Chapter 22 The Current Situation of the Ming Border Army

Although Ma Shun took Wang Zhen's way. But he still has some ability on his own.

It's just a day. The whole case of Lu was investigated.

The next day came in the evening.

In one day, Zhu Qizhen can only meet Ma Shun at this time.

Zhu Qizhen was in the warm pavilion, Ma Shun came in and hurriedly saluted, and said, "Weichen greets Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Sit." ”

Immediately, a little eunuch moved over an embroidery pier, and Ma Shun only dared to sit down half of his buttocks, cautiously as if he were a dragonfly dotting water. Then he said, "Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Qizhen asked, "How's the investigation?" ”

Ma Shun said: "I have sent people to Henan, and I have also sent people to the tile spur, about the documents on the grassland, which are being sorted out, and I can report to Your Majesty in the next two days, please give me a little time." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Then Lu's whole case can be investigated clearly. ”

Ma Shun said: "It has been found out, Lu Cheng is Fang Zheng's general, and the military department wants to punish him heavily to set an example, but Fang Zheng feels that it is unfair, so he wrote a letter with the British public." ”

"The British public came forward, and Wang Ji, the secretary of the military department, could only ask Lord Yang Shiqi for help, but Lord Yang Shiqi was not willing to have trouble with the British public during this extraordinary period. That's why this thing didn't come down. Ma Shun explained the situation behind this incident in detail.

Zhu Qizhen also tasted some flavors.

Ma Zheng, Zhu Qizhen knows, is the guard of Datong Town, and he can be regarded as an old minister. One of the heroes of the Jingjing martyrdom, he did not make any great contributions. But there is always this qualification, and then it has been battle-hardened. has the status it has today.

It is also a general that can be relied on. Datong is under his hands, and it cannot be said that he is completely without fault. But it was peaceful. Lu Cheng is his subordinate.

Wang Ji, the secretary of the military department. Zhu Qizhen is also impressed.

Although 369 went to court. It's all ceremonial. But the ministers of the court also appeared in front of Zhu Qizhen. The book of the military department. It is also one of the six Shangshu. The highest rank of civil service. Only under the Cabinet of Ministers. Naturally, you have to show your face. So Zhu Qizhen has seen and spoke. But there is no deeper communication. Zhu Qizhen's impression of him. Most of the time, it is in the paperwork.

Wang Ji is a very capable minister, and he can be called a cadre. It's just that in the conflict between civil officials and nobles, he is also a pioneer.

The military department is in his hands, and he almost inherits an empty shelf from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. The military department is in his hands. The staff is expanding, and the staffing is expanding. It's almost inflating. Nominally, everything in the world is under the management of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies. Generals at all levels. are all under the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but these rights. The military department must intervene.

Naturally, the nobles at all levels were not satisfied. But there is no power to resist. There are many reasons for this. Two of the most important. First, the emperor stood at the civil office. Since Emperor Renzong, the proximity of the Ming Emperor to the civil officials has far exceeded that of the nobles. In a sense, too. When competing with Emperor Renzong, there were many nobles who stood on the side of King Han. Even if these people have been cleared. The royal family still felt that scholars were worth getting close to.

Zhang Funeng has today. It also has a relationship with his closeness to Wenchen.

The second is that the honors are also inadequate.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the honors and nobles can be divided into the founding heroes and the martyrs. Now the heroes of the Jingjing martyrdom are almost dead. Those who succeeded them were far from enough.

Most of the generals who are reused today are not as good as Yongle time.

And Wenchen has gone through the recuperation of the founding of the country, and now after Sanyang, there are indeed a group of ministers who can do things. Wang Ji is one of them, and Yu Qian is also one of them.

