Chapter 427 It’s hard to distinguish between pure and turbid

Morning the next day.

The ministers had lined up in front of the Meridian Gate early, preparing to enter the palace and attend the court meeting in Fengtian Hall.

Li Dongyang first went to have a brief chat with Ma Wensheng, and then returned to the position listed in the cabinet to wait. The news brought by Li Dongyang also made Liu Jian look worried.

Obviously it was a good news, but this battle became an unbearable burden for the cabinet due to the changes in the structure of the Ming Dynasty.

"Based on the preliminary battle report obtained by the Ministry of War, Bo'an cut off the ears of nearly ten thousand Di Yi in this battle"

Not only did he kill, but he also brought back "evidence", even if It's not the head, but it's not easy for Wang Shouren to bring back both ears after traveling three thousand miles. Obviously, he can't be strict about bringing back the head.

Xie Qian took a step forward and asked, "Is it true?"

It wasn't that Xie Qian insisted on asking, but Xie Qian also felt that this victory was a bit too exaggerated.

Just like in the first battle at Piantouguan, Wang Yue said in his memorial that he killed two thousand Tatars. It cannot be said to be outrageous. It can only be said to be beyond the "knowledge" of civil servants. The Tatars are really that bad. No matter how powerful the artillery used to kill you is, the Tatars will line up for you to bombard you

Li Dongyang can't answer this.

At this time, Zhou Jing and Xu Guan also approached, with the same questions.

Zhou Jing asked, "It is said that he killed nearly ten thousand enemies. This must be unreasonable."

Liu Jian's face was silent, he raised his head and glanced at the palace gate, and then he seemed to be relieved. Generally speaking, he took a long breath and said, "The matter has reached this point and cannot be changed. Let's see how Bo'an and Dehua report it."

This will directly address Wang Shouren and Wang Qiong by their first names. It seems that the cabinet is very close to the two of them.

Probably it is also a reminder that no matter whether I, Liu, will be the chief assistant in the future, the only way to check and balance Zhang Zhou is to disintegrate the "best friends" in Zhang Zhou's camp.

Who asked Zhang Bingkuan to always recommend others to fight instead of going into battle himself?

Even though everyone now regards Zhang Bingkuan as the God of War, he still has to pay attention to it. Zhang Bingkuan's "wings" were cut off and they were gathered together. The military and political structure of the Ming Dynasty could still reach a balance.

While speaking, Liu Jian glanced at the civil servant.

Standing over there was Wang Shouren’s father, Wang Hua. At this time, Wang Hua appeared alone. Although everyone knew that his son had made great contributions, because of Wang Shouren’s alignment, Wang Hua A person who is alienated and boycotted by others.

Fengtian Hall, court meeting.

Zhu Youtang was in high spirits. One look at his expression showed that he had a good rest yesterday.

Let go of your worries and fully enjoy the joy. You will feel refreshed during happy events, or your physical fitness will improve accordingly.

When the court meeting began, no one took the initiative to come forward to make trouble. They were all waiting for Zhu Youtang to announce the news that everyone in the government and the public was looking forward to.

Zhu Youtang said, "I should have asked people to build the newBo's memorial was read out in public, but he felt that it was not necessary. Bo Xinjian led an army of six thousand and attacked the grassland from Liaodong, traveling thousands of miles along the way. Although the troops had not retreated into the pass three days ago, The Tatars have withdrawn. ”

Xu Jindao, Minister of Household Affairs, “Your Majesty, the governor, general military officer, etc. who are going on an expedition should report the troops after they retreat and enter the pass. This is a rule. "

Zhu Youtang didn't mind Xu Jin's criticism at all. He smiled and said, "Maybe Uncle Xinxin also wants to report that he is safe as soon as possible. He's fine. "

At this point, Zhu Youtang nodded with satisfaction, "Finally, he has lived up to Bingkuan's trust in him. In these battles, he has been able to fulfill his responsibilities as a minister. In this battle, he will demonstrate his merits. , I will increase the reward at my discretion. "

Having said this, the biggest doubt in the minister's mind is still not solved.

What kind of achievements did Wang Shouren achieve that made the emperor value him so much?

"Li Wing, you say. "Zhu Youtang said.

