Chapter 571: There are many literati and talents, but there are few warriors

Being an official of the Ming Dynasty is a manual job, and being a cabinet minister of the Ming Dynasty is even more individual work. When Zhang Yue's attendant who led the way saw Yang Rongjin Youzi who accompanied him after the royal car, he once again deeply realized this.

After less than a month's effort, I don't know if it was because of the weather outside the Seychelles or because of hard work, both of them looked a lot haggard. Yang Rong's black gauze hat, which was the heaviest in the past, showed inch-long messy hair on both sides, the beard on his chin was also uneven, and his eyes were densely bloodshot.

At this time, the army was still marching, so the two immediately glanced at each other when they heard the chamberlain say that the emperor ordered Zhang Yue to come to see them first. The two have been colleagues for many years, but whenever they go on the Northern Expedition, they are accompanied by partners, no matter whether there are other signs of competition in secret, but they all know that they have to take care of the occasion, at this time, it was Yang Rong who opened his mouth first, and sent the waiter back in three or two sentences. When the person disappeared from view, Yang Rongjin Youzi rode his horse close to Zhang Yue, who asked in a low voice, "Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's Pinghu Table ready?" ”

"The two bachelors can rest assured, the group of people who sent Ping Hu Biao should arrive in Yunzhou tomorrow."

"That's good."

Yang Rong said while quietly glancing to the left, and when he saw Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, talking to his entourage, he couldn't help but think of the emperor's somewhat strange attitude when Lu Zhen greeted him before. He is shrewd and wise, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, even if he has the ability, it is impossible for him to find out what is other than the Jingshi Transfer, and he only vaguely feels that something is wrong.

He had never liked Lu Zhen, the official of the Ministry of Rites, but he had to be afraid of that method. After all, although the cabinet ministers are heavy, they only have five grades, that is, the young Zhang Yue, who is also on an equal footing with him in terms of grade, while the secretary of the Ministry of Rites is a second-grade member. If it was simply Lu Zhen's downfall, he would definitely be happy to see it happen. After all, he was almost forced by Lu Zhen, Fang Bin and others to take up the post of Guozi Priest Wine. Fortunately, the emperor knew what those people were thinking and did not agree, otherwise, where would there be today's Bachelor Yang?

"Bachelor Yang?"

Due to too many chaotic thoughts in his heart, Yang Rong almost relied on the mount under him to recognize the way by himself, and even the hand holding the reins unconsciously loosened. It wasn't until he heard this reminder next to him that he reacted with a spirit, and he saw Zhang Yue handing over a piece of reins on one side. Suddenly realized, he took it unnaturally, and saw that Jin Youzi had fallen a few steps away, and he was reading some folding documents on horseback, and he suddenly showed a wry smile.

He had forgotten that he was on his way with the army, and that was how they had come these days. Others can expect the sky to fall and there are tall people on top, but they belong to the category of the heavens in the court, and if thunder falls from the sky, they will be the first to suffer. So, he settled down and asked Zhang Yue about the situation of the Jingshi.

Zhang Yue certainly understood what Yang Rong wanted to know most, but in this kind of situation where there were countless ears pricked up by idle people all around, it was obviously not possible to know everything. Yang Rong was the chief examiner of the Wuxu Department in the sixteenth year of Yongle, and he was his veritable teacher-although the most disgusting thing for the two generations of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di was the literati to form a party, and one felt that the selection of the imperial examination was useless young people, and the imperial examination was abolished for decades; One is to taboo the chief examiner of the field to have contacts with the Jinshi who won the middle school, and strictly prevent teachers and students from forming a party. But this teacher-student relationship is unquestionable in the eyes of scholars all over the world, even if he has long worshiped under Du Zhen's door.

