"Master, are we going back to the house, or should we go to the yamen of the hall first?"

On the spacious street of East Chang'an Street in Shuntianfu, a four-person sedan chair covered with silver soap curtains is walking in the middle of the street at the moment, and several servants are accompanying on the left and right, one of which is a middle-aged man about forty years old, dressed in simple and generous manners, walking closely behind the curtain of the sedan chair at the moment, and asking the people in the sedan chair in a low voice. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Look closely at the people in the sedan chair, dressed in a plate-collared right robe, a regimental collar shirt, during which the official robe is embroidered with a three-inch small group of flowers, wearing a black gauze hat, and the end is extravagant, this person is the Ming court military department Shangshu Xiong Mingyu, who has just gone to the court, in the morning, played the war in Liaodong, quite energetic, at this moment he took a nap and asked vaguely, "Kang Ming, what are the important things in the ministry today?" ”

Kang Ming is Xiong Kangming, his own cronies and housekeepers outside, because of his proper handling and quite disciplined, he has always been valued by Xiong Mingyu, and the trivial affairs of the mansion and the trivial arrangements of the military department and the yamen are all prepared by him in advance, and he will make the decision in the end.

But who can't call it, his own military department, is really a matter of duty, and he can't shirk it easily, but fortunately, the dispatch is decent, so he can barely pass the customs in front of His Majesty, but thinking back to the rescue of the customs, it is really impossible, and the heavy troops near Gyeonggi cannot be easily mobilized, and now they can only find the Jiliao border army to go east to rescue the Daling River.

After some discussion, Taifu Sun Chengzong should command the war in Liaodong, first with the soldiers of Songshan to go forward, rescue in the starry night, and then plan to send Jiliao Governor Qiu He Jiadu Shanhaiguan Song Wei, and Liaodong General Wu Xiangke to set off to rescue the chief soldier Zu Dashou and relieve the siege of the Daling River.

But Liaodong can't afford to delay, once there is a change, then their own family will bear the brunt, will be called to ask the guilt, as soon as he thinks that his family will follow in the footsteps of his predecessor Liang Tingdong, he will be panicked all day, so Xiong Ming encounters these days, such as sitting on pins and needles, day and night can not rest, ordinary military affairs, do not want to deal with it, only looking for important things to do, a mind on the military of Liaodong.

Xiong Kangming is the most observant of words and feelings, and at this moment, seeing that his tone is quite low, he knows that he is tired, and suddenly said in a low voice, "Master, there is Peng Shilang on duty in the Yamen today, I have instructed that if there is urgent business and Liaodong affairs, I will send someone to the government office urgently, the lord has worked hard for the country for half a day, why don't you go back to the house to rest for a while?" ”

"Then let's go home." Xiong Mingyu was thinking about the fact that there was a capital in the court, the imperial history of the government, both the mobilization of the Northern Zhili and the Xuanfu, and the Shandong capital division of the soldiers and horses into Liao for reinforcements, was distressed, although the plan was good, but although the military department had the right to dispatch, but did not have the right to allocate money, grain and grass, and the tax had not been put into the treasury, the money and grain were difficult to raise for a while, and the household department yamen gritted their teeth and complained.

In this way, after receiving the order, Xiong Kangming didn't dare to disturb him to rest for a while, so he just whispered all the way to the sedan chair man to come to his own mansion, close to the entrance of the mansion, but from a distance he saw an official holding an official document, looking panicked, walking back and forth in front of the mansion, and taking a closer look, who else could Lang Zhong be if it wasn't a division yamen, didn't something happen?

Seeing the official sedan chair coming from a distance, Na Langzhong was suddenly overjoyed, so he wanted to come over, and made Xiong Kangming frown, and shouted, "Why is it rude to stop the sedan chair?" If you have any official business, just wait for the eldest lord to speak again. ”

"Back to Shangguan, Shanxi according to the 100,000 urgent, handed to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, urgently ordered to follow the book of the military department, the next official went to the imperial city to wait, but failed to see Shangshu, so he waited according to the door, I only hope that Lord Shangshu will check it quickly." Na Langzhong didn't dare to delay for a moment, and as he spoke, he respectfully handed over a notebook with both hands.

Xiong Mingyu heard the movement outside at this moment, and knew that if it wasn't for urgent business, the yamen would not come to look for it, so he instructed the housekeeper, "Hand it over." ”

"Yes." When Xiong Kangming heard this, he didn't dare to delay, so he came up directly to take the transcript, directly and carefully rolled up the curtain of the sedan door, and respectfully bent down and handed it in.

"What?!" After only a moment, there was a sudden explosion in the sedan chair, and Xiong Kangming thought that something had happened, so he came up anxiously and wanted to visit, but unfortunately he only heard a series of coughing sounds inside, mixed with a few occasional vomiting sounds, and suddenly changed his face, but unfortunately he didn't dare to make a mistake easily, just waiting to bend down and wait beside the sedan chair, "How is the master?!" ”

Xiong Mingyu's heart was chaotic at the moment, he had no thoughts for a while, he was holding a piece of paper in his hand, almost like Mount Tai pressing on the top, his chest couldn't reveal his breath, he was very bored, he only hummed twice, and reluctantly said, "Hurry up and turn around, and then enter the imperial city, the official will immediately face the saint." ”

I really can't help him dare to delay, on this recital, the official document written is really important, so that not only does he not dare to be proficient, but he wants to hide far away at the moment, it is best never to let him know, but it is a pity that the place is not quiet, and such a big incident is made, but it is the scope of his own jurisdiction, which is really a headache.

"Minister Zhejiang according to the inspection envoy Du Qiaolin (formerly Shanxi according to the inspection envoy, in July of the fourth year has been reappointed as the Zhejiang according to the inspection envoy, but has been appointed until September by Luo Shijin to take over, the actual appointment is November of the fourth year), the starry night is ten thousand deaths to report my emperor's long live, the situation in Shanxi today changes three times a day, the previous army went south, suppressed the thieves no less than hundreds of thousands of people, and the local garrison was empty.

Now there is a large place in Daizhou, Diao people Li Jing and others gathered people to make a rebellion, coerced thousands of people, the state military equipment is greedy and reckless, so that the road is broken, it is now flowing to the counties, poisoning the people, capturing our taxes, resulting in a catastrophe, and even gathering hundreds of thousands, shocked to hear that today is besieging Yangqu, several defeated reinforcements from all walks of life......

Now there are almost no soldiers to fight in Shanxi Town, and there is no city to defend, the situation is erosive to Si, and please live the emperor, and quickly send soldiers to break the thief. --Chendu Qiaolin was heard on August 13 in the besieged sun. ”

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The depressing atmosphere has not dissipated for a long time since several important ministers of the court entered the Qianqing Palace, and the head of the household department Bi Ziyan did not say a word, at this moment with only two ears, listening to the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, who opened the Qingming of the eternal world and was the emperor of the prosperous era, was furious.

At the head of his left side is the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, the head of the cabinet Zhou Tingru, and under him, there is Wen Tiren, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the scholar of Dongge University, and several cabinet ministers and military officials.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen was furious at the moment, what really made him unacceptable was that the capital of a province was besieged by rebel regiments, and all the reinforcements from all walks of life in the imperial court could not get close, which family is this world? ! The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he said angrily to the ministers present, "Shanxi should be civil and military, harboring evil intentions, all deserve to die, deceive me for a long time, this time I can't hold the fire, so I am willing to play!" ”

He didn't resent the people of Shanxi for being in turmoil and poison so far, but he was angry that the civil and military should cover each other and deceive the court, and even asked the thieves to raise troops in July. Even with it, Du Qiaolin, who reported the news to the upper class, is he blind according to the judges' yamen?!

However, this matter, he obviously also blamed the Shanxi according to the inspection envoy Du Qiaolin, he has been transferred to Zhejiang according to the inspection envoy in July, is in the handover, you must know, since the Jiajing Dynasty, the provinces have replaced the succession of officials, the matter of the handover, serious delays, coupled with personal exchanges, a temporary delay, and the imperial court did not immediately send someone to take over (in fact, four months later, a new inspector took over). ）

He was unable to exercise his authority for a while, and he was deceived for a while, until the rebels besieged the city, and the officials could no longer cover the cover, so he was willing to tell the truth.

Hearing this sentence at this moment, Zhou Tingru, who seemed to hear a little movement, couldn't sit still anymore, Shanxi had a lot to do with him, Zhang Zongheng had a secret letter to Beijing before, saying that the matter of appeasement, if it is involved now, I am afraid that sooner or later it will drag down his own family, so after thinking for a moment, he came out and said bluntly, "Your Majesty, the matter is now, the matter of accountability, I am afraid that I can't make a big move, if the front line rashly changes generals, and the troops are disheartened, the situation will be even more irreparable, and the overall situation should be taken as the first thing at this time." ”

Emperor Chongzhen was angry at the moment, and although he felt justified when he heard the words, he still refused to be gracious, and said in a deep voice, "Every word and every word is public, and the overall situation is everywhere, but who cares about the affairs of the court and acts in accordance with the public code?!"

Xiong Mingyu has known the military affairs for a long time, and knows the situation in Shanxi, if there is no external force to intervene, I am afraid it will be irreparable, so he also came out and agreed, "Your Majesty, the old minister also reconsidered, Lord Wen is one for the country, and the old man seeks success, it is not appropriate to make a big move at this moment, only to transfer troops and horses from all walks of life, and the starry night is to suppress it." ”

"Then there is no punishment? If all the people in the ranks are in the territory, they all obey the power of the matter, and they don't ask about their crimes, who can still obey the law? What is the face of the court? It was the cabinet minister Wen Tiren who spoke, smiling at the moment and speaking softly, but there was a faint thorn in his words, which seemed to have been premeditated, and he only seized the loopholes in his words and attacked them aggressively.

