Chapter 133                                                                                                                             

The next day, it was almost noon. Zhou Mengchen changed into a third-rank red official robe and brought a full set of ceremonial guards.

He even brought dozens of Zhou family cavalry as guards of honor.

In fact, most of the cavalry left by Zhou Shangwen have followed Ma Fang. Yes, Ma Fang, the general of Datong, has taken office. After all, the current situation on the border is really too difficult.

If the difficulties in Beijing are one, the difficulties in Datong are ten.

First of all, a large amount of supplies, especially grain, were sent by Beijing. Now Beijing is too busy to take care of itself. There is no way to deal with the situation in Datong.

Secondly, the extent of being ravaged by the Tartars was far greater than that of Beijing. After all, although the Tartars arrived in Beijing and did not stay in Beijing for a long time, they were different under the city of Datong.

The foundation of the three major differences is far inferior to that of Beijing. The two cannot be compared at all.

Finally, and most importantly, the human heart.

After all, the hearts of the people inside and outside Beijing belong to the Ming Dynasty. However, it is hard to say who the people are in Datong, which was ravaged by Qiu Luan. From this perspective, Qiu Luan's strict handling is still beneficial. At least it has won the hearts of Datong people.

But the overall situation has not improved much.

In this case, we naturally need a capable and famous general to take charge of Datong. So Ma Fang almost went to Datong to take office soon after Qiu Luan's death. Zhou Mengchen didn't use many cavalry and gave Zhou Shangwen's personal soldiers to Ma Fang. Ma Fang was also able to convince the public. Only dozens of soldiers who were old, who were not working hard or injured chose to stay.

Zhou Mengchen also needed some people to guard the house, so he stayed.

From this perspective, Zhou Mengchen really looks like a high-ranking official.

But Zhou Mengchen didn't expect that he was still blocked on the road. Zhou Mengchen, who was not used to sitting in a sedan chair, raised the curtain and asked, "What's wrong with the front?"

"Young Master, I said before that I would kill you like a high-ranking official. The leader's surname is Weng." Zhou Dazhuang said.

"Weng Wanda?" Zhou Mengchen asked.

"Yes." Zhou Dazhuang said.

Zhou Mengchen sighed and said, "Wait."

Zhou Mengchen also heard about this news, one of the Minister of War, one of the Minister of War, several prefects, and the governor. In short, a large number of people were executed, which can be said to be extremely pitiful. Especially Weng Wanda, he actually had some ability, but this time the Tartars invaded the south and acted at a loss.

But it was not entirely his problem. Qiu Luan on the front line could not control him, and Yan Song behind him could not fight against him. He was nominally the Minister of War. But he could only manage the logistics. No matter what he said, nothing worked. In the later stage, Xu Jie invaded and seized all his strength. If Weng Wanda was the real commander, he would die without regrets. As a result, this thing was not done by him at all. But he had to bear the consequences.

I heard that Weng Wanda kept calling for justice in prison.

It seems very unfair, but from the perspective of political struggle, Weng Wanda suffered when he boarded Yan Song's ship, he should know how much the price he had to pay. It was also his choice. There was nothing wrong or wrong. It was just that Yan Song used Weng Wanda's waste and blamed Weng Wanda for many things. He let Weng Wanda, who could have been sentenced lightly, die and sentenced to death.

There is indeed some overdoing.

Zhou Mengchen had no intention of competing with the dead.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard a familiar voice. Zhou Mengchen saw that he wasn't Wang Shizhen? He always had the same incident in the same year. But he saw that Wang Shizhen had a person around him, with a similar appearance. He was probably a brother.

Zhou Mengchen stomped the bottom of the sedan chair and said, "The sedan chair is falling."

Zhou Mengchen immediately came out, arrived beside Wang Shizhen, and said, "Brother Wang, are you?"

Wang Shizhen was wearing an ordinary green shirt, but a finger-wide white cloth tied around her head, as if she was wearing mourning, but it seemed that she was not.

Wang Shizhen said, "Brother Zhou." After only two words, tears flowed from his eyes. He said, "Yan Song Dog Thief-----" He said, "After four words, he choked up again.

The person around Wang Shizhen was his brother Wang Shimao, who said, "Yan Song was not good at fighting against the Tartars because his father was not good at fighting against the Tartars, which led to the burning of the Tongzhou warehouse and the loss of millions of stones of food. He ordered the death. This-----"

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen said, "How is this happening?"

