Chapter 228: Returning Tang Tong
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Yuheng said: "The students are indeed a bit different from their foolish opinions. In the students' opinion, Li Xin is clearly picking up politeness!"
"Oh? How do you say this?"
Zhou Yanru surprised Taoism.
Yuheng said, "Please forgive me for your students. Although the Prime Minister holds more than 100,000 troops, the one who can really command is only the thousands of battalions under his command, and the other generals have their own thoughts. Li Xin is a smart man, and he is afraid that the clues have been revealed from Abatai's successful escape, so he took the risk of arresting Tang Tong with Mongolian cavalry, which was a confirmation of his judgment. Even if it failed, the troops on both sides sent troops to aid, and the losses were only the Mongolian minions, which had nothing to do with him.
It is obvious that after capturing Tang Tong, he confirmed his guess, so he became more and more arrogant. He said he wanted to kill Tang Tong and invited the guest to watch the ceremony. This is just digging a hole to let the guest jump into it!
If the prime minister does not send troops, the emperor will blame him. If the troops are sent, the generals may not be willing to serve the troops in a decent manner, or they may be defeated by him by him. The students say something unpleasant. Li Xin is good at winning people's hearts. He did not mention his actions in Huaiyang. The students found out that when the bandits were passing by Lu Texas, the people of Texas actually greeted each other and invited him to stay and govern Texas. I wonder what the prime minister could think of?"
"this……"
Zhou Yanru's eyebrows were tightly twisted, and gradually, he looked shocked, staring at Yuheng in a daze, not daring to speak.
Yuheng lowered his voice and said, "I guess I guessed it. Then Li Xin might defeat our army in one fell swoop and take advantage of the situation to head north to Beijing."
"This...what should I do?"
Zhou Yanru asked in disbelief.
Yuheng hesitated for a moment and said, "He should not lead the eyes to the nose. If you want to do both, you must take a risk, but..."
"But what?"
Seeing Yuheng's hesitant appearance, Zhou Yanru urged impatiently.
Yuheng gritted his teeth and said, "Please constrain the army, and do not allow military orders to go out. Then, I will go to the front of the army to attack the enemy. The louder the voice, the better. Students will not be detained. If the students are wrong, it will be a good thing for the soldiers. The emperor will not only not hold them accountable, but will reward them. If the soldiers can escape in the future, they will be the pillar of our Ming Dynasty!"
Zhou Yanru understood that Chongzhen ordered him to see Abatai's head. Now that Abatai has run away, Chongzhen will never forgive him. Although he had thought of using Li Xin instead of Abatai to take the blame, the generals had their own thoughts and might not be willing to work together to attack. There is little chance of defeating Li Xin, and he may even be defeated. Therefore, no matter how you look at him, he is a dead end. On the contrary, Yuheng's proposal became the only way to survive.
"Well!"
Zhou Yanru made up his mind.
After sending personal soldiers to send orders to the various armies, Zhou Yanru only led more than ten cavalry to the bandit formation in order to show his openness. In front of the formation, Tang Tong was disheveled with hair, his nose was swollen and his face was pressed to kneel on the ground. There were several bandit soldiers holding guns behind him.
"stop!"
Zhou Yanru waved and shouted.
Li Xin looked over and said that Zhou Yanru was very handsome and looked good. No matter how he looked, he was not a treacherous minister. No wonder he won the top scorer back then. Just this appearance can really make people feel good, but people should not behave like this, which refers to this kind of person.
"But the minister?"
Li Xin bowed and smiled.
"It's me, who is here?"
Zhou Yanru said proudly.
Li Xin said lightly: "Li Xin, the commander-in-chief of the Bandit Army, dares to come alone, but this commander admires it."
"snort!"
Zhou Yanru snorted coldly: "You are so brave. As the general of Gaoyou, you dare to bow privately to the court official. Why don't you release it to me quickly?"
