Beizhen Fusi, inside the imperial edict.
The Baoguo Duke Zhu Hui was escorted to Beijing and detained in the imperial prison. Through various connections, the Zhu family finally had the opportunity for Zhu Hui's eldest son Zhu Qi to visit his father in the cell. When father and son met, they were speechless, which made Zhu Hui burst into tears.
"It's all my father's fault. If I had been more resolute in sending troops for my father, I wouldn't have ended up like this. Zhang Bingkuan harmed me."
Zhu Hui seems to have realized that his mistake was Where, through these days of pondering, he has found the crux of the problem, which is the rise of Zhang Zhou.
If it weren’t for Zhang Zhou, how could the emperor have allowed him, a coach who had “won the war,” to be sent to prison without even a single person speaking for him if he continued to trust them? No one else
"Is everyone in the house okay?" Zhu Hui asked.
Zhu Qi lowered his head, not knowing how to deal with this father. Zhu Qi himself was nearly forty years old, and he was already half an old man. In addition, the changes in his family made him look even more... A little bit of vicissitudes of life.
"My father has known everything for a long time, so why don't you just tell me what you are hiding?" Zhu Hui was quite imposing in front of his son.
Zhu Qi said, "The family was in a very bad situation. Initially, my son, Tianlin, and Tianxiang were all imprisoned, and all the family property was confiscated. Even my married sister was implicated, but luckily later. To smoothen the relationship, we will not care about our crimes for the time being, but now we are relying on the support of some old officials to survive."
Zhu Hui frowned and said, "Then where are you staying now?"< /p>
Zhu Qi was a little reluctant to say it. After Zhu Hui's continuous questioning, he said, "I found a village to stay outside the city. Most of the servants at home have been dismissed. There are no more in the city." Where to stay. Officers and soldiers also came to extort money one after another, especially the Jin Yiwei. Every time they came, they had to pawn and borrow money from their families to deal with it, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."
"Bastard"
Zhu Hui was unkempt and disheveled, with a few straws on his head, but he was still furious, "Those bastard turtles, I gave them a lot of benefits at the beginning, why are you doing this to me now?" It’s just one person, but you’ve blackmailed my family, haven’t you found someone to report it to?” Zhu Qi said, “It’s useless. Your Majesty ordered a strict investigation, and besides, father, you may have offended too many people before. , so that no one is willing to help talk now."
Zhu Hui was stunned for a moment.
He has been waiting for someone in the court to speak up for him, showing that he also played a role in planning this battle. The victory on the battlefield was at least the result of him containing and paralyzing the enemy. There was no great victory. , who first arrested the coach for interrogation
After the good news, there was no one to speak to the coach
In Zhu Hui’s view, is this still justified?
But the current situation of the court is such that Wu Xun himself is not favored by civil servants, and Zhu Hui seems to be in opposition to Zhang Zhou, which led to today's results. The so-called enemy of the enemy is also a friend, so there should be civil servants for Zhu HuiHui spoke.
The problem is that Zhu Hui himself did not say how close he was to the civil servants, and his performance in this battle was indeed shocking, which made Zhu Hui a loner in the court. Everyone is afraid to avoid it.
"Zhang Bingkuan and Cai Guogong should move around more. I sent a letter back to the capital earlier and asked you to send gifts. Didn't you send them?" Only then did Zhu Hui think that the only person who could save him now was Zhang week.
No matter how much you hate Zhang Zhou in your heart, when your life is hanging by a thread, you should still turn to the most powerful minister in front of the emperor for help.
Zhu Qi said helplessly, "I went to give gifts a long time ago, and even met Cai Guogong in person. However, he may have learned some information from His Majesty in advance, so he did not accept the gifts, and later ransacked his house and other matters." , Cai Guogong also came forward in person. It seems that His Majesty wants to take the lead. Our family may have been framed by Cai Guogong."
"Be careful, my son"
Zhu Hui. In Jin Yiwei's prison, there was no taboo in scolding Jin Yiwei for being ungrateful, but he did not dare to speak ill of Zhang Zhou casually.
Just because Zhu Hui knew that if he scolded Jin Yiwei, he would be targeted and hostile by Jin Yiwei at most, but if his attack on Zhang Zhou fell into the ears of the emperor, then he would be close to death.
