A man who is mentally implicated with Chongzhen
Gentle as you, as warm as a song.
01 In May of the twelfth year of Chongzhen (1639), Zhang Xianzhong started an incident again in Gucheng. Ruan Zhitian, the magistrate of Gucheng County, received the news, and he wrote a suicide note and committed suicide by taking poison (but did not succeed in committing suicide).
The reason is that Ruan Zhitian has long been aware of the abnormality, and he has repeatedly reminded the high-ranking people of the imperial court to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from rebelling again. However, Xiong Wencan, the premier of the five provinces in charge of war affairs, turned a deaf ear to this.
On the one hand, he accepted a large number of benefits from Zhang Xianzhong, so he was forced to remain silent; On the other hand, if Zhang Xianzhong rebels again, Xiong Wencan's position as a pacifier will be exposed.
Therefore, despite Ruan Zhitian's pleading, he could not get any help and had to make a decision on his own. 02 Zhang Xianzhong reversed, and the situation in Hubei immediately became very serious.
Luo Rucai and others, who had surrendered to the imperial court before, also responded, and the situation became more and more out of control. At this time, Xiong Wencan is the most nervous person. He immediately thought of covering up the facts, he ordered the governors everywhere to strictly guard against it, and urgently ordered Zuo Liangyu to quickly march into the army to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong.
As long as Zuo Liangyu can successfully defeat Zhang Xianzhong, the situation can be controlled.
Zuo Liangyu was forced to lead the Henan deputy general Luo Dai to attack Zhang Xianzhong on a hot day, but due to insufficient preparation, he was ambushed by Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai halfway, and the official army was defeated.
The news was transmitted back to Beijing, Xiong Wencan was convicted for this, Chongzhen ordered Zuo Liangyu to surrender **, and the governors worked together to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong. Chongzhen's anger frightened Yang Sichang, a cabinet scholar and secretary of the Ministry of War, because Xiong Wencan was recommended to Chongzhen by Yang Sichang.
There was also a custom in the Ming Dynasty that once there was a riot in the place, the pot would be counted on the head of the military department. Therefore, Yang Sichang kept writing resignation letters asking for guilt. In August of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Fu Zonglong, the new secretary of the Ministry of War, took over the mess, and Yang Sichang breathed a sigh of relief, glad that he finally escaped safely and returned to the cabinet to continue working.
Yang Sichang once again wrote a note to express his deep regret for failing to effectively curb the thieves and poison the Central Plains. He had done this kind of superficial work many times, but Chongzhen's response surprised him this time.
Chongzhen replied: "Aiqing is loyal to the country, I understand. There is no need to ask for sin, now appoint you as the superintendent, give Shang Fangjian a sword, and the soldiers and horses of all provinces will listen to your moderation, and if the generals below the deputy and staff generals are disobedient, you can be beheaded immediately, and there is no need to report. ”
It turned out that the reason why he was allowed to resign from the Ministry of War was here. Chongzhen has always thought that Yang Sichang is a rare talent, and he has always been partial to him.
In this appointment, Chongzhen also sincerely hopes that he can turn the tide and make some achievements to add glory to his face, so as not to gossip behind his back. Since Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, the phenomenon of the party fighting against each other is not uncommon, and there are almost no ministers in the court who are dedicated to the country.
Chongzhen didn't dare to use these party people, so there was really no one at that time, and only Yang Sichang could take on this important task. Chongzhen was also an edict and an edict, and he summoned Yang Sichang several times a day to encourage him to fight.
In order to show his favor, in addition to the normal reward, Chongzhen also gave a banquet to Yang Sichang in the palace to see him off, and toasted Yang Sichang three times at the banquet. In the end, Chongzhen also made an imperial poem and gave it to Yang Sichang: "Yanmei is temporarily a cadre today, and the general is majestic and fine willow camp."
Sweep away the atmosphere from now on, and return the period of education to the people's livelihood. "This is to directly regard Yang Sichang as Zhou Yafu of the Chongzhen Dynasty. Chongzhen reigned for seventeen years, and only Yang Sichang was able to receive this honor.
