439 is not the heart of Mu Guogong

The opening of the big war, so stay tuned. ）

The North Pole Hall is a project that Zhengde is extremely concerned about, he is a person, so happy, and also likes the Daxing Palace, when he first ascended the throne, he built the leopard room, which was built in the second year of Zhengde, and was completed in the seventh year of Zhengde. There are more than 200 houses in the leopard house, which consumes more than 240,000 taels of silver. Among them, the fierce beasts and warriors are raised, and there are many secret rooms, like a labyrinth, and there are school fields, Buddhist temples, etc.

In fact, the large and small projects of the Zhengde Dynasty have not been broken, the imperial tomb, the Great Wall, the Buddhist temple, etc., where there are many, and the North Pole Hall is the largest one.

The emperor thought that the palace of the Forbidden City was too small, and wanted to build a big palace next to Beihaizi, that is, a large piece of Haizi in the north of Beijing, where the back is against Yanshan, and there is a vast grassland nearby, as well as a large forest, the environment is excellent, very suitable for pleasure and safari. If you build a palace, it's nothing.

It's just that the scale of this palace is really a bit too big, and the emperor actually proposed to build a palace like the Forbidden City, and the ministers almost didn't die of fear when they heard it! The Forbidden City is so-so, so how big is it? How much does that cost?

After all kinds of persuasion by the ministers, Zhengde finally relented and agreed to build only a large court hall and a few small palaces, which was the agreement.

But this great court hall is already larger than the ministers imagined - just the pedestal, it is 500 zhang long from east to west, 300 zhang wide from north to south, 25 zhang high, and has hundreds of steps. Before the construction was fully started, 300,000 laborers had been requisitioned, more than one million taels of silver had been spent, and dozens of zhang long large logs were transported from Shanxi and outside the Guanxi Province.

In fact, although some of the courtiers are opposed, most of them are too serious, people are old, they will inevitably be greedy for pleasure, will be deaf, this is inevitable - such as Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Tang Taizong, in the later years of his reign, he still had a great palace, tired hundreds of thousands of people!

But at this time, Wan Shiting brought it up, which was inevitably a little out of place.

"How dare Wechen?" Wan Shiting fell to his knees, he learned that his son had fallen into the hands of the enemy, and he was more than lucky, and it was even likely that he was dead now, and his heart was already discouraged, so he took off the hat on his head and put it on the ground, and then put the ivory board on it, raised his head and said miserably: "Weichen is incompetent, and he is getting older, please ask Your Majesty to allow Weichen to return to his hometown!" ”

Hubu Shangshu actually wants to resign from the dynasty and return to his hometown?

This sudden change caught the courtiers a little off guard, and they didn't even react.

Hubu Shangshu is not an ordinary official, he is the great steward of the entire empire, and the money and grain of the whole country, except for the little belongings in the emperor's private treasury, everything else is in his hands. Moreover, the head of the household department is also a dignified second-grade member - according to the clear practice, this level of the officer, it is not easy to resign, it must be extremely formal to resign, and then the emperor is not allowed, and then the table is not allowed, and so on, after five times, the emperor will generally agree.

Moreover, this kind of situation of returning to the hometown can only occur when the monarch and the minister reach a tacit understanding.

Usually the situation is that the emperor sees someone who is not pleasing to the eye, and then asks someone to get out of the way, of course, most of the time, this appointment cannot be achieved through the cabinet, and it is often the emperor who cannot get his wish. There is also the brutal political struggle that leads to someone being down, and in fact, this is an important reason why most officials resign.

For example, today's situation of resigning because of a small conflict with the emperor only appeared in the early years of the Zhengde Dynasty. At the beginning, Liu Jian and Xie Qian, the two auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, resigned together, of course, the original intention was not to go home to gnaw old corn, but to blackmail Emperor Zhengde, but what was the reaction of Emperor Zhengde at that time? …,

With a stroke of the pen, he pushed the boat down the river, and directly asked Liu Jian and Xie Qian to get out of the way.

"You! Wan Shiting, you old horseman! Zhengde was furious, his eyebrows and beard shook together, a blood-like red surged on his face, he slapped the table fiercely, and said with a hideous face: "Wan Shiting, do you want to leave?" Well, I will fulfill you! Jiang Bin, put Wan Shiting in prison! ”

Wan Shiting was just silent, and began to unbutton the court clothes, and there were already old tears on his old face.