Li Rong came out and said, "Based on the belated battle reports of Xinjianbo, we can summarize the situation after Xinjianbo entered the grassland. First, he devoured two Tatar troops at the edge of the desert. No one, no matter how old or young, was alive was left behind, and the livestock and belongings were burned on the spot. Then he led his troops to the west and dealt with the troops of the Tatar King Qin. "

"After several days of marching westward, there was still no Tatar army to fight with them. "

"Immediately Xinjian Bo led his troops to the southeast. Four hundred miles northeast of Guanshan, he turned around and headed southwest to intercept the Chahar tribe of the Tatar headquarters and intercept the Tatar Khanate. One hundred thousand cattle, sheep and livestock. "

"The troops of King Qin of the Tatars were stationed at a high place, blocking Xinjianbo's troops two hundred miles east of Guanshan. The two sides fought fiercely for an hour, and the Tatars lost more than 5,000 troops and more than 70% of their casualties. , and then continued westward in pursuit for more than a hundred miles, killing more than 3,000 Tatars. "

"Then he withdrew his troops and returned eastward, where he and more than 30,000 Tatar Qinwang were in the north of Guanshan. "

"In several battles, more than 9,700 pairs of Tatar ears were cut off, and the ears of young and strong men were 7,500. Countless livestock were killed, and the Tatar tribe's property was burned without any plan. Return troops to the southeast to Weininghai. "

" Along the way, there were more than 60,000 soldiers and horses of the King of Qin on each road of the Tatars, but there was still no battle. The little prince of Tatar's troops were not seen for a long time. They arrived thirty miles north of Haizi, Weining, and met him. Wang Qiong led more than 17,000 soldiers and horses to gather in one place. "

"The Tatars retreated, and the war ended. "

" Summarizing the results, a total of Tatar property and other goods were seized, worth 34,000 guan. A total of more than 10,000 enemies were killed, and 9,713 pairs of enemy ears were obtained. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Sixty-five died, twenty-six were seriously injured, and more than a hundred were lightly injured, all of whom went south with the army. It is specially reported to the imperial court to highlight the merits. ”

When Li Rong finished speaking, the hall fell silent.

Wang Shouren was bragging. After all, there was also Wang Qiong’s co-sign, although both of them were at the same time. It was recommended by Zhang Zhou, but after all, he was a Jinshi, and in the eyes of court officials, he still emphasized etiquette, justice and integrity.

Besides, he has achieved such great success.Lao, the ears were embalmed with lime and brought back.

If Wang Shouren and Wang Qiong still want to falsely report their military exploits after reaching this point, it would be simply unreasonable.

Zhu Youtang felt a little satisfied when he saw that none of the ministers expressed congratulations to him, and no one came out to question the accuracy of the results.

I just like to see how you can't stand Bingkuan, but you can't do anything about him.

Process

I only look at the results.

"Ma Qing's family, what do you think?" Zhu Youtang directly asked Ma Wensheng for his opinion without commenting first.

Ma Wensheng came out and said, "The Duke of Lai and Xin Xinbo have made great contributions. The Duke of Lai is in Yingtian Mansion, strategizing and winning a decisive victory thousands of miles away. He is enough to handle the official duties of the Ministry of War. The veteran resigned and recommended Lai Guo." The father takes over from the old minister."

His words can be said to be straightforward.

The ministers present were not shocked by Wang Shouren's achievements before, but they were calmed down by Ma Wensheng's words.

You, Ma Wensheng, run very fast.

Seeing that the limelight is not right, I want to give up my choice and let us people deal with Zhang Bingkuan

"I don't want to pay attention to begging for old age and returning to the fields. The court does not only value ability when employing people." "Zhu Youtang became polite at this time.

The minister is also thinking about it.

If you don’t look at ability, what do you think of it? Your Majesty, you still have the intention to let Zhang Bingkuan continue to endure.

"It also depends on whether he can get along with his officials and whether he is persistent." According to the wishes of the leader, if he can only make suggestions and cannot lead troops on the front line, he does not have to be a minister, even if he only occasionally speaks in court to let his officials know his ideas."

Am I such a hasty person

Besides, my pursuit is obviously not to make Bingkuan the Minister of the Ministry of War. Since he can When you are the Minister of the Ministry of War, why can't you join the cabinet and become the elder of the cabinet and participate in the planning of major military affairs?

And the permission I gave him to walk in the auditorium can serve as my personal adviser, which is better than the Minister of the Ministry of War. direct.

Of course.

The position of Minister of War will still be given to him, but I still want to be polite to you.

Ma Wensheng raised the wat board and said, "I am ashamed of myself. I will have no face to stay in the court in the future. Please forgive me so that I can enjoy my life in peace."

Ming Mian In order to let Your Majesty punish Zhang Bingkuan, I, Ma Wensheng, even did not hesitate to make a bet with Your Majesty.

Now that I have lost the bet, I voluntarily leave my position as Minister of War and hand it over to Zhang Bingkuan, which can be regarded as a willingness to admit defeat.

