Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 5: Lying on the salary and tasting the guts

Chapter 1: Training Anmin Town Tongzhou

Section 9 Chief Military Officer of Tongzhou Town

On the ninth day of March in the forty-eighth year of Wanli (the fifth year of the Later Jin Mandate of Heaven), the imperial city of Beijing was the sleeping palace of the Wanli Emperor.

Fang Congzhe, Huang Jiashan, and Li Ruhua stood beside Emperor Wanli's sickbed very nervously, staring at the ground with a solemn face, quietly waiting for Emperor Wanli's imminent thunderous anger. At this time, Fang Congzhe and others had already scolded Liu Yunwei more than 10,000 times in their hearts, but in the face of Liu Yunwei's toughness and the coercion of the situation, the three of them could only truthfully report the process and results of this anti-corruption to Emperor Wanli on the one hand, and try to say some good things for Liu Yunwei on the other hand to avoid the situation from deteriorating further.

Seeing that Emperor Wanli was always lying on the couch with his eyes closed, Fang Congzhe hesitated, and finally couldn't help but whisper: "Your Majesty, this anti-corruption incident happened suddenly, although Liu Yunwei, the Tongzhou garrison, acted too much, and what he did violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, but after all, there was a reason for it, Liu Yunwei was indeed forced by those corrupt officials and corrupt officials. Now Liu Yunwei's subordinates not only have tens of thousands of soldiers of the Hanwei army, but also 180,000 thieves and prisoners waiting for reorganization and 100,000 homeless people, the money and grain issued by the imperial court are already stretched, and those corrupt officials even ask Liu Yunwei to give up forty percent of the money and grain for them to squander, no wonder Liu Yunwei will make such a decision. Mr. Xu Guangqi was forced away by these corrupt officials at the beginning! ”

At this time, Li Ruhua, the head of the household department, also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, these corrupt officials and corrupt officials are really too hateful, although Liu Shoubei acted recklessly, but he still has some brains, and he did not expand the matter without authorization, but just arrested all the corrupt officials on the list in his hands." Your Majesty, even if Liu Shoubei only arrests these people, the money confiscated by the Han Wei Army is already very huge! According to the discussion between the ministers and Liu Shoubei, all the seventy percent of the stolen money handed over by the Han Wei army to the imperial court was converted into silver, which had reached more than 4.6 million taels, which was equivalent to the amount allocated by the imperial court to Liaodong for one year! It can be seen how rampant these corrupt officials are! The country is so difficult, but these corrupt officials are so rich, what is the reason of heaven! ”

Hearing this, Emperor Wanli's cheeks couldn't help twitching, but he still didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Huang Jiashan said: "Your Majesty, the minister has already discussed with Li Shangshu, if this stolen money is put into Liaodong, it can build a large number of castles, purchase a huge number of troops, and recruit a large number of new troops, and this stolen money can greatly ease the tension in Liaodong and effectively curb the increasingly rampant offensive of Jiannu." ”

Hearing this, Emperor Wanli finally responded, opened his eyes and looked at Fang Congzhe, Huang Jiashan, and Li Ruhua, and then said: "You have all been in contact with that Liu Yunwei, tell me, what kind of person is Liu Yunwei?" His list is so big, and he has heavy troops in his hands, will he become our Ming Cao Cao in the future? ”

The three of them were taken aback when they heard this, and Huang Jiashan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, why did you say this, Liu Yunwei is definitely a loyal minister of the country!" Liu Yunwei's father and wife all died in the national disaster, he and Jiannu have a common hatred, he just wants to train a new army for the imperial court, so that one day he can return to Liaodong to fight for the country and avenge his relatives, how can he have a different heart for the country and His Majesty? He is the grandson of the old general Liu Ting, the Liu family has countless generals, and hundreds of men have sacrificed their lives for the country, this is the gate of loyalty! After that, Fang Congzhe and Li Ruhua also defended Liu Yunwei a few words.

After listening to this, Emperor Wanli was noncommittal, and closed his eyes again, not knowing what he was thinking.

Fang Congzhe, Huang Jiashan, and Li Ruhua didn't know what Emperor Wanli meant by saying such a thing suddenly, so they all stood there and thought secretly.

After a while, Emperor Wanli sighed and said: "Decree: When Liu Yunwei was guarding Liu Yunwei in Tongzhou, there were many violations of the law, and the military department was ordered to strictly reprimand and confiscate one year; Re-transmit the decree: abolish the Yamen of the Tongzhou New Army, abolish the Tongzhou garrison, add a military town in Tongzhou, and order Liu Yunwei to be the chief military officer of Tongzhou Town, fully responsible for the training affairs of the new army, and strictly order him to integrate all the 180,000 thieves and prisoners into the Hanwei army within three years, and train them into an army! The military department and the household department are responsible for raising the necessary money and food. ”

After finishing speaking, Emperor Wanli's breath was a little uncatchable, and he gasped for a while, and then continued: "I made a heavy bet on Liu Yunwei, betting that Liu Yunwei is the dry city of the country, not Cao Cao of the Ming Dynasty!" The three of them also have to support Liu Yunwei in many ways, and when the reorganized Hanwei army is formed in the future, they can requisition and transfer their troops to Liaodong according to the situation to attack Jiannu! ”

Fang Congzhe, Huang Jiashan, and Li Ruhua were all very shocked in their hearts, and the three of them never expected that Emperor Wanli would attach so much importance to Liu Yunwei and give him such great expectations.

"The ministers will definitely live up to Your Majesty, and they will fully support the affairs of the new army."