The courtiers were stunned, not knowing how to act, looking at the angry Zhengde, and then at the wooden face of Wan Shiting, these two gods had a conflict, the level was lower, the prestige was almost there, and they didn't even dare to move, for fear of provoking fire.

Jiang Bin didn't dare to make a move, his heart was very bright, if he really caught Wan Shiting at this time, he would become the target of the Manchu Dynasty's civil servants tomorrow.

In all fairness, neither of them did anything wrong in this matter.

As an emperor, what does Zhengde have to reprimand a courtier? Isn't that a normal thing? Look at the top and bottom of the Manchu Dynasty, except for Fu Yang Shen, who has not been reprimanded by the emperor? And there are a lot of people who let the emperor point his nose and scold.

It's nothing! It is normal for a courtier to be scolded by the emperor, and he will not die if he is scolded.

Wan Shiting is not wrong, an old man in his sixties, suddenly heard that his son's life and death are unknown, and he no longer knows what it looks like to be uncomfortable.

But the problem is, your old bull is looking at long live today!

Since Pangu opened the world, the reign time is second only to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the strong and rigid Emperor Zhengde!

And at this juncture, can you still go?

Wan Shiting since Jin Shi and the first, has been in the household department as an errand, from the household department to the household staff outside the Lang, to the household waiter, and then to the household Shangshu, for decades, has not left the household yamen step, this Ming Dynasty, if it is said that the Ming Dynasty's money and grain can be properly managed, except for him Wan Shiting, there is really no one else!

And the role of Wan Shi Pavilion over the years, is also obvious to all, the Ming Dynasty can from the original dilemma of making ends meet to the present treasury is sufficient, the center has a lot of money and food, Wan Shi Pavilion long sleeves good dance credit accounted for seventy percent.

At this moment, there is a war going on, except for Wan Shiting, who can play the role of this big butler well?

Yang Shen sighed in his heart, only feeling tired and weak.

He is already old, this old man who has been in charge of the Nuoda Empire for more than ten years, known as the first virtuous minister since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, has felt too much fatigue, and his body is really unable to hold on.

A thought suddenly flashed through Yang Shen's mind: "When we finish cleaning up these messes, it's time to rest." ”

After he came out of the ranks, he first glanced at Lin Xiongqi who was standing in the corner, Lin Xiongqi understood, and quickly recruited two little eunuchs to come over, so that he could put Wanshiting out.

"Your Majesty, you are angry, Lord Wan suddenly heard the bad news, and he was phlegm for a while, and his heart was a little extreme, which is inevitable." Yang Shen comforted: "Don't be like him, let's discuss the current situation." ”

Emperor Zhengde's anger did not subside, and he snorted coldly.

Yang Shen is not very afraid of him in his heart, he and Zhengde, although they are monarchs and ministers, but their personal relationship is also very good, they are some ministers and friends, and they have no desire to be strong, and they don't even have any attachment to the power position in front of them, what else is there to be afraid of?

Everyone persuaded a few words, and Emperor Zhengde finally slowly lost his breath.

Returning to the topic just now, with the power of the imperial court, it is impossible to deal with fighting on three sides at the same time, at most two. …,

Yang Shen said: "According to the minister's opinion, the emperor, the Northeast will not fight." ”

"Don't fight in the Northeast?" Zhengde frowned, and his heart was displeased, with his heart, he suffered such a big loss in the hands of the Jurchens last year, if he didn't retaliate, how could he endure it?

Yang Shen knew him very well, and immediately added: "Your Majesty, we fought with the Jurchens in the Northeast, although it was miserable, but thanks to Wu Yibo's ability to fight well, we finally didn't let the Jurchens occupy much land, and they were still trapped in the north of the Songhua River, and the threat to us was no different from previous years." Now there is a Wu Yi army stationed in the south of the Songhua River, which can be said to be impregnable, and there is no need to worry. But Hamiwei and Annan are different, Hamiwei is 1,900 miles away from my Jiayuguan, one of which is a smooth road, the cavalry can be reached for more than ten days, and there are more than ten states such as Guasha for rest and settlement, Jiayuguan was broken by the Tatar army last year, Suzhou was also besieged, and the border army of Gansu Town suffered heavy losses, and it has not recovered its vitality so far. If the elite under the command of King Hami attacked Jiayuguan, the western frontier would be full of wolf smoke. And the same is true in southern Xinjiang, Annan's wolf ambition must be fought. ”

"In this way, Hami and Annan are the top priorities, and as for Liaodong, they can be put aside, and when they are free, they will be cleaned up."

