Chapter 676: Runaway

After the New Year, the officialdom of the capital was in a state of depression.

Because it is still the Zhengdan holiday, many yamen are not open. Even if the yamen are open, there are not many people on duty. If there are any yamen in the imperial court that are indispensable, there are really none. It seems that without these yamen, there would be no deviation in the operation of the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, the interference of the six yamen in the capital and other yamen would cause some instability within the Ming Dynasty.

The twelfth day of the first lunar month.

This day is the day when the Hubu Yamen reopens. The ten-day holiday is over. On the first day he arrived at the Hubu, he sorted out the things on hand.

He had no intention of asking Liu Jian or Li Dongyang for instructions. In the past, if there was anything involving military affairs, he had to ask Liu Jian and Li Dongyang for their opinions first. They were in Dongjiang Mixiang. The courtyard is the place where the six ministers and ministers of the imperial court go most often.

But now everything has changed.

In addition to the addition of the Shangting Office, the power of the cabinet has also been further restricted. Xie Qian’s case has determined that the cabinet has completely lost its jurisdiction over the six ministries. The six ministries no longer have to have jurisdiction as they did in the early years of Hongzhi. Always ask the cabinet for its opinion on everything.

But when work was about to end that day, Li Dongyang still found the household department in person.

If you don’t come to me, I will come to you personally. After all, our cabinet has to intervene in this matter. It’s not that easy for you to escape control.

"The war in Liaodong has begun. Although His Majesty has not yet come to court, he has reviewed Liaodong's request for the allocation of money and grain. Now it has been sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate 160,000 shi of grain. This is still It will be initially transferred for the purpose of recruiting. Local money and grain will be raised in Jizhou and Liaodong. At the same time, Shandong and other places are also transporting money and grain from the sea to the north."

Zhong Zhong is naturally I want to give Li Dongyang face.

Ask you, and I will tell you the current situation. It’s not that the Ministry of Husbandry does not want to influence everything, but it comes from the emperor’s order, and it’s hard for us in the Ministry of Husbandry to say anything.

Li Dongyang asked, "How much will be transferred from the Beijing warehouse?"

"It is 160,000 stones. If a batch can be allocated from Tongzhou, only 120,000 stones may be allocated from the Beijing warehouse reserves." Shi, we are still coordinating. The granaries on both sides of the canal are now full, but we dare not send people to check now. If any omissions are found, I am afraid that if a war breaks out in Liaodong, it will affect the stability of the military."

But Li Dongyang obviously had no intention of looking. He basically knew how much food was stored everywhere.

Jian Zhong seemed to have thought about what Li Dongyang would ask, and took the initiative to say, "Over at the port, His Majesty only issued a decree last winter to transfer 60,000 shi of grain, but the matter has been delayed. It has not been transferred yet. In terms of silver, it is allocated from the inner treasury of the inner government. We have received millions of taels of silver from overseas. There is still a lot of expenditure. Only the internal officials can know where it is spent."

Li Dongyang said, “Since building ports and building shipsFor these two things, money and food can be allocated from the inner government. Why can't the battle of Liaodong be allocated from the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

"Ah"

Ji Zhong was startled. Jump.

Dun Zhong was very worried about this matter.

Because one of Xie Qian's crimes was to hinder the imperial government from allocating money and food, and hindering the use of troops in the northwest. To put it bluntly, the crime of the cabinet's previous obstruction of the Ministry of Revenue's transfer of money and grain to Zhang Mao was transferred to Xie Qian.

Jian Zhong did not expect that not long after the northwest incident ended. , Now there is a war in Liaodong, and the cabinet is going to come out to cause trouble again.

Li Dongyang said coldly, "The war in Liaodong is just a little friction between the local government and the Jurchens, and it is by no means huge, and the Ministry of War is. This matter is obviously making a mountain out of a molehill. No less than 100,000 soldiers and horses were recruited from various places to Liaodong. What was the point? The soldiers and horses needed to be maintained. The soldiers needed food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the horses needed fodder. These were huge expenses. It’s not a big deal to ask for 160,000 shi of grain now. When the gap is opened, it may be 1.6 million shi next. Will Beijing Storage be able to mobilize so much grain by then?"

Zhong Zhong said " The arrow is on the string. ”

I didn’t say it too clearly. What I mean is that the troops and horses have been mobilized. Are we going to take out the food and grass now?

This is not about taking money from the bottom of the cauldron. He wants the lives of Liaodong soldiers.

