"Xiao Ruxun can't stay in Beijing to prevent the emperor from having some ideas, but he can't suppress Xiao Ruxun openly and secretly, so as not to make the emperor dissatisfied, the mourning family is not the son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty, the world of the Ming Dynasty is still the emperor's, it doesn't matter if the mourning family suppresses Xiao Ruxun, but you who are edicted will offend the emperor fiercely, and the emperor will be considered a stone, which will make the emperor resentful, and I am afraid that the future will be bleak. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Wang Xijue's heart sank, and he hurriedly said: "Thank you Queen Mother for reminding me." ”

"So, is there any place where Xiao Ruxun can go and not make the emperor unhappy?"

Wang Xijue pondered for a while, and suddenly remembered the information about the continuous invasion of the Yunnan border by the Southwest Dongwu State mentioned in some official documents of the Ministry of War in the past few days, and Chen Yongbin, the governor of Yunnan, wrote to ask the imperial court to send troops to allocate salaries to help the Yunnan border soldiers defeat the enemy invaded by the Dongwu State and ensure the stability of the Yunnan border.

Originally, it was planned to purchase some new weapons, and according to the complaints of the front-line generals in the Korean campaign about the lack of practicality of firearms, a special rectification was carried out.

Wang Xijue thought about it, and felt that he could not only transfer Xiao Ruxun away from the Beijing division and make it difficult for the emperor to speak alone, but also try to use the ability of Xiao Ruxun, a general, so as not to make it useless, so he decisively made a suggestion: "Queen Mother, recently, Chen Yongbin, the governor of Yunnan, said that the southwest Fanbang Dongwu State sent troops to attack and harass my Ming border again.

In view of the fact that the Dongwu Kingdom has been harassing my Daming Yunnan border for more than ten years, killing my border people, it is very hateful, and it has not changed repeatedly, before the Ming treasury was empty, and it was unable to launch a comprehensive counterattack, and now it is when the treasury is full, it is better to let Xiao Ruxun lead the troops to Yunnan and completely solve this Dongwu country, what does the Queen Mother think? ”

Empress Dowager Li didn't have any idea about the use of soldiers, but knowing that this Xiao Ruxun had brought tens of millions of taels of silver to Daming, Daming's account was suddenly much richer, and many things that could not be done before can now be done, and now is the time when the treasury is full, so she simply used this money first when those bloodsuckers have not yet reacted, and it is better to use it to expand the territory and solve the border troubles than to be embezzled.

So Empress Dowager Li nodded and agreed.

"In this case, Wang Qing, simply give Xiao Ruxun a marquis, and then send him to the southwest to lead troops to pacify the cave martial country, which can be regarded as making the best use of people, see if you can make some money for Daming to come back, if you can, it doesn't matter if you give him a county duke, Wang Qing, what do you think?"

Wang Xijue didn't have any opinions, so he said: "The queen mother spoke, and the old minister naturally obeyed the order, so he would be named Xiao Ruxun Ping, given the world the title, rewarded the acres of gold, silver and jewelry, and sealed his wife Xiao Yang's second grade Mrs. Zheng, the second son of Zhun Yin, and the commander of Yunnan Yubian Pingnan, who regularly went to his post to pacify the Dongwu Kingdom for the Ming Dynasty and made meritorious contributions. ”

Empress Dowager Li nodded with satisfaction: "In this way, it doesn't hurt the emperor's heart, and it can be regarded as making the best use of people, this Xiao Ruxun is capable, there are so many generals in the Ming Dynasty, and they know how to ask for money when they fight, Xiao Ruxun not only doesn't want money, but also gives Daming money to get money back home, the emperor knows people, but he can't control the people around him, and he can't control his mouth, otherwise, there will be no disaster today, Wang Qing, you say yes?" ”

Wang Xijue wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, understood the meaning of Empress Dowager Li's words, and naturally knew what to do when he picked up a life, so he nodded and said, "What the Empress Dowager said is extremely true. ”

"Hmm." Empress Dowager Li nodded with a sneer, and then asked, "What about the rest of the meritorious generals?" How do you get a reward, do you have a charter? ”

"The rest of the generals are good rewards, but Song Yingchang doesn't know how to reward the army, Song Yingchang was already the left servant of the military department before he went out, and further on, it is the military department Shangshu, but the current military department Shangshu Shi Xing did not make a mistake, and also made great contributions, now, the old minister is a little difficult to choose, Song Yingchang has made great contributions, and has to be rewarded, but Shi Xing also has merit, and there is no mistake, and it should not be derogatory."

"What do you do to belittle Shi Xing? Wouldn't it be nice to rearrange Song Yingchang to a new position? Can there be people in the six books who have unclear political achievements, made a lot of mistakes, and are very corrupt? ”

Empress Dowager Li acted resolutely.

"Well, if you insist on saying so, the achievements of the Ministry of Industry and the Criminal Department are not obvious, and Ping Suli has not done anything, just ......"

"Just what? The mourning family has heard that among the six of you, the Ministry of Officials is the heaviest, the Ministry of Industry is the lightest, and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs is the most cheap. ”

Hearing what Empress Dowager Li said so lightly, Wang Xijue couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Empress Dowager, Chen Younian, the secretary of the Ministry of Justice, resigned a few days ago, and the ministers are discussing whether to transfer Sun Piyang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, to the secretary of the Ministry of Justice, and take charge of the Ministry of Officials, and the vacant position of the secretary of the Ministry of Justice is just handed over to Song Yingchang."

Empress Dowager Li frowned.

"Chen Younian? Why did he resign and not do it? ”

Wang Xijue still has a little weakness in his heart, because this matter also has something to do with him, he was upset with Zhu Yijun in the cabinet that day, but Gu Xiancheng heard it, Gu Xiancheng made a sarcastic speech against Wang Xijue, Wang Xijue couldn't look past it, and gave it back ironically, who knew that Gu Xiancheng couldn't get angry after going back, and the above table impeached Wang Xijue, which happened to hit Zhu Yijun's muzzle, Zhu Yijun waved his pen - dismissed, demoted to a concubine, and never hired.

This makes that old-fashioned Chen Younian unhappy, I am the secretary of the ministry, you belittled my subordinates and didn't even say hello to me, don't you take me too seriously? Chen Guban was unhappy, Shangshu asked to resign, at this time when the emperor was planning a coup d'état, he ignored him, Chen Guban was very unhappy, and even asked for resignation in seven ways, Zhu Yijun still didn't care, and now this matter has fallen on the head of the cabinet, Wang Xijue is having a headache.

"Back to the Queen Mother, this person is fighting for Gu Xiancheng, who was belittled by His Majesty."

When Empress Dowager Li heard this, she frowned: "A dignified official, actually resigned for an official to fight for grievances, is there anything more important than official business?" What is the use of such an official who cares so much about the overall situation? If Master Zhang is still here, how can there be such an official! Bastard! If he wants to resign, then let him go! And it is not allowed to give him the treatment of Shangshu Zhishi, he is a degraded official and will never be used! ”

Wang Xijue can be regarded as a leader to the original Ming Iron Triangle of the powerful, back then, the Ming Iron Triangle rampant in the world, everywhere he went, the incompetent officials have dismounted, the court once turned losses into profits, the financial surplus is very large, enough to support the court for several years, but unfortunately Zhang Juzheng died, the change was gone, in fact, as far as Wang Xijue himself is concerned, he also admires Zhang Juzheng, but unfortunately people died in politics, too many people were offended, and Zhang Juzheng had to die.

It's a pity that this Ming is the only one!