Chapter 111: Court Meeting
Not long after the dispersal of the dynasty, Shen Jia was taken out of the prison of the military department by the Jinyi guards and escorted to the imperial city. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info along the way, Jin Yiwei was silent and had a tough style, which really scared Shen Jia.
"Brothers, I am in Fushun, and I also have two acquaintances of the Jinyiwei brothers, we are a family, please brothers can tell the younger brother, where am I going to be sent?"
"Whoever is with your family, don't bite indiscriminately, otherwise don't blame my knife for not recognizing people!"
After that, a scar-faced brocade guard lifted the embroidered spring knife on his waist and looked at Shen Jia with bad intentions. Shen Jia was frightened and pouted, and said in his heart, it seems that these grandsons are going to take themselves to interrogate. Legend has it that Jinyiwei tortured a lot, and he had fine skin and tender flesh, and he couldn't tell what to say when he went in.
"Brothers, last time the two brocade guards in Fushun also bought some grenades from me and sent them to the capital, don't you know?"
The face of one of the leading officers sank, and he suddenly revealed a ruthless obedience. Shen Jia hurriedly covered his mouth, and immediately understood that it was better to speak less at this time. He is in prison, and the people he has dealt with in the past are suspicious, and it seems that these people want to draw a line with themselves.
Shen Jia smiled bitterly and said no more. In front of the palace gate, the two little eunuchs took Shen Jia for a long time, Shen Jia chattered all the way, and the two eunuchs were very annoyed, so they told Shen Jia to go to Wuying Palace. Shen Jia let out a sigh of relief, since he went to the palace, at least for now, there should be no danger. Looking at the white marble guardrails, glazed tile roofs, vermilion lacquer gates, and the majestic palace complex, Shen Jia had a strange feeling.
Several eunuchs were quite surprised, and other officials did not squint when they entered the palace, and followed the rules. And the young man looked around, stopped and sighed, and simply regarded this place as his home. The little eunuch was a little annoyed, coughed softly a few times, Shen Jia came back to his senses, and then continued to move forward.
In front of the main hall, the eunuch went to report. After a while, I heard the male duck shouting: "Please Fushun Dongzhou Fort garrison Shen Jia enter~~~"
This eunuch is full of energy, and he is a live trumpet. Shen Jia ran in small steps, the hall was empty, and there were only a few courtiers whispering inside. When they heard someone coming in, they turned their eyes to the gate. Shen Jia raised his head and walked to the front, but was stopped by the palace guards.
Xiong Tingbi shouted: "Shen Jia, don't hurry up and meet the emperor!" β
Shen Jia glanced at it quickly, and it seemed to be Zhu Youxiao who was sitting in the middle of the school floor that day. Shen Jia was a little unhappy, but he still knelt down to meet the emperor. The officials of the Ministry of Rites had taught Shen Jia the etiquette in front of the palace, but Shen Jia had long since left it behind, and he simply worshipped it as imagined in the TV series.
Looking at Shen Jia's nondescript appearance, Liu Yixian was happy and said, "Shen Shoubei, where did you learn this etiquette, why is it so weird?" β
Shen Jia knelt on the ground with his head on the ground, and when he heard someone picking a thorn, he couldn't help but curse in his heart. Fortunately, Zhu Youxiao had a good temper and did not embarrass Shen Jia, he exempted Shen Jia from the vulgar etiquette and let him get up and take a closer look. Shen Jia still had short hair at this time, and he looked weird. From the perspective of modern people, it is rough, and from the perspective of the Ming Dynasty, it is the wind of the outside. The more Zhu Youxiao looked at it, the more funny he felt, and he couldn't help but smile on his face.
"Shen Shoubei, I heard that you live overseas, what is it like overseas?"
"Your Majesty, the place of the minister, after several generations of hard work, to be self-sufficient, the people live in peace, the young children are educated, and later the Confucianism in the clan has studied some mechanical engineering, which has solved the problem of insufficient manpower and made the development of the ethnic group."
