Chapter 796: Shangshu Attacked (I)

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After bidding farewell to Gao Gong, life had to go on, Shen Mo and Zhang Juzheng hurried slowly, and finally returned to the capital before the city gate was locked.

However, something unexpected happened, Yongding Gate was closed ahead of schedule, and the group was blocked outside the city along with many ordinary people who were going to enter the city. The opening and closing of the gates of Beijing are all subject to strict time limits, and thunder cannot be moved in the morning and evening. Now that the door is closed early, there must be something big going on.

For the sake of safety, the guards asked the two scholars to sit in the shade of the trees by the roadside for a while, and then sent someone to inquire about the news. After a while, the inquirer returned, saying that martial law had been under fire since two hours earlier, as if he were arresting someone.

"What can happen?" Zhang Juzheng looked at the high city wall.

"I don't know." Shen Mo slowly shook his head and said, "I can only wait and see." ”

Luckily, the gates were opened at the last minute, so you don't have to go to find a place to stay.

As soon as he entered the city, Hu Yong went to call the captain of the city gate to come over and ask: "Who is in charge here?" ”

"I," a lieutenant greeted him, and when he saw that the school officer was brightly dressed, although the rank was the same, but the format of the waist card was different, this was the dress of the errand in the noon gate, so he piled up a smile and asked, "What is the matter?" ”

"We are the head of the guard team of the Cabinet Shen Ge Lao." Hu Yong hugged his fists on the horse and said, "I was ordered to ask my brother a few words." ”

"Please, please." The lieutenant said in his heart, no wonder he was so bullish, it turned out to be a cabinet member.

"When did it happen in the capital?" Hu Yong asked, "Why are the city gates closed?" ”

"We don't know the specifics." The captain said: "I only heard that Lord Shangshu Wang of the Ministry of War was attacked, and then the Soldiers and Horses Division closed the nine gates, and the whole city searched for the murderer." ”

"What?" Hu Yong was taken aback and said, "Who is so bold and caught?" ”

"We don't know." The lieutenant shook his head and said, "But let the city gate open from above, maybe I just caught it." ”

Hu Yong knew that he didn't have much work as a small lieutenant, so he went back to pay attention to the two scholars.

After learning the reason, Shen Mo and Zhang Juzheng were very surprised, it was really unheard of that the dignified minister of Jiuqing could be attacked in the capital

Now what? It was supposed to go to the cabinet immediately, but at this time, it was getting dark, and the noon door had already been locked, and it was impossible to enter the interior.

"Let's go to Wang Guoguang's house first......" Shen Mo looked at Zhang Juzheng and said, "What about you?" ”

"Although the military department is not under my control, Wang Ruguan is my best friend," Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice: "I'll go with you." ”

"Okay." Shen Mo nodded: "Go to Wang Butang's house"

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Wang Guoguang was born as a wealthy merchant and lived in a big mansion in Guanmao Hutong in the east of the city, after today's attack, the family was really in chaos, the emperor sent an imperial doctor to come to diagnose and treat, Li Chunfang came to condolence on behalf of the cabinet, and the Shangshu of various ministries also came to visit, and the military department was from the two servants to the principals, all of them came over. It wasn't until dusk that they walked and scattered, leaving only Wang Chonggu, the left waiter, to stay there, and when he heard that the two scholars were coming together, he hurriedly greeted him on behalf of the Wang family.

"How is Ruguan?" Zhang Juzheng asked eagerly.

"I was hit on the head and fainted," Wang Chonggu looked at Shen Mo and said with a solemn face: "But the imperial doctor has already seen it, it should be fine, and he will wake up at any time." ”

"Who is so bold?" Zhang Juzheng glared at Wang Chonggu and asked, "How dare you attack the Shangshu of the Dynasty?" ”

"Don't worry," Shen Mo said later: "Go in and speak slowly, things have happened, what's the use of being anxious?" ”

The three of them entered the flower hall, and after sitting down, without waiting for Zhang Juzheng to ask, Wang Chonggu told what happened today: "At noon today, the lord of the ministry went to Beijing to inspect as usual, but he was stopped by hundreds of scoundrels Wu Ben, surrounded by groups, accusing him of interrogating him, so that he was criticized. The lord of the ministry did not know much about the temperament of the martial man, and he went-for-tat with him, and as a result, he annoyed those people, and rushed up, dismantled his palanquin, and shredded his clothes. In the chaos, I don't know who gave him a blow to the head, and the lord of the ministry was bleeding all at once, and he fell to the ground. Those people thought that they had killed the department, and immediately the birds and beasts scattered...... The next thing is not known to the lower officials, and they should have been arrested. ”

Although Wang Chonggu was already an understatement, Shen Mo and Zhang Juzheng could still feel the thrill when Wang Guoguang was attacked. Zhang Juzheng said with a dark face: "There is a lot of meat in it."