Li Dongyang said, "After the Shangyuan Festival, your Majesty will come to court, and this matter must be raised in court. Your Majesty not only wants to use troops against the Mongolian Tatars in the northwest, but also wants to start a war in Liaodong. The war has not stopped in the past few years. Don't you think about the peace and stability of the people everywhere and avoid unnecessary wars? ”

佀Zhongdao “What Mr. Li Ge means”

Li Dongyang said indifferently, “The Jurchens, especially Jianzhou Jurchens and Haixi Jurchens, are exhausted.” , if the Ministry of War had not insisted on using troops in Liaodong before, they would not have had the intention to cause rebellion, and now they should have adopted a soft policy. "

Jin Zhong sighed and said, "Your Majesty wants to relocate the Jurchens to Yunnan and other places, but I'm afraid the Jurchens will not agree.

Li Dongyang frowned and said, "Western Liaoning and other places are almost barbaric. Further north, there are places where Nu'er Gandusi and others have not stationed troops to support the people. Why can't the Jurchens be moved north or stay there?" If the original place must intensify the rebellion of the Jurchens, there will be wars in Liaodong and other places in the next few decades. I don't know what Zhang Bingkuan is trying to do."

Zhong Zhong reminded, "The strategy for Liaodong was decided by the Holy One. It would be a bit biased to say that it was decided by the Minister of War. ”

“You and I both know exactly what is going on. "Li Dongyang's tone was cold. He probably felt that Zhong Zhong was now inseparable from the cabinet. Otherwise, why didn't he take the initiative to find something and ask him to come to the door in person?

Zhong Zhong said, "Money and grain allocation, the Ministry of Household Affairs is still in trouble. We are working together to transfer a wave of money and food first. It is not difficult to delay it for a few days, but I am afraid that His Majesty will issue an order to inquire again. If you want to wait until after the Lantern Festival to bring it up, just useThe Ministry of Household Affairs came to mention it, but it would have little effect. "

It means that our household department cannot be the master of this matter, and don't use our household department as a gunman.

Li Dongyang said, "Don't worry, we just need to postpone this matter first. After the Lantern Festival, there will be people who will argue with His Majesty. All you need to do is report the difficulties in the Ministry of Household Affairs truthfully. "

Zhong Zhong had no choice but to temporarily suppress the external transfer of some money and food.

After Lu Wan, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, heard about this, he came to Zhong anxiously and asked Asked why the dispatch of money and food was not timely.

In the Hubu Yamen, Lu Wan also had a very tough tone: "If it is delayed for one day, the soldiers of Liaodong may be without food. If it is delayed for seven days, I am afraid that the march will be over." It was greatly affected, and the soldiers were suffering from cold and starvation. When the time comes, the Jurchens are waiting for an opportunity to attack. I wonder if the Ministry of Household Affairs can bear this responsibility?" It will take some time to transfer so much food from outside.

Lu Wan said coldly, "I don't think it's because of lack of preparation, but because someone came over to say hello. Minister, you should know where Mr. Xie Ge's fault lies. His Majesty did not hold the Ministry of Revenue accountable before." If there is another delay in taking responsibility for that matter today, I'm afraid His Majesty will not turn a deaf ear. "

"You"

Ji Zhong originally wanted to say, how can you threaten me?

But he thought that although he was just a minister of household affairs, he had already He is the minister on duty at the Shangting Department, and this yamen has gradually gained the emperor's respect.

The emperor has also made it clear in the court that when a war breaks out, the Shangting Department is responsible for reporting and reporting on all matters. In other words, the cabinet does not have any jurisdiction over military and political affairs. On the contrary, the Supreme Court can serve as an adviser to the emperor during wartime and take on many matters.

Lu Wandao said, "If someone gives the order. , if we have to wait until the court to discuss it again, it will have to be delayed for four or five days, and it is not sure whether His Majesty will come to court immediately after the Lantern Festival. There has been no news from the palace whether His Majesty has been ill recently. ”

“That’s true. "Zhong Zhong also found a loophole in this question.

It is said that we can wait until the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, after the emperor goes to court, and then we can argue with the emperor.

But if the emperor does not go to court,

This matter can’t be delayed forever. After all, the emperor’s order has been issued.

Lu Wan did not resolve the conflict, but instead tried hard to persuade him, “This batch of money and food. , may not seem like much, but it can still allow the soldiers to hold on for several days. The allocation of money and grain everywhere must be carried out in an orderly manner. If only the grain is not transported to the capital, the responsibility can only lie with the Ministry of Household Affairs. You must know that in Shandong and other places, your Majesty issued an order early in the morning to adjust the transportation, and there are also Cai Guogong and others supervising, so there will be no major deviations. "

"What are you talking about?" Zhong said, "The Ministry of War has the right to mobilize money and food."

Lu Wandao, "The Ministry of Revenue has the power to mobilize the ships in the port or to mobilize them?" The money, food, luggage, etc. over there have been transported to the port and will be shipped at any time. Hu Bu is already very embarrassed. If the next step is taken, His Majesty feels that Hu Bu must be held in his hands.Who will be in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs in the future?"

