Chapter 284: Borrowing Someone's Head, the Story Behind It
"Your Majesty, as the saying goes, you don't avoid enemies when you move outside, you don't avoid relatives when you move inside, and the minister recommends the minister's brother Bi Zisu to be the governor of Shaanxi......"
Everyone looked at Bi Ziyan in surprise, this is pushing his younger brother into the fire pit!
"Your brother? Bi Zisu? My brother? Yang Gengai also felt strange when he heard it, judging from the names of the people, these are two brothers, both brothers are Jinshi, and they are both high-ranking officials of the imperial court, which is definitely a rare thing.
"Back to Your Majesty, it is the younger brother of the minister's family, Bi Zisu, a blood relative of the minister." Bi Ziyan said affirmatively.
"What kind of official has your brother done now?" Yang Reform asked in surprise, one is the head of the household department, and it is very likely that he will be promoted to Shangshu, and the other is about to become the governor of Shaanxi, the probability of two high-ranking officials in one family is also low, not to mention the small surname Bi, Yang Reform asked curiously.
"Back to Your Majesty, my younger brother was promoted to Shaoqing of Taifu Temple because of his meritorious service in the Battle of Ningjin." Bi Ziyan replied.
"Shaoqing of Taifu Temple? I see. "What is the Taifu Temple for, Yang Reform understands, it is an institution dedicated to raising horses for the emperor, and Shaoqing is the deputy, counting it, it can barely be regarded as a high-ranking official at the deputy ministerial level, and it is barely enough to serve as the governor of Shaanxi.
"Do you have anyone else you'd like to recommend?" Yang asked Gengai.
The ministers wish that someone would go to the thunder, who would want to go to Shaanxi without anything? It's too late to get out of here, the emperor asked, and avoided it, since someone is willing to send his own brother to Shaanxi, it's just right, and there is no need to do anything to offend people, so they are silent.
Yang Gengai asked around, and saw that the ministers all shook their heads, avoided their own eyes, asked casually, and didn't ask again.
"Since there is no candidate for everyone, and only Bi Ziyan recommends his own brother, then the governor of Shaanxi will be appointed by Bi Zisu, and Bi Zisu will be summoned to the palace immediately." Yang reformed this matter.
Seeing that the emperor decided on the matter of the governor of Shaanxi, the hearts of the ministers were settled, at least, they didn't have to go by themselves, they didn't have to recommend others to go, and they didn't have to talk about it.
"Okay, now that the governor of Shaanxi has decided, the rest is how many soldiers to send to suppress the people's rebellion, that is, how many soldiers to send to guard the town, you can also talk about this matter." Yang Reform put the number of troops on the agenda, and the speed can be described as quite fast.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the people of Shaanxi have changed their lives, which is caused by the lack of relief, and now the imperial court is in a big disaster relief, and the people have a way to live, so they will not follow the bandit leader to make trouble, Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there is no need to make a big move to exterminate, just need to be appeased, and now there is a way to live, and the court will appease the people from the chaos and accept the court's appeasement, so they can not use the sword."
Yang Gai despised it very much in his heart, if things were as simple as you said, then why didn't you go to be the governor of Shaanxi just now, and when someone else became one, you talked about something easy and something like that, one by one, you really planned to talk about it, and it was really the first in kung fu.
"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that this is the case, it is advisable to appease them in a big way, think now, if the chaotic people know that the court has the heart to help them, and there is a way to live, presumably they will not make trouble again, Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it should be like this!" Another minister also said the same, and for a while, Zhao Fu became a weather vane.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is not a matter to blindly appease, I am afraid, the minister thinks that we have to send elites, combined with the local elite soldiers in Shaanxi, to vigorously encircle and suppress, so that there is a deterrent, otherwise, once something happens in the future, some people will threaten the court with popular uprisings at every turn, how can the court still have majesty?"
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it should also be vigorously encircled and suppressed, thinking that now, with Your Majesty's vigorous relief, the victims of the disaster have a place to go, those bandit leaders over there in Shaanxi, those who want to take advantage of the famine to make trouble, there is no way to coerce the victims, and it will not become a climate, just take the opportunity to exterminate it in one fell swoop, and completely eliminate future troubles."