Therefore, from the transfer of military rations to the requisition and distribution of civilian husbands, from the affairs of the court meeting to the appointment and dismissal of personnel, it seems that everything is very small, but he is going around in circles on the side details, and most of the important topics are only lightly mentioned and brushed aside. Despite this, he still noticed that Yang Rong's brows tightened little by little, and he knew in his heart that the other party had realized what he meant.

Since Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister and respected the six ministries, the dream of being the prime minister of thousands of literati has come to an end, and since he was elected to the Zhiwen Yuan Pavilion, Yang Rong has felt that this is also a road to a famous minister. Just to be a famous minister, you must first have a Ming Jun, and you must not only be a generation of Ming Jun. Zhu Di is now more and more fond of him, and this Northern Expedition is entrusted with military affairs, what he has to do is not only to maintain and strengthen this trust, but also to let Donggong also trust him after he ascends the throne.

After carefully calculating Zhang Yue's words in his heart, he had a plan, and he no longer asked about the court, but chatted about other things casually. When he knew that Zhang Yue's grandmother was not in good health now, he couldn't help but think of his parents who died early, and his face was a little unnatural. Whether it is his father's funeral or his mother's funeral, he is because of Zhu Di's decree to seize love, and after burying his parents, he will return to Beijing to serve. Although this also proves that the emperor is indeed inseparable from him, it is a big loss in terms of filial piety.

So, he deliberately diverted this gloomy topic, and immediately said with a smile: "Your grandmother is also a blessed person, with a strict family style and many talents, and no one relies on the door alone to shelter her. You became famous all over the world at a young age, all because of your real achievements, and some people were not convinced at the beginning, but now I am afraid that no one will question it. is Huanzhang, who is also extremely solid in learning, and is down-to-earth, and will definitely achieve great achievements in the future. By the way, have you seen him since you returned to Beijing? It was not all my recommendation that he was able to enter the Metropolitan Procuratorate as a prisoner, but also because of the priest and the priest of the South Beijing Guozi. ”

Seeing Yang Rong talking about this, his eyebrows fluttered and his face fluttered, Zhang Yue couldn't help but be glad that Gu Bin had won a famous teacher. His arrogant cousin has been holding that bag for many years, but he only entered the Yang family for his Zhang Yue's business, and Yang Rong accepted such a disciple for this reason, I am afraid that it is not only for the sake of the past kindness, but also for the character. At this time, remembering the other party's plan when he met Gu Bin that day, he simply confessed: "I did see him after I returned to Beijing, but he told me that he wanted to take the hometown test again next year." ”

"Huh?"

Jin Youzi, who had put a book into his horse coat, happened to ride over at this time, and when he heard this, he smiled and said, "Mian Ren, your disciple is ambitious." Although since the beginning of the great grandfather, I have been eclectic in promoting talents, not to mention the prisoners from the top class of the country's eunuchs, even cloth clothes, and they are often promoted to political envoys once they play the right match. It's just that he is still young, and it is not bad to take the right path of the imperial examination, and it can be regarded as an experience at best. Speaking of which, we were really full of talents in this subject in the second year of our construction......"

As soon as the words came out, Jin Youzi immediately regretted it, and hurriedly diverted the conversation. It's just that this time, the three of them were a little embarrassed, and Zhang Yue even deliberately fell a few steps back. In the second year of Jianwen, the subject was indeed a group of bright stars, and there were three people who entered the cabinet alone, Hu Guang, Jin Youzi, and Yang Rong, among which Hu Guang was also promoted by Emperor Jianwen himself as the champion because of his dignified appearance, and Hu Jing, Wu Pu, Yang Pu, Hu Hui, Gu Zuo, etc. are all famous, but it was Wang Gen, who was deposed as the leader because of his poor appearance, and Emperor Jianwen committed suicide.

Zhang Yue even remembered a sharp sentence in later generations - Emperor Jianwen's greatest contribution was to select a group of famous ministers for the Yongle Dynasty.

