Chapter 144: King Xiang supervises the army

Seeing such a situation, Zhu Qizhen was relieved.

If Zhu Qizhen did not have the slightest worry about King Xiang's leading army in Yunnan, it was naturally wrong. But some people are more worried than Zhu Qizhen.

It is the vast civil and official group.

Because Zhu Qizhen was worried about the position under his buttocks, but the majority of doctors were even more afraid of this.

There is no doubt that civilian officials are the standpoint of safeguarding great unification. No matter how much they have a lot of criticism about the emperor, and even have different political opinions. But in terms of defending the emperor himself, he was more active than anyone else.

This is determined by the nature of scholars.

This is also the reason why civil officials have always been supported by the emperor.

The power of military generals is prosperous, which is the situation of the five dynasties at the end of the Tang Dynasty, but the power of civil officials is prosperous, and most emperors rule by arching.

In the face of any threat to imperial power, they were more sensitive than the emperor himself.

This is the reason why Yang Rong wants King Xiang to wait for him to win the battle. The identity of King Xiang is here, but whether he has a position or not, he will have great influence in the army.

After all, there were more than 100,000 troops in the Southern Expeditionary Army, which was a huge force.

It's just that this result is unacceptable to the Queen Mother. The Empress Dowager said: "King Xiang will stay in Luchuan in the future, and he will have to experience war. Now let him follow the Baoding Hou experience one or two, so that he can stand alone in the future. How? Yang Rong: Do you think there is a problem? ”

Yang Rong was asked by the Empress Dowager whether she was yin or yang, and her heart suddenly chuckled.

Yang Rong was very afraid of the Empress Dowager.

In the matter of the abolition of the queen year, Yang Rong, as the mastermind of Emperor Xuanzong, was not less ravaged by the empress dowager. Naturally, I know how terrible it is for a woman to be unreasonable.

However, on the issue of principle, Yang Rong didn't want to make more compromises, and said: "What the Empress Dowager said is extremely true, since His Royal Highness King Xiang has no experience in leading troops, rashly leading troops, I am afraid that he will miss the military aircraft major event." It's better to do this, and let King Xiang be the overseer. How about acting with Wang Ji? ”

There were three people who really decided the war in Yunnan.

Mu Ang is the person who is in charge of the Duke of Qianguo and is now in charge, and also represents the local military power of Yunnan, Baoding Hou Mengying. As the commander-in-chief, the core of all military command. There is also Wang Ji, the secretary of the military department.

Although Wang Ji has experience in commanding the great victory in the northwest. But militarily, the imperial court still believed in the veteran of Baodinghou. Wang Ji is more focused on logistics maintenance.

Yang Rong seemed to have given King Xiang the power to supervise the army, but he put King Xiang and Wang Ji together.

Who is Wang Ji?

It's Yang Rong's person.

was regarded by Yang Rong as his replacement.

Yang Rong knows Wang Ji best, don't think about it, King Xiang and Wang Ji are together, Wang Ji will definitely look at King Xiang to death. No matter what Wang Ji said, he was born as a scholar, but he was a jinshi and first. On top of the political position, there is no need to doubt it at all.

The Empress Dowager was not satisfied with this, and was about to say something?

Yang Shiqi said: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, King Xiang went to Luchuan, according to the usual practice to build the palace, but Luchuan is still in the hands of the enemy, and it is located in Tiannan, I am afraid that it is not good to build a large number of buildings, and the minister thinks that it is necessary to allocate 300,000 taels of silver to the Ministry of Households, and send a division to go to Luchuan with King Xiang, and then make plans." ”

"What does the Empress Dowager think?"

When Zhu Qizhen heard 300,000 taels, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

What is it?

This is naked bribery, bribery.

I have to say, sometimes this set really works.

In order to make Empress Dowager Li give up his rights, Emperor Wanli can spend a lot of money to let King Lu go to the country. In order to return Cixi to power, Emperor Guangxu also spent a lot of effort to build the Summer Palace.

Yang Shiqi thought a little more than Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen guessed that Yang Shiqi probably felt that this incident was the Empress Dowager's preparation for her own death.

During this period of time, there were several major events, all of which were done by the emperor alone. It's as if the Empress Dowager doesn't exist at all. From this point, anyone who has a little political sense can see that the Empress Dowager is about to return to power.

It is also the Empress Dowager who is about to return to power.

That's why the Queen Mother was worried about what was behind her. It is reasonable to want to arrange the only biological son.