"And recently, Cai Guogong was not in Beijing. I thought he was going to Jizhen to lead the army, but I heard that he was going to mine, and the factory guards were targeting officials in the local area. In Yongping Prefecture alone, six or seven families were confiscated due to mining conflicts, which made everyone in the area feel in danger." Zhu Qi told his father all the news he had learned.
I also want Zhu Hui to help with the details.
Zhu Hui said, "If he is not in Beijing, does it mean that His Majesty has something to do and it is not convenient for him to come forward?"
"Father, you are saying"
Zhu Qi knew that although this old father had always been a veteran in military management and had no potential to be a famous general, his political consciousness was not low.
Especially now that Zhu Hui is still in prison, when every move of Zhang Zhou is related to Zhu Hui's life, Zhu Hui's political consciousness is also very high.
Zhu Hui sighed, "As a father, I am just guessing. Your Majesty relies so heavily on Cai Guogong just for the sake of mining, and he will not let him go to Yongping Mansion, or there are any major purges, reforms, etc. in the capital." , His Majesty wanted Duke Cai to stay away first. When the grassland war broke out, he also went to Nanjing. After the war was settled, he returned to Beijing. "
Zhu. Qi nodded and said, "What my father said is possible. Now His Majesty has sent orders to the border towns, asking them to send troops to patrol the grasslands in an attempt to force the Tatars back towards the desert. Father, do you want to follow me?" This matter is related."
Zhu Hui shook his head and said, "In the original battle on the grassland, Zhang Bingkuan avoided it because he was not yet the minister of the Ministry of War. Now he is the minister. If it was just for fighting, how could he need it? Hasn’t His Majesty used the knife against high-ranking officials in the DPRK recently?"
"I haven't heard of it." Zhu Qi thought about it seriously.
Although the Zhu family is in trouble now, there are still many news channels. The point is that the Zhu family now relies on these news channels to support them.
Zhu Hui said with a sad face, "If this is really the case, this knife will fall on my father's neck."
"Father, you'd better look away. "This time Zhu Qi did not believe his father's judgment.
Obviously, Zhu Hui is now a tortoise in trouble and can’t even stretch his head out. Who gave you the courage, father? If you think that His Majesty is going to use a knife on you, you still need to ask Zhang Bingkuan to avoid
"It's hard to say. In this way, your father's fate depends on whether you can move around." Zhu Hui said, "I heard that although Zhang Bingkuan seems to be upright, he is also greedy for money and lust. He is greedy for money for Your Majesty. "Yes, we can't give it now, so we can only start with another item."
Zhu Qi said, "But father, our family doesn't have the ability to deal with other things now."
Zhu Hui said angrily, "Don't you still have two daughters? And your two sisters?"
"Father" Zhu Qi was not happy when he heard this. This is to make my Zhu family completely He became the laughingstock of the imperial court. He quickly defended, "My younger sister has already married into the Xu family. Besides, the younger sister is arrogant and arrogant, so she will not be willing to be treated as a concubine."
Zhu Hui has two daughters, and the eldest daughter married He married Xu Qi, Marquis of Yongkang, but within two years, the woman died.
Then the second daughter remarried Xu Qi and filled in the house.
This is also very common in the Ming Dynasty. After the wife dies, the sister-in-law fills the house. But most of them come from ordinary families, mainly due to complex matters such as resignation. This situation is not common in large households. .
"As a father, you can marry your own daughter however you want. Aren't family matters more important? Doesn't the Xu family dislike us for marrying our daughter and hurting them? But there is no need to maintain this marriage, and there is no need for the Zhu family. Look at other people's faces, especially those who are married to in-laws."
Zhu Hui also knew from his son that when he was in trouble, even his daughter who was married to the Yongkang Marquis was also affected, and the Xu family was about to kill someone. Kicked out the door.
That’s why Zhu Hui felt that his women should make some sacrifices for the family.
In order to protect himself, Zhu Hui did everything he could.
"Then I went to pay a visit to Mr. Xie Ge. I heard that he had a chivalrous heart, so I went to tell him that my father had learned that His Majesty would take advantage of Zhang Bingkuan's departure from the capital to attend court. We will do some sorting in order to inform him in advance in exchange for letting him speak for us," Zhu Hui said.
Zhu Qi said, "Father, just with this news, it will be difficult for Mr. Up and down, the interpersonal relationships are pretty good, and they have made it clear to Xie that if he doesn’t help, there is no guarantee that someone will treat them as their backers in the future. Hope"
Zhu Qi asked"Is that father here to curry favor or to threaten?"