Zhong Zhong frowned and said, "You want to say that His Majesty is going to remove me from my post or even convict me."

"Shang Shu , what you are doing now seems to be complying with the wishes of those elders, but in fact it is against the will of His Majesty. If nothing happens, it will be fine. If I were the governor of Liaodong, I would ask Your Majesty for food and send local soldiers to It’s so painful to say that His Majesty has reason to take it to the court to talk about who will suffer the consequences. Are they the ministers in the cabinet? Shouldn’t the people from the Ministry of Revenue have to bear the consequences?" Yes.

Think about it.

It’s okay if nothing happens. If something happens, the executors will be blamed, not the decision-makers. Liu Jian and Li Dongyang can be easily exempted.

It is rare to be able to bring Xie Qian out like this. Now Li Dongyang will not leave any paper evidence. Who arranged the transfer department to do things? You Zhongming knows that it is directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor. Why? Listen to the cabinet. When you say that the cabinet arranged for you to do this, you are committing a crime.

"Food must be adjusted. Lu Wan said, "We can wait until we are transferred out, and then we can argue with His Majesty. That's all for later." If something happens due to delayed food, no one can bear the responsibility. I also ask Shangshu to think twice. "

Zhong Zhong raised his head and looked at Lu Wan. His head felt heavy when he thought about the power he held in his hands.

In the end, he rolled his sleeves and said, "I have been in poor health recently. "Jia, it's up to you to decide. When I come back after a few days of rest, I hope the matter has been resolved."

Obviously, Zhong Zhong also felt that what Lu Wan said was reasonable, but he could not "disappoint" Li Dongyang's entrustment. The only way was to leave the food allocation to Minister Lu Wan, but he chose to escape.

Although the food allocation was delayed by one day, the overall problem was not big.

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But Liu Jian and Li Dongyang did not receive any news. After all, the people who directly contacted them were officials such as the Minister of Secretariat. The capital warehouse was allocating grain. There was no need to report this matter directly to the elder. And it is impossible for the cabinet to have so many spies to keep an eye on him.

Furthermore, Li Dongyang also felt that as a traditional civil servant, it was impossible for Zhong Zhong to betray his trust in person. Everything has been settled, so just wait and argue with the emperor in court. There is no need to worry about Zhong Zhong betraying him.

But things are just so uncontrollable

The reason is that the cabinet’s control over the court is already very low, and many of the decisions made by the cabinet are contrary to the emperor’s opinions, and the emperor does not give the cabinet any face at all. When the cabinet and the emperor disagree, the emperor no longer cares about the friendship between teachers and students, or the stability of the court, and he will no longer suffer losses like before. You must not realize that the current emperor is already very powerful.

Zhong Zhong understood this, so he listened to Lu Wan's opinions

In the cabinet on the 14th of the first lunar month. valueLi Dongyang still vowed to Liu Jian that this matter was completely under control.

But after working as a part-time worker, when Li Dongyang went to the Ministry of War, he talked to the two ministers of the Ministry of War about the use of troops in Liaodong, and planned to bring the two ministers of the Ministry of War to oppose the use of troops in Liaodong at the meeting on the 16th day of the first lunar month. But he saw Ma Wensheng coming in a hurry.

Ma Wensheng said, "Binzhi, didn't you mean to slow down the grain adjustment matter of the Ministry of Revenue first?"

"What?" Li Dongyang frowned.

"The food has been transferred out in the past few days. They are all going to the port by land. They say they are going to be transported to Liaodong by sea. You don't know this." Ma Wensheng was also surprised.

This is how you, Li Dongyang, control the situation

Li Dongyang said, "Ma Butang, how did you know?"

Obviously Li Dongyang didn't believe it.

Ma Wensheng sighed, "I don't know, but even the governor in Xuanfu already knew about this. Guess how I knew about the grain transportation in the capital, which is related to the transportation of money and grain to the northwest." , as the Xuanfu is a granary, there will also be official documents issued by the Ministry of Revenue, no one told you?"

Li Dongyang was startled.

It occurred to him that Liu Daxia, the governor of Xuanfu, was recommended by Ma Wensheng, and Liu Daxia was a good hand at managing finances.

The result is that in just a few days, Liu Daxia learned about the situation and promptly conveyed it to the capital. On the contrary, he, the elder in the capital, was completely unaware of it.

"What exactly is the Ministry of Household Affairs going to do?" Li Dongyang was furious.

Ma Wensheng sighed and said, "I heard that the minister has retired due to illness. The ministers on the left are on the three sides, and the ministers on the right are in the upper listening area, but it is the right minister in the upper listening area who is handling the matter. I'm afraid it will be in vain if you go to the Ministry of Revenue, because His Majesty wants to use troops, so it is better not to forcefully obstruct him. "End of this chapter

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