Chongzhen is true love for Yang Sichang.
On the first day of October in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Yang Sichang arrived in Xiangyang and began to deploy a plan to eliminate Zhang Xianzhong. Before coming to Hubei, he had asked Chongzhen to grant the "Ping Thief General Seal" and planned to award it to Zuo Liangyu.
Because Zuo Liangyu was the most capable general of the imperial court in the Huguang region at this time. However, Zuo Liangyu lost the general soldier seal letter in a battle not long ago, and when he was worried, he was blessed with a general seal and obtained a general seal.
He immediately told Yang Sichang that he would capture Zhang Xianzhong alive. After sending encouragement to Zuo Liangyu, Yang Sichang quickly escorted Xiong Wencan to Jingshi to implement the "big stick" policy.
After that, he began to implement a strategy of suppression and appeasement. He first issued a notice telling the general public in Hubei that except for Zhang Xianzhong, everyone else could surrender. He also issued a wanted warrant, painted Zhang Xianzhong's portrait on the list, and wrote the poem "Xijiangyue" in his own handwriting: "This is a traitor in Gucheng, and now the dog is dying."
Xing'an Pingli walked in all directions, and the heavenly soldiers caught up. fled and changed his name and surname, and fled in black clothes. The soldiers and civilians were tied up to surrender, and the jade belt brocade clothes were rewarded. At the end of the wanted warrant, the big book rewarded: "The reward for those who can capture Zhang Xianzhong." ”
Stimulated by the stimulants of the "Ping Thief General Seal", Zuo Liangyu acted the most quickly, and he intercepted Zhang Xianzhong's main force on the seventh day of the second month of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen's reign at Agate Mountain in Taiping, Sichuan (now Dazhou, Sichuan), and the two sides fought a fierce battle.
Zhang Xianzhong was defeated, and his troops lost more than 3,500 people. Zhang Xianzhong's own big knife, tiger talisman, and the seven wives and concubines accompanying him and the military advisor Pan Duao were all captured by Zuo Liangyu.
The officers and troops took advantage of the victory to chase and fight fiercely, and successively defeated Zhang Xianzhong's troops.
In the face of Zhang Xianzhong, who had nothing to do, Yang Sichang originally thought that he could be completely solved within three months, but because of Zuo Liangyu's arrogance and He Renlong's passive sabotage, the situation became more and more serious.
However, Zhang Xianzhong seized this opportunity, flexibly avoided the main force of the Ming army, and marched towards Sichuan, taking him by surprise. And under Yang Sichang's men, the two most capable generals lost trust and respect for him, and passed the buck to each other.
In the end, Zhang Xianzhong took the opportunity to attack quickly, broke into Xiangyang City, and gave Yang Sichang a big gift. Yang Sichang had previously advised Chongzhen to be charged with "losing his relatives", but now his army was transferred to Sichuan, and Xiangyang City was empty and undefended, and the only prince was left in the city by him.
Yang Sichang saw Zhang Xianzhong's intentions clearly, but he could not find a suitable solution, because none of his men were willing to fight. At this critical moment, Zuo Liangyu directly led his troops to retreat into Shaanxi on the grounds of lack of food, giving Zhang Xianzhong a chance.
Zhang Xianzhong took the opportunity to quickly march into the army, and burned the post stations along the way, killing all the post soldiers, so that Yang Sichang and the Hubei side could not get the news, and they lost contact. It's all like that lucky pig, standing on the right tuyere, it can fly.
In this operation, Zhang Xianzhong successfully captured Yang Sichang's talisman, and sent Li Dingguo to pretend to be an official soldier and successfully attacked Xiangyang City.
A strange disaster fell from the sky, and the Xiang Domain was suddenly hit. The servant vomited blood and was sad, tied to death, and there was nothing to say. "On the first day of the third month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Yang Sichang died in Xu Yuan, and it is said that he died of poison.