So Yang Shiqi's compromise on this matter, I'm afraid there is such a reason.

Zhu Qizhen looked at Yang Shiqi's calm gaze, and couldn't stop speculating in his heart, but he didn't know whether it was right or wrong.

The Empress Dowager was silent for a while. said: "Since Shousuke said so, let's settle it like this." ”

The Empress Dowager and Yang Shiqi are old partners, and the cooperation between them can be traced back to the Yongle period. They know each other well.

The Empress Dowager knew that Yang Shiqi would never allow King Xiang to access the power of the Southern Expeditionary Army. This is already his bottom line.

Although there is money in the inner treasury, the Empress Dowager knows that it seems that more than 30 million taels of silver is not enough to spend if there is a real war.

Once something happens, the court spends so much that even if it is a mountain of gold and silver, it can't hold it.

Therefore, the Empress Dowager will not use the money from the inner treasury, and the Empress Dowager still has this overall situation.

But without this money, King Xiang doesn't need to use money?

King Xiang really wants to take root in Luchuan, and he needs a lot of silver.

Although the Empress Dowager is also ready to leave her private money to King Xiang, she doesn't have much. Even if you count King Xiang's property in Xiangyang, there is not much. and not as much as 300,000 taels in all.

In the early Ming Dynasty, silver was still very valuable, and it was only after arriving in Longqing that the silver circulation increased greatly, and it depreciated a lot.

This silver is enough for King Xiang to do a lot of things.

It can be regarded as the last time that this mother gave King Xiang something, and she really can't control what happens in the future.

After the Empress Dowager said this.

This big meeting has come to an end. It's hastily over.

On the surface, this meeting only made one decision, that is, to seal King Xiang to Luchuan, as the example of King Sai at the beginning of the country, seal the three guards, and attribute the Tusi in the Luchuan area to King Xiang.

But the aftermath around a meeting has not been so easy to calm down.

In the cabinet, Zhang Fu and Hu Hu are gone.

Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu sat opposite each other, retreating left and right.

Yang Rong sighed and said: "Anyway, after the Empress Dowager's incident, the Empress Dowager will probably not interfere in the government, and it can be regarded as an explanation to the first emperor." ”

Yang Shiqi said: "It's just that it is a trivial matter to seal the king of Xiang, Yu Luchuan, but in the future, if Your Majesty really wants to move the clan out, but I don't know how much trouble it will cause." Mian Ren, haven't you thought about it? ”

Yang Rong said: "One piece and one gallop, the way of civil and martial arts, the Taizong period went around to conquer, and from the Hongxi period to the present, it is time to change course with one heart and one mind." ”

"The movement of the tile spur, Jinyiwei handed me a report almost on the tenth day, the emperor's thoughts, Dongli Gong really doesn't know?" Yang Shiqi sighed and said: "The emperor is a young man, he wants to make great achievements in the world, and he can't stop it, but as soon as the war starts, how can it end if he wants to, I'm afraid that the war will last for decades, and then how can the life be innocent?" ”

Yang Rong said: "Dongli Gong is worried, you and I are old, how many years can we support it?" The emperor is also a measured person, but he is just foreshadowing for the future. ”

"I really want to fight the Watts, but I don't know that we are still there at that time, and it is the responsibility of generation after generation. You don't have a good student Yu Qian, whether you can stop the palace in the future depends on Yu Qian. ”

Yang Shiqi said: "Don't you also have Wang Ji? ”

Yang Rong sighed and said: "Wang Ji can't succeed, I originally wanted Wang Ji to supervise Luchuan, and he will also preside over the military department in the future, who knows that the Empress Dowager is a step ahead and will pull the Marquis of Baoding out." ”

It is estimated that in the future, Zhang Fu will be included and Baoding Hou will be outside. It's not easy to deal with. ”

Baoding Hou has military exploits, and only Zhang Fu is better than him. And Zhang Fu, in order to occupy Taiwan for the honorable in Beijing, must not go out to lead the troops. Moreover, Zhang Fu's wealth is enough, and if he makes meritorious deeds, he will inevitably be suspected of being highly meritorious.

But Baoding Hou is different.

It is really because of the stain on his body that he can make meritorious service desperately, so that the Meng family can become one of the nobles. The goalkeeper who is at the top of the rankings.

Although the Marquis of Baoding was enabled by the emperor, as soon as the emperor ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager transferred the Marquis of Baoding from Nanjing to Beijing.