"According to circumstances," Zhu Hui said, "Remember, don't always think about coming to see your father, use your money where it should be used, but you must remember Fawn over Cai Guogong. It doesn’t matter whether he or my Zhu family’s last hope is your father’s life. Your grandfather earned the title with his life. If you lose your father, you will be too shameless to face it.”
Imperial Palace, Kunning In the palace.
In front of the table, Zhu Youtang sat on one side, Queen Zhang sat on the other side, and Concubine Xian sat on the other side. In the absence of several children, Zhu You It was rare for Zang to feel the harmony of the family.
This was something he had never felt before, a sense of pride in a man.
Xiao Jing stood aside and laid out a list with a smile. In front of Zhu Youtang, he said, "Your Majesty, this is the list of tributes from Duoyan Guard. There is also Duoyan Guard's left governor A'er Qiman and his two sons, as well as many leaders who have decided to submit to the Ming Dynasty and accept the Ming Dynasty's control." Its placement is all modeled on the etiquette of surrendering through a sieve of fire. ”
Zhu Youtang looked proud and said with a smile, “Very good.” This army had just set out for the campaign, and before the border troops everywhere could make any moves, the Duoyan Guards had already surrendered. It seemed that the battles of the past two years had not been in vain. ”
Xiao Jing said, “This is your Majesty’s great kindness. There is also Cai Guogong strategizing from the side.
Zhu Youtang looked at Queen Zhang and said, "Queen, look, Duoyan has surrendered. They used to be entrenched on the grassland. They were vassals to the Ming Dynasty, but in fact they were just a group of bandits. They were mainly composed of little Tatar princes from the grassland. Now they were impressed by the military might of the Ming Dynasty, and they later migrated to the borders of the Ming Dynasty. Some of them were allowed to graze, and some were allowed to farm directly. This was the best. "
Queen Zhang didn't seem to be interested in this, but she put down a piece of silk in her hand and said, "Your Majesty, if they surrender, will they not have to fight in the future?"
"It's a little early to say this. "Zhu Youtang said, "Duoyan has been defeated before, and they were not a threat in the first place. Speaking of which, in addition to Bingkuan's credit for this matter, Governor Liu Yu of Ji Town sent troops in time, and he can form a deterrent force. It should be possible to take credit. ”
Xiao Jing didn’t know how to describe this matter for a moment.
Duoyan Wei surrendered, but it just happened to happen that Liu Yu sent troops to the direction of Daning’s ancient city. Who Knowing that this was going to be a big advantage for Liu Yu
"I issued a decree to reward you. "Zhu Youtang said, "I feel more and more that since Bingkuan is willing to go out to see Liu Yu before going to search for mineral veins, he must have certain abilities, and such a talent should be taken seriously.
Xiao Jing said, "What your Majesty said is absolutely true. Governor Liu must be capable, but everything is not yet certain. Cai Guogong has not recommended this person before." ”
“Oh, Bingkuan hasn’t recommended so many capable people around Bingkuan. It’s time to check out Liu Yu and say hello to the officials. If this person can continue to make meritorious services, we can look back as appropriate. He was transferred back to the capital and entrusted with important tasks. ”
Zhu YoutangAt this point, it seems that he is a little too obsessed with Liu Yu's abilities.
Xiao Jing reminded, "Your Majesty, even Yang Yiqing, the governor of Ningxia who has made outstanding contributions, is not yet qualified to return to the court and be entrusted with important tasks."
Zhu Youtang said, "This is different. Although Yang Yiqing was recommended by Bingkuan, he was arrogant and rude, and he was not necessarily willing to be used by Bingkuan. But this Liu Yu was different. According to the news that he had received from Bingkuan before, he was very polite to Bingkuan. It can be seen that he is willing to follow Bingkuan's lead. Only such talents are more suitable to assist Bingkuan in running the army and using troops." Empress Zhang reminded, "Your Majesty, my concubine's two younger brothers are also very good. I am willing to serve the imperial court."
"Haha." Zhu Youtang said with a smile, "I have already thought about it. Didn't I have people go to show my merits to Yanling before? Yanling is in Ningxia. He has not actually achieved great achievements, but it is said that he dares to take the lead and his courage is commendable. Although there is still a gap between him and Cui Yuan, the gap will become smaller and smaller."