After delaying for so long, he suddenly remembered that a long time had passed since Yuan Fang had entered the carriage, and his heart gradually became worried. Zhu Di is becoming more and more irritable now, he has personally experienced the anger of this son of heaven, and at this time, he can't help but pay more attention to the situation of the carriage in front of him. Helplessly, the army of the Northern Expedition was mighty, the sound of horses' hooves, footsteps, knives rubbing, and the sound of tens of thousands of people's breathing gathered together was also an incredible sound, not to mention that the wind outside the plug was already strong, and he couldn't hear the movement at all.

I don't know how long he waited, but he saw a person coming out of the car in front of him. With excellent eyesight, he could recognize that it was Yuan Fang at a glance, and seeing that he was still sharp when he got on the horse, he finally let go of half of his heart - at least, it meant that the emperor did not drop something like an inkstone tea cup in a fit of anger to vent his anger. However, as soon as this thought passed, someone rushed towards him.

"Lord Zhang, the emperor has summoned you!"

Because most of the road was in the wilderness after leaving the block, in case it was difficult to replenish water along the way or the water source was not enough for hundreds of thousands of horses to drink, in addition to using Wugang carts to transport grain, the army was accompanied by waterwheels full of water. After all, without food, you can still rely on the slaughter of cattle and sheep, and without water, it is really dangerous. So, due to the inconvenience of cleaning, even if it was the car of the Son of Heaven, it was only carefully washed once after returning to Kaiping, but the original bright vermilion paint was inevitably much darker. Originally, the Son of Heaven would never allow his subordinates to board the car, but this time he was outside, and there were not so many civil officials nagging about etiquette in his ears, so Zhu Di didn't care about these rules.

Seeing that the two eunuchs opened the two carved wood agarwood-colored gold vanilla plate doors, Zhang Yue settled down and boarded the car steadily. The front of the carriage was equipped with two ventilation windows covered by vermilion curtains, but because the lights in the carriage were not lit, the light was a little dim, and although he could see countless beasts and birds carved on the board around him, he could not recognize what they were.

Unlike ordinary carriages, the carriage was six feet high, and even though the great man could straighten his waist, it was really difficult to walk in this bumpy carriage, and although he tried his best to steady his steps, he still stumbled when he bowed down, but fortunately he was covered by the action of bowing. Before he could speak, he heard the Emperor's words in his ears.

"I asked you to go back to Beijing early, what did you see?"

"Back to the emperor, what the ministers see is in good order."

"Organized? Hurricane Guangdong lost grain in warehouses, floods in the north and south of Zhili flooded countless fields, even roads and bridges were soaked in water, I sent so many people to supervise the transportation of military food and supervise the transportation of military salaries, and there was still a loss of time, this is what you call orderly? ”

"Your Majesty, even in the years of Yao Shun in ancient times, there were floods and natural disasters every year, and now there are hurricanes and floods, but the whole and bottom are working together to overcome the difficulties, which is enough to prove that they are in order. As for the military rations and salaries, after returning to Beijing, the minister read through the account books and was convinced that the officials at all levels did not slack off. The emperor's triumph is celebrated all over the world, and all the brave sons and daughters in the world are with the expedition, from the court officials to the people who accompany the people, most of them have relatives in the army, who wants their sons and nephews to be in danger of running out of food? ”

I just met Yuan Fang, and I heard that he reported the movements of the Jingshi in detail, and when he heard Zhang Yue say this, Zhu Di thought about it repeatedly, but he believed it a little. It's just that since Zhang Yue said that he had read all the account books, he had to pick a few and ask them one by one, and seeing that his answers were fluent, he felt that he was at least not lazy after returning to Beijing, so he nodded with satisfaction. However, what he didn't expect was that after Zhang Yue finished playing these, he actually presented a roll of things with both hands.