Zhu Youxiao nodded, and said warmly: "They are all in the same vein of China, but because of the Tartar disaster, they traveled to the sea and the sky, and my Zhu Taizu Emperor Gao was also unbearable to be humiliated by the Tartars, so he expelled the Tartars and restored China. β
Sun Chengzong in the main hall nodded, he was quite satisfied with Zhu Youxiao's progress. Wang Xiangqian's eyes were even more open, it was rare to see the emperor showing such a bearing, Wang Xiangqian couldn't help shouting: "Your Majesty, at the time of this century-old change, Your Majesty should work hard, Tartar outside the border is a disease of ringworm, Your Majesty does not need to worry, the ministers will do their best." β
Zhu Youxiao seemed to be a little moved, he stepped down from his seat, came to the ministers and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the situation outside the customs is urgent now, if you have any thoughts, you might as well say it earlier." β
Shen Jia's mind was still confused at this time, but fortunately, You Shigong dragged him aside and told him the news that Tieling was lost and Li Bingcheng was killed in battle. Shen Jia was extremely shocked, but he didn't expect that as soon as the Ming army took Tieling, the Tartar would slap himself. Shen Jia had a headache, Tieling, which was finally established, and the Fushun defense line was dug a big hole again, and Shenyang was reexposed to the Tartars' soldiers, and this situation was not easy to clean up.
Liu Yixiao had been observing Shen Jia, and when he saw Shen Jia's frowning and worried, he immediately guessed that the situation in Liaodong might be difficult to manage. At this time, Liu Yixiao put down his previous grievances, and asked Shen Jia solemnly: "Shen Shoubei has been pondering for a long time, I don't know what to think?" β
The cabinet members and the officials of the Ministry of War, as well as the former head of Liaodong, were all discussing, and when they heard Liu Yixiao's words, everyone immediately turned their eyes to Shen Jia. Shen Jia smiled bitterly and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid we'll run into hard stubble this time, and we'll need to work hard." β
"Oh, listen to Shen Shoubei's meaning, there is still hope for recovery in Tieling?" It was Yuan Keli who spoke, and this morning in the dynasty, he proposed to use the Liaodong sea route to contain the power of Houjin and form a horn with Fushun, which was supported by Sun Chengzong and Wang Xiangqian, the secretary of the military department, so Yuan Keli appeared in this small court meeting. Shen Jia didn't know this old man, so he cursed secretly in his stomach, and then said:
"In the past, the counterattack of the Ming army mainly relied on the firepower of the assault vehicles, as well as the weak timing of the Tartars' defeat, but now that the Tartars have reorganized, it is not difficult to take Tieling, but the difficult thing is how to hold it. In addition, once Fushun sends troops, the Tartars will feint from the direction of Salhu to contain them, so in order to take Tieling, they must take action against the Tartars' lair. The previous attacks were all by surprise, and this time the Tartars must be well prepared, so in terms of timing, I am afraid that we will have to continue to wait. β
Yuan Keli smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, if it is really as Shen Shoubei said, then the containment along the front line of coastal defense should be carried out earlier." A month ago, the Korean envoys complained that the Tartars were robbing them of grain, and if we built a defense of the Dongjiang River, we would use this to cut off the supply of the Tartars. β
Zhu Youxiao looked at Sun Chengzong and asked, "What does Master Sun think?" β
"Wei Chen agrees with Lord Yuan's proposal."
Liu Yixiao opened his mouth, but stopped talking. Han Yi stood opposite, happened to see Liu Yixiao's expression in his eyes, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Ji Hao seems to have some ideas?" Today, it is rare for the emperor to discuss with the courtiers together, and Brother Ji Hao might as well say it directly. β
"Your Majesty, you also understand that you will have to set up a new army along the coastal defense of Liaodong, and you will have to spend additional money on military salaries, grain and grass, and ships.
Zhu Youxiao didn't answer directly, but turned to Shen Jia and said: "I saw that Shen Garrison was wearing tatters before, I was very strange, could it be that my Ming border army was so dilapidated." I ordered the people to investigate, and found that Shen Shoubei's soldiers were able to drink broth, Shen Shoubei, tell me, how did you do it? β
Being watched by a group of officials, Shen Jia blushed once. Touching his nose, Shen Jia said: "Weichen just relied on the captured grain to exchange some cattle and sheep for the soldiers to eat." My soldiers are all recruited from the outcasts, they are generally not in good health, under the heavy training, many of them are physically exhausted, and Weichen is also helpless. β
Zhu Youxiao seemed to have discovered the New World from Shen Jia's words, and he continued: "Since there are many people in Liaodong, the new army will recruit from the displaced people, and the granaries in various places can allocate food supplies, and the military salary can be saved." β
"Your Majesty, although this can solve the military salary in the short term, but warships and equipment will cost money after all."
Wang Xiangqian said suddenly: "Since the soldiers can be recruited from the homeless people, then the craftsmen and shipwrights must also be fine, the emperor might as well allocate some and then allocate some grain to supply, wouldn't everyone be happy?" β
"Okay, what Wang Shangshu said is extremely true, Liu Shoufu, who do you think can be responsible for this matter?"