Gui Cao also squinted his eyes and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Lord Yang said is very true, the Beijing army lost more than 100,000 last year, although the elite of the guards from all over the country has been replenished, and now it has recovered 500,000, but the combat effectiveness is uneven, among which the elite is only about 350,000. Attacking Hami in the west, the army on the border of Gansu Town was not caught, and the only way to use the Beijing army was to use it, so that 200,000 were gone. And to fight Annan, it is also necessary to draw a part. In this way, the imperial court has no troops to adjust! ”

Dai Zhangpu also quietly walked behind Gui Cao and said: "Your Majesty, although it is also possible to mobilize the inland guards, but in the face of the invasion of Tatar and Warat last year, the guards behaved poorly, and the border army is still like this, and the subordinates are really not worried about the combat effectiveness of the guards. The minister is preparing to play His Majesty, and asks the Ministry of War, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple to jointly send people to inspect everywhere and mobilize the generals of the guards to commit illegal acts. ”

The Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Zhou Hao, the head of the Ming Supervision System, also seconded the proposal.

Anyway, the ministers said that it means the same thing, it is impossible to start a war on the third line, and the two lines are about the same.

Zhengde had accepted this opinion in his heart, but Wuzi was a little unwilling and asked, "Is the Northeast really not fighting?" ”

"But it's not like it's all about not fighting." Yang Shen said: "A few days ago, the minister just read the official document sent by Wu Yibo to the Ministry of War, and most of the Songhua River has been pacified, and Wu Yi's army has also expanded to the scale of the Ten Guards, and the strength is already quite good, although the number is smaller than the other three generals, but the name of Wu Yi's army is known to the world. According to the minister's opinion, if this is not the case, it is naturally excellent to let Wu Yibo formulate his own tactics, mobilize troops, and attack the Jurchens. If not, then there is no loss of the strength of the imperial court. ”

After Yang Shen said this, the eyes of the ministers became a little ambiguous.

When Lord Fu said this, it seemed that he was wholeheartedly thinking about the court, but if he tasted the products carefully, it was not difficult to find another purpose-if Wu Yibo fought well, it would naturally be a great achievement, but if there were some defeats, it would be a lonely force and powerless, and everything must be blamed on him.

All in all, it's a good deal to win and not lose, and once you win, it's a good deal.

Why does Master Fu value Wu Yibo so much?

The ministers looked at Yang Shen, and then looked at Dai Zhangpu, who lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, and a trace of understanding flashed in his heart. …,

This is the advantage of having a good old man, the ministers suddenly woke up a little, there are Zuo Shilang of the military department, Wu Yibo outside, General Songhuajiang, the power of this combination is already quite large.

Zhengde could only accept this suggestion, but he really didn't have much hope in his heart that Lian Zining could do anything, after all, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the reason why the defense of Shenwei was so brilliant in the last year was that the Jurchens underestimated the enemy, and the second was that they took advantage of defending the city.

"Lin Xiongqi, pass on the decree, order Wu Yibo to attack the Jurchens, no time limit, no results, and the camera acts." Zhengde commanded, thought about it and added: "Tell him, be careful, don't waste the good foundation that has been laid so rarely." ”

Lin Xiongqi replied and went down to draft the purpose.

Everyone can hear that Zhengde is indeed very important to Lian Zining, otherwise he would not have specially told that sentence.

Since it has been determined that it is only a two-front battle, it is natural to discuss the specific matters next.

Zhengde looked at Gui Cao and said, "Gui Aiqing, tell me about it!" ”

Gui Cao pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, in the humble opinion of the ministers, it is best to fight in the south, and it is best to focus on the southern soldiers and mobilize the Beijing army, not too much." Mu Guogong has been in Yunnan for a long time, fought with Annan several times, and is very familiar with Annan, and his subordinates are also good at walking mountain roads and climbing cliffs, so the ministers thought that they could take Mu Guogong as the main force and order him to send 100,000 soldiers, and then mobilize Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Huguang The four major political envoys and guards were mobilized to conquer Annan with Mu Guogong as the commander. ”

"Mu Guogong?" Emperor Zhengde's brows furrowed.

He didn't really want Mu Xinrong to continue to be the commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army - speaking of which, in the Ming Dynasty, the relationship between Mu Guogong and the Ming Dynasty in Yunnan was very strange.

After Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, after unifying the inland provinces, ordered Fu Youde, Marquis of Yingchuan, to be the general of the expedition to the south in the 14th year of Hongwu, and the Marquis of Yongchang Lanyu and the Marquis of Xiping Muying were the deputy generals of the left and right, and led the Ming army of 300,000 to conquer Yunnan, and eliminated the main force of the Yuan army in Yunnan through the battle of Baishijiang. After the Ming army entered Kunming, "the autumn did not commit any crimes, collected the golden seal of the king of Liang, and conformed to the letter and books, and appeased his people" King Liang committed suicide after fleeing to Jinning, and Li Guan, the right prime minister of Yuan Province, surrendered. After the Ming army occupied Kunming, it immediately marched into western Yunnan and southern Yunnan, and won great victories one after another. In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, the imperial court formally established the Yunnan Metropolitan Command Department and the Yunnan Political Envoy Division, promulgated decrees, stabilized the order of the province, and administrative institutions at all levels such as prefectures, prefectures, and counties were established in the province one after another.

After the Ming army pacified Yunnan, other generals returned to the tide, and Mu Ying stayed in Yunnan. In March of the 15th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Fu Youde and others to keep Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Huguang, and Henan in Yunnan to defend it and control the key ......".

In the sixteenth year of Hongwu, the southern division was recruited, leaving Muying to guard Yunnan, and continuing to use troops to ...... the border, and the three generals entered Yunnan and led an army of 300,000...... Fu and Lan are both returned, and the rate belongs to Mu ......"

Since Mu Ying, the Mu family has guarded Yunnan for generations.

Mu Ying was named the King of Qianning, and his heirs were named the Duke of Qianguo for generations, but because of his surname, he was called Mu Guogong for generations, and even the imperial court was a general title.

If you want to say that the Ming Dynasty has always been glorious and powerful from the founding of the country to its demise, there are only two types of Wei Guogong and Qianguo Gong. Wei Guogong is the descendant of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, in the Ming Dynasty, are the top wealthy families of the Ming Dynasty, the entire Nanjing military department, is the sphere of influence of the Wei State Mansion, and around Nanjing, is the entire southern army, in fact, Wei Guogong is helping the imperial court to control, although only the power to lead the troops and train the troops, can not transfer troops, but this kind of power, is also extremely terrifying. Even the last door of the Duke of Wei has the title of the commander of the third guard. …,

This is also why Zhengde is so jealous of them and wants to transfer them from Nanjing to Beijing.

And another wealthy family that is even more prosperous than Wei Guogong is Qianguo Gong.

Wei Guogong has hundreds of thousands of troops in the south of the Ming Dynasty, but after all, it is only a commander-in-chief, and he cannot transfer troops, while the Duke of Qianguo is really in control of the 300,000 army in Yunnan!

During the original Hongwu Ye period, 36 guards were set up in Yunnan, and 143,360 military households were relocated, with a total of more than 500,000 people in Yunnan, and these military households have developed to more than 700,000 households! Among them, there are more than 300,000 soldiers who can fight!

Yunnan is the only exception in the reform of the Ming military household system, the 300,000 troops, eating the salary of the Duke of Qianguo, have been led by the Duke of Qianguo for generations, and have taken deep roots in Yunnan, in their eyes, only the Duke of Qianguo has no court, and they are in essence already equivalent to the private army of the Duke of Qian.

The army of 300,000 is really in the hands of the Duke of Qian, and from this point of view, the threat of the Duke of Qianguo to the imperial court is even far greater than that of foreign enemies such as Tatar Warat.

It should be said that the relationship between the imperial court and the prince of Qianguo is interdependent.

Mu Guogong needs the Ming court as a support, with his back to the Ming Dynasty, with the righteousness of the Ming Dynasty, all actions, including seeking personal interests for himself, are very convenient. And Mu Guogong has hundreds of thousands of heroic and warlike troops under him, which have played a huge role in guarding the frontier for the Ming Dynasty, suppressing Tusi, and stabilizing the political situation.

The previous Mu Guogong was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but this Mu Guogong Mu Shaoxun is a little different.

In the conquest of Annan last year, without the consent of the imperial court, Mu Shaoxun stopped advancing without authorization because of the excessive casualties of his own soldiers, and threw the big problem to the imperial court. Moreover, according to the meaning of the imperial court, Mu Guogong's army was to be stationed in Yunnan for at least a year, waiting for the Yuebei Dynasty to stabilize before withdrawing, but Mu Shaoxun quietly led people to withdraw, but only said to the court afterwards.

If this kind of action is more serious, it is already a disobedient heart, and if it is replaced by the righteousness of thirty years ago, I am afraid that thunderous measures will be taken immediately.

But now, the imperial court does not dare to tear up with Mu Guogong - after the incident of the successive independence of Duoyan Sanwei and Jurchen decades ago, the imperial court has become much more reasonable. Mu Guogong has been operating in Yunnan for more than 100 years, which can be said to be deep-rooted, and it is not comparable to the imperial court at all. If you really tear your face, the situation will immediately become very bad, Yunnan is afraid that it will become the second Jurchen, and the whole of Yunnan will become independent from the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is helpless about it.

As for sending troops to fight? Thinking about Mu Guogong's army of 300,000 native Yunnan, I feel that this idea is very stupid.

And there is no doubt that if Mu Shaoxun is allowed to be the commander this time, it will definitely make his power and prestige to a higher level.

Any act of enhancing the power of Mu Guogong is something that Zhengde does not want to see.

Yang Shen, the top court official, naturally knew this paragraph very well, he smiled bitterly, and said: "Your Majesty, this move is really helpless, if you don't let Mu Shaoxun be the commander, he will definitely refuse to send troops......

As he was talking, Lin Xiongqi suddenly came in from outside with a huff in and said, "Emperor, the general envoy Fei Bang Fei is here!" ”

"Fei Bang? What did he come to do? ”

"The slave doesn't know, but Master Fei has a very anxious look on his face, saying that there is something big." Lin Xiongqi subconsciously lowered his voice and said respectfully: "It's from Yunnan." ”

"Xuan!" Zhengde said solemnly.

Fei Bang, the envoy of the general administration, hurriedly walked in, first kowtowed to the emperor, and then nodded to all his colleagues, took out a piece of the recital, and said with an anxious face: "Your Majesty, this is the recital of Mu Shaoxun, the Duke of Qianguo, who has just arrived at the General Administration Department, and after the minister saw it, he hurried over." Your Majesty, please take a look. ”

"No need." Zhengde frowned: "What is written in it, you must have read this piece, right?" Tell me about it! ”

"Yes!" Fei Bang looked ugly and said: "Qianguo Gong said that this time Annan destroyed the Northern Dynasty of Vietnam, as a close neighbor, he should have sent troops immediately, but he went to Annan for more than half a year, the army was exhausted, and he died a lot, and the Yunnan treasury had been consumed more than half. Then to support the North Vietnam Dynasty, the last bit of wealth in the Yunnan treasury was also consumed, there was no money and no food, the army was in difficulty, and it was impossible to fight for at least a year. Recently, the Khmer Kingdom west of Yunnan and the Kingdom of Siam to the south have recently increased their troops on the border, and the Duke of Qianguo did not dare to slack off, and had already strengthened his armaments, but the food and salary of the soldiers had not been paid for three months, and he also asked the imperial court to allocate 5 million taels of silver, 10 million stones of grain, and a number of soldiers, otherwise I am afraid that the army will ...... changed."

The ministers were in an uproar, Mu Shaoxun's words and tones openly threatened the court, this is a blatant rebellion!

Before he finished speaking, he saw that Zhengde's face was getting purple, his body shook, a mouthful of blood spurted out, his body was crooked, and he fainted unconscious on the throne.