"Now is not the time to dig deeper." Shen Mo interrupted him lightly, "What instructions does Yuanfu have?" ”

"Elder Li Ge has been here, and said that everything will be said after you come back." Wang Chonggu said in a low voice.

"Hmm......" Shen Mo nodded, "Let's wait for Brother Ruguan to wake up first." ”

After all, the military department is silent and responsible, and Zhang Juzheng is not good at deviating, so the three of them sat silently in the flower hall, and someone from the house came to invite them to eat. So he politely declined and continued to wait. But they won't be hungry, a big family like the Wang family puts up more refreshments than ordinary people's meals.

Around the middle of the day, Wang Guoguang's son came out and said that his father had woken up.

Shen Mo and the three of them followed into the bedroom, and saw Wang Guoguang lying on the bed, with a thick gauze wrapped in his forehead, and there was no blood on his face with a national character, and his face was sallow and sallow, Shen Mo couldn't help but feel sour, and he approached the bed to hold his hand, and said with tears in his eyes: "Brother Ruguan, you have suffered ......" Seeing his appearance, Wang Guoguang was also deeply moved, and said: "Let the adults worry about ......"

This action was what Zhang Juzheng wanted to do, but he didn't expect that he had been slow and silent before, but this time he was like a rabbit, and he was preempted. I had to stand aside, and I saw them holding hands and looking at each other with tears in their eyes, and said in my heart, 'When did these two become so acquainted?' ’

Wang Guoguang's son moved a stool over, and the three of them sat around the bed, Wang Guoguang wanted to let people help him up, but he was silently held down and said: "Don't move, don't move, just lie down and talk." ”

"It's a shame...... Wang Guoguang was also afraid that he would shake up some sequelae, so he no longer insisted on getting up, and said with tears: "I, the secretary of the military department, was actually demolished by the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in the barracks, the sedan chair was torn apart, and finally the person was unconscious, what am I doing in this official uniform?" ”

"Brother Ruguan, this matter is not so simple," in front of the victim, Shen Mo had to show an attitude, and said: "It's not those soldiers who beat you, but some people who want to slap you in the face of the court and recuperate with peace of mind, I will investigate this matter to the end"

"Alas, forget it......" Wang Guoguang sighed and said: "Actually, I know it in my heart," seeing that there were no outsiders in the house, he said directly: "It's all my letter "Please Drill the Beijing Army" to make trouble, if this matter is investigated, I'm afraid there will be a change in Zhang Yi" Zhang Yi is an important minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty, because he advocated not to choose the qualification, and suppressed the martial artists, but was attacked by more than 1,000 Yulin Huben, and went straight to Shangshu Province to criticize and find it. Then he rushed to his house, dragged him to the bottom of the Yi hall, beat him with great intent, sang and screamed, and burned his house. His family bowed down to the group to ask for his father's life. Yu Lin and the others were beaten and thrown into the fireworks. and the corpse, it is no longer recognizable, but it is only tested in the shape of the bun. Yi had only one life left and died in agony soon after......

Obviously, what happened during the day frightened Wang Guoguang's courage, and he actually had the idea of calming things down, so as not to be retaliated against.

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In fact, Wang Guoguang didn't say it, and the three of them also knew that the reason for his misfortune was all caused by that note...... Wang Guoguang is different from those Qingliu ministers in the court, he is a solid follower, and since he has sat in the position of the secretary of the military department, he wants to do this errand well. Through three months of careful observation, he has some understanding of military affairs, and he has also seen many shortcomings, especially the Beijing Forbidden Army, which is close at hand-known as hundreds of thousands, but they are all weak, and most of them are famous, and less than half of them can handle the war, and they can't afford to guard the Beijing division at all.

But the Jingshi Forbidden Army is not all like this, for example, in the Shenji Battalion, the atmosphere is completely different, the military discipline is strict, the morale is high, and even he, a layman, can feel the strength of his combat power. After inquiring, it turned out that this army was brought out by the famous Qi Jiguang.

