Things are back to the capital, due to the lag of news, Wei Yinbao's affairs are impacting this decaying dynasty.

After noon on the 29th day of the year, the various yamen in the capital held a dinner party as usual, and then they went home to celebrate the New Year and began to enjoy the longest holiday of the year.

At the moment when the various yamen held a dinner, people from the palace called the four main halls of the military department, the officials department, the household department and the ritual department to the West Garden, which made the officials present immediately look at each other.

The four main halls were called to the palace at the same time, which must have happened a big event.

Soon, news came from the military department: Wei Yinbao, the leader of the anti-thieves in Guangxi, took advantage of the coming of the New Year to boldly attack Guilin City and behead the officials and clansmen who participated in the politics of Guangxi, including Li Minxin.

"This thief should be eliminated!"

"I am willing to lead the army and kill the Wei thief in Gutian!"

"It's really arrogant, how can Da Ming tolerate him!"

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When the officials learned the truth, they expressed their opinions with righteous indignation.

Not long after, the four main halls did not come back from the four courtyards, but someone from the palace came again, and called the remaining two Shangshu and the six servants to the Purple Light Pavilion for discussion.

The court council was a deliberative system in the Ming Dynasty. In terms of personnel, there is no definite personnel limit, and this dynasty depends more on the head of the dynasty, and it is up to him to decide the number of people.

Xu Jie and Yuan Wei sat in the hall of the side hall on the left and on the right, the six Shangshu and the left imperial history were seated in a fixed order, and the six servants in Beijing sat in the back.

As the personnel arrived one after another, the discussion soon began.

Hu Song, the new left attendant of the military department, took the lead in expressing his opinion: "This matter is not big, and it is not small!" Wei Yinbao is just a thief, and now that he has grabbed the silver and returned to him, we can order Guangxi to strengthen its defense. If you make a big move for this thief, it must be another move to work the people and lose money, and the old man's opinion is not to stir up the people! ”

Hu Song is a Jinshi in Jiajing for eight years, and he is a fellow villager with Xu Jie, and he is the core of the Xu Party, and his age and qualifications are placed here. Now that he has taken the lead in making a statement, he has already set the tone for this court.

Ma Sen, the left attendant of the household department, and Wan Yukai, the right attendant of the criminal department, glanced at each other, but chose to remain silent, knowing that Hu Song would definitely exchange opinions with Xu Jie before making such remarks.

It's just that as soon as the words fell, a person with a thick voice immediately retorted: "Wei Yinbao killed my court official, cruel clansmen, if this thief is not removed, how can I have a good face?" Since you are a soldier of the army, how can you not do anything? ”

A smile rose at the corner of Lin Haoran's mouth, but he continued to play with his fingers without lifting it.

Zhu Heng, the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, and others went to look for prestige, but they saw that it was the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites who was sitting in the back row who was arguing, but they couldn't help but be secretly dumbfounded.

Although Gao Gong participated in this court promotion meeting for the first time, he was not stage frightened at all here, and he seemed to have a clear attitude to point the finger directly at Wu Song, who was extremely senior.

However, this high arch does have some capital, and now King Jing has left Beijing to become a vassal, and King Yu is close to the throne, so Gao Gong is the most senior emperor in the future.

Hu Song was so angry that his face turned blue, this "inaction" fell on him, it was simply a life-threatening talisman. Now that he has reached the age of seventy, if he is accused of incompetence again, what kind of face does he have to continue to stay in the court?

Yang Bo and Hu Song were friends in the same year, but they immediately expressed their support: "Gao Shilang, it's not that our military department doesn't want to get rid of this thief, it's just that Wei Yinbao is guarding according to the danger, and it is useless to have fewer soldiers, and more soldiers are laborious and costly!" If Yu Dayou was still in the position of the general army in Guangdong, this matter would be easier to handle, but Yu Dayou has now been transferred to Liaodong, and there is no general in the south! ”

When officials such as Ma Sen, the left attendant of the household department, and Wan Yukai, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, heard Yang Bo's remarks, they knew that Yang Bo was pointing the finger at Lin Haoran and blaming Lin Haoran for launching the "transfer from the south to the north" policy, but they couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Lin Haoran.

Gao Gong's main goal is to express his attitude and position in this court, but he knows that he can't decide this level of things as a mere right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and he watched Yang Bo point the finger at Lin Haoran, but he was happy to watch the play.

Lin Haoran's two thumbs were spinning in circles, but he didn't expect Yang Bo to point the finger directly at him, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he looked at Yang Bo and responded: "Since there are famous generals such as Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang and Shi Huashan in the south, there will be other brave generals!" If the imperial court is really determined to get rid of Wei Yinbao, the Liangguang soldiers will definitely live up to their expectations and will definitely be able to send Wei Yinbao's head to the capital! ”

Wei Yinbao's strength is obviously not as good as Zhang Lian, and the reason why he has been able to jump up and down in Guangxi for so long is that the Ming Dynasty has relatively few troops in Guangxi, and the second is that the Ming Dynasty is unwilling to fight for a barren land.

