According to the procedure previously set, the quota of salt merchants was to register with the Salt and Iron Division, and then the Salt and Iron Division conducted a preliminary screening, submitted to the cabinet, and then deliberated by the three divisions, and finally submitted to the Imperial Front.

"It's all of us!" Zhang Heling looked at Zhu Houzhao with a little embarrassment, and said with a little helplessness in his tone.

Zhu Houzhao put down the list at this time, raised his head and glanced at Zhang Heling, and then said: "This can't be done, you have too many private goods here, from the beginning, you have to find some people who have nothing to do with you here to put them in, if you do this, you will definitely be caught by the cabinet and the third division, and then not only you will suffer, but Qi You will definitely suffer." ”

"It's just the first screening, and the second time five years later is the key, and this time there are too many people staring at it, so you can't do that."

Although the matter of Yanzheng has passed, Zhu Houzhao knows that the civil officials have not given up this matter at all, and it may be better in the future, everyone is used to it, but this is the first time, they must be staring at it! Maybe they will really wait for Shou Ninghou and Qi You in this matter, if something is slightly wrong, it will definitely make Shou Ninghou and Qi You unable to eat and walk around.

"Report a little more, let the three divisions investigate, and the rest of the things will be said in front of the emperor!" Zhu Houzhao directly threw the pot to his father.

Although Zhang Heling's head is not enough, this period of time can be regarded as more or less experienced, his expression immediately became serious, and he hurriedly said: "I'll let them change when I go back, and I must let more people in!" ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "Then this matter is like this!" You have to remember that you can do things privately, but you have to get by on the surface, you know? ”

"Understood!" Zhang Heling nodded hurriedly, took the list handed back by Zhu Houzhao, turned around and walked outside.

Breathing a sigh of relief, for Zhu Houzhao, as long as the general direction of Yanzheng changes, the rest are all details. These trivial things, in fact, can't be done too much, otherwise it will have the opposite effect, it's like doing things, you have already occupied the big head, you have to let out some of the small head, you eat meat, you have to let others drink soup.

Otherwise, if you rob someone else's way of living, people will turn their faces, and when the time comes, no one will have to play.

Yan Zheng's side arranged it, and Zhu Houzhao's attention turned back to the northwest, but before everyone could make a result, news came from the northwest again.

"Your Highness, the emperor has summoned!"

Seeing He Neng walk in in a hurry, Zhu Houzhao's expression became serious, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Northwest War Report!" He Neng said as he walked eagerly.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao heard this, his heart suddenly chuckled, and the expression on his face became solemn. This time, He Neng's words were the Northwest War Report, not the Northwest Military Report, and it was obvious that this was a fight in the Northwest. Seeing He Neng's panicked appearance, it must be that Daddy lost his temper, Daddy lost his temper, and there was only one reason, the Northwest was defeated.

The imperial court is still arguing about the northwest, but the northwest really got eye medicine and was defeated directly, which is really embarrassing.

Zhu Houzhao estimated that the controversy in the imperial court could be put to rest, and those factions who did not take care of the fire screen basically had no market, and now it was not a question of whether you took care of the fire screen or not, but people came over. In such a situation, you can't ignore others, this face is patted loudly, it is estimated that many people will lose their face.

After Zhu Houzhao came to the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhu was sitting on the dragon chair with a gloomy face, He Neng leaned to Zhu Houzhao's side, and whispered: "The cabinet and a few adults from the six ministries have just left. ”

Zhu Houzhao understood, his father probably lost his temper, and honest people also got angry, Zhu Houzhao hurriedly took a few steps forward, bowed down and said, "Father!" ”

"Coming?" Seeing his son coming, Zhu Youzhang's expression softened a lot, stretched out his hand and handed a copy of the question book to Zhu Houzhao, and then said expressionlessly: "Take a look!" It's really a long face for me, the land of three towns, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, but they were beaten by someone, what are these people doing to eat! ”

As he spoke, Zhu Youzhang's anger rose again, and Zhu Houzhao knew that his father was facing him, and he didn't hide it at all.

