The eighth day of March, Meridian Gate, early morning.
From the beginning of the court meeting that day, the Ministry of Revenue was reporting on the drought situation after the spring in various places. The right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Li Mengyang, was almost worn out.
"In order to avoid the drought, the thirty-four prefectures and counties under Dongchang, Qingzhou and other prefectures in Jinan, Shandong, and the five health centers such as Jinan Dongchang, in the eleventh year of Hongzhi's summer tax revenue, the drought was avoided in Datong Prefecture in Shanxi In the prefectures and counties, the health offices under the Xingdu Department, and the prefectures and counties under Kaifeng and other prefectures in Henan, and the health offices in Xuanwu and Nanyang, there was a difference in grain and grass grains in the eleventh year of Hongzhi."
There are reports of drought in various places, and it is not Every request for reduction or exemption was approved.
And it is "different", which means that it depends on the situation in different places.
Li Mengyang was born in the grain industry. In October of the 11th year of Hongzhi, he was appointed as the Governor of Nanjing Grain Reserve and the right deputy censor of the capital. Xu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was transferred to the northwest to supervise the military affairs of Datong. After he and Chen Rui were ordered to retire in July because they were afraid of the fire, Li Mengyang was changed to the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue. In June of the 15th year of Hongzhi, he was elected as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry of Nanjing. , became an official in the first year of Zhengde.
This person is very proficient in food matters.
But no matter how professional he spoke, the emperor had no thoughts at all. From time to time he would call Dai Yi over to ask a few words, appearing nonchalant.
Some ministers below have noticed that the emperor seems to be concerned about something, and they don’t know what the emperor is asking. Anyway, Li Mengyang hasn’t finished his report yet, so the ministers can only listen.
On Zhu Youtang’s side.
Just when Li Mengyang was about to finish his presentation, Dai Yi hurried over and said, "Your Majesty, Xiao Jing has ushered Mr. Zhang into the palace."
"You know the truth?"
"Start again and go east."
"Okay, okay."
What Zhu Youtang is concerned about is naturally Zhu Feng's journey from Piantou Pass to the capital. And he wanted to go to Ningyuan, Liaodong without stopping.
Because the preparations for the war were in a hurry, a distinguished minister with the rank of general from the northwest was transferred to Liaodong as the chief military officer. In order to ensure the success of the battle, Zhu Youtang asked Zhu Feng to pass through the capital without entering. , there is no need to go to the city to report to him as the emperor, but to ask Zhang Zhou to go outside the city to meet Zhu Feng, have a face-to-face discussion, and then give Zhu Feng instructions to arrange everything that can be taken care of.
Zhu Feng and Zhang Zhou probably didn't meet for more than an hour before and after, so Zhu Feng was sent to Ningyuan to be the commander-in-chief in charge of the entire war.
In fact, Dai Yi and other eunuchs also felt that the emperor seemed to trust Zhang Zhou too much. After all, it was not Wang Weining who led the army this time, but Zhu Feng, the chief soldier, and Zhang Yanling, the deputy chief soldier. The only person with the most ability is Chen Rui, another deputy commander of the army, Ping Jiangbo, but Chen Rui's reputation now is such that no one in the army would believe him.
Fortunately, there was Zhang Yong, the supervisor who had previously collaborated with Wang Yue to achieve a great victory at Piantou Pass, and Wang Qiong, a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue who was responsible for supervising grain.
It seems that this combination has a basic personnel structure from civil servants to military officers.It was originally complete, but even Dai Yi and other close confidants of the emperor felt that this combination was a bit strange, and it might be good unless it caused a big mess.
Is the nominal coach Zhang Zhou actually commanding from behind or is he only meeting with coach Zhu Feng for less than an hour to arrange the battle situation?
Dai Yi wants to say, who dares to believe it if he tells it?
"Ask Bingkuan to wait at Qianqing Palace, and I will go see him after the dynasty is over."
"Yes."