If Da Ming made up his mind to raise troops to deal with Wei Yinbao, in fact, there was no need to use famous generals of the level of Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang, and Wei Yinbao could be removed from Gutian with the current generals of Liangguang alone.

For this, he is very confident, not to mention the heroic and good fighting Lei Zhouwei, and the firearms battalion of the United Business Group can also be dispatched to help.

Hu Song was just said to be very faceless by Gao Gong, and then he interjected: "Lin Shilang, you really don't know how to use soldiers!" As the saying goes, it is easy to get a thousand troops and it is difficult to find a general, how to arrange this tactic and how to deploy the source of troops, this is not possible without good generals. Hehe...... This marching battle is not like you writing an article, you just need to use pen and ink! ”

At the end, he stroked his beard lightly, and was complacent at this lofty statement.

"Wu Shilang, you said that this official doesn't know how to use soldiers?" Lin Haoran looked at Hu Song with a smile, and just when Xu Jie's secret words were not good, he said in a serious manner: "When this official served as the prefect of Leizhou, there were tens of thousands of pirates entrenched in the waters of western Guangdong and the Beibu Gulf, and the people of Qiongzhou and Leizhou no longer dared to come and go. However, the official first destroyed the pirates in the East China Sea and Jinzhou, and then annihilated thousands of pirates in Longmen, and there was no more turmoil in the waters of western Guangdong. Moved to the prefect of Guangzhou, the official personally presided over the battle of the South Gate, annihilated more than 2,000 people, and later concurrently served as the deputy envoy of Guangdong Patrol to preside over the maritime affairs of Guangdong, but it was a rare Qingping. At the end of last year, the Tartars captured the prisoners, and the official led the soldiers in Tongzhou to win the North Gate victory. If you really want to talk about the military, I'm not talented, but I think I'm above you! ”

Unlike many officials with mixed qualifications, Lin Haoran is a genuine doer, and his promotion all the way seems to be fast, but every point is dazzling.

Syllable!

A slap slapped Hu Song's old face, with a faint echo.

Although Hu Song served as the governor of Jiangxi, he did not make an inch of merit in Jiangxi at all. The reason why he can be ranked as the left squire of the military department is that he has a friendship with Yang Bo in the same year, and secondly, he has a fellow villager with Xu Jie, but it has nothing to do with military merits and achievements.

But now, although he thinks that he can still talk about war on paper, he is accusing Lin Haoran, who has "outstanding military achievements", of not knowing the art of war, which can be said to be self-inflicted.

Hu Song's old face was red, and he looked at Lin Haoran with annoyance and shame.

Officials such as Ma Sen, the left attendant of the household department, and Wan Yukai, the right attendant of the criminal department, looked at Hu Song with pity, this thing is really old and confused, and even accused Lin Haoran, the most dazzling military genius in recent years, of not knowing the art of war.

However, many officials are also an afterthought, and their Beijing officials have always only focused on the affairs of the court, and have not paid too much attention to local affairs. Now listening to Lin Haoran mention these achievements, he is re-evaluating this left waiter of the Ministry of Rites who has always given people the image of a scholar.

If Da Ming really wants to talk about military merits to determine the official position, then even if this person cannot serve as the secretary of the military department, he can still be qualified to be a left attendant of the military department.

Yang Bo found that Lin Haoran seemed to glance at him, and couldn't help but droop his face. Although he is a dignified secretary of the military department, when it comes to military achievements, not to mention compared with Hu Zongxian, he can't even compare with this little hairy head.

Wu Shan coughed lightly, immediately attracted everyone's attention, and said in a rounded manner: "Now is not the time to argue about military merits, now is the time to discuss how to deal with this matter?" After a pause, he chose to express his attitude and said: "Wei Yinbao has been a disaster in Guangxi for decades, and this time he invaded Guizhou City, although he took away the silver, but he killed the court and the royal clan, and his heart can also be punished, and the official also thinks that it should be suppressed!" ”

Lin Haoran had no confidence in front of Wu Shan, so he let Wu Shan relieve Hu Song. Just listening to his father-in-law's opinion, his heart was also slightly calmer, and he also hoped that Daming could send troops to eliminate Wei Yinbao.

Things are not destined to go so smoothly, Yan Ne said bitterly: "Wu Shangshu, now that Wei Yinbao has taken the silver away, we can send more troops first, and then defeat him in the future!" If the encirclement and suppression are carried out in a hurry at the moment, not only will the people be wasted and the money will be lost, but the household department will not be able to adjust the money for a while! ”

When Yuan Wei and Dong Fen heard this silver, they couldn't help but shake their heads with a wry smile.

If anything, the biggest trouble at the moment is this silver that they regard as copper-smelling. Even if the annual input of hundreds of thousands of taels of Guangdong City and the increase in the salt tax of Huai Salt are still not enough to fill the bottomless pit of the imperial court.

"Yan Shangshu, even if silver is a problem, we can't raise bandits!" Wu Shan sees things thoroughly, even when he emphasizes authenticity.

When it comes to the comparison of strength, even if Lin Haoran and Wu Shan go together, they are far inferior to Xu Dang.

