After the plan to save the soldier Chen Liang ended, Sun Chengzong still sat in Shanhaiguan and closely followed Lu Hanqiang's military operations.
Sun Chengzong's personal participation in the entire plan to save Chen Liang did not go as smoothly as expected, and also caused heavy losses to the Fuliao army, mainly because it was not captured and beheaded, which in the military regulations of the Ming Dynasty, this operation was a complete failure, especially he had a bad premise, that is, when taking this action, Lu Hanqiang did not report to Emperor Chongzhen and the Ministry of War in advance, so after such a heavy loss, this operation immediately attracted the wrath of Emperor Chongzhen, and even issued several holy decrees, reprimanded Lu Hanqiang for his irresponsible behavior of acting without authorization.
The Donglin Party was even more down, and the excerpts of impeachment of Lu Hanqiang were piled up, which led to a lot of trouble for Lu Hanqiang later.
But Sun Chengzong, who understood Lu Hanqiang's distress, stood up at this time and made an excerpt, pointing out in this excerpt that Lu Hanqiang's actions were carried out in accordance with his own instructions of the Liaodong Economic Strategy, and he also went to the front line to combat and command, but his own command was at a loss, so there was this seemingly fiasco, of course, Sun Chengzong also analyzed the potential results of this battle to the imperial court in detail, for example, this battle at least caused the Later Jin Emperor Taiji to lose no less than 50,000 men and horses, and at least eroded a large area of Liaodong, At least temporarily weakened the not-so-strong economic strength of Hou Jin Jiannu, which is tantamount to asking for credit for Lu Hanjiang in disguise.
Or to remind the imperial court that the responsibility for this failure and the credit for the loss caused to Huang Taiji can cancel each other, and no punishment or reward can be done.
In terms of rank, Sun Chengzong is indeed Lu Hanqiang's top boss, and when Sun Chengzong first took office in Liaodong, Emperor Chongzhen and the cabinet gave him the power to act cheaply, so it can barely be said to be passable.
Since his master Sun Chengzong came to endorse Lu Hanqiang, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to use this incident to teach Lu Hanqiang a lesson, but he could only give up his thoughts, and in the end he could only comfort Sun Chengzong with good words, and the cabinet only gave Sun Chengzong a penalty of one month, which allowed Lu Hanqiang to get away with it.
But when Sun Chengzong learned that Lu Han's powerful famine plan had begun to be highlighted in the Houjin region, he breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart.
At the same time, I also admire Lu Hanqiang's methods, this kind of economic warfare, or Lu Hanqiangqiang.
But there was another thing that made him smile bitterly in his heart, that is, Lu Hanqiang withdrew Jin Hengguang's troops who attacked Panshan at the same time, and began to shrink the defense in an all-round way, which once again caused Chongzhen's dissatisfaction, thinking that Lu Hanqiang would be a turtle with Lu Shrinking Head after the defeat in the First World War, and it was normal to preserve his strength and wait for another battle.
But in Chongzhen's view, this is Lu Hanqiang making trouble with himself, venting his dissatisfaction, and engaging in passive confrontation.
It is definitely a disgusting thing for a courtier to have an awkward quarrel with the emperor, vent his dissatisfaction, and engage in passive confrontation.
But Sun Chengzong knew that after a battle to save Chen Liang, although Lu Hanqiang caused huge losses to Huang Taiji in terms of economy and personnel, he also suffered heavy losses, and he was unable to attack Houjin again, and it was impossible to attack Panshan with the strength of Jin Hengguang.
In this way, Sun Chengzong had to sigh, so, without fighting for and without the need to fight for Lu Hanqiang's consent, he wrote to Chongzhen about the current situation of the Liaodong Liao Army, and in the twists and turns, Sun Chengzong objectively analyzed the environment that Lu Hanqiang is in now, and said countless fair words for Lu Hanqiang, so that in the deep palace, everything depends on taking Chongzhen for granted, and try to accept this result calmly.
As a result, on this day, the gatekeeper in front of the yamen walked in and said to Sun Chengzong, who was meditating in the study, thinking about how to make peace with Chongzhen between Lu Hanqiang and Chongzhen: "Master Qiyu, the powerful people of Lu Han outside the door come to see." ” "Inspector Lu sent someone to let him in."
Sun Chengzong raised his eyelids and commanded, and then continued to look at the document in his hand and continued to think about his thoughts.
As a result, the porter cautiously said again: "Master Qiqi, it is Inspector Lu Hanqiang who is here in person." ” When Sun Chengzong heard that Lu Hanqiang was coming, he couldn't help but be stunned, and quickly put down the document in his hand and asked in surprise: "Why is he here to do The front line is so tight, he actually came all the way to Shanhaiguan, is there something big and he has to come in person, if you just report the situation of this battle, write an official letter, you don't have to run around so far and wide, isn't this a scare and delay." ” "The old slave doesn't know, and I ask the master to show me whether to see it or not."
The porter asked cautiously.
Lu Hanqiang's official is not small, but his qualifications are not enough in front of Sun Chengzong, especially this porter knows his master's temper, no matter how big an official he is, he is easily not received at home.
Sun Chengzong has this temper, but since people are here, they must be greeted, and at the same time, Sun Chengzong is also very happy that Lu Hanqiang can come, so that he can understand in detail the whole process of saving Chen Liang in the last battle, and he can also touch Lu Hanqiang's future thoughts, and the two of them have a good exchange.
"Hurry up and wait for tea in the flower hall." stood up, repeatedly instructed the old servant to invite Lu Hanqiang in, and then walked quickly to the back house and changed his clothes.
Led into Sun Chengzong's flower hall by the porter, Sun Chengzong was already standing on the steps in regular clothes, standing to greet him, seeing Lu Hanqiang coming over, he walked a few steps down the steps, and said with a slight smile: "What a rare guest, what a rare guest, don't come to the good brother when you see it" Lu Hanqiang walked a few steps, and the big gift saw Sun Chengzong: "Xiaguan Lu Hanqiang, see Lord Jinglu." ” Sun Chengzhong pulled Lu Hanqiang up, "Come on, don't you see that I am wearing a regular uniform, you and I are a year-old friend, this is my own house, not a lobby, there is no need to do this, come on, the back and forth of the wind and dust must be very tiring, sit down and rest."
Then he nodded and smiled at Xu Jie, who was kneeling on the ground behind him, "You can also get up, you are not outsiders, and you can find a stool to sit on by yourself."
Then he said to the old servant beside him: "Hurry up and serve tea, and then instruct the kitchen to make some fine and delicious meals, by the way, open the jar of imperial wine that the emperor gave me at the beginning, warm two pots, and drink a pot of our old and young people, which can be regarded as celebrating the victory for my wise brother." ” The old servant agreed, and immediately went out to make arrangements. t1706231537: