"Li Jieyuan, Huguang is thousands of miles away from Liaodong, why are you so concerned about the war in Liaodong?"

Wu Liangsi saw that Li Hongyu mentioned "Ping Liaoce", so he looked at him with some suspicion and asked, this is a mystery haunting his heart, in his opinion, this matter has nothing to do with Li Hongyu's eight poles.

"Back to my lord, the student didn't know about Liaodong before, and the magistrate of Jiangkou County, where the student is located, paid attention to the affairs of Liaodong, so the student knew something about it." Li Hongyu had already prepared, so he replied in an orderly manner and quietly pushed Chen Yu out to the front.

"The magistrate of Eguchi County?" Wu Liangsi frowned slightly when he heard this, and then Su Zhan came out, nodded and said to Li Hongyu, "Chen Zhixian and Wanzhi County are friends, and they have always been quite concerned about the affairs of Liaodong, no wonder you wrote this 'Ping Liao Policy'." ”

"Wanzhi County?" It was the first time for Li Hongyu to hear this person, and a suspicious look appeared on his face, and he didn't know who this Wanzhi County was.

"Wanzhi County's real name is Wanzong, and like your Chen Zhixian, he is a Kwai Chou Kejinshi in the forty-first year of Wanli, born in a military household in Liaodong, and now serves as the magistrate of Guizhou."

Wu Liangsi knew that Li Hongyu didn't know who he was talking about in Wanzhi County, so he opened his mouth to explain, "You Chen Zhixian are so concerned about the affairs of Liaodong, because they are influenced by Wanzhi County. ”

"Liaodong Dusi can still go out of Jinshi now?" Li Hongyu bowed slightly when he heard this, no wonder Chen Yu was so concerned about Liaodong military affairs, it must be because of Wanzong's relationship, and then he remembered something, and looked at Wu Liangsi with a surprised face.

The Liaodong Metropolitan Division has decayed extremely badly in the Wanli years, and the territory has shrunk a lot, otherwise the Jurchens will not take the opportunity to rise.

After all, there are only 35 percent of the Jinshi quota in the entire North Volume, and there are only about 100 people, compared with the lifters in Beizhili, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi and Shanxi, the lifters of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division are pitifully few, so there is no chance of winning in the examination.

Therefore, Li Hongyu was very surprised by the fact that the Liaodong Metropolitan Division was in and out of the Jinshi, which is now extremely rare.

"In recent decades, Wanzong has been the only Jinshi from the capital of Liaodong." Wu Liangsi knew what Li Hongyu was thinking, and after bowing slightly, he explained, to be honest, many officials in the Jinshi Dynasty were surprised by Wan Zong's ability to be admitted to the Jinshi Dynasty.

However, because Wanzong's palace examination results at that time were at the bottom of the top three, he failed to stay in the capital and went to Guizhou to serve as the magistrate.

"Alas, I'm afraid that Wanzhi County is the last Jinshi from Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty."

Li Hongyu couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, his expression became gloomy, next year the Ming army will be defeated, and Liaoyang City, the seat of Liaodong Metropolitan Division, will be captured by Houjin, and then the Liaodong Metropolitan Division will be wiped out, and it will never be restored in the Ming Dynasty.

"Li Jieyuan, why do you say this?" Wu Liangsi was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Li Hongyu with some surprise, not knowing why Li Hongyu had such a strange thought.

"Lord Wu, how do you think the officials and troops in Liaodong will deal with those Jurchens?" Li Hongyu pondered for a moment, looked at Wu Liangsi solemnly and asked.

"Of course, it's all in full force." Wu Liangsi replied without thinking about it when he heard this, how could the dignified Ming let the little Houjin cause trouble to Liaodong?

"Are you familiar with Yang Jingluo?" Li Hongyu hesitated for a moment, and then continued to ask quietly, the Yang Shilang in his mouth was referring to Yang Hao, the Liaodong Jingluo.

Yang Ho Jinshi was born, once served as the imperial history of the right capital, and in the three major expeditions to aid the Korean army in the war to resist the Japanese.

After the Ming army was defeated by the Japanese army in Ulsan, Yang Ho concealed the news of the defeat and did not report it, and lied about his military exploits, and was dismissed by the Wanli Emperor.

However, in the thirty-eighth year of Wanli, Yang Hao was appointed as the governor of Liaodong, and later returned to his hometown.

After the Jurchen rebellion quickly captured the city of Fushun, the defender and a group of soldiers died bravely, and Li Weihan, the governor of Liaodong, urged the chief officer Zhang Chengyin to go to reinforcements, as a result, Zhang Chengyin and the deputy chief soldier Po Tingxiang and others died in battle one after another, and Liaodong was shaken for a while.

Because Yang Hao was familiar with the military affairs of Liaodong, he was able to use it here, and he served as the commander of Liaodong as the commander of the right attendant of the military department, and was in charge of the counterinsurgency in Liaodong.

It is worth mentioning that there is a very special setting in the official position of Daming, that is, "plus rank".

Enhancement is not a real official position, but only indicates that the person who has obtained the additional title enjoys the administrative treatment and administrative rank of the additional official position.

Taking Yang Hao as an example, he served as the Liaodong Economic Strategy with the title of the Right Squire of the Ministry of War, and his official position was "Liaodong Economic Strategy", but this was a temporary official position and no administrative level, so he had the title of "Right Squire of the Military Department".

This does not mean that Yang Hao is the right attendant of the military department, but he enjoys the same official rank and administrative level as the right attendant of the military department.

Since the middle of the Ming Empire, the right squire of the six departments has become a fictitious position, and the Beijing officials who go out to patrol and pass through the strategy have the title of right squire to coerce local officials.

The reason for this is that it has a very important relationship with the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty.

As we all know, the bachelor of the cabinet is just an official position of the fifth grade, so not to mention the officials of various ministries and academies, even the subordinate officials of those hall officials are of a higher rank than the university scholars.

This has to do with the nature of the Cabinet in the beginning, which was nothing more than a secretarial body, and it was not until Emperor Hongxi that it began to become an institution that assisted the emperor in handling government affairs.

Emperor Xuande was young when he ascended the throne, and his six ministers were all old ministers who had gone through several dynasties, so in order to counter those senior ministers in the court, Emperor Xuande strengthened the functions of the cabinet, relying on the close courtiers represented by the "Three Yangs" left by Emperor Yongle and Emperor Hongxi to check and balance the six departments, so that the cabinet has today's status and functions.

It is worth mentioning that the rise of the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty also began from the Xuande Dynasty, and Emperor Xuande not only gave the celebrant the power to approve the red, but also opened a eunuch school in the imperial city to teach those small chamberlains to read and write, so that the civil official group and the Xungui group were restricted by the eunuchs.

In view of the parliamentary power of the cabinet, the six ministries had executive power, and the celebrant representing the emperor had decision-making power, and the three complemented and opposed each other.

Therefore, the cabinet members must not have anything to do with the six ministries, and once they enter the cabinet, they will give up their positions in the six ministries, but in order to ensure their administrative rank, they will have a title at this time.

For example, cabinet scholars usually "serve" with the six squires or scholars.

It should be noted that "concurrently" and "concurrently" are two different concepts, the position of "concurrently" is a fictitious position, a kind of additional title, and "concurrently" is a real position.

Therefore, the appearance of cabinet scholars and scholars in the history books as well as the six departments of scholars and squires is not a cabinet scholar serving in the six departments, but only a way to ensure their administrative status and rank.

It must be pointed out that the six ministries are not subordinate organs of the cabinet, the two sides are a parallel relationship, not subordinate to each other, the head of the six ministries is a secretary who is known as the "heavenly official", and the head of the cabinet is on an equal footing, and the power relationship between the two sides is one and the other.

It can be said that it is precisely because of the cabinet that there is a special system of additional titles, and officials in the capital who go out on patrol or go through local areas, in order to coerce local officials, are usually awarded additional titles by the emperor, and the additional titles will be cancelled after returning to Beijing after completing errands.

