In the Qianqing Palace, the only eunuchs present were Dai Yi and Xiao Jing, who had led Zhang Zhoulai.
The others are Liu Jian and Ma Wensheng.
Before Zhang Zhou arrived, the emperor seemed to have said nothing. So when Zhu Youtang told the news of Wang Yue's death in front of several people, Liu Jian and Ma Wensheng's faces suddenly changed. It was shrouded in gloom, and there was not much blood on the face, as if night had fallen, just like the current situation in the northwest.
Zhu Youtang said, "The death of Marquis Weining has been foreshadowed for a long time. In the past two months, he had had symptoms of chest paralysis and fell ill in front of people twice. So before leaving, he made a memorial and gave a speech. I recommended some people."
Liu Jian looked sideways at Zhang Zhou.
Maybe the emperor didn't tell him, but he also knew that among the people recommended by Wang Yue, Zhang Zhou must be Zhang Zhou, and he was probably the one recommended first.
Ma Wensheng further said, "Nowadays, the Pianguan City Fortress is still damaged in many places. If you only threaten with gunpowder, it will be difficult to stop Di Yi's ambition. The imperial court elected to transfer the Pianguan Commander-in-Chief to replace Wei." Marquis Ning."
Ma Wensheng doesn't need to say some suggestions. As the Minister of War, such suggestions are just a formality.
Zhu Youtang said, "Who do the three ministers think can take on this responsibility?"
There is no need to discuss whether to recommend, but who to recommend is a big problem.
It is a damaged fortress, and there is still a long way to go to rebuild it. It is not just Piantou Pass that is in danger, but the entire northwest is unstable. Tatars have invaded the territory one after another, even in Piantou Pass and Ningyuan. After suffering a big loss, he still had no intention of stopping.
Liu Jiandao, "It is better to go and protect the country."
There are too few famous generals available in the Ming Dynasty, and there are none who can compete with Wang Yue.
Now it is no longer about who is worthy of great use, but whoever is relatively capable will go.
Zhu Youtang shook his head and said, "Mr. Baoguo is unyielding in small things, but he will do big things. Three Qings, do you think it is feasible if Anbianhou goes to Pianguan as the chief military officer?"
p>"Your Majesty, think twice." Liu Jian obviously disagreed.
But he could not give a specific reason for his objection.
Before recommending Zhu Hui as the protector of the country, Liu Jian naturally thought about Zhu Feng. In addition to Zhu Feng, there are others who can best inherit Wang Yue's legacy
But after all, Zhu Feng is just a man who lives in the shadow of others. Whether it is Wang Yue or Zhang Zhou, they are enough to suppress Zhu Feng and let him take the lead alone. Not to mention that the ministers are not optimistic about him and ask him whether he thinks he is qualified.
Zhu Youtang looked at Zhang Zhou first, but Zhang Zhou didn't even express his opinion.
Zhu Youtang made a gesture, and then Dai Yi came out and said, "Guys, a month ago, Marquis Weining was in coma for the second time due to chest paralysis. After waking up, he made a memorial, please Your Majesty. Send Anbian Hou Zhu Feng to Pianguan as the deputy commander-in-chief and call him at any time."
The implication is that the appointment of Zhu Feng was not a temporary decision of the emperor, but was recommended by Wang Yue.
"Well, I originally had a plan to use Pingjiang Bo to transfer the partial pass, but after thinking about it, it is still too difficult for Pingjiang Bo to guard the middle road. It is better to stay in Yansui and other places. Even if there is a war in Ningxia and other places, let him temporarily It would be better to make up for it than to transfer him to Pianguan and Datong Town."
The emperor once again analyzed the feasibility of the other person.
Chen Rui.
The emperor almost said that this guy is too afraid of fire, so he should be left in Yansui to resist Dayan Khan, so as not to stay in Pianguan as his "Chen Erbai" and run around all day and night. The road is two hundred miles.
Liu Jian suddenly looked at Zhang Zhou and asked, "I wonder if Mr. Zhang can recommend anyone?"
Zhang Zhou stood aside and looked at Liu Jian after hearing this.
As if asking.
Mr. Liu Ge, are you serious? At this time, you actually want to listen to my opinion, or do you want me to take the blame?
In the future, the person I recommended will not be able to take the blame, so that I can take the blame. Push it on me
Zhu Youtang also looked at Zhang Zhou with expectation and said, "Bingkuan, I also want to hear your opinion."
Zhang Zhou said, "Return to your majesty, I think, Now it is not about who will be the commander-in-chief of Pianguan, but who will be in charge of the military affairs of Xuanfu, Datong, Piantou Pass and other departments." Zhang Zhou did not follow the ideas of the emperor and Liu Jian.
"Yes."
Zhu Youtang nodded.
