Chapter 50: Trade-offs

Zhang Zhaohua actually hadn't completely explained it completely, but Zhang Hui had already left her a big handle, he pointed out all the noble children here as the Han Wang's party, in fact, he isolated himself, so when Zhang Zhaohua ordered someone to drag him down, other people, including Zhang Yuan, felt relieved.

"Niangniang," these people hurriedly proved themselves: "Although the ministers have worked with His Royal Highness the King of Han during the Jingjing Disaster and admired his demeanor, but now that the title of the King of Han has been decided, the ministers dare not think of anything wrong......"

Zhang Zhaohua actually secretly weighed in her heart, whether to use this as a handle to hold them hostage, or to give them a chance to get out of trouble according to her original idea, she thought for a while, and still felt that it was better not to persecute people too much.

The pressure that Zhang Zhaohua put on them before came from Xia Yuanji. If these rebels killed Xia Yuanji, then Xia Yuanji must be the top pot, but now that Xia Yuanji is not dead, and under the premise that the emperor does not want him to die, these generals with troops will not be able to escape responsibility. The reason why she dragged on for four or five days to summon this group of noble sons who were so anxious that they were ants on a hot pot came over, and even bypassed the Governor's Mansion and promoted Yang Hong, who was born in a hundred households, to quell the rebellion, was to delay the time longer, and the impact would become worse, all of this would naturally not be Zhang Zhaohua's back, but justifiably and truly became the crime of this group of noble children - their inaction, grandiose dereliction of duty, knowledge and indulgence, and the crime of allowing mutiny must have been implemented.

This is the biggest and direct means of conviction, not the unfounded withholding or exploitation of servitude, or the false so-called "sedition".

As for the matter of the Han king's party, this is really something that everyone knows, and when it comes to the surface, it is useless, and the most terrible thing is that it may poke the emperor's heart, Zhang Zhaohua can even imagine that if she really asked Xie Chuan to report these words that Zhang Hui said today to the emperor, the emperor will definitely have another unbelievable suspicion, thinking that the prince is the mastermind behind everything, and he will take advantage of the emperor's absence in Nanjing to cut off the henchmen of the Han king Gao Xu.

Therefore, Xie Chuan's arrival was actually just to cooperate with her, to clean up the disobedient people among the sons of the ministers, so that this kind of person could not interfere with Zhang Zhaohua's overall situation, and would not leak out today's conversation.

So far, these people have nothing to threaten Zhang Zhaohua, she not only solved the problem of lack of salary, but also pinched their handles and caused them the greatest oppression.

"It's hard to escape the blame, it's hard to escape the guilt," Zhang Zhaohua said casually: "Zhang Hui said that it is not the emperor who will pursue you, but I will pursue you, you can think about it, what I will do to investigate you, when the emperor's mission has not come, I will first kill you, is this beneficial to me and the prince? I think the emperor must think that this is the prince deliberately attacking the king of Han, but the prince jumped into the mud pit and washed it clearly, do you think I will do such a stupid thing?"

Everyone's hearts were shocked, and Zhang Xuan immediately said: "The ministers are indeed guilty of negligence first, and then they are suspected of covering up, and the ministers deserve death." Please allow the ministers to go to Vermilion Bird Lane to assist General Yang in quelling the rebellion!"

Sure enough, it was a smart person in Xie Chuan's mouth, Zhang Zhaohua was overjoyed, but he said on his face: "Assist in counterinsurgency?" Hey, how do I remember that you just said that only when the salary and silver arrive, can you straighten up at the officers and soldiers, and only then will someone listen to you?"

Zhang Xuan showed a skinny face: "Niangniang must have heard it wrong, how could the minister say such cheeky words." ”

He said and asked cautiously: "Niangniang, the ministers assisted in quelling the rebellion, and it can be regarded as a merit and demerit, right?"