"No need to mention it again." Zhu Youtang refused simply, "You don't need to mention it this time, I won't allow it."

I don't agree to let Ma Wen be promoted to an official position.

This is hard to understand.

Your Majesty, you have a direct opportunity to ask Zhang Zhou to return to the capital to replace Ma Wensheng, but you actuallyLetting go of such a good opportunity

Just when the ministers were wondering what the emperor's move meant, Zhu Youtang suddenly turned his eyes to Ni Yue and said, "After Ni Qing's family came to the capital, he twice suffered from eye diseases and On the grounds that he is old and sick, he asked me to return to his hometown. I will grant him four servants as requested, as well as a chariot and a chariot."

"Ah"

The minister was in an uproar.

Ma Wensheng took the initiative to resign, but the emperor refused.

Ni Yue was standing nearby like a bystander, but he was sent back to his hometown just like that

This routine is a bit deep.

"Old minister, thank you for your kindness." Ni Yue also didn't expect that he would become a victim when Ma Wensheng fought with Zhang Zhou.

But he has long been used to it. Who knew that when he was sent to Nanjing to be the minister, he could tell that the emperor did not want to see him?

Zhu Youtang said, "Replace Ni The court will decide on the candidates for the Qing family in the past two days. As for the placement of Uncle Xin, I have an idea. Let him continue to be the governor of Datong and help build the Maoerzhuang city. We will discuss it further after Bingkuan returns to the capital. ."

Sure enough.

The emperor still couldn't wait to propose transferring Zhang Zhou back to the capital.

Wang Shouren made extraordinary achievements, but it seems that he was not taken seriously by the emperor. He was only arranged to be the governor of Datong. It stands to reason that with Wang Shouren's meritorious service, there would be no problem at all in being the general secretary of Xuan Datong.

Liu Jian came out and said, "Your Majesty, with the merits of the new uncle, he can also publicize military affairs, which can ensure the peace of the whole place."

The emperor did not mention it, I, Liu Jian, will take my place. Your Majesty, you mentioned it.

In other words, he wanted to sell favors to Wang Shouren.

If you don’t want Wang Shouren to be a new prince or a duke, let him be the general secretary of the Xuan Dynasty. This is tantamount to giving Wang Shouren a signal that you are still a civil servant, and you are still respected by our traditional civil servants. If you work hard, you will be the general and the general in the future. You are right. We are all on your side.

Before the emperor could answer, Wang Hua, who had always been at the forefront but had not spoken out yet, came out and said, "Your Majesty, the dog's talent is shallow. Please transfer him back to the capital so that he can continue." "An opportunity for experience."

Zhu Youtang smiled and said, "Actually, I also have this intention. Since this year, Yanwu Hall has not been able to start classes smoothly, mainly because all the people who can be transferred have been transferred before. After going to Liaodong and the previous efforts to pacify the civil strife in Korea and pacify northern Liaoning, I have not been able to reward Bingkuan, Tang Yin, Xinjian Bo and others. It is my negligence. "

No reward yet

Tang Yin is also a newcomer, but he has been appointed as the governor of the Bohai Sea, responsible for shipbuilding and Jinghai, and now he is going south to Yingtian Mansion to raise money and food for shipbuilding.

As for Wang Shouren, it is even more exaggerated. Now he is going to become the new generation of Wang Weining. His name can almost stop the children in the grassland from crying.

The only person who can take down the Mengoljin and Chahar tribes in succession is Wang Shouren.

“But stillThere's no rush. Zhu Youtang added, "With Bingkuan not in Beijing, many things cannot be advanced. I intend to transfer him back to Beijing." He is also needed to be a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, so I will let him go to discuss matters in the East Palace for the time being. However, he also needs to participate in the planning of major events in the court. I actually want to let him participate in more court discussions. But his temperament is also a bit lazy, and he never wants to get up early to go to court every day. ”

The ministers were speechless after hearing this.

Your Majesty, you still know that boy Zhang Bingkuan.

Since he entered the court, he has become more powerful, just like him in the court. We really didn’t come often.

In the past, we always felt that he was too embarrassed to come because he was not qualified enough.

It was because he was “lazy” and didn’t want to come.

“Let’s wait until he returns to Beijing. Zhu Youtang said, "Send an order to Yingtian Mansion and ask Bingkuan to put down what he is doing and escort the prince northward that day. If there are any errands that cannot be completed along the way, he will take charge of them." ”

Not only did Zhang Zhou return to Beijing, but he also did not ask Zhang Zhou to completely put down his errands in Nanjing.