Zhu Qizhen understood the joints and continued to ask: "Is there any such thing as Lu Quan's killing and surrendering?" ”

Ma Shun listened to Zhu Qizhen's words, and his expression was slightly hesitant. Seeing this, Zhu Qizhen said, "Isn't there something I can't know?" ”

When Ma Shun heard this, he almost broke out in a cold sweat, and said: "Weichen doesn't dare, Jinyi Wei is the eyes and ears of His Majesty, and he doesn't dare to hide His Majesty in the slightest. ”

"Oh." Zhu Qizhen said: "How do you say this? ”

Ma Shun said: "Your Majesty knows the minister, the minister has followed Emperor Taizong to Mobei, and he still understands the form of the border stopper." Between our army and the Tartars, from the Hongwu period to the present, the war has been continuous, and it has long been a habit to form on the border fortress, and every autumn, a small team of cavalry will be sent out of the pass to burn the autumn. The steppe was burned to the detriment of the Tartars, and to prevent the Tartars from attacking suddenly. ”

"So inside and outside the border gates, it's really a feud."

"Although there are also outlaws who cross the border wall to trade with the Tartars, most of the time, when you see the Tartars, you still have to kill them first and then quickly."

"Male or female."

Zhu Qizhen said: "Is Datong like this, or is it like this on the nine sides." ”

"That's the case at most of the border gates." Ma Shun said.

Zhu Qizhen said: "That surrender? Emperor Taizong and his father both surrendered a lot of Mongols, these dozen Mongols may not have surrendered? ”

Ma Shun said: "The number of people is too small. ”

"Although Emperor Taizong has repeatedly told Mongolia, all the people who surrendered were Mongolians, and there were few Mongolian people." Ma Shun said: "In order to pretend to be a momentum, the Mongolian nobles surrendered, and they would never be such people. ”

"You mean Lu Cheng is innocent." Zhu Qizhen said.

Ma Shun said: "The minister didn't dare to vouch for Lu Quan, but in the minister's opinion, these dozen people Tartar and there are women, maybe the Tartar couldn't stand the green and yellow, and surrendered with the little old man." ”

"But surrendering like this is just for a few more military households in the border army, and it is definitely not Lu Quan's own thing to kill directly."

"It's just that if Your Majesty wants to find out the truth, the minister will rush to Datong to find out carefully."

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said, "No need. With a wave of his hand, the horse went down.

Having said that, Zhu Qizhen's mind has long been on the matter of Lu Quan's killing and surrendering.

There are only two things he thinks, the first is the military discipline of the Ming army. Lu Quan's killing and surrendering, Zhu Qizhen thinks it should be true? After all, Ding Bu paperwork is leaky, and it is almost impossible to find a breakthrough. Ma Shun's tone was ambiguous. I don't think I'm determined. Even if there is a difference in the charges. But the difference is not wrong. It's just that the military ministers are all aggrieved by Lu Quan, and even the Jinyi Guard's command Ma Shun also has this attitude.

It was they who felt that Lu Quan's behavior was too common.

Therefore, the military discipline of the Ming army may be very problematic.

Zhu Qizhen secretly wrote down this matter.

The second thing is the struggle for power between the military department and the governor's office of the five armies.

This is not the first time he has heard of this, but now he has seen it with his own eyes. The military department took down a governor. can be regarded as a high-ranking general.

The reaction of the Xungui group seems to be strong, but it is powerless.

If nothing else, just look at the results.

The documents submitted by the cabinet can all be accompanied by a vote, that is, a disposition plan. If the emperor does not overthrow, he will follow this.

And the ticket is proposed to be Lu Cheng's exile in Guangxi.

This matter, whether it is big or small, is not small, and it is a high-ranking general. And what Zhang Fu did was just making a fuss.

It can be seen that although the treatment of military generals is still above that of civilian officials, it is a time for one to lose the other.

However, now Sanyang is just using the trust of Renzong to press Xungui below, and if he wants to truly use literature to control martial arts, he still has a long way to go.

Zhang Fu's presence is an important example.

When the emperor could not govern in person, and the power of the cabinet increased greatly, Zhang Fu could be among them, which is already very illustrative, and in the highest power structure of the Ming Dynasty, it is indispensable to have a noble link.

When Zhu Qizhen saw this, he could be regarded as understanding a little.

But in the face of this situation, how to deal with it?

"What kind of truth is the truth I want?" Zhu Qizhen said secretly in his heart: "Or, I want to give this case some truth." ”

The ticket is in his hand, and if Zhu Qizhen wants to, he can use a red pen to tick it off at any time. It's just that it's easy to tick off, but it's not easy to figure out what to write on it.

Zhu Qizhen thought about it and pondered hard, but there was no answer.