Chapter 107: Seizure of Military Power

Chen Di underestimated Emperor Jiajing too much. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Just as Chen Di was running up and down for the new armament of the Flying Tiger Army, in the Yongshou Palace, Emperor Jiajing summoned Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

Lu Bing is in his 40s. He was one of Emperor Jiajing's most trusted people. When Emperor Jiajing was still offering the prince of the king, Lu Bing was his companion. In the eighteenth year of Jiajing, Wei Hui's palace caught fire, and Lu Bing rescued Emperor Jiajing from the fire, so he made great contributions and was promoted to the commander of Jinyi Guard.

Emperor Jiajing sat on the dragon chair, closed his eyes and asked, "Have you found out all the things I asked you to investigate?" ”

Lu Bing knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, it has been investigated." Yu Dayou, the current commander of the Flying Tiger Army, Qi Jiguang, the commander of the Flying Tiger Army, and Tang Shunzhi, the commander of the Flying Tiger Army and the political envoy of Zhejiang, are all Chen Di's cronies. At the beginning, it was Chen Di who asked Jiang Guang, the squire of the military department, to come to Zhejiang with him. After Chen Di arrived in Zhejiang, he repeatedly promoted these three people exceptionally. However, these three people also have some ability, and they have made meritorious achievements in the establishment of the two Taizhou victories. Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang are very capable in governing the army and fighting wars. Tang Shunzhi is both civil and military. ”

Emperor Jiajing nodded: "Chen Di is indeed a talent. However, Zhejiang and the Flying Tiger Army belong to the imperial court, not him Chen Di! What about the new Hangzhou prefect Hu Zongxian and Taizhou prefect Hai Rui? Is it also Chen Di's person? ”

Lu Bing continued to play Chen: "Hu Zongxian, the prefect of Hangzhou, was originally the county governor of Yuhang. Hai Rui, the prefect of Taizhou, was originally Chun'an Zhi County. Both men were quite well-known under their rule. But... β€œ

Emperor Jiajing asked, "But what?" β€œ

Lu Bin said: "But that Hai Rui seems to be a little stupid and straight, and he is not very good at getting along with his boss." The reason why these two people were promoted by Chen Di was because they contributed to changing rice to mulberry. β€œ

Emperor Jiajing nodded: "Okay, I know, you can step down!" ”

A few days later, Xia Yan entered Beijing and officially took over as the first assistant to the cabinet.

Less than a day after Xia Yan entered the cabinet, Emperor Jiajing issued a holy decree: Yu Dayou was promoted to the general army of Fujian. Qi Jiguang, the commander of the Shengden State Guard. Tang Shunzhi was promoted to the governor of Hubei. Hai Rui, the imperial history of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Palace. Hu Zongxian, ascending to the Shandong Grain Road. In addition, Zhu Houjun, the governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, was transferred as the commander of the Flying Tiger Army, Zhao Zigao, the commander of Jinyiwei, was the commander of the Flying Tiger Army, Qian Qiyun, the commander of the Datongwei, was the commander of the Flying Tiger Army, Wang Yang, the Jishi of the Hanlin Academy, was the prefect of Hangzhou, and Xu Fengmian, the Jishi of the Hanlin Academy, was the prefect of Taizhou.

It seems that Yu, Tang, Qi, Hu, and Hai have all been promoted. Clear-eyed people can see that Emperor Jiajing's intention is to seize Chen Di's control over Zhejiang and the Flying Tiger Army! Zhu Houjun, who was transferred to Zhejiang by Emperor Jiajing, was a member of the royal family, Zhao Zigao was born in Jinyiwei, and Qian Qiyun was a military attache personally promoted by Emperor Jiajing. Wang Yang and Xu Feng are the top eyes and tanhua of the last examination, and they belong to the protΓ©gΓ©s of the Son of Heaven. These five people are all close associates of Emperor Jiajing.

When Chen Di first learned of this will, it was like five thunderbolts! He painstakingly turned Zhejiang into his own territory, and turned the Flying Tiger Army into the Chen Jiajun. But Emperor Jiajing's will, all the efforts made by Chen Di before were in vain!

