Chapter 115: "A Heaven-Sent Opportunity"

Chen Xie's words were a little vague, He Xian didn't understand what he meant at all, but seeing Chen Xie's melancholy face, he simply didn't ask. Over the years, following Chen Xie, I didn't think about it and figured it out.

After a short rest, drinking water and eating something, regardless of his exhaustion, Chen Xie took the guards and five hundred cavalry to get on his horse again and rushed to Fengtai. Seeing the horse team disappear into the distance, He Xian turned to the people beside him: "Pass my order, the camp is closed, and anyone who comes in must be allowed by the governor of Pontus." "He Xian is already the governor of Beijing, but when He Xian faced Chen Xie, he didn't feel like he was in a high position at all, he was still the former Chen Xie's general, the He Xian who played with the scout cavalry team.

Zhou Yanru, who was enjoying the massage service of the concubine (the widow who came from the robbery) at home, squinted his eyes comfortably, people are easy to get distracted when they are old, and the upcoming court push is the last chance for him. He didn't want to let go of this opportunity, Hong Chengchou could see that he didn't have much chance, and from Zhou Yanru's point of view, everyone in the cabinet actually didn't have much chance. The emperor's meaning is very clear, that is, he wants Chen Xie to come back as the first assistant of the cabinet. can be delayed for a while, and it can be dragged on forever, it is really up to the court to push the list, Zhu Cihong ordered Chen Xie, who dares to come out to speak, who can come out to oppose it?

The top priority at the moment is to unite and use the strength of the cabinet ministers to compromise with Chen Xie and win him to give up returning to Beijing. After receiving the news that Chen Xie was going back to Beijing, Zhou Yanru was thinking about this matter these days. How can Chen Xie make the decision to stay outside? Isn't politics the art of compromise?

The housekeeper's footsteps were very urgent, Zhou Yanru opened his eyes and looked at the open door, and snorted unhappily. The concubine stood up and stepped back, and the housekeeper stepped forward and whispered, "Master." The Yang Pavilion on duty sent someone to say that there was a shocking event, please go and discuss. ”

Zhou Yanru stood up at once, and said with a stern face: "Is that really what you said?" The housekeeper was very sure, and Zhou Yanru immediately asked his concubine to prepare clothes. While asking the housekeeper, "Didn't say anything?" The housekeeper said no, Zhou Yanru became nervous, and the messenger didn't know what was going on. But what can be the big deal? Now there are really not many things that can be described by Yang Boxiang as earth-shattering events.

After dressing, Zhou Yanru went out and got into the carriage and ran to the cabinet. got off at the place and saw Hong Chengchou and Yang Tinglin at the door. The two stepped forward to salute, and Yang Tinglin arched his hand and said, "Zhou Xiang, the period is sudden, and it is rude." Zhou Yanru waved his hand and said, "It's okay, state affairs are important." As he spoke, he turned to Hong Chengchou and said, "Heng Jiu." You're coming so fast, it doesn't matter if you have a leg problem, right? ”

Hong Chengchou was a horse in his early years, and he did have a little old cold legs on his legs, but this is summer, and the problem is definitely not big. Zhou Yanru is nothing more than a reminder that everyone is in a group. Hong Chengchou is also funny, but whenever he encounters trouble, he claims that his leg is inconvenient. Take time off work to take a break. Therefore, Zhou Yanru's words are also targeted, no matter what happens this time. It's all resisted, don't hide.

Hong Chengchou's strategy over the years is to hide clumsiness. The new monarch doesn't like too strong ministers, and he is happy to avoid trouble. If the emperor wanted to do something, Yang, Lu, Shi, Jiang and others went to top the cow, so these people were very unhappy with Zhu Cihong. The possibility of wanting to be the first assistant is very small.

The group was not polite and went straight inside. Not long after, Jiang Fengyuan also arrived, and Yang Tinglin, who greeted him at the door, asked him to go in first. Patiently continued to wait, and the last one to come was Lu Xiangsheng, he didn't mean that his legs were slow, nor was he a procrastinator, it was nothing more than Yang Tinglin's letter, which made him delay a little time.

"Boxiang, is the matter true?" After Lu Xiangsheng got out of the car, he eagerly took Yang Tinglin's hand and asked, Yang Tinglin nodded heavily: "I believe you have read it, now may not be an opportunity, because of Sihua these years, overseas places, the navy, the new army, the actual control is not in the hands of the cabinet." In today's gathering, you and I must first reach an agreement, turn around in front of His Majesty, and fight to the death in whatever we say. God-given opportunity, if you miss it, there will be no next time. ”

At this time, Shi Kefa appeared, behind him was an inner attendant, and a little farther away was the emperor's dependence, who was rushing to this side, and when he looked closely, Zhu Cihong was actually trotting, and the eunuch behind him was also running all the way.

Before dusk, Chen Xie and the horse team appeared outside the gate of the Fengtai camp, and the guards at the gate stopped them with guns and shouted: "Password! ”

Chen Xie raised his hand, signaled to stop behind him, and rode forward and said loudly: "I'm Chen Xie, go, call your chief." ”

The two infantry divisions of the New Army of the Fengtai garrison are not subordinate to each other and are not far apart from each other, but each has its own and is in a competitive relationship. At the beginning, Zhu Youzhen's original intention was to form a new army and the first army, but unfortunately he died before the formation was completed. The choice of the commander of the First Army has been hanging in the air. When Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, no one mentioned this matter again, and the Ministry of War should have said something, at least to recommend a candidate, but I don't know what the Ministry of War thought, so I didn't mention this matter for a long time. As a result, these two infantry divisions were unable to merge into one and form a joint force.

The herald hurried away, and in a short time he saw the officers lining up and trotting out to meet them. Seeing this, Chen Xie smiled on horseback, Zhu Youzhen lacked new-style officers in his hands, and the officer team of the new army was all from the original family martial arts hall. After the Southern Expedition and the Northern War, he first served as an instructor in the Jingshi Royal Lecture Hall, and when the new army was formed, outstanding instructors were selected as commanders at all levels.

"Weng Zhengqing, the first division of the New Army, has met Lord Cabinet." Weng Zhengqing, who was born in the second phase of the Dengzhou Jiading Martial Arts Hall, is still the same as at the beginning, standing in front of Chen Xie, just like in the past in the Jiading School. Naturally, not to mention the officers behind him, standing in front of Chen Xie, they all obediently looked like they used to be in the academy to the principal.

"Let's go in and talk about it, it's urgent." Chen Xie rode his horse first and went straight to the headquarters. The subsequent horse team followed, and Weng Zhengqing led a group of subordinates and trotted to follow. Dismounted and entered the headquarters, Chen Xie went on the phone, looked at the notes posted on a row of phones, found the words of the second division headquarters, and didn't look at others, just picked it up and shook it.

There is a lot of noise on the phone, new equipment, no switchboard, even if there is a manual switch, this will not be good for anyone to use. For the time being, the telephone is only equipped in the new army, and it is still a one-line telephone, a point-to-point connection.

"Old man, what are you looking for me?" This voice came from the phone, Chen Xie smiled slightly when he heard it, and said lightly: "I am Chen Xie, immediately take the officers above the battalion level and run to the headquarters of the first division." Also, keep your subordinates closed, and don't bother anyone when they come. Li Fei on the phone replied without hesitation: "I understand, no one cares." ”

The implication is obvious, even if it is a holy decree, it is not reasonable. Li Fei, a graduate of the third phase of Dengzhou Jiading School, has a higher status than the emperor in his eyes, so naturally he will not have any other choice. Putting down the phone, Chen Xie breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Originally, I was worried that after many years in Beijing, the mentality of these officers would change, but I didn't expect that once I arrived, what should I do.

"No, absolutely not!" Zhu Cihong was already angry when he heard that the ministers of the cabinet asked him to use the seal on the holy decree he had written, and when he picked up the holy decree to see the meaning of it, he was even more furious. This prepared decree has one meaning, authorized by the emperor, and the cabinet came forward to take over the two divisions of the Jingying Flying Eagle Cavalry in Nanyuan and the New Army in Fengtai.

At present, the military strength of the Beijing Division is mainly divided into three parts, one is the Flying Eagle Cavalry of Nanyuan, the other part is the new army of Fengtai, and the other part is the traditional Beijing camp in the city (rectified). The total number of people is close to 80,000, including more than 15,000 Imperial Forest Army, and the main task is to garrison the inner city. The outer city was garrisoned by three infantry battalions stationed on the school grounds. The Imperial Forest Army was in the hands of the Inner Guard, and the 30,000 Beijing Battalion was in charge of Wu Xun, which in principle was subject to the emperor, and in fact, the officers at all levels were decided by the Ministry of War.

In this way, the key to determining the military strength of the Jingshi was determined by the tendencies of the Flying Eagle Cavalry and the New Army under the nominal governor He Xian. So after learning of Chen Xie's accident, the cabinet quickly formed a unanimous agreement, and directly communicated the holy decree prepared by Yang Tinglin in advance, and first mastered the two armies outside the city to prevent changes. This time, the unexpectedly unified cabinet wants to achieve the so-called vertical arch rule, and after the reform of the cabinet system, the cabinet has become increasingly powerful, and the desire for control of the elite army can be imagined.

Even Hong Chengchou, a guy who planned to hide clumsy, had no objections at this time. At the beginning of the imperial meeting, Yang Tinglin put forward this point, and then took out the prepared holy decree, Zhu Cihong was stunned, and then angry.

"I really didn't expect it, my brother-in-law's news has not been finalized yet, and my ministers can't wait to seize the power of the army, what, do you still plan to take command of the Imperial Forest Army?" After Zhu Cihong was angry, he found that everyone bowed their heads and was silent, with an attitude of not understanding Guò, and issued another angry question.

At this time, Zhu Cihong's mind was very clear, and he quickly calmed down after being angry, and immediately figured out a thing. If Chen Xie really died, then the command of those armies would probably fall into his own hands. As long as he does not give a holy decree, the army outside the city may not be able to accept the command of the cabinet. On the contrary, he can send someone to sneak out of the Beijing Division quietly and deliver the holy decree to the hands of the two armies, and nine times out of ten he can take the command.

The ministers still did not speak, and their attitude was unusually resolute and unified. is to force Zhu Cihong to comply, no matter what.

For the cabinet, now is a godsend, the most elite army of the Ming Dynasty is about to return to the hands of the cabinet.

To put it bluntly, it's still the same sentence, without a gun, what can be used to curb imperial power? In the previous Ming Dynasty, the orders of the military department were effective for the army, but now the Ming military department, in addition to binding on the traditional army, the new army and the navy cannot be commanded at all. (To be continued) R580