When Zhu Youtang learned that After Zhang Zhou entered the palace, he was no longer interested in listening to the ministers' reports on the drought.
"Let's end today's meeting here." Zhu Youtang finally waited for Li Mengyang to finish speaking, and wanted to end the meeting without making any decisions.
Liu Jiandao, "Your Majesty, the drought in the north is serious now. We should send envoys to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth."
Zhu Youtang frowned slightly.
In the past, there was no need to deliberately discuss this kind of matter. As long as the minister proposed it, the emperor would definitely agree.
But the problem is that now that Zhang Zhou is here, shouldn’t we first discuss this matter of offering sacrifices to heaven with Zhang Zhou who can “know God’s will”
At this time, the Ministry of Household Affairs Shangshu Zhou Jing also came out and said, "Your Majesty, the rivers in the capital are blocked. All the rivers in the city are smelly and there are many complaints from the people. Please use Shuntian Prefecture to cooperate with Jingying and others to dredge the rivers."
Zhu Youtang said, "Okay. The Ministry of Industry, together with the internal officials, the imperial guards and the censors of the city, are ordered to dredge the ditches in the capital. The court meeting will be here first. Mr. Liu Ge and Ma Shangshu will stay one step ahead. The rest of the Qing family's departments will "His duties"
The emperor did not make any direct expression other than agreeing to dredge the ditches in the city.
The ministers also didn’t understand. Since the emperor had something to discuss with Ma Wensheng and Liu Jian, why didn’t he summon them to the Qianqing Palace, but just wanted to say a word at the Meridian Gate?
If it wasn’t something Why should the Minister of War and the Chief Minister be left alone to talk about such an important matter?
The ministers dispersed.
Ma Wensheng and Liu Jian walked up to Zhu Youtang.
Zhu Youtang asked Dai Yi to tell them that Zhu Feng, Zhang Yong and Zhang Yanling had passed by the capital and continued eastward to Ningyuan.
"I also asked Uncle Ping Jiang to lead the Thousand Divine Machine Battalion to set off yesterday. The personnel transfer has been completed. As usual, I would like to say hello to the two Qing families."
Zhu Youtang I don't mean to discuss with you, I just want to talk to you.
Don’t try to persuade me because of your sentimentality, I will not change this matter.
Liu Jian cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, if Di Yi invades and the soldiers of the three armies cower, or there are battle losses, who should bear the responsibility?"
This issue still requires the emperor to make an oath.
Don’t make a blind move when deploying troops. If the troops of Duoyan Sanwei really come, somewhere in Liaodong will be plundered again, or even Ningyuan will be plundered. Someone will always be needed to take care of them. The one who passed it first
After hearing this, Zhu Youtang looked very unhappy.
What is this?
I am dispatching my troops to win the war. You first tell me who will take the blame for losing the battle
Wei Bin, the eunuch and eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of etiquette, walked out from behind. In the tone of reconciling the relationship between monarch and minister, he smiled and said, "Two of you, who will take the responsibility and who will take the credit, aren't they all corresponding? Do you still need to ask?"
The general meaning is, this Whoever wins a battle is the first to take credit, and whoever loses is the first to take the blame.
That sounds right.
But Zhu Youtang glared at him without any politeness. Wei Bin realized something was wrong and quickly took two steps back and lowered his head.
The emperor was very angry.
Can't you Wei Bin hear that Liu Jian means to let Zhang Zhou come out as the person in charge
You are still making noises
What the hell
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Zhang Zhou asked Zhu Feng to go to Liaodong, which hurt your interests. At this time, he started to pretend to be pretentious in the name of easing the conflict between the monarch and his ministers, and stir up trouble here
Zhu Youtang said, "The Battle of the Northwest , Although Bingkuan is not the first to do so, his contribution in this battle is not bad. I dare to ask, if there is any deviation, where is his fault?"
"Your Majesty, this is not what I meant."< /p>
Liu Jian also didn’t expect that the emperor would make his words so clear.