After hearing this, Queen Zhang was very unhappy. As if pouting slightly, he said, "I don't believe that a consort can really be so capable. It's up to Cai Guogong to give him a chance."
"Oh, queen, don't worry about such a trivial matter, Bingkuan will treat everyone equally." , next time he must make a good plan for Heling and Yanling, so that they can make contributions and show the prestige of the Zhang family. In this way, according to my will, Yanling can cooperate with Yang Yiqing in Liaodong to fight, as long as he can return triumphantly. , I can make him the Marquis of Jianchang"
"By the way, tell Bingkuan, let Bingkuan write to give him some guidance, don't say I won't give him a chance."
The news of Duoyanwei's surrender quickly spread throughout the court.
Although the threat of Duoyan Guard to the Ming Dynasty is not great, it is always a major hidden danger in Liaodong, and the submission of Duoyan Guard this time coincides with the emperor's deployment of troops from Jiubian to patrol the border. Time will show that all this is the result of the emperor's careful planning.
Look.
I worked hard and sent out troops to scare the Tatars. In the end, the Tatars surrendered without being scared
How wise and powerful I am
So when After the civil servants heard the news, many people were actually not happy for the court, because for the civil servants in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the idea they had always implemented was to suppress the expansion of imperial power, although no one openly said so. Although they express this point of view, their usual performance has always been to demonstrate this matter.
"Duoyanwei Governor and others will arrive in the capital in more than ten days, taking the road from Ji Zhen. If everything goes as planned, then from Ji Zhen to Daning, and then several hundred kilometers to the north. There will be no signs of Tatar activities here, and the pressure in Liaodong will be reduced a lot." At Li Dongyang's house, Ma Wensheng explained the news he had learned to Li Dongyang in detail.
Li Dongyang asked, "What's going on with Zhang Bingkuan in Yongping?"
The implication is, how much does Zhang Bingkuan have to do with this matter?
Ma Wensheng shook his head and said, " It happened suddenly, and the news actually cameIt's puzzling. It stands to reason that the Tatars can move north, but they don't have to move their clans to submit. The Ming Dynasty can't be aggressive in this border patrol battle. There is really no reason. ”
Even Ma Wensheng would think that Duoyanwei is a bit useless.
The grassland is so big, the Ming Dynasty was just doing some activities on the border. In name, it was patrolling, but in fact it was just to go in and walk around. , show the majesty of the emperor.
In the end, you were really scared and took the initiative to submit. You said that you Duoyanwei didn't even give up the family property of your ancestors, so you were so willing to give up to the Ming Dynasty. Shield the eagle dogs of the other Tatar tribes
Li Dongyang said, "In the past few years, there have been many things going on in the border areas, which are different from the past. "
Ma Wensheng asked with a smile, "It's Zhang Bingkuan's contribution. So is it mostly merit or fault?"
This question is difficult for Li Dongyang to answer.
Any normal person who answers this question would think that Zhang Zhou The merits outweigh the faults, or Zhang Zhou has no fault, only merits.
But from the perspective of a civil servant, there is no reason to highlight the prestige of a political opponent.
Ma Wensheng said: "Bin. Although you looked down on Liu Yu before, this time Liu Yu sent troops to Daning, which was the last straw that broke the Duoyan defense line. Your Majesty has issued a decree to reward you. I heard that the reward is higher than that of Yang Yiqing, who previously supervised the military affairs of Ningxia. Even bigger. Moreover, Liu Yu had more qualifications in the past. If he entered the court, he would probably start his official career as a minister. ”
This is a reminder to Li Dongyang.
No matter whether you like Liu Yu or not, or you think this person is just lucky, at least he is recognized by the emperor. .
Although Liu Yu and Yang Yiqing were both Jinshi in the eighth year of Chenghua, their circumstances were different. Liu Yu’s official career was obviously much smoother than Yang Yiqing’s, and judging from the evaluation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Yang Yiqing’s past His political achievements are not as good as those of Liu Yu, and Liu Yu's official experience is richer than that of Yang Yiqing.
The result is that Liu Yu enters the court and becomes a minister. The formal process, and Yang Yiqing can only continue to struggle in the border town and continue to look for opportunities. Please remember to bookmark this chapter, the latest and fastest free anti-theft website