complete waste of the Jin faction's bureaucratic team that Zhang Siwei and the others had trained for so many years.
Tsai Kuo-chen is using a big move to attack the Jin Family!
Didn't you see that apart from the twelve Jin officials, only one low-ranking official from Liaodong has fallen? There were also more than 20 bureaucrats from the Liaodong branch of the Jin branch who were isolated for investigation. Only three officials from the collateral branch were arrested by Tsai Kuo-chen because their reputations were so bad that their colleagues couldn't stand it anymore.
Wasn't this enough to explain the problem?
The Jin faction's bureaucrats started to feel insecure. When they wanted to fight back to protect themselves, they were shocked to find that they had no way to fight back.
Yang Junmin was taken down at the beginning, followed by the mainstay of the middle level. Now, the middle level was in chaos, and the lower levels were feeling insecure. The Jin faction's bureaucrats could no longer find a way to fight back. The officials who used to be on good terms with the Jin faction seemed to have become strangers overnight, and the Jin faction seemed to have become orphans in the Imperial Court.
The situation in the Imperial Court was chaotic, and everyone was feeling insecure. At this moment, a battle report from the Governor-General of the Four Borders, Xiao Ruxun, added a sense of tension to the turmoil in the capital.
Before Zhu Yijun ordered the beheading of La Like, he had invited many Northern Barbarian tribes to invade the Great Wall. Although La Like had surrendered, the tribes that wanted to invade the Great Wall had just arrived. It was estimated that there were no less than five hundred thousand of them, and at least one hundred thousand of them could fight!
The Great Wall of Shanxi had just ended with the one hundred thousand Northern Barbarians invading the Great Wall of Shanxi. Now, another one hundred thousand people were fighting!
Xiao Ruxun did not have time to make many arrangements, so he could only fight to stop the war.
He stated that he would gather a hundred thousand soldiers from the four towns in Datong to show the Imperial Court his determination to fight to the death. He would not allow a single Northern Barbarian to enter Datong, and he would do his best to ensure that the Northern Frontier of Daming would not be lost.
However, they were really lacking in military supplies and equipment. He requested the Imperial Court to provide them with a large amount, especially armor, arrows, gunpowder, and lead matchlocks. The more, the better. Of course, there was also the silver to reward the troops. This was an important way to maintain morale.
After the Cabinet received the battle report, Shen Yicheng felt the severity of the problem. Other than Tsai Kuo-chen, who continued to go all out to eliminate the Jin faction, the other big shots gathered in the Cabinet again to discuss the problem.
No one knew when it started, but the officials in China had a special trait of being an expert in internal warfare but an amateur in external warfare. Not only was this trait contagious, it was also very easy to pass on. Every time a dynasty reached the middle or late stages, there would always be batches of people who were experts in internal warfare but amateurs. They viewed internal warfare as more important than external warfare.
No one knew when this attribute began to develop. It probably began to emerge in the Northern Song Dynasty and flourished in the Southern Song Dynasty. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, it was fully inherited and innovated. By the time of the Southern Ming Dynasty, it had reached its peak.
They would rather hand over the country to foreigners than to their political enemies!
What lofty sentiments and lofty aspirations!
Warriors!
At the moment, the officials in the Daming Dynasty were still in the process of bringing forth new ideas. They had not evolved to the state of insanity yet. For the time being, they could still maintain the operation of the government. However, it had to be said that the big shots were more interested in dealing with the Jin faction than paying attention to the war.
"The Northern Barbarians are really despicable! If a hundred thousand isn't enough, they send another five hundred thousand! Are they planning to use Datong as their farm?! "
Shi Xing had always been tough on the Northern Barbarians. At the moment, he was also hoping that Xiao Ruxun's military achievements would be higher so that he could push him into the cabinet. Therefore, when he was dealing with the Jin faction, he could not help but help Xiao Ruxun build up his reputation. When the tide rose, the boat would be pushed into the cabinet.
With Shi Xing taking the lead, the rest of the big shots also expressed their opinions one by one. In short, they were denouncing each other. When it came to the core issue, everyone seemed to be speaking insincerely.
Shen Yicheng was still a bit more rational. He knew what he had to do now. Internal strife was one thing, but he could not let the Northern Barbarians come in and flip the table. Otherwise, the Emperor would doubt his ability. At the moment, he had no other path to take. He was already riding a tiger and could not get off, nor did he think about getting off.
"The Northern Barbarians are despicable. That's why we have to attack them. Compared to before, it is better that Xiao Zhennan is leading the army. Xiao Zhennan is comparable to the Great Wall of the country. With him leading the army to fight against the enemy, we naturally do not have to worry about the Northern Barbarians going south. However, we still need to think of a way to get the military equipment and silver that Xiao Zhennan mentioned.
Of course, we can use the provisions stored in the granary caves, but in war, we will always need ordnance and supplies. We will need armor, gunpowder, lead, arrows, cannons, and silver as rewards. Not a single one of these can be omitted. Everyone, tell me, what should we do? "
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