The people of Wang Yue are in Piantou Pass. It is enough to set up governors everywhere on the front line of Xuanda. Wang Yue can do both civil service and military service. He is shoulder-to-shoulder. There are governors in Piantou Pass He will also be overwhelmed by Wang Yue.
But now that Wang Yue is away, it is necessary to establish a Xuanda general system.
During the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, the position of governor was not permanent. Instead, there were always governors everywhere. However, after Wang Yue's death, one governor alone could no longer defend this dilapidated city. Even if Huo Si doesn't want to take revenge, the prairie wolves will still want to use this place as a breakthrough point.
Zhu Youtang thought for a while and asked, "Among the Qing family members, I don't know who should go there."
The emperor directly agreed to Zhang Zhou's proposal and temporarily set up Xuanda University. The governor came to take over, which was tantamount to abandoning the previous Wu Xun management system headed by Wang Yue and bringing Piantou Guan back to a situation headed by civilian officials.
This is obviously what Liu Jian and Ma Wensheng want to see.
Ma Wensheng said, "I recommend Liu Daxia, the former Minister of Household Affairs."
Ma Wensheng admired Liu Daxia very much. Now that Liu Daxia resigned and returned to his hometown, Ma Wensheng felt very sorry for this. He also told the emperor Chen Ming cited the benefits of Liu Daxia being the governor of Xuanda: "When Liu Daxia was the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he patrolled the territory of Xuanfu and managed the military pay in an orderly manner. He was very familiar with the military affairs of the Datong Department of Xuanfu. He used it as the general system to ensure that there was no need for military affairs in the area. "Yu."
Zhu Youtang frowned and said, "But he doesn't seem to have any experience in directly leading troops in battle. At this time, he can really intimidate the grassland by taking on a heavy burden."
The emperor is a little bit. worry.
The people recommended by Ma Wensheng can be regarded as being used according to their talents. It is okay to be a conservative Governor of Xuanda.Regardless of whether he is good at presiding over battles or not, he just says that his majesty is not enough. Even the prairie people are not afraid of this, so when it comes to fighting, the confidence of his own soldiers will be reduced by half.
Ma Wensheng also understood this, so he did not continue to fight.
At this moment, Liu Jian glanced at Zhang Zhou again.
Zhang Zhou was also thinking, if you, the chief minister, have anything to say, just say it directly, and always look at me when there is nothing wrong. Don’t you think that I am suitable to be the governor of Xuanda? In your eyes, I’m afraid Let me be the governor of Pianguan, and you have the upper hand.
Zhu Youtang said, "Are there any other candidates?"
Liu Jiandao, "Your Majesty, you might as well go to the court to discuss this matter." "Push."
Zhu Youtang immediately denied that "the situation is serious and urgent, and the news of Weining Hou's death must be concealed from the government and the public until the replacement candidate arrives. If it is leaked in advance, there is no guarantee." Nothing will change in the next few days."
Liu Jian actually doesn't like this kind of inner court discussion, which is tantamount to breaking away from the rules of the court and becoming a small circle meeting, even if there are now him and If Ma Wensheng participates, he will also feel that this is the emperor's violation of rules.
"Bingkuan, the battle at Pianguan started because of you. Now it's time for you to come out and say something." Zhu Youtang really couldn't wait any longer.
If we follow the previous model, in terms of seniority, when will it be Zhang Zhou’s turn to make suggestions?
And what Zhu Youtang wants to hear most is Zhang Zhou’s opinion.
Zhang Zhou said, "Your Majesty, I recommend Wang Qiong, a doctor in the household department, to be the governor of Piantou Pass"
"Oh"
Zhu Youtang frowned.
Ma Wensheng next to him said, "Bingkuan, your Majesty has asked you to recommend the commander-in-chief of Xuanda's military affairs."
Zhang Zhou said, "As for who will be in charge of Xuanda's local military affairs? My ability is not enough to make the candidate, but if Pianguan loses Weininghou and wants to deter the pack of wolves and ferocious beasts on the grassland, there must be someone who knows artillery. I can recommend someone who knows the art under my command. ."
"That makes sense." Zhu Youtang almost got angry.
Previously Zhang Zhou said that he wanted to add a governor, Xuanda, and he immediately agreed to start discussing candidates.
Now Zhang Zhou asked Wang Qiong to be the governor of Piantou Pass, and he agreed without hesitation.
Because in the emperor's opinion, what Zhang Zhou said was simply a wise saying.
The emperor also knew very well what role Wang Qiong played in the battle of Ningyuan. If Wang Qiong was not there, I am afraid that no matter how brave and fearless Zhu Feng was, he would not be able to suppress the local snakes in Liaodong. Now is the critical moment. Wang Qiong went to be the governor of Xuanda. This hat was a bit big, and the ministers in the court would not agree, and they would say that the emperor was nepotistic.