Not enough Zhu Houzhao is also a little speechless, if you are defeated in the conquest, it may not be nothing, on the battlefield, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, but if you defend, you can be defeated, it is really embarrassing. From this side, it can also be seen to what extent the army of the Ming Dynasty has degenerated, even the border towns, and other places can still be seen?

Stretching out his hand to take the question book, Zhu Houzhao glanced at it and looked at the general situation, as for how angry he was, Zhu Houzhao couldn't talk about it.

In Zhu Houzhao's heart, he has actually been prepared for this for a long time, thinking about being hung and beaten during the Jiajing period, this is really nothing.

The content of the title book is a war report, Huo Sieve led the iron cavalry to invade Huamachi, Shaanxi, defeated the Ming army in Kongbagou, reached Pingliang, and plundered.

Pingliang is located in the eastern part of Gansu Province in the later generations, at the eastern foot of Liupan Mountain, in the upper reaches of the Jing River, and is the "Golden Triangle" of the geometric center of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, across Longshan (Guanshan), adjacent to Xianyang in Shaanxi in the east, Dingxi and Baiyin in Gansu in the west, Baoji in Shaanxi and Tianshui in Gansu in the south, and adjacent to Guyuan in Ningxia and Qingyang in Gansu in the north. Known as the "Longshang dry wharf", it is an important town that must pass through the ancient "Silk Road", and is known as "the first city of Chang'an in the west".

Since ancient times, Pingliang has been an important town for the barrier of Sanqin and the control of the five plains, and is the "place where soldiers must fight" and the traditional commodity distribution center of Longdong, the traffic and military key point of the Central Plains leading to the Western Regions and the eastern end of the northern line of the ancient Silk Road, which is not only the highway hub of the northwest region, but also an important transit station of the second channel of the Eurasian Land Bridge.

"If Pingliang is lost, it will really be a big deal!" Zhu Houzhao sighed in his heart, sad and helpless in his heart.

Glancing at his father, Zhu Houzhao said, "The imperial court has decided on the candidate for the governor of the three sides?" ”

The Governor of the Three Sides, whose full name is a member of the Governor-General of the Trilateral Military Affairs of Shaanxi, controls the Governor of Hexi, the Governor of Hedong, the Governor of Shaanxi, and the nine general soldiers of Gan, Liang, Su, Xi, Ningxia, Yansui, Shendaoling, Xing'an, and Guyuan. It can be said that he is a high authority, but this position is not permanent, and this is also a not very glorious history of Dad.

The first trilateral governor of the Hongji Dynasty was first established in the 10th year of Hongji, because of what was set up? In the tenth year of Hongzhi, he was sifted into the Kou, and the governors of Shaanxi, Gansu, Yansui, and Ningxia were sent to the military affairs, which led to the trilateral governors.

The first governor of the three sides was Wang Yue, Wang Yue did a good job, not only stabilized the three sides, but also sent troops to fight a battle, Wang Yue divided the army into three ways, and smashed Helan Mountain, although the battle was not too captured, but it shattered the idea of the fire screen stationed in Muhetao, but Wang Yue's fate was not very good.

At the same time as Wang Yue's victory, Li Guang, a eunuch favored by his father, committed suicide, and the official continued to impeach him, accusing Wang Yue of being Li Guang's comrade.

Although the father did not ask about this matter, but after Wang Yue heard the words, his heart was full of grief and hatred, and finally died in Ganzhou (now Zhangye, Gansu) on December 1, the eleventh year of Hongzhi, at the age of seventy-three. In addition, the imperial court also sent Jinshi Wang Shouren to supervise the construction of Wang Yue's tomb.

Wang Shouren's first errand was to build a tomb for Wang Yue, as for the eunuch Li Guang, one of the few black histories of his father.