"Yang Jingluo has lived in the place for a long time, and the official doesn't know much about him, but in today's court, when it comes to who is most familiar with the situation in Liaodong, it must be Yang Jingluo!"

Wu Liangsi was a jinshi in the thirty-second year of Wanli, and Yang Hao was a jinshi in the eighth year of Wanli, and there really wasn't much intersection between the two, so Wu Liangsi shook his head at Li Hongyu after a deep groan.

"It is Yang Jingluo who is too familiar with the affairs of Liaodong, and he will definitely have the idea of underestimating the enemy, but Yang Jingluo has left Liaodong for several years, during which the Jurchen chieftain Nurhachi called Khan, and the situation in Liaodong has undergone earth-shaking changes, if Yang Jingluo cannot deal with it carefully, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Li Hongyu couldn't help but smile bitterly at the corner of his mouth when he heard this, looked at Wu Liangsi worriedly and said, "The war in Liaodong seems to be small, but in fact, it affects the whole body, and once it loses, it will inevitably threaten the safety of the capital." ”

"Are you saying that the official army will lose this attack?" Wu Liangsi's brows suddenly frowned slightly, thinking that Li Hongyu's words were a bit alarmist, and the current situation of the Ming army in Liaodong was very good.

"Although the students are a bit of a loser in their own ambition and prestige in doing this, the Jurchen chieftain Nurhachi can raise troops with thirteen pairs of armor and finally recover the Jurchen tribes in Liaodong, which is indeed not an idle person."

Li Hongyu knew that Wu Liangsi didn't believe his words, so he pondered for a while and said solemnly to Wu Liangsi, "Lord Wu, the students have something to ask for, I hope that Lord Wu can dedicate the student's 'Pingliao Policy' to the emperor, now that the Jurchens are in full swing, if the officials and soldiers are eager to rush into their arms, I hope to arouse Yang Jinglue's vigilance." ”

"Do you want this official to dedicate this 'Pingliao Policy' to the emperor?" Wu Liangsi suddenly showed a look of surprise when he heard this, you must know that this thing written by Li Hongyu will definitely cause the dissatisfaction of Emperor Wanli, saying that it is a falla to confuse the public, and if it is big, it will shake the hearts of the army and will be killed.

"If the students are ordinary people, then they will never talk about the war situation in Liaodong, but the students are the sons of the Ming Dynasty, so naturally they can't sit idly by and ignore the crisis in Liaodong."

Li Hongyu knew what Wu Liangsi meant, and solemnly arched his hand and said, "Lord Wu, although the student does not dare to claim to be loyal to the country, he still has the courage to do so. ”

"Li Jieyuan, do you know that the emperor is now concerned about the war in Liaodong, not only increased the new salary, but also mobilized the main forces of the guards from all over the country to go to Liaodong to participate in the war, and the emperor will be happy if he is afraid of the enemy for three points before the war starts?"

Wu Liangsi pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then said to Li Hongyu, "If you hand over this 'Pingliao Ce' at this time, it will be asking for trouble!" ”

"My lord, the so-called not broken and not standing, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, now the government is controlled by those people in Jiangnan, if we want to fight a bloody way, we must start to exert our strength from now on, otherwise we will become the dependence of those people in Jiangnan."

Li Hongyu knew that Wu Liangsi didn't want to take risks, so after thinking about it, he looked at Wu Liangsi solemnly, "From the perspective of students, this Liaodong war is an excellent opportunity for us to rise, and we want the emperor to know that we are truly loyal to the monarch and worried about the country and the people." ”

Wu Liangsi's eyes lit up, he must know what Li Hongyu meant, the two largest parties in the court now are the Donglin Party and the Zhejiang Party from Jiangsu and Zhejiang at the same time, the Chu Party, the Qi Party and other small parties must be attached to the Zhejiang Party in order not to be swallowed up by the Donglin Party.

Therefore, of course, Wu Liangsi wanted the Chu Party to sit on an equal footing with the Donglin Party and the Zhejiang Party, but it was a pity that it was not easy to do this, otherwise the Zhejiang Party and the Qi Party would not rely on the Zhejiang Party.