naaapseattle Chapter 137 Daxin Chaotang, overt and covert struggles
Chapter 137 Daxin Chaotang, overt and covert struggles
The man who led the imperial army of 100,000 tigers and beni in the Northern Expedition to the city of Zhuozhou was indeed Wu Sanjia, the new imperial military champion.
At this time, Wu Sanjia, the commander-in-chief of the Huben Army, was on the march. He was wearing a bright light armor and a ring-shaped sword on his waist. His resolute face showed a firm and resolute look.
Wu Sanjia, who had just turned 30 years old, finally ushered in the highlight of his life after sitting on the bench in the Archives Management Office of the Recruitment Department for half a year.
In the Battle of Mozhou, he defeated Chang Yuchun, the deputy marshal of Longcheng's army, and annihilated and captured more than 50,000 Longcheng troops. He won the army of the new imperial court and achieved his first major victory over the "Longcheng rebels" under the command of Jin King Chen Huaian.
This news spread back to the imperial city of the capital, and everyone in the Daxin government was shocked.
Even Queen Mother Su Waner, who had always been at odds with Qin Ruhui, the treacherous Prime Minister who controlled the government, rarely stood on the same front as Qin Ruhui and was not stingy in praising Wu Sanjia.
He praised him as a great new general who "helped the building to collapse", and also gave Wu Sanjia a rank and title.
Originally, Wu Sanjia, who only replaced the flying general Li Jingyu and became the commander-in-chief of the imperial Huben Army, was once again entrusted with an important task by the Daxin Queen Mother Su Waner and the traitorous Prime Minister Qin Ruhui.
A powerful general who was promoted to the rank of Governor-General of Military Affairs and was promoted to the rank of First-grade General Military Officer.
In less than a year, Wu Sanjia transformed from a sixth-grade military official into a first-grade general military officer commanding 300,000 troops.
This shows how much the Daxin government and the public attach great importance to Wu Sanjia.
Therefore, when the imperial edict conferring on him arrived, Wu Sanjia ordered his army to set out early the next morning and march directly towards Zhuozhou.
Wu Sanjia knew very well that everything he had now was entirely dependent on his impressive record against the Longcheng rebels.
If he wanted to keep his hard-earned high-ranking officials, wealth and wealth, he had no choice but to continue the Northern Expedition and severely inflict heavy losses on the Longcheng rebels.
"Report——"
"General, the scouts from the front are here to report that the vanguard of the army has arrived at Zhuozhou City, but the Longcheng rebels guarding Zhuozhou are staying behind closed doors. General, please give me your instructions!"
At this time, the soldiers in the army hurriedly rode their horses to report.
"Okay, this general knows!"
Wu Sanjia, who was riding on horseback, had a calm face and ordered calmly: "Send the order, the army will camp outside Zhuozhou City, waiting for an opportunity to attack the city!"
"The general will get the order!"
The troops were ordered to go without stopping, and they took the order and left.
Wu Sanjia said again: "Come here, please immediately prepare a memorial to the court in the name of my general, saying that the Huben Army won the first battle of the Northern Expedition, severely damaged the Longcheng rebels outside Zhuozhou City, and the capture of Zhuozhou City is just around the corner!"
"In addition, by the way, I mentioned in the memorial that the royalties for the Huben Army's victory in Mozhou will be allocated to the Huben Army by the court. The families and widows of the fallen soldiers of the Huben Army in the Battle of Mozhou are still eagerly waiting for this payment. Living on a pension!”
"The general will get the order!"
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The next day.
In the Imperial City of the Capital, inside the Jinluan Hall.
The new prime minister Qin Ruhui brought the Manchu civil and military officials to the court to discuss matters.
The young Queen Mother Su Waner took the young Emperor Lingwu, who had just turned three years old, to listen to the government behind the curtain.
In the court hall, after a facial expression of long live greetings, the discussion got down to business.
Prime Minister Qin Ruhui said: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother——"
"Early this morning, the Ministry of War received the 800-mile expedited memorial sent back from Zhuozhou by the mighty General Wu Sanjia, the commander-in-chief of Daxin;"
"The memorial says that after our great victory in Mozhou, our new Tiger-Ben army took advantage of the victory and pursued it, severely inflicting heavy losses on the Longcheng rebels again. The front of the Tiger-Ben army was already pointing directly at the gates of Zhuozhou City."