On the issue of Shaanxi, it soon became two factions, however, there were not many people involved in the debate, at least the people of the imperial party did not participate, many people had a heart, looking at the emperor, the emperor did not speak, this matter, to talk about it, is also in vain, so, although there is a debate, but the scene is very gentle.
Yang Gai listened to the opinions of the ministers for a while, and felt that there was nothing new, playing around, or playing with one thing, that is, talking nonsense.
"Master Sun, what is your opinion on this matter? What to do? Yang Gengai interrupted the ministers' warm argument and asked Sun Chengzong.
Sun Chengzong thought for a while and said: "Back to Your Majesty, in this matter, the minister thinks that in addition to sending three or five thousand elites to Shaanxi to guard the town, it is also necessary to let the guards in Shaanxi strengthen their precautions, maintain a high degree ......of vigilance, and strictly prevent someone from taking the opportunity to cause chaos.
"Alas......! It's still Master Sun's heart! Yang Reform sighed, there are not many people in this court who can say something reliable, Sun Chengzong is one of the few such people, what Yang Reform is really worried about is actually this, the disaster relief in Shaanxi must cover the whole province of Shaanxi, and the immigration officers must run around, if someone beats the idea of their immigration officer, it will be a great harm to themselves! He is not only facing the pressure of disaster victims and poor immigration, but also facing the pressure of those dead and injured soldiers in the court, and raising people, which can be regarded as his own death hole, once someone hits this place, then he does not say death, at least it will be very uncomfortable and passive, if the matter is serious, the immigrants he expects can change the trajectory of history, I am afraid it will be in vain.
As soon as everyone heard what Sun Chengzong said, they all suddenly realized, it turned out that the crux of the problem was here, and those who were discussing whether to appease or exterminate just now didn't even touch the edge! Everyone has to sigh, this interlacing is indeed like a mountain! Some people should be "emperors", and those who can, they should be ignored by the emperor.
"Master Sun, if you have any good opinions, just talk about it." Yang Gengai sighed, this matter is really troublesome. When Xu Guangqi went to the relief, he misestimated the form, thinking that the relief would immediately be peaceful in the world, and he knew that the place in Shaanxi was already a pot of boiling oil, and the flame was still dancing on it, and the current situation could be said to be as dangerous as an egg, and he just gave Xu Guangqi a privilege in disaster relief and immigration, but there were not many military guarantees, and what Xu Guangqi could directly command was a thousand-person Qincha guard.
Yang Reform is very entangled, it's not that he doesn't want to give Xu Guangqi more rights, it's just that the right to immigrant Qincha is already quite large, if you give military power, that is to say, most of the control of the Ming Dynasty is delegated to the hands of the immigrant Qincha, even if Yang Reform is coming through, even if Yang Reform is bold, even if Yang Reform believes that Xu Guangqi will not betray himself, but in this matter, Yang Reform is also frightened, out of instinct, he must not give a person such great power.
You must not give such a big power to a person, Yang Reform thought that once he handed over the control of the army to Xu Guangqi, Yang Reform felt cold hairs stand on end, a chill down his back, and instinctively told himself that he couldn't do this, it had nothing to do with trusting or distrusting someone, it was purely out of instinct. Therefore, the current situation is that Xu Guangqi is in Shaanxi for disaster relief, with those new scholars, historical students, and even local talents, and students from state and county schools, the safety is not guaranteed, once they have casualties, or in other words, there are a large number of casualties, this relief, immigration, I am afraid that they will die, or the effect will be discounted, which Yang Reform never wants to see.
Now, the form has deteriorated, the pot of boiling oil over there, and the flames are dancing, which will explode at any time, and Yang Reform is completely entangled.
Everyone looked at Sun Chengzong, looking at what this "emperor" could say.
