Chapter 190 Accountability
Speaking of which, Xiong Wencan is also a tragic figure. Originally, he fooled Zheng Zhilong into accepting the imperial court's appretion in Fujian and made great contributions to the imperial court. Therefore, he became the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. The senior official lived a comfortable life, but he had to talk about the world's major events when he had nothing to do, and often boasted about himself. If he was responsible for suppressing, he would certainly not let the situation in the Central Plains be so rotten. As a result, he was introduced into the ears of the capital and promoted him to the governor of the five provinces.
Unfortunately, he met Xiao Tianjian, the nemesis. After he took office, he was depleted. In addition, many generals are self-respecting at present, and they don't listen to his greeting at all. It was not easy for him to recruit Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Guoneng, Tuo Yangkun and others. He thought he could pull out his hand to deal with Xiao Tianjian, but he was busy. In the end, all the officers and soldiers transferred were defeated by Xiao Xingtian.
Xiong Wencan, who woke up, lost his mind for a long time. He looked up to the sky and sighed why the situation had developed so much. Since he was asked to be the governor of the five provinces, why did this damn Xiao Tianjian appear again? He hated that God was really unfair to him, but he didn't know that if Xiao Tianjian didn't exist. In other words, his fate is not much better, but it's just a year longer than now. Li Zicheng's recovery, Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion, and Chongzhen still can't forgive him. Although appeasing Zhang Xianzhong is a matter for Emperor Chongzhen's personal determination, with Chongzhen's character, he will never admit his mistake. He is the emperor who has meritorious service. It's just his subordinates, which is also the tragedy of Xiong Wencan and the wrong master.
After losing his mind for a long time, Xiong Wencan knew that he was guilty. However, after thinking for a while, he quickly wrote a pen. While asking for guilt, he shirked the responsibility and shifted the responsibility of Luoyang's broken responsibility to the current governor of Henan, Li Xianfeng, saying that he did not follow his own requirements and quickly put Liu Ze. Qing and Chen Yongfu's troops were transferred to Luoyang for rescue, which led to the destruction of Luoyang and the killing of King Fu.
And the news that Luoyang was broken quickly spread to the capital. After learning the news that King Fu was killed, Chongzhen suddenly burst into tears and cried. He said that although he was the son of the Great Tomorrow, he could not even protect his own uncle, so that Zhu Changxun, the King of Fu, was killed by the thief. He was really sorry for his ancestors. After crying, Then he began to clean up the people. First of all, the official of Henan governor Li Xianfeng, who caught Li Xianfeng in the capital and locked him in the heavenly prison to discuss his guilt. Then he was angry that Luo Dai, the deputy general of Henan, was unable to help Luoyang and demoted him three levels in a row. He continued to lead the soldiers and horses in northern Henan as a matter of waiting for the crime. He also lowered Zuo Liangyu, who lost the seal, to three levels, considering that the left Although Liangyu was defeated in Henan, he still had a lot of troops in the Huguang area, so he also made him commit meritorious service. He continued to command the soldiers and horses under his command and guarded for the Xingtian army to go south. As for Xiong Wencan, he did not escape the crime this time. He was ordered by Chongzhen to remove the position of governor of the five provinces. Originally, he wanted to arrest Xiong Wencan to the capital for guilt. However, because Yang Sichang pleaded for him, he said that although Xiong Wencan's suppression was unfavorable, it was mainly because Li Xianfeng's cooperation was not in place, and Chongzhen temporarily considered that after Henan arrested Li Xianfeng, there was no suitable person in Henan for the time being, so Xiong Wencan temporarily led the governor of Henan and continued to suppress the Xing Tianjun.
In addition to them, Chongzhen also selected a group of Henan officials who resisted the disadvantage of the Xingtian Army, or abandoned the city and fled as soon as the thief army arrived, and arrested them and cut off their heads directly. In short, because Luoyang was broken by the Xing Tianjun, a large number of officials lost their heads.
Although Xiong Wencan has not lost his head for the time being, he obviously can't hold on for a long time. By this time, Chongzhen has found that the Xing Tianjun is basically out of control in the Central Plains, and there are almost no officers and soldiers around him who can fight against it. In the report sent from Henan officials to the capital, he also found that Xing Tianjun It's true that the combat effectiveness is very strong, and the quality of equipment is also quite strong. In particular, Xingtian's weapons are very sharp, which often make the officers and soldiers unable to fight. If they still fight like before, they may not be able to deal with Xing Tianjun. At present, Chongzhen is facing a huge problem. One is that Guanwai is always staring at Daming at the time. Jiannu, who will break through the barrier at any time, and the other is this huge Xingtian army in the heart of the Ming Dynasty. It is like two sharp blades against his back and chest, which makes him feel like a light on his back. He doesn't know what to do.
So he issued a decree to recruit all the officials in the court. Officials said that they should temporarily take a defensive against the Xing Tianjun, strengthen the defense of the state capital around Henan, and control the Xing Tianjun in the Henan area as much as possible, so that they can no longer expand their territory, while Yang Sichang believes that it is better to let Hong Chengchou and After Sun Chuanting quickly wiped out Li Zicheng and other volunteers in Shaanxi as soon as possible, he mobilized the Shaanxi army under the jurisdiction of Hong Chengchou, that is, Qin soldiers, to enter Henan, and cooperate with the officers and soldiers in Jiangbei, Huguang, Shandong, Hebei and other places to eliminate the Xing Tianjun together. Otherwise, once Li Zicheng and other volunteers are revitalized at the moment. If you come, it will be difficult to take care of the beginning and end, so we should eliminate some of the rebels around Henan as soon as possible and deal with Xing Tianjun.
In fact, at this time, both Yang Sichang and Chongzhen are already a little confused, and psychologically, they begin to involuntarily generate ostrich thinking, wanting to avoid Xing Tianjun, a trouble that they can't solve at present.
Chongzhen still trusts Yang Sichang, so he naturally supports Yang Sichang's proposal. Therefore, he ordered Hong Chengchou to quickly destroy Li Zicheng and other departments in Shaanxi. At the same time, he also ordered Nanjing Liudu to suppress the five battalions of the left in western Anhui as soon as possible and free up more troops to deal with Xing Tian. Army.
As for Henan, he issued a decree to Xiong Wencan, who was turned into the governor of Henan, to ensure that other important state capitals in Henan can no longer be defeated by Xing Tianjun. Otherwise, he will be found guilty.
After Xiong Wencan received the order, he couldn't cry even if he wanted to. At present, he has been turned into the governor of Henan, and now how many soldiers in Henan can be called for him! If he is the governor of the five provinces, at least he can piece together some troops from the surrounding area to support the situation in Henan, but now he has no power, but Chongzhen still wants him to defend other places in Henan. Isn't this forcing him to hang himself?
But this was the imperial edict, and he couldn't say no, so he had to accept the order to thank him, hand over the seal of the governors of the five provinces, and left Nanyang with Hu Cong, and went to Kaifeng Mansion.
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