"Conquering Zhuozhou City is just around the corner!"
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As soon as this news came out, the government and the public were shocked.
The civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty all thought this was an auspicious sign and praised Wu Sanjia as a great new lucky general and a strong general. With him leading the army in the Northern Expedition, it would be easy to put down the rebellion of the King of Jin.
Of course, these civil servants could not help but flatter Prime Minister Qin Ruhui.
Praising Qin Xianghui for his sharp eyesight, boldly promoting Wu Sanjia, and entrusting him with important responsibilities was the first prime minister of Daxin to turn the tide and support the building from collapse.
Among the voices of praise, there was only one voice that did not compliment the leader of the nominal Great New Dynasty, Emperor Lingwu Zhao Lingwu, and the Queen Mother Su Waner who listened behind the curtain.
It was obvious that the entire Daxin imperial court had already followed Prime Minister Qin's lead, and did not take the young emperor Zhao Lingwu and the Queen Mother Su Waner seriously at all.
In the Jinluan Palace, the young emperor Zhao Lingwu sat alone on the dragon chair, looking blankly at the courtiers who were talking and laughing in the palace.
Subconsciously, she turned her head and looked at Queen Su Waner behind a curtain.
The curtain was translucent, so that the courtiers in the palace could not clearly see the expression of Queen Mother Su Waner sitting behind the curtain from a distance of dozens of steps.
But then again.
Looking at this great new court, who would care about a pair of puppet mother and son?
"Everyone, be quiet!"
At this time, Qin Ruhui waved his hand to signal the courtiers to quiet down.
When Prime Minister Qin spoke, the originally noisy court hall suddenly became silent.
Qin Ruhui continued: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother——"
"The mighty general and commander-in-chief Wu Sanjia is still writing a memorial, urging the imperial court for the pay and silver of the Huben Army!"
"I see what Wu Sanjia means. If the imperial court does not allocate the money, he will not attack Zhuozhou City. When will the imperial court's funds arrive at Huben's army, and when will Wu Sanjia continue his northern expedition to attack the city?"
As he said this, Qin Ruhui arched his head and said, "This matter is of great importance. Please let the Emperor and the Queen Mother make the final decision!"
"Prime Minister Qin, since it is the salary of the Huben Army, then let the Ministry of Household Affairs allocate funds directly!"
In the Jinluan Palace, Queen Mother Su Waner, who was sitting behind a curtain and listening to the government, finally spoke: "The imperial court does not need hungry soldiers, not to mention Wu Sanjia and Huben Army, who are suppressing the rebellion on behalf of the imperial court. Naturally, their salary cannot be Drag it!”
Listening to Queen Su Wan'er's words, Qin Ruhui was not in a hurry to answer.
I saw him turning his head slightly, and out of the corner of his eye, he just caught sight of Luo Yuanji, the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, who immediately understood and stood up.
After bowing to the Emperor and the Queen Mother in the Jinluan Hall, he hurriedly said: "To report to the Emperor and Queen Mother, the treasury in charge of the Ministry of Revenue has long been depleted, and there is no money to reward the officers and men of the Tiger and Ben Army on the front line!"
Luo Yuanji spread his hands and said with a look of helplessness: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother: In order to collect enough food and fodder for the frontline army, I have already racked my brains and asked officials in various places to distribute taxes to the grandchildren of the people. ”
"This is how we can collect food and fodder for the soldiers of Ying and Mo Erzhou armies, but there is really no way to collect the pay and silver of the Huben army!"
Hearing this, Queen Mother Su Waner, who was sitting behind the curtain in the Jinluan Palace, could not help but frown slightly and asked: "Prime Minister Qin, how much is the salary of the frontline soldiers that Wu Sanjia is asking for?"
Qin Ruhui replied without thinking: "Twelve million taels of silver!"
In fact, the military salary and pension that Wu Sanjia asked for from Huben was only six million taels of silver in total.
The extra part was that Qin Ruhui planned to take this opportunity to let Su Wan'er, uncle Su Muchen, and the aristocratic families from all over the Yangtze River represent behind them.
"Twelve million taels?"
Behind the curtain, Su Waner was obviously startled when she heard the amount of salary.
After hesitating for a moment, he lamented and said: "Has the huge New Dynasty reached a point where it can't even afford twelve million taels of silver?"