Chapter 666 Reason
how so? !
Zhao Daying froze on the spot, staring straight at the head in the water tank, staring at the obvious traces of the net scarf on the head's hair, unable to believe his eyes.
Can't figure it out.
Is it obviously a Tatar head presented by the border army?
How did he become the head of the common people?
At this moment, Zhao Daying was like a gambler who had lost all his money. His eyes were blood red, he kept shaking his head and muttering about the impossible and the impossible.
How is it impossible!
Zhu Ping'an looked at Zhao Daying and twitched his lips, "Zhao Daying killed a good man and took advantage of his own power, so he lost his conscience. Some of the frontier generals are not good birds either!"
If it were any other year, Zhu Ping'an might not know, but last year was too special.
The Gengxu Revolution!
Because less than a year has passed, another scandal has occurred, and the current court is still blocking all kinds of information. At this time, the people of Ming Dynasty are not very clear about the inside story. However, later history has recorded this very clearly, and many historical books have described it. Zhu Ping'an has read a lot of information in modern times, and there is no way he can be mistaken.
In June last year, the leader of the Mongolian Tumut tribe, Ada Khan of the Tatars, launched a war because the Ming Dynasty closed the "tribute market" between the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars.
The so-called tribute market means that the Tatars paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and then sent people to follow the tribute envoys with cattle, sheep, horses and other items. They traded with the Ming Dynasty at the place designated by the Ming Dynasty in exchange for the Ming Dynasty salt, iron, tea, grain and other materials.
Because the Ming Dynasty closed the tribute market, the Tatars could not obtain salt, iron, tea, food and other supplies from the Ming Dynasty.
But at this time, in order to consolidate his rule over the Tatars and to defeat and conquer the Oara tribe, Anda Khan urgently needed supplies.
At the beginning, Anda Khan did not launch a war, but sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty, saying that he would pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, hope that the Ming Dynasty would open the tribute market, and hope to expand the scale of the tribute market.
The attitude of the Tatar envoys was not very good, and the size of the tribute market demanded was also very large.
The Ming Dynasty was originally worried about a repeat of the Civil War Incident of the past, but was stimulated by the attitude of the Tatar envoy. How can you act like a vassal and pay tribute? You say you are a vassal and pay tribute, but you are so presumptuous. So the Ming Dynasty rejected Anda Khan righteously and killed the arrogant Tatar envoy.
Formal means were not available, so Ananda Khan launched a war, aiming to force the Ming Dynasty to open the tribute market through the war. From some perspectives, it is a bit similar to the Opium War.
"The newborn children in my land have all grown up to be men, and the foals have grown into horses. But the Chinese bully my tribe unreasonably, kill my envoys, cut off my trade, make my children eat meat without tea and salt, and let my girls get married. No rouge. Today I swear to wash away this shame with blood. My sons will feed your horses, polish your scimitars, and sharpen your arrowheads. I will lead your horses to the Central Plains and use our horses, scimitars, and arrowheads to restore our ancestors. of glory.”
In June, Anda Khan finished his oath, burned paper and threw it into the sky, and gathered more than 100,000 people from various Tatar ministries to attack Datong and Xuanfu.
At that time, the commander-in-chief Qiu Luan was guarding Datong. When he saw that Anda Khan had many strong men and strong murderous intent, he thought that he could not defeat him anyway, so he used his best move and sent people with gold and silver. He bribed Anda Khan with valuable gifts such as money and jewelry, and carried forward the spirit of the dead Taoist friend to avoid the poor Taoist, and asked Anda Khan to attack in another place.
Anda Khan was also a man of integrity. After receiving the money, he actually changed places and led the army to turn around and head east.
This caused great harm to the border towns to the east.
Originally Anda Khan came to Datong and Xuanfu, and the border towns such as Gubeikou in the east were not prepared. As a result, Anda Khan's army suddenly appeared. It was in response to the military strategist's words to take them by surprise and attack them unprepared. The result can be imagined. The Ming army in Gubeikou and other border towns collapsed at the first touch. They were killed by Anda Khan and lost their helmets and armor. There were countless casualties among soldiers and civilians.
Then Ada Khan drove straight in from Gubeikou, full of murderous intent, all the way to the capital.
In fact, if Anda Khan wanted to attack the capital, he would first have to pass through the three important military towns of Huairou, Shunyi and Tongzhou before reaching the capital. However, the military defenses of the three important military towns of Huairou, Shunyi, and Tongzhou are also rotten to the core, and their armaments are lax, worse than Gubeikou. The three important military towns were like tofu, and Anda Khan dug through them effortlessly.
