After the Dragon Boat Festival, when Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the hundred officials who jointly invited him to return to his hometown to bury his father, returned quickly, Liaodong reported the victory, and Li Chengliang, the general of Liaodong, reported that Tao Chengyu, a guerrilla general of Guyuan, beheaded more than 400 prisoners under the command of the Tuban of the Chahaner Department.

For a time, the Manchu Dynasty sang praises and virtues, and even Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor who was not in the court every day, also accepted the Xuanjie of Honglu Temple, and sent people to worship the temple and accept the congratulations of hundreds of officials.

Since the tribute was conferred, there are still wars in the nine sides of Liaodong, which is basically only a few enemies, and this rumored victory that the Chahaner army was defeated, as if it was the icing on the cake for today's prosperous times, so that the monarchs and ministers of the court and the central government were all elated.

Wang Fulin has dealt with Li Chengliang's father and son, so he naturally knows that Liaodong is indeed strong. However, after all, he was a person who had personally walked through Jiliao, and when he looked at the words and sentences in the good news, he faintly felt that this good news of a great victory was blowing all over the sky, but there was always some disobedience. But the governor of Liaodong, the governor of Jiliao, and the governor of Liaodong played jointly according to the imperial history, Zhang Xueyan, as the former governor, also said a lot of good things, he did not stand up and pour any cold water on the purpose of not having the right to speak without witnessing it with his own eyes.

Regardless of whether there was moisture in this victory, he really couldn't help but despise the reward standard for military merits in these years.

is such a great victory, what did the imperial court reward meritorious soldiers?

Li Chengliang, as the chief soldier, was eighty taels of silver, a big red silk python coat, and then a son hereditary Tielingwei commanded the affairs. Just from the perspective of the son of Enyin, even if the other rewards are meager, it doesn't matter. And for Tao Chengyu, a guerrilla general who led the army to such a victory, he became the acting governor of the capital and became a high-ranking military attache of the second rank in one fell swoop.

But for the rewards of many civil and military officials below the governor of Jiliao, the governor of Liaodong, the deputy envoy of the military garrison, and the general, it is very few. The reward for silver ranges from 60 taels of silver to 20 taels of silver, and the silk varies from the four tables of silk to none. But these people didn't really participate in the war, they just got a little light, not to mention that the rewards were small, and even if they didn't, it was reasonable.

However, the reward for the thousands of officers and soldiers who actually participated in the war was a total of 10,000 taels, and after rubbing oil up and down, there may not even be a tael on the heads of the small soldiers.

In contrast, what is the reward that Emperor Wanli gave to the queen's father, that is, the lord of the country, the governor Wang Wei? The silver coin is 15,000 taels, and the farmland is 500 hectares, that is, 50,000 acres.

treats the relatives so generously, but treats the generals so harshly. This is called thinking that the border pass is a great victory, how can the imperial court reward the lord with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, plus a batch of silk treasures, and then the later generations of novelists, including the author of this article, how can they be embarrassed? Of course, compared with the early and middle Ming Dynasty, rewarding soldiers is often worth the same as wiping the buttocks, which is already generous.

No wonder everyone said that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was the meanest monarch to the ministers of civil and military affairs!

And after such a great victory in Liaodong, which rewarded meritorious civil and military affairs, the inscription from the Huguang Fu press official finally came belatedly, and the Tao was that Yuanfu had finished burying his father and had set off on May 21, and the little emperor naturally expressed some relief. A few days later, Zhang Juzheng personally wrote the book, apologetically saying that Huguang's hometown was too far away from Jingshi, so it was difficult to rush back by the deadline of the end of May. In this regard, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun's reply still seems cordial and reasonable, what is the hot day, and slow Xu Xing, etc., a good monarch and ministers get along, worthy of a beautiful picture of a special book.

As for in such a meeting of monarchs and ministers, he did not go to participate in Zhang Juzheng's funeral ceremony, but complained about the illness and slipped away from Huguang according to the imperial history Zhao Yingyuan was personally participated in by Chen Wei, the imperial history of the left capital, so he was dismissed from his post for the people, and he was angry and wrote to defend Zhao Yingyuan, and at the same time, Wang Yongji, a member of the household who satirized Chen Wei to the fullest, was also implicated and dismissed. Chen Wei wrote his resignation because of this fake heartache, but was comforted and saved by the kind words of the Wanli Emperor, and this series of events is like a discordant note in a harmonious ensemble, as if it did not stir up any great waves.

Being in the Imperial Procuratorate, of course Wang Fulin knew that this matter was Zhang Juzheng writing a letter to imply Wang Seal, and Wang Seal came forward to find out to Chen Biao, so Chen Qiang, the imperial history of the left capital, personally rolled up his sleeves and went into battle, killing chickens and dealing with Zhao Yingyuan such a small patrol imperial history like a knife. Because Wang Zhen didn't come to find him, in the spirit of not cheating people, he reminded Chen Wei that he didn't have to go in person, and he just said that Qin Yiming, the head of Huguang Dao, would go into battle, anyway, Zhao Yingyuan was under Qin Yiming's jurisdiction, but Chen Ying seemed to feel that this was not enough to show that he was repaying Zhang Juzheng's reuse and trust, so he didn't bother to be long-winded.

In the past, he had no psychological burden on the treacherous and treacherous and the hypocrites who claimed to be upright. This time, Zhao Yingyuan has to be the whole world, and he will help Zhang Juzheng bury his father, but I said that the resignation of the official is not to go to that kind of arrogance, he can't talk about good feelings or bad feelings, so he is very unhappy to attack people with this point. In his opinion, this is like a court cane, isn't it like what people want you to give to help people brush up their reputation? That's not all, it's even more wrongful to go back and confront the righteous and righteous gentleman representative figure who can be compared to Hai Rui.

"I regret that I didn't listen to Shiqing's advice, that Wang Yongji is simply a mad dog!"

In the main hall of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Chen Wei had a look of remorse, and he couldn't help but slap the table as he spoke. Wang Yongji pointed his nose at him in the notebook and scolded him, and also stabbed him outside because Yan Song was in power, and he resigned from his official position for several years because of Yan Song's corruption in the government, if you want to say that Zhao Yingyuan is a fraud, what is he? When he thinks about it now, he is angry. Seeing that Wang Fu Lin An sat down and didn't say a word, he couldn't help but say: "Qin Yiming, the head of Huguang Dao, seems to be useless, I intend to transfer him to the foreign position, and recommend Zeng Shichu as the head of the Dao Yushi, Shiqing, what do you think?" ”

Wang Fulin saw that Chen Wei was obviously angry and vented his anger, he had to cough and said sincerely: "Lord Zongxian wants to use Zeng Shichu, if you mention it as the imperial history of his Dao, Huguang Dao does not need to move anymore, you must know that Qin Zhangdao has just made meritorious contributions before, and the emperor has also given sweets and snacks." Anyway, Zhao Yingyuan has been dismissed from his post and served as a citizen, and instead of digging deeper, it is better for the Metropolitan Procuratorate to impeach a few incompetent officials in the DPRK or the central government, or to handle a few iron cases, which is the real deterrent. ”

Chen Wei didn't have a good impression of Qin Yiming, and he wanted to take down people through this matter, but he just wanted to give Wang Fulin a face, but when he heard Wang Fulin's analysis, he knew that he had some Meng Lang. When Wang Fulin took out a stack of clips from his sleeve and listed to him a few cases of injustice or corruption and tyranny in various parts of the world, he couldn't help but be even more impressed by this powerful subordinate who had always been important, and immediately threw the previous frustration out of the clouds, and seriously screened out the typical examples that could be used for him to regain his authority, and even forgot about the promotion of Zeng Shichu.

It was Wang Fulin who reminded him, and he said thoughtfully: "Forget it this year, next year I will send Zeng Shichu to serve as a patrolman, and after I come back, I will promote him to the head of the road!" If you haven't been the head of the patrol, it's hard to be convinced. ”

Although Chen Wei didn't mention his precedent at all, Wang Fulin couldn't help but secretly slander. The reason why he, the "convincing" head of the Imperial History, was able to parachute into Guangdong Dao was also because Zhang Juzheng used domineering and brutal means to directly vacate the people of Guangdong Dao, and then selected five people from the new Jinshi to come over, otherwise he would not talk about doing things, just suppressing those dissatisfied Yushi underneath, he would have to use up all his energy. And even so, just to train the newcomer, didn't he also spend a lot of effort before?

Of course, Chen Wei did not forget the most important thing: "No matter what, when Yuanfu returns to Beijing, I will personally say that you can't play this talent anywhere else." As long as you stay in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for five or six years, transfer a few more ways to serve as the head of the imperial history, and then move a fourth-grade or fifth-grade Shaoqing to settle down a little, you will be able to promote the imperial history of the capital immediately, that is the real use! ”

In a blink of an eye, it was June 16, the day when Zhang Juzheng arrived in Beijing.

The journey from Huguang to Beijing was 3,000 miles, and Zhang Juzheng's return journey took only 25 days. Compared with the speed of 600 or 400 miles of expedited post, or the speed of 240 miles a day in case of emergency, this is naturally very slow, but compared to the standard marching speed of 80 miles a day, this is already quite fast. After all, Zhang Juzheng has to pass through major prefectures and counties from time to time on his return trip, and sometimes there are various entertainments. The most important thing is that Zhang Juzheng went to Xinzheng to see Gao Gong on the return trip, and the two had a deep talk again.

This time Zhang Juzheng's trip to Xinzheng was naturally because of the news of the repeated changes in Jingshi, which reached him through various channels, whether it was to appease Gao Gong's former close friends like Zhang Siwei, or those who were promoted by Gao Gong and still used by him, or to comfort Feng Bao's nerves, he needed to appease Gao Gong who was full of resentment first.

As a winner, he thinks he can promise a lot of things, and it's also affordable. And judging from the results of the second meeting, he felt that the old Gao Gong no longer had the same temperament as before, so his attitude was lowered and more sincere, giving Gao Gong enough face.

