Chapter 193: Conspiracy??
Hearing this, Old Man Zhang's frowning brows furrowed even deeper. After taking a deep breath, he said: "In other words, for the sake of the future of the Zhang family, we can only cooperate with the General Military Mansion......
"Yes, father......" the boss affirmed in a firm tone.
Then, after a change of words, he continued: "However, even if we make a decision to cooperate with the General Military Office, we cannot immediately show the attitude of our Zhang Mansion. ”
"As the so-called gun shoots the first bird, as long as we don't take the lead in moving closer to the General Military Mansion, even if we are really retaliated against by the forces behind Wang Yuanwai in the future, we will not retaliate against our Zhang family."
"Therefore, we must wait for half of the gentry in Datong Mansion to trade with the General Military Government, and then put on an attitude of following the crowd, trade with the General Military Government, and exchange the land in our hands for silver......
At this time, a smile finally appeared on Old Man Zhang's nervous face. After a short period of contemplation, he immediately made a decision in his heart, and said: "Since this is the case, then we will cooperate with the General Military Mansion and sell all the abandoned fields in our hands to the General Military Office. ”
"Besides, this matter is what the boss has always insisted on doing, so I'll leave it to you..."
Datong Mansion fell into a sensation because of the notice issued by the General Military Office. The entire city of Beijing also fell into a sensation with the start of a court meeting. As for the sensational original, it was also the Tuntian plan that Wei Zheng began to carry out in Datong Mansion.
In the era of imperial power in later generations, in order to prevent ordinary people from buying people's hearts, no matter which era or court, private individuals were not allowed to give relief to the victims casually.
So, after receiving a message from Wang Yuanwai. As one of the heads of the literati group of the imperial court, the official department is still the secretary. Immediately found one that could participate in the Wei Zheng book. Even directly in front of Emperor Chongzhen, Wei Zheng was completely defeated and had the opportunity to go to prison.
The next day's court meeting had just begun, and he, as the secretary of the ministry, walked out of the rank under the gaze of a group of courtiers, and said loudly to Emperor Chongzhen on the throne.
"Playing the emperor, the old minister has a ...... to play"
Because two days ago, I just received a good news that Wei Zheng had annihilated 10,000 rebels. The crisis that Beijing may have fallen into has also disappeared in an instant because of this great victory. Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting on the throne, was in a good mood, after all, the defense campaign that led this great victory was a military talent that he had excavated, and he also belonged to his own pro-army.
Therefore, after hearing the words of the Ministry of Shangshu, Chongzhen, who was in a good mood, spoke without thinking about it.
"Aiqing, please talk about ......"
"Xie Majesty....The old minister wants to give relief to the victims of the disaster to the general army of the Datong Mansion today, buy people's hearts, and plot against him... This is the old minister's recital..."
"After the general guard of Datong Mansion took office. He didn't think about how to resist and eliminate the rebels, but wantonly collected the displaced people in Datong Province. Gather people's hearts and expand the army....The old minister thought that the reason why the general army of Datong Mansion did this must have some ulterior secrets. Therefore, the old minister implored His Majesty Xià to avoid the conspiracy of the general army of Datong Mansion to immediately send the minister of the Qin mission to Datong Mansion to thoroughly investigate the matter, and temporarily remove him from the post of chief soldier of Datong Mansion of Wei..."
Before the words of the Ministry of Shangshu were finished, Chongzhen's face, which was still in a good mood just now, instantly became gloomy.
At this moment, Jin Yiwei commanded Luo Yangxing, and immediately felt the change in Chongzhen's face. His eyes lit up, and he said to Chongzhen: "Qi Zheng Majesty, the minister resolutely opposes what Wang Shangshu said...."
"Wang Shangshu just said that the general guard of Datong Mansion is not thinking about how to resist and eliminate the rebels, so it seems that what happened to the good news that the imperial court just received a few days ago?"
"If Lord Wei really doesn't think about how to lower and eliminate the rebels, how can he rely on thousands of Tiger and Leopard Army and more than 10,000 recruits who have just picked up arms, and completely annihilate 10,000 elite rebels....If Wang Shangshu can't give an explanation today, after this matter reaches Datong Mansion, it will definitely chill the tens of thousands of soldiers in Datong Mansion and Lord Wei, the chief soldier of Datong Mansion..."
"You must know that for this great victory, the imperial court has not yet discussed the reward of the chief soldier of Datong Mansion. Wang Shangshu actually participated in Lord Wei at this time, and the minister didn't know what Lord Shangshu's intentions were..."
After all, the official secretary is a civil minister, not a military general...
The commander made Luo Yangxing's words speechless. However, there is far more than one literati group in the court who is on the opposite side of Luo Yangxing.
Just when the official Shangshu was speechless and stood in the middle of the hall with an embarrassed face, a military general suddenly stood up.
"Qi Xiang Xià, the minister thinks that Lord Luo's defense is completely one-sided......"
"When the Tiger and Leopard Army was outside the pass, even tens of thousands of Houjin cavalry with strong combat effectiveness were no opponent, let alone tens of thousands of rebels with low combat effectiveness. If Lord Wei really wanted to defeat the rebels, it would be absolutely impossible to destroy only tens of thousands of rebels in just one month..."
"Therefore, the minister very much agrees with what Lord Shang Shu said, after Lord Wei took office as the chief soldier of Datong Mansion, he did not immediately send troops to eliminate the rebels, but expanded the army and collected the displaced people, there must be some ulterior secrets..."
