When the minister heard this, he already knew what was going on.
The emperor's desire to grant Wang Yue the title of marquis was obviously beyond his control. It was a bit difficult to persuade the emperor to change his mind with serious reasons.
Although logically speaking, whether to be granted the title of Marquis or the title of Uncle should be considered by the Ministry of War’s selection of officials and the Ministry of Rites to summarize historical cases and formulate the process of promotion, but after all, this is the role of the emperor. "Family affairs", the purpose of giving a title to someone is to ensure the stability of the royal family. Once the emperor insists, the ministers will be in a passive state.
Many of the ministers present were anxious and wanted to speak out. However, due to their insufficient status and status, they knew that even if they spoke out, they would not be accepted by the emperor.
Liu Jian continued to argue, "Your Majesty, the imperial court's example is that if the merits are not covered up, the faults will not be highlighted. Although Wang Yue's merits were famous for a while, they were not without faults, and they should be concealed. Time must be saved. Now, the battle at Pianguan has only been over for five days, and it is difficult to determine the merits and demerits. Why not wait until the censor and others arrive at Pianguan and make a detailed accounting of the merits and demerits before making a decision."
At the critical moment, Liu Jian could only "find another way" through the prestige of the cabinet.
After hearing this, the ministers suddenly felt confident.
Conventional methods cannot hold the emperor back in this matter, so simply use a one-word trick to delay it
How far should it be delayed? It is best to delay it until Wang Weining is dead. At that time Even if his descendants are rewarded with a Wei Ning Bo, the people of the Wang family will still be grateful, and there will be no need to consider whether to be granted the title of marquis or uncle.
Those of us who are ministers did not say that we would not grant Wang Weining the title of marquis. We just explained that he had merits and demerits in this matter, and his faults were very obvious. Since your majesty has said so, I am afraid that Covering up Wang Weining's merits will cause the northwest officials to be timid in future wars, but we are also worried that exposing his fault will cause the northwest officials to do whatever they want and blow up the city gates for fun.
A "measure" can delay the matter.
With this kind of credit, if we don’t investigate it for a year and a half, will there be a conclusion?
Even if we have a conclusion by then, we can say that the conclusion is not perfect yet and needs to be further investigated. If we conduct an investigation and send a group of people there just to go back and forth like this, Wang Weining will probably go to his grave.
Zhu Youtang thought for a while and nodded slightly.
When arguing with ministers, it seems that the emperor has the advantage, but Zhu Youtang is the gentlest emperor in the Ming Dynasty after all. In other words, he is very afraid of fighting with others, and his social phobia will make him feel uncomfortable. Unconsciously, I have a "muddling along" mentality, thinking that as long as you meet my certain needs to a certain extent, I can give you face and put it down.
Be nice first and then talk.
Liu Jianzheng also saw the emperor's mentality and played this trick.
Zhu Youtang said, "Rewards for military merit in the northwest cannot be delayed for too long. They must be decided before the end of February. Especially when it involves ordinary generals, we cannot let the soldiers feel cold."
< p>Although it is tolerantBut the emperor gave a deadline, saying it was the end of February.But this kind of deadline is the same as not being mentioned. When can the investigation be completed? It is not something that your emperor sets a deadline and it will be completed. Doesn’t it mean that the people who went to investigate did not have time to come back after they came back? The time limit you pulled back has no binding force at all.
And when the deadline comes, we can also reward those middle and lower-level officers who are not controversial first, and delay Wang Yue's credit first.
After Zhu Youtang found that there was no objection from the ministers present, he seemed satisfied, but then he wanted to give these ministers something "real" to see.
He said, "Now that the situation in the northwest border is in chaos, I am going to appoint Wang Weining as the censor of the left capital, with the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War, to take charge of the military affairs of Yansui, Ningxia, Shaanxi and other departments, and at the same time coordinate with Pianguan, Datong, The Xuanfu and other departments will provide military supplies and supplies until the situation in the northwest is calmed down, and then we will return to the court and make a decision."
When the ministers heard this, they were dumbfounded again.
They immediately thought of a problem
We delayed the agreement on Wang Weining’s military merits. Then Wang Weining was still a civil servant. If a civil servant still wanted to take charge of the northwest military affairs, then the emperor There is nothing wrong with him being given the title of Censor of Zuodu and the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, which is a false position. It can even be said that if Wang Weining is transferred back to the court, Ma Wensheng may have to give up his position.
This does not mean that Ma Wensheng will be allowed to retire directly. At that time, Ma Wensheng may be given the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. No matter how unworthy he is, he will still be the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, or the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing.
In short Wang Weining was still a civil servant for a day, so their credit for suppressing Wang Weining involved competing with them for their jobs.
The resentment in the hearts of the ministers.
I wanted to object to the emperor's move, but it was difficult to say it. The emperor promoted Wang Yue normally.
If you don’t object.
Wang Weining is not a noble man, so he did not touch Wu Xun’s cheese, but he destroyed the basic base of our civil servants
That is not as good as
The people then turned their attention to Ma Wensheng, Liu Jian and others, meaning, why don't you just stop arguing and let him be the Marquis of Weining? There are so many marquises in the Ming Dynasty, why fight with Wang Weining? He treats him as his Marquis, after becoming a military officer, we and our civil servants will be on the same page, wouldn't everyone be happy
Ma Wensheng, Liu Jian and others did not expect that the emperor would make this move.
