Chapter 13 Zhang Fengyi is a smart man
Yang Su, who was sitting upright, motionless like a god, looking down at all beings, without the slightest intention of speaking.
The officials below exchanged heads and ears, constantly showing their eyes, but none of them stood up to take the lead.
None of the officials present are stupid, they can be said to be the contemporary elites of the Ming Dynasty, there are no secrets in the capital, yesterday's events have long been known, and now it is the tranquility before the storm.
Everyone is waiting for the emperor to start, because according to the usual practice, it is generally the emperor's cronies who put forward the emperor's opinion in the court, and then even if the ministers oppose it, it will not embarrass the emperor too much.
Today's emperors have long been not like the previous ones in hand-to-hand combat, and then they were seized by ministers and officials, slapping their faces in various fancy ways and brushing their prestige.
But the emperor and the old god are sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai, which makes the original mind conceive of the chapter, just wait for the emperor's people to play to reduce the royal family, and start fighting, like the sages of the Wanli Dynasty to teach the emperor to be a man, at this moment the strength of the whole body seems to be all hit on the cotton, extremely uncomfortable!
Finally, Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, couldn't help it, it wasn't that he couldn't hold his breath, it was that he was too nervous.
Of course, this Lord Zhang has reason to be nervous, Fengyang was broken by Liukou, the imperial tomb was burned, and it was rumored that the dragon veins of the Ming Dynasty were beheaded and the Dragon Court was broken! Although he is not a front-line official general, he will definitely not be able to escape responsibility as the secretary of the military department.
I heard that Hong Chengchou, the general of the front-line leading troops in the three sides of Shaanxi, the crown prince and the secretary of the military department, and the military affairs of Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang, and Sichuan, has been unable to sleep recently, and is afraid that he will be taken away by Jinyiwei as soon as he wakes up. Do you think he can not be nervous?
"The emperor has something to do." Zhang Fengyi came out of work and knelt down on the royal road and said loudly.
"Speak!" Yang Su opened his mouth slightly.
"There are three things to ask the emperor to judge, the 172nd battalion of the rogue and the thief Gao Yingxiang are united, it has become a climate, please ask the emperor to order the conscription to exterminate the rogues.
The second middle school was attacked by the rogue and was caused by the minister's dereliction of duty, and the governor Cao Yunshang Yang Yihe and the inspector Wu Zhenying were unforgivable, and asked the emperor to order him to be arrested and imprisoned.
The imperial tomb was lost, and the eunuch Yang Zewan who guarded the tomb was unable to escape the blame, and asked the emperor to blame him. The minister is also guilty of dereliction of duty as the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the minister does not observe and does not have insight into the treacherous schemes of the rogues, resulting in the fall of Zhongdu, please punish the emperor "Zhang Fengyi understands that this matter is unbearable for the undead, the emperor's ancestral grave was dug up, this impact is too great, there must be heavyweight officials to take the blame for the death, and he must take the initiative to take the blame."
"Yes!" Yang Su was expressionless and couldn't see his joy and anger, but he was quite satisfied with Zhang Fengyi's proposal in his heart.
O wise man!
I have to say that Zhang Fengyi saw the key to the matter at a glance, first of all, the matter cannot be delayed and must be solved as soon as possible, the dragon vein was originally beheaded, and the destruction of the Yin World Dragon Court was already very unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty, and this situation will slowly spread to the Yang World, causing a greater impact.
Moreover, at present, the front-line army is unstable, and if the matter is not resolved for a day, everyone from Hong Chengchou to the junior officers are worried, for fear that this matter will have to be put on their own heads. Therefore, Yang Su is also looking for someone to take the blame, so that the front-line soldiers can rest assured.
Yang Yihe was originally the left servant of the military department, the secretary of the household department and the right imperial history, the governor Caoyun, the governor of the four prefectures in Jiangbei, with him, the governor of Fengyang, plus the governor of the imperial history Wu Zhenying, killing them is a big pot thrown out.
Some people in the small pot also took the initiative to stand up and carry it, Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the military department, is fully qualified to carry this black cauldron, although the reason is a little fake, the emperor! I didn't anticipate that the enemy was thousands of miles away, so the emperor I am guilty, please punish me severely!
