Ministry of Rites.
Li Dongyang came to discuss the Autumn Festival and sat down with Lin Han to discuss for a long time. Li Dongyang deliberately brought the topic to Zhang Mao.
Li Dongyang said, "Given the prominence of the British government for generations, now that Zhang Mao is going to the northwest to lead the army to deal with the Tatars, even if he is defeated, he should not fall into the state of family decline. I don't know Mr. Lin." What do you think of the sacrificial wine?"
In terms of nobleness and nobleness, Li Dongyang was considered to be the best among the court people.
In front of Lin Han, he always called Zhang Mao by his first name.
It seemed disrespectful to Zhang Mao, but his words seemed to be trying to make up for Zhang Mao. In Lin Han's opinion, it might be that the cabinet was not optimistic that Zhang Mao could win this battle.
Lin Han shook his head and said, "I know very little about running the army. If something really happens, we should go to the court to discuss it."
With Lin Han He is cautious and cautious, so naturally he will not deliberately express his position in front of Li Dongyang.
Li Dongyang smiled and said, "I don't know what Mr. Lin Jijiu has to say about His Majesty's dispatch of the British Duke. Could it be that His Majesty intends to hand over the garrison of the Beijing camp to the Ministry of War?" , From now on, the governor's office only obeyed the orders of the Ministry of War to act with authority."
"Haha"
Lin Han heard Li Dongyang's concerns about Zhang Zhou's monopoly on power, but he still just did it. Smile.
If this had happened before, Lin Han would have been on the same side as Li Dongyang, and he had even disliked Zhang Zhou for a long time.
But now
Zhang Zhou is his son-in-law after all, and Lin Hanzheng was promoted to Minister of Rites because of his relationship with Zhang Zhou, and because he got along with Zhang Zhou more , his attitude naturally improved a lot.
Li Dongyang said, "In matters of right and wrong, it is better for Mr. Lin to maintain his principles."
"Alas" Lin Han sighed, "I don't know that powerful ministers are in charge of their power." The consequences, but when it comes to Zhang Shangshu, he was promoted quickly, but he still has prestige in the army. Even in Hanyuan, there are many people who admire him, not only because he has won the trust of His Majesty, but also because he has won the trust of His Majesty. Because he has outstanding abilities."
Li Dongyang shook his head and said, "No matter how outstanding he is, he is still too young and has not experienced a lot of polishing. I am afraid that his edges are too sharp."
Lin Han said, "There is nothing wrong with this. There are many mediocre people in the government and the public. If everyone in the court has an attitude of dealing with the world, I am afraid that the government and the public will have long been a peaceful backwater. Maybe your majesty can use him to It is precisely because of this that he is different from others."
Li Dongyang narrowed his eyes at Lin Han and said, "So, Mr. Lin Jijiu is on his side."
Lin Han waved his hands and said, "No one is taking sides. The old man is old and frail now, and he doesn't want to ask so many things. If you want to ask him, you can ask someone else. I will have the opportunity to meet him in the next year." It's not much, let alone talking about major affairs in the DPRK. I don't know his position. As for the affairs of the Governor's Mansion, I won't interfere. Since His Majesty arranged for the British Duke to go on an expedition, there is nothing wrong with it.I still have some official business to deal with. ”
“Then I’ll say goodbye. "Li Dongyang didn't talk nonsense to Lin Han anymore.
After Lin Han left the Rites Department, he went to the Staff Department and saw Ma Wensheng who was drinking medicine.
At this time, Li Dongyang also They felt that the old guys in the court were in poor health, and compared to Zhang Zhou's liveliness, the old guys in front of them seemed like a pool of stagnant water.
The two sat down and talked alone.
When Ma Wensheng learned about the communication between Li Dongyang and Lin Han, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "That's just the way he is, he wants to stay out of everything, but he should also know that His Majesty has long regarded him as Zhang Bingkuan's person, and therefore entrusted him with important tasks. ”
Li Dongyang said, “Brother Futu, who do you think is more suitable to succeed you in the future?”
The smile on Ma Wensheng’s face couldn’t help but disappear.
He asked, "So, do you want to start preparing now?"
Li Dongyang seemed embarrassed to say it, but he had to sigh, "There must be preparations that should be made. Over the past year or so, Now, the court has been very stable, but there are still changes among the six departments. In the past, it was reasonable for several people in the old department of the court to change within a year, and no one talked about it, but now even if
Just changing one person is almost like a game. ”
“Yeah. "
Ma Wensheng nodded and agreed with Li Dongyang's statement.