He didn’t even say who was responsible, but just revealed that he wanted Zhang Zhou to take the blame.
After hearing the emperor's words, Wei Bin didn't dare to breathe.
Based on their experience as eunuchs, they naturally knew that the emperor was really angry.
Whoever wants to cause trouble for Zhang Zhou is causing trouble for me. Although your questions are only hypothetical, as long as your motives are not pure, I will be angry.
Zhu Youtang was even a little too lazy to continue talking to Liu Jian and Ma Wensheng. He stood up and said, "I have informed the two Qing families of the progress of the Liaodong war. There is no need to talk to outsiders. Leave."
After saying this, Zhu Youtang was not polite and took the Supervisor of Ceremonies and several others to Qianqing Palace.
As soon as the emperor left.
As soon as Ma Wensheng and Liu Jiang left the Meridian Gate, Ma Wensheng reminded him, "It seems that His Majesty is determined to achieve martial arts achievements in Jiubian. With the current situation around Ningyuan, Liaodong, Liu Ge doesn't have to worry, nothing will happen." It's a big deal."
"Yeah."
Liu Jian naturally knows that it won't be a big deal.
I just wanted the emperor to treat Zhang Zhou as a normal courtier.
The first achievement is the first pass. This is the most basic truth. Why is Your Majesty unwilling to admit it?
Ma Wensheng sighed, "Your Majesty favors Zhang Bingkuan and hopes that nothing will happen." Good. A country governed by Taoists is not as good as a country governed by Confucian officials."
This is actually a reminder to Liu Jian that no matter whether your cabinet likes Zhang Zhou or not, it is best to bring Zhang Zhou into the civil service camp. .
This is not a matter of likes and dislikes, nor is it a matter of closeness or distance, it is a matter of necessity.
If the civil servants do not accept him, then he is a Taoist priest, and his philosophy of governing the country will become worse.Fa and civil servants went in different directions.
In the Qianqing Palace.
When Zhu Youtang met Zhang Zhou, his expression improved a lot. He did not blame Wei Bin for anything. From the emperor's point of view, the eunuchs of Si Li Jian were always his "own people" , sometimes it is not unforgivable to make a mistake or two.
Before meeting Zhang Zhou, the emperor relied heavily on the opinions of the ceremonial supervisors in governing the country. They were also the emperor's most loyal staff.
"Bingkuan, are you okay with Zhijie? I'm afraid it will be too hard for him. He had previously reported that he wanted to be transferred back to Beijing, and I also sent him back. After the First World War in Liaodong, Let him come back and rest for a while, and let him do some errands in the capital camp."
Zhu Youtang mentioned Zhu Feng as if he was referring to his nephew. He felt that Zhu Feng was incompetent, but also wanted to do it. Zhu Feng makes a difference.
Zhang Zhou smiled and nodded, "I told him that this battle will not last until the end of the month. He left happily after hearing this."
Is that so?
Not really.
Zhang Zhou wanted to say that that boy complained so much now that he almost thought the whole world was trying to harm him.
It took a lot of talking to calm this kid down.
Just like this, he is still the head coach. Thanks to your trust in him, Your Majesty, even I dare not let him lead the troops.
"How is Uncle Jianchang doing?" Zhu Youtang asked again.
Zhang Zhoudao said, "I didn't see it, but I heard that he was complaining about the hard work of traveling all the way."
"Alas"
Zhu Youtang couldn't help but sigh.
Even he, the emperor, can see that this is a combination of shrimp soldiers and crab generals. Even with Zhang Zhou strategizing behind the scenes, it feels like these guys are just going to Liaodong to cause trouble, and they have no intention of fighting a serious war
"Bingkuan, thank you for your hard work." Zhu Youtang said with remorse.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "It is up to people to make plans, and it is up to God. I am not afraid of hard work. Besides, I have not gone to Liaodong, so it is not hard."
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