Li Xin nodded and said, "Tang Tongtong Tartar, let Abatai drive in and flee in the panic. I arrested him, and I wanted to understand the punishment of the law, but since the blind man comes forward in person, the thief will be handed over to the envoy prime minister. I believe the court will enforce the law impartially."
"Well?"
Zhou Yanru was stunned and turned around and looked at Yuheng. He didn't expect Li Xin to be so easy to talk to. He couldn't say anything about the curse he had been brewing.
Li Xin smiled slightly again: "But Li still has something to ask for. In Leling City behind, there are people from all over the place who were plundered by the Donglu. I hope that the blind man will personally inquire about it and make a living, so that no one will die unjustly."
Yuheng looked at Li Xin in a daze. He suddenly realized that Li Xin invited Zhou Yanru to come so that the people in Leling City would not be killed by the government army to make contributions. He was completely thinking too much, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed of judging a gentleman with a villain's heart. He also truly realized that Li Xin's rapid rise was not a futile reputation, but a real consideration for the people.
"Master Li is also kind to you!"
Yuheng advised from the side.
Zhou Yanru also realized that if he made good use of it, even if he could not kill Li Xin, he would still have the possibility of being relieved of his crime, because all the charges could be pushed to Tang Tong. It was he that made the Qing army leave. I believe that other generals would push Tang Tong over to escape from his crime.
What's more, he also had the contribution of appeasement and tranquility of the people of Leling, so Chongzhen would not have given him a death sentence no matter what.
But he didn't understand. Could it be that Li Xin was really doing it for the hundreds of thousands of ordinary people in Leling? Or was he deliberately showing goodwill to himself?
Thinking of himself as the chief minister and his position and power, he couldn't help but feel a little confident, so he snorted: "As the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, I will arrange local people well. This matter is not a problem for Mr. Li. Moreover, Mr. Li can think about the people and have good thoughts. Now the country is in a troublesome situation. Why not completely serve the court, so as not to leave a stigma in history."
Li Xin smiled faintly: "I am worried about the minister. What Li did is to return peace to the people of the world. The difference with the court is only who is in charge. In the end, I have to do a battle to know who is the real dragon and who is the fake dragon. But this fashion is not a good opportunity. If you don't have to say much, take the people away, and the people in Leling City are also entrusted to the minister."
"You... are simply insidious!"
Zhou Yanru mustered up the courage, put down his harsh words, and waved his hand violently: "Let's go!"
A personal soldier set up Tang Tong and rode his horse away.
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On that day, Li Xin led the army to the west. Although Zhou Yanru was skilled in scheming and skilled in fighting, he was a civil servant, and he did not have to kill good people and make achievements. He was also the chief assistant and still cherished his feathers, for fear of being unfavorable to the resettlement of the people of Leling, so he was impeached by the censors. Therefore, after the troops dispersed, they took Biaoying to personally enter the city to appease the people and submitted a letter to Chongzhen to apologize.
Although he listed several charges for himself, his main purpose was to put the blame on Tang Tong, saying that he led more than 100,000 troops to stop Abatai's return. But who could have expected that Tang Tongtong would release Abatai and escape with the Qing army, which made his efforts fail. He also said that the Qing army could not take away each person and one person when entering the pass. He was resettling the people in Leling and waiting for the deliberation office.
This article was written by Chongzhen's character. He knew that he could not force himself in front of Chongzhen. He had to take responsibility, admit his mistakes, and let Chongzhen have face to avoid punishment.
Huang Degong, Liu Zeqing, Bai Guangen, Zhou Yuji and other generals also submitted a statement to Chongzhen. The content was similar to Zhou Yanru's comments, and they all regarded Tang Tong as a scapegoat. In fact, just because the Qing army penetrated Tang Tong's position, Tang Tong would definitely die. However, everyone had a tacit understanding and ignored Li Xin's existence and kept silent.
Chapter completed!