Ma Wensheng said, "In the past, civil servants were generally polite to each other, and no one took the wrong approach, but now there is Zhang Bingkuan, you must be worried that someone will take advantage of Zhang Bingkuan's relationship with His Majesty to go astray and disrupt the DPRK after taking office." Li Dongyang said, "It's not that you are afraid of causing chaos. Zhang Bingkuan has been in the DPRK for several years and has been a minister for two years. In the past two years, he has not caused much trouble, but he is definitely not following the rules. "
"What is that?" Ma Wensheng couldn't understand what Li Dongyang meant, or what the iron triangle of the cabinet represented by Li Dongyang meant.
Li Dongyang said with a murderous look in his eyes." Otherwise, there will be no peace for both the government and the public. ”
Ma Wensheng fell silent immediately.
He was too embarrassed to ask.
This other than making Zhang Zhou completely unable to stand up, or solving it physically, directly Kill him
Li Dongyang said, "Brother Fuitu, what do you think?"
After careful consideration, Ma Wensheng slowly said, "With His Majesty's current trust in him, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to do so." To shake his position, I should not think too much about who His Majesty will use and who he will not use in the future, but if you insist on removing him by taking action, you may have to rely on the Governor's Mansion, or there may be some chance. ”
Li Dongyang smiled slightly and said, “Brother Fuantu has also seen this.”
Ma Wensheng almost glanced at Li Dongyang, as if to say, go and talk to Lin Han. Regarding Zhang Mao, it shows that he attaches great importance to the conflict between Zhang Zhou and Zhang Mao, and wants to take the opportunity to tear up the relationship between the two, and then use Zhang Mao to deal with Zhang Zhou
You think I'm blind
Ma Wensheng said, "The British man was so sophisticated and tactful in the past, and he mostly tried his best to deal with Zhang Bingkuan. Now that the fire is burning on him, it is impossible for him to Ignore it again."
Li Dongyang nodded and said, "But I'm afraid that if the British return to the north victorious in this battle, the situation will be different by then."
Ma Wensheng asked, "Are you afraid that Zhang Bingkuan will help the British Duke to win and allow the British Duke to gain military honors? Then why doesn't Your Majesty send someone else but the British Duke to Beijing? There are many rumors about the British Duke's misdeeds. If someone hadn't secretly instigated this, I'm afraid." It's not like this. Even Dongchang and Jinyiwei turned a blind eye, doesn't that explain the problem?"
According to Ma Wensheng's point of view, the emperor definitely did not do this in order to "accomplish" Zhang Mao. Let Zhang Mao lead the troops.
Zhang Mao lacked the military merit of leading troops in battles, but if the emperor really wanted to do good to Zhang Mao, he could have kept Zhang Mao in the capital and continued to be his wealthy and powerful prince, and there was no need to send Zhang Mao there. northwest.
This has only one purpose, and that is to suppress Zhang Mao.
Compared with "upstarts" like Baoguo Gong Zhu Hui, who have only emerged in the past twenty years, Zhang Mao's position in the army can be said to be very stable, and he also has a lot of people. If Zhang Mao If Mao and Zhang Zhou were at odds, in the eyes of the people in the court, Zhang Mao would definitely have enough ability to fight back and even put Zhang Zhou to death.
Literaturemen fight with their words and wits.
What do warriors rely on
Physical eradication can also become a routine operation.
Ma Wensheng seemed to secretly test the reactions of these people because he understood that Li Dongyang wanted to use Zhang Mao's hand to kill Zhang Zhou.
Li Dongyang said, "So now, something must be done."
Ma Wensheng asked, "Continue to add fuel to the fire and let His Majesty punish the British citizens in the northwest. So that it made him feel resentful and even hateful."
Li Dongyang did not expect Ma Wensheng to speak so directly. After thinking about it, he nodded.
Ma Wensheng thought for a while and said, "If this is really the case, then something must be done about the grain and grass rationing, and the deductions must be made in the name of the Ministry of War, but Zhang Bingkuan is not a mediocre person. You have some Whatever action he takes, he will notice it and may respond to it."
Li Dongyang said, "Don't worry about it. Since His Majesty sent the British Duke to the northwest, conflicts have arisen between Zhang Bingkuan and Zhang Mao. Now Zhang Bingkuan is. He does too many things and makes too many mistakes. Instead, he should worry about him doing nothing
Sometimes we should help him. If we help him now, aren't we just pushing the British public into trouble?"
"Haha." Ma Wensheng sighed bitterly, "Since it was poured into the water, I think it is like pouring molten iron. It will disappear as soon as it is scalded."
Under the coordination of Ma Wensheng and Li Dongyang, the officials were immediately released The minister reported to the emperor, requesting the appointment of a new governor of Pianguan to assist the British Duke in completing the northwest war.
The British government was also allowed to mobilize 60,000 troops from Pianguan, Datong, Yansui and other places.The plan for Ma's expedition included 10,000 more troops than originally planned, but there was no mention of how much food and supplies would be allocated, or even the storage and transportation of basic combat firearms such as artillery.