Zhu Houzhao thought of Wang Yue at this time, and naturally thought of Wang Shouren beside him, as well as Tang Bohu, who was brought to the northwest by himself, and he didn't know what happened to him now.

Seeing his son's strange expression, Zhu Youzhu didn't know what he was thinking, glared at his son fiercely, and then said very embarrassedly: "It's set, it's Qin Hong!" ”

Hearing his father's words, Zhu Houzhao was stunned again, and asked in disbelief: "Qin Hong?" ”

Zhu Youzhu didn't answer Zhu Houzhao, but turned his head to stare at Zhu Houzhao, the meaning is obvious, what do you want to say?

Zhu Houzhao has no opinion on Qin Hong, he knows that this person is a capable person, born as an imperial envoy, and has been a member of the Imperial Dynasty, Yingzong, and Xianzong, and when he arrives at his father, he is already a veteran of the Four Dynasties. Qin Hong's military literacy is also good, during the Chenghua period, Dayan Khan led tens of thousands of cavalry to invade Datong, drove straight into Shunshengchuan, and plundered Xuanfu.

Qin Hong and the chief military officer Zhou Yu fought hard to meet the attack and repel the little prince. Soon, the little prince plundered Xingningkou, and Qin Hong and others fought with it one after another, forcing him to retreat and return the looted materials.

The embarrassing thing happened in the second year of Hongzhi, Qin Hongsheng was the right capital of the imperial history, the governor of Liangguang military affairs, Qin Hong sent a letter to his father, requesting to cut the power of the eunuchs and generals in the town: eunuchs and generals divided the town into various places and took charge of civil affairs, interfered with local justice, and even killed innocent people. Some also relied on the emperor's prestige to allow their family members to illegally engage in business for profit, disrupting normal commercial circulation and competing with the people for profit.

Qin Hongzuo asked the imperial court to remove the power of the eunuchs and military generals in the world to take charge of civil affairs, and the bounty vaults of the general town governments were indiscriminately in and out of money. Qin Hong proposed that the finances of each town government must be audited and inspected by the imperial history, so as to eliminate the source of corruption, compile a baojia in the two Guangxi regions, and set up a school of etiquette to eliminate the source of theft and revitalize the literary style.

These articles are all good, it is inappropriate for military generals from all over the country to interfere in civil affairs, of course, most of the military generals mentioned here are nobles.

Qin Hong's approach naturally touched the interests of some people, this person was Liu Jing, Marquis of Anyuan, when Liu Jing, Marquis of Anyuan, was in Liangguang Military Town, he embezzled military salaries, slaughtered good people, and was exposed by Qin Hong and imprisoned. Liu Jing accused Qin Hong of being brutal in prison**. Xiaozong ordered a strict review, but the result was uncorroborated, and the law department sentenced Liu Jing to death.

Liu Jing and the empress dowager in the palace are in-laws, so she defended Liu Jing in front of Xiaozong. Dad ordered Qin Hong to be arrested in Beijing for interrogation, and it turned out that Qin Hong was innocent. For the sake of the Empress Dowager Zhou, Xiaozong left Liu Jing idle, and Qin Hong was also dismissed and returned to his hometown. Qin Hong's dismissal caused widespread dissatisfaction among the government and the opposition, and more than 100 officials headed by Wang Shu, the secretary of the ministry, jointly signed a guarantee. A few months later, Qin Hong was changed to Nanjing Hubu Shangshu.

In later generations, it was said that employees resigned, either because the money was given less, or because they were wronged, and Qin Hong was a typical example of being wronged, so not long after arriving in Nanjing, Qin Hong resigned due to illness.

In Zhu Houzhao's opinion, what is the idea of Daddy using Qin Hong at this time? Compensation for Qin Hong? It is said that thunder, rain and dew are all graces of heaven, but Qin Hong didn't give his father face when he resigned, I have to say that Zhu Houzhao admires his father's open-mindedness very much, or this cheekiness, you were so kind to Qin Hong at the beginning, why are you embarrassed to let Qin Hong come and work for you now?

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