Zhang Zhaohua glanced at him, "The exoneration you are talking about is not something I can guarantee, you have to see the result." Moreover, the time to quell the rebellion has dragged on for a long time, and this article is obvious to all, and it cannot be taken off - but if you can help Yang Hong bring the first evil threat to justice, I think you can at least reduce the crime by a few degrees. ”

Xungui's children had already obeyed, but Zhang Zhaohua naturally still had questions to ask them, "It seems that the arrears of salaries are not the real purpose of your planning and instigation of this scene. ”

Of course, the words "incitement" and "plotting" were not admitted, but in fact, they frankly said that they did have an idea, but they were going to besiege the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"Niangniang knows that in October last year, Wang Dechun, Chen Ying's subordinate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate," Xin Ningbo Tan Zhong explained: "There is a recital, called "Please reorganize the battalion and drill the Beijing army", and the three battalions will be reorganized, and those who are not in charge will be dismissed. ”

"What's wrong?" Zhang Zhaohua asked.

"Originally, we have been following the emperor's regulations," Tan Zhong said: "The Ma Bu sergeants of the World Guard Station are divided into ten classes, and they will be examined in Beijing from winter to winter." Command, thousands of households, those who are accustomed to fighting and tuntian are exempt. But when it comes to Lord Wang's recital, no one can avoid it, and they all have to participate in the reading test. ”

"These officers are in command, and the young and powerful people command thousands of households, so they are naturally not afraid of anything," Zhang Xuan sighed: "It's just that people who are used to fighting are probably very reluctant." ”

Most of these people were injured in the Jing Disaster, and there were many elderly and disabled people, and the Governor's Office gave them the positions of thousands of households and told them to return to their hometowns to be raised in glory, but in this way, according to Wang Dechun's assessment method, they all had to go all the way to Beijing to participate in the assessment, and if they failed the examination, they were demoted to ordinary soldiers.

This is one of them, and the second is Wang Dechun's recital, which also proposes that the children of military ministers who are attacking their posts should be strictly trained and assessed, and if they fail to shoot on horseback or foot, they must also be demoted to sergeants. How can this convince these *** people, last year they were still full of pride and ambition to participate in the assessment, but most of the results were brushed off, and less than a quarter of them barely passed, which made the emperor furious, but it was impossible to really depose them, they could only be told to keep their existing positions, and participate in the assessment again next year.

These sons and daughters of the lords were caught by their own father and brother and practiced fiercely, and practiced every day to cry wolves, so they were naturally not angry, so when the emperor was on his northern tour and his father and brother were not in the city of Nanjing, they were ready to provoke the soldiers to besiege the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and they planned to besiege the Household Department in the name of arrears of salaries, and the siege of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was real, but before the planning started, the 3,000 battalions themselves moved first.

Therefore, the children of these lords and ministers are indeed just adding fuel to the fire, knowing and indulging, and allowing the mutiny, and this crime is established.

"We have noticed before that the soldiers in the barracks are in high spirits and seem to be in danger of getting out of control. Zhang Xuan said: "But this grievance should be used by others." ”

Zhang Zhaohua nodded, and she asked these people to go to Vermilion Bird Lane: "You go to assist Yang Hong and arrive at this matter as soon as possible." You have probably heard of him, and he should be more noble than you. I hope you will all work together, and I will always wait for the results. ”

After sending this group of people away, Zhang Zhaohua felt physically and mentally exhausted, she felt irritated about how to explain to Huang Huai and Yang Shiqi for a while, and she also temporarily stored a trace of guilt for the civilian official group behind them.

This time, it is obvious that the black hand behind the scenes can not be caught, and Xungui's crime is indeed minor, everything can only be implemented here in the civil official, Zhang Zhaohua clearly saw that even this will indeed chill the heart of the civil minister, but this is also a last resort, because the ministers related to the Han King, the emperor can be punished, but the prince cannot, which will provoke the emperor's sensitive and suspicious mind, thinking that the prince is cutting off the wings of the Han king.

"Niangniang," Yi Chuan Ha came over: "This is the note that the cabinet has just presented." ”