Promoting Wang Yue to the position of governor of the three sides is not enough. According to the emperor's wishes, this is to use Wang Yue to control the military affairs of the nine sides.
Why does the emperor believe so much that Wang Yue is not afraid of this old boy? Rebellious
Zhu Youtang sighed quietly, "Wang Weining fought for the imperial court for half his life and made many contributions. He was already the Minister of War during the reign of the late emperor. If he had made such contributions, I would just let him do it." The left minister of the Ministry of War and the censor of the right capital seem to be mean, and it is not conducive to the demonstration of meritorious service.”
No one responded.
There is no logical error in what the emperor said.
During the Chenghua period when Wang Weining did not make any great achievements, Wang Weining went to the northwest to lead military affairs as the official minister of the Ministry of War. During the Battle of Helan Mountain, Wang Weining was also the censor of Zuodu.
Now I only give him the empty posts of Minister of the Ministry of War and Yushi of Zuodu. Is there any problem?
It’s just that the emperor’s words of “we will make a decision when we return to the court” are a bit scary. .
This means that if the emperor transfers Wang Weining back, then Wang Weining will at least be a full-time minister of the Ministry of War, and Ma Wensheng will have to step aside.
Xie Qian came out and said in a slightly gentle tone, "Your Majesty, would it be too heavy a responsibility to let Wang Weining control the military affairs of many passes in the northwest?"
Not to mention his great power. , just saying that he is under a lot of pressure, which means that we need to find someone to share it with him.
Zhu Youtang said, "A capable person works hard, and now only his reputation can intimidate the Northwest Xiaoxiao. Don't you have any opinions on this?"
Thank you Qian also smiled bitterly and then returned to the court.
"Let the meeting continue"
Zhu Youtang seemed to have the absolute upper hand, and then he jumped away from the topic and started talking about something else.
The meeting ended.
Zhu Youtang returned to Qianqing Palace first and waited for a small meeting in the inner court. Liu Jian, Xie Qian and Ma Wensheng would then go to the inner court. Before leaving, they were surrounded by ministers. .
"Your Majesty is clearly indulging Wang Weining. The military affairs of the northwest are all in his hands. If he has disobedient intentions, how will the people around the capital respond?"
The ministers were obviously concerned about this. Wang Yue was worried.
This old boy likes to bribe his superiors and make friends with internal officials when he has nothing to do. He has a set of methods to please people, and he never looks like a positive character.
Now that all the military affairs in the northwest are handed over to him alone, what if this old boy wants to rebel and become the emperor?
Xie Qian smiled and said, "That's not the case. Wang Weining is also from the Ming Dynasty after all." Minister, and given his age."
Xie Qian said casually that if Wang Weining wanted to be the emperor, he should first ask if his body could bear it. For a person who died once, he still deserved it. If he wants to cause chaos, is there no garrison lieutenant in the northwest? Without Wu Xun to hold him hostage, if he says rebellion, his generals will follow him
Besides, doesn’t this old boy always just want to take down Weiningbo? Go back
Even if Wang Weining thinks he has the strength to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, he is confident that his descendants can hold it. First of all, his family members are all in the capital. When the time comes, the emperor will directly kill his whole family and let him Come and cut off your descendants.
Tu Fu also frowned and said, "Why does your Majesty trust Wang Weining so much?"
Now Tu Fu also has a sense of crisis.
Because Tu Fu felt that the emperor's appointment of Wang Yue as a civil servant in the court was basically aimed at him.
Aren’t you, Tu Yu, often accused of being close to Li Guang recently? They also said you are stupid and incompetent, and you yourself have repeatedly resigned but were not accepted
If If Wang Weining really came back from the northwest to become the Minister of War, then in all likelihood, he would let Ma WenIf you are promoted to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Tu Jian can just become an official and go back to your hometown.
I just want to ask you if Tu Jian is in a hurry
In the past, Tu Jian would never give Wang Yue the title of a marquis. From his position, but with this incident, he, Tu Yu, must be the first to rebel.
It’s always the fist that doesn’t hit me, so I don’t know the pain.
Xie Qian made a strange noise from the corner of his mouth, grinned and said, "Wang Weining, haha, just like that"
He didn't say it clearly.
But the implications are also obvious.
Wang Weining, his greatest skill is to be fawning. If he were the kind of upright minister with no shortcomings at all, the emperor would not hand over the entire northwest military power to him.
It is precisely because Wang Yue has obvious advantages and disadvantages, and because Wang Yue showed such respect to the emperor before, he seems to be very greedy for fame, and even flatters eunuchs and close ministers, etc. Not caring about face, this will make the emperor feel that he can appreciate Wang Yue so much because he can handle Wang Yue.
Xie Qian couldn't tell.
You guys are always criticizing Wang Weining for not being a good person
Now it seems that he is very transparent and knows what he needs, unlike us You also need to keep a straight face, and many times you have to suppress yourself for the sake of fame.
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