In addition to marveling at Qi Jiguang's ability to lead troops, Wang Guoguang also firmly believed that the officers and soldiers in other battalions were not rotten wood that could not be carved, and the key was the word 'training', so after he carefully inspected the Shenji Battalion, according to the "Records of Military Training" left by Qi Jiguang, he submitted this "Please Drill the Beijing Army Shu in Separate Battalions" to the imperial court.

After reading it silently, the college student in charge of Rong Zheng did not say a word, and submitted it to the first assistant for decision.

After reading it, Xu Jie felt very excited, because since last year's 'perfect right guard victory' and ended the history of being invincible to me for decades in one fell swoop, the mood of the DPRK and China has shifted from one extreme to the other from top to bottom...... Originally, it was a change of color in the talk about the Mongols, and he did not believe that he could win the war at all; Now he is 'sealing the wolf and taking revenge', completely believing that he can win

As the proud prime minister of the Celestial Empire, if the conditions allow, he will also support the crusade against the Tartars, but the conditions are not allowed at all, not to mention the financial embarrassment, just talking about the erosive situation of the Ming border army, so that he can not be trusted...... Although he was not familiar with military affairs, he also knew that the last victory was the result of taking advantage of the negligence of the Mongols, with mental calculations and unintentional, and carefully set up ambushes. This kind of conspiracy is indispensable, let alone taking the initiative to challenge the Mongols.

Therefore, Xu Jie's heart did not agree to go to war, but he knew very well that he could not move against the tide, so he instructed all ministries, governments, institutes, science and departments to collectively meet to study countermeasures, and then the bachelor in charge of military affairs silently summarized it, and finally put forward thirteen countermeasures to the emperor, which were roughly: 'Responsibility and effectiveness, responsibility, clear war defense, military order, heavy generals, training soldiers and civilians, saving talents, selecting border officials, building castles, regimental militia, serving for a long time, recruiting recruits, etc., can be regarded as the cabinet's statement.

Although it is just an official article for the occasion, it can't be done at all, and now Wang Guoguang invites the officers and soldiers of the Beijing battalion to train, which can just reflect the attitude of the cabinet to strengthen the army and revitalize the army, and it will not cost too much, so Xu Jie is very supportive. However, out of prudence, he asked the Secretary for General Administration to report Wang Guoguang's performance first, and then issue the decree after gaining the support of public opinion.

At that time, it was the most enthusiastic period of the inverted arch, how could the civilian officials have the heart to talk about military affairs? So there's not much to talk about. But this does not mean that there is no opposition, and 10,000 officers and men of the three battalions are not happy, if nothing else, for a sentence in Wang Guoguang's recital-'Reorganize the three battalions and dismiss those who do not do anything.' 'For ordinary soldiers, it's good to be a soldier and eat food, and be a gangster, who wants to shed their skin all day long like the Shenji Battalion? Especially those who indiscriminately fill the numbers, even their jobs will be smashed now.

For the officers, it is even more unacceptable, because if he is really allowed to do this, he will have to be completely exposed for all these years of empty registration and empty salary. Therefore, at the beginning of this sparse transmission, the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp were in turmoil, and now Wang Guoguang was attacked, and the people of the Bacheng army wanted to give him a good look.

That's why such a thing happened at the junction of the three capitals, so there was a quarrel and abuse for so long, and no officer came out to stop it, so after the incident, all the soldiers who committed the murder escaped from the barracks

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Although Wang Guoguang was a little discouraged, Shen Mo still assured him that he would investigate to the end, find out the real culprit and severely punish him, give him a fair and inviolable dignity to defend the inviolable dignity of the important officials of the court

That's what he said, and that's what he did. At the regular cabinet meeting early the next morning, he talked about this matter silently, and said with righteous indignation: "Lord Wang Qingqing Zijin, full of reading the books of sages, has been out of office for more than 20 years, and is honest and righteous to do things for the imperial court. Playing the Yan Party, disobeying Yan Shifan, and almost being beaten to death by a stick I Longqing Dynasty in order to set things right and promote righteousness, he invited him out of the mountain again, who should have been admired by all the people and respected with dignity, who knows that now he has suffered this great shame and humiliation, is it tolerable or unbearable" The more he spoke, the more excited he became, and finally almost roared angrily: "Shengdou Xiaomin, a man who wears a kiln, still has dignity and cannot be offended, let alone my generation?" In the imperial city, in the capital camp, the little pawn dared to scold and humiliate the imperial lieutenant, and almost killed him, and the dignity of the minister was humiliated, and the country would be despised If this matter is not severely punished, where is the dignity of the minister? Where is the dignity of the nation? ”

The silence and rare anger shook everyone in the cabinet deeply, so you demanded that the murderer be severely punished in order to show the dignity of the minister

Zhang Juzheng said even more angrily: "In the past two hundred years, such a thing has never happened, if the first assistant is not severely punished, where is the dynasty!"