Zhou Mengchen also knew the internal story of the battle in Tongzhou. It was indeed Wang Shu who did the burning of Tongzhou Cang. But there was no choice at that time. In addition, Wang Shu was ordered to take charge of the overall situation without a soldier and went to Tongzhou to take charge of the overall situation. It was already quite good to be able to make the situation like this.

Yan Song used this crime to judge death, which was a bit too much.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Didn't you look for a way to find Mr. Xu?"

Wang Shu is from Taicang, Xu Jie is from Songjiang, not far apart, he is considered a village party, which is a natural lineage.

Wang Shizhen said: "Yan Song's dog thief was too late to take advantage of the power of heaven. From being imprisoned to death, it only took a few days, and Your Majesty rarely saw outsiders. Even Mr. Xu said that Your Majesty deeply hated the defeated war and hated the defeated generals. For example, Weng Wanda and others, they were really a person who misled the country. Your Majesty hated him even more. Therefore, he did not look at this list carefully. He just decided to decide."

Zhou Mengchen immediately understood that this was another scene of Yan Song’s struggle with Xu Jie.

Because Zhou Mengchen was particularly appreciated by the emperor, he temporarily retreated from the main battlefield between Yan Song and Xu Jie. Yan Song knew that at this time, Zhou Mengchen was the breakthrough point and half the result was twice the result. However, this does not mean that the struggle between Xu Jie and Yan Song was over.

Quite the opposite.

Zhou Mengchen's recklessness in the imperial court for Zeng Xian made Xu Jie very clear that Yan Song could not fall for the time being. Yan Song naturally regarded Zhou Mengchen's actions as Xu Jie's instructor, so how could he not return to his face?

From a political perspective, Altan's invasion helped Xu Jie a lot. Altan's invasion was Yan Song's bankruptcy in military credit, and Yan Song's right to speak in the military will be greatly reduced in the future. It was a period when Yan Song was defeated and Xu Jie was in a prosperous journey.

Yan Song was eager to prove that he was still in power and wanted to stop this defeat. So he took advantage of Altan's invasion and conquering many generals or civil servants close to Xu Jie to prison. Yan Song used a heavyweight Weng Wanda as a gang.

Even Emperor Yan Song had something to say. After all, it was not against the defeated generals, and it was clear that the ruling was punished. How to inspire morale? Under Altan's offensive, almost all the defenders were not very good. If Yan Song insisted that the battle in Tongzhou was defeated, it would not be impossible.

This kind of thing that depends entirely on one's mouth depends on who Yan Song and Xu Jie have a deep understanding of Jiajing.

Xu Jie naturally cannot compare with Yan Song in this regard. Now Jiajing is a bit mean, so you can imagine what Wang Shu will end up.

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go to the palace to see if it's OK."

If it were someone else, Zhou Mengchen might not have done this. But this is Wang Shizhen. Even if he did not mention his friendship with Wang Shizhen, just talking about Wang Shizhen's status as a great master in the literary world, he was the legendary Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng. Zhou Mengchen always took special care of him.

Wang Shizhen seemed to have grabbed the life-saving straw and grabbed Zhou Mengchen's hand and said, "Brother Zhou, I will never thank you for your kindness."

Zhou Mengchen took the horse into the palace without saying a word. However, before the palace gate, he could only dismount and quickly enter the palace. He finally met Jiajing.

Jiajing asked, "If you don't go to your business, what are you doing here?"

Zhou Mengchen talked about the whole story of the battle in Tongzhou and said, "Your Majesty, this is the time to use people. The Censor Wang is also the material of the border minister. Please cherish the talents."

After hearing this, Jiajing snorted coldly and said, "If there were food from Tongzhou Warehouse, would I still be so embarrassed? If Wang Shu was like you, how could I not cherish it? Now I am hungry inside and outside the capital, and I just borrowed other people's heads to use it."

Jiajing understood everything, and he might not have paid attention to many tricks at that time, and the people below took advantage of the loopholes.

But when Zhou Mengchen told the matter, Jiajing also understood what was going on. Did Yan Song suppress Xu Jie? It doesn’t matter who he killed. What’s important is that the civil and military officials in the court could not even protect his own people. The real person is still him, Ge Lao Yan.

Used to re-establish prestige and suppress Xu Jie's expansion.

Whether there is any grievance in this matter is not easy for Jiajing to intervene. After all, if a bad thing is given the following wrong hint, maybe another severe storm will be another. This is not what Jiajing wants to see.
Chapter completed!