Chen Di thought about it carefully, in fact, Emperor Jiajing also had his own difficulties in doing this. To put it bluntly, the Flying Tiger Army is the private army that he Chen Di paid for. In ancient times, unless it was a monarch who was mediocre to a certain extent, he would not allow a powerful private army to exist! Zhejiang has almost become his Chen Di's territory, coupled with such a strong army, isn't Emperor Jiajing worried about Chen Di's rebellion?

Although Emperor Jiajing took away Chen Di's control over the Flying Tiger Army, he still had to do the matter of renovating the Flying Tiger Army's ordnance! You can't just watch Inoue Shishiro and other Japanese invaders occupy Zhejiang, right?

As soon as the will to transfer Yu, Tang, Qi, Hu, and Hai out of Zhejiang was issued, Lu Fang personally came to Chen Di's mansion to deliver the decree.

"There is an edict. Zhenhai Bo Chen Di, both civil and military, and has made great contributions to the imperial court. He is specially promoted to the head of the Hanlin Academy! Career is two products! Lu Fang screamed.

Chen Di kowtowed. Lu Fang congratulated Chen Di and said: "Zhenhai Bo is going to marry Princess Xiaoyan next month, and now the emperor has been promoted to the head of the Hanlin Academy, which is really a double happiness!" β€œ

Chen Di smiled bitterly: "Thank you for the emperor's wrong love, thank you father-in-law for your kind words in front of the emperor." β€œ

Lu Fang lowered his voice and said: "Zhen Haibo, you are the one who is about to become a colt, in the future, we should not be commensurate with father and son!" β€œ

Chen Di was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Oh, father-in-law, no, Gonggong Lu, you have taken the trouble to come to Xiaguan here to deliver the decree, please go to the living room to rest for a while." Xia Guan had something to say。。。。。 ”

Chen Di wanted to probe Lu Fang's tone in private, but he didn't expect Lu Fang to directly refuse: "The miscellaneous family wants to return to the palace immediately to serve the emperor, so I won't ask for mercy, farewell, farewell!" ”

Chen Di obviously felt that Lu Fang was keeping a distance from himself now!

To say that Chen Di is only fourteen years old, and being able to become the head of the Hanlin Academy is already a great grace. But Chen Di knew in his heart that Emperor Jiajing was giving him a position with high status and no real power to tie him up.

I used to think that Emperor Jiajing was a dumb monarch who could only swallow the elixir and seek immortality, which was really wrong! Thinking about it carefully, in another period of history, Emperor Jiajing was able to play with his ministers in applause for decades without going to court, do you say that Emperor Jiajing was stupid or shrewd?

Alas, I fought with Zhai Luan, fought with the Japanese Kou, and now I still have to fight with Emperor Jiajing?

It's a pity that even if Sun Monkey has great ability, he can't escape the Five Finger Mountain of the Buddha!

After receiving the order, Chen Di ordered Liang Erhei to prepare a sedan chair to go to Yan's mansion.

It turned out that Chen Di entered the Yan Mansion, and he didn't need to communicate with him, he could enter directly by raising his feet, but today, Yan Wang, the chief housekeeper of the Yan Mansion, stopped Chen Di in front of the mansion.

"Zhenhaibo, my lord occasionally feels cold, and he can't see guests these days!" Yan Wang said to Chen Di.

"What?" Chen Di was a little surprised. Why didn't even Yan Song, the father-in-law, dare to see him?

Chen Di had no choice but to get on the sedan chair and return home.

When Chen Di's official sedan chair passed through an alley, a member of the Yan family stopped the sedan chair.

"Lord Chen, my lord has asked you to enjoy the moon in the back garden of Yan's Mansion tonight. My grandfather tells you to enter through the back door! Jia Ding said.

Chen Di breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that Yan Song still recognizes himself as his godson. In this early winter, what month is it in the back garden? It's nothing more than some important words to explain to yourself.

The officials of the Six Science Corridor had already released their words, saying that after Xia Yan entered the cabinet, he would take away Yan Song's control over the military department, the household department, and the official department. The household department and the official department can say that if the military department also falls into the hands of Xia Yan, how can Chen Di implement his plan to make a large number of tiger power guns and leech crossbows?