Seeing that Zhang Juzheng had brought the words to himself, Xu Jie was already a little unhappy in his heart, so he opened his mouth and said: "This kind of thing has happened before, in the eighth year of Jiajing, there was also an incident of officers and soldiers in the Beijing battalion attacking senior officials of the military department. ”

"How was that handled?" The crowd asked.

"Big things are small, small things are small." Xu Jie sighed lightly and said: "The Beijing camp is in the capital, if you really want to track down the mastermind behind the scenes, you have to mess up...... No one can afford this responsibility, so in the end, they can only take a few scapegoats to take the blame, and the case is hastily closed. ”

Although what Xu Jie said was reasonable, the ministers all felt that it was not a taste, why did they pour cold water on it before they started to investigate the case?

"The old man said this, not to protect those officers and soldiers in the Beijing camp," Seeing that everyone's expressions were different, Xu Jie's words changed and said: "My generation is all from Shilin, and they are connected with the same fate, Wang Shangshu was attacked, that is, all our civil officials are disgraced, if this matter is not handled strictly, what face does the old man, the first assistant, have to face the hundred officials in the DPRK and China?" Saying that, he looked at Shen Mo and said: "Jiangnan, the affairs of the military department are in your charge, and I hope you can grasp this degree." ”

"Yes......" Shen Mo is so angry, I am so easy to get up, can't I cooperate? Just snuff it out for me so unceremoniously? So he asked: "How should we grasp the matter of training troops in the battalion?" "Just like Wang Yin's plan before, in this period of personnel turmoil, we must strictly distinguish between internal and external matters, and we must try to mix as little as possible and do not speak; However, you should be more active, speak more, and increase your sense of existence.

Xu Jie was generalized in the army, after all, this matter, he expressed his attitude at the cabinet meeting, and said a little depressed: "Let's investigate first, if this time it is really caused by the training of the battalions, then we must consider whether the work of the military department has not been done well...... "After a pause, let's talk about military training." ”

"Yes," Shen Mo replied loudly this time.

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After the cabinet dissolved, Shen Mu, who was given full authority to deal with the matter, came to the military department.

In the three months since he was in charge of the military department, he has not been rejected by the Shanxi gang as people imagined, on the contrary, he and the military department have been mixed with honey and oil, and everyone praised him, and no one felt that he was bad.

First of all, when it comes to getting along with several officials, he doesn't have much to offer...... This is different from when he was a court official in the Ministry of Rites, when he wanted to maintain his prestige to his subordinates, but now he is only in charge, not a direct leadership relationship, so Shen Mo has always maintained a humble attitude, can listen to their opinions when encountering things, and try to help them fight for whatever needs are needed, and never interfere in specific ministry affairs, who doesn't like such a manager? So it is not surprising that he can win the hearts of the military department.

However, if you want to establish your authority and rely on the Ministry of War to make some achievements, you can't rely on Huairou alone, you have to Liwei, but Liwei won't make people so comfortable, so you must grasp the opportunity, if the timing is not good, Shen Mo would rather wait, if he can't wait, he will create it himself......

When he was stationed in the military department accompanied by a big man, some people realized that Shen Ge Lao was coming to Liwei this time

In the military department, because of the attack on Lord Shangshu, the officials of all sizes have no intention of working, and it is time to be in the capital, and there are still piles and those piles, gathering together to discuss yesterday's events, silently stopping the report of the concierge, listening to it for a while at the entrance of the hall, and finding with some sadness that there are many people who gloat, and many people are watching Wang Guoguang's jokes.

It wasn't until someone lifted the curtain and was about to pour out the tea roots in the teapot that they found Shen Ge standing there with a frosty face, and couldn't help but be startled at first, and then said with a smile: "Shen, Shen Ge ......"

Shen Mo snorted, went straight into the hall, his eyes swept over the officials with a cold gaze, and then passed through the hall and came to the old man's signing room in the main courtyard...... In order to flatter the boss, each department has arranged a good signing room for the cabinet elders in charge, and the military department is no exception-

Segmentation –

Including what was written before, everything is to let Shen Mo have power as soon as possible, not for the so-called abuse of the master, sometimes not fighting is fighting, fighting and fighting, but nothing can be fought.