But there is nothing wrong with Wang Qiong being the governor of Piantou Pass.
"Mr. Liu Ge, Mr. Ma, do you have any objections to Wang Qiong's appointment as governor of Piantou Pass?" "The emperor first said it made sense, and then asked for opinions. He also told Ma Wensheng and Liu Jian clearly that you'd better agree, otherwise our relationship will be unsolvable.
Liu Jian cupped his hands and said, "Old ministerSeconded. ”
There is nothing to object to.
Wang Qiong is already a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs. It stands to reason that the doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs will be transferred to the left and right, the censor of Qiandu, and the censor of the deputy capital to oversee local military affairs. It is custom-made, but usually the inland governors are first used to "practice", which means that the censors of the left and right capitals are first dispatched to Jiangxi, Huguang, Zhejiang and other places to guard the areas, pacify the bandits, and intimidate Xiaoxiao, and then use them after the experience is completed. As the deputy censors of the left and right capitals, Jiubian will be transferred to the governor.
When the governor is done well, he will have the opportunity to be transferred to the capital to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of War. If he is transferred to the northwest, he may be promoted to the Assistant Minister. Only after he returned to the court could he become the official minister of the Six Ministries.
Wang Qiong had not been promoted in his previous official position because of his military exploits in Liaodong. After being affirmed, it is reasonable to omit the appointment of the local governor and directly transfer Piantou Guan as the governor and be responsible for artillery matters.
"Then the position of chief military officer should be given to Zhu Zhijie. . "Zhu Youtang said casually, and it seemed that it was not a discussion, but a final decision.
Liu Jian and Ma Wenshengguang heard that the emperor directly called Zhu Feng "Zhu Zhijie", and they knew that the emperor was now interested in How much Zhu Feng trusted him.
It was impossible for the emperor to favor that boy.
The key was that Zhu Feng was second only to Wang Weining in the army recently, mainly because Zhang Zhou was behind him.
Both Liu Jian and Ma Wensheng were thinking that the next step would be to arrange for Zhang Zhou to be the "Xuan Da General Secretary"
Zhang Zhou said, "Your Majesty, in order to stabilize the border. I think it is acceptable for the Hou to cooperate with Wang Langzhong, but it is best for all dispatching matters to be done by senior ministers with prestige in the court, so that the army can feel at ease and Di Yi will not dare to invade rashly. "
Zhang Zhou almost said, Your Majesty, please don't consider me. I don't want to be the governor of Xuanda. We should leave this position to someone with high moral character.
" Who is suitable?" Zhu Youtang looked at Zhang Zhou.
Obviously if Zhang Zhou hadn't come out to say this, he might have directly transferred the "Yanwutang" team to Xuanda University as a The shield of the Ming Dynasty to defend the Tatars
Zhang Zhoudao "I recommended Qin Hong, the former Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing. "
As soon as these words came out, the emperor frowned slightly, and even Ma Wensheng and Liu Jian did not expect it.
Obviously the emperor wanted Zhang Zhou to go to the prime minister's military affairs, and let Zhang Zhou Lai took on the heavy responsibility of dealing with the fire sieve and even the grassland, but Zhang Zhou didn't seem to have the intention to take on the big responsibility and pushed the responsibility aside.
Liu Jian said in a calm tone, "Master Zhang, Ruoyi. It's not impossible for you to take over temporarily."
"Liu Ge laughed as he said, how can I be virtuous?"
Zhang Zhou smiled and refused.
< p>Ma Wensheng looked at Liu Jian curiously.At this time, Liu Jian actually thinks that Zhang Zhou, who has just entered the officialdom, is suitable to be the governor of Xuanda University. Aren’t we civil servants the most particular about seniority? According to traditional civil servant standards. No matter how you look at it, Zhang Zhou doesn’t meet the standards to play a leading role
Zhu Youtang was very satisfied with Liu Jian's recommendation and sighed, "Bingkuan, I actually think that it is most appropriate for you to go. The imperial court has already demonstrated your military exploits in the Pianguan and Ningyuan battles. If you hadn't insisted on staying, In the Hanlin Academy, it is not impossible for you to be a Marquis. You can do the same, or even better than Marquis Weining, and you can act as a deterrent. The deterrence will be stronger."
This made Ma Wensheng very uncomfortable.
But what the emperor said is always reasonable.
Although Zhang Zhou was just a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy, in terms of military achievements, he was also the governor of the rear army governor's mansion, and he also hid a marquis who had not been awarded by the emperor.
Although the civil servants were picky about Zhang Zhou, Wu Xun seemed to have more trust in Zhang Zhou.
If Zhang Zhou, as a civil servant, wanted to take charge of the Prime Minister's military affairs, Wu Xun would probably support it with both hands.
Zhang Zhou said, "I have no actual experience in leading troops, and it is difficult to make a decision at critical moments. It is better to go as a senior commander in the court. I am afraid that I will betray your majesty's trust this time." "
"Yes."