After going to the War Bureau that day, Zhang Yue took the time to write this statement when he returned home. The firearms of the Ming Dynasty were also extremely advanced in their contemporaries, especially the Shenji Battalion, but after all, it was impossible for the Shenji Battalion to expand its personnel indefinitely. Moreover, the kind of military equipment that Zhu Yuanzhang used to fight the world no longer meets the current actual situation, otherwise the emperor would not have to set up three major battalions. Therefore, after presenting the volume, he talked about the latest weapons of the War Bureau.

Zhu Di, who was on the top, listened to it, and couldn't help but unfold the scroll in his hand and look at it carefully, and finally glanced at Zhang Yue thoughtfully. Compared with the previous moisturizing and silent, Zhang Yue was much sharper and sharper this time, and many of his words were to the point, and the situations mentioned were all things that he could see and feel in this personal expedition. He was so heavily armed and painstakingly built the three major battalions of the Beijing Division, but the generals of each capital division were much weaker than before. Although he attaches great importance to the nobles, he does not want the generals to dominate, but now the second and even the third generation of nobles are far inferior to those who followed him in the past to fight in the north and south.

The inheritance of military posts should be rather scarce than excessive, the allocation of military branches should be reasonable and single-minded, and the border tuntian should be managed for a long time...... After reading thousands of words, he showed a thoughtful expression, and simply lowered his head and looked at Zhang Yue very carefully.

After two years of training in the military department, this young Zhang family has been sent out this time to guard the royal Xinghe, preside over the opening of the middle school, and investigate the spies, and everything has done a very good job. It's a pity that the post of governor Xuanfu can't be given to him again. And the title that he had wanted to give away at the beginning could not be given to him.

"This concert will be discussed in the court, you should step back first."

After getting out of the car and getting back on the horse, Zhang Yuefang raised his hand to wipe his sweat, thinking that this level had finally passed. As the army slowly advanced, he couldn't help but wonder what kind of difficult place he would be sent to after returning to Beijing - you know, the emperor has always done this, and almost never let him have any peaceful life - of course, it is probably impossible to want to patrol the side again, and as for the military department, there is no place to go up, and you must know that there are hall officials such as Shilang Shangshu at the top. The best outcome is to stay in the Arsenal Division, and he is already familiar with all the affairs.

Sitting on the horse, he couldn't help but think of Xu Da's "Pinghu Table" that he had read in the past, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"But the Yuan clan, which started from poverty, ended with Song Zuo, and rose with a group of Hu. With dogs and sheep to dry the day, to Yidi to chaos Chinese style, Chong weaving hair and chapter clothing is a legacy, and the surname of the disorder family is Yilun. ”

"Gu Weijie's Fei material, the important task of the general Rong, and the Lin Xuan award, so as to save the people in the fire and water, grasp the opportunity, and fortunately rush outside the bottle. Under the banner and Huaiyi, the golden drum shook and the green Yanping was flat. Jishui dragged its soldiers, and Laiyang competed to collapse the corner. ”

"The wind is fierce, and it hits the girder. The electric switch Xingchi, spinning Xiluo. Jishi is slightly guarded, and the armor is rolled and tends to Handan. The rate of the building is in the clear, and the first sound is like a broken bamboo. Strategies for Pixiu Ke pathway, brave and swift. The town collapsed and collapsed, the forbidden brigade collapsed and collapsed, the monarchs and ministers cared for each other and were poor, and the father and son were trying to escape. The concubines of the inner hall of the court, and the carriages and horses of the north gate at night. ”

Although Mongolia is worse today than it was then, the situation in the steppe is changing rapidly, and it is not to be taken lightly. In the end of the Ming Dynasty, the great enemy on the grassland has never stopped, if it is not good, twenty years later, the change of the civil fort is to lose the face of the imperial court, coupled with the decline of the Wei Institute that followed, the situation of the Ming army's weakness has hardly changed since the middle and Ming to the late Ming Dynasty. Take the moment as an example, there are countless celebrities among those civil officials, and among the generals, apart from Zhang Fu, who else can be called a famous general?