After that, Emperor Wanli asked about the current situation in Liaodong, and when he heard that the defense of Liaodong had improved a little under the rectification of Xiong Tingbi, he showed a very rare smile on his face and said: "Xiong Aiqing is really my capable minister." ”

Emperor Wanli chatted with Fang Congzhe and the three for a while, and then ordered the three of them to kneel down.

After Fang Congzhe, Huang Jiashan, and Li Ruhua came out of the bedroom of Emperor Wanli, they walked towards the outside of the palace together, and after leaving the imperial city, Li Ruhua said goodbye to the two and left in a hurry.

"Li Shangshu can sleep peacefully in the past two days, after the fall of these corrupt officials, the household department has made a lot of talent." Huang Jiashan looked at Li Ruhua's figure and said.

Fang Congzhe looked at Huang Jiashan and said meaningfully: "Huang Shangshu must be able to sleep well, after all, Liu Yunwei has been promoted to the chief military officer, and the Hanwei army will also usher in a big expansion, with hundreds of thousands of troops!" How many years has it been in the dynasty, and there has never been a chief military officer with such a strong strength, not to mention how old is Liu Yunwei? Only in your twenties! This is a big help from Huang Shangshu's subordinates. ”

Huang Jiashan naturally heard what Fang Congzhe meant: Fang Congzhe was afraid that after the new emperor ascended the throne in the future, the powerful Liu Yunwei would support him to enter the cabinet.

"What are the words of Ge Lao, everyone is contributing to the country and the court, and being loyal to His Majesty. Liu Yunwei is about to become the youngest chief military officer in the imperial court, not only the face of my military department, but also the face of the elder of the pavilion, the elder of the pavilion should also be happy, and he will have to carry Liu Yunwei more in the future. ”

Fang Congzhe smiled and didn't speak, just arched his hand with Huang Jiashan, and then said goodbye and left.

Huang Jiashan didn't stop, and hurriedly returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of War, and hurriedly handled the preparations for the construction of Tongzhou Town.

Three days later, a team of brocade guards escorted a eunuch to the Tongzhou New Army camp, and Liu Yunwei led Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Zhao Kaishan, Wen Poyu, Li Tianhao, Wang Gandang, Gao Hongguang, and Huang Fuming to meet them at the gate of the camp.

After the eunuch got off the horse, he walked quickly to Liu Yunwei, with a smile on his face, a pleasant face, and Liu Yunwei was polite for a while, making Liu Yunwei a little uncomfortable. Lu Ying and the others were also very strange in their hearts, why was this eunuch so enthusiastic and kind to Liu Yunwei? The two sides do not know each other.

Liu Yunwei politely stopped the eunuch's chatter and said, "Father-in-law, let's go in first, I'll kneel down to receive the holy decree." ”

"Haha, yes, yes." The eunuch smiled and said, "It's still the little general who cares about official business, let's go in and announce the decree." ”

The Great Tent of the Chinese Army.

Liu Yunwei and the others had already knelt down, and the eunuch stood on the top, reciting the holy decree aloud, and when everyone heard the holy decree reprimanding Liu Yunwei for what he had done in the process of suppressing corruption, they were all a little indignant in their hearts; But at the end of the holy decree, the military department only made some verbal reprimands, and confiscated Liu Yunwei's one-year salary, and there was no other punishment. Hearing this, everyone reacted, the court was just showing its existence, after all, the Han Wei army set off a huge anti-corruption action without authorization, and it was unreasonable for the court not to come forward to reprimand it.

Just when Liu Yunwei and the others thought that the holy decree had been read, they heard the eunuch say again: "Tongzhou garrison Liu Yunwei has received the decree!" ”

Liu Yunwei and the others were very surprised, especially Liu Yunwei never expected that His Majesty would give himself two holy decrees in a row!

Then they knelt down again and listened respectfully to the contents of the decree. When Liu Yunwei heard that the imperial court was preparing to abolish the Yamen of the new army in Tongzhou, abolish the garrison of Tongzhou, and set up a military town in Tongzhou, the excitement in Liu Yunwei's heart was already overflowing.

He ordered Liu Yunwei to be the chief military officer of Tongzhou Town, and was fully responsible for the affairs of the new army, and ordered Liu Yunwei to integrate all the 180,000 thieves and prisoners into the Hanwei army within three years, and the necessary money and food were raised by the military department and the household department. Chin this! ”

By the time the eunuch had read out all the edicts, Liu Yunwei was already stunned: What does the imperial court mean by this? Originally, I thought that after the end of the anti-corruption campaign, it would be good for the court not to reward or punish me, but I never expected that His Majesty would directly promote himself to the chief military officer?

In an instant, Liu Yunwei felt as if a mountain was pressed on his back, and Liu Yunwei was almost suffocated: Your Majesty is completely handing over the thunderous blow of counterattacking Jiannu in the future, if this army has any mistakes, or when fighting Jiannu in the future, it will not exert its due combat power, then he will become a sinner of the dynasty!

At this time, the eunuch handed over the two holy decrees to Liu Yunwei, and then said: "Little general, when the miscellaneous family came, His Majesty once summoned the miscellaneous family, and asked the miscellaneous family to give the little general a message: When the old general was undefeated in the southern and northern wars, he was the pillar of the dynasty and made immortal contributions to the dynasty; The little general is the old general's beloved unicorn tiger, and I hope that the little general can take over the old general's last wish and continue to defend the dynasty and China! I regard the little general as the next Optimus Prime of the country, and the little general must not disappoint me! ”