Before Li Chunfang could speak, Yang Bo responded: "A bunch of bandits, in fact, there is nothing to worry about!" What's more, do you know that Wei Yinbao is expensive this year? ”

Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up slightly. Unlike Zhang Lian, the Flying Dragon King who was in the prime of life back then, the current Wei Yinbao is already old, and I am afraid that he will not live for a few years.

These bandits are often after the death of the previous generation, and most of the descendants are unable to continue, even if the court does not come forward to clean up, they themselves are likely to fall apart directly.

"Yan Ge is still a country at the age of eighty-two, and Wei Yinbao is only in his sixties this year, how can we sit back and wait for him to decline by himself?" Lei Li suddenly interjected.

When Lin Haoran heard this, he couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face. Naturally, he didn't think that Lei Li was helping him, Lei Li obviously wanted to use the topic to play, and deliberately mentioned Yan Song.

Things have become clearer and clearer, Yan Shifan has been liquidated again, and I am afraid that Xu Jie is operating behind the scenes.

Dong Fen and other officials are all smart people, except for Dong Fen, who gloated, the others seemed to be angry and did not dare to breathe, and secretly observed Xu Jie, who was sitting on the top seat, presiding over the court meeting.

Xu Jie, who had been sitting silently, looked as usual, and said lightly: "Did you forget about the Hetao?" As courtiers, we should first set a perfect policy, take into account the people of Limin, and be foolproof, before we can please play it to the emperor! ”

When the officials heard this, they suddenly fell silent, and they understood the meaning of Xu Jie's words.

Today's emperor is a person with a repetitive personality, and when he is hot-headed, he is naturally Mingjun, but when he calms down, I am afraid it will be another trade-off and plan.

Wei Yinbao's disaster in Guangxi is not an overnight thing, this emperor really wants to work hard, and it will not drag on for decades, until now Wei Yinbao has the courage to sneak attack Guilin Mansion.

Wu Shan sighed secretly and asked Xu Jie, "Lord Yuanfu, what do you think should happen now?" ”

"Let Wu Guifang, the governor of Liangguang, hold the edict!" Xu Jie seemed to have an idea, and even responded.

Tan Lun waved his sleeves and left again, and the governor of Liangguang was still handed over to Wu Guifang. No matter how they decide, it will eventually be handed over to Wu Guifang, the governor of Liangguang.

Wu Shan glanced at Lin Haoran, and finally nodded lightly: "That's all!" ”

Lin Haoran felt that this licorice pavilion was inferior to Yan Song, and in the face of Zhang Lian's anti-thief, Yan Song could still order the troops of the three provinces to encircle and suppress Zhang Lian. Now that Wei Yinbao is so chaotic, this old man of Licorice Pavilion wants to calm things down.

It seems to avoid working hard and hurting money, but I'm afraid I'm still worried about my throne, but it's better to have more than less. As for Yang Bo, I'm afraid I'm still worried that the south side is too brilliant, and it will make his face dull as a soldier who has no achievements in battle.

Sometimes he really thinks that Xu Jie is not as good as Yan Song, at least Yan Song is using tough means in the face of Guangdong's "Chengtian Overlord" Chen Yiming and "Flying Dragon Lord" Zhang Lian.

The two sides have reached a consensus and intend to deal with this matter coldly again.

The so-called soothing edict is naturally hoping to recruit Anwei Silver Leopard. It's just that if this method worked, Wei Yinbao would have surrendered a long time ago, instead of fighting against the Ming Dynasty in Guangxi for decades.

Xu Jie was cautious, and learned that the emperor went to the Taimiao Temple to worship, but he dragged the matter down. It was not until the next day that Jiajing's anger subsided a little, and then he reported the results of the court meeting.

"Your Majesty, Wei Yinbao is a thief after all, and it is easy for us to destroy it, but it is not worth it to work hard for this thief! Yang Shangshu analyzed the situation in Guangxi, Wei Yinbao is based in a dangerous place, if he wants to encircle and suppress it, like Zhang Lian and his party back then, he vows to mobilize the army to be effective! It is only that troops are recruited and dispatched from Guangdong and other places, and I am afraid that all the tax money of the Guangdong City Department last year will be transferred to Guangxi, and the imperial court may also have to allocate silver. The ministers thought that they could order Wu Guifang, the governor of Liangguang, to hold a letter and send him to the imperial court, one to show the emperor's forgiveness, and the other to be regarded as a salute before the soldiers. If Wei Thief is confused and refuses to belong to the Ming Dynasty, it will be decided by the emperor, and it will not be too late to discuss the matter of raising the army! ”

Xu Jie's words are good, but after a few days, Jiajing's anger will have long since disappeared, and he will definitely not be able to purge Wei Yinbao again.

Jiajing was actually angry before he wanted to kill Wei Yinbao, and now he is calm, he still wants to cultivate longevity. If the treasury is wasted for the sake of a thief thousands of miles away, this matter is very unworthy.

It was at this time that a military newspaper came: "Report, eight hundred miles urgent!" ”