The general meaning is that if you have the ability to take care of it, it will be your responsibility. .

"Your Majesty, Uncle Xin Xin," Liu Jian reminded.

You always talk about Zhang Bingkuan, but what we are talking about now is Wang Bo'an, the "first contributor". How should you settle him?

"Have I not told you yet? Let Uncle Xin Xin stay in Datong as governor and be in charge of local military affairs. He has been governor in Datong and knows the local situation best. "Zhu Youtang was still a little impatient.

After saying this, Zhu Youtang looked around at the ministers present, and then said in a serious tone, "Dear gentlemen, I want to ask you one more question, are you still Do you think I shouldn’t use Bingkuan?"

No one raised any objection.

This made Zhu Youtang very satisfied.

"Since there is no such thing, then I leave my words here. If anyone again accuses me of using Bingkuan's deeds, don't blame me for being merciless. "Zhu Youtang said, as if his anger was still lingering, "Liu Ke will take out all the memorials that impeached Bingkuan before, intact. I won't care about it this time. But if someone makes another comment, Fourth, that would be making things difficult for me.”

“Let’s not mention the discussion of merit for the moment. More battle reports will come in these days, and the Ministry of War has also formulated a strategy for asking for merit as early as possible. As for the use of The degree and other issues will also be discussed together after Bingkuan returns to Beijing. "

"There is no need to mention the northwest affairs today, let's talk about the next thing."

Zhu Youtang was very straightforward.

Tell Zhang Zhou to return to the capital. As for the placement of Wang Shouren in Datong, it was almost decided at once, without consulting anyone.

But there was no clear explanation of what the errands would be after Zhang Zhou was transferred back.

After the court meeting, on the way out of the palace, no one wanted to talk about Zhang Zhou anymore. It was obvious that Zhang Zhou’s rise was unstoppable. God helped him, the emperor helped him, and even the Tatars Everyone helps him

The emperor has made it clear that anyone who impeaches Zhang Zhou will be punished directly without asking for reasons. It is no longer stipulated that impeachment cannot be caused by disasters, even if there is reason and evidence. After all, Zhang Zhou is not only provoking The powerful minister who has left the court is still someone you cannot touch as an official, and you cannot even participate in impeachment. Talking about him is simply asking for trouble.

On the way out of the palace, many people said goodbye to Ni Yue.

Ni Yue looked calm.

Obviously, I returned to the capital to prepare for a big fight. I finally got into the position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and had the opportunity to make some achievements. It can also be regarded as the top position among the six foreign ministers, one person is less than ten thousand people. .

But after only a few days of work, I had to pack up and go home.

"Ni Budang doesn't know anyone to recommend to replace you." Someone had nothing to do and asked Ni Yue for his opinion on the candidate for replacement.

Ni Yue felt very unhappy after hearing this.

I have the power to decide this, or in other words, Your Majesty will listen to my opinion

And you won’t have your heads kicked by a donkey

Your Majesty will not allow Marvin to be promoted to an official position. , but asked Zhang Bingkuan to return to Beijing, but asked me to give up my position, what do you mean by my blunt words

Obviously Ma Wensheng succeeded me, and Zhang Bingkuan succeeded Ma Wensheng, and then everyone was happy, but it ended miserably for me.

Ni Yue ignored those who said goodbye to him and took the initiative to walk over to Liu Jian. Before Liu Jian went to the cabinet to check in, he held up his hands and said, "Mr. Liu Ge, this court is awesome. I'll leave it to you."

"Yes."

Liu Jian just nodded and didn't reply.

It doesn’t require much explanation.

After Ni Yue was rude again, he had completed his final entrustment before leaving, and he seemed to be free from any worries. He walked in front of the ministers with his head held high, a bit like saying goodbye to everyone.

"What does he mean?" Xie Qian frowned and asked.

Liu Jian said, "He trusted me, and who did I trust?"

Ni Yue resigned, seemingly unwilling to do so. He, Liu Jian, actually did not want to continue to be the chief assistant.

Too tired.

And it’s obvious that he no longer has the emperor’s trust, so he might as well give up his position and show himself to be “upright and upright”. Anyway, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian are also people he trusts, and they are much younger than him. No matter who among the two is the first assistant, he can ensure the running of the court.

I heard the conversation between the two, but they didn't say anything.

Many people nearby were smiling.

As for Lin Han, the Minister of Rites, there are obviously more people gathered around him. Or many people think that Lin Han is a strong candidate to compete for the Minister of Staff, so that the clear stream of the Ming Dynasty has begun to move closer to the "turbid stream" . Please remember to bookmark, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft