Chapter 440: Thanksgiving Dade (Second Watch)
The reason why Ma Qi wanted to bribe Li Yuntian was naturally because he wanted Li Yuntian to turn a blind eye to his behavior in Jiaozhi, he knew very well what he had done in Jiaozhi over the years, and he knew that some officials in Jiaozhi hated him to the core.
Now that Jiaozhou City has been lost, Jiaozhi-shaped shì is extremely critical, and if Jiaozhi can't hold it, there will definitely be Jiaozhi officials who will impeach him.
To tell the truth, Ma Qi, who is backed by the royal family, is not afraid of the impeachment of those officials, otherwise how could he have been in Jiaozhi for nearly twenty years? Even civil officials like Huang Fu were rectified by him.
However, Li Yuntian is different from officials like Huang Fu, he is deeply trusted by Emperor Xuande, and his words in front of Emperor Xuande carry a lot of weight, coupled with the bad battle situation of Jiaozhi, Ma Qi couldn't help but worry that he would have to carry the black cauldron of Jiaozhi's loss, so he began to pave the way for himself.
As long as Li Yuntian does not intervene in his affairs, then Ma Qi is sure to get through this crisis, you must know that he has not been in vain in these years in Jiaozhi, not only with Jin Ying, Wang Jin and other big eunuchs in the palace, but also from Jiaozhi from time to time to transport some novel items to honor Empress Dowager Zhang, Empress Hu, Sun Guifei and several uncles, and has already compiled a solid network.
"Lieutenant Ma, those mountain goods should be left to the chief eunuch of the chief eunuch of the celebrant Bingbi. Before this official came, he heard some rumors related to Ma Zhongguan, and he didn't know whether the matter was true or false, so he invited the emperor for the sake of safety, and the emperor sent the royal eunuch to investigate thoroughly. ”
Li Yuntian knew Ma Qi's thoughts, but how could he accept his bribes, after pondering for a while, he lowered his voice and said to Ma Qi, "Ma Zhongguan, Eunuch Wang is the factory governor of the East Factory, this time he brought Jinyi Wei, Ma Zhongguan has to deal with it." ”
"Multi-...... Thank you, Mr. Chief! When he heard Li Yuntian's previous words, Ma Qi's face couldn't help but change greatly, and he thought that Li Yuntian had sued him in front of Emperor Xuande, but with Li Yuntian's reminder of the later sentence, he was slightly stunned at first, and then realized Li Yuntian's intentions, and hurriedly thanked Li Yuntian.
Obviously, if Li Yuntian really wanted to sue him in front of Emperor Xuande, he would definitely not remind him of Wang Jin's coming, and kindly reminded him to be careful.
In Ma Qi's opinion, Li Yuntian's move undoubtedly helped him a lot, the reason is very simple, since even Li Yuntian knows about his Jiaozhi, then it is obvious that some people in the court are talking about the rights and wrongs of Jiaozhi, otherwise Li Yuntian, who has nothing to do with Jiaozhi, will definitely not ask Emperor Xuande for no reason because of his affairs.
Ma Qi knew very well that Liu Sheng's defeat had led to the further deterioration of the situation in Jiaozhi, and those civil officials in the court would definitely seize this opportunity to impeach him against Emperor Xuande, which was not just as simple as he had grievances with civil officials like Huang Fu in Jiaozhi, but more importantly, who was responsible for the current bad situation in Jiaozhi.
Obviously, the civil officials who govern the local government affairs of Jiaozhi and Ma Qi, who guards Jiaozhi, are both responsible for the fact that Jiaozhi has come to this point, which means that both sides have reasons to attack each other and shirk responsibility.
The civil official group in the court is naturally unwilling to bear the responsibility for the defeat of Jiaozhi, so they will definitely attack Ma Qi and put all the blame on him.
Ma Qi is naturally not easy to mess with, those big eunuchs in the palace will never watch him suffer at that time, this is no longer a personal grudge between Ma Qi and civil officials, but a matter of the reputation of the inner servants, no one wants to bear the infamy of a "eunuch chaotic government", and will definitely speak for him in front of Emperor Xuande, so this has evolved into a conflict between the civil official group and the inner servants,
To be honest, Ma Qi doesn't want to see this happen now.
Although the status and power of the inner servants have improved a lot since Emperor Yongle, they still can't compete with the civil official group and the Xungui group, and if they fight at this time, they will definitely fall behind.
Ma Qi now relies on Empress Dowager Zhang, Empress Hu and Concubine Sun Guifei, as long as they can say a word to him in front of Emperor Xuande at the critical moment, it is enough to affect Emperor Xuande's decision.
Now, Li Yuntian took the lead in mentioning Ma Qi's matter to Emperor Xuande in Jiaozhi, so that Emperor Xuande sent Wang Jin to thoroughly investigate Ma Qi, which not only avoided the interference of civil officials, but also blocked the mouths of those civil officials, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
Ma Qi is not afraid of Wang Jin to investigate, he had a good relationship with Wang Jin when he was in Nanjing, and this matter is related to the responsibility of Jiaozhi's defeat, not a simple corruption and fraud case, Wang Jin will definitely not kill him, let him carry the black pot of Jiaozhi's defeat, and then damage the image and reputation of the servant.
In fact, Li Yuntian did this out of pure helplessness, and what is needed for everyone to work together to overcome difficulties is to fight the battle of Jiaozhi to this day, rather than to hold anyone responsible, which is why he did not hold those officials accountable for the loss of Jiaozhou City before.
Moreover, Ma Qi's matter was not just a simple corruption and bribery, because the defeat of the Jiaozhi War involved a contest between the civilian clique and the internal service group, and he did not want the two sides to make a big fight around Jiaozhi, which would affect the military and political affairs of Jiaozhi, so he adopted a low-key approach.
Ma Qi was able to defend Jiaozhi for twenty years, during which he was impeached countless times by Jiaozhi and court officials and stood tall, which made Li Yuntian definitely not underestimate his ability.
With Emperor Xuande opening a eunuch lecture hall in the palace, allowing the young eunuchs to read and write, go through the cold and hard reading like civil officials, and gradually delegate the power to the cabinet elders to those cronies and eunuchs, Li Yuntian knew that the rise of the inner court was unstoppable.
The young Emperor Xuande is now weak, and he needs a helper to help him deal with the civil official group and the Xungui group in the court, and who can be more loyal to Emperor Xuande than the inner servants who are attached to the royal family?
Therefore, Li Yuntian didn't want to have a bad relationship with the inner servants, but he couldn't let the notorious Ma Qi continue to stay in Jiaozhi, so he adopted a sleek method, preempting the civil officials in the court, and asking Emperor Xuande Ma Qi to have a bad reputation in Jiaozhi with cryptic words, and then Emperor Xuande sent Wang Jin.
As the second-in-command of the celebrant and one of the closest eunuchs around Emperor Xuande, it doesn't matter how Wang Jin checks Ma Qi, it belongs to the internal affairs of the inner servants, not only Ma Qi has nothing to say, but also blocks the mouths of those civil officials.
Even if those civil officials in the imperial court want to make a living, if the officials in Jiaozhi do not cooperate, there is nothing they can do, it is obvious that the reason why Li Yuntian will let the officials of Jiaozhi go in the matter of losing Jiaozhou City, those officials know what they should do in the matter of Ma Qi.
Besides, those officials in Jiaozhi have been local officials for many years, how many of them can be as honest and upright as Huang Fu?
Li Yuntian, as the highest military and political chief of Jiaozhi, if he can stand on the side of Jiaozhi officials, they are not afraid of the internal servants talking nonsense at all, anyway, it is impossible for the internal servants to come to Jiaozhi to investigate the case, even if the imperial court sends someone to investigate the case, they are still civil officials, and in the face of the loss of Jiaozhi responsibility, a major matter related to the reputation of civil officials, it will definitely be towards them.
But now since Li Yuntian does not pursue the loss of Jiaozhou City, it shows that he is ready to take this matter down, and asks Emperor Xuande to send Wang Jin to check Ma Qi, making it clear that he wants to calm things in Jiaozhi.
As for the reason why Jiaozhi has fallen into today's bad situation, it is completely possible to find an excuse to put the blame on those rebels who rebelled, saying that they had a plan or have malicious intentions, as long as the rebels in Jiaozhi become targets, both the officials of Jiaozhi and Ma Qi will get out of this whirlpool of right and wrong.
In the face of Ma Qi, Li Yuntian played a beautiful hand of attacking instead of defending, mainly to "ventilate the message" to him, which not only allowed Emperor Xuande to send Wang Jin to check Ma Qi, but also made Ma Qi grateful to him, which invisibly resolved this small entanglement with Ma Qi.
Ma Qi thanked Li Yuntian for his kindness and left, he had been up and down in the sea for thirty years, and he could tell whether Li Yuntian was doing this with good intentions or bad intentions.
Different from the previous commanders of Jiaozhi's noble background, Li Yuntian is a two-rank jinshi, an out-and-out civil official in the court, and someone will definitely complain to him about Ma Qi's condition in Jiaozhi this time, and Li Yuntian, as the military and political chief of Jiaozhi, cannot be indifferent.
However, Li Yuntian did not ask Emperor Xuande to send civil officials to check on Ma Qi, and Emperor Xuande finally sent Wang Jin, the chief eunuch of the chief eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, which is enough to show Li Yuntian's attitude on the matter of Ma Qi, Ma Qi has won such a big favor, so he is naturally grateful.
With Li Yuntian's entry into Sanjiang City, the chaotic situation in Sanjiang City was immediately effectively controlled, and the 2,000 native soldiers he brought were responsible for maintaining law and order in the city, and all those mobs who committed crimes were arrested and imprisoned.
Among them, all **** women and those who murder people's lives will be immediately pulled to the entrance of the vegetable market in Sanjiang City and beheaded once it is verified.
The mob in the city who took advantage of the withdrawal of the Ming army to make waves could not have imagined that the Ming general Dingnan suddenly came to Sanjiang City, so a large number of mobs were arrested and put in prison, because the prison could not accommodate those many people, so some people were imprisoned in the barracks.
And those **** women and the mob with human lives on their hands were first escorted by those native soldiers to parade through the streets, and then taken to the entrance of the vegetable market to be beheaded, killing two or three hundred people in just three days.
It stands to reason that after the mob has tried the crime in the government, the official documents of the condemned person must be sent to the criminal department for approval, and only after the criminal department has approved the crime can they kill people.
However, Li Yuntian has the right to "cut first and then play", so naturally he doesn't have to be so troublesome, so he just pulls it out and cuts it to set an example.
At the same time, Li Yuntian seized the time to reorganize the army brought by Wang Tong from Jiaozhou City, and put on a posture of fighting to the death with the rebels in Sanjiang City.
Moreover, under his orders, the armies of Xuanhua and Taiyuan all attacked and began to clear the rebels and mobs entrenched in the territory.
What is particularly important is that Li Yuntian launched the "Jinyuan Offensive" and sent official documents to the Tusi yamen of Xuanhua Mansion and Taiyuan Prefecture, saying that anyone who clears out a rebel or a mob will be rewarded with a tael of silver and a tael of bereavement for the war dead, and the government will send someone to count them.
Obviously, Li Yuntian's move was to use money to impress those Tusi in Xuanhua Mansion and Taiyuan Mansion, so that they could assist the officials and troops in stabilizing the local shape.
As for whether those toasts killed rebels or mobs, Li Yuntian couldn't grasp, for him, the more antagonistic those toasts were to the local residents, the more beneficial it would be to the Ming army.!^!
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