Compared with the pomp and circumstance when he set off for Jiangling before, when he arrived at the outskirts of Beijing, Zhang Juzheng found that there were also a lot of people who came to greet him on this day.

Some particularly attentive officials inquired about his itinerary early and set the day of rest on this day, including Wang Guoguang, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Yin Zhengmao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Pan Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Chen Ji, the imperial history of Zuodu. In addition, there are also Zhang Xueyan, who has just been transferred from the military department to Rong Zhengshangshu, the assistant Jingying Rongzheng, the official department waiter Wang Zhang, the military department waiter Zeng Shengwu, in addition, the officials are all given to Chen Sanmo and a few other things, Huguang Dao Qin Yiming, Zeng Shichu and other more than a dozen imperial histories, as well as many other officials, it is very lively.

And because the cabinet ministers are resident in the palace cabinet, none of them appeared at this time.

As representatives of the Emperor of the Inner Court and the two empress dowagers, the eunuch He Jin, the eunuch of Ciqing Palace, Li Qi, and the eunuch Li Yong of Cining Palace, came. Although He Jin is not the top-ranked celebrant in Bingbi, but with the word Bingbi, it means that the palm of his hand is full of power, which has already shown extraordinary specifications. In addition to greeting, Zhang Juzheng was most satisfied with the emperor's edict brought by these three people.

The content of the edict is very simple, give a banquet to the Vacuum Temple today, face the saint tomorrow, meet the emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces, give ten days off, and then return to the cabinet members.

After a long journey on a saddle horse, even if Zhang Juzheng is less than sixty, it is indeed difficult to do things immediately when he travels back and forth, so after thanking the holy oracle, he didn't have time to say too much to the officials who came to greet him, but just said hello and greetings according to the distance between relatives. When it was Chen Yi's turn, after seeing this Zuodu Yushi with a smile on his face, he immediately whispered: "Wang Shiqing was originally going to come, but when he was about to come out with me, something suddenly happened on the side of Guangdong Road, and a supervising imperial history suddenly fainted in front of him, kowtowing and bleeding......"

"Needless to say, you don't have a heart for one or two small things, I know a lot about his personality." Zhang Juzheng immediately stopped Chen Ji, nodded and said, "Let him come to see me tomorrow night." ”

Because Zhang Juzheng wanted to return to the cabinet after 10 days, he had just set a meeting time with many officials, and so did Chen Ji. However, hearing that Zhang Juzheng not only didn't care that Wang Fulin didn't come, but also vacated his free time to meet people tomorrow night, Chen Sanmo couldn't help but be jealous and a little unspeakably uneasy. Sure enough, when it was finally his turn to be the leader of the Six Science Corridors, Zhang Juzheng only said a few words lightly, as if he was not facing his henchmen, but other ordinary officials, and told him to watch Zhang Juzheng leave with the three eunuchs, and he was quite depressed.

Wang Fulin is not in the Metropolitan Procuratorate at this moment, but in Wang Jiguang's house. Ma Chaoyang and Wang Yanchen went out to patrol separately, and the previous Guangdong patrol Zhao Mingxian had not returned, and only Wang Xuezeng, Wang Jiguang and Gu Yuncheng were left in Guangdong Province. Now another one fell, and there were only two people left under his hands, which was extremely stretched. At this moment, seeing that Wang Jiguang's head was wrapped in a tight gauze, his face was pale and weak, he sighed in his heart and said a few words of relief at the same time, and when he was about to leave, he found that his sleeve was being pulled by someone.

Holding on to the sleeve with the last bit of strength with all his might, Wang Jiguang pleaded in a weak voice: "Master Zhangdao, you must intercede for me, I don't want to be sick, I can get better from my illness!" I really didn't mean to delay you from going to meet Shousuke-sama......"

Wang Fulin only thinks that Wang Jiguang's mind is not correct but ambitious, and the most undesirable of the five imperial histories is this guy, but just heard the doctor say that this is overfatigue, which made the ordinary wind and heat cold become a serious illness, and there will be a big incident later, and I heard from Wang Jiguang's attendant boy that there is something wrong with the family of this subordinate who seems to have a solid family background, and he has not received support from the family for three consecutive months, and the little money is not enough to eat, so he has to live a tight life. Even if he saw a doctor, he took a few pills to count, and he didn't work hard in the Metropolitan Procuratorate day and night, so he softened his heart a little more.

"Okay, okay, don't talk about it." Wang Fulin saw that his sleeves were still being tugged on, so he said lightly, "Don't be reckless in the future, think about it yourself, what if you fall on the street today?" ”

"I ......"

"If you want to keep your seat, you have to take care of your body first, and I will recommend a doctor to you later. That's the imperial doctor who often treats Yuanfu's family, and his methods are clever, and the medicine is cured, so you can rest assured. ”

Wang Jiguang's heart loosened, and his hand unconsciously let go. Seeing Wang Fulin walking towards the door, he struggled for a while, and when the word thank you came out, the person had already disappeared outside the door, only the door curtain was still shaking.

If you were any other person, would you delay meeting your biggest boss for the sake of him, a subordinate who is not very intimate?

PS: Just one update (to be continued.) )