Liu Yixiao was a little annoyed, but quickly put on a smile and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen recommended Yuan Liqing, he mentioned this coastal defense performance, I think it is most appropriate for him to be in charge." β
"Okay, I also like Yuan Aiqing. Liu Shoufu, later you will go to the inner treasury to withdraw 100,000 taels of silver, 60,000 taels as Liaodong coastal defense funds, and 40,000 taels as rewards for meritorious people in the Battle of Fushun. β
You Shigong tugged on Shen Jia's sleeve, and the two of them hurriedly knelt down and said, "Thank you for the emperor's grace." β
Zhu Youxiao stayed for less than an hour before announcing the adjournment of the meeting. A group of courtiers were still unsatisfied, and made an appointment to go to the military headquarters to continue discussing the details. Last night, Shen Jia was bitten by mosquitoes in the prison and only slept for three or four hours in a daze. A group of old men pulled themselves to ask questions, and after a while, Shen Jia yawned. Xiong Tingbi hated Shen Jia's lazy appearance very much, and said angrily: "Young people don't know moderation at all, they just came to the capital to visit the Qinglou, your current appearance is not as good as the spirit of our group of old men, hurry up, You Shigong stays." β
Shen Jia couldn't wait to send himself away, but at this time, Xiong Lao spoke, and without saying a word, Shen Jia shook off his steps and smeared oil on the soles of his feet. After a long smoke, there was no one to be seen. Sun Chengzong shook his head, sighed and said: "This Shen Shoubei is restless, and he does things in an orderly manner, and if he leads the army to fight in the future, he must have a steady person to follow, otherwise it will be easy to get into trouble." β
Shen Jia returned to Youfu, Qu Xiaoyi, and Wu Shihan came to visit together, and after chatting for a while, Shen Jia's eyes were foggy and drowsy. The two girls were about to leave, but they saw Mrs. You leading You Xianglian to visit. Wu Shihan frowned, and was about to say that Shen Jia had rested, but unexpectedly, Mrs. You didn't look at it, and went straight into the room. You Xianglian behind her was polite, looked back and smiled bitterly, and apologized for blessing her body.
On a June day, there were no electric fans and no air conditioners in this era. Shen Jia turned his back to the door, humming a song while undressing. Shen Jia planned to wear shorts and lie on the bamboo mat for a good night's sleep. The door creaked open, Shen Jia thought it was Qu Xiaoyi and Wu Shihan who went and returned, turned his back and said, "What, why are you coming back?" Want to sleep with me? β
"Shameless!"
At the same time, the scolding of the two women sounded, Shen Jia turned around, but saw Mrs. You rushing out angrily, You Xianglian behind her was flushed, and she made a grimace at herself. Shen Jia was stunned, what is the situation?
Just when Shen Jia was sleeping, the undercurrent in the capital was surging. First of all, when Zhang Yuandeng of the Qi Party learned that Shen Jia was recruited to the palace, he immediately kicked away the two Xiucai from outside the Guan, and the chief judge of the Criminal Department immediately made a decision and ordered the two to be deprived of their Xiucai status and expelled from the capital. The defeat of Liaodong became a handle for the three parties to attack the Donglin Party, and the three parties mobilized the officials of the capital to write a letter together, requesting the removal of Yuan Yingtai, the economic strategy of Liaodong, and replacing him with Xiong Tingbi, who knew the situation in Liaodong better.
Xiong Tingbi himself, on the other hand, was in the military department discussing coastal defense matters with a group of officials, and he was completely ignorant of what was happening outside.
Donglin Party officials have been informed that they have come together to discuss how to deal with the impeachment of Yuan Yingtai by the three parties. Wang Wenyan had already calculated that Lord Ye Xianggao Ye might make a comeback soon, and his protΓ©gΓ© Wang Huazhen was an official who was familiar with the situation in Liaodong because he was recruiting scattered soldiers in Guangning, motivating the morale of the soldiers and people, and contacting the Mongol tribes. In case Yuan Yingtai is replaced at that time, then Wang Huazhen will become an important pawn of the Donglin Party in Liaodong.
Thinking of this, Wang Wenyan smiled. For the past few days, Wang Wenyan has been anxious about the affairs of Liaodong, and today he happened to see the proposal of Fang Zhenru of the imperial history, which made him suddenly discover a new world.