He and Yongli did not have any intersection before, they were not cronies, and they were promoted in vain, and it was the highest honor that all Wenchen longed for and pursued to become a scholar in the cabinet. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Although He Tengjiao has a strong desire for power and promotion, he is self-aware, and does not think that in the current few years, he has made any outstanding military exploits and is worthy of reward, so what does this sudden and non-share promotion mean, and is there any mystery hidden in it that he cannot understand?

And from the tone of the imperial envoy, he also found out the news that Du Yinxi was poked as the governor of Huguang, and the combination of the two things is likely that the new emperor is not satisfied with his rule of Huguang over the years, and wants to transfer him away by promotion.

Years of officialdom experience, especially in the past few years he has been accustomed to Huguang Weifu, and gradually a little unrestrained, although it is good to enter the cabinet, but he must always do things under the emperor's nose, and he must be subject to the jurisdiction of the first assistant and the second assistant, if it is not the emperor's cronies, plus there is no foundation in the court, the real power that can be held in his hands is not big, and everything has to rely on others. He held an army of 200,000 in thirteen towns in Huguang, and he was a master of 10,000 people, and he entered the cabinet to become a university scholar Zaifu has a fatal temptation to other ministers, but he is not as comfortable as a vassal supervisor, especially the first governor of the Ming Dynasty who has an army of hundreds of thousands.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the military system was not an empty word, but was guaranteed by a variety of relevant systems, for example, food and salary were the lifeblood of the army, but they were all pinched in the hands of the governor and governor, and the generals naturally bowed their heads when they saw them.

In the Southern Ming Dynasty, when the war continued, the status of military generals rose, like Zuo Liangyu did not even take the emperor in his eyes, but the system of using literature to control military forces did not change, and the military generals who were not strong enough had to obey the orders of the governor. As the prestige of the imperial court continued to decline, the governors of the provinces took over the power and became self-contained, and these civil officials became warlords.

However, the holy order is difficult to do, and he, as a courtier, can't clearly resist the decree and disobey it, so he has to make some roundabout strategies, He Tengjiao couldn't help but think in his heart.

A few days later, He Tengjiao held a banquet and invited the general soldiers of Huguang Zhuzhen to the governor's office.

Among them are Huang Chaoxuan, Cao Zhijian, Zhang Xianbi, Hu Yiqing, Zhao Yinxuan, Wang Yuncai, Lu Ding, Ma Jinzhong, etc., plus Dong Ying, the chief soldier of He Tengjiao's supervising battalion, the so-called "Huguang Thirteen Towns" In addition to Hao Shaoqi (Hao Jinzhong) in Guiyang, Wang Jincai in Yuanzhou has almost arrived.

Hao Shaoqi, the general of the right battalion of the Dashun Army, and a subordinate of Yuan Zongdi. As the old brother of the Shaanxi uprising, Hao Shaoqi has followed Li Zicheng for many years, but he has never been reused, others have long been named marquis and uncle, he is still a general, after Li Zicheng's death, Hao Shaoqi took advantage of the chaos to seize the leader's wife and concubine, unique, all the leaders are disgusted with him, He Tengjiao saw this and pulled it into the tent, and used it to contain and deal with the loyalty camp.

Wang Jincai turned out to be a small leader of the Shun army, during the Wuchang War, he was responsible for escorting grain and grass, after the Dashun army was defeated by Azig, both sides of the Yangtze River were full of defeated soldiers who ran out of grain, but Wang Jincai had hundreds of stones of grain in his hands, and took the opportunity to collect a large number of defeated soldiers, and the army was easily expanded to more than 20,000 people. Although there were many troops, he was still looked down upon by the Hou Bo of the original Dashun army, and he attached himself to He Tengjiao in a fit of anger and became his right-hand man.

He Tengjiao supervised the combat strength of the standard battalion, and mainly relied on Hao Yongzhong, Wang Jincai and others, so he protected his shortcomings everywhere. Hao Jun harmed the people, but He Tengjiao instead counted the sins of the people of Guiyang and covered for Hao Jun, and the prestige of the governor was greatly reduced.

The general soldiers of the thirteen towns arrived at the governor's line one after another, among which Hao Shaoqi and Wang Jincai arrived almost a moment before the banquet, and they were very hasty when they learned the news and prepared.

At the banquet, He Tengjiao unexpectedly announced: "A few days ago, the imperial envoy brought a holy decree to move He to the East Pavilion University Scholar and go to the capital to enter the cabinet. ”

This unexpected announcement shook all the town generals at once. In the past few days, they have gotten some rumors, and they have speculated on the mission of the imperial envoy in the background, and they have also expected the promotion of He Tengjiao, and there is even the possibility of dethronement, but they did not expect that in the banquet, He Tengjiao personally announced the good news, which was greatly out of their surprise, everyone cheered loudly, and worshipped, all the subordinate town generals stepped forward one by one to raise a glass to congratulate, and a "cheers" sound has been overflowing outside the hall.

All the wine glasses rushed to He Tengjiao, and the shadow of a high-ranking official was floating in the rippling wine wave, and the generals saw their own interests from He Tengjiao's promotion.

"Wait! It's not He who swept away the king's interest. He Tengjiao's black and white eyes suddenly opened, radiating a glittering light, he pushed away the wine glass and said: "There is still something else in this, all the gentlemen know that I He Mou is in charge of Huguang, and in the past three years, I have entrusted the imperial court with great blessings, and I have relied on the brave and dismal management of the generals. Over the years, he has been sick and sick, and he is even more weak, so he only wants to recover Huguang as soon as possible, recover the rivers and mountains, and then retire and return to his hometown, and his private wish is sufficient. How can you be arrogant and be a difficult one? It is understandable that the imperial court promoted Zhonglu (the word blocking Yinxi) as the governor of Huguang, but it is really embarrassing to promote He to be a cabinet scholar, He not only did not dare to think about it, that is, the monarchs loved He, and he also said to the court that this is not a reward, this glass of wine is never dared to receive, please forgive me. ”

Although He Tengjiao's words were euphemistic, the meaning was obvious, and he made a statement on the edict of the Son of Heaven to canonize him as a scholar, and this negative reaction set the tone for the banquet, hinting to the generals that he only wanted to stay in Huguang and did not want to enter the cabinet as a scholar.

"The military is worried about the society, indifferent to fame and fortune, and the last general admires it!"

Dong Ying, the chief soldier of the supervision battalion, weighed the thoughts of his old boss He Tengjiao, and was the first to make a statement.

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