Anda Khan basically encountered no decent resistance, so he came to the capital.
The capital was shocked.
At that time, the garrison force in the capital was said to be 350,000, but in fact, there were only 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses. Emperor Jiajing urgently ordered troops from all over the country to rush to the aid of King Qin. At the same time, he gathered militiamen and martial arts students from all over the country who participated in martial arts competitions in the capital to defend the city. Well, by the way, the future great Qi Jiguang was participating in the general examination at that time. He presented the defense strategy and was temporarily appointed as the general flag board to supervise the defense of the nine gates of the capital and made his mark.
The person in charge of the defense of the capital was Ding Rukui, the former Minister of War.
Ding Rukui remained calm in the face of danger and quickly mobilized his troops to resist Anda Khan's army. However, Ding Rukui was at odds with Yan Dang. Naturally, the trusted generals of the Yan Party would not cooperate with Ding Rukui. They either worked as foreigners or gave Ding Rukui false information.
And Yan Song also wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of the "thorn in his side" Ding Rukui.
When Ding Rukui came to ask Yan Song for instructions on how to fight and defend, Yan Song analyzed the situation of the enemy's and our own forces, and then said to Ding Rukui emotionally, "When this battle is about life or death, I will give my full support to Lord Ding."
This made Ding Rukui a little touched.
"But I have to explain the pros and cons of fighting and defending clearly to Mr. Ding. If we fight outside the fortress, we can cover up the defeat, but if we fight in the suburbs of Beijing, we cannot cover up the defeat. Our army is strong in defending the city, not in the field. Therefore, Master Ding must think carefully." Yan Song put himself in Ding Rukui's shoes and analyzed it, hinting that Ding Rukui should not go to war.
"The situation is urgent now. Anda Khan is burning, killing and looting outside the city. I, Ding, have been favored by the emperor in this life and should serve the country with my life. I dare not be alone, so I request to go out of the city to fight against the enemy. I, Ding, am not greedy for merit, and I will cooperate with King Qin's border troops. Cooperate inside and outside, and attack from the front and rear, and we will be able to repel the enemy." Ding Rukui shook his head and asked to go out to fight.
"Master Ding, the Holy One is resting in Xiyuan now. If you insist on sending troops, you will definitely alarm the Holy One. This is not bringing your own sin. Besides, we are waiting for you with a strong formation, and King Qin is looking aside, Anda Khan will not dare to attack the city rashly. If so, Master Ding went into battle rashly. It's good to win. But if he loses, the capital will have no troops to defend. What if the capital is destroyed? Is Master Ding sure of victory? The capital is an important place and the lifeblood of the country. Does Master Ding want to win? Be careful. I have grabbed enough, and I will naturally retreat. I will report the details to the Holy Master and ensure that Lord Ding is fine." Yan Songxiao persuaded Ding Rukui with emotion and reason.
then
The Ming army sat back and watched Anda Khan burn, kill and loot.
The royal cemetery and the ministers' estates outside the city were all burned and looted by Ada Khan.
The basket is now bigger.
So Ding Rukui, who was too afraid to fight and whose defense was not tight, became a scapegoat and was ordered to be killed by Emperor Jiajing.
Anyway.
Since Anda Khan sent troops to invade the Ming Dynasty last year, Datong guarded Qiu Luan and bribed the Tatars. Naturally, no Tatar heads were captured. The border troops in Beigukou, Huairou, Shunyi, Tongzhou and other places collapsed at the first touch. It would be good if they could save their lives. What's more, There will be no Tartar heads taken.
Not to mention the capital, if there is no battle, just sit back and watch Anda Khan burn, kill, loot and return, there will definitely be no Tatar heads.
In other words, there were basically no Tatar heads captured in the entire Ming Dynasty last year.
Therefore, even if Zhao Daying's uncle and nephew had his head stolen, Zhu Pingan would not be worried as long as it was confirmed that the head was from last year. No matter how hard Zhao Daying's uncle and nephew tried, it was all in vain. What is fake will always be fake.
The worst case of killing good people and claiming merit was in the late Ming Dynasty.
The means of identifying those who kill good people and take advantage of others were also the most abundant and standard in the late Ming Dynasty. Several of Zhu Ping'an's methods today are based on identification methods from the late Ming Dynasty. Of course, for people in court, these methods are enlightening and eye-opening.