Sun Chengzong frowned tightly and said: "Your Majesty, in this matter, the minister thinks that it is necessary to send three or five thousand elites capable of fighting to Shaanxi quickly, and immediately kill a group of more famous bandit leaders or leaders of the people's rebellion, so as to deter those who are ready to move, and buy time for Xu Zixian's immigration disaster relief. ”
"......, it is also necessary to strictly order all sides, commands, and guards in Shaanxi to take strict precautions to ensure the smooth and safe relief of migrants, and to focus on disaster relief for migrants, and to focus on disaster relief for migrants, and once there is something unfavorable to the relief of migrants in a certain place, such as killing or obstructing the occurrence ......of migrants, it is necessary to suppress it immediately, and it is absolutely impossible to let the people's uprising drag down the immigrants. Sun Chengzong thought about it for a long time and said what he thought about.
"Alas...... Master Sun, that's right, I think it's very reasonable, I also think so, Shaanxi, everything, should focus on migrant disaster relief, immigration disaster relief, there should also be someone to escort it, just now, and now Bi Zisu has been pushed out to serve as the governor of Shaanxi, in charge of the military and civil affairs, everything is to cooperate with Master Xu's immigration disaster relief...... "Yang Reform has been worried about this problem just now, the immigration disaster relief process is too thin, there is no military force to escort it, it is like dancing on the tip of a knife, but, And you can't give military power to a person who can manage most of the Ming Dynasty himself, if you want to do this, you, the emperor, are afraid that your sleep will be unstable.
“…… Then select three to five thousand elites from the Beijing division, and go to Shaanxi to carry out Master Sun's deterrence mission, so that the leaders of the people in Shaanxi and the bandit leaders in various places dare not make any changes, and once these people are in crisis and disaster relief, they will be killed immediately. You must not spoil my major events, and you must not spoil my major events of the Ming Dynasty......" The thorn in Yang Reform's heart was picked out, and his heart was much more comfortable.
Listening to the dialogue between the emperor and Sun Chengzong, the ministers also sweated, this 10 million silver disaster relief is really not such a simple thing! The danger and complexity are in the imagination of ordinary people!
"That's what I mean, guys, is there anything else you want to say?" Yang should have asked the ministers on the platform again, although these people have never been reliable in their words on military matters, but they are better than nothing, and they are ready to hear any good opinions.
The ministers began to use their brains to think about the problem, and now that the big premise has come out and the framework has come out, it should not be difficult to think of some minor additions.
After a while, someone said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that I have always had a very high reward for the Dongyu, and Shaanxi is a place where the people are fierce, Your Majesty and the people of Shaanxi are not allowed to form a militia and go to Liaodong to hunt the heads of the Dongyu?" In exchange for rewards, I am afraid that many people in Shaanxi will be willing, and they will not lose a clever move. "It was Liu Yanyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, who participated in the emperor's northern strategic plan, and knew that the emperor had a plan to register the eastern captives, so after a little scrutiny, he came up with such an idea.
Yang Gai thought about it, and there was no conflict between this matter and his plan, so he said: "Yes, this matter will be handed over to the Ministry of War, concentrate a group, train a group, escort a group, and get out of the customs, maybe they will have guns." Yang Gai quickly set the rules for this matter.
"Yes, Your Majesty." His proposal was approved by the emperor, and Liu Yanyuan was very happy.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the post station should recruit more post soldiers, thinking that the selection of this post guard is originally to select the unruly people in the local area, and to use the perennial running to empty their essence and blood, so as not to let him do bad things in the local area, so the minister thinks that Your Majesty should vigorously recruit more post soldiers...... "Another minister also came up with an idea, of course, it belongs to some minor problems, not to solve the problem fundamentally.
Expansion? Yang Gai looked at this guy, it was actually Shi Fenglai, but he didn't expect that this pedantic guy also had a dark belly, so he nodded immediately and said: "This is not bad, this matter, let Liu Mao be in charge, he is now in charge of the separation of this inn." ”
Shi Fenglai was also very happy, the emperor accepted his opinion, as an emperor, he naturally had to rely on the emperor to speak, the emperor wanted to divide the inn, and the emperor wanted to increase the investment in the post guards, so he thought about the problem in this regard.
…… One after another, Yang Reform listened to some opinions, either accepting or not accepting, all of which were suggestions of little value, and the real talk was better than nothing.
…… After discussing the affairs of Shaanxi, the ministers came out, and as soon as they came out, several ministers who were still bent on making ideas for the emperor just now surrounded Sun Chengzong.
"Brother Sun, the emperor borrowed someone's head, why didn't Brother Sun stop the emperor? Only you can stop the emperor in this matter! Now that the holy decree is out of the capital, I'm afraid it's too late! Brother Sun, this matter has a very bad impact on Your Majesty's reputation, and we as courtiers cannot let Your Majesty do so recklessly! ”
Out of the platform, several ministers surrounded Sun Chengzong, bustling about what happened just now, and still saying that Sun Chengzong did not stop the emperor.
"Yes! Lord Sun, you have won the respect of Your Majesty, and now that the emperor's anger has disappeared a lot, Lord Sun should persuade Your Majesty again, don't borrow someone's head! This matter must be remembered in the annals of history, this is a stain that cannot be washed away! "This person didn't say that it was the emperor's stain, or Hu Yanyan's stain, and I don't know if it refers to the stain of the entire civil class.
Sun Chengzong stood still and sighed: "Several, it's not that Sun didn't stop Your Majesty, it's really this matter, alas, ......, then Hu Yanyan is looking for death by himself!" I can't complain about others, the things he did, think about it, which one is worthy of the emperor's appetite, and which one is not a dead word? How to exonerate him? Alas...... In this matter, Sun Mou has a plan recently, anyway, he will try his best not to let His Majesty be dusted, Hu Yanyan, I'm afraid I can't get rid of a dead word! ”
"What does Brother Sun mean?"
"Sun heard that Hu Yanyan's health is not good and he often coughs up blood, so he ......" Sun Chengzong said half of his words.
"What does Brother Sun mean?"
"Your Majesty wants to borrow a head,......, this matter, Sun went to ask for a person, and a few people can rest assured that in this matter, His Majesty will never let him borrow a head." Sun Chengzong said worriedly.
"What does Brother Sun mean?"
"Don't bother with this matter, it's not good for you to know too much." Sun Chengzong said anxiously.
"Then since that's the case, I'll leave it to Brother Sun." Since Sun Chengzong is very sure that the emperor will not be able to borrow a head, then there is still room for maneuver in this matter, and it is not the worst, but the secret is not the same, don't inquire about it, some people have different status in the emperor's mind, even if they do something out of the ordinary, the emperor doesn't mind.
…… Sun Chengzong did not leave the Forbidden City, but went to find someone.
Wang Chengen finally explained this very important matter, and was about to go back to deal with the emperor. met Sun Chengzong.
"Mr. Wang, be polite." Sun Chengzong first saluted Wang Chengen. [I really can't think of a good word, so I use the word manager]
"It's Master Sun! What's the matter? But are you waiting for us? Wang Chengen saw that Sun Chengzong seemed to be waiting for him, so he asked.
"Exactly, Sun has something to ask for, and I ask Mr. Wang to agree." Sun Chengzong opened his mouth to plead.
"Oh, hehe, Master Sun, you are the emperor's master, the emperor's right-hand man, what is the matter, just ask Your Majesty, you think Your Majesty will not refuse, why ask our family? We can't afford it! Wang Chengen said with a smile.
"Alas...... I can't ask Your Majesty for this matter! This matter is related to the borrowing of the head of today. Sun Chengzong said straight to the point.
"Master Sun, this matter, Your Majesty's will, our family has already sent someone on the road, could it be that Master Sun still wants to ask for a favor for that Hu Yanyan, this, our family has no choice, Your Majesty has specified that you want this family to be killed." When Wang Chengen heard that this was the case, he immediately refused.
"Alas...... this is the case, can the governor of the king have thought that once the matter of the head of the people comes true, the matter of the emperor borrowing the head of a province will definitely go down in history, and after a hundred years, how should I comment on Your Majesty? This matter is a stain that Your Majesty can't wash away! Your Majesty's reputation will be dusted! Your Majesty is joking with your own prestige! Does Governor Wang also want to see His Majesty's reputation dusted? ”
"This? Our family naturally doesn't want His Majesty's reputation to be dusted, but that Hu Yanyan really deserves to die, if he doesn't die, how can he deal with His Majesty? Although Wang Chengen also felt that the head of the provincial governor was indeed a bit of that, but the emperor said that if he wanted him to die, he would have to die.
(To be continued)