I only give you soldiers and horses, and leave the rest of the problems to you, Zhang Mao, to solve by yourself.
"What does this mean?"
When Zhu Youtang received the memorial submitted by Xiao Jing and saw the cabinet vote, he himself was a little unclear about the situation.
Xiao Jing smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you see, the government and the public are really concerned about the British military engagement in the northwest. They have clearly listed where to mobilize troops and where to mobilize horses." , the fortresses and pass troops and horses around Pianguan can be used by the British Duke. It seems that the British Duke must win this battle."
"If this is the case, they are really serious."
Zhu Youtang read the memorial carefully and still found no faults.
No matter how you look at it, everyone from the government to the public is making suggestions to help the British Duke win in the northwest, and indeed they have made many constructive suggestions.
The assistance given was all presented on paper, and even the cabinet votes tended to assist Zhang Mao rather than create trouble for Zhang Mao.
Xiao Jing said, "Your Majesty, all the ministers in the court still care about border affairs. They probably all know that the British Duke has no experience in leading troops before, so I want to give him more help."
"Oh."
Zhu Youtang nodded.
With Zhu Youtang's wisdom, he did not see that the purpose of the DPRK's actions was just to realize that "the words and the reality are two different things."
You, Zhang Mao, were very touched by the help from the government and the public. But when you found out that all of it was just empty talk, in the end you got no support at all. You asked for soldiers but no soldiers, and you asked for food and grass but no food. When the so-called ability to mobilize troops and food is just a piece of paper, you, Zhang Mao, are still furious
Who should you Zhang Mao direct your anger at at that time
It's those of us who are "single-minded" "Help you" civil servant, or Zhang Zhou who does nothing behind the scenes
Guess, Zhang Mao, why the emperor doesn't support you
Is it to trick you or to train you
p>At that time, who should you hate
"Then just follow the reply. I've been in a bad mood these days, so I won't ask any more questions. You can handle it yourself. But."
Zhu Youtang was too lazy to review the memorial.
Everyone will become lazy once he finds someone in the court who can help him do things.
He didn’t dare to do it before.
And now that Zhang Zhou is taking care of all difficult and complicated diseases for him, he can hand over the matter with confidence.
"What's up, Eunuch Xiao?"
When Xiao Jing returned to the room of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Wei Bin hurried over to greet him.
As before, Chen Kuan is not here, and not even Li Zhang is here.
Xiao Jing completely regarded Wei Bin as his successor to train, and Chen Kuan was already out. As for Li Zhang, he was originallyHe is not Xiao Jing's person.
In the Department of Ceremonies, factions are also very particular.
Xiao Jing smiled and nodded and said, "Your Majesty, after reading the following petition, you will naturally feel that this is to help the Ming Dynasty win the victory in the northwest. How can you not agree? Your Majesty asked our family to approve this matter on behalf of Emperor Zhu. It's settled."
Wei Bin smiled and said, "Your Majesty still doesn't see it."
Xiao Jing glanced over coldly and said, "What do you mean by that?" "What's wrong with this?"
Wei Bin was so frightened that he quickly explained, "That's not what you meant."
"You'd better not mean that. We are all sharing your Majesty's worries." What kind of thoughts can people have? Do you think there will be any connection between the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the Cabinet?
You must have some brains."
Of course Xiao Jing refused to admit it. Not only was the matter a private affair between the cabinet and the Ministry of Civil Affairs and other yamen, there was even help from their chief ceremonial supervisor behind the scenes.
Because it is not the intention of the courtiers to overthrow Zhang Zhou, even Xiao Jing will be deeply involved.
It’s just that Xiao Jing usually gives people the impression that he is a good old man who greets everyone he meets with a smile, and no one seems to think that he will be involved in such a big party dispute.
The ceremonial supervisor himself cannot have any collusion with foreign ministers.
Wei Bin said, "Having said that, we really need to coordinate everything. The British have public soldiers, food and firearms, and victory in the northwest will be easy. Then"
"Will you?"
Xiao Jing said, "Do you think Zhang Bingkuan is a vegetarian, or do you think His Majesty is not prepared? Since the British Lord was sent to the northwest, he must have returned without success. Even if the Tatars were ten times more numerous, they just gave in when Xinjian Bo penetrated deep into the hinterland of the grassland. Do you think that with the ability of the British public, there would be a chance for a head-on battle with the Tatars and let them A great victory"
"That means returning without success?" Wei Bin asked.
"That's all good. What I'm most afraid of is falling into the sand. The bigger the noise, the less gain, and the more His Majesty will find fault with the British Duke. Now if he wants to win, I'm afraid only Daluo Jinxian can help him. Otherwise, even if he is not the second Baoguo Gong, others will say that he is a good start for someone Zhang." Please remember to bookmark, the latest and fastest website to read for free without anti-theft