However, everyone will pretend not to see this matter, as long as the result is good, and now the front-line soldiers can finally suppress the thieves with peace of mind.
Yang Su had to admire, who said that there were no talents in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was full of internal and external troubles, and Chongzhen, the boss of the Ming Group, was such a picky person, but this Zhang Fengyi was able to sit in the position of the secretary of the military department for five years.
Until next year, because of the invasion of the Qing army, the capital was attacked, and someone needed to carry the black pot, he bravely stood up and took the initiative to carry the pot and die, otherwise maybe he could still do it until Li Zicheng entered Beijing City to help open a city gate or something.
Zhang Fengyi, a smart man, had seen the former secretary of the military department, and knew that according to the convention, he would be killed. So in history, when the Qing army invaded next year, he took the initiative to apply to go to the front line.
After arriving at the front line, he didn't do anything, just took drugs, took chronic poisons, and ate on time and in accordance with the amount every day, and then on the day the Qing army retreated, the day the court wanted to hold him responsible, he finally died at his post, and finally won the name before and after his death.
"The third thing that the emperor and his ministers played, they will pay money to help with salaries! The minister planned to pay a total of 900,000 taels of money to suppress the thieves, of which 200,000 taels were stored in Kaifeng, which was a moderate place for the soldiers, 200,000 taels were lost to Xi'an, 200,000 taels were paid to Huguang, and 100,000 taels were left in Sichuan for His Majesty's approval. Another 200,000 taels were stored in Huaiyang to prevent Kou from escaping" Zhang Fengyi played again.
"Your Majesty, although the emperor's treasury has silver deposits, but last year's tax revenue was only 4.2 million taels, and the annual military expenditure since the past three years has exceeded 5 million taels. Otherwise, I am afraid that it will not be able to turn around next year, and the number of shortages will be replenished, and the emperor will be asked to allocate the inner treasury silver to make up for it! Before Yang Su could speak, Hou Sui, the head of the household, had already jumped out to complain and directly cut the amount in half.
I believe that if it weren't for the fact that the matter was important, most of the 200,000 taels in the past would not have been available, and as for asking the emperor to pay, Hou Sui said that he had no pressure.
When did I have no money to pay money before, it wasn't the emperor's money, the entire Ming Dynasty was the emperor's family, shouldn't I pay for it! If the emperor doesn't pay for it, it's the best time, then it's just time to increase the salary!
Yang Sugao sat on the golden platform and did not speak, looking at Zhang Fengyi with a slight bow.
Zhang Fengyi glanced up at Yang Su, seeing that the emperor's eyes were dignified, there was no expression on his face, and he couldn't see joy and anger, and he secretly complained in his heart, the emperor didn't speak today, let alone ask him about it, this abnormal state made him even more frightened.
The unknown is the most terrifying, who knows what the emperor thinks, the more Zhang Fengyi thinks about it, the more bottomless he becomes, and his forehead is already sweating.
"Your Majesty, I also know that Lord Hou is in a dilemma, the Taifu Temple under the Ministry of War can squeeze out 100,000 taels of silver and keep it with Sichuan, Xi'an can intercept the Shaanxi silver from this province, and Huaiyang can intercept 200,000 taels from the salt department." Zhang Fengyi gritted his teeth and made a ruthless move.
Hou Xie glanced at Zhang Fengyi, and secretly scolded this Zhang Fengyi in his heart for being crazy today, directly interfering in the affairs of his household, and just as he was about to open his mouth to refuse, he saw Zhang Fengyi's face full of pleading. I couldn't help but tremble in my heart, knowing that this was Zhang Fengyi's bottom line, and if I objected, I was afraid that this old guy would fight hard with him.
Hou Sui thought about it in his heart, and finally nodded in agreement. After all, Zhang Fengyi is the secretary of the Ministry of War, and for this mere 900,000 taels of silver, it is really impossible for him to fight with himself.
Just when the ministers thought that this matter had been discussed and was ready to play the next thing, Xiao Ming, who was standing at the end, came out of the class to play.