"yes... Even tens of thousands of Tartars are no match, let alone tens of thousands of rebels....this Lord Wei must be deliberately delaying time to eliminate the rebels..."
"Could it be that this Lord Wei plans to raise his own dignity and deliberately not completely annihilate the rebels......
Listening to the more and more discussions in the main hall, Luo Yangxing began to get anxious. At this moment, she didn't care about any rudeness, and shouted directly: "All the adults say that the combat effectiveness of the rebels is not worth mentioning, in this case, why when tens of thousands of officers and soldiers encircle and suppress tens of thousands of rebels, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers will be defeated....I don't know if you can give me a reason..."
Speaking of this, Luo Yangxing immediately knelt on the ground in front of Chongzhen, pretending to be sincere and said loudly: "Please Your Majesty Mingcha....The minister is not a military general, and he doesn't know much about military affairs." However, the minister knows one thing, the total strength of the Haw Par Army is less than 5,000 people, while the rebel army has tens of thousands..."
"The reason why the Haw Par Army was able to defeat several times the size of the Tartars outside the pass was because the Haw Par Army only needed to defend a small mushroom valley. However, the current Haw Par Army is different, what they need to defend is the entire Datong Mansion...."
"If there are not enough troops, how can the Haw Par Army defend against the rebels' attacks on Datong Province from all directions....Therefore, the minister thinks that the Haw Par Army can achieve the result of destroying tens of thousands of enemies in such a short period of time, which is already very remarkable."
"Not only should the imperial court not be suspicious of him, but it should also reward him and all the meritorious soldiers in this great victory..."
"Only in this way can the soldiers of Datong Mansion feel the importance of His Majesty, continue to serve His Majesty, defend Datong Mansion, eliminate all the rebels in Shanxi, and return the Ming Dynasty to a bright future..."
Luo Yangxing far underestimated everyone's determination to bring down Wei Zheng, and as soon as he finished speaking, a royal historian stood up and said loudly: "Even if Lord Wei is dutiful in the appointment of the chief soldier of Datong Mansion, it is still against the rules of the imperial court for Lord Wei to help the victims of the disaster in Datong Mansion privately, collect the displaced people, and buy people's hearts. ”
"Therefore, the minister implores His Majesty to temporarily remove him from his official position as the chief soldier of Datong Mansion in order to prevent Lord Wei from buying people's hearts and plotting against him. After the court finds out the truth, we will deal with Lord Wei..."
Seeing the quarrel in front of me for the Wei Zheng is like a court meeting like a vegetable market. Chongzhen was furious....
After slamming his clenched fist on the dragon case in front of him, he scolded loudly: "Enough..."
"The reason for your participation in the Wei Expedition is that she secretly gathered displaced people in Datong Mansion and bought people's hearts... Now I tell you that not only do I know about these things that Lord Wei has done, but I also agree to them..."
Speaking of this, Chongzhen directly threw a letter from the Datong General Military Mansion in front of the official book, and said loudly: "You all see, such a meritorious minister to the Ming Dynasty is a misconspirator in your eyes, take a good look at the memorabilia written by your so-called traitorous ministers..."
It turned out that when Wei Zheng decided to Tuntian, he wrote a memora to Chongzhen under Zhou Shuyuan's Jianyi.
In order not to let Chongzhen doubt himself, he transferred himself out of Datong Mansion. Wei Zheng not only clearly wrote down the various reasons for collecting the displaced people to carry out the tuntian, but also exaggerated it to a certain extent.
In a word, after Chongzhen watched the twists and turns, there was only one thought in his mind. If the fields are not tuntian in the territory of Datong Province and the displaced people are gathered, Datong Province will not be able to guarantee stability.
In the case that Datong Mansion cannot guarantee stability, no matter how powerful the combat effectiveness of the Tiger and Leopard Army is, it is impossible to hold Datong Mansion.
Don't say it, after reading the recital, Chongzhen, who has always been conceited, really believes it.
Of course, in Wei Zheng's twists and turns, in addition to stating various reasons, Wei Zheng also painted a huge cake for Chongzhen, which further tempted Emperor Chongzhen to believe in himself and not to suspect himself.
For Emperor Chongzhen, if he wants to be a good emperor and display his ambitions, he must have money and food in his hands. However, because of the various shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty, these two necessary factors could not meet the needs of Emperor Chongzhen.
So, Wei Zheng directly did what he liked and sent what he needed....
Since Emperor Chongzhen urgently needed food, he would send him food.
In the compromise, Wei Zheng boldly assured Emperor Chongzhen that after all the tuntian harvests next year, he would take the initiative to hand over 500,000 quintals of grain to the imperial court to solve the urgent needs of the imperial court...
can not only fight for himself, but also send food to himself, such a good courtier is tantamount to a lantern for Emperor Chongzhen, it is difficult to find one. Now that I finally met one, of course Chongzhen will not let it go.
Therefore, the conceited Emperor Chongzhen did not hesitate to choose to believe in Wei Zheng and supported Wei Zheng to carry out Tuntian in Datong Mansion.
However, because this matter involves the issue of 500,000 quintals of grain, Chongzhen, who has a good face, is difficult to say, and this letter has been kept by Chongzhen and has not been made public. (To be continued......)