It shows that he has the intention of replacing Zhou Tingru at this time, but when he heard this, Zhou Tingru was silent, and never said a word again, right and wrong, free and axiom, although his own words are inappropriate, but I believe that His Majesty will obey, if he calls out the Shanxi context at this moment, then the situation may no longer be able to be cleaned up.

Sure enough, Zhu Youzhen heard the meaning, thought about it carefully, felt reasonable, and listened to Wen Tiren's rebuttal, but he didn't like it, but he didn't show it, the more he fought for the ministers below, the more indulgent he was, if one party was dominant, wouldn't it be a rebellious move? !

In this way, the anger dissipated, sat back on the dragon seat, and then carefully read the book, but the heart called a sense of powerlessness, Xu Zhen worked day and night, diligent and thrifty to hold the country, did not dare to have the slightest slack, lest the country become chaotic, the society is unstable, but the world has been unstable for a long time, there are slaves in the east, and the Daling River is very urgent, and now the people in the west are undecided, and there is a new rebellion, and even the capital of a province is not guaranteed.

Thinking of this, I was anxious and didn't have a thought, so I could only ask myself, "Does the household department still have food and salary allocation?" ”

As the saying goes, the three armies have not moved, the grain and grass go first, hundreds of thousands of people who have gathered to make a rebellion, and the situation in Shanxi is erosive, if there is no army to suppress it, I am afraid it will be difficult to clean up, and it is difficult to mobilize troops and horses stationed in various places for a while, after all, the food and salary required are not a small number.

"Back to Your Majesty, the household bank has been allocated this year, and all kinds of food and salary have a place to go, and Liaodong uses troops, the shortage is very large, and it still needs to be raised by the four parties. Bi Ziyan pondered for a while, but said with a wry smile.

It is necessary to know that the taxes of the Ming Dynasty, each province collected, throttled the needs of various places to report the needs and the garrison to pay the quota, all of which were useful, and the imperial court was very anxious to use troops, involving a lot of material and financial resources, and the household department was in deficit year after year, so how could there be a balance now? Although there are three salaries to levy, but there is no choice but to pay a cup of salary, a place in eastern Liaodong, it will need four or five million dollars of money and grain every year.

Only to the various ways to aid the Liao soldiers and horses, the shortage is not less than hundreds of thousands, to Denglai Governor Sun Yuanhua reported, aid Liao soldiers Ding Ben to take the sea route, helpless warships are not good, changed to the land route, the need for a lot of silver, the purchase of artillery and military horses, the household conversion, although necessary, but helpless treasury empty, only 20,000 silver hair, the rest of the self-raised, this is good, some military towns, a total of 5,000 silver needs to be transferred, the household only gives 200, even more, not a penny, just to save a few silver expenses.

Now that he is asked to allocate money and grain to pacify Shanxi, I think of hundreds of thousands of chaotic people, if you want to pacify and involve it, I am afraid that the cost of silver must be hundreds of thousands, but now that the rat has entered, and the place where the national treasury silver is stored in crying is probably scraped three feet from the ground, and there is no extra penny of silver.

I have to say that Zhu Youzhen is also in a hurry at the moment, and he actually thinks about this, and even says with a bit of meaning, "There is another official who should be in Beijing for the coming year?" ”

In his opinion, the country is in trouble for a while, as an official, since he should be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, don't you see that your own family is frugal and frugal? If you can reduce some of the Beijing officials' salaries and use them as military salaries, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? Not only are all the courtiers loyal and righteous, but also get money and wealth to quell the chaos.

It's a pity that this case really can't be opened, and before Bi Ziyan wanted to refute it, he heard Zhou Tingru come out and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, if you want to pacify the rebellious people, the only way to mobilize the soldiers of Xuanda is to go south with 10,000 people, and the grain and grass prepared by the guest army, why not make meritorious contributions to Shanxi Town, and raise your own supplies to the army on the spot?" And Zhang Zongheng controlled the three towns, mobilized convenience, and blamed him for his sinful body to repay the emperor's kindness! ”

He kept his mouth shut and didn't mention the matter of throttling, the Beijing officials had already called the magistrates to be poor, and those who were miserable and had no way out, all relied on this little money to live, even if there was a source of external water, they would not allow their own interests to sit back and watch being violated, if they knew that their own family, as the head and assistant of civil officials, was at the mercy of the emperor in this matter, I am afraid that it will spread out, and they will be sprayed to death by foaming at the mouth.

Such a sentence can be regarded as entering Zhu Youzhen's heart, and it is appropriate for Shanxi to bear this money and grain and repay the country's kindness...... (To be continued.) )