Zhu Youtang still respects Zhang Zhou's decision.
Perhaps Zhang Zhou reasoned that it was inappropriate to go there
Because in Zhu Youtang’s heart, Zhang Zhou could achieve God’s will, and there were many things that were not easy to explain. , Zhu Youtang will treat it as "God's will", and he will not be too demanding.
"Liu Ge Lao and Ma Shangshu, do you two have any objections to Qin Hong's selection?" Zhu Youtang asked.
It was only then that I remembered to ask the two senior ministers for their opinions.
Liu Jian didn’t mind either, so he held up his hands and said, “I second my opinion.”
“Okay, then That's how it was arranged." Zhu Youtang said, "Immediately sent an order to the local government to transfer Qin Hong to Piantou Pass to take charge of military affairs. Wang Qiong and Zhu Feng immediately set off for Piantou Pass, bringing with them the heavy artillery they had built before. It was finally the critical moment. It can come in handy."
Although Wang Yue's death made the emperor a little worried, he soon cheered up.
Originally, I was afraid that the ministers in the DPRK would think that Zhang Zhou was wasting people and money by casting "heavy artillery", but now the effect is gone. A cannon that can be used is a good cannon.
Otherwise, it would be unreliable to always pin your hopes on a certain border general.
A meeting in the inner court almost ended with Zhang Zhou recommending everyone by himself.
Ma Wensheng's opinion was greater than that of Liu Jian, because he found that Liu Jian had made great concessions on the whole matter, and even uncharacteristically advocated that Zhang Zhou go to the prime minister to announce military affairs. In traditional In the eyes of the civil servants, this was no joke.
The inner court meeting ended and the emperor left Zhang Zhou to continue discussing the military situation. It seemed that there were still some details that could not be implemented.
Ma Wensheng and Liu Jian left the Qianqing Palace.
"Xixian, why do you suddenly attach so much importance to Bingkuan's military affairs? Do you really want to rely on him alone?" Ma WenshengCalling Liu Jian your cousin actually means that this is a private conversation and you can tell me your thoughts frankly.
Liu Jian said, "The Huidian is about to be written. On the day when the book is completed, His Majesty will promote him to the rank of bachelor."
Liu Jian did not answer the question directly, but just said The emperor had previously ordered the promotion of his position.
Ma Wensheng couldn't help but smile bitterly.
In fact, he also wanted to ask, is your cabinet afraid that Zhang Zhou will break the rules by being promoted to bachelor so quickly, so you just transfer him to Piantouguan without hesitation, let him get some military honors, and then leave. Wu Xun's path
So, those who are from your cabinet or government affairs still regret leaving him in the Hanlin Academy as a civil servant
Liu Jian added, "The temporary Xuanda University The general system can stabilize the morale of the military and help stabilize the border situation. It is not about what we think, but what your Majesty thinks."
When Liu Jian said this, Ma Wensheng nodded in agreement.
If you don’t support Zhang Zhou, you should also consider Zhang Zhou’s prestige in the army. He is probably the only figure in the Ming army who can rival Wang Yue’s reputation, although Zhang Zhou has never been in the army once The battlefield, but the legend about him has long spread throughout the nine sides.
This is all thanks to the emperor helping Zhang Zhou brag behind his back.
In addition, Zhang Zhou is now the chief instructor of Yanwu Hall, who in the army does not want to go to Yanwu Hall for further studies
Everyone in the army is rushing to be like Zhang Zhou. Students, plus new gunpowder and artillery were all made by Zhang Zhou. When the army officers and soldiers heard that Zhang Zhou was the governor of Xuanda, they would not do it to their death.
"Speaking of which, we must balance the relationship with His Majesty. , It’s still quite difficult. Xixian, as the chief minister, you have to shoulder a lot more burdens than we do. It’s hard for you.”
Ma Wensheng sighed with emotion.
This is also indirectly equivalent to saying, I can understand that in order to have a good relationship with the emperor, you catered to the holy will in using Zhang Zhou.
Everyone is trying to find a way to balance the rise of Zhang Zhou.
Liu Jiandao, "Qin Shiying returned to the dynasty, but I don't know what the consequences will be."
Qin Hong had outstanding achievements at the beginning, and he only entered the official position as the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing, while Qin Hong and Wang Yue and Ma Wensheng were the same age, and they were Jinshi in the same discipline in the second year of Jingtai. The three of them also had a history of entanglement in the court.
Ma Wensheng sighed, "Shiying is an upright person and has a good reputation in the court. He should not be as good as Wang Shichang."
He didn't know what to say.
Obviously, even if Qin Hong was recommended by Zhang Zhou to return to the dynasty, Qin